The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-20
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

RRcnuIrRG. This morning warrants were
issued by the Mayor for the payment Of the city
bounty to So men credited TO the different wards
Of the city. OF this number, the First Ward
received 4 Seventh Ward, 2Sj and the Nine
teenth Ward, "a. The Seventh Ward only wants
SO men to fill her qouta. The citizens having
chnrge of the bounty fund are making the most
strenuous efforts TO fill the quota and they GER
tainly will succeed The other deficient wards
arc also working nobly and Judging from their
present evcrH9ns, there will De no necessity for a
draft. Since the commencement of the war, there
has been but one dIdit in Phiadelphia, and our
patriotic people are determined there shall bo no
more. Our city has done rs much, If not more,
than any other city towards recruiting the army
and Is still willing TO do her share should any
future demands be made upon her.
Even after the quota OF the city is hlled, re-
cruitng will be continued, although the words
will cease to pay the extra bounty Of $lOO This
will make the bounty only $3.50 instead Of $3.50,
as is now paid to all recruits. No new regiments
or companies are now being recruited. Notun-
tcers Hie accepted either for the Navy, Marine
Corps, or for some of the old regiments nov in
the field. Large squads of recruits from the
interior are arriving daily at Camp Cldwaladef,
where they are organized, and equipped, anu
speedily despatched to the seat of war. we have
only 10 say that If the other rendezvous, scattered
throughout the North, arc sending rs many men
TO the seat of war as Camp Cadwalader, tnen the
army is being rapidly reinforced, and the de-
pletcd ranks filled up.
LITIGATIoN.-Day after day we are called upon
to record the most trivial lawsuits. happening
before justices of the peace and our criminal
courts, which in nine cases out Of ten might be
adjudicatod among the friends of the parties thus
applying for so. called satisfaction. The moment
such affairs come before the tribunals we have
cited, they furnish material for the daily news
papers, and food for the public appetite. Assault
and battery cases, threats Of attacks upon person,
made in the heat of passion, cases of trespass,
SC, which have no bearing on any but the par
ties directly interested, are thus made subjects
for public discussion, and bring the persons so
accused into an unenviable notoriety.
But there are other cases more serious In their
nature, and moro seriously affecting the pCt-
| sonal character of our citizens, which are daily
| brought before the police and other courts, and
| which, entail q stigma that time alone can dssi-
| pate. These are breach Of promise cases, those
| of seduction, &c, that we hold might in many
cases be amicsbly settled to the satisfaction OF
both parties, did the proper feeling influence those
| preterring the charges. IN extreme cases only
| should the law be Icsorted to.
The publicity given TO the disgusting details
| characteTising many Of these trials tenfold over
| balance the good results happening from the
exposure. The court oath that you will tell tht
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
is death-Rnell to the character of those whos'
reputation may before have stood unspottet
before the world. One cannot sit an hour IN tn'
Quarter Sessions without acknowledging tht
truth of this assertion. And one cannot think
when the hour of three O'Clock has arrived ina
out of the ten or twenty cases that have appeared
before the court, that three.tOurths OF them mi8h
have been compromised in ten minutes by th
parties thus seeking an imaginary justice Deior
public court.
FUNERAL OF GENERAL BGRNEY.-This distin
guishcd officer will be inferred at WOODLAND
Cemetery tomorrow afternoon. The funera
win move at 2 p. NJ, from his late residenct
No. 1920 Race street. As many civic and mil
tary bodies have signtcd their intention {
attending, we presume there will be lnrg
cortege. Full details Of the arrangements whic
: tomorrow morning.