TUB DAILY E NlNG TELEGRAPH riHLADELPIIlA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1869. c LITERATpKE. IIEV1EW OF NKW BOOKS. Vibt Dwiuon'8HED Favilt. By F. Sol ium Adama. PabUabed b Claxton, Rm md & IIffelfloger. Many of the principal weoes of this Btorj are laid In and around tbe Tillage of Njaok, cn tbe TappanZee, Hudson rlrer, locality that has been made classic ground by tbe renins of Irring. Mr. Adams cannot claim to be the snooessor of Irving, bat he has con siderable power of picturesque description, and the plot of his story and sketches of charac ter, albeit the colors are laid on too thiok in pome places and too thin in others, are man aged with considerable skill. The story is interesting, some portions of it intensely so. The description of the shipwreck in "Dan: gore's Cave," on "No Man's Island," in the Pacific Ooean, is exoellent as far as it goes,, bat Mr. Adams has not made as much of the Situation as some writers would hare done. The book is handsomely printed and bound, and it is embellished with a number of fine designs by Mr. A. R. Waud. From D. Ashmead we have reoeived eereral of Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. 'a pub lications. The fifth volume of the "Library" edition of Charles Dickens' works contains "Oliver Twist," "Great Expectations," "Bleak Bouse," and "Pictures from Italy." The edition will be completed in six volumes; and considering the attractive binding, the good paper, and clear type, and the exceed ingly low price 175 per volume it is one t f the cheapest and most desirable published. Appleton's 25 cent edition of the Waverley novels is also to be commended for its cheap ness. The latest issue of this series contains "The Betrothed" and "The Highland Widow." The set will be completed in twenty -live volumes, nineteen of which have been pub lished. The novels are printed on the same kind of paper and with the same type as the "Library" edition of Dickens, and $6, the price of the entire series, is marvellously low. Messrs. Appleton & Co. are also publishing a popular edition of the standard poets, at fifty tents per volume. We have received Cary's translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy." The interest in Dante is increasing every day, and for poetical students Cary's version Is to be recommended as one of the iest. Until Mr. Longfellow's appeared Cary's was the favorite, and in spite of the literal accuracy of Longfellow, the older translation will not be likely to lose its popularity. Many of the most important passages are rendered with great felicity by Cary, and his smooth, Cowing blank verse renders his version of the poem easy reading. The edition before as contains a life of Dante, a chronological view el his age, copious notes, and a full index The extremely low price of the book, fifty cents, placeB it within the means of all. Messrs. T. B. Peterson & Brothers send us the "New Cook Book," which housekeep ers will find to contain receipts for preparing all manner of dishes, with valuable informa tion about purchasing meats, fish, poultry, and other matters of intereet. Sloan's Architectural Review for Janu ary contains a great amount of matter inter esting not only to architects but to the general reader. The editors, in their New Year's greeting, congratulate themselves on the Buccess of their magazine, and they promise that no ellorts on their part shall be spared to keep it up to the highest standard of excellence in the future. The table of con tents of the January number presents an at tractive variety, and the illustrations are numerous and good. TEE PULFIT. Tbe Humor of tbe Clergy An Enter lainiug Hook of Tlieologtcul Anec dotes. From a recent London publication, entitled "Curiosities of the Pulpit and Pulpit Litera ture," edited by Thomas Jackson, prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, we take the following selections:- THB CAPUCHIN'S SF.RMOS. A Capuchin, preaching a Lent lecture at the great cathedral of Bt. Stephens, at Vienna, is said to have startled his audience by a fear ful narration, somewhat to the following effect: "There was once a huge and wealthy . monastery in this duchy. Its vineyard pro duced rich and well-flavored wine. Its barns were filled with all manner of store. Fat beeves chewed the cud in its meadows. Carp by thousands were leapiog in its fish ponds. The neighboring trout stream was the pride ef the monks and the envy of every other religious house in Germany. Well, the reve rend fathers ate, drank, and were merry. They never kept a Lenten fast. They were utterly unconscious of the pangs of hunger or the humiliations of penury, so they never fed the famishing or clothed the naked. They had more wine than they required for the mass, and not enough to turn their mills with, so they caroused from nigm tm morning, ana irom morning to night. One solemn day, a day of penitence and prayer, according to the rules of their order, they were indulging in wild uproar and revelry. The refectory echoed with snatches of licentious song, and laughter following some double-edged jibe. Suddenly a loud knock was heard at the outer door, knock, knock, knock. The janitor went to open it, and was startled by the apparition of a thin, tall man, his skull bones scarcely covered with the parchment skin stretched over them. lie was attired in the frock of the order, but the shape was antiquated, with ma terial scarcely to be recognized; it was, more over threadbare and moth-eaten. lie asked, in hollow and sepulchral tones, for admittance. The jani tor was alarmed, and shutting the gate on the stranger, went to seek instructions from the t mperior. 'There stands at the gate an odd, queer man, who asks for admittance. He wears the frock of our order, but' 'No faf,ifaid the abbot: 'let him in. We must (how hospitality to the brethren; place him a ehair by my side, fill him a goblet of wine, and fetch forthwith knife, platter, and pastry.' The strange mook was introduced; he bowed; he took his teat; but his head was covered with his cowl, and he ate not a morsel, he drank not a dwt. Ia' few minutes more knocks were heart at the gate knock, knock, rhock I Again the Janitor approached, trem bling, and faltered forth: 'O Bir, there are hun dreds and hundreds of these thin monks before the gate, demanding admittance I' 'Let them all in I We've wine enough to last till the mil lennium !' Bo in they came, crowding the re fectory. The hall was crammed; the vestibule, the steps of the pulpit, where the reader edified the .brethren while they dined; the pulpit itself, and many stood on the book-board half poised in the air. Then there arose a distant sound as of crackling, craokling, crackling; a deadly odor as of flesh burning, mingled with sulphurous steam. The living monks were filled with consternation. Their knees smote together, and their tongue clave to the roof of their mouth, for they ielt that they were in the presence of the dead. Then uprose the first ghost that had appeared, and said, 'Brethren, I was once the abbot of this ancient and venerable house. I ate, drank, I caroused, I never worshipped. In my heart I neither feared God nor regarded man; and now I am tormented in the flames. These were my com panions; they led a similar life of gluttony and lust, and they are, In like manner, tor mented. But we must glorify the Lord even in the fire I So sing, brethren, Gloria Putrid, t Filio, et Spiritu Asancto.' The spectres hissed out an awful Gregorian tone, concluding with Amen. A loud clap of thunder accompanied ihe strain, and when it was finished the strange guests had disappeared the refectory con tained only the living monks. They repented; i hey did works meet for repentance. They Bold their cellar ef wine, and rebuilt their church with great magnilloenoe. They founded an hospital. They fed the poor. They nursed the plague-stricken in the year of the great pestilence. They died in the odor of sanctity, and let us hope that they will find mercy iu that day." A BRIEF PIBCOURSB. A French Capuchin, on the festival of St. James, had to pronounce a panegyric on that saint. As he was rather late, the attendant priests, who feared that he would make a long sermon, and bo weary the congregation, en treated him to abridge it. The monk mounted the pulpit, and addressing the people, said: "My brethren, twelve months ago I preaohed an eulogv on the eminent apostle whose festi val you this day celebrate. As I doubt not but that you were all very attentive to me, and as I have not learned that he has done anything new since, I Lave nothing to add to what I said at that time." ' lie then pro nounced the blessing, and descended from the pulpit. FATHER ANDBE'S lirMOR. A popular but somewhat grotesque French preacher of the seventeenth century, being of email stature, was called by his bishop le petit allot, a word signifying equally a lantern and a jackanapen. having to preach before the prelate, Andre determined to notice this; bo he iook forma text, "Ve are the light of the world." Then addressing the bishop, he said, "lows ties, Monstiyneur, le (rand allot de Vitjlise, tt nous somntes que les pelits fallots." In one of his sermons he compared the four doctors of the Latin Church to the four kings of cards. "St. Augustine," said he, "is the king of hearts, for his great charity; St. Am brose is the king of clubs trejle) by the flow ers of his eloquence; St. Gregory is the king of diamonds tor his strict regularity; and St. Jerome is the king of spades pique) for his piquant style." The Duke of Orleans ouce dared Father Andre to employ any ridiculous expressions about him. This, however, our good father did very adroitly. He addressed him thus: "Foin de vcus, monseigneur, foin de mot, fuin de tous les auditeurs." lie saved himself by taking for his text the 7th verse of the 10th chapter of Isaiab, where it is said all the people are grass foin in French signifying hay, and being also an interjection fie upon I FATHER SEKAPHIN. Father Seraphin was strongly commended by La Bruyere as a preaoher thoroughly worthy of participating in the uninterrupted apostolical succession. The first time that the Father preached before King Louis XIV, he said to the monaroh, "Sire, I am not ignorant of the custom, according to the prescription of which I ought to pay you a compliment in my discourse. This I hope your Majesty will be graciously pleased to dispense with; for I have been searching for a compliment in the Scriptures, and unhappily I have not been able to find one." FATHER MAILLARD. Of Maillard, a priest of the same epoch, we are told that in one edition of his sermons the words "Hem, hem," are written in the margin, to mark the places where, according to the custom of those days, the preacher was at liberty to stop and oough. "BeiDg once requested to announce aoolleo tion in behalf of a young lady to enable her to take the veil, he said, before the commence ment of his sermon, 'My beloved brethren, I commend to your charity a young gentle woman who has not enough to enable her to make a vow of poverty. "Preaching during the whole of Lent, in a town where he was not onoe invited to par take of a morsel of dinner, he said, in his farewell sermon, 'I have preaohed against every vice, except that of too much attach ment to the pleasures of the table. This vice is by no means prevalent in a single person whom I address, and therefore I need not de nounce it.' " ROCRPALOCE VB. FATHER H . Father II told a French writer one day that when Bourdalone preached at Rouen every artisan shut up his shop, the merohants quitted the exchange, the lawyers their courts, and the physicians their patients, and gathered round this celebrated preacher. "When I preached there," says Father H , "the year following, I restored everything to its proper orler. Neither the merchant quitted his business nor the lawyer his oourt," etc. JOHN LASSESIC8, the chaplain to the Danish court, who died at Copenhagen in 1UU2, having for a long time perceived, to his vexation, that during his sermon the greatest part of his congregation fell asleep, suddenly stopped, pulled a shuttlecock out of his pocket, and began to play with it in the pulpit. A oiroumstance so extraordinary naturally attraoted the atten tion of that part of the congregation who were still awake. They jogged those who were sleeping, and in a short time everybody was lively, and lookiug to the pulpit with the greatest astonishment. This was lust what Lassenius wished; for he immedtately began a most severe oaetigatory disoourse, saying: "When I announce to you sacred and import ant truths, you are not ashamed to go to sleep, but when I play the fool you are all eye and ear!" A curious habit is reoorded of Lassenius. He used to stop in the middle of his sermon and take a glass of wine or other cordial. This practice is being revived by some Nonconfor mist ministers in London, who have a tumbler of water by their side in the pulpit. Au old minister says that this is owing to the exces sive dryntss which characterizes them in preaching. TITLES 0V SERMONS. Berne seventeenth asd eighteenth century 0t noons were Strang, vot to My eoneloal aol irreverent. One was called "The Shop of the Spiritual Apothecary." Others were: "Six pennyworth of tbe Divine Spirit," -"Some fine Bifloniti Baked in tbe Oven of Charity, Care fully Conserved fer the Chiokens of the Cburcb, tbe Sparrows of the Spirit, and the Sweet Swallows of Salvation;" "Baruoh's Sore Gently Opened and the Salve Skillfully Ap plied;" "The Church's Bowel Complaint;" "The Snuffers of Divine Love;" "The Spiritual Mustard Pot to make tbe Soul Sneezt with Devotion;" "A Tack of Cards to Win Christ," etc.; "A Spiritual Spioerie, containing Sandrie Sweet Traotates of Devotion and Piety," written by Richard Brathwaite, published in 1(38, with an odd quotation from Cantioles.o. i. 12, and o. v. 13; "The White Wolfe, a sermon," 1627; "The Nail Hit on the Head," 1644; "The Wheel Turned," 1047;" "Love and Fear, a marriage sermon." 1G(!8. "Two Sticks made one," sermon, lb'91. "The Divine Lan thorne," 168(5. "The Best Fee Simple," 1657. "Crumbs of Comfort for Chiokens of Graoe." And again, "Deep things of God, or milk and strong meat containing spiritual and experi mental remarks and meditations, suited to the cases of babies, young men, and fathers," etc, 12mo. 2i. board, Matthews, 1788. "A box of precious ointment for sonLj' sores." "a Snb pana of the Star Chamber of Heaven," 1623. "A Funeral Handkerchief, to which are added, etc., 16!H." "A Divine Balanoe to weigh religious Fasts in, 1643." "A Cluster of Grapes taken out of the Basket of the Ca naanltish woman," 1660. "Matches lighted at the Divine Fire." "The Gun of Penitence." VANITY OP CLERICAL AUTHORSHIP. A poor vioar in a very remote oounty had, on Borne popular oocasion, preached a sermon bo exoeedingly acceptable to his parishioners that they entreated him to print it, which, after due and solemn deliberation, he pro mised to do. This was the most remarkable incident in his life, and he at onoe set out to London to lend the great enterprise his personal presence. He was reoom mended to the worthy and exoellent Mr. Bowyer. The printer at onoe inquired how many copies were needed. "Why, sir," returned the clergyman, "I have calcu lated that there are in the kingdom so mSjny thousand parishes, and that each parish will at least take one, and others more; bo that I think we may venture to print about thirty-five or thirty-six thousand copies." The printer bowed, the matter was settled, and the reverend author departed in high spirits to his home. With much difficulty and great self-denial, a period of about two months was suffered to pass, when his golden visions so tormented his imagination that he could endure it no longer, and accordingly wrote to Mr. Bowyer, desiring him to send the debtor and creditor account, most liberally permitting the remittances to be forwarded at Mr. Bowyer's convenience. Judge of the astonishment, tribulation, and anguish ex cited by the receipt of the following account, or something very much resembling it: The Uev. Dr. . s, d. To printing and paper, 35,000 copies olsermou 785 5 6 Cr. Hy the saie of 17 copies of mid sermon ,..... 15 6 Balance due to Mr. liocvyer... ...... 781 0 0 They who know the character of this most amiable and excellent printer, will not be at all surprised to hear that, in a day or two, a letter to the following purport was forwarded to the clergyman: "Rev. Sir: I beg pardon for innooently amuBing myself at your expense, but you need not give yourself uneasiness. I knew better than you could do the extent of the sale of Bingle sermons, and accordingly printed but fifty copies, to the expense of which you are heartily welcome, in return for the liberty I have taken with you, eta. eto." DO a 8 AND DOGMAS. Landseer once painted a celebrated picture called "The Free Church." It represented a congregation of Scottish shepherds with their collies or dogs, seated each by his master in the pew. A wag observed on this custom, "I suppose the Presbyterian minister will preach on dogmatical theology." A clergyman from a distant part of Scotland came to officiate to one of these shepherd congregations. It is usual in the Presbyterian Kirk for the people to rise when the minister pronounces the final blessing. The shepherds continued seated. The strange minister was scandalized, and sharply exclaimed, "What, is there not enough devotional spirit amongst you to make you rise to reoeive the blessing?" An old shepherd mounted the pulpit stairs, and whis pered in the preaoher's ear: "Meenister, it's just to cheat the doggies." It appeared that direotly the congregation rose to reoeive the final blessing, the collies thought the service was over, and rushed through their masters' legs with mighty yelpings into the church yard. THB YORKSHIRE CLERGY. Charlotte Bronte has familiarized the Ameri can publio with the character of the York shire people. Mr. Jackson tells us something of their religious guardians: "The sermons of the most remarkable of these self-taught preachers were sometimes bizarre, grotesque, and, to a highly cultivated and sensitive understanding, ridiculous; but there were specimens among them, never re duced to writing, the memories of which yet live in the breasts of aged Yorksbiremen, that might compare with Dante for sublimity and gloom, or with the rude but impressive sculp ture on and around the portals of a uiediicval cathedral, for bold word-painting. With a voice of high-pitched recitative, sometimes approaching a scream, with wild and vehe ment gesticulation, they laid firm grasp, through the power of sympathy and the spell of imagination, on their bucolio auditory. There was no denying one thing they believed, and therefore they spoke. Oue of them went by the familiar name of 'Our Billy.' He has been known to take a pair of scales into the pulpit, and to literally weigh in the balance the several characters he described. He once summoned a lost epirit from the grave to give an account of the manner of his life, solemnly inviting him to take his plaoe in the front Beat of the gallery, behind the clock, that he might be better seen and heard. Tne people in the pew started and turned pale, as if they were really conscious ol the presence of a departed soul. On one oocasion, dis coursing on Daid slaying the Philistine giant with a' Bling and a stone, he paused for a moment, as though contemplating Goliah's prostrate form, when a burly farmer, sweat ing with exoitement and heat for the obapel was crammed could contain himself no longer, but rose and stood on the seat, shout ing at the top of his voice: 'Oil' with his head, Billy; oil' with his head !' "Such are a few illustrations of old York shire religious life. The men and their man ners have forever passed away; the present age produces none like them nor can it, for the world moves on and all is changed." A FRENCH TREACHER. In "Curiosities of the Pulpit" the following illustration of mediieval preaching is given, on the authority of Father Faber, onoe a clergy man of the Church of England: "Onoe upon a time, as story-tellers say, there was a great missions in Franoe, of the name of MorcaJn. Now it came to pass that this great mlssioner was going to give a mis sion In a AAttaln VrAlinh Lamn vtinu InKtK'i- tants were very much opposed to missions. iu aevii aia not at au reus a vne pronpeol or tbe aforesaid M. Moroaln; and, after due deli beration, entered into the ouvriers of thU French town, and inspired them with a design quite worthy of himself. They met together, and they were not few in number, and they set out with their arms bare, and their teddy tiler caps upon their heads, as nioe a speci men of sanscnlottism as may well be oou reived. Th rnadxr mav rlivlna k Ii.i..Ia. " J ' . u u 1 U TO t IUI life of this prooession, whioh marched out to , . i i . i . . eiuib iu Buiuewu&i peouuar lasnion tbe approaching missionary. They advanced along the road chanting a parody of the popu lar song 'C'est I'amonr, I'amour, l'amonr, Qui mene le monde a la rondo.' to this effect: 'C'cBtle Morcaln.le Morcaln, le Morcaln, Qui damne le monde a la ronde.' "The unsuspecting missioner oame quietly along in his vehicle, very likely gettiDg up his evening discourse, when, lo and behold I he is in the middle of this delectable crowd. However, a Frenchman is not often at fault. Forthwith he descends from the carriage, jumps into the middle of the crowd, takes hold of their hands, and oommenoes dancing in the most brilliant style, at the same time joining in the chorus with right good will, 'C'est le Morcain, le Moroain.' Away be goes dancing and singing, and his sansoulottes with him, till they reach the door of the churoh, into which he also dances, irreverent fellow! and the crowd after him. But there he is on his own ground, and straightway he mounts the pulpit and breaches a most tre mendous fire-and-brimstone sermon, at the end of which he proclaims that if, during the whole course of the mission any one who has Bung that song wants to go to oonfesbion, he has only to cry out, 'Monsieur, j'al chanto le Morcain,' and be Bball be heard immediately, before any one else. No waiting for turns. No weary delay. No besieging the missloner's confessional for hours. No, he has gained an immediate hearing. And so it was. 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Proi os.ls must be Indorsed "Proposals for Army Transportation on oute No. I," or "." as the cue n ay be. aud none will be eniertalued uuless they fully comply with In requirements ol this adver tisement. The party to whom an award Is made most be pre pared to execute the contract wlthoQi uuuecessary dt lay, and to give tbe required bonds lor the faithful rei tormance ol tiie contract. Tbe right te reject any and all bids thai may be Offeree Is reserved, The contractor on each route must be In readiness fir service by lbs lnt day ot April, and muii bave a place of business or agency at wuljh he may be communicated with readily, a the starling point or points of bit route. ..... . ., Blank forms, showing the conditions or the con tract to be entered luto for eob Iroute, can be has upon at plication to this ollice, either personally or by letter, and must acoompauy and be a part of the proposals. . . . , . Blanks for proposals will be famished on appll. cation. By order of the Chief Quartermaster, Military Di vision ef the Missouri, 12171m L. C. EA8TON. Dep'tr,M.Uen.U.8.1.,C.U.M.,Dfp'HXo. . INSURANCE COMPANIES. UNITED SECURITY Li I F INN U RANCi; AND Tni'hl COMPAQ Y, ' or PENNSYLVANIA. OFFICE: S. E. Corner FIFTH and CHESJiUT Sts., PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL, S 1 ,000,000 DIUEOTOUS. PHILADELPHIA. GEOHOE H. STUART, OhOhOB W. CJHILDH, Will A. FO K I KK, F. A. DRKXKL, WM. V. Mt-KKAN, TUOMAB W, JVaN8, 8. H. HOIWTMANN, a. j i n r.-A r, JOSEPH PATIKRSJN. WM. C. HOUHTUjSI, '. J. (SOL MS, HENRY H. ROOD. NKW HUSK, JAM W M. MORRI .ON.rresldeat Manhattan Bank JOeiaMl BTUAMT, ol J. J. btuart & Co., Bankers. BOSTON. BON. K. 8, TOBEY, late President Board or Trade. CINCINNATI. A. E. CHAMBERLAIN, of Chamberlain b Ca CHICAGO. L. Z. LKITKn. Of Field. Leller A Oo. C. M..bMITH, of Oeo. U bmllh St Brothers, Bankers. LOUISVILLE, KY. WILLIAM GARVIN, of Uarvln, Bell A Co. ST. LOCI8. JAMKSrc. YE ATMAN, Cashier Merchants' National Bank. NEW HAMPSHIRE. HON. J. W PATTERoON. U. a. 8enator. BALTIMOBE. WILLIAM FREfeCOTT SMITH, Superintendent Consolidated Railway Line, New York to Washligton. R. M. MiULM AKER, of Adams & Co.'s Express. i K A N CI M T. KINO, President Central Savings GEO ROE H. BTUART, President. O F. BETT3 Secretary. J. L. LUDLOW, Consulting Physician. WBlA B., UedIc examiners C. STUART PATIERON,rn.,rl.ol KlCHARB- LUDLOW, ') Counsel. This Company Issues Policies of Lite Insurance upon all tbe various plans Ibat bave beeu proved by tbe experience of European and American Com panies to be safe, sound, and reliable, at rates as LOW AND UPON TEH US AS FAVORABLY As) THOSE OF ANY COM ANY OF Est UAL bT A BIL1TY. All policies are non-forfeh vble after the payment of two or moi e annual premiums. 11 la Imwamrp N8URE AT IN TBE HOME Fckii BIutual Life Insurance Co. Ko. 5)21 CHESA'UT St., riiiliidelpuia. ASSETS, 93,000,00. CHARTERED BY OCR OWN STATE, MANAOED BY OCR OWN CMIZEN3. LOT BUS PROMPTLY PAID. POLICIES IBaUED ON VARIOUS PLANS. Applications may be made at the Home OiUoe, and tbe Agencies throughout the State. 2 lttl JAMEM TUAttUAIU. PtESIDENi HASRVtH U. btuHlik VIUE PiiEftlDlfiNT JSO. W. UOKMEB A. V. P. aud ACTUARY UOAiATlO tt. HlUrUVS SECRETARY JNSUBANCE COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, No. 233 WALNUT STREET, PHILADA. INCORPORATES 17W. CHARTER PERPtfTUAl Blarlue, Auiauu, auU Alrts iiinurauice, assets January i, 1868, - $2,001 2e-72 120,000,000 Losses raid li Costa bine iu Organization. ...v-.r, DIRECTORS. u .uu uvula, Samuel W. Juuew, Johu A. Browu, Charles Taylor, Ambrose white, WUllam Welsh, Richard D. Wood, S. Morris Wain, John Mason. 1 ueorge L. Harrison Francis R. Cope, jsAt waru xi, i roller, Edward S. Clarke, T. CliarltoiTHeury, Alfred D. Jessup, John P. White, Louis 0. Madeira, Chabl PLxrVbry.' WILLIAM BUEHLER, Harrlsbnrg, p,. centra Agent for the Stale of Pennsylvania. I to? innTini n A S B U R Y LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, LEMUEL BANGS, President. UEO. ELLIOTT. Vice-President and See. EMuRY McCLINiOQK., Actuary. The A sbnry Com pany issues Policies in all tbeform. In present use. ou the mu.( liberal lerma in lesuwtto rates, division ot pre tits, restrictions on oocunaUou and travel, compalibh, wHU 8Bty; oanil one-tmrd ol reCu' already amount to ovw.,n,ou0.ooO. aud are rap dly u. creasing day by day. ' . PENNSYLVANIA AGENCY. JAMES M. LOIUACRK, Atanager. .o. m WALNUT etreet. Philadelphia. Local Board of Reference in Philadelphia: James B Lnnuacre, Arthur G. Co th u, J lin m. Marls, V llllitm lllnlna. - .. . . . u art, r, wuiijh wain. Johu B, Mccreary J. B. Llppiucott, James Long, James 11 inner, John A. Wright, 10 2bmam Charles Spencer x a. worne. -piKKMX INSURANCE COMPANY OK X PHILADELPHIA INCORPORATED WW CHARTER PERPRTT7A r. No. XL WaLin b'T Street, opposite the Excuauae This Company Insures injiu iooa or damage by on liberal terms, on bulldingsmercbandise, furniture etc., lor limited periuds, aud permaueutly on buUd iLgs by depoult of preuilum I. The Vi mpaoy bas beeu lu active operation for more tbanbLXTY YEARS, during which all losses have been promptly adjusted aud pal 1, UInRCTORA John L. Bodge, .Lavid Lewis, xa. At. inanouy, Johu T. Lewis, Wllilam b, Urant, Robert W. Learning, D. Clark What ton, Lawrence Lewis, Jr., Beulamlu Elfins'. Tuomas H . Powers. A. R. Mciieury, Edmuud Casllllon. Samuel Wlioox, Lew W C Norr's. W CCUE&EK, President. Bamubl Wilcox, secretary. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY THB PENNSYLVANIA FIR. INSURANCE COM PA NY Incorporated 1M6 Charter Perpetual No 510 WALutUT Street, opposite ludependence Square Tbls Company, favorably known to the community for over tony years, Ooulluues to Insure against loss or damage uy tire ou Publio or Private Buildings, ruber permanently or for a limited time. Also on Jfuruliure Slocks of Goods, aud Merchandise gene rally, ou liberal terms, Tbelr Capital, together with a large Snrplns Fund Is Invested In Ibe most carelul mauuer, which enables them to offer to the Insured an undoubted eouxlty la the case of loss. . n. Daniel Bmlth, Jr., John Deverenx,' Thomas onillu, Henry Lewis, J. (4llllnirli.nl F1L Alexander Benson, Inaac uatlehurst, Thomas Robins, Ianlel Haddock, Jr. DANIKI. MM ITu II. piMldent. WM, 0. CROW ELL, Secretary. ELL. Secretary. ' gTRICTLY MUTUAL. PROVIDENT LIFEAND TRUST CO. . OF PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE, Mo. Ill S. FOITKT1I ST BEET. Organised to promote LUCE LNaURANUE aiaoug memk,Br,0,USOClTY OF FRIENDS, Good risks of any class accepted. Policies Issued upoa approved plana, at th lowest President, BAMFEL R. SHIPLEY. Vice-President, WILLIAM C iAJNUflTBETH. Actuary, ROWLAND PARRY, The advantage ottered It Uil Uuupauj are eioehed, f a7 INSURANCE COMPANIES. 1829 I'JSUrjfflUAL. Franklin Fire Insurance Co. . lm.AladPjMaA OFFIca: Mos. 4S& aud 137 CllESMJT 8TKLlk AMKTR OH JAMITAKY 1. !, .ooa.7400i). CAPITA L. ..40,Or,j A WR UKD S US-PL CS . t , rHA IB l umo UNSETTLED CLAIMS INOOsllC JTUJi 1807 asu.oou-sa vaoitfooertw, MMttmna vAtn ftiifcn lsae ovkb f0 OOO.OOO. Perpetual and Temporary Poiiotes on LiberM Term DIRECTORS. Cbarlm It. Banckei, George Palea, Tobias Wagner, lAirreu, Fltier, Bamoel Grant, Frauola W. Lewi. j n GeoreW Richards, Thomas Spars. Isaac Lea, I W illlani 8. Grant. CHARLJW N, BANCKKR. President, GEORuE FaLES, Vlce-Preuldeuu JAB. W. McALLlSl'ER. Secretary pro toiu. Excupt at Lexington, Kentucky, this Company baa no Ageuoles West of Putaourg, iy JfiriJtlAL FHUi l'SUBA3iC CO.ttFAW LONDON. LNTAKI.IKIILII ISO.i. Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Funds, 88,0 0 0,0 0 0 IN COLD. PKEYOST A ICEKItlN-U Arnt, 11 am. ETa 107 Bonth THIRD Street, PhUa, " SHIPPING. LOIULLARD'S STfiAMdlllP LIISB FOR HEW YORK. Balling Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Baiardays at noon. The winur rates at which (freight Is now taken Is 20 cents per too pounds, gross, scents per toot, or 2 cents per gallon, ship's option. The Line la now iretiared to contract for snrlne raien ln than by any other aoute, cooumeaclng on Much is, U19. ' 3 Advance f riami-h ouHhd at. titlUi nn Pir vt.t..i. . 4 lecelveu at all times ou covereu wharf. JOHN F. OHL, 3 88 6m Pier 18 Norm Wharves. . slfT'V, L1VUPOOL AND OUfKNSI -122. TOW.-mu.an Lln of Mail titiumSf ate aj.puiulett to sail as follows; uvs Cl'i Y OF j.OiiDUJ. oaturday, December 20. CI I Y Ot COttiv, luesuay. Leoember M. CITY OF BALl iMURE, Saturday, January 2. CITY O LObiON.oaturuay, January 8. ETNA, 'luesuay, January iz. ell Y OF AN i W EkP, oaiurday, January lft, and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tuesday, at 1 F, M... irom Pltr 46, North River. RA'lEtt OF PABSaUE by TH. Hall BTXAMSu ti-llstt iVSSY SATUHDAV, Payable lu Gold. Payable in Currency. FI Rb T CA WIN 100 1 STEERAGE .....SS lo London n u London . j 10 Paris li, to Paris........ fASBAblt BY Til It TCKOIJAX STKAMKll VIA Hi UMAX, riHttr Cain, bulkkaws Phj aiile In Gold. Payable iu Currency. Liverpool......... 4X0 Liverpool..... ta inuiuax... a dalllax i M. Johu a, N. Je t 41 it. John's, N, F ...... I M by Branch Steamer.... y Branch Steamer... " Passengers also ttrwardeu to Havre, Hamburg, lire men. eic. aL reduced ratea. Tickets can be bougnt here by person sending totf their irleuds, at model ate rales. . k or turiher information apply at the Company's CUices. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 15 BROADWAY. N. Y. OrtO O'DOANEH A FAULK, Agents, No, lit CxlEsN UT Street, Philadelphia, PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND AND AORi-OLE. STEAMSHIP i r luuouull FREIGHT AIR LINE TO THB bOU'lli AND WEST. , EVERY SATURDAY, Slfeli.0011 W 'lhiT WiLARF above MARKET THROUGH RATES and THROUGH RECEIPTS ;o all polity in Norm ana South Carolina, vlTbea. uoard Air Line Railroad, connecting at PorMmrmth and lu Lyuchhurg, Va., Tennessee, aud the WeTl via Virginia and ieuneesoe Ahr Line and Richmond VuS Danville .Railroad, u u Freight HANDLED BUT ONUS, aud taken at low Eli Rates than any oi hJcr li 2l " ; The regularity, saiety, aud cheapuees ol this root commend It lo the puuno as tue most deelrable me. diuiu tor carrying every description ot ire'gbt. No charge lor commuwiou, dray age, or any axDenaa Ot trausier. " Stenmships Insured at loweBt rate. Freight received daliy, WILLIAM P. CLYDK ft CO., No, 14 North and South WHARVES. p(W't5 PORTER, Agent at Klchmoud and Uly T, P, CROW ELL A CO.. Agenta at Norfolk. I If Vf NEW EXPRESS LIKE TO ALEX; t t uiuiinivnu, ruu vv asnington , -M vnmv.m.u uu Aviawan9 UKOI1, With O0n nectlonsat Alexandria from the most direct route ior L nchburg, Bristol, KnoxvUle, Nashvliie, Dalton and the Southwest. iim Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at Boon from the tint wharf auo-e Market street. Freight received dally. . WM, P. CLYDE fk CO., , No, 14 North aud South Wharvea. J. B. DAVIDSON, Ageut at Georgetown. M. h.LdjHlLiiii Co., Agents at Alexandria, Vlr. r viivi,.-iuji new XUIiK. VIA xii'rirL" t.it. t-,m Tbe Steam Propellers of this line leave DAILY from first wharf below Market street. DALLX THROUGH IN M HOURS. Good .forwarded by all the Hues going oat of York. North, East, and West, free ot commission. Freights received at our usual low rates. WILLIAM P. CLYDE lt CO., Agent. JAMES HAND,' Ag '' Bo. 118 WALL Street, corner of Soith, New York tLKZZl, FOR KEW YORK-SWlFr-SUHl irsi i i i'i in i Transporutlon Company Despatch bbuum iwuiivrwiuo uompany AMspatca a-.u ewnt-sure Lines, via Delaware and Rarlian ' " . ---- -" w.i. w. wMrcu, leaving aailr at Sase?S lines'. ' connecl'ln wlta u Northern an4 For freight,' which will be taken on accommodating terms, apply to WILLIAM Id, BAIRD b CO.. 1 U No. 142 a DELAWARE AvehMj CLOTHS, CASS1MERES, ETC QOATINC8 I COATINGS I JAMES & L r: f KO. 11 N OUT II ECOKl NTBEKT, Sign o the Golden Lamb, AE KOW BECEIVINf, KEW STYLES Of FALL ASD lVLMEIi COATLMJS, TO WHICH THE! INVITE THE ATTEST- TION OF THE TBADE AND OTtTEBS, AT TVIIOLI SALE AND BETAII 8Mm STOVES, RANGES, ETC. KOTICE.-TI1E UNDER8IONED would call the attention of tbe publio to hla NEW GuLliEN EAGLE FURNACJS. TbU Is an entirely new healer. It la I o oon sir ucted as to at once commeud llielt u general favor, being a combination of wrought and cast Iron. It la Very simple In its construction, and Is perfectly air! light; self-cleanlug. haylugiuo Vlpes o? drustobS taken out and cleaned. It 1, so arranged wilu upright hues as to produce a larger amount of heal from th same weight of coal lhan any furnace now In use. Ihebfgiomello condition ot the air as produced b my new arrangement ol evaporation will at ouce aZ mopttrale that it Is tLe ouly Hot Air Furnace thS will produce a perefctly healthy atmobphere. 1 nose In want ol a complete Heating Apparatus would do well to call and examine the u" Iden Suf , CHARLEW WILLIAMST Ho. 1182 and 11,44 MARK ET Street. A large assortment ol Cooking nangesl't?re?board Kl, Venthar.?:,, N. P. Jobbing of an kinds promptly done. 6 10 THOMPSON'S T.nvnnw vi'ri-ro., or EUROPEAN RANGE, fur families hot.!. or public lustltulloos. In 'l wEN I'Y DIfS-eh: ENT. SIZES. Also. Ii,iirtiti ut,Jt.1" Hot-AU, Furnaces. Portable H eatersT Low-dn Orates. Flreboard Stoves, Bath Boiler. SteVbol
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