The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-09
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

Sr. LOWS Va. PHuAD8LPHIA.-The following
couesr 1Senoe recently passed between Major
fseuyr-, hancock and Mr. Yeatman, Chairman Of
the Executive Committee Of the Sanitary Pair
held IN st. Louis which, as Il is known, pre-
sented the q neral with a magnificent jewelled
sword. From the correspondence Il will be seen
that General Hancock acknowledges himself a
citizen Of St. Louis.
Mr. Yeatman says his people regard him Cthe
genera) as "hAlf = citizen" and the General
replies that he looks upon st. Louis as "a home,
his family residing there. We anNiously await
the letter Of General Hancock acknowledging the
receipt Of the handsome saddle and equipments
which the Great Central Fair'of Phlla ielphia
recently presented to him, that his relations to
Philadelphia may even be more cmphatcdlly
defined than In the St. Louis letter
JuSE *, ls5t.-Msjor Gcncfaiw 5. Hanco,k.-Sir;-
u with great pleasure that pronounce TO you that the
ary FAR Il be voted for awarded you,
having been iage plurality Of votes cast IN your ayJr
gard you ~ more Than half citizen, that The sword has
been awarded 20 you humble buy respectful ap
citation Of your gaanty and distinguished service IN the
That success may continue 10 attend your noble efforts
20 crush out the Rebellion against our country Is my
earnest and heartfelt prayer You wiz please indicate The
very respectfully and truly yours =. ,..,u
Chairman Executive Committee.
HEADQUARTERS, sgcoSD Army Conrs june 2I, lss4.--
NY Dear srYour favor OF the 18th informing me that
the haI dsOmC sword donated to the Mississippi Valley
SANITARY Fair has been awarded TO has been received
Louis is truly gratfying as having married in that
city and residing there Tor many years. regard It as
Ony soldier truly appreciate thebenent Of your
noble efforts in behalf o. the SANITARY Commission, and
wants and suGornes are ict with grateful remembrance
throughoui every pad OF onr yasi army am SIR very
W. s. HANCOCK,
Major General U. S. V.
To James f. Yeatmau, ESQ, Chairman Of the Executive
Committee, Western Sanitary Cumnssion, 81. Louis, Mo-
deet, Mo.
A FAITHFUL MINIsTBR.-Rev. Joseph II. Ken
nard D. D., pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church,
completed the iftleth anniversary of his baptism
last Sunday morning. He has been In the min.
istry forty six years. and has preached ten thou
sand sermons. During this period he has had a
knowledge of three thousand conversions under
his ministry, had baptized two thousand and
thirty three persons, married four thousand and
eighty-nine couple, and attended three thousand
nine hundred funerals, besides waiting upon
hundreds of sick beds and performing many
other duties connected with his ministry. He
has been q pastor of this city since 1924, and
pastor of the present church since its organization
In 1888.
THR LAST or A RAG-PICKER.-Frederick
Corlins, rag-gatherer and beggar, aged IS
! years, died in Cumberland street, below Emerald,
| yesterday, from the effects of intemperance.
| Corins was wdower, and for the last four years
| lived alone, The house in which lie lived was
! loaded with smoke pipes, old crOckeryware,
! clothes, hats &c. On the premises the Coroner
| found two dogs, one of which was dead, having
! been starved 20 death, six cats, q number Of
| chickens, &c. The house was in the most filthy
| condition throughout.
THE SANITARY Coz HEIssGoS.-The Committee
on Labor and Income of the Great Central Fair
! have already paid over to the Sanitary Commits
| sion two hundred thousand dollars, the third in
| stalment Of that amount having been handed
over yesterday. The reports of charmen Of the
different subcommittee are desired as speedily
as possible.
LOCAL BRRyITIBs.-COlonel Small has received
an order from Harrisburg to have his regiment
the l06th, mustered into service for one hundred
days. George Fritz has been held to answer
the charge of enlistiug n colOred man into thC
navy and retaining S24l Of his bounty money.
MASS MEBTIEG-The Journeymen Tailors o
the city, working for the ready-made clothing
stores, announce a mass meeting on Monday
morning, at Fifth and Prune streets, to TAKE
action on the scale of prices now allowed them.
CoRNBR-SToNB LAYING.-The cornerstone o
the Nineteenth Street NJ. +. Church, Nineteenth
and Poplar streets, will he laid on Thursday next
Rev. Bishop Simpson, d. D., will otllciate on tn
occasion.
BOUNTY MoNBY.-The Ward Bounty of TWEEN
ty-five dollars has been paid to fifty-eight re-en
listed veterans during the past two days.