The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-26
CITY INTELLIGENCE
FOr Addai0nal 0.tg InteaigenOe SEQ Ettla pnae.


OF Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Tt comes
IRON their agent, u. b. Adams:-
T. ATLANTA, Ca, May n. l866-Joseph Baker,
Esq secretary -SIr;-The schools at Atlanta are
giving universal satisfaction. This mornin01 (
visited them IN company with two prominent gen.
uemen Of this ciIY. .Ihey were highly pleased; they
eulogized the enterprise, and encouraged tue
teachers and scholars One remarked thus :-nMr
A6ams your schoo have saved us disgrace of
more than pleased" II never saw such order y
Truly there are many jewels mus taken from the
received a letter from the Rev. A. GIadivin. mis-
slonaly sent INTO the Soutl from the American Ban
copy:- ' 49, '>N0'
ATLANTA, May IS. 1S66.--J. b IAdams, ESQ Act
APt Tor A. U. G. ofPa and N J.-Dear ir:IAfter
Wis ting the schools or yout Societv on Monday last
returned TO my hotel astonished and pleased The
work WORK SO successfully and firmly established reflects
much credit upon you as its auChor upon the people
oil Pennsylvania and New Jersey as its supporters
ana upon the ciCzens OF Atlanta its wise recipients
me schools are excellent. was perfectly capti-
waited while visiting them. The new and commo-
uOus buidlnRs, the easant aud efficient teachers;
tne aye throng OF happY children, IN themselves
bespeak success. But tne delightful exercises; the
singh g, the gym aslics, the reading the spelling
the geography and arithmetic, all so thoroughly
learned and 20 promptly recited are facts concin.
slve and interesting In all my travels through the
SOutn nave seen no eDterg rise that appears to be
Tie social Importance of YOU work is great. But
Rreater sun is It's bearing upon the narmonizng and
recOhcllng OF the dlscordant sections OF our
country.
l am satisfied that reconciliation can only be
coDVersed with many citizens your work IL
appears to give perfect satisfaction, and evokes fre.
quent expressions OF gratitude. Christianity and
humanity your advocates. Let me saw agaIn
You have been wonderfully successful IN organ Izng
and starting this work. Considering the time these
schools have besn in operation, 1 think they excel
almost any schools, North or South, which have
ever visited In conclusion, | must allude to that
last scene, 30 beautiful and so lovely. - "
Alter the song, II ought to love my mother +" and
the lew remarks made by myself touching the same
point, saw several little children weeping, and
afterwards learned from their good teacher Hiss c..
that 1t was because "theg had been uukind to
the teacher TO them :"Go and ask her forgivenessP
how pleasant sucn heart WORK! You are doing
you and all your colaborers and especially the noble
society you represent in ITS great effort of educating
and eleyatlng the poor. Our country will owe her a
great deDt. May the donors still continue to give.
The country demands it, God loves the cheerful
Glver. Please sir accept this sight testimonial of
"foGG'tTi Yours, truly, ''0i "OiA A. G1Apwrs.
Missohary Of American Baptist Publication Society,
Phladelpha.
1t is a credit to PENNSYLVANIA and New JERSEY
that five schools, with five hundred children are
at this time being educated i'll one Southern city
alone at their charge.
Young MEMS ChrlStidn ASsocidtion.-The regu-
lar monthly meeting will be held on next Mon
day night, IN the Baptist Church, Broad and
Arch streets, at 8 O'Clock. Hon. Judge Turner,
OF California, will deliver lecture on 'The new
El Dorado; or the Golden Shores of the Pacifcn
Delegates to the National Convention will be
elected. There will be music by the choir of the
association. Tickets may be obtained gratui-
tously at the rooms of the Association, No 1910
Chestnut street.
PRESBYTERIAN, receipts of the Presbv.
terian Board OF Foreign Missions during the last
year amounted to o7,52665 and the expendi-
lures to S2l0,376'38, leaving q balance against
the treasury OF S849'73. The Rev. d. A. Gun
nlngham, Pastor of the Scots Reformed Presby-
terrain Church, of this city, has received call to
the Spring Garden Presbyterian Church The
Richmond Presbyterian Church, of Philadel-
PIMA, has given unanimous call to the Rev. A.
M. Jelly.
Roman Cdttolc.- st. Mary's Catholic Church,
in this city, is to be Immediately renovated at a
large cost. Among the Improvements to be
made will be the erection OF an altar in honor of
ST. Phllomena. taiImount Catholic Church,
under charge of Rev. Father Maginn has been
much improved and beautiied. 1t is now one
of the finest churches in the city. The ''IUaiann
Catholic Church, Marriott street, below Eighth,
has been much improved since the institution
of the present pastor, Father Sarrantno. new
altar has been erected and tine fresco painting
has been placed over it. A marble statue of the
Blessed Virgin has been presented to the church,
and one OF ST. Joseph is now IN the hands OF the
sculptor.
Heorep.-The Rodef sholem congregation,
OF Philadelphia, nave entered into negotiations
with Rev. DR.. Jastrow, formerly of Warsaw, now
OF Worms, to become their Rabbi. He is offered
salary OF $4,000 per annum. Mr.. Joseph Elm
stem has been reelected President OF the con-
gregation.
Protestant Episcopal. AT Grace Church at 1O8
O'Clock to morrow morning, the Rev. Charles
Clarke Harris will be ordained to the priesthood.
BshOp Vail, OF Kansas will officate. The cere-
N - OF ordination is a most beautiful and i'm
pressive one, in accordance with the eloquent
ritual of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In
the afternoon, at O'Clock, the Rev. Mr.. Harris
will preach. An interesting service, the last op-
pOrtunity of hearing Bishop Vail, of Kansas
will be at Trinity Church, Southwark Sunday
afternoon. Bishop Vail confirmed 2OS persons
in the various Protestant Episcopal churches
from the LIST TO the l0Ch of May.
methodist Episcopal. Ladies' Union Aid
Society of this city intend holding grand Fair
next month, for the benefit of the Home for
Aged Methodists. The congregation connected
with Asbury M. Il. Church, West Philadelphia
have purchased a pars mage, on Market street.
above Thirty-lourth, at a cost of $1,000. The
Centenary NJ b. Church, in the same ward, have
also purchased a parsonage on McApin street.
above Locust.
POLICE ITEMs.-At the Central Station,
yesterday, William Gutter had hearing, charged
with being concerned with John Brown in the
robbery OF John Hagy's dry goods store North
Second street. Brown was arrested several
weeks ago and was held for trial, Gutter was
only arrested yesterday. Several witnesses testi-
fed that Brown, Cutter, and another young man
were seen in the neighbOrhood of the siore on
the night Of the robbery, and two of the wit.
nesses noticed that they wore light clothes and
high hats in the early part of the evening, and
black clothes and caps at later hour. This was
the substance OF the testimony. Cutter was held
in $1,000 for further hearirS to.daV
Mary Mlllgan was arr,sed at Germantown.
WIN large number of articles in her possession,
supposed to have been stolen. They can be seen
at the Germantown Hail. The accused was held
for further hearing. H. ..
Susan Brady, colored, was held by Alderman
Tittcrmaryl 10 answer the charge o. stealing a
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