; 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 ,