The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-15

paid before the lst of June. or a mortgage to
that amount will have to be made upon the
building. The aid of generous public is
requested.
PUBLIC MBETINes.-A public meeting was held
iast evening in Temperance Hall, Race street be-
low Eghth, under the auspices of the Female
Anti slavery Society. The hall holds about 800
people, and was well filed
O. MRS. Lucretia Mott presided, Miss Sarah Pugh
secretary. The annual report congratuates the
society that bill had passed the Sena'e permitting
colored people to ride in passenger cars, and ex-
pressing hope that the House would concur. The
entire report was made up of a review of the pro-
Rress made by the negro in obtaining the common
pr,Nneges OF humanity during the past year
The balance IN the treasury is SlOs, said the
Treasurer in her report
The meeting then ad iourned.
Ihefe was a large meeting of the friends OF Ire.
land last night at National Hall at which resolu-
uons were adopted requesting the President not to
interfere in the present struggle of the Irish to
gam lhelr independence. Especial stress was laid
by the various speakers upon the fact that the
Atlantic cable is in English hands, and that no
reliance whatever is to be placed in the reports
concerning the uprising OF the people in the Eme-
raid Isle.
There were present large number of ladies'
ana the oratory was spirited and earnest. The
utmost confidence was expressed by the speakers
that, with fair play on the part Of the United
States, Ireland could achieve her liberty. The
propTlety OF following the example of the Ala
bama and Shenandoah was very pontedly limited
at, and the result OF the meeting will be special
appeal to the President and to Congress to stand
aside and fair play.
A handsome sum of money was last night added
10 the tund raised at the last meeting of which the
proceedings were duly published in our columns
The speakers last evening were the same able gen.
tlemen who held forth ON the former occasion.
FENIAN MASS MEETING.-Last evening the
Fenians held a mass meeting at National Hall,
in Market street, above Twelfth. The hall
was well filed, the fair sex being well repre-
sented. The meeting was opened by the seec-
ton of Colonel NJ. Kirwan as President and
the following gentlemen as Vice-Presidents
and Secretaries
Vice-Presidents-E. w. c. Greene, John
O'Byrne, Richard Vaux, John p. O'Neill,
V. Crozier, George Northrop, Thomas Fitz-
gerald, Peter Mcintyre, L. p Robinson, John
Lavens, D. Gilman, w. G. Turner, Thomas
Horan, and Andrew Wynne, Esquires.
Secretaries-COlOnelJ P. Dunno, j. Bergin,
J. L. McDermott, William Donnelly, ?. Muir
ply, J. McGittigan, p. McMeuamin.
Colonel Kirwan on taking the chair, stated
that the object of the meeting was to request
the authorities at Washington to grant the
Irish such freedom of action, in the present
struggle for national life, as was granted to the
late Southern COnfederacy by the English
Government; also, to receive aid from those
who have to give for the men at present
struggling for national existence.
Speeches were made by Colonel 7. p. Ftz-
gerald and John O'Byrne, after which petit
tion was circulated for signatures to be sent
to Congress.