v TOTOE 11100 AT HOME. Ttw Onee a- W. Whilst theleloof Wight boastB,of the pre HOM of our English Laureate, Another Eng lish Iflland, sixty miles across the Boa, is the xiie home of the poet and patriot, Viotor Jingo. The island of Guernsey is well described by Professor Ansted as a wedge of granite at the entranoe of the Channel; and just where the thin edge of this wedge commences to rise Into ragged cliffa, lies the ptoturesque town of St. l'eter l'ort. Prominent in the southern ubnrb, and on the apex of a proj eating bnttress-Uke hill, whose Bides are oovered with terraced gardens, stands Ilauteville House, the reBidenoe of Victor Hugo. The aspect of the house from the street presents no extra ordinary features; but rather, as M. Leoanu expresses it, has "that cold appearance com mon to Knelinh houses." A light iron railing running round the roof of the house forms a narrow promenade, and from the attios towards the sea project two glass lookout bTwo.' if not more, honaes in Hanteville lay laim to the original title of II mteville , House; but naturally, before the world-wide fame of Ilauteville House par excellence, their claims are insignificant. a prophet is Nowhere IS lue provel v i"v hia own oountry, more fully exemplified than in Guernsey, at least among the arlatocratio sixties and forties of the insular society. It was remarked in my presonoe, by a member of one of the best famil es, and a clergymen, "We dou't think much of Viotor Hugo here;" but among the lower classes he is deservedly popular the poor especially appreciate his generosity, whilst the charitable works of the late Madame Hugo are in the remembrance of all St. Peter Port and its neighborhood. An account of the interior of Hauteville House was published four years ago in the French language, illustrated with some effec tive etchings, and the prooeeds devoted to charitable purposes. On the lirst leaf of the volume now lying before me is in3oribel in autograph, "l'our les pauvres. Victor Hugo." From this volume I have drawn largely in the following pages, inserting only here and there, wherever my own observation enables me to correct omissions or errors. M. Lecanu says, "The house (Ilauteville House) is oelebrated in Guernsey, where it formerly excited great euriosity. Marvellous thing3 were reported of it, exaggerated by the mystery which hovered behind a threshold which at that time elosed to the Gadrnsey world. It was supposed to contain riches, in the way of furniture, worthy of fairy tales: the truth is, tuat the peculiar interest of the house rests in the fact of its being the home of a master-mind, and that the apartments were arranged entirely after the ideas and from the designs of Victor Hugo, who was employed for three years on this me morial of his fantastic taste. There i3 not a room or group which is not a masterpiece; most rare curiosities, oak carvings of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, ancient tapes tries, enamels, porcelains, bric-a-brac, selected with fastidious choice, are found here mixed with Venetian and Florentine elegances. The Interior of the house is a unique work of art, of which the very materials themselves are thtfs d'uucre." The difference bet ween our insular shrink ing from publicity, and the "acute Continental thirst for knowledge of the private affairs of known men," is neatly put by J. B., the author of a clever article in a late Athemcum, thns: "In France, all the men and women who can read, of all degrees, are interested in everything that concerns the intellectual man, even to the manner in which his linen is marked; in Kugland, the vabt mass do not know or care much whether he has a shirt." However, it must be taken for granted that the readers of M. Victor Hugo's new novel have some slight interest in his surroundings at home; for as M. Lecanu goes on to say, "Io describe the house is to make known the man; for, if we transoriba the devices and inscriptions which the poet has traced here and there upon the walls and furniture, which are so many unpublished lines of Victor Hugo; if we sui prise him in the intimacy of his private life, does it not seem as if he made himself known to us ? In ancient times people had a natural pride in hanging on the walls of their dwellings their trophies of victory, and the arms of their anoestors, in such a way that they could not but see these great ex amples; they lived in the midst of them. Victor Hugo has scattered about his house those maxims which he has epitomized from the experience and trials of his life. "On entering Hauteville House one is im mediately struck by the arrangement of the vestibule. Immediately before you is a sort o! edifice, supported on an oak pillar In the purest Renaissance, forming, as it were, an inner porch, the lintel presenting in deep bas felief the principal dramatic situations in Aofre Dame de J'aris, with an inscription in antique letters, "victor hdoo, hostrk damk de pabis." This frontispiece, as it were, pre sents a deep effeot: it appears as if the roman tic family created by the poet welcomes you into his house, and that one cannot enter the abode of Viotor Hugo except through the gateway of his first work. The bas relief is bordered by a glass window with panes of bossed glass, like those one Bees in the cottages of the Llack Forest. To the right and left are framed in the sculptured oak two bronze medallions by David, of Viotor Hugo and his seooud daughter. The softened light whleh streams through the Bmall casement is wsun a ciaire-obscurc such as Rembrandt would have loved, and adds to the quiet Wlemnity of the entrance." On the right is a door leading to the billiard oom, now shut up temporarily. Over it. nder the figure of the Virgin, is inscribed SLV 108Pitable gating. In front, through the half-gloom, one peroeives a monumental door which leads to the dining-room. In the midst of its elaborate sculpture, on sorolls maxUns2i0WiDg religlUS aDd A1MB ET CEOIS: MANOB, MAIU'UE, JR1B, n vue ouBoumy of the vestibule dining-room, with tu 1 , ulB vestibule, the tag on the garden, and mosauTgU 7a Is" appears light and attractive, tL ? . ' ; u n5 windows ooen- loom being almost entirely oovered with hand- attractive, tne sides of bvuio mvr.iu iuvuu inea, in violet and blue on white ground, representing flowers and plauts in vaseB, with figures of cats, dogs, etof Kx aotly opposite the fireplace is an antique mir ror, surmounted with the figure of a chili sleeping, in copper. On the ceiling is rich Oobelina tapestry with oak framing, whilst along two Bides of the room are solid oak wains cot lug, and massive seats, or rather stalls such as are met with in the old monastic re fectories. On the panelling are three charac terise Dutch paintings, with the titles of their subjects rudely scored over them: IK Fill DC SBIOSBOR. LA FIN DO rSKBTliE, IA FIR DO SOLD AT. alluding to the time when aristocrats, priests, aud soldiers shall cease to exist, and liberty and equality reign. Under the wia- THE DAILY E A dow seats are the following maxims of simple hygiene: LEVER A SIX, DINER A DtX. BOPr-CR A StX, CO DC fl KB A D1X. FAIT VIVBB L'BOMMB DIX FOI8 D1X. r-OFT COBNAM 8TABIS BED PA8HUS MILHB JHEABIB. VALE. Over one window in gilt letters appears homo, over the other dbob, whilst on the cornioe be tween the two is roruMTB. The large chimney-piece, as is the case in all the other apartments of the house, is the chief characteristic of the room. In this case, it is entirely formed of Dutch tiles, eaoh rep resenting some soripture scene, or illustrative of some proverb, arranged so as to form two gigantic H's, one within another, in fact, the monogram of Hauteville House. In the re cess above the cross of the II are two fantastic china figures of elephants, and the whole is surmounted by the figure, in porcelain ware, of the Virgin and Child, on a bracket, with inscription: KOTRB DAME DE HON EBCOl'nS. lCC. whilst on the massive oak oornice on either side is cut in the wood the following quotation from the Chansons des rms et drs bois: LR FKl'FLB EST PETIT, MAIS IL SI'.RA GRAND, DAKSTE8 IMiAS BECK KB, O MERE FKCONDR 1 0 !.! HKKTK BA1NTE AU PAR CONnUKRANT, TV F011TKS l'ekpant uri roiiTu le mondb. On the border of the coiling, again, opposite is: ' TU yUI TUANB1B TKIl DOMOS rEHITCRAS SIS MB MOK DOMOB ATF.RNA! 1 The interior of the doorway is In keeping with the rest of the oak carvings. In four niches left in the canopy above it are as many quaint Chinese porcelain figures, generally Btyled by Marie, the domestio, as the four KvaDgdistH, greatly to the amusement of M. de Kelser, the fidns Achates of Victor Hugo. Uelow in large letters, EXILICM VITA EST. Between the windows is an object of interest that arouses the curiosity of the stranger; it is a tall cathedral stall, across whose arms is fixed a massive iron chain to prevent any one sitting in it. It is an amiable superstition of Victor Hugo that a seat should always be re served for the spirits of his ancestors; and the title is superscribed: CELLA rATRTM DE DEI'PNCTORUM. Underneath the Hugo crest and significant legend: FULVIB ES, CINIS SUM. On either arm of the stall are the names: GEORGE UCviO, lD'JJ. and .loHEPH LEOPOLD BKUSUERT HC'iO, 1628. In the recesses on each side of the fireplaoe are various handsome tazzap, various dishes of Dresden, Japanese, and Sevres ware. One salt-cellar is of value, from its design by a pupil of Cellini's. The taVle is plain but massive, and the floor in French fashion, without carpet. From the vestibule a small passage leads into the terrace looking over the garden. This passage is likewise decorated with curi osities in china plates and Sevres ware, Es pecially noticeable here is a fine service pre sented by CharleB X to Victor Hugo; oa a white ground are represented the various articles of food in gold. From the terrace ilagged with stone, the visitor passes into a luxurious studio with glass sides; which, however, can be effectually shaded by heavy velvet curtains, with couohes ri la J urque. In the studio is a heavy cabinet of Guernsey workmanship. Here also is an inecription: AD AUGUSTA TER AUGUSTA. illustrating, says M. Lecanu, the tendency of the poet towards everything colossal and difficult. The tapestried ante-room, which communi cates with the studio and billiard-room, is the most, complete gem, in my opinion. It is sur rounded with well-preserved Gobelins tapes try, the largest representing a hunting scene, temp. Louis XIV; and a smaller but more elegant piece by the doorway, showing damsels offering roses to a rural deity. Over a well designed doorway is the device of a figure on horseback, and under it HON KOI, 1101 QUI S'EN VA. But the greatest composition is the chimney piece, well described by Leoanu: "Let us imagine a cathedral of carved wood, which, firmly rooted in the flooring, rises in a toweriDg mass to the ceiling, indenting the tapestry above with its highest pinnacles. The doorway is represented by the hearth, and the rose window by a convex mirror placed above the fireplace. The central gable rises in a double entablature, decorated with arcades and fantastic foliage in a deliriously bastard style, in which the rococo blends with Byzantine architecture. Surmounted on this are two towers, supported by buttresses, which most happily repeat the ornamentation of the main body. This crowning piece re minds one of the facades of the guildhalls in Antwerp and Bruges. Here, also, as in the roofs of these old remains of the time of Philip II, some plain figures stand out in rigid simplicity, and give life to the bold in dented lines of the architecture. One figure is that of a bishop, with a gilt crozier; and on two adjacent escutcheons is the proverb: CROBBE DB 1)018, BVEQDB D'OR. CROBRB D'OR, BVECJOE DE HOIK. "Below are two carved figures, represent ing one, St. Paul, with LE L1VRE underneath; the other a monk, and the words LE CIEL. On two plain volutes are inscribed the names of the grea'est benefuctorB of humanity, in chronological order: MOIBE, KOCRATE, CHRIST, COLOME, LOTIJER, WASH HOT0N. and the names of the greatest poets among mankind: JOI), 18A1E, H0ME11E, EfiCUYLE, LCCRECE, DANTE, HH AKBHFK AK, WOLIKHK. "Luxurious Turkish divan couches surround this small room, and on the table are spread magnificent folio ooples of pictures by the best artists, mostly representing characters and scenes from M. Hugo's most popular works. "Reentering the house from the terrace, we ascend to the first lloor by a winding stair cute: the walls, banisters, and staircases are covered with drugget, to prevent the noise of footsteps being heard, aud to deiden any noise; mirrors here and there slightly lighten the otherwise dark passages. A large gallery on the sea-faoe of the home extends the whole length of the building, and is divided into two apartments oonntoted with large folding doors: they are named, from the charaoter of their decorations, rouge and lieu. "A drapery ot crimson Indian damask silk covers the walls of the first, and serves as the framework for some large tapestries In Norwe gton (white) jet, whioh belonged to the bed room of Queen Christina of Sweden when she resided at Fontainebleau; they are valuable, not only on acoount of the design and labor with which the raised gold work is embroi dered, but for their rarity, being probably unique, The subjects are fanciful gold KG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, and silver peacocks and fowls. The chimney-piece, always the chief effort of the deoorator, is gorgeous, as it need be to correspond with the inaguifloent dra peries. Imagine the poop of the Buoentaur when the Doge espouses the Sea. Four statues, gilt with Venetian gilding, support a canopy, beneath which is the hearth. They represent four negroes, whose athletio yet Blender bodies, the size of life, are oovered with light drapery, which opens on the chest, and, fastened on the shoulder, leaves their limbs bare, eaoh in a different attitude, with lamps in their hands." Jnvennm simulacra per un les Lampadas igniferasmanlbusretlneatiadexirlw. Amirror behind them reflects their figures with good effeot. Let into the mantelpiece is the silver-gilt belt of a Wallaohian chieftain, adorned with artificial gems, whilst in front is a delicately worked screen framed in glass, In whioh a small Cupidon is flaid to have been worked by Madame Pompadour herself, whilst the main design was completed by her ladies. A handsome Japanese brazier stands by this, presented by Alexandre Dumas, and a table inlaid with ivory, once the property of Charles II, with suitable chairs, oouches, chaisos-longues, etc., complete the -furniture of this salon, whose windows opon on to a broad balcony with wooden railings. The shutters are all painted in bright colors, in Imitation of Chinese paintings. In the salon bleu are more white jet tapestry and Chinese screen?, and a table inlaid with white metal, temp. Renaissance, which formerly belonged to the Duke of Orleans. The canopy over the chimney-piece Is hung with blue drapery, the pillars that Bupport it and its accessories formerly being the head-piece of a state-bedstead of Francis I. The most Interesting, however, of all the curiosities in these apartments is a small octa gonal writing table; on four sides of the octagon are four inkstands and pens, under neath each inkstand is a small drawer, and a name Is inlaid round each inkstand. The four names are Lamartine, Georges Sand, A. Dumas, Viotor Hugo. In the drawer under each inkstand is an autograph of the author; these inkstands (most ot them of the plainhst description) and pens being originally the property ot each author. a I subjoin copies of the autographs: Chere Madamf : J'al chercue depuls denx Jours nn eacrlor qnl ne m'eut pas ete rionne par quelqne trop ctiere pereonue, et Ja n'al rten trouve qu'un all'reux petit niorcoau de bois qui me sert en voyage. Je le trouve si laid que j'y joins an petit briquet do poitie, saere plus beau, mala qui me sert habtttiellement, et comme c'esi lu co quo vous vonlez, uu mulne votre veraolto est, bleu a oouvert. J'al ete blen henrense de vous voir ot de pou volr, a present, vour dire a vous-meiue que Je vounalme. Soyc-z l'lnterprele de ma urntlUxle et de mon devoumeut aupres de votre illustre compagnon. Georges Sand. A Madame Victor Huso, Hauteville House, Uuernsey. UU'ert par Lauiariiue au maltie le la plume. IjAM A.UTUNK. Je certlfle que ceel est l'enni ier aveo lequel J'al ecrit mes qulaze on vlngt dernlers volumes. AL.BXA.NDKE DUM AS. Paris, 10 Avrll, 1800. Je n'o point cholsl cet. encrler; le fmsard l'a mis sous ma maln.et, le ra'en suls servl pen dant pHWeurs molt; puUqu'ou me le demnnde pour une bonne ccuvre.Je le doune volintlors. Victoh Huoo. Hauteville House, Jain, I860. Talking of fnkstands, there is au aneodote of Victor Hugo, showing how much ink it takes to write a novel such as "Notre Dame de Paris." Victor Hugo commenoed this ro mance on the morning of the 27th of July. 1830; interrupted by the insurrection, the book was not finished until 14th January, 1831; the bottle of ink whioh M. Victor Hugo had bought the first day he began to write was finished also, and on the last line the last drop of Ink was expended. So that at one moment he felt inclined to entitle his novel, "Ce qu'il y a dans une bouteille d'encre." Mentioning this some years after to M. Al phonse Xarr, the latter author obtained his permission to publish under that title a col lection of several novels. The windows of the salon lieu open into a conservatory, where Muscatel aud Hamburg grapea cluster with contrasted colors; this is used as a smoking-room. A small aviary with a fountain occupies one corner. The gallery on the second lloor is entered through a door with two leaves in chiselled cedar with gilt emblazonry, a chef d'leurre dis covered by Victor Hugo. This gallery bears the name of the oak gallery, and is fitted as a state bedroom. Six windows distribute the light over a perfect forest of sculptured oak. It is a question before which curiosity of this museum we should first stop. We look again and again, and when we think that we have seen everything, we perceive that innumer able details have been omitted. The gallery is partially divided by an open soreen, the doorway through which Is flanked by two quaint and twisted columns, round whioh a vine with grapes is carved and gilt; on one column the ground is red, on the other it is black; on the pedestal of the first is inscribed la:titia, on the other, tristitia. Nearly opposite the door is a massive table with three chairs round it, antique, and oovered Avith leather; on the respective backs of them, in brass nails, are the words fater, MATER, FILIUB. "The low, wide chimney-piece is enshrined In the most delicate cabinet work. Over the mantel-shelf is a 'sacrifice of Abraham,' with tiny figures, most exquisitely worked in re lief, framed in oak carving. Four caryatides Bupport a charming pediment, on whioh are represented sylvan dryads, crowned with fruit and flowers, the boditB of these caryatides ter minating in arabesque decorations. "We must give up the task of further de scribing the myriads of biblical, pagan, and other figures, where art unites in picturesque confusion the grotesque with the classical, the clown with the dryad, beneath the patriarchal blessing of Abraham." The cumbrous bedstead, never yet oooupied, stands at the other end of the oak gallery, op posite to the fireplaoe, with its head to the wall and the foot turned towards the centre of the room. The canopy, is supported by four solid pillars, with oak cornioe in panel work of the Renaissance period, and red cloth van dyked hangings. The head of the bed is elaborately sculptured, surmounted by an ebony pedestal on which Btands a small ivory death's head; beneath, the Inscription, NOX, MORS, LCX. The frame and foot of the bedstead is in bas relief, with quaint oak sculpturing of the Mid dle Ages. With its tapestrifld coverlets and erabroi dored curtains, this strnoture irresistibly recalls to mind the state coach in some feudal In front of the two entwined pillars which divide the gallery stands a magnificent stand ard candelabra, with branches of forty lights. It was modelled entirely from the drawings designed by Victor Hugo himself. "This colossal chandelier, spreading out like a tiara, bears on ita summit a duster of branches, on which the wax lights shine like Jlowers of light." The room is hung with some valuable tapestries representing the hiitory of Joseph and the Virgin Mary. There are several anolent chests, cabinets, and in one corner near the windows is an eoolesfastioal stall in whioh the daughters of Louis XV need to sit when at- tending mass; over it hangs an antique brass pendent chandelier. More inscriptions are to be found on the walls; for infltauoe: IBS D1BCX BONT APX VAWQPErRB, CATON REBTB APX BA1I US. besides the maxims GLORIA V1CTIB. VJE BBMINI. again: lEBTRIT BOUFFLK 00 IL VBCT. L'HONNEUn VA 00 IL DOIT. and lastly, under a time piece, whioh ac companies the striking of the hour with gay chimes, these two verses of Victor Hugo: tol'teb laibkrnt lkur trace ao corps com mb a l'bcprit, toutf.8 dlehsent, helab 1 la dkrn1erb gcerit. Opposite the oak gallery is the library, aud other smaller rooms oooupied by the members of the lamllj; as beneatb, opposite to the salons rouge and bleu are also a smaller salon, and the Buite of apartments oooupied by the late Madame Victor Hugo. Meantime the reader will be atkiDg, where are the actual obambers ocoupied by the poet and author himtelf? Where is his own particular sanc tum f M. Lecanu must be quoted again: "Isolated by their pesitiou in the middle of the sea, the majority of the inhabitants of Guernsey are connected with the eea either as sailors or in their relation to the commerce beyond its waters. Besides, all eyes are coneUntly fixed on the uncertain route by which tbey expect news from their mother countiy and absent friends: perhaps it may be a fritLd himself who is expected. This ex plains why each house possesses its indis pensable signal-mast and "Look-out," which name expresses better its use than the Italian term Belvedere. As soon as a vessel appears, as soon as a vessel puts off, it is signalled by the harbor-flags, aud instantly the signals, repeated from house to house, aunouuee to the whole island the departure or arrival. "Ilauteville House has its signal mast and 'look-out' a3 well. Victor Hugo has cho3eu for his chamber the 'look-out,' I was about to say the attic, a small glass chamber, open to every view; although narrow to the body, boundless for the soul, containing everything in the smallest spaoe possible, like a ship cabin a small table with pen, ink, and paper, an iron bedstead as narrow and hard as the bed of a soldier." Thus far M. Lecanu's short notice, to whioh must be added some more particulars of the most interesting portion of Hauteville House. Hauteville House is worthy of more than a cureory examination aj a mere museum of art, yet how lifeless and dissatisfying would it be without a living genius, as it were, to ani mate it I Let us approach nearer to the more private chamber of this genius, who lives almost entirely in the very attic, which forms an eyrie frr above the petty interruptions and noises of the lower world, and where nothing seems possible to arrest the soaring flight of the grandest genius. Here on the lofty balconies Victor Hugo may be seen, especially at earliest dawn, en jojmg the keen gea breezes in his favorite red Garibaldi costume, and ever admiring the changing hues of the surrounding landscape; for from here can be Been the open channel, seldom at rest, the terrible "Casqnets," with their triple lighthouses, the precipitous Or tach rock, then Alderney, and the distant const of France from Cape la Hogue to Cou tances; to the south Jersey, whilst nearer in front are the broken cliffs of Sark, and the de tached islets of Herm and Jethou, whilst innu merable cruel reefs of rock run in many directions, showing the difficulty of naviga tion . Underneath is the busy harbor, with noble quays, breakwaters, and lighthouse, and the massive remains of Castle Cornet; adjoining are the narrow though picturesque streets of St. Peter Port. On o" side only is the view shut out by the escarped oliffs of Havelet, topped with the smooth outworks of Fort George; in the other direction beyond the town the eye is carried aoross the flat fleld3 of Vale and the sand-blown common of L'An creese to the open sea horizon. The contrast on entering the small attic chambers is striking without, the open and unrestrained expanse; within, restricted space, low walls and roof. Pull that handle in the wall 1 it discloses a washing apparatus similar to that in a midshipman's chestj everything miniature except the books, and here and there and everywhere are books, volumes, folios, octos, pamphlets, proof-Bheets, etc. In the glass house, that projeots from the north attio, is a small wooden desk, with paper and ink; here the author composes and writes standing. Here too from below have I watched his lamp burning night after night like a very Pharos of literature 1 bearing testi mony to the ceaseless application, study, and labor which combine to produce suoh works as "Les MUerables" and "Notre Dame de Paris." Not far off a lithographed facsimile of an original drawing, by Victor Hugo, forms a striking subject a sad, although hideously touching spectacle 1 Thrown out from a dark background by a powerful effect of ohiaro scuro, there appears in deep relief, the dead body of a man hanging 1 ! a oharaoteristio type of the living protest against death on the scaf fold, held, unflinchingly, by the author of "Dernier Jour d'unCondamnc" and "Claude Gueux." But there is yet another sentiment involved in this picture, explained by two words below, a simple name, vulgar to English ears, yet representing a martyr to the cause of liberty in the history of American slavery; for it is supposed to represent the oolored abolitionist John Brown, who was hung for hia share in the light at Uarper'B Ferry on the Ilth of De cember, 1851), over nine years since. In a most eloquent letter addressed to the United States, on the 2d December, 1859, ad juring them to save John Brown, he stigma tizes the contemplated execution as worse than the murder of Abel by Cain. "C'est Washington tuant Spartacns." Lecanu gives an interesting account of Vic tor Hugo as an artist with his pencil. Here it it: "He carls for paper, pens, Ink; the rooms up stairs are searched, ransacked; at last, after a quarter of an hour, a dried-up ink stand, a deeply-eplit pen, and a rough piece of paper are produced, having been hunted out with great difficulty from some corner or other. For it must be known that the want most felt at Hauteville House is the scaroity of writiDg-materials. The paper, pen, and ink being placed on the table, Viotor Hugo sits down, and without any preliminary sketch, or any apparent plan, begins to draw with extraordinary preoislon, not the outline of the whole, but some detail in the landscape. He will begin his forest scene by drawing the branch of a tree, his town by a gable, and the gable by a weathercock. By degree, the whole composition will spring from the blank ness of the paper, with the precision and dis tinctness of a photographio negative submitted to the solution which develops it; this done, he asks for a cup, and finishes off his drawing with a wash of black ooffee-dregs. The result is a drawing for which one is not prepared; powerful, often strange, always peculiar, and whioh reminds one of the etchings of Rem brandt and FIraneBi." Of the garden there is nothing particularly noticeable that would render it peonliar to the general observer. In extent, about halt an acre; about two-thirds are under cultivation fruits aad flowers mixed indiscriminately; FEBRUARY 4 ,186?. whilst the third part, nearest the house, is laid out as a grass-plot-a tranquil basin with water in the centre, aud some handsome Mexican aloes on either side; whilst neai 'is an elegant terra-cotta vae on a pedestal, with yet another inscription, viz.; OU BBT L'BwrolH, LA EST LA PAIX. now overgrown with oreepers of ivy aud honeysuckle. Bhind, again, is a trelllsed aleove, covered with well-trained trees; whilst arbutus, and ilex trees,' tree-like fohsias, f'gactio geraniums and verontoas flourish nxutiantfy. Over against a Btone seat, on the wall over which droop the branches of a sweet scented aloysia, half hidden under moss and ivy, is the last inscription to be recorded; It is this 1MMENBITR, DtT I.'eTRE; ETKRNITE, PIT l.'AME. INSURANCE COMPANIES. ANNUAL STATEMENT or TnE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, Jio. V'Zl tllLSXUT Street. rubllshcd In conrormlty with the charter. Jieceijtls or the Yew Hading Dec. 31, 18(18. rreinhimn received, policy lees.e'c 1(114.079" lnureu uu luvclmeuis li.s.tiis 6tf 772,708 17 Losses and EspendUuns During the Year, Louses on 47 live, RmountltiK to. (l,8 noooO Hxin iint-H, Bi.larti B, ndviTCi io- meatB, stamps, etc 20 57S07 Kent ai d taxes, clly, btate, aud nailonal 4,25126 ConiiuualODB to ugenis, licenses, etc 55,085-M 1'rpmiumM rntlirn Ail. uoltcies can Coiled, etc 30,21190 218.42ns Fnrnlup t3O4,24'01 (2.001,615-97 , 100.650HO 1,901.096 07 Accumulated assets, Uecembt r 31, im.7 - Deduct scrip renftlvol lu pa uienl of premiums and note?.. Accumulated assets Dec. .11 , 1868 fJ.406.a79-98 Assetl of the Company Liable for Losses. Mortgages, ground-rents, real es'a'.e, etc.. (633,619 01 United mates, fctltue of Pennsj Ivaula, and city loarjf.....M....- 721.028 88 Penusylvama Kallroad, county, city, and other bonds 156 712 CA IluiiK railroad, and Insurance stocks 110 9S2 75 Premium notf s. Becured by policies 449.44.V96 Scrip dividends purchased lii MM 7i Balances In hands of utentc 26 U'Jl'Dl Loans, accrutd Internet, quarterly pay ments, etc 91,813 07 Caen lu bank aud ou baud t!2,!2 02 2,422 09 93 lajvO'oo Deduct loeseB not due.. t2 403,879 J8 ..R52l,7&d 113 Market value January, 18G9 BXJKPLVB PIV1UKD ANNFALLY. LOWyfcS PA1I PROMPTLY. Upturn Premium Dividend 5u per cent. Bcrlp previous to lbi,7rectlvable In payment of pro DllUIWf . Policies IsBued on I he various plans Of Insurance. Samuel C. Tluey, TueBTur-B, Jobn G Brenner, iienjamln Uoates, Kicuard B. Newbold, James 11. Mc far land. W II Hum P. Hanker, Joseph H. Trotter, William H Kern, James Huston, KUwara M. Needles, Charles Watson. F.llwnud Joliuson, Job" (1. Keppller, 'J beophllus Paulding, Edmund A. boudcr, Hutu n el K. Mokes, Henry U. Townsend, Tlion as W. Davis. Joseph M. P. Price, bamuel A. lilsphain, Kodolphus Kent. BBinuel J Christian, Jatues O. Prase. Warner M. Hatin, Frtdeilc A.Hnyt. Christian J, Hoffman joiiu a. .Needing, Baltimore. Solicitor. HENRY V. TOWNEWD. Medicnl Examiners, E. HARTBHOKN K, M. D No. 1439 Walnut street. ItDWABIJ A. PAUtf. No. 1415 Walnut street. In atteudance at the Oilite ct the Company from 1 to 2 P.M. dally. JAM His TltAQUAIR, President, BAMUKL K. biVKiC, Vice-President. JOTIN W. HOKNOR, A. V. P. and Actuary. HORATIO M STEPHENS. Secretary, lsostuthst H. O, WlLbOii, Superintendent of Agencies. FFICE OF THE Fire and Marine Insurance Co, No. 420 WALNUT Street. Philadelphia, January 29, lr6'.. The followltg statement of the UOARDUN FIRE AND MARlMi) INSURANCE COMPANY of (heir condition on the 31st day ot December, I8i8 la pub lished in accordance with an act of Assemb'y: Authorized Capital fson.coo Amount paid lu t7,6l0 ASSETS. Bonds and mortgages - 152,000 00 lteal esiaie. iirul dues property In New York 23,001) 00 Way ne Couuty Railroad bonds 22.600 00 Instalments on stocks due and belmr DBld 5.500 Of) Balance due by ageuis 8 613 34 Cash lu bank 2 5OO0O 109,133'34 29,266 6' KKtEIPTS FOIi 1868. Premium on fire rlskr . LONSKM, EXPENSE, ETC. Fire losses paid 7,9il-2i Expenses, reut, advertisements, agencies, etc 1 1 ,72008 CowinlBBiotis to agents 8,443 14 23,133 48 Total amount a rirk f 1,840, 724-H7 Louts unadjusted and not due.... 8 6t 00 Accounts 2.4-B5 DIRECTORS. A. N. At wood. Hon. (i. V, Lawrenoe, William E. Owens, B. C. Worthlngton, Nathan Haines, Hon, John Titus, H. O. Atwonrt. J. F. Baker. K. A. Thomas, James J. Mullen, 11. K. Hudson, Hon. 8. T. Wilson, James Richmond, C. R. Uale. A. N. AT WOOD. Prtaldent. aiinths3w H. E. HUDSON, Secretary. BEDS, MATTRESSES, ETC. J O V E R'S PATENT Combination Sofa Bed Is decider ly the best Sofa Bed evei Invented. It can be extended from a Sofa Into a handsome French Bi Attend, with hair spring mattress, lu ten seconds ttt lime. It requires no unscrewing or detaching, bus no separailon between back and seat, no cords to break and do hinged foot attached to the top of ti,e back to mpport It when down, which la unsafe and liable to gel out of repair. It has toe conveniences of a bureau lor holding clothing. Is easily managed, aud It Is Inipoi eibie for It to get out ot order. Price abont the same as an ordinary aofa. II. F. HOVER, Owner and Hole Mauufucturer, 1 26 tutlisem No. 230 South SECOND Street, AND A NEW STOCK OF SPniNQ, nUSIC AND MOSS MATTRK9SE9, FBATJJER BEDS, PILLOW 8 AND BOLSTEUtf, AT S. W. Cob. 12th and Chestnut Bib. LEGAL NOTICES. TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITlf AND OuUNTY OK PHILADELPHIA. Estate ol AI,1.K J, ilUHHH, deceased. Notice Is hereby given tbatCATIf ARIN 10 UUBB4, the widow of said uecuritut has tiled In said Court her petli Ion fur aUowauce of the sum ot f ou. elected to be vetf.liK d liy her uuder the act of Assemol? of April 14, 1861, aid its supplements, and that the same will be allowed by tViet'oui t ou f ATURIJAY, ieoru ary 18, m. uuU.a exceptions ji'uKRT-S. 1 26 tu th 4t Attorney lot Petitioner. TN THE ORPHANS' COUKT FOR THE CITY X AND COUNTY O PHILADELPHIA. Estate of REBECCA FOLEY, deceased. The Auditor appointed by ihe Court io audit, settle, and adjust the at count of MAHY A. BWE. Execu trix ol Ihe -sine Of Rebecca Foley, deceased, and to report distribution of the balance In the bauds of the accountant, will meet me parlies lntereste-l, for the Durpose of his appolntmeut, on TUESDAY, Febru ary f. IMP. at i o'clock P. M., at bis ollloe, No. HI South TH iRD Street, In the cU y ot Pulladelpliia. l fcniisiim u. THARP, Auditor. f INSURANCE COMPANIES. DELAWAKK MlilUAii map jut Y IN8UR. ANCK tOMl'ANY. Incorporated bjlh. jjeglBlRluie vi Office B. E. corner or in ku na WALNrjj Ovl J3C") M v" fJ i hrm. On Vessels, Cargo, and Freight to all parti 0. the world. ISLAM) IN8UKAHCKS On foods by river, canal, lake ana land carrlw. v to all pans of the Union. On Mercuandlsegenerally; onfcttorca, Dwelling. llouMes, etc. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY, November 1. 18. 1200 000 United btaies Five er ' Oeat. Loan, 10 40a !208,600W 120 000 United Htates Hlx Per Cent. Loan, 1881 13O,8O0fl) 60.000 United States Hlx I'er Cent. I-oan (for Paeiflo It). W.OOQDQ 200 000 Slate of Pennsylvania Rlx Per Cent. Loan 311,375(8 125 000 City of Phlla. Bix Percent. Loan (exempt from tax). 133.591D0 60 000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent. Loan 61,60000 20,000 Penn. Hail. First Mortgage Blx Per Cent. Uonds 20,20Qfl) 25,000 Penn. H. Second Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds 24.03000 ZO Wv western x eini. m. raoii, Six Per Cent. Eondu, tl K. K. Rnarautee) 20,8251)0 80,000 State of i'erine8iee Five Per Cent. Ionn 21.001 M w m 7,000 Stiit e of Teuiiensf e Six Per Cent. Li:un 6,031 15,000 GerniHiuown Gun Co., ruin rtpal and Interest gu.irnn tetd by City of PUilivl'a, SOOshnreHHtoclc 15,000110 10,000 Penn'n Railroad Company. 200 srinren Stock 11,30000 6,000 North Ptr.o'a Uallroud Co , 1U0 nbnres Hloi'lc 3,600110 20,000 Pblla ord Southern Mall Sieam.Co.,80sliaresHtock 15,00000 207,900 Louns on lioud and Moi l- Kiitre, 11' st llena on City ,.. Properties 207.900110 81,100,000 Par. Market value, 11,130,325-5 Cost, jl,0Ua,004,2U. Real Estate - 3fi,OOO0n Pills receivable for lnnurance made 322,lb6 Balances due at nenclts, premiums on murine policlea, acciucd Inter phi., and oilier dt hiH dim the com pany 40,178 Stock and scrip of sundry corpora tion fclUfiti. Kbllmuled value 1,813 00 Cash In bank 811(1150 08 Cash In draw er 413 05 116.663 7S 91,647,367-80 DIRECTORS. Thomas O. Hand, Edmund A. Bonder. JUIIU J. AJHVIB, James C. Hand, Theopbllus Paulding, Joseph H. Heal, Hugh Craig, John It. Penrose, Jacob P. Jones, James Traqnair, Kdward Darlington, H. Jones Brooke, James B. McFarland, Edward ijafonrcuUe, (Samuel E. Htokea. Henry Sloan, William U. Eudwlg, George O. Lei per, Henry O. Dallett, Jr, John D. Taylor. (Jeorge W. Bernadoa. TV liiiuiu vjr. xuiuiob, Jacob Hlegel, Spencer Mollvalne, I). T. Morgan.PHtoDDrg; lob n B. Hem pie, " A. B. Berger, Joshua P. Evre. THOMAS U Han u, president. JOHN V. DAVIS. Vice. President HENRY LYLBURN, Secretary. HENKY BALL. Assistant Secretary. lot Iggg-CHARTER FERPETUAI, Franklin FireIiisiirancC' h jJ? rillliADJUaVlllAa OFFIOBl Kos. 435 and 433 C11ESNCT STREET ASSETS OUT J AM VABT 1. ISO. QAZZ-fi!s?::"!?t": .......m.......$40,04) l,OI8,Ua-M 1,14,840'M UN bETTDED W.AXU.U INUOnliS FOR 1(4 BH.69iflia 350,000'M, MUMCS JVAIO SINCE 1S3U OTJBS iff. 45 500,000. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on IuborM Tsrai DIRECTORS. Charles W. Bancker, Alfred Filler, bamuel Grant, i Thomas Bpar Ira, Ueorge W Jiloliaraii, rwuilam b. Urant, Isaac Lea. I Alfred 3. Biker, George Jraj.es, 1 Thomas a. JUllsl CHARLKq H, BANOK.ER. President, GJLOKUE FALEB, Vice-President. JAB. W. McAiaJ.HTFR, beoretary pro lent. Except at Lexington, KentuoJty, Uiis Ocmpanyjti no Agencies West ot Pumburg. j OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NOlUli AMERICA, No. 2S2 WALNUI Street, I'uiiuuelphiu. Incorporated 174. Charter Perpetual Capital, 500,OUJ. Assets 82,330,000 MARIN E, IN LAN D, AND FU KE INS U R AN tj& OVEIl $130,000,000 LOSSES PAID SINCE lia ORGANIZATION. DIRECTORS. Arthnr G. Coffin. George L. Harrison, Francis R. cope, Edward II. Trotter, J Edward H. Clarke, T. Charlton Henry, Alfred D. Jessup. John P. White, Louis U. Madeira, Charles W. Cushman. Samuel W. Jones, John A. Brown, Charles Taylor, Ambrose White, Richard D. Wood, William Welsh, 8. Morris Wain, John Mason, Alt l xl U I U COFFIN, President. CHARLES PLaTT, Vice President Matthias Maris, Beoretary. 21j FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY TBI PENNSYLVANIA FIRHi INSURANCE UOX PA NY Incorporated 1826 Charter Perpetual-Hi 510 WALoi UT btreet, opposite Independence Bquan This Company, favorably known to the ooniruunltj for over lorty years, ountlnnea to Insure against lost or damage by tire on Publlo or Private Uulldluo, either permanently or for a Urn lied time. Also ol 'ff? 'iSTih-'." ?' eh0u'' nd Merchandise gen rally, on liberal terms, Their Capital, together wtth large Bnrplua Font la Invested In the moet caret ul manner, which enable them to offer to the Insured an undoubted aeouriuii ibe case of loss. w Danlal Rmlth. Jr .1 flhn TMrM, Alexander Benson, Thomas omUhV aaaMaxienurst, xnomas auwuo nB ,,! . Jiill Daniel BaddnckVjr. DANIEL bMITH. UllnghaiaFellJ J.lden WM. 0. CROW ELL, BecreUry. gTRICTLY MUTUAL PROVIDENT LIFE AND TRUST OF PHILADELPHIA. GO. OFFICE, Mo. Ill S. FOURTH STHEKT, Orgaulxea to promote LIFE i-NeUitA(Ci tnaal meuabers ot the HOaiiTT OF FRIEND Good rlstta of any class aooepted. Policies laiinvd npuu approved piaus, at th Iowa rales. President, BAM DEL it. (SHIPLEY. Yloe-President, William o. Longhtrkth. Actnary, ROWLAND PARHTJ The adTantagea ottered by UiU Company are excelled, tilt PIKEN1X INSURANCE COilPANY OP PHILADELPHIA. 1 UI 1NCOR1-ORATSD 1B04-C14ARTER PKRPETTJAIk No. m W aLN IsT btreet, opposite the Exobanae. This company Insures m loss or damage by on llbeAd terms, on bDlldut;s.'merchaname,fDrnltuHi etc., for limned periods, and permanently on bulif D.SB by deposit of prmiluuu. The Ci mpany has been in active operation for mod than KIXTY X F Vus, during whloa all losoai bavf been promptly adjuhted and pall, M John L. Hodge, JUlitJi.Ui"n. David Lewis, Bei'jamln Ettlng. Thomas h. Powers. A. R. McHeury, Edmund ( aHtillnn jvi. u. Aibhntiy, John T. Lewis, Vyilllam H. Grant, Robert W. Learning, D. Clark Wharton, Lawrence Lewis. Jr., Bamuel Wilcox. Lew U (1 Krl. juun r. w UCUERER, president, RmpgL WiLoox, Hecretary. m. ml JMriJtllL F1IUS INNUKAJiCE CWAM LONDON, KSTAKIJSIIED 1803. Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Fonda, S8.0 O 0,0 O O I f J GOLD. rilEYOBT & 11EBKINQ Affonta, 1 H 8m. So. 107 Bou tit TRLRD Btreet, PalU a-.
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