EXECUTIVE.
Treasury. —The internal revenue receipts last
week were $3,744,469, making a total for the fiscal
vear to date of $32,800,708.
Secretary Stanton refuses to resign until the
next meeting of Congress.—The President removed
Secretary Stanton f ora the Secretaryship of War,
Aug. 12, and appointed Gen. Grant to that position.
Gen. Grant has entered upon its duties.
Army. —Our Western military posts, in 1874. Co3t
the Government $25,000,000, and in 1865, $57,000,-
0 )0, of which last sum the pay of the .troops took
only $1,612,000, while the subsistence department
swallowed up $31,523,830. and the quartermaster’s
$23,374,209. It is stated that $150,000,000 yvill
scarcely meet the expenses of the past year.—There
were 12 deaths from cholera at Fort Lyon on July
26th.—On account of the yellow fever. Gen. Grant
has ordered that officers: on duty in Louisiana and
Texas may, on application,;have their leaves of ab
sence extended until October 3d.
Navy. —The Japanese ram Stonewall sailed-last
week for Japan. ; / • ' ■ ' '
STATES MD TERRITORIES.
Pennsylvania. —Ex-Governor David R. Porter,
of Pennsylvania, died at Harrisburg, August 6, In
the 79th year of his age.—The entire tankage .capa
city of Oil City, nearly two hundred thousand bar
rels of oil, iwawaiting a rise in the river for trans
portation to Pittsburg.
New York. —Buffalo bakers are now obliged to
stamp every loaf of breal with theirinitials. The
law against light weight and poor material is being
rigidly enforced. Bread which do°s not come up
to the standard.is confiscated for the benefit of the
poor, besides a: fine of 25 cents a loaf.—-The Al
bany Knickerbocker says that, '* for the last twenty
five years, New York city has furnished less talent
to the Senate, Assembly and Bouse of Representa
tives, than i ny ‘ ru: al district ’ in : the State.’’.
- New Jersey. —The JJammonion says
the blackberry crop is proving more, profitable than
the strawberry crop. The yield is very abundant.
Massachusetts.— ln June and July 469,481 per
sons availed themselves of the'privileges of the pub
lic baths in Boston. The increase in July over the
same month last, year'was J. 02 crops in
the vicinity of Taunton and New Bedford, were
greatly damaged by the storm of Friday and Satur
day week. ■ ; r "" ' ' '
Connecticut. —The Hartford Superior Court
granted twenty-two divorces at its last session.
Maine. —'The price paid for wool in Maine is
from 40 to 50 cents per pound. One clip was sold
at 45 cents ; price last year 65. cents.
Vermont-— The recent heavy rains, it appears,
were needed, and there are fine harvest prospects in
this State.
Ohio . —-The yield of grapes this season will: be un
precedented by any ye'ar sinee 18591 In most local
ities the-fruit hangs in heavy and perfect clusters.—
Athens has been selected as a site fur the new luna
tic asylum, for which the last Legislature appropri
ated $400,000. —CongfessmanKelley,of Philadelphia,
is going to stump the-State lor the Republicans.—
The birthday of Vallandigh&m was celebrated by
some friends at Dayton. There was a picnic, some
speeches, whiskey, and a fight.
Illinois, being a very poor State, the Governor
has appointed a committee l< to present a memorial
to Congress concerning the necessity of an immedi
ate and liberal appropriation in aid of canal and
river improvements in Illinois.”
(he wheat crop wni average seventeen bushels per
acre. Throughout the State there will be a larger
yield of peaches than for many years.—Cholera is
very prevalent in Grant: county.—'The dog tax will
yield $160,000;' ~ - -
lowa. —A terrific hurricane passed thr.ough Linn
county on the 31st of 'July, doing great dama'g’e to"
(he crops and buildings.
Michigan. —The brewers in Detroit, in great num
bers, having declined to renew their revenue licenses,
are being arrested. Some eight or ten" are now un
der bonds to appear for trial.—ln the State Consti
tutional Convention, Aug. 8, an ordinance prohibit
ing the sale of liquor was passed by 12 majority.—
the Constitutional Convention has adopted a clause
requiring a public library in every township, and
one or more in every city. Fines for penal bffbhces
a cities are to be appropriated to their support, but
in townships such fines are to go either to the li
braries or to the public schools, as the residents
may decide. ■ - -
Wisconsin-—Milwaukee is talking of a-lake Inn
uel, for the purpose of gaining a water supply. At
present the sole dependence is on the wells and cis
terns. , .
Indian Territory. —The cholera is raging among
the Cherokee and Seminole Indians.
District of Columbia.— The Jury in the Suratt
trial were discharged on Saturday, having been un
;ible to agree. They stood eight for acquittal and
lour for . conviction.—After discharging the jury,
•I udge Fisher ordered that Mr. Bradley’s name be
-rricken from the list of attorneys practicing in'the
• ourt, giving as a reason Bradley's threatening the
■ I udge with personal chastisement,, during the trial.
The .Court was adjourned amid protestations by Mr.
Bradley, who denied the Judge's authority to dis
miss him. After the adjournment Mr. Bradley fol
lowed the Judge and handed him a note, which is
understood to contain a.challenge.
Maryland— lt is stated in the Frederick Repub
lican, that the bants in Frederick have instituted
suits against the corporation for $200,000, claimed
:o have been paid by them for ransom when Gener-.
:tl Early captured the place during the late war, in
July, 1864.
Missouri.— Several of the street railway compa
nies in St. Louis, three weeks since raised their fare
trom five to six cents. They have now been com
pelled to return to the old rate.—General Sherman
thinks the best monument that could be erected to
General Lyon would be a .college at Springfield, and
the money already raised will doubtless, be appro
priated to that purpose.
Kansas. —The Leavenworth Times says that there
is no sickness among the men employed on the
Union Pacific road, the Kansas line. . They, are
probably better cared for than the emigrants and
settlers.—The bloomer costume has been adopted by
some of the female applicants for suffrage.
Utah. —The Salt Lake Vedette of July 17 th says:
“ From all quarters of Utah we hear that the crops
promise splendid results. There will’ be a fine yield
of fruit also."- .
Virginia.— Five companies are mining ’silver in
Jackshn co. The principal vein is about; 400 feet
below the surface.—-General Schofield has ordered
that the issue of rations'by the Freedmen’s Bureau
cease on the 20th just. —The ministers of Richmond
have held a meeting and adopted an address deny
ing a charge of disloyalty made against them by
Governor Pierpoint. ! - : :
North Carolina. —General Sickles has ordered
the postponement’until further notice, of the'Au
gust session of the Legislature.—AlTjury. trials have
been suspended by order of General Sickles, for non
compliance with his order for of the jmy
lists.—Gen. Sickles, has exempted the Superior and
County Courts from the operation of his order re
garding jury lists, on application of Gov. Worth.
The enforcement of the order would have prevented
the holding of any courts in the fall.—A jury of in
quest summoned at Wilmington, was equally com
posed of whites and negroes. This is the first prac
tic.il enforcement of Gen. Sickles’ jury order in that
section.—-It has-become very difficult to collect State
and county taxes, the people believing the State go
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1867.
vernmcnt has no longer a legal existence, and that
tlie sheriffs will not be allowed to distrain.
Alabama.—The Mayor of Mobile has been ar
rested and held in $2,000 bail for violation of the
Civil Rights bill in banishing a negro.
Mississippi. —The locusts are devastating War
ren county.
Georgia. —The Macon Telegraph says that the
area p anted in cotton is much larger than that of
last year’s, and the crop is in a much more promis
ing state. Picking will commence the last of this
month in the counties lying South.
Texas. —Corn has fallen from two dollars to seven
ty-five cents a bushel. New corn can be engaged
at twenty-five cents a bushel. —The deaths from
yellow lever at Galveston average eight per day.—
The corn, oats and cotton crops of Texas and West
'Tennessee are very rich. The Houston Telegraph
says that the “worm-ih-the-cotton” stories are much
exaggerated.'
City. —The deaths last week numbered 351—a
decrease of 5 as compared with the previous- week,
and of 120 as compared with the corresponding.week
of last year. There were 668. deaths in New York
last week. . . ■ . ’,
Indians.—A party of fifty 'soldiers, had a fight
with Indians at Fdrt Hays on 2d of July. It is re
ported that Fort Wallace must be abandoned 1 if the 1
garrison is'not re-iriforced.—'The* Detroit Advertiier
give 3 four reasons for the present hostile attitude ibf'
the Indians. 'First, the' Cbiyington massacre:; sec
ond,, tli,e,burning, of the Cheyenne village by GenpVr
al Ha.ncbcl^;.third, of military;
posts, contrary-'to treaty obligations; fourth, Gfener-/
al Sherman’s threat of extermination.—The Oorh
missioners appointed under a recent;afit, of Congress,
have had a meeting in. St, Louis. They,, have not
yet decided on a plan to get. the Indians together.in
council. The special commission 'to visit the North
western tribes -is on the way back tb Washington’.':
—The miners at South Pass, in Omaha, have.been
driven away by. .the Indians. Oneofthem was' kill
ed and.two are.missing.. have, notified;
Brigham Young , that he must withdraw the Mor
mons from’ the hew diggings, as they are Indian
property. A freight train in Oinahah’ag been at
tacked by 'lndians' and' seven men killed.—The Com
mission have agreed to invite the Indian tribes north
of the Platte, river to. a conference at Fort (Laramie:
in September, and. the tribes south,p,f the Platte to a,
conference at .Fort Earned, in O.ctqber.—A pai;ty of,
engineers near' Fort May station, were attacked by j
Indians recently.—Outrages' are' increasing, on the
Plains. /The' Indians have driven off all'the stock
on the railroad west of Fort* Hays/ and VoVtnded’
several of the employes. Three men have' been
killed .by Indians, at Mud„Creek, in.-Nebraska., —ln.
Kansas the Osage Indians, are steaUng arms and
amunition, andusing One
of their chiefs'alleged chat' they havC' been swindled
out of a greater portion of their annuity, hence their,
hostility. The northern tribes are all defiant, and
demand exclusive possession of the country.—More
fights are reported in Nebraska and New Mexico.
The Indians in Arizona continue to kill the settlers
and drive off their cattle. T •>
TheCtolera is abating at Fort Harkei-. "' A'cidi
.tional cases are reported in-New'Yorfc l '
; Crops. —The hay- crop in England has been' an
immeiiseonetliis season, and has been cured under’
the most favorable circumstances'. HarveStf'ptos
pects are otherwise unusually good. ! ‘ '
POREIGN. . " •
China. —An India telegram announces that the
.tea markets in China have opened at prices one
third lower than at the opening of W . Th„
back their supplies, in the hope of raising prices,
have, it is said, received advices to realize. The
stock in hand is equal to nine months’ consumption.
The, chances of speculation on an advance are not
very good.' , ', ~.... ; ~
Cuba. —The yellow fever still prevails.in Havana.
Mexico. —The Austrian war frigate-Elizabethihas
returned to New Orleans from Viera Cruz; the Cap
tain having failed to obtain the body of Maximilian.:
:—Mail service has been authorized between Galves
ton and Tuxpan, by a semi-monthly line of packets,
Holland. —A convention was concluded'in Lon
don on the sth of March,'and the ratifications were
exchanged on the 6th ! of August for an interchange’
of ’ territory on the'west coast of Africa, between
England and Holland. England cedes to thelDutclb
all. the forts, possessions find rights of sovereigfttv or
jurisdiction Which She possesses ob tlie'GoTd Coast
to the westward of the mouth of tlie Sweet river'/’
while Holland cedes to England all her forts, poS-i
sessions and rights of sovereignty or jurisdiction to
the eastward of the mouth of the Sweet river. '
Australia.—The gold yield shows a constant dir.
ruination. The product jn lB6fi was bniy'£5 1 !)l)9,-
987. against XI 1,942,73 J in 1856.- There Ims been a
tailing off every year since 1856.
BY ATUXTIC CABLE.
. A u g- .6- — London, evening. —Advices from Abyssi
nia report that the British captives are no longer in
the hands of King Theodore.—ln the House .of
Lords last night the amendment to the Reform bill,'
increasing the basis of lodger franchise from ilO to
£l5 per annum, was reconsidered and rejected. Be
fore adjourning the House of Lords passed-, the Her
form bill.; —The contracts for carrying the British
mails to New Yorkj at the expiration of the Cunard
contract, are. open to all bidders, hut the own
era of British ships will have the preference.—Mid
night.—ln the House of Commons to-night Lord
Stanley promised to submit, before the close of the
present. session, the correspondence between the
British Government' and the U. S. in regard to the
Alabama claim, and ail .other documents bearing on
the case.— Pans.— lt is denied that any interview
will take place between Napoleon and the King p£<
Prussia.— Berlin.’ —The Hon. George Bancroft, Am
bassador from the U. S. to the Court of Prussia, has
arrived in this city,— Vienna.— Negotiatiqns are now
going on between the Austrian Government and the
Holy See for the establishment of a mew Concordat.
Pesth , evening —Louis Kossuth declines arseat in
the Hungarian Parliament, conferred uponLim by
the electors of Waitzen.
August 7.— Berlin. —The Prussian Government
has become anxious for the safety of Baron Von
Magnus, Minister Resident in Mexico. At the.iaat
accounts the Baron had unsuccessfully intervened to
save the life of Maximilian,- No despatches from
him havp been received for a. long time. The go
vernment hqs taken measures to ascertain definitely
about him.—The Prussian Army Commission, ap
pointed to examine the Chassepot ” rifle, the fa
vorite arm of.the French, after subjecting it to a
series of practical and scientific tests, have reported
against its adoption.— Stuttgart, evening. —A conven
tion of the Liberal party of South Germany was
held here to-day, and adopted resolutions' urging .the
Southern States to unite with the North German
Confederation.
August B.—London. —A iong and exciting debate
t ?°Tr.i > . ace ln . House of Common?: to-niwht, on
the Reform bill. Amendments have been made in
the Upper House, modifying the lodger copyhold
and leasehold franchises, allowing'the use of voting
papers, and conferring the franchise upon under
graduates of the University, all of which were re
jected, but another amendment, providing for the
representation of minorities, was agreed to—Paris
—The French, squadron, which sailed recently for
the Island of Candia, to relieve the suffering fami
lies of Cretans, took on board 1500 refugees, mostly
women, children and old men, and conveyed them
to a place of safety.—Pom, evening-— The Russian
loan is being more readily ta.ken.on, the Bourse than
was at first expected.—Rerfin.—Baron Von der
Herdt, the Minister of Finance; will be dble to show
in his forthcoming budget, that the revenues of
Prussia exceed the expenditures, and the government
will not be under the necessity of proposing any
more taxes.—The city of Hamburg has agreed to
sign the military treaty with Prussia. — Copenhagen.
The Government of .Denmark has no intention of
entering into negotiations tor the sale of the Island
of St. Thomas.. [Senator Doolittle, now in that city,
was sepoTted to be the hearer of a proposition from
ourSovernment for its purchase,]
August 9. — London. —In the House of Lords, .last
evening, the bill to abolish church rates was reject
ed by. a large majority.—The Reform bill having
been retdrped from the House, a motion was made
to-niglit hTthe Lords to reconsider its action upon
the disagreeing amendments. After some debate,'
the consideration of the subject was nxed for the
12th instant.—ln the House of Commons this eveur
ing. Lord Stanley said that Sir Frederick Bruce has.
been empowered to investigate the. matter,of the re
cent killing of'Capt. Spear by a U. 8. soldier.—Ma
rie Sophie Amelia, daughter .oft'MaxiVnilian Joseph,
Diikeidf Bavaria, and ex^ueen 1 of iNaples.' iB dead.
—The Government will immediately despatch' a.
large body of troops to Canada* to repel threatened
Fenian invasions from the JJ. S.,TTjPariB.7rrDespatch
es received confirm the announcem,enf..of the occu*j
patios of three pfoyinc,eB |Oi'.,Ccphin i phina by the
Frenjjh forces.
August 10.— London.- —The TT.S. war steamer
StoiUaraj Irak been’ordered th’Crete.-^l^brwi&l—Thfe 1
cholera is ragiiig at'Pblennov—’ StJPetarsbiirgii— Tfiie
wajnlbetweeu Russia and' Bokhara has terminated:
Peacew r as concluded yesterday.' „ i. : ii,.,
■Aigust 11,— London, iniacircu
lar tlbte to the European courts,' emphatically denies
the peporte, of, cruelties iperpetrated by ~,the: British
forces, in, anA pomplaias that, vessels of.the
greajt powers’ cpntinue to remove .refugees from, the
islaiicl.-— -Florence. —The negotiations 'pending‘ he
twt^n 1 Austria and 'ltaly* for the settlemint of th'iir'
bohjidariefe, and in ieghr<l'f6 : archives of the'eLpni-O
kingdom, have'been suspended. -Hmi
I August 12.—Lohoforf, midnight. —ln the Bouse’ of
Lords to-nightj Earl/Derby moyedilthatitheiiHouse
withdraw, all, ,the, amendments, do ,the‘iEe,(oiim,Bill,.
except the,representation ojE minorities; -
which the House of Commons have adopted, Ihe„
motion'was carried‘'after, 1 a, long .debate.— Berlin.—
Bismaijck is. to' Chancellor'in'tlie coining
North German Parliament;— Lisbon.—^Portugal has’
reduced the duties on imported-eereii'ls. - -b. ; .
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i Family Sewing MacMne,
Is tJw most perfect of arty in /use.
The ffllom’ng extract fidm, the report of tlie Gonimittee on SW-'
tag: Machines at tlie ttew Tort StateiFair, 1866,givw aiScondehsed
statement of the merits and tills maclunoi
the. Committee Oil Sewing Machines, after a careful am]
into the rffcpaeUveiniMita of tSe rertahs''
Siniphcit^au l ! ijf Mec&nical Codstomitiod. ,
: Ease of Operation'and Manageufont; ‘ i ■ ;,, 1
and Rapidity of Movement. ‘ ,
. Beauty, Strength, and Elasticity of Stitch.’ ' ”
varieiy aad Penfection of Attachnient, and Range ot Wtni, V *
Compactness and Beauty .of Model and Finish.
i f h°”b? f " rt “ e^ e “- ’««^MUnihaif:
; tlnqgualled Precision writh -whidrlt exeontes.the w
*ra^toe^ U 0 : #«’thw<9'OT« award it'thtfpnar
a- r- l- ® BST : SEWjNGLBIiCHINE.
andalso.fortheAboreresßousithe'EißaTiitsintns.as tlierf i.i
i. tl BKST.iH»OBW|jnLu). B*KiSS5SaS£i
, ' ~0- TBIIS,UECTOB MBFFATWComih , iyee'- ii
General Agents for Ellfptic Setting MachinS Coi' 111 *
”■! . ior Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jeraev 1
• WOrt-ly 920 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ’ - ‘
;' V i WM. It; MORGA.It’S
P H O T O Git AP HMS ALLEK Y
GILT PBAjME MABrtTFAC'f OEY, -
Si os. ll‘J and, 144 iforfli Nlntli St, Philadelphia.
Photo-Miniatnrea eaecnted In . at veiy W- prices.
; : t s *tYU«iri! ; osr G)fto]Dßrp; floob. "
O-Ail atyiea of. Frames on hand or mannfactnred at'short notice]
» • ■T - . . . i
JOSHUA eoWPLANH,
. . Manufacturer and Dealer in
t ooling G-i aa
PICTURE FRAMES,
' ' AND ‘ 1 . r ' ;; ' • •' -
Large Ornamental Gilt,and Walnut Mirrors
, No. 63 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia "
HE«Br„. COWW G. *CONNOR COWPhABD,
v;' f & XHt EER,
TJBJYTIt jJYi, 4*CH BTUtIJgTS, iv -
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THEODORE SMITH. . FERDINAND 3. DREER
. have on hand • • .• ;
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PRESBYTEKIAN
HOME
Life Insurance Comp'r.
258 Broadway* New York.
Assets, $1,500,000 - 9000 Policies in Force
Its Principles, Stability, Mutuality, Fidelity.
ADVANTAGES.
An organization strictly flrsVciass.
Asset* proportioned to actual liabilities, any company
old or new. ■ ; . . »
All the net profits go to the assured.. .
Dividends are declared andpaid annually.
,All-Its policies are non-forfei£mgiii.the|enSe that its members,
-under any circumstances, get ail tlie assurances that they harZ
paid for. ' r ;
: One*third the annual premiums loaned permanently on its poli.
jr I , |i 1 , . -,q ■
Its members are'noi limited as to residence or travel. No extra
pretnrom ia. changed therefor or permits required.
Alt the tonus of Life and Annuity Polidoriissiied.
46irThaffl)ifB has dedafed and paid,dividends annually, to it.?
Last dividend 40 per c«m
appHed which fa more than W. per cent, four jear*
.. . . t i Officers and Pirectprs, ,
i WALTER 8. Q-BIFFITH,, President
\ I'ffifSOiraHffiHAlliiresiifiery 7 ■
i i m - i -JS?(j.P.SIELEy„S«n»Ut 7 .
; W. J. OOiTIM, Actuary.
A; At LOWi A. A. Low * 31’Biirltag sftg, N. Y.
I. H. FEOXHIHGBAIC, hnxt. CmonTrnet.Co, H-Y.
J. S. T. STKA'SAHAIf’ I-rest Atfsntlc Dock Co.* •
THOB- MESaESSEE, Pre»t. Brooklyn-BHik.', I
SAMUEL BKITS- Bx-Mnyor city of Brdo&lya.
HENRY JLFIE&RSPOft T, 1 PierrejwntJ > UcdJ Brooklyn.
iA.3. York. vr ‘-‘? ffTr *
PETER C. OOiHELL, Merchant, 80 Wall street, N. Y.
WALTER 8. GRIFFITH. President. Brooklyn.
ißflrfH. flQfiYA.;Prest. Atlantic lia.Co. : v ' '
HiE. CLAFLTN. If. B.Claflm A 06,140 Church street, N. Y.
f&R-fiHITTBW.PEIffcf&ffy phlttehd-nA N. Y. ■ 1
JiEi SOtJTHwOBTHr Prest. Atlantic Bank. N. Y.
RGBS ttTS. A/OnvlZ South street, & Y.
JOHNT. HARTHf, 28 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn.
JOHN;HATiR'R Y_tfaiq ht, Halsey■ A'^Vi.y.New Ywltj j . i ? •
THOB> CARLTON. Methodist Book Rooms, N. Y.
HAROLD HOliLNi£R.J>oUner,Patter*to*., N.Y. -
Ajß. GAP.WELL, Attorney and Counsellor, n. Y.
HP.ITE MIAH K N lOHTi Hoyt; Spragnd k ‘Q&i New York,
EDWARD A. LAMBERT* Merchant, 45 John street, N. Y.
JAMBSHOWi 81-estXnion WhittPLcad Co J Brooklyn.
L. B. WxiAß, Merchaut, 38 Burling Slip, New York.
GEO,’ A. JAR VTS«' Preit; LeD6xi Fire Ib3> York. "
8. E, HOWARD- Howard, Sanger A Co., New York.
GEO. 8J South'stmt, New York,
OHAS* A. TOWNSEND. Merchant, New York. .
JOS. w: tireene A N. Y.' 7; '
RUFUS 8. GRAVES? 63 Wall street. New York.
J# W. FR9THJ-&GHAMV' ABaylisj Ni'Y.
EDWARD D.DELAND, New York.. . - „ , r , r .
E* LEWIS. JVm Vaientihe‘4 Bergen, Brooklyn. 1 *' J ‘
;; 4'jo‘' :/ JM t\,t;
ESLEiR & Xjibrary sts.
jje6-ly ' Agrentß Wan ted i * ‘
INSURE YOUR‘ LIFE
9 YOUR OWN HOME OOMPAN
AMERICAN
OP P^IXiADEXiPHra.,
' s: Ei coj»: Eotjiith YwaEnut Sts.
o ha-re the additlwa) guarantee of the
CAPITAL STQQK all rkid up IN OASfi, •'which, 'together vltn
.CASH on i 1 * 11 " » tit lit, .. --
BL
Income ioe the Year 1866,
$766,537 80.
t , '* l
LOSSES PAID DITRINGTHE TEAR AMOUNTING TO
sesa,6oo 00.
Looses Paid Promptly.
DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY, thna atdlng the insored t*
pay premmnv). 3 -».• - .
lStf? 10 DIVIDEND on all Mutual PoUjpes in force January lai,
, per Oeu.t. ,
thfl l aincrant of PREMIUMS receiretl duriiig the.year 1866.
Its Trustees are wellknown citizens in our ’midsti entitling ir
per, set usaas?
■-fgSSBW ... . .*BBWr
aasrs. :«. ~®sass
. .. ALEXi. AViIILLDIN. President.
< GEO. NVGENT, Vice-President.
••f.K -'aL-;.:.; *»HH,C.,BaiS, Actuary. .
CHABLBS Q. BOBB3ON, Aarfatant Secretary.
i fitrsi) 111, IMiMMB COIPAIT,
.1 y"Z MIDADEtPaiA.
CASWAkSETS, .i _ . 930e ,00«
Office, .639 S. E.'cior. Cbestiiiut and Seventh
streets. - ' T' 1
DIRECTORS.
' Al^dS/Slctt'’
Thos.Macßellasy . , ,N slf-LT
! • „- 1
• 7 5hora ’ •• x&ffLvffiZ* ■—*
- (io3,es.
I^P^ . ... . .
I TIJOMAS CRAVEN, President.
■ tLrK^ DS - GILUiTT, Tsced>resident
I ’ JAA B, AI.VCIRD, Secretary. ,
’ B^cp'E6rai(j(kr ; mahagement.
FWMiffIHSBTMSTCO.,
ftFMBEADEiEfftt '
OSTlftB' 1 sU lli SOUTH POtJETH BTBEET
• . Commenced!;Harness 7th in0.24, 156.].
or he Sodety of Pnends.- All good of whatever denLinsd..:,
. Bolicitod. -. i i 'ij ■
ROWLAND FAERY, < ‘ SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY,
' A «tniry. ; -j- .predilwit
WILLIAI t 0. LOHQBTRETH, tlcd-PreHdent
THOMAS WISTAR, KJ)., Ji B. TOWNSEED,
Medieal Exanuner. , ; Legal Advisor.
m^d^^ P *? y,^i^S0, ll t »i tl the see
gives the insured the advantage of an scm..l
pal AU the profit of Ou iimranct art divided amonn tu
WflOTHli
Lift Pollclee and Endowments in all tha moet’approved forms
• "intutiee granted on • fs2S-ly
06ELSM & HODGE,
dkl'iyp STEAM JFJTT&BB,
r ■ ! •■; **•“**» Seventh Street,
, TJIE, >, ...
J. M. HOD OX.