New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-11-20
Thing, in philadelphia.
Correspondence OF TIE Tribune.


TmLApELrHiA Nog. l9 i5ij
The Musical Fund Hall was thgonsed last ever
lns by large anG briiar. audience - listen TO the e
t,re %: Rev Or Ludlow. the rrst OF & series oeoy
the Mercantile Library Association. The discourse ~
eloquent philosophical aud !earncd anu !" ~
with a degree oiRt;eIton seldom Witnessed
Beta Bad ger. Esq. long one OF our ilOsS eheF PTS
ip- citizens sai formerly proprietor OF thc AoEnl.
Post An able Wing paper, has leased large eo;;ca
factory AZ Trenton " o! about 400 phdies, and VI
Immediately put !nto operation
brou,b, from Delaware City twenty four tde w@ss
bos,s laden with wheA, tlouI corn, IRON, sc .Es.
aggregate tona.c was 1850 tons The trade viii the (.
terror OF Pennsylvania Is becoming daily OF tue amostl
poriance 10 the city.
eral tr;shul accidents in the City aud District, oae
TWO OF which noticed yesterday ne injuries o. u
poo. boy herwiI. who. understand mas siGce aee
were Of Il tag distressing character hon al irs' ~
posed Beside having arm torn OF. Tue other Ns
broken as were also OF his legs and boiu tnisas
Hugh Waters seriously injured in consequence q
premature explosion Of blast in quarry YESTERDAY
near Darby
By car passing ii on the Columbia Railroad whis
another boy was -hockus!y burned by the explosion
gun powder near the Moyamensing Prison.
The case OF the kentacll, Bank vs.. the Schuys
kill Bank still occupies the attention OF The Court OF Con
mon Pleas. Hon. John Sergeant Is now engaged 10 a.
able arsumen; for the plaintiffs IN repy to Hon Geo':'
N. psla, The case will not be concluded this week
Three more verdic,s were rendered Yesterday asan
Philade. pha County amounting to ) I3t win COSTS
the result OF the riot in kensnGtOn May I'm. loii
INTERESTING SrArEMENTs.-trom the last ar.
uual report of the Guardian Of the Poor tor the city 3
county OF Philadelphia, learn that there has been pad
to poor widows. principally At % cents per Week ia
sum OF 81 go - Tor groceries AID prOysIOh there h
been expended 81 i2 - tor medicines furnished S5G
90; for cuppnc and cechins. 500 10 There We're di,
trbuted in ire wood. !y the quarter OF co'o dis.
cords to 76 families consisting o @ofs9 persons wne
the number OF sick VINO have been attended IL 30 Of
which number there 2c42 cured, 2l9 relieved 6
sent 10 the lmsh0usc 81 removed from the dlsireG
died and % remhnn, under care. The number Of u.
pcrs sent to the Ams-aouse by the visitors o. the Poor
was - H. OF which number the District OF Moyamenses
alone furnished Jl double the mum Der oi any oihert
trct The total expenditures, exclusively Tor lie ria
trnancc of the poor in the AIMS house, during the ya
ending May 90 !si5, Tmountto S'992l So Tue avers
number OF paupers nIiataned from this amounts Is;
which makes an average OF 80 cents per week for ea1
pauper From June, lSii, 10 May, lei5, the Numbered
pauuers in the Almshouse and House OF Employmel
was 1902 The largest number mt one time being
the month OF January, when there were l57 viz 100
men 643 women Us children. The amount OF Bel
consumed during the year was 2t3,JA lbs, 39sl2h
Mutton . 936 lbs Butter l2.iGO lbs. Goldfish, 20999 Ia
Coffee SOS lbs. Tea $3.50 bbs. Flour l649 lbs. Rice
596J gallons Moasse 1907 lbs Sugar 4099 baskets 70
tatoes besides other atcies, the cost Of wh
was $50 292 Sc
A fair amount OF business was done in stocks TO-
day. but prices were lees hrin feDnsyNahm tNe' s%s
a. IA IN improvement OF /. Texas notes advanced
selling ut 70 while Texas ID per cent Bonds brouaht@
Reading Railroad improved l. selling at 81! the Boni
closing firm at 10 Wilmington Railroad shares deelaa
the market closing heavy at 22ji
The brig George Gardner Walker. arrived Ls
afternoon in 50 days from Malaga, with full cargo
fruit
The British brig Mary Ann, Capt Langly q
rived this morning. q days from Antigua. having
pcrenced heavy gale the 9th inst. which cauiedA
t,~t stri
pc,e hurricane The vessel, however, sustained but
tie damage.