The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-17


rcud,r Philadelphia exempt from the ouerous
II easure. Ward meetings are being hclduighty,
and the desired object IS spe dily beng consum-
mated.
We have before alluded to the fact that mum
bors ui men oGlstcd In this cry have been
transferred % the au fridCs of adj scent Sta.ps
Vuhour SO much as credit being given for tnem
Co. our CT y. A case iu point cImG under our
nonce a few dn,s since. One huudr Il dtys ago
two hundred men were enlisted IN this city, and
Afterwards sold by their eulistng officer 10 the
STATE OF New jersey, and were there mustered
tto the 37th New jersey Regimen. Some Of
these men were veterans, and had served OUT
thCr time In the Army Cf the Potomac.
ID. y before yesterday they we're addressed and
myi'ed 10 re enlist They consented 10 enter the
service for term of one year. a1d they will b,
Cr,dcdt TO the quota OF Trenton, y j., and wil, b
paid the small hOuntes of that place. IL these
men belonged 10 New Yo,k, that city would gct
credit for them, but our city cannot. Th,s is only
one instance OF uuiaruCss and the sale Of msl
Ike 20 much real estate, but we doubt not tuat
mnly other instances might be cited by persons
engaged In recruiting Let our Ward Commit
tees see TO il that no farther operations Of .hs
kind me carried on in Philadelphia.
The following is an exhibit Of the condition OF
several Of our city wards On August 1, the
dedcircy IN the Second Ward was i37 men.
During the month OF August u was reduced, by
Cnlisimcnts, II men, and on the lSt of Septanbsr
40 men were required 70 oil the quota. Daring
lNt lultl part OF August Mr. IONu W. ItALltE
made canvass of the ward, with a view to seClr-
ing naval credits. his canvass resulted In scCur-
ing from the commission at Harrisburg credit for
All men, leaving the deficiency, September /, IA
men. Ine ward has since raised number Of
men, which m kes up this deficiency and gives it
u surplus.
a meeting Of the citizens of the Seventh Ward
liable to the draft wa held last evening dt Ncils
hall, in the vicinity of Broad and LOMBARD streets
The quota of this ward on the 3lst of July was
five hundred and thirty-siN. Since then one hun
drcd and htty -uinG naval recruits have been
credited TO the ward, which, with those who
have volunteered since the lst OF August, reduces
the number yet required materially. A hand
some sum of money was subscribed, aud it is
believed that, with the combined efforts Of those
interested, the requisite number Of men can be
raised during the coming week.
There are s i'll wanting more than twenty men
to fill the quota u the Eighth Ward. Volunteers
are offering every day but the funds of the ward
are exhausted, Subscriptions will he received by
J. G.. RUsengarten, Treasurer, sOuthchtf corner Of
Sixth and Walnut streets.
Two hundred men are yet needed 10 fill the
quota Of the Tenth Ward. As high bDuntics are
paid in this ward, we call the attention Of those
desiring to enlist 70 the inducements offered.
Soldiers are required 10 be assessed before they
can exercise the privilege of voting. The COM
missionCd officers are required 70 pay the usual
tax, while every nOn-COmmssonCd Ofiicer aud
private mustpay an assessment of ten cents The
act allows the friends OF the soldiers at home to
have them assessed and TO pay the tax. In this
way the right of the soldiers 70 vote can he
secured, If the relatives or friends of each will
attend to each particular case, and then forward
the receipt to the army.
A SKELETON IN THE HoUsE.--Never can
our wives, sisters, and sweethelrts cease to
pay homage to the Empress Eugene for the
introduction of crinolino into the feminine
world. SO light, so airy, and so graceful is the
structure of proper skirts, in comparison with
that ancient article offeminine apparel, shall we
print the word y pctticoats, that we cannot cease
wondering how they ever endured so heavy and
cumbrOus an invention. Now, however, after
the lapse of ten or twelve years, everybody wears
crinoline; that is, those who have occasion to
to wear it, and mothers and maids are in this
particular placed upon the same footing
We are writing for the information of men,
and not women, when we propose 70 give some
facts upon the subject of hOopcd skirts. mans
relation TO CrnOline, in the abstract &C lses with
thepaying for il. The husband discovers 10 hanging
over the bed-post on waking from his slumDer5
in the morning, or spread out in the middle of
the floor, and, with the exception OF the fact tn u
he was told that II cost from one dollar aud
ninety cents TO two dollars and a.Quirter, he is
supposed 70 possess no further Knowledge upon
the subject. SO, husbands bona tide and husbands
prospective, listen 70 the skeleton story.
The steel from which crinOline or hOOped
skirts are manufactured is of the finest English
make, the durability Of which depends uoon its
temper. There are some fourteen different sizes
OF 1t, all OF which enter into the manufacture OF
CTinOline. But two or three houses in the cDun-
try are engaged in the covering of this steel,
which covering is composed of linen thread,
ingeniously plated around the steel spring
The process is similar to that observed in the
plating of the cord of whip the operation how
ever, being done by machinery. After the wire
is covered and glazed tits either attached to lpe
bands, which completes the "hoop," or else this
work is done by houses engaged in the sale of
CrinOline. "POCketed" tape, or tied" or "siie"
cord tape, are the two articles used In the forml-
tOn of crinOllne from the covered wire.
Both descriptions Of this tape are exclusively
manufactured in this and other markets, but for
the right TO insert wire in tape that is "pOcketed,"
license tax is obliged to be paid to Mr..
Doughty. of New York, the patentee Of the
method OF connecting the wires together. In our
own city, Mr.. VIM. I. Hopkins, shirt mlnufIc-
tureT, No 628 Arch street, pays TO this gentleman
q lax Of several hundred dollars yearly.
The revenue of the patentee from this source
Is said 10 be some twenty thousand dollars per
year. These wires, after being inserted, are
clinched with what is called o "spangle." This
also is part of the patent.
Ladies hoop skirts consist Of different sizes,
shapes, and weight. There are some eighty
varieties, and niue different Sizes ranging from
two and a quarter to three and three-quarter
yards in circumference. There is the "Bell'
skirt, now but little worn the "Lilliputian Iu-
visible, Quaker GORE trail" "QuAker TRAIL
and SO on.
The skirt" may also consist either Of twenty
hoops or Of any intermediate number Of hoops
between that aud dfty-siX, The "hODps' also
are LlGced from one-half inch % two inches
apatt, and different weight Of wire as well as
quality is used in their construction. The "twO-
and. thTee-quarter" skirt Is that for which there
is the greatest sale. THIS is made of No Is steel,
has twenty five "hOops," and weighs about eleven
ounces CTnOlne of this description retlils at
one dollar and ninety cents. Six months ago the
same article retailed at one dollar and 10 lrter.
CrinOlinc is also manufactured from wire made
in this country, but the STEEL il is represented, is
not so well tempered as the English and hence,
on account Of its lack of durability, Is but little
used.
There are over one hundred manufacturers Of
crinoline-that is, the work Of forming the wire
into hooped sl,irts--in the North Besides ladies'
hoop skirts, those for young misses and children
are also exclusively made. One manuflctory
alone in an adjacent city, has several hundred
thousand dollars invested in the business.
FoR THE ARwY.-The United States Sanitary
Commission steamer Elizabeth sailed this morn
ing from this city for City Point She is ircighted
with needful articles for our brave soldiers, COM
prising clothing, vegetables canned meats, fruit
milk, iarna tobacco, and innumerab6 other ar
tices. The cargo has occupied four days IN load
ing and is valued at fOrty-siX thousand dollars.
The full capacity of the ship, estimated at
eighteen hundred barrels, is on board.
REFINED Tmrr-A lady, well known in