The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-05
Our Philadelphia Correspondence.

PHILApELPHiA, Feb q, 1850.
Pennsyivania Institution for the Blind Orphans Ball
.4"other Dsrins Outrage The New York Explosion =
The Markets, &c.
Twenty three Of the male and female pupils belong
ing to the Psnnslvsss Institution the Instruction
Of the Blind, accompanied by Mr.. Chaplin the Princ-
pal and Mr. Schmitz the Professor Of Music take the
cars to- morrow morning for Harrisburg, where they In
tend giving public concert, in addition to exhib
ion before the members Of both branches OF the Legs
lsture, in solemn convention assembled They also
intend giving practical illustration Of the blind
teaching the blind to the great edihostop no doubt
OF the one and thirty three constit nces OF this
great State The object Of this visit Ia nod first
TO get sPecisl appropriation for building purposes
apd second to have the annual appropriation OF $4,000
which the State allows this excellent Institution,
raised TO Sll,G00. A dry application to that effect
would be promptly laid the table the motion OF
any Of our Yankee hating, sour friends. Of
the anti provsment countless but when Ii IL backed
up by the presence of twentythrse interesting boys
and girls and many Of ths latter beautiful and really
forced upon their attention through the In trumenta
ity II vocal and Instrumental concert cannot fail
60 prove Irresistible Under all these circumstauc
and with the certainty Of getting all they may ask for
am surprised at the modesty of their demands With
State hvst at 90 and risDg market aud snug ba-
lance in tie treasury they should have asksd they
deserved tsics as much. However, 1t IL not too late
to reconsider
Hon Samuel Breck delivers lecture before the His
toricsl Society OF Peppsy evening" be-
ing the second lecturs u the course
Twomors Phisdelphis ships, the Kalamazoo and Mary
PleAssns. have been acid to New Workers. Both these
ships will shortly leave for New York. to load for Cali
foibia
The great Irish Catholic Orphans ball. which has
beer taken under the joint patronage OF the wings and
democrats comes OIL this evening at the Chinese Mu-
feum Ii Ia said that up to this time, three thousand
five hundred tickets have been sold. IL is well the
mercury has fallen to fresziog point.
Another Caring outrage was mitted this morniog,
by rome Of the ruaps with which this fire department
Of Philadelphia has been long cursed and a.gracsd
The house Of the Weccacoe kpgine company n
tered At early hour this morning 6re and all
the valuable effects Of the company destroyed rhs
loss estimated at Sl6e0 The act Is attributed to
members adh.rents Of the Weecscoe Hose pauy.
As the two upper stories Of the building pied
BY two Of the public schools the disaster temporarily
throws four hundred children out q school One
or Two arrests have been made
The terrible explosion in your city has caused deep
sepsstion In our community. Crowds are hockng
round the bulletin bosres morbdy anxious to pick up
all The psrticulsrs.
The four market remains very quiet at 81 IS to 81
el Tor shipping brands; for city consumption 81 SIX
20 SIS 37 according to quality. Rye Flosr IL held a.
81 % Sales OF PenBsyya meal at SO 6s which
n tlif ut decline No sales at wheat reported Nov
yellow corn Soc to SEE No change in cats Cotton Is
very firm At previous rates
Money ismore in demand TO day az slightly increased
rates. The tendency Of the STOCK market Is decidedly
Upward State tives, Reading and Morris Canal. escn
advanced a TO day. Annexed are the szrs:-
FUst board 10 sis Morris ANAL, 1Oss 49, d., l0k $40
state6s 5 So 100 &c. os 500 do, Uls; 500 Lee
Bsnf 45l heading ss, l6i " Grsrd Bank l'k; s! 90
insis te, 6s, Al, 81 Penra kd, s9; S2ruO RR
bOnds, 80, 81 Second Eoard $500 Ss, ssii $50
DO. sgA; o 1irsrd Bans, ~ s. 40 heading bond 90 %
town ssh ~ heading sk lo'.j $40 90. itsS 10 CANDIDA
BsEk, 81