New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-02
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
VARIETIES OP RRPpDATioS- BISHOP or NEW
JERsgY-A FEMALE GEOLOGICAL TOUR
PUBLIC coKyEsIESCEs-ICE, COAL PROFITS,
AND PosT-oFPICE ABUSES.


Fiou. Our Own Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, May 81, 1879.
At an auction sale Of stocks held last week two
eight percent bonds issued BY Lee County, Iowa
for 81 OO0 each, were sold at ] per cent, or $50
for the two-a loug string Of coupons being thrown
in. This wonld 10 b. the m"st possible variety
Of reputation, as both makers aud buyers refuse TO
have anything to do with the documents. Such
unhesrd of depreciation goes to show how wild the
pc ,ple Of Iowa must have gone in the Aush times
three years ago. in issuing paper Of this kind aad
how utterly PROSTATE ,hty must be nov, that they
could not retire their obligations before they sunk
to so deplorabe depth. Yet it is probable that
the bonds of some of the Western Counties IN Penn
sylvana would sell for frghtfuly low prices if mis-
fortune or haTdihood should drive any holder to
send them to a stock auction. Some of them have
beea - shameessiy repudi,ted that the great mass
of buyers Ieiuse 10 touch them, aud they sell Ohiy
to retIrs d Capitalists "hJ quletls buy them up at
mirerable prices and store them away as sp -culs-
too knowing that pay day must come some time.
These buyers have bad hopeful encouragement IN
the recent decisions going Z, enforce pay ment. OF
these ill-ady,srd issues. Yet some Of these dec-
sious show that County bonds are dangerous tools
tO play with. The last was had in the Of Al
lrebsDy County, which issued largely to certain
Railroad COnea0.s Judge Grier, in referring 10
their cons itutoDalty held this ,nguage:
Wheeler the Legislature of the State may confer
upon the officers Of such municipal corporations the
power bind the people of city county by bonds,
and 10 burden them with taxes TO raise money Tor ek-
tarnal objects, # general public interest," or In
! compel them 10 become partners in any AMI every
| Incorporated association, Is question upon ~hca
much difference of option exists 10 thls State now
| ever the question has been decided by yoor own
Supreme Court the only authoritative elponnders OF
! yonr Constitution and statutes. To their deci,on II is
our duty TO submit withou questioning its authority"
In this case, the Legislature gave both the power
70 subscribe TO the sock aud to pay for 1t, oy the
, issue OF bonds Bot the City OF Pittsburgh, wolco
| subscribed largely 10 the same Alegnsoy Valley
| Roro.d by virtue of authority from the Legsl.-
urr omitted 70 acquire the right TO issue bonds IN
pay mel for the subscription. For want OF this
mtbo,iz iza'iOu, Judge Gner decided that the bonds
| 10 issued we're invalid. Most of these various de-
| cions will be taken to the United States Supreme
! Court for adjudicat on, requiring several yeaos
longer before tts whole matter Is hnaliy deter
! mped But the stain Of reputation, which n.s
been fastened on several Of our counties will be
found 10 he almost iadelSle snd it will be m,nJ
| y,ars before another Of them can be seduced into
issuibg bonds.
The beg Bishop Of New.Jersey DR. Odenheimer,
is native Of this city, sone forty -hve years old,
aud what is know n ss moderate High.Chufch
, Nan. lie has been rector OF St. Potors twenty
one years and has enjoyed the utmost confidence
ard stiecton Of toat wealthy congregation. Onlg
short tine ago, teey presented 70 his vile deed
for ap elegant re,i0ence, in testimony OF th-f at
tscbment His election as Bishop is regarded as q
tr,um,h Of the modeI ate wing of the Higs-Cnurch-
party ID New-.J,rsey. The laty belong 10 tnis
wing and persistsntly refused to support DR.. Ma
hap, wko is known a. OF the ex.reme Hlgb Cnureh
phriy though the latter received many votes soeiy
- na'a Auts
Dr. Msnan should be hrs successor fetDr. Oien-
bsimers election s sad 70 De likely t0 heal all the
various di,tuI Dances and heartburnlngs growing
out of the apsef OF msfOrtunes OF the late Bishop
pt I'D ls., ek to Burlington, a0d visited tue
grave of Bishop DosDe. He lies beside the tomb
of his ased mother, who died year ago, ana AZ
whose head he has erected h brown-stobe crvss Ot
massive proportions on which you read, in oeaat-
full, rs.srd letters 1.-The Blsnop of New jersey to
the Best of Motbers." Hi. osn grave Is covered
with green sod and temporary wooden cross
erected ut the head. Every iuch Vt this cross, and
OF the grave Itself, WAS covered with tue most gcr-
geous collection Of TVses and other Sprlag nowers.
| AN told il has been covered VITA these onsr-
pss Of ai. ction st the hands of his congregation
| ever since II closed Osef hm. Groves appear 10
| be contibuay visiting the grave, as welt denned
| ps,hsay round it has been beaten down BY votse
| steps.
| Ieeniy Of the girls who are being educated at
| Elnira College New York, came TO this city
fortnight ago. in charge OF their Poiessor being on
a ~, usr geological tour IN search of knowledge,
novelty aud health. / met them several ames
| during their sojourn, and am bound 10 say
that one seldom meets company OF N IRE iDteii-
| gent, robust aud bouncing damsss. While here
they visited nearly all our lions, such as our great
| Gi,srd College the Penit.ntiary, the Academy vi
the Fine Arts Independence Hall, &c. The mys-
teries of the coioage illustrated by rhe beautiful
machinery IN operation at the Mint, appeared -
| give them the highest satisfaction. Several OF
| III IN carried little note books, in which numerous
| memoranda were made, aud doubtless Theses Will
yel be worked up into graphic articles for the IA
yorte village Journal. These young ladies', wnen
inqu1iDg into the Why aud wherefore oil this, that
| AID tbe other piece Vf machinery which .hey saw,
displayed all ibte ligeDcr, aud an aptitude OF CON-
DIT, b-nsiOn far above the average oi Jnnor minds
IL evident they came 10 learn as We'll as to see
| When at that DOble museum, the Academy of MAJ
ural Scepces their proficiency IN geological study
| became very apparent to all VINO listened % their
! remarks They sppeared strnsk with the richness
! ano rarepess of the valuable collection OF rocks
and fossils. and discussed tue merits Of specimens
| with q technical uDctiUn that amused and charmed
the sten.r On their way down to the cty the
c.npaDy visited the Mammoth Coal Nein at Tam-
| aGus, " here each one couraseousy descendeh toe
shaft, buudreds OF io~t toto the bowels of toe
| EARN III IN ptIhoua ocsrcn' WI V'on 'eVeiSH
| miners-bow much more must II have been for
these gentle girls 1t will no, be doubted tnat a
trip o, tbs KIND, superintended by comp-tent aud
careful preceptoTs must greatly enlarge the range
| of IDEAS and the knowledge OF these young minds.
They se- aud hear, and learn Il world OF eyerythn ng
thai is good and useful to them in after tie, from
which the Lumdrum routine Of the boarding school
eaeciuaily shuts them out. Next 10 the gymna.
sum- suce tours after heslth sod kno Wedge would
be the most beneficial Innovation the ordinary