THE DAILl EVENING TLEGRAFII -FIIILADELFIIIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1867. TUE FROST KlbG. Ji spectre strode across the land last night, "Whose brow grew dark beneath the stars' pale light. M length, close mu filed In a cowl, he stood la the duskj outskirts of a hillside wood. His eyes were glar-sr, but theirglance was bold! His breath was chill his shriveled fingers oold lie stretched his Icy hands abroad; alasl The light dew froze to crystal on the grass. The fair green leaves began to crisp and curl With all the radiant timings of a pearl., And rustling mournful requiems in the wind, In death, like lovers fond, together twined. The few surviving flowers grew wan and pale, Their dying odors fed the pitiless gale. rd showers of quivering petals In the gloom, Of a near churchyard, drifted round a tomb. The graceful ferns drooped lower than before, Like broken hearts that rise to hope no more. The prickly chesnut burrs dropped slowly down, And ghastly grinned with teeth of polished brown. JTill, forest, field, and Tale grew sere and dry, With Bad, dumb silence, as if wondering why. All nature'B fair gifts 'neath a monarch will Died, as they murmured softly "Peace, be Btilll" The watchful stars paled at the approach, of dawn, And, smiling at the change since yester morn, The spectre stooped and wrote upon the clay Beauty's death-warrant, the- one word "Decay 1" Summer, affrighted, fled before his sight; "Behold, the Frost King Spectre of the night!" EARLY LIFE OF JftY COOKE. of tlie Qrttt American Financier III Enterprise and Intrepid Spirit Ilia Pre-eminence Among the Mas. tera Of Finance, Nick illlddle, John Law, Ktc Jajr Cooke'a Farenta The H&tarl&lThey Were Made of Inherited by Their Bon Young Cooke at School The Child Father to the Man First Start in Life-Pluck and Self-Oellao.ee Haw He Succeed a. lrom tjit New York Herald, (Sunday), Nov. 17. , Sandusky, Ohio, Nov. 13, 18G7. If this good old steady going town, by the cool breezes of Lace Erie, can boast ot nothing elee but Us lumber pile, fishing yawls, and beautiful grape vineyards, it can at least lay claim to being the birthplace of one of the lead ing promiueot, men of this decade the nation's banker, broker, and financial engineer Jay Cooke. . It is a familiar, It not a remarkable name, and ene that has been blazoned forth amid announaements of Governmgni loans, iningled up 'with five-twenties and seven-thirties, and encircled by a halo ot greenbacks and got Jon interest. During the was its was both con spicuous and commanding, and seemed to in fluence tho ebb and flow of the monetary tides as lunar attraction affects those of the ocean. People innocent of the mysterious ways of finance marvelled who he could be, to wbon the tales of millions a day appeared as light a traneaction as the changing of a dollar bill; and they to whom great financial undertakings 'were familiar looked with astonishment at the dash and enterprise of this bold speculator. It was so wholly outside the ordinary transactions of the financial world the negotiation of over a thousand million dollars' worth of bonds by one individual that a feeling of admiration, not unmlncled with envy and apprehension, were excited at the event. Nor was the undertaking unaccompanied by formidable risks and Heavy responsibilities; for a time occurred In the na tion's travail when a compromise with the enemy was suggested by some, and surrender advo cated by others: at a time, too, when this san guine agent or tne uovernniem, loau uuu msneu seventy-three millions of credit in bonds for which be was rebponslble to the Treasury, and for which he looked with confidence to the ' people for payment. It was this Intrepid fa'th in tne patriotism of the masses, united to a re markable ability for lucid exposition ot mone tary intricacies and for a certain tact In appeal ing to the national pride and impulse, that has made Jay Cooke the most successful financial negotiator ot modern times. Apart, however, from his character s a leading broker, we find his nanioso identified with the national banking aystem, directly, as organizer and champion, that his course In the part he has taken reminds one involuntarily of other masters of finance who essayed to make nations affluent and happy through the. medium of a diffusive, uniform, and concerted banking system. Thattheadmirers of the present national bank organization con sider it as simple and beautiful in design as it is -vast and original in conception, may possibly be true; but it Is very doubtful if all Its theo retical excellences would have commanded for it as much attention or established it on its present extensive basis, but for the practical energy of its champion, Jay Cooke. Being pre JatoTy remarks to thenoiice.of his early career, it will not be superfluous to allude briefly to what other great financiers accomplished in their day, and show by contrast the claim for pre eminence among them. John Law, son oi an Edinburgh goldsmith, started out in the middle of the last century, while yet young and unknown, like Cooke, to win tne sweets oi iortune nnu tne laurels oi re nown, lie had a calculating brain, a tenacity of purpose, a readiness of resources, and accom plished address. Ho had withal a dash and an enthusiasm of manner that lent brilliancy and fascinatiou to his many varied attributes. 11 is enius lay in finance in calculating and com ining problems in the most delicate of sciences and planning schemes of magnitude commen surate with hU daring ambition. History, how ever, relates that after starting a royal bank, with aright royal number of shares, for the purpose, as he Intended, of giving a new and improved banking system to Europe ani ea rthing half its people, his whole scheme col lapsed in what is known as the Mississippi bub ble. Yet Johu Law meant honestly, but his genius was at fault and his calculation imperfect. Of later vram, in our own Country, we have had Robert Morris, whose plan ot national bank ing was approved bhortly after being submitted, and started under the title of the Bank of North America, with Thomas Willing as Presi dent. It railed, however, and Alexander Hamil ton, after giving much time and tbougbt to tne subject, urged, in an elaborate report, a more enlarged sy&tem of banking, aiming at national extension and representation, with Government patronage, twenty-fold ordiuary capital, and general ramification ot branch establishments. A bill containing most of Hamilton's provisions passed Cong-re!, but the ellort to recharter the bank in 1811 failed, and the conceru was wound up. 1 Tlie terrible state ot the nuances -in .1814 prompted Alexander J. Dallas to Irame a report tor Congress in reference to the founding of another national bank. Tnis report wa the most lucid and masterly document that had ever been submitted to the Legislature by a Secretary of the Treasury. Its principles were in a great measure embodied la a bill which was pasted a few years aittr, incorporating tba famous United States Bank. During tba adtniu lstiation of Old liioaorv. Nicuolts Biddle came prominency upoa the siacre as 1'resl leut ot the bank, and thenceforth, until he reined, ttie country ass agnated by one sole q ieitt mthe recuarterins-ot the bank, ine cuarter expired in 183H, and the bank three vears nfttr. A tomoailnon miuht Lure be instituted between 1 Ulduleanu Cooke, as each ro e in the same city to a measure of renown. The former, bo wever, nau more advantages ot education, more oppor tunities for advancement, together with an aci- knonledui'ii capacity for finance. Graduating with honor at i'rnicetou College, young It. (idle travelled extensively through Europe, learned various lorelen languaees, and retnrned to his native country a gifted and accomplished man. Ills carper in Pennsylvania was a brilliant one, culmliiBtinn In his election to the Presidency of the United States Bank a position at that time second only in Influence to that of the Chief Magistrate of the nation. But Biddle's financial genius aimed at nothing more origlual than to secure the rechartcriujr of the bank, consolidate its power, and make it a tremendous lever in the political aUtttrs of the country. The bank failed, as similarly organized institutions did beloie, and from the destructive influence ot centralization. John Law's scheme had the same centralizing element, and when it ex ploded It spread ruin over half a continent. The present national oauk system, as put Into rxisieuce by Cooke, exhibits the operation ot an opposite principle diUusion. It aims at creatine a government of bauklng on somewhat the same plan as a Government of States, each one regulating its own affairs, but all under the guidance of certain general laws. No. such enormous scale ot bunking on a umforrtl plan with a uniform currency has ever before oeon attempted, aLd while the crude construction of the design is all to which Secretary Chase can lay claim, Jay Cooke can appropriate the credit oi giving tangible vitality to the syste.u, and for good or evil, building up the most colossal fabric of modern days. Between Law, Biddle, and Cooke there is another ' difference that while the former were left comparatively penni less by the failure of their banks, the latter has every prospect of surviving pecuniarily the wreck of his crand scheme. Jay Cooke was born in the clfy of Sandusky, in the year 182V. His father, Eleullierus Cooke, ai.d bis mother, whose maiden name was Mar tha Caswell, came from Washington county, New Jfork the lormer from the pleasant town of Granville, and the latter from the neat and de corous village of alcm. Cooke, the cider, was a man of ability, and self-willed in- his way, restless, and ot limited fortune. He belonged to the type of men who laid wide and deep the foundation of the greatness of the West wjiilo building up for themselves wealth and inde pendence, lie studied law in his native town, and was admitted to the bar at Albany by Chan cellor Kent. He brought his wife out West over rough roads, swollen rivers, through forest, prairie, and Indian hunting grounds, till after many months of cheerless wandering he pitched his tent, about the year 1819, a short distance f om the city. There be purchased a large tract of lnnd, most of which he afterwards disposed of to settlers from his native town. The place is now called Cooke's Corners. He moved into Sandusky about the year 1821, and with his characteristic energy, set about building him self a etoce dwelling, though the handful of residents in the three frame houses and two log cabins constituting tne city at that time were unable to see stone enough wherewith to build a sidewall. However, he carried out his scheme, made his mark, and thenceforth went forward to luck and to the United States Con gress. He was the first to suggest a railroad at this side of the Allegheny Mountains, and ulti mately saw It earned out. With all his rugged energy and self-will he bad a broad humanity of disposition, was a kindly, genial, and sociable man, or, as it is more expressively rendered here, "a good clever fellow." His. wife was active, strong-minded, aud sagacious; and this much in releience to both will help to show the inheritance of qualities which fell to the share of Jay Cooke, and which have eo strikingly marked his character. . There were six children in the Cooke family, twoot whom died; the rest live, and are mar ried and affluent. Pitt Cooke, the eldest, has partial charge of the New York house of Jay Cooke A Co. Henry D. Cooke, the youngest, has entire control ot the one in Washington, and Jay himself operates in Philadelphia. Sarah E. Cocke, the only daughter, is married to a wealthy speculator, William G. Moorheud, who lives riftht royally in the City of Brotherly Love. Eleutherus Cooke, the lather of this happy family, died about three years ago, a the green old age of seventy-six, retaining his wonted energy to the last. Mrs. Cooke, who is a little over seventy, still lives here in the old family mansion, in the enjoyment of all her faculties, and an ample participant in the filial bounty of her sons. When Jay Cooke was sent to school here, at the ape of six years, instruction in the primary elements was furnished in a log cabin by a Miss Htumpson, an inevitable Yankee ecboolmarm. The eut of learning, of which there U now no trace, stood near sn orchard owned and tended by a civilized Indian chief named Ogoritz, who was afterwards killed by one of his tribe for being over-civilized. The village then con tained over a hundred inhabitants the school attendance being haidly a baker's dozen. Jay and his two brothers were three docile boys, punctual at school, little given to the sports common among boys of their age, but more in clined to stay within door and learn their les sons. Jay, however, was the least inclined to play of any of his brothers; it is said of him that ho was never truly a boy never acted or talked after the fashion of boys. He was of gentle aud frauk disposition, fond of watching transac tions in buying and selling in his father's store, who, along with being a lawyer, kept all kinds of marketable products was everything by turns, as the necessities ot the times demanded and had also the reputation of being no mean orator. If there was any mental characteristic that revealed itself In Jay at this age, it was love for figures in their primary elements of putting two and two together, and delighting to hud they made four. At this period in the history of Sandusky, there was an influx of settlers lrom the East. Men came from New York aud parts of Penn sylvania, expecting, as men do to-day, to make fortunes in following the star of empire In the Occident. Amon? the rest was a Mr. William G. Moorhead, of Philadelphia. He settled here, made some money, married Jay's sister, weut some years alter to Valparaiso as United States Consul, then to California, where he male a fortune, returned here and lost nearly all in some speculative enterprise, retrieved himself again, and ultimately joined Jay Cooke in the banking business, lubt befoie the opening of the war. Amonc others who came here about the year 1833 was a Mr. L. S. Hubbard, now President of one of the national bunks. In partnership with another, he started a Btore ior tne saio oi general merchandise, a term which then com prised every conceivable article of .clothing, food, and household furniture, from a red haud- kercblet to a red nerrtng. Mr. ituoDara was prospering; there was little competition, and when market day brouirht in a crowd of distant settlers, his store received a lion's share of custom. At this time Mr. Eleutherus Cooke had been elected to tho Legislature; and being one ot those men so rare now-a-aays, who believed that a man elected to a public representative sta tion should give more time and attention to the public than to his own private welfare, he soon found bis affairs at home were becoming em- baiTA-i-e l, and h's business prospects looking less bnebt than loruieriy. When nc returned to Sauduhkv. be found matters were not as satis factory as he hoped; he had bills to pay, and money was t-carce a condition of things emi nently disagreeable. . Stamling in his door one day, he saw his three boys returning fro u school, and when they came up to him, putting bis arm around them, nan joitiugiy, ne saiu: "My boys, I have nothing lelt for you; you must go und look out for yourselves." The others re mained silent and downcast, but young Jay, who was then thirteen years old,.lookiug up at his lather, with a bright smile and earnest (rnrpsKlnii rppoonded : "Father. I am' old enoueh to work; 1 will go and earn for myself." Old Cooke look no lurtner notice of this little incident, yet it mlirht be said to have hai a greater influence on his eon's ucsnny tuun any otLer event of his li'e. He. no doubt, com- ended the spirit of the boy, but be had no fixed Intention to send htm just then to earn lor himself. However, the next morulnz Jay. Instead of aoiuir in M-hnnl. ktnlo iiv from home and wentdbwn to Mr. Hubbard's store tue one alluded to above. - He inaulred for the proprietor, aud told hint he came to look for wont in ma btore. Mr. Hubbard happenel Just then to stand ia need of a hni h k,,i tia. cuaiged bis only one a few days previous tor u Bin'inmj. nc ouuiiieu me at'tit-ftg und In'clli gent looks ufjouug Cooke, and forthwith em nloved him. lu the evening, wl- tuiued home, ho was reproved by his mother foi playing truant; for she had learned from his brothers he had been absent lrom school, ' Why, mother, 1 won't be a trouble to you any longer; I am now camiuir for myself." said be, with a flush of conscious responsibility, Tho pnrenis, on consulting, decided to let Jay work: out his own desti av: and from this becins the date of that career which took an obscure West ern boy step by step up to the pinnacle of wraiin anu greatness, "its, 1 will earn lor myself," he no doubt often exclaimed to himself that evening. Next day he was at his post in the store punctually, ready to perform any kind ot work for which he felt strong enough; and as day by day he falthiully discharged his dutios, bis employer became more and more attached to him, taught him book-keeping, for which he evinred a remarkable taste, end otherwise sought to instruct him iu mauy thlugs he foiled to learn at school. Alter some time Mr. Hubbard's partner left him to eo Lome, and Hubbard bimstif fell kick, leaving the store entirely in charge of joung oose. ine Dutiuess, ot course, was not large, but such as it was Jay found himself .A t. . 1 ... i . i . nr. l . cuni iu ine wish oi aiieuuing it. it ui-u ne closed the store in theeventugs he repaired with the kejs and the day's receipts to his sick em plover, upon whom ho waited as a nurse till bed time. He had lived iu the employment of Mr. Hubbard ior eleven months, when a Mr. Seymour, who Was anxious to try his fortune oy mercantile investments in St. Louis, pre vailed unrin Jay to accomnanv him as clerk and book-keeper. He left his original employer witn a reputation lor talent and integrity, and, with some reluctance to let him leave on the part of his family, be started for St Louis. He was now in his fourteenth vear. a smart. sprightly, ingenious lad, desirous of studying for no proiession, Dut very ambitious to excel in mercantile business. Seymour invested his money in a concern which failed to realize his expectations; he anticipated larae returns, not finding which, and being of a roving, restless disposition, ho left St, Louis after a stay of about nine months, and, together with Jay, returned to Sandubky. Jay went to stop at his father's house to await the next turn In the wheel of fortune, not doubting in his sanguine temper but that his chance was bouud to come in due course. At this time he felt in with a centleman of collccriate atta nments. who in doctrinated him into the mysteries of algebra and the higher mathematical sciences. Thus was Jay quietly but effectually nrenarlne him self for the role he was afterwards destined to play. Beinir well versed in figures, and havlDg a mina singuiariv wen auapceu ior tue accurate calculation of difhcult arithmetical nroblems. he learned finance by Intuition, and mastered its most complicated branches. But it takes more than one or two rViantpra to detail and do justice to the career of Jay vuuac. MtW PUBLICATIONS. T7- ELLEY'S WEEKLY, KELLEY 8 WEEKLY, K ELLEY'S WEEKLY, K ELLEY'S WEEKLY. A JOUKN AL OF TUB HUES, .READY EABLY THIS MORNISG, BEADY EARLY THI8 MORNING, BEADY EARLY THIS MORNING, BEADY EARLY THIS MORNING, FOR SALE BY ALL NEWSDEALERS. 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On Marine nnd Inluud ltlBkSM.....K'(1,8iW79 On l ire links iku.xhsi 7M.H8'30 Interest during tbe some period, balvages, etc - 103.411-09 TioT LOSSES, EXPENSES, ETC., During me year, as auova. Marine and Inland navigation ljOfcHee M M.M... .$.188,43411 Vlre I j,hhi SU.854S5 Return J'rf uiIuids S2.WH7 lteliirutrancfg... -. DJw M Acency Cba-gea, Advertising, Taxes Xj.'h. Tax"on"r'reaiiuais, Policy HtampH, etc - ai.oio o Expenses,. etc., - 17,08218 IMS.515-21 fil0,04 18 ASftETS OFTIIE CO HP A JIT. Kovemuer l, i7. 1200.000 United States Five Per Cent. llf' O.... m m 190 nro Ti luted state live Per Cent. T-JOl.)'!) Loan, 1x81 - 13t,4OO'0O 60 0C0 UiHed States 7 8 10 Per Oeut Loan Treasury Notes 62,562'M 2CO.0O0 Stale or j euiisyivauia oix l et CT Cent. Loan 210,070-00 123,625 "00 51,000-00 ' 125,000 City or niuaaeipnia nix rut veu igi Loan (exempt from taxi a 69,000 State of New Jersey U Per Cent. LUIQNMWIMMmMW," . me. 20,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First 19.S0O-O0 1 1 25,000 reunsytvania wiuiuwi, rcuuu 23,375-00 26,008 Western Pennsylvania Railroad Six Per ;cent. Uosds (Pennsyl vania Railroad gnaranten)...M. 80,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Cent. Loan, . 7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent, Loan 15,000 800 shares Stock of German town Gas Company (principal and In terest guaranteed by the city of Philadelphia) . 7,610 160 Shares Stock of Pennsylvania Railroad Company 6000 100 Shares Stock or North Pennsylva nia Railroad Company...... 20,000 SO Shares Slock of Philadelphia and 20.000-00 18,000 00 4,270 00 15,000'00 7,800-00 8.000-00 mouwieru wan eteamauip uiiu- nanv. 16,000-00 201,900 00 201,900 Loans on Bonds and Mortgage, 11 rat liens on City Properties.-. 1,101,400 par. Market value l, 102,802-50 Real Estate ........ ' 8C,000'00 vat SL.votr.u, 9 mi. jjuiB Accetvaoie ior insurance made'...- ..... 219,135-67 Balances due at Agencies Pre miums on Marine Policies Ao .ruisl IntprwL and other debts due the Company. 43,33136 block and Scrip or Sundry lnsu rtnrfl ftnd nthee dnmnanlAR. to076 00 Estimated value 3,01700 Cssh In Bank ..........1108,01710 Cash in Drawer 198.51 103,31662 ai.6o7,9a-i5 ' Philadelphia, November 13, 1847. The Board of Directors have this day declared a CASH DIVIDEND OF TEN PER CENT, on the Capital Stock, and SIX PER CENT. Interest on the Scrip ol tbe Company, payable on and after tbe 1st of December proximo, free of National and State tax. They have also declared SCRIP DIVIDEND OF TWENTY-FIVB PER CENT, on tbe earned pre miums for the year ending October 31, 1867, certificates of whlcb will be Issued to the parties entitled to the same on and after tbe 1st December proximo, free of National and State taxes. Tbey have ordered, also, that tbe SCRIP CERTIFI CATES OF PROFITS of tbe Company, for tbe year ending October 31,1863, be redeemed In CASH, at the office of tbe Company, on and after 1st December proximo, all Interest thereon to cease en that day. No. certificate of profits Issued nnder (25, Br the act of Incorporation "no certificate shall Issue nnless claimed within two years after the declaration of the Dividend whereof It is evidence. DIRECTORS, Thomas C. Hand, John C. Davis, James C Hand, William U Ludwlg, Joseph H. Seal, George O. Lei per, Hugh Craig, John D. Taylor, Edmund A, Souder, Tbeophllus Paulding, John R. Penrose, James Traqualr, - Henry C. Dallett, Jr., Samuel E. Stokes, George W. Bernardou, Jacob P. Jones, James B. McFarland, Joshua P. Eyre, Henry Slean, William O. Boulton, Edward Darlington, H. Jones Brooke, Edward Lafourcade, Jacob Rlegel, Spencer Mollvalne, J. B. Semple, Pittobnrg, A. B. Berger, H D. T. Morgan, 5 , THOMAS a HAND, President. JOHN C. DAVIS, Vice-President . HENRY LYLB URN, Secretary. 11 16 15t HENRY BALL, Assistant Secretary. FURS. 1867. . FALL AND WINTER. 1867: FUR HOUSE. (Established In 1018.) The nnderslgned Invite tbe special Attention of the Ladles to their large stock of FURS, consulting of Muffs, Tipnets, Collars, Etc.. IN RUSSIAN SABLE, ' HUDSON'S BAY SABLE, MINK BABLB ROYAL ERMINE, CHINCHILLA, FITCH, ETC. All Of tne LATEST STYLES, SUPERIOR FINISH. and at reasonable prices. Ladles In mourning will had handsome Article. PEKSIANNES and SIMIASi the latter a most bean tlfnl fur. ; CARRIAGE ROBES', SLEIGH BORES, and FOOT MUFFS, In treat variety. A. K. & F. K. WO 11 RATH. ' 911 4m WO. 417 AlltH HTBEKT. jf-WUl-auBiove to our new Store, No. 1213 Chesnut street, about May 1, 18s8. p A N C Y F U R O. Tbe subscriber having recently returned from Europe with an eiitltely new stock of , . TP XT XI. H ' Of bis own selection, would oiler the same to hi. cus tomers, made up In tbe latest styles, and at reduoed prlots, at bis OLD ESTABLISHED STORE, NO. 10 NOHT1I TUIBD KTEEET, 10 M 2m rp AB'JVEARCIL JAMES ItlSISKY. IDItiVY WELI.8 OWNEK8 OF PUOPEHTY X '1 he only place to get Privy Well cleaned and tislnfeued at very low pnoea. a. PEYBON, Wanufactorer of Potidretl'e, -tK COtD It biiALL,LIlUAlitV tdtrixit. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 182Q CHARTER PERPETUAL Frniilillii Firft Insurance Co. rniiiADEiniA, OFFICES OS. 489 ARD 47 CHBiMUX BTBEET. ASSETS OS JAJtlTART 1.1S87, Mtl3,l'lS. rpiti. .. ............fQ-iQQe- on Accrued hurpiu. Premiums ..... ......... . wvnw ....1.24,&i'lB ONSHTTLED CLAIMS, 1NC0MR FOB 186. H,UUO, IOS0ES PAID SINCE 18S0 OVER $3,000,000. Penetul and Temporary Policies on Liberal Termt, DIKJkCTOItS. Charles N. Bancker, George Falea, I oniaa w aguer, Hamuel Grant, Gporun W. Klc.hardl. A Urea: ruler, Kruno l W. Lewis, M. D.. Peter MeCah, Thomas Himrka. OiORUK FALK8, Vice-President. J. w, MnALLIHT KH. Ho rotary pro tern. I8U1281J BROOKLYN LIFE INSURANCE OF HEW TOBK, MUTUAL, POLICIES NON-FORFKITABLE. Thirty days grace given In payment ot Premium. No extra charge for residence or travel In any portion of tbe world. Dividends declared ainaally, and paid In cash, Dividend In 1867,40 per cent COLTOH & 6 HELD EN, GENERAL AGENTS, X. E. COBWEB SEVENTH AND CITES JfCT. Agents And Solicitors wanted In all the cities and towns In Pennsylvania and Southern New Jer sey S3I INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA: OFFICE, No. J32 WALNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1794. CHARTER PERPETUAL. CAPITAL, 300,000. ASSETS JANVABT 8, 1807.......tI,7Sl,9780 INSURES MARINE, INLAND TR aNSPORTA- xivn ald riitu itiotva. DIRECTORS. Arthnr G. Coffin. George L. Harrison, Samuel W. Jones, Jobn A. Brown, Cbarles Taylor, Ambrose White, Richard D. Wood, William Welsh, S. Morris Wain, x raucis a. uope, Edward H. Trotter, Edward S. Clarke, William Cummlngs, T. Char. ton Hemy, Alfred D. Jexsup, Jobn P. White. jonn mason,; Louis O. Madeira. ARTHUR G. COFFIN. President. Chabikb Piatt, secretary. WILLIAM BUEHLEK. Harrlsbnnr. Pa.. Central Agenttor tbe State of Pennsylvania. 125J QIBARD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, (No. 639) N. E. CR. CHE-JNUT AND SEVENTH STS., PHII.aDKI.PHIA. CAP1TAE, AMD fSlIBPLUS OTEB 8800,000. INCOS1.13 TOR 1S6S, 91011,031. Losses Paid and Accrued In 1866, 917,000. , Of which amount not 13000 remain nnpald at this date. tluo.t 00,000 ol property bas,been successfully insured by ibis Company lu thirteen years, and Eight Hun. uitu musses uy sire piouipuy patu. EIRECl'ORS. Thomas Craven. Sllai Yerkes, Jr., Furmau Sheppard, Tht mas MacKeilar,! Aiiren ts uuielt, N. S. Lawrence. ! Charlo I. Dupont, 1.' I - ' Ji bn Supplee, Jobn W. Claghorn, Jiwem nmnp. m, u. tTHOMAS CRAVEN, President'. A- S. GILLETT. Vice-President. 8W fmw? JAMES K ALVORD, Becretary. p I R E INSURANCE. UVEBPOOt AND LONDON AMD dliOBE INfsVBANCB CVMPAHT, ASSETS OTEB. .,..-......glO,OOO.OOQ IK VEhTED IM TUB V. UH O VEB-IJ1,800,000 PHILADELPHIA BOARD. Lemuel Coffin, Esq., 'Charles 8. Smith, Esq., Joseph W, Lewis, Esq., I Henry A. Duhriug, Esq., jstwaru Biter, jusq. All losses promptly adjusted without reference to England. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, Ao. MERCHANT!!? EXCHANGE, ATWOOD SMITH, 10 17 thstnem General Agent for Pennsylvania. OROVIDEflT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANT No. 1)1 S. lOURTH Street, INCORPORATED Sd MONTH 22, 1885. CAPITAL. SIOOOO'i. PAIIi IP? ' Insurance on Lives, by Yearly Premiums; or by S. Annuities granted on favorable ernis. Term Policies. Uhlldren's ttiid.iwmunts. i This Company, while giving the lusured tbeaeoorlty ota paid-up Capital, will divide tbe eutlre profits oi the Lite business among Its polfcy holders? Mouey. received at Interest, and n&ul nn riamanri Authorlaed by charier to execute Trusts, and to act as lixecutor or Administrator, Assignee, or Uuardian, and iu other fiduciary capacities, under appointment ol any Court of this Commonwealth, or any person or ' XIIftaCTOKH. SAMUEL P.-SHIPLEY, HENRY HAINES, TH- ,Ht woKiaa, t. wistau bk)wn. RICHARD WOOD, W. Q. LONUSTRETH. RICHARD CADB DRY, WILLI A M HACKER, CHAKLES F. COFFIN. SAMUEL R, BUll'Lu Y, ROWLAND PARRY, Pref-Idetit. Actuary. WILLIAM a LONUSTKEm, Vlce-Presldeut. Tf .MAB WIHTAR. M D.. J. B. 'POWNSEND, 7 7j Medii-al Kanilner. Legal Adviser. PUCEMX INSUKAKCB COilPAN Y OP PHI LAUELPH1A. INC'OKlOltATED If 04 CHARTER PERPETUAL. No. 4 W A LN U T btreet, ojiposlie the Kxotianue. in SUOItloo to MAitUNlJ and I.M.ANU INaUR- Aftt pi, tnis iouipauy luauren irom loss or anraaKe b It'l li W. r..v llhur.1 Unit, ntk litillil lim. ........i ' . . -v.. - - - . , ( V. W IH1 If, M turutture, etc., for Uiuiied periods, auu oeruiaueuiiy on bulldmss by deiMiblt of nreuilum. The t oiijpuuy has been in active operation for mora lhau SIXTY YEARS, during which all .'oases havS uetn pioiiipuy aujusteu and paid. UJUlLtl'llRM. jonn I., xiouge, M. 11. Alabony, l.swrence Lewis, Jr.. Julin 1. j.ewis ... hi ij.it ia, Keiijadilu Kiting, ' Thomas II. Powers, A. R. Molleury, ' fc.dtumid (.'astllion, LtlUlH ( L N'lir,-! William b. Orffnt. Hubert W. Learning, . U. ('lurk Whui tuu, fcsuiutl Wucux, JOHN W CcbEREU, President 8AVtiKl.WTt.oox Secretary. FIRE INSURANCE EXCL0K1VELY THB PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE Cxim PANY lucorporated iSK6 Charter PerpetualNo! (10 WALNUT Street, opposite lndeneudeuoe MiDar& Tbls Company, favorably known to the ouuiuiuultj lor over forty years, ooti tluues to Insure against 1, or damage by fire ou Public or Private Bulldluts either pi-ruiauently or for a limited time. Alao, on Kiirulture. sux-ksof Oooda, and ateruuandiae gene rally, on liberal terms. 1 heir Caiihal, loitelher with A larre Snrnlua Wnn I hi . iuvestea iu the uiost careiui niaunr, wnioh enable VlltlllJ' l UIIT7, .U uiMIIN tha caaa of loss. undoubted .ecorlty in Uaulol Smith, Jr.. Joha Devsreu. ' Aleaandi-r JHeiuiun, )iaii' lla.h'htirst. Thuuius huiitti Henry Iwls, J. Olllliiirlii.111 Vsii Thomas Robbins, ,. r ..i xj .. I . .. t. i VA N ltL BM lT .J.. President. Wiixiam O. Cao w juj, bwtreiaxy, FURNITURE, ETC. AVI8 IMPORTANTI BEAUX HETCnLEH, ponr Salons et Chambree a Oooobnr, Arranges pour Exposition dans Appartemente.'OArnll et Couverta de Tapis, CIEOnE J, HEXHEU, LACT A CO., EBENISTES, CHESNUT STREET, an Coin Ce lSme, SPECIAL CAR D. FINE FURNITURE ON EXHIBITION IU SUITES OF BOOMS. CARPETED AND FUR NISHED AS CHAMBERS AND PARLORS. CEOB6E I. IIEMKELS, LACT A CO., CABINET MAKERS, THIRTEENTH AND CHESNtJT, PhlladelpblA. )IE FEINSTEN MEUBEL ARAN- OIERT IN DER OANZEN ETAQE FERTIQ ZUR ANB1CHT, TEPPICH UND QARTIENEN KIN. BEORIFFEN. CIEOBOE J. IIEHHE1LA, MEUBEL FABIUCKANT THIRTEENTH AND CHESNUT. Philadelphia. A vis o. M E U B L E S F I N O EXHIBICION. In Serie de Cuartos, OOLOCADO OOMO Salas de recloimleuto CUARTOS DE CAMARA, tMtna FURNITURE! FURNITUREZ HODEBH AND AHTKtVEI P ABLOB, II ALL AND CIIAHBEB SUITS AT REDUCED PBICEa. Onr facilities are such that we are enabled to offer at very moderate price, a large and well assorted, tock of every description ot HOUSEHOLD FURNI TURE AND BEDDING. Good, packed to carry safely to All parU ot the country, BicnsioND a roBEPATen, 21 tt SO, 40 U. SECOND BTBEET. A.- & H. LEJAMORC HAVE XEMOVED THEIB FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERIKG WAREROOISS- TO MO. 1185 CHESNUT tSTBEET. 97 m Neit to the corner of Fifteenth. JO HOUSEKEEPERS. I have a Urge stock or every variety of FURNITURE, Wblcb IwllI sell at reduced prices, oonslstlnr ot PLAIN AND MARBLE TOP COTTAGE SUITS. WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS. PARLOR SUITS IN VELVET PLUSH. PARLOR SUITS IN HAIR CLOTH. PARLOR SUITS IN REPS. Sideboards, Extension Tables, Wardrobes, Book oases, AJtaurtaaea, xiuungeateetc. eta. p. p. saroTrins. . 81! IT. E. corner SECOND and RACE Streets J STAB LI SHED, 1795. A. S. RODINSON, French Plate Looking-Qlassos, HaSGBAVLNGS, PAINTINfiB, DRAWINGS, ETC ' ' Manufacturer of all kind, of LOOKIAU-eLABS, POBTBAIT, AMD PIC . Tl'BE I'ltAJlEtl TO OBDEB, No. OlO OHE8NUT 8TREETJ THIRD DOOR ABOVE THE CONTINENT AX nULASKLPHIA. ' 1E SADDLERY, HARNESS, Ac. ; JJEE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OP THJ ' NEW CUESKUT STBEET (NO. 110), ADDLEBT, Tf ABNES8, AND IIOBJUB. - iruBNuiiime eooos uoitsb ' ';' or LACEY. MEEKER & CO.. Is attributable to the following facte m: They are very attentive to the wants oftheir ona. torn era, They are satisfied with a fair business profit. . They sell goods only on their own merits. They guarantee every strap in all harness they sell over Ho, the fault of the purchaser only who does not get what he Is guaranteed and paid tor. . Their good, are 26 per cent, cheaper than can be bought elsewhere. They have cheaper and finer goods than can bo bought In the city. - They have Uel rgeat and most complete stock la Philadelphia. A 11 Harness over f2B are "hand-made." ' Harness from lit to sa6. Gents' Saddle, from S to fTB. Ladles' Saddles from liOtollM. Tbey are tbe oldest and largest manufacturers the country. LACEY, MEEKER & CO., 14 sm iio. laid ciiesxut stbkct. INTERNAL REVENUE REVENUE STAMPS FOB SALE AT THE PltlNOIPAX. AOENOY, ' NO. 07 SOUTH TBIBD BTBEET, PIIILA. A LIBERAL DISCOUNT ALLOWED. Orders or Stamped Check, received, and delivered : With despatch. '- Order, by maO or express promptly attended tot ' TZOtf JA4 QII E. KIDCIWAT. " gnowrro patent C091BIKED CABPET.WTBETC1IEB AND i TAt'H-DBlYEB. With tbl. machine a lady' can alone atretoh and - -tack down at tbe same time her carpel, as easily as -to .weep them, saving back-aches, bruised Angers ' temper, time, and money, it will stretch all kinds o carpet, without the least damage, better, quicker,, and easier than any other Stretcher made, and drlvo ,. from 8 to 20-oa. tacks with or without leather headA 0 la simple, easily worked, and will last a lifetime, Agent wanted. Liberal terms given. It Is a nlc. machine for ladies to sell. Eor ilauhJuos or Agenclen, call on or address WILLIAM F. SUKEIULEj. No, sO a THIRD Street, . llTUg fhUadelpUlA,,
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