Pligirato guttiligturt. THE REFORMED CHURCHES. City.-" The First R. P. church, in connection with lieneral Synod," worshipping in Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia, held their semiannual commu nion lately. Over two hundred members communed, and ten were admitted to membership, five on ex• amination and five by letter. This congregation, we believe, have not yet decided on a pastor, nor on a site for their future house of worship. Churches. — The First church of Pittsburgh has issued a circular in which it is said : "Statistics have recently shown that above eighty thousand people of these cities, [Allegheny, Pittsburg, 4.,1 do not regularly attend the 'lbite worship of God. It is the earnest desire of the members and officers of the First Presbyterian church, that as 'many of these as may find it couverilent'to worship with us, should feel themselves asssured of a hearty wel come. We invite yob, therefore, to become regular attendants upon all our services, to makeyourselVes known, at once, to the pastor, missionary, and offi cer or member of the church, and to.accept. a full share of our religious privileges and 'duties."—At the last meeting of the Refot med Presbyterian Pres bytery of Pittsburg, a paper was received from Ne shannock Congregation containing a request for a, certificate of dismission, with the view of connect ing themselves with the.U. P. Presbytery or Mer cer. A commission was-appointed to ineet f lat. the . Neshannock . church on the pith day . of October, • in order to adcertain if there was any Objection :to the request. . The Commission met at,Neshaunock church on the day appointed, and there being no opposition, the Clerk was instructed to liirnish the congregation with a certificate of dismissal 'to the Presh) tery of Mercer.—Rev. J. E. Rockwell,p4).,, was installed over the Presbyterian : church.' at Sta pleton, S. 1., on Thursday, Oct.' 29.. Rev..S. Ire nteus PIMA. presided, proposed the 'questions and made the charge to the congregation. Rev. Dr. Scott preached.the sermon, and Rev. Dr. Campbell gave the charge to the pastor. Dr. Rockwell's' church is composed of two united Congregations,. one formerly of the Reformed Dutch, and the other, Presbyterian. The union is lierfeCti and the church has all the elements of efficien'a ainViirosrierity. The Rev., A. MeQueen..Writes4o:the North. Carolina Presbyterian, that a meeting ,in •Smyrna church, North Carolina, which was closed on the Ist of 00- tober, resulted in the'hopeful conversion of thirty one persons. An encouraging feature is foand,in the: tact that five of thofie who - united 'With the clutch were from the blacks. Ministerial.—At a late meeting of the Presby, tery of Tramt l ylvania, the Rev. Dr. W. L. Breckin ridge 's dismissed to the PresbYtery o'f'Lafayette, Mo., and the Rev, R. J. Breckinridge was received from the Presbytery of West Lexington. Leave was granted to the Frankfort church to pro r secute the call for .the pastoral services of Rev. L. J: Halsey, of the ,Pree,bytery of Chicago.-,,The Presby tery of Monmouth, N. J., on the let distnised Rev. Donald McLaren 'to the PresbYtery 'of 'Balti-' more. Mr. McLaren is the sole chaplain of the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md.—The Western Presbyterian says : " It is currently reported that the .Free Christian Commonwealth• is to change hands.. Rev. J. V. Logan, of Elarrodsburg,,liy., has become the proprietor, and is soon to assume the editorial control of its columns. The announcement is BO freely and generally made Among the friends of the parties f .that we suppose there is no manner ofdoubt as to ,the fact."—T,he Rev. T. V. Moore, D.D., of the First church, Richmond, Va., has accepted the call to the First church at Nashville,. Tenn. 11. P. Mission to the Copts.—The United.Preti byterians are rejoicing over the prosperity of their work in Osiout, in Egypt. In this important' town the Copts have Split into parties favoring or oppbs ing the Ayangelical faith, Same native converts started an evening Bible elage;ltletided 'by quite number of priests and two of the Bishop's nephews, themselves priests. The opposition was great; but the leading members of the laity said that ; it was a laudable thing to study the Scriptures, and should be encoura g ed. Hereupon the Bishop appointed a meeting to be held each evening from two hours before till an hour after sunset, for the study of the simple Word of God in the Vernacular Arabic: This was to be open to„ all; and the Protestants agreed to give. up their meeting on tcondition that no other book shotild be read except the simple, Bi- We—% condition that was agreed _to all-;,The meeting was kept up until they came to the study of Paul's Epistle to the Romans, which :waslotind to be so evidently a ,Protestant treatise that they broke the compact, and nor' O,M two parties ..meet separately. The Free Church of Sedtrand, since its separa tion from the Establishment . in :1843, when - nearly five, hundred, clergymen voluntarily. resigned -their homes and livings. has built nine hundred churches, six hundred and fifty manses three theological col leges, two normal or training institutions, and five liundredschools. Her average annual income for the three years previous to 1868 has been .4376,000, and during her twenty-five years of.existence with out State support the stun raisedAly her amounts to over 48.000,000 slerling. . The Receipts of the Boardit of the O. S. Church, during the month of September, were ai3 follows 13oard of Doinestid Missions, $3,381.93 ; Board of Education, $1,400.45 ' • Board of. Foreign. Missions, 0,896.55 ; Board of Publication, (colportage and distribution.) $853.43; Board of Church Extension, $5,250.10 ; Committee on Freedinen, $543.52. • Educational.—Tbe Presbytery of Carlisle,'Pa., have resolved to establish a Female College of the' highest order, and have commenced to raise a ftind of $300,000 for building and, endowment, and sever al lib HO 'Subset.; ptions have already been secured. Presbyterianism . and Congregationalism.— Under this iii le. The Presbykrgiyesgle teree;ing table, gathered from the minutes of the Presbyterian Getieral'Asseniblree and oldie Gener al Association of Iowa; .`. ' 0. S. • N: S. Cong'l. Churches in lowa 186 66 183-. Ministers 123 • .64 139 IdSabbath l schools'B,ll2 • A 23.9 8,396 Increase of members 1,072 -- 375 .892, Tfitittl:iiiiiitmunicants 9,323 ' 3.108 . 8;672' Donations .$15.062 $7,828 $16,585 Home Expenditures $93,956 $69,5035104,363 It 4 iSlitiliceable bow nearly these bodies resemble cad:lo4ller in Ahe relative proportion of ministers, churches, Sabbath-school scholars, members, do nations, and congregational expenditures. The New School ministwarenearly equal to their churches, the Cougregiartiolinfitite one-fourth less; and the Old School - one4liird , kw. The fact that the New School have more ministers in proportion to their church es, is hard to explain. In the United States they have 210 more-ministers than churches, while the Old School' have' '407 fess. Here is a theine for speculation, B l att tn returnrtp lowa—the growth of the Old School is tibont - eleteen - and three-quarters per cent.; the New Sohool thiiteinand three-quar ters per cent.; ,ittid.-theiCtingregattiOnalika eleven and one-third per cent 5 ThirAcuuttioris; per member are: Old School, $1 62; 84;' Con gregationalisk $1 '01; Horne expense: Ohl School, $lO - 07 ; New School, $2.2 85;- Congregationalists, $l2 04. OTHER; DENOMINATIONS: Episcopalian.—Several voluntary societies Con ncued with the Church held their annualpentinge 446n04e Convention Neek.',Arbe. , EmangificaL' Knowledge Society's publications from -itentitfit' naeueematkt t apmber 650. Its:reOnipta,tortikeeMl THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1868. s'27,Sos:23; expenditures, $123,785.05; increase, $30,891.75; assets, $77,129.64; number of publica dons, 69, covering 5,638 pages. It has distributed large numbers of prayer-books, many of them in the prisons. The American Church Missionary So ciety state their rece•pts for the year at $89,406.18, and that their various missionary enterprises are in a 4oUrishing condition. The Evangelical Education SOciety has maintained and educated last year 164 students for the ministry. The receipts amounted to $39,778.38, and its payments to $16,425.72, leav ing a deficiency of over $6;000. The " Free and Open Church Association" were addressed by Bish op Quintard, of Tennessee, who took strong ground against the present custom of.purchasing-or renting pews.--rßey.,9zias W. Whittaker,, who. has been elected ApibeOlittl iniesiOnaFt bishop of Nevada. *nd Arizona, is a native of New Salem. Mass., a graduate of Amherst College and once taught the high school in North Brookfield: , The Nevada di ocese has six churches, teh parsonages, 'twenty-one Sunday-schools, with 121 officers and 877 members. --The Episcopal Church maintains in the South forty schools, with 1,972 ':pupils, taught by 118 teachers.—Rev. John McVickar, D.D , an eminent clergyman of the Episcopal Church, died at his re sidence in !Bloomingdale; on' Wednesday' of last week, in. the 824:11,yeare6hrs:.110. He was born in this Slate and graduated at. Columbia College in 1804. He was appointed to the parish at Hyde Park, N. Y., and remained there from 1811 to 1817, when he was appointed FrOfeSsor ofMoral Philoso phy, Rhetoric and Belles Letters in Columbia Col lege, the duties of ,whielLposition he discharged for many years. He witshaoyvit akivoampitleteer, as the biographer ot Bishop Hobart, and the author of a foolish preface to Coleridge's "Aids to Reflec tion."—The Uloria Dei church of this city,, recently, got ritrottlteir'PalgtOr,'Rev. Mr. Reed, because he expected too mach work froth titehn. ' The church nuni berg '269 7 Members, it growth of 119 in three years. ~ Congregationalist.—Tho.Am.,Miss. Assoc. held its animal , meeting at Springfield, coinmencia& Oct., 26th. 'The's22' missionaries and teacherd at the South hiiieoWciently mitiWtaineit - day; - Plea,' and Sabbath schoolsidaying fou ,, dationi , for a common school system,. .preparing teachers„and preachers among the freedinen' thetriselves. For this, they have established nornial' selmolii; of Hampton, Va., Charleston, S. C., Macon,"Ga., - Tiellad'ega, and Mo bila, Ala., and have chartered colleges' at Berea; Nashville, Tenn., and. Atlanta, Ca., These are open to whites apd, blacks yet are chiefly attended by the: freWineu... - Several of them- have valuable 'lands and buildingsi. and having many students.' Two orphan asylums are sustained and several high schools, all 'with numerous attendants. The society has under its care churches at Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, .;ClAlttraitongai Naer,Vilje ,Ontrip Nelson and Berea, with prospect of more.: In the foreign field this sociation hag six missions, two in Africa, in Jamaica; the. West Indies, the Sandwich Islands, in Siam, and among the Indians, with 30 missionaries, 11 churches, having 668 members, of whom 61 are this year's fruits. Among the freedmen. $291,288:33.'0rits total expendituies of $356,235.70 hive been laid out, and it has also disbursed clothing, Biblee and other sup plies.to the value of . $53,000. The 'deficiency of re, ceipts for the year has been $51;315.45 which added to previons debt gives a' total, of ,$88,726.59., But the Association has in hand . bonds, 'legacies and other property.at the North, to the value of about $98,000; and it.has secured for its work among'-the freedmen of th e South lands and build i ngsfor schools to, the value"of $188,885. Also Much other propertY has by its agency been made available , for the freed: men.. Rev: R. B Johns, who 'was installed pastor of the'Talcott 'St. Church, (colored) in Hartford, Oct, 22d, was recently connected with :thel Presby tety of Biltitnore, viliere.he hadbiiefl settlement. -here Threw colored churchest-im HartfprJ,. one of, which is Methodist.—Rev. B. F. Clark' of Chelms ford, Mass., who was a member of the Mass. Senate last year, and one of the leading advocates of the license law, complains that clergymen in his vicin ity are unwilling to exchange with him, and a'n nounces that if this'cOurse continues, lie shall , "in-. slat on tearing hkuself away from his people," His course on the temperance - question has beencagriev:- ous trial to many of his church, as well as to his brethren in the ministy.—Rev. J. W. Cracraft, whose withdrawal from that'. .F,.Cltureh we have Mentioned, has connected himself with the Cong. Church. Pos sibly he would have done Christianity service by cleaving fast, like Mr. Tyng, 16 .his old relations, and breasting the storm of high-church persecution. C. E. Ryder has removed frOrn Womidstock,, 111., to Chicago, and is Secretary and Collecting 'Agent of time "Western Hebrew, Christian Brother hood," a society tiliat been organized for efforts in behalf of the Jews, of whom there are about 'lO,OOO in the city.—Andover Seminary begins the year with aboutAsy,enty-five.students, :.the ; regu lar course... !The inew"tihort'conise will have alelass of six. Baptist —The Open Communion movement is not dead yet. A pastor of a prominent church writes to The 'Watchman and Brilector or the resOlu:' boos passed.ty the Philadelphia Asiociation : "The resolutions were passed without objections, but it would be erroneous to suppose from this fact that they have the unanimous sympathytif tbe delegates. It will be observed that they were not offered by a pastor of any of our churches. I knew that•sev eral of our most intelligent and influential pastors regretted their being brought forward. , Some of us, believe that those resolution's can bave no effect ei cept in two directions ; on the one hand band to create the impression among' Pedobaptists that there is' at this time a special,defection from Baptist principles in this matter, which is nut:rite, and on 'the 'other, to inflict a wound on some of our most estimable brethen who hold in a kindly and unobtrusive waY the same views held by the majority of Baptists in England, but who are , arraigned: y these resol,i4ionp as ' infringing the DiVine law' and, acting' 'disor derly.' "•f i —The Santa- Clara-,(Gal.) News says that the Rev. Addison dones•has been expelled from the Baptist-Church or that, place,-for administering and participating in the,sacrainent at the Presbyterian Church, whereby he made himself an open corn- Munionist., -The vote for expulsion stood eleven-to eleven, and 'the ehairman gave the casting- vote agatne,t kiin.—A fter heing,immersed, and while still in Ai,,Tiyer' near st. t icieepli - Mo., Oct..' 18th, a Mr. Stepheirifell back and died almost instantly. Phy sicians say . that the sudden shock which the immer sion'gave to the nervous system caused syncope and d eath. - The church tried to hush - Up the mat- 4 ter, but the dOctors insisted on the facts being, pub— lished. So much for the standing miracle that "im mersion hurts nobody."—The _Evangel says that in Oregon, the churbh has been much, divided by dif ferent,causes personal and,, political. A strong ef-,, fort. fs'now being made for closer' union, and with ' good 'prospects of success. . ln the, i scluthern , part • of California there are no Baptist' churehes, and no efforts, haVe recently' been made in that direction. In the Sonora District the cause is dying out, owing to the' prevalence' of the doctrine of soul annihila tion. There are very few Baptist churches in South ,ern California, but active moverrients are , being made and much interest ii'excited In San Vran else° and the larger towns'or the State, the church-, es have generally a healthful prosperity.-Minne sota has 139 Baptist churches and 4 200 members, ; 96 4 0 f whom are ordained ministers_; also, 25 meet ly.;pimm,pd 3U more in propissc.of - i ! erv,iion. The ome MissionarY Society has received the past, year 135,736,, being 56,237 I* than last year:This deficiency is in the. Freedmen's .Fund,, , ricliellfftliii $12,000 shrift sf4styetir.`, 1 The saciel..f., has Ails• - . ;tainedl33l,missiOnaries, who have , baptise,4 .clor.irip the year 6,712 converts and gathered 11,519 mem bers into the church. A larger number of colored theological students have received instruction than are in all the Baptist Seminaries of the Northern States.—ln the University and Theological Semin ary at Chicago, there are sotrieseventy-five studying for the ministry. Of these twenty-five are in tne Seminary.—During seven weeks summer vaca tion, one of the stlidents in the Baptist Theological Seminary at Newton, engaged in home mission and Sunday-school work, establishing eight schools in Massachusetts and, one in Rhode Island. Free Will Bapplet.The General' Conference of the Freewill BitptiaCdenotnination' commenced at Bnffalo, N. Y., October 7th. Sixty-nine ministers of the denomination have.died - since the Triennial Conference in 1865, This denomination is Arminian Methodist in theology, and Open Communion in their church practice, but regard immersion; as the I - only valid form of baptism. In chur polity they are congregational with a tendency to, ards amore. c centralized authority and national org nization. Op questions Of moral reform they have I,vayataken an.advanced‘ . position, 'being strongly anti 2 slavery. They control two colleges—Bates Coll e, Lewiston, Me., and Hillsdale, - in Michigan, The have atheo ' logical seminary in. New Hampton, N. 11., which 'last year graduated six.young- men, tied a theologi cal departmen in Hillsdale College. 'flie net increase during the year-has 'been'9;42o tnemb ris.; but this includes the addition.of -some Gener , or. ;`,Free' Baptist Associations., 'ipiereie a root' went to corn. bine all the members of the 'Free Ba tistfamily in. t America, in a single organization. , itherto they, haVe - had a single official neWspapert=the.g.olaim, :Sidi, - of DO.ier-,N:ll:7lfieleitristiart,,"4,..;eman has been started at!Chicigo,lth - art — ihdepliAtent paper, and asked for official recognition am s2o,ooo'aill. The New . York and, Pennsylvania embers . .also petitioned_ for, aid to,establish_a local; . rg,au., ; ,After much debate andcomproniise, it was greed to give, 1 the Cliiistiaii Freiliiiiii $12,000` kiiii tl eTunda of the . ' Printing - Establishirent, - and to'give ilt.),000 for the new paper in , New.York:,The proposition to change the p.ame_of the denomination, to that of.:Free Bap .ist,,or United Ba,ptist was voted doin by, a • small majority. , Methodist.—The bliiiib ialbealt eanit eis' AS: sociation.held its Eleienth ;Annual session at•Pitte burg. commencing on the-17th' ult.—in - the National' I M. E. Sunday-school Convention, lin Session. , at 'Springfield, Mass , reports were.sultntitted, showing that there were' in' theUri.ted Siatesff6,Ss7 Alethoe- .. . Ist Sunday-schools; with 1,335,4911 teachers , and scholars, an increase: of, 98,555 during: the :year.::The "Discipline" of the M. E. Church has been, revised and amended by the Natioi,al Conference. Zion's herald; in 41, ;notice of the new,;:pdition, re marks: "A DisCiPlrffe',"a*Hyrnn BbtSk.,'"The s4 / I "eraid, 1 , and the Bible, these are good armo' for'j he newly enlisted soldier of tkeie,loss. c ." An ixchange.adds.:!: "We are glad the. Bible, is in the ou -fit,,though the old boOk comes last. But the prin3itivje ministers who went out without some of these mpdern weapons did excellent seiVice. :' l. 1 Moravian.—A little companyy f the brethren haveTif soffeqlffie Ria'st he'eri lite tirig,lii WAVE roOrnin 'a lifiVate - d,Wefllng'at - 1 - 1 rrovrgate,'lrear Frankford, Philadelphia,. For thie'lgathering the Young Men's Christian Union I f the Second Mora vian Church, PhiladelphiaT have jtist - builtra , small chapel costing-only 000. This was.dedicated - a few weeks ago, and.is.forming ihe nucleus of , the third' Moravian church in the city'of Philedelphia; These brethren bring to tje woik of city evangelization the same self-denyft spirit that characterizes their efforts in the field of toreign missions. "It .is a source of much gratification," says the Moravian, "to observe -that my Church in Philadelphia ,is putting forth efforts to reitelt the misses of people who take no interest ftsj , et:in religion, and it is just such humble enterprises as this one.that will .result in success„ There:are thousands tlfilit can be • in duce-ato come. in to this hiinible.chills'er and •listen to the preaching of the Gospel, who will not enter our costly churches.' ; It, will not -be long before a similar effort will be made in a other, part of the city.' • " Unitariait.—The Boston Dai Advertisir says, in alluding to , the Rev:Mr. Alger'. preaching services in the Music Hall, that..", it is Avid,ent that this amusement meettra,.great Tiopula -wane." Miscellaneous.—Rev. J: Gue isey, the agent of the Cong. Home Missionary Soci ty tor lowa, says: "It is no uncommon , thing in thi:'State, for men of comparativeltsiriall mean's 'to i e slop a year./8P the support of the Gospel. Only t e other dayl saw a'finan whose salary is but $600; year, and whose only property ia,the small, honse n which he 44; subscribe $275, for the erection o a house of wor ship.:"7--S4 cliurches haveibiCti f i: 4 erected Witititii during tile rilist4vio S•eiti:e, and "t. 'more are. about to be ,cominenced.—During the p. at year it is said that over, 2,80 Q young men were ,onverted through the:Y. M. C. A., in America. . • WYERS'' 80-ARBIN4, SCHOOL' FOR' YOUNG ' NEN • AND' BOYS.' AT 'WEST dItSTEIR PA. • 27 miles by Rail to NbilOdelphia. • The :olaitic Year of lb 'mOriths dpena -Sgptembex ?d i ,1868. c:Orininf .inetinctore, initt nitle;4niilliberienited.z ; j o i4a William F. Wyers, A M. • 5 ' Principal and Proprietor. /Of- No charge for, TidtiOn'for Clergyinen'a aMis, Itr . men preparing for 7 , ELURA FEMALE ...COLLEGE SYNOD `GEN EVA. 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Waters' 'Pianos' and kekidcons challenge compirlion with 'the finest made anywhere i- in the 'country-[Home JoU'imai. • • Our , friends : will find at Mr. Watters'store the very best assortment of Organs and TiallOS to be 'found in the Uni ted States.—[Grahams Magazine.. lansit4t.l)o(Nors.- - Since .Idr. brace Waters gave ,up publishing sheet 'thusic he his devoted his whole capital and attention to the manufacture and sale of Pianos and Mel6deoris. lie has juat issued a' catalogue'of his now in strumentS, giving as now *scale , of prices, which *shows a marked> reductiont from- former rates, and his Pianos have recently been awarded.the,First. Premium at several Fairs: - Many people of. .the,present day, who are,attrapted, if not . confused, with the flaming ,advertiseixienta of rival piano honses, probably, overlook a modest manufsofurer like Mr. Waters; but we happen to know 'that instru- Mei:O . :earned him a giind ieptitation long :before Exposi-, bons and the ‘• honors" connected there*ith were'ever thought . of; indeed, we have one of Mr. Wateite piano fortes now in ourresideoce (where it bas stood for years,) of, whickany inannfacturer in ~the world might ,well be , We have always i been delighted with it as a sweet toned- and powerful" instruimint; and ibere is no aonbCof its dbrability; thorn than this,'sorne of the • best 'ainateur playtirs in the city 'as several Pianiata, have per formed 'on dia . said piano, and all pronounced it **superior and first -doss inetrument. :.Strongur indorsement we could. not iiive.--[gotoe JoUrnal. SOMETHING NEW. A PRETTY BOX CONTAINING ONE QUIRE . OF PERFUMED BO9,ATETtNerE . PAPE* with A v olopes totdasch,itwenty:four beautiful designi.Paintedby hand, price, *2. An appropriate present to a lady : Also, A box ountaming four quires of good FronckNote,Paper with four packs of Envelopes to match, stantPled.With'uti initial for $1.60 'VISITING CARDS written in the beet stile or engraved. Particular atten tion paid to WEDDING CARDS. Fahey Gouda and Recherche ar ticles at low Prices. . , New Editions of Itiffted • Snow Flakes, or Poetida Oatheriino $1.50. Drifted Flakes, Or Poetical Gatherin,;e;Secortilleries, .Hanna for the, rit&lM, or Readings fOr a,slonth, Selected from the writings of Hewitson, Adelaide Newton and others.„ 12mo. Cloth, S litS. Tell Jesus or Recollections .of Mrs. Emily; arena 75 cents . Gilt edge, sl.' • r Leaves Gathered, a collection of Poetry. 24T:0: square $1.50. peok . aitel his Catl•The old story of Whittington and his Cat, ' in which there is no word of more than four letters. Large type, thick raper. Au excellent Wok to teach children how to read. Price, 75 rents. PocleetAfintaniscasid Diary f0r . .1889, containing. yearly Calendsx,.lnterest Tonle and Tech mishit inlimmatien for cler gyinen,:lawyers, merchants, and busine..s men generally. Price, lb cents, gilt , edge, 25 cents. • ' •A well selected , st , .ck: of SUNDAY, SCHOOL BOOKS at low pri ces. Also lIAN.OSODIN BOOKS: FOR pIIESENWATION. • - lllrs MILTON THOMAS • 1344 Chestnut St., phija 4rcAtLi: Rise k MII • . as removed hie rooms for MUSICAL INSTRUCTION tolin.-906 RAGE Street.-. ; } Re. takes pPasuie Itioffering , fils services to - thniniblic` otoderat term, and iendlepytirticulai attention : in hia theoretlcal and practical inethod of 'Piano Fate and Guitar Inetruei' • Len.. OugV,gnOld, !. ,"Ainn THE UNITED SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE TRUST COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA INCORPORATED BY THE STATE. CAPITA'. S. E. CORNER FIFTH AND CHESTNUT STREETS, PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia Directors: GEORGE H. STUART, GEORGE W. CHILDS. HO% WM. A. PORTER, F. A. DREXEL, THOS. W EVANS, S. J. HORSTRIANN, Directors in other Cities. New York—Jaines M. Morrison, President Manhattan Bank ; Joseph Stuart, of J. & J. Stuart & Co., Bankers. Boston—lion. E. S. Tobey, (late President Board of Trade.) Cincinnati—A. E. Chamberlain, of Chamberlain & Co. Chicago—L. Z. Leiter, of. Meld, Leiter & Co. ; C. M. Smith, of Geo. G. Smith &. Co., Bankers. Louisville, Ify.—Wm. Garvin, of Garvin, Bell & Co. St. Louis—James E. Yeattuan, Cashier of Merchants' National Bank Baltimore—Wm. Prescott Smith, Superintendent Consolidated Railway Liao New York. to WaahingtoU Officers. GEO. H stitrxivr, ruEIiDENT. C. B. BETTS, Secretary J. L. LUDLOW, M. D., Consulting Physician R. M. GIRVIN, M. D.., Medical Examiii • ere JOS. F. RCERPER, M. D., C. STUART PATTERSONA .11.1011.ARD LUDLOW, f Counsel This ComPany is prepared to issue policies of Life Insurance upon all the improved plans, either at mutual rates or at stock rates; ns low as those of other reliable institutions. Blank applicatione and tables of rateitim be obtained at the office of the Compaprin Phila,,elphia, or at any of its branch MB cee rgencieS now beihg established in all the more important towns in Pennsylvania_ The Company will also have branch offi ces or agencies in most of the, prominent cities throughout the United States.within - aahort tune. septlo Set. INSURE YOUR LIFE ld YOUR OWN HOME COMPANY AMERICAN OF PIM IL a. rimm. - L=.3zr S. E. Con: 'FOURTH & WALNUT Insurers in this Company have the additional guarantee of t e CAPITAL STOCK all paid , up IN CASH, which, together with CAS!' ASSETS, on hand January 1;1868, amounted to nearly $2,000,000, INCOME FOR. THE YEAS 1867, $893,089 28 . Losses Paid Promptly. -Arynusam MADE ANNUALLY, thus aiding the Insured pa irtIVIVENDS 'O4 all Mutual 'Policies for 'several yeare have been Fifty par C:Jaza.t. of the amount of PREMIUMS received each year Policies made non-forfeitable. Largest liberty given for travel and residence. Its Trustees are well known citizens in our midst, entitling it to more consideration than those whose managers reside in distant Alex= `T. Edger Thomson, George Nageirl, Hon. James Pollock, L. N.Wlilidin,, - Y. ' Hon. Alex. 0. Cattell, Henry K. Bennett, Isaac HazTenni-et, George W Hill, James Clagborn, Jtank Wanamaker. Albert C. Roberts. ALEX. WHILLDIN, President. GEO. NUGENT, Vice -President. r l JOHN C. SIMS, detuar.9. JOHN S. WILSON, Secretary and Treasure; ELODIE Life hsuranee Comp'y, 2,58 Broadway, New York. Assets, $1,500,000 -- 9000 Policies in Force Its Principles, Stability, Mutuality, Fidelity. ADVANTAGES. , An-Organization strictly first class. • • Assets proportioned tactual liabilities, se large asany uompany old or new. All the net profits go to the assured. -Dialdendeare declared and paid.annually: All Its policies are noti4orfeiting in the sense that its , asembers, under any circumstances, get all the. assurances that they have paid-for . _ One•third the annual premiums loaned permanently on Its poll- . , . Its members are not limited as to residence or travel. No extra premium is charged therefor or permits required. All thelorms of Life and Annuity Policies issued., !Er The HOMA bas declared and paid dividends annually, to ite assured members since its organization. - Last dividend 40per cent, applied immediately, which I more than b 0• per cent. four years Officers and Directors. WALTER S. GR.LiBITH., President. • .I. IL FROTFENGILAH,Treriiairer. GEO. 0. RIPLEY, Secretary W. J.,OOFEEff, Actuary. A. A. LOW A. A..lgt.te& Bros., 81 Burling Slip, N. Y. I. H. FROTHING-HAM Prest. Union Trust Co., N. Y. J. E. T. STRANAHAN. Prest. Atlantic Dock'Co. THOS. MESSENGER, Prest: Brooklyn Bank. SAMUEL SMITH. Ex-Mayor city of Brooklyn. HENRY E. P P IBRREPOBT, I Pierrepont Place, Brooklyn. A. B. BAYLIB.I Broker, New York. PETER O..CORNELL. Merchant, 80 Wall street, N. Y. WALTER , B. GRIFFITH, President, Brooklyn. JNO. D. COCKS, Prest. Atlantic Ina. Co. H. B. CLAFLIB, H. B. Clallin & Cu,. 140 Churchatreet, N. Y B. B. CRITTENDEN. S. 11. Chittend..n & Co., N.Y. J. M. SOUTHWORTH, Prest. Atlantic Bank, N. Y. C. DUNNING. See. Smith Brooklyn Savings InstitutiOn. JNO.G..BERGEN.commissiquer. • • LEWIS itoßE t t,..cs,' L. Roberta & Co., 17 South street, N. Y. JOHN T. MARTIN, .28 . Pierrepont street, Brooklyn. JOHRELISEY, Unight, - .Halsey & Co., New York. THOS. CARLTON, Methodist Book Rooms, N: Y. HAROLD 'DOLLNER,'Dollzieri - Potter & Co., N. Y. A. B:"CAPWEEL, Attorney and Counsellor, N. Y. • ITEHEMIAH KNIGHT, Hoy t, 'Sprague & Co., Now York. EDWARD A . LAMBERT;Mei - ahant,"4s Johnatreet, N.Y. JAMES HOW, Prw Union White Lead Co., Brooklyn. L. B. WYMAN, Merchant, 4Burllpg Slip, New York GEO. A. JARVIS.,Prest. Lenox•Fire Ine.'Co.,.New York. .E: HOWARD flopiard, Sanger & York. EC4LE; STEPHENSON, Importer, 49 South street, New York MAE. A:TOWNSEND, Merchant, New York. JOS W . aREENE„-.F. W. Greene & Co.; N. Y. REFFUS.S. GRAVES Wallatreet, NeW York. • IJ. W. FROTHLHOHAIL Frothing-ham & Baylis, N, Y. EDWARD D. D RANO, New York. jr. 4 y,aletaine 4c Bergen, Itiooklyn. • f - AGENTS IMP NBILADYLPHIA, ruf • • . . ESLERA.COLTONiCor. 4 tb It Library fits t e .e 1,000,000. A. J. DRENFL, JOSEPH . PATTERSON, WM. V. WEE AN, WM. O. HOUSTON, S. J. SOLMS, HENRY E. ROOD. zuENicy E. ROOD. *3 . 401E PRESIDENT. V
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