THEATRES, CIRCUSES AND MUSIC- 1749, August, to February, 1750. First theatrical representations by a company of professional actors: Kean and Murray, managers. 1813, July 9. Summer-Theatre opened by Lawrence Astolfi & Co. at the Columbian Garden-afterward called Tivoli, and then Pavilion Circus-at the north side of Market street west of Thirteenth. 1813. Washington Museum opened in Market street east of Second, south side. 1814, May 11. Vauxhall Garden Theatre opened at the north-east corner of Broad and Walnut streets; burned by a mob September 8, 1819; rebuilt, and reopened July 5, 1824, by Fisher & 1754,April 25. Lewis Hallam's Company opened at William Plumstead's store-house, east side of Penn (or Water) street between Pine and Lombard streets; closed June 24 in the same year. 1759, June 15. Society Hill Theatre, South-Jones." wark, opened at the corner of South and Vernon streets by David Douglass; closed December 28, and the building afterward demolished. 1766, November 21. Southwark Theatre opened by David Douglass; burned May 9, 1821. 1771. Faulk's temporary Circus opened on Market street west of Centre Square. גי 1772. Bates'temporary Circus at the same place. 1782. P. E. Du Simitiere's "American Museum opened at his house in Arch st. ab. Fourth. 1784. Peale's Museum opened at south-west corner of Third and Lombard streets; removed to American Philosophical Hall,South Fifth street, 1794; removed to upper part of State House, 1802; removed to Arcade, north side of Chestnut street between Sixth and Seventh, 1828; removed to north-east corner of Ninth and Sansom streets, and opened July 4, 1838; collection afterward sold out, and a part of it removed to Masonic Hall. 1785. Permanent Circus building erected by Pool, an American equestrian, on Market street near Centre Square. 1790. Daniel Bowen's Museum and Wax-work, established in Third street below Arch; removed same year to Eighth street above Market; afterward removed to Boston, and was the foundation of the Columbian Museum in that city. 1791, April 6. Northern Liberty Theatre opened on the east side of Front street below Noble, by Kenna. 1820, October 24. Winter Tivoli or Prune Street Theatre opened in Prune street between Fifth and Sixth, south side, by Stanislas Surin. 1824. Musical Fund Hall, Locust street above Eighth, opened with a concert. 1826, May 27. Washington Museum Theatre opened in Market street east of Second, south side, by Archbold. 1826, June 23. Pennsylvania Museum Theatre, Market street above Eighth, south side, opened by Archbold; abandoned July same year. 1827. Maelzel's Hall, west side of Fifth street above Prune (site of Lailson's Circus); built for Mons. Maelzel, mechanician, artist in automaton figures, etc., afterward Titus, June & Angevine's Menagerie; burnt about 1845. 1828, October 1. Arch Street Theatre opened in Arch street west of Sixth, north side, by Wm. B. Wood; interior torn out and rebuilt; reopened September 12, 1863. 1829. Washington Amphitheatre and Circus, Old York road above Buttonwood street, opened by Fogg & Stickney. 1834. Sansom Street Circus, Sansom street above Eighth, south side, opened by Weeks. 1834, October. Northern Exchange Theatre, Third street below Green, opened by Jos. Jefferson, Jr. 1835. The Hall of Industry opened at Fotteral's Hall, north-west corner of Fifth and Cheststreets, afterward American Museum, J. H. Myers (Old Hontz), manager; burned December, 1854; rebuilt, occupied 1856-9, as Thomeuf's Varieties. 1793, April 2. Chestnut Street Theatre, Chestnut nut street west of Sixth, north side, opened by Wignell & Reinagle; burned April 2, 1820; rebuilt and opened December 2, 1822; torn down May, 1855. 1793. April 3. Circus building opened at the south-west corner of Twelfth and Market streets by John Bill Ricketts; abandoned in 1795. 1794. Ambroise & Co. opened the Amphitheatre, Arch street between Eighth and Ninth, for the exhibition of French paintings, mechanical effects and fireworks. 1795, October 19. Pantheon Circus and Amphitheatre, south-west corner of Sixth and Chestnut streets, opened by John Bill Ricketts; destroyed by fire December 17, 1799. 1797, April 8. Lailson's Circus, north-west corner of Fifth and Prune streets, opened by Mons. Lailson; destroyed by the falling in of the dome July 8, 1798. 1797. Federal Summer-Circus opened by Herman, Tompkins and others at the corner of Thirteenth and Market streets. 1809, February 2. Circus afterward called The Olympic, and then Walnut Street Theatre, north-east corner of Walnut and Ninth streetsopened by Pepin & Breschard, equestrians; rebuilt, and opened by Inslee & Blake Jan. 1, 1829. 1811, June 12. Apollo Street Theatre, Apollo street south of the old Southwark Theatre, opened by Webster, Cross and others; abandoned July 19. 1836, November 7. Pennsylvania Theatre, Coates street west of Second, north side, opened by Logan & Weymss. 1837, August 28. Cooke's Equestrian Circus-afterward Burton's National Theatre, and then Welch's Amphitheatre-opened by T. Cooke; burned July 5, 1854. 1838, July 4. Dunn's Chinese Museum opened at Philadelphia Museum building at the north-east corner of Ninth and Sansom streets; collection sold about 1842-3; building burned July 5, 1854. 1839, November. Assembly Buildings, southwest corner Tenth and Chestnut streets, opened; burned March 18, 1851; rebuilt, and reopened 1852. 1840, June 13. McAran's Garden Theatre, Filbert street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth, opened by Ward & McIntosh. 1845, December 25. Athenæum Museum and Theatre-afterward Barnum's Museum-southeast corner Seventh and Chestnut streets, opened by Taber & Co.; burned December 30, 1851. 1846, August. Academy of Fine Arts or Peale's Museum Theatre, Masonic Hall, Chestnut street between Seventh and Eighth, opened by John Sefton & Co.; closed July, 1847. 1848. Sansom Street Hall opened for concerts, balls, etc.; closed for such purposes 1863. Dec. 25 64 Advent Sunday. Christmas Day... St. John the Evangelist's Day....... ECLIPSES IN 1875. 27 In the year 1875 there will be two Eclipses, both of the Sun. One of these will be partly visible in Philadelphia, September 29, 1875. The first Eclipse of the year is a Total Eclipse, beginning at 11 P.M., April 5th, Philadelphia time, in the southern portion of Africa, and ending about 4 A.M., on the 6th of April, in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia. This Eclipse will be visible throughout the Indian Ocean and in the southern part of China. IT is not every one who can successfully combine the useful with the ornamental, but in the Ledger Almanac, which now, for the third successive year, Mr. Childs presents to his friends and subscribers, beauty and utility are blended in equal proportions. The covers are attractive as artistic creations, while the contents are made up of information frequently needed, but which, without the Almanac, could be obtained only at the cost of much time and trouble. It is a book which will be hung up in the counting-room and the private dwelling, and, like the Public Ledger itself, will be referred to from day to day throughout the entire year.-Philadelphia Age. 1849, January. American Circus, Fourth street between Brown and Poplar, opened by T. V. Turner & Co. 1852. Melodeon, afterward Wood's Museum, opened in old Bolivar Hotel building, Chestnut street between Sixth and Seventh, north side; opened as Wood's Museum by Col. J. H. Wood, 1854, December 17; burned 1857. 1853, February 12. Concert Hall, Chestnut street between Twelfth and Thirteenth, opened with a concert by Mad. Sontag and others. 1853, August 1. Sanford's Opera House, Twelfth street below Chestnut, opened by Sam'Í S. Sanford; burned December 9, 1853. 1853, December 3. Circus-formerly Menagerie, afterward Welch & Raymond's Circus, and then Continental Theatre-Walnut street west of Eighth, opened by Ballard & Stickney; burned June 19, 1867; rebuilt 1867. 1854, September 11. City Museum Theatre, Callowhill street between Fourth and Fifth, opened by Ashton & Co.; burned November 25, 1868. 1854, December 4. Lyceum-afterward Sanford's, and then Eleventh Street Opera Houseeast side of Eleventh street above Chestnut, opened by H. S. Cartee. 1856, January 8. National Hall, Market street between Twelfth and Thirteenth, south side, opened with a concert by the Musical Union; opened as a circus by Gardner & Hemmings, November 2, 1862; called the Olympic Theatre, and opened by J. H. Johnson & Co., October 21, 1873: burned January 29, 1874. 1856, December 23. Jayne's Hall, north side of Chestnut street near Seventh, opened with a concert. 1857, February 25. American Academy of Music, corner Broad and Locust streets, opened by E. A. Marshall, with Italian Opera; first opened with a ball, January 26; corner-stone laid July 25, 1855. 1857, November 17. National Guards' Hall, Race street between Fifth and Sixth, opened with a ball and promenade concert. 1859, January 19. McDonough's Gayeties, Race street between Second and Third, opened by J. E. McDonough; opened as McDonough's Olympic Theatre September 10, 1860. 1859, November 21. Theatre of Art, etc., Jayne's Commonwealth Building, north side of Chestnut street between Sixth and Seventh, opened by J. Sanderson; now used for business purposes. 1863. January 26. New Chestnut Street Theatre, Chestnut street between Twelfth and Thirteenth, north side, opened by Wm. Wheatley; interior rebuilt 1874. 1865, November 27. Philadelphia Circus and Menagerie-afterward Mortimer's Varietiessouth-west corner Tenth and Callowhill streets, opened by Adam Forepaugh. 1865. Amateurs' Drawing-Room, Seventeenth street above Chestnut, west side, opened by a private amateur company. 1867, May 29. Horticultural Hall, Broad street above Spruce, opened with a floral exhibition. 1867, September 18. Philadelphia Opera House -afterward Seventh Street Opera House-Seventh street below Arch, opened by Tunison & Parsons; afterward called Philadelphia Opera Comique; afterward Adelphi Variety. 1870, August 20. Arch Street Opera House, Arch street west of Tenth, opened by Simmons & Slocum; burned March 20, 1872; reopened August 26, 1872. 1870, November 23. American Museum, Menagerie and Theatre-afterward Wood's Museumnorth-west corner Ninth and Arch streets, opened by Simpson, Carncross & Dixey. 1870, December 17. Fox's New American Theatre, Chestnut street between Tenth and Eleventh, north side, opened by Robert Fox. 1870. Harmonie Hall (German theatre), Coates street near Seventh, opened by Mannerchor Musical Society; burned March 8, 1871. 1871. Sanford's Opera House, Second street above Poplar, opened by S. S. Sanford; burned October 17, 1871. THE PUBLIC LEDGER. THERE is one daily paper familiar as a household word to Philadelphians, and to all reading people everywhere, which has won, and now holds more firmly than ever, both the love and respect of all its readers. We refer, of course, to the Public Ledger, the exponent of all the news of the day that is true; of the culture of educated practical thought in its editorial columns; and of a morality that is as pure as it is imperceptible, because it is inwoven into every department of the paper. Sensationalism in all of its forms, and realistic gilded reports of the crimes of society, are to be looked for elsewhere; for Mr. George W. Childs, who made the Ledger what it is, and keeps it so by his unflagging supervision, feels too keenly the responsibility of a popular journalist, and has too intuitive and unerring a sense of right and wrong, to willingly lead others astray in thought or deed by means of his printed sheets. Evil words and actions have a sort of immortality given them when they are pictured in print. Many a criminal derives his first lessons in crime from the public newspaper, but never from the Public Ledger. The nearly ninety thousand copies which are scattered every morning over city and town, village and hamlet, and the country at large, contain no word or thought that can taint the morals or the life. We came by our admiration of the Ledger naturally: we inherited it. There are some newspapers which are truly family papers-the father takes them, and his sons and daughters take them, because their father did. We have no doubt that the Ledger's list of subscribers is more permanent than perhaps that of any other paper in the world. Those who once take it always take it, they and their children. Any number of persons can be persuaded to take almost any newspaper for a single day or week, whatever its merits or demerits may be; but in order to make them permanent subscribers, there must be in it and its conductor a reputation for honesty of purpose, energy of will, business enterprise and a determination to give the latest and all the news. We have just risen again from a careful consideration of all of the columns of the Public Ledger, including those of its supplements, now regularly issued twice a week, and are, if possible, more fully convinced than ever before that its news columns were never so full of the life of to-day; its advertising columns were never so well patronized or so valuable to the general reader; and that it is without a peer in daily newspaper journalism.-The Episcopal Register, Philadelphia, June 14. 2 24 9 20 8 17 6.1 9 43 6.4 MARCH. MOON'S PHASES, Philadelphia. d. h. m. 7 3 22 P.M. 8 8 A.M. New Moon... First Quarter 14 THE SUN, Philadelphia. Rises Souths Sets A.M. P.M. P.M. h.m.m. s.\h.m. 6 34 12 33 5 51 61 2 Tu 6 33 12 215 52 62 3 W 6 31 12 63 4Th 6 30 11 THE MOON, Philadelphia. A.M. A.M. Rises. Souths Sets. A.M. h. m.h. m. h. m. d. h. m. h. m.h. m. h. m. 2 27 6 51 11 15 23 7 57 8 30 3 23 7 44 624 9 59 38 4 16 8 39 I 3 25 10 10 10 42 4 57 9 34 11 14 11 43 Height in feet. 2 44 3 49 3 16 5.6 4 24 5.3 4 57 5 29 5.4 16 33 5-7 64 5 F 6 28 11 42 5 55 65 6 S 6 27 11 285 56 6 32 0 9 5 460 I 19 1 41 8 38 9 06.2 M 6 24 10 59 5 2 I Tu 6 22 10 445 7 21 1 48 8 14: 10 W 6 21 10 28 6 3 2 8 16 3 32 10 48 8 50 4 29 A.M. 6 6 66 6 75 6 58 8 8 0 31 8 28 3 37 9 9 21 9 56 4 4 4 40 5.3 I 42 9 21 4 24 10 10 27 10 59 I II II 26 11 52 78,19 F 6 6 7 56. IO 3 58 10 55 79.20 S 80 21 S 81 22 M 6 I 7 I 8 56 700 7 57 8 15 6.1 1 30 8 33 8 49 6.2 2 79 9 26 6.3 2 42 9 44 10 1.6.4 3 19 10 19 10 38 6.5 3 57 10 56 11 16 6.5 4 37 11 35 11 56 6.5 o 18 6.4 0 40 I 3.6.2 4 52 6 20 89 30 Tu 5 48 90 31 W 5 47 4 33 6 21 4 15 6 22 2 6 2 51 MARCH. 82 23 Tu 6 83 24 W 5 58 84 25 Th 5 56 85 26 F 5 55 86 27 S 87 28 S 6 24 6 6 6 16 11 13 A.M. " O 15 I 12 6 8 119 3 53 8 32 20 4.42 9 9 21 5 34 9 57 22 6 28 10 50 23 7 22 11 52 24 5. Venus 7 deg. north of the Moon 10 P.M. Mar. 3. 4 P.M. " " 66 6 A.M. 24. " 2 P.M. PLANETS. 28. MERCURY() will be at its greatest western elongation March 29, July 27 and Nov. 15, and its greatest eastern elongation Feb. 13, June 9 and Oct. 6. If the sky is favorable, the planet can probably be seen in the evening about the time of the first three dates, and in the morning about the time of the last three dates. VENUS (9) will be morning star until the 23d of September, being most brilliant about the middle of January. After the 23d of September it becomes evening star for the rest of the year. MARS() will be visible during the latter half of the year, rising about 9 P.M. on the 3d of June and on the meridian about the 27th of July at the same hour. JUPITER () will be on the meridian at 9 P.M. on the 28th of May, and visible two or three months before and after that date. SATURN (h) will be on the meridian at 9 P.M. 0.59 A.M. d rises. 0.07 A.M. 7 set. 8.43 P.M. Spi. rises. 2.31 P.M. wa. S.20 P.M. Pollux S. 9.08 P.M. 2 rises. 10.36 P.M. Reg. S. 5.-A.M. h rises. 1. A.M. stat. A. 4.13 A.M. rises. 6.14 P.M. Hd. 6.55 P.M. Sirius S. 11.19 P.M. 7 set. 7.20 P.M. Sp. begins 7.36 P.M. Procy. S. 10.01 P.M. Reg. S. 7.33 P.M. Pollux S. 5.49 A.M. 646. 8.11 P.M. rises. 7.36 P.M. Spi. rises. 2.07 A.M. h. 2.17 P.M. ¿ C. 1 52 5.9.01 A.M. gr. elg. W. 2 47 5.7 4.53 A.M. r. abt. 11° S. 3 54 5.4 13.58 A.M. h ris. [of E. on the 28th of September, visible for two or three months before and after that date. To facilitate the finding and identifying the Planets, the dates when they are nearest the Moon and the distance at which they pass above or below, in degrees, are given on each page of the Ephemeris. It will be remembered that the Moon itself is about half a degree in diameter. THE Public Ledger Almanac for 1874, supplied by Mr. George W. Childs to every one of his eighty or ninety thousand subscribers, appears as usual in handsome but most compact shape, with all its vast array of facts and statistics marshaled with true Ledger-like brevity and solidity. The Ledger, by its steady, substantial progress amid the fluctuations of Philadelphia journalism, demonstrates the encouraging fact that the highest success can be won in journalism without resort to sensational piquancies or truculent abuse of everybody and everything. The circulation of the Ledger on Saturday, February 7th, had reached eighty-seven thousand five hundred-probably the largest bona fide circulation of any paper in the world.-Washington Evening Star, February 11th. |