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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-27
CITY ORDINANCES.

An ORDIN NCE
IA To Make an Appropriation to the Receiver Of
Section l. The select and Common Couuci's of
the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the sum
thirty five thousand five hundred dollars 1895 50O)
Department of the Receiver of TaXes, fol the eX.
penses OF the year eighteen hundred and sixty
FOR SALARIES
Item l. OF the Receiver Of lakes, twenty-five
Fem q Of the Chief Clerk, one thousand five
hundred dollars (S1GU0)
Item 8. OF seventeen Clerks and one Messenger,
seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars 1917 500
GENERAL EXPENSES 4 AskEI
Item 4. For advertising denqSent tax payers NJ;
advertising shall not be done in more than two
newspapers, aid the Controller shall countersiVn
OF each name, in a. one Ward, as directed by the
act OF March o. 1862 80 SfSN 45E
Item g. For ank books and stalonery one thou.
sand five hundred dollars ($15O0)
Item 6 For printing bills. notices. and advertising,
two thousand dollars 5000
Item Z. For incidental expenses; eIGht hundred
Item s. For advertising liens foi axes one thou.
sand collars $4,000 Provided The Controller shall
counter sign no warrant this item except he shall
find that said advertisement shall have been inserted
in only two newspapers, at charge notIexceedng
!. Item O. For Prothonotary's cost one 1'th thousand
do lars $4,000. Provided, The Controller shall
charges shall be tor filing the lien, seventY.fiye
cents; for the writ of scIIe facas including the
uOnal TWO uOl anu lOf lne sallSlacuOn OF
len before writ is lssued thirteen cents, and after
writ is Issued two dollars and twenty-five cents.
Item 10. For Sheiifs coats three thousand dollars
(seO00) - ~ MEE an
Item H. For SurI eys 'or liens, iUur hundred dol
lars (S4OOl. Provided, Tie Controller shall coun-
teIsgn no warrant drawn on this item for a charge
exceeding fifty cents tor each survey.
Item r. For compensation of Receiver of Taxes
OF the Twenty -th rd Ward two thousand five hun
died do liars lS25OO Provided, The COntrolIer snall
countersign warrant drawn on tn is item except
at the rate of two and a half p,r cent. of all
moneys received by the said Receiver during tue
current year for which the same sDall have been
levied, aocOTdinO 70 the provisions OF the act ap-
proved April 80, 1854 and warrants shall be drawn
by the Receiver OF lakes in conformity with exist
WILLIAM S. STOKLEY,
President OF Comm IN Council.
Attest
! ABRAHAM STEWART,
! Assistant Clerk of Common Council,
! JOSHUA SPERING,
| President of Select Council
Approved this tw enty-frst day of December. Ammo
Dominl one thousand eight hundred and sixty
MORTON MoMICHAEL,
! l2T 1t Mayor OF Philadelphia.
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SHIPPING.

>.zfEFS, STEAM TO LIVERPOOL CALLING
Sssl4s44z at Queensto gn-The lnman Line, sailing
'emisweekly, carrying the United States Mails.
"CITY OF NEW YORK. ..... Saturday, December ~
"CITY OF C1onqRN 1nBtIN ''''''''" ednesday' 2anusry
CITY OF WIsaIE satarday, JanaaIy lS
and each succeeding saturday and Wednesday noon,
RATES OF PASSAGE
BY the mail steamer sailing every Saturday : ~
First Cabin, GOld,...S90 Steerage, currency .'''S50
To London n.....,.... 95 To London '....,.,... 4g
Passage by the Wednesday steamers First cabin,
SG0 steerage S30 Pay able in United States currency
Passengers also forwarded TO naYre, Hamburg, Bre'
Steerage passage from Liverpool or Queenstown, $40
currency Tickets can be bought here by persons send
For iurlher information apply at the Company's
offices. JOHN g. DALE, Agent.
81 No. Ill WALNUT Street. Philada.
mKSA FOR NEW YORK. K.-PHILADEL.
SaS53AssHEEaS delphia Steam Propeller Company De-
spatch swlftsure Lines via Delaware and Raran Canal
eaving daily at " Nj. and 7. M, connecting with ali
Northern Eastern lines.
For freight which will be tax en- upon accommodating
terms, spply TO WILLIAM NJ. BAL IRD d CO.,
Sl6 No 1928. DELAWARE Avenue
-<SFTFSN To SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWNERS
sSasAAssSs Inc undersigned having leased the KEN
SIhGION bChEM .nOCK, begs 10 inform his friends
ana the patrons OF the Dock that he Is prepared with
to be raised repaired and Neng practical shlp-caT-
penter and caulker VIII give psonal attention to the
vessels entrusted to him for repair
Captains Agents Ship-Carpentels and Machinists
having vessels 10 repair, are solicited TO call.
Having the agency for the sale OF "Eetterstedt's s
Patent Metaic Composition" for Copper paAt Tor the
preservation ofVesses bottoms for this ely, pre-
pared to furnish the same on favorable terms ,o
JOHN III. HAMMITT.
Kensington Screw Dock,
us DELAWARE Avenue above Laurel street
|
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I ANDSCAPE DRAWING CARDS, A BWAUu
Il tlful series OF views fifteen in number, d0"izned
Tor the inst5getOS Of lqyenRe sst Price sIitss
YORK CLIPPER c., will be found on sale at the
8. W. corner SEVENTH and CHEsNuT Street
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1927

A ORDIN ANCE
~ To Make an Appropriation for Lighting the
City for the Year 1867.
Section /. The Seect and Common Councils OF the
City OF Philadelphia do Ordain, That the sum of
Four HuI dIed ano TwentY.eight Thousand one
Hundred and twenty-five Dollars and Fifty cents
and the same Is hereby appropriated Tor lighting
and eXtInguish ng cleaning and repairing the Public
Lamps for the year 1867 as follows =
Item l. For furnishing gas to and lighting, eXtn-
gushing, cleaning ana repairing seven thousand
hundred and forty lamps during the year lat forty
seven dollars Pach), three hundred aud sIxty-siX
thousand seven hundred and twenty dollars.
1885 720).
Item 2 For lighting, cleaning, extinguishng, and
repairing, and furnishing gas tOr new lamps to be
erected during the lat twenty -four dollars each
three thousand six hundred dollars (S36U0).
Item g. For the erection of two hundred new
lamps lat twenty. eight dollars and torty.hVe cents
eacb) five thousand SIX hundred and ninety dollars
(S5690( ......
dollars and fifty cents each) one hundred and twelve
dollars and fifty cents tSll2 50).
Item For repairs and renewals during the year,
four thousand five hundred dollars tS4600l.
Item For excise lax on gas used IN the public
lamps during the ear 1867, forty five thousand dol
lars (S45, ,C00l I'D
Item I. For excise tax on gas used in the public
LAMPS, supplied BY the Northern Llberies Gas
And the warrants shall be drawn in conformity
WILLIAM S. sTOKLEY,
., President or Common COunch
JOHN FoKsTEIN,
.. Clerk OF Common Council.
JJShUA SPERING,
President of Select Council.
Approved this tHentY-frst day OF December
Ammo DOmini one thousand eight hundred and
MORTON NoMGCHAEL,
12271t Mayor OF Philadelphia.
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CoRoNER's INQUEsT.-The Coroner held
an inquest yesterday in the case of Ernest
Becker, who was killed on Monday afternoon,
near Fairmount, by the cars of the Reading
Railroad. Several witnesses were examined, all
upon the track, and was struck by the looom o.
tive and knocked under the train. One witness
stated that he head "a whistle sounded but
another one did not Mr. Elkins, engineer on
the train, testified that the whistle was blown
several times; he looked out, but saw no one on
the track. The jury rendered verdict OF acci-
dental death.
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THE SOLDIERS ORPHANs.-Up to De-
cember /, fourteen orphans of Pennsylvania
soldiers and sailors have been admitted into st.
Vincents Orphan Asylum, at Tacony; nine into
st. Vincent Home, in this city; forty-tour into
st. Johns Orphan Asylum; and twenty into the
Catholic Home for Girls,
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INCREASE OF SCHOOL TEACHERS SALARY.
The Committee on Schools of Councils, held
a meeting yesterday afternoon, and by unani-
nous vote decided TO report an ordinance to
Councils today, giving an increase of 25 per
cent 10 the salaries OF the teachers Of the city,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-27

CURTAIN CAUGHT FROM GAS JET--
Last evening curtain in he trimmings, store
No. 957 North Second street took fire from
bye dollars was done,
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02
TALKATIVENEsS.

If people would only "bc slow to speak v
how much would remain unsad. II they would
only think twice before they spokc-if they
would stop every thought us it is about to find
expression, and consider IL il would harm any
ono. II is easy to make an injurious statement,
or to say sharp word-easy to open the cage
door; but how impossible to recall bird that
has just flown from it ! Did you ever attempt
to bring back word you had spoken? II so
YOU muet have found there was no way OF 70
calling. or arrcsting, or OF coming IN with !.
It may have been spoken in a moment OF pas
sion it may have been spoken in an hour OF
spleen and ll.temper it may have been spok'
en- in day Of physical arrangement or suffer
ing it may have been spoken to excite a laugh
or IL may havo been spoken to rescue convcr'
sation from dullness but, no matter how un-
premeditated, no matter how accidentally let
fall, no matter how little Of malice prepsnse, or
how much regretted or rcpcnted of, still 1t is
beyond recall. Out itgocs. like an epidemic,
and gathers yirulcncc on its way. Out it goes,
blistering. wounding, iniuring regulations,
dividing friends, and making Gods world hato.
full, 60 that II might seeni, instead of being a
world that was once Eden, to be world turn.
Ing into bell.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02
B1DDEFoRD, ME-, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1866.

Well ses he, them niggers is now other per.
sons! We allus counted five Nv EN- for three,
in making up the Congressers We wus entitled
To-, now they count as white men wich increas-
Q. our delegashuns to sich an extent that efyoo
Northern men do half your dooty we'll hev q
majority in Congress. Then, good Lord! The
pleasant crack Nv tho whip shall agin be hecrd
on the plains Nv tho Sunny South. The mig.
gers wont be re.enslaved, but our Legislators
will speedily redooco EN- to their normal con.
dition. We shall observe the Constitooshnenel
Amendment strictly and in good faith. The
Afrikin shall be free, but the good Nv society
demands that he shall be under proper guardi'
anship. He won't be allowed to change his
location, and tho laws Of the States will define
his dooties, and give US the power Nv enforcing
them. lIe wont be allowed to hev arms, 30 he
can't resist. As he can't leave plantation,
he will hcv to submit quietly to sich roofs rs
the high.mlnded planter makes for him, or be
shot on the spot, or turned out to die OF starva
ton, ackordin to circumstances. Ef the PLAN
ter is an unregenerated child Of damnashcn. he
will shoot him-ef he is saint who hez q
southern hope Nv blessed Immortality beyond
the grave, he'll restrane his anger and turn
him out to dieof hunger, unless he repents and
comes back humble. Then, they bein free and
responsible f,r themselves, wo are not oblecged
to take care NV the sick, the aged, or the in.
firm, 50 It will be really better than 1t was be
fore. see gellorious future afore US. Thro
the thick clouds Nv gloom the brte sun Nv
hope clearly breaks. Say to the Northern
Democracy be NV good cheer. Agin shall they
lick urhands-againsh shall they eat the crumbs
that fall from the national table.
"Thank God for the Northern Democracy,
with the other blessings He has given tho south.
With nigsers to do our manual labor for moth.
ing, with Northern Democrats to do our votin
at almost the same price. wc urc trooly favor
ed people. Bless the Lord for the niger and
the democrat, witch is both useful to us each in
his speer."
drew encouragement from his remarks.
Tho deep vanc Of pious thankfulness which run
through his discourse, was material to him. lie
is trooly pious man, and was just back from
the meetin Nv the Synod Nv one NV the South.
crn churches, wich still persists in quotin One.
sinus and Ilaygcr. feel encouraged. o, Dim
mcrats Nv the North, lot us
"Our viggcr rcnoo
And our journey pursoo.',
And feel shoor that success will at last crown
our efforts.
PETROLEUM " Nasty,
Late pastor Nv the church Nv the Moo Dispense.
shun.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02
OONCILIATION.

Tho following sketch is by correspondent
of the .Cincinnati Commercial" writing from
the "I,lue Grass Region" OF Kentucky:
"Let me cndeavor to give q pen'and.ink
sketch of few individual cascs, as specimens
of classes. A few days since, met an acquain.
t,ncc who has been an outspoken secessionist
from the inception Of the war. Don't you
think said he, 'that it is unreasonable and
outrageous for the internal Yankees to object
to the people of the South elccting thosc who
have served them go faithfully In war, to rep
resent them in CongressT
why, my dear sir replied ], ut was but
the other day heard you condemnins the
North for clccting her soldiers to Congress, be-
cause you regarded it rs insulting to tho South
to set their conquerors to rule over them
Yes, and say so STILL, And you hear me
swear it, before will vote for man that
ever wore blue clothes to fight the South, will
ignore the right of suffrage us long as live.
That is tho reason would not vote for Nc
Clclan.'
Aud co. said I, you propose to reverse the
order Of nature, and have the conquered make
laws for the conqucrors, and not tho conquer
ors for the conquered
He turned upon inc with fierce countcnancc
and exclaimed:-
'Why, thought you were in favor Of con.
ciliation!'
so am. But think there should be a III
de Cancellation on both sides. And not, when
two men have been fighting, have the whipped
one put his hand behind him when offered that
Of the other, aud cry out,-'Now, you have
whipped me, you must try to concliate me,
while am cxhausting my vocabulary in abus.
ing and bclttling you''
'Oh, that is all nonscnsc!' said my friend.
The South can't be conciiated. That has
never been done yet when one portion Of M
tion whipped another in civil war;
Yes, it has. Come, go with me to my room,
and lot me read you little history
We went, and opened the first volume OF
NIacaulay, to tho following passages:
In no country has tho cnmity Of race been
carried further than in Ensland. In no coun-
try has that cnmity been moro completely ef-
faced. The stages Of the process by which the
hostile elements were melted down into one
homogeneous mass arc not accurately known to
us. In the time Of Richard l., the ordinary
imprecation Of Norman gentleman was,
MAY become an Englishman' Ills ordinary
form Of indignant denial was. DO you take mo
for an Englishman2 The descendant OF such
a gentleman hundred years later was proud
of tho English name
The time will come, my friend | contin-
ued. .when your children will DO rs proud to
belong to the Yankee nation as you werc ten
or fifteen years ago."
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02
CHURCH VENTILATION.

Many persons have gonc to church, taken cold
gone home aud died in q few days, from sitting in
an ill.warmed or ill-ventilated church, arising
from the inattention or ignorance Of sections or
indifference Of church officers hence, tens Of
death in the perusal ot these few lines Perhaps
three persons out Of four, who attend divine ser.
vice on the Sabbath day, are conscious within two
minutes after taking their seats, that they have
been IN hurry that both mind and body have
been more or less in turmoil they had been
hurried in getting to church in time the result
is, they are oycrhcated. that is the body is in a
state of warmth considerably above what is nat
ural, and IL In this condition they sit still, even
for ten minutes, in an atmosphere cooler than
out of doors in summer. or below sixty degrees
at any time, cold Is the result, slight or more
severe, according to the vigor and age of the in
dividual.
What would give but a triaing cold to person
IN robust health, would induce inflammation of
the lungs, called by physicians pneumonia, in an
old person, or any one of infrm health. Many n
person has taken cold and died of pneumonia in
three or four days, although In perfect health
previously, by sitting few minutes in a hreless
room in winter time. The danger is still greater
II the room has been closed for several days this
is especially applicable to houses Of worship.
Within few minutes after the benediction at the
close of the Sabbath services, the house is shut
up doors, windows, and all the atmosphere Of
the building has been saturated with the breath
OF the worshippers. IA it becomes gradually
cooler, this dampuess condenses, and falls toward
tho floor so does the carbonic acid gas. which Is
what becomes so unpleasantly perceptible on en-
tcriug sleeping chamber after u morning walk. (.
and there IL experienced sepuchral dampncss
and coseness enough to chill any one on FIRST en-
tering the church, after having been closed sever
al days.
The practical conclusion is that every church
ought to have their doors and windows open for
several hours, including the middle o. the day,
before Il Is openei for service. In cold weather.
preparatory to the Sabbath service, this Ventils-
ton should be secured on Friday, and carly on
Saturday morning fres should be built and s'ead-
lily kept up. day and night until the Sabbath SER
vices are concluded. thermometer should be
kept hanging about Ave feet from tho hoor, near
the centre Of the building and tho mercury should
be kept at about sixty 1--WE or seventy.f1e degrees
In 6re.tims Of ysar-better seventy than under
sixty-fve.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02

Con KSows Brsr.-Thc private who would
aim to command may not know how inconpo-
tent he is to I'll the post Of his aspirations, but
it isa happy thing that there are those who
do. We may not understand how poorly wo
arc fitted to fiji places wo would like to fll /;
which our pride tells us VIC ought to Gil; but
God suggests it to us in his careful way, and
instead of complaining We should bless him for
it. We do not know how great work God
designs for us to accomplish jna ,rhere pe arc.
We do not know how much llc means to blrss
and honor US by making us tho centre Of an
influence that shall spread far beyond the mar
row limits within which He has assigned US to
labor.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02

BEAUTIFUL ILLusrRArioS.-At one OF the
anniversaries of q Sabbath school in London
two little girls presented themselves to receive
the prize, one of whom had recited one verse
more thar the other, both having learned sew
cral thousand verses Of Scripture. The gen
teman who presided inquired, "And could you
not have learned one verso more, aud thus have
kept up with Martha"
eyes, sir" the blushing child replied; "bu'
I loved Martha, and kept back on purpose
"And was there any ono Of oil the verses you
havo learned" again inquired the president,
"thst taught you this lessonf"
"Thers was, sir" she answered, blushins
still moro deeply: "Ln honor pr5srri"g one
unofhr." i,guf e--c-.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02

-vThc laws Of nature arc just but terrible.
There is no weak mercy in thcn. Cause and
consequences are inseparablo and inevitable.
Tho elements havo no forbcarancc. The FIRE
burns. tho water browns, the air consumes, the
earth buries. And perhaps il would be we'll
for our race il tho punishment Of crimes
against the laws Of man wcrc as inevitable as
the punishment of crimes against the laws oi
nature-were man as unerriug in bis Judgment
as nature. -fr
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2uftrp.
roR rHE UNION AND JOURNAL.
HAUNTED ROOMS.

When the glare Of day Is ended
q Aud the vague and dim draw nigh,
And midnighi's viewless cepser
Swings under the starry sky,
] 81, In the mystic pallOr
That whlteus the silent gloom,
And list for the phantom footsteps
That visit my haunted room.
There's rustic Of spiri,.pinions .
On the palpitating air,
AMI the star-,it room grows holy
With the angel presence there.
Son eyes that have looked on Heaven,
Aud drank q It's quiveriug light,
Smile terSlerest recognition
Through the clingiug hush Of night
Meath the light from those clear eyes shining
Al shadows backward roll,
AMI the burlen of weak repining
t'plins from my troubled soul.
Swim waves Of entrancct emotion
Sweep over my thrObblng breast,
As the waves of sunset ocean
Sweep over the glowing west.
From out that rapturcus silence
Come voices rare and sweet,
There's ripple'of childish laughter
And twinkle of childish feeti
And white arms glance AMI gllstsn
Through the wierj, mysterious gloom,
And crystal sottness trembles,
Like halo, through the room.
Cease, heart, from thy restless beating,
Hush thy sorrows pleading cry,
Let the vision f.le In the dawn-lght,
And The joy of It's presence die.
Yet know that Love yields no treasure
The veil has but fallen back,
While In ami out beneath II
Glows ever the angels track.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02

II For the preservation Of iron implements
such as ploushs, cul,ivators. hoes, DC an "P'
plication, after being nicely cleaned, OF coat
Of rosin, one part, beef tallow or OIL ono part
with lit,lo lamp black, put on while warm :
with a common paint brn'h' is recommended
nv the Germantown Telegraph.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02

"TnE GREATEST WONDER IN the WoRLp."-
We are surrounded by wonders, and by things
which we do not understand but the greatest
wonder in tho world to me, is the man who.
with common intelligence, makes no prepara-
ton for another world. Tho mysteries Of ma
turc, profound as they are. and even the higher
mysteries of the union Of soul and body, and
Of the being of God, although they cannot bc
explained, yet still may be laid at Gods feet in
humble faith, but cannot account for that
strangest OF all things, q being with common
sense, neglecting to prepare for another world.
Why, what can the man DO thinking Of?
Where are his senses? Does he not SEQ his
friends and acquaintances dying daily md how
does hc know but that his turn may be next?
What will become of him then? How any
man can put his head upon his pillow and go
to sleep, not knowing but that he may die be.
fore morning, without being prepared, is some
thing that cannot understand. IL seems to
mo that could neither eat, drink, nor sleep,
until the matter was settled. The idea Of U
man living in this world dependent upon God
for his very breath and yet never asking God to
save bis soul, is wonderful.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-03-02
NUMBER 10.
SPARE LINES.

Was Adam the first person created. or was Eve
the first maid
What proof is there in tho bible that Pharaoh
was carpenter He made Joseph srui'r.
When Is Echo like visiting acquaintance
when she returns your call
Why Is witiikea Chinese lsdy's foot' Because
brevity is the sole oft.
"lll not leave thee, thou loan one." As Mr..
Hardup, who admires Tom Moore, remarked to
his pawnbroker.
Why issu offering like q matrimonial engage.
mentI Because II begins with On offer and ends
With ring.
Talleyrand used to say that EuGlishmcn had 30
religions and only one sauce, to which an Eng.
lishman replied that the French had 80 sauces aud
no religion.
A youth who had returned from the city was
asked by his anxious father II he had been guarl-
ed in his conduct while there. "0h, yes, was
guarded BY two policemen part Of the t'me.' was
the reply.
At a infant school examination lately, when the
question was asked, "why did the children OF
Israel make golden calf," a sharp little fellow
replied, "Because they hadn't gold enough to
make bull"
The Chicago Journal says that among those for
whom prayers were asked in the daily prayer
meeting was "Por q young man in Boston, 50
far from God" Rather rough ON Boston.
The authorities OF San Francisco passed law
that oil bar.rooms should be closed at twelve o.
clock at night. The keepers complied, shut at
twelve. and opened FIVE minutes afterwards.