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THE DAILY EV MNG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 18G8.
THE DEC KM It Eft MAUAZLNKS.
t Th Decembernnnbftr Of Putnam's Maga
zine pens with a little romance in hexameter
verse, bj W. D. ilowella, entitled "No Lore
Lout." "A Day of Surprises," by Virginia
Vanghan, is cooclnded, and E. A. Stanbary
contributes a little poem entitled "Heyond."
From "The Poetry. ,pf the Alphabet," by
Benjamin Blood, we make the following ex
traot as an example of bia treatment of the
subject: .
I assert that the sounds represented by the
. 1 letter of the alphabet hare a special aptness
In snpgeBtiug the qualities opposed to them in
the following schedule; and that the poetry,
1 tbe prove rbo, the slang, and the common talk
of our people approve this assertion;
A. "Far, far away, over the calm and
mantling wave" thus - begins the b)y'a
romance. ' He is possessed by the poetry of the
ocean of vastness and apace. The word ocean
la seldom used exnept in expression of rolling
and daching; but the wave, the main, the vast
waters, the watery waste, or plain, are more
popular. Lake, straight, vale, chase, race,
trail, trace, away,' give diatanoe and line.
Seen nearer, long a gives eff-jot to slate,
' flake, scale, plate, cake, etc A, 11 t, gives
expression to mat, pack, slap, strap, plat lor,
clap, Jlap, pat, jlats, shallows, mash, jam, slam,
eto. "Fiat as a paucake" is very Hit. Waver
and shake give horizontal vibration; dash,
splash, thrash, have a flatter downward force.
" When a stone is crushed it is much broken,
yet it retains something of its balk; when it
is mashed, it is flattened. Barns, in his poem
called "The Vowels," Bpeaksof oas "a grave,
broad, solemn wight;" the breadth and spaoa
belong to a the gravity and solemuity.to a,
or ah, or
E- Sftienborg, in endeavoring to dosoriba
the language of the angels, says the angels
that "love most" use much the o sound; tat
those that "know mo3t," the speculative,
8elf-contmplative, intellectual, use the sound
of . Barns' idea of e was expressed in weep
ing, "greeting" tears the intensity of grief
alone. But it give? intensity to everything;
It gives convergence, conoentratloii, ZZZ?''
iDg, and always brings thoueb 1 a iooai.
AU the endeaiiDjr i'1-'nutivei' end In e-the
. wf ...ings. Mark how the child shuns th
ook-orthi'py when he concentrates his mind:
"a lu e-tle, to-fi-ny bit of a thing 1" he peers
between bis fingers, or through some narrow
crevice, and cries "pi- 6 k 1" he feels the edge
of bis new knife, and writhing the corner
of his mouth towards his half-closed
and conceptive eye, says "it is as k6 6-n!"
Bo when bis contempt is intense he
dwells on the e in "me an," "auZ-aking,"
etc. Bat when the baby gives yoa his
rattle he opens his mouth and his heart with
the ' instinct of the dative case, and says
"tab!" outward and away. (A mother
WhoEe instinct prompts her to say "bafe,"
instead of "baby," must have been polished
very thinly.) But vie and we bring observa
tion to ourselves. We would be a better ob
jective' case than us so much so that a gram
matical informality of Shakespeare has passed
nncared for, or unnoticed, in Hamlet, where
the prince speaks of the ghost as
"Making nlht hideous, and we fools of nature
. Bo borrlbly to shako our diepoBltioa," etc.
I fancy this, like many another apparent
Inaccuracy of tbe master, came through a law
that is above the books. Squeamish, queer,
leer, zeal, squeal, screech, sneeze, to be, to see, to
feel, to retk, get force from e.
"Deep self-possession an intense repose."
7, short, as in pin, has a stiff, slim, prim,
spindling effect a rising and sinking, perpen
dicular eiiejt, as in "the bristling pines;" but,
more especially, it gives a thinness and light
ness; thus, we say a "light skiff." Pope
showed his judgment upon this letter, a3 upon r:
"When the loud suros lash the BOUtidlug
8 1 lore.
The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent
roar;
Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain
Files o'er th' unbending corn, and sklius uloug
the main."
So TenDyson, for the fairy bugle uses t and e:
"O hark ! O hoar, how thin and clear." -J,
long, gives inclining effdots:
"Iu winter, when the dismal rain
Omen down In blanttug Hues"
'The clouds consign their treasures to the fields."
In sounds i has a lightening effect, as in tinkle,
dick, link; clank is as the sound of a sheet of
zino dropped flat on the pavement. and a in
combination make a beautiful curve, thus:
Many an hour I've whlled away."
VSwllled by the wild and wasteful ocean."
"Once In the High t of ages past."
"Oh I when Khali H dawn on tho night of the'
grave?"
'Ob ! wild enchanting horn !" 1
"Borne happier island in the watery waste."'
'Ainena, and Tyre, and Balbeo, and the watte
Where stood Jerusalem." .
0. This is the noblest . Roman of them all.
If we would find the most solemn sentenoe in
all literature, let us turn to Eoolesiastes:
'or man goeth to his long home, and the
mourners go about the streets." Not all the
trappings and the suits of woe can so pall
the sunlight in the homes and walks of
men as does this sombre verse. Burns calls
. o "the wailing minstrel of despairing
woe." Swedenborg's idea was rather that of
holiness and adoration. Solemnity and nobi
lity are its general effects. All things noble,
holy, devotional -or sober, sombre, slow,
dolorous, mournful or old, lone, glorious
or even bold, portly, pompous, find their best
expression in the o-oound. Jove, Jehovah,
Lord of glory, lift up the adoring aoal. O !
lo 1 ho 1 behold'l are interjections which na
tions use with little variance.
"O tad Komore' O sweet Nomore !"
"Oh 1 Roma, ray oountry, city of the soul,
Tbe orphans of the heart must turn to tuee."
"Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ooein roll !'
"Their shots along tbe deep slowly oor:n."
"The lowing herds wind slowly o'er the lei,
Tue plouguiuau houiewurd plods his wary
way."
That o gives volume may be aeon in the
fact that most people think a boulder is a
large stone; but, philologioally, a boulder need
not be bigger than a pea.
V, gutteral, or flat, is a humorous savage
that cannot be described except in his own
words a huge, lubberly, blubbering, blun
dering dunderhead; a numskull and a dnice,
K'Jt sullen, dull, glum, rugged, clamsy,
gullible, dumpish, lugubrious; a mumbler, a
Btumbler, a bungler, a grumbler, a fa oilier,
, a grunter, a thumper, a stamper, a tumbler,
a stunner; a nudge, a trudge, a drudge; he
lugs, tugs, Bucks, juggles; he is up to all
manner of bulls; a fusty, musty, crusty, dis
gusting brute; his head is a mug, his nose a
Bnub or a pog; his ears are lugs, his breasts
dugs, bis bowels guts, his victuals grub,
his garments duds; his hat is a plug,
Lis child is a eub; his smallest diminutive
is chubby, or bub; at his best he is blnff,
gruif, blunt; "his doublet is of Bturdy buff,
and though not sword, is cudgel proof;" budge
he will not, but he will drub you with a club,
or a slug, or a nub, or a stub, or a Catt, or
pelt with mud; he is ready for a muss, or a
late; and should you call him a grudging cur
mudgeon he gulps up "nghl fudge 1 stoiTI
lubbtah humbug " in high dudgeon; he is a
"rough," ablood-tnb," and a "bummer," a
"rum 'nn," and a tough customer generally;
be has some humor, more crudity, but no
delfcaoy-a ereatnre whose voice" is seldom
heard in walks of refluement and devotion.
Of all nations I should take him for a Dutch
man. 1
Yet , long, seems to give force to the true,
the riure, the beautiful, the good; and rude aui
crude are used with much emphasis in the
opposite direction, partly owing to the force of
r. Mother would seem to use w flat, but the o
or ah is more evident and the dreamy mo
notony of m and the soft th fit the word to its
use; but "Ma" is better. The devotional flat
in father, is beooming too strong for youug
America, and he nioks aud reduoes it by
familiar pa, pap, and dad.
Ou, diphthong, is an upward curve; thus in
round, bough, mountain, bow down, mound. Mil
ton hits the rolling swagger of the gaudy cock
who
"To the stack or the barn-door
Htoutly atrouta his dames before."
"Three gamly standards Jloui the pale blue
Bklca."
, o, u, in combination, make a fine carve,
the true "line of beauty;" a, o, u make the
same:
"And false the light on glory's plunao."
"Of Love's aud uight'K and ocean's solitude."
The wide old wood from his rotJesMc rost."
"In all that proud o'd world b.iyoud the doep.'i
Oi, diphthong, strikes me forcibly in tho
word coil.
D is a solid, compart, heavy letter; thus iu
wad, sod, clod, load, plod, dogged, rugged, leaden,
dead. The report of a short and heavily
loaded pistol is well caught in explode.
"Kanti's cities had no sound nor tread,
Andsiilps were Urll'ilu with the detd
To shores where all was dumb."
"Morena's dusky height
Biista'f S RlOft the brfttery's Iron load."
The metals seem to me well named; gild,
eilver, iron, lead especially lead. Tin is good,
in thin shape as it is used.
D, initial, has strong philological connec
tions in all the European languages, but its
poetic foroe seems less to me. borne very effi
cient swearing can be done with d and g hard,
which well approves the character of violence
given them by Dr. Murray.
h and . are ethereal and 00ft"'" let-
. . -- .
ters, and show their natnre in such words a
breathe, soothe, feathery, warmth, far, faint,
fading, forgetful, Jethean, thoughtful, sabba'h,
mulled, smother, sufj'ocate, stuff, muff. Notice
the dillereuue between fog and mist; fog gives a
softer, dryer, more definite volume than mist.
So roth is kept dry aud light by these sounds.
"The efiuslve (South
Warms the wide ulr, luid o'er tho vault of
heaven
Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers
dintent.
At first a duiky wreal h they seem to rie,
IScarce staining etho." elo.
"Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls
Her watery labyrinth."
"Like a dish of ripe strawboi i'les smothered In
cream."
aS is a wet letter; thus in moist, misty,
naty, steam, s'iu, slop, flush, dash, swaih,
drizzle, etc; luscious, delicious, nutritious, sug
gest juicy subBtanoes probably as onomatopss
of water in its various mcdea, as moisture,
washing, suuking, and sibilation.
kh, either initial or final in a word, suggests
confusion; thus in shatter, shiver, shake, shrivel,
shrink, shred, beshrew; or in dash, clash, swah,
thrash, trash, crush, gu.-h, rush, mush, slubh, etc.
"Ah when tiie sun new risen
Looks through the horizontal misty air
Shorn of bin beams."
G, L, and li, are the stronger consonants;
and although each has a distinctive quality,
it usually blends its force with that of one of
the others. U is the hard letter, r id the rough
letter, and I the chilling and polishiug
letter; thus gr makes a rough hardness, as in
grit, grate, grind, grained, gravel, grudge, grim;
while yl is efleoiive In glide, glow, glance, glary,
etc.
"Stoop o'er the place of graves, and softly sway
The sighing herbage by lae gleaming Bloue."
R, by itself, is effective in such words a3
scour, writhe, wrinkle, crisp, fritter, fry, fragment,
bur, blur, mar, scat, rude, broken, rugged, "hoarse
rough verse," gnarled, burly, horrent, groan,
growl, roar, eto.
"l he crisped brooks" of Eden.
"The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls."
"The salt fringe that dally Uoks the saore
Is gross with sand."
The brackish wash the grit of the sand in
the brine, is well suggested here by grow. By
the fame instinot Tennyson speaks of the
plashing brine as "the shrill salt." But how
dry and deep-carved is the following:
"Dropt In my path like a great cjd of gold,
All rloh and rough with stories of the gods."
; L, by itself, makes all cold, clear, lucid, lus
trous, placid, liquid, sliding, glary; it is the
polish of glow, gleam, glide, glitter, glanoe,
glassy; solid glass ; is a strong expression; even
bo, "hard as iron;" so the mellow sound of a fine
bell is well given. "The clangor of the
bells, iron bells" "golden bells." For the
little bells we have "the tintinnabulation that
so musically swells," eto. 8o Tennyson re
duces the effects of tbe fairy musie; observe
hare the effects of t,f, I and i':
"O hark, O hear how thin and cfcar
The horns of eilaud atnlly 6owtug."
"Soft-eyed and open-necked to the wild wind
In love wUn mine own motions the smooti
ettill
Of my own. flowino fibre, ere my steps
Forgot the 6refoot feel of the elny world."
The star3 come forth, through
"The cold, delicious meadow of the night."
A" has fine effects in connection with I, in
thin lights and sounds; thus in twinkle, flicker,
darkle, sparkle, sprinkle, blink, trickle; so in
tinkle,- clink, crackle, clank,- link, chink; and
alone it always has a lightening effect, as in
skip, nick, cliek, skijf, skin, skim, eto. Quarry
men call a thin sliver of stone a splick.
"Theoutstrelcbcd ocean glitters like a lake "
"How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,
While the stars that overspiiukle
All the heavens see.ui to twiukie
With a Arystrdllne deilght."
This is very plain work; but it is of the
same genius as this in Tithonus, where the
steeds arise
"And shake the darkness from their loosened
manes,
And beat the twilight into Hakes of fire."
Swinburne, in a single line, confirms all
tiat I have said of -, i, and .
"Like scaled oarage of a keen thin D3h."
J. 0. Culver concludes his story entitled
"The Founders of Globe City." "A Study of
Still Life Paris" is well written. From the
concluding letter on "Woman Suffrage," by
a Mother, we make the following quotation:
The idea that women are going to desert
their babies and their homes, and rush for
political offices, the moment they become re
sponsible for a ballot, is sljaply preposterous.
When the Great Father desired to express the
Infinite depths of His own faithfulness
towards His human children, He found no
better words than these, "Can a woman forget
her suckling child f" and we may safely leave
all her personal matters, as He has ever done,
to her truly divine instincts. There is every
reason to hope and believe that these will not
only prevent her from an unconscientious ac
ceptance of olfioes whote duties she cannot
perform without sacrifloinsr hleher duties at
home, but that la case of her acceptance they j
will enable her to regulate both 'her actions
and Speech according to the trn standard of
womanly excellence. .Thatlhi li not an un
reasonable hope appears from the faot that, la .
the denomination of Friends, there haj be-m
always the most entire Iraedom as to public
speaking among the women; aud it frequently
happens, I am told, that they chiefly make
exhortations, and deliver the words of tbe
Spirit; yet who, amoug all women, have higher
reputation for modesty, and gentleness of
speech, and all womanly virtues, than these
same Quaker ladies f
Christian churches everywhere should, it
seems to me, lead the way in this reform, an
in all others where the moral elevatiou of
mankind is proposed. And were not authority
and tradition arrayed against it, thy would
hardly be to far behind their privilege in this
matter as tbey are. Let u, then, hops for
increased graoe and knowledge; aud, just so
far as they are able to make wise interpreta
tions of Scripture, following the spirit rather
than the letter of apostolic teaohing, and en
tering folly into the mind of Christ in these
matters, they will come to an increase of
power and to the realization ef that old pro
mise given to the prophet Joel, in the days of
his Beershlp, so many years ago: "I will pour
out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, your old
men shall dream dreams, your young men
shall Bee visions; aud also upon the servants
and npon the handmaids in those days will I
pour out my Spirit."
Is it not the duty, then, of tbe women of
this day, as a part of their contribution to
human progress, to maintain this dootrine of
individual freedom and responsibility, even at
some cost to their personal comfort f At first
glance this may seem to imply a greater sacri
fice of feeling than the case requires; but you
will agree with .me when. I say that nothing
could be much more trying to a woman of
delicaoy and sensibility than such assertions
of herself AS are commonly stigmatize! as
immodest, unfemfnino, unnatural, and the
like; especially if she be the mother of sensi
tive children, on whom the recoil of rebuke
may fall so heavily as to more than
double her own pain. And does not
this beoome the best of reasons why men
should prepare the way for her in these
matters, rather than call upon her to make a
Way for W.lf --SO tuey must do this,
so far as mere legislation is concerned, they
only having the power; but in all departments
of life, how eabily can they invite her coin-
Eanionship, without Incurring any los3 or
ringing any odium to themselves; whereas
she inuEt suffer in various ways, if left to
claim and actually enforoe her rights aud
privileges, as a free, responsible being, owing,
like man, allegiance to God aud her own con
science alone. It is on this account that I
would call upon man, rather than because he
seems to me to be, par excellence, a wrong
doer, or even the wilful cause of his own pre
sent acknowledged supremacy.
Mr. Scheie de Vere, in "A Pinch of Salt,"
discourses pleasantly and instructively, and
J. W. Palmer has some verses entitled "On i
Year More." Sydney Hyde, in "Plauchette
in a New Character, " gives an account of some
curious performances of the little piece of
board which a few mouths ago created such
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"historical study" of Stouewall Jackson, from
a llebel point of view, of course. And "The
Treasury Department," which is illustrated
by a portrait of Secretary MoCulloch, tells
how greenbacks are manufoctured. The
Monthly Chronicle of Current Events, Litera
ture, Fine Art!, and Table Talk have a number
of items of interest.
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Wui:ani b. buiuii,
Um rue II. btuttrl,
alliuel Oram. Jr.,
Thomas B, Watiaott,
Henry G. Freeman,
Charles H, LewW,
Utuigo O. Cars hi,
Kdard V. Kulguf,
Irho a. Aumlu.
Cbrlailan J.lIjITiwan,
R. Da:t Beuaou.
. HSNRY D. BHERRERD, President.
Wit LTAM HARPER , Secretary. 11 g fmwetrp
QTRICTLY MUTUAL,
PROVIDENT LIFfAKD TRUST CO,
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, So. IU S. FOl'llTII STREET,
Organized to promote LIFE INSURANCE mom
members ot the
BOOIJETT OF FRIEND3,
Good risks of any class accepted.
Policits luoued upon approved plana, at tbe lowest
Talcs.
President,
SAMUEL R. (SHIPLEY.
Vloe-Prealdbnt, William. C. LoiNuaTRETH.
Actnary, ROWLAND PARRY,
uyiiiih uuhiu us mut itompany are
a S U B A ii C B COM PA iTY
xcehtd
NORTH AMER10A,
No. 232 WALNUT STREET, PLULADA.
Il CORPORA TED 17M. CHARTER PEKPKTUAi
Harine, Inland, ana lre Inaaranoe.
assetb January i, 1868, - $2,ooi,2u6-72
$20,000,000 LoBsea Paid in Cash Bia lti
Orgauizution.
DIRECTORS,
ueoree u. Harrison.
Frauds R. Cope,
Ei! ward H. Trotter.
Edward . C larice,
T. Charlton Henry,
A Ifred D. Jksbuu,
John 1. White,
Louis C. Madolra.
Arthur G. Coffin.
hfcinuel W. Joue.i,
John A. Browu,
Lbarlea 'J aylor,
Ambrose White,
Willlaiu WelHh,
Mcl.urd D. Wood,
h. Morris Wain,
I f 1 1 1 , i M unn.
f DPPlltTO f r,n r. n
v. turiui. president,
Chakt.ru Platt Beurt-lary.
WJ LLI AM BUKHLKil, Harrlsburg, Pa-, Ciaira
Aneut for tbe State of Pennsylvania. i
P WE SIX 1NSUUAN0E COMfA.NiT OF
PHILADELPHIA.
UiCUllU'aA'l'Kl) lbiu CHARTER PERPETU4.L.
o. U WaLN WT birnbl, opponlie the Konanv.
This Company lusurts Iroiu ,oas or diutf bv
FIR Si, :
on liberal terms, on bulldmifa. merchandise, furniture
fie, lor lliijl'ed periods, aud permanently ou Ouud
li (. by dvpotii of pri-aiiuuis.
1 be U mi any hi a been lu actlveoperatloa for m- rf
tbaublXl V iKAUH, durtuv which all loasou liave
betu piomptly aojusted and pall,
uiiikirroRs.
John L. Hodge, J. avid Lewis.
Al. A MalK'py, 1 R4i'Jmin Eulng.
Joliu T, Lewis, ,Tuouias rt .Potvars.
U. II i - . . (I....I . I I II I .
rilinuj ui.i'r, A, n, luino.ll.
I
Robert W. Learning,
D. Clark Wbaiion.
Lawrence Lewis, Jr.,
Jul u u ,d CdHllllon.
bauiuel Wllcnx,
r.ewM u. iNorr s.
JOHN R. WUCIIERIlIL. President.
Biui IL Wilcox, decreiary. a 'in
FLUE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY TIIG
ItKMjYLVANlA FIRtt 1M8URANOK UOAl
PA N V Incorporated loto-Charter Perpetual-.Nu
Sin WALdUT Hirvel, opposite ludepeudence Square
This Company, favorably known to tueoomnunity
for over lorty yean, Cuutluutu to insure atcaluit loi
or daiuatie by fire on Poblln or Private Rulldioks,
either permanently or for a llml ed time. A 'so on
Furniture Stocks of Goods, and Merchandise k"
rally, on liberal terms, ... mb
'1 heir Capital, together with large Surplus Fq5tf
la luvesteo In the most caretul maimer, wuion enables
tlitim to offer lo the Insured an undoubted security in
the case of lux. ...
John rMVANinv.
Thomas oniuh,
Hanry i.ewls,
J. (lllllnil,... l-.ll.
1 1 H 11 1 1 i i ' mm I k , j r
PANIKL SMlTu, J. .President.
WM, 9. CROWJtLJJ, Secreur. ' I M
Daniel Bmlth, Jr.,
Alexander Buaon,
li-aao nlehurht,
Ihumas RoDins,
' ' INSURANCE COMPANIES.
tiino; or Til F.
I
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY
INSURANCE COMPANY
PIlILADELPHIi., November 11, 1808.
Tbe followlnt statement of the afldttrs or the Cam
paoy Is j nhlished la conformity with ft provision ot
Its Charter:
PREMIUMS nEPKIVED
From November 1, 1W7, to OotoDor 31, 1K!1R.
On Marine and Inland Jilsfen $80.1.508 7i
OnFlreKUks U5;JM 06
1018,711-80
rrpmlrjrri on rollclea not marked olT
Wov. 1, U67 40fl.8l.3 71
I.:i55,fi57 61
PREMIUMS MAKKFU OFF '" "
Asfetiifd ficnaov. 1, 107t
toOot.ai, i8.
On Mhrlue and Inland Rltke 174(1 (105 77
OuFlreUUkH llS.;17 7i
IntereBtdnrlng the same rerlod S tl
Vhttea, oto 107.49S 82
LOSSES, EXPKN.SES, ETC., l'ml'i 51
lim ing the year as atitive.
Mnrlun anu Inlnud Nuvlga
tlon IxiBt-es.... ....................... 1421,052 74
Fire LuhHiH.... 7;)s5 87
Keturu 1'reiuluuie 6U.MIU2
Kelnauronces 3(J7TOO 01
Atst-ncy Ulmrges, AUveriiB-
lDK, Print lux, etc E0.5SS 63
Taxew Uolted Rtatim, BtHte
And Municipal Taxes 43.iri5,V89
Espenbet! 23llJdtii
710.837-3l
2Ui,585-00
ASSISTS OF T1IK (JOJU'ASY
XoTcm)cr 1803,
t2C0,Of 0 U. S. 6 per cent. Loan, 10 40j. f 208 r((r'.00
120,(100 U. H. (i per cent. Loan, 1SS1... 13U SOU 00
60.000 U. H. 6 per cent. Ij.wu (tor ' .
aolUo KallroMd) 60.000 00
2C0.C00 State ot l'eiiusylvauia ti per
cent. Lon 211,375 00
125,000 City ol PUlladeiptila 0 per
cent. Loan (exempt from
Tax) 128,501 CO
60,000 State or New Jerney 0 per
cent. Loan 61,500 00
20,000 IVncsyivanla ICaliroiul 1st
MoriKUge 0 per cent. Wonds 20.200 00
25,000 Pennsylvania Ktulroad i
Mortgage 0 per cent. Bonds 21000 00
25.000 Western Peuu'a Kallroad
Mortgage 6 per cent. Bonds
(1'cnu'a lUilrouU guar
antee) 20,025-00
30,000 State ol Xcnnehbeu 5 per cent.
Loan 21,000 00
7,000 State ol ltrinoHMte 0 per cent.
Luau 6,0312-5
15,000 OerniHnlown Gas Com pan y;
principal und Interest guar
anteed by the City of I'll t-
ladtlphla, 31.0 armies sU.ck 15,000 00
10.0CO rtnosj I vanla Kallroud Com-
pany, 200 shares Block 11,300'00
6,000 oriu IVnusylvanla Kall
- road Company, 1U0 Bhurea
stock 3,500 00
20,000 riillaoelpula and Southern
Wall Steamship Comptiuy,
80 shares stock....- 15,000 00
207 ,1)00 Loans ou Bonus and Mort
gage, tirst Ileus ou City
i'lopeltlos - 207,00000
81,100,010 Par Mnrltet value, $1,130,35 25
Cost, Sl,003,t)01'2ti.
Real Estate 30,000 00
Bills Receivable for Insur
ances made 322.4S0 SI
Balances due at Agencies
Premiums ou Marine foil
ol s, Accrued luleienL.iiLd
other debts due the Com
pany 43,178 88
Slock and Scrip of Sundry
Corporations, S:150, Kstt-
niitted value 1,813 00
Cash iu Bank Slid 150 iri
Lush iu Drawer 413 65
. 110,5(13 73
81,G17,3t)7 80
Philadelphia, November II, 1818.
The Board or l-lrecturs liave this day declarod a
CAfH DIVIDEND of TEN PKH 'CENT, on the
CAPITAL BlOCK.and SIX PERCENT. Interest on
tbeBCKIP of tbe Company, payable on and after the
1st December proximo, free of Rational and btate
Taxes.
Tbey have a so declared a SCRIP DIVIDEND of
THIRTY PER CENT. on the EARNED PREMIUMS
for the year ending October 31, 1868, certificates of
which will be issued to the parties entitled to the
same, on and after tbe 1st December proximo, free
of Katloual and Btate Taxes.
Tbey have ordered, aUo, that the SCRIP CERTIFI
CATES OF PROFITS of the Company, for the year
ending October 81. 1664, be redeemed In CASH, at the
Office of the Company, on and alter 1st December
proximo, all luteiest thereon to cease on that date.
i-By aprovlslonottheCharter.all Certificates of
frcrlp not presented for redemption within Ave years
after pnbllo notice that they will be redeemed, shall
be forfeited and cancelled on the Books of tMoOompany,
Mt'Ko certificate ef profits Issued By
he Ace of Incorporation, ' no certificate shull tstue un
less claimed within two years after the .declaration of
the dividend whereof it it ivitience,"
DIREC.WR
SHIPPING.
Thomas C. Hand,
iujiu j 4,'avm,
JauieB C. Hand,
Ubeopl Hub Pttuldluf,
Jubipu W. heal,
Hughdaiir,
JuliuH. Peurose, .
jMCob P. Jones,
Jurue 1 raqualr,
.Ua d liMiiiuHlon,
H. Jones Brooke.
Ji ni.a It. Ald'arland,
Kcusrd I.au urcabe,
Joihua p. k-i re,
Ediuund A. SuiHlnr
hutnuel E. blokes,
Heury Kioao,
Wllllttiu C. Ludwlg,
Ueortte W Lelper,
Hemy C. Dalielt, Jr.,
John D. layior. .
(Iforgd W. Reroardou,
William U Roulton,
Jacob Klegel,
Hpencer M'llvalnn.
Jubu R, beuiple. Pitts.,
A. B, RerKer, do
U. T. dlnriri.ii. rln
TROMAB II. HAM) Prealilunt.
JOHN C. DA VI j, Vice-President
HKNItY LYLRDRN, fece'ary.
HEKRY BALL ABSIsiam Btcretary. 11121m
1829""CUAKTER PERPETUAL.
Franklin Fire Insurance Co.
OF rilll.ADJUJr'JIIA
OFFICi!
0S. 435 and 437 ClIESJiUT STREET.
AaBTCi OS JAM IT ART 1. 1868,
,03,r400l),
CAPITAL.... 10Q,00t'0
A CW VED SUBl'i US ....... 1.0lNvHUd'hO
!X:iUUJi8... Il84,s4dtt
TJMbETTLED CLAIMS. INCOME FOR 1
as.uoa-tt). asti,ou-o.
J,,tSV.H PAID SINCB IStU OVU ,
5C00,000.
Perpetnal and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms
DIRECTORS.
Charles N. Bancker, tieorge False,
Alired 1 1 ier,
FrancU W. Lxwli. if. n
Thomas Hparks, f
William 8. Urant.
Tobias Wanner,
tjamiiel Urant,
Ueorse W Rlohards.
lsaau IaA,
CHARLES N. BANCKH'R President.
UKORoE FaLKH, Vloe-Prealiieni.
JAS. W. UcALiLlU Vh-li, beoxelary pro tern.
Except at Lexington, Kentuoay, this Company has
no A geiiuiwH st ol Pi. fours'. ill
jaU'EEIAL FIRE 1ASURAACE COMPAJiY
LONDON.
i:STAKl.IfIIKU 1803.
Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Funds,
$0,0 0 0,0 0 0 IN COLD.
PKEVOST A Ii:itItINl, Aktouts,
1H 8W, Vo, 1C7 Eoulb TH IB Street, Phlla,
L0R1LLaRD's STEAM3UIP i
FOR NEW YORK, j
From aid after this date, the rate, of frelht b
lln. will be ten cent, per loo lbs. for heavy foodi
cents per foot, measurement) one cent pot (aih
liquids, ship's option. On of tbe Bteamera
Line will leave every Tuesday, Thursday, and (
day. Goods received at all times on covered
All got da forwarded by New York agent fi
cbarg except cartage. . . i
For further Information, apply on th pier to I
l8m JQim F. Ol
T(H, LIVIKI'OOL AND QDr!
SMJr TQWN.-lnman Lin of HaU rites
1 1 1 V t) K FA KIM. Hftinri.. U n..
ETNA (Via il.lnaxi, 'j ueeuay, Novouiber
Cl'l Y OF XCiStDON. Baiurday, Mov. si.
Ui I ur HAJbii iyKii, Haturday. Movemboi
CITY OF NEW lOhu, Tuesday. December t
and each sorceeding feamrda and alternate Tue
at 1 I", M., Irom Pier s. Nona Rlv?r.
RAlEtJ OF PAMaUK BY TIB MlU
. "y1" ,n Wold. Payable In Current
FIRST CA BIN ,.....10O BTEERAOK ...
to Lendon.M.M.M,,, l6 to Loadou-....t
to Paris lit to Parls........
rXBSAOK BT TSS TUB 11 AT IIIlSSS VIA HA1A.
tit I
Payable lu Curr'end
Liverpool ,.
raalllHX m....U
"I. Joliu's. N. K .J
y Rraneh Hteamer..
VI bai r.Liu
. Paableln Uold,
Liverpool-. IM
Halllax at
bt. Juliu s, H. F..- 1 4,
hv Hri...li b i a.. ... . r
vu.ujr,i i v "i n L 11 n if.uicr ...
Passeiisem almt irrwurduu La l-i -w . u.mh,iH
men, etc., ai reduced rnlfcS. j
'1 irseio can be tioiiHht here by persons aendlm
their IrienOs, at nioUMra e rales .
lorlunher Information at-ply at the CompS
OHH'is.
JOHN O. DALE, Aent, No. 16 BROADWAY. 5
Or to O'DUitiv&LL A lAUllt, Aiceuta
No. ll CHEMJl HttMt, Pnlladelph
. KLW tX Pit K&U LINE To Ail
, 1 1 ll 1 1 1.. (,.i,rLvlAwn .nil U i. .
" ' vueSi.eKt aim Delaware Caual with t
pectiousat AltixauUna irom the m-st direct i
lor Liucliliura, Url.iol, Euoxvilie. Xasuvhle. Da.
aud die bouitiwest. M '
' v o sartisaa aj nvrir OHtUIUBj !
W l lit V 1U A. rw.
j n r. . ".?r,'n"1 Wnarv
' "'"'-"' at ueorattion li. .
M. ELDRiirtii Co.. Aneut. a'. Alexandria
J
D VV ARE AN D RA UI tIn CA
J.APRE B.;.4""'!' COMPANY.
ANJ
The isuam 1'roiiellMrn oi . " H" leave nil
irom oral wiiuri below Maraeisite-
lUttUliUtl it i Houli',
Uoodc iOrwaidtid hv all tli H
Yitr, rili, Earn, aud Weui, free ol ci.li mlsalou.I
iiU'tuui reirivfu at our utum low ralHI, I
WILLIAM P. CLVDE A CO., Agen
. . W,J 14 WHARVES, PUliadoipnu
JAME8 HAND, AeuL
Ko, 11V WALLireet. corner of Couth, New Yo
1
Fllll.ADfcLFtllA, RICHMOI
AND rtORJbOLE elEAAi-SIll P uvi
iuitUbUil FRElUHX AIR LINE TO Ti
bOli '1H AND WEST. ,
EVEi.y WAi'UIiDAY, t
At coon, from FLUs'f WKARi' abuvo MARK1
Blreel.
i h KOTJOH RATEI aud THROUGH REOEIP"
to all points In Noiih anu feou.li Carolina, via b
hoaid Air Line Ivuurouu, coui!euilua at l ortsiaou
and to Lyuchbtirtf, Vu., 'J rnuenuue, aud the Weal t
Vlrgiuia aud 'leuuessee Air Line aud Rlcumond a
Dauville Railroad, i
Ereialit HANDLED BUT ONCK, and taken!
LOV. ER RA1 tin i HAN AN V Ol'liER LlNi. f
Tbe reijUUirlly , safely, and cheapness of this roi
imuiijLivuu it. w buv iiuuiiu au tue ijuohc tleelraole nt
uiuu. m... j p,. . j nmu i'i.iuij Ol JrUlKliL. i
No charge lor oouuuission, drayae, or any expetf
Kteanihiilps lusnred at loweet rates.
Freight received daily.
U. I 1 If 111 U , T XrrH- M. rr
No. 11 Nnrlh an1 Kr.mh lull i uv h-a
W. P. PORTER, Aeut at Rluhmoud and CI
Point. i
T, B. CROW ELL 4 CO.. Agent at Norfolk. l(
STEAMBOAT LINES. 1
RjAnrA I'UILADtSLPUlA AXl) IBiJ
as r ' '' i i t. ttn bieauiooat Liue. i'ue steainbo!
JUortiN if uitRE&T leaves A RLH street Wharf, l
Ireutou, stopping at Tacouy, lorreadnle. beverb
White" mil' rlalol Florence, Robulus' Wharf, u
Leuvi-s Aic'n btreet Wbaif. Leaves South Trenton.)
Batuiday.Nov.M JO A.M (Siuruy,Nuv.l4, t i.i
Mcuduy, 111,12 Al. iMuuduy, Jtt, 4 P.j
Tuesday, ' 17, 1 P. Ml Tuesday, 17, S P.I
weo-uay, " in, l,', l',M n'wioiif, " ln.dou'tg
Ttiursday, " la 'i'.i f M lhuisday, " 19, 7 A.l
Friday, . uu, 8 P.MlFrtday, o. 7X A.l
Fare to Trenton, 40 cents each way: Intermedins
places, a ceuu), 411,
opposrrioN to the cos?
oxvua
Bu-auier JOHN SYLVESTER will make dallj
?.1iiU.,?l"u.8 10 Wiimlutttou &uu.iaysexoL?tui:iouor;
ii vuesier anu aiatcus Hook, leavlne ARUi
Street whaif at 9- A.M. and s-ao P. l 1 retuxnlnl
Light freiguu takeu. j
rUf FOtt WILMINGTON, CUESIErt
fail a il 1 ' li i l' 11 1 -n
n FARE 10 crs. i
The Steamer 8. SI. FsXTON leave Cheannt Streef
niiaii m. x.ra., huu miuiiugtuu at
x re, iu sib, j? reigui taaen at low rates.
DAILY EXCURSION
6 u A. AL
11 laiatl
.TS. Tils!
sriasf ' f silt-nuid steauiuoat JOHN A, Will
1.: 1 .... k.n. I i ! , I ,' ' I lh I r 11.. I VI ....... 1 1 . . 1 1 .. . .. I . .. .
at li o clock P. M , lor Ruriiiigtou aud Rrlstol, tuucli,
hue at Rivertou, Torresdaie, Audalurla, and Reverly,
Returinug, leaves Rilstui al 7 IU o'clock: A. M. Fare,
'la cents each way. Excursion, 40 ceuts. 4 ill
rHT.S FOR NEW YORK-8WIFI-SDB1
stiriaii-rii'Viii. '.Traustirtatlou Couipauy Despatch
a u owi.t-ouie Liues, via Delaware anu Rariuut
Canal, ou and after lite l3ih ot March, leaving dully m
VI M. and 5 P, M counucUug with all Noriuern ana
Exhtero lines, )
F'or trelgbt, which will be taken on aocommndatlW
terms, apply to WILLI Aui M. RAJ K U tic CO., i
HI Ku. S. DELAW AxtK Aveuu. j
FURNISHING GOODS, SHIRTS.dtC1
H. 8. K. G.
Harris' Seamless Kid Gloves.
KVEBY PA1B WABBAIIED,
EXCLUSIVE AOENT8 FOR GENTS' ULOVFH.
la W. SCOTT A CO.,
52Vfcrp HO, 814 CIIKMMUT STKKKT,
PATENT . 8 li O U LDER-SEAM
SU1RT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISUINQ STORE.
PERFECT FITTING till IK IS AND DRAWERS
DisUf I10111 lueadiirenieiit at vrry K)iori notice.
All oilier artlcUs of UENTLEMEN'tt DRESS
GOODS in full variety.
WINCHESTER & CO.,
112 No.7iKlCUEdNLir Hlrout.
PROPOSALS.
P
R O P O 8 A L S.
M , -
lUfH V
. 6 ma.)
OlFlCF DEPOT ANO DlniTBRTNS Q. M
iluus. DicfxaTMkWT ok Til a Sou
Ail'I.AMilA 14l M(IU u
Sealed Pranosals win h
UM 11 12 M. a. ON DA V, Nov. 'IS, lb0, tor autiPiyluu
ti is Lenot Willi
ttm.ino pountl. WESTERN OATS.
41. M0 poui.ds CORN.
1,'MW pounds TIMOTHY HAY, baled,
210,000 pounds fc'l'RAW, baled.
Oa s and Corn lo be of prime quality, sound, free
from dust or dirt, and pui up lu good, strong sacks.
Hy and Straw nnst be well bated, per ectiy cured,
and Iree Iroiu weed., dust, or dirt. lb. whole will be
subjected to a rlttlu Ilsiivoiiou.
Ail Forage and Biraw to be delivered la cars on the
aiding- ot Metsrs. Oieon. Wrlgut & Carr, or at ttia
Quartermaster's biorebouse, loot ot Forsyth street. 1
Allanti.. V
Delivery to commerce Janunry , 1819 and to con
tinue in equal quantities ou the hist day of each,
mouth ior hv. mouths ensuing.
Proposals snould be Hindu for each article shpa
bathlv, and lu tuiplicatu, with a eoi.yoi this ad
verilieiu nl attached to eacii, aud bear the lndoise
mrnt lu their own band of tbe person, ol wnonx
tliere must be a( leant two, offered n. surety for th
faithful pt rfotmance of tbe contract, If .warded.
Rids will be received for any amount not less than
Kti.ilO pounds.
The right U reserved to receive or r-J'Cl such part
or tbe 11 ole of bids as may be for tue ben I ate reals of
tte sei vice.
Proposal, should be addressed to the underileaed,'
and Indorsed upon the envelope, "Piopvsals fur th
Del'V. ry of For.ge and wiraw."
Ry order ol Rrsv. Rilg.-?u. R. 8axon, (Ihlef Q M.
li. J. FAKNSWuUril.
Brevet Captain and A. A. 14 M., U. B, A., lu charge of
Deaol. 11 lOJt
NIT10D STATrS REV EN UK BTAall'S.
Principal Lepot, No. a"s i.HKlSUl' enreet.
Central Depnt. No. US H,- FIFTH street, loae door
teluw Lbeaout. Established Uiii
Revenue Kiamps of every description constantly oa
band In any amount. B17
Orders by mail or Express promptly attended to, a