The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-07
CORRESPONDENCE.
Philadelphia Correspondence.
PHILApELPHIA Marck /.

NJ.
One of the most startling and revolving
features of social life here is the astonish-
ing frequency Of the crime OF infanticide.
The head item columns of our city dailies
literally TEEN with reports Of such occur
rences, and hundreds of cases are no
doubt Kept from the knowledge Of the
public. In some instan ces even married
women are guilty OF the offence. occa-
sionally the offenders are brought to trial
but they are generally permitted 10 go
unpunishcd. The latest case Of the kind
reported is that OF young gir! rom
Chester county, who recently made visit
here to her relatives, and delivered herself
of child, which she threw out of Sec
ond story window into a yard below
The ply sicians testified that the child
was born alive and had been killed by
tie fall. The inhuman mother was too
unwell to be removed from her room, but
police officer has taken up his quarters
in the house house, so rs to prevent any
attempt at escape.
The Directors Of the Giard College have
recently made their annual report, by
which | learn that the institution now
contains 304 pupils, who are maintained
and educated out Of the fund bequeathed
for that purpose by Mr.. Girard. The ex-
penses for the year were $71,4o2. The
pupils receive finished education, aud
many Of them afterwards apprenticcd to
trades, or other occupations. OF the pres
ent pupils, 2S5 were born in Philadelphia
and 10 in other parts Of Pennsylva-
MIA.
Our policemen have been particularly
attentive to the dance houses lately. A
few evenings since, tLey made descent
upon one, and arrested all the inmates,
numbering sixty-fve persons. Many Of
them are villainous dens Of vice, and the
scenes of orgies which disgrace human
ity.
You probably noticed an item Of the
late news from Cuba stating that the A.
merican engineers had drawn prize Of
100000 in the Havana lottery. They
were Philadelphians, who went out there
a year ago, leaving their families here
One of them was a blacksmith, and the
locomotive engineer. They were mar
ried to twin sisters who received with Joy
ful hearts, rs you may well imagine, let
ters from them the other day announcing
their good fortune. They were not ha-
bitual dealers in lottery tickets. but one
Of them desired to purchase, what proved
to be the lucky ticket, because he had
vivid dream Of drawing prize, and after
considerable difficulty succeeded in per.
suading his companion to share the ex.
pense. The blind good fortune commits
many strange freaks and this is one Of
them.
Some half a dozen young frcmen have
recently been sentenced TO one years i'm
prisonnent each, for running to fire with
loaded fire arms, with the manifest design
OF making a deadly attack upon rival
company when they arrived there. Judge
Kelley is down on the whole volunteer
fire system very savagely, and the poor
wights connected with it who are brought
L
before him are always pretty roughly han
died.
A Bady Convention, in this City, is in
contemplation by some Of our patriotic
gentleman who are anxious TO encourage
that important branch Of domestic indus
try. On the 22d inst, lady in Spring
Garden, gave birth to male infant, which
it is supposed will take the premium a.
gainst the world. He weighed nineteen
and huff pounds and measured thirteen
and half inches across the shoulders
In honor Of, the day he was named George
Washington.
Prof. Hare lectured at SAMSON Street
Hall on Spiritualism on Sunday night
lie has an ingenious machine which he
states was originally designed 10 prge
the falsity Of the Spirit-rapping doctrine,
but which has since, he asscr Is, proved its
correctness beyond doubt.
Our amateur musical geniuses, having
grown rather tired Of chanting the fune-
raj requiem of"'old Dog Tray" now dis
play their powers upon ditty called "a
Few Days" the popularity Of which il is
to be hoped, will not be prolonged.
Truly Yours ID.