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MAANIAGELANDIONATRS,
THE WEEIMY fitEleisfindabod to ostoorsben At
et pet year. to sereeee, for Ow =Bar tom ead to
°tube of, TWOutsi "run sent totes addms. SS In ad ,
`moo., Waal. moire for ale at the waster of Too
PRI B B Mo. SA wooer* ready tor ausilism,
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pidli-Aeoterlioa RewYork Lope
The stii i ip lisiatio*Aroisiaioto of MB Ofinoo
of BVl 44i*Mi T7 00VOTOZI4-T•itil e Mar)n•
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Theyerk;Fdiedditma 4:loftemiAett ii
in seespi4 bi'it
inntotiee;,`illipoeirtif of biellietia,ter.f
rapidly. demei M. Cook Mee ,oloopea (Permanent
prmident_,of, the pormeetion. %roarer Morgan
and LiMiteeint Gamin, ,Campbell were smelts
ted bv.mobtionistM:for 're-elentioe. ,ff. .Barnes,,
of Oheuenge:,ottety; .was , nonainated . for Canal
Commilidoner t , r4be Cioevestion thuiller bia been*
very Itie'frAttetereen the Ifeed end
Cfreoloyateitimm ; bee been, iept quiet time .far,
altbough t 4t M'szpeoted to'breek , oat before the
Canveetkozieljettros.
The fititelfvlereitivi i tNontnitiee of the
tutlonii *Mkt% Mifamielmig
iester4l:4Vl4.:;neiiii,ait. Nunn was .in the
chair. IA dismeMiott eme manifedatito folloi the
example of Ileirforreild:smite Mitb tiny party
egainl A: 'ocatoettiiee, '1:!;oeleot
Presideti*AMl , Memee ippoliteal
Mr. linabinear-iseumi. to . Itelutfortunite
psalm isters:o46 troietiblettite thittaninel
Workutn;:pittatieter - KTarirel- pity; 14414
es a defintiento thO!trossani_Of $.0,009.
mart is Atl i A l !!l ll, 4 l4l . IP** the 61°.T.MAant
ha ' C111 * ( 4 49 41 4 0. .
The staseasidp Mertens State nude the quick•
eat time4rerniedi between Ohiwiseten and Phila.-
delphis her' She arilved, - Itere 'jos.
terday Abel sin :41 .40'houra
and 'l7 inistitet. - ' -.- '
At TeatliArr retki t!AO. •war betweerijklori , Temple, aid' Create - plot: Flora
won in three stilithiiitifelits, puking the '2hit, heat
In 2.22. ,43..r0wn pioic,res withdrertow itititet.ot
lamentrat: - :„ .
The teSoriniii,of-htletiiken, in the Third 00II:V
grestionoV.distripi, - bun - nenninated , • "Thomas
Churolitir - CO00,11”- MM Cohen ;hie been trial ! ,
mated bi4e - AriendliOtMitil and Mier,*al a 0 4 •
didate TOK'POshitierO in the Firel dielitoier , thie
city. t, :
From Pike'. Peak we bane farther intellfgenoO.'
.A silverleatLinteh - hi. liwitiffeeireiridedity4fri
miles Mei 'The prieptiere talking
of orgallii,ll4:o*o 6 44 * 4 *lnuleiC **PM
was "0:4 ,1 4— ' 01% .
A griphie 'eketett of **Eastern of
life within ite mega& of illietpllew, tiie
liitpi.es;
B kna uYi!iigo°,llolol!fr-rhasimMidPil through
eortitie)WorAlhillenpililln 'Rather portion ,of,
• • •
• ~::Postal Philadelphia.
In affordanee -With powers: granted to that
effect by congretsi, ,the'X'9l4 ; Office Depart;
ineut has officially declared all gm streets,
lanes, and , alley* , of , Philadelphia to'-be post;
routes:!! l Thie has been doile;r:,eseritrody
knows; A;e - jiliblo'the, peat„ Office' to. perform
all the-defies of collecting and' distributing
«short''sal'etters.throughout.the'city, instead
of alloWing it to" he. done by s. private. hull
• , Biood's Dispatch Poet professed to
do this r five thin* inthe day. ir The Best Oft :
deekrif - liMi times 4:110; - # present; and
we ,infor med, consider prima.
ry antlforitvtlitit,lo:ll - .10: Stow's 'OW Test ,
master;Critcirtaiiii the hope of being - able; ore
long, of, also eying .fisa deliveries, pis. dient,
to city letters.; r-Barthar,.we .billeve that - the
Postmaster' in Jail* desirous , of milking' bia
United BlaWOfficoSiSionvenient, cheap, and •
aceomiaodating tri :the public, as Blood's pis
patch ever . , ••,-
. The'Beei ildfce:DipertMent has _,deenied it
neees4 - 4 to inst i tute law-proceedinp against
Blood's Dispitch•POVfor assumed , .vielations
of trtii;W,T4tostal law . Thiele a ilue,el pro
cedure against which we are wholly indispoied
to suggest less make ,' any , objection:.
Blood's to, perform its self
imPsitt 1 1 4 61 ,
andr th* A Alaisioator;ther legat courts can atone
declare whether fle s hes aright to do' mi.' 'The
atteiiiilf be bieughtf ' course OthiSy;
bef° l o, .P104;444 0 . YPc . ;l4iiimuM OS*, and
there weuid,be oblitmatmplopstety nut.tei=
rating-pitresult. f 'dab j dici . { ' `tit= which,
belPg4l# o oe44#o 4 k s t?9:otaik is, Undo.
By• :ilagel- enactment' of the- -
, 1410104 , 0
tl►o,
growing
City s it Araks incorpOsied
the County of Tbilsdeliihis:irkiliiisiou of
rannichial• - lerkito6 : " l 4o l oo4 ll ,t*:eeta -
l'estq4aS,Generskilas rioter-rectigmaisiltaliet
enactittnit , * - Shite
For iaaagtple 0111a0f0tr#1,
sick t4i,i,Atiges,-W .41fM101*4•,.HiPitieSlifISOW:
withitithe eityi ealtistamtsOltharoilitlye
Act elkeidi - r4ioigr ?yeti,
Postrel,-IP49`# l t h ard*** l6 l l .o44oo i s
addren4 ,,t91, 0 (.4•0 4 ,! 4 0 10 15i m‘bad l io.ipit
three•tent Stsit*nposiit Woof es' the rodeprer
hand,.C4i~iiina~itq "ii legall"f ;,`iii
and ifTeol,44 billidoP4te, Tat
/on DIM .44 1, f1iC 0440 0 1 cent Amp upOU,s
letter far'enl4Vtbroagti't}ie Philadelphia Post
011614' '
Auc
is 04014'6 gtOpii4.* **We. assortment'
limo* dry,
s*lmiii•troteL•riVirOtAtA44oo,Pioltilgeo
_wealleriSsinpfetteti,‘AsniSsinstat bikini** be pour
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' ooll o**ther ll o ll 4 l 4, 4l We'alits4 - ite toe
' trattid,the gliaaffilehfet '&110; isithea
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AvdtimillineicoNikaa,pau the insteps
4- 1 1 .1 1 . sogro Ara er, 7 4 : 1 4 6 * 4
lA* eel 4 P9filtr,
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Nada room a harp Tr
1110 * 94 1 4 , 09*****OxiVair moo.
Where as' Senator
„Illiglert
Among eatinentmentiike have snitiMned
',the efforta..of the present Ommeek t hslailetistri-,
:Ron to break up the DemAratifqoallTewbO.-
, Are apparently retired OMANI scene • of
strife, is the Hon. Wum4llropiii.; ti if- 1 4dt:
:Ministration Senator 14:longiiin :ham 'Penri- ,
cytrania. After having contributed all in his
; fewer to arouse the tempest, he seems to have
"tfithdraWri into some quiet corner where he
cast watch-the work of devastation..:--- 1
at tiitS,terAllonita uokbe forgotten!
Agei ha/4 4 4 4,1 km - - proihineiit 1 , part in the
- drama :of -th e last, three , &_erus -belteratitted
to hide fres:tithe storm l it! . ) 3414 created: .First
of reeris,'llkethe prudent mariner, come
balik to the Mirtingpoint, and 'the attain =
tied his etnistittientir to the following', ex
' tincti . „ ,„ , • •
344'1;444
,0d! to Governor Walker,
and tritytelnuis Anse NZ VtA! TSB' POiqtvill' )1111ART
Ann lllllCtatotramovvriamorireitY,' axeerr °Mx
sal azramarn (klutz. Should his programme me
se* beric/14 RAYA*111„11011? ENVIMILIC ram.
MEM ormrr was r - Tan samost. ` The. ildess
sißfreioP . Sft liette',Weah' at 'the' knes,
coiskies";Wesefejt :the' &who'll:. thunder, but they
aestfeetaind etp-fecius lesekly
dilated this morcsau.
itelkifl" lusttAr,EnglishAtian that
which'iUnnillatadotrOilhis literary iiiid'foietisic
irOductions• - ep the Aquila; but it -
thigher claim ".ttitooiisideßSitioe. It has come
to he a vainable prophecy. • Not , only. has
, :President_'
thunder; ; - bat the" Senator "himifelf has
grown -ft we Clr-, in the knees,", add his own
W,ords'oP. complaint; directed against the Old
-Publielltrinctioriary; are now in the process of
time, justly ' appliCahle to himself.. Had Mr.
Rforocit courageously; maintained the' senti
meitt-eif his a:trio from his letter to Bon.
panigansit:-.P. Svinios_ , while' the- latter was
acting, aksecretary.hi the Oroiernisr of len
ses,: ho, would not ~now be compelled to
hide from thew With that is to' coine, but would
tie iscOgelied gentefelly as the leader of an
enthusiastic and united Democracy. Had he
alone stood firm and thrown the weight
of hie position, and his character as a mem
ber' of the highest coordinate branch of
the !National , Legislature, against the threats
arid - - machinations of the 'enemies 'of the
Dnion, the President would doubtless have
paused in' his'.'-niad career, and the work
of ruin would Miff) been Arrpsted forever.
It needed but One bold spirit in the Senate, or
in the,:oahinet, from Tennsylvenia, to, do this.
itraxensa, however, is- not made of , heroic
sinit"lifere is, not,in .his composition the
elements that make up the indonfitable pa
triot, who, -to' serve his country, alwitissacri
demi himecif Itardiiiiid he ceased censuring
the 'Preildent foe 'hie timidity before the same
thunder' that appalled the Chief' Magistrate
'paralyzed him, =UM, a few short weeks sifter
imbed 'applauded Governor WAtuis tor stand"-
ing true to the doctrineof Popular S'over'eignty
'we find him shouting in the train of the fire
eaters, and swinging the Censer like a dutiful
follower before, the high priest of Disunion.
Itt mnstnot be supposed, however, because
, Senittor:Siotza Is, concealed away somewhere
in'tha Weeds-ef Cambria, or the wilds of
Oies . tfield, that therefore he is doing nothing.
' Theis is one individual whom he never forgets,
end that is himeelL Keeping his eye steadi
ly: ared upon his °own image, in the glass,
before which his actions pass in, reMorse
, he has not abandoned the
hope of • being returned for six more
years to adorn the- position he now °con
pies la_ the Senate. If he can contrive to
put his creatures in nomination for the Legis
latOsisi the different counties of the State,
be expects to go into the contest for re-election
to the'fietiAte, with enough votei to control it,
and It 'net control it; to postpone it to another
year;'": philadelphia-, is a -large field for
his Operations.. With her seventeen mem
bers:and --her, tour State Senators, she bag
been able on more than one occasion
to dictate terms to' the rest of the State ;
'and .in addition to such as he may be able
thrOugh in' Philadelphia at the
comliogGitober'elOction,' he can, secure heie
and there through the State, in the heavy
'NC:Mei:4lc districts,the, election of his
in
struments,e and the Opposition itself should
be divided in the forthcoming struggle.
the Senatorial_ toga, he surely °Rion-,
totes': time heraay, be chosen for another
term : that is, necessary to defeat
lsieject ii-to' direet •the attention of the
Demeersey ' It' is a sibject,WOrthy of
the iartmularattention of-the-Densocraoy-of
'Philadelphia hi their primary elections on:
Men* evening, when they stOpoint, delegates
to the di ff erent Senatorial and Legislative dis
iiiet Conventions to place ..in nomination Can
! didates for the Legislature.
Royal !putout.
Only,threeMembers of the Royal Family of
England have ever set foot upon the shore of
this Western continent. These are two sons
of:Grioaaz the'. Third, and the eldest son of
Queen Vicxon,u.. The Duke of Clarence, af
terwards lt await - the Fourth, - and the Duke
of Rent, iathei: of IrroroarAC, came hither in
the last centuiy. The Prince of Wales is
,al
reedy onAmerican soil.
ByHtemay, the indefatigable Jenkins, who
hat; been following at the heels of the Prince
of*aleteever sines - his landing, healed the
hite a , strange error respecting him.
It been noticed that, In dancing, the
prince . gives hisieft hand to the lady who is
-his partner, or whom he has to turn. .grgal,
sagely asith Jenkins, cc his mother strictly en
,}pined him, ss he valued the. continiumee of
the 'British monarchy, on no' account to let
any, lady touch his right band, which must be
reserved, 'tin pain of disinheritance 'and perpe
tual imprisonment in the Tower:Of London,
for . Princesses of Royal blood!" Had Jen
kins been half as sharp as he pretends to be,
he would' have• discovered that the Prince
h'as the, misfortune to be left-handed ! There
never wis'any prohibition of his giving his
right band to whom he pleased. Jenkins has
heard', no doubt, of left-handed marriages, and
'built up bib theory upon that.
Rut to return to the subject of Royal Visi
tors.; 'Will it be credited that, at one time,
when public stairs wore's very gloomy aspect
in England, Gsonon the Third bad almost de
termined to retire from the cares of Royalty,
and retire, either to his hereditary Electorate
of Hanover, or take up his abode in the United
Staten? • This was hi hie mind in 1806, after
the, death of Mr. Parr, in whom he had mi.
litnittd ctinfidence," whereas he bud a personal,
dislike to Mr. Yea, Who , succeeded Parr.
IR t Lord' Hat;iskisiorr'i Diaries, published
some iiiteeit years ago, mention is made of
this intention Awing been confidentially com
municated by GEOROS thet, L Third .to Lord
Illisixwariz. It now appeilis, by the recent
ly-published Diaries and Correspondence of
Gaeta( Rosr,"the most particular friend
Pri'T bad, tlist,'itbout the time mentioned by
Lord Xaransisuar, the Sing had alio spoken,
very;eareestiy and seriously, of his intention
of, retreating, as , a private individual, to the
United Stites. What a remarkable event
would his arrival here have been, under such
circumstances as these 'P
titer, piston Project ' - trweinstiantional;
Ohahman Weran and hi, pecked Clommittee
having 'Otattiefirid' their, official career by a
usurpation* power dad ishefraYal,ef,the trust
"P °ll. 4l l ‘.* llo , t!ikerngelthli *per and
_deeper into the mire orrdliticalties ever since.
Not content with placing themselves on a
linWition of direct antagonism to thiliational
sergaolzagon, which they were in
,dutY bound
to atistalni 410,ii hare adopted a plan of fusion,
14 Almetylolatlon an old-fashioned -docu
aretd-r:wbiebrlthey probably consider Obsolete
Zitisown: as Ole Oorustitution of the - United
Their fusion resolution commences
• ,
la tolloirie ' ' - ,
. .
-1 % 4 ! ita avid, Thai the Demooratio electoral ticket
IPe ' healed - 'with" the name of Stephen A. Douglae
or John C, Breokbuidge, as an gloater et huge,"
Thai it will be seen that provision is made
fora direct vote for STXPERN A. Dortar.ut, a
Smiler:from Minot*, and Joan C. Barman.
anion, 'Vice President of the United States; an
electors for the State of Pennsylvanis.
- The DoyliittoWn Detriooiat calla attention to
:the folio - frit% proirision of the Constitution in
r ' eriurd, to the appointment of eloctorti '
s &CV Wet* shalt- appoint, in snob manner as
the Lathibiture • thereof maydirect, a'number of
Alsotore, siltuti to, the whole lumber - of Senators
and Roprasentatties to which the State may be en-
WI:4 In Contain; but no Senator or Ropresonto
pfoo, porson hoidinkin /Os of trust or pro fi t
*fader, 148 iriairq Mato; shelf be appointed an
,
1 I'iot:between Vlore T.eutple and Brown
/kiwi, N.`,l*„ t August 22 , —lathe trot botirwin
Mrs Toot* sad BroWn!Diek, whisk sale of to.J
the former: Was , dsolarsd- tits :osatosrot, ha.
, lovas& tturoirotrotglit hoed. in lbw folic:sal*
; Deo : Ist beat, 2 32 ; 24 heat, 2.261; 8d beat, 2.38.
Brown Disk was withdrawn on the last heat,
011111‘ $9 WORM.
A Serious C,Aarge.
An address recently issued by the Ilreckln
ridgeatlenal,Bireimtivo •Coromlttee,- signed
py I. STsVais, chairman,
' (the same
gentleman mho delivered the long and prosy
harrangue at the Assembly Buildings, on Mon
day evening,) contains the following — serious
charge against Judge Dom:mai: •.. • •
n T o conciliate Republican votes, he bee indulged
in vulgar flings at the South. He prefers the clams
of Rhode Island to the niggers of the South.
HAVE NOOK MORE FONDNESS POR TOOR CLAMS TRAM
I HAVE FOR THEIR NIOGIRS.' These things have
sunk deep tnto the hearts of the American .Demo
cracy; and oven if be should extend his clam-baking
operatione to the coasts of Labrador, trying on his
way the infinite relish of fresh-caught mackerel,
halibut, and ood, he will find that whilst the people
Are,' pleased with the jovial qualities of the hale,
well-met fellow, they will despise and reprobate
the pubiio man."
It has been the miatortune of the distin
guished Secator from Illinois to draw down
Upon his devoted bead the bitter denuncia
tions of the Secessionists for many, alleged of
fences, yet somehow or other he has general
ly managed heretofore to escape annihilation.
Tide last indictment, however, may well cause
his' friends to quail. How any public man 'can
expect to be sustained by any considerable por
tion of the American people, after he has pub-
Hely declared that - he would sooner eat'aClam
thin a negro; we cannot comprehend I No
wonder that such an evidence _of a vitiated
hope has at sunk deep into the hearts of the
.differitats Democracy l" Think of it and weep
forffhe degeneracy of the age I Could any
farther proof be afforded of the infidelity of
Donnas to the compacts of the Constitution,
tho rights of the South, arid the sublime doc
trine of elevating the negro into a divinity to
be worshipped with more devoutness than all
other mundane things? How differently would
Beimussmon Or the venerable old public
,functionary enthroned at Washington have ex
pressed themselves under similar circumstan
ces I No savory perfume from well-baked
clams that could have titilated their well
trained nostrils, and no gratification of their
faithful palates by the juicy meat of the deli
cious bivalves, could possibly have lured them
into the terribly treasonable avowal of which
Donnas was guilty. No, they would have
proudly scorned such "treason," and at a
feast or a funeral, a social or political gather
ing, in season or out of season, they would
still hate consistently affirmed their preference
for the negro, first, last, and all the time, not
only over mere clams, but over all other edi
bles that ever decked the bounteous tables of
a first-class hotel, of a Paris cafe, or of the
most extravagant and luxurious epicures. "
This telling point of the National Commit
tee, properly followed up, may yet turn the
tide of the whole campaign. On the fearthl
issUe 'of as Clams' vs. Niggers," Donnas, in
an unguarded moment, fully committed him
self, and Mr. STEVENS is determined to hold
him to' a 'striCt accountability before his indig
nant countrymen. If Basokuntmon, on the
other hand, is called out at a barbecue in
Kentucky, and boldly meets the issue, he may
yet sweep the country. What could be more
thrilling, for instance, than if, with the in
cense of roasted pigs, or delicious beeves,
rising around him, he should at Pork, I
despise you; roast beef, you have no charms
for me; give me my favorite dish—a round,
plump, corn-fed nigger !"
,4 The Missing Link.”
Now that the Board of Health has decided
to prohibit the' use of uncomfortable and en
healthy cellar tenements as dwellings in Bed
ford and Baker streets, and similar districts, it
may be well to consider whether new agencies,
in addition to those at present employed by
the benevolent, may not be used to assist in
effecting at least a partial reform among the
unfortunate beings in our city, whose daily
manner of life is a standing libel upon an en
lightened age and a Christian community. We
are aware thit much has already been done,
and will be done yearly, not only by the au
thorities, but by humane, societies; and yet,
after all, a single visit to the infected districts
will
,satisfy any one that no very important
practical change has been effected.
The evils of indiscriminate Charity are
painfully apparent to all who have watched
its effects. Its tendency is to destroy the
.only tine basis of improvement—the earnest
and enlightened effort of each individual to
earn a livelihood by his own labors, and to
husband to the beat advantage the means,
however scanty, hi is enabled to acquire.
Still, many of the rich and charitable should
be,, yid are, willing to advance .money to as
elst the needy and abandoned, it they are
satisfied that it will..not be mierippropriatid,
and that it will accomplish really useful and
desirable results.
The true aim of outside aid should be to as
sist the clan alluded to to help themselves;
and to inspire, as farns:possjble, even the low
est and most abandoned among them with the
desire of elevating their 'condition, and in a
practical and effective manner assisting them
to do so. A stumbling block in the way of the
realization of this idea, heretofore, has been
the difficulty of devising agencies which would
make a proper impression upon them.
Our readers will find, in the July number of
the London Quarterly Review, a long, article
styled "The Missing Link and the London
Poor," which states that great success has
attended a comparatively new benevolent
scheme, the substantial features of which are
that, women of known good character and
piety, who have passed their lives in
the vicinity, or even in the midst of the be
nighted regions of London, and who are con
sequently thoroughly Ihmiliar with the chem..
ter of their inhabitants, and neither afraid nor
ashamed to mingle freely among them, are
employed first as agents to sell, at a very low
price, Bibles and Testaments. This occupa
tion gradually establishes an acquaintance, and,
step by step, stores and soup associations are
formed, where the poor buy, for the actual
cost, such goods as they need, and societies
are formed, where, In an unostentatious way,
they are instructed, little by little, in the mi
nor arts of domestic life,' N which many of
them aro, wofully ignorant. We have not
space here to give at length an account of the
plan, nor of the beneficial results which have
resulted from it, but at present nearly one
hundred of these Bible.women (who are con
sidered the formerly "missing links" between
the charitable and the degraded) are employed
in London, and the amount of practical good
they have already accomplished, at a trifling
expense, issery great. •
, DJIMOOnATIO DELSGATE ELgOTION.—Tho
members of the Democratic part in each of the
election divieione of the city. will assemble on
Monday eveningnett, between tbeboure of 4 and - 7,
for the purpose of electing officers of election; mem
hers of the lheoutive Committee, county dele
gates, Congre'aidonal delegates, Senatorial dole
gates in the First district, and -representative
delegates. The delegate' to the County Conven
tion meet on Tuesday morning following at Spring
Garden Hall, to nominate candidates for county
°Hoare. The Congressional Conventions assemble
on Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, in the First
district, at Southwark Hall; Second district at
the County court house; Third distriet at Frank
lin so, Franklin avenue and Marlborough street ;
and Fourth district at the Dentooratlo reading
room at Thirteenth street and Girard avenue. The
Filth distriet is composed of the Twenty-second
ward, portions of the Twenty -drat and Twenty
third wards, and a pait of Montgomery county,
and the delegate election there does not take place
Until the let of 'September.. Thh Representative
delegates oboserinent.week meet in the respeotive
districts on Tuesday morning to nominate oandl.
dates fir Assembly, and the S en atorial Convention
at the same time atigoyamensing Hall. The ward
execattrie committees ealemble on the first Mon
day in aepternber, at n o'clock P. X., to orgenise,
except in the Twenty-first, - Twenty-Second, and
Twenty-third wards, where the meetings are held
at three o'clock in the afternoon. •
PRESENTATION By PIIILAIDELPHIA FIREMEN
TO A HAURlllatflte OollPAßY.—Thol_preeentatton of a
willitailbsentailver fire horn to the Friendship Com
pany of our city, by the West Philadelphia En
gine bompany, took Oboe at the Court House last
evening in the presence of a large orowd of people.
The hero, with the exception of the mouth-piece,
is of solid sliver. The mouth-piece is of gold.
The whole affair is elaborately ornamented, and
'adorned with firemen's emblems. Oonspionous,on
the sides are two figurer in bold relief, represent
ing niemberb Of the Friendship and West Phila
delphia companies shaking hands. The horn bears
the ,following inscription " Presented to the
F . /lendable, Fire Company of Harrisburg by the
West Philadelphia Engine Company of Philadel
phia." It is designed as an aeknowledgment of
courtesies received by the West Philadelphia com
pany durina visit to Harrisburg. in' November
last. The beautiful testimonial was presented on,
behalf of the donors by Mr. Joseph Young, Assist
ant Engineer of the Philadelphia Fire Depart
ment, in a brief and appropriate address i which
war eminently responded to by Col. A. J. Herr
oh the part of the Friendship.
After the conclusion of the addresses, three cheers
and a " tiger" were given for the West Philadel
phla Engine Company, and the• same number for
Melara. Young and Herr. The Friendy boys and
their .guests, then marched in prooeseion to the
Brady Howe, and partook of a supper served up
in the mud good style of the popular caterer for
that establishment. The participants remained at
the festive board until a late boar, and general
enjoyment ruled the omadon. The Philadelphia
committee left for home this afternoon, highly
pleased with their visit to the capital eity.-4far
riabure Telegraph. •' •
- QUICK 'TINS.—The steamship Keystone
Atste strived froia harlaston yesterday '
In 45
hours 17 minutes from wharf to wharf, This is the
(1 1 214M06 bate Qat OM ham Pon mode.
THE PRBSSe-PRILADELPRIA, 'll
WASJIDIEGTOt ";00MEPOillitirMl.
Lettei from"s 4 ocoasiosial.”
[Correspondence One Prsts
What would the Disunion 'party' do for ligintif
and followers in,the free States if they, could not
find their captains and organs among that class of
men who emigrate from New England and settle
down among us? That New England contain s`
many noble spirits, many orators, scholars, natal.*
men, poets, soldiers, and patriots, our history abun
dantly proves;' , lmt it ie x fact that sines the ,pre.:
bent Administration threw _ behind it the solemn
covenant of 1856, and drew its sword upon all
Democrats who would not bow it ita , bidding,
and yield in hearty -.and: slavish sminienenee
to 'its treacherieer in •no • part of 'l.lle= noun.
try—certainly — in' no part of the free States—
have there bean so many obsequious and
mercenary endorsers of all its outrages as in
New England, 'and' among those who have left that
section for the purpose of earning a livelihood else
where. Caleb Cushing was the chief of this sot.
He is the type and symbol, of the cupidity and
recklessness .that , distinguish the whole. His
lieutenants, Wright, Butler, and Loring, of Mens
al:Meet* Ingersoll, of Connecticut, Edmund Burke,
of New' Hampshire, and Wiggin and More, of
Maine;liesetable in great part the man who, are
wetland throughout New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania; Ohio, and avers the Noithwest, anti
who accept the odious testxof the Administration,
and worship its transgressions.
The Breokinridge meeting in Philadelphia on
Monday evening last seems to have been almost
entirely consigned to New England gentlemen.
Colonel Stevens, the chairman of the Secession
National Committee, who is the chief engineer of
the concern in this city, was the leading character
of the evening. I say nothing to his disparage
ment. He has distinguished himself in his coun
try's envie°, and has many excellent qualities.
But, unfortunately for the Colonel, he is not a citi
zen of any State,
being a delegate in Congress
from Washington Territory ; and although he re
presented Oregon in the National Convention
ht Charleston and Baltimore, and ran over
with the Seceders to Breckinridge, his con
duct has already been deeply denounoetly the
Democrats of Oregon, and will, no doubt, be se
verely censured by his own people. He has a
large stake in the present Administration, being
extremely anxious to pass through Congreee the ,
Oregon and Washington war debt, amounting to
some four or Ave millions of dollars, and probably'
he will be able to carry it at the next session by
securing the votes of the Itepublioane, who, he
supposes; are greatly delighted with hitr warfare
upon Judge Douglas. , He was born in Massaohu:
setts, but is as furlong a fire-eater as if he had
first seen the light in the everglades of Florida.
Your Captain Day is, I believe, another of thi s
genus. The Captain is a mysterious,. well-behaved
sort of man. I remember the surprise that was
excited when, under the Administration of General
Pierce, thin man was appointed to a leading once
in the city of Philadelphia. Nobody knew any
thing of him. He had dropped down into your
' midst, and had been cautiously preparing the way
for preferment while almost unknown. He is a
natural follower of power; a politician by profee
slon'and practice; he cannot help it. Belonging to
the satellites who circulate around Cushing, he, of
course, accepted Lecompton in its most' odious
shape, and, with the train-bands of the navy yard,
aided in the merciless warfare upon the Democracy
of Philadelphia. It is stated, by those in the de
partments who know the man, that the Captain has
been engaged supplying your United States Mint
with coal, which may or may not account for his
enthusiasm in favor of Breokinridge and Lane ; but
this sort of patronage has accounted for many of the
movements of the Adventurers who cluster around
that forlorn ticket. Captain Day is, I understand
aeandidate for Congress in the First district, and
is seeking what is called a regular nomination ;
but ha can no more ask the suffrages of the De
mocracy for that or any other,ofilee, than he can
ask those of Republicans , while he supports an ir
regular, bolting, disorganizing candidate for Pre
sident, and stands upon an odious and disreputable
platform. The same is true of Col. Florence, and
of all the friends of Breokinridge who are seeking
nominations at the hands of the regular organisa
tion, in Philadelphia and elsewhere. No real De
mocrat can vote for then men, no natter if ten
time* nominated. While they are engaged strik
leg down the only Democratic candidate for Prat
dent, chosen according GS the usages of the party,
they 'cannot certainly expect the votes of Demo
crats on the ground that they have received a no
mination made in aosordanoe with those usages.
But et the. time of the Breekinvidge meeting,
where were your distinguished Beesulonieti that
they did not come forward to encourage the Die
unionists? Where was Mr. William B. Reed?
know that he has recovered from his late illness,
and that he le in the neighborhood .of Philadel•
phis. lifr..losistt Randall may he as' Saratoga,
but why did not Mr. Gee. M. Wharton, Mr. Van
dyke, Mr. Ingersoll, and others, all equally colt
brited, show their faces and rain their voices on
the same side? The a b sence of these stars, and
the fact that only the lesser luminaries shed their
sickly light upon the movement, prove incontesta
bly how low it has fallen, and how much audacity,
ft requires to advocate it. . "
A gentleman just arrived from Bedford Spring.
gives e grankle account of the reoeption of the
President and hie friend Robert M. Magraw, on,
their arrival at that place, on Saturday, Mr. Bu
chanan was fully expected on Friday evening; his
friend, Mr. Tayloe, of this city, having second hia
rooms for him on that day, and great preparations
were made to reoeive hint. At 4 o'clock the band
was stationed about two squares from the hotel, on
the Cumberland road; an aroh was thrown over
the road, and a wreath of Sowers prepared
fur the illustrious Sage of Wheatland by' the
ladies of the Springs. A committee were ap-
pointed to - meet him, whloh consisted of Judge
Dougherty and Major Watson in one carriage, and
the world-renowned Brigadier General George
Washington Bowman, and the equally illustrious
Alfred Gilmore, Esq., of Philadelphia, in another.
The committee at the hotel consisted of Attorney-
General Black,- and several others. Four o'clock
came—rive, six, and no President. At half past
six, while the company were at tea, a wag an
nounced on the plans that thePrealdent was com
ing, when there was a general stampede to the
door, but who should drive up but the committee
unattended by their. diettngniihed guest. They
announced that he would not be on hand until
the next day, =oh to the disappointment. of
the whole party. Saturday came without
any of the preparation , for hie reoeption
of the previous day, and about 4 o'clock in the af
ternoon, our worthy and estimable President, the
venerable "J. B," drove quietly up in company
with his valuable friend, Mr. Magraw, of Balti
more. After shkking hands with a 'few ladies and
children, ho retired to his room, took a glass of
mineral water, bad a eonsultation with his Attor
ney General, and went soundly to sleep. The next
morning being Sunday, he made hie appearance In
the parlor and beard the sermon of the Rev. Mr.
Paxson, of Pittsburg.- It is said that be is 'quite
moderato in his politic., being fully content that
he has achieved the darling object of his life In
destroying the Democratic party.
My informant tells me that Bedford Springs is
admirably kept, under the experienced superin
tendence of Mr. A. G. Allen, formerly of your
United States Hotel, and that everybody is de
lighted with the springs and the hotel.
Letter from 4, 1 1 1 or."
•
ICortespondenoe of The .Pressa
WASHINGTON, August 21, IMO
The Douglas mon had a lively time last night at
their headquarters. The ladies of the Fifth ward
presented them with a beautiful flag. F. Gal
higher, Esq., of Baltimore, 'recently removed by
the President from the custom house, on account of
his attaohment to Douglas, made a stirring and
eloquent speech. Am I not right ? I assert that
Mr. Buchanan is the greatest enemy which Mr.
Breokinridge has. Mr. Gallagher would have
made no speeches had he not been removed.
A few days since I alleged in one of my letters
that Governor Wise had quarrelled• with Mr. Bu
chanan, because the latter refused to remove from
office those Know Nothings who had taker, an AO
live part against the Governor during the ever
memorable campaign of 1855. lam now informed
that this assertion of mine is not exactly correct,
and, as I have not tile least inclination to do in
justice to a man for whom I always have felt the
highest respect, I withdraw It. That Mr. Hu-
Oman and Governor Wise are not friends the
world knows. What the emote of it is nobody can
tell, and it is; therefore, natural that mistakes
sometimes will be made. As an admirer of the
Governor, I can • only express my sincere regret
that he should have taken the course which he
now pursues. Had 1M supported Douglas in 1860,
as he did in 1858, how differently situated would
he be now! Whilst Douglas would lead the
North, he would lead the South against The co
horts of seotionalism and disunion. lie ought to
know better than anybody else that in J. B.'s
company nothing but death can be found.
That Messrs. Cobb and Houston, the ablest
members of the Alabama Congressional delega
tion, have declared for Douglas, has caused quite
a fluttering in °Metal circles. The Constitution
of to-day conoedem that there are 10,0110 Douglas
men in Alabama.
The oily of Washington contains about 56,000
inhabitants, against 40,000 in 1850. In four wards
there is a gain of 10,067; the three remaining
wards have not yet been heard from.
The Garibaldi festival yesterday was not wall
attended. Mr. Sahimmelfennig spoke in German,
and another gentleman in Frenoh. About twenty.
five Italians wore present, bearing the Italian tri-
Colors.
That the Brookinridge men in Virginia have
declared themselves, at the Charlottesville Conven
tion, against the Pular' railroad , make,' it impossi
ble for Breckinrldge to entertain even the smallest
hope Of carrying California and Oregon.
It is remarkable that when it was rumored that
Dreokinridge is going to resign, the thunders here
in this city *ere more glad than the Douglas men.
Poor fellows ! they feel that they are outside of
the organisation of their party; and that there ie
nothing for them in future bat defeat and disgrace.
They inwardly wish that Btechinridge may resign {
permitting them thus to return from the inhospita
ble oonntry of Disunion and Treason. The Dou
glas mon tore less about it ; on the contrary; their
engagements with the Union men make it even
dooloblo that Btooklittidys tittottld hold on. LOX.
WasiliGroN, Aupt 22,184,
OcoasioNAL
4* A ~; AUGM 213, 1860.
. : 'ATEAT NEWS
'f*; Telegraph to The i'rewl•
Yko.New York Reinibhean State Con
- verigon.
Sre,Acura, Aug. Republioan State Con:
yentiou met this mornMiat U o'clock. the hall
was crowded with delegate and spectators.
Mr. Tames 0. Smith was elected temporary
ohairman, and briefly addressed the Convention.
PNIFOKINATION OP GOV. MORGAN. • •
At the elm of. fir. Smith's remarks, a oommit•
4, 41 o n Onnanslat.organtsitiott was appointed,'end
the 'Conventiare took a recess.
- Oir reassembling; a permanent organisation was
effected, by the eleCtion of James My Cook as
President.
The Convention then proceeded to the nomina
tion of State officers, and Governor Morgan and
LientenanyGovernor Campbell wore nominated by
acclamation for re•eleotion.
S. H. Barnes, of Chenango county, was nomin a •
ted for Canal Commisaioner.
James K. Bates was nominated for State I.
epeoter.
Cullen Bryant and James 0. Putnam
were chosen ele e tore at large, with thirty•three
distriet electors.
Resolutions were adopted acoepting the rasolu.
tions of the National Convention at Oblong°, and
ratifying the nominations of Lincoln and Hamlin,
and Morgan; Campbell, and the rest of the State
elders; declaring the attempt to fasten on the Re.
publican party the responsibility ofprofligate
legislation as calumnious and wicked, and that the
canals of the State deserve the fostering care of
the Republican party. '
several congratulatoq epeeehes were then made,
when the Convention adjourned sins dte.
AiiAtionatNews by the Arabia.
niratzsrum FRO( CIIINA.
Boma, Angust 22.—The following news from
China is contained in the latent English papers, re
ceived by the steamer Arabia, which arrived at
.this port this afternoon:
&acquire, June 16.—Tbe rebels now occupy
Poo chow-Too, and are sabridoing life and property
without check. Vim Imperialists are crestfallen.
The native inhabitants are dying in alarm to the
adjacent country, and all trade is suspended.
Km Koxo, Juno 23.—Lord Elgin and Baron
Gros arrived here on the 2let, and immediately
proceeded_ to the north. Sir Rope Grant, with bls
troops and trammerts, has also gone northward.
From Pike's Peak.
. Sr. Josierst, /Ingot 22.—The Denver City ex
press; with dates to the 14th ire., arrived here
to. day.
A silver lead mina has boon discovered near
Tarryali, Katy-flue miles from Denver City. It to
reported that the ore taken therefrom yields from
SIOQ to $lBO worth of sliver' per ton. '
The queation of organising a State Government
for the - Pike'e Peak region is again agitated. Se
veral meetings have been held to referenoe thereto,
but no important station has yet been taken.
The timber of emigrants returning home is de
creasing.
Business at Denver City was generally dull.
State Politics.
TEE oonsixiirriONAL ONION PARTY—mawma OF
THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTER
HARRISBURG, Aug. 22.—The State Executive
Committee of the Constitutional Union party mot
here to-day, Eon. Fleury M. Fuller in the chair.
Every Congressional district.was represented.
Cheering accounts were received from all parts
of the. State, and a strong disposition was mani•
fasted by the members fora union of all national
men against the Republican party.
A committee was appointed to seleot Presidential
electors.
Reported Battles with the Indians.
Sr. Lotus, August 22.—The St. Josephs agent of
the pony express received by the last arrival a
note from the agent at St- Lake City, announcing
the detention of the express in consequence of a
fight between Lieut. Perkins' command and the
Pawnees, in Which seventeen Indians - were killed,
and three soldiers badly wounded.
A fight bad also taken place between the em
ployees of the Overland Mail Company and the
Utah Indians at Shell Creek' Path, in which Ave
Indians were killed. .
The U. S. Steam Frigate Powhatan
I:I=3EITIM
WASHINGTON, Aug: 22.—Captain Meta?' bas
been ordered to the command of the steam frigate
Powhatan, now at the Philadelphia navy yard.
The other ()Risers are as follows: Lieutenants Rut
ledge, Thompson, Barris, Queen, Brown, and
Poruher ; Burgeon Wilson ; Passed Assistant Bur.
goon laws; Purser Clar y, and Chief Engineer
Newell. The destination of the vessel has not yet
been announced.
The Java City Poet Office.
CSIOA.OO, Aug. 22.—Samuel Workman, post
ure/der at Java City, having resigned, and at the
same time retained $lO,OOO of the Government
money, the post Memo at that plasm bas been closed
and taken possession of by the agent of the Post
Offlee Department. Mr. Workman has been absent
for Boma months.
Michigan PoMice.
GRAND RAPIDS, Melt , August 22.—Thomas 13
Mundt bee been nominated for election to Congress
by the Demoorata of the Third distriet.
From Etarana.
NEW YORK, /Ingest 22.—The steamer Manville
from New (Weeps, via 'Havana, on the. iSth, or
rived this afternoon.
The news from liavana is unimportant.
The United Staten steamer Mohawk had left Ma
tames for Pensacola.
Heavy Rains in Massachusetts.
Boaroa, August U.—Watertown, Waltham,
Beading, Belmont, and other towns in the vicinity
*ere drenched with six inches of rain yesterday
afternoon. Considerable damage - wee done to
property by flood.
Marine.
Hortrour, August 22 —The bark Warren has ar
rived at Hampton Ronde, from Sombrero in four
teen days, having aboard Joseph Saraba, (colored,)
the ringleader in a mutiny and recently plseed in
charge of the United States authorities.
The Steamer Glasgow at New York.
Naw Yoar, Aug. 22.—The • steamship Glasgow,
from Liverpool on the Bth inst., arrived at eta
port this morning. Her advices have been antioi
pated.
Honorable Discharge.
Cunum, Aug. 23.—Mr. B. H. Dennison, who
was arrested two weeks since on the charge of em
bezzlement, has been honorably discharged.
Departure of the Europa.
litw YORK, August 22,--The steamship Europa
sailed at noon for Liverpool, with $50,000 In spode.
The U. S. Frigate Susquehanna.
Nisrr Yeluc, August 22.—The United States fit
gate Susquehanna sailed this afternoon.
Obituary. .
BOSTON, Aug. 22.—The widower the late Abbot
Lawrence died at her renidenoe, in this My, bus
night.
Markets by Telegraph.
Llatantous.Ausust 214—Flour aotiva l Iloward•street
is quoted at 883736, a deoline of 1255f0 since yesterday
Ohtodesorlptions continue to be held at 8560 . Wheat
is active at $1.20e1.23 for red, and 81.5001.00 for white.
Corn dull. at 720,73 c for yellow, ago for mixed. and 140
760 for white. Provisions are active and buoyant:
Bulkineats 91:011I4a. Bacon-1014012% for 'Moulders
and sides. Whisky dull at 22550.
Ns w (humans, August U.—Cotton steady ; 1,000 hales
geld to•day at 104ditI05(o for middlings. Bales of three
days 2,100 bales. Receipts 3 SOO bales against 2 000 bales
last year. Palen' 2,300 bales. Reoalpte ahead of last
Rear 464,000 bales, Ditto at all Southern torts 700.000
eceipts of new cotton to date,ls,ooo bales sestina 2,700
bales last year, Flour quiet at 46400500. Corn steady
at 588700. Tobacvm firm but unchanged. bleu Fork
firm at 822. Whisky, rectified, 111 No, Exchange on
London 9)4010 ly cent, premium. Bids of ,lading 83S m
954 J' cent. premium. bxohanee on New York Xmli
Is , cent. premium. Freights on cotton to Liverpoo ,
9-12 d.
CINCINNATI, AUK. 22.—Flotir quiet and unchanged.
Whisky firm at .PIXo. Provisions quiet ; there was
nothing done in the market to-day. there being no in
quiry. Exchange on New York steady at g; per oent.
premium. Money is in fair demand. 10612 per oentum.
Platy Oataraue, Aug. 22,-Cotton unchanged mles to
day Of 1.100 bales. iincludink 800 bales of new Cotton.
R d buoyant, and 'go. higher. Wes at 8%*9.54e, York
is quiet but firm. Lard, in bbls, Win. The other
markets are unohanged,
Now York Stock
xctiange—Aug. 22.
HOARD.
SECOND
10000 Virginis St 65.... 0136
10000 9114
6000 Missouri 65....000 81%
260 Hudson River R. 085 i
100 d0......---bOO 684,
100 Harlem Railroad .. 184
100 do-- -- 184
200 Mich Can R- -WO 70
100 do 064
200 d 0.......... blO 70
60 111 Can ft Scrip.-- 804
300 d 0...-. 810 804
60 Panama Railroad. 126
60 160.126
100 Gal & Chicago ft .. 811(
200 Clay & Tol R..-- .
200 do 47
100 Chi & Rook 1....430 83
100 ...1300 61
.• . •
iko do— .
.... 8 1
2000
i t 9o o oooo Tenn Be '99..‘.-..
.. 9O
20 N I Caro m4
7
tde..106
4111 Central lido_ 33X
3000 Ohl W2d a t. 37
30004oshe8BranchBd 79
1123Psoffio Mau BB 7r
100 Central .... 78.%
N Y n— 84
300 801
aau 0o '
200 gig
6 Erie ReAlTead--. 28?.1
1 , 00 do —4-.. ..... 285 i
THE MARKETS
Anil m —Pots are firm at 86 25, and Pearls steady at
$5.40, with aides of 26 bbls.
Fttrit.—The market for State and Western Flour Is
heavy at unchanged Micas. The same features noticed
for several dale past are still observable in the market,
and the geperal Omen°, ts towards lower proms. the
receipts to-dar amount to 6,720 bele, and the sales to
1,300 Ws at 85 05mi5 15 for superfine State ; 3510®630
for extra do; 19505.10 'tor superfine Western; 6,0 e
5.35 for extra do ; and 8636¢615 for round-hoc Ohio.
Southern Flour le steady, with salea of 1,000 hie at
85 Mantle for common to mixed,' 5ied86.7050760 ler
extra mands. Canada Inver rates quiet and unchanged ,
with sales of 690 bbl, at fend 06 for Inaba ; 8615 m
7.50 for extra. Corn Meal and Rye Flour are unchanged.
thisin.—Wheat in firm. at an advance of one to two
cents on yesterday's prices, with a fair export demand,
which. brevet, in materir restrioted by compare.
tive snare ty of good quality r shipment, as the hulk of
the receipts come' of nudesirable'quatity. The Moat
and milling consumPtion taken up all prime parcels at
full valve. The receipts amount to 32,742 bushels. and
the sale. to 6.000 bushels. embracing winter red West
ern iat 81 27.1.26, white lonians at 81.330136.
Bye le steady at no. Barley is met. Corn is in
active request at rather better prices. The demand is
Welly for eneotlen and Southern account, but for
shipment there in little doing. ReOeige to day 79.590
bushels, Wes 9,000 bushels. inoinding Western mixed
nt etunelsg. Oats, are steady at 1705390 for Southern.
Canada. and Weatern, and Melon for State.
PROVISIONI.—The Fork marker exhibits no essential
change Coallyesterday Sales 150 at 815.15,1149.30 for
newmass, la 75 for old, 8140514.32 for new prima, 813
for old' do. Beef is quiet and unchaneedt eves of' 100
bbla m 8404 76 for, country prime. 8605 60 tor country
mesa, 360510 50 for masked Western, ellen for extra
mess. Cut:Meats are •firm. at aff (59}(0 for Shoulders
and 110 for Hants. Simon rules. ullll rone mess Beef
and Beef Hams are nominal. Lard is heavy at 81 2 811%0
for butchers', and 15.1 g for prime, with sales of 100 Pikes
Bolger and Cheese ate unchanged.
writing is steady, with sales of 250 bbls at 21go.
NEW YORE CATTLE MARKET.—Eincorm DAY - -
Wednesday—Car:La DaPßwealtD-811ZEP 'l3lO/11R.--
The market to-day is hardly as gond as yesterday.
Butchers gain, on the estimates of weights. 60, 22, to 60
pounds on a bullock. and then bet t down the salesman
a dollar or two a head. If the account comes to Ong or
, ens, they oWer even money, and with a enmity of buy
ers. drovers are obliged to yield. They thus got many
advantages in a deolit mg market.
We quote at Bto 9 cents average 7.„tio. The reoeipts
have bee 6,126 Beeves. 159 COWn, 696 Veal', 14,64066660
Beeves,
Lambs, and 4.420 Stainer showing a deorease of 129
Beeves, and an d s orons of 47 Cows, 66 Yeals,794 Sheen
rind Lambs,
a ti l l% 71
8 . _ l . D 7ity hied were purchased by
tw York .tatts Ira. and are tnoieded in the arrivals.
Attlee these, 233 head wore sold on Bunday, and driven
i sl
t tenet th e streets of this Christian city without the
ightest opposttion from our Christian police anthon
tea Among the petters are Westheimer. Ourney,and
termites ; 140 of them were sold at Aniel's yards, Bev,
Sett, and sant aerate the Forty-second-street terty. All
the day prices were in the butchers' favor. pm the day
was set down as the voorest In many years for drovers.
Butehera were inbllant.
The Vest Marhet was well suppli ed. Bales at 4 to 70;
4ia OW extra at 744. •
heap and Benne arc in demand, especially Sheep.
oh are FO better, end a few extra at too advent.
llig t 6 l trineir eget to at 466036, and for extra 840 to
Tine ariiin better supply. Bales slow at same,
I ee. Dressed have arrived at the rate of one thousand
Wit
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING
WASASLIT & CLAIMS * / ASCII-STRESS THSASSIC,
AtOlt street, above allsb,—" Vaulty Fair"—" Bob Net-
Nee.
COnorttrilirAL TUELTHE. Walnut it, above Eightlx.—
Carnoroes and Bharyley's Minstrels.
GOMORRA , 4ALL. Ohoetuut ottreet. above Tvettttt.—
Maglo and Ventriloquism. by Prof. Love.
THE EASTERN PENITENTIARY.;
VISIT TO CHERRY HILL
TALKS WITH THE OPPIOILLS LND THE
PRISONERS.
Solitary Confinement Considered.
Our reporter transcribed, a few weeks Once, the
partlaulare of an afternoon's visit to Moyamensing
Prison. There remains another institution, beneath
whose frowning walls and lofty battlements our
citizens datly pass, and yetwith whose hiatory and
internal life the masses know little more than of
the secret struggles and I .teraptations of the lone
some hearts wnleh are burled in its granite walls.
anLITAET coltriltamENT
Of late years, the efforts of the leaders Of civili
zation have barite with practical aired upon the
science of prison discipline. The various methods
of punishment have been carefully and censei
entiously studied, and the penitentiary upon Cherry
Bill is the practical embodiment of cherished theo
ries. The prison, as we know it, is as entirely an
institution of modern Europe as the church, the
school, and the poorhouse. Systematic imprison
ment is a thing of which no trace can be found in
the practices of ancient nations.
Colliery confinement was practised in the Glou
cester (England) penitentiary toward the end of
the 18th century. Afterward It was adopted in
the Bridewell of Olasgow, but in Philadelphia the
system was first emphatically developed. On this
principle the Walnut-street prison was first built
with thirty cells. This idea being welcomed as
the simple solution of all difficulties in prison
discipline, was presently followed in Maryland,
Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, and Virginia.
Whatever imperfections appeared In it were attri
buted to the limited scale of the experiment, and
the Pennsylvanians, resolving to give it more scope
built the prisons of Pittsburg and Cherry Hill
New York, at the same time, arranged to carry out
the system on a great scale in the renowned peni
tentiary of Auburn, founded in 1818.
"It was a normal result of this sys:om," says an
Hogfish writer, " that the over-tortured mind found
refuge in insanity; and so it came to pass that a body
of benevolent Quakers, seeking to abolish blood.
sho d, and violence, had discovered a more e ffi cient
androtracted system of torture then the ingenui
ty of all the tyrants in the world."
A man, who had been sentenced to pass seventy
days in one of the lonesome, miserable pits of Au
burn, hung himself after four days' imprisonment.
Another, condemned to sixty days, also committed
suicide on the twenty-fourth day.
The system of imprisonment, as at present de
veloped at Oherry Hill, was aptly designated to us
by one of the wardens as rather separate than soli
tary. The prisoner is not isolated ; he can bear
the monotonous pace of the keepers patrolling the
long, flagged aisles, and when the weather is
warm, a chink is opened in the door of his cell,
through which, with a greedy eye, he catches
glimpses of passing visitors. Still, with those
modiftcations, there is little doubt that "separate"
confinement is followed by some disastrous conse
quences. We saw evidences of the bitterness of
seeletsion in the pate, bloodless, chalky bands
which slimmed the grating as the wolfish eyes
peered upon tut; in the cheeks, where blood had
perished from very need of sunshine and flash of
Damien; more than all, in the restless, glistening
eyes, which, in their unnatural brightness, seemed
already gleaming with latent insanity. We shall
adv4rt to these presently.
A' heavy oaken gate, studded with Iron, and
large enough to admit every variety of vehicles,
swinge upon ,ponderons hinges driven in the
granite blocks. In title gate la a small wicket,
through' whioh visitors are admitted, Within is
stationed the gate-keeper, who maintains a rigid
watch during all hours of the day. Presenting our
permit, we Were allowed to enter. Extending some
two hundred feet on both sides from this gate are
apartments fitted up as a residence for the warden
and his family. Immediately over the gate is con
struoted a tower about one hundred feet high, from
the summit of whieh a magnifloent view of the pity
can be obtained. It is a highly ornamental struo
"lure, being a oombinstion of the Gothic and Egyp
tian styles of architecture. As ens enters this place,
he le first streak with the impregnable character
of the building and the seeming impossibility
of eaeape. Its walls have a peculiarly dark
and gloomy appearance; without the envie.
sure the scene appeared to us more gloomy' and
forbidding than within. The gate-keeper's apart
ment, however, is sufficiently dungeon-like and
desolate to answer tho most sombre expectations.
In various directions the eye pereelves long, dark
passages, through whose misty and imperfect
light it vainly strives to *etch vestiges of what lies
beyond. For a short time the gate-keeper proceed.
to unlock a heavy wicket-gate, which opens into
a largo and well-kept flower garden.
Immediately opposite, and leadteg to the build
ing in which the convicts are confined, is a ear
ilage-way of twenty feet in width, which is nicely
gravelled. This avenue runs back about five hun
dred feet, and on either aide of it are flower-beds,
which display much Mete in their cultivation. We
noticed a number of I - nautili's, aloes, palms, and
other tender plants, while the altheas and other
more hardy plants were in full bloom, and gave
the yard a cheerful and even attractive ap
pearance. Two wings of the institution with the
front wall form an looseeles triangle, the altitude
of which is made by the carriage•way. We found
afterward, however, that this pleasing prospect
availed nothing to the incarcerated prisoners ;
for they are never allowed to tread its
gravelled paths, 'or to witch the beautiful
views of the many-tinted flowere arrayed upon
either side. On the south side of the wail front
ing in Coates street, is trailed the American ivy,
and its rich glossy, and luxuriant foliage forms a
pleasing contrast to the massive gray stone. In
deed, while viewing it wo were forcibly struck
with the resemblance of the tower with its turrets
and battlement-walls to some old baronial castle.
TEE PRISON, ARCRIIEC7IIRALLY CONSIDERED.
The Eastern Penitentiary—or Cherry Hill State
Prison, as it is familiarly known—is located on
Coates street, between Twenty-first and Twenty
second, on the north side of the way. It is sur
rounded by a wall thirty feet high, twelve feet thick
at the base. The walls enclose s square area of
ten acres of ground. The prison is built of granite,
and, at Intervale, tome fifteen feet from the ground,
the front wall is pierced by narrow windows, six
feet in height. At the middle of the front wall is
situated the main entrance to the building. At tho
eastern end of the front wall is located the dyeing
house, where the yarn and other materials used in
the manufacturing department are prepared for
tho use of the convicts. In this department we
were shown a quantity of ginghams and cheeks of
superior quality.
TDB DOG PEN
Immediately in the roar of the dyeing house are
the dog pone. Here are :congregated canines of
the Newfoundland, terrier, spaniel, and blood
hound speedos. Three dogs only are kept in each
kennel, and they are rendered very ferocious by
their strict confinement. They are perfectly under
the control of their respeotive masters, however.
and accompany the watchmen while they Fume
their nightly
VIE PRISON PHOPLR.
Passing up the broad carriage-way to its fermi
nue, we enter the prison proper. The centre
building is of a circular form, and about one hun
dred feet in diameter. From this point diverge
seven corridors, extending a distance of five hun
dred feet. These corridors are twelve feet wide,
with doom composed of flag stoma, whiob are
highly polished. 04,, either side are long rows of
low oell-doors, with a certain number over every
ono. Borne of the cells are eleven feet nine inches
deep by seven feet six inches wide, with yards at
teohod of fifteen feat deep and eight feet wide.
Others are double this elm and all are lighted,
warmed, and ventilated. The prisoners are Mimed
to frequent these yards every day for an hour.
They aro eurrounded by high walls, and many of
them have cultivated flower-plots, while in others
we noticed grape vines heavily laden with fruit.
There are two tiers of cells in eaohcorridor, and
prisoners occupying the upper tier are allowed the
use of two cells, to compensate for the space al
lotted for exorcise to those who ate located on the
ground door. Every cell bee double doors; the
outer one is of sturdy oak., and the inner one of
grated iron, wherein there is a trap through whiob
food is handed. Every prisoner 1169 a Biala, a
slate' and pencil, and sometimes beaks, pen, ink,
and paper. Ills razor, plate, basin, and can are
upon the shelf, and water is introduced Into nearly
an the cells.
VISITORS TO TRH IRSTITOTION
During the year 1869 more than eleven thousand
parsons visited the Eastern Penitentiary. The
conviots era permitted to receive their relatives
ones In three month's, and letters addressed to them
are promptly forwarded, after undergoing the ta
mps/Alen of the proper carers. From it con
versation with one of the prisoners, we were
somewhat surprised to learn that, although It af
forded him infinite pleasure to 1180 his friends, yet
the regret canoed at their departure rendered his
confinement so muob more insufferable that he al.
moot preferred uninterrupted solitude. We were
forcibly reminded by the merry, laughing feces of
some forty persons who were assembled yesterday
afternoon in the centre building, that in the cells
a few feet from them were oonfined those who had
possibly speut long and weary years in their nar
row cells without beholding the face of any of
their relatives or friends.
Tllll INCARCERATION.
' The convict, having received sentence from the
court, le brought In the prison-van to the main en
trance of Oherry hill. He le taken through the
email wicket and led into a gloomy anartment In
the basement of the warden's dwelling. Hite the
clerk proceeds to note bin height, the length of his
feet, and all other marks which might serve to
identify the conviet if he should make his escape.
Ile le stripped, and every mark or soar on his body
Is also transeribed. His °lethal] are then bun
dled up and sent to the property-room; his name
is entered upon the prison record and becomes
known heaoeforth only by number, to a great ma•
fority of the prison officials. lie is then attired in
a suit of prison clothes, consisting of a flannel
shirt, cheek pantaloons, and a pair of comae shoes.
A large hood or check bag is then placed over his
head, and the convict is led tip the gravelled walk
to the cell appropriated for his use, not knowing
how be reabbed the spot. He is then conducted to
the bath-room, and after bathing Is returned to his
cell, where he le left solitary and alone. In a few
doge the ovorloor of oho oiridor (who, by the
way, mast be mastefet the efelletios punted In
Lie special department) pods 114 prisoner to work,
and he soon beeomes an expert shoemaker, chair
maker, or weaver. Should the eerviet reface to
perform the duties aselgued him, hie allowance of
food is curtailed, or be la punished by being planed
in a dark coll. Others, again, who are possessed of
Bohol/Ledo acquirements, are frequently employed
in preparing statistics of the prison, and in assist
iog the clerk in Lis labors.
This change of circumstances to many men is no
lees marvellous than distasteful. Take the cue of
Colonel Cross, for -thatsmee, who, a few months
ago, moved in fashionable dress through the par-
Ilene of gentility, and his every wish gratified: Iu
a short time he will be apprentieed to the chair
malting budges*, in withal permit Colonel Cregar
hoe already rendered efficient service. Both
Cross and Creper have exhibitad some sulkiness
since their admission into priebn. Cross protests
that be is lanoce(nt of the Mine Imputed to him,
while Crigsr theists that the law was unjust which
made him a convict simply for having in his pos
session certain-,CoUntelleittotel•
The oases of many notorious criminals were men
Honed to us whom we were not permitted to see.
REBUFF—DICKIINS• Y/SIT TO THE PRISON.
We had indulged the fond hope that oredentiale
from certain swell-known gentlemen wadi' be an
open sesame to every portion of the building In
this we were disappointed. The warden kindly
gave us permission to enter the cells of some crimi
nals of little note, - but the perpetrators of great
crimes were shielded from intrusion, their sap*.
riot daring constituting them a privileged aris.
tootway. A. few miserable creatures, serving oat
terms for larceny, etc., were exhibited ; but th e
mention of noted characters was met by a very
blank look, which modesty understood. However,
the rules of the prison were all•powetful ; of other
details the warden gave us information. We pro
ceeded with a subordinate Other down the identi
cal aisle or corridor which Charles Dickens trod
on his visit to Cherry Hill in 1842.
With his characteristic falsity, Mr. Dickens took
a superficial view of a few calls, remained about
en hour, professed to be highly pleased, and after
he was again domesticated in England, abused
the system in his characteristic' vein. The officer
who accompanied us remembered Mr. Dickens
well—his flunky manners, and deceitful profes•
scone—hat maenad his greattegard for the neTel
let's imagination, which has thrown dramatic
touches and tableaux where such were invisible to
accompanying eyes. We insert Mr. Dickens'
opinion of the prison system :
" The system hare is rigid, strict, and hopeless
solitary (tonal:gement. I believe it, in its effects, to
be cruel and wrong.
"In its intention I am well convinced that it is
kind, humane, and meant for reformation; but I
am persuaded that those who devised this system
of prison discipline, and those benevolent gentle
men who carry it Into execution, do not know what
it is they are doing I believe that very few men
are capable of estimating the immense amount of
torture and agony which this dreadful punish
ment, prolonged• for years, inflicts upon the
sufferers; and in veining at it myself, and
In reasoning from what I have seen writ.
tea upon their face., and what to my certain
knowledge they feel within, I am only the more
convinced that there is a depth of terrible endu•
ranee in it, which none but the sufferer" themselves
can fathom, and which no man has a sight to le
ant upon his fellow-creature. I hold this slow
and daily tampering with the mysteries of tho
brain to be immeasurably worse than any torture
of the body; and because its ghastly signs
and tokens are not so palpable to the eye
and sense of touch as soars upon the flesh ;
because its wounds are not upon the snr
fano, and it extorts few cries that human cans
can beer, therefore I the more dancanae It, as a
await punishment which 'lumbering humanity is
not reused up to stay I hesitated once, debating
with myself, whether, if I had the power of saying
yes' or no,' I would allpw it to be ' tried in oar •
thin cases, where the tenon of imprisonment were
short; but now I solemnly thane, that, with no
rewards or honors, could I walk a happy man be
neath the open sk7 by day or lay me down upon
my bed at night, with the conselotiatiesi that one
human creature for any length of time, no matter
what, lay s u ffering this unknown punishment in
his silent cell, and I the cause, or I consenting to
It in the least degree."
OALLEI lIPDX SOBS Or 1111 PRISON DIMOCRACY
The first cell we entered was appropriated to a
burglar, a native of this city, and a good mechanic I
He married at a very early age, and domestic
dilfl
colties drove him to habits of intoxication. While
partially inebriated, he attempted, in a bungling
manner, to commit a burglary, and was sentenced
to three years' imprisonmegt, We heard with some
incredulity the extenuating 'Rory ; for if there be
truth in initial chasaeteristics, the man was every
knave. Ills hair was long tad greasy; his ey e
restless, cunning, and quick • the whole contour of
his face sharp, and a most sinister mouth. -
He was weaving, but stopped to eheke hands
with us, and conversed with frequent merriment.
His pallid face seemed very ghastly, contrasted
with his black hair and eyes. Our oenductor said,
ingeniously, that such unnatural whiteness resulted
from the reflection of the wall. His little pallet
was strapped against the wall to make more work
ing room. In a small book-case we found a Bible,
prayer book, and tracts. There were likewise two
flunday•school books: One of them was marked
with indecent phrases on the blank leaves.
The man said he was happy, but nlivertheleas
anxious for release. He spoke of his wife In a
tone of bitterness, but at the mention of his chit
dren we thought his lip quivered. He had been
weaving coarse prison goods of a blue color, and
stated that his labors occupied the entire day. We
looked through the grating in the rear of his oell,
where the little plot of prison yard. bare ani leaf
lees, lay like the deselatkin of the bad hopes with
in. 4. bit of blue sky peered in over the wall.
Fragments of cloud Sleeted tidally &noes, but
never so that their entire (Willies could be enoom
passed in a- glance. It was raining as we stood on
the cell, and the drops fell monotonously on the
the little plot, as if to embitter the loneliness.
In one of the pauses of the oonversation we
caught the sound of the " one lone Weaver and
shuttle," which so affected Mr Dickens.
Our next visit was to the cell of a peijarer. He
had not the manners of a criminal, and after in
quiry, convinced 1211 of his comparative innocence.
tie had gone bid' for a friend while inebriated,
and had sworn he possessed a certain amount o
property. He was also weaving, and spoke with
&bluntness which wee quite dissimilar to the tonal
whine of incarcerated men. He complained of the
character of the books in the prison library—many
of which detailed the adventures of very good
boys—as lacking the stamina of reading &pr the
mind of a man. It had beet three months sines
he had spoken with a relative or a friend.
We were next taken to a deserted cell, painted
by a convict many years ago, in a most beautiful
manner. Between perpendicular - columns were
placed vase of flowers, and illuminated scroll and
flower works decorated the base and the ceilings.
More than 25,000 persons have visited this cell.
VISITS TO TUE IN/NUM CONVICTS.
Walking down another long corridor, we osme
to a row of iron doors, about a foot square. The
wall is which they shut was a foot ttuok, and the
opening of each on the interior wee so small that a
head could not be throat through it.
These constitute the "dark cells," in whloh re•
fraotory inmates are punished by gloomy inoaroo
ration, chained, and dieted upon bread and wattle.
We looked into one of them, and the words of
Coleridge came forcibly to mind:
"And this plane our forefathers made for man;
This is the process of our lore and wisdom
To each poor brother who Wends against us—
Molt innocent, perhaps. And what if guilty ?
Ls this the only curet Merciful God!
•
Uncomforted and fnendless solitude at the clanking
hour;
Groaning and tears and savage faces
Been through the mieta a"d vapors of his dungeon
By the lamp's dismal twilight. Thus tie hes
Circled with evil. till his very soul
Unmoulds its weence hoeelesely deformed.
By meats of °rename deformity."
Our conductor opened the door of a cell. A
gigantic mulatto was lying upon a pallet. Be
sprung up like a wild beast, and peered blindly
through the opening. Such a ghostly being we
never knew. Long, silken hair fell beautifully
over his shoulders, and beard of the same silken
texture and hue fell from his chin. Be was in
sane—at times a raving maniac ; lobg and dismal
incarceration had shattered hie reason. David
Pledge had been a notorious burglar, and had pre
viously served twelve years in Sing Bing prison.
Ile has been in Cherry Mil for more than nine
yearn. Twenty•oneyears of a human life time
passed in prison' It was very fearful to hear
him speak.
" Doctor," said be, In a confidential tons, " have
you brought the medicine for those people in my
lookup ?"
Be pointed to the vacant wall, as if the !makes
of his fancy were peopled there, and ho lowered
his tone :
They will try to escape to-night • they have
made it up, and think they will succeed. Hark !
I have bought a whip."
Els brow scowled, end his speech grew cruel.
"I have bought a whip, and I'll out the blood
out of their flue shoulders."
He paused again, as it for reply.
"Have you heard of 'em in thirolina ? They are
at it again down there. When Igo out tomorrow
I shall pat a stop to them. The wtrip—l'll out 'em
with the whip.'
Ills scowl grew positively feroelons, and he threw
himself again on the low pallet, and laughed very
wildly. There wore the limbs which bad groped
into quiet dwelling; and the hand which, without
compunction, weutd have drawn the dirk over un
conscious sleepers. The door clicked to its place,
and, mingled with the echo of our receding foot
steps, we still heard the sounds of his mad laugh
ter.
There I 3 a young man in thfs prison named
Wiley Williams, who has been crazed for many
years. .11e shot at Air. fiirkbride, of the Lunatic
Asylum, many years ago, and has been since a
hopeless madman. It is probable that a large
proportion of the convicts commit the crimes for
width they are sentoneed while laboring under a
hallucination or partial aberration. ammo is, in
feat, the frequent offspring of dile.... The sys
tem of rigorous separation, however beneficent it
may bo, doubtless aggravates the existing insanity,
and develops it finally into hopeless lunacy.
For an insano otinvict there is little Imp. Ile
cannot be admitted, as a convict, into the State
lunatlo asylum, as the law which has aoosigned
him to lunacy is almost powerlese to resasettate
him.
A DESPERATE CIIARACTEII
Ono of the moot desperate and trOublasome of the
convicts is a man from Perry county, Pennsylva
nia. A few days mince ho provided himself with
a singularly complete defensive armor.
One of the jailor' unlocked the conviers cell early
In the mooning, and loand him girdled by a belt
stuck full of sharp nails. Ilia arms were enoased in
the same accoutrement to the elbows, and he wore a
tiara of the same strange contrivance around his
bead. At the end of a pole need to eustath the
skylight he had fixed his knife in the manner of
a lance, and when the officer unlocked the cell
door the convict made a lunge at him whioh very
nearly put a quietus upon any future action of the
deputy warden.
This ferocious man was captured after a tertible
struggle, when a bloody plot for his escape and
that of his fallow-prisoners, was revealed. In his
cell was found a rope for clambering over the
made of bite of blanket and bed quilt. Knives and
other weapons were concealed beneath his pallet,
and imbed removed 'leveret heavy atones out of the
solid •masonry. The Intention of the could was
to mount the lower wall encompassing the yard of
his cell, and when the deputy entered the yard,
through the rear gate, in the evening, to lock the
cell door, to strike him dead with one of the heavy
atones he had secured. The keys were then to be
secured, and an attempt made to plea through the
main entrance. In case this should be frustrated
the rope and book were to aid him in scaling the
high wall. At last accounts, however, the convict
was repenting Ms foolharay behaviour in one °filth
dark cells, assisted in his retrospection by a diet of
broad and water.
STATISTICS or TIM INSTITUTION
From' the last craml report, it appeoiri that the
*bolol Dumber received since the admission of the
fret convict, October 25, 1829, 111 4,154. Discharged
by osplraUm of outage, 2,891; pito/nod, b 63;
. .
died, 991 Melds diat l l 4l .. 21 1 4 rwgalßiß
were removed tolls Aharboare or. Boum et la-
NM, discharged. ley mit of -habeas eorpos itio llosj
error, antother modest Leering be coo
December 31, 1859, 933—t0 wit: white males 310, r
white females, 18 ; colored' males' h 3, adored fe
males 3—the proportion of whit* h colored. pees*
being 8 to 1.
During 1859, there were 205 convicts.adsaitted.
of whom 91 were convicted of larceny, 23
9 murder in the second degree, 8' malelleglider.
6 erson, 11 for forgery, and the resegouler for
other crimes. - - - - •
. .
Oat of the 4 154 convicts admitted into the insti
tution since its first establishment, two were re
ceived each four areas on separate eamiotbamo t sad
in both omits the eighth °mobil= of elm ps4
mums.
Daring 1859, 67 prisoners were atintitiedi from
Philadelphia county, 11 from 1 orth/MI*4M, 14
from Bucks. 12 from Cumberland, lit her Last
cuter, and 10 from Bradford. The otimremostioo
ranged from one to five and aix each.
The mental oandition of a large ptoportion
the convicts received during the past year was est
tremely weak, in some of 'plow sonde tivgatiln
better adapt them hr tta asylhat fm tM Roble
minded than to subject them to posiolimost Jot
acts which, with jostles, they maid otimood7 behold
responsible.
The educational acquirements of the 6554idaaitted
during 1559, were as follows: well edecated,l6;
IWleraw, 102 ; spell and read, 106 ; read mid mite,
339 •
Social lielationa.—Mattiod, 222; =Mad tad
Separated, 13; uunierried, 310; widowers, 36 ;
widows, 2.
Moral Conditiot.—Total abetisiente, 31; saw
dere* drinkers, 276; ocossionelly.tutaiteeted,
152; often intoziosted i 124—tote, SS3,
Predominant Passions.—Aogeleitivenee, 427 ;.
destructiveness, 98; oombativeness, 33; astative
mess, 27.
Prevalent Vices.—Doeitit, Ise; reseage, 26;
covetousness, 43
Oceanani of Creene.—Propensity to thstt, 210;
evil company, 118• Intern parasite, 91; Mew,
71 ; licendotornoss, 17 ; deatitution, 11; rietitg,6;
covetousness, 5; faal.may, 1; insanity, 1.
There were many singular tales related to is
during our visit, and many strange scenes we wit
nessed. We saw the dogs, fierce and deep-moalked
the cooking department, where prima food is pre
pared—coffee by the hogshead, and tea by the ton.
Bat these have been often described, and we were
led, as a final treat, into the lofty prison tower.
Hare we yaw the broad Delaware, bine and limy
in the distance : Girard College seemed jest be
neath us, and the tiny Schuylkill lowed down the
west, shutting in the great array of bulhitags.
We looked again to the low prison rooh, and
thought of the joy which might flash every scarlet
heart to ace again the beautiful city, se we saw It
mellowing in the sunset; to smith for a moment
the fresh, fragrant air in lieu of the dampness and
mist of the lowly cell, where the stories of • Mines
grave stand over them In dream or to toil, aid the
stealthy pace of the dumb sentinel alone tripping
down the dusky corridor, breaks the midnight soli
tude and the spell of visions of some dear hygienist
which has faded away with the departed virtue.
EPEZCT3 Op VIII STONY ON TIIINDAT
Enema —The rain storm on Tuesday erasing
did considerable damage. The opening In the cid
vert at Fourth and Christian streets wax consider
ably enlarged by the washing into the culvert of
the soft earth formic e the aides of the aperture.
The work on It had been going roasted briskly . ,
and a force of men had been employed day sad
night repairing the damage caused by the *raw
rain. But the heavy rain of 'Tuesday n ight
swept away, in a few minutes, all the fruits of
their labor, and made the opening fully a third
larger than it was before. Yesterday It pre
sented a sorry sight, forming • great chasm, ex
tending nearly from the eurb•sione es the north
tilde completely over to the curb on the south
aide, with a depth of some thirty feat. Thin
water from above was rushing rapidly down the
culvert, forming a respectable sized mountain tor
rent. The bridge erected by the passenger rail
way oetntremy over the chasm remained Ina, all
the washing away tieing acme on the meta= aide
of the hole, below Fourth street This. wee forts
nate, otherwise there would have twee some in
terruption to travel in consequence. Blesearer
wilt be taken at once to repair the culvert. 1t
will involve an expense .of several thonsaid dol
lars to the city.
The gep caused by the falling in of the mime'
on Third street, between Bead and - Wharton•
streets, on the Jame day, was made tonaideraddr
larger by the washing away of the sides of thew
street remaining and pavements.
Dnring -the thunder storm, the Western Uses
House, Twentieth street, below Pine, was etntellt
by lightning, and considerably damaged. The'
electric fluid entered a panel Li the cupola, ripped
off the roof as though it had been ploughed, teen
passed into the building, descending in a straight
line through the floors and ceiling, borings hole
sheet two inches in diameter; thence through the
hose and truck or ladder room, on the diet loot;
thence through a dos into the basement; thesse
through the foundation wall, and .soaped • isperand
through the sidewalk, scattering the brick pave
ment in every direction. An iron bait on a door
In the first story was ripped from -its fastenings.
and thrown a distance of two hundredyards. ft
was picked up in Lombard street. At the time of
the stroke, a division of the Daughters of Tem
perate was in session in the third story. One of
the members, a Mrs. Kendrick,. was severely
stunned by the stearin Auld. Skis remained In ee
state of insensibility for the space of an hour and
• half, when reanimation commenced. Udine
day 'she was considered out of danger. There is d
bell in the cupola, weighing one ton. It escaped
damage. Three or lour of the Meal telegraph
pole, in the southwestern part of the city were
shivered by the Within during the storm. Seve
ral magnets were also melted by the electric
streams.
HEARING IN THE OAHE OF THE ALLEGED
BURGLARS.—Yesterday afternoon, a hearing took
place before Alderman Beltler, at the Central Po-
Hoe Station, in. the cue of A. B. Sterling, alias
" the Doctor," and several other snares and Wil
liam Knight, who were arrested on Saturday af
ternoon last, In the vieiaity of the lialthiscire de
pot, a full account of which was given in The
Pres* on Monday last.
Officer Bartholomew testified to making the air
rest, and finding a lot of tools at a Muse kept by •
Mrs. Simpson, in the western paut of the city,
which belonged to the "Doctor." She articles
consisted of skeleton keys, screw-drivers, ehhieli,
an apparatus used for the purpose of blowing open
safes, and various other implements for commit,
tang burglaries.
Chief Wood testified to corresponding with the
authorities of different cities in relation to their
arrest, and receiving a despatch from Mucha
Kane, of Baltimore, requiting him to detain the
" Doctor," as be bad committed varlets, &preda
tions in that city.
Detective Franklin testified to being in that city
on Tuesday, and seeing a Mr. Matthews, who gave
the desonrrtioa of Sterling. He (Mr. Matthews)
stated that he (Sterling) had blown open his sat*
and robbed it of its contents EOM time before
Christmas.
Lewis C. Cassidy appeared for the prisoners, and
asked for their discharge, as there was no chary'
against them. Alderman Healer thought differ
ently, as far as Sterling was concerned Re com
mitted him to await a rtquiti.tion from the authori
ties of Maryland, and discharged Knight on his
own recognizance, after giving him &saver re
primand..
PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—The monthly meeting ot" this society was held on
Tuesday evening, at Concert Hall. No exhibition
of fruits or dowers was made. At the business
meeting a disposition was manifested to dispense
with the autumnal exhibition, in contequence of
the public displays having heretofore resalted In a
burdensome expense. The committee entreated
with the matter reported that no ball could be ob
tained with sufficient light and *UM for an exhi
bitten at the time spoken ofi- and recommended
that there be no public display. The report was
negatived. A special committee was then ap
pointed to report on the subject, which submitted a
resolution to the effect that the competition for
premiums offered in the wheeled. for September,
should take place on • the evening of the regular
stated meeting of the society, September 18th.
Ain FOR THE SUFFSHISS.—A meeting will
be held this afternoon, at 4 o'olmlt, at the rooms of
the Board of Trade, for the purpose of organising
a committee to collect subscriptions for the tempo
rary relief of the citizens of Salisbury, Maryland,
many of whom are in great destitution, canned by
the late destnaotive fire at that place, which nearly
destroyed the whole town. The call for the meet
ing this afternoon is signed by Pcter T. Wright
Co ; Cooper, Parham, A Work ; Hendry Harris;
Smith, Williams, di Co , and other well-known
firma.
UNIFORMING THE POLICE —A vote has
been taken in the different station-hot:Lees in re
spect to the color of the uniform which is to be
worn by the offmers. So far as heard from, the
blue uniform is preferred, although a large vote
was polled for the gray. In some of the ststions,
A uniform of bine coat and gray pants reeeived a
few votes. The offmere will appear In their rig on
the first of October. The expenses are to be de
frayed by themselves.
OPINING OP THI PILTIILIO SCLIOOL9.—The
public schools throughout the city of Philadelphia
will be opened on Monday next, 27th inst., after
being closed for six week*, for the summer vasa•
Con. The plan for the new school-house, to he
erected in the Fifteenth ward, has been approved
by the Building Committee of the Board of School
Controllere, but has yet to be acted on by the Com
mittee on 'Schools of the City Councils.
DEATH TSF James A. Passe.—The stu
dents of the Central High School connected with
the thirty-fourth graduating class, assembled last
evening at the residence of J. J. Weaver, EN ,
end passed resolutions expressive of sympathy with
the family of James A. Parker, and sorrow for his
loss. Addresses were mado by C. Harry Brook
and othera. lie. Parker wits estimably known in
the old dlstriet of Spring Garden. He graduated
six months ago from the Central High School.
BELL AND EVERITT LEGISLATIVE NONINA
TIOPL—Last evening, the delegates to the First Le
gislative district Convention, of the Constitutional
Union party, met at the corner of 'l enth cud Reed
streets. After balloting, S. H. Cohen, Seq., was
selected. as the nominee. This gentleman is the
one who complied the City Directory last year,
which bears his name.
RUMORED ARRIVAL OF SENATOR Dogmata.—
Last evening a rumor prevailed that Senator
Douglas would arrive in this. city by the pilot lino
from New York. and canoed much excitement
among the many friends of the distinguished Sens
tor. Later, however,
a telegraphic despatch wee
received, stating that Mr. Douglas would not peas
through this city, but would go to Baltimore by sea
direct from New York.
POLITICAL EXCURSION TO NORRISTOwN.—
The People's Campaign Club, of this city, interd
to visit Norristown on Friday evening, to attend a
Republican meeting to be held at that place.
The club will be equipped in their uniforms, and
be accompanied by the United States Cornet Iced.
FOUND DROWNED.—The body of a man,
named John Warner, was found drowned In the
'Delaware, at Coatea•atreet wharf, Yrttorda/ 4 / 1 "° -
init. lie had been 'mtseing singe Monday. Bo
worked about the market houses on North Second
street. Verdict, found drowned.
SLIGMT Fihw.—The alarm of fire early
yesterday morning was caused by the burning of •
wilding in Poplar street, below Fiftb r occupied by
P. Prltnoa, ea a smoko.bouse. Damage, about
Sweaty•five dollars.
Dm nor Aaarrn.—The new steam fire en•
Line for the Wasblogton 'Engine Company, which
was expected to antra yesterday, did not tome t.'.o
bond, but will roach hate catty the pteserit Irg)1/1.