THE DAH.1 EVENING TELEGRAFII PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1867. EOZ'n-.TIIE UNITED STATES. Charles Dickens "American liotes." THE LATEST EDITION. What the Great Novelist Thought or Phi ladelphia, New York, Boston, Pitts burp, Washington, Cincinnati, and St. Load, Twenty fire Tears Ago. JBtc KU., Ete., Kte. Conclusion." Journey to PlUibnrg Across the Alio . ghtay mountains Pittsburg. We bad left HarrUburtr on Friday. On Sunday morning we arrived at the toot of tao ouDialn, which is crossed by railroad. There are ten inclined planes live ascending, and five descending. The carriages are draped up the former, and let slowly down the latter, by me an a of stationary eughies the comparatively level spaces between being traversed sometimes by horse and sometimes by engine power, as tbe cae demands. Occasionally the rail are laid upon tbe extreme verge of a giddy pre cipice; and looking iroji the carriage window, tbe traveller gazes sheer doWD, without a stone or scrap of fence betweeo, into the mountain depths below. Tbe journey is very carefully made, however only two carriages travelling i?!"1.!!"011 while proper precautious are Intern, is not to be dreaded ior its dangers. It was very pretty, travelling thus at a rapid pace along the heights of the mountain in . kven wind, to look down Into. a valley full of light and so.tness; catching glimpses through the tree-tops of scattered cabins; children run ning to the doors; dogs bursting out to bark, whom we could see without hearing; terrified pigs scampering homewards; families sitting out in their rode gardens; cows gazing npward with a htupid indifference; men in their shirt sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out to-morrow's work; and we riding onward, high above them, like a whirlwind. It was amusing, too, when we bad dined, and rat tlud down a steep pans, having no other moving power than the weight of tue carriages them selves, to see tbe eugine, released long after us, come buzzing down alone, llKe a great insect, its back of gieen aud gold so shining in the sun that, if it had spread a pair of wings and soared away, no one would have had occasion, as 1 landed, lor the least surprise. But it stopped short of ns in a very business-like manner wheu we reached the canal; and, before we left the wharf, went panting up this hill again, with the passengers who bad waited our arrival for the means of traversing the road by which we had come. On the Monday evening furnace-fires and clanking nammera on tbe banks of the canal warned us that we approached the termination of this part of our louruey. After goingthrough another dreamy place a long aqueduct across the Allegheny river, which was stranger than the bridge at Harrisburg, being a vast, low. wooden chamber foil ot water we emerged upon that' ugly confusion of backs of buildings and crazy galleiies and stairs which always abuts on water, whether it bo river, sea, canal, or ditch, and were at Pittsburg. Pittttburg is like Birmingham in England; at least, its townspeople say so. Betting aside the streets, the shops, the houses, wagons, facto ries, public buildings, and population, perhaps It may be. It certainly has a great quantity of smoke hanging about it, and is famous for its iron-works. Besides the prisan to which I have already referred, this town contains a pretty arsenal and other Institutions. It is very beau tifully situated' on the Allegheny River, over which there are two bridges; and the villas of the wealthier citizens, sprinkled about the high grounds in the neighborhood, are pretty enough We lodjred at a moot excellent hotel, and were admirably served. As usual, it was full of boarders, was very large, and had a broad colon nade to every story ol the house. We tarried here three days. Our next point was Oiucmnati; and as this was a steamboat journey, and Western steamboats usually blow up one or two a week in the season, it wns ai-vii-able to collect opinions in relertnce to the comparative safety of the vessels, bound that way, then lying in the river. One called The Uebsenper was the best recommended. She had bees advertised to start positively, every day for a fortnight or so, and had not gone vet, nor did her captain seem to have any very fixed in tention on the subject. But this is the custom; tor if the law were to bind down a free and inde pendent citizen to keephis word with the public, what would become of the liberty of the subject ? Besides, it ts in the way of trade; And ii pas sen per be deooyed in the way of trade, aud people be inconvenienced in the way of trade, whatman, who is a sharp tradesman himself, shall say, "We must put a stop to this ?" Impressed by the deep solemnity of the public announcement, 1 (beiug then ignorant of these usages! was for hurrying on board in a breath, less state immediately; but receiving private and confidential information that the boat would certainly not stnrt until Friday, April the First, we made ourselves very comfortable in the meanwhile, and went on board at noon that day, From Pittsburg to Cincinnati la a West ern Steamboat Cincinnati. The Messenger was one among a crowd of blgh-pressure steamboats, clustered together by the wharf-side, which, looking down upon from the rising ground that forms the landing-place, and backed by the lofiy bank on the opposite side of the liver, appeared no larger than so many floating models. She had some lorty pa senders on board, exclusive of the poorer per sons on the lower deck; and, in balf an hour or lees, proceeded on her way. We nad, for ourselves, a liny state-room, with two berths in it opeulngout of the ladies' cabin. There was, undoubtedly, something satisfactory iu this "location," inasmuch as it was in the stern, and we had been a great many times very gravely recommended to keep as far aft as potsible, ''because the steamboat generally blew up forward." Nor was this an unnecessary caution, as the occurrence and circumstances of more than one such fatality during our stay suftcieutly testified. Apart from this source of sell-cougrktulatiou, it was an unpeakaole re lief to have anv place, no matter how confined, where one could tu alone; and as the row of little chambers of which this was one had each a second glass door besides that in the ladies' cabin, which opened on a narrow gallery out- suae uio Trowel, wucic me oititr pusBuncers sel dom came, and where one could sit in neaca and gaze upon the shitting prospect, we took po&ession of our new quarters with much pleasure. If the native packets I have already de scribed be unlike anything we are tn the habit of feeing on water, these Western vessels aie still more foreign to all the ideas we are aeetutomed to entertain of boats. I hardly know what to liken thetn to, or how to describe them. In the first place, they have no mast, cord ace, lackle, ringing, or other such bout-like ar: nor Lave they anything in their shape at all calculated to remind one of a boat's head, stern, sides, or keel. Except that they are in the water, and dwplay a couple of paddle boxes, they might be intended, for anything that appears to the contrary, to perform some unknown service, high and dry upou a mouii taiu-top. There is no visible deck even, noth log but a lonir, black, ugly roof, covered with burnt-out feathery spark; above which tower two iron chimneys, and a hoaree escape-valve, aud a glass steerage-house. Then, in order as lie eye deswuds towards' the water, are the sides and dcors and windows of the state rooms, jumbled as oddly together a though tbey formed a small street, oavt ky tbe varying tastes of a dosen men; tbe whole ts supported on Teams, and pillars retting on a dirty barge, but a lew Inches above the water's edge; and in the narrow space bet wren this upper structure and this barge's drck are the furnace tires sod machinery, open at the sides to every wind that blows, and every storm of rain it drives along in path. Passing odc of these boats at night, and seeing the great body of fire, exposed as 1 l ave jnst described, that ragrs and roars beneath the frail pile of pointed wood the machinery, not warded off nor guarded in any way, but doing its work in the midst or the crowd oi Idlers and emigrants and children who throng the lower deck, under the management, too, of reckless men whose acquaintance with its mysteries may have been cf six months' standing one feels directly that the wonder is, not that there should be jj ;"7 atal accidents, but that any journey should do safely made. Within, there Is one long, narrow cabin, the whole length of the boat, lrom which the slate rooms open on both slues. A smalt portion of it at the Hern is partitioned off lor the ladies; and the bar is at the opposite extreme. There is a long table down thu centre, and at either end a stove. The washing apparatus Is forward, cn tbe dcek. It Is a lirtle belter than on board the canal-boat, but not much. In all modes of travelling, the American customs with reference to the means ot personal cleanliness and whole some ablution are extremely negligent and filthy; aud I strongly incline to the belief that a considerable amount of illness is referablo to this cause. We are to be on board the Messenger threo days; arriving at Cincinnati (barring accidents) on Monday morning. There are three meals u day. Breakfast at seven, dinner at half-past twelve, supper about six. At each there are a great many small dishes and plates upon the table, with very little in them, so that, although there is evciy appearance of a mighty "spread," there is seldom really more than a joint; except for those who fancy slices of beet-root, shreds of dr.cd bdef, complicated entanglements ot yellow pickle, maize, Indian corn, apple-sauce, and pumpkin. Some people fancy all these little dainties to gether (and sweet preserves besides), by way of relish to their roast pig. They are generally those dyspeptic ladies and gentlemen who eat unheard-of quantities of not corn-bread (almost as good for the digestion as a kneaded pin-cushion) for breakfast anl for supper. Those who do not ob serve this custom, and who help themselves several times instead, usually suck their knives and forks meditatively, until they have decided what to take next; then pull them out of their months, put them m the' dish, help themselves, and fall to work again. At dinner there is nothing to drink upon the table, but great jugs full of cold water. Nobody says anything at any meal to anybody. All the passengers are very dbmal, and seem to have tremendous secrets weighing on their minds. There is no con versation, no laughter, no cheerfulness, no sociality, except in spitting; and that is done in silent fellowship round the stove when the meal is over. Every man sits down, dull and languid, swallows his fare as if breakfasts, dinners, and suppers were necessities of nature never to be coupled with recreation or enjoyment; and having bolted his food in a gloomy silence, bolts him self in the same stale. But lor these animal observances, you might suppose the whole male portion of the company to bo the melancholy ghosts of departed book-keepers, who had fallen dead at the desk, such is their weary air of business and calculation. Undertakers on duty would be sprightly beside them; and a collation of funeral-baked meats, in comparison with these meals, would be a sparkling festivity. The people are all alike, too. There is no diversity ot character. They travel about on the same errand?, say and do the same things in exactly the same manner, and folio w in the same dull, cheerless round. All down the long table there is scarcely a man who is in anything dif ferent from his neighbor. It is quite a relief to have sitting opposite that little girl of fifteen with the loquacious chin; who, to"ao her justice, acts up to it, and fully identities nature's hand writine; for, of all the small chatter-boxes that ever invaded the repose of drowsy ladies' cabins, she is the first and foremost. The beau tiful girl who sits a iittle beyond her farther down the table there married tke young man with the dark workers, who sits beyond her, only last mouth. They are going to settle In the very Far West, where he has lived four years, but where she has never been. They were both overturned in, a stase-coach the other day (a bad omen anywhere else where over turns are not so common), and his head, which bears the marks of a recent wound, is bound up still. 8be was hurt, too, at the snme time, and lay insensible tor some days, bright as her eyes are now. Farther down still sits a man who is going some miles beyond their place of destination, to "improve" a newly discovered copper-mine. He carries the .village that, is to be with him; a few frame cottages,' and an appa ratus for smelting the copper. lie carries its people, too. They are partly American, and partly Irish, and herd together on the lower deck, where they amused themselves last evenine, till the night was pretty far advanced, by alternately firing off pistols and singing hymns. They, and the very few who have been left at table twenty minutes, rise and go away. We do to too; and, passing through our little state room, resume our seats in the quiet gallery without. A fine broad river always, but in some parts much wider than iu others; and thou there is usually a green island covered with trees, dividing it into two streams. Occasion ally we stop for a few minutes, maybe to take in wood, maybe for passengers, at some smalltown or village (I ought to say city; every place is a city bete); but the bauks are for the most part deep solitudes overgrown with grees, which hereabouts are already in leaf and very green. For miles and miles these solitudes are unbroken by any sign of human life or trace of human footstep; nor is auythlug seen to move about them but the blue-jay, whose color is so bright and jet so delicate that it looks like allying flower. At lengthened internals a log cabin, with its little space of cleared land about it, nestles under a rising ground, and sends its thread ot blue smoke curling up into tbe sky. ft stands in the corner of the poor field of wheat, which is full of great unsightly stomps, like earthy butchers' blocks. Sometimes the ground Is only just now cleared; tbe felled trees ling yet upon the soil, uud the log houfte only this morning begun. As we pass this clearing, the settler leans upon his axe or hammer, and looks wiftfully at the people from the world. The children creep out of the temporary hut. which is like a gipsy tent upon the ground, and clap their bauds aud shout. The doe only glances round at us, aud then looks up into his mastei's face again, a- it he were rendered un easy by any suspension of the common business, and bad nothing more to do with pleasure. Ana sun mere is ine suaie eternal loreirrouucl. The river has washed away its banks, and stately trees nave laneu aown into the stream. Somo have been there so long that they are mere dry, gri6ly skeletons. Borne have just toppled over, and, haviug earth jet about their roots, are bathing their green heads in tbe river, and putting forth new euoois ana Drancne?. tsorae are almost sliding down, as you look at them. And some were drowned so long ao that their bleached arras start out troin the mi mle of the current, and 'em t0 trJ to grapp the boat, aud drag it uudor ihiouL-h such scene as this the unwieldy ?vv hTu.lt lU hoar,, alien way, venting at bJ,.,, w 0tt ,be Paddles a loud, high-euoua-h. one would think, to a L-reat ,noim,l V Iu," who lie buried iu a gr at mound jonder, ho old tUtt niio-Mv ottks ami other forest tree ttvea wfi into its eartn, x,i u ,r among the lull tw u ev5 round it. Tlio very river c T"" I .horrd wll.' J"' ." thoUKb sion for the extinct tribe. L -W".: pleasantly heic, in their blesbed ignorance of White existence, hundreds of years ago, steals out of its way to ripple near this mound; and there are few places where the Ohio sparkles moTe brightly than 1n tbe Bl Grav creek. All this I see as I sit in tbe little stem-gallery mentioned jnst now. Evening slowly steals upou tbe landscape, and changes it before me, when we stop to set some emigrants ashore. Five men, as many women, snd a little girl. All their worldly goods are a bag, a large chest, snd an old chair: one old, high backed, rush-bottomed chair, a solitary set tler in Itself. They sre rowed ashore in tbe boat, while the vessel stands a little off swatting its return, the water being shallow. They are landed at the foot of a high bank, on the sum mit of which are a few log cabins, attalnsble only by a long, winding path. It is growing dusk; but the sun is very red, and shines in the wsle r and on some of the tree-tops, like fire, The men get out of the boat first; help out the women; tske out the bag, the chest, the chair; bid tbe rowers "Good-by," and shove the boat off ior tbeia. At the first plash of tbe oars in down in the old chair, close to tbe water's edge, without speaking a word. - Rone of the others sit down, though the chest Is large enough for many Feats. Tbey all stand where they landed, as if stricken into stone, and look after the boat. 8o they remain, quite still and silent; the old woman and her old chair in the centre: the bug and chett upon tbe shore, without any body needing them, all eyes fixed upon the boat. It comes alongside, is made fast, the men jump on board, the engine Is put in mo tion, and we go hoarsely on again. There they stand ret, without tbe motion of the hand. I can see them, through my glass, when, in the distance of increasing darkness, they are mere specks to the eye, lingering there still; the old woman in the old chair, and all the rest about her; not Stirling in the least degree. And thus I slowly lose them. The night is dark, and wc proceed within the shadow ol the wooded bank, which makes it darker. After gliding past the sombre maze of boughs for a long lime, we come upon an open space wheie the tall trees are burning. The shape of every branch and twig is expressed in a deep red glow; and, as tbe light wind stirs and rufllee it, Ihey seem to vegetate in fire. It is such sight as we read of in legends of enchanted forests; saving that it is sad to see these noble works wasting away so awfully, alone: and to think how many years must come and go betore the magic that created them will rear their like upon this ground again. But the time win come; ana when, in their changed ashes, tbe growth of centuries unborn has struck its roots, the restless men of distant ages will repair again to these unpeopled soli tudes; and their fellows, in cities far away, that slumber now. perhaps, beneath the rolling ea, will read, in language strange to any ears in oeing now, dui very oia to tnem, ot primeval forests where the axe was never heard, aud wnere ine iungica ground was never trodden by a human foot. MiriBight and sleep blot out these scenes and thoughts; and when the morning shines again, it gilds the house-tops ot a lively city, befote whose broad paved wharf the "boat is moored, wnn otner ooats, ana nags, ana moving wheels, and bum of men around it; as though there were not a solitary or silent rood of ground -within the compass of a thousand miles. Cincinnati is a beautiful city; oheerlul, thriv ing, and animated, I bave not often seen a place that commends itself so favorably and pleasantly to a stranger at ine nrst glance as this does, with Its clean houses of red and white, Its well-paved roads, and footways of bright tile: Nor does it become less prepossess ing on a closer acquaintance. The streets are broad and airy, the shops extremely good, the private residences remarkable for their ele gance and neatness. There is something of invention and fancy in the varying BtvWs of these latter erections, which, after the dull com pany of the steamboat, is perfectly delight ful, as conveying an assurance that there are such qualities still in existence. The disposi tion to ornament these pretty villas, and render mem a ur active, icbub 10 ine culture oi trees and flower.8, and the laying out of well-kept gar dens, the sight of which, to those who walk along the streets, is inexpressibly reireshlng and agreeable. I was Quite charmed with, the ap pearance of the town, and its adioining suburb of Mount Auburn; from which the city, lying in an amphitheatre of bills, forms a picture of remarkable beauty, and is seen to great advan tage. There happened to be a treat Temnerance Convention held here on the day after our arrl vai; and as the order ot march brought the pro cession under the windows of the hotel in which we lodged, when they started in the morning I had a good oppor tunity of seeing it. It comprised several thou sand men, the members of various "Washing ton Auxiliary Temperance Societies," and was marshalled by officers on horseback, who can tered briskly up and down the line, with scarfs anariDOonsoi Drigiit colors fluttering out be hind them gaily. There were bands of music, too, and banners out of number; and it was a fresh, holiday-looking concourse altogether, I was particularly pleased to see the Irishmen, who formed a distinct society among them selves, and mustered very strong with their green scarfs, carrying their natioual Harp and their portrait of Father Mathew high above the people's heads. They looked as jolly and good humored as ever; and worklug (here) the hardest for their living, and doing any kind of sturdy labor that came in their way, were the most independent fellows there. I thought. ine oanners were very well painted, and flaunted down the street famously. There was the smiting of the rock, and the eushinir forth of the waters; and there was a temperate man, wiiu "consiu.'rauie oi a natcnet'' tas ine stand ard bearer would probably have 6aid), aiming a deadly blow at a serpent which was apparently about to spring upon him from the top of a bar rel of spirits. But the chief feature ol this part of the show was a huge allegorical device, borne among the ship carpenters, on one side whereof the steamboat Alcohol was represented bursting her boiler and exploding with a great crush. while upon the other the good shipf omperance sailed away with a fair wiud, to the heart's con tent of the csptatn, crew, and passengers. After going round tke town, the procession repaiied to a certain appointed place, where, as the printed programme set forth, it would be received by the children of the different free schools, "singing Temperance songs." I was prevented fiom petting there in time to hear these little warblers, or to report upon thii novel kind of vocal entertainment; novel, at least, to me; but I lounrt, in a large open space, each society gathered round its own bauners, aud listening in Bilent attention to its own orator. The (-peeches, judgiug from the little I could hear of them, were certainly adapted to the occasion, as having that degree of relation ship to cold water which wet blankets may claim; but the main thing was the conduct anil appearance of the audience throughout tbe day, and that was admirable and lull of promise. Cincinnati is honorably fumous for its free schools, of which it has so many that no per son's child atDOtig the population can by possi bility want the means of education, which are extended, on an average, to lour thousand pupils annually. I was ouly present in one ot these est ablishments during the hours of instruc tion, inthebojs' department, which was full of little urchins varying in their ages, I should say, lrom six years old to ten or twelve the master oflered to institute au extemporary examination of the pupils in algebra a proposal which, as 1 was by no means confident ot my ability to detect mistakes in that science, 1 de clined with some alarm. In the girls' school reading was proposed; and as I felt tolerably equal to that art, I expressed my willinguess to hear a cluss. Books were distributed accord ingly, and some hal-a-dozen girls re lieved each other in reading para graphs from English history. But it seemed to be a dry compilation, tnfiultely above their poweis; and whin they had blundered through three or four dreary passages concern ing the treaty of Amiens, and other thrilling topics of the same nature (obviously without comprehending ten words), I expressed myself qiiiie'sattshed. It is very possible that they only mounted to this exalted stave in the Ladder of Learning for the astonishment of a visitor, and that at other times they keep upon its lower rounds; but I should have beea much better pleased and satisfied if I had heard then exer cised In simpler leisona, which they under stood. - ' As in every other place I visited, the J ldgcs here were gentlemen of high character and attainments. I was in one of the Courts for a few minutes, and found it like those to which 1 have already referred. A nuisance cause was trying; there were not many spectators; and tbe Witnesses, counsel, and jury formed a sort of family circle, sufficiently jocose and snug. The society with wbich I mingled was intelli gent, courteous, and agreeable. The inhabi tants of Cincinnati are proud of their city, as ore of the most Interesting in America; and with good reason; for beautiful and thriving as It is bOW, and containing, as it does, a popula tion of flHy thousand souls, but two and-fifty years have passeA away since the ground on which it stands (bought at that time for a few dollars) wns a wild wood, and its citizens were bat a handful of dwellers la scattered log huts upon tbe river's shore. txXi INSTRUCTION. QTKVENBPALE INSTITUTE. HOARDING BCHOOL FOR YOUNQ LA.DIEH. Terms Soard, Tuition, eta per scholastic year,500. NO EXTRAS. Circulars at Messrs. Fairbanks & Swing's, No. 711 CHE8NCT Street; also at Messrs. T. B. tenon Brothers. No. SOS CHK8NUT Btreew Address, personally or by note, If FOBTEB BROWNE, Principal, 10 9 thmtf Houtb-Amboy, N. J. CARPETINGS. JpALL STOCK OF CARPETINGS. Just Opened, a Full Assortment of a rtT IMGItAIXSr. AND EX1BA SUPERFINE IN It A IN CAB- OIL CLOTH, 12, 18, and 24 feet sheets. 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Tbe following statement of the affairs of tbs Com pany Is published In conformity with a provision ot lis charter: PREMIUMS RECEIVED t.. . .... a. rwKa. 01 1IM7. J It'll! J W till 111: I 1- 1 1 ' l", .V W ' .VI"'" ' - - 1 wv. . On Itarlne and iuland Klsks...t-.9l' On Hit Klsks..M.... iw.53611 M Premium Mi PoIhHm not marked oa November 1, im SM.SOS'OO 1,M9.S92U1 PREMIUMS MARKED OFF As earned from Nov. 1. 1M. to Oct. SI. 1SS7. On Marine and Inland KUika ....( fK'H'79 On Fire Kit ka...... . lan.S42.61 t743,1430 In'erest during tbe anme period, salvages, etc ............... .. M 05,445X9 1848,591 3 LOUSES, EXPENSES, ETC., Daring tbe year, as above. Marine and Inland Navigation Ifthe...w... . ,M,...a.!n8,434,M Fire LoBneB...... ...... Return I'rcnilmns 61.8MWS Hflinnraurm....... Aseucy Charges, AdvertlHing, mining, eic ........ Tes u. H. Tax on l'ullcv Htamns. etc.. 40,90'72 Premiums, 2D.618 6S 17,ottt-4S Mpenses, ic...- (G0S,5IS-21 t2lU,IHA lb ASKETN OF THE CO MP ANT. November 1, 1SS7. HOO.000 United Btatea Five Per Cent. Loan, 10-40's... (201,00000 120.0CO United States Five For Cent. Loan, 1SS1 - 13l,4OO'0 60.0C0 Untied Hlatea 7 8 10 1'er ittut loun Treasury Notes 2C0.MO Btaie of Pennsylvania Bix Per Cent. Loan.... 125,000 CHy of Philadelphia Wlx Per Cent 62,502-50 210,070-00 125.825-00 (1,00000 10.800-00 23,375 00 limn eienit lrom tu).. 50,000 State of New Jersey Oix Per Cent. 10X00 Pennsylvania" Kai'lroad First HorigRRe Hi i Per Oeut. Bonds.... 25,000 Pennsylvania Railroad, second Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonas.... 25,000 Weitlem Pennsylvania Ballroad Blx Per :C'nt. ienda (Pennsyl vania Railroad gnrnte). 30,000 Plate of Tennessee Five Per Cent. Ix)an........T. - 7,000 fit ale ot Tennessee Blx Per Cent, Loan ,15,000 SiKi shares Htock of Germautown Gas Company (principal and In terest guaanteed by the city of Phi ladei ph la) 7,6ir0 160 Shares Slock of Pennsylvania Railroad Company 5000 100 Shares Stock or North Pennsylva nia Railroad Company ... 20,000 80 Shares Slock of Philadelphia and Southern Hall Steamship Com- pany.... 201.000 f.n.HR on YinnriA and Mortle&irB. 20,000-00 13,000 C 4,270 00 15,00000 7,80000 3.00000 15,00000 first liens on City Properties...... 201,00000 (1,101,400 par. Market value 11,102,80250 Cost 11.089.679 26. i F.eal Fa tale ...... 86,00000 Bills Receivable for Insurance , ' made'...... .... . 219,13567 Balances due at Agencies Pre miums on Marine Policies Ac crued Interest, and other debts due tbe Company . ...... 43,33486 Stock and Scrip of Sundry Insu- . ranee and 'other Cnmoanles. (5076-00 Estimated value 8,01700 Casb In Kank.........M.-...10S,0l7-10 rauli in Ilran Mr 198.51 i 103,31562 (1,507.61 1518 Philadelphia, November 13, 1847. Tbe Board of Directors bave tbls day declared a CASH DIVIDEND OF TEN PER CENT, on the Capital Stock, and SIX PER CENT. Interest on tbs Scrip Ot the Company, payable on and alter th 1st of Decembar proximo, free of National and Btats tax. They nave also declared a SCRIP DIVIDEND OF TWENTY-FIVB PER CENT, on the earned pre miums for tbe year ending Ootober 31, 1867, certificates of which will be issued to tbe parties entitled to tbe same on and after the 1st December proiluso, free of National and State taxes, Tbey have ordered, also, that tbe SCRIP CERTIFI CATH.S OF PROFITS of tbe Company, for ih tf ear ending October 81, 1863, be redeemed In CASH, al tbe office of the Company, on and alter 1st December proximo, all Interest thereon to cease an that day. No. certificate of profits Issued under (25. Bv the act of Incorporation "no certificate shall Issue nnless claimed within two years alter the declaration of the Dividend whereof It Is evidence. DIRECTORS. Thomas C, Hand, John C Davis, Edmund A. Bonder, Theophllus Paulding, John R. Penrose, James Traquair, Henry C Ballett, Jr., Samuel E. Blokes, Henry Slean, Wit 11am O. Boulton, Edward Darlington, H. Jones Brooke, Edward Lafourcade, Jacob RIegel, James C Haud, William a Ludwlg, Joseph H. Seal, George O. Lelper, Hugh Craig, John D. Taylor, George W. Bernardou, Jacob P. Jones, James B. MoFarland, Joshua P. Eyre, Spencer Mcli value, J. B. Semple, Pittsburg, A. B. Berger, " D.T.Morgan, H THOMAS O. HAND, President. JOHN C. DAVIS, Vlos-PiestdenU - HENRY LVLBURN, Secretary. 11 15 151 HENRY BALL, Assistant Secretary. SADDLERY, HARNESS, &e. THE UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS OF TUB J. HEW. C II ESN U T STREET (NO. 1S10), SADDLERY. HARNESS, AND HORSK- iFURNianiNtt goods itovse OF LACEY, r-7CCKER & CO. Is attributable to the following facte.' Tbey are very attentive to the wants ofthetr cus tomers. Tbey ars satisfied with a fair business profit. Thaw -All vMniia nnlv on their own merits. Tbey guarantee every strap la all harness tbey sell over (4o, tbe fault or me pure u mm vmjr wuw uui get what he la guaranteed and paid for. Their goods arstti per cent, cheaper than can bt bought elaewbere. . Tney bave cheaper and finer goods than can bs beught In the city. Tbey bave tbe 1 rgest and most complete stock In Philadelphia. AU Harness over (26 ars "hand-made." Harness frem (14 to (626. gents' Saddles from tt to (7B. Ladles' Saddles from (i0 to 1 128. Tbey are the oldest and largest mannntoturers the country. . f LACEY, MEEKER & CO., 14 am HO. iai CIIESNVT STREET. JOHN CRUMP, CARPENTER AND BUIL.TJEU; HOFSl HO. SIS IXI4JR STREET, AND HO. 17 CIIESNUT STREET, PHK-A DSXPHI J . EEIVT WELI.8 OWNERS OP PROPERTY The only piacs to gel Privy Wells cleaned and ulecld at Vy low pnoea. PEY80W Bfannfoctnror of Poudreile, I10 COXIBMITii'M UAl,IUBIUMrh'jtt. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 1829 CHARTER TERrETUAfi Franklin Tire Insurance Co. OF FlIILABExjiij(A. OJTICft KOfe. ss ahd ii7 cnxaacTitBsn. ASSETS OH OCTOBER 1.1M7. Capital.: . Accrued furpiua., Premiums .A'ofl,oflftflr " -l.0ft9.7nti 1,17SWS0S INCOMH FOR 17. (iso.wo, UNSETTLED CMIM, 11 10. LOSSES PAID SINCE la OYER 3,000,000, Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms. CIKMJTORa. Charles N. Bancker, Oeorge Pales, juuiis. Wagner, rlamuel Hrant, Ueome W. Itichard A urea f iller, Francis W. Lewis, M. D " Thomas Hparka. William H f ARKF!.?: ?" 1-resAient. t w iT r lu-Vitu b ' ,c"""esiaent. J. W. MCALLIB'I KR. free retry pro tern. 1 s It 12 Sl BROOKLYN LIFE INSURANCE OF HEW TOBH, MUTUAL, POLICIES NON-FORFEITABLH. Thirty day grace given In payment-ot Premiums. No extnt charge for residence: or travel In any portion of tha world. Dividends declared asnaally, and paid b cash. Dividend In 1GC7, 40 per cent. COLTOK & SHELDEN, GENERAL AGJCNT8, H. E. CORNER SEVENTH AND CnFSNUT. Agents and Bollclters wanted In all the cities and towns In Pennsylvania and Southern Kew Jer sey m INSURANCE COMPANY OP NORTH AMERICA; OFFICE, No. tS2 WALNUT BT., PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1794. CHARTER PERPETUAL. CAPITAL, SOO,O0O. ASSETS JANUARY 8, 1867......l,70l,07'iO ' INSURES MARINE, INLAND TRANSPORTA TION AND FIRE RISKS. DIRECTORS. Arthur O. Coffin, fcamuel W. Jones, John a. Brown, Cbarles Taylor, Ambrose White, Richard D. Wood, William Welsb, B. Morris Wain, George L. Harrison. Francis R. Cope, Edward H. TFoiter. Kdward B. Clarke, William Cummlugs, T. Ohtrilon Heuiy, Alfred D. Jewup, JobnP. White. joun juasonw Louis O. Madeira. ABTHUlt a. cxir-pin pra.i An. Ojtauxws Piatt, becretary. WILLIAM BUKHLKR, flarrlibuTg. Pa.. Central Agent lor tbe Stale of Pennsylvania. ' lssj QIRARD FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, (No. 639) N. E. COR. CHE5NUT AND SEVENTH STS., PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS OYER 9800,000. INCOME FOR 1860, 10S,0S4. . Losses Paid and Accrued In 1H56, 47,000. Of which amount not taooo remain unpaid at this date. H(0,l ou.GOO ot property baa.been successfully insured by this Company in thirteen years, and Eight Ainu. died Loeaes by Fire promptly paid. DIRECTORS. Thomas Craven Btlai Yerkes, Jr., Furman Bbeppard, Tn mas Macliellar,! Aiirea a. uuieti, N. 8. Lawreooe, Churlis I. Dnpont, Henry F. Eeunav. John W. Clagborn, . 1- T. i r - " iTKOMAU CRAVEN, President. A. B. OILLETT. Vice-President. 2 72 fmwf JAMES B. ALVORD, Secretary. g?IRE INSURANCE. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND CLOCK INSURANCE COMPANY, ASSETS OVER ... 910,000,000 INVESTED IN TUE U. 8., OVER.tlrS00.00lr PHILADELPHIA BOARD. Lemuel Coffin, Esq., I Cbarles 8. Health, Esq., Joseph W. Lewis, Esq., I Henry A. Duhrlug.laiq,, Edward slier, Esq. All losses promptly adjusted without reference to England. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE, Ko. 6 MJSMOBANTU' EXCHANGE, ATWOOD SMITH, 10 17 thstnSm General Agent for Pennsylvania, PROVIDED LIFE AND TRUST COMPANT, OF PHILADELPHIA, No. Ill B. lUUKTH MtreeL INCOKHOKATED ttd MONTH 22, 1865. CAPITAL, (1&U 00, PAID IN. Insurance on Lives, by Yearly Premiums; or by 5, 10, or 'M year Premiums, Non-tortelture. Annuities granted on favorable ierms. Term Policies, Children's Endowments. This Company, while giving the lusured thesecurlty ota paid-up Capital, will divide tbe entire proliw ot the Llle business airiong Its policy holders. Moneys r, celved al luttreat, and paid on demand. Authorized by charter lo execute Trusts, aud to act as Kzecutur or Administrator, Assignee, or Uuardiau, aud In other llduclury capacities, uuuer appointmeut ol any Court ol this Commonwealth, or auy person or persons or bodies politic or corporate. BAMUFL P. SniPLEV, JUMHUA H, MOKKlrj, ItlCHAKU WOOD, K II .HAUD CAD BURY. HENRY HAINES, T. WldTAK BitoWN, V. a LONUSTilKTH, WILLIAM HACKER, UltAKLItS t. UIKJPI. SAMUEL fi, bHll'Lf Y, ROWLAND PARRY. Prexldent. Actuary, WILLIAM a LONGbTKE TH, Vice-President. TBOMAB WIBTAK. M !., J. B. TOWNSKND. 1 27 Medical Examiner. Legal Adviser. PHCEMX INSURANCE COMPANY OP PHI LADELPHIA. INCOKPOilAlED If 64 CHARTER PEUPKTUAL. Mo. 124 WALK UT bireet, opposiie the Exchange. In addition to MARINE aud INLAND INsUR. ANCE, this Company Insures from loss or damage by EIRE for liberal terms on builulngs, mercUaudlsa furniture, etc., for limited periods, aud oermaueuiljr on buildings by deposit ol premium. The Coniiiaiia hug beeu in active operation for more thou SIXTY YEA KM, during which all 'oases have been promptly adjusted and puM. John L.Tfodge, DIV ILK unn. Lawrenoe Lewis, Jr., David Lewis, benjamin Elllng, Thomas 11. Powers. A. R. Mclletiry, Edmund Caatlllon. al. is. Aianony, John T. Lewis, William B. Uraot, Robert W. Learning, 1). Clark Wharton, tKalllllrtl WllcoX. .muii v. iturrui. w ujh.EUER, President. Sampkl Wiix-ox.faecretary. IRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY THH PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INttDRANUK (XiM JLXT1,!'?,0'1 "-Charter PrpiuJ-?a! "8, WA,P' U 1 Btr,t1 1IU Independable bWri This Company, favorably known to the oommuullV tor over forty years, coutluues to Insure against lA2 or damage by lire on Public or Private Bulldlua? either permanently or for a limited time. A tao St Furniture. , BuM-ks of Goods, aud litnmkatlaSl rally, on liberal terms. Their Capital, together with a large Rurplus Ptsfld. s Invested lu the nuwt careml manner, whtuheiTahii. IhToaU oMoai.0 I so'S Daniel Hmtth. Jr. DIBBCTOM. J one, Devereu. Tliouias Bmllu, Henry Lewis, Alexander lieuron, Isaac llatlf hurnt. Allow Uubblus, WILLIAM 0. CM&&Zli
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