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JHB PRESS,
wcsaeSSP DAILY (BNNBAY6 Exczmoi
»T JOm W. FOBXBT,
<jyy[o*. so. m SOUTH FOURTH STRUT.
WHS DAILY PRESS,
rirnas com Pd Tin, payable to to*
ant!** to Subwrttaw oat of the elty at Say** DouJ« ,
mnni Tian Soutane akd Piftt o*k*» fo» Sac
Jjo*T3Si on Dolla* i*D Bbvbvtt Fry* o**W TOM
Bibbs lonn. Invariably In advance for tie time or-
lnserted at the nram rate*. “*
uSSoOßtUtotooNiun.
on* VRI-WEHKXiY PIIKSS,
Mailed to Bubewiber. out of th« oltf at Poun PouAM
PninniVi to * d,M '*-
«H AMP PKY-GOOPS JOBBERS.
1864. BPBm<s 1864.
DRY GOODS l
SIEGEL,
WIEST, &
EftYO,
IMPORTERS ABD JOBBERS OP
DBY OO OJO «,
JTO. *7 F- TBIBD STREET, PBILA.DBLPBIA.
Have now In stow, ud aw daily in reoelpt of. all kind, of
FRESH SPRING DRY GOODS.
OP THE TEST LATEST BTTLBS.
-Have a Pull Stock of all the different kind, of
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
Merchants will And It togoffer” hem* ÜBEaij' AMiKD
.-Amine oar etock, m we can oaer »u mW-am
I IIDUCBMBNTB.
~«»» WATSO*. _ SSAHffLtH JAK«T.
SILK HOUSE
WATSON & JAIET,
No. 333 HABKKT STREET.
WHOLESALE DBALBKd IB
’ BILKS.
SJRBBS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, &C.
To wMsh they reepoctfnlly invite the attention of
..finyera. mW-Sa
1864. BFBm(i ’ 1864.
JAMES, KENT, SANTEE, & CO.,
" IMPORTERS ABB JOBBERS OP
DR Y GOODS,
SfW.S3O and Ml NORTH THIRD ST., above Raeu.
Bare now opes their venal
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
OF
rCSEIQM AlU> DOMEBTIO DBY GOODB.
l»lnvited to ourassortmentof
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
, 0.11 assortment of Oml.b good.. Ac. fell Sm
|pw CASH HOUSE.
goods bought and sold fob oash.
LITTLE & ADAMSON,
355 MARKET STREET.
Invito attention to tholr entire new and Splendid Stock
SPRING DRESS GOODS.
black silks, mourning silkb,
FANCY SILKS, POULT DK SOIES.
SEASONABLE SHAWLS,
GLOAKING CLOTHS, MANTILLA SILKS,
MANTILLAS,
Manufactured by themsalve. from lat. Pari* Stylo*.
yn~hl»9m '
1864. 1864.
SEEING
DRY GOODS.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CASH BUYERS.
HOOD, BONBRIGDT, & €O.,
Wholesale Peelers la
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
lIKY GOODS.
MMV MARKET Street, and 536 COMMEBGfi Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Would respectfully invite attention to their LABGB
- STOCK of leading
>- DOMESTICB,
DRESS GOODS,
MEN’S AND BOYS’ WEAR,
and many popular foods of '
PHILADELPHIA MANUFACTURE. -
mh2-2m „
JJELLOR, BAINS, * MBLLOB,
Nos. 40 and M NORTH THIRD STREET,
I3CPOBTBXB or
HOSIERY,
SMALL WARES*
AND
WHITE goods.
manufacturers of
SHIRT FRONTS.
feS-Hm -
1864.
SPRING,
EDHMD YARD & CO.,
9*. *l7 CHBSTJTDT AND No. 614 JAYNE STREETS*
?tT9 sow in Store tieli BPEINO IHPOBTATIO] Of
BILK AltD FAHCI V DRI GOODS,
ooKgiarnro or
DRESS GOODS,
07 ALL KINDS;
-SLACK AND FANCY SILKS,
FATIHS, IiLOVKS, MITTS, RIBBONS,
DRESS TRIMMINGS.
ALSO,
WUTE 60008, lISEHS. EHBBOIDIBIEB,
ABrtJ LACES.
A lute and handsome assortment of
SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWM.
BALMORAL SKIRTS,
OKU grades, A«. Which the? after to the Trade at thi
LOWKBT FRICKS. ia3Mm
£}HOICE SPRING IMPORTATIONS,
1864.
DAWSON, BRANSON, & CO.,
501 MARKET STREET^
CORNER OF FIFTH,
Hare now In store, and will be constantlyJrecoiTtn*•
during the season, an attractive line of
PARIB, GERMAN, AND BRITISH
DRESS GOODS,
BLACK SILKS,
STIFLE ADD FANCY SHAWLS. &o„ ho.
All of which will 1)9 sola at the
CEDAR AND WILLOW WARE.
.QBEAT OPENING OP
CEDAR AND WILLOW WARE.
THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY.
NOW SELLING AT BARGAINS. .
S.OOO DOZ. CORN BROOMS.
3,100 BOZ FANCY FAINTED BUCKETS.
LOGO NESTS CEDAR WASH TUBS.
2.000 CEDAR STAFF AND BARREL CHUENS.
1,000 DOE- WILLOW MARKET BASKETS.
3,000 BALES COTTON-WICK AND TIB YARN.
2,000 BALES BATS AND WADDING.
-SBTICULE BASKETS. OIL CLOTHS. -
LOOKING GLASSES. CORDAGE. «... he.
All floods are sold at the Manofactnrer’s Lcwctt Cash
Olden promptly filled.
ROWE & EISTOY,
15T And 159 NORTH THIRD STREET,
mil- 2m ■ Three Poore Below Raco.
GAS FIXTCKES, dec.
JyJR. CHARLES PAGE,
Favorably 1 nown tor the last twenty year, as Prlsci,
’Dal Designer of GAS FIXTURES tor
MESSRS. CORNELIUS A BAKES..
is this day admitted a Partner in onr firm.
We wUI contisne tt a sale and manufacture Of
GAS FIXTURES
Quder the firm name of
VAN KIBK & CO.,
MANUFACTORY AT FRANKFORD.
SALESROOMS— GIB ARCH STREET.
F.brnary 1. IBM. fel9-tow2m
OF REMOVAL.
TI? undersigned wonld inform their Mood, —tiu
SPLENDID NEW WAREBOOMS,
Mo. OIS ARCH STREET,
Where they will continue the .ale of
jSAS FIXTURES, CHANDELIERS,
COAL-OIL BURNERS, &c.
LKEMi ?SSc£s
tte mo# <?vKf flQbvrafa vtaincet to
VAN KIRK <6 00.,
Ho. 9U ARCH STREET.
1864.
LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
VOL. 7.—NO. 201.
CURTAIN GOODS.
gPBINd DAMASKS,
VESTIBULE
lace curtains,
AND A LARGE INVOICE OP
BROWN SHADES,
OF ENTIRELY NEW DESIGNS.
I. 8. WALRAVHK,
(SUCCESSOR TO W. H. CXSRTL.I
KASOXIC HALL,
719 OHEBTHUT STREET.
WATCHES AMD JEWELRY.
Jx WATCHES! WATCHES*
SNGIiISH, SWISS, AND AMERICAN
GOLD, SILVER, AND PLATED.
LADIES’. GENTS’. AND BOYS'.
THE CHEAPEST AND BEST IN THE CITY. AT
3>. W. CLARE’S,
No. GOS CHESTNUT STREET.
WATCHES.
CHAINS.
RINGS,
✓ PENS, j
PBNCIIft.
STUDS,
BUTTONS.
TOOTH PICKS.
LOCKETS.
CHARMS.
THIMBLES.
BRACELETS.
TEA SETS,
CASTORS.
ICE PITCHERS.
WAITERS.
CALL BELLS.
GOBLETS,
CUPS.
SALT STANDS.
SPOONS.
FORKS,
KNIVES.
LADLES,
FISH AND FIE KNIVES. BUTTER KNIVES, NAPKIN
RINGS. Ac., Ac.
We keep a large assortment of the above goods, to
gether with each goods as are usually kept at a first
clftSß store, Our prices will be found much lower than
at any othtr establishment.
One call will convince aU that the place to purcnace
WATCHES. JEWELRY, AND BILVBR-PLATED WaBB
IS AT P. W CLARKS,
No 609 CHESTNUT Street
WATCHES and JEWELRY carefully repaired.
* Engraving of every description at short notice.
mh22-tnthf2in
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS.
JOHN O. ARRISON,
Nos. 1 and 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
MANUFACTURER OP
THE IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT,
FIRST OUT BY J. BURR MOORE,
WARRANTED TO FIT AND GIVE SATISFACTION.
ALSO,
Importer and Manufacturer of
GENTLEMEN’S
FURNISHING GOODS.
B.—All articles made in a superior manner by hand
and from the best Materials. ial4
QEORQE grant.
No. »!• CHESTNUT STREET,
Sm bow ready
A LARGE AND COMPLBTB STOCK
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS,
Of bto own importation and manufacture.
HU celebrated
“FBI2H MEDAIi &HIBTS,”
■UiifMtTurtd tutder Ike Buperintedence of
JOHN F. TAQGBBT.
(Formerly of Oldenberg & Taggart, >
are the mo«t p«to*k-fitting Shirts of the if A
MR. Order, promptly attended to, jal3-wftn-6m
DINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
C »...^b™^dA«lt. g atto^tontoth rf r
9Uah thay make a iPMlallty in their buelnee*. AI*«»
iM«tantl^rM»irte^ og di WEAR.
BToSP‘*
Mo. 91* CHESTNUT STREET.
MEdf Four doora below the Continental.
PAPER HANGINGS.
PAPER HANGINGS.
HOWELL dc BROS.,
Ninth and Chestnut Streets,
Wonld offer to their onatomera and the public
A SPECIALITY IN PAPER-HANGINGS,
EXCLUSIVELY THEIR OWN MANUFACTURE, VIZ.
SILK INSERTINGS
IN PAPER HANGINGS.
To which they aok the attention of parties Backing
RICH DECORATIONS FOB PARLORS, &C.,
HOWELL & BROTHERS,
S. W. CORNER NINTH AND CHESTNUT.
We would also respectfully invite the .attention of onr
customer, to onr New Style, of PAPER HANGINGS,
DECORATIONS, Ac., Ac., for Parlors, Halls. Chambers.
Ae.. Ac. mhl6 wfm3tfp
1864. PHILADELPHIA IS (J 4 .
PAPER HANGINGS.
SOWELL & BOURSE,
MANUFACTURERS OF
AND
WINDOW CURTAIN PAPERS,
COB. FOURTH AND MARKET STS.,
PHILADELPHIA,
If. B. —A fine stock of LINEN SH ADBS constantly oh
hand. . fe27-2m fp
Paper hangings—john h.
LOWG6TBBTH, No. 13 North THIRD Street. Ha
ving the sole aesney for several of the largest Eastern
m&nufhctnrorß enables tus to chow an unequalled variety
of new designs, which will be sold at manufacturers’
prices. The first floor will be devoted to retailing.
Dwellings decorated in first-class style, and the hang
ing department probarly stteudsd to.
JOHN H. LONGBTBBTH,
fe27-ltn* Wo. 1.9 North THIRD fltradt
CXOTHING.
gPRING GOODS.
EDWARD P. KELLY,
JOHN KELLY.
T A I L O R S,
612 CHESTNUT STREET,
(JONES' HOTEL.)
LATE 142 SOOTH THIRD STREET,
Hay* jnat received a large atoek of choice
SPRING GOODS.
TO LET.-BOOHS UP STAIRS, 812. 611 CHESTNUT
STRBBT. «»» *f
rkUEBN OF BEAUTY
W WHITE VIRGIN WAX 07 ANTILLES.
Anew FRBNCS COSMETIC for beautifying, whiten
ing. and preserving the complexion It is the most
wonderfal compound Of the ago There is neither
chSkfuowder, m&tneßii. faismutm nor talc iaito com
unMtlon it being composed entirely of pure Virgin Wax;
Eence its extraordinary qualities for preserving the
skin makingltsmooth, felr, and transparent It
makestheoldappearjonng. the homelrhandeome.tlie
handsome more beautiful, and the “91*
Prim as and fiD cants. Prepared only by HUNT ft CO..
?stome“ *1 South EIGHTH Street, two door, above
ChSSu.and 133 BouthIEBVENTH Street. aWe Wal-
niICQUOT OHampagne.
L 100 ease. WIDOW CLICQUOT 2*
SKIMS jnat received, and for sale to the trade at the
lateHuw *«.
UD-tf No. *Ol South FRONT Street
FRIDAY, MARCH 35, 1864.
THE WAR.
A> Explanation of Hie Florida Campaign.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
HBADQUARTBRB DISTRICT Off FLORIDA,
Jacksonville, March 11, 1864.
The fragmentary and haatily-written aooounta ot
the Federal occupation of Florida, which have ap
peared In the Northern pre.., are quite n likely to
confute aa to initiuot the reader. A. this State and
tbla part of the theatre of the war are to play a
prominent part in the campaign now opening, it la a
matter of importance that the publio understand
eorrectly the nature of our mlaalon and the opera
tion. Of out army.
There is no State more assailable than Florida,
or more eaaily wreated from the Confederacy. Our
gunboata have accesc to all itc eeaport town., and
to every important place in the interior, except
Tallahassee. Key West) Tortuga., Fort Jefferson,
Fernandina, St Augustine, Fort Pickenc, and St.
Mary’s have been in our po.aeaaion during the last
two yean. JackaonvlUe and Falatka are now oc
cupied by the loyal forcea for the third time. With ■
theee advantages to begin with on our part, while
the rebels have not a Stronghold In the State, lti
conquest and occupation ought not to be considered
a difficult matter. Our Government haa long known
that.
FLORIDA IB Off VAST IMPORTANCE TO THBREBELS,
as its everglades, prairies, and natural pasture land,
are relied upon to supply their army with bacon,
pork, and beef. It was not till Texas wa< lost to
them that they felt the Importance of holding on to
Florida, and keeping open their communication*
with the Interior. Thete view* have been abun
dantly confirmed by the circular found at Sander
son at the time our army occupied that plaoe. This
offloial document represented that the sucoe** of the
Confederacy depended upon the liberality of the
fEople in supplying the rebel army from their rich
artures with an abundance of beef. All other
part* of Secenia were represented aa being utterly
exhausted. The widest
EXTREMES Off opinion
Are to be found among the people of'this State.
The old Spanlah element exists in rather a fossilized
state, and is mostly solicitous to be found In the day
of settlement on the winning side. But the popula
lationof many places is made up of the extremely
Northern and'fire-eatlng Southern classes. All the
politician! were Southerners; most of the moneyed
capitalists and active business men were from the
North. This may have been the ease to a greater
extent in Jacksonville and a few other towns than
In the State at large. The rebel element, of course,
was In the ascendant at the outbreak of the rebel
lion; it was frantic and furious, and loyalist* had to
suffer the burning of their property, banishment,
and every conceivable horror. In the war of politi
cians upon business men, the latter stood no chance
of race; as, as the whole poor-trash rabble was against
them. To make
THB LOTAL ELEMENT Off FLORIDA
available, our army must take permanent posses
sion opa place, and give the people good evidence
that It Is no more to be abandoned to the ravages ot
the rebels. Our policy and practlae in this respect,
So far as Jacksonville is concerned, has been veiy
bad. It would be lar better for us now were this
our first visit- A careful discrimination should be
made between the truly loyal. and time-iervers,
liars, and hypocrites. None should be trusted ex
cept such as aie willing to lend their influence in
any capacity to the Union forces to aid in arushlng
the rebellion. The great mistake la this eampaign
thus far baa been in granting favor and indulgence
to auch aa were the enemies of their country though
they had taken the oath of allegiance. The loyal
element is not strong, not go strong as has been sup
posed, and what there Is seek* seclusion unless an
atmy is piesent to protect it.
THB YALUB Off FLORIDA TO THB UNION
will be manifest when we consider that ita supplies
of beef sustain the same local relation to. our South
era armies that they do to those of the Confederacy.
Bad we a force at Pampa, or at the head of naviga
tion on the Suannee river, It would be easy for us to
keep the rebels from the greater part of the State.
The immense herds on which they now depend
would all be our own. From this source our army,
forts, and blockading fleet could be supplied. It re
quires no great sagacity to see the Importance of
Florida to the success of the Union oause, and were
the rebel aim; out of the way there would be no
difficulty in organizing a government-among the
people. It was
A GREAT MISTAKE
our generals and some statesmen made when they
aupposed Florida was of no value, or of little value,
-to either contending parly 1 And when the Herald
(N. Y.) insinuates that our occupation of the State
is a political movement, inaugurated by the Presi
dent forth* purpose of securing ita electoral vote,
it displays its usual ignorance or maliciousness.
The rebels taught us at Olustee what their opinions
Were, and, from our experience, it Is to be hoped our
own will he corrected. It was not till that fatal
battle was fought and lost that our commanders be
lieved that the rebels were really in earnest In hold;
ing the State. This mistake Is the key to our late
and tenlble disaster. The Confederacy can better
afford to lose the whole of exhausted Virginia, Rich
mond and all, than Florida. But, great as our de.
feat and loss are, all is not lost. The object of the
eampaign may yet be accomplished. Before the
time comes for removing stock In large quantities,
we may be in a position to prevent it altogether,
only at we wtut it for our own use.
AB A 8A832 OX OPERATIONS
in a movement against Georgia or Alabama, Florida
is of incalculable value. In such a cue, we ought
to hold Tallahassee, With that plaee in our posses
sion, only small garrison, would be needed in all
the central and southern part of the State. As we
advanced northward from that point, the supplies
for our army would be near at hand. No part of the
fighting element of the State would be in our rear.
Prom such a position, co-operalioa with Grant,
Sherman, or whoever may be operating in Georgia
and Alabama, would be of the most effective kind.
THE ABIT? OF FLORIDA
Should be heartily reinforced, and not allowed at
present the respite of a moment. The season now
is splendid for campaigning, and what we do should
be accomplished before the furnace-like days of July
and August come. No more furloughs should be
granted, and all the veterans now at home should
hasten back to the field again. The rebel force is
underaied , and a succession of disasters to our aras
is to be feared. The rebels here report that Jeff
Davis will have, by the first of May, an army 900,-
000 strong in the Seld, and make a final death-strug
gle to crush our armies. Appearances indioate that
the nest three months are to be the bloodiest our
country has ever witnessed—il not the most fierce,
savage, and exterminating, ever known.in the an
nals of time.
OUR PRESENT POSITION .
is one of security, bat not of much activity, Jack
sonville is fortified by a line of intrenehments about
two and a half miles in length. Other preparations
have been made, which must not be minutely de
scribed to make our position secure. Two deserters
came into our lines to-day, who report that Finn!,
gan is fortifying about eight miles from here. They
represent the rebel foree as about seven thousand
strong, and that preparations are in progress for at
tacking this plaee. I think our commanders are a
little anxious to have them come on and try the
temper of their men and their steel.
AN ADVANCE
has been made up the St. Johns seventy-five miles,
by Colonel Barton, commander of the 4th Brigade.
Falatka, the pir.ee occupied, Contained but one man.
His rebel sympathies being a little too manifest,
he was made a prisoner and sent to Jacksonville.
About nine miles from 'Falatka the rebels have a
camp, and squads of soldiers were in the habit of
visiting the place as often as once a week. Colonel
Barton will clear the country of aU such lawless
troopers. Besides garrisoning the plaee, it is under
stood that this force Is to be but one thread iu a
network of militsry combinations which, when
matured, may do something to retrieve the past.
We have the pleasure of witnessing the arrival of
PRBBH TROOPS AHD SETURKinO YBTERAMS
nearly every day. All indications of active service
are heartily welcomed by soldiers generally. What
we now need ie a battle whose results will do some
thing to blot from our memory Pocotaligo, Secas
sionville, Wagner, and Olustee.
OfIUaOHES AND SCHOOLS
have been opened in Jacksonville; stores filled
with goods; and matters are assuming a social, civ
il and business-like appearanee, LENOX.
Mr. Beecher on Slavery.
In a decidedly revolutionary sermon, delivered by
Henry Ward Beecher, at his church in Brooklyn,
Sunday night, that reverend gentleman said:
The statistics of opinion on the subject of human
liberty it would-be difilcult, and perhaps unpleasant
to take. A powerful party has sprung up in the
North who, for the take of peaoe, would adopt ala
very with all its horrors. It is time something
should be done to counteract them. Slavery is
dead, say some, say many. Is it dead 1 We know
that within the lines of the frontier army there are
three million slaves. As yet we learn they are do
cile, amenable to the will of their masters, patient,
and tubttrvlent. This state of things exists where
war and its desolations surround them, where in
ducements, civil and military, are held out to them;
what, then, will be the fact when peaoe is come, and
war is at an end 1
i Do you suppose there is less lust, less of laziness,less
oi avarice in the South than there was before the wart
Lust, avarice, and laziness are the basis on which
slavery has ever rested. Will not the value of the
slave be as great as ever as an article of commerce?
Can he not pick cotton and cut sugar-cane, and grow
corn as well at ever ? Don’t be deceived. Slavery
i. sot dead. We must havea constitutional amend
ment prhibiting forever the introduction or existence
ol slavery In the country. A convention of tne States
ekeuid be called, and the whole question SBt at rest
foiever. so that no pliant court oan misconstrue it,
no avaricious leering towaid Southern (fade violate
11s spirit or its meaning. This course it already un
der way in New Yoik, ana I promised that I would
ask m) chUich to assist in the movement.
Mr. Beecher spoke as follows of the Southern sol
dieis:
“ Where shall we find such heroic self-denial, such
up-bearing of physical discomfort, sueh patience In
poverty, in distress, in absolute want, as we find in
tbe Southern army. They fight better In a Dad cause
than you do with a good one; they fight better for
a passion thsn you for a sentiment. We believe
them to be misguided, but we must do them the
credit of saying they fight well, and bear up under
trouble nobly ; they suffer, and do not complain;
they go In rags, but do not rebel: they are in earnest
for theip-personal liberty—they believe in it, and if
they esn they mean to get it.’’
FBRBMABOSB- may be curious' to know their
strength in. the world’s population. From very ao
curate statistics,, we.can state that in the New and
in the Old World there are 6,268 lodgei, with 699,000
Active EeCiben, The number of non-active and
those who have withdrawn is nearly 3,000,0004
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1864.
THB STATE.
[Special Correspondence of The Press. 1
Harrisburg, March 33, 1884.
POLITICAL GHOULS.
The present position of the Democratic party 1*
not an enviable one, and Ita only hope or success
ought to cause their cheeks to tingle with shame. In
a conversation, last evening, with a sound orthodox
Demoorat upon the coming Presidential campaign,
he very frankly said: “ The only hope of Democracy
lies In the defeat of the Union armies during the
coming season; that every Union vlotory is another
nail driven into the coffin of his party, and that none
regretted the humiliating faot more keenly than him
self." And he uttered a great truth wbleh should
politically damn bis party now and forever. ■ Every
intelligent man will see the force of hie remaik, and
such has been the ease from the beginning of the
war. The Union defeats at Bull Run, Ohickshoml
ny, he., gave the Democracy an ascendancy In the
elections of 1862.
The glorious victories of Vicksburg, Port Hudson,
Jackson; Gettysburg, and Lookout Mountain, re
sulted In a defeat to the self-styled Democracy from
oneendofthe country to the other,'and myfriend
just referred to, reasoning from past results, sees the
death of his partyln the great armies of the Union,
Wbleh we hope and trust are about to maroh forth
to vlotory. What a commentary upon a party i It
can only Nee when the nation dial Its only hope
of success Is the undecided continuation ol a war
which is aimed at the vltala of the republic! When
the Stare and Strlpea wave triumphantly upon hard
contested battlo fields, they mourns; when our
brave loldiera are defeated by rebel hordes, their
hopes revive I When the hopes of the true Union
man cornea up, Democracy goe* down, and yet, for
party’s sake, men will yet cling to It.
THB UNION PABBHNGEB RAILWAY COUNTRY
OPPOSITION.
One of the most sptcy debates of the session took
place in the House last evening, upon the introduc
tion of a bill to incorporate the YJnlon -Passenger
Railway of Philadelphia. The delegation from
your, city-axe divided upon the question, and the
country members seem not disposed to meddle with
it. The friends of the bill endeavored to force it
under a suspension of the rules, without ita being
previously referred to a committee, and taking its
place upon the .'Calendar, The country members
opposed its passage, until they had an opportunity
to ascertain ita hue features, for the reason that
oeitain papers In your oity have already charged
that a combination baa been formed to effect its
paaeage, and impliedly. If not expressly, charging
them withcorruption. None of them expressed an
opposition to the bill, but only the manner by whioh
ita passage was sought to be effected. 1 understand
that the-contemplated road la twenty-four miles In
length; completes an entire oireutt of the city, and
“stops at the place of beginning." Ido not pretend
to speak of the merits of this bill. It may be de
manded by people of your olty. The country mem
bers will support the bill if suob Is the fact. They
have no desire to meddle with the looal legislation
of your olty. Yet they do not care about being
charged with wholesale corruption In advance.
THB UKFATBKTBD LANDS.
A bill is now pending before the Legislature which
should have been passed many yeara ago. There are
now in this State many thousands of acres of tin.
patented lands. Warrants have been taken out.fbr
vaeant lands, and then suffered to remain without
a patent being taken out therefor. If this bill be
comes a law, and is enforced, it would bring tome
$6,000,000 into our treasury. It Is simply an aat of
justice. There can be no reason why owners of this
land should not perfeot their titles, and certainly
the State could not call upon the owners at a more
favorable time.
The State needs money to meet the great drain
upon her resources. The country It full of money,
and let us hope that an act may be pasted by virtue
of whioh the owners of these lands may be com
pelled to peifeet their titles, and pay to the State
that which they have so long withheld from her.
THE mUUCCBATIO STATS CONVENTION.
The legislature has just adjourned over until
Monday evening to enable the Democratic mem
bers to attend their State Convention. Democratic
politicians from different portions of the State have
been here for a day or two watching the “ current of
events." FRANK.
Covert Treason.
[From the New Yoik Tribune. 3
The Metropolitan Record is commended to publio
favor as “ ii. Catholic Family Paper," and is sup
ported in good part out of tbe treasury of our oity,
through the favor of her Common Council. It mui;
be deemed capital reading In Jeff Davis’ family,
but not in that of any loyal citizen. Here is a
specimen ol its editorials from this week’s issue:
THB ADDRESS OF THB [REBEL] LEGISLATURE OF
virginla.
We recommend to the earnest consideration or
those who stilt suppose the South can be conquered
the eloquent and thrilling address of the General
Assembly of Virginia, that grand and gallant old
Commonwealth, the mother of States and of states
men, tbe birthplace of Washington, of Dee, and of
Jackson. The defiant tone in whioh it treats of the
efforts to enslave the people ol the South, and the
eloquent language of denunciation in whlah it refers
to the barbarous system of waifare pursued by the
minions of the Washington despot, will meet with
an echo In the heart of eveiy man who loves j ustice
and hates oppression. We trust In God we shall
never see the day on Which the glorious old Com
monwealth will be subdued and given over to the
spoiler and the plunderer; to the Butlers and the
Sohencks; to the licensed burglar and incendiary,
Incited and enoouraged by “ the best Government
on the face of the earth.”
Ai to the freedom and independence of the South,
we have no apprehension*, tier people can never be
conquered , and, if that were possible, Abraham. Lincoln
is not the man to accomplish that subjugation.
The address of the Virginia Assembly is a proof
that the resolution which animated Virginia all
thftmgh this war is as unbroken a* ever, that there
is no faltering, no wavering. In the eloquent words
of this great document, “ Virginia takes no step back*
ward.” * * * Grand old State! May we never sea
the day when you shall have to bow beneath the
yckfe of the oppressor. If that day should ever
come, then will-the friends of freedom, the lovers of
true heroism snd manhood, mourn over the" sad fate
of a great people, who fell while fighting for liberty
and independence; fell on the same sou that gave
birth to Washington, to one whose name should
have been suffioientto save the great Commonwealth
from the tread of the heartless invader.
Such is the spirit of a journal that will zealously
support McClellan for President. Having decided
that the rebels never can and never should be con
quered, it want* a man at the head of affair* who it
is certain will never conquer them.
Underground Railroads*
The New Voik Evening Post earnestly favors the
tunneling of Broadway for a line of railroad from
the Bowling Green to the Central Park, a bill to
this effect having been introduced in the New York
Legislature:
“The undertaking appears formidable; but any
one who ha* been in London within a year or two
nerd not be told that it can be done, with profit to
tLd city and to the company. The narrow and
ciooked streets of London are ;not fit to have rail
road tracks laid down upon them. Mr. George
Francis Train, who expected to earn a million ster
ling and a statue as a public benefactor by Introdu
cing horse railroad* in London, wa« legislated out
of the place as a cumberer of streets. Bat no one
would deny that meant for rapid locomotion were
needed there* An ingenious engineer had already
constructed a railroad from the city to Biaekwall,
running over the tops of the houses* and trains
drawn at good speed by stationary engines $ and at
last it occurred to aome one to run a tunnel under
the streets, and lay an iron track in that. Thorough
trial has proved this to be, on the whole, the safest,
pleasantest, cheapest plan—the greatest relief to the
overorowded streets, and the most successful of all
that have been tried, for the convenience of trade
and passengers,
“ There is at present in London a tunnel road five
miles long, connecting Farrington street with Pad
dington station ; a double track i* laid, and the com
pany ha* already carried about five millions of pas*
sengeri. The tunnel is thoroughly ventilated, dry,
well lighted, and in every way comfortable; to ride
through it is very much like walking through one
of the great store cellar* of a Broadway drygoods
house. The rate of speed attained is twenty miles
per hour. Entrance and exit stations are provided
at short intervals, a staircase leading to the street
above.
“ The success of the Underground Bail way in Lon
don has been so decided that Parliament ha* char
tered companies who intend to surround the city
with tunnel roads, and connect all the railway sta
tions. It is said that twenty millions sterling have
already been subscribed towards this vast enter
prise. The cost of tunnelling and laying the track
ready for operation, is about a million dollars per
The English Press on American Topics.
The London Spectator , a journal which treats of
American affairs from a point of view friendly to
the Union, has a long artioie upon 11 the Reconstruc
tion o( Society in Louisiana,” a topic which is eli
citing mueh discussion in the English Journals, The
Spectator regards the proclamation of General Banks
with favor, although it disapproves'of the clause in
regard to treating “indifference as a crime,” and
criiiciaet some of the language. It says:
Apart from the one evil clause, and the blemishes
which are purely of form, it is an order of which
the boldest'' statesman in Europe might well feel
proud, an order full, not only of that audacity which
only revolutions and aristocracies breed, but of that
constructive capacity, that foree which belongs to
founders, which is too apt to be miserably absent
from both.
The Spectator regards this war as on the whole
favorable to American statesmanship, and sees
already the signs ol the hardening process, by which
general principles will come to be the guide and test
oi practical efforts to shape political and national
policy. On this view It sums up the characteristics
of a few of our leaders. It says:
Abraham Lincoln’s proclamations, rough-hewn as
they still are in thought, and wholly unshapen in
form, ar e beginning to have in them a quality apart
from the sturdy uprightness which was always
tLere, one of wbloh, if it were but a little more po
lished in expression, all England would recognise a*
statesmanship. Mr. Seward, of course, fs unteach
able:foroppoSUion^thoughitelioits,cannot impart
capaeily; but Mr. Welles, though he has not built
a Warrior, has organized the blockade of three
thousand miles of coast, and moiquito fleets which
control ten thousand miles of river; Mr. Stanton,
though rot a Carnot, keeps half a million of sol
dieis well armed, well fed, and well contented 5 and
Mr. Chase, though not a heaven-born financier, has
induced a people impatient of taxes to double their
taxation, to contemplate quadrupling it, to bear
with an Inconvertible paper currency, to run up a
national debt equal to that of France, and to distri
bute that debt in morsels so small that a proposal to
repudiate would provoke a civil wan Is 1958 there
was not a man in the Union outside the little ciroie
of Southern leaders who really knew what “go
vernment” meant, who had ever considered for ten
minutes how to hold down a hostile population, or
what manner of resources a great war would require,
or in what way opinion could be. made an armed as
well as an executive force.
Fair lor the Soldiers*
To the Editor of The Press:
Sib : The oolored people of this city have been
prompt to respond, in various ways, to their coun
tij )g call for help In this time of her need, tad have
proved their loyalty to a Government from which
they have never yet received full protection in all
the rights of citizens. While their men have given
themselves to our army, their women have been
diligently working, as nave other loyal women
thioughout the land, for the inmates of our military
1 capitals, A few months ago, they held a fair in
this city, and presented the ohief part of its pro
cteds to the Sanitary Commission. They are pre
parirg now to hold another fair, which is to be
•mined in Concert Hall, on the3Bth of this month.
Will not their fellow-citizens aid their efforts by
generous contributions, and by filling the hall with
purchasers during the time of the fair? W.
OITY BOOUNOILS-
The regular stated meeting of both branches of tho
City Counoll* was held yesterday afternoon.
SELECT BRANCH.
President Rend (U) in the ehair.
Tbe reading of the journal was dispensed with.
A communication from Riehard Vaux, Esq-, Pre
sident of the Board ofTMreotora of Girard College,
was read, transmitting the annual report of that
college for the year 1863. The communication was
laid on the table.
The annual message of the Mayor was then read
by the clerk.
The Message.
To the Select and Common Councils of the City of
Philadelphia:
In conformity with the requirement of the act which
consolidated thle city, I present to jon a statement of the
finances, improvement!!, and soverameit of Philadel
phia doling the past year. The unprecedented events of
that period, which must he long remembered for the
general excitement they caused, were through a kind
Providenoe unattended among no by tumult or violence;
while the ready acquiescence In the unwanted demands
of military service, by which thie community was spe
daily distinguished, gave assured confidence in the en
joyment of private rights, and In the maintenance of
public order. ...
Looking hack to the grave emergencies which, for a
time, seemed to be fraught with danger and disaster, and
remembering that the anticipated calamities were wholly
warded from ns. we are called upon to recognise our
common dependence npon the merries of the Almighty,
and humbly to acknowledge that ••except the Lord
, keep tbe.elty the watchman waketh but la vain."
, ' THB CITY DEBT—-FUNDIMG AND TAXES, &0.
The fended debt of Philadelphia, at the end 011863,
amonntfd to *24,(83,806 84. which wae represented.by
»1,856.-467.800 f five, per ctnt. loans, and *22.797.808.04 of
these bearing six per cent. Interest. Tils sum inolnded
*891,349.22 of matured debt whioh had not been present
ed for its redemption; and the original imperfect registry.
of certificates, which no diligence has been able to reme.
dv; nmkesit impracticable to_ ascertain the respective
owners of the over-due loans. Every annual statement of
thfimnnlcipal debt mast, from this oause, be for a long
time (hence only an approximation of its true amount,
attalnin g.however, each successive year, greater aeon-
Tasyas errors shall be gradually eliminated.
' jSLaddltton to such outstanding Indebtedness, #1.379,-
ICO Abe-balances of various loans remained unneg.-tia
tSJpShwlll Increase iksfnndiM liabilities to *26 -
as the total.unliquidated debt that had been.
authorised before the beginning of the prorent year. -
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fond have twenty
■ three-diatwet investment accounts under thelrftarge.ln
which there le a constant acomnolation of the assets
that will he needed ,to pay off at maturity aU loans
erected since 1E54, and also to make provision toward
Ihusettlement of consolidated loans cf earlier, datas.
These sinking funds hold securities that cost *10.7a7,-
02X40. with *'.86.864.62 in money, applicable to the pay
ment of matured loans, or for other lnveitment. The
present market price of the larger part of there securi
ties is sufficiently enhanced bevona their cost to make
np for the depreciation or worthlessness of the remain
der, ana the property of the trust may now he reasonably
veined at *11,000.000. which with the proceeds from
time to time of the sales of real estate owned by the city
should offer satisfactoiv assurance that ample provision
has been made to maintain in the future the financial
credit that Philadelphia now possesses
The amount of landed debt paid off was C321.948.00.and
*196.600. (0 of loans y et undue were cancelled by the Com
missioners, having been purchased with the proceeds of
stock in the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Daring
the past year the losno ol loan* for various objects
amounted to *810.900. CO. which are included In the ag
gregate debt before stated. ' , ,
The entire amount of loans authorized from the com
mencement ol the preset t municipal Governmontto the
dose of the last year is *12,074 900.00. of which $1 6C0,-
OCO. CO have been created to provide for the defence of the
city, the enlistment of volunteer*, and. the rapport of
their families, while, in addition thereto. #4.250.9)0 have
been required for similar purposes since the beginning
oithe current year.
The receipts of the treaanry daring 1863. were $5,353. -
694 78, of which, however, only *3,868.78L73 were de
rived from the nsnal sonic sa of municipal revenue, the
balance having accrued mainly from the sale of olty
loans and from funde borrowed for temporary ute The
cash on hand, January Ist. 1883. was *1.063,704.19,
making, with the receipts, *6.417,298 97. of which
*6,886.420.41 have been disbursed, leaving $530.878,56 to
tbe credit of the treasurer. ,
A mere summary of the finances of theclty can supply
little practical information, and is only useful as ex
bibitinglhe magnitude of the tetanus concerned, and
the extent of the duties involved in their management.
The taxes assented for the past year yielded the net
sum if #2.884.07L96. alter allowing discounts amount
ingto #193.186.64. forpromptneis in making payments.
The registered taxes of previous years produced *435,-
126 89 making the total revenue from direct .'levy. #2,-
869.197 86, and leaving *6.9,236 IS of tho assessment for
1863 uncollected at its close., besides balancei of taxes
due from former periods. This statement includes #l2l, -
966.40 which was paid to the Receiver of Taxes on the
last day of the year, and through Inability to deposit in
the treasuiy oh lhat date, conld not be credited in tne
Controller’e annual report ...
The Controller has estimated the deficiency of the
assets in tho treasury, with other nsnal resources to
meet the outstanding liabilities, at *V209,9i1-28 on the
firstday of the year, including th,rein *1,367.666 66 for
wairants issued in 1863, and $63,566 42 for those of pre
vious years. This estimate Is based partly npon pre
sumed excesses In the s xpenses of various departments
that have not yet been accurately ascertained, and part
iy upon other computations that will not admit of exact •
PC&B in advance ; fetUii ia not improbable that the arosa
deficiency orta,»o,ooowm b© fully verified. Itaamoant
is malDly to be attributed to the insufficient rata or taxa
tion aii d. to Ihe unrestricted appropriations of the late
Conncl)#—and it is already evident that the finances of
tbe current year will result in a much greater deficit, un
less tbe lars er part of ita txpenaea be provided by the cen
rax&ble resort to-new public loans. The delay shown by
Connells In several instances in determlninttlie annual
rate of taxation indneed the passage of snmoi Assem*
biy, pietci ibir & that when the rate of taxes for an ansa
its year was not settlec by Councils at or before their
B*ccnd meeting in December* the taxation should con
tinue to be levied without change of assessmant Imme
diately after the adoption of each law, in April, 1802,
Council a fixed for that year the rate of two dollars on
each hundred dollars of assessed valuation, being the
eame levy wh’ch had been authorized in the year pieoe
dim, but had failed to produce adequate means, under
rigid economy, to defray tbe necessary expenses of the
till government. At the second stated meeting of Coun
cils in December. 1562, tho same rate of taxation was ap-
S roved for ihe following year, and’ it has resulted in the
<?avy deficiency that now embarrastes the management
Of tbe treasury. The taxation for the present year,
through default of definite action by the l&8t Councils, has
b**ntietermined by force * f this act of Assembly, and chas
a rate that has three times proven insufficient and impo
litic has been continued. The increase of appropriation
to every department of the municipal Government, that
has been indispensable for the payment of reasonable
fc&'&rite&nd tbe purcha>eof usual supplies wid, apart
; from ahy extraordinary expenditures,cause theexpenses
cf tne’year .to largely exceed thbsoof any former pa
'Xigd; aid as Ihe resources of the city have not been cor
‘ rtVpofidlbgly augmented, the resulting deficiency .will
be inevitable. It is preferable that the community should
eidurea temporary inconvenience from an occasional
delay in fixing the rate of taxation, rather than have.
tbTonih the in decision ofCouncilß.aninadvuuate levy of
taxes from year to year, until it becomes necessary of
draw upon a coming generation to pay ror the temporiz
iigpolity of the present day; and I, therefore, recom
mend ti st Councils should ask for a repeal of the act of
March 8.1862, by the Legislature now in ses.ion, as the
most obvious means Of preventing the financial embar
msments which will certainly ensue from the ineffi
ciency and neglect of duty which it tends to promote.
MUNICIPAL SUITS.
Tbs City Solicitor has been charged, during the past
yf ar, with the management of several salts of more than
usual moment to the city, particularly those to compel
Payment from the patsemer railroad companies of the
tfx upon their dividends, and one to obtain from the
Pennsylvania fiailioad Company the flam of $9l 500,
withheld by it from the city under pretence of the ordi
nance of July 14,1653, rslftti&c to a nrojtctel line of
tteamships to forricn porta. Two preceding bills of City
Councils, having the same general Intent, but more ob
j, ction&ble in some features, were returned without the
Mayor’s signature, and the ordinance under which it is
alieged the Company have acquired aright to retain a
portion of their annual dividend, payable to the city,
was suffered to become a law, that its validity might re
ceive judicial determination- There having been no
offer on the part of the directors of the Pennsylvania
Bailroad to te»t legally its provisions, or to comply with
any of the requirements of the ordinance, and there
being, as it is believed, no proba r ility that it
was intended to promote will be ever uadwta\en-~tfa©
refusal of the Company to pay the fall cash dividend due
to the city, and the subsequent assertion of a right to re
tain a portion of the recent itock dividend, are both cen
srrsble as acts that could only proceed from the effronte
ry of a corporation. . , ,
The collection of municipal claims has been prosecuted
by tbe Law Department with unusual succeis, and up
wards of $40,C00 have, through Its efforts,been contribu
ted to the city treasury*
THB CITY SUHYJfiY—SBWBBAGBj BTC.
The extension of the city survey has been continued
by the proper department, with the field work chiefly In
the Twenty-third wa»d—bnt the revision of lines and
grades in other sections has not been neglected. The
Bittern of sewerage has received additional develop
ment by the construction of new culverts of various
dimensions, some of which were ordered by Councils,
bot most of them undertaken through private enter
prise under the supervision of the Board of Surveys.
The Insecure condition of several of the public bridges
should engage the early attention of Councils. The
number aid- importance of these structures demand
that their supei vision should be devolved upon a joint
standing committee to be special lyl and. solely charged
with such subject. The Market-street bridge, which
in the early paTt of the year sustained severe damage :
from a heavy gale, was suffered to remain for months
without the requisite repair, although the attention of
the Highway Department was repeatedly called
to Its condition. While the immediate injury from
the storm has been remedied* the entire structure
needs a thoiough examination and such renewal
of material in its several pirts as may enable it
to bear safely the immense weight and pressure to
which it is subjected The bridges over Gunner’s run
and Cohockrinc creek, whose size is not commensurate
With their Importance, should be enlarged and strength
ened. When the Chestnut* street bridge was com*
menefd it was believed lhat it would be ready for
travel early in the present year, bnt various causes
have retarded it* procress, and have postponed its com
pletion probably to another season The structure is
massive and imposing, "and will he creditable to the
city, both for the correct taste displayed in its design
and for its unusual proportion and siza. It is much
to be reiretted that the late Councils, upon the appli
cation of those who engaged to furnish the stone
work of this bridge, should have bean induced to set
aside obligations into which they had "entered, and to
appropriate to them, in addition to their contract
price, the sum of $77,116.32, not only to recompense
them for losses alleged to have been actually incurred
but to anticipate thoß© which might thereafter happen
in the prosecution of the work, as a precedent, there
could be no greater damige inflicted upon the system of
municipal contracts, ana no more direct invitation to
undertake public work for insufficient terms, looking to
ultimate profit from bounty awarded through sympathy
of the authorities. Upon the completion of this work,
the evidence of lose from changes in value that could not
have been foreseen, might have been placed before
Councils with confidence that equity would be done;
but by the coarse adopted, the city has met with an in
calculable injury in comparison wherewith the sum thus
diverted from Us treasury is of slight Importance.
THB HIGHWAY DBPABTMBWT.
By better management than had previously been pur
sued, the revenue of the Highway Department, from
sewer rents, was largely Increased and a neater in
come assured hereafter from that source. The paving
and repair of streets and highways has bean carried on
to an extent and cost unwarranted by the appropria
tions for such purposes, and the Ohief Commissioner re
ports a deficiency of $23,61L 09, mainly attributable to
inch work The economy of the cobble-stone pave
ment, now in general use, more especially since the
occupation of the streets with rails for passenger cars,
is very questionable—but 1 would reoemmend that the
several railway companies be required to replace the
roadway along their respective routes with cubical
blocks, or with such other approved pavement as may
be Belectcd, as a slight return for tile lucrative privi
leges they now enjoy. Permission might very properly
b© gives by ordinance to all desirin* in front of their
p:fimi߀B a bitter or more durable roadway than that
provided by the city, to have such laid at their own ex
tense with approval of the surveyor of tne district.
Mich psimißßion would he prob&bly availed of to the
great improvement of our streets and to the increased
comfort and diminished expense of the-community.
ITTVKA'NfIT7gft THB STREETS,
Fnder authority of a resolution approved January 3d,
l i6H. a contract was entered into for the cleansing of the
city, at a co*t oi $72.000, reserving > to the Mayorthe right
to annul the sam* when, in bis judgment, its obligations
ebon] d not be reasonably fulfilled. That power was ex
ercised on the 16th of July: after repeated efforts to in
duce the contractor to comply with the terms of his
agreement, aa a measure demanded alike by considera
tion for the public health, and to protect the treasury from
unearned demands. After that date, with the exception
of the removal of small quantities or coal ashes iu a few
localities, no efficient means were adopted to cleanse the
streets, and the year closed upon an accumulation of
sshes, filth, and lefuee, in all the. thoroughfares of the
city, foch as had never before been witnessed. The
ehtablisbmeat of a special department charged with
the duty of attending to the cleansing of the streets,
lecently enacted by Councils, gives promise of a
successful system, as, under constant police super
vision, it substitutes the direct responsibility of
those employed for their diligence and efficiency
instead of the inducement formerly held out by self
interest to i ave every expense that could possibly be
spared in the seeming performance of a contract to thus
enhance its profits Although the advantages of this
new arrangement must greatly exceed those of the
former contract system, the experience of other large
communities, particularly of some of the European
cities, demonstrates that thorough cleanliness of the
streets can only be expected where tbe removal of all
refuse is made a matter of direct pecuniary Interest To
this end. a )»Tger capital ie necessary than can readily
b© afforded from private means, and ao extended an un
der’akibs requires the various appliances of a corpora
tion to make it successful; but if the exclusive right to
carry away all the dirt, offal, ashes, «0., could be com
m.tted by Councils to a company having special corpo
rate powers. their operations to be under the control of
the Inspector of Streets. It would not be : long before
entrap and scientific management would produce an*
nnal ix come to the city, as well as to those concerned
In the enterprise.
PAIBMOUUT PABK,
Tbe real estate of the city, including the various public
balls and Eonaree, has been well eared for, and tbe atten
tion of the Commissioner of Oity Property has beenjudl
ckuely btetowed upon its repair and maintenance. Some
progress was made in carrying forward the plan of Fair
mount Park.butno improvement of special note has been
accomplished. ~
A ponlon of this park basbeen occupied by an earth;
work constructed, under military supervision, which will
long remain interests g for its cnrlous appearance and as
v r*lio of the exciting events of the past Bummer. The
property betww banding and petmsylyania aveatw
acquialtioß. jf it, purekaae can ba
e SSL®“ w . .? 1 r«**onabi* price, botk aax mneh-ueeisd
n or?.«
* " RVXOYAX. Oy RAILROADS*
In accordanee Iwith the.enactment of Connells, the
railroad belonging to the oity.on Market street east of
BiahtWreot. anf on Dock removed •
but when, by the same authority, arrangements were
made to remove ita rails on South £road street the right
of the city to manage ita own property, where any cor
poration sees fit to assert a superior claim, has been dis
puted. and the delay incident to legal protcedings has
prevented a measure of great importance to the owners
of neighboring property* and to the whole coxamurfty*
The track cm Sroaff.tireV north of Market to Yinh
street, haa been itla’.d, affording greater facilities for the
transit of tho freight that ta teceaaantly pasting over ita
rente. '
MARKETS, WHARVES, fed.
The Department of Market Houses, Wbavas. and Land
ings, shows an increase of revenue over that ofthenreesd
lJ g learin each Ofim two principal sources ofincoms. The
attention of Connells is directed to tne great advantages
Which must ensue from unlformfregtriafions of wharfate
auch aa now- obtain tn the Cities of New York. Boston,
and other ports. Tbe policy-of the owners or lessees of
wharves in demanding for thenseof their accommoda
tions. charges tbat are calculated to injuriously affect
the welfare of the city by deterring vessels from visiting
tbe harbor, may well,be qneslteneiL An appeal should
he m&de to the Legislature for the establishment of legal
rates of wharfage or dockage .that wonld not .infringe
npon individual rights in their proper subjection to pnb
lio interests, but wonld proteot the owners of vessels
from exorbitant demands, and, thus offer the same in
ducements that are now held ent by other cities to tho
giowth cf commerce.' -
BMW DWELLINGS BUILT,
Termite for the erection of 2:465 new dwelling houses
were itsned by the building teepectora and for 330 other
structures, including several for educational and reli
gions purposes, and many, for industrial pnrsnits The
increase in the number of “ONJ** over those erected ln
the preceding year wee 81L with 74 in buildings of other
**Tbe servlcee of the City lee Boat were seldom needed
during the winter 0f1862-S. m the general temperatare of
the season prevented any serious obstruction of the river
by ice. The earnings of tbeboe* for towage were oonse
q neatly much diminished from. Uum of tbe preoooding
year, and the running cost made more ex-
i P6 “ ,e- . ~ 'cmMim MjSfes".-..
: The attention of ctouneilscahkot be teo aarusUr given
!to the adoption of some man hy which an ample supply
ofwater shall be lneuredfor the present use oftheelty,
and by which resources can be had and developed to
'meet hereafter the steadily increasing wants of Its peo
ple. The four principal works at F»innaant. Spring
Garden. Kensington, and Twenty-fourth ward raised
9.486 776.141 gallon, during the year, or an av*Wte# of
26 624.649 gallons each day: hat each amount proved in-,
adequate to the need .of the community, especially to
‘the resident, of the district dependent upon the last
-named works. The construction of a large reaorvolr.
;in connection with thorn works in the Twenty-fourth
ward, is indispensable to their affording a proper anp
ply. The gradual,filling up of the damafEarimoont
is lessening the quantity of water that can be
pumped thence from tbe Schuylkill, and unless due
'measures are taken to prevent an increase of thle evil,
its consequences most soon be perceptible In the dimi
nished efficiency of the important works located there.
The recommendation of a former message is renewed'
that Connell e should appoint a commission of scientific
men to whom this snbjeot, so momentous to thetetnre
of ear city, should be referred. The considerations In.
yolved c emend the counsel of tkoeo who are well versed
in the learning which pertains to a decision of the place
from which the supply of water can best be had,the
manner in wbieh it shall be raised or conveyed to the
oil j. apd the means by which it may bo stored and dto-'
The length of pipes connected with the several works
exceed E 67 miles, ot which 1074 miles ware laid during
th fhe wntererent* collected for 1863 amounted to 9500.-
[40.16. which with arrearages, penalties, add etfieof old
material made the receipts of the department # 559.678.60,
exhibiting an increase both of rental and orthe aggre
gate revenue. The disbursements were #187,486. © for
enrrent expeneer, and #«,705.40 for incidental purposei
nnder special appropriations. The ordinance prohibiting
the washing of pavements during .the fonr summer
months, which waa at length adopted for permanent ob
servance, has been, daring the past season, beneficial In
ita general reralta. It was. however, when first in force,
mads the instrument of oppression in numerous instances
by informers, who. (or the sake o.' obtaining the penalty
incurred by Its violation, made a systematic business of
extorting from any who had Ignorantly or andxsignedly
infringed its prohibitions. The suggestion has been
made, and is entitled to favor, that' the right to wash
pavements should be restricted to certain days, accord
ing to the side of the street in which they are located, eo
that each side of every street should, dnring three days
in the week, be alternately kept free from water.
LIGHTING THB OITT,
The city Is now provided with7,3l6pubUe lamps.light
ed by gus, aid but eighteen remain that use the burning
fluid: of thi se gas lamps 496 were added during the year,
togetx er with seventy-five miles of street mains, and six
miles of service-pipe -themainsnow extending4s2 miles,
With 140 miles of smaller pipes attached thereto, The
present capacity of the gas-works can yield but little
additional accommodation to the community, while the
number of new applicants Is still large, reaching9,6Sl
*°ThVtrKrt2?of the gas-works received $259,212.99 from
the city ior lighting and attending to the numerous pub
lic lamps, and $1.085,£86.19 from private sonsnmers, and
the sum of $138.760.fi8 was had from the sale of cuke and
tar, \ • -
The ordinary expenses of the Trust amounted
280,620.10, to which rhould be added $102,816 60 taxes
paid to the Federal Government
The quantity of gas manufactured was 736 million cubic
feet, increasing the aggregate production of the works to
6 906 million ofcub:c feet since their commencement.
The utility of the public lamps might be greatly in
creased by requiring the Traateee of the Gae Works to
have the name of the street and the number of the adja
cent 1 oute plainly marked upon or within the glass
cose, serving as a guide to passers, both by day and
night.
THE GIBABD ESTATE.
Tie receipts of the Girard Estate for the Tear 1883 were
$171,523 £9, and the disbursements $171,00194, of which
the sum of sBy,s£6 09 was spent for the maintenance of
'the College for Orphans. ~ , ,
One hundred pupils have been added to the previous
number of its inmate*, and the buildings of the institu
tion sre filled to their reasonable capacity. The greatly
enhanced prices of most articles of food and clothing
will materially increase the cost of supporting each
pupil, and, ss'the generous founder of the college de
signed rather to promote th e liberal welfare of a limited
number than to difinee more scanty benefactions among
the many, a prudent and .met policy must restrain the
dirt ctor* from any effort to extend its advantages beyond
the present number of recipients.
The rich coal lands belonging to this estate, after many
Ttars 1 delay, premise an important income from their
leases. The disposal of these valuable mining rights
should only tafce place after fair and open competition,
d to preclude all undue influence in obtaining prefer
ence for their leasing, the privilege of occapinej should
be sold at auction in this oity after full advertisement.
The suit brought by the helm of Stephen Girard tgainst
the city for the recovery of a large portion of Chess lauds,
after a decision in their favor -by the Common Pleas of
SdmylltM conn tv. was argued In Slay last before the
Supreme Court of the Mate, and the lodgment of the in
ferior tribunabwas reversed, thus securing this property
from being diverted from the purpose for which it was
devised to the city.
TBB ALMSHOUSE, BOABD OP HEALTH, J*o.
The maintenance of the BJOckley Almshouse with Us
average population of 2.490 Inmates has required an in
crease of expenditure equivalent to 2ll£ cents for their
individual support each week, or the difference between
$i 22)£ for each, inmate in. 1862 and SL44 during the pre
sent year. The expenses of the institution were $211,688
75 in addition to Its revenue of $15,203 97. derived chiefly
from payments of fines and emigrant tax
The imposition of bead-money upon the arrival of
emigrants at this port has been the subject of much com
plaint by ship owners, and ii. doubtless, impolitic In Its
tendency, yielding but trifling income to the city (the
emigrant tax for 1863 amounted to $3,169. and was but
$1,316 in the previous year), and probably preventing
many from bring landed in the city who would other
wise make it their destination. Should a line of steam
ships ho fstabiished between this city and European
ports* the propriety of abolishing this t&s would be
mere apparent than from its present comparative ia
fcisnifleance.
The average population of the Almshouse was sixty
lehß than in 1862 The children’s depaitment has one
hundred inmates, and the advantages of its treatmanc
have been marked. , , .
The Lunatic Asylum has had 889 cases under fits care,
of whom 634 remained uncuted at the cloie of ihe year.
The statistics furnithed by the Board of Health, as
compared with those of lie preceding annual report,
show hut little change in the average rate of mortality
With!* the city. The interments were 15 788, being 691
more than the returns for 1862, but. d«dncting from the
regUtrtes of both years the number of still-born and also
of persons who died out of the city limits, tbe diffarenee
heiWeen the two periods in the ratio of deaths to the
SopnJa'.ion is hardly appreciable; the mt rtality in 1863
eihgloio4Bs inhabitants, and 10 to 432 in the year pre
ceding. This estimste is in the latter instance based
upon tbe census of 1860. bnt tbe other computation in
cludes the supposed population of Philadelphia daring
the year just closed.
The registered births were 16,293, showing an Increase
of 552, and the marriages that were recorded numbered
5,471 or Sl2 more than the previous annual statement.
There was no epidemic or other occasion requiring
any quarantine regulations during the past season other
than a formal inspection, although the arrival of foreign
S&seengers greatly exceeded the emigration in 1862, as
id ihe number of vessels that were visited.
Many of the quarantine laws now upon the statute
book nave become obsolete, while others of them are
ill adapted to existing usages, and it is therefore recom
mended that such modification of their enactment* as
experience proves to be desirable should be bought
during the present session of the Legislature.
The subject of burials Within the densely-peopled por
tions of the city has been repeated y presented by me for
the consideration and action of Council*, bat X cannot
refrain from again urging the prohibition of such prac
tice at a measure of great sanitary value, and too .well
attested by the results of scientific research to admit of
any question as to its expediency. , _ . _ ,
The benefits of vaccination have been afforded to 4.028
persons in accordance with the ordinance making pro*
vision for It by public expanse.
A MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL.
The commissioners charged with the erection andma
nf gement of a municipal hospital have seleetel JOr its
site premises on Hart lane. In the Twenty-first ward,
belonging to the city, and have effected, such
of property with the owners of adjacent land as will se
cure io the institution an entire square or ground. A
cjntract has been made for putting up the Ineeesiary ac
commodations foT patients with contagions diseases, and
tbe buildings will oe completed during the present year.
Appropriations amounting to $50,000 have been made to
the commission ol which $623 62 were expended for in
cidental purposes.
THB PIBH DEPAjRTMBNT*
The payments from the treasury towards the expenses
of the Fire Department have, amounted to $BB 089 .9,
which was mostly disbursed in the maintenance of
86 steam fire engines, 88 hand engines, 117 hose car
riages, and 10 hook and ladder tracks. Tbe ambu
lances. S 3 In Bomber, belonging to several compa
nies, have continued to - render valuable and humane
in carrying sick and wounded soldiers upon
their arrival In tbe city to tbelr destination. The ability
and promptness of tbe derailment In extinguishing fires
and preventing wide-spread conflagrations, have been
mflde repeatedly apparent, and have sustained its repu
tation fox efficiency The force of the department has
been Increased by nine steam fire engines, adding, ac
cording to the present rate of appropriation, eighteen
thousand dollars to Us yearly expense. The opinion ex
pressed in former messages, that the steam engines in
service for exceed those required for the public security,
is still entertained, and the long continnance of the pre
sent system will in a great measure depend upon the ex
clusion of other companies applying to be located with
steam apparatus, and thus adding to the already oneroae
cost of the department.
tbh police and prisons.
Tbe commitments to the county prison were 17,219. be
ing 2,6t3 more numerous than those iu the preceding
year, of which increase the proportion of female prison
ers largely preponderates. The cost of the institution
wss $52,048.84. showing the economy which continue*
to rule its present management. The revenue amounted
to $16,322.57, from the proceeds of labor, and from the
keep of prisoners held under Federal authority
The amount expended for the Police Department was
$433,286.20, being $1,983 62. les* than its cost for the pre
ceding year. Do addition hss been made to the corps,
although the steady extension of population and im
provement. particularly in the First. Fifteenth, Twenty
firtt. Twenty second, andTwenty-flfih wards, demands
a police supervision that it is wholly irnDractisable to
afford, unless by withdrawing the patrol from their
usual duties in tbe older portions of tbe city. Since the
reduction of the force in 1856, more than 17,250 new
buildings have been put up within the municipal
bounds, but only twenty-one additional policemen have
been authorized, and that specially for sev service in
the harbor or in the parks. The drill and discipline of
the force have made it competent and reliable In any
emergency whereits co operative power shall be needed,
but its numbers must be increased to enable its officers
in their patrol capacity to offer reasonable protection to
ptTeona and property in the districts lately bnllt np, and
1 lhexefore recommend that authority be given to ap
fwisfc at least one hundred additional policemen, bo
leving such measure to be demanded by every prudent
and really economital consideration of the pnblle wel
fare.
The conttxuelien of a new station In the Seventh Po
lice District was postponed in consequence of the insuf
ficiency of the appropriation to meet (he Increased ex
pense of building, bnt it is believed that more favorable
arrangements will be made to accomplish that purpose.
The arrests reported by the several lieutenants num
bered S 4 W 0 which with 696 made by the officers charged
with the repression of vagrancy, and 661 by the Detec *
tives, live the aggregate of 36,197, or 7 002 more than
- were made in the preceding year .... _
The classification of these arrests and their comparison
with similar returns for 1862. afford the following
mult * : 1862. 1863-
Breach of peace and disorderly conduct-. 14.G8S 16 8-g
Assault and battery-.- y 2-38 J
liwo
Misdemeanor* • -
Pa**ln« counterfeit money —■ - 111 W.
Disorderly houses.. - I®9 223
IS
Kiotl'or Incftiie th.reto.... 85 93
Picking pockets.. 85 75
Burglary*".* 53 43
Murder.#***-****--"* 28
Arson Iff • 7.
Other crimes, or, breaches of ordinance. 1.609 2,306
28,195 35,197
The first three items of the foregoing statistics exhibit
a deplorable Increase, during the past year, tn the num
ber oi person charged IhtdXUatldh, Of WUfi its
three cents.
conß«iiieneM, amonntinE to almost Mv-Bovantha
anooVropori." 1 016 »T«rtl«Wtf tSJKESK
These arrest*were distributed as follow, excln.lre of
the retainsi of the detectives and of tie office™ f.tiUod
to prevent begcun:
ColoredmtOeej...-.- 2,078
6ißfil6 17.571
n nde'
twenty years of age.. 5.345
Over twenty years of ace.* 28.70 c
Matfresof
“ Germany 2.287
•“* Engliud * 1,59!
“ Scotland. 186
“ France* *» ♦ £
otter countries..... -•**-* 37
The temporary accommodations pi the station-houses
were sought for a night's lodging by 30.668, persons,
being a decrease of 3,749 from those who received their
shelter in 1£62, and numbering3o,hBl less than the lodgers
in 1861 within the same stations. These word reported as:
White males*. .. 16,636
** females
Colored males*. .«••» 1 774
_ females 1»840
Born in the United States 9,416
m , ■* foreign countries 21,222
foe arrests by detective officers numbered one hundred
mo }e than those reported for 1862, and the amount of
gtojeoprcperfy recovered was $72,288.26, being a corre
sponding increase.
Tfeebeagar detectives arrested 274 adults and 822 chil
dren, tj-oid the latter of whom sixty two boys and forty
one girls were placed in the House of Kef age: There
*2?°, forty seven children sent to the Northern
Borne, sixty to the Union-School, seven to the Industrial
Borne, twenty-three to Bt. Vincent's Home, seven to the
House of the Good Shepherd, and thirty-eight to Bt.
■John s orphan Asylum, besides several to other public
IDSllttitlOßfi.
The report of tbeFlreMarahal shows a decrease offifty
twoln the nember of fires, there having occurred but
3b2 within the city limits at all worthy of note* and of
thete, many were attended with but trifling loss. The
total estimated destruction of value bv fire amounts to
s4oo*ooo* of which about $240,000 was covered by insu
rance.
. During the year 1668 it Is known that one hundred and
twenty-three persons out of the population of this city
were fatally or seriously burned by accidents from the
careless use of burning fluid, matches* Ac. 'besides many
cases that have never.been publicly reported. -
THS STOBAOB Of PHTBOLBCK. y
TJm 1* dill* bMomtax Bruits, to, the punca.
of an act b» th. O.neral Aiaambi* of tho Btato, to pro
tect property In this city from the dangers attendant up
on. the storage and transportation oi petroleum. The
desire of individual gain should not be suffered tile?
paidlze so eminently the interests of the community,
aid the restrictions which have been placed upon, the
housing and sale of gunpowder might* with few altera
tions, be advantageously and properly extended to this
new commodity of almost equal risk In its possession.
The Police, and Tire Alarm Telegraph pasted 46.302
messages over its wires, assisting* among other valua
ble results, to restore 3,168 lost children to.their homes*
and 1*266 missing adults; to give 453 descriptions ofcoun
terfeit notes to storekeepers, and to recover I*l4l stray
animals, and 428 lost vehicles. An extension of the
fire alarm to the engine houses yet unprovided there
with.will sub»erve the public interests, and the conve
nience of members of those companies whose apparatus
is kept there* and should be accomplished as soon as a
Wise economy will permit.
The committing magistrate authorized by the Mayor to
sit at the Central Btstfon has heard 2.060 charges; and m
21 other cases the proceedings were* had before the
Mayor.
Jl house or OOBBBCTION.
The projected establishment of a house of correction
has, from various causes, been postponed from season
to reason until its actual contraction appears hopeless*
end yet its urgent necessity is greater to day than it ever
has been. The great evil of the present time, that of in
temperance only excepted* so far as relates to the police
administration of a large community* is a want of pa
rental restraint over the children who fill the streets and
lanes, and who receive their first lessons in lawlessness
and. contempt for all anthorlty from their own homes.
The experience of the last three years warrants the as
sertion that more than one-half of the eer «ises of the po
lice force have been required toprotect the- community
from the petty depredations and miaohievout propensi
ties or practices or boys under fifteen year* of age. For
this class of young < senders tbe discipline of a house of
correction would present wholesome terrors, while for
that older and larger clasr. who would eat the bread of
idleness* although well able to labor for their mainte
nance* such an institution would make of them pro
ducers instead tf mere consumers.
COMrLIWBUT TO THE FOLICK SBBVtCE.
The deportment and services of the police force are
constantly before their fellow-citizens, and whilst I
deem it dne to its members to express my own entire
confidence In their trustworthy and efficient perform
ance of the duties with wbieh they are charged. I will
ingly leave their reputation as a body to the apprecia
te not the community whose property- they h&v* pro
tected. and whose peace they have preserved uninter
rupted, through scenes of imminent peril. I may not,
however, refrain from stating that when in Junelatta
rebel invasion threatened an advance upon the capital
our State, it was with much effort th by far tbe greater
number of the police were stared from hastening to join
those who were in arms for the common defeico -til
Who could possibly be spared with due regard to the
Immediate interests of the city, were permitted to vo
lunteer their services, and whilvt absent they - eflscted
cj edit upon their organization* by their discipline [and
conduct.
WAS COMMISSIONS, BOUNTIES, AND PENSIONS.
The Commission instituted in the month of April, 1861,
to superintend the distribution of pecuniary aid to tho
families of volunteers from this cl y, h&s, during tbe
last year, disbuired $611,923.92 for such purpose, in
cludii g $3,442 39 f’r the expenses incident to their trust,
ai d have made 210,894 payments to families entitled to
the relief provided. The total amount distributed by
the&oiriniESicn from its creation la 1861 to the end of
1809 has bten $1,626,796 40, requiring on tbe part of
tboee who have stared in its labors a watchfulness*
patience and zeal that cannot be to highly estimated.
In July last Councils appropriated hair a million of
do'jars to provide for tbe Immediate defence of this city.
Of that sum $80,932.25 was expended by the Mayor ru
der tbe requisitions of the several generals who were
eucreMiyely detailed by tbe Federal Government to
euperin’end the erection of necessary fortifications and
earthworks The oishurgementg were chiefly for the
pa 2 of laborers, and for the materials required la the
construction of the defences, a part of the appropriation
bting used to deiray the cost of a careful topographical
survey of tbe city and its vicinity.
The expenditures for this object should be reimbursed
to the citv by the General Government, and it is be
lieved that when presented, with the proper vouchers,
such payment will, in due time, be made* The claims
of the owners of property taken possession of for the
sites of defensive works have not yet been Bottled, bat
have been deferred in the expectation that the Gutted
States will assume tbe whole cost incurred.
The prompt offer by Prof A. D Bache, superintendent
of the United States Coast Survey, upon the first alarm
ofdsngertoofircity. of his own services and those of
the corps under hie charge and the zealous and untiring
interest which he displayed at great personal Incon
venience without remuneration, entitle him to the grate
ful remembrance of the Councils and people ofPnlla
delphia.'
From the last-named appropriation tbe sum of
$96,600.00 was also paid in bounties, of $B5 each, to vo
lunteers from this city* for the defence of the State, who
did not receive an equivalent from any other /and.
Since the commencement of this year claims for $3,050
for this bounty have been proven and paid. In Decem
ber an ordinance was passed, appropriating $1,260,000,
lo encourage the enlistment of recruits under the then
recent call of the President, by payments of $250 to eich
-volunteer who should be duly credited to the quota of
Philadelphia. A commission of five gentlemen was
formed for the proper distribution of this fund. The
payments made prior to the close of the year amounted
only to $69,000, but under supplementary appropria
tions. the disbursements which have been made to the
present date Inciease that amount to $3,282,248 S 3.
The report of the brigadier general commanding the
" 1 Borne Guard. ” gives an extended statement of the in
cidents connected with the rebel invasion of Pennsylva
nia. and their threau&4d approach to Inis city in Jane
last, and also of the numbers, equipment, and condition
of the military force under his charge.
With in the last three years, repeated efforts have been
made to Induce the citizens of Philadelphia to organize
for the protection of their city and State, against the pus
-Blbie incurstins of a desperate and vindictive foe. These
efforts have been attended with but parti4 and spas
modic results: and. after two occasoas of alarm, within
successive? ears, this whole community has relapsed Into
the paralyzing apathy of fancied security, perhaps, to be
again aroused by dangers ytt more startling than any
which have heretofore occurred
LBAGUH ISLAND,
The tender to the Federal Government of Lcagae
Island, sb tie site for a proposed navy yard, has not yet
be<n accepted; hut the manifest superiority of this lo
cality ov> r all rival places induces the belief that the
Untied States will avail themselves of such offer.
THB MUNICIPAL CODB*
The I truer portion of the code ofmunicipal ordinances,
prepared wlm gieit research and discretion' by to-e
commissioners appointed in 1869 for encb duty, yet re-
Emins unadopted. The importance of its enactment can
best be appreciated by thoße who are daily called to en
force the Jaws of the city, and are obliged to vary their
decision in cases of similar Infractions, according to the
particular locality in which the offences have been com
mitted.
lhe duty and necessity of abstaining from all new
enterprises or improyements which are not Immediately
essential to the ciiy cannot be too strongly impressed
upon the attention of the Councils. The expenses that
have already been occasioned by the existing war have
added more than eight and a quarter millions of dollars
to the city debt, /Which previously bad outgrown the
limits of a pruddnt policy: and larger appropriations
may jet be asked to meet the pro-eminent claims of
other efforts io promote a vigorous prosecution of the
overthrow of the rebellion*
INCKBASB OP DIABUXTIBS*
Besides the large pwmanent debt previously existing
or thus incurred, the deficit of the past year and the now
unavoidable embana»ment of the current finances will
probably result In the further increase of four millions
of dollars to the funded liabilities.
The yearly taxation that will be required to provide
for the interest on this accumulated debt, and for Us ul
timate redemption, will nearly equal that which has
heretofore sufficed for all the annual municipal expendi
tures.
ECONOMY ADVISED.
The growing tendency of representative bodies to au
thorize a profuse expenditure of public money, which is
to be mainly attributed to their unaccustomed dealing
with sums of wealth that surpass the most extravagant
conceptions of former limes, but have become the fami
liar contemplation of to-day, should be sternly rebuked
and checked, and the utmost thrift that may comport
with the welfare of the community should shape every
legislative act. Thirty years hence, the generation that
is to follow must be called upon for the principal of the
municipal debt which It now created. The'burden that
shall be thus devolwul upon them tor the sake of a just
war will be their proper contribution toward the cost of
national prosperity snd honor But, let not the impro
vidence of those now charged with the municipal go
vernment heap an indebtedness upon posterity that
should be honestly defrayed by those who have had
whatever benefits it has afforded
FATBIOTISM AND OB DEB OF THB CITY.
The record of Philadelphia, from the beginning of the
war that lias for almost three years scourged the land,
may justly call forth the pride of its people. From the
first summons for aid to cnetatn ihe national honor, ad
other community has responded with more aiacrity to
every appeal for the services of its volunteers, or for the
contributions of Its treasure. In no other place has the
cheer of hospitality been more generously given to all
wio march' under the fi&g of the onion, and nowhere
‘ has there been more kindly care for the i ick or wounded
defenders of our country’s cause. _
The excitement of popular commotion hue never sub*
verted the good order of the city, or aimed to despoil its
wealth, and the hand of disloyalty has not been raised
within its bounds for,impotent resistance to the sove
reignty of Federal power. . . t , ~..
The unfaltering patriotism and zeal which hitherto
have distinguished this city, give assurance that its
strength and wealth will be freely contributed to our
country’s need, until all resistance to constitutional au
thority shall be overcome, and the honor of the nation
be completely vindicated in its confessed sup-Lenucy
throughout the land- AhEXAifbKB HBNRY.
Office op ihe Match of the City of Philadelphia,
March 34.1864.
Another message was read, containing hie veto to
the ordinance making an appropriation to pay
bounties to volunteers. In his message was inclosed
a lengthy letter to him from the Bounty Fund Com
mittee, which states that the two objeoti to be ob
tained by the ordinance cannot be aooompUsneu.
Mr. MTLT.BB (TJ.) said It Is a crying wrong that.
While the sew recruit* receive the city bounty oi
$260, and the ward bounties, by some rcd*t«pe ma
nagement the veterans cannot receive their boun
ties. This is entirely wrong. The argument of the
veto message in regard to inequality applies to au
bounties. He hoped that the veterans would re-
(U.) the veto orthe
Mayor, snd moved that tt he referred to the Commit
tee on Defence and Protection.
The motion wae loet by a vote <£* “ a X*;
The ordinance then passed, notwithstanding the
objection, of the Mayor, by a vote of 11 yea, to 4
“Tcommunleation from the Oommluioner of Mat.
het. wee read, and referred to the Committee on
frl arhetfl. 1
A communication from Henry Simon., relative to
laving water pipe, in certain atreeta, wa. referred.
several petition! were preiented, and referred to
appropriate oommitteei.
The bill In reference to the removal of the State
capital to thle city wa. then taken up.
The flrat .estion then pasted.
Mr. Miixbb (U.) moved that the bill be referred
to the Committee on Law for the purpoae of ascer
tain inf. whether the legislation removing the capital
here will be binding.
Mr Davig (U.) .aid they would be «o comfortable
when they get here that they would not think of
moving away .gain,
The motion to refer wa. lo.t.
The .eoond .cotton paned. . .
A motion waa made to strike out the third Motion.
which wa. not agreed to.
The third and fourth sections also^fj-fd.
On motion to suspend the rules for * third rMdUg
the bill fell, there not being » two-thirds vote oo-
and resolution. of in
-SSSsss p«» r aa Tl u.
mint with iron pipe, £ig lesd, tallow, oil, Btc., for
th fresolution
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turn. Olnh* th*E T*n Will b« .«h*rnd *t th* hub*
nta.lLSOMr*ODr.
The moneu metet aleeave aaxmpaim the order . aen
<* ho instance cam thee* term* be deviated from, oeOm
nford very Uttl* more that* the ooei 0/vaster. .
_ Po«tmMter. *r* tnowM to Mt u AimU fot
Teb W*b fuss.
•W-To the roter-sp of th* Club oflu or twoatr. a*
eltr. *opy of the P»p.i will b« rlroo.
Jo lay w»terpip* in Eighteenth itreet and 3uyden
fog? Twentieth ward, whloh puiea.
Mr. GtawoDO (0), on leave, preunted an ordt.
oanM appropriating $i«.94 to the Qirard college,
l or tbe punwieof paying the «»]»rj of one female
te meber for balance of year 1884, Agreed to.
t'-he eonunlttee on atreet oleanlng, to whom wa*
referred tbe bill relative to the laborer* employed
by b. 1 Smith, reported tbe bill back with Instruction.
that it be referred to the Committee os Finance,
The kill' wit. .0 referred.
The ordinance making ha appropriation to tbe
Deportment of Highway*, bridge*, aewera, Ao., to
poy for the grading of Broad afreet, from German
lo®n ro»d to Tlaher’a lane, then paMed.
„ (U. ). then Mated that he and another
belonging to tin Bounty Fund Commit-
Va*hfngton, a tew day*'rinee, for the-
Foundnni,..".' training the quota of the olty. They
thi?oi”f hnt or oonoeaiment there a* it 1* In
thl. 01.5, but were received with the-greateat kind
oitva* nublShed iS , ?h!? B<l ,hBt 1118 loota of the
about 1,000, leaving the uu® be furni.hea
18,000, The quota under the enrolment wa* 13 080
Secretary Stanton aa.ured them that PhiiLioinM*
would have her right.. They »a«r&ined U ?hSi P «fc!
New England State, had agenta emoloyed in the
army to aeome men who were roenli»<i o / « n d thev
therefore, deem it Imperatively neaauwy tor the oitv
of FhUndelphle to employ * perm who would give
the matter hi* whole attention. * “
The Spbakbb then Offered a resolution inatruet--
ing the Oommittee on Detenoe and Protection to te
commend to the Mayor, and that the Mayor be re
queited to appoint a peraon, at a aaiary not exeeed
itig twelve hundred dollaia per year, to vi»lt Waah
ington and make aueb lnveatlgatfona a* may be ne
oeaaary to aaoertaln the credit of tbe-elty and the'
quota.
The reaolution paaaed unanlmoualy.
The Oommittee on League lei and, to whom wa*-
referred, at the last meeting, the blit providing lor
l"?. E“ reh,,e 01 Deague lilaod at tbp turn of
*840,000, reported it baok with a reaolution favoring
,aiioh an action, and appropriating the above amount
for the purpoae. A debate on thta eubjeot then took
place, wbiob oeeupled about two houra’ time.
■ Aimotioh was made to refer the ordinance to the -
. on Finance, whieb waa loat. On the
SMB paatage of Hi. bill; the vot* atoo®—y«*a IS.
nay*, ffiwin. Bodg'don, Miller, and Wetherill—a.
Mr. ABtATßoira (O.) pretented an ordluanoe ap
propriatinghround for public purpotea, whloh waa
' referred to tne Oommittee on Of ty Property.
After the traneaotion of other baalneaa of minor
Importance, the Chamber adjourned.
romioii brahch.
President Habpebln the chair.
.. ™e™*e of the Uayor and sixteenth •
•auntm report of'the Directors of Gifsru Golieke were re
ceived
A petition from the citizens of the First ward, aslrlax
for &n # &daitlonal number of policemen In the western
part of the eald waid, was presented and referred.
An ironical petition of cUizenß to make Deaxue Island
a park was presented; It sets forth that bavlcg sesu a
messagei from the Mayor, recommending the purchase of
League Island *t a cost of $310,000. and in the event of its
not being used as a national navy yard, that it could be
adapted for the purposes of a park, they petition Coun
cil that the purchase may be made; that its facilities for
a skatint park are unsurpassed; that It could be flooded
In a few minutes, and that its distance from any rail
ways* and belagfirom eight to ten niiles from tho city,
the walk thereto and therefrom would be highly con
ducive to tbe health of the community.
Mr. Kbrb (O) moved that the petition* being evidently
intended to ridicule the purchase of thapark*be returned
to the source whence it ome. Agreed to.
Mr. Woleert (o ) presented a petition from the Hep*
tune Hose Company* asking to be located as a steam
forcing hose compaxy.
Mr. Marcek (U:), a petition for the relinquishment of
tbe bidge-avenue toll-gate.
Mr. tTOKELtv (U ), a remonstrance against the change
of one of tne precinct nooses of the Twelfth ward.
Ail of the above petitions were appropriately >6'
lened.
Mr. Gratz(TT ). chairman of the Committee on Police,
presented an oidlnance to increase the salaries of police
men detailed by the Mayor at tho Central Station for te
legraph duty to $7OO per annum. Agreed to.
Mr. Taylor (U.). chairman on the Committee on Mar*
keta, presented an ordinance to increase tbe salaries of
the employees of the Department or Market Houses, as
follows: Commissioner $l,BOO. office clerk $BO3, market
c!e>hssdCo Agreed to
Mr. Briggs (U.)» chairman of Committee on High
ways, presented an ordinance appropriating $2 803 for
giading and curbing Brown stteet from Corinthian ara
nne to Twenty-second streit; one appropriating $1,673 21
for opening gutters and cleaning inlets from January to
March. 1864; one appropriating $426 \9 repair breaks is
culverts, which were agreed to.
Anordinance increasing the salary of tie Chief of De
tec ive Police to $1,6C0 was agreed to.
Adjourned. »
The Girls’ High School.
To the Editor of The P**ess i
Sib: As one who has no partisan ends to servei
but who has had some experience of human nature*
and some of teaching, I desire to state the impres
sion made upon my mind by the late investigation
of the affairs of the High Sohool. Havlog heard
many rumors of the asserted difficulties outside, I
attended the quasi-judicial sitting* at the Control
lers’ Chamber. It was impossible long to avoid the
conviction that, on the accusing aide, there was a
concentrated and overstrained effort to make a oase
where no case could be legitimately made* Since
tbe myth of Justice being blindfolded is now some
what antiquated, it can hardly be supposed that the
gentlemen who conducted the investigation will fall
to perceive it in that light.
A difficulty existing,.however, between the High
School and the grammar schools, where is the fault,
and what Is the remedy 1 The fault U not with the
principal, who has proved himself to bB a faithful
publio servant and a courteous gentleman. Nor is
it with his faculty of teachers, who have moat
ably* as well as becomingly, sustained themselves
through the whole of this painful ordeal. That the
most unsparing scrutiny and Industrious research)
extending over several yean, by those evidently
long on the watch, to find all possible fault, should
have succeeded in fioding only a few trifling over
sights, is* and ought to be appreolated ai ( $
triumphant establishment of the integrity and
competency of those concerned. How would the ex
amination questions of the ladies of the Grammar
Schools bear such a sifting as this? The writer bat
had the opportunity to know that some of them
would bear it badly, Indeed, In comparison with
those of tbe Girla* High School. It is fortunate for
them that no such cross-investigation is made* And
the prompt willingness always manifested by the
principal and his assistants to oorrect every unto
ward accident. ought to disarm alloaptiousness were
that sustained by no feeling worse than solicitude
for justiee. As for the charge of ignorance) no one
present during the defence of the Faculty of the
High School could well imagine where room was
found for its presentation against aßy onebelongiog
to it. That of cruelty is yet more preposterous. No
thing waa more strUppn during this investigation
than the earnest zeal with which
those who had been pupils of the ladies end tbe
principal thus attacked, thronged to their defence*
It is vain to assert that those who could thus win
tbe esteem and love of all who had known them
best could be guilty of tyranny towards those who
were just passing tbe threshold.
It is not difficult to explain the jealous? of some of r
the grammaMphopl pitoipMib A a the. High School
la not large enough to admit nearly all who apply,
many must be disappointed, and out of this disap
pointment, in minds not invariably magnanimous)
grows irritation. The simplest remedy would be to
.Sr,large the High School to take In all who are pre
pared for it upon $ reasonable etan^ard*
This remarkable trial is not yet over* Having
confronted at least a part of the number of those
called upon to testify against them, the principal
acd the ladies associated with him await now the
rtport of the committee, and the judgment of the
Beard of Control. After these still, if the evidence
on both sides be printed, as it should be for the pe
rusal of all, the deliberate opinion of the publio will
seal) we may trust, the full award of justice in a
controversy the origination of which, it must be ad
mitted, does no great credit to our human nature,
Respectfully*
“A FRIEND OF EDUCATION.”
Depositories for Military Relics.
To the Editor of the Press:
Sib : Whilst all loyal men are exerting them,
reive, to respond in a proper manner to a nation 1 ,
sail, and whilst duty prompt, to the alleviation of
suffering and want, I think we should at least emu
late the examples of tho.e who, in a proper manner,
give manifestations of appreciation of the aervlcei
of the tens of thousand, or thoae who peril and sac
rifice their live. lor their coqptry.
In Europe, lor age., proper depositories have been
provided for relics ana trophies of war. The pride
of a people has been in gazing on the blaokened and
war-worn battle flags and armor.—and what reflea,
ticn. have they awakened of the history associated
with them! Every State whose sons are battling
for the Union should provide suitable depositories
for its war-worn flags, and all other trophies or me
mentoes of this rebellion possible to obtain. The
flegs of all the regiments which have returned, or
may return, should be collected and plaoed in ouch
place as will secure them to posterity as evidences of
this terrible conflict. This appears to your eorre
.pondent as the proper time to move In the matter.
Will not the Union League, or some other body,
inaugurate the movement 1 Let Penneylvania, with
its mausoleum of the Immortal dead, provide a fit*
tir g depository of the trophies and relics of her Bn
mortal dead. S. A. M.
PBir.AHßi.vHia., March 10,1864
A Fbmalk Yampibb, —There is a young married
woman in the city, a native of the Canton of Bsrne,
Switzerland, who 1« afflicted with a disease which
she calls “ a dancing of the heart,” and which the
physicians pronounce incurable. The lady with
the dancing heart” firmly believes that shs can
be cured by drinking a few drops of the blood of a
man who has been executed, , ,
Her name is Elizabeth Mund, and she is twenty
three years of age, and has been the mother of
three children, none of whom survive. She has
made numerous applications at the jail to inquire
when there would be an exeoution, and as there
has been no ease of oapltal punishment at that in
stitution for several months, her desire for human
blood has not been gratified. She heard that John
Absbire, sentenced by oourt-martlal to be huag
by the neck, was to be executed in the j - t'-yard on
tbe 18th (yesterday) at It was atated in tue papers.
The execution of the aentenoe, however, was sus
pended, and on being informed that the man wt»
notto he hung, Mrs. Mund appeared to be greatly
disappointed and chagrined. Captain Bishop cheer
ed her drooping spirit., however, by telling her
that on the fifteenth of April a man would be
hung by the neok until he was *■ dead, dead, dead,”
and that ihe might then appear and obtain a dose
Of the blood Of Yalentine Hansen, the murderer,
provided Governor Hall did not pardon or respite
the criminal, and the pbysieian would allow her to
extract the curative fluid. With this pleasing at
surance, Mrs. Mund took her departure, greatly
oonsoled. This i. a curious ease of modern super*
•tltlon.—Sf. Louis Democrat , 19/ft.
Thb JTbvbb.—'This terrible disease, we regret to
learn, ha. commenced lte ravagee in Kingston and
Wilkesbarre. We have had but few fatal cue. In
Soianton, but we are ioriy to announce that an
adopted child of Dr. Squire, wa. attacked by the
fever on Monday evening, and died on Tuesday
night. .
The editor of the Binghamton Standard, who ha*
just returned from a visit to Wyoming Yalley, gives
tbe following particular, of the ravages of the fever
in the seminary at Kingston:
“ On Monday last, at about 1 P. M., Eddy Nel
son, aged about fourteen, a son of Dr, Nelson, prfnoi.
pal ot the Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, PA,
was taken suddenly ill with chills and pains through
the body. The dootoia at first thought it was pnuo*
monia, but the symptoms soon showed the disease
to be, without doubt, the spotted fever, which has
recently made such fearful r »”* B * ,‘iLnm
ana other place* in Northern Paan*ylvama* Young
Nelson sank rapidly, and died o
11 o'clock, the spot, showing them-e'jes over the
* & ntJif
Skinneg, To.
y/.th“m 7 *Ne!son <>«u«ed » feeling of deep gloom
th?Mhooi"« well «s considerable cons ter.
nation that the artease would spread through the
and when Knapp was taken, and the nature
£f h hls ’diseale known, tbe leellng reached auoh a
rmintthat, bv general consent and the advioe of the
nbtsiolsns, «he pupils (two hundred and forty in
number) made preparations to return to their homes.
Most oi them left yesterday morning, only a few
being left to take charge ot Knapp, who died at
about 10 o’oloek yesterday afternoon.”
An offices of the Connecticut Cavalry writing
from Annapolis Junction, March 13th, says; “No
fighting has occurred between Oonneeticut and Mary
land Cavalry. The lie was made of whole cloth; wo
aie encamped here In the woods, in good health and
spirit., ana expecting dally to go to the front.”
Thb census report exhibits the fact thai not oae
State dcoilned in population from iB6O io iB6O. Ver
mont increased the least—about one third of one per
cent. The slave States iooressed faster than Now
England, and, making due allowance for immigra*
tion. tfco South gained, as fast as the North,