KVENIN G TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 18G7.
THE DAIL1
SHAKESrEABS AND SCRIPTURE
To the minds of manr there may seem to be
the con unotion of Shake-
All
IncongTUiv - - BAP,.tB(1 wUh
...r and Scripture.
V H O JO .1 y . -
f. la worldly.
frivolous, vain, even
Verl theotner wiw " -o-- -
mc
enly
and holy, xei, mm "
touch each otuer very neanj.
ttlpV
Bpoivc", . v actiona. thwir
Both deal wivu
auKsand paflBlone, their sorrows and songs.
Both eet forth, not by mere precept, but by
striking example, the solemn truth that the
way of the transgressor is hard. Both show
the greatness of goodness, the splendor 0
rarity, the beauty of holiness. Nevertheless,
the Bible is entitled to far the highest place.
Deep as the great master of the drama goes
into the secrets of the heart, keen as is his
rerception of the hidden springs of action,
faithful as is his report of what he has seen
and known, the oracles of God go deeper, see
more plainly, report more faithfully. His
works are the result of consummate art; the
book of books is the sum of nature. In
Shakespeare's soheme the superhuman has a
place, because he did not and could not over
look or neglect that element of the mind which
yearns towards the sphere of the invisible.
The witches in Macbeth, "Ariel" in the Tern
vest the hosts from fairy-land in A Midsummer
Audi's Dream, are proofs of this. It is need
less to say that in the Scriptures the super
natural comes in not merely to accommodate
a condition of the soul, but also to account for
it. The Bible is not a work of imagination,
shapiug the possible out of the materials fur
nished by the actual; it is a history recounted
by men who have beheld the seen and the un
seen, and been enabled to perceive the union
between the two. The productions of Shake
ppeare are the fruit of alofty mind; the books
of the Bible were born of intellect exalted by
the transfusion of the Spirit of God.
It must not be forgotten, either, in consider
ing the greatness of Shakespeare, that he had
access to the magnificent poetry, the touching
pathos, the clear individualization with which
the Scriptures abound. That he was wise
enough to avail himself of them would be a
reasonable conclusion from his literary habits,
were there no clear traces of the influence they
exercised upon him. The man who took the
plots of Boccaccio's novels, and created the-
characters necessary to work them out, in a
manner perfectly natural, to their conclusion ;
who laid under contribution the writers of his
own time as well as those of antiquity, gather
ing materials of thought everywhere, but
putting the stamp of his own genius upon the
zou"h metal whensoever derived tal man
Could not have neglected the wonderful vol
ume which is unrivalled even as a literary per
formance. That he did not despise this
treasure nor fail to use it is evidenced by
phrases in his plays borrowed almost bodily
from Holy Writ. It is still further evidenced
in the delineation and development of certain
characters which bear a marked similarity to
JJiblieal personages. This is most strik
ingly shown in the tragedy of Macbeth, that
Scottish king whose dark history presents so
many points of resemblance to that of Saul,
the unhappy monarch of Israel.
Both these men are physically brave, with
natures displaying certain trn.no of utmirnv,
hoik have stood face to lace with death in
clanging battle, "and have not wavered; but
loth are, morally, cowards. They have no
Strength, no courage to oppose temptatiou;
they yield themselves willing captives to every
evil suggestion. Macbeth would be a king,
and at the prompting of ambition murders his
kinsman, guest, and monarch, that he may
reach the throne. Saul, being a king, pre
sumptuously arrogates to himself the othoe
f priest, and dare3 to amend the strict
and explicit command of God. At
nilgai h voided to his impatience, and
Offered sacrifice before going to battle, instead
of waitincr for Samuel, whose right it was to
present the offering before the Lord. When
he smote the Amalekites, he took Agag their
Icins alive, instead of putting him to the
Bword as Jehovah required. If ambition was
Macbeth's spur to crime, presumption was the
goad that drove Saul to great oiTense3 against
that Divine Ruler whose agent he was. lie
thoneht himself sufficient for any office, and
esteemed himself wise beyond the wisdom of
tha Alrniehtv,
Vor this the prophet warned him that the
kingdom should not continue to his house,
tout be given to another. So also Macbeth by
prophecy held a "barren sceptre in his grasp,
no son of his succeeding."
Both are under the influence of evil spirits ;
lor the weird sisters, or witches as they are
commonly called, had power over M cbeth,
-mnvincr him to wicked purposes and atrocious
ants ! and from Saul "the Spirit of the Lord
departed, and an evil spirit troubled him, so
that his heart was full of dark intentions, and
his hand was eacer for bloody deeds." As all
srood and holy influences departed from the
llebrew king, leaving him under the control
cf evil, so in the play we behold Macbeth for
saken by all of good and left in awful bondage
to his sins :
"There's one did laugh In his sleep, and one
cried, Murder I
That tliey did wake each other: I stood and
heard them :
But they did buy their prayers, and addressed
them
Again to sleep.
lsdy M. There are two lodged together.
Hue One cried, God bless u.' and A men, the
other j
As they bad seen me with those hanginau'g
liUUllB
LlHtenlnic their fear. I could not say, Amen,
"When they did say, God bless us !
J-aOy J. Consider It not so deeply.
Xiao. But wherefore could I not pronounce
Amen ?
I had most need of blessing, aud Amen stuck lu
lay throut."
If ever there was a man forsaken of God, it
iras that bloody-Lauded Thane.
When I)avid had returned from the slaugh
ter of Goliath, triumphal processions met him
With music and soug. 'Saul," said they,
"'has slain hia thousauds, and David his ten
thousands." The quick Jealousy of the king
took alarm, and whispered to him con
cerning the ruddy stripling, "What can
he have more but the kingdom?"
From that day tho mouarch sought the
warrior's life. When the witches pro
phesied that Macbeth should be king, they
also foretold that Bauquo, his companion and
iiur.tr.ldier. should be the father of kings.
This was enough to fill the trembling soul of
.1... nu,,r,- with distrust auci lear oi uia
,nr frinrt! and the hands that murdered
4i. auA V in ir could not rest until they had
clutched the life of hiin whose children were
to be rovul. David escaped the rage of his
lord, bnt'Banquo fell before the jealousy of his
sometime comrade. .
To both these men there came the sullenng
hich sin brines in its train; to Macbeth,
remorse, the anguishing sunse of insecurity in
,i. nlar an wiukedlv obtained, the hatred
for those who fill hia soul with fears, the mad
l, i.uwlrt him see the ghost of
Kanouo at the feast; to haul,
ti trrnra of A Kuilty eonsoienoe,
4t,. that his kingdom was to be
v. fr-m and civen to snothHr. til fell
def ire for David's life, the melancholy insanity
which often settles in the guilty mind. In
deep distress, both wish to look into the future
and descry what yet awaits them; both seek
out witches, that they may obtain the infor
mation they deRire.
But the Scottish monarch sought those to
whom alone he could go, those midnight hags
whose prophecy had led him on to its fultil
ment, find who, he judged, could tell him what
was yet to be. Saul had possessed other
means of knowing the future, and had em
ployed them, but iu vain. He had inquired of
the I,o d, but the Lord answered him not,
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by pro
phets. No details are civen; we do not look
in upon the woiKings 01 saui s miua a3 we ao
in the case of Macbeth, yet from the hints
supplied we can easily conceive his forlort
and Titiablo condition. Day alter aay ne
knocked at Heaven's gate and waited for
such replies as had come in other days,
but waited in vain. Day after day he
id great questions, as it were, into
the ear of God, but received no answer save
the echo of his own importunate words.
Breathless anxiety deepened into unutterable
anguish, hope deferred made the heart sick;
the foul of the Lord's anointed was whelmed
ami sunk in woe as the awful truth grew
plainer aud plainer that the Lord had forsaken
f ,.ll I 1. J 1 ....J r.1 IT.,o.r.,n'i
mm. VI ail linn lie uwiiuustiitigu ui jxoiYcu o
help and guidance; but Heaven to hiua was
voiceless, he h;id lost his former hold upon it.
He must turn, therefore, to those wno, um
himself, were the objects of God's anger and
vekgeauce. bmce good had lea him, ne must
learn from evil. He bade his servants seek
out a woman who had a familiar spirit,
that he might inquire of her. They told
him of such an one who dwelt at Endor, a
village about sixty miles north of Jerusalem.
So Macbeth, stained with Banquo's murder
as well as Duncan's; haunted by his con
science, which evoked the slain chieftain from
his bloody resting-place by the road-side, and
seated him at a banquet in the palace; know
ing that all men suspected and hated him;
without human counsellors on whom he could
rely, or human sympathizers whom he dared
wholly trust; resolved in his hour of deep
necessity to seek the witches with whom he
bad before trafficked in affairs of death.
"I nm bent to know
Jiy tho worst means, the worst."
The next morning, when he meets them'' at
the pit of Acheron, his language shows the
desperate determination of one whose hope of
Heaven is utterly gone, and who seeks aid and
counsel from the powers of hell:
"Thougn the treasure
Of nature's Kerrulns tumble all tofjother,
Kven till destruction slcu.cn, answer mo
xo wmii i asK your'
The king of Israel disguised himself and put
on other raiment, and, accompanied only by
two of his servants, journeyed through the
land until by night thoy came to the woman
at Endor. Then he demanded that she should
by her familiar spirit, bring up him whom he
should name. The woman, perhaps suspect
ing to whom that tall form belonged, and natu-
rally distrustful of any stranger, since Saul
bad put to death all who were known to have
practised with familiar spirits, refused to em
ploy her art until by the most solemn oatns
her safety had been assured. There is
iu this a remarkable coinoidunoe witu
ot.iinn nxiRtnin,l Iy tlie tlOOttlSll
Thane to the weird sisters. The popular sup
position is that Macbeth was tempted by
them to his bloody deeds, but the text show3
that they were rather tempted byniui. in
ibe opening of the tragedy they throw them
selves in his way: but it is because they re
cognize in httfi a secret influence which
attracts them. Floating hither and thither in
search of methods aud instruments of wioked
ness, they are drawa towards the successful
wariior as the lightning in a wandering
cloud is drawn towards a rod of steel. A
bidden affinity exists between these secret,
black, aud midnight hags and the
seeniiugly frank and generous Thane
of Glamis. Meeting him and Bauquo
on the blasted hcnth, they make no
reply to the latter captain, "each her choppy
linger laying upon her skinny lips;" but at
Macbeth's command they respond, not in
answering his query as to what they are, but
in oracular proclamation of his present and
future titles:
"All hall, Macbeth, that Bhalt be kins hore
alter !"
At the words he starts like one whose secret
thoughts have been unfolded, whose dim aud
half-lorined purpose has been revealed, who
hears plainly and loudly spoken what hitherto
has been only faintly aud vaguely whispered
in the dark chambers of his heart. It is the
chemical solution bringing into view the
image lying unseen upon the sensitive plate of
the photographer. Thane of Cawdor he had
not thought to be, but the mention of kingly
honor and estate was like the recurrence
of some dim, almost forgotten dream. In
a moment messengers arrive from the
kiDg announcing to Macbeth that he is made
Thane of Cawdor, the former owner of that
title having been condemned to death for trea
son. It would seem reasonable and natural
that, the first prediction having been thus ful
filled without step or action on his part, he
might well have been content to wait -for the
coming of the greater honor foretold by the
same authorities. But instead of that, he leaps
at once to a bloody and dreadful conclusion,
lie will murder Duncan, and so succeed to his
high ollice:
"My thouKht, whoso murder yet Is but fantas
tical."
Only a man bad in grain, utterly selfish,
aud with an outraged conscience, could or
would rush into such a cruel and bloody way
in the absence of any suggestion to that effect.
The witches made no mention ot murder;
they but prophesied that he should bj
king. The fulfilment of their first prediction
that he should be "Thane or Cawdor" fol
lowed upon the very heels of their foretelling.
They judged rightly in supposing that the
mere mention of kingly honors would be a
talismanio word hanging into life aud power
the latent evil of his nature. Wicked them
selves, they felt the subtle power of inherent
and controlling wickedness in mm, aud
sought him of kin with themselves. Uncon
sciously but truly he first allured and tempted
tueHe wicked ones, and was then deceived
and misled by them.
Bo Haul tempts the witch of Endor. She
would iiU use her art until by oaths aud pro
mises he had prevailed upon her. Then she
proceded to ler task. We are not told
what charms, what forms of iacantation
she employed, yet such there doubtless were.
The bubbling caldron with its loathsome
ingredients, the rhythmic chant with its un
meaning words, are not given in the Bible as
they are in the tragedy. Nothing of the gro
tesque or ludicrous comes in to mar the solemn
interest of the scene. At laBt, as in the play
various apparitions rise, so from the dust of
the earth iu the witch's hut rose up a dim and
Shadowy figure, evidently a visitor from an
other world. In all the play there is nothing
more thrilling than that shriek of the woman
of lvndor as she perceived that her mummeries
had really taken effect. In the scene that fol
lows, the terror of the woman, the anxiety of
Hani, tha oouoquy WJiwen ia utujjt. u
dead, with its dread prophecy of ruin to tho
king and his people, surpass in power and
even in dramatic effect the eagerness of Mac
beth, the scornful triumph of the witches, and
the paltering in a double sense of those weird
Bisters, who spoke fair-pounding words hiding
a fatal meaning.
Nor is there in all the tragedy anything bo
pathetio as the view of Saul when tho dead
prophet has ended his prediction. That tall
form fell like a ruined tower, the locks once
anointed with sacred oil, grown grey and scant,
mingling with the dust of the poor hovel.
Out of heart aud hands the strength had gone",
and fear filled them with trembling. Aud then
comes in a touch of that nature which makes
the whole world kin. The woman comes to
him, and seeks to comfort him, entreating
him to arise and eat. The proscribed and
hunted witch, feared and shunned of men,
save those who follow evil, nevertheless yearnB
with her woman's heart over the crushed
monarch, and Btrives to console him who has
no other comforter. It is more touching than
Iar, the old aud outcast king, consorting
with the fool and seeking shelter with the
madman.
A point of similarity comes into view in the
final scene of these two histories. Hard
pressed on every side, with his sons slain
alicmt him, wounded by the archers and sorely
hurt, bidding his armor-bearer slay him, and,
refused, falling upon his own sword, Saul
perished upon Mount Gilboa. So Macbeth,
torsaken of men and of God, mourning for his
dead ciueen. ilvine from the conquering host,
thought to die by his own weapon, and fell at
last upon the heights of Dunsinane.
In this drama occurs also one of the pas
sages in which Shakespeare borrows the lan
guage of Scripture, almost word for word.
In the sacred history God sends a messenger
to Eli with warning of woe upon his house
hold. In the message these words are
found: "And the man of thine, whom I shall
not cut off from mine altar, shall be to con
Hime thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart.,t In
Macbeth'B last interview with the witches he
dtmands to know if Banquo's children shall
ever reign as kings. They make reply:
"Show his eyes and grieve his heart."
For pathos and sublimity, for noble thoughts
and lofty examples, for heroic deeds and holy
words, for comfort and for wisdom, we may
search Shakespeare with splendid results. But
for all these and more, let us Bearch the Scrip
tures too, since therein holy men of God spake
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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Loan (4.70000
6fi,fi00 btate ol Pennsylvania 5 Per Cent.
Loan.. 44,R20-OM
60.000 Hlnte ol New Jersey biz Per Cent.
Loan 80.750-00
20,000 Pennsylvania Railroad, 1st Mort
gage, blx Per Cent. Bonds 20,500'Ou
Zo.UflO I eiiiisy.vMiiH. URiiroHii, secona
MorlRHgn Hlx Per Cent. Bunas,.., 24,200 00
Zu,000 W estern Pennsylvania Kaiirnad
blx Per Cent, to da (Pennsyl
vania Railroad iii8rn-"s).... 20,7-M'W'
80,0"0tlate of lemiessee ilve Per Cent
Loan 18,1X10 00
7.PC0 Male of Teuuefcsee six Percent,
Loan 4000
15,000 El Ki shares tock of Oermanlown
Oas Company (prlnrlpil and in
terest Eimrnnteed bv the city of
Philadelphia) 16,000 00
7,150,118 bhures block of Pennsylvania,
Railroad Company S.liSJb
B.OOO.lOObharesbtnrk or North I'hiiiihvIva-
Kullriinil Cimiimnn B-OfMitKI
'2O.C00-8O bhares block of Philadelphia and
rtoi iiierii nimi m.ihii n 11 Am,
panys 20,00000
1(6,900 l.oKKS on ituiutl anil Mortgage,
first Hens on City Property...
lUS.VOO'ltll
1,11-16,060 par. Market value...t',WO,Mo-76
Cost. ii.o3o.tn.
Reel Estate SS.oon iKi
Rills receivable lor insurances made 7,t.,7'2U
Balance due at agencies Premiums oil Mu
rine rii c m. Accruea interest, ana otuer
debts due to the Company 88,923'Si
Scrip and Stock of sundry Insurance and
other Companies. ."173. Estimated value... 2,93Ofl0
Cnnh In I'Atilr. fcMll lirJ-'JA.
C'KUh In Drawer. 1447 14 - 41.&10-00
1,4H7,:!1M
This belnt? a new enterprise, the Par Is assumed
as ,ne niaraeb vniue,
Thomas C. llund,
John C. Davis,
Rnmnel E. Stokes,
ieury Bioan.
Mimiiiia a. houaer,
Theophilus Paulding,
John R. Pen roue,
James Truq-inr,
Henry C. 1 fcilfU, Jr.,
Jtimes C. Hiinil.
William V. Ludwlg
Willi:
lutu U. ii 'Ulton.
Edward DarllnRtou,
Xl. J OIK'S ItrOOKO,
Edward Lafourcade,
Jacob P. Joiifs,
James It. McKarland,
JoHliua P. Kvre,
(Spencer Mcllviilne,
J. R. bemple, PUlahnrg,
A. R. Merger, "
D. T. Morgan, "
(leore W. Rernardon.
Joseph II. beM,
(41-orge . I.elper,
HiiKh CraiR,
John I). Taylor.
Jacob Rlegel,
THOMAs t!. HANIK President.
JOHN C DAVIS. Vlfft-Presldent.
Bemry Ltlbdbn, becretary, . 1 1
1829 CnAIlTEI1 TERPETUAt
FiaiiWin Fire iKSurancc Co.
OF 1'IIIEADEEIMIIA.-
OFFICE:
NOS. 4B5 AND 437 CHESNUT STREET.
ASSETS ON JANVARV 1,1807,
033,140'lt.
Capital t0,000 00
Accrued burpius. UM.Tll'UH
Premiums , ..l 'Ai6,itU-l6
TJN8J.TTLKD CLAIAIB,
INCOMK FOR 1S6,
t.uoo.
t',,4.(ri8.
LOSSES IAII SINCE lSatt OVER
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Termt.
DIRJiCl'ORH.
Charles N, Ennckor,
Oeorge Faloa,
1 oiiihs w auer,
Samuel (iru.nl,
(verge W. Richards,
Isaac Lea,
Allreu f iller,
Francis V. I,ewl9, M. D.,
Heter McCali,
Thomas bparks,
CHARLES N
HANCKKK, President,
OtOHOK FALLb. Vlce-i'reulaeuL
YT. llcALLHs'IlR, Becretary pro teiu. anl231
PKOVlDliM LIFE AND TKUST COMPAJSI
OF PBILADKLPUIA, "
,1,. 1. 1.' ,1 LJ L,..A...
J.u, ill ouuLu r vju ivi ii cut-el,
INCOlU OltATi!.!) ad WUNTH VM, lsfif, I
CAPITAL, tlotyKW. l'AIJJ IN.
Insurance ou Lives, by Yearly Premiums: or bvK.
10: or 'M ear Premiums, Non-lorleiture,
Auuuuies grauieu ou lavorauie usruii,
'leriu Policies, Children's KudowmeuU,
Tliia I ompauy, while giving the Insured thesecnrlty
of a paid-up cojilial, will divide the entire proliUiol
the J,ilu ouGluetis among its po.lcy holders.
Moneys received at lntertHi, aud paid on demand.
Authorial d bv charter to execute TruBls. aud to act
as Kxccutor or Aduilnlulruior, Assignee oruuardlan.
aud in other liduciury caiiacilies, uuder appointment
ot any Court ot thin Commonwealth, or any portion or
perilous, or bodies politic or corporate.
11H JOTO tl.
BAMUFLR.SHIPLKY. illF.N RY HAINES,
JObllUA u.woiuua,
1. wllAniiun.
W. C, LOKUfi'l'KKTH,
W I LLI A M. HACKli.3,
RICliA l.U W OOA,
R1CHA1U) CADJSUKX.
II1ARLKS
F. COFFIN.
BAMTJKL R. BUlPLliy, ROWLAND PARRY,
PretmlenU Actuary,
WM. C. LONGPTRF.TU, Vice President.
THOMAS WHsTAU. M.D., J. R. TOWNSEND.
71:75 Medical iLxamluer. Iiegal Adviser.
INSURANCE C Op PA.MY
or
NOltTH AMEHIOA.
OFFICE, KO. 2cZ WALNUT H ., PU1LAUU-LPHIA.
INCORPORATED 17M." CHARTKR PJiRPKTUAL.
CAPITAL, &500.000,
ASSETS JAN HART 8, 17 l,763,07'80
INSIRES MARINE, ISLAND TRANSPOK
TATION AND EIRE RERS.
DlRH-ClORa.
Arthur O. Comu, . lieurto nurrauu,
bmuel W. Jones;
John A Urowu,
Charlis Taylor,
Auilirote White,
Richard 1. Wood,
W tllmui Welsh,
K Iii orris W alu,
Fruucl-i R. Cone.
tt.lward 11. Trotter,
hdwuid b. Ciai'Ko,
VVUIiuii CnuimniKli,
T. Chaillou Henry,
allied i). Jewup,
lohu P. While.
Lonin C. Mtiilt'lra.
John Atauou,
ARTHUR O.
COF IN , l ioalaeut.
wYLLlAM"utuLi.R. 1arrlihurB, Pa Central
Agiiut lor the btate ol Peunsylvaula. ItoJ
nllCENIX INSURANCE COMPANY Of
r n I LADFXPH I A.
Smill'uKATKll 1804-CHARTKR PF.ItPFJTUAL.
No WALN LIT btreet. opposite the F.xchange.
lu addition to WAR1NK and INLAND 1N.SUR
AM It this Company Insures Iroiu loos or damage by
HRF1 tor liberal terms ou buildings, merciiandlHe,
lurniture, etc., tor limited periods, aud permaueuUy
ou buildings, by del osit ol premium.
'lhe Coin puny has been In active operation for more
ban fclXTV YFJARb. during which all losses have
ten promptly adjusted and paid.
John L. Hodge,
Lawrence Lewla, Jr,
Havld Lewis,
Reujauiiu Fating,
Thomas H. Powers,
A R. Mcllenry,
Fxlinund CnHilllon,
T,omn i Norrl..
M. ii. Mahouy,
John T. Lewis,
William B. Grant,
Robert W. LeumlnCi
D. Clark Wharton,
tsamual W Ucux.
JOHN WUJ h kmkm
Baiidxl Wilcox. Becretary
Prutuaeuv
F1
IBE lNfcTJEANCE EXCLUSIVELY. TDK
PKNNBYLVAN1A F1RK I NbURANUK COM
PANY I ucorporated lsifi Charter Perpetual No,
H(l WALNUT Btreet, opposite Independence bnuare.
This Company, favorably known to the oouimuulty
tor over forty years, continues to lnmire against Iohi
or damage by tire on Public or Private Buildings,
either permanently or for a limited time. Also, on
Furniture, blocks of Goods, and Mercbmudlae gene
rally, ou llbertl terma.
1 heir Capital, tonetber -with a large (Snrpiui Fond,
iluveuled iu the must careful mainier, whlcl.en,irt
theux o oner to the Insured an undoubted security In
Urec-aofloaa. n.
Panlel Hrnlth, Jr.. I Joha Deyereax,
Alea lerllemon, I Thomas bmltit,
iMaacHaKlehuint, Henry Lewis,
TiiouiM Robbl. s, I J. Oltllnghaiu Fell,
ilaulel Haddock, Jr.
JJANlJtL bMlTli, Ja., President.
VfiU.LkM 0, Cawwai-fc, bocrstar, IM
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
J3 1: Ot i IAK LIFE INSURANCE
Of NEW TORH, niTVAL,
rCLICliS NON-FORFE1TABLE. Thirty days
grace given in payment or rrt miiimi. No extra
charge for -residence or travel In any portion of the
world. Dlvldtnda declared nnMBlly, and paid In
cash. Dividend In 1'87, io i er cent.
E. B. COLTOIT,
GENERAL AGENT,
N.E.COUNER SEVENTH AND CUES ACT.
Agents and Solicitors wanted In all the cities and
towns In Pennsylvania and Southern New Jer
ri ft. zaiti
QIRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
(No. C39)
K. E. COR. CIIESNUT AND clfVErlTIL ET3.
PHILADELPHIA.
CAPITAL AM) M HM I N OYER t800,0C
INCOME lOll IMitt, f lOB.ua-i.
JUwaes Paid and Accrued In I860,
47.000
Of which amonnt net $;tu-o remain unpaid at this date
tHni.otio.uiio of properly has been successfully Insured
by tills Company In thirteen years, and Eight UuDr
dred Losses by Fire promptly paid,
CIRKUTORS.
Thomas Craven,
biiaa Yerkea, Jr.,
Alired 8. Giilelt,
N. H Iwrence,
Charles 1, Dupont,
Henrv F. K mine v.
r nriuiiD HheniiHrd
Thomas MacEellar,
John hnpulee.
John W. lughorn
Joieph Kl
npi, m. u.
TllOMAB CRAVEN. President
A. H. OTLLETT, Vice-PreaidenU
2 2V f in w JAMFH B. A LVORP. Beorptai"
FINANCIAL.
BANKING HOUSK
or
JayCooice&Jj).
Q2 and So. THIRD ST. PHILAFA,
Derolors in all Government Becuritief
OLD C-SO WANTED
IN EXCHSKEE FDR KBtf
A X.1DERAE DIFFERENCE ALLOWED,
Compound Interest ITotoa "W&nteda
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.
Collections made. Blocks bongfct and sold on
OommlBttVon.
Bpecltfi bosineoa ttccommodaUons reserved for
adles. fO 24 8m
RATIONAL
Bffl CF THE REPUBLIC,
G09 and 811 CHESNUT STREET
PHILADELPHIA.
t'AFITAE 1,000,00
DIRECTORS.
Joseph T. Bailey,
Nathan Utiles,
lien). Rowland, Jr.,
bamuel A, Rlsphaiu,
i'.uward R. Orue,
V, llliam Krvlen,
Ongood WelHh,
Prederlck A, HoyU
Wm. 11, Khawn.
WM. H. SHAWN, President,
Lata Vathier of U CetUral Kalionai Eanh
JOB. P,
MTJMrORD Cashier,
Lots of IM Philadelphia National Bank
7 3-10S,
ALL SEItlES,
- CONVERTED INTO
FH'E-TWE IS TI ES.
BONDS DELIVERED IMMEDIATET,
DE HAVEN & BEOTHER
102rp
MO. 40 N. THIRD STREET.
O. SECURITIES
A SPECIALTY.
SMITH, RANDOLPH & CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
HO. IDS THIRD ST NO. S KASSAV STH
rillLADKLFHIA,
(IV TOKK
Orders for Stocks and Gold executed in Phi!a
delvhia and New York. 1 15
INTERNAL REVENUE
REVENUE STAMPS
FOR SALE AT TUE
PRINCIPAL. AGENCY
NO. 07 SOUTH THIRD STREET, IHILA
A LIBERAL DISCOUNT ALLOWED.
Order, or Bumped Check, received, and delivered
wordr;;tai, ,
, M j,AOUE.RPWAT.
BOARDING.
TTc4 gik7ii) ktueet. between
1 1 Vl rhMDDl end Market and Eleventh and
ir-iifti . "treeu-ceiitrally lucaled, Aocommodalion
UJliai.n4 UhltfRuacUen, lUAi4
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