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SATURDAY, APRIL "a, 1859.
THE ODD FELLOWS.

ON MONDAY the Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows will celebrate the semi-centennial anni-
versery of the establishment of their Order in
this country Although IL cannot boast of the
antiquity of the Masonic fraternity the Order Of
odd Fellows Is perhaps more popular in this
country than that organization. 1t has accom-
plished great charitable work, and the suffer-
ing and distress which have been relieved by its
means can only be in o manner estimated by the
amount of money which has been expended
The celebration on Monday will be the grandest
affair OF the kind ever seen in this country
Delegations will be present from all sections of
the United States and the affair will be one well
calculated to impress the public at large with u
favorable idea Of the widespread influence Of
the Order.
The first Odd Fellows lodge in the United
States was organized in Baltimore on the 26th of
April, 1919, by Thomas Wildey, and although
the Order had but feeble existence for some
years, it continued to grow, and it gradually in
creased in popularity and influence.
The Order OF Odd Fellows is a beneficial
organization, and it carries out in the fullest
manner the injunction which forms the motto
ON the seal of the Grand Lodge of the United
States:-'.We command on to visit the sick,
bury the dead, and educate the orphan and
during the half century which has just expired
the sum of $50, 1853, 592 has been expended for
these objects. From this fund relief was
afforded to 6S4, ,1S9 members, and to 55, 1888
families which the death of husbands and
fathers placed under the care of the Order
During the year 1868 the sum of 1851, ,556'21 was
expended for the same objects, or nearly one
twentieth of the whole amount of the entire half
century. OF this sum the Pennsylvania lodges
contributed during 1853 go, 1901. The relief
afforded by this money was not brought to the
notice of the public and it is one of the merits
of the system that charity can be bestowed in
quiet and unostensatious manner
Since the foundation of the Order in the United
States COG, 327 members have been initiated, and
on the 3Oth of June, 1863 there were 3l95 grand
and subordinate lodges in the United States and
s,45O members. The Pennsylvania lodges
numbered 526, with 66, 235 members, more than
double the number Of any other State. In Phi
isdelphia these are 119 lodges with 26, 900 mem
bers, ~ encampments, with 1900 members, or Il
total of las organizations, with SO, 900 members.
The objections which at one time were urged
against secret organizations have died out, and
now we hear no more OF them. The Odd Fell
lows have undoubtedly done q great and good
work, which could scarcely besaccomplshed in
any other way than by such society; and we
therefore bid the visitors from other parts of the
country who will participate in the celebration
ON Monday hearty welcome to Philadelphia,
and we hope that another half century will find
them even more prosperous than they are AT
present
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THE PORT WARDENS BILE.

In another column will be found a communica-
tion from the Master Warden of Philadelphia,
which gives his version of the purport of the So
called ''Port Wardens bill" which WAS intro
duced in the Legislature just previous to its ad-
journment. We very cheerfully give place to
this communication, rs we are willing that both
parties in matter of this kind should have
fair hearing; but there is nothing in the state
ment of Master Warden Gideon Clark to make
us change our first opinion about the objection
able character of the bill in question. II is
nothing to the purpose that 'the Board of War
dens is composed of class of gentlemen that
are beyond reproach, two-thirds of them being
engaged in the shipping business in Philadel-
phia, whose interest 1t Is to protect the
commerce of the port" rs the bill
bore upon its face evidences that il was intended
to facilitate the collection of the fees which the
wardens were entitled to under the law for every
vessel over seventy-fve tons which came to this
port, and it was impossible to resist the conclu-
sion that it was devised merely for the benefit of
the pockets of the Port Wardens What Master
Warden Clark says about vessels coming in
ballast and the necessity for enforcing the port
regulations has no real bearing on the question
at issue. The law laid an onerous tax upon
vessels coming to this port, and this tax went
into the pockets of the Port Wardens. The
vessel-owners and captains, believing that the
tax was not only unjust but unconstitutional,
organized an association for mutual protection,
and contested the payment of the tax in court,
and they assert that in every case
a decision given in their favor.
1t was not until the controversy between
the ship-Owners and captains and the Port War
dens took this shape that any further legislation
was deemed necessary, and then the Solicitor of
the Board of Wardens prepared the bill which
it was attempted to rush through the Legislature
In hot haste but which all dsinterested persons
who have pronounced an opinion upon it have
denounced as improper and as calculated to de-
stroy the commerce of Philadelphia. The high
character of the gentlemen composing the Board
of Wardens is worth very little in an argument
on a matter of this kind, especially when the bill
itself bears such strong internal evidences of the
motive of its projectors. To make the non-pay-
ment of the fines penalties, forfeitures, ETC., to
which captains and officers of vessels might be
liable criminal offense, and TO allow but twenty
four hours in which to make appeal from the
er parte decision Of an alderman to the Court,
can only be characterized a. outrageous. These
measures were designed for the annoyance of
the captains and Vessel-owners; and as the Port
Wardens were the persons who were directly
interested in the prompt collection of the taxes
and fines in dispute IL is impossible to arrive at
any other conclusion than the one we expressed
when first alluding to this matter.
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fame by adducing explanatory or exculpatory evi-
dence than by complaints against the breach Of
confidence which first apprized the public of
these painful imputations If Mr.. Hale has a
valid defense, let 1t be published throughout the
land; but If he has not, 1t is idle to complain Of
the exposure of bis delinauencies.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

BARD Street. above Fourth Lectures on the
Views Of unyersaists, by the Pastor Rey. HENRY g.
ing Sunday evenings follSws1 We would know what
What do We think OF Cbristy l. what do we think Of
the Holy Ghost!' ). What do we think Of NAM! g..
What do think of Heaven and Helly" "What do
think of the EDestipy OF Man, Morning service 10E
o'clock All are cordially invited.
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re- MIDNIGHT MISSION.-A PUBLIC
Meeting in behalf OF this mission will be held next
SUNDAY EVENING, at the CHURCH OF THE
EPIPHANY, corner Of FIFTEENTH and CHESTNUT
Streets at O'Clock Addresses be expected from
A. WILLIS, ID. d.. Rev. GEORGE d. BOARDMAN,
made. 42lN
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saves clothes from moths. Saves trouble and tenn
per. Every druggist sells it, THB0D. s. HARRIS,
Boston. New size for 80 cents 1t
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FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.

From the NJ Y. Tribune.
Nobody can realize how great work this
has been until he takes the long ride of four
or five days and nights, through dreary wastes
and 'unbroken solitude. So wrote special
correspondent when he reached San Francisco
the other day by the new railway, after cross
ing the whole North American continent, and
passing on the route through every variety of
climate and every variety of country. 1t is
like listening to an Arabian tale to be told of
the strange contrasts of this wonderful jour
ney of $500 miles. At morning you ride
through fields of waving grain, where the
reapers are already at work, and before noon
you are shivering among the perpetual SHOWS.
In few hours the traveller passes from the
valley where mercury stands at 80 deg. in the
tube, to the bleak mountain station where water
freezes every night in the year. From sum-
mer to winter is only journey of score or
two of miles. Seven days travel carry us from
the centres of commerce on our Atlantic
coasts through the fertile and cultivated
Middle States past the busy cities of the
lakes, across the wide prairies the burning
alkali desert where water for the engines must
be carried a hundred miles, the mountain
ranges and the wild magnificent country
| which lies between them, through the ava
lanche region of the Sieras, up to the sum-
NIT of mountains 5000 feet above the sea, and
| SO down the Pacific slope of the luxuriant
| OhluOInld NdlleyS ana INC llSJy SeapOfb OF our
| Western coast No such road as this was
ever built before, and not many such can be
| built hereafter.
The grandeur of the work we think has
failed somewhat Of due appreciation. We
have lived a life of such fierce sensations of
late years, that great things have compara-
| lively little effect upon the public mind; and,
besides, there have been such grave doubts
about the proper building of the road, that we
We're not ready to throw up our hats and
hurrah until we knew little more about the
way IN which the work had been done. Mis-
glVlngs ought now to be set at rest. Compe-
tent observers have given their experience of
travel, and there is little or no disagreement
among them great part of the road is as
good as the best in America. Nearly all of il
compares fayorably with at least three-ouarters
of our railroads, and there is only a small
section, laid under peculiarly unfavorable
circumstances, which can be called decidedly
poor and uneven. But all these de-
fective portions are being rapidly put into
better condition. Immense gangs Of China
men are at work all along the line, reducing
curves, levelling the road-bed adjusting ties
Preparations are making for the winters
storms. Snow-sheds and fences are stretch
ing themselves for miles along the exposed
portions of the track Masons are at work
upon culverts. Temporary bridges are being
J replaced by structures Of the most approved
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.

Tronl the NJ Y. Herald
1t is rather early in the day to be talking of
Presidential candidates for 1872, and yet va
Tious pipe-laying Republican cliques are in
existence, each in the interest of some leading
nnd aspiring politician for the next Presi-
Iency. The opinion prevails in the Republi-
can camps that General Grant is not to be a
candidate for a second term, and the party
managers are evidently resolved to rule him
off the course. 1t was not from choice, but
from necessity, that they took him up in
1868. He saved the party, but he has his
reward. The Republican State conventions,
AS thew take their places and proclaim their
doctrines for the coming fall elections, en-
aorse General Grants administration, the
fifteenth amendment, etc, but say nothing Of
Ihe succession. Nor have we seen, so far,
from any Republican Journal even the most
. khadowy hint of the probability of the adop-
fion of General Grant as the party standard
bearer for another term.
In all this there would be nothing extra
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THE NEUTRALITY FARCE.


From the NJ y. World. fa
The farce of enforcing the neutrality laws
now being played in this city could be put
upon the boards by no other manager than
President Grant. The enlistment of few
men in or around the ship-yard of Messrs.
Laird in Birkenhead, England to serve on
board the Alabama, and their subsequent
transshipment, near one of the islands of the
Azores, on board that cruiser, have excited in
this country marvels of denunciation of Eng
lish officials. All that is nothing in comparison
with what is going on here under the eyes of
President Grant and his officials For more
than two weeks the premises at No. SO Hous-
ton street have been the rendezvous of men
hired, retained, and enlisted in open violation
of the statute of 1918 and our treaty obGga-
tions with Spain. Recruiting places and
drill-rooms in Brooklyn and Jersey City,
equally as notorious as that in Houston
street, have been employed by the Cuban
Junta. During all this week, from three to
four hundred men have bivouacked in Hous-
ton street and been fed by the Junta. In
neighboring localities enough men are kept
to make considerable regiment, to be under
charge of Colonel Ryan. On Wednesday
night large bodies of these men were marched
openly across the river to Jersey City. At
this Houston street Casino one of the Mar
shal's deputies was gagged and Ryan enabled
the breach of INV. Was ever such farce as
the performances of Grant in this business
The facts to warrant the arrest of all these
men are known by every newspaper reporter
in this city. Nobody denies the en-
listment of these men and organization here
into military companies, nor that they await
transportation to the Cespedes army. The
law of 1918 requires the President, by the aid
of the military power, if need be, to arrest
and stop the expedition
1t was President Grant who in his inaugu-
raj, said:-'In regard to foreign policy,
would deal with nations as equitable law re-
| quires individuals to deal with each other
would respect the rights of all
nations, demanding equal respect for our
own"
1t was President Grant who began his civil
career by saying-''It will be my endeavor
to execute all laws in good faith" who even
said:-''But all laws will be faithfully exc
cuted, whether they meet my approval or not.
l know no method to secure the repeal of bad
or obnoxious laws so effective as their strin-
| gent execution"
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kind. The engine factories and car shops are
turning out rolling stock with extraordinary
speed. New stations are springing up whsr-
ever the wants of travellers seem TO call for
them. Already one can travel from Omaha
TO San Francisco with as much safety and
comfort as from Chicago to New York and
We shall not be surprised if in the course of
two or three years the great through route
from ocean TO ocean ranks as one of the best
railroads in the United States. Such GER
tainly ought to be It's rank, and the people
will spare no effort TO secure it.
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oIrY oRplNANoEa.
! CIRuKia OpPfcR

COMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA
~ CLERKS OFFICE, I
PHILADELPHIA, June 25, 1889.
In accordance with Resolution adopted BY the
Common Council OF the City OF Philadelphia, on
Thursday the twenty-fourth day OF June, 1889, the
''An Ordinance 20 Authorize a Loan for the Pay
melt Of Ground Rents and Mortgages Is hereby
published for public Information. " ~
JOHN FCKSTEIN
Clerk OF Common Council.
NroRDIN ANCEMw TnM#H
"A To Authorize Loan for the Payment OF
Ground Rents and Mortgages.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils OF the
City OF Philadelphia do ordain, That the Mayor OF
% % n, De o ne Ky crsda ~ .Se no cr
from time 70 time, seven hundred thousand dollars
for the payment Of ground rents and mortgages held
against the city for which interest not 60 exceed the
rate OF six per cent per annum shall be paid half
yearly, the first days Of January and July, at the
office OF the City Treasurer. principal Of said
loan shall be payable and paid at the expiration OF
thirty years from the date Of the same, and not be-
FORE without the consent OF the holders thereof and
the certificates therefor, in the usuaform ofhe GER
thcates OF city loan, shall be issued In such amounts
as the lenders may require but not for any fractional
part OF one hundred dollars, or, II required, In
amounts OF nve hundred or one thousand dollars /;
and II shall be expressed in said certificates that the
loan therein mentioned and the interest thereof
payable free from all taxes.
Section 2. Whenever any loan shall be made by
virtue thereof there shall be, by force OF this ord-
nance, annually appropriated out OF the income OF
the corporate estates, and from the sum raised by
taxation sum suficent to pay the interest on said
certificates, and the further OF threetenths Of
per centum on the par value OF such certificates
so issued shall be appropriated quarterly out OF said
income and taxes to sinking fund, which fund
and its aceumulations are hereby especially pledged
for the redemption and payment Of said certin-
Gates. .
RESOLUTION TO PUBLISH A LOAN BILL.
Resolved, That the Clerk Of Common Council be
authorized TO publish in two daily newspapers OF
this city, daily for four weeks, the ordinance pre-
sented to the Common Council on Thursday, June
a. 1859, entitled IAN Ordinance to Authorize Loan
for the Payment OF Ground Rents and Mortgages
And the said Clerk, at the stated meeting Of Coun-
first day of said publication, shall present tC
this Council one OF each OF said newspapers fol
every day in which the same shall have beer
made. @ 26 24t
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g. ~ NOTICE.-FOR NEW YORK. VIA
LGSHR& DELAWARE AND RARITAN OANAI.
- ~ EtxPREsS sTEAMB0A AT COMPANY.
tion between Philadelphia and New York
Steamers leave daily from first wharf below Market
street, Philadelphia, and foot of Wall street. York
Goods forwarded by AL the lines running out Of New
Freight received and forwarded terma
WILLIAM p. CLYDE CO., Agents.
No. ID b. DELAWARE Avenue PHILADELPHIA
JAMES HAND, Agent,
b& No. 110 WALL Street, New York
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''An Ordinance 70 Authorize a Loan for the Pay
meit Of Ground Rents and Mortgages Is hereby
published for public Information.
JOHN ECKSTEIN,
nj
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Removes all Bad Odors.
Relieves Colo Instantly.
Cures Chronic Diarrhea.
Cures Erysipelas and Gangreno.
READ THIS AND SEE!
Letter From Maj. j. z. Hester, Of Ala.

Letter From, Maj. ]. Z. Hester, Of Ala.
AUBURN. ALA, April 4, 1869.
MESsHs. JOIN DARBY & Co,
l6l William st., N. Y.
GESTs Il have received SO much benefit
from "Darby's Prophylactlc Fluid" that
feel it my duty to let you know it, had
an attack OF Typhoid Fever, and with 1t a
most stubborn case of ErySlpelaS, and was
confined to my bed near two months, suffer-
Ing the most intense pain all the time from
ErystpeIas, and after exhaustiDg the many
prescriptions OF my physician, he finally
commenced the uss OF darby s Prophy tactic
Fluid, and soon found that was being i'm .
and am hearty well. consider 1t the most
valuable medicine for the diseases and pur-
poses for VI h1ch 1t Is made that is sold. also
used 1t most successfully OH my little son
who was severely burnt, and do assure you
that 1t was nom this medicine alone that /
could get any relief from my distressing at
tack OF ErySipelas.
do not write you this as certificate for
publication, but as duty that feel owe
10 Prof. Darby and his Invaluable medicine.
shall never be without 1t again II l C an
by any possible means get 1t.
hope You are succeeding, and will mako
fortune. Very truly yours.
j. T, HESTER,
For sale by every Druggist and Country
Merchant.
Orders filled by the proprietors.
JOHN DARBY d CO.,
16I william Street, N. Il.
Sold by Laughlin, Smith q Co., Wheeling,
w. Va. mayl5-Im
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Christadoro's Hair DYE

OPERATES AS RAPIDLY AS ELECTRICITY.
No sooner is the hair moIstened with 1t,
than glorious BLACK or BROWN is pro-
duced. There is no smell-no staining OF the
Hkin-no failure-no delay.
Christadoro's Hair Preservative.
Are you premonishcd by. the falling hairs
that badness approaches? Sir, madam,
there is, in that case, no time for hesitation
or delay. Cristadoro's hair preservative
used regularly morning and evening, will as
surely prevent the notifying contingency
and recover your head with a vigoI Gus
growth of hair, as the dew will revive the
whitening grass. There is mo such word as
fail"
Sold by Druggists, and applied by all Hair
Dressers. Mandatory No. 68 Maiden Lane,
Principal Depot No. Aston House.
mY1l-1md&R
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Tho Democratic Convention Mt
Grafton.

From the I1urkeTSJur0 Times Of Friday.
We understand that u Convention on
the Young Democracy met at GraftOg
yesterday for the purpose of deVisin-
ways and means to secure for themf
selves proper hearing before the peo-
pie of West Virginia. 1t is alleged
that the rank and hle-the Young De-
mocraCy-hRve been shut out of the
councils of the party; that the old
fogies and fossils of an extinct era have
hitherto guided its councils and that as
consequence defeat and destruction
have followed in the wake of their
potent decisions. 1t is proposed to
hedge in time TO prevent another "cor-
ner" from the "old hunkers" who
have neither courage nor the wisdom
to meet living issues in the spirit of the
new times I'M 81 Any Any change in the
is to be welcomed. We sincerely
hope that the action OF the party
to-day will give to the people of
this State an earnest OF good faith. by
good works. If the young men of that
party who were largely represented in
this convention will only take the lead
and forever sink the negro into the
common mass of political society-so
that we can dismiss him forever from
our political consideration as distinct
element OF our partisan politics, we
shall be glad that the Convention met
and that we are soon to have :peace"
of a permanent character. If however,
we are to have rehash of the stale
platitudes of the past we hope the
Young Democracy will put it ON so
thick as to sink the whole crew in the
bottomiess ocean of oblivion-beyond
the reach of the nrchangel's trumpet.
Men who cannot see that tho war has
settled the dead issues of '6l don't de-
serve to be heard. We have no patience
with them. We await the publication
of the proceedings OF this Convention
with some anxiety.
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Waddington Farm For Sale
at Public Auction.

| i property of a. NJ. Jacob ED. situated
| on the Bethany Turnpike, IA miles east OF
the CITY of Wheeling. will be- sold at public
auction on the premises, commencing at 10
a. N on "Wednesday, the 10th inst; ANY
desert ptiOn OF the large and beautiful man.
| sion house or of the out houses and premi-
ses generally, IS deemed unnecessary, III the
place 10 be appreciated must be seen. The
farm consists OF about Ito acres, which Will
bc divided in two parcels II rtQuiredi the
INST TO in4iude the mansion house. stables
and about 25 acres; the balance, about 14j
acres has one OF the finest barns in
this county on II, besides shedding and n
good tenant house. There will, at tho samo
time and plaCs, De sold 225 head OF sheep,
consisting of Ewes, Wcthe;s and Lambs; $
head OF Horses, IS head of Cattle, together
with a complete set OF farming utensils in
the most complete order.
Terms for real estate very easy: for per-
sonal property q credit for six months will
be given on all sums over $40. II. Z.
ShalicrOSs & Co.'S Omnibus Will leave the
Nc Lure House, corner of Monroe and Mar
ket streets, at Q A. NJ. on the morning OF the
sale, taking passengers out and home for 70
cents GEO. T.. WlCKHAM,
AuctiOneer,
THOS. O'BRIEN, Real Estate agent.