The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-22

People but seldom go into mad. houses save a.
inmates. There Is something very repulsive In
blue iac,cfs and frocks, such As crazy people
aud pauptis wear In thin emaciated forms and
DE !ecse s!.5ttoTsugs Of ersgy tousues. Kind.
gentle hearted women as nurses arc 10 be found
tlore always, doctors occasionally, and the Board
Of Directors once or twice week. God knows
there is enough Of human misery 70 be seen on
the public rroets daily, and therefore people
ger orally avoid such places ~ insane asy lums
and alulESppEes.
Nov and then, when such terrible Catastrophe
haPp ns IS was that which took place st the
BIockley Almsbouse a day or two SINCE very
deint, people and rough eXctemcnt- seekers rs
through the iron gates Of such Institutions as We
have deecHbed, and then for the first time In their
livts nre startled that 80 much misery could oxist
within the crowded walls OF the city and they not
know Il. Occasionally they have seen an csc tped
luuatic upon the streets yet they never bsheld
hunortos Of crazy people gathered together, mon
aud women, In whose Countenances are depicted
al The ffcuzy Of madness, aud who @ acts pro-
cluim them bopeessly aud helplcssy insane
AZ kTkbri0e's, where relative and kind freuds
administer from their wealth and love TO tho
wants Of those who afflicted with this terrible
malady, the fearful reality Of their condition is
pOmCN hat ameliorated but ri BlOckley Aims
house, where the inmates are supported by pub
lc charity, and where poverty is plainly attested
hy their apparel and habits OF life, the scene be.
comes the moro thrillincly heart-reHding,
II were a curious task 70 investigate the causes
chat induced Insanity among the different Ia.
mates Of this asylum. Whit tales OF bitter dis
appointments In business life Of outraged feel
iDRs, Of crushed Affections and Of ambitious
schemes leyelled 70 the earth by adversely, could
these men and women relate II reason could
but once again guide their craZcd lougues. Chil-
dyen arc there also, ido's from their birth, with
distorted forms, who but yesterday stood, a. II
were, upon the brink of a precipice and yet
e'Caped that death 20 whose embrace, did they
hat know the future Of their lives, they would
bave gladly tottered like infant TO its moher's
arms. And one co1ld not help bat wishing that
then and there como mighty rafter or somo
piece Of crumbllng mortar had kindly dealt them
the hOw that would have forever shut away the
light from their eyes rs disease had driven reason
from their minds.
Those fifteen dead women, who In their rough
wooden collins were yesterday committed 20 she
psupers burial ground, have but exchanged, We
hope, the terrOrs Of their mortal lives for tue
bliss Of the amarauthinc crown. Evon amid the
sickenlDg cioseuess Of that dead. house, you could
not hep but linger long enough 70 fold their
white arms across their now peaceful breasfs,
and TO thank God that, while terrible rs was the
blow that brought them 10 so untimely death,
yet thar the blow had been dealt at last.
A Guild ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY ONE or rHB
PnoyosT GUARD.--A little boy named Michael
Greer, aged five years, residing with Its parents
at No 523 Callowhill street. was accidentally shot
yesterday afternoon by one of the officers at
tsched to tho Provost Barracks in this city. It
seems shat des9yter made his escape from the
barracks, and was pursued by the officer. When
at Fifth and CalOWhill streets the deSerter turned
the corner, and the officer during the eXciten.9ut
of the moment, discharged one barrel Of his re-
vOlyoT at him. The ball. Of course, missed the
deseTtcr, who WIS safe around the corner at she
sine the shot was fred but the missile struck tho
child, lodging in the lower part of his back, and
gliding upwards. Tue wound inflicted is a serious
mo lifn al Tho child hling Hagpafrad nf
lady who was passing at the time also made a
narrow escape, tho ball gliding past her head In
rather cloec proximity. The child was still alive
this morning.
PINS on FmB.-The woods In tho interior OF
New Jersey, due east of Philadelphia, have been
on FIRE for several days past, and large extent
Of country has already been swept over by the
devastating element. The fire first made It's ap-
pearauce short distance below Jackson, ada
cent 10 the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, and
il apread towards Weymouth, then taking cir
cuitous route made rapid progress tow Irds the
Delaware aud Raritan Bay Railroad. sweeping
IN Its resistlesS course thousands Of acres of pine
forest. Tho latest accounts from the tiory region
were up 80 four O'Clock yesterday afternoon, at
which time the flames and smoke seemed to DO
darling forth and rOlliug away with wllGness
over boundless space. No lives have as yet
been lost.
SwoHD PpRsRSrATroN.--A sword was pre-
sented to Lieutenant Smith Of the Courtland
Saunders Minute Men. at the West Philadelphia
and Market street Passenger Railway Depot this
morning, by the officials of the railway. The
Courtland Saunders Minute mon Captain
Lysterl have pledged themselves to remain or
ganized, after the one hundred days, during the
War, ready for any emergency, with their head
quarters at the Institute of Professor Saunders,
after whose son, the lamented Captain Court
land Saunders, they have named their company.
INSTANTLY KILLBD.-A boy named Evans,
five years Of age, residing in Ci.ron street, below
Thirteenth, was run over by a market wagon last
night and killed. II. G.. Haniscken was the
name Of the driver Of the wagon.
RBsIGNED.-William NJ. Ireland has been ap-
pointed principal Clerk to the Third Assistant
Postmaster General in Washington, and has Goa
sequentIy resigned his appointment Of Secretary
Of the Post Office in this city.
MEETING AT FnANKroRD.--TO- morrow evon-
ing die citizens of Frankford will hold mass
meeting at wHght's Institute, for the purpose Of
adopting measures to encourage enlistments
LOCAL BAEyITIEs.-The prize steamer DOfegai
which was 10 have beon sold next Tuesday, has
been iEmed over to the Government fOr tho sam
of $4,000. "A lad named Alonzo Jones Was
drowned in the Delaware yesterday at Pine stree,
wharf. Charles Miller, an employee at Mollor's
Factory, Twelfth street, below Spring Garden
bad his hand badly torn Ly the machinery yes.
tcrday -. John ConOy also had his arm lace
rated At the factory, Thirteenth and Hamilton
streets . Tue United States steamer hr"GcbV-
secyg " iii sail on Saturday with suppes for the
South Atlantic B!OC6uding Squadron. Letters
aud package will be taken The proprietor OF
the extensive cotton mills, in HayCtUrd town
ship, DCLuis Kelley, died yesterday.
Va ny TAR tho 'arscst sto x sud bes
| assortment OF Clotuiug N Philadelphia, CON
/ pFisigg all desirable styles Of goods, from
/ medium. price to supo.iuo. Every one can bu
/ accurately s'ted At once from cur stock. what
/ ever DC bls hEe or proportions, Ia garments cuua
iu all TC-pocJs 20 'rOr, made 10 measure at B,unl
/ .>lgt, yfscgs. For those who prefer, wo haze
! also a uOnplete assortment Of piece goods, wh.cl
/ will be made up 10 measure IN style SURPASSED
. By none, bLASbfr q Co.
TOwEH H,I.l., No 5lS Market street.
Married.
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