The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-01

iNEth NIlH OF lHlIADELhNIAs-A UneesuB VI
this q, urishing organization was held yesterday
afternoon, the President, Mr.. Coleman, in the
chair. Afor the transaction Of much important
business Mr. Charles Godfrey Leland, the we'll
known author poet, and editor, was called upon
TO address the Club ON the subject Of the public
press OF Germany. Mr.. Leland, in ans yer, said
hat the rowsps pcrs In Germany were sluggish,
dCad-aut-a.iyc concerns, having littC merit be-
yoDd the choice literary, ART, and scientific
reviews contained in thcm The strict censor
ship CNUc ci,Cd over the journals ty ,ho apthou-
les precIuded any attempt TO rise IN pO.hIas or
RELIGION.
MIR. Leland spoke also upon the uscillno3s Of
such organ cations as the Press tiuD; wished it
every success, and said he thought the day no,
far distant when every large city in The Union
would avail itself OF the advantages OF banding
It's conductors of The PHblC Press INTO . Nro,lcr-
hood Ike this, which he felt would give the press
its due power 10 do any thing right t,t Or pro
per, and make IL too powerful - do anything
wrong itself, or 10 permit wrong to he done by
UtLtrs-whiyh was the true mission OF the press.
The pr, sideutmade the tolloE En- Appointment.
for essays to be read before the Club
l. Mr.. John r. Y0unxi ,. NJ. Eugeue l.
Sharp; g. Mr.. e. W. c. Greene, of the S .GtGy
Ita1noiH 4 Mr. G. C. Wilson, 8f the PrSs
., Mr. J.. W. WalazA, Of the EVENING EELE
CRNIII
The Club is making arrangements 10 have q
cCur OF popular lectures Delivered before it By
TIE uiutnt editors of the COuDtry. IL Is under
stood that cnEag, mcnts viii be eiie,tcd with
Hon. Horace Greeley, Hon. Schuyler ColfAN,
Rev. ii W. BecChgr, MantOn Marble, Esl., Hon.
Henry ]. Raymond, Theodore Elton, Esq, Hon,
John w. fonoy, and others.
COyNTEULIrING-I woal1 be q s0m5vha'
dinicut task TO ascertain in what age ,ounter,e..
ing began. The good boo, tells us that Jlcob
took advantage OF his fatsers blindness to pass
counterfeit son on lsal', and win blessing A.
long ago as that men certainly understood the
art oi ocrcit. One OF the most striking character.
istiv5 OF an tVuaTiau research s the existence OF
his -rmc crime OF couptcneiug In all ages OF
which We know anything. In almost every In.
stance il which The remains OF ancient Industrial
mt aIc iuud eyidcrces OF fraud are also found.
Men cheated each other three thousand years ago
precisely Us they cheat one another now. Conn.
icrieihd coins in those days did thc same thing
thar % bogus C,iu does today -dchau ted some
lonl - man for the benefit Of rogue. Deception
meets u, in all directions.
Ctuhturlcits Ot pretty much everything that i
valuable are offered TO purchasers. Silk goods
are couDterfeited with jutc aud cotton. When
cotton tCcame dear, starch was made to do duty
In serving up still aud, apparently, heavy article
Of cotton goods. There is scarcely paper which
does not mention some new counterfeit INK
note or fractional currency put in circulation the
previous day. Never were our mar'Iets stocked
with moro bogus money, and there is no mau
living who can call himself secure against the in.
genuity OF his depraycd f5low-meu. Forewarned
II ubb hlNdNb lOTthlinel dBlOsL lEduu. II q man
Is expecting to he deceived he Is, of course safer
than when in Il confident hum1r, and it would be
miserable world if we were all to do business
on the principle that every one we deal with is
trying 10 cheat us.
ORGANIZATION or THE STATE GUARD.--It is
said that the organization of the State Guard
will be comm, need in a short time. Tine Cover
nor has been negotiating with the War Depart
ment for some sort OF exemption for volunteers
in the Guard if they should be drafted under the
national conscription laws, and he has, 10 a con.
siderable extent, succeeded. If a volunteer in
the Guard shall be drafted for the United States
service, he is to be furluughed Tor the whole term
Of his enlistment In the Guard. This secures his
uninterrupted service to the State, and will pre-
vent highly necessary organization from being
broken up, as it might be under any other ar
mngoment. II the term for which he may be
drafted into the United States service shall ne
longer than his enlistment In the state Guard, he
will only have 10 serve out the excess under the
dait. Should he serve u whole year in the tate
service he will be credited with that length ll
time upon any future calls, and the State VIII
also b. credited on her quota in any future DRAFT
This excellent arrangement Is cJmmendabie o.
all concerned, and should stimulate enlistmGnts
In the State service.
ALLEGED FALSE RETURSs.-Chlr'es S. Cooper
was auagned before the United States Commis
sioner yesterday, upon the charge Of perjury in
making false returns, under the excise laws Of
the United States. The prosecution vas nSt-
tuled by Mr.. j. Fletcher BUdd, Assessor OF the
ThId District and the Assistant Assessor, Mr..
John BuGd, testified that the defendant made a
return OF his business for July, in which he put
down his whole production and delivery at
thirty-two barrels and twenty half barrels. A
brewer testified THAI DC had rcccivcdin In July from
the defendant dfty one barrels, and 10 was offered
to prove by the books OF another that four hun
dred aud siNty,one barrels had oeen received in
july, lut the Commissioner ruled i. out as not
admissible, because it was not the best kind OF
evidence that could be furnished. The accused
was held IN $4,000 bail FOR q further hearing.
This is the hrst Of series Oi prosecutions 10 be
commenced in The Third District for alleged
false returns.
CHILD SuoCKiNCLy MASGLED ny A Doc
FATAL REsuLr-Hcnry Carney, aged ten years,
residing with his parents a, Gloucester, vas at
tackled by n large dog few days s.dce, and 50
shockingy mau0lcd thit he died a short time
afterwards. The dog belonged 10 a ncigl0)ring
VheglwTghf, land was in The habi: Of eating
chicken belonging ~ Mr.. Carney. The hitl. lad
attempted 90 drive the beast of tue premises,
when il turned on him, threw him 90 the ground,
aud gnaWcd both ears OIL, tore tbe scalp from the
head and flesh from the lace, besides uhCtng
Injuries about the hnLds and the body OF tbs M
fortunate child The had was picked up in an IN
tgusiHlr couduiJn, Lock jaw set in, followed by
death. The iuO"i.us beast was very large, and
aiI UuNh terror 70 lAe AtlshNoi h9'uf was lcL
run az large.
BJuuEU PIMIrs-1he following is the
ciassidatiou OF building permits issued during the
past week -DNelings, j1i Of which tbirty-two
were three-story dwellings eighteen tTo-s,ory
aud we one story; boilcr-hou,o, / ; church, ;
d. ach. house, !; dS C-housg, cnglnc-hO1se p
offices, p shop, aChuu..u house, slaughter
house, 2t stables, ~ stores, tavern, total,
81 "a tOrlgous and additions lt.
Tho illoviug permits have been issued since
ftc lst OF January January, go February iOl ;
Nutgh, 1875 APRIL 2ibi May, 3l7i June, 24li
JgIy, 1875 August 2o3i September 1925 Oito-
bgr, lgi
poItCE AUBUsrs.-The following is an exhibit
OF the arrests made by tho police Of the several
districts during the month of November
b.yHf. lrrras. BHrian. Arrsfi
l.................. .2i9 ll..,.,.....'....... -
2..................4 .4jO l2...,.....,.,....,, 81
9.................,3. 2 l3........,.,.,..,,, 36
4.......,........2 .26j ll..............s.. l3
6...............l66 l5u..,,,.......,.,. 30
O................,.l5S lG..,.,....,........ 9f
T............,....,la5 HatbOr,,.,..,...,,. IL
R........... ....lul Reserve ..........,.l l7i
g..........,.,.,...l24 Park ..,....,,,.,... ll
ls............,,...,l5l Day Sergeants..,,,. 10
TlB FAmNorNT WATER WoEEs.-The work
OF cleansing the FairmOunt basins Is nearly com.
pleied. and water will be let into them on satur
dAy. The quantity Of dirt removed from the