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tf 1ILFD FVEllY DAY FOR F.Vr.NISO TCLKGnAPU.
Frrrdmcit, and the Right to Own Land.
i tie Tmi t.
K it reported on arood authority that soma or
Ice LegUiulurcs of the lately insurgent ytaUs
ht.ve pusfi'.l laws to prevent the treed blacks
in m hol("i:is real estate. We cannot well con
nive a tuea.Mire more oisutroj9 to tho (uturo
rodiu'tive Interest! of tluse States, or tnoro
injiiBt iu itself. All economists airretliat the
lotting of lund hat a remarkable moral and,
ti.erelore, industrial effect on the peasantry of a
( imtrj cjijiee'.tilly If the lund be not too much
subdivided, f o that each person, can secure a fair
.1 ivelihrcd tv m his little plot.
Hits hope i i possessing hind is one of tho mo-t
rowerlul ni tives actlni? on the human mind.
It is olteu t' ; : hope and desire which bring over
such crow d
I emigrants lroin huropc. They
rds tne West, with the prospect
Mghis passion lor owning some
i mother-earth. Our (iovernment
Med upon this motive in the tre
, which has undoubtedly boon
mrneement to immigration ever
untry. The possession of sutll
tes and c'igniQes a peasuntry
.javo tho Irish tenant, or even
itter, at home with tho Irish
ja. He is another man here.
I enough to support him and
.tion. In Ireland ho is poor,
.(1, and without hope. Here
. Raving, full of energy, and
Or compare t'ue French pea-
) unli on to
t'kCh 01 satis'
portion ot t i
have wlely
homestead I. ,
the p'tatpf i :
dovii ert in iki
cibtji land t
Let any one
tho small In
faimer in I
He owns lau. .
pive him a
thrittless, di
he is comfoi .
ambitious to ;
cant who ha t 1..
live, with tue i
Irish cotter. ;
himself has i
across the t'hr
cation act pi
race. The hi .
in the admim
low race at oik
ship of land.
The negro i
especially a h.
kit f round. 1
ae in liable at
tepecially i' he
awn real es'u
Impulse to I
doe, in a m
have long bt .
ment ol the c...
in many of tit
be a tributed
estates at the j
mistaken Idea .
ol (iopeudeucy .
"I b;lieve tli..i
the mi all all .
bold to labor i
a low as the-
at t .if same li.i.
ttlo holding, on which ho can
.ponding English peasant or
1 producing and owned by
him lar above his neighbor
This motive and its gratiQ
!y on a low and barbarous
ave found its use, especially
.on ol India. They raised a
securing them in the owuer-
linrly affected by it. He is
i id producer, He sticks to
be held on a bad teuure, if
lime to be turned out, and
I permitted to hope tor or to
naturally loses his greatest
Governor Hinrks, or Barba
ric despatch, once said: '"1
:.ic opinion that the abandon
states by the Creole laborers
.t India colonies is mainly to
the unsound tenure of the
d of emancipation, under the
et-ping the laborers m a state
i lie proprietors." And aain,
at the period of emancipation,
i!s had been granted in ireo
even sold to thm at prices
Id get land elsewhere, and if,
encouragement had boon given
ould have been little, if any.
to t lem, rneie
i b: 1 donment t the estates."
I Lii ol the neatest causes of the distress
: i ug the J a . aica blacks and of the late riot
i- tne tenim. of land.
).n o'a population of some 450,000, only some
' j sr? on8 elected the forty-seven ini-mbers of
t. Legislature; that Is, the 10,000 whites gov
( ..'". ul.solutely the hundreds of thousanils of
I L and naturally they passed thir own land
and made it very ditlicult for a negro to
ai.d or t hold it on a long lease. Asa
i . -me.ice, he had not the same motive to
ri.ilu-s euiintryinen had in the Barbados
: ...e i 'P.vurd and Windward Islands. Ue
.re. ' quutting" to tho chances of being
. oil iiu his little farm every six months;
ivoi.'d the largo estates in dihtrust; ho
i l I l.'ss profitable productions, and un-
. wUiiout hope; he and his employer
i i.re indissolubly connected together)
! er each year, until the richest island
,cs became like a raobit-warren, and
x race in the world not only could not
i . ... to wear, but absolutely were too
I liiiv enout'h to hide their nakedness.
i not in this forget other causes which
3 inirht about such great disasters tn
. I'bpecially the distrust which an infe-
ignorant race must always umvc
t-iipenor, if kept from all share In the
i cut. bin, we bdiese the most ''elliciont
t the poverty of Jamaica, its distress
- late slavery outbreak, has been the
..i laud, and the I act that the I'n.edmen
, been, in general, landowners. We would
. these warnings to any reasonable man
; outh, who can possibly rise above the
..3 of the hour, and who would provide
t.u future, that the South can became
mid powerful and prosperous again. They
have the destinies of the Southern States
lieir hands. They cast, perhaps, decide
ier they will have'a contented, industrious,
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c.
a:
1m..
at ;
p:i
101
I'u;
ma
in
wht
lu;i
uving peasantry, owning lands, and equa
bow re tiie law, making eniDloyers rich, and
ntti xting capital by their prodvetive Industry,
or iney can have a di-contented, degenerating,
su.-T.iious, thriftless, hopeless, and half idle
pea-aiitry, who will drag mastei-s aud laud down
to thf-ir own state ot 'degradation, and repel
3u migration and capital. They can niaKP (pos'
pi'ols i a poor Jamaica or a rich Barbados out of
the old slave States.
Peonage In Mexico.
JFrun the Tribune.
In the diplomatic correspondence which Mr.
Bewiird has furnished, iii obedience to a resolu
tion of Congress inquiring Into the svstem of
slavery decreed by Maximilian, we have a few
xaet details of the system in the letter of the
Jlexican Miulster, Senor Romero. The "patron,"
it semis, is master, and the workingman vir
tually a slave. The patron is bound to
jeed. clothe, and lodge his workmen, support
them in sickness, aud, on certain stringent con
ditions, pay them a sum of money, the fourth
pan of which, says Senor Romero, "will bu lost
to1 the workingman almost, because he can
lieifher dispose of it nor the interest while the
contract la-ts." The workingman engaees for
live ears at least, ten years at most; and the
patron must maintain the children ol the laborer.
Sas benor Romero:
"llns slavery Is hereditary, 'because, aooordlng to
article three ot the reeuiatiou, -in case ol the death
of the lather (worku giimn). the patron shuU consi
der l:imell tutor ol the children, and they shall con
tinue in his service until nmjonty on the same condi
tion as was the lather.' J he huiri ol' the patron will
hold in their turn these workiofimeu m contormity
vith articlo five. To complete the odious practice
ot the holders of slaves the regulation referred to
contains (article six) an article against lavitive
elaves, by wh:ch, in case of dceortlon, the workman,
when caught, shall be aligned, without wairea at all,
, to the public works until his patron oomm to re
claim li mi. To consummate thit work ot InUjuitv,
srtic'e ttrteen provides that In case of death 'an iu
teftato,' or without helm, the peculium of tho work
iDgman shall pass into the control of ths puulie
treasury ."
The features of this code do not, essentially
Tary from the old slave lavs and new appren
ticeship forms of the South, or the notorious
coolie-peon Bvstems of the tropics, which soueht
to conserve all the despotisms of slavery while
Tendering its lejal aspect more plausible. Peon
ape gives its victims only the liberty to doom
themselves to slavery, wh.ch is quite like a few
of the laws which tl.e worst men ol tho South
are willing to enact against a malority of their
fellow-citizens citizens of th" Republic just ai
the Mexican peons appear to be citizens of the
"Kmpire." The present spirit of our in-ditut ions
cannot, we are officially assured, tolerate peon
age either here ' or there: and Mr. Seward has
doie well in udvisingthe Government f t'ranoo,
1n eU'ur and comprehensive terms, that "the per
fect equality ol men of the Alrican race with
jnf n ot other races throughout the whole conti
nent Is n policy which tho United StVea may
hercfiiter be ripectcd to cultivate wit'i con
stauivy and assiduiiv. The so-called Emieror,
viewing the full ptospect which this policy so
umlisgiiisedly opens, may, if h" chooses, relve
to seat his empire on a volcano, and in cloie
neighborhoad to such a dangerous maga.im as
republican freedom.
Wo cannot escape the curious co'ncldcnen of
tho law nationalizing peonage in Mexico, alter
slavery has ben destroyed In the United State?,
with the establishment ot Maximilian's Bureau
of 'Emigration, and iho Sonora enterprise of the
cx-Senator and mock-Duke, rr. Gwin. All the
tntcrc. ts of coloni.at'on and emigration in the
new "Empire" arc now in the hands of exiled
Rebels lrom the United Slates. V, win was tho
first acont employed by Maximilian. Maury,
Magruder, ShelbyPrice, a handiul of ex-(iover-nors
lrom Louisiana and Texas, and a host of
smaller Rebels, have succeeded him, nnd en
larged the imperial lavor. Stolen land and
cheated labor are the Inducements offered to
sin h Rebels as are unable to find freedom and
"cheap nippers" enough in their own country
a nolicv which chimes harmoniously wUh Mr.
Isham ?.. Hf-rris' opinion of the Mexicans "the
most woithless population on earth" which is
another cood reason why bad Southerners should
f;o and make money out of thotn. Thus itsiugu
arly appears that our whipped cxilos are anx
ious to obtain the whip-hand over somebody
else, even If they have to go upon their knees to
an Emperor to' take the bribe. Six hundred
acres ot laud and so manv Mexican peons consti
tute the barter tor nev-louud loyalty, and are
the conditions und prospco's of the transfer of
slavery from tho United States to Mexico.
Finnlly, Maximilian, who has stolen a throne,
builds ud a great wrong against the Mexican
people in order to civc the most comfortaole
a-ijlum to our own wrong-doers.
The Independence ol Canada.
From the Herald.
The old colonial system of England has been
greatly modified in later times. The successful
revolt of the United Colonies, which became the
United States, gave it the first great shock. Still
the old fogy politicians, who imagined the colo
nies gave strength to the mother country, and
the placemen of the aristocracy clung tena
ciously to the Downing street government of
tliese dlstaut possessions. But the progress of
more liberal ideas, caused chiefly by the won
derful success of this country alter It became
independent of England, overcame in a measuro
the prejudices of Britinn statesmen and the mil u
ence ot interested place-tuutcrs. The conse
quence h.uj been that the colonies ol lata years
have enioved a much greater decree ol self-
government than formerly.
so great nas Doen tue cuanne mat. some or tne
most libel al-uiiuded English statesmen begin to
retrard thpra as nurseries of futu;e independent
States. They are aware that the Uuited States
have been ot much more value not only to the
world, but to British commerce iu particular.
than as colonics they could ever have been, and
this has made tne pride of imperial dominion
give way, to some extent, before commercial or
individual interests. There ideas, together with
a sense ot the lolly of atemotiua to coerce
colonics which desire to be independent, have
made rapid strides within a few years, and par
ticularly with regard to tho North American
colonics since our
Every exeat revolutionary event produces a
remarkable chance in the sentiments of man
kind, and the nation which is the focus of the
revolution Impresses its views upon the rest of
the world. It is the spark which electrilles the
whole lump. Such a nation becomes the pro
pagandist ol new ideas, which make an epoch in
history. Our own position at the present tune
is something likf that of France during there
volution at the close ot tho last century. That
event upheaved society from the very centre; It
was asocial and political earthquake. The old
order of society resisted it; all the nations of
Europe combined against it; out they could not
prevent the progress of its influence. The mighty
events of the last five years In this country have
produced an extraordinary ellect in the world,
and the leaven is still 'working. The results
may not be fully foreseen at present, but thoy
will surely appear. Tire laws of nature areas
inllesible in the moral as in the nhvslcal world.
The greatest and earliest ellect wilt be seen un
doubtedly iu those countries whioh are near to
us. The colonics and States of the American
continent feel more immediately this influence,
though it has reached Europe ana will continuo
to act there.
Canada is now in a state of political fermenta
tion and change. Tho British Government, with
that conservative monarchical instinct and fore
sight for which it is remarkable, essayed to hold
In check the republican revolutionary influence
to which the events in this couutry gave a new
impulse. In fact, there was a General movement
ol European monarchies for this purpose. Tho
confederation scheme of England to unite all the
American colonies and create a vice royalty, or,
probably, iu the end, a kingdom, was a part of
the general plan. The whole programme i$ a
lailure; and it is surprising that the statesmen of
Emope had not sagneity enough to perceive that
it would be so. The breaking down of the
Encli-h confederation scheme and the events
tn at are now taking place in Canada are only
the tirft symptoms of that leaven which' is to
change the destiny of that country.
The desire to be annexed to the United1 Stales
is trowing rapidly. The more far-seeing portion
of the British press perceives this, and begins to
discuss freely the question of independence or
annexation. An astonishing change has come
over England in a short time. It is now ad
mitted by tho leading organs of public opinion
that if tne Canadas really wish to be indepen
dent, or to be annexed to the United States,
England should not attempt to prevent them
becoming so. So lar as we are concerned wo
should be pleased to see the Canadians indepen
dent, for we consider it is tho proper destiny of
the American continent to become . entirely
emancipated from European control or influ
ence, and we might not obicct to their annexa
tion when they become thoroughly purged of
their silly monarchical aud aristocratic notions
and airs. But we have no great desire to possess
their cold, semi arctic, and inhospitable country.
We have nn immense domain in a teraDerate
and genial climate, with the richest soil, and
every variety of J production, sulticient tor a
population ot several hundred millions. What,
then, do we want with Canada, except to have it
freed lrom institutions antagonistic to our own?
If tho Canadians will be independent and it is
better lor them than to b as they are we may
take their case into consideration. But the best
thing for them to do is to pack up their little
effects and cross the border. Let them leave
their shivering country, and emigrate to the
teeming Western States or to tho sunny South.
The lauds are rich, cheap, and iu the greatest
abundance. In a lew years the arctic frosts
would be melted out ol them, they would become
happy and prosperous, and they would wonder
why thev remained so long in their present iso
lated and desolate condition. This is the bo.v
advice we cau.give tojour Canadian neighbors.
Secretary Seward's Southern Voyasc.
from the World.
Although Mr. Seward is in no high sense a
statesman, he Is a politician ot consummate cun
nir.g. His voyage through tho West Indies into
the South Atlantic is a master-t troke ot craft.
He has caused it to be trumpeted to the four
winds thut this voyage has no political signtfl'
cance, and w e are bound to believe him on
grounds as unquestionable as those ulleged by
Cicero (who was as great a w it as orator), when
culling at tho door of a Senator aud beiug told
by the servant that his master was not at home,
replied, with great apparent naivete, "That is
certainly true, lor I Just overheard him toll you
so." It is givcu out that this voyage is unaer
teken for purelv reeunerative reasons, Mr. Saw
Hid's I'hvsiciau havinur u.lvi.sed it. We do not
doubt that the American Secretary's physician
is as complaisant ai was tho Roman Senator's
Vhlct, nor have we any suspicion that this voyaae
in fearch of health was prompted or suggested
by president Johubou, who is a straighttorward
sla'rsnian, not addicted to refined nrtifice. But
persona who reflect on Mr. Howard's political
relations will easily discover that his health is
the handina d ot bis hopes.
As nn a-piranc for the Presidency, Mr. Scwar.l
will be cither a competitor with ChiefJJusticc
Chase for the noiiiiunik'D. of the Republican
J'f.ity, or ft Competitor with President wohnsoil
lor the support of the whole country. In the
present umcttled slate of politics, he does not
clearly see whether a Radical or Conservative
roewlll be nio:t for his advantage, nnd as ho
could not be iu Washington, during the present
month, without committing himself to one si Je
or the other, It opportunely happens that his
physician discovers that a v'oyneo to the South
Atlantic is needed for the benefit ot his heafh.
When Congress comes together after the holiday
vacaticn, then will be the tug of war. Within
the ensuing two or three weeks, the lines will be
drawn w hich arc to determine tiie tutore com
plexion ot politics. Wcro Mr. Seward to remain
in Washington, the necessi les of his position
would compel dim to take "ides.
lie would naturally be looked to as thp oracle
and prompter of the Conservative Rcnnbllcans.
In such a contest as is close at hand, ho could
not be neutral; and his position iu the Cabinet
would compel him to support the President.
But to act this part would clfectually estrange
him lrom tho Republican party a party which
ho nurped Into strength, and wnich he lias con
stantly felt owed him its nomination lor the
Presidency. It has been his destiny to bea'-the
bush lor others to catch the bird. If tho Repub
lican party were capable ot gratitude. Mr.
Seward would still be its leader: he Is naturally
unwilling to raise a hand lor the destruction o(
bis own offspring; cspceinlly as be has stronger
claims on thut party than lie is ever likely to
have on any other.
When Mr. Seward returns, the fog in which
the politics of the country are w.-appd will have
cleared away, ami he will be better prepared to
choose bis side. If he then sees that he must
leave the Cabinet, he will identify himself with the
lippuoiicnn party ana go into retirement a tue
profes'ed martyr ot Ins principles. But if. on
the other hand, he ludges that he hai nothing to
hope trom that party, he expects to turn nis
voyage to account In another way.
Mr. Seward understood perfectly well thai a
voyage in which he would skirt along the Mexi
can coast, ana probably have an interview at St.
Thomas with Santa Anna, would occasion a
great deal ot vacuo speculation respecting its
possible connection with the empire of Mniimi-
linn. The very disclaimers of any political pur
pose, which he has caused to be put forth, are
calculated to suggest the idea.. They prove his
ready peiception ol the interpretation Which the
quidnuncs would put upon his voyage. He
knows that he has betrayed the Monroe doctrine;
lie is aware ol I'resiaent Johnson's nxed deter
mination to support it; and seeing that the
policy ot the Government is certain to be changed
on this subject, he wishes it to be inferred (if.
on his return, ho should take sides against the
Radicals) that the change was a conseuueuce of
his mysterious mission. If, in the struggle of
the next thiee or tour weeks, the President tri
umphs over the Radicals, he will bo ready to
take bold ground in deiense ot the Monroe doc
trine; and if such an announcement is made just
on the heels ot Mr. Seward's return, he turtively
supposes thnt he will e regarded as the instru
ment of Ihe change, and that by this means he
mav retain his place in the Cabinet.
It Mr. Seward, on his return, shall ludg? it
expedient to identity himself with the radicals.
he will claim no share in President Johnson's
anti-Maximilian do. icy. and will stand on his
past record. His Mexican views, in thnt case, will
take their coloring trom those ot the Whig party
at the time of our Mexican war: w hich was op
posed because It would extend our frontiers south-
waro, ana give tucnoutn a greater proportionate
weight iu 'lie national councils. It Mr. Sj ward
keeps to his old relations, he will defend his sub
servient truckling to Napoleon on tho ground
that the success of the Empire would bar the
door to our iurther extension southwards, and
thus pieserve the ascendancy of the North in
Ffdernl politics.
This voyage of Mr. Seward is one of the most
characteristic and arttul things ho has ever
none, it takes nun away trom Washington nt a
time when he rould not remain there aud retain
his present ollico, without using his influence
actively against tho radicals in the fUht ths
President has determined to make with them.
and thus destroying the bridge he has always
been careful to preserve (or a retreat to his oli
associations. It the President triumphs, tho
ureat question next in ord -r is the Monroe doc
trine, and on this Mr. Seward hopes to cast his
ugly record into the shade, by causing it to be
supposed that his Southern voyage and secret
influence inaugurated a change of policy. But
a subtle, two-sided stratagem of this sort is not
very likely to succeed.
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33 ankers and lirokers.
Specie. Blocks, Quartermasters' Yeuober anu
Checks, and all Government Securities bought and
001a. i-iu
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES
A N U T
II
E It TEST
or
HEBRTNG'S FIRt-FRCOF SAFES.
THE F1ERT ORDEAL PA8BED TRICMPHANTLt
Th Herri m fate nxed In ih office of onr warehouse
destroyed by ilie ditmstioiii are ol the muht of the SU
instunt. win aublected to in Intense heat u orolatlv
any rale will ever be gublected Iu any Are ho Intense
thnt the liract knobs ami mount I Din of the exterior o
name were melted on. and the whole lurface iculed and
blistered s u It bad been In a furnace, and ret when
opened the contents bookt and payers weie fouud to
be entire anu uninjured.
ifutr.aieifi now on exniuuion in our warenoaneou
Seventh street, with the books aud Daocn still remain
liiK In It Just s It was when taken from the ruins. Mer
cliuuts, Ranken, aud others Interested iu the protectiur
oi tueir books ana papers are mviieu to cuiiauuii
amine it. 3. V. BAliTHOLOW,
A peat tor Herring's ha en,
18 Mo toS8EVF.NTUBt-.Washuuuon.lJ. 0
HAIR ESTABLISHMENTS.
QIIRISTMAS PRESENTS.
T. M. GREEN'S
II A I 11 J K-W E Lit "Y
ESTABLISHMENT,
No. 439 ARCH STREET, BELOW FIFTH
PIULADELHDIA.
OltDF.r.S PROMPTLY AND SAll -TATOltlLY
EXECUTED. 121613t
BAKER'S rorULAR HAIR ESTABLISH
MEM' The assortment ol Kraida . wigs Toupee
Randenux, Rapillons, tlouleaux, Tonilues. Kris
Criuipses. Cnrls, Illusive Seams lor ladles,, cannot
eiiualied by any other bouse in the Cnited States,
prices lower thsn elsewhere
11 31' 8m .No. tOI) CHEHNUT Street, Philadelphia.
l'HK KNOLOGIST, 8UO-
iilves written and
haracter with Charts.
TENTH Street.
r UK STAMP AGENCY, NO. 301 CHESNUT
J HIREhT, ABOVE THIRD WILL DK COSiTINUEB
AS UFHETOFOUE.
S'lAMl-H ot FVIrRV DESCRIPTION CONSTANTLY
ON HAND, AND IN AN V AMOUNT. . 11
fMIF. STAMP At'ENCV, NV S04 CHESNUT
J S I Itl ET. A HOVE THIhD, WILL BE CONTINUED
AH IIHtH'IOKuHK
STA V I'M olf VERY DKSCIMPTION' CONST ANTI.ll
ON HAND, AND IN. ANY AMOUNT. 1113
J. L. CAPEN,
ce.sor to Fowler. Wa ll A Co..
J verbal descriptions of c
J X, oaiiv, at
t-iai l'ii'Jstuth Im NO. 26 8
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
DKLAWAEE MUTUAL PAFETI INSURANCE
(OIU'ANY,
lNCORrORATFT) IlY TUB Lrr.IST.ATIRF.
1 KN-YI.VANtV
OFFICE B F.. lOKNUt llllllli AND WALNUT
Bl HVV.iS. 1 llll.A Ht.I PltlA.
MAEl.E 1NMKVCE
ON VI PSlLb,)
cargo. To alt parts of the w
FUKIOUT J
ISLAND IKPrRAVf'F.9 '
On Coods by Rlv r. l anal, Lnke, nnd Laud Ca
urrlsoi rue iinuin.
FlfiK IKBL'RANCti
On Verrlinndl se fienern'lT.
Ou Stores, Dwe ling Houses, etc
ASSEIB or T"K COMPANY
hovemier 1, 18t.
(1100 OOfl United States S per cent loan, ,7l....0',(ni
WOWS " " " '81.... US ItXHW
21HJ0O0 " 1 -IO Per cent, loan,
Treasury Votes ,. 104 33 00
100 0C0 State ot i enusylvanla Five Fet cent.
Loan 90, MY
84,000 State of Feimsylrniila blx l'ev Cent.
Loan 63,250'
123 000 Cltr of l'WIaUelph'a Pix l'er Cent.
Loan 11J,P1J 50
20,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First Mort-
gate Six l'er Cent, llonfls 10,000 00
25,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Second Mort-
gHne hit l'er t ent. Honds A... 23,730 Of
26 000 w eslern Pennsylvania li at road Mort
enRO Six Per Cent, llonrt 23,750 00
15,000 3110 Shares Stock Oennanlown tin
Crmpanv. principal and Interest
guaranteed by the City ol 1'hlla
elphla .. 13,53760
7,150 143 Mi ares Stock Fcnnsviva..la Rall-
rond i omnauy 8,50-0
5.000 110 Shares NtucK North Pennsylvania
Railroad Company 1,350-00
ieiosii witn i niii'ti mates uovern-
ment. snMcet to ten davs' ca 1 40.000-00
30,1 CO State ot Tennessee Five Per Cent.
Loan : 18 900 00
170 700 Loans on honds and si ortgaxe. flist
liens on City Property lTO.TOO-W
l.OSti.HAOPar. Market value t9!)fl. 560-00
teai r.siate fc.HHiiiu
Kills receivable lor lnurancns made, lil.013 37
jtiai ances due at A gencles. I'rcm turns
on Marine Policies. Accrued Inte
rest, and other debts due the Com
pany
40 511 44
Scrip and Siock of sundry Insurance
and other Companies, MS. F.sti
mated value .'
Cash In Rank J5.9VS H9
2.910 00
Cash In Drawer 6JH 48
66,635 37
1 .2A3 64i-Id
DIR1XTORS.
Samuel K. Htokes,
J. f. Fenistan,
Thomas C. Hanit
John C. Davis
dmund A. Bonder,
Theonhllus Pauldmv.
llenrv Moan,
William U. Ronlton,
KUward Darllnirton,
H. Jones Brooks.
Kdward Latouroad?,
Jacob P.Jones
James B. McFarland,
Joshua P. Eyre.
Spencer Mcllvaln,
J. it. Semole, Pittsbunt,
. R. Renter. P'tuhurx.
T rr i Tl l ........
John K. Penrose,
James Trauualr,
Henry C. Dailett. Jr.,
James C. Band
William CLudwIg,
Joaepa 11. heal,
eorge : helper,
Huph Cralx.
Robert llurmn.
JohuD Taylor
THOMAH C HANI), Presloent,
JOHN C. DAVIS, Vice President
eccretarv. li 13
IIkkst Lylbubh
NORTH AMERICAN TRANSIT
INSURANCE C0MPAUT,
No. 133 S. FOURTH Street
PHILADELPHIA.
Annual Policies Issued against General Accidents
descriptions at exceed! ngly low rates,
Insurance effected for one year, in any sum from 6100
to 610 000. at a premium of only one-half per cent, secu
ring the full amount Insured tn case of death, and a com
pensation each week equal to the whole premium paid.
Short time Tickets for 1. 2, 1, 6, 7, or 10 days, or 1, 3, o
6 months, at 10 cents a day, insuring In the sum of 63000
or giving 915 per week tl disabled, to be had at the Gone.
ral Office, No. 143 8. FOURTH Street. Philadelphia, or a
the various Railroad Ticket offices. Be sure to Dnrchase
the tickets of the North American Transit insurance
Company.
For clicalars and further Information apply at th
General Office, or of any of the authorize A A mnt m ,h
Company.
llwib Li noun, r resident.
JAMFH M. CO RAD, Treasurer.
HKNRY O. BROWN, Secretary.
JOHN O. BULLITT. Solicitor.
P1RECIOHS.
L. I,. Houpt, lnte of Pennsylvania Railroad Coir nan v.
M. Balnl ot Al. W. Baldwin A Co. 'a. 1 J
Samuei C. Palmer. Cashier ol Commercial Bank.
Richard Wood, Ne. 309 Market street.
James M Conrad, No. 623 Market street.
J. K. Klnt.sly, Continrnial HoleL
II. O. Leisenringi Nos. 237 and 2.19 Dock street
Samuel W ork, ot Work Met ouch A Cu.
George Martin, No. 322 Cbetnut street. 11 3 ly
' p
T
HE PROVIDENT
Life and Trust Co.,
0 PHILADELPHIA.
Incorporated by the State of PennsvlvanlaThlrd Mont
22d. IH.B, lNtil RK LIVFS, ALLO W- INTtUKsT ON
UtrUSi lH, AM) uKA JSTa ANNUITIES.
CAPITAL, 15O,O0O.
BLOiiCIORS.
Samuel R. Shipley,
Jeremiah Hackei,
Joshua H Moirla, .
Richard Wood.
Richard Cadbury,
Henry lluines,
T Wlstar Brown,
William C. Longstreth,
i:nariea jr.
SAMUEL B. bUlPLEY, President
Rowland Pabbt, Actuary.
couiu.
orrici - C72Sly
lo. IU . i OUiiTil Ktreot.
1829. C II ARTE R PERPETUAL.
FRANKLIN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
, OF r-HILADeu-BlA
ASSETS ON JANUARY 1. 1SCS. 62.501.207
CAPITAL 64011.000
At I Rl ED KURPLUK w m
1 RESI1UM6 1 1034ZS
Cnsettied Claims, 612.745. Income forlSttS, 6,'IUl,0un
PERPETUAL
AND TEMPORARY
LIB ERAL TERMd.
POLICIES OS
MRF.CTOBS t
CnARCFH N BANCEER, ISAAC LEA,
10B1AB WAGNER,
rDwARDC. DALE.
oA.Vi U r.L liitAfl I ,
JACOB R. SMITH.
GEORGE W, RICHARDS,
CHAULE8
UKMRtiK FALE8,
ALFnED FITLKR.
FKAS. W. Le.WIK. M. D.
N. BANCKr.R. President.
t tin amu v.. 1L";. vioe rresioonu
JAura W. Mc ' li.istku. Secretary pro tem. 3 25 12
PIKENIX ITiSCRAJsCE COMPANY OK
a. fjiiLAur-LrniA.
INLOKI ORATED lnl CHARTER PERPETUAL.
No. Tli WALNUT Sireei. OODoslte the Exchanra
In addition to MARIN E and INLAND INcUKANCK
this Company Insures iroin loss oraaniage by FIRE, on
liberal leiuis, on buildings, merchandise turnlturu. etc..
lor limited periods, aud penuaneutly on buildings, by
deposit oi premium.
1 he ronipany baa been la active operation for more
than SIX iV YE,. KM. during which ail lowea have been
promptly adjusted ana paia.
DISECTOBS.
John li. Hudge,
lawrenae uewis, Jr.
David Lewis,
Benjamin Ettlng.
Thomas II. Powers,
A. K. Mc Henry,
Edmond ( astllion,
HhuiuaI Wilcox.
William McKea.
il. U. Mahoney,
Job - T. Lewis,
Williams. Grant.
Robert W Learning
1, flMrk Whitrtitn.
" y Tl VT 11 1
WliCUEKEJi, rres'nnrii.
Sauckl Wucox. be retaiy.
is if
IIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY TIIE
r PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INHCHANCE COMPANY
Incorporated Itttft tnanor rerpeiuui no. oiu VIAL
NUT Hireet, opposite Independence Huuare.
This Company, iavorab y known to the community tor
over forty yeura, continue to Insure against loss or
damage by Are on public or Private Buildings, either
permanent y or lor a limited time. Also on Furniture,
stocks of Goods and .Merchandise generally, on liberal
te"l)e'ir Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, la
invested in the most careful manner, which en ihles
tneiu to oder to the Insured an undoubted aeeurltyln
the case o loss.
Daniel Smltll, Jr.,
Biuuiun".
Jonn Deverang,
Alexander Beuson.
Thomas HmliU,
1.rc. Hazlehnrst. Henry Lewis.
, T homas RobUis, I J. Glllinghain Fell,
uaniei n: aoca, .jr.
DAM IE., SMITH, Jr., Prek'dent.
WtLttAll O. OS Secretary. . 6 30 ly
F
li E INSUltANC
THE HOME INSURANCE COMPANT
O' PHILADKLFUIA.
E,
Koi150 8. FoURTU treet.
Charier Perpetual. Authorized Capital, 1500 000
re
fa d-uo Caoltal. SllHi iKiu.
Insures against loss or damage by FIRE nn buildlnim.
either permanent y or lor LIMITED .period. Also on
MERCHANDISE generally and Household Furniture,
city or countiy.
DICICTUKB.
James Brown.
'1 homas Kimber. Jr..
Char e A. Duy,
in. 1. I ewis.
William B. Bullock,
m. Need cs.
Henry . MeCouib,
Lemuel Collin,
Chas P. Bayard,
J. lllllboru Joues,
Jol.u I) lay lor,
John i oodsnle.
JAMES BROWN, President
CI I As. A. DUY. Viet President
Tho as NE1LSON, Secretary.
, 301)
SHIPPING.
,r r
"TIMT
' " --4m.
FOR NEW ORLEANS
AND SAVANNAH DIRECT.
FIKST CABIN PASSAGE TO NEW ORLEANS
FORTY DOLLARS $40.
THE NEW STEAMSHIP MISSOURI,
JAMES 8UEKMA, Commander,
Will sail from SEW Vor.K, 8 AtrRDAT, January 6,
carry ins passengers at above low rates.
The well-known and popular stcamshlD M ATANZAR.
William Lusboakq, Commander, will follow Janu
ary 13.
FOB SAVANNAH DIRECT-Wcekly Lino.
The splendid newateamshlD SAN JACINTO. Cantaln
LovelanU.wlU sail Saturday, Jauuary 6 anfl be suoeeedod
by the BAN SALVADOR, Captain Atkins, Saturday.
January 11.
For Tickets apply to
II. L. LEAF,
Ko. 320 CHESNUT HTRK.F.T.
GARRISON A'ALLEX No. 6 llowdng Groen. Ne
York. ua
HIGHLY
IMPORTANT NO-
lAcaW TICK.
'Xtlt.
EtABOARD AND ROANCKE
RAILROAD
orr.N.
rilAKlIK tllf linirn
On and after Thnriulnv n.it .qn,t.' . .
steamers ol the OLD HAY LINK win leave BALTIMURB
tul't'RTRLSS MONROE aud NOKf OLK. at 44 o'olooSi -
V e now oner to the puhllo. by this route, nmnntuui
accommodations. In havlnv two such ittam.n .- . '.
THOMAS KfcLM and AWKf AIDE. . ,
Passenuers leavina Baltimore at 4K o'clock p li iii
nrrivo ai nnnoia iu lime io couneci witn the sa
Rlvr steamers lor CITY POIN I' and RICHMOND
The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad betnir n aw nnm
this Is the oniv line bv which connections can rut m.aa
with it at Portsmouth for Suffolk. Blackwater. Kdcntoa
l'U mouth Weldon. RaUiih. Goldsboro Nevbern. Wd
nrniiten and al points on the (treat fouthern route.
Passengers going to any point south ot Norfolk wia
find this to be the most txpedtluium and the clteateit
route.
Fare lrom Philadelphia to Forties Monroe 67-75
isorlolk 7 7J
" City Point 10 U
Through tickets from Baltimore to Weldon'. il! c!. ai2
onlv.
Thtonch Tickets can be obtained at all 1nn
the principal Northern. Kas.oin. and Western cities,
and Washington City, D. C.
Be DartlCUlar to nroeura tlnkets hv Ihn AM.t.Kll.hAf
BAY LINK I
Male Boom" and Meals extra.
The Htate Room accommntattnna ava nnii,n.i..j
and the table well supplied.
rassenners laaing trie s a. m. tram from New York;
have ample time to dine in Balt'more.
rassemier- leaving I'btladelnhi at 8-15 nr 11 VI 1 w
vll' connect with this Ine at Bult'more.
Fassenuer leaving Washlnirtun at 1 liP. M. will nnn
nect wltu this Hue at Bal Jinore.
l'assenpers and their baktvaua transDortad free betwMm
railroad depots and steamers.
at. h. r ai ls, rresment
R. D. JAMAR General Fassenuer Aaent Phlia.
November 30 1866.- 11 M
.f. HAMILL'S PASSAGE OFFICE.
aTS1 11 irnp LIVERPOOL ASH CORK DIRECT.
ilia lirst-class lull powered lyde bunt Iron screw
Steamships, o' this Line leguladv
E Vk.lt Y WEDNESDAY IHROl'OHOUT THE YEAR
FIRsT CABIN (through from Philadelphia) SttO-uO
HTLERAGK do do do $35 W
PAYABLE I r APER MONEY,
ron
LONDONDERRY, BF.LFAT, DITBLIN, GLASGOW
OU LIVERPOOL.
CABIN (a cording to location) 690,' 6S0, and tl
81 ERAGE aau-Uf
All Dnvabla In naper monev. and boitked thrnirh im
from Philadoipbla to any oi the above ports.
Parties about vlsltina the old conntrr will findltM
theit advantage to call on the undersigned before en,
gaalng elsewhere, as they can seeure choice bertha, aiK
save their ral -osd ezneusea to New York.
For passage, apply to W. A. HA MILL,
So. 217 WALNUT Street, up stairs.
Drafts issusd for anv amount nitvahii, in tn. nnrt nt
England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wa es, or ou the Con-
t STEAM XO Ll ViSRPOOL.
-C Calling at Ol'EFNSTOWN. The TnmanT.ln..
sailing Ml W EEKLY, carrymg the D. 8. Mall.
ETNA, Hatunlay. Uecembe r !HI.
CITY Or MANCHESTER, Wednesday, January J.
KOINBl'RGH, Saturday. January 6.
At noon, ltom Pier 44 North Klver.
RATEH or PAHHAGIC.
First t abln 9ll-00 Steeraue IJO-OO
First Caiiln to London 65 00 Steeraire to London 34 00
First Cabin to Paris... 105110 Hteerage to Paris 40-00
rassengers also lorwartied to Havre. Hamburg. Bre
men, Ac, Ac. at moderate rates.
I'BHsaite br the mar steamers, sailing every HATUK
DAY, payable in goid Passage by the ml,a week
steamers, payab e in Tnlted htatos currency.
Passage by the Wednesday steamers : Cabin. 690.
Stoerage 636; payable in United States currency.
meernge passage iroiu Liverpool or uufcenstown, stiw
gold, or its equivalent, liukefscan ba bought her by
persons sending lor their friends.
r or lurtner uuormauon appiy at toe omnany -s umcea
JOltN O. DALE, Agent,
Ho. Ill WALNUT Street. Philadelphia,
3E
FOR NEW YORK. DESPATCH
and Swiltsure Linos, via Delaware and
iuirliuu t ana
The steamers of these lines are leavln
ivlng
daily at 12 o'clock is. , aud 6 o'clock P,
M., lrom third
pier above Wamut street
For freight, which will be taken on accommodating
terms, apply to WILLI A M M. BAIitD A CO., No. 124 S.
DELAWARE Aveuue.
COAL.
S O'BRIEN,
J A M E
DEALER US
LEHIliH AiND SCHUTLKILL
COAL,
WE CALGO OR SINGLE TON.
BY
Yard, Broad Street, telow Fitzwater.
lias constantly ou hand a comretent buddIv of the
above siiierior Coa , suitable tor family use, to
which be calls the attention of his friends and tho ,
public generally.
Orders left at To 206 S. Fl'tb street. No. 82 8.
Seventeunth street or through Despatch, or loet
Ofilce, promptly aft-tided to
. a sUFLKioa ouALirr of blacksmiths
COAL. 7 8 ly
QREAT REDUCTION
IN GOOD FAMILY COAL.
$8 A T ON FOB LARGE NUT COAL.
69 A f ON FOR STOVE AND HEATER COAL,
AT
ALTE'.'S COAL YARD.
'o. I67 NINTH STREET, B ELOW GIRARD AVENUE.
Branch Office, oon.cr SIXTH and SPRING OVRDES
Streets. 1241m
MANUFACTURER,
AND DEALER IN
PctogrIt Albums,
BOOKS,
BtCLES, PRAYERS.
tlatazlccs, Novels, and all the
IJiV Publications.
CARD, fcC.L-rt, AND IMPERIAL
PHOTOCRAPHS.
Stercoscorc ?.ntl Stereoscopic Views.
Picturei cf .-.!! kinds Framed to order.'
,1
lHl'
r.
X J
A
808 CSLoTXUT ST. 808
11 til. Wd '';il
i;Jf
THE STAMP AliKNTV, NO. 301 CHESNUT
J KTRF.KT. ABOVE111IRD, WILL BE CON11NUED
AS HUtKTOrORt . , . ,.,
BTAAlfH of VERT DESCRIPTION CONSTANTLY.
ON HAND, AND I ANV AMOUNT. H lJ
iif
III i'l
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