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MONDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1869.
Broad Slrect-nili.r Tracks-mbllc
II n 1 11 i
TV notice that ai) effort ia being made bj a
few Interested parties to secure a yet farther
Twatnnn.mnt of the time for removing the
tails from Broad street between Caliowhill j
ni Market streets. Bj aot or Assetmuy
leased iu ISCti, the owners of property in that
arai allowed three years from the flrat
of April of that year in which to make tMr
preparations for the removal vi " ,
Thta time was given because it was urgd that ,
It would be unjust arjd destructive to their '
Luniaeps interest to compel a more speedy
change of location. This was only
equitable, but no one can pretend
that the time given was.too short. The tvli le '
development of the real estate fronting on that
great thoroughfare wa3 delayed three yearn,
to aooommodite the snore or two of oommisaioti
merohants interested. These very giitleunu
now have the audacity to ask for a yet greater
delay of the proposed great public improve
ments. We are lost in amazement at the cool
ness of the proposition. Why should the
march of advancement ceaae because of the
saltish aDd ignorant policy of a few
citiwnsf There are 800,000 souls in Phila
delphia; they would be benefited by the
ohange, yet some fifty me rob ants ask them to
wait more than three years in order that thi
fifty may make a little more money by the
delay. The grant of the time already elapsed
has been but Illy borne by our citizens, and
they now demand tbat not another day or
hour be given, but that on the latof April th (
disgraosful cause of stagnation on the m)st i
elegant thoroughfare iu America be forever ,
removed. It is not necessary for tta to
foretell the immediate t-tiVct which will follow
tuch a reform. The ?ttot will be iuatauta- j
neons. Carriages will no loDger have to enter j
Twelfth and Fifteenth streets in order toreaoh
the improved portion of North Broad stree
but can roll directly along. With the opeuing
of this passage will com the destruction of j
the unsightly store-houses, and in their plaosa i
will stand elegant btrnotures to ornament and '
leautify the city. Within two years afterthe !
" C 41... ..n.'ta . i .1 ,1 t .-. i 1. . I
tft&iug uy VI luo . tana buo looiucuva iu mi
neighborhood will not n-onguiza Broad street,
and they will be able to tell their incredulous
children how desolate that great boulevar.i
was in 180'.).
Afrypcs to the intended improvement of
Broad street, we must mention the eminent
propriety of the establishment of the pnblio
buildings at Broad and Market streets. The
opposition to that looatioa is all engendered
and created by a oertain proportion of the
public press, and there is a coincidence be
tween the ownership of real estate ef those
papers and the expression of their sentiments.
It ia a fact noticeable that all the papers hav
ing property around Sixth an! Chesaut
streets are opposed to Broad and Market
Btreets for the publio buildings, and are in
favor of Independence Square; wltil
thse papers more east, that is to say,
nearer Third and Chesnut, although further
fromBioad street, favor that locality. Tuui
the Puhlic Ledger owns Its office at Sixth aud
Chesnut streets and real estate at Fifth and
Chesnut, and Is bitterly opposed to Brovl
Btreet. So also the Bulletin, the Press, aud the
Transcript. This opposition is only natural,
lOr they well know that with the removal of
the pnblio buildings will coma a serious de
crt a3e in the value of their property. Kjh
lor himself" is a natural motto, but still the
Value ot an opinion Is somewhat detracted
from by the fact of self-interest. The other
journals, the Inquirer, North American, DU
jwtci and Evening Telegraph, located east
ward, are not direotly interested pecuniarily,
and oan Judge with greater freedom as to what
ia for the publio good. TUey all favor Broad
Street.
The relative advantages for artistic effect of
tue iwo positions cauuot be compared. If
the buildings are put in Independence Square,
the more elegant the structure, the more or
nate the design, the more will the effect be di
minished. The extreme narrowness of the
Btreeta which border on the square will ruin
the effeot, aud there will be but one position
from whiuh they oiti be advantageously
viewed, and that will be from the centre of
Washington Square. The difference between
this location and that on Broad street is too
obvious to need argument. The effect at
Broad and Market streets would be grand.
Of the repayment as au investment of all
the money which the city would be called
upon to expend, we can say one word. The
experience of Mew York city tenches us a
lessou. 2 he cost of the Central Park was
repaid by the iivrease of the value of property
in if i vicinity, and the consequent addition to
the revenue of the municipality. The same
would be the case in our own city. In actual
dollars and cents the money wonld be re
turned, to say nothing of the crowds which
would be sure to visit our city to gee the
thoroughfare, and the consequent reoeipt of
their money. We believe it to be tue true
policy of Philadelphia to be liberal in beautl
lying ttroad street, for by thus casting "our
breal npon the waters it will return to us
aftr many days." And as preparatory steps
to this great end, we favor the removal of the
railroad and the erection of the publio build
ings oa ILat street.
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA.. MONDAY, FKMtUAItY 8, 1860.
pMftrlam In the Vol ted Hints.
rAcrsBisM is one of the greatest evils that the
Old World civilization has to contend with,
and no measures that have hitherto been
adopted have suooeeded In aooomplishing
anything of moment towards abolishing
or even ameliorating it. It is not at all likely
that this country will be afflicted with a raoe
of paupers to the same extent as Europe.
There the evil is the legitimate outgrowth of
an unnatural and vicious sooial system, whioh
recognizes before the law different grades in
society, and allows some classes rights and
privileges which others do not possess, and
encourages the extremes of wealth and
poverty which do not, and probably never will,
exist in this oeuutry. The great majority of
our paupers, too, are of foreign birth, and never
having learned to work where they came
from, they neither know how nor are disposed
to learn here. 1'auperism, in a great or less
degree, is an incident to the orowded condition
of all large cities, and it is a faot worthy of
the earnest consideration of philanthropists
that it is alarmingly on the increase at the
present time, and befoie long some deoided
measures will have to be adopted to check its
growth. With the vast number of acres of un
cultivated land in the West, which any person
able to work may occupy and earn a living
upon, if so disposed, there is no good reason
why the tax-payers in our large cities should
be obliged to support the offscourings of Eu
rope in idleness; and the same excuses for
pauperism do not exist here as on the other
tid,e of the Atlantic.
Tie Pall Mall ilazettc, referring to this sub
ject, sayF:
'The I'Pf.ple I ne dlsi-ovorcd tliat they are
fic to liu'.i with the iuo.it illlTU-ult prjbletu
v, bioli the Old World has 10 encounter how to
drill v. iUi thoiiHaiidH of families for whom work
c.'iiiLot bo found, and yet who must not bu left
to starve. Those ier.t:iis do not llhe to go out
into rt mote M ttlemonts, where they would bd
rut ofl" from the allurements of town life."
The problem is d iflicult under any circum
stances, but the English have increased its
difficulty by their very ineflioiont way of deal
ing with it, and the Journal quoted above
acknowledges that
"There is not much iroUubllity thit the
Alu i tcans will cvernllow pauperism to become
liiini:icag'!(blc In uny part ol their country
without til-1 ppl inn rmnrdies which would
shot ); our moii.- 1 i-lious not tons of private
likhtM ami lii isi I k-s."
It is one of th benefits of a really free
government tbsit society at large, as well as
its individual members, can be protected from
ju?.t Fttoh evils as this without infringing on
the lights of any one. The English system
of pauper management may not invade any
private lights and liberties although we are
disposed to think that it does but any
reader of tho experiences of th "Lambeth
casnal," and other workhouse records, will ac
knowledge that it ii disgraceful, and far more
damaging to society at large than the ino3t
arbitrary meures for the suppression of pau
perism that are likely to be adopted iu this
country. It is lo infringement on any
man's liberty to give him the
aeans cf earning his living, andtheu permit
ting hiin to starve if he proposes to do so
rather than go to work. This will be the
American method of dealing with this pro
blem, when we are forced to grapple with it
in earnest, and in the vast majority of in
stances it will bd a success, and a benefit not
only to the pauper but to sooiety at large, by
transformirg him into an industrious oitizsn,
instead of allowing him to eat the bread of
idleness.
I lie Toner of Hie Itench Over the Iiur
'his Supreme Court of the District of Colum
ia has virtually refused to reoozuizs and
obey the peremptory mandamus awarded
against it by the supreme court ot the united
States, and declined to allow Joseph II.
Bradley, Sr., to practice at the bar without
his first bavins apologized to Judge Fisher for
his treatment in August, 1807. The publio
will remember the facts of the case. Bradley.
as counsel for Surratt, insulted Judge Fisher .
and challenged him to a duel, for whioh
olVeD&e he was expelled from membership of
the bar of the courts of the District. Chief
Justice Chaae ordered his reinstatement, and
the other Court bowed to the command, but
passed a rule which required any attorney
buspended from practice to purze himself of
his contempt by an apology before he could
ecain act aa counsellor. This Mr. Bradley
refused to do, and he is therefore
excluded. We cannot but think that
in all the proceedings the Supreme Court was
in error. It is only proper that each benuh
should have control of the bar practicing
before it. If it has not this control, it would
be powerless to redress an affront and to main
tain its dignity. This fact is so far recognized
that in case of a person committed for con
tempt no other court but the one committing
him will ever inquire into the merits of the
case on habeas corpus. If this is the case with
contempt, why should not this milder power
of refusal to praotice at the bar be also granted
to each competent tribunal f The opinion
universally expressed by the profession is
adverse to the decision by the Chief Justioe,
and it will never be considered a precedent.
The court below aoted properly in refusing
unfil an apology be tendered, to allow Mr'
Bradley to praotice before it. The issue rests
with him, and he has refused to avail himself
of his right of reinstatement.
Great as is the debt of the nation, there
can be no doubt of the ability of the American
people to defray its annual cost and gradually
reduce the principal, if publio affairs are
managed with wisdom and economy. It is an
encouraging sign of the times that not only
has the national debt been considerably re
duced since the cessation of hostilities, but
that slmutaneously reductions were made in
the debts of the loyal States, amounting in the
aggregate, since lSb'5, to more than
$01,000,000.
v The solicitude displayed in Congress for the
protection of the seals on the ooast of Alaska
la quite touching, aud it should inspire devout
thankfulness In the heart of Henry Bargh
and among the eooletles for the protection o
animals. It would, however, perhaps be well
not to inqnire closely into the motives which
prompt these outbursts of Congressional hu
manity, for it is possible that they originate
in the schemes of a few speculators or adven
turous fur-traders to monopolize, at small oost,
a lucrative business. '
The NewIiMllnn Swindle.
Okb of the latest schemes devieed at Wash
ington for depleting the treasury, is the pro
posed appropriation of nearly two millions of
dollars nominally to the Chootaw Indians, but
relly to agents, traders, speculators, and
lobbyists. Some years ago the Government
granted to the Choctaws, in exchange for their
old home in Mississippi, a large reservation in
and adjacent to the Indian Territory, which
embraces some of the most fertile land on the
continent. As is usual in negotiations
with the Indians, liberal irovision was
made for plundering the (iSevernment pros"
pectively, as well as at the time of the ratifi
cation of the treaty, and the American people
were held and firn ly bound to not only giv9
more than acre for acre, but to pay to the
Choctaws, or their legal representatives, the
sums received, lees costs, for the lands ceded
to the United States, together with various
bounties and annuities. Individually, Brother
Jonathan displays marvellous shrewdness in a
trade; but the text of treaties would indicate
that colleotively, an Uncle Sam, he is habitu
ally outwitted by the most stupid tribes, and
this mystery can only be explained by the fot
that the revenues theoretically secured to the
savage serve mainly to enrich his pretended
white friends. The balance due to the Choo'
taws, as footed up in 1S59-GO, was $2,32'J,.'i;0,
and on the 2d of March, 18G1, an
appropriation of $.'00,000 was made
in part payment of this Indebtedness. Nothing
could serve as a better illustration of the
vioiousness of the present system ef Indian
diplomacy than, the fact that this money wa
immediately'used to equip a regiment of Choc
taws for the Rebtl revrice. It required but a
few artful misrepresentations of the traitorous
agent who bttrayed the Government to induce
the Choctaws to consent to this ungrateful,
foolish, and wicked misappropriation of their
funds, and to convert the baunty of
the nation to the use of its most
implacable foes. The Choctaws, as a body,
continued disloyal dining the war, furnishing
two regiments to the Rebel armies, one of
which was commanded by the agent who used
the funds of the nation to arm its enemies,
and who is now rrported to be especially
active in pressirg the claim for the balanoe
due under the old treaty, which amounts to
about $1,800,000. In equity, this claim is of
course cancelled by tho disloyalty of the
Choctaws. Instead of giving them
more money, General Marcy, who
is familiar with the region they ocoupy, and
with their history aud coudnct,suggested to the
Secretary of War in 18o"t that as they "had
taken up arms against the United States, and
had been fighting iu the iiubel ranks ever sinoe
the war began, whether it would not be a
proper punishment for their treason to take
from them all that portion of their reservation
whioh they do not oconpy, and convert it into
a new territory, which would be far preferable
for agricultural purposes to any of the other
Territories." The Choctaws oertainly deserve
punishment rather than reward, and, instead
of squandering more money among them, or
among the white Rebels by whom they are
represented, the proper question is whether
their surplus lands should not be confiscated.
The Mew Krtllroail Job.
No reasonable person will for a moment
imagine that anybody has the remotest in
tention of constructing a passenger railroad on
Twelfth and Sixteenth Btreets. The projeot
now before the State Legislature at Harris
burg is merely one to put money in the
pockets of the members of that body. A
glance at the names of the corporators will con
vince any one of this faot. Aooording
to Senator MoCandlesB, these corporators are
to be J. C. Sleeper, William Dougherty, John
Brady, James Kirkpatrick, and Robert Lough
lin. If any of our readers are anxious to
know who these gentlemen are, the Direotory
will satisfy their curiosity in the fullest man
ner. William Dougherty figures therein as
often as thirty-five times, John Brady twenty
one times, and James Kirkpatrick
five times. This is certainly explicit. The
simple truth of the whole matter is that the
thing Is a swindle. The people residing along
the line of the route do not wish the road con
structed, the business interests of the city do
not demand its construction, and the sooner
the members of the Legislature drop the sub
ject and turn their attention to some legiti
mate business the better will their consti
tuents be pleased.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
14l.Y(Jl!.KIN. ltd dilv IIHA matron Ilia akin ftMll.
catelj null nd beautiltil. It Is aBllglitfully trgrat,
trHuspurcnt, aud luo-juiuai utile as a loltet Hnuu. For
ale by all lttuaglau. K & G. A WKIUHT,
g4i No. 624 UHKBNUT Htreet.
NOTICB.-I AM NO LONGER EX
tmotlng Te(tri without palu Ut tue Ojlion
iJentul AbBuctiiiloH. Persons wiuuhig teeth ex
tracted abHolutHy without rahi by trenh Nltfous
Oxide Un. will tiud meat JSo. 1027 WALNUT bireel.
I bHreii suit all.
DR. F. B. THOMA3.
f-7 OFFICE PENNSYLVANIA RAIL-
PHILAllKMMfTA. Jatiu ry 27, 18'i '.
. NOTICK TO BTUCKlIOLDKKrt.
The Annual LI feting of the Htockboldi rs Of tuts
riu.pimy will beheldoaTUhMOAV,tlie lih day of
l'br,,.!!4.f.',1,"u Bt lu o'clock A. M.. ate jucrlll all.
n . U" Huul trft. Philadelphia.
x!.,L!An.UUtt, Ki'Ciion tor Dlri-ctorii will be held on
. ? .AV' 'ho 11 rut day ot March, lxtw. at te 1Uc8
1J:JU,l,au'i o Mouth Til I R 1) H'reeM
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lints; remedies the 111 eut-ctscf bad dyes; tnvlitoraios
aud leavts Uie iiatraott and be.iuurui.Wne or Oroutt,
bold by alt lrumtlnts and Perfumer; aud properly
fcUeut, ttew or. t i7uiw
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gr AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
JAMES E. MUKDOCXI
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qiimtlon fo' dl' inMnii 'is it wise t th prese'it
any to ruske the Temperance Question a Polll cut
larue ?"
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lOUNTAIN COAL COAIl'-lNV, NO. 8:
WAISCT Street.
PHII.AUKr.PIII V.f'ob 8.
At an election held ou the 2.1 Itminnt, the rilluiv-tPi.-tianied
gentlemen svor.i eli ci:l Dlreoturn to s.rvu
the f nsuirg jear:
f ATI! a.1 11 ILL KS.
WILLIAM JKNKM
jAhtiN V. FKNIMOItK,
DANIEL O UOl.L'KK.
WILLI M HKNHY THOI'TKR.
OJtOltOK J. UIf;HAKl)S()M,
It. MoFaKLANI).
At amiett g of the Knsrdfae'd this day NATHAN
lULLKS was lected Preident. and TKtlMAt H.
ThOTTKR reappointed Ki-cretury a id Treasurer.
It T H. TKOrTKK. Secretary.
OFFICE OF THE NORTH PKSNMYL
VANIA RAILROAD COMPANV,
rmLAtiKi.iuiA, No, 407 Walnut strett, Jau, 6, is si).
DIVIDEND WOTICK.
TheTrannfer Rooks of this Qjrupauy will be sloM'.-d
on BATDRD A.Y. the nth Inst., M i o'clock P. St., and
be reopened oa SATURDAY, the Kith lust.
A dividend has this day been decla'ed of FIVE
PEll CKNT,, clear ot tans, payable In scrip, bearing
uo lntirtflt, and convertlole Into He.en Per Cent.
Mor gue Bonds of tho Company, Iu sums of uot leas
than rive hnnditd dollars, on aud after May 1st next.
The said dtvlcend will be credited to the stork
huideis as they Hhull Ht.iu'l reulnterud on the books of
iheConipau) ou HA'l b"HIA, the tub luat.
lSimwlm WILi lAil WI.-s 1'liH, Treasurer.
r uaiiLows indk;o bluk i the.
cheapen and but article in the market lor
bluing cio:hes.
11 D JKS NOT CONTAIN ANY ACID.
IT WILL t OT IPJURK THK l'.KKsT FABP.IC.
It Is 1 ut up at WJLTRS.BOKUS LllUO STORE,
Kr.KS N. S1XON D Street, Philadelphia,
anc for snip by w st of thegric rs and drugg'sta.
The geinioe has b..th BARLOWS and WILT
RKliOKK'S rumen on the label: a'l others are
Ci I'N'I KRFKIT.
BAPI.OW'b Ii J.U I'J III color more water than four
til ea tliH same wetij'it of Indigo 1 27tvRia
r?f BAILKOAI) COMPANIES IN THIS
--s-J and other cUlei are rapidly adopting the Kim
tBpoi.h us a Bub', itii'.e for curl- d hulr In stutTlng
c; r tuchiOLB All unite lu recommending to. soouge,
ti st, on acji uui ol its cbeapuess; soo.md,its grut
duraiiiliy. 83mvv
VEI.OCiri 1AL RHYMES.
V LOt'li'KHE? OU yes! lntloed!
I'll tide ou Hsu new Velocii'kdjc.
It goes with the tearlriRest, sort of speed ;
The tunny, new-fangled Velocii'Kdk.
Ho easy Umoves, like a cenitpeile,
If you carefully drive tue Vklocihedk.
It's cheaper than paying for horse's f ieil;
For it eats no oats, the Velocipedc:.
A peaceable, quiet kind of a steed
Is that queer machine, the Velocipede,
Of whin or spnr I shall have no need,
When I straddle the switt Vklouipkdg,
'TIs a horse of a novel sort of oroed;
Come, jump on the new Velocipede.
But It's bard to manage; It is. Indeed;
The ridiculous old Vkloctpkue.
And I'll tumble down, If I don't take heed.
From my seat on the queer Velouifudk.
And I'll bruise my shins, and my noso will
bleed,
When I tumble off the Velocipede.
But, after all, I believe I'm agreed
To try again the Velocipede.
And so the Velocipede I'll drive
To "six hundred and three and biz hundred
and five." ;
The busiest sort of a buRy hive;
Where the folks are all the lime alive,
Making and selling the fltust clothes
For those who walk; and also for thosa
Who think they need such acurlous steed
As the newly Invented Velocipede.
Now Is yonr time, gentlemen! Winter goods
rolling oIT with the speed or a well-managed
Velocipede. You can't do better than at the
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PHILADELPHIA.
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FLOUR.
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the Helf-ftifitecluti Bed Hprlnss, 91 3.1 per doa.
batlsfactlou euatanteed. 20 1 H. aq Mt. 1 23 8ta
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G A R T L A N 1), UNDERTAKER,
le bouUi 'lUIlim NTH bureob U ii W
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
CIRARD
FINE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFIOK.
No. C30 CHE8NUT Street.
Capital, - - 6200,000
All FuM Up In (.'unit.
Surplus, over
S200,O00
RolU of which have been snrely invented In
Ktal Kt-tutu, liptalfi, Mot tg!KCH, Govern meat
mid other good Hccurltle?.
OVER 8100,000,000
li l'rnperly htm bten I upcossfully iDnured by
this Company In lj yearn, and
00 LOOSES OY FlflE
l'lotiiiilly aud llouorablj L'aitl.
OUR RECEIPTS
For tin- year ending; December 31, MM, have
been:
From Fire Premiums $193,814-00
From Interest and Rents 22,692 78
Total WiH.478 78
Disbursements
Ou account of Fira Losses..... M 8l,5i7 93
" Oommlsiloua 22.9M 45
M Reinsurance 1,191-81
" Return Preralutus 10,711-05
" General Expenses and
Repairs to Real Kstate,
lucludlnc HtateTazes... 33,698-25
" luttiual Revenue 5,609 19
8125.6T8 68
WE HAVE M) LOSSES DUE i.D U2TPAIO
PuiLAiiELrniA, Jaa. 1, iscii.
2o Our Agents nd tht I'ublic:
It Is bo well understood that tho Glrard Fire
Insurance Company belong to no combination
of underwriters, that a repetition or the faot Is
hardly necessary. Rut our experience In some
localities, during the year 1808, justifies ns In
briefly alluding to the subject. Agalu, our hq.
cess seems to demand an explanation. It will
be remembered that In 1807 we lost a smaller
per cent, of our premium than any other com
pany doir g a Fire Insurance Business, through
agencies. In the United States. This happy re
sult, we believe, has agalu been achieved. In
our experience, for the year 1S08, notwithstand
ing the multitude of Hres.
If bo, the statistics of the worthy Insurance
Commissioners of New York, Massachusetts,
and Connecticut will doubtless certify, when
published. Uy reference to the reports of the
Commissioners of Massachusetts and New York
for the year ending December 31, 1SC7, H will be
found that our losses were twenty-seven per
cent, and a fraction upon tho amount of pre
miums received. In 1808 they will not exceed
thirty-three per cent . This Is the test by which
the general character of our business should be
measured. Compared with the experience of
other companies In this country, it either
proves that our agents and patrons are honest
and fair towards the "Glrard Fire Insurance
Company," elte they we are remarkably
fortunate.
A million Df premiums might have been re
celved, instead of some two hundred thousand.
But our profits might have been less, and the
indemnity offered the insured no better than
now. It Is the latter we desire to allord our
friends.
We are sorry to notice, howeverthat In some
Instances "Special Hazards" have been offered
onr agents at less than the "National Board"
rates. This Is no favor nor compliment to ns,
and a poor reward for our Independence
Neither is it the kind of patronage we seek. It
costs ns as much to pay losses as other institu
tions, and we must have fair rates, fair risks,
honest agents, and honest insurers. Then our
welfare will be identical; A few agents have
been removed and others appointed, but not
without a sufficient cause, for we believe that
of all things done through the agency of others,
the Insurance business of this country should
be confided to the most honorable, responsible,
and Intelligent men to be found In it. Other
wise the profession of the underwriter will be
likely to suffer. We Invite no conflict with
other companies. We seek no business by unfair
or covert means. Honest losses will be promptly
met, as heretofore. Agents should be cautious
as Ito u honi they insure, as well as to what they
Insure, and abide by our rules, now so well ana
successfully established.
DIRECTORS.
THOMAS CRAVEN,
l t'BniN HUEPPAHD,
THOMAS HI ACHE 1, Ei Alt,
JOSEPH HtiAPP, 91. !.,
AM HE I) S. UIL.LKTT,
t'HAHLtN I. DIPOMT,
1IEXUI r. KENNEV,
M.S. ItA WHENCE,
JOHN W. CXAUHOBIT,
JOHN ki rrL.EE,
MIXAS TEBUE JB.
THOMAS CHAVEZ, President.
A. S. UILLETT,
VIce-rresIdcut and Treasurer.
J AMI'S II. ALV0RD, Secretary.
J0ILN C. UIXDS,
Assistant Secretary.
1 1 wfm3Hp
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
X? j. M 123
INSURANCE COMPANY
NO. 100 CUiSNUT STREET.
Philadelphia, nary is, ig69.
Thla Company, incorporated n 1838, and.
doing a FIKK IN8UKANCK BUSINESS EX
0LU8I VKLY, In order to enable It to aocept a
large amount of business constantly decllnad
for want of adeouato capital, will. In accord
ance with a nupplewent to Its charter, ia.
crease Its
CAPITAL STOCK FROM 100,000, 11a
ItrtenoDt amount, to
$ 2 0 0,0 0 0,
la Shares of Fifty Dollars Each,
And for which -mbsoi lpMon books are m
open at this oil ( e.
Uy order of t ho Board of Directora.
CHARLES RICHARDSON.
PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM H. RHAWN,
VIOF, PRESIDENT.
WILLIAMS I. BLANCH ARD,
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