OEJIMANY. Tne Royal Famine of Europe The cr. nan North Polo Expedition Mlrncn loan Healing;, Ete. & torre'pondi'iit writes as follows to the New "York Evening Vostx Fr4Jkfot-oh-tbb-Main, January 4. As tegularly as New Year's day comes round we are treated to a pretty full report of the present tate of European royalty, giving us accounts of the number ot eleatltp, nmrrlagcs, birthn, divorces and entragemi-n's that have tukeii place among the royal families during the past year utmplo lnc, with no word of comment. The ntimlier of Baropoaa sovereigns, since tho Spanish Revolution is tbirty-eiphr, among whoii are four emperora (Incluilinir the Emperor ot Brazil), the Sultan, the Pope, ten kings, one qneen, six eraud dnWcs, five rtunes and ten prln ces (Including the Prinon of Monaco). ' heotdest of thet.e is the I'ope, aged Wk years. There aro three others already past threescore and ten amely, the Kin? of Prussia; the Duke of Auhalt tho oldest secular prince), and the Prince ot BobWHteburg-Uu.lolsUdt, Uf tl.o reruaimW there are live whose apoi vary (roil to u years; seven from 60 to CO: twclvo from 40 to ftd; nix (without tho ex Qjeen of Spain) from 30 'to 40 and tonr from 20 to 30. The younseat Is the Princo Heinrlch Heuss XXII (of the older line), who is 21 j cars el l. Ttie avciae npe of the overe-tans Is 45 years, and tweuty-two ot the rc tirin u potentates have already pushed thus aire The Duke of Anhalthas reiRnod fllty-one sears and ti vc months, the longeft of any tvir Penn ruler. Of the others four have Kovcrncl from 30 to 40 years: els from 20 to 30: twelve from 10 to 20: the others begin to rcl;;n within the labt ten je irs. The average length of reign is 164 years, and nineteen of tho sovereigns bve already pased that period. During the pa.t year seven members of the European royal families died, five males and two females, ns follows: King Ludwig I of Bavaria, aged H2: Duke Joseph of Snxe Alten burg, aged 79; D ike Emit of Wurtembeig, aged CI; Landgrave Karl of llesse-Phillppsthal. agel 66 Count Hueo of Lippe-Weisseiifcld, need O'.i; Princess Kmnmol Schaumburg-Llppe, ugd 3; and Countess (Justave of Ltppe-WeUsenteld X, widow, aged 79. Among the cardinals only one has been called away Cardinal jBlshop d'Au dren, aged 60. . .... The births are greatly in excess, beins twenty in number twelve piince3 aud eiaht princesses sons of the King ot Greece, Crand Duke of Tuscany, Crown Ptinccs of ttuss'a and Prussia, Archduke Karl Ludwigof Austria, hereditary Prince of Holicnzolleru-Sipmanijscn, Prince of Teck, Princes Fncdrich and Ln lwig of Hesse, Alfred of Liechtenstein, Wiluelra of Sshaum-berg-Lippe and Alcsnuder of Oldenburg; daugh ters ot tne Riuporor of Austria, Prince ot Wales, hereditary Prince of Anh ilt, Duke Wilhclm ot Mecklenburg Schwerin, the infant Prince Don Carlos of Spain, Prince Adalbert, of Bavaria, and Nikolaus of Oldenburg, and Count Franz ot Lippe-Wcishenfeld. The marriages nro nculy three time3 as many ns in the previous year, bdagj eleven in 1W18 against four in lt-67 The following arc tne numts: The titular (Jriind Duke Ferdinand IV with Princess Alice of Purina; Crown Prince Humbert ot Palv with his cousin Margereihe. randdnuglitrr of the King of Saxony; Uraud Duke Friedri'.-h Franz II j of Mecklenburg Wchwerin, his third man iairc, with Princess Marie of 8uhwarbura-Uudo)siadt; Archduke ileinrlch of Austri i with Mi-s Leopoldiue Holf niaim; Duke N kolis ot Wuttembcrg with his niece the Dujiuss Wilbcl'ulne; Duke of Alencon (son of the Duke of Nemours) and Princess Bophie of Bavaria, the former betrothed of the young LudWig II oi Bavaria: Count Aliens of Caseita (Prince of the Two Sicities) with his cousin Autonie, daughter of the Count of Tra- ?anl; Cout t tiaetau if Uirgenti (brother of the jrmer) with Princess Isabella of Spain; Prince Alexander of Oid?nbnrg with Princess Eugenie of Leuchtcnburz: irince L'.U'lwig of Bavaria (son ot Princo Luitpidd) with Archduchess Maria Theresa of AuslrU-Bsr.e; 1'iiuce Nikolhas of Matsau with Natalie von Pusclikm, Countess of Juerenberg. Besides these marriages there are engaged the following: The Crown Prince of jDenninik to the Princes Lou'se of Sweden (daughter oi the Kins-). The marriage of the Prince Wlluelm ot llunau (son of the Kicctor of Hesse) with the Princess Elizabeth, of Sjiiauni-Ijurg-Lippe, is again dissolved. There are five sovere'gnswho have never been married, namely: Besides the Pep.', the young King Ludwig li of Bavarii, the l);ike of Bruns wick, the Prince of Liechtenstein and Heus (old line). Of the rest six are widowed: Tue Qaeen of hnclund, the King of Italy, the (iranl Dake of Ilesse, the Duke of Anbalt and I'riuceu of Bchwnrzburg-Itudolstadt and Monaco. The Princo of 8chvarzburg-8ondevliau9en Is di vorced, and the Sultan lives in polygamy. Thus there yet remain twenty-nve Cnristian sove reigns regularly married (one for the third time, and one the second), ot the ludy consorts, tne oldest is the Queen of S txony; aeed 67; of the lest, three are from 60 to 60; eleven, 40 to 50; is, 30 to 40; two, 20 to 30 years of acre. Tbe two youngest are the Duchess of MecklMiburg Schwerln', ased 18, and the Queen of Greece, Med 17 years and four months. Tbe average is forty years, and the averitgeduration of marriage nineteen years and seven months. Twenty-five sovereigns (excepting the ex Queen of fcipain) have' sons who will probably eucceedthem; one (the Em per or of Brazil), a daughter; six (among whom are the Kings of jBavanaauaunedcn), brotners; tbroe (including the Bultan) have collateral relations; while on the death of tbe Pope, the Duxes of Brunswick and Heuss (old line), tho governments will poxs over to another dynasty or line. Of these 115 hereditary princes and presumptive successors, whose average age is twenty-four years eleven Months, the eldest aro thoso of Wurtemberg (slxtvJBd Hesse-Darmstadt (dfty-uine); four .ajft-not yet ten years old namely, the crown and hereditary princess ot ueigium (nine and a lull), Portugal, Waldeck, aud Greece (boru last year). Among tbose (oruatiin: tne rurkisn uetr, bat including the Bran'inu crown prince) twelve are married, tight of whom have children, and another is engaged to be married. The oldeest ot these hereditary princes is the Prince Karl of Hesse-Darmstadt, aged o(ty-flve and a halt: and the youngest is the Irown Prince Humbert of Italy, aged seventeen years, who was married lat year. THE GERMAN NOKTH TOLE EXPEDITION. This expedition will doubtless bo sent out early in the sumuier, as Dr. Peterinann does not mean to allow tbe French to get ahead. The letter of Prince Napoleon to M. Lambert, of the lreuch North Pole Expedition, has served to ictospire the Germans wlih spirit towards tho cairjniR out ot Petermaun's plan-. The Prince's eitt of ten thousand iraucs, and hi remark tbat Btate aid should not be requested, Is a good sample to the French people; but tbe Germaus do not need such incitement, for the whole na tion feels a very detei mined pride that success iuet crown the etTorts of the bold undertakers of the expedition. pr. Petertnann savs that Captain Kqldewuy for the Gennauitt) will probably leave Breuiou -with tho whole fleet in February, in order to gain a better acquaintance with the ice relations of the Polar so.u before proceeding on the real expednion. The commitue in who.e hands the carrying out of iti'i expedition is placed, ill PiidcAforto pvocure tw. steam vessels for tlielr purpote, a- cl no louL'er ue ihe little Ger mnia, which in idc the last voyage, which is imply a snipM sailing vessel, hubhcriptions till pour In towurdi the enttrprie. Tuo Gcr mauia expedition, as is well kuo wn, cost about ten thouiittiid dollars, while twenty thousand dollars were subsctibed. It is probable tbat Dr. Pe'ennarjn's pecuniary wants will jubt as readily supplied in thi future, if w may judee by tho popular feeliny. Even the lute Christinas to f shows have hud In many cases an Arctic up- K'nrunc. Tbe great window of one of tbe reet toy (hops in Berlin wad set out in Arctic) cold nets. Gtguntiu icebergs, with their peculiarly-formed pinnacles, ro.-e high up above ths oine sea, immenee masses of lee floated around, ea-gnlls were perched on the high bergs; seals and walruses showed themselves out of the Jater here and there, or crept upon the Ice, On one Iceberg was a great white bear, while not lar distant could be seen a boat, tilled with allots, about to huut the poor creature. They wer Gorman tailors, and their good ship-tho Oernianla was teeu in the background. This Jbs the way young Germany ia iudootri. THE DAILY E . Baled with the Idea of vova?ps of dlei'rr, and probably many a youthtul heart w.ll 'hus gain an enthusiasm for Dr. Petermann a .d his mission in this novel manner. 0I1DBL AND PACL HRVSF.. Eoiauuel Gelbel, the poet(hom Kiu Lu I wig II of Bavaria deprived of his literary pen ion, which be had received fur Dfieeu j jars, becaiife he wrote a prnnu welcoming the Kincj of Prtssia to Lubeck, Oeibel's home), au t , Paul Heyse, tbe novelist, who resigned his pension because he held Ihe same sentiments as Geibel, have batn received Invit itiom iroin the (irand Duke of Saxe Weimar, oirering lhen aa aylum in Weimar and an equal pension. Neither havo accepted, however: Gelbel ou account of slckuem and Hey-e on accojnt of the close relationships which bind blm to Mu nich. Geibel has been presented by the henato of Lnbeck with the freedom of the city, besides a treat procession in his honor. Heyse, "the child of ton.inc," has lately inherited considerable property, which has been lett to him by an aunt lu Berlin, which will amply compensate him for the loss of the Bavarian peiirion. Both ure gainers by the prejudices of the young king, who has brought upon himself the ridicule ot all the witty journals thatuturo to illustrate the subject. TUE CA8E O moi'llhhOR E WALO. Profcsor Kwald, of Gottingen, one of the celebiatccl seven charged wi.b lnsjltmg the King of Prussia- in his pamphlet, "Loi des Konigs und dis Volks," was acquitted by h s judges on the 29iu of December. The htmo authorities h i l motioned for six months' im prltonnicut. Durin:; the trial Proffsxor Kvald acted in a free, upright nianuir. The iIucImou of iicquittul was on two poiuts 1. It h id uot been j roved that tlie King had been personally referred to in the pamphlet. 2. No evidence had been broiuht to show that he intended his remarks us defamatory. The dedsiou of acquit tal was recdved with great applause iu court, and has bet n welcomed as just by nearly the Whole German press. MIRACULOUS 1IUAWINO IN WUBTEMDERfl. A most remarkable story comes down to us from the hills of Wurtemberg. Iu the lltllj novel tj-strickeii village of Erlnhtdm, celebrated heretofore for its manufacture of vitriol, there Is now an excitement 'unparalleled In Wurtem berg auuals." Two or three months aga a new vicar, named fschottle, was sent to the village. He was aged, being nearly fifty, and soon gained tbe sympathy of his people. The report soon spread that the vicar potBe.ed the power of healing diseases in a miraculous manner, the consequence of which was that the little village of Erluheim was quickly crowded with the crippled and dieavjd of all ages, sizes, sexes, Catholics as well as Protestant", Jews ami un believers, aud now even the neighboring villages cannot accommodate tbe coaches. A gentleman who lately visited the scene has given the fol lowing description of his visit iu the Swabian Mercury: "The ptlgiims to the Vicar of Erlaheim," he says, "iiave increased in number to an exteut far beyond anything ever heard ot iu Wurtom berp. During a business journey I had the opportunity personally to be convinced oi this. F.xactly at eleven o'clock tho door of the par sonage opens, before which a great multitude of devout 'diseased' arc found, who have been waiting for a long time. Aud what a multi tude! The spuce immediately around the par sonage cannot contain all the faithful, so that tbe streets to the right and left, wherever there Is an open space, nrc bile 1 up. The number ot those present i as at least eight hundred. Ti( clergyman begau with an address aud close! his words with a benediction. Tueu each indi vidual was allowed to come forward, and was asked for his name, condition, disease, etc. Then e ach received a s null fl iok of oil conse crated oil for external application. It appeared like olive oil. As to how this is brought into causal connection wilh the healing of the dis ease 1 am uot able to say ; s'.ill the clergyman assures t hat it is not t he oil which has tho heal ing power, but faith." The belief in his power of healing i3 wide spread; au eight-horse omnibus comes crowded lrom Kottwell to Fa-labelm daily. Many come from Plorzhtim, and even lrom Buple pilgrims have arrived, aud still the throng has not reached its culminating point. Tue number arriving dally is ebtiina'.cd now at twelve hun dred. The ecclesiastical authorities h ive already taken steps in the matter, and the vicar has bad notice of removal, but the poor people of the village and ntighberhood sent a deputation of church members toStuttcrard to endeavor to pro cure the recall of the order, but with no results. The character of the vicar is everywhere praised. He formerly charged a sum of six Kieutzcrs (three or four cents i each for the oil, but now only a box is open to voluntary contri butions, which is in part applied to the purchase of oil and iu part devoted to beueticcnt pur roses. mrroniAOY. Horse (lech has fouud entrance ns an article of con-urn ption iu Germany. In Meiningcn many ot ihe poor people obtain all their Christmas roast from the court kitchen. The Duke this year had two of his horses taken Irnm the court stables und slaughtered, and the meat given to those poor who were loud ot it. Iteport says it was seized in a tiiee. ROTHSCHILD AND ROSSINI. The latent anecdote f.bout RothschiU and Uossini would appear to be ot German oiigiu, and can be appreciated lully only by those who are acquainted witn tbe German custom ot allowing the guest to enter the house first on all occasions. Tho anecdote carries the head ine: 'Mtothschlld and itossinl at the Door of Heaven : " Rothschild God ! What do T bear? What wonderful sounds of music ! Heavenly! God like! lio-sinl Yes, Herr Baron, we are now at the Gate ot Paradise; those are the lovely tones of he avenly harmony. Please to enter I Kotbschlld Attcr you, honored Mac-tro. Eossinl Not bo, my dear Baron, I am at home here ! Stage Woudrrsi In the Madone aux Hon s, a play now running in the Pans Gai'e, there are three tableaux which all the wonders of the stage mechanism have never attained up to the piceut. One is an Italian idyl, a lumlscapc from Leopold Roberts' lainous painting called the "Harvest." T.'ie peasantry duueiug under the Southern sun to the quick Tarertclla movement, the lowing of tho tattle, and graceful grouping of the figures, aro perfectly artistic. The second grand tableau is the feast given by Ciear in bis ducal palace; all the voluptuousness of the East and depravity of Babylon are rendered moJt vividly; wine overflows, a thousand lights glitter, while ballet nymphs, like sirens, enchant the intoxi cated guests. But the banquet is the conila gratiou of the palace. The stage is covered with sheet iron, and no less thnu 1600 pieces of burning embers, supposed to bo the beams, roofs, and walls, are toesed up by artificial flames. The cruc kling of the wood, the thun dering crash ot domes tailing in, the writhing of tbe sp rals und utter dr-mny of the surprised soldiery, are almost paintully depicted. It takes six hours every day to put up the dueal pa Hoe behind tbe icenn--, for it must be artistic.illy constructed, and not ou pieco placed on another without precision. Tito I.ute Hue le Itrnkitnl. A foreign paper gives the following account of the lllnesb ot the Prince Royal of Belgium, whose death, at the age of ten years, has been announced by cable: Owing to the i)lne6s of his Royal Highness tho Due do Biab'iLt, there was uo oilielal recep tion a, the palace on New Year's Day, aud be Court remained In seclu'ion at Laekoii.- The Prince's l'CHltb remains tbe same, and would ba considered satisfactory were it not forth water which at times makes its appearance, aud DBines tne skill of tbe etoetori. i ne ioiiowmg anec'iote is related of his Royal Highness. On New Year's I'-lve ho begsed his royal parent to lirant him a New Year's gift of 6000 francs. Tbe King gave the money, at the same time asking whether he might know the purpose for which this sum was wanted. "It is intended for two tneels who have been nursing me during ray long illness," answered tha young prince, at the lame time handing the money to one of the two fclateii of Charity who havs been in constant attendance upon his Royal Highness Since lh couinieuctnitmt of bis malady. s isG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1869 DISCOVERY IS JEHCSALEM. More ICxploratlon . ty I'ligllth Eogl. noera Tlio Kxt Position of tlio Tom pi t b Ancrtnlnel. To the Editor of the London Timet: 8m:-I am happy to resum my communica tions on the exploration of Palestine with the announcement of a discovery which I think all will agree In regarding as a most lmportaut step towards a'certaln'.ng tho exact poaii Ion or the temple. Lieutenant Warieu nas discovered that tbe north wail of tho platforn of the Mosque of Omsr (to use an erroneous name for the sake of being more intelligible) Is oailt on the edge of a perpendicular scurped roc , with its scarped face to the north; in other words, that it the present flooring of the Haram area were removed, the surface of the rock would eeeni to be interrupted at the place in question by a sucllcn artiflcial gsp, runimig trcm east to west, both deep and wide, tbouan at present or uukuown width and depth. Of this gap Mr. Warren has only yet been able to examine a portion, but enough to reveal asubterranean arcade running apparently along the wholn length of the plat lorm Ci.-.O feet), aud about 35 feet in width, supporting tho present flooring of the llaram Area, beneath which the whole is concealed. Though denied by the Tnrkish authorities the power of systematic investigation within this ve ry sHcied spot, yet fortune has favored ui with an uufioked for opportunity, and Mr. Warren has fhown himself quite equal to the occniion, by bring en tbe spot at the exnc ly proper moment, and taking advt.utage of the chance, 1 subjoin his letier, and beg to say that tho drawing referred to (with ail his other sketches and reports) nir.y he se en, and conies obtained, at the ollice ot thelFuud, No. 9 Pal) Wall Fast. J shall shortly ask you to insert a second communication, with an account of Lieutenant Wairen's extensive and important operations outside the Temple walls since his return to Jerusalem in August. Meanwhile I am sorry to say that we are much in want of money. It is more than two months since I madu my appeal, and tbe funds so generously placed at the dis posal of the committee have been nearly ex hausted. The present season is not inappro priate to such a claim, and 1 trust we may be favored with a renewal of donations and sub scriptions to an object the interest of which is by no means diminUbud since 1 last addressed you. Orders for money may be sent to the trea surers of the tund, Mr. Walter Morrison, M. P., or Mr. John Abel Bmith, M, P., to Mr. W. Besnnt, acting secretary, all at tho oflico of the fund, No. 9 Pall Mall East, or to myself. Your faithful servant, George Grove. Hon. See. Palestine Exploration Fuud. Sydenham, January 3. December 8. Sir: On Saturday I went over the llaram area to see it I could trace any re semblance between tbs plan ot Dr. Lighlfoot and the present lorm of the eround. On pass ing by tbe northern edge of the Moque of Omar platiorm I saw that the earth had been lately disturbed at the foot ot the eastern steps, and on asking the shitkh of the monqne about it, ha said that after the heavy rams, three days before, the ground had given way, aud that they had found au entrance to substructions as large as those at tbe southeast angle. I Mig gested to htm that tho hole had been badly filled in, and that it would probably give way sgain. Tais morning we went early to the Haram area, and happened to come upou this place just a lew minutes alter tue bole bad opened a second time; we went down iuio it and made an examination. It is a siniterraiu, running east aud west in the line of the northern edge of the mosque platform; it consists of au arched passage of eighteen feet spuu, with bays to the south of twelve feet by seventeen feet arched over: the piers between being six feet six inches th'.ck. The southern side of theso bays is scarped rock, and on it the wall supporting tho northern edere of the mosque platform is built. i'l rnons ot tne piers are at-o scarped lrom the rock, which appears to shelve down rapidly to the north, so that if the earth and these vaults were removed, the northern end ot the mosque platform would present the appesrauco of a perpendicular i carped rock, with excrescences on its face three leet six inches thick, twelve feet apart, and projecting about six leet. Tbe vault was examined for about seventy feet cast and west, and four bays were surveyed; tho crown of the arch ot the vault and also of the bays is about two leet below the surface of the grouud, which is then about eight feet below the level of the mosque platform; the distauoe from crown to springing of the arches is nlue feet six inches, those arches of the bays being perpen dicular to and forming groius with that of the vault. The arch over the vault has a span of eighteen feet, but it is not semicircular; It appears rather to have a parabolic curve, while the arches over the bas are decidedly pointed (spans lrom 12 feet to 13 feet). The voussoirs of the arches are small, presenting about 15 inches by 4 inches on the soffit. On tbe northern side of the vsult 1 could eee no appearance of rock except iu one place for about'5 feet, where there is ciiher rock or a large stone, tne top of which is about 10 feet below the springing; the northern portions of the piers are also of ma soury, but from their centres to tiielr southern ends ihey are cleanly scarped from the ro ;ks just as is the southern end of the bays. The masonry in the walls is of very miscellaneous character, in Bonie cases large and small squared stones, and in some places coarse lubble. On tho northern side of the vault are two passages about 1 feet wide and 6 feet high, which are blocked up alter about 8 feet; they have the appearance ot being iu connection with other vaults to tbe north; they ore rooted over with stone slabs. To east and west the soutcrrain is blocked up with rubbish, fallen in from above; but it appears to extend in both directions, though towards the west there is an indication of a portion of the arch having given way. To the south the rock rises to about tbe springing of the arches, that is to say, to about twelve feet from the snrlace of the ground, or to about eighteen feet above the mosque plutiorin; above the rock the ends of the bays are blled in with co irse rubble, and it is doubtful whether thy extend beneath the mofaue Dlatlorm. In the eastern bay there is an arched doorway or communication, which is tilled up with coarse rubble. The soutcrrain Las no appearance of having been constructed for a tank. There is not a sign of pla-ter about, and the rock appears to have been scarped lor view. It differs in most respects from the tanks in the Haram area, and was apparently built for the purpose ef raising up tho Haram area to a general level; the arches appear to be Saracenic. For several months I have been fet-kirg an opportunity to examine the eround ou the nortnern sine ot too niofouo platform near the ueateru sK-ps, as l am convinced there are vaults there (irom the hollow sound of the ground), and mv impres sion now Is that the souterriu Inst discovered exiCLds all along the northern edge of tbe plat- lomi. I do not see thattius souterr ilu suoports the position of the temple obtained by the ap plication ot Dr. Llghtfooi's plan to the existing pUn, as sent home by this mail. It -may witlt reason be claimed by oue nurty ns the ditch on tbe portbern wall of the Temple, and by the other as the northern ditch ot Autoula. It. however, limits the space on which the Temple could have stood, aud as other knov ledee is gained, it may become a strong point in settliug the matter. C. Wakken, Lleuten ant Royal Engineers. ARMED VESSELS. Experiments with Iron Nhip of Wur. The London limes says: "Captain Cowper P. Coles has lately made experiments at Ports mouth dockyard with regard to the bottoms of iron ships and the disposition of their guns and armor. His success has exceeded his anticloa tlons. In the Warrior dock, at Portsmouth, there has been placed an iron built mortar vessel, now used as a movable coul depot, ob the bottom of which, for several years past, different kinds of compositions for the preservation of tho bottoms of iron ships and for tbe prevention ot their fouliug have been tested and periodically reported upon by the i-hipwrlght department of tbe dockyard for the inlormatlon of the Admiralty. Ou tbe bottom of this vessel are two patches of cement composition, on the plan proposed by Captain nn nf TiiVi vnu nnt on fnnr and thn other 'three years since. Speaking ot th se 8rst a- onmonta hnl. tneir rlTlrlenr In that tcspect has been satisfactorily proved by nnvinir poruvini ui icm u j nun. m Tin sel's bottom with a chisel, when the iron plates nudeneath were found in perlect preservation, and as free from outer deterlorati m of any kind as on tne uay ine ceiucm ws ui mm owi them. Ti... Attft-foiillnrr t nnrlmpnl tin nnen ..Hi. l-'H'ii' , f,. ...... ... .... . equally successful. In Noveraoer, lti7, the !ast occasion on which ine venfei waa in nue:n, n patch of tbe cement was laid on the bottom plating under tbe bilge, and, be'ore drying, coated with a copper facing in the lorm of dust or filings. This patch now, alter the ve-sel has been quite fourteen months in tho water, is found to be quite clean and free from any dopolt Whatever, fully answering, indeed, all the requirements that would be expected lrom a sheet of copper fixed in auy similar position. Captain Coles also claims that tho couieut np- r,lit in thn bnttnm of nn Iron shin would sticngthen it very materially, as well ns pre serve It irom tne action oi lue seu wa er. i jis would, no doubt, be the case, but weight given K tttnmm thirlinALa rhf flirt .Ainrtf. nn. plied would then bave to bu takeu into coiwi lo- -1 1. 1 M GAS FIXTURES), ETC. CORNCUU5 & DA'CER, MANt'FACTOIiraS OP CAO FIXTURES, LAMPS, CRONZSIS, LANTEFINO, Etc. stokk, .o. 710 CIIESNUT Street. MANUFACTORY, No. 821 C1XEICKY Street, 1 aosmwlm PHILADELPHIA. CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS. p I C I U il E S FOB PRESENTS. A. S. ROBINSON. No. 010 CUKSNUT Btreet, Has Just received exquisite specimens of ART, SUITABLE FOH HOLIDAY OIFT3, FINE DRESDEN I'ENAMELS" ON PORCE LAIN, IN GREAT VARIETY. SPLENDID PAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS, Including a Number of Choice Gems. A SUPERB LINE OF CHROM03. A large assortment of NEW ENGRAVINGS, ETC. Also, RICH STYLES FRAMES, of elegant new patterns; 3 I6g BLANK BOOKS, STATIONERY? JAS. H. BRYSON & SON, o. 8 Kortli SIXTH Street, Stationers and Printers. Blank Books, Ledgers, Day Books, Cash Books, Etc. Etc., Made to order at the stiorUst notice, at the lowest mrrtcei rates. LKTTFR PAPER, per reajj tfj 50 Veioifcje'Al' 1'Aran, por ream 3 00 NU1K l'Al-LK per reaoi....mM 1-25 t A lull assor.rueut of Imported and staplo STA TIONERY, always on Hand: INKS, PENCILS, PJSN BOLDE11S. Etc., In great variety. EV LOPES, bull, letter alze fi r.O per 1000 ' while, ' 1-80 " A great variety of styles aud grades always on hand, at tbe lowest rales, PBIHTEU BLANKS, CARD?, PAMPHLETS), Etc, executed In Ihe moot approved style. 1 9 lm JAMES B. SMITH & CO., BLANK BOOH MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.. No. 27 South SEVENTH Stmt, U 18 fmw3m PHILADELPHIA, S TATIONBR8. JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1823. HOLIDAY I'BENENTS. WATCHES, JEWELRY, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, and FANCY GOODS. a. W. BUS SELL, No. 22 NOSTII SIXTH S IK LET, 2t PHILADELPHIA. STOVES, RANGES, ETC NOTICE. THE DNDERHIQNED would cil the alienlluu of the publlo to his Tbld Is Ha eutireiy new huaier. It 1. ana. struuied as to at ouco coiuuieud iUell U geueral favor, being a Ckiubluuiloii of wrought ai.d caal lroii. Il Is very .lib pie lu iw oumitruciluu, aud Is pi ilecily air tight; self-clfanlug, bavlogino I lpes or drums to he taken out and cleaned. It U so arrauged witn nprlgut tlue as to produce a larger amount of heat froiu the sau.e weight of coal thau auy furunce now lu use. The hygn'uiello ouudilion ot the air aa produced by my new arrangement ol evaporation will at once d luoDilraie thMt It la tee only Hut Air Furuaoo that will produce a perelctly bealihy aimCbphere. luosriln wautot a complete Heating Apparatus would do well to call aud examine the eiulden Katie. U1UKLK4 WILLIAM. Hob. 118; and UM MARK KT Street, Philadelphia. A large assortment of Cooking Ranges, Fire-hoard Stoves, Low Lowu Urates, Veulilators, etc, alwaya on hand M. il. Jobbing of all kinds promptly done. 5 10J THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER nr I, DIKIPk'A M IIANIJV fur riinll..u l,...i. or public lumilullous. In TWSJI i'Y UIVKlCrt! hlsT SIZES. AiNo, Philadelphia RannH. Hot-Air furnaces, Portable Heaters. Low-down Urates, Flreboard Stoves, Ha'b Boilers, siew-holt Plates, Hollers, looking moves, etc,, wholesale and retail, by the manufacturers, SHABPK A THOMPSON, 11 !Swfm6m Ko. a it. SECOND street. ENNHYLVANIA II oT PI TA C .. .I'f'wiiHFUu, December ldwi Tbe attending Mauaiters are: Wlaiar liorrm. Jo. VM S Third street. S. turns Wain, No. h! S. Delaware avenue. Atienoiiig Physician J. il. Da Costa, td., D., No. 1C5 Spruce street. Attending surgeons William Hunt, M. D., No. 1J00 Spi ure street. Thomas tieorge Morton, II. D., No. 1421 Ohesuul street. Tbe Physician and Surgeons attend at the Hotnl. tal every day (Sundays excepted) to receive applica tions lor adiu Isslon. Pei sons seriously Injured by accident are always admitted U brought to the Hospital liniuedlatxly berealter. i COTION SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OP all numbers and braudat Tent, Awning, aud Wsgon-Oover Duck. Also, t Paper Manufacturers' Drier Fe'ta, from thirty Inches loieveuty-slx Inchei wide, Paulla.Bellr lug, ball Twin., etc JOHN w. KVKHM AN, Ho. 103 CHURCH Ulieet, City btorea. INSURANCE COMPANIES. UNITED SECURIT Y LI PE INS C)US K AND TKIbT COMPAH9Y, or PEN N SYLVAN1A. OFFICE: 8 E. toriifr 11FHI and CHES3UT Sts., PHILADELPHIA. CAPITAL, - - CI.OOO.COO DIUBOTOlt 8. FRILAMCLPUIA. GEOKOK II. 8TUAHT, , Hon. ASA TAl'KKR H Ml HUH' W. till LI H. ANThONY J. DUKXKU JCIHU'H PATlKhMOIM tAIs a. dkkxkl, Hon. WM. A. PCKTKU, THOMAS W. KViS3. WM. V. McK KAN, rtl DNiiy J. SOL 314, WM. C. HOIWl'lIN, i. H. HOliUTMANrti M ICW IVUK, JAMF.H M. MOKHIkON, President Manhnttan Bn. JOoii.PH STUAHT, of J- J. Stuart A Co., ilaukers. HOBTON. HON. X. B, TOBKY, late President Hoard of Trade, CINCINNATI. A. E. CUAMBKBLAIN.of Chamberlain ft Co. CHICAOO. L. Z. LKITF.R. Of Field, Loiter & Co. t. M. SMITH, uf Oeo. U. builtb Brothers, Bankers. 8T LOCIB. JAM F.S K. YE ATM AN, Cashier Merchants' National Bank. BALTIMORE. WILLIAM PREfeCOTT SMITH, nuperlnteudent t oosolldated IUtllway Lino, JSuvr York: to Washington. UH.OKUK H. STUAHT, President. O F. BETTd. Secretary. ' J L. LUDLOW, Consult lug Physician. C. 81TJART PATTKlUiON.lpo-n.-, B1CHAKD LUDLOW, J counsel. This Company Issues Policies of Life Insurance upon all the various plans that have been proved by tbe experience of European and American Com' panics to be safe, sound, aud reliable, at rates as LOW AND UPON TKKMS AS FAVORABLE AS THOSE OF ANY COMPANY OF EQUAL ST A BIL1TY. All policies are non forfeitable after the payment of two or moie annual premiums. 11 13 linwdinrp QFFICE OF THE Fire and Marine Insurance Co , Ko. 426 WALNUT Street. Philadelphia. January 20. 1-do ThOfoKowlnjrstatenien'. or tne UUAllliUN F1KB AND MAKIP K INhUKANCK COMPANY of their conaitlou on the aist flay ot Deceuioer, 18S8 la pub lished In accordance with an act of Auaemb'y: Antborixed e apltal m tsnn ron Amount paid in 87.5U0 Bonds and mortgages tS2,000 00 iieal esiaie, ilist-oiars property In New York 23,000 00 Wat lie CouDty Ballroad bonds 22.SOU 01) Instalments fin slocks due and being paid . 5.503 00 Kaiance due by BaeuiB 8.8M 34 Cash Lu bank ... 2.6oi ou fiuii.iai'M KECEIPTS FOB 1869. Premium on fire rlukp KXPCJNMES, ETC Fire losses paid t7,9ll'2tt Expenses, rent, advertlseuieotd, agencies, eio 11.7291)8 Commissions to aeuta MM 29.2H.J 82 23.13J-18 Total amount a rlck. lofBf s unadjusted aud not uue..... Acccunts........ DIlU.CroKd. ,..M..m.tl,S10.72H'7 3.4-tiS A. N. At wood. Hon, O, V. Lawrence, William K. Owens, B. CJ. WorthluKton, Nathan Hulnea, hon. John Titus, J. F. Baker. K. A. Thomas, James J. Mullen, II. E. Hudson, llou.H. T. WlUon, James Blchmoud, C. It, Oale. ti, u. Atwnon. A. 1M. ATUIK1D. Prtsldent. 2 Itutns3w H. E, HUB SON, Secretary. METROPOLITAN JLIF12 INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 243 BKOADWAY, Now York. JAMES B. DOW .freslJent JANTJABY 28, 1869. The Board of Directors bave this day declared A Ca&li Dividend or Fifty Per Cent. On the aunral premium rate of all Participat ing Life Policies, and FORTY FEH CENT. Ou the annual endowment rate of all Participating Endowment Policies Issued In the your 1867. E. XI. JONE3, Vice-President. BRANCH OFFICE, No. 429 CHESNUT Gtroot. J. S. UAFFNEr. S 4 thslbfit GKNKRAI. AGENT. TUB ENTEHl'llISB INDRANCS CO. OF paii.AURI.PUi. Cilice Pf nib west Dor. l'OHtill and WALNUT Bts. F1HE lMSUKANtlHl hXCLUSI VLY, PERPETUAL, AN!) TEHM PJLItTEa I.iHUED, Lath Cauilal... ......m m...I'40 Ikk-iO Cash Atsels January I. lfcht) M 47D 243 13 DIUiCTiUHH. P. Hatch ford Pturr. J. LI v hi en ton Brilncer. James L. Clagboru, Wm. U Koiillon, Charles Wiweler, Thos. If MoaiRomerjr, Jtibn V. Alwned. BenJ. T. Treiho. einjriie If. Ktuart, John H Brown. Th'S Conipauy insures only tint-claes r'sks, taking no i pe dally hazardous rlhks whatever, such as facto rles, mills etc. K HTOHFonOHTARR Prsldent. THOH. H. HON TeiOMKllY, Vlo President. Ai.gx. W. Wist hk. betretary. 26) BEDS, MATTRESSES, ETC. JJ O V E R'S PATEN T Combination Sofa Oecl Is decide' ly trie best Bnfa Bed ever Invented, It can ho extended frotuartofu Into a handsome Fieiich IKdt-tuad, with balr snrlng nmttrrss, lu ten seci nis of lime. It tequlres no uuncrHwIuir or deiachlu, has no Btparaitou blweni bimk unci Beat, no cords to brenk aed no hinged foot attached t i the top of tLe hac k to tupport It when down, which Is unHale and liable to net out of repair, il has tne ounvenieiioea of a bureau Jc r IiiThIiik cloihlui; U eaHlly iuaiiaed,aud il Is lniKEioie for it to K t uut ot orUr, Price about thn tame as an ordinary sofa. II. F. H0VJE3, Oh iter nud Hole aiauuftctiirer, 1 86 tutlnum W .T30Boiitli a KUONO Street.. AND A KUW STOCK Or BPRINO, mj8K AND UOi3 MATTBEE3E3, rKATHKR BED8, PILtOWfl AND UOUJTMUSt At 8. W. Cob. 12t nb Cumtwdi Bin. FOR RENT. jumes m. Aeiuteo.- F o n R C N T. rJCLKLSIX, 50. 809 ClfESNUX SU, fOH HTORI OB OFFICa. AISO, AMD LAIttii K(XM9 lolUblt fci a Cocjiuerclal U)l'e. Ajply l Htf iiAMH i)i TUE REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANIES, "TvEIjAWAHIw MU U4h BArKTY INSUR l) ANCK COMPANY. Incorporated by th. iegisiatuie wi Dee 8. E. corner of THIRD and WALNUT, I "DO Btteet", PhlliMleJplila. 5 On Vessels, Cargo, aud b reigUt to aU parts of the worm. ' On EOods by river, canal, lake and land earrlaffs to all pans of the Union. . On Mcrchandlsegeneraliy; on Stores, D-yelllngg. Houses, etc ASSETS OF THB COMPANY, JNoveniber 1, 18CI8. United Htates Flye Per Cet. Loan, 10 40s 1208,600,00 Uclted Htaten Blx Per Cent. Loan, 1881 130,80000 United Htates Blx Per Cent. Iinan (lor PaclOo H). 50,00000 Btate of PennBylvanla Blx ler Cent. Loan 211,375 OS City of Phlla. Blx Percent. J200.000 120,000 60.0CO 200,000 125,000 t",U0 20,000 25.0CO 20,000 30,00u 7,000 15.0C0 10,000 Ijoan cexempi, uura tax;. l&i.HH 09 State of New Jersey Blx Per Cent. Ioan . Gl.Rno nn Penn. Hall. Fltst Mortgage Blx Per Cent. Bonds 20,200 00 Penn. It. Heooud Mnrtgage Blx Per Cent. Bonds 24,00000 Western Petiu. It. Mort. Blx Per CeDt. Hoods, (P. K. K. guarantee-) . 20,625 00 Btate ol Tennessee l' lve Per Cent. Loun w... 21,00000 Btate of Tennessee Blx Pur Cent. Lenin 5,03123 Gtrtnaritowu Otis Co., prin cipal and Interent gumrnn- teed ly City of Phlliul'a, 300 abarea Block 13,00000 Penn'a It'tUroad Cotupauy. 2008baresBt"ck 11,300 00 North Pcna'a Knlli'oud Co., 100 shares Btock 3,300 00 Phlla. and Kouihern Mn'l Bteam.Co.,80!iharesBU)cb: Ij.OOOOO Loans nn Bond and Mort 5,000 20,000 207,900 eiige. first liens on tjuy , Properllea 207.00000 ll.lOO.UOO Par. Market value, l,130,325-25 Cost, J1.0U3.UOP2O. Real Estate ; 3fl,000 00 Hills receivable lor lueurnnee made 822,480 W Balances due at agencies, premiums on marine policlcx, acci ued 'Inter est, and other debts due the com pany 40,17888 Block and scrip of sundry corpora tions, e31f,B. Kslimuted valuo 1,81300 Cash In tank Slid 150-08 Cabh. In diawer 413 05 . 116,563 78 11,04767 80 DIRECTORS. Thomas O. Ilrmd, .Edmund A. Bonder, If .1 n , ' Itanl. B&muel K. Btokea. James C. Hand, Tbeophllus Paulding, Joseph H. Heal, Hugh Craig, John K. Penrose, Jacob P. Jones, James Traqualr, Edward Darlington, H. Jones Brooke, James B. McFarland, Edward Lafourcade, Henry Bloan, WUUuiaO. LudwIg, George O. Lei per, Henry O. Da lieu, Jr,, juuu ut xayiur. George W. lieruadon. William u. Houiion, Jaoob Klegel, jpencer Mcllvalne, D. T. Morgan.Plttsbari John B. Beiuple, A. B. Bereer. Joshua P. Eyre, x. HOMAS O.HAND. President. " JOHN C. DAVIS. Vloe.PrealdenL EF.NRY LYLBURN.Secretarv. I HH.JNHX HAiaj. Assistant Beoretary. liUBg " - . " . ' . -ClIAlllEll PEEPETUAI, Fiauklin Fire Insurance Co. jr PlaAlL4XlUa'UXA OFflOKt Kos. 435 and 437 ULESNUT STBEE1 ASSETS OBT J AH VAST 1. 1808. M..........MfJO,W,0 fJLb. Ml UMti .. l,l,HW TJ)bATTl4ia ULAIilB. iNUOMJ koO, mi 8,etaBS aaeloeo. t&H&KM 1AI SINCE 1SS0 OTMB $e ooo.ooo. , Porpotual and Xemporary Puliuies on Idberl Ternu DIUEOTORS. Charles N. Bancker, Alfred FlUar, Bamuel Grant, T nomas Bpars-s, George W jtilokardc, WIlllainB, Grant. Isaac Lea. I Allred a. B.ker, George If ale., Thomas . Xllial CHARLS-l , iAJC'KJR, prosidenl, UKOKeiK FaLLH, Vlce-Preoldeni. JAB. W. MOA1.1-1H1 k-H, beoretary pro teni. Except at LeiliiKU.n, Kentnokj, Ui!s Ctomuany 1 ti no Agencies West of Pnmourg. OFFICE OF THE INhUHANCE COMPANY OF NOKlli AME1UOA, No. 232 WALN UX bireet, Phliuaelpuia. Incorporated 17 I. Charter Perpetual. Capital, Si 5 0o,oot. Assets $3,330,000 MARINE, IN LAND, AN D FlKJB 1NBU itANUE. OVEll 820,000,000 LOSSES PAID SINCE iiB UitG ANIMATION. DIRKCTORa. Arthur G. Coffin, George L. Harrison. Bamuel W. Jones, Francis li. Oope, John A. Brown, Edward II. Trotter. Charles Tay lor, Edward B. Clare. Ambrose White, X. Charlton Henry Richard D. Wood. Alfred V. Jessup William Welsh, John P. White B. Morris Walu, lipuls O. Madeira. John Masoc. Charles W. Custunan. ARTHUR G. COFFIN,. President. CHARLES PLATT, Vice President. MATThiab Maris. BeereUtry. ai 1TUKE 1NSCKANCE EXCLUSIVELY THB V 1 PlfiNNBYIiVAMA FIR INBURANOJfl OOM i- A N V incorporated 126 (Jh art-. P iZiS 1 610 W ALflt UT bUeet, opposite IndependencetBqnara I This Company, favorably known to the oonuuunitv 3 for over forty years, continue, to Insure against loaa S or damage by nre on Publlo or Private Bulldlnmi. J either permanently or for a limited time. Also on " rnroliure. rJtocka of Uoods, and MereaaadlM cenZ J rally, on liberal terms, s i heir Capital, together wlih a large Barplna Fond. I Is Invested In the most caretul manuer, wuicn eoabluS i thenv to offer to ike Insured an uudouhtsd seouii. I. s the ease ox loss. i lBXvXO Daniel Bmlth, Jr., i John Devereoxj Alexander Benson, I Thomas HmlUi. Icaaailaclehorst, . Henry JLewiN Thomas Robins, I J.GillLnghaia7eUU Xianlel Haddock, Jr. DANIJL hMITHl JB. Resident' WM. 9. OROWEIJi. Becretary. ' l0 gTRICTLY MUTUAL. PROVIDENT LIFEAND TRU3T CO, OF PHIlADKLPHIA. OFFICE, Ko. Ill S. FOUUT1C STREET. OrgantEedto promote lAJtx. itoUKANUifi aiuong members ol the bOCITTY OF FRIENDS. Good risks of any class accepted, Poiiclui lsued upon approved plans, at m lowett tat, Prexildent, BAifftl. K. BHIPLKY. Vloe-Presldeiit, WitJiAU o. ixiMGHTaKTH. ' Actuary, kOWUKC PAJU4TJ The advantages ottered by this tXunuauj ar. excelled, tl7l ' P 11 (KMX 1NSDI1ANGE COMPANY OP PWlLADFLPHiA. ltfCOilPUuATKU 1WH-OUABTKB PKB PKTTJAXi, &o. Wl W Ai.N fc'T tiitetl. opposite the JUchanua. This Company Insur'JJ1 lo" or damage by on liberal terms, on btilldiUks.Wrchandtse, Inrnltore. etc., for limned periods, and permanently ou build 11 ks by depoit of prt-uilum I. ' The O nipany bas been In active operation for mors thaublXTY VKAHrt, during which ail hu.. wl been iirompUy adjusted and tall, ' DLBECTOKU. John D. Hodge, .David Lewis, Ueulamln lusilnv at. u. iuaiiony, John T. iwiai 11 lam ti. Grant, Kooert W. Learning, .v I, 1 Thomas H . Powers. tA. K. llcHeury.l Ifedii-uiid t'aitlUon. jfeauiuel Wilcox, Dawrtnco iw:s. Jr., jUUN R V. tu n u n u-i) i HiMT'it WiLooj. ttecrHtary. , IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. IXJNDON. r.!STAIlIJ.NHEX 1S03 Paid-up Capital and AccumuUtad Funds, 8,000,000 IN GOLD. 1'KEVON'l A UURING,As;enf, 2 4 Ko, 107 Buutb. THIRD Street, Phllada. CHAB, M. PIUtVOBT. CflA?. P. UERRI "
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