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THE DAlli ErVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 18G9.
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS,
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DAT FOR TBI IT AH 130 TBLiGBArH.
Fort-YiTAnd Ever.
IVm Iht ft V. Tribune.
We all ot ns have our entrances as well as
otir exits, and be who plays toe wan
Slippered "Pantaloon" in the comedy or pawio
train, may oome uaok xo us
Jin,t.,n.i, in the farce. 1' or some
time we hare been beuevolentl v considering
Wbat Mr. Andrew Johnson couiu posmuv
with himself after the 4th of March, A. JJ.
I860; and an unpleasant suspicion, we admit,
baa occasionally intruded itself upon us, that
iTmeant nobly but rashly to folio to.
ample of the stern C.to, and a fter ml spro
jionnclng a Talediotory speech, full or the
St sentiments and the worst possible gram
nar, that be "might his quietus make with a
bare bodkin," in the little back room of hU
Id law office. It reassures to learn, upon
the exoellent authority of the NasUvi lie
-Banner, that Mr. Johnson, like Mr. ManU
tillni, will probably onent not
to make "a demnition body" of him
eelf Why should he f Aooording to the Ban
mrhe"ia still possessed of great bodily and
jnental Tfgor;" "as much or more," saya the
tfashTille newspaper, "than when he was a
tailor by trade in the town of Greenville, Ea3t
Tennessee." The gentle journalist's grammar
is rather uncertain, but never mind! lie
knows an extraordinary human being when he
Bees him, and loyalty to a lofty intelloct may
well compensate for ignorance of Llndley
Murray, ilow can we sufficiently thank him
lor the information that the President "looks
as well as at any period of his life f " This ia
a statement from whioh it might be argued
that Mr. Johnson was not, even in the dewy
jnorning of his existence, exaotly an
Adonis; but when we consider how
much the ".early efforts ef his genius contri
buted to the good looks of his fellow-men,
we feel that it would be ungenerous to
critioise the proportions of one who, if not
lovely himself, had the art to make others ap
pear so. To the "iron constitution" which
Mr. JohnBon ia fortunate enough to possess,
must be added, in making up an estimate of
Jiis future career, the fact that he had also "a
great mind," and, moreover, "a zealous and
aggressive mind," and, likewise, "great native
powers of thought." He is (to oontinue the
Nashville catalogue of the A. Johnsonian per
fections) "an unrivalled and peerless orator,"
'a man of destiny," and "a man who believes
Jn himself." To crown all, he has "absolute
self-reliance and an undying faith in" Andrew
JohnsoD. We agree with this generous eulo
gist. His Excellency is vital in every part; if
e were not one of the deathless sort he would
long ago have been annihilated; and if he had
Suffered under the slightest propensity tooom
Enit suioide he would unquestionably have in
dulged it after his inaugural speeoh in the
Eenate. Those who watched with curiosity
that singular episode will easily believe that if
Mr. Johnson then consented to live, and to
live in the publio eye, he must have an invin
cible repugnance to dying under any circum
stances. We assure all the actuaries that Mr.
Johnson's life is an exoellent life to insure
Sgalust felo de to I
It is the opinion of the writer from whom
we have been quoting, that the President has
before him an incomputable number of
years of publio usefulness, not as a frightful
example, a fallen angel, a beaoon, a warning,
an American Wolsey or Bonaparte, but as a
Democratic candidate for the gubernatorial
Btool of Tennessee, or for "the Senatorial suc
cession after Mr. Fowler," or for "a seat in
the lower house," or possibly for "alderman
of his native village." Aa he is one of the
immortal mortals and bears a charmed life,
be has, of course, a plenty of time before him;
and if we were in his plaoe, we think that we
should begin by reopening the shop with a
large assortment of seasonable goods for gen
tlemen's wear. After a proper period devoted
to the habiliments of his friends and patrons,
he might reestablish the attorney's office, and
sue aa a lawyer those to whom he had given
credit aa a tailor. Without marking all
the stages of his new career, it ia enough to
suppose that in the course of a century or
se the places which have known him in
Washington might know him onoe more;
find thus leading a kind of circular life,
Ida career an epical palindrome, he might
so round and ronnd, not bo much a
Alosea aa a Methuselah, until he should be
translated or find repose either in the museum
ot some Barnum as yet very xnuoh unborn or
in one of the glass cases of the Smithsonian
Institute. A life prolonged in this way might
la productive of all the benefits without many
of the inoonveniences of the Buddhist system of
transmigration in fine, the President, favored
above ordinary mortals, might be hla own
donkey, his own mule, or his own crying cro
codile. In office, he would be the safeguard
of the republio, and out of offloe. ita ornament;
and if, by a snecial internosition of Provi
dence, the Nashville gentleman who has writ
ten Mr. Johnson's natural history, and, aa it
were, recorded the exploits of our Herculea in
liia oradle. oonld b remitted to share these
longeval privileges, we venture to Bay that
awo more wonderful objeots man vne.e wwuiu
Le never crawled throneh the mud during the
pre-Biblioal nights of our most interesting
placet. Buch a pair would render megathe
riums and mastodons as cheap and common aa
Our contemporary oats and dogs.
For ourselves, we will not deny that we
Lave read these predictions of the Nashville
newspaper with uncommon gratitude. It oon
Soles us to think that future ages will see Mr.
Johnson, and be able to judge for themselves
Whether the compliments whloh he has bo
often received from the Tribune were empty or
deserved. We have a lively faith that what
lie la now he will be, if living, ten thousand
years henoe. The far-off future will mark the
Sweetness ef his manners, the perfection of his
rhetoric, the alacrity of his sensitive eon-
soienoe, the purity of his purposes, and the
goa like serenity 01 his whole nature. From
the windows of many a tavern yet unbuilt he
will charm a crowd whose remote ancestors are
yet nnbegotten. Daring his fiftieth Presiden
tial term he will pardon those who are in
londa for offenses nnknown to the jurispru
dence of the nineteenth century. As he an
proaohes his thousandth year he will veto bills
with inoredible dexterity, and soold Congresses
with more than mortal vehemence. We do not
fiav that, at the day of judgment, he will be
Invited to take a seat upon the bench, but we
do say that, without doubt, he will expeot the
compliment. Ilaving conducted him thus far
we may reasonably be excused from proceed
ing with this mighty being any further. What
is beyond is known only to the gentleman
wno writes for the JNasbville JJunntr.
JIe New Army Establishments The Diver
. Bity ofl'lans.
TVMM th V V m "
i wv jscum systems or army organization,
Whereof each has obvious advantstrai. ar
now in vogue in various European countries,
sod find strenuous advocates iu our own.
Of these, one is the cadre or Bkeletou sys
i$w, wL4 rery name Buffloleutly indicates
its aim and method, without farther desorlp-
tion, and which is usually supported on the I
f thu matm It affords for instantly
dwelling a small army to a great one without
impairing Us efficiency you have yonr mould,
pour in your men. The other is the svm
Lttrtoal system, VrofottioiuA eniht admitted
needs of a certain number of officers to a
civen nnmter of men. just as n aeomplete
theoretical army ..certain ratio o numbers
exist in the three arms of the service. This
syMem, founded on the ' military unit," and
built np therefrom, is recommended usually
as being perfect as far as it goes, and as being
the most economical, because the moat effi
cient, in proportion to its Bias, at any given
mcment.
The time-worn contest over these two sys
tems is again waged in Congress. We had
almost pronounced it an interminable contest.
The truth is that both methods are good. It
is like the old theological dispute regarding
"faith" and "works;" and if we could get in
Borne way a bappy compound of the cadre and
the small army, we should be as fortunate as
a religious seot that unites faith and works in
Just proportions.
The plan or "consolidating" bureaus is, in
one sense, a sort of cadre organization. Sup
pose, for example, that the new "Depart
ment of Supply" be created (in accordance
with the testimony delivered last week be
fore the House Committee) to embraoe the
present Quartermaster, Commissary and Pay
Departments. It is clear that the duties of
these departments will be kept distinct, and
the requisitions, vouchers, and bo forth, be
separately prepared and filed. Iu other
words, we shall have, Just as before, trained
officials, acoustomed to their distinot lines of
work, and, in the contingency of war, it
would be the affair of a moment to analyze
and separate the "Department of SuddIv"
into its component parts. The same is true
of the Ordnanoe and Artillery, and, in gene
ral, of all the proposed bureau "consolida
tions." Meanwhile, the absurdity of keep
ing up euch an enormous clerical force for
that is about all it amounts to with so small
an army in active and garrison service, is very
manifest.
We may take it for granted that about this
part of the army reduction namely, the con
solidation of Washington bureaus there will
be little dispute. With a small house nobody
wants a gigantic porch. Moreover, with the
reduction of the force by a third (for it is con
templated to cut down the infantry to that
extent), the bureau work will be very slight.
If we are to spend only so much on the army
Bstbe proposed reduction of the Appropriation
bills will warrant, we must contrive to let aa
much of it go beyond the bureaus and staff
departments as possible.
lurmng now to the regiments themselves,
we may admit all that can be said of the ex
cellence of the cadre system; that it gives us
a large body of skilful "and experienced offi
cers; that it furnishes the sketch whioh it
would be easy to fill in with the body the
skeleton of a great army.
Jiut the trouble Is simply this, that our
present object is economy; and so dispropor
tionate is the pay of officers and men that to
cut off a few thousand of the latter, and keep
all the former, would be saving at the epiggoW
to let go at the bung.
Moreover, there is at present in oivil life a
hundred-fold larger body of trained offioers
both of the volunteer and regular army
than ever before, ilence it is idle, for the
sake of saving good material, to make a
skeleton organization, when at the first call
of the' country ten thousand good sworda
will be offered to lead her troops. The
country, we repeat, is full of officers of all
grades, eduoated and experienced to a degree
which army officers in ten years of peace could
not attain.
Experience, finally, shows that, bo far from
remaining in the army, the general rule with
officers is to quit it after brief service. The
outbreak of the Rebellion found a great part
of our most famous regular offioers, inoluding
Grant and Sherman themselves, in business
life. Hence, not only can we count on our
best soldiers going back to the army in time
of war, but it is clear that, with or without a
cadre organization, we cannot hope to retain
even a majority of them in the dull routine of
service in time or peaoe.
We may accordingly hope that the advo
cates of bringing the infantry foroe down
numerically 33 per cent, will agree to out
down the force in a body, whether by absorp
tion or otherwise, and let the reduction in
clude offioers as well aa men.
Increase of the Public Debt.
From tht IT. T. Herald.
The bill reported from the Committee of
Ways and Means to prevent the inorease of the
bonded debt of the United States comes not a
day too soon, for the debt under the manipu
lation ef Mr. MoCulloch has been steadily and
constantly increasing. It has inoreassd even
in nominal amount, according to hla own
figures; but the weight of it upon the publio
haa been considerably augmented by the con
version of the non-Interest and currenoy in
terest bearing debt into that bearing gold
interest. The lowest point the public debt
ever reached since July, 18G5, was in Novem
ber, 1807, when the figures stood $2,491,
04,450. This was nearly two years and a, half
after the war closed, and at the time we suppose
all the outstanding liabilities upon the Treasury
arising from the war had been paid or carried
to the debt. The country was in fact in a
normal condition as regards its revenues and
expenditures. Well, from November, 1867, to
February, 1809, fifteen months, the debt has
been increased sixty-five millions. Mr. MoCul
loch in his last official statement takes the
year from February, 1808, to February, 1809,
and shows an inorease for that period of near
twenty-nino millions. We prefer to start
three months earlier, when the debt had
reached the lowest figure, and from which
date it has been constantly increasing. In
time of peace and several years after the war
closed, then, the dtibt has increased in fifteen
months sixty-five millions, and that, too,
when the yearly revenue approaches five
hundred millions in currency. Is not thia
monstrous? Can we avoid national bank
ruptcy and repudiation if this frightful extra
vagance and mismanagement of the finances
continue f
It is true fifty-two millions of this inoreased
debt is on account of the Pacific Railroad ;
but even deducting that, there has been an
increase of thirteen millions within fifteen
months. - The bonds issued to the Paoifio
Railroad, however, are as much a part of the
debt as the five-twenty bonds. They are
called a loan, but most likely the Qovernment
will have to pay them. lis that as it may,
these bonds are a part of the public expendi
tures which ought to be kept withlu the in
come of the Government.
The conversion of the currenoy interest and
son-interest bearing debt into that bearing
gold interest has probably augmented the
weight of the whole thirty to forty millions a
year. This has been the result of the igno
rance and stupid mismanagement of Mr.
MoCulloch. The cost of changing and re
ohanging the debt from one form to another.
In the way of commisslona to baukera and
others, and in the expenses of the Treasury
Department for that purpose, has not been
less than fifteen to twenty millions. The only
idea the Secretary had was the Interest of the
bondholders. He has had no interest for tbe 1
people. Gold payment! hurrying on to gold
payments and to force that by all the niuaos
iu Lis power Las been the only thought of his
tnlud. His manipulation of the debt in the
ruinous manner we rpealc of has been the re
sult of this one idea And how much nearer
are we to specie payments through his financial
policy and operations t Hd he bought up and
cancelled gold Interest bearing bonds with the
legal-tenders he has withdrawn and destroyed,
and not changed the currency interest debt,
the oountry would have been saved thirty or
forty millions a year, and the debt would
have been reduced or at least that portion of
it which is any burden several hundred
millions. Then we should have been nearer
specie payments than we are now. Let the
world see that our debt ia being considerably
diminished year after year, and the credit of
the Government will rise, and with that we
should reach a specie basin. Mr. MoCulloch
began at the wrong end. Let na hope a more
able man may be placed at the head of the
Treasury Department under the new adminis
tration. The only way to keep the debt from
increasing as it has been the only hope of
ever diminishing it is through greater
economy on the part of Congress and better
management of the finances of the country.
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Oa the petition ot LYW V I.I IOHFI Bl,0. ad
ministratrix of the Mta'o of l.sroy Lliohneld. of
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slou of a pKient erantud blm ou tue l-t aay of May,
lCbMor u Improvemont In Shuttles lor Looms:
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cilice on the I2vh day of April mzt. Any person
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and otiier papers should be UU1 lu tnls ollias
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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICK.
WitHiNfiTon, D. O , Jnn. 2s, Imt,
On tbe petition of nOLOMON K BOLLK4. Of It -cheHter,
Massachusetts, praying lor the extension ot
a patnl granted him on the luth day of April,
for an Improvement In Machine for Raising and
Transporting Htones:
It Is ordered that said petition be heard at this
oDlceon tbe 7th day of April next. Any persjn may
oppose this extension, Objootlons, deposition, and
other papers should be filed la Ibis otlice twenty
days befure tbe day of bearing.
EMS HA FOOTE,
1 10 2w C'omnil-Blo'ier of Patents.
TT KITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
U Washington, 1). v., .Tn. 21. 18;9,
On tbe petition of IXKM knt RUM4KLL. or
Billon, Ham county, Olilo, praying f.ir tbe extenai n
ol a patent granted him on llio 1st day of May, 18 5,
reissued slay 16, 1M62, for an Improvement Iu djuoie
csered Horse powers:
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oftlce on the 12th day of April text. Any person
muy oppose this extension, ODjectlon, depositions,
and other papers should he 11 leu in this olllce twtuty
days befure the day of bearing.
ELISHA FOOTE,
2 10 2w Commissioner of Parents.
KITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.
Wabhinuton, D. C , Jan. 8. lsiij
On tbe petition ot E. WAKRY SMITH, of Jlr.n,
New Jertey, praying for the extension of a pa flit
grunted bint on the 17th day of April, 18, for an Im
provement in Sewing Machines:
It Is ordered that said petition be beard at this
ofQceonlbe 29tb day of March next. Any person
nay oppose this extension. Objections, SSbOMlioDs,
i nd other papers should be Hied la this olllce twenty
days betoie the day of bearing,
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2 10 2W Cotnmi'HtO'ierot Pawn's.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
WAKHINuTOtf. I. C, Jan. IS. 1N6U.
On tbe pe'ltlon of WAt'l'KH a. 1 JRBL'dtt, of
Buffalo, N, Y.. administrator of the estate of E. B.
Foibub. dfceaxed, praying for th? extension of a
patent granted the said :.!'.. rotljush.on the l'tti
day of April, 185, r Issued the 'tun day of April.
iat. aud afaln reissued in five divisions numbered
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ol M ay, lsS, for an improvement Iu Oram and Urass
Harvester-:
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otlice on the 29th dtv of JU.reli next. Any person
n ay opt one this extension, ou) ctlont, depositions,
and other papers should be tiled In this ollice twenty
days before the day ol hearing-
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2 10 2w Commissioner of Patents,
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7,000
15,000
10.W0
6,000
20,000
207,900
United States lave Per
Cent. Loan, 10 40s $208,500.00
United States Six Per
Cent. Loan, 1881 130.800-00
United States Six Per
Cent. L an (lor PaclfloR). 50.000'VO
Slate of Pennsylvania Six
Per Cn t . Loh u all ,375 00
City of Phlla. Hlx Percent.
Loan (exempt from tax). 128 59100
Stale of New Jersey Six
Per Cent. Loan 51,500 00
Penn. Hall. First Mortgage
Six Per Cent. Bonds 20,200 00
Penn. H. Second Mortgage
Six Per Cent. Honda 24,040 0
vv estern renn. it. mart,
Six Per Cent. Bonds. (P.
R. R. guarantee) 20,625 00
Slate of 'Tennessee Five Per
Cent. Loan 21,00000
estate of Tennessee ix rer
Cent. Loan 5,031 25
uermantown uns uo., prin
cipal end Interest gtiamn
teed bv Cliv of Phllii.ru.
300 shares Stock 15,000 00
Penn'a Railroad Company.
200 sbares Stock 11,300 00
North Penn'a Rnilroad Co.,
100 shares Slock 3,500 00
Phlla. and Southern Mall
Steam.Co.,80Hhares Stock 15,000 CO
Loans on Bond ana Mori
engd. firnt. ltnnn nn iMtv
Properties . 207,9WO0
81.1UO.000 Par. Market value, $l,130.325-25
UOBl, 81,W.i,0UlO.
Real Estate .' iwoooOO
Bills rect lvable for ltiftirance made 3&!,18J1M
.balances one at agencies, premiums
on marine policies, accrued inter
est, and other dtibta due the com
pany :. 40,17888
Stock and serin of mnnlrv enruora-
tlons, i.ilM. Estimated value 1,81300
Casulu bank Sllti 150-OS
Pnnh In flmwi-r . 41:t'li.:i
118.5S3 73
$1,647,367 -80
DIRKCTOR8.
Edmund A. Souaer,
SHmuel E. Stokes,
Henry Sloan.
Thomas C. Hand
John C. Davis,
James C. Hand,
Theophllus Paulding,
Joseph H. Seal,
Hugh Craig,
John R. Penrose,
Jacob P. Jones,
James Traqualr,
Edward Darlington,
U. Jones Brooke,
James B. McFarland,
Edward Lafouroade,
Joshua P. Evre.
W'illUiu C. Ludwlg,
George O. Lelper,
Henry C. Dallelt, Jr.,
John D.Taylor,
Ueorge W. Bernadon,
William Q. Boullon,
Jacob Riegel.
Spencer Mcllvalne.
O. T. Morgan.PltUbnrg
ionn jo. oenipie,
V. B. Berger,
THOMAS O
HAND. President.
JOHN O. DAVIS. Vice-President.
EENRY LYLBURN, Secretary.
HENRY BALL. Assistant Secretary. 10 8
OU -ClLAliTEli PEKPETUAE
Franklin Fire Insurance Co
Cr raaXXAWJBAdPUlAs
OFFIOHl
Aoa. 135 aud 437 ClLESJiUiT STKEE1,
ASSETS OH JAHUABT I. 180S,
W,00a,74000,
ifmy,ic,?CBjpLm rois),98.8
UNSETTLED ULALttbs LNUOJUJf bO& Igtf
s)38.eta-aa sae.ooo-aa.
IMSSES PAID IHCB lfttf OVEB
t$ez goo, 000.
Perpetual ana Tempoi ary Polloles on Liberal Tsrun
DIKKOTORa
Oharles N. Bancker, AJfrwl Filler,
tiaiuuel Urant.
Tbomaa Bparks,
Ueorge W Klohard,
Isaao Lea.
n 1111am a. uraui,
Alfred ii. liaker,
Tbootas e. Ellis!
George Vales,
CHARLES U. HAHCKt u p..im..
GJLOltuK PALLtt, Vloe-Preatdent.
JAS. W. McALLlUIJsJt, Hecretary pro tem.
Kacepl at Lexington, Kentucky, this Company 1
no Agencies West of Putspurg. v
OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NORTH AMERICA, No. 232 WALNU'f
bireet, PhUauelphla.
Incorporated 174. Charter PerpetuaL
Capital, 50o,ooo.
Assets 82,3.10,000
MARINE, IN LAND, AND FIRE INS JttANCE.
OVER 820,000,000 LOSSES PAID SINCE
ITS ORGANIZATION.
.... DIRECTORS.
Arthur O. Coffin, George L. Harrison.
Sumuel W.Jones, Francis R. Cope.
,?bn,A,rBro.wn' Edward H; Trotter,
Charles Taylor, Edward S. Clarke.
Ambrose White, X. Charlton Henry-.
Riohard D. Wood, Alfred D. Jessup.
William Welsh, John P. White.
8. Morris Wain, Lonls O. Madeira.
John Mason, Charles W. Cushmaa.
ARTHUR Q. COFFIN, President.
CHARLES PLATT, Vice President
Matthias Maris, Secretary. 21?
rpiRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY THB
JD PKNNHYLVANIA FIKjK lMBOBANOB ioM
fANY-lncorporated 1826-Oharter Ptoalilfo
61U WALwUTbureet, opposite Independence HqnarS
Tbls Company, favorably known to tbe oommtuiit
for over forty years, oontinnes to Insure against lou
or damage by tire on Publio or Private auUdlnmi
either permanently or for a limited time. Also on
i urolture, blocks of Goods, and Merobandlaa ai
rally, on liberal terms. . aww
Their Capital, together with a large Barpms Ponil
Is invested In the most careful manner, wbiob enabi,
them to offer to the Insured aa undoubted seoorlt !
the case of leas. jia
Daniel fimlth. Jr.,
John TJaVAran-
Alexander Benson,
lHaaoJieislehurel,
Tbomas ttmlUt,
Henry Lewis,
J. 14 1 11 1 o 1. . vain
Thomas Hooiu.
IMN1KL biiiTH Jm-J" resident.
WM, e, CKOWH. LL. Becretary. ' i.Soi
QTRICTLY MUTUAL.
PROVIDENT LIFflND TRUST CO.
OP PHlLALitLPHIA.
OrilCE, do. Ill H. IO UK I'll STKEKT.
Uigaulsed 10 promote LLV A UNoUKaJSOU anions
members ot tbe
HOCIJETT OP PRIENDS.
Good risks of any class accepted.
Policlt Issued upon appruvea piaas, at Iks lowest
rates. .
President.
BAMTJKL K. fclHIPIJIT.
Vics-Preaidbiit, william C. Lojmohtojcth.
Actuary, KOWLA'ND PAKKT,
Ibe advantages oCered by this Company are
excelled, fg7
OlfoSMX INSURANCE COMPANY OF
X palLADELPlllA. v
liSCOltrortA'l r.D 1 60s CHARTER PERPETUAL.
Mo. WAL te'T bireet, opposite the Jixohauge.
I bis Company Insures irom ions or damage by
i , PIRhi,
fn liberal terms, on bnlldiugs. merchandise, fnrnltnre,
ci c, lor limited periods, aud permanently on build
i by deposit of pr.mium k
'1 he C miiany bs been in actlveoperatlon for more
than t-IXTY Vi'AIW, during wblcb all losses have
been promptly adjusted aud t-; .
DlittcTOKH.
John L. Hodge, " Uavid Lewis,
ai. U. Walmuy, ijjenjamlfl Ji.uln,
lobn T. Lewis. I Thomas it. Powers,
W illlum b. Grant. I A. R. MeHeury,
Robert V. Lemming, , Kdmnnd Castlllon,
I). Clark Wharton, ajcai.uk Wilcox,
LaHrtnce Lewis. Jr., Lewis C. Norrls.
lrtnce.LwB.jdg R WUCHJilUER. President,
Sisvn Wilcox, rvcreiary.
IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.
LONDON.
ESTAIILIMMEI 1S03.
Paid-up Capital aud Accumulated Funds,
se.ooo.ooo in- OOLD.
lltETOMT A llClt HI AgTCUt.,
2 4 No. 107 South THIRD Street, Pbl'ada.
CUAS. M, PRKVObT. CHAJ. P. HKRRLNO
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
UNITED SECURITY
L I F E INN V It A. X O E
COMPA1.Y,
or
PEN N S Y L V A N I A.
OFFICB:
S. E. Corner H1TH aud CHESS UT 8I3.,
PHILADBLPU1A.
CAPITAL, - - SI ,000,000
D I H E O T O It a.
mlLADCLPBIA.
O FORGE H. STUART,
GKOKOK W. CiilLlS.
ANTHONY J. LllKXKL.
JOblPH PATTKhbOM.
FRANCIS A. IlKKXKL,
Hon. W M. A. POR1KR.
Ifon. ASA PACKER.
THOMAS W. KVAN8.
WM. V. McKKAN.
SIDNEY J. .SOL MS,
WM. C HOUSTON.
i. H. HOKbTMANH,
KKW rUUK,
JAMKS M. MORJrtrON, President Manhattan Bank
JObEPil BTUAK1-, ot J. J. btuart A Co., Bankers.
BOSTON.
HON. E. B, TOBKY, late Presldoat Board of Trade.
CINCINNATI.
A. K. CHAUBERLAIN.of Chamberlain ft Co.
CHIOASO.
L. Z. LE1TF.R, of Field, Letter A Co.
C. M. bMITH, of Ueo. C. builib t Brothers, Bankers.
ST LOUIS.
JAM SR. TEATMAN. Cashier Merchants' Nation al
Bank.
BALTIMOBa.
WILLIAM PBKhCOTT SMITH, Buperlntendsnl
Consolidated Hallway Line, New York M
Vi asblngtoii.
OKOtUE H. STUART, President,
C F. LETTd, Secretary. '
J L. LUDLOW. Consulting Physician.
R. M. GIRVIN, M. D., I .,.,,...,
JOb F KOEKPER, Juf. 14., Hedlcal Examluers
C. BTUART PAT lERfcSUN.l
RICHARD LULLOW, 'jCounseL
This Company Issues Policies of Life Insarsuci
nton all tbe various plans tbat have been proved
by tbe experience of European and American Com
panies to be sale, sound, and reliable, at rates ai
JUUW AJND UK)W TKKUti A3 FAVORABLE AS 4
THOISK OF AJSY COMr AN Y OF K14UAL bTA. I
B1LITY. i
All policies are non forfeitable after the payment
Of two or mote annual premiums. 11 13 Imw3inrs I
aa c c 1 r R n r t -i
jjp s s w ws 1 n H
Fire and Marine Insurance Co,
Ko. 42 W ALSCT Street.
Philashxphia, January 29. 1,-,
Tneioi:owingsiaieniemoruie uuaruiam viav
SO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY of thai,
joltli'uon tue31btdy ot Decemoer, 1868 Is iTiTh
bed In accordam e wHh an act of Assemb'y
cou
llshed
AnthorlEed t apltal
Amouut paid In
ASSETS.
I500.00H
Bonds and mortgages o 2,000 0
heal esiale. flrst ciaes properly In
New York 23.0OO M
Wayne County Railroad bonds 22,500 00
Instalments on stocks due and
being paid S BOO 00
liAiance due by uguuta 633 si
Cash la bank 2 600 00
BEf'KIPTS FOB IS 6 8.
Premium on fire riskr
LOMStS, KXPENStES, ETC
Fire losses pald 7,96P2S
Expenses, reut, advertlsemetits,
agencies, eto 11,729'93
Commissions to agents 3,443 14
23.133-48
Total amount at rlrk
.'lMtO,724'nV
8.300 04
.4M
Lorses unadjusted and aot due..
Accounts,
DIRECTORS.
A. N. Atwood.
Hon. G, V. Lawrence,
William E. Owens,
B. C Wortblngton,
Nathan Ualnes,
Hon. John Titus,
H. O. Atwood.
J. P. Baker,
E. A, Thomas,
James J. Murien,
H. K. Hudson,
Hon. 8. T. Wilson,
James Richmond.
C R. Gale.
A. N. ATWOOD. Prisident.
I ltutbssw H. K. HUDSON, Secretary.
HE ENTERPRISE INSDRANCa CO. OF
PHILADELPHIA.
OlHceScuthwest Cor. FOURTH aud WALNUT Six.
FIRE .INHURANCK KXCLUKI VELY.
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES IHHUED,
Cash Capital.. ..4200 0O0-S0
Cash Assets January 1, 1869 47.2t
T. Ratcbford Starr,
J Livingston Errlnger,
James L. Olaghorn,
Jobn V. Atwoed.
BenJ, T. Tredlok,
George H. Bluart,
T IU. u. JtUUlbOD,
Charles Wheeler,
Tboe. H Montgomery,
rfuuu u.iHvnu, 1 Buiw in. asrues.
This Company insures only lirat-olaaa risks, t.ktn
jotin ii.ii rown,
no specially hazardous risks whatever, such as facto
rles, mills, etc
F. RATOnFORDBTARR. President.
THOH. H. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President.
ALXx. w. wibtkb, becretary. g ,
DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC.
ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO.,
N.E. Corner of FOURTH and BICE Sts
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGIST.
IMPORTERS AND MAN BFAOTURERS 09
Whit Lead and Colored Faints, Puttj
Yamishes, Etc
AGENTS 1XK THB CELEBSATED
FRENCH ZIJN'C PALMS. .
DEALERS AKD COHSCMEHS BUPPLIKD At
LOWEST JBJCkS FOR OABH. 1JU
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, ETC.
PANTALOON STUFFS!
JAtV.S & LEC,
K. 11 XOBTH NKt!NI NT BBS T,
Sign of 1 ho Cloltlen Lamb,
Have now on nana a very Urge aul cliolcs assort
ment of all tbe ne. .1 kt of
Fall and V Inter Fancy t'usslmere9
THE MARKET,
To wblch they InvUe tbe attention of the trade aid
Others. tJMW
AIJWHa.KAI.IABII, BKTilU
PROVISIONS, ETC.
MICHAEL MUAUUEK & CO.,
So. 22a South SIXTEENTH Street,
WHOLEBALK AND RETAIL DEALERS VI
PIlOVlKlOKg,
O m'fclK'iSJ, AXU s'.tXJ) CLAWS,
tou rAwiLv lTs&
jrEBBAPikj, tie iku ,xKai. . m
GaTlIm?r.,8AH7l C C.NViS.'OF
S"ver,X',?rkUa b'l"1 -Awn.ugVd
t.A. . 'i I. il" p' f Mauulscturers' Drier Fe'ts, frnul
ln Jl TiinJ"'"'' sl 1,K-,,M wM" P'"l. 1
ing. ball Twine, eic. ,-ojin w. i;KitMAN.
0. IU3 CHURCH Street, lylty bto-9i
1
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