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SERMONS PREACHED IN BO§TON ON THE
DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Together
with the Funeral Services in the East Room
of the Executive, Mansion, at Washington.
Boston : J. E. Tilton & Co. 16m0., pp- 3 79.
The ear of the general public has never
b_een more readily yielded to the teach
ings of the 'pulpit, than during the four
years of our national trial; and when the
rebellion culminated in the assassination
of Mr. Lincoln, this popular feeling also
seemed to reach its acme. The people,
as by a single impulse, rushed in crowds
to the churches, and hung upon the
words of their spiritual teachers with a
solemnity and an interest almost une
qualled. Our great struggle in almost
all - its phases, and 'especially in the last,
has presented so many moral and Scrip
tural aspects, and has been so closely
and 'grandly connected with the progress
of our country and our race, as sought ,
by Christianity itself, that it has supplied
inspiration to her ministers, and commu
nicated uncommon interest and value to
their discourses. . The Volume before us
is designed to perpetuate some of ~,these
memorable effusions of pulpit oratory,
called forth by the
,death of the Presi
dent. It embraces a report of the fune
ral services at Washington, and twenty
four sermons and addresses by the clergy
of Boston, including .such well-known
names as Drs. Kirk, Stone, Huntington,
Hague, and others. It is a most inter
esting memorial of the occasion; full of
patriotic and wholesome sentiments nobly
expressed. The externals of the volume
are very neat and substantial.
SKELDON. A Manual of Elementary In
struction, for the use of Public and Private
Schools, and Normal classes, containing a
graduated course of object lessons for Train
ing. the Senses and Developing the Facul
ties of Children. By E. A. Sheldon, Su
perintendent of Schools, Oswego, N. Y. ;
assisted by Miss M. E. Jones, and Prof. H.
Krusi. Sixth edition, revised and en
larged. New York: Chas. Scribner &
1.2m0. pp. 471. For sale by J. B. Lippin
cott 82 Co.
A very thorough treatise on teaching
by the " object method," 'every part of .
which shows a conscientious regard for
the true interests of the scholar, as well
as for the particular topic of instruction'.
The peculiarity of the method
,pursued
is, that it aims to put in active and in
terested exercise the perceptive faculties
rather than the memory of the pupil, the
memory itself being the more effectually
enlisted for a truth which the scholar
has had a hand in developing. A full
and valuable course of instruction is
marked out and illustrated on all the
leading topics, including color, form; ob
ject, number, size, weight, &c. Many
engravings are given, and the whole is
in a high degree, graphic, itself exempli
fying most successfully the system it is
designed to inculcate. By the way, " ob
jeetteaching," as the introduction informs
us, is no novelty ; being little else than
the Pestalozzian system, modified and im
proved by the aid of further' investiga
tions and experiments. One of the
parties named on the title-page, Krusi,
is the son of a person ;who, for twenty
years, was a leading teacher in the.school
of Pestalozzi himself.
We regard the appearance of 'such
thorough treatises on teaching as this of
Mr. Sheldon, and an,othei. of Prof. Wick
ersham, recently noticed, both of which
recognize the claims of religion and are
written in a truly Christian, though not
dogmatical, spirit, as one of the most
hopeful signs of the times.
J. S. CLAXTON'S BOOKS.
PFICLID IN PALESTINE. Edited by M. A.
Edwards. 16m0., pp. 298. Philada. : J.
S. Claxton. $1 25.
A graphically written narrative of a
Philadelphia boy's travels in Palestine,
in the form of letters from the boy-trav
eller, to a friend whom he left behind.
They'have all the charm and freshness of
reality, and form a truly instructive book
of travels. It is illustrated with spirited
cuts and handsomely printed and bound.
TILE POWER OF GOLD; or., Martin Walter.
16m0., pp. 220. 90 cts.
A. story of much poWer and pathos,
illustrating in the life of a poor Silesian
weaver, who unexpectedly inherited a
fortune, the hardening effect of covetous=
ness on the heart and character.
TELE PASTOR'S SON. By Helen Hazlett, au
thor of the " Heights of Heidelberg."
18mo., pp. 148. 60 cts.
A. sad story of failure in family gov
ernment and in fidelity to pastoral duty
on the part of an amiable but weak nun
later. The violations, of Christian pro
priety in the Sanitary Fairs of the last
four years, and the readiness of some
ministers and many Christian people to
wink at, or even approve of, such pro
ceedings, are truthfully described and re
buked in this little volume.
From the same publisher we haven
THE Two FRIENDS. By. Caroline M. Trow
bridge. 16m0. 2 pp. 271.
CLIFTON,RICE. By the author of " Win
and Wear." ,18mo. pp. 278.
IDA KLEINVOGEL. - thrao., pp. 115.
All the above are for sale at the Pres
byterian Book Store, 1 334 Chestnut St.
HENRY TIOTT'S BOOKS.
TEE SPRING RIDE; or, Partington
From the Religious Tract Society. 16m0.,
pp. 282. Boston : Henry Hoyt. For sale
at 1334 Chestnut street,
Quite an original story, in which the
....leading character reminds one of the ec.
centric Lady Hester Stanhope,; its aim is
to illustrate the power of the Gospel.
The latter part of the volume contains
" Irish Mission Scenes." The externals
are elegant and substantial.
THE OLD BARRACKS ; or, Seeing the Light.
By Caroline E. ,Kelly. Boston: Henry
Hoyt. 16mo. pp. 344. For sc a le : at 1334
Chestnut street. -
An agreeably written story, fall of
profitable legions, showing the enlighten
ing of a frivolous and ignorant mind
with a sense of the truth of the Gospel,
and the pleasure and profit of a life of
effort for the evangelization and eleva
tion of the poor. Beautifully printed and
illustrated. •
CHEAP SERIES OF POETS
COMPANION POETS FOR THE PEOPLE. Il
lustrated. Household Poems. By Henry
W. Longfellow. Boston : Ticknor Si Fields.
Sq. 18mo., pp. 96. Paper covers, 50 cts.
The publishers deserve the thanks of
the public for undertaking this
. portable
and cheap series. The typography is
elegant, and the numerous engravings
highly significant and in excellent taste.
Even in these times, cheapness and ele
ganc,e may be found in company, in some
quarters. The exquisite "Household
Poen - is" of Mr. LongfelloW; Will' be fol
lowed by ' selections frem Tennyson,
Whittier, Robert Browning, 0. W.
Holthes, and Mrs. gtowe. Travellers
will find the volumes admirably adapted
to their wants.
PAMPHLETS AND PERIODICALS.
BLACKWOOD'S .BDINBURQH MAGANNE
for May, contains, Sir Brook Fossbrooke,
I; Life of Sterne ;- Cornelius O'Dowd,
XV.; Miss Majoribanks, IV.; The Rate
of Interest ; Piccadilly, 111. ; To e, Lark;
State and Prospect of Parties.
New York: L. Scott R. Co.; Philadel
phia: W. B. Zieber.
WESTMINSTER REVIEW for April, 1865,
contains, Comte's PhilosoPhy; St. John's
Gospelc; State of English Law, Codifi
cation ; Modern Novelists ; Sir E. ' i3ul
- Lytton ; Parliainent and Reform ;
Canadian Confederacy; Contemporary
Literature..
New York: L. Scott & Co.; . Philadel
phia: W. 13. Zieber.
PHILADELPHIA PHOTOGRAPHER for
1865. Benerman & Wilson, southwest
cor. Seventh and Cherry.
THE END OE - THE UPRIGHT. A me
morial Sermon on the. Death of Mr. Geo.
W. Fobes, preached in the Clinton
Street Presbyterian Church, Philadel
phia, on the Bth of January, 1865, by
Rev. Daniel March, D.D. Printed by
the Session of Clinton Street Church.,
. HOURS AT HOME. A_portular Monthly
Devoted_to Religious and Useful. Litera
ture. Edited by'J. M.,Sherwood, June.
Contents, Embellishment—. Christ Bless
ing Little Children ; German. Painters
of the Modern School: Overbeek ; . St.
Elizabeth. of Hungary ; Theology :of the
Beautiful ; Bishop Berkeley in America;
Rest ; A Folded Leaf ; How George
Neumark Sung his Hymn ; Fred, and
Maria, and Me; Touched with the Feel
ing of our Infirmities ; Hours at Home ;
A Visit .to Goethe in Weimer; How to
Treat our Wives ; In memoriam : Per
sonal Recollections of Mr. Lincoln ; Son
net ; Odd Kinds of Ability ; Lake Geneva
and its Associations; Spring ; The Choice
of Companions ; Recollections of Sea
Sights ; Our Quartermaster ; General
Sheridan ; Short Sermon for Sunday-
Teachers, No. II ; Abraham Lincoln ;
'Tis Hard to Die in Spring Time ; Sun
day Thoughts ; Pages for the Young ;
Margery ; The Child and the Sunshine.
'THE TAX PAYER'S GUIDE:, An analy
tical and comprehensive digest of the
Taxes, Rates, and Duties under the In
national Revenue and Excise Tax Laws
of the r United. States. Being a concise
compilation of the revised acts of Con
gress now in force, passed June 30th,
1864 and March sth, 1865. By Thomp
son Westcott. Philadelphia: A. Winch,
publisher.
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE, No. 1006,
June 3, 1865. Contents, Galleries of the
Louvre; Petermann's Land ; The Clouded
Intellect ; The Murder of the President ;
President Andrew Johnson ; Poetry.
NATIONAL DISAPPOINTMENT. A Dis
course occasioned by the Assassination
of President Lincoln. Delivered in
Westminster Church, Buffalo, Sunday
evening, May '7, 1865, by Joel F. ring
ham, pastor of the congregation.
ELEVEN PRESIDENTS.
The example and advice of men in office,
and distinguished by their high position,
are sure
,to attract special attention, Even
a bad cause, commended by such example
and,.advice, is brought into new favor.
WhOhen should not a good cause gain
some favorable regard in this way ?
He who holds • the .highest office in the
gift of a nation so large as ours, wielding
power such as no monarch of the Old
World possesses, may claim some respect
from the world for his position. And where
his words and acts are given emphatically
to the cause of virtue, we claim for . them
respectful consideration.
Eleven of the Presidents of the United
States have given their signatures to a cer
tificate that ought to command the atten
tion of every citizen of the country. Three
of the signatures were obtained more than
thirty years ago, by. Mr. E. C. Delavan. The
others have been added from time to time,
and as the incumbents advanced to the
high dignity of their office. - It need not
be doubted, and we have good reason to be
lieve, that the present distinguished chief
ma g istrate will also add his name to this
list of his illustrious predecessors.. The
,certificate is as follows
Being satisfied from observation and ex
perience 'as well as from Medical testimony,
that ardent spirits; as a drink, is not only
needless, but hurtful, and that the entire
disuse of it would tend to promote the
Health, the Virtue, and the Happiness of
the community, we hereby express our con
viction that should the citizens of the
United States, and especially the young
men, discontinue entirely the use of it,'
they would not only promote their own per
sonal benefit, but the good of our country
and the world.
JAMES MADISON, MILLARD FILLMORE,
ANDREW JACKSON, JAMES K. POLK,
JOHN Q. ADAMS, FRANKLIN PIERCE,
M. VAN BUREN, JAMES BISCHA.NAN,
JOHN TYLER, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Z. TAYLOR,
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1865.
OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF TILE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY EPOM PEHLG
CA.TION.
Presented by Dr. Eldridge, of Detroit,
was adopted •by the Assembly. It is as
follows :
The Standing Committee on Publication,
to whom were referred the Thirteenth An
nual Report of the Permanent Committee
on Publication, the Eleventh Annual Re
port of the Trustees irf . the -Presbyterian
House, and other papers, beg leave tore -. port that they have attended ,to the duty
assigned them, and, find, in examining: those
documents, among other reasons for con
gratula4on, and gratitude, theie .strikingly
prominent:
. ,
That the publicationS issued during the
year, both aS to , number and voltme,.are
considerably more abundant than those of
any former year: •
That the funds at the disposal of . this
department are .largely enhanced, the colleo
Lions and donationshaving been increased in
amount, the 850,006 fund completed and *
mostly paid in, while the sales of our publi
cations have Veen advanced to $36,000, from
$22,000 the previous year and $16,000 the
year before.
That $9OOO ham been applied by the
Publication Commiltee, according to the
direction .of the last Assembly, towards
liquidating the incumbrance ($20,000)
upon. the, Presbyterian House.
Upon the basis of such facts as these, we
may turn to the future with new resolution
and fresh hope.
Among the points to be emphatically
mentioned, in the
_judgment of 'your Com
mittee, are
First. The great need of Sabbath-school
books that shall come to us with the im
primatur of-our Church. Why shbuld not
the Publication House be preparing to
issue many such, as are of unquestiona,ble
character, so as to . meet the demands of
the time and keep pace with the develop
ments of the future ? Those of the Union
are many of them excellent; those from Vari
ous other sources are some of 'them very
good and answer the purpose well enough;
but _these,,-sources are outside and their.
purpose we ,do -not: ; .always lunder3tand,
: while wehave,wants no less distinctive and
important. ~ Shouldwe not have. a source
of our .own to look to for the best posSible
material on which to feed and king up the
children and youth in our Sabbatb:sch6olSl
It is time that were thoroughly equipOd
and at' all points ready for the' great' and
glorious work before us— - ; ..
Second. Asti: 'the Periodical; in refer
ence to.which a former Assembly took-some
favoring action. It. would appear; from
statistics, that a monthly, such as was contem
plated, might prove too expensive at the
present time; while one less frequently
issued, tor example, on each alternate
month, would perhaps accomplish the object
in view. The Committee would, therefore,
recommend that the Permanent Commit
tees of the - Church consider the subject of
publishing some such periodical which
they may unite in supporting, in proportion
to the space they require and the funds at
their disposal.
But, in this Connection, a word upon
pressing the circulation of such religious
newspapers as the Hew York _Evangelist;
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, and The
Christian, Herald. These are our denomi
national organs, and we should do more_
than has been done to push them in ad
vance of.all other's, and even to the exclusion
of some which have stolen in where they do
not belong. Out-spoken efforts to set our•
selves right before the people and keep the
principles we love fresh in the hearts of
those who are with us, but are many of
them being insidiously perverted, are abso
lutely necessary. The importance of this
matter at the West, as well as at the East,
wherever religious papers from without are
getting into our families, cannot well be over
rated and should be watchfully acted upon.
But the burden of our report concerns the
great need of more earnestness still, on the
part of us all, ministry, eldership and mem
bership, in sustaining the Publication Com
mittee and urging on the pnblication cause.
The condition of affairs in the Church, the
new fields opening Southward, the peculiar
exigencies of the transition period into
which we are passing as patriots and ris
dans, conspire to efhtince the importance
of this - department of the work. Strides
of progress should at once. be prepared for
and attempted. The collections and _dona
tions ought to be increased without delay,
every church in the connection, if pot
every individual, regularly forwarding their
contributions.
Nor will money alone answer; unless the
publications are circulated, it will be locked
up in them, and the wheel stopped at the
fountain. Then will come stagnation. at
the publication house, and the shelved
under useless burdens, while destitute
thousands hunger- and thirst for suitable
religious reading. The , publications must
go forth. The circulation must be kept
up, and. immensely extended. As a_ de
nomination, we believe in the press; let us
show our faith by our works. We love
sound doctrine and sweet Ch
in ristian narra
tive, becomingly arrayed print, we feel
the necessity now laid upon us of giving
our full share of influence to the control
ling forces which form society and shape
the future. Let us act up to these sound
and wise convictions. The-religious litera
ture which we have, and as a denomination
can. produce, must be thrown into the work.
By individual efforts, by ecclesiastical
action, by, presbyterial arrangements and
agencies, we must take strong hold of the
people and the age. Let us not flinch or
alter. It is the good work of the Lord
it is our duty, by every proper means, to
quicken, deepen, and extend the flow of
these wholesome publications to the utmost
bounds and all over the field. Let the
hearts and hands of the Publication Com
mittee be relieved and stimulated, the im
mense power of the Church drawn out and
her infinite resources developed, _in re
sponse to the importunate cries of the
time upon which we have fallen, and in
harmony with the wonderful providence of
God among IA in'this land.
In conclusion the- Committee would offer
the following resolutions :
isuttautrau.
REPORT
1 Resolved, That the churches be re
commended to increase their contributions
to the publication cause with a view to
more extended and thorough operations,
and with special reference to affording facili
ties for the gratuitous distribution of tracts
and books among the freedmen.
2 Resolved, That the Presbyteries be
recommended to appoint unemployed min
isters within their own bounds to explore
the field and act as colporteurs in circula
ting the books of the Publication Commit
tee.
3 Resolved, That the recommendation of
the last Assembly that a Monthly periodi
cal be issued by the Publication Committee,
as a medium-of communication between the
church and its permanent committees, in
the support of which these committees shall
unite in proportion to the space they may
require and the fmadi at their dispoial, be
renewed.
< <
4.leesolved, That - theßev, W. E..3loere,
Henry,Darling, D.D., E. E Adams,. a D.,
Rev. T: J. Shepherd; and Mr. Win. E.
Tenbilook, whose-term of office now expires,
be re-elected as members of the Permanent
PablicatioU Committee for the ensuing
three years.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
AZARIAR ELDRIDGE, Chairman.
THE . RELIGTOUS PRESS,
[ADOPTED FRIDAY, MAY 26.]
Edward D. Mansfield, LL.lrt Offered a
report on the Religious Press, as follows :
The Committee appointed by the last
Assembly to report,on the relations of the
Family Religious Newspaper to the,Church,
'find that, the. subject committed to them
claims now for the: first time the attention
of the General Assembly. This is not,
however, because the Assemby has not ap
preciated the value and power of the Press
as an instrument of evangelization; for in
1846 it appointed a Doctrinal Tract Com
mittee, which has grown into a Permanent
Committee of Publication with a capital of
850,000 and a long,list of valuable tracts
and books. The . Assembly has also, from
time to time, commended the Presbyterian .
Quarterly Review to the confidence andl
patit:make of its churches, and filaally last
yea:l..; at Dayton, authorized the
, Rublication
of a monthly periodical as ihn organ of the
Permaiient Committee.' But` it is patent to'
every man that` the riaspaper has a wider
arid , deeper 'influence upon the, 'mem
bers .of our •congregations. than. tracts;
books, or :quarterly' reviews. *-It -comes.
nearer than any ,of7thein to the : living
preacher in the time-_ard manner of; its
ministrations. Hence, if the press ,is , to be ;
recognized by the: Qhurchas an instrumen
talityZor, good suptilied tri 'her by, the pro
vidence of" God, she ought, to take a deep
interest in, the most popular and influential
of its issues,,the newspaper, and try to use
it so as to promote - the good of men and the
glory of God. Thus far, there• can be no'
difference of opinion. But how shall the
Church manifest its interest and try to use
the newspaper ' ?:Here there is great di
versity of opinion and feeling.
The Methodist Episcopal Church early
took the religious newspaper under its de
nominational-pactronage and control; estab
lished papers, appointed publishers and ed
tors, and made all its itinerants ex ojicio
newspaper agents, pe_growth, compact
ness, and power, of that greatdenomination
show the wisdom of this policy. Yet even,
in that Church there have been some who
rebelled against this arrangement, as abridg
ing freedom of discussion and the liberties
of the people, and independent papers have
from time to time been springing up.
In our ,own Church there has been a great
deal of Presbyterial and Synodical action
upon the subject of newspapers. Those
which have been considered organs of the
churches in partinular sections have been
commended, and our mirifiters have labored
hard and often gratuitously to sustain them.
One paper has been owned and controlled
for-more than twelve years by the four Sy
nods of Ohio, Indiana, -Cincinnati, and Wa
bash, associated - together for that purpose,
and the resuls of the experiment have been
satisfactory. • Have all these experiments
by other, churches and by our , inferior judi-,
catories developed light enough on the sub
ject to show us that the Assembly can and
should do anything in the prenaises ?
The facts briefly are : We have three
weekly newspapers 'that are recognized as
repreSenting the denciniination. They are
located in three of our principal cities.
They are equally loyal to the Church, and
not rivals but co-workers in promoting its
interests. These papers 'have all toiled
hard and sacrificed much for the Church ;
not' one of them could be spared ; all of
them should be liberally supported by our,
congregations. One or more of them ought
to be in every family that attends upon our
Sabbath preaching. They are the most
efficient CC-workers that. our ministers can
have.
Yet. with a recorded membership of
about 140,000, representing at a low esti
mate 50,00.0 families, it is probable that
nearly or quite 40,000 families connected
with our,churches take none of the papers
that are loyal 1,0 us as a denomination. Do
they take no religious papers ? Probably
half of them do not, and read only secular
papers ; the other half take papers that are
not loyal to us, and thus their attachment
to the Church is weakened and under
mined. . -
It seems to your Committee that the Gen
eral Assembly should not regard such a
state of things with indifference; that as
" a bond of union, peace, correspondence,
and general confidence," - as organized to
promote "charity and belief," &c., (Form
of Government; p. 364,) it should at least
send forth to the churches an expression of
its views; should encourage those who are
laboring to advance its interests, and should
strive to save its people from influences
that are secularizing or schismatic. We
therefore propose for_the adoption of the
Assembly the following resolutions
1. That The Evangelist, THE AMERICAN
PRESBYTERIAN, and The Christian Eikald,
and otl4er weekly - newspapers which are
connected with our Church, be requested,
if agreeable to them, from time to time to
inform the Assembly of the number: of
copies taken by families connected with our
denoMination, to the end that the Assembly
may take such action as it shall deem best
for its own interest, to extend their circu
lation.
2. That the Assembly earnestly exhorts
the families in its congregations to sub
scribe for and-read one at least of the pa
pers published for us as a denomination,
regarding the influence of such a paper as
second only to that of the preached Word
in the moral and spiritual culture of the
Christian household.
_ 3. That in view of the influence of the
periodical press, the vast amount of popular
newspaper reading that is demoralizing,
the ministers of churches connected with
the Assembly be requested to preach on
the subject, particularly impressing upon
Church- memberB the duty of being loyal to
the denomination in this- respect, and the
duty - of parents to provide the right kind
of papers for their -children-to.read. -
It was listened to , ,with.iutereSt and
adopted .unanimously,
Alstrtaitt - taitlrro.
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made to order in the best manner, and on the most
reasonable terms.. Raving finished many' hundred
uniforms'the past year, for staff, Field and Line Offi
cers, as well as.for the Navy we are prepared to exe-`
cute orders-in this line with correctness and despatch.
The largest and most desirable stock of Ready-made
Clothing in Philadelphia, always on, hind. (Thermo°
marked in plain figures on all of the goods.)
A department for Boys' Clothing is also maintained
atithis establishment, and superintended by
enced hands.- Parents and others will find here
most desirable:assortment of - Boys'•Clothing at low
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S. E. corner. Seventh and Market Streets
A. F. WARD'S
.
FASHINS 111 D TAILORSIMITYPES.
PROTRACTOR SYSTEM OF GARMENT CUTTING
AND "WARD'S BEST" INCH MEASURES.
No. 138 South Third Street, • Philada. '
•
PLUMBER,
STEAM AND GAS FITTER, .
T. W. RICHARDSON,
No. 27 South Sixth Street,
ABOVE CHESTNUT, PHILADELPHIA.
Hydrants - made and repaired. Baths and all other
Plumbing Work done at shortest notice. Halls.
Churches, Stores. Dwellings, &c.. fitted up_for Gas, and
waranted to give satisfaction . Country Work attend
ed to.
GEIS FISIIIIG - 111111 SKATES.
, •
PHILIP WILSON & 00 •
409 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA.
Manufactnrers and dealers in
FINE GUNS, PISTOLS,
• FISHING TACKLE,
r ,
SKATES, CANES, &c.
'Guns ronde to order in the best manner; and repair
ing at all kinds.
REMEMBER THE NITMBER, 409.
I=IIE
YIN, I
LOSSES PAID DURING TEEE YEAk.
9 3 2- f! 1
ptsitraitrf emnpaitirS.
INSURANCE
AGAINST
ACCIDENTS
EVERY
BY THE
TRAVELERS' INSURANCE COMPANY,.
HARTFORD, CONN
CAPITAL
\YJL AV. ALLEN, AGENT.
404 WALNITT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
GENERAL ACCIDENT POLICIES
For Fivellundred DollarS', with $3 per week compen
sation, can be bad for $3 ner annum or any other sum
between $5OO and $lO,OOO at proportionate rates.
TEN DOLLARS PREMIUM
Secures a Policy for $2OOO. or 810 per week compensa
tion for all and every description of accident—travel
ling or otherwise—under a General Accident Policy, at
the Ordinary Rate. •
THIRTY DOLLARS PREMIUM
Secures a full Policy for $5001), or $25 per week com
pensation, as above, at the Special Rate.
FOREIGN RISKS.
Policies issued. for Foreign, West India, and Cali
fornia Travel. Rates can be learned by application
to the Office.
SHORT TIME TICKETS
- - -
Arrangements are in course of completion by which
the traveller will be able to purchase, at any Railway
Ticketjlffice, Insurance Tickets for one or thirty days'
travel. Ten cents will buy a ticket for one day's
travel, insuring $3OOO, or $l5 weekly compensation.
Ticket Polices may be had for 3,6, or 12 months. in
the same manner.
. .
Hazardous Hiskstak - en at .Hazardous Rates. Policies
issued for 5 years for 4 years premium.
INDIICEMENTS
The rates of premium are less than those of any
other Company covering the same risk.
No Medical examination is required, and thousands
of thosolOho have been rejected by Life Companies,
'in conseqnence of hereditary or other diseases. can
effect insurance in the TRAVELLERS' at the lowest
rates.
Life Insurance Companies pay no part of the prin
cipal sum until the •death of the assured. The TRA
VELLERS' pay the loss or damage sustained by per
sonal injury whenever it occurs.
The feeling of security which such an insurance
gives to those dependent upon their own labor for
support is worth more than money. No better or
more satisfactory use can be made of so small a sum.
• . • J. G. BATTERSON, President.
'RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary.
'G. F.: DAVIS, Vice President.
HENRY A. DYER, General Agent.
Applications received and Policies issued by
WILLIAM W. ALLEN,, -
No. 404 Walnut, street.
AMERICAN
INlSlllloo.ilDllSfEliffill
Walnut Street, S. E. cor. of Fourth,
INCOME FOR THE YEAR 1864,
$357,800.
AMOUNTING TO
$85,000.
Insurances made upon the Total Abstinence Rates
the lowest in the world. Also upon JOINT STOCK
Rates which are over 20 per cent. lower than Mutual
Rates. Or MUTUAL RATES' upon which a DIVI
DEND has been made of
FIFTY RER CENT..
On Policies in force January Ist. 1805.
THE TEN-YEAR NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, by
which a person insured call make all his payment
in ten years. and does not forfeit, and can at any time
cease paying and obtain a paid up policy for twice or
thrice the amount paid to the company.
ASSETS.
$lOO,OOO U. S. 5.20 bonds,
40,000 City of Philadelphia 6s. new.
30.000 U. S. - Certificate of indebttness,
25,000 Allegheny County bonds,
15,000 U. S. Loan of 1881.
10,000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds,
10,000 State of Tennessee bonds, •
10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago bonds,
9,000 Beading Railroad Ist mortgage
bonds,
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds,
1,000 shares Pennsylvania Railroad
stooks,
450 shares Corn Exchange National
Bank,
22 shares Consolidation National
Bank.
107 shares Farmers' National Bank
of Reading,
142 shares Williamsport Water Com
pany,
192 shares American Life .Insurance
and Trust Company, J
Mortgages, Real Estate, Ground Rents,
&c 207.278 86
Loans on collateral am ply secured. 112,755 73
Premium notes secured by Policies 114,899 62
Cash in hands of agents secured by bonds. 26,604 70
Cash on.deposit with U. S. Treasurer, at 6
per cent 50,000 00
Cash on hand and in banks 50,331 67
Accrued interest and rents due, Jan. 1. . 10,454 '7l
THE AMERICAN IS A HOME COMPANY
Its TRUSTEES are well known citizens in our
midst, entitling it to more consideration than those
whose managers reside in distant cities. -
Alexander Whilldin,l William. J. Howard,
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine.
George Nugent, John Aikman,
Hon. James Pollock,l Henry K. Bennett,
Albert C. Roberts. Hon. Joseph Allison,
P. B. Mingle, Isaac Hazlehurst,
Samuel Work.
ALEX. WHILLDIN, President.
SAMUEL WORK, Vice-President.
JOHN S. WILSON. Secretary and Treasurer.
Hipigrap#fro,
Skylights on First and Second Floor.
EDWARD P. NIPPLE,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
No. 820 Arch Steeet, Philads.
Photographs from miniature to life-size finished in
the finest styles of the art. 960-1 y
GERMON's
TEMPLE OF ART',
No. 914 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
PHOTOGRAPHS IN ALL STYLES.
Late of 702 Chestnut Street.
0. B. DeMORAT,
PHOTOGRAPH • GALLERIES !
S. W. corner Eighth and Ptfarket Ste.,
Entrance No. 2 South Eighth.
959 -ly PHILADELPHIA.
WILLIAM YARNALL,
IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
No. 1232 iCHESTNET ST., S. E. COB. 13TH.
SUPERIOR REFRIGERATORS,
_ RS.
FINE TABLE CUTLERY, WATER COOLER.
FAMILY HARDWARE.
IRONING TABLES. &0., /141111
$500,000
$394.136 50
$956.461 79