G V2S INNER LIFE OF TUE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS. It is half-past three o'clock; and as the Bouse, when fairly at work, In the middlo of the session, meets precisely at four, It ia necessary, in order to witness the entrance of "Mr. Speaker," and other formalities which are a part of the evening's proceedings of this great national council, that we take our stand In the outer or " strangers' " lobhy, where there are already assembled the nume rous parliamentary agents, clerks, and other functionaries interested in the "private busi ness" of the House: some to canvass members for their support of private bills others to in fluence their opposition to such measures. Precisely at ten minutes of four, a voioe is heard from the corridor leading to the Speaker's room, announcing the approach of 'Mr. Speaker." The inspector of police, who Stands where the corridor enters the lobby, cries out, "Ilats off, strangers!" and every man is immediately uncovered. The doors of the House are then thrown open, and, preceded fcy a messenger of the House in full dress, with his silver-gilt badge suspended from his aeck, and the Sergeant-at-Arms, in court cos tume, with the massive mace on his shoulder, 'Mr. Speaker" in his robes, and accompanied ty his chaplain, is seen approaching,his sweep ing train being borne by another messenger In full court livery. On the Speaker's ap proach to the door, the principal doorkeeper proceeds to the door and cries out, "Mr. Speaker," whereupon the members present at once fall into their respective places, and, Btaading uncovered, reverently bow as that functionary passes. On his entrance into the House, "Mr. Speaker" does not at once take the chair, but stands at the table while the Chaplain reads the prayers. When prayers commence, the doors of the Ilouse are closed, and the door keeper announces that "Mr. Speaker is at prayers," and at the same time rings a bell, or -rather sets going a machine which causes a . simultaneous ringing of bells in all parts of the House where members are likely to be. In about seven minutes "prayers are over," whioh fact is formally announced by the door keeper, and the bells are again set in motion. The doors of the House are then opened, and as soon as "Mr. Speaker" has ascertained that the requisite "forty" members are in the House, he takes the chair. The doorkeeper then calls out, "Mr. Speaker is in the chair," and the order of business for the night begins. It sometimes happens that, when the hand of the clock points to four, there are not forty mem bers present. In this case the Speaker at once adjourns the House. This never, how ever, occurs on Government nights, or when Government wants "to make a House;" for on these nights the "Whips" always take care to secure the attendance of the requisite num ber. The circumstances under which failures "to make a House" occur are generally these: It is a public night, which means that motions of , private members take precedence there is no thing important on the paper; on the contrary, there are several notices of motions put there by members of no standing in the House, which it is known will lead to nothing but hours of dreary talk. Of course, as the Gov ernment is not interested, its agents will not "make a House;" and when those who have not sufficient influenoe to secure the attendance . of forty members and the members generally are not disposed to waste a night watching proceedings which they care nothing about, and which they know will be perfeotly fruit . less it often happens that out of the 653 . members, it is impossible to get forty to at tend. Indeed, sometimes we have known an active canvass to keep members away; and it is no uncommon thing to see a hundred members in the lobby, when it is . found impossible to get thirty in the House. The failure to make a House is often a severe disappointment and mortification to those members who have motions set down. Taney a man spending weeks in poring over Blue-Books, extracting their contents, elabo rating his speech, and then hurrying down to the House on the great important day, full of his subject, he finds the doors shut, and learn3 from the solitary policeman who paces the lobby that there is "no House." The "count out" is another favorite and not uncommon mode of getting rid of a dreary speaker and a disagreeable subject. It gene rally takes plaoe between the hours of seven and eight, and is managed in this wise: The time we will suppose is half-past seven. The honorable member for has been up for an hour, and the wearisome tide of talk shows no sign of exhaustion. Most of the members have gone to dinner at their respective clubs, '- or at the dining-room of the House; and now there are not more than forty-five or fifty members present. There is a general disposi tion to get rid of the speaker and his motion The Government will be saved the trouble of reply, which, by-the-way, is sometimes very convenient. . The young members want, per , haps, to go to the opera, the old members ", will be glad of a night's rest, and all see that a holiday may be secured without any injury to the State. The first symptom of "a count" is the congregation of a dozen or twenty members - in the inner lobby, anxiously peering through the glass doors. Some knowing hand slides in, and, slidiag up to different members in the House, tells them what ia a-foot, and then glides out again. Presently others are seen quietly leaving, one by one, without any apparent concert. Some member then goes to the back of the Speaker's chair and - counts the members present. There are just - iorty,witn f'Wr. bpeaker." There are too many for the count to be attempted, as others may drop in. Another leaves, and then another, and so on, until there are only thirty-two or thirty-three left. The member behind the chair then comes forward and calls "Mr. - Speaker's" attention to the fact that there are . not forty members present. The orator drops down in the midst of lWs hanAigue; the clerk of the table turns a three-minute sand-glass, the doorkeeper rings his bell; and when the sand in the glass is run out, "Mr. Speaker" proceeds to count the members, and then, if forty be not present, he declares the Ilouse adjourned. It sometimes happens that counts are attempted and fail. Perhaps the hon. member has made an arrangement with cer tain members who have gone to dine, to watch for the ringing of the bell, and to hurry hack to keep the House, thinking that there is a division. This latter circumstance, however, does not often happen, as those who are trying to "work the yracle" station themselves at the doors, to interoept such members and any others who may be igno rant of what is up, and to prevent them from entering. Some curious scenes ooour before the doors n the occasion of a "oount." A grave old gentleman is, perhaps, seen coming up the stairs, who, it is known, never sanotions a count," and whose presenoe will "make" the House. He has not heard of the attempt, and moves along all unconscious of what is going on, and then a oolloquy of this sort ensues: "I say, 13., here is old C. ooming; jou must go und stop him." "Oh, never THE JUH EV mind Aim; starts off I'll keep him in chat." And II. no if lio irnra col tii? home, and, meeting C, of course must stop to speak to an old acquaintance. "Ah, my worthy old friend, how are you ? Witati i" again ? This is enough. Get an old gentleman on the subject of his ailiDgs, and he is quite safe for a much longer time than three minutes. While they are talking, the doorkeeper rings the bell and shouts out, "Who goes home?" and the old gentleman finds the "House is up," and, perhaps, suspects that he has been "sold." The cry of the doorkeeper, "Who goes home t" and which he always shouts out when the House rises, is said to mean, "Who goes home with the Speaker to protect him t" and has descended down from those troublous times when it was not safe for "Mr. Speaker" to go home alone. We have said that the doorkeeper always utters this cry when the House adjourns; but one exception to the rule recurs to us, and probably it may be considered the only one for ages. During the session of 1855, the Ilouse had, for the first time in its history, a Deputy Speaker. This was in accordance with a resolution of the Ilouse, passed about four years previ ously; and on this occasion it was ruled that, as there was no Speaker to go home, the usual summons should not be made. In connection with this new arrangement con cerning the business of the House may be mentioned a singular fact. The resolution was originally proposed by Sir R. II. Inglis, and is called "Jngus' Resolution, ' and it is a somewhat singular coincidence that it was acted upon, for the first time, on the day that the baronet's death was announced hi the Times. There is another curious ceremony which is occasionally seen at the House, and, as it once led to a laughable scene, it is worthy of notice. When her Majesty gives her assent to bills, either in person or by commission, "Air. Speaker" is summoned to the House of Peers. The summoning officer is "the Usher of the Black Rod," who, in full court-dress, marches in grand state, with the black, .rod on his shoulder, to the door of the House of Commons. On his approach the door is locked by the Sergeant-at- Arms, and to gain admission the usher has to knock three times, which he does with grave solemnity The door is then thrown open: the doorkeeper walks to the bar and shouts "Black Rod," and the usher, accomnanied by the sergeant with the mace on his shoul der, marches up to the table of the House, both bowing as they advance. At the table, the usher holds his rod upright, delivers his summons, and then, Btill accompanied by the Sergeant-at-Arms, backs out of the Ilouse, stopping at every three or four steps to bow. Having arrived at the door, he turns round. and, followed by "Mr. Speaker," proceeds to the House of Peers. There "Mr. Speaker" hears the Royal assent given, and then, in due state, marches back to the Ilouse of Commons. When the Black Rod leaves the House of Commons, the doorkeeper calls out, "Make way for Black Rod;" and then, on the approach of the Speaker, "Make way for 'Mr. DpeaKer.' " On the night alluded to, when "Black Rod" arrived. Lord Palmerston was answering Mr. Dsiraeli, and was speaking in a more impas sioned manner than usual. The House was crowded in every part. All was silent as the grave, excepting the noble Lord, who had just said, "is this the party J" when, before the sentence could be finished, the doorkeeper started lorward and snouted out, "-Black Rod." The noble Lord dropped as if he had been shot, and laughter, long and loud, now sinking and now rising again in a fresh peal, rang through the Ilouse. At first the noble Lord seemed completely stunned, but he soon recovered, and joined in the laughter as heartily as any one, and even "Mr. Speaker" could hardly drawdown his risible muscles to a due tension, as the Black Rod marched up the ilouse. When her Majesty gives her assent in per son, her concurrence is previously communi cated to the clerk-assistant, who reads the titles of the bills, on which the royal assent is signified by a gentle inclination. If it be a hill of supply, the clerk pronounoes in audible tone: liLa reiqne remertie sesbonssuiets, accepte lew benevolence, et ami le veult" ("The Queen thanks her good subjects, accepts their benevo lence, and answers, 'Be it so.' ") To other pub lic bills the form of assent is, "La r eigne le veult" ("The Queen wills it so.") To private bills, "Soi fait comme il est te&iri ("Be it as prayed.") She holds the prerogative of re fusing her assent to laws passed by both Houses, but this right has not been exercised by any sovereign since the refusal of Queen Anne to sanction the Scotch Militia bill, in the year 1707. When her Majesty opens Parliament, she goes in state to the House of Lords, and takes her seat upon the throne. The Commons are then summoned, and such members as please attend, with "Mr. Speaker" at the bar. The royal speech, prepared beforehand by the Ministry, is handed to the Queen by the Lord Chancellor, and read by her; after which, her Majesty retiring, the business of the session commences. The Commons return to their department, and, by way of form, read some bill to keep up their privilege of not giving priority to the royal speech. Two members appointed by Government then move and second "the address" in either House, thank ing her Majesty for her "gracious" Bpeech, and each appoints a delegation to present it. In former days the debate upon the address was often very vehemently contested, and "amendments" or alterations, implying a re fusal to accept the intended policy of the Min istry, were irequently proposed; but of late, although the leaders of the Opposition in each House usually criticize closely the topics con tained in or omitted from the speech, the ad dress is generally passed without further oppo sition. When Parliament is opened by Com mission, the royal speech is read by one of the Commission, and the address passed in like manner. There are other ceremonies and customs which might be described, but let those to which we have referred suffice. All such formulas no doubt appear trilling, and unsuita ble to this practical age and country. They, however, can do no harm, and are, at all events, interesting memorials of other times. But, while the simple usages described may, perhaps, be tolerated as harmless, the red-tape and circumlocution system practised not only in the governmental departments, but in every publio office civil and military is much to be deplored. True, Red-tape, Routine & Co. r .c.onfl,e their operations to monarchical institutions, as we have had sufficient opportu nt Zl ? i f Peeing during the early progress Sfnd tLi VUion; nevertheless. In Ing Hv l?,!i,rrit,d out 40 an extent cer laffihe cLrf'i- illustration, let us touch old "KriTtT6 10 wLi that gallant, Her wa? 11 " Admiral Sir Charles tlouse to : ap?lf a ctll ? apP,eaTl t0 V" into the management rtSf with characteristic humo? flha,rle8' thus:-"The Secretar,'!'?! V ? faota - I '-.11 ral, and then sent taa a feinted letter to fell TUESDAY, - me I was an Admiral; then came a letter Bifinpd by two Ijords of the Admiralty to tell me 1 was an Admiral. I then received a letter telling me to hoist my flag, and subsequently another letter telling me to lower it, with other communications from the Aceountant Urneral and the Admiral at Portsmouth. What ridiculous nonsense I" It would, perhaps, be impossible to find a more apt illustration of red-tapism than this, though there is little to exult over by way of contrast in modern legislation. Northern Monthly and N. J. Magazine. OlilTUAR Y. Death of United State Conml Gould, at Letth, Scotland. IiFlTTT, Scotland, July 22 Mr, Dnnlel Gould, United fcitates Consul at this place, died to-day. Madame Nuinrm, A Imdon correspondent recently announced the sudden death, from a diseased heart, of Madame Mnsurus, wife of the Turkish Ambas sador to the Court ol St. James. The deceased lady was the daughter of l'rlnoe Vouorldes, and was horn In 1819. When twenty years of age (In lH.'iit) she married Mnsurus Pacha, a member of one of the most distinguished families of Constantinople. Madame Musurus leaves two sons and lour daughters. Sir Charles Monfk. The London papers announce the recent death ot this baronet, at his seat In Nortnuiii berland. Sir Charles was a liberal in politics, and twice represented the county of Northum berland in Parliament. As a lover of tiie turf lie was well known throughout England, and during his time ran a number of celebrated horses. The deceased had attained a ripe agi at the time of his death, being lu his eighty-eighth year. Bin. Folly Ilaynee, a Centenarian. The Hickman (Ky.) Courier announces the recent death of this lady, av the great age of 103 years. For a long time she had been possessed of the Idea that she was destined to live for 125 years, and greatly regretted that her constitu tion failed her before she had seen that number of years. Mrs. Mlra Abdy. The English papers announce the recent death of this well-known English poetess. She was born In London, in 1800, and was the niece of Horace and James Bnilth, the authors of "Re jected Addresses." At an early age she de veloped the genius for poetry which distin guished her In alter years, many of her verses having been written before she entered her teens. About the year 1620 she married the Kev. John Channing Abdy, rector of St. John's, llorsleydown, and became much liked by the people of the parish for her attentions and kindness to the poor. Her first appearance In print was In 1828 in the New Monthly Magazine, under the initials of "M. A." Suds, quectly, Mrs. Abdy became connected with the Metro' politan, in which she wrote under her own name. Her poems were collected into five volumes and published, for private circulation only, some years ago. While her verses never merited the highest enoomluras, they were very pleasing to reuu, auu being eusy, flowery, and graceful, were popular with the reading public. The deceased was lei t a widow many years ago, with an only son, whose educallou she per sonally superintended. The Unadilla Bank Failure. From the Albany Argus, August 3. The Unadilla Times of Wednesday makes some disclosures affecting the management of this bank, which, if true, look very much like a huge and deliberate swindle on the part of those who owned and controlled it. We uo not know how far these parties have made themselves liable to a criminal prosecution for the manner in which the farmers of Otsego and other counties have been cheated out of their hard earnings by alleged stock gambling, but lor crimes of tar Ices magnitude than are here charged against the Unadilla Bank managers, the State prisons have closed their doors for years on many less "respectable" financial operators. We hope tee matter will he probed to the bottom, and it there has beencriroinal mismanagement, that it will be exposed and punished. These developments show that, while the nntional bank system has Inspired the farmers with increased confidence, in the lallacious belief that it furnishes greater security for their deposits as well as lor circu lating notes, it has at the same time furnished a clonk (or bankers to carry on their dishonest speculations for many months without exciting suspicion. Alter relerring to the assignment ot Messrs. Watson fc Hayes to Messrs. Sands fc Loomis, the limes says: POTj This step necessarily involves the question ot their ability to pay the depositors not only of the old Unadilla Bank, but also those of the Unadilla National Bank. Since the organiza tion ot the latter institution large amounts of money from a wide section of country have been flowing into its capacious vaults for safe keeping. Widows and orphans contributed their mites, while the fortunate possessor of thousands freely added to the already overflowing fountain, all alike attracted by the glitter of equipage and by extravagant boastings of accumu lating wealth. To avoid the unpleasant exhibit which the books of the bank would present with the record of such enormous amounts placed to the credit of depositors, it seems to have been the policy of the bank officers to give the notes of Watson 4 Hayes, instead of certificates of deposit, for sums left with them, many persons not recoeruizinir the diflercnce. The amount of tbeir liabilities, we are inlormed, has not yet been ascertained, but are variously estimated from a quarter to halt a million dollars. The assets are said to consist of hank stocks, real estate near borne and in Buffalo, undeveloped gold diggings in Nevada, oil investments in Pennsylvania, and innumerable moonshine speculations with pro mises of corresponding remunerative returns. Such is the kind of property from which credi tors are to extract dividends for their deposits, in most cases the production 1 honest iudustry and laborious toil. As yet no receiver has been appointed for the bunk. ki x.i RISTOR1. Information of Madame ltlstori's movements by way of prelude to her reappearance here already begins to creep Into the newspapers. The eminent actress lelt Paris on the 15th of July for Mantua, there to confer with Signor Olucominetil In respect to his new play of Marie Antoinette. The Italian authorappears to be very confident, both as to the excellence and the success of his work. "I think Marie Antoinette will be my most beautiful work,,' he writes, "and with Madame Kistorl its success Is assured." There In an old proverb about the proof of the pudding; but we cordially hope that the author's sanguine anticipations may be realized. Great care, we understand, is to be taken in the production of Marie Antoinette, at the French Theatre in this city, lhe costumes and the scenery are said to be In course of preparation at Tarls, under the direction of the best costumors and artists. A scenic artist In that city la likewise palming a new drop-curtain, of sumptuous beauty, lor the French Theatre. Changes and Improvements are meantime being carried out in the theatre, under Mr. Grau's personal direc tion. Among other things, the parquelte Is to be furnished with a new floor. We could wish that the avenues of entrance and egress to this house might be made more commodious, The French Theatre was never a safe house, in view of the chance of a conflagration. Madame Hlslori, we are assured, will leave Brest on the 1st of September, In the steamer Europe, which will, probably, arrive here on the 10th oriith proximo. Madame ltlstori's first appearance will be made on the loth of September. Besides Marie Antoinette, she intends to produce Jteatrice. arranged In Frenoh, by Legouve, and a Freuch adaptation, by the same author, of Schiller's Joan of Arc. we learn further that she Intends, n,,llie course of the season, to give recitations from Sacred Poetry, which will be varied ana illustrated by original muslo composed express ly for the purpose by Gouuod. There goon reason to anticipate, therefore, that Madame Hlstorl's next engagement in New York will be even more interesting than was ber last, r roin the Gazette dee Grangers, by-the-way. we glean an Item Illustrative of the thoroughness or Madame Rlstorl's habits of dramacio study. Our readers probably are aware thai the yaw of the French has lately made a sort of Maria Antoinette Museum at tittle Trianon, once the residence of the beautiful, unfortunate uueen. 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Loan 7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent, Ixian 18,000 800 Shares Stork of Uerman town Ua Company (principal and Interest guarauuwd by .I-,11'8 c'tyof Philadelphia)...... 7450 148 Shares Stock ol Peimsylva- . nla Railroad Company 8,000100 Shares Stock of North Penn-- 'ylYa,,lB Wai'road Company. 2000 80 Sliares Stock of Philadel phia and Southern Wall .n . Steamship Company IBS.DO, Loans on Bond- and Mortgage, l8' Diena on City Property... 1262'b0 BJOO'OO M,820-00 soso-oo 20,600'00 a4,260'00 20,750-00 18,000-00 40-00 18,000-00 8,263 ".ifi 1,850-00 w.ooo-oo 196,900 -00 l,W6.050 par. Market value. ll,070,2Bu'76 Cost. Il.oxu.5u2'05. Real Estate - se.OOO'OO inio iCTjeivauie mr insurances , made 27,637,20 dii aue ai agencies. re mlnnis on Marine Policies, Accrued lnLert..t- .ml ftLiiM debis due to the Company 88,923'90 ocrip anu eitock of sundry lusu- ranrA ntlH nllisr Pnninanlu. fc178. Estimated value - 2.980-00 j asn in Pauk.. ,Hll,ll"i8 Cash in Drawer. WU 41.640-00 fl,407,S21'66 ?!nl8 bel"B a new enterprise, the Par ia assumed . .uc value. '1 homas C. Haml, Ohu C. Davis, Samuel E. Stokes, neury oiuan, William O. lion Hon, Edward Darllnglom II. Jones Brooke, Edward Laiourcade, Jacob P. Jones, James B. McFarland, Joshua P. Eyre, rjpencer Mcllvalne, J. B. Seinple, Pittsburg, A. B. BerKer. " D. T. Morgan, " George W. Bernardotu Aumunu a. bouner, Tlieophllus Paulding, John R. Penrose, James Traqualr, Henry C. Dallett, Jr., James O. Hand, W iillam C. Ludwig, Joseph H. Seal, George U. Leiper, Hugh Craig, John D. Taylor, Jacob Rlegel, -i nusiAS C. HANI), President. JOHN C. DAVIS, Vice-President. Hknby Ltlbubn, Becretary. 1 8 1829 CHARTER PERPETUAL, Fianklin lire Insurance Co, OF PHILADELPHIA, OFFICE: KOS. 480 ASB 437 4CUESMVT STREET. A&SETS OS JANUARY 1, If 07, il,AS8,l0-18. Capita! . ,1400,000-00 Aoci-lied Huritlnn tH4,718'S Premiums... ...................I,2Utt,4-8 INCOME FOR 1466, UNSETTLED CLAIMS, CT,48X-1S IMZO.UOU. XAihHtH PAIR BIHCE 188J OVER $5,000,000. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Ternn DIRECTORS. Cnarles N. Bancker, George Fales, AlireU Filler, ; Francis W. Lewis. r. D. Peter McCall, Thomas Sparks, Xoblas W ugner, Samuel Grant George W. Richards Uaaoijea, CHARLES N. RANCKER. President. Gi-ORUi. FALES, Vice-President, J. W. MCALLISTER. Secretary pro tent. 31 tl231 JAKE A LIFE POLICY IN THE B It O O K L Y N LITE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. OFFICE: K. li. Cor. SE YIN Til and CilESJVUT. E. 23. COLTON, S23 4BEMERAL ACEMT. PUOV1DLM Llr E AUD TKUttT COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, No. lit South FOURTH Street. INCORPORATED XA MONTH Sizd, 1868. CAPITAL, 150,00O, PAID IN. Insurance ou Lives, by Yearly Premiums; or by 8. 10, ur iu year Premiums, Nou-luriellure, Annuities granted on favorable terms, T erm Policies, Children's Endowments, This Company, while giving the insured the security of a paid-up Capital, wilt divide the entire proUWof the Lile bubiueus among Its policy holdtrs. Moneys received at Interest, aud paid ou demand. Authorized by charier to execute Trusts, aud to act as Executor or Administrator, Assignee orUuardhM. and lu other hduciary capacities, under appoiutmeni ol any Court ol this Commonwealth, or any nerauii or persous, or bodies politic or corporate. " .. - D1KJCCTOKS. ' - ' ?.,VLR. SHIPLEY. HENRY HAINES, JObliLlA U. MORRIS. VI, U - III, ii:,i,r. ' T. WltsTAR BROWN. W. C. LONUSTkF'i'ir RICHARD CAD BURY, ' CHARLES WILLIAM HACKER. F. COFFIN. B.U n. bitii-F V, ROWLAJND PARRY, President. WM f!. 1-f l. 'i li nin- t. Actuary, Ti. Ab V? , AM- ! J- J"- TO WNSENTj. , 7 27 Medical Examiner. Legal Adv lair. TIE IKfeDKANCE EXCLUSIVELY. -ItHE tR y&?W.lK 1NSTJ RAN' JooM iTiii a a t tiiVi lj. iozo quarter Perpe umi-No. 61K. WA?J" U 1 Bu"el. Opposite ludependou TjT.ufrS This Company, favorably known to tn m " .Sm lor over loriy years, coutiLues to insure . ?? ioJL or damage by tire on Pui.im vnJJ 10a" either nei'maueinlv nr r.,r.i,... ... A Buildings, Furniture, Stocks of Goods T aTd Mrr A. Also, on rally, on liberal terms. ' MMr ad9 gene- 'I heir Capital, together with a Iarg . uurnlus Fund. Invested lu the most carelul maun. KtnaWes Daniel Smith. Jr.. BIEKOTOBH. Alexander Bent on, IsaucHaielehursl, Thomas Bobbins. ;,? Deverenx, , jouias Knuiu, ' i!iiry Lewis, J.ttilllngbaiu Fell, vi h'Vh.. President, ttwtary. ' . Daniel II add DANIEL Wit-LiAJt G. Cmowkio,, Be PH05N1X I N SUB PHILADELPHIA. ANCE COMPANY OF .I'GRATi-D 18B4- r.T,r,xm PirRPWTTT A r. W 1 ,olP$. h KxchVngr AN OK. thlscompan" UN K and iNl.Aij iahuk. FIRE for llhr lusurea irom losa or damage by furniture, sto . fir "u8 011 buiiumgs, merouauaise, on buildings, by d " per0". permanently than'slxlW nluTo-peration for mors beSS preiluy - dim, during which aU losses liavs adjust! aud paid. John L. Ho" M. R. Mahf John T. L William f jwis. . Robert V i. Grant, 1). Ciar) Learning, fcaniue' i Wharton, JJlflimw uvwill, J T. David Lew Is, Benjamin Ettlng, Thomas 11. Powers, A. R. Mcilenry, Edmuud Caslllloa, , T .- w- 1 WUOOX, juoiun i;. .roorrui. JOTTN WPCH EUR, K. Pr4daC CAMT 'INSUnANCi COMPANIES INSURANCE COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, a OFFICK, No. 232 WALNUT ST.. PHILADKLPTTt INCORPORATED 17M. CHARTER PKRPKTUAL; CAPITAL, OOO.OO. , ASMETS. JAKVART S, 186T, l,7I,a67' INNIBIH IHARIItE, TIsLARD TRANMpng TAllON AM llkH R1HJ, . . -. UiaiCCTOB". Arthur G. Coffin, George L, Harrison. ' Samuel W, Jones, Fr&nr.lM n iv,n- .-..I I. I, . joun a. jirown, Cliarles Taylor, Ambrose V hlle, Richard D. Wood, William Welsh, S. Morris Wain, Edward H. Trotter. Edwards. Clarke, William Cimimiiiis. T. Charlton Heury? Alfred D. Jeasun. ' John P. White, jonn ai aeon, . -.-. " ' ' ' " vi. ii, nit r, n. AKTHtTB ti. .tfiviriNi i ,T - iximsu. Madeira. - - . w.uA,(,niueak Chari.rb Platt, hecxetary. l r 1 1 Il I I. Ill l. 11 ir. i L-i-i a I,, i. uniii um j-v, u.iunifuri! x m., venirs Agent lor the Bute ol Pennsylvania. j j QlIlAItD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, (No. G3Q) N. E. COR. CEESNUT AND SEVENTH BTS. PHILADRIiPHIA. CAPITAL AM) SI KPLI k OVER $300,000 lMCUiME EOR I960. f10a,UU4, - Losses Paid and Acorued in is 66, ' . ' t7,004 I ,-.., Of which amount net lnooO remain nnpaidat this data l(Ki,(nm.(HKi of property bas been Successiully insured by this Company in thirteen years, and Eifcht Htuf dred Losses by Fire promptly paid. DIRECTORS. Thomas Craven Biias vert os, jr., Alired . Olllelt, N. S Lawrence, Cliarles I. Dupont, Henrv F. Kahhav. Furman Sheppard Thomas MacKellar, John Suiiulee. John W. laghorn, iuaeu jvinpp, m. x, - THOMAS t RAVEN, President A. S. GILLETT, Vlce-Presldetit. 8 22fmw J JAW Es R. ALVORD, Secrets-': ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETC. KfFfU PENN 8TEAM ENGINE AND iUi ROILER WORKS. NEAF1K A LEVY 1 RACXICAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS WACHlNlblW, BOILER . MAEERS. RLAIk! SMITHS, and FOUNDERS, having lor many yeaTa been in successful operation, and been excluslvelu engaged in builuing and repaiiiug Marine aud River Engines, high aud low-pressure, Iron Boilers, Waiei Tanks, Propellers, etc. etc., respectfully oder their services to the publio as being fully prepared to cen. tract lor engines of all situ, Marine, River, and Stationary; having sets of patterns of uliirtrent alr.es are prepared to execute, orders with quick despatch! Every description of pattern-making made at lhe Bhorlest notice. High, aud Low-preeaure Floe Tubular, and cylinder Boilers, of the best Peunayll vania charcoal iron. Forgings of ail sizes and kinds: Iron and Brass Castings ol all descriptions; Rolf Turning, Screw Culllug, and all other work connected with the above busluess. Drawings and specifications for all work dons at the establishment free of Charge, and work guar at teed. The subscribers have ample wharf-dock room lot repairs of boats, where they can he la perfect satety and are provided with shears, blocks, falls, etc etc. for raising heavy or light weights. JACOB O. NEAFlKv JOHN P. LEVY. 21j BEACH aud PALMER Streets. 1. VADOB M MltBBICK, WILLIAM K..KBBJtrriC john a, copic SOUTHWARK FOUNL-liYV FIFTH AND WASHINGTON Streets, . PBIliAUSUiPBIA. , , MERRICK & SONS, ENGINEER AND MACHINISTS, manufacture High and Low Pressure Steam Engine, lor Laud, River, aud Marine Service. Boilers, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boats, etc. Castings of all kinds, either iron or brass, ' ' n Iron Frame iRools lor Gas Works, Workshops, tni Railroad buttons, etc. Retorts aud Gas Machinery, of the latest aud most improved construction. Every description oi Plantation Machinery, and Sugar, Saw, aud Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Open Steam Trains, Defecators, Filters, Pumping En gines, etc. , Sole Agents for N. Blllenx's Patent Sugar Boiling Apparatus, Nesmyth's Patent steam Hammer, aud Aspinwall A Woolsey'g Patent Centrifugal sugar Draining Machine. , . tuot BK 1 1) E 8 B U K MACHINE WORKS OFFICE, t No, 66 N. FRONT STREET, , P H ILA 1KLPHI A. Wearejrepared to fill orders to any extent lot oaf MACHINERY FOB COTTON AND WOOLLEN MILLS, Including all recent Improvements In Carding. Spin, nlng, and Weaving. W e invite the attention ot manufacturers to oar ex tensive worxs, U ALFRED JENgfl & BON, FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES ij C. L. MAISER. ; MAMUrACTUBKB OV . . FIRE AMD BDBfiliABFBOOr , SAFES. . ' LOfHSMITn, BELL-IIAH OEB, AUD ' DEALER IM BVILDIAe HARDWARE, Bi NO. 484 RACE HTREET. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FIRE and Burglar-Proof SAFES on hand, with limlrla doors. Dwelling-house Sales, free from dampness. Prices low. . C. UAMNEMFOROKK. ' ' Wo. m VINE street PROPOSALS. JAIPHOVEMENT OF THE DES MOINES A. HA P1DB OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVEK. u. ra. -Ci-NUIWlCKU'S 4JFFICK, I Davenpokt, Iowa, Jaly 24, 1867. Sealed Vrorjosala. in rlnnlli.uto niii ceivea at mm omce until 13 M., WEDNESDAY. September 4, 1867, lor excavating the prism and constructing the embankment wall of the f w n i, I fnr Mia I m n,--,- , -. .. . , eelved at this office until 12 M- wfenvtsiiAV. of the MlshlBsipijl nvet- at the Dos Moines Hflrilds. - . .i ... Tiie Canal Is to be about VA (seven andf one half) miles long, extending- from Nashville to Keokuk, Iowa. The width at the water surface Inside the canal to be iiUO (three hundred) feet In embankment, and ZM (two hundred and fifty) ieet In excavation, and in low water to be 5 (live) feet deep. All the material excavated! from the prism of the canal to be used in build lug the ibankmeut. The latter throughout the greater part of lhe distance will be about 800 (thite hundred) feet from the Iowa shore.. Where rock exoavatlon occurs, the bottooA of' the canal will have a slope of 1 (one and one half) inches to the mile. The embankmeat la to be built of earth clay and rock; to be KMten) , feet wide on top, including the rip-rap cover lng- to be '2 (two) foet above high-water mark,, with elopes of V, (one and one-half) boae to 1 (one) vertical. The average thickness of the rip-rap protection to be 2 (two and one-half) feel ou the river side, 2 (two) feet ou the canal Bide, and 1 (one) foot on top, , . . , , Ail proMsitlonH must state the prieet which eacli and every kind of work speclRjod In. the proposal is to be done, and no bid will be coa bidered that Is not U it fin Ho In this respect. ' TheGovtjjnmont reserves the rUdiito rejeot. any and all bids. A printed copy of this advertlaoraent must be altaoued to each proposal. Each bid must contain a written or printed guarantee digued by two responsible persons. Wanks for proposals of the form required,, with form of guarantee, will be furnished al this office on application. ,, The price or prices lu the contract will be oon. sidered as including the expense of furnishing all the materials aud performing all the work. f ?Pn1,D.Kl to,1 plttn" Bnd "PlQoatlons exhi bited at the letting. .eei"Ur.e c4it ?,t,.lh0 canal 1 estimated nt JAlKi8,81o (two million sixty-eluht thousand three hundred aud forty.flve). Theamount ap proprlaUdby Congress is 700,oou (seven huu- .""uoouu uuiiars iu ooutraot can only be n aoe to cover this amount. ' llfteeu (16) per cent, of the amount of any work done or matertala furnished, at the oou tract price thereof, will be reserved until the wh e work which is the subject of ooutraot BhBll be entirely completed ooutraot J"'0"' uesUlpg urther Information oan ?, a?iUiV98ttmebycalltn Rttnl office, where iiiaps, plana, speclflcailous, auu form ot con ti act t-au be consulted. fiiKobal1 IDUHt, btt "Pressed to the nnder-n-'VouW t "Prosais for auta? 6 lmPr0vmentof the Dea MolnoB napida." , J. li WJL.SON, 7Sni 1 . Ijeut..Jol. 35lh lufauiry, 7 80 4W flvt'MaiofrUouertlU.B. Army.
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