; GOOD JXCK AU AU. SSSIS oonrts 1 law r pecuh rlr affluent la gWlng instances of lack in S!l?es. Bat here, s elsewhere, what is good lock in one direction ia sure to t")fnPa' bad lnck in another. The representatives i of the Duke of Kingston, when they obta ned the large sum left as a jointure to hia widow, famous Tand handsome ElUabeth Chudlelgh, Were luoky in proving her former mar riage Xlori Bristol; U bis Duchess, con rioted of bigamy, poor and disgraced, had to retire to Russiaf where she lived many years Wore she died.' Karl Talbot luck when, ten years ago, the ISwsbury titles, which made him Premier liarl of Eng. land, were assigned to him, and perhaps , in Btill greater luck when, in the following year the Shrewsbury estates were also assigued to him. Another remarkable cause tiUUre, when the vast Uridgewater estates were involved, ia one which more directly involved luck. In this case estates to the value of seventy thoneand a year were at stake. The Karl of Jlridgewater had devised these large estates to lord Alford, the son of Karl Urownlow, with the proviso that if he died before he had at tained the title ofDnke or Marquis of Uridge water, then his heirs should not inherit the eBtates, but they should pass to the second Lrotber, Charles Henry Cust. Lord Alford died in the life of his father, Karl Brownlow, leaving a son, and without having attained any higher grade in the peerage. V ice-Chancellor Lori Cranworth held that, the condi tion not having been fulfilled, the estates passed away. An appeal was subsequently brought to the House of Lords, that ia to say, to those few eminent personages who are known as the law lords, and to whom the House relegates its judicial functions. It is rather interesting and amusing to attend the House of Lords on the occasion of the hearing of an appeal case. Two or three gentlemen in plain clothes are lounging about on the empty seats, paying more or less attention to the monotonous pleading of counsel at the bar, and the vast empty space of the glorious chamber contrasts strongly with the crowded appear ance of the narrow section formed by the bar, beyond which none of us dare advance. It must, however, be said that the law lords well earn the five-thousand-a-year pension; and though their body at times rather needs recruiting, and Lord WeBtbury has a decided tendency to absent himself, its decisions are received with the greatest respect. Their deoision in the matter of the Brldgewater estates was decidtdly against expectation. The Vioe Chancellor, an eminent, sound, and careful lawyer, had given it against the child Lord Alford. The House of Lords submitted a series of questions to their assessors, the judges; and the judges, by a very large pre ponderance, aleo gave their voices against the infant. Nevertheless, the House of Lords that is to say, Lords Lyndburst, Brougham, Truro, and Kt. Leonards took a view utterly conflicting with that of the judges of the land and that of the Vice-Chancellor, who at the time of the appeal had become Lord Chan cellor Cranworth. They held that the conditions of the bequest were void, as being against public policy, it being a well-established rule of law that a condition against the publio good is illegal aud Toid. All the law lords agreed that the con dition was against publio policy. They drew pictures, not very flattering, of what ministers might do. A peer of the realm, with seventy thousand a year at stake, might be able to bring mighty inducements and temptations to bear, to which poor humau nature must ne cessarily succumb. Here would be a young nobleman attempting to prescribe to the Cro wn what should be his exact title, with its condi tions and limitations. Such a conditiou would bring on parties a painful pressure, an irre sistible temptation. Lord Alford might be induced to use all kinds of nadue means to gain hia elevation. A peer was a judge, an adviser of the Crown, a member of the legis lature; and conditions such as these, taking men as they were, and human nature as it is, must necessarily have a tendency to fetter a man's free agency. His mind would be bent less upon his duties, aud with a les3 independent bias, when his fortunes were at stake upon his promotion. Under these cir cumstances the lour law lords, reversing the pinion of the court below, confirmed Lord Alford in the possession of the estates, by holding UiOHe conditions to be void according to the non-fulfilment of which he would lnour I their forfeiture. A constitutional decision by these great lawyers cannot but be received with respect; and yet Lord Cranworth'a argu ment on the other side is very convincing, and so is the opinion of the judges. The pre sent Earl Brownlow may certainly be considered an extremely lucky man in overthrowing suou a body of legal opinions, and through the voice of a legal minority gaining such enor mous advantages. And now let us take another cause etlibre. It shall have a stroke of luck in it. One day a man was loungiDg about in the grounds of Ashton Hall, the fine old seat of the Smythes. He knew the place well. A near relative of his had been housekeeper there for years. He had made it his business to oollect all the in formation he could respecting the family. The estates attached to the family were very great, producing a rent-roll estimated not far from thirty thousand a year. The lord of these large possessions, in a broken and un certain state, was ill at the Hall. The day on which this man was prowling about the grounds was destined to be the baronet's last day on earth. The following morning he was found dead in his bed. That this man was in the grounds that day there is no doubt: the fact ia proved and ia uncontested. A remark able sort of man, quite middle-aged, with great precision of dress and manner, sallow, Fron-grey, dressed in black; one who described himself aa a schoolmaster and lecturer, aud who looked the character. This was stated that this eventful evening he sought and ob tained an Interview with the baronet; that he annonnced himself as his nephew, the son of nis eldest brother ly a previous marriage, ine rightful heir of the title and estates which he had so long improperly enioyed. The old man was thrown into such a dreadful state of perturbation that the visitor added, that his object was to establish his right for his family, and not to disturb him in possession. The baronet waa unable to resist the proofs of rela UonBhip, and acknowledged his nephew, glv- ur mm a nity-pound note, aud promising to make an arrangement. The. shock, however. was too much for him, and he died next Ureat doubt waa thrown upon the statement Whether this man, who called himself Sir Bluhard Hugh Bmythe, and whom his enemies called John Provis, ever had this fatal inter view with the baronet. However that mar ha at his death the estates passed to his daughter Ylorenoe and her issue. The claimant, how ever, by no means lost sight of his case, lie ollected a great deal of oral testimony, not lergetUng Bible, pictures, seals, rings, certifi cates almlated to sustain his oause. He was P00 &an, and had no means of pushing his ? i i wjera were found who looked f?!r.t7.on hl 4 wei willing to wj money on it. Spine mention M THE DAILY E made of a bond of twenty thousand pounds and it was Stated that, for every pound a l vanced, there was an annuity to be paid. Tan case eventually came on for trial at Gloucester, before Mr. Justioe Coleridge and a ipooial jury. Mr. Bovlll, the present Lord Chief Jus tioe, in the absence of his seniors. Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Keating, conducted the plaintiffs case, and Sir Frederick Thesiger led an army of five counsel for the defendant. The claim was that be waa the son of Sir Hugh Smyths, who married Jane, the only daughter of Count Vandenbergh, by Jane, daughter of Major Uoodkin of Court Maosherry. Hit Hugh Bmythe gave hta evldenoe with the utmost coolness. While his own counsel waB examining him, there waa nothing to check the easy flow of autobiographlo narra tive. He recounted his earliest impressions: bow, while under the carpenter's roof of the name of l'rovis, he was treated like a little lord in the village; how ladies of the highest rank visited him; and how the Marchioness of liath, when he was only thirteen, gave him ilfteen hundred pounds whloh had belonged to his mother, and various documents necessary to establish his birth. He said that his re puted father, John Provis, of Warminster, a carpenter, gave him a Bible, some jewelry belonging to his mother, his father's portrait, and a brooch marked "Jane Ooodkin." It waa also stated that he was for some time at Win chester School. He gave an account how he had been a lecturer on educational subjects, in this country and abroad, and then turned lec turer on oratory, and actually lectured before the Queen at Buckingham Palaoe. The truth of this statement was left untested. When, however, the witness got into the hands of Sir Frederick Thesiger, there ensued one of the most memoarble and searching cross-examinations known in forensic history. In the first place, the educational lecturer altogether broke down in his spelling. Asked to spell "vicissitudes," he spelt it "visBicitudes;" and when there was a laugh, he said he could give authority for such spell ing in the dictionaries. Asked to spell "scru tiny," he spelt it "screwteny," and insisted to the judge that many persons spelt it that way. He spelt "whom" "whoine," and "set BBide," "sett asside." In his speaking he had the curious habit of thus doubling his conso nants; and one of his signatures impugned as a forgery waa "Dobbson," instead of "Dob son." This falee spelling constantly appeared in the documents, and so impugned their authenticity. He got very restless as Sir Frederick's cross-examination increased in seveiity. He declared he would say nothing except in answer to a question. He used some insulting expression to counsel. At one time he sat down terrified and exhausted by the paocef s of cross-exomination. An anonymous letter was pent to the judge, which he pro duced, urging that he ought not to be un fairly pressed. At G o'olock in the evening the cross-examination was suspended till the following morning. The next morning a telegraphic despatch reached Sir Frederick Thesiger from town. This was a signal instance of the advantages of publicity in trials and of the facilities af forded by the electrio telpgraph. It was Baid that the electrio wires hanged John Tawell, and they were almost equally fatal to the cause of the pseudo baronet. A jeweller in Oxford street sent word that he could give some im portant information. Messages were inter changed, and Sir Frederick was requested to ask him whether he had not directed the name of Goodkin to be engraved on the brooch. He now complefely broke down under examina tion. He turned very pale, and asked per mission to leave the court to recruit himself. Had he done this he' might have escaped, and have avoided his coming doom. At last, Sir Frederick put the terrible question whether he had not been in jail tor horse-stealing during some period of eighteen months, of which he had given a very different account f Then Sir Frederick, taking up the tele graphio message, amid breathless silence, asked him whether he had not directed the name of Goodkin to be engraved on the brooch by a jeweller in Oxford street, a short time before? The witness acknowledged that he had. There was the utmost sensation at this avowal. Of course there waa an end of the case. There were many more witnesses about a hundred and thirty, including both sides to be examined, bat this utter latlure of the principal witness settled the case. The connBel for the tlaintiff threw ud their briefs. The unhappy man was Immediately ordered . into custody uy the juage ior winui ana cor rupt nerinrv. and was received by a javelin man in a neitrhborine apartment. It was stated that there were aooui eigmy wu.uoen in attendance to disprove every alleged fact in bis case; and the Bmytue tamuy spent some six thousand pounds in over throwing this monstrous claim. He was afterwards tried at uioucesier tor forgery, and sentenced to twenty years' trans portation. So heavy were the stakes for which he naa piayeu uu am wnuuo the one hand and transportation on the other. The whole history of this wonderful fabrio of deception came out on the criminal trial. The one strange fact was that he certainly had received some eduoation at Winchester College. Otherwise there never was a clearer case of imposture, without even the slenderest basis for the huge superstructure of deceit. His own sister identified him as the plain workman's son. There never had been the least doubt about his name, though he bad turned lecturer and assumed another. His career was traced step by step. It was shown that he was a man of bad character, with a large intermixture of the fool, and at one time had been under sentence of death for horse-stealing. llaiigiug-lliiskcts. From Hearth and Home. Hanging-baskets are within the reach of all, and the more simple their structure the more graceful their effect. We have seen one made of a coooanut shell, with the upper sec tion neatly sawed off and scarlet oords attached, planted with moneywort. Its trailing stems, extending half way down the window, filled with its bright, golden blossoms (whenoe its name), might have graoed a Fifth aveuue drawing-room, so exquisite were its propor tionsso bright its coloring. For larger baskets buy at the wooden-ware shops a wooden bowl, twelve to sixteen inches in dia meter. Bore three holes at regular distanoea for the cords to support it. Then ornament with rosettes made of halves of the ooffee bean not roasted, kernels of rice, and small black soup-beans. Any girl of common inge nuity can make a pretty one with these mate rials. Attach them to the bowl with common glue dissolved in water or whisky; If dissolved in the latter, it does not set or harden until used. When it has dried, varnish with blaok varnish, which is readily prooured. at little ex pense, at any paiut shop or carriage manu factory. When this Is dry, ornament round the edge with allspice berries strung on wire. Now attach the oords, and yon have as hand some a basket as the shops can furnish, and the expense is very small. A wooden bowl can be ornamented with the scales of the large pine cones. Each scale can be nailed on with upholsterers' tacks, first boring the holes, and, after the bowl is cov ered, varnishing with brown varnish. Even the Tsrnlgh can be made at home if one s jSG TKLEGRAPH -rlllLADELPHlA, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, lSGO chooses. Buy two or tbreA nuoss of asphal- i turn, and dissolve it In turpentine or kero sene, making it l!gbVar or darker, as one de sires, by adding ',oor or less of the asphal turn. Lovely vu'stto baskets are made of stioks of the oak or maple tree, choosing those of equal Vue, say the bigness of a man's thumb, cuYting them of equal lengths, eight, ten, or twelve inches, aooordlng to the size of basket desired. The basket Is built up like a log bouse, or interlace your fingers, and you will readily see the design. A heated wire ia thrust through each end of each stick, then the wire is bent into a loop which holds the cord at the top. A wooden bottom is made, and nailed on to the bottom of the stink. The interstices are filled with moss, and the effect is charming. Any boy of twelve years could easily make such a basket. We once saw over fifty snoh baskets hanging in an orchidaceous house, and the effect was beau tiful. They were filled with a very large as sortment of vines, all growing most luxuri antly, and, we believe, they could not be sur passed for eleganoe. Many articles about the house can be used as hanging-baskets. Pretty bntter-dlab.es or sugar-bowls can be made useful for this pur pose, by twisting a black or white large bon net wire firmly round their edges, then attaching curtain-cords to this. Even worn out fly-covers may be applied to this use, first lining them with moss, or cartridge-paper, if moss is not easily obtainable, and filling with soil. We saw one, the other day; in whioh the variegated and the bright green Trades oantia grew luxuriantly, and made a humble cottage-window a picture of beauty and grace. Aa we have now suggested a variety of forms which can be used as hanging-baskets, we will add a list of such plants aa will best repay the cultivator, and the soil which should be used tor their growth. The German ivy is of the easiest culture, if watered daily (for it loves water, and must have it freely to thrive well); it will grow luxuriantly, and often, even in January, measure its daily growth by inches. The soil should not be too rich; if it is, the leaves are developed too far apart for beauty. What we gain in rapid growth, we lose In grace and loveliness, for the smaller the leaves and the nearer together, the hand somer the vine: adding a good proportion of eana (scouring-sana will do nicely) will eiieot tms. This ivy puts lorth tiny, yellow, downy balls in clusters, but we have only seen it once in blossom, although we havo cultivated it for years. Some say that if it is deprived of water during De cember, it will bloom, but we know not what conditions are requisite. Ours would wilt Its life away were it thus punished. English ivy and poet's ivy (so called because it is brought from Melrose Abbey, and is said to have been planted there by Sir Walter Scott) are both easy of culture; but a vine must be two or three years eld before it makes much show. Moneywort is obtainable by all; it grows in most gardens like a weed, and no one would refuse a root of it to the asker. It requires sandy soil and frequent waterings, then its leaves are small and closely set, and the effect is lovely. As we write we look at one growing in a butterdish, made to simulate a green cabbage; its bright leaves fall all around it, and a fringe of scarlet and orange berries from the bitter-sweet vine enhances its beauty. It is a joy forever, and during these dark, sun less, wintry days, words fail to tell what it is to ns. Tradescantla, both variegated and green, grows most readily a little cutting becomes, before many weeks, a trailing vine of great beauty. While you sleep it grows, aud little is the care it asks of you alter you have first carefully embedded it in a loamy soil. Lobe lias of all hues, Seduins, Vinoas, and many other species of vines, grow very readily, and many of them blossom beautifully. The Tom Thumb Tropccdum, though rather a large plant for hanging-baskets, will, in a very poor soil, grow well and blossom freely. There are many very desirable vines and plants to be had a the greenhouses for money, but we write this article especially for those who, having but little of it, desire to cultivate some plants that will enliven the home circle, refine the feelings, and soiten the heart. Neclmnlcnl Photographic Printing. Photographic printing by mechanical ageLcy Is the latest novelty in ungianu. me u luuou papers describe the iuveution, which was pub licly exhibited last month. Tue Star ays: "Unlike the ureseut rue' hod of producing a pho- toprupbic Impression irom a negative, m wiiieli the darkening power or sans or Biiver, uc, under the action of liehf. is the medium used, impressions eo resembling those obtained as to be ledUtinguiebable lroui tbem are by the Woodburv nrocesg obtained by purely mechani cal means in a printing pres. Tbe fact of beiua able to produce impressions resembling photographs in their beautiful gradations of lone, without any necessity ior nnoi, una tue oreat mulilolviae power eiven by the process. enable an Immense number of Impressioas to be produced in a remarkably snort space ol time. The operation is as ioiiows: "A tbin film of gelatine, containing bichro mate of ammonia, is placed under an ordinary negative, and exposed to light. The effect upon the gelatine is to render it insoluble wherever acted on by tue light. Tbe wbole Is placed m warm water, and the parts ot the film where the light lias net acted, iu consequence of the par tial opacity of the negative, are soon dissolved away, leaving a mould of various thicknesses. This when dry is placed between two steel plates in contact wmi a sheet or lead hardened with antimony, aud subjected to a hydraulic pressure of Irom forty to two hundred tons, according to the size of the plate, which causes the gelatine relief to Impress all its details into the metal, aud, btranuo as it may ui-eui, too operation may be repeated with tbe identical gelatine lor, say, lorty or fifty times, wltbout its pustaiuing the blightest injury, and each im pression upon the metal being as sharp and perlect as the first. Ihe metal plate is then ready tor the pies, whence pictures can be struck off purely mechanically. "Were this intaglio i late used In the same manner as a wooden block, and coveicd with the ordinary printing ink, the result would be certain masses ot black and white, but no bah tones whatever. Therefore, to obtain a print from this plate that shall have all the gradation i from black to white, as appear in a photogrMpb, it is necessary to revert to anotbPr modu ot taking the Impression. This is done by 'casting' from the metal mould a small quantity of col jr mixed with water aud gelatine U poured upon it, a fcbett ol paper placed theteoo. A perfectly true surface being npw brought to bear, all ftupertluous iuk is squeezed out at the edge, and when the gelatine conla ned in ttie iuk has bad time to set, the paper is lilted off, taking with it the cast or print of the mould. The piints sub sequently aro passed through a 'fixing ba'li,' whic h renders the material perfectly insoluble by a process analogous to tanning. "Among the advantHgcs said to bo po3esscl by this process over all others are the pietuiea can be produced In any shade ol any color, and every copy of the same mould chnll correspond in tone; they are perfectly permanent, and, lu addition, can be produced in any quantity with great speed and ecouomy. The process is cer tainly very interesting, and calculated to pro duce quite a revolution in the copying of photo praphf. The whole tystem is to be seen any day in opciatlon at the works at Brompton." Taglioni's new ballet, "Sardanapalas," ia being prepared for the stage with great mag nificence at Dresden. The Viennese soene painter, Briosohi, has been engaged to paint the decorations for 25,000 florins (10,000). Jeff. Davis and his family are passing the winter In the south of France. He is said to Is In bad health. INSURANCE COMPANIES, j UNION MUTUAL INSURANCE COMrANY OF PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1801, Fire, Marine ana IuM Insurance. OFFICE, N. E. Corner TH1KD and WALNUT Sts,, EXCHANGE BUILDING. Tbe following Statement of the affairs of the Company ia publlHhed In conformity with provision of Its charter: Marine premiums 'written to Jan. 1. ltWD JIOO.108'10 Do. not. earned Jan. 1. 1808 60,710 13 tloti.UHiW Fire nremlnms writ Im anma period 130.413 32 Fire pie ml hum not earned Jan. 1.1S08 37.387 41 73,800 -76 , , , T , , 2W.711-U5 Marine rinks $U7,atl K3 Fire rinks Zl,'iD ii Amount received from in terest on investments aud salvages 17.G0G-77 8lG2,2y3-03 UUMOCB, fAJICUHUB, CIO., BMUiO periOOJ Marine losses Jil l 104 82 Fire louse 1 5. 1 55 iO Kenta and ealarlea 11,452 57 KeinHuranoea and commis sions 14,774 60 United 8iatfs taxes 2,513-4!) Deductions In lieu of scrtD... 0 750 95 101,751-93 Assets of the Company Jan. 1, 1S09. Jionds. Utate of Pennsylvania, coupon 6 per cent . sinoonnn City of Pulladelpul, 6 per cent 15.0UO 0U tuiuuou huu Aiuuuy rv.xt.,o per cent. 1H9 - 11,200-00 Camden, and Am boy It. 11., 6 per cent, 18h3 3.5J0 00 Camden ai.d Amboy 14. H., 0 per cent. 1875 : 17,000 00 Pennsylvania It. It,, 2d mortgage, 0 per cent 10,000 00 uesHpeuue uuu jjuiaware ianai, o per cent 14,01000 Pennaylvanla K. H., 1st mortgage, 0 per cent i,(HX) 00 Bcbuylhill Navigation Company, 6 per cent 10.000 00 Philadelphia aud Krle 11. K,, 0 per cent 10,000-00 Wyoming Valley Canal. 8 per cent 11,000 00 Pittsburg Water Loun, 7 per cent 7,000 00 North Pennsylvania It. K., 0 per cent 10,000 00 North Pennsylvania H. 11., 7 per cent 3,50000 Lehigh Valley it. li., 6 per cent. 5,000-00 kharrs. H,0 Mttle Schuylkill Railroad 6,000 00 138 Pennsylvania Railroad 6,000 00 100 North Pennsylvania Railroad 5,000 00 48 Delaware Railroad I,2d0 00 106 Wyoming Valley Canal 5,300'00 68 Philadelphia Bank .. 6,800 00 88 Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank... a,mo O0 88 Delaware Mutual Insurance Co... 2,200-00 lbO Phoenix Insurance Company 1,000 00 4 American West India Steamship Company 40000 20 Philadelphia and Southern Mall H. 8. Company 5,000 00 1114 Union Mutual Insurance Co 28,210 00 Par value 8215,250-00 Cost 8194,859 B9 Bills receivable for premiums 22,507-21 bun dry accounts due for premiums.. 15 7(is-i2 Cash in hanks 82,019 11 Cafehin drawer 119-34 22, 138-45 8255,273 47 DIRECTORS. Richard B. Smith, Francis Tete, A. K. liorie. John 11. Irwin, N. A, Smith, William C. Kent, Henry Lewis, J. C. Steiner, Kdward L. Clark, George Lewis, H. F. Robinson, Samuel C. Cook, William S. Balrd. S. Deibert, Hoi. Townsend, K, Lavergne, J. H. Perot, John Moss, Lemuel Collin, C. II. Cuuiuilugs, J. H. Tllge. W. D. Wlnsor, James L. Bewiey, KICHARD S. SMITH, President. " JOHJi MOSS, Secretary. 1 12 m DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSUR ANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1825. Office B. E. corner of THIRD and WALNUT Streets, Philadelphia. MA1UNK IHSUKANCK3 On Vessels, Cargo, and Freight to all parts of the world. INLAND INSURANCES On goods by river, canal, lake and land carriage to all parts of the Union. F1HB INSURANCES On Merchandleegenerally; on Stores, Dwellings, Houses, etc. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY, November 1. 18U8. 8200,000 United States Five Per Cent. Loan, 10- 40s 8208.500.00 120,000 United Stales Six Per Cent. Loan, 1881 138,800 00 50,000 United States Six Per Cent. Loan (lor Paciflo R). 50,000 00 200,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent. Loan 211,375 00 125,000 City of l'hlla. Stx Percent. Loan (exempt from tax). 128,591 00 C0.000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent. Loan 61,500 00 29,000 Penn. Rail. First Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonus 20,200 00 25,000 Penn. R. Second Mortgage Six Per Cent, Bonds 24.000 00 25,000 Western Penn. R. Mort. Six Per Cent. Bonds, (P. R. R. guarantee) 20,02-3 00 30,000 Btate of Tennessee Five Per Cent. Loan 21,000 00 7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per ' Cent. Loan 5,031 25 Ifj.OCO Uerruantown tias Co., prin cipal and Interest guaran teed by City of Phllaa'a, 300 shares Stock 15,000 00 10,000 Penn'a Railroad Company, 200snares,Stock 11,300 00 5,000 North Penn'a Railroad Co., 100 shares Stock 3,500 00 20,000 Phlla. and Southern Mall Slearn.Co.,80shares Block 15,000 00 207,900 Loans on Bond and Mori- 5age, first liens on City ropertles 207,000 00 l,10.t00 Par. Market value, 81.130.325-25 Real Estate Sfl.OOO 00 Bills receivable for insurance made 322,480 94 Balances due at agencies, premiums on marine policies, accrued inter est, and other debts due the com pany . 40,178 88 Slock and hcrlp of sundry corpora tions, 8'll.ri0. Estimated value 1,81300 Tash lu bank 8110 150 08 Cash ID drawer M Jl.617.3H7 -80 DIRECTORS, Thomas O. Hand, Edmund A. Bonder. jonn u. jjavis, Jarnrt C. Hand, Theopbllus Paulding, Joseph 11. Seal, Hugh Craig, John R. Penrose, Jacob P. Jones, James Traqualr, Kdward Darlington, li. Jonra Brooke, James B. McFarland, Kdward Lafouroade, Samuel K. Stokes, Henry Sloan, Wllltam O. Ludwlg, Ueorge U. Lei per, Henry C. Dallelt, Jr,, John D. Taylor, Ueorge W. Bernadou, William a Boulton, Jacob Rlegel, H pence r Mollvaine, D. T. Morgan.Plttaburg John B. Bemple. " A. B. Bereer. Joshua P. Kyre, T HOMASO, hand, resident. JOHN O. DAVIS. Vioej.PrBHl.lwnL HENRY LYLBURN. Secretary. UUIY BALL, Aaiulant 0&oroUry, 10 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST COMPANY OF 'PHILADELPHIA. Office, Ko. Ill South FOUKT1I Street. Philadelphia, First Month 1,1809. Tb following statement of the tiwetfl and bnnlDAM Ot itil- CoiuWkoy la pubilnheil la coniwllDoe wlm the Oprernl i nsnrnnce Lw ol in tHaio of F uusyl vnl. AnihoilKed Clll lully pnld Iti $i0,Oo OJ but lu Cpltl. ........ . 84, 1 1 , . J1H41M AIM. lYfteiU Villux f40CM C0 Mortgages first liens on city pro- ' perty (10 nvs no 6.POO-00 U round lU'ilta.. . 6 rviiijii )5.i o 00 United bines per ceut, bonus, S-'zm.n 775 .... 65 6umx) do. do. io, lsn.. el oio 00 SO.mOOO do, do. do. cur rency iniereBi loan..- ... , 80.00000 1,600 00 United Biaies 6 percent, currency 10-4UH 1,70900 9.MO P0 City 01 rniiBOeipliiad per cent, loau 9,6mriK) ft.ooo'M Junctlou i'allioau 0 per cunt. bonds... 4 5o00O 2,100 W tuio of "en UHjlvanla e per cant, tioudB S. 2,600 00 6,000 00 LeliiKU Mavlimilou Company IS per cent. IjondB B.ninoo 28.171-0O m Blmrtrn Central National Untile... 2s 1. 8.) W f7 8(1 Hi art s Bunk of the Kepubllo 8 0X 00 5H':f-ul loosliaies Lt-hUli Valley Kallroail... 6,4nu OO 2,"7b w 2a bares Flilfllliy Kale l'eposli Co... 2 776 00 mf.cit m uwni uu uuiiairrai recuruy 3it iVQ &i 'HAM 00 biindry securities deposited with us ' ur ut,1''c".n of Interest......... 11.418 01 38 fOS'M Casli on liand &l W(( 51 102,to4 IK Premium notes secutud by loans on ' Policies K12 urn (i,i Ofllce Flxtnre fl.noo-oo t ain In hands ot A lent 4 vol W Value of Deterred Pre miums tor tUe current year 8fl,6G8'0l Sj,l(U2(j Br8INF.8 OF TITE COMPANY FOR 188S f'71.673-83 Premiums, Including A iinullies...2ri,lli7 Ol Interest on Premium Fund 14.005 77 lull-rest on Annuity Fund 1.6(i'30 228,5011-09 . 7.572'53 802 0HI'63 Cssli In bands of Agents and De ltr.td l'rtuilurus.... Leas Agents' Commissions . 2),6'J1'02 Interest on olher Investments 276.48761 48 320 :w Policies Issued in lttus, 1001 insuring 8,205 1J7 ot) Policies outstanding 12 mo. 81, lwa, 2014 In suring. ........ .. 6r01!l,0!7'00 Amount of Annuities sold in J88 l,!i22 US Toial amount of Annuities sold lu lbfia 12,747 n IX Bses by death, numbering soveu 22.UO0 00 Total amount ot deaths from the origin of the Company 48.500-00 Expenses lor 1868 82.7193 Liabilities lo Depositors aud Trusts 4u,078 3d . . BAMUBL R. SHIPLEY, President. WILLIAM C. LOINWWTKKTli, Vice-President. Famuel K. Shipley, Phlia.iKlchard Cadbury, Phlla, JU"UU U 1 1 Ul, JlCUIjr llMlim, Hicham Wood, " T. Wistar Brown, W, Backer. I Wm. C. LontcHtreth. Charles F. Colllu, .Richmond, lud. 1 13 121 .-CHARTER PERPETUAL. Franklin Fire Insurance Co. OFFICE; PiOB. 35 and 437 Ull&XUT STiyjLi. A6SETS OH JAJMCAHT 1, 180B. ?,003.740'00. iKrZ"?XZV,'Z?'?: ...m........$4,00O'O4i AtCkUJCJ) tiO&JPLOS -Utf.BUu.aa t7H3JTTLKD CLAJJUB, LNCOaLU FOR lo7 IASCIM AI SISCE Igjftf uVJUt 000,000. Perpetual una Temporary Policies on JUbexj Ttroi, DIRECTORS. ' Charles N. Bancker, Alfred Filler, Baiuuel O.aiit. Thomas Hparks, William 6. uraut, ' Alfred a. Raker, Thomas 6. Jtiilnl George W RlabMO, Isaac Iitm. George Fales CHARLJM N. KA-NUKftR. p.m.i . T AOiwi FALKb, Vice-President. JAB. W. MoAialtiTKR, beoretary pro tern, ICxcept at Lexington, Kentuokj. ihJa (Joinuany 1 k 1 Bo Agencies West of Putaourg, jiy A S D U R Y LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. , MfiW YORK. LEMTJKL BANGS, President. ULO. lCLLlovr, Vice-President and Seo, JCidORYMcCLLSiOUit, Actuary, The Asbnry Company issues Policies In all theforms In present use, on me most liberal terms lu respeci u rates, division of prima, restrictions on occupation and travel, cumpatini. wllu salely; loans one-tnird of premiums, when deirea aud mttk,es all policies aoao luieiy non-forlellable, 0 uu- Commenclng business only In April last, it has been received with so lubcta lvor tuat its assuranca already amount to ovwjl.uuo.000, and Bre rapidly in. creasing day by day. " ,u , PENNSYLVANIA AGENCY, JAMta M. LONUACR.K, Mauager. Ko. nu-j WALNUT btreet, Philadelphia, Local Board of Reference in Philadelphia: 1 linniftu ip ri ' i .. 1. w 1 . i.r.. . . . Jau.es R Lonvacre, Arthur 01. Collin, John M. Marls, William Divine, " .nnaoi, r, inuiiu wain, Jutiu 11. Mccreary; J. R. Llppincoit, James Long, James U 11 titer, 10 24Bm8m jonn a. Wright, Charles Spencer. xx, vvorue, PI1CEMX INSURANCE PR 1LADKLPH I A. COMPANY OF INCORPORATED 1804 CHARTFR FERPRTfT 4 r No. 1124 W ALN BT Btreet. opposite the xebanee This Company insures irom joss or damage by on liberal terms, on bnlldings, merohand s fnrnlture etc, lor limited periods, aud permanently on bulldl iLtiS by Uepotlt or premium 1. Tbe C mpany has been In active operation for mnm tuanblXTY YJtAitH. during which all losses hava been promptly adjusted aud pail, iji KtLCTOR. John L.Hodge, .David Lewis, a. a. juannny, John 1. Lewis, William U. Urant, Robert W. Learning, D. Clark Whaiton, Benjamin latin. Thomas 11 . Powers. A. li. irclienry, ' Admuud Castlllon. bamuel Wilcox, Lawrence Lewis, Jr. 1 I1" '""urns. JOHN R. W I1CH ICRSIW I'ranMom Bamukl Wilcox, becretary. t to TMSUBANCE COMPASY NORTE AMERICA, No. 232 WALNUT STREET, PHILADA. INCORPORATED 1794, CHARTER PERPET0Ai Murine, lulttud, aud Ire Iiitiiiraiico, ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1868, - $2,001,2o6-72". $20,000,000 LoaBos l'aid in Caa Win iti Organisation n in v.. fi OBS. Arthur O. Coffin, Ueorge L. Harrison, bamuel W. Jones, Jo tin A. Brown, Charles Taylor, Ambrose white, William Welsh, Bluhard D. Wood, b. Morris Wain, l.ihn XfKMJin. Francis R. CoDe. Koward 11, Trotter, Kdward b. Olarite, T. Charlton Henry, Alfred D. Jessuu, John P. White, Louis U. Madeira, W 1 .DnUITU fx m . . 1 Chablm Piat, rlecretary. WILLIAM BUitULk R, Harrlsburg, Pa-, Centra Agent for tbe Hta U) of Pennsylvania. IV4 QTRIOTLY MUTUAL. PROVIDENT LIFE"1nD TRUST CO. OF PU1LADULPH1A. OFFICE. No. Ill H. FOUKIIi STREW, Orsauiattd 10 promote lAMU xJNoUitANCjbi BJUons members ot the bOOIKTY OF FRIENDS. Good rises of auy class accepted. Policies Usuod npou approved piaut, at the lowasi rales. President, B AMU XL R. BHIPLKY. VIoe-FresWent, WtLLiAM O. XaHTRri. Actuary, ROWLAND PARRY, The advantages ottered by this uompafty are excelled. till pimuiLiuLE ihDBACCoarAinf LONDON. FATAKLISUEO 1803, rald-np Capital and Aocnmalated FnddA, C0,O O 0,0 OO IN GOLD. rBVOST A HXB11INO Areata, 11 tm. Jto. XC7 Boutb TBl&D Btieet. tbOM, INSURANCE COMPANIES, UNITED SECURITY II FE INS U ItA. NOB AND TBI'S! COMPANY, f or PEN NSYLVANIA, OFFICE: 8. Corner FIFTH and CUESJiUT Sls.t PHILADB.LPH IA, CAPITAL, - S 1 ,000,000 DIRKOTORS. PBILADELPHIA. GFOP.OF. H. STUART, OK.ORUB W. CHILLtt, WM. A. FORTLR, T. A. KRKXKL, WM. V. McKKANi THOMAB W. H.VANS, B. H. HORBTMANIf, JOHKPH PATI KRHOW. WM. C. HOUSTON, H. J. HOLM1. HKNRY JK. ROOD. MKW VOUK. JAMF.SM. MORRTaON, President Manhattan B ink JObilH STUART, ol J. J. btuart St Co., Baukors. BOSTON. HON. K. B. TOBJEY. lato President Board or Trade, CINCINNATI, A. E. CHAMBKRLAIN. of Chamberlain & Co. CU1CAOO. L. 7.. I.KTTER. of Field, Lellor A Co. C. M..BM1T11, 01 Oeo. C Kmith A Brothers, Bankers, LOU1HV1LLU, KV, WILLIAM GARVIN, of Oarvlu, Bell A Co. , ST. IX) II IS. JAMES E. YEATMAN, Cashier Merchants National Bank. NEW HAMPNKIBB. HON. J. W PATTLRboa, U. a. Senator. BALTlMOKtt. WILLIAM FREBCOTT SMITH, Bnperlnlpndent Coiisoildaled Railway Line, New York to Washington. w P. M. blioKMAKER, of Adams & Co.'s Express. CHRISTIAN AX, of U. W. Uall A Ax. HUMIH T. RliO, President Central Baylnra Bank. GEORGE H. STUART, President. O F. BETTd, Secretary. J. L. LUDLOW, Consulting Physician. R. M. GIRVIS, M. B .r.., , Job F KOERPLR, M. p.,) Medical Examiners. C. STUART PATTERSON, ln.Dl RICHARD LLLLOW, 'jCounsel. This Company issues Policies of Lite Insurance npon all the various plans that have been proved by the experience of European and American Com panies to be safe, sound, and reliable, at rates as LOW AND UPON TEKM3 AS FAVORABLE AH THOSE OF ANY COMPANY OF iXJUAL bTA BIL1TY. All policies are non-forfeS ble after tbe payment Of two or moie annnal premiums. 11 13 lmw3mrp 1BE 1NSUKACE EXCLUSIVELY THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRH INSURANCE COM PANY incorporated lb26 Charier Per pern a I No fiiU WALK UT Street, opposite Independence Square This Company, favorably known to the community for over tony years, oontlnnes to Insure against loot or damage by fire on Psbllo or Private Bulldlnits. rlilier permanently or for limited time. Also on Furniture Stocks of Goods, and Merchandise cena. rally, on liberal terms, , a-w Their Capital, together with a large Bnrplns Fund Is Invested In the most carelul manner, wulch enables them to offer to the Insured an undoubted security la tnecaseoxiosa, wsMa. Daniel Bmltb, Jr., I John Deverenx; Alexander Benson, I T homas bmlth, IhaacilaclehurBt, I Henry Lewis, Xnornae Robins. I J. uiilingharu Felli Daniel Haddock, Jr. DANIEL smith! Jiu.presldent.' WM. 8. CBOWELL. Secretary. ' ' m CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, ETC. QOATINC3! COATINGS! JAMES & L E C , HO. 11 KOBTH SECOND STBEET, Siyn of the Golden Lamb, ABE NOW BECEITINS HEW STYLES OF FALL &SD WLNTER TO WHICH THEY INVITE THE ATTEN TION OF TUB TBADE AND OTHERS, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 8Wia DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC. JOBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., N.. Corner or FOEETH and BACK Sts., PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURED 8 OF White Lead end Colored Faints, Futtj Yarulslies, Etc AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED FKEKC1I ZLXC FALMS. DEALERS AND CONSUMERS SUPPLIED AX LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH. HII ENGINE8, MACHINERY, ETC, 4f$fS PEKN S1EAM ENGINE AND mmV,mn BU1LM.H WORKS. NEAF1E LEVY L.V.VAA THKORETlCAi. KHiilSvuji K?titLLilHlbU, BOlLER-MARliaiS ,ST AOlt. bMlTHB, and FOUNDHR6, having tor nianV iaM been Hi suoeeMful petauon, aud been eiclmivi. engaged in building and repairing Marine and Rlva Engines, high aud low-prewure, Iron Boilers, WawJ Tanas, Projieliers. etc. etc, respectfully otter ihili servloe. to the public as being tully prepared 10 con. Uatt for engines or all else, Marine, River, and Stationary having sen of patterns of different .iJii bj e prepued Mi exouute orders wlUi qtuuk de.D.17 Ivvi-ry description 01 pattern-making made iltl shortest nollce. High aud Low-presiure Vini Tubuiar and Cylinder Boilers, ol the best Pennsui! n! charcoal lion. Forglugs of all slaen and kinrt. Iron aud B.-aas Caiitiugs of all descriptions. Sr.l T.n.1f)K- rew CultlDg, and another workoonneoit with the above bualueta. ooisa Drawings and speclUcatlons for all work dona thesutbllshiuent free ol charge, aud work guara! The subscribers have ample wharf-dock room repairs of boats, where they can He lo perfect sar.. and are provided wlib shears, bloclui, fain, euT.l' lur rauuKg heavy or Ihihl weighu., , JACOB O. NtAFUSj JOHN P. HI BEACH aud PALMAJtstfeet.. ,. VAtieusT wu,n n,? I.g WAblilNfaXON Streets. ' I'Uii.Aoii.LPinA, , MfcRRiCK. dt SOriB, ' iBNGIN b&HH AND MACHIIfT8. maiictaciure High and Low Pressure brm EuslnM lor Lnd, Klvtr, and Marine Service. 1 " Pollers, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boats, eta Castings ol all kinds, either iron or tiiM. iron rame Roofs tor Cat Work, Wokshops, ant Railroad btalloaa, etc. Retorts and Was Machinery, ot the If est and mod Improved construction. . Every description of Plantation Sachlnery.auwt Bugar, Saw, and tirist Mills, Vacmru Pans, OJ Bieam Trains, Defecators, Filters, fumplug, uJ! alnes.eto. . bole Agents tor N. Blllenx's Pateat Sngar BoUln Apparatus, Neemyth's patent HteamHamraer, aud CHROMO-LITHOGmPHS! pICTUHES FOR IJXUSEflTa A.. S. It OB IN SON, No, 810 CHBSNUT Sftet, Has Jrst rerelved exajnlilte spaweus ot art bUiTABLK FOR HOLIDAY GIFWT T' FINE DRESDEN 'BNAMKUJ" N POBCELAIM in great variety ' SPLENDID PAIMTFIl rHOORAPH. uidudlug a number 01 uhice gems. A SUPERB LINE OF UROMO. A large assortment ot NKW EWRAVINO.Etok r,.Ai8rA.1UCU tI1(LjC MA t Heaaltne patterns. t ,
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