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Surveyor and Regulator-Isaac Shallcross, Lyceum Building; (Frankford)
Eleventh Survey District, comprising the Twenty- fourth Ward, N of Market.
Surveyor and Regulator -- Chas. H. Fox, Lancaster road and 6th (W P)
Twelfth Survey District, comprising the Twenty- fourth Ward, S of Market.
Surveyor and Regulator-James Miller, Market W of Till (\ P) Recording Clerk -- George Sturges.
Board of Inspectors of the Philadelphia County Prison.
President-John Kessler, jr., ex-officio member of all Standing Committees.
Secretary-S. S. Moon.
Treasurer-David Cramer.
Inspectors.
1st Ward -- C. Hoffner, Passyunk road.
J. B. Cowden, 262 Federal.
3d Lewis Kugler, 379 S Front.
4th Wm. M.Mullen, N W c 8th & Emeline
5th C. Robb, 155 S 5th.
6th G. Bullock, 32 N 3d.
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CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
7th Ward-J. Hewson, 274 S Juniper.
8th G. W. Brown. S E c. 9th & Locust.
9th S. S. Moon, N W cor. 4th and Walnut.
10th Wm. M.Clure, 287 Market.
11th
W. T. Kennedy, 252 N 2d.
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J. Kessler, jr. 168 Coates.
13th
E. D. Jones, 102 Chestnut.
21st
Wm. H. Geyer, M. D., Hart la op. Laurel Hill
2211 James Ash, M. D., Germantown av
23d Jno. Jackson, Germantown rd bel 7th
William Gallaher, M. D., 7th and Haverford Road
OFFICERS OF THE BOARD.
President-Wilson Jewell, M. D.
Secretary-Washington L. Bladen. Clerk-Samuel P. Marks, 376 S 5th.
Assistant Clerk-Joseph Allen
Steward of Lazaretto-B. E. Carpenter, Laza- retto.
Physician of City Hospital-J. F. Bird, M. D., N E 11th and Green.
Matron of City Hospital-Lydia Tomlinson.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
Health Officer-Jas. W. M'Callister, Sd bel Prime Port Physician-J. Howard Taylor, M. D., 47 N 11th ab Cherry
I.azaretto Physician-Henry Pleasants, M. D., Lazaretto. Quarantine Master-Jacob Pepper, Lazaretto. Messenger-John H. Leighton, 486 George. Assistant Messengers.
George Snyder, 456 Callowhill.
Thomas Bedford, 135 York av.
W. L. Williams, 5 Weccacoe.
Wm. J. Seddinger, Crown & Bedford.
Runner-David Brown, 62 Gaskill.
Guardians of the Poor.
President-Joseph B. Smitlı.
Secretary-S. Sneider Leidy.
Treasurer-John Price Wetherill.
Steward-Daniel Smith.
Chief Resident Physician-Robert K. Smith.
Clerk -- Joseph Plankinton.
Out-door Agent-John Linker, Guardians' Office, 36 N 7th.
In-door Agent-George E. Johnson, Alms-House, in 24th Ward.
Guardians.
1st Ward-James G. Peale, 641 S 2d 2d
66 John L. Hamelin, 106 Federal
3d
CC Joseph Ralston, 409 S 4th
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Robert Selfridge, Shippen ab 12th
5th
John R. Angney, N E 5th & Spruce
6th
John P. Wetherill, 65 N Front
7th Frederick A. Server, 17 Commerce
8th
66 David Wine brenner, 18th & Locust
9th
Joseph B. Smith, 119 W Market ab Broad
Wm. A. Gardener, M. D., 120 N 10th
Edward W. Miles. S E 5th & Poplar Thomas Steele, 10th ab Coates William F. Potts, 461 Market Leonard Henley, M. D., Coates n 19th cc James Smith, Charlotte is George James Lloyd, Masters and Hancock John R. Bringhurst, Shackamaxon n Franklin Oliver Evans, William bel Larch Edmund Dingee, 540 N 7th 14th Albert C. Roberts, 11th and Vine 24th Peter K. Young, S97 Parrish W Broad 16th 17tl: Ward-Daniel Hershey, M. D., 624 N 3d John Marlow, 769 N 21 18th B. Housekeeper, M. D., Queen opp. . Cherry 19th John O'Brien, William and Bath 66 20th Jno. R. Scott, 219 Girard av 14th 66 D. Cramer, 441 Brown. 15th G. Wile, 15th bel Parrish. 16th 66 A. R. Lentz, 500 N Sd. 17th ¥ E. Sherry, Philip ab Masters. 18th J. P. Rice, 312 Queen. 19th Stewart Field, 62 N 2d. 20th W. S. Doyle, 50 Lewis. 21st George Shields, (Manayunk.) 22d Joshua Comly, (Chestnut Hill) 2311 A. D. Hamilton, (Frankford.) 24th Peter Lane, 7th & Haverford, (M. V.) Inspectors of Eastern Penitentiary. Coates Street, west of Ridge avenue. President-Richard Vaux, Sansom st below 7th John Bacon, 117 Race Chambers M'Kibbin, Mers. hotel, N 4th Samuel Jones, M. D., 198 Spruce Secretary-Andrew Miller, 30 S 5th bel Walnut Wurden-Nimrod Strickland. Physician-D. W. Lassiter, M. D. Clerk-William Wamell. House of Refuge. Parrish bet 22d and 24th. President-Thomas Earp. Vice-Presidents-James J. Barclay, Isaac Collins. Secretary-Alexander Henry. Treasurer-William M. Collins. Managers. John Farnum, John W. Claghorn, Isaiah Hacker, Henry Perkins, John M. Ogden, Frederick A. Packard, William Shippen, M. D., John Robbins, jr., John L. Goddard, Edward Yarnall, Jeremiah Hacker, N. B. Browne, Thos. S. Butcher, Thomas L. Kane, Paul S. Jones, Wm. Martin, Isaiah P. Fitler. Sheriff-George Megee. Coroner-Joseph Delavau. Board of Health. 1st Ward-A. S. Young, King bet 10th & Pas- synnk Road 2d Eliab Ward, M. D., 497 S 2d 3d Robt. England, S W 10th & Catharine 4th Joseph T. Harvey, S W 4th & South 10th 5th 66 Jos. R. Coad, M. D., 122 Lombard bel 5th 6th Washington L. Bladen, 66 S 6th 13th 7th William M'Fadden, 15th bel Pine 8th Abraham Kintzing, 154 S 11th bel Locust 16th Curtis Clayton, Jr. S E 17th & Market 17th 10th Gavin H. Woodward, 586 Vine 18th 11th William B. Griffith, 49 Duke 12th 65 Jacob Esher, 209 N 6th 19th 15th Wilson Jewell, M. D., 238 N 6th 20th 66 James N. Marks, Washington and Mary (W P) 15th Alexander Fullerton, Caspar Wistar, M. D., George M. Troutman, William S. Perot, George W. Fobes, Arthur G. Coffin, Joshua L. Baily, Stephen Colwell, 11th 12th 14th 15th 9th 24th 877 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &c. OUT-DOOR VISITORS. First District-Comprising 1st and 2d Wards- George Rice, Passynnk Road n Wharton. Second District-Comprising 3d and 4th Wards- James R. Negley, 248 Shippen. Third District-Comprising 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Wards-John Bosler, 90 Loeust, Geo. Pickering, ( Assist.) 90 Locust. Fourth Distriet-Comprising 11th and 12th Wards -Lewis Wolf, Commissioners' Hall, 3d bet Tam- many and Green. Fifth Distriet-Comprising 13th, 14th and 15th Wards-Edward Spain, 283 N 13th. Sixth District -- Comprising 16th, 17th and 18th Wards-Daniel Bispham, 211 Frankford Road. Seventh Distriet-Comprising 19th Ward, and that part of 23d Ward which formerly belonged to Dis- trict of Kensington-Israel N. Bell, cor William and Richmond. Eighth District-Comprising 20th Ward, and that part of 21st Ward which formerly belonged to the District of Penn and N. Penn Township-Thomas Rutter, 15th n Girard av. Ninth District-Comprising the 24th Ward, di- vided into Three Divisions, as follows :- First Division-The original limit of West Phila- ladelphia-L. D. England, Washington ab Moore. Second Division-Old District of Belmont-Dr. L. M. Service, Sch. River Road near the Falls. Third Division-Old District of Blockley-G. P. Hoopes, M. D., Haddington. & Kingsessing Philadelphia Gas Works, No. 8 S. Seventh. President .- Dr. Geo. H. Burgin. Engineer .- John C. Cresson. Cashier .- John Wiegand. Register .- Wm. Fennell. PROFESSORS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, BROAD NEAR GREEN. John S. Hart, LL.D., Principal and Professor of Moral & Political Seience, h 227 Filbert. J. H. M'Clune, A. M., Professor of Theoretical Mathematies and Astronomy. William Vogdes, A. M., Professor of Practical Mathematies, h 379 Race. Henry M'Murtrie, M. D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology and Natural History, h 9 Palmyra square, Vine street. James Rhoades, Professor of Belles Lettres and History, h Haddington. Zephania Hopper, A. M., Professor in the Depart- ment of English. Franeis A. Bregy, Professor of the French Lan- guage, h 134 Wallace James A. Kirkpatrick, A. M., Professor of Civil Engineering, h 32 N Rittenhouse. Henry Haverstick, A. M., Professor of the Latin Language, h Germantown. Martin H. Boye, M. D., Professor of Natural Phi- osophy and Chemistry, h Camden. Frederick A. Roese, Professor of the German Language, h 248 S 13tlı. Alexander J. MacNeill, A. M., Professor of Drawing, Writing and Book-keeping, h 224 S 4th. Assistants. Edwd. W. Vodges, M. D., 1st assistant, 379 Raee. Daniel W. Howard, A. M., 2d, h Filbert W 17th. Geo. Stuart, A. B., 3d, h Coates, 4 doors ab 11th. James B. Fisher, A. B., 4th, Buttonwood bel 11th. NORMAL SCHOOL, Sergeant between 9th and 10th A. T. W. Wright, Principal. Mary E. Houpt, Teacher of Rhetoric. Mary E. Brown, Teacher of English Literature. Mary E. Tazewell, Teacher of History. Renee N. Townsend, Teacher of Writing. Martha H. Rogers, Teacher of Mathematics. John Bower, Teacher of Music. PUBLIC SCHOOLS-December, 1854. There are at this time High School, 1 Normal School, 1 Grammar Schools, 55 Secondary Schools, 35 Primary Schools, 154 Unclassified Schools, 42 Total, 288 Male Teachers, 78 Female Teachers, 798 9th William Curran, M. D., S86 Arch 10th Benj. M. Dusenbery, 5 Harmony et 11th 66 T. W. Marchment, 386 N 2d 12th Chas. S. Sutter, 98 Callowhill 13th George P. Henszey, 365 N 10th 14th Edwin Booth, 421 Coates 15th Wm. Matthews, 18th & Callowhill 1 6th 60 Wm. R. Bald, N W 20 & Poplar 17th George W. Burr, 149 Phoenix 18th G. W. Vaughn. N E Queen & Shack- amaxon 19th Francis M'Manns, S4 Richmond st 20th James Peters, Poplar ab Broad 21st Nathan L. Jones, Roxborough Andrew Green, M. D., Germantown 23d Henry Herbert, Frankford 54th Alexander Greaves, 354 S 4th 4th George P. Mercer, 37 Congress 5th R. R. Montgomery, N E 6th & Prune 6th CC Philip B. Mingle, 21 Market 7th 60 Samuel Ashmead, 11th bel Pine 8th Thomas G. Hollingsworth, 60} Dock Total, S76 Male pupils, - 26,954 Female pupils, - 25,119 Total, 52,073 Whole cost, June, 1853 to December, 1854, 8685,079 74. POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE. of the State of Pennsylvania. Alfred L, Kennedy, M. D., Professor of Industrial, Analytical, and Agricultural Chemistry. LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. Board of Controllers of Public Schools. President-Thomas G. Hollingsworth. Secretary-Robert J. Hemphill, office, 6th and Adelphi. 1st Section-Wm. H. Sickles, 102 Chestnut. 2d Jas. W. S. M'Callister, 3d bel Wash- ington Sd Benjamin F. Warren, Blockley 878 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &c. Selim H. Peabody, A. M., Professor of Mathe- matics and Civil Engineering. Hiram H. Boucher, Professor of Mechanical Philosophy and the Principles of Machinery. William S. Rowson, Professor of Mining Engi- neering, Mineralogy and Geology. Professors not of the Governing Faculty. John Kern, Professor of Mechanical, Architec- tural and Topographical Drawing. Vincenzio De Amarelli, A. M., Ph. D., Profes- sor of Modern Languages and Literature. Academical Department. James H. Boucher, A. M., Principal. APPRENTICES' LIBRARY COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. Library founded 182t by gratuitous loans. No. of vols. 16,000. Annual subscription 82. S W 5th and Mulberry, open for girls and boys. President, Townsend Sharpless. Vice President, Isaae Barton. Secretary, James J. Barclay. Treasurer, Samuel Mason. Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons for girls. Frances L. Clement, Librarian. For boys, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Satur- day evenings. Jesse Ogden, Librarian. PHILADELPHIA LIBRARY COMPANY. N E 5th and Library, incorporated by Wm. Penn. Shares $40. Annual subscription 84. John J. Smith, Librarian and Treasurer. Lloyd P. Smith, Librarian. MERCANTILE LIBRARY COMPANY. S E 5th and Library. Shares $10. Annual payment g2. Annual sub- seription 83. One entrance fee SS. President, William E. Bowen. Secretary, John J. Thompson. ATHENAEUM OF PHILADELPHIA. 6th and Adelphi. Shares $25. Stockholders' annual payments 85. Visiters 88. Samuel Breck, LL. D., President. M. D. Lewis, Treasurer. W. J. Barclay, Librarian and Secretary. CUSTOM HOUSE. Chestnut above 4th. Collector .- Charles Brown. Deputy do .- Rowland Parry. Deputy do .- Wm. Harbeson. Directions .- The desks are numbered from 1 to 17, and the business done at each desk is as follows : Office hours from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. No. 1. Fees. No. 2. Deputy Collector. No. 3 and 4. Estimating duties. No. 5. Liquidating duties. No. 6. Weigher, guagers and measurers. No. 7. General order and examination. No. 8. Bonds. No. 9. Warehousing. No. 10. Re-warehousing, transportation and ex- portation. No. 11. Impost bookkeeper. No. 12. Vacant. No. 13. Foreign Entrance and Clearance. No. 14. Register Enrolments and Licences. No. 15. Marine Hospital Frotections, Entrance and Clearance Coastwise. No. 16. Cashier, Duties and Disbursements. No. 17. Storekeeper of the Port. Naval Office, N. W. Room. Naval Officer .- N. P. Eldred. Deputy do .- Wm. Curtis. N. E. Rooms No. 1. Impost Clerk. No. 2. Estimating Duties. No. 3. Liquidating Duties. No. 4. Fees and Cash Clerk. No. 5. Abstract Clerk. No. 6. Warehousing. Surveyors Office, S. E. Rooms .. Surveyor .- R. C. Hale. Deputy do .- R. R. Young. No. 1. Tonnage Clerk. No. 2. Sealing and Branding Clerk. Wardens Office. Master Warden .- J. E. Harned, office 31 Wal- nut bel 2d. Secretary .-- Thos. E. Metts. Harbour Master .- Geo. R. Graham. JEFFERSON MEDICAL COLLEGE. 10th near Walnut. Robley Dunglison, M. D., Professor of Institutes of Medicine, &c. Robert M. Huston, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and General Therapeutics. Joseph Pancoast, M. D., Professor of General De- scriptive and Surg. Anatomy. John C. Mitchell. M. D., Professor of Practice of Medicine. Thomas D. Mutter, M. D., Professor of Institutes and Practice of Surgery. Charles D. Meigs, M. D., Professor of Obstetries and Diseases of Women and Children. Franklin Bache, M. D., Professor of Chemistry. Ellerslie Wallace, M. D., Demonstrator of Ana- tomv. William Watson, Janitor. HOMEOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE. Filbert ab 10th. FACULTY OF MEDICINE. Walter Williamson, M. D., Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine. J. P. Dake, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. Alvan E. Small, M. D., Professor of Homoepathic Institutes, Pathology and the Practice of Medicine. Isaac M. Ward, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children. William A. Reed, M. D., Professor of Physiology and Medical Jurisprudence. Matthew Semple, M. D., Professor of Chemistry and Toxscology. Jacob Beakley, M. D., Professor of Surgery. William A. Gardiner, M. D., Professor of Ana- tomy. Asa S. Couch, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. William A. Gardiner, M. D., Dean. No. 120 N. Tenth Street, Philadelphia. Martin Derr, Janitor. 879 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &c. UNIVERSITY OF PENNYSLVANIA. Provost-Henry Vethake, LL. D. Vice-Provost-John F. Frazer, A. M. Department of Arts. Three Terms-the First begins September 8; the Second, January 2; the Third, April 8. Tuition-Thirty dollars per Term. Commence- ment, July 3. Heury Vethake, LL. D., Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy. John F. Frazer, A. M., Professor of Natural Phil- osophy and Chemistry. George Allen, A. M., Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literature. Henry Coppee, A. M., Professor of Belles Let- tres and of the English Language and Literature, and Librarian. Francis A. Jackson, A. M., Adjunct Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literature. E. Otis Kendall, A. M., Professor of Mathematics. George Allen, Secretary. William B. Reed, A. M, Professor of American History James C. Bonth, A. M., Professor of Chemistry as applied to the Arts. Vineenzio de Amarelli, A.M., Ph. D., Professor of the Italian Language and Literature. Felix Drouin, A. M., Professor of the French Lan- guage and Literature. Charles B. Trego, Professor of Mineralogy and Geology. Fairman Rogers, A. M., Professor of Civil Engi- neering. Frederick Dick, Janitor. - Academical Department. Rev. Samuel W. Crawford, D. D., Principal and Teacher of the Classics. Law Department. Two Terms-The First begins October 1; the Second, February 1. Vacation-June to October. Fee to each Professor g10. Degree of Bachelor of Laws given on the completion of the course. George Sharswood, A. M , Dean of the Faculty and Professor of the Institutes of Law, including, inter alia, International, Constitutional, Commercial and Civil Law. Peter M'Call, A. M., Professor of Practice, Plead- ing and Evidence in Law and in Equity. E. Spencer Miller, A. M., Professor of the Law of Real Estate and Conveyancing, and Equity Juris- prudence. - Medical Department. Founded Sd of May, 1765. Fees $120. Matriculation fee, payable only once, $5 00. Session commences the first Monday in November, and continues until the middle of March ensuing. Professors. Robert Hare, M. D., Emeritus Prof. of Chemistry. William Gibson, M. D., Emeritus Professor of and citizens desirous of obtaining monthly and other Nurses, who have been under the training of this Institution, may apply to the matron. Surgery. Samuel Jackson, M. D., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine. George B. Wood, M. D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine and of Clinical Medicine. Hugh L. Hodge, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and of the Diseases of Women and Children. Joseph Carson, M. D., Professor of Materia Med- ica and of Pharmacy. Robert E. Rogers, M. D., Professor of Chemistry. Joseph Leidy, M. D., Professor of Anatomy. Henry H. Smith, M. D., Professor of Surgery. Geo. W. Norris, M. D., Prof. of Clinical Surgery. William W. Gerhard, M. D., Assistant Leeturer in Demonstrative Medicine. Wm. Hunt, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. Joseph Carson, M. D., Dean of the Faculty. Francis B. Dick, Janitor. PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE, MEDICAL DEPARTMENT .- 9th bel Locust. President .- Hon. Chief Justice Ellis Lewis. M. D., LL.D. Secretary .- J. R. Tyson, LL.D. FACULTY. George Hewston, M. D., Professor of Anatomy. B. Howard Rand, M. D., Professor of Chemistry. Henry Hartshorn, M. D., Professor of the Institutes of Medicine. Isaac A. Pennypacker, M. D., Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine. James L. Tyson, M. D., Professor of Materia Medica and General Therapeutics. James Bryan, M. D., Professor of the Principles and Practice of Surgery. Lewis D. Harlow, M. D., Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. Joseph Parrish, M. D., Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children. William H. Freeman, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy. B. Howard Rand, M. D., Dean. William Eastland, Janitor. ECLECTIC MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Haines Street rear Odd Fellows' Hall, Sixth Street near Race. PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE FOR DEAF AND DUMB .- Pine and Broad. I'resident, Rev. Philip F. Mayer. Treasurer, John Bacon. Secretary, James J. Barelay. Incorporated 1824. Visitors admitted every Thursday afternoon at 3} o'clock. NURSES' HOME under the direction of the PHILADELPHIA LYING-IN CHARITY, incor- porated in 1832, and the PHILADELPHIA NURSE SOCIETY, established in 1839, for the education and supply of Nurses for the sick. Supported by legacies, donations and annual subscriptions. Joseph Warrington, M. D., President. Hannah Miller, Directress, W. K. Bray Dinah H. Taylor, Secretaries. Respectable and intelligent women desirous of be- coming trained in their duties as Nurses, may apply with testimonials of intelligence and good moral char- acter to the Matron of the Nurses' Home, 337 North side of Race street, East from 10th st. Strangers PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR ALLEVIAT- ING THE MISERIES OF PUBLIC PRISONS. Instituted 1787. President .- James J. Barclay. Secretary and Committee of' Correspondence .- William Parker Foulke, Edward Townsend. 1 880 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, &c. FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. 7th below Market. Meetings: Institute, Monthly, Sd Thursday in the month. Board of Managers, 2d Wednesday in the month. John C. Cresson, President. John Agnew, M. W. Baldwin, V. Presidents. Isaac B. Garrigues, Recording Secretary. Frederick Fraley, Corresponding Secretary. John F. Frazer, Treasurer. Wm. Hamilton, Actuary. Managers. Samuel V. Merrick, Hen. P. M. Birkinbine, Thomas Fletcher, George W. Conarroe, Abraham Miller, Thomas J. Weygandt, John C. Traut wine, Josepli J. Barras, John H. Towne, Charles E. Smith, Edwin Greble, Jolin M'Clure, George Erety, David S. Brown, Thomas S. Stewart, Evans Rogers, Owen Evans, Robert Cornelius, Alan Wood, Lawrence Jolinson, John E. Addicks, George C. Howard, Isaac S. Williams, Harman Baugh. Auditors. Saml. Mason, Algernon S. Roberts, Jas. H. Cresson. THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. S W 5th and Chestnut. President-Alexander Dallas Bache. Vice Presidents-John K. Kane, Robley Dung- lison, John F. Frazer. Secretaries-Charles B. Trego, E. Otis Kendall, Frederick Fraley, John L. Le Conte. Treasurer-Charles B. Trego. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYL- VANIA. Atheneum Building. The Society meets on the 2d Monday of every montli, third story, front, Atheneum Building. President, Hon. Thomas Sergeant. Vice Presidents, J. Francis Fisher, Geo. Shars- wood, Job R. Tyson. Recording Secretary, Thomas Biddle, jr. Domestic Corres. Sec., Thomas Balch, 30 S 5th. Foreign do. Horatio G. Jones, jr., 47 South 5th. Treasurer, C. M. Morris, Spruce bel 7th. Librarian, Townsend Ward. PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SO- CIETY. Concert Hall, Chestnut Street President, General Robert Patter-on. Vice Presidents, James Dundas, Robert Corne- lins, Robert Buist, B. A. Fahnestock. Treasurer, Jolin Thomas. Corresponding Secretary, Thomas C. Percival. Recording Secretary, Thomas P. James. Professor of' Entomology, Samuel S. Haldeman A. M. Professor of Botany, Wm. Darlington, L. L. D. Professor of Horticultural Chemistry, Robt. Hare, James W. Brown, M. D. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. President-James Gowen. Vice-Presidents. Isaac B. Baxter, William Jessup, A. T. Newbold, H. N. M. Alister, WVm. C. Rudman, Jac. S. Haldeman, Algernon S. Roberts, William Hieser, Thos. P. Knox, John S. Isett, Abrhm. R. M'Ilvaine, John M'Farland. William Stavely, John H. Ewing, Henry P. Robeson, John Murdock, John Strohm, Wm. Martin, sr., John P. Rutherford, WVm. Waugh, Amos Kapp, Wm. Bigler, Geo. W. Woodward, James Miles. Chas. Aug. Lukenbaugh, Additional members of the Executive Committee. Frederick Watts, Carlisle, Pa. Jolin S. Evans, York, Pa. A. O. Hiester, Harrisburg. Isaac G. M.Kinley, Harrisburg. Simon Cameron, Middletown, Dauphin co. Corresponding Sec., Alfred L. Elwyn, Philadelphia. Recording See., Robert C. Walker, Elizabeth, Pa. Treasurer, George H. Bucher, Hogestown, Pa. Chemist and Geologist, S. S. Haldeman, Colum- bia, Pa. Librarian, David Mumma, jr., Harrisburg. MERCHANTS' FUND. President, John M. Atwood, 162 Market. Vice Presidents, Wm. Platt, Singleton A. Mercer. Treasurer, Wm. C. Ludwig, 28 N 3d. Secretary, Thomas H. Fenton, 25 S 4th. MERCANTILE BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION. President, Wm. C. Ludwig, 28 N 3d. Secretary, Wm. A. Rolin, N E 8th and Market. Treasurer, Edwin Mitchell, 11 Bank. WESTERN CLINICAL INFIRMARY For the relief of the sick and infirm but deserving poor, Christian & Carpenter & 15th & 16th. The following are the names of the gentlemen engaged in this benevolent project, with a list of the discases they treat: Dr. James L. Tyson, diseases of the Chest and Throat. Dr. Joseph Klapp, diseases of the Digestive Or- gans Dr. O. H. Partridge, diseases of the Skin. Dr. G. R. Morehouse, diseases of the Brain and Nervous System. Dr. C. P. Turner, Fevers. Dr. Andrew Cheesman, diseases of Females. Dr. J. Aitken Meigs, diseases of the Urinary Or- gans. Dr. W. H. Gobrecht, diseases of the Eye & Ear. Dr. D. D. Clark, General and Special Surgery. One or the other of these Physicians is in almost constant attendance at the Institution, in addition to a resident physician, his assistant and nurses. The present Board of Managers are as follows : President -- Wm. M. Swaim. Secretary-Wm. Crean. Treasurer-John M'Clure. Jesper Harding, J. R. Tyson, W. H. French, Casper P. Lukens, M. D. Levi Dickson, I. V. Williamson, Charles Leland, WVm. H. Divine, E. W. Clark, F. J. Dreer. 881 CHURCHES. PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTE OF DESIGN. Vice-Presidents-Charles Evans, M. D., Richard President-William Struthers. Vice-Presidents-C. L. Rehn, James B. Rodgers. Treasurer-Lloyd B. Hoppin. Recording Secretary-H. M. Murray. Corresponding Secretary-S. H. Crittenden. UNION BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. An Institution for the relief of the sick and indi- gent ; for the suppression of vice and the encourage- ment of industry among the worthy poor. At the annual meeting of this Society, held Tues- day evening, Oct. 16th, the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year : President-Charles S. Wurts. D. Wood. Treasurer-Edmund Wileox, 128 Chestnut. Corresponding Secretary-John Welsh. Recording Secretary-John H. Atwood. Managers. Benjamin Coates, WVm. Purves, Matthias W. Baldwin, John Farnum, J. Fisher Leaming, Arthur G. Coffin, Jeremiah Hacker, R. P. King, S. Austin Allibone, Benjamin Orne, Wm. M. Collins, John W. Claghorn, Edwd. Armstrong, Thomas Wattson, John Bohlen, Jolın P. Taylor, Thos. Latimer, Alex. Fullerton. CHURCHES. BAPTIST. First, N W Broad and Areh .- Rev. James H. Cuthbert, 118 S 3d. Second, New Market Street, ab Poplar .- Rev. A. C. Wheat, 18 Ellen (K.) Third, 2d ab Catharine .- Rev. A. Latham, 359 S 3d. Fourth, Buttonwood and 5th-Rev. B. Griffiths, 546 Coates. Fifth, Sansom ab Eighth .- Rev. John Dowling, D.D., 224 S 10th. Spruce Street, Spruce ab 4th .- Rev. J. Wheaton Smith, 248 S 10th bel South. Second Southwark, 5th bel Carpenter .- Rev. N. B. Baldwin, 348 S 4th. Tenth, Sth ab Green .- Rev. J. H. Kennard, 8th bel Coates. Eleventh, 12th ab Race .- Rev. D. B. Cheney, 523 Vine: Twelfth, Queen near Shackamaxon .- Rev. B. C. Morse, 46 Shackamaxon. 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