American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-03-05

cation, held in this city IN January, from which
we learn that its six per cent. stock debt ~
mounts Ia s26 ESQ, and the three per cent. TO
S2,7S4--total 500 ,0G4, being decrease of l, :
l29. All bills against the institution have
been promptly paid, and n balance of $l6057
remains in the treasury. By the report of the
comm ttce on education, We learn that the
number of children under their charge is stead
" increasng---the number placed record
during the past year being greater than in any
previous one, while their means have lncreas-
ed IN still greater ratio, their capital having
enlarged during the year over % per cent
The number Of orphan children received dur
ing the year was 80, increasing the former list
to S22--of these 1856 are over age for school
ing, leaving Is still in charge Of the commit
tee. The total receipts Of the committee for
the year, were z 1855, and the expenditures
for schooling sos SO, leaving an unexpondcd
balance of Sl,2lJ So, to be added to the per-
manent fund, which now amounts 10 S5,Sl6.lS.
The increase ia the number of the members
Of the Order during the year, was 1876, so far
as returns have been received. Two new
/ lodges-one at Laurelaad the other at Emmitts-
burg--were instituted during the same period.
/ u. e. Master Archer Ropes has been appoint
ed special deputy TO visit the lodges On the
Eastern Shore, under the jurisdiction Of the
Grand Lodge,
From tho report Of Beard Of Managers we
learn that the amount Of rent received duringthc
year for the use # the Egyptian Saloon, Of the
hall on Gay-at. was s255 %, and for the base
ment rooms $50. They have appended $780,
Al for repairs and fuel. A different mode Of
lighting the Hall in front is recommended, the
manner Of ventlating it changed, and ny
drant is being placed in the yard A proposal
has been received from Messrs. Hayward, Fox
& Co. to heat the Hall with their "Patent Hot
Air Furnace" for $500. The report highly
commcuds the care and attention Of John +.
Chamberlain, the keeper of the Hall
From the report Of The Treasurer we learn
that the number Of members relieved during
the year, was 5S2; number Of widowed fam-
lies relieved 10; Aumber Of members buried
AZ; amount paid for relief OF members 81
1872 AS; do for relief of widowed families 49,
6S759 do for education of orphans 81, 1859;
for future application to school fund S52G.20;
amount paid for burying the dead S3,36llO.-.
Total amount $l5,97S 90.
The affairs of the Order appear to be- in a
highly hourshing condition, and its numbers,
and means of alternating human sorrow and
distress, rapidly increasing and extending.
VorE ON THE REFORM QuEsTIoN. 1t will
be seen by our Annapolis letter that the
House has adopted by majority of one vote,
as substitute for the report of the majority Of
the committee on the constitution, the bill of
lcred by Mr.. klcLane, repeating the 18th atti-
Gle Of the constitution, in order to elect the
call of a convention by a subsequent legisla-
ture. MI McLane's bill therefore became an
original proposition, but the House adjourned
without Taking the final vote.
ARRIVALS OF TnG MAIL. The mails from
the East are all q. L. now The first train of
cars came in abont O'Clock yesterday morn.
ing, with all the back mails, and the train yes
tcrday afternoon arrived punctual to its usual
hour, with the mail as late as due. The snow
in Philadelphia and New York was hardly as
deep MS it was in this city, but along the lines
Of the several railroads the drifts in some
/ places were to the depth Of ten feet, and the
weather extremely cold, with piercing wind
! The cars from York, Cumberland and Wash
! l,,., I.
! No mail from the South yet.
SUDDEN DEATH OF THE GovERNoR OF DE-
LAwARE. The Delaware Journal comes to us
dressed in mourning, on account Of the sud-
den death Of Major Thomas Stockton, the Go
vernon of that State. Ho expired suddenly on
Monday evening, while sitting in chair in
the office of the clerk Of the Orphans Court
at Newcastle. His health previously was
good, and his death therefore was the more un-
expected and has created the deepest regret.
! He was Captain in the u. S. Army during
the last war, and under Gen. Scott nobly de-
Tended his country at Fort George, and other
points on the frontier of Canada. BY his death,
DR.. Maui, president Of the Senate, becomes
ex-ofiicio Governor Of the State.
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FAILURE OF TIE STEAMERS Mail. The
! Steamship Cambria sailed from Boston on Sun
day afternoon, leaving FIVE passengers and 5000
| letters, which left New York on Saturday eve
ming, at o'clock, in the steamer Mohegan.-j
/ She took out forty passengers, among them a
bearer Of dispatches from our Government to
Mr. McLane and one from the British Minis