THE DAILY - ArNG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCII29lg69 6 TVtnicn as Clerks In Wftshlngtou. BKKIorB CHAUOKS BY A WOMAN. The Indcpemhnt eay: "We pntil.Bb. the following letter, lwarin the signature of a woman a cle rk in the Treaimry Department though we have no personal acquaintance with her. If her Btateuients are trne, the should arrest the attention of the publio; if ialne, let them be expo'.ed: "TRHAHURY Depakt.mknt, Wasuisoton, D. D., March 1!), lSiii). In the last number of the Independent I noticed a paragraph stating that the compensation of the women employed in the departments at Washington was about to be made the same a that paid to men; and as a woman, and an employe of the Uov ' eminent, I trust then oau be no objection against my expressing my views regarding the subject. 'The masses of women at the present time employed in the departments are not pos sessed of very brilliant clerical abilities. On the contrary, very many of them have scarcely education enough to tell the day of the week by a counting-house calendar; and they owe their appointments and contiuuauce in oflije to their personal advantages. Wlien a man receives an appointment to a clerkship he is obliged to appear before a board of aepart ineutal oilioers, aDd undergo an examination; and although the examination is not so strict as that imposed on the graduating class of a New England college, it la so dilfioult that sot one woman in a hundred could pass it satisfactorily. "I, for one, claim that women educated women, of course are as competent to per form brain labor as men; but 1 do most em phatically object to having girls in their teens, with no other recommendation than a pretty face or a pretty foot, place themselves on au intellectual par with men and women of edu cation. "I am sorry to make the confession, but the truth forces it, that the departments are filled with females crowded, I may say, with those who serve the Government in no other way except to embarrass the publio ollioials in the discharge of their duties. I could furnish the names of scores and scores of women, whom thejheads of departments have tried to get rid of for months and years, as being utterly worth less, yet have been unable to do so owing to outeide iulluences. 1 could luiuish the names of scores of women who do not perform an hour's work per diem for the Government; not in every instance because they are unwill ing, but because they do not have the work there being too many engaged in the same labor. In the office of the Comptroller of the Currency, for instance, one-third of the force employed would be quite sufficient to perform the labor. This is no speculation on my part. I know whereof I affirm. "In the Post Office Department the law pro Tides for fifty female ck-rka, and desks are arranged for that pumper; yet ex-Postmaster-General Randall appointed one hundred and five. During the two weeks immediately prior to his exit he appointed thirty female clerks; and for what reason heaven only kuows, since nearly one-fifth of those already em ployed had nothing to do nay, not even a Beat in the ollie. I can conceive of no earthly object Randall had in appointing these women, unlets it was to embarrass his successor. "In conclusion, I hold that women who are competent to perform the same Ulor as men Should receive the same compensation, aud be subject to the same conditions, for violating which they should bi dismissed. "Every woman employed should be sub jected to the same examination as men, and personal beauty or laxity of morals ought not to be a recommendation, a j is too often the case. The examining board should be women. In order to prevent corruption in all bureaus where women are employed, there should ba female auditors. 1 have an instance in my mind where one malicious woman-clerk caused the removal of some five or six faithtul men, simply because they refused to lend inouey to her husband (?), a worthless blackguard, who never paid his debt3. I am happy to state that the auditor who made thes removals has just resigned and gone to the West. "Congress or the President ought toatl'ord us Some protection, if they allow us to occupy offices. We ought not to be insulted by having the paramours and mistresses of mem bers of Congress forced upon us, and be obliged to tolerate their society day by day. Let Mr. Boutwell clean out the rilfraff and the pollu tion of his department. Let him appoint moral and competent women; then let us be paid according to our merits. Such is the earnest prayer of every honest woman-clerk. "Hannah Tiler." Absinthe and Alcohol. Some interesting experiments have lately been made in Paris with the view of deter mining and oomparing the effects of absinthe and of pure alcohol. We do not wish to give nnnecesary offense to a large, and perhaps, in some respects estimable class of persons; but the most fitting subject for these experiments was thought to be a pig 1 A man in a state of intoxication has often been compared to a pig; and it is said that a pig under the influ ence either of absinthe or of pure alcohol a guinea-pig, but a pig all the same exhibits precisely the Bame symptoms as an intoxicated man. A question bad arisen as to whether the pernicious effects known to be exeroised by the liquor oalled absinthe were due to the essence of wormwood, from which it derives its flavor and its name, or to the spirit which enters so largely into its composition. Ab sinthe drinkers maintained that their beloved stimulant was not injurious if taken in mode ration, and that, taken in excess, it did neither more nor less barm thau brandy or any other preparation of alcuhol. The medical profes sion were of a contrary opinion, and several mad doctors (significant tebtimony I) adduced cases in which insanity, they declared, could be directly traced to au immoderate indal gence in absinthe, or, to use the technical word by which the irresistible passion is ex pressed, "Abiiinthoinmia." Several books and pamphlets have lately been published on what has beeu diuitled by the title of "La Question d'Abiuthe;" but, as generally happens in such discussions, no one Las been convinced. The enemies ot absinthe prove it to be poit-on. The "absinthers," or devoteeB of absinthe, say that it is at last a very agreeable poiion, and that it does not kill quicker than any other intoxicating liquor. Some three or lour years ago the drinkers of absinthe seemed really to have been alarmed by the numerous and persistent attacks made npon their tavorne reiresnuiem. remaps tue rumored eppioach of cholera made them rellect. At all events, absinthu was, for a time, all but bauithed from the boulevards to be replaced, it is true, by a uiutiu stronger, though perhaps lets brain-exciting, liquor known as "bitter." After a time, how ever the lovers of absinthe returned to the poison of their predilection; and a cham pion appeared from among them who boldly perhaps we should say recklessly asserted that the beverage, which Is known to have been the favorite one of Gustave Plauche, perbapa the soundest of modern French critics, and of Alfred de Musset, certainly the most brilliant of all French poets, is a very esti mable beverage indeed, which, fairly used, 4pefl much more good than harm. To be sure, Alfred de Mnsset'a end was tragio enough; but it is by no means certain that it ought to be attributed to absinthe rather than to any other strong drink. Ualzao, in ha "Kssay ou Modern Stimulants," oonllnes himself to wine, coffee, and tobaoco, and, by a strange omission, makes no mention of absinthe. Hut the oham pion of absinthe has borrowed from Balzao his short and easy method of testing stimulants; and he devotes one of the most curious chap ters in his book to the "experiences of au absinthe drinker," who, it appears, went to a cafe on the Houlevard Montmartre, and de liberately drank four glasses of the mixture; for absinthe, we need hardly say, must ba taken with water, .After his firs: glass the abBlnthe drinker was supremely happy, and felt that his intellectual power had been in creased tenfold. Lleie, of course, he should have stopped. However, in the cause of science, he repeated the dose and then took a third and a fonr.h gla?a, until, at last, instead of feeling supremely happy, he be came "dull, heavy, Mlent, and morose." lie wandered about, and at last found himself seated on a bench iu cue of the outer boule vards. After that he had "a vague notion" that he went into a low restaurant, ate some duck stewed with turnips, walked about for a couple of hours, aud, finally, "with a dea l eye, a heavy heart, aud a tottering gait," got Lome aud went to l-d. This condition had been brought about by four very small gla3as of absinthe, and it is asked by the absinthe di inkers' critics whether four very small glasses of brandy could hive produced the same effect, more especially the "vague notion." It appears that until 1SJ4 the belief that there was nothing injurious in abdinthe ex cept the alcohol was general enough. In that year, however, a mad doctor named Marce communicated a paper to the Academy of Sciences, in which he demonstrated that the essence of wormwood wa3 contained iu the liquor called absinthe in the proportion of twenty grammes of essence to 100 litres of alcohol, and argued that this essence had a peculiarly injurious effect on the brain. Iu 18U7 a petition was presented to the Senate, praying that the sale of absinthe might be ab solutely forbidden. Nothing came of it; aud now the "question of absinthe" has been once more brought forward by two physicians, MM. Magnan and Bouchereau, who, for the first time, have made regular scientific ex periments with the questionable Stuff. The object of the experimentalists was to show what the effect of pure alcohol would be on a guinea-pig, and what the effect of absinthe. With this view they placed a guinea-pig under a glass case with a saucer full of essence of wormwood by his side, another guinea-pig being placed under another glass case with a saucer full of alcohol. The guinea-pig, who, bo lo say, was beirg "treated" with absinthe, sniffed at the fume, and for a few moments seemed, like the abBinthe drinker before mentioned, "su premely happy." Gradually, however, he became heavy and dull, and at last fell ou his side, agitating his limbs convulsively, foam ing at the mouth, and presenting all the signs of epilepsy. The same epileptic symptoms were manifested on the part of a cat and a rabbit who, in a similar manner, were made to inhale the fumes of absinthe. On the other hand, the guinea-pig who was forced to get intoxicated with pure alcohol behaved like an ordinary drunkard, lie became lively, then reeled about, and at last lay down and fell into a heavy sleep. TheBe experiments will, probably, have no effect whatever in diminishing the sale of ab sinthe; but that absinthe produces results other and more injurious than those brought about by pure alcohol seems to have been clearly demonstrated. 1 'all Mall Qmetlc. TLe Miseries or Keconstructed Paris. U. Jl'LKS FAVRE ON THE r-REKECT OF TUB f-KINB. The renovation, reconstruction, Hausmanu" ization of Paris has again and again been Be" verely criticized from almost every point o' view, but never with so much effect as by M. Jules Favre in his speech of the Oth instant in the Corps Lcgislauf. Close observers have remarked as a singular coincidence that when ever a new boulevard was to ba opened, the line ran directly through property belonging to the friends and relatives of the Prefect of the Seine. M. Hausmann has also been made the subject of strong animadversion lecaase of his ruthless demolition of some of the most vtnerable historic buildings of ancient Paris, in utter disregard of sentiment, association and archeology. But M. Jules Favre strikes deeper than this. lie demolishes the author of the "demolitions" with figures that are harder missiles than the fragments of brick and stone from his wide ruins. Not only has the ornamentation of Paris proved contagious, causing all the cities and towns of France to emulate the squares, foun tains and monuments of the beautiful capital, and thereby greatly increasing the local bur dens of taxation, but the taxes of Paris have increased from 42 millions of francs, paid by 900,000 inhabitants, in 1852, to Ub millions, paid by 1,825,000 inhabitants in 1807; or from an average of 48 frauos to an average of fcO francs. Upon all articles of prime necessity, such as coal, iron, meat, butter, oil, the duties have been moBt oppressively increased, and. pauperism has shown a most painful augmen tation. The report of the Bureau de Bien faisance, in the Thirteenth arrondissement (that in which the famous tapestry and carpet manulactory of the Gobelins is situated) gives the number of indigent persons therein whose names have been registered as 15,000, repre senting 5000 families, while a famished multi tude of 30,000 were clamoring to be entered on the registry. In the Eighteenth arrondisse ment (that including the heights and well known windmill of Montmartre) there were !I258 paupers, as compared with 2S30 a few years ago. In lik manner the Twentieth arrondieFement of Menilmontant gave an in crease of from 2000 to 0000. Nor was this all. The total number of houses torn down for the improvement of new Paris was 18,000, and the buildings which replaced them fell far short of furnishing accon modation lor the occuptnta who had been turned out of doors. The consequent was that hordes oi workmen "may now ba found encamped beyond the fortifications, sleeping ou the bare ground, or in hovels mcde of roii(jh Wi.:lc-i, deal plank, or even tarred paper." We do not wonder that state ments like these wer received with outcries in the Corps Leg islam, and that the pareuth- Fes oi "uproar" houlct be frequent m the official report, aud loud "exclamations" and "aj planhes" miut well follow such a perora tion as this: "After all this ou say that the present is not a political question. Such an assertion could oiiiy have, ijeru made iu time of confu sion, frivolty, and puaroliy like the present. The situation of a city of two millions of in habitants in respect lo one individual is emi nently a political ma ter; and the man in ques tion is not, the Prefect of the Seine, but the Kmperor, who is responsible by the destitu tion, which you cannot misinterpret. (Uproar.) And yon, Monsieur 1 Ministre, can ouly disen gage your responsibility and save your port folio by exposing the sovereign, and leaving him face to face with the Justly-offended l'arl Biftsa I" (Loud applause oa the left.) Miscellaneous Items. The Digent Is the name of a oomio jour nal published In Montreal. The daily business of the gambling hells in Helena, Montana, averages $250,000 in gold dust and greenbacks. The French International Marine Exhibi tion at Havre, last summer, was a financial failure. Its projectors lost $20,000. San Francisco has no free delivery of letters, because no carriers can be got at the low salaries offered by the Government. A grand exhibition of implements of war will take place in April in Amsterdam, under the patronage of the King of Holland. In the last budget for publio worship at Holland there appears the sum of 3S,0 14 florins for the expenses of the Jewish religion. Louis Thilippe's sod, the Duke of Au male, is a regular contributor to the London Times, and writes sharp articles on Louis Na poleon. The richest man in Vienna is Baron Sina, the banker. His wealth ij believed to be much greater than that of any membsr of the Rothschild family, There are 550 American students in the various German universities, and over 1000 male and female American pupils at first-class boarding-schools. The authorities of Waldeck, a Oarman town, have given publio notice that no license to marry will hereafter be granted to any habitual drunkard. Two magnificent antiques have been dug up at the excavations at Otiha one a bronze statue of Venus, about tour feet iu height, and the other a marble figure of Hermaphroditus. Whittier is the name of a new first-class ship, owned chiefly by the Cushings of New buryport. It was named in honor of the poet because he has done so much to enhance the fame of the Merrimac. Superstition lately led to a horrible out rage in the commune of Jabalca, in Bulgaria. The body of a woman suspected of witch craft was disinterred, and the heart having been cutout, was burned to ashes. The "Queen of Borrowdale," well known in England, and frequently called "Old Sally Youdale," died recently at the age of 101. She never, except ou one occasion, was out of the parish in which she lived. There is a sore famine throughout Abys sinia, owing to the anarchy which has pre vailed since the departure of the British force. The demands of rival factions have preveated the peasantry from tilling the soil. A clergyman was Bhot while performing the marriage ceremony at Andersonville, Ga., recently, by the drunken stepfather of the bride. The reverend gentleman, however, completed the ceremony, propped up by pil lows. CARPETINGS. OPENING OP SPKISU CAlfiPETIXGS, ISo. 729 CHE3KUT Strcot. E. II. C0DSHALK & CO. SPRING-1 869. LEEDOM & SHAW, No. 9(0 ARCH Street. We are now receiving n very large etock of NEW GOODS for SPRING SALES, Embracing all tLe new styles of CAEFETI I? GS, FLOOB OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, 3 11 wfu.ciu ETC. ETC EOOTS AND SHOES. BARTLETT, Ko. 83 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, Begs to Announce his Hew Styles oj Gents' Boots and Shoes, for Spring Wear , and is now ready to receive and fulfil all orders which the pull'ic may favor him with. i0 ie imwi GOVERNMENT SALES. ST. LOUI8 AK8ENAL, 8T. LOUIS, MO., FEBRUARY VW. IStiO. FUbLlU WALK OK CONDEMNED ORD NANCE AND OHDN ANCE hTOKEvS. Will be ottered for sale, at pnbllo auction, at the Hi. Louis Arenal, fct. Louie, Mo., commencing ou MONDAY, tUe 12tn day of April, 18ti!, .ul 11) o'clock A. il., a large amount of condemned Ordnance find Ordnance biores, etc., consisting In parlor tne following articles, viz.: 51 cant Iron Hold guns, with carriages and Implements. 199 caul lion kuuh, varlouB, total weight about 530 Ioun. 40 tons cannon balls, 6 to 42 pounds. hO an Ulei y carriages, various, boo sets artillery wheel narness, for two iiorees. 4,300 Bj.oruug rifles and shot guns, various. 10, 2., .car nines and nlltn, various. 14,111 sabres and b words, various. 123 km cartridge boxes, various. l"i 000 cavalry tada!ee, various. 3,(KioartlUery Baddies, various. 23,100 euro bridles, various. 10.000 wittering bridles, various. 15,000 Da Iters, various. 14.4M) leather traces, various. 401.HK; ijouatis of ciiunon powder. J.'iUpiiuucis of mortar powder. 5V7,bao pounds of musket powder. 18 200 pouinis of rifle powder. lMi.fs-lo pounds of dauiHged powder. 90,ho4,ooo inuMfctt and pistol percussion caps. Wrought aud cant iron scrap, etc eio. Person desiring catalogues of the scoresto be Bold can obtain thorn by application to tbe Chief of Ordnance, at WuHhlugion, D. u.; or brevet Colonel H. Crispin, U. B. A., purchasing agent, corner of Houston and Oreene strebU, Nw oi . or upon Hj Lieut.-Co), of Ord. and Bt.'Brlg. Ueu. U. H.A., Commanding. " r HATS AND CAPS. WAHBUKTON'8 IMPROVED VENT1 lkted. nd MUT-11U1DC Drttaa HU (pateoutdu a all Ilia luiDruved btahluui of lll tmwn, tlHlt HUT bUtl, fial dovi W Mf ftM GOVERNMENT SALES. GOVERNMENT HALE At tne AUUUHTA AMKSAh, nr Ansnstn, Ua., oo the 21st of April, Ihoo, co'n mend ok at 10 o'cloon A, M., tne lollowlag articles will be fold at publio auction, vlr..: 20,000 pounds unfinished (mlll oBke) 1'owder, Confei'erate Httiiea' inauulac turo, AiiPUKti Mills, lh5. 4 000 pounds iilHHllug i'owder (damaged ). 4,000 pounds l'owdur, mixed elr.es (daindgnd). 23,015 pounds W roil u tit Iron Scrap (axles nod tlrex), obtained iroin breHln up guu carriages, 20,034 pounds Ohm Iron Horap. H. 404 pounds Cost Iron (Held Bhot nd shell). 8.028 pounds (iiinljoat Iron Pintus, 2Ut7x 8 and 10 ieet. S02 pounds Serap KraRS. I, 000 l ounds Sheet Tin (damaged). 412 pounds Type Metal. 12.MK) pounds Woollen Ungg. l.tiOl pounds Cotton Kns. 212 Cavalry nu t Artillery D'.nnliets (worn and damaged). 70.000 Unfilled Cauisttr Xlus an.l Cartridge Box Tins. 70,000 Yards of Ort y Webbinu, 1 Inch wide, f ir man u like tit re of holier aud ruin, new, and of uond iuulity. 4,0f0 Yards of the same, 2 Ineties wide, bbO dross White Hone lluttnns, English lunmilHctiire, new, aud of t;ojd quality. 520 tiroht New Iron Iiuckles and Hi net, for harness, etc. 23 Citizens' H.iihllea, with a lnrge lot of tlKlters, Jirldlcs, Sji'irs, etc. A laryo lot of Artillery Harness with spure Trare.-i. Unoies, lii- iu.t sirap3,llreeou. lugs, Uat uess, Irons, etc. Alotofspnre Implements pud Kqul;-meuts, Tools, etc., for Held batteries. A let of old Machines, aud woru-out Carpen ters', Blacksmiths', and Saddlers' Tools. A few old Carbines, Mut-ketn, with a lot of spare pans and appendages for the Ha in e. Catalogues ot the above stores can be ob tnlned Irom the Ordnance Odice, Wnsutugton; from the Commanding orilcer, Frankfort! Arsenal, near Philadelphia; irom Colonel tt, Crispin, Ordnance Agenoy, corner Houston and Oreen streets, iew York City; aud from the undersigned. UJ Terms casn. Biores to be removed wlthm ten days. isii D. W. FLAGLEIt, 3 29 01 Captain of Ordnance, Bvt. Lt.-Col. U.H. A., Commanding. AUCTION HALE OF OOVEUNMENT PltO PEKTY. DKl"OT QUAfcTEKMASTRR'8 OFFICK. jeHtLAUEi.i'it i a, f a., Marcu 17, IHtIO f Will be sold at publleJaucMon, at HC11UYL KILL AHHENAL, Philadelphia, Pa., at 10 o'clock A.M., on THUK-ilJAY. April 1, lSiii), the following articles of clothing, new, but rated unsuitable lor Issue lo troops, viz.: 3,147 pairs Pegged Hoots. 19,(39 pairs Pegged Bootees. 25,700 grey Flauuel Shirts, Aid the following articles of Clothing and Equipage, unserviceable: 4'00 Blankets. 852 Coats, privates'.; 31 Ureal Coats, lined. 1240 Suck Coats, lined, 48 " unllned. 681 Canteens, complete. 254 Jackets, privates'. 7:8 Flannel and Kuit Shirts. 3H1 pairs Htocklngs. 701 pairs Trowsers, mounted. 127 pairs " foot Al?o, at the same time and plac,a large quan tity ol old rope, tent cuttings, burlaps, petro leum paper, cotton cuttings, old paoklug boxes, aDd other articles of clothing and equipage. Terms Cash In Government funds. Ctsh at time of purchase for all sales below $25. A de posit of 25 per cent, will be required on all sums above that amount. Catalogues of the property to be sold will le lurnished npon application to this otiice. H. M. E'OS, Brevet Colonel and a. q. m. U. 8. A., 3 18 lOtg Depot iiuartermasier. PUBLIC BALE OF COKDEilMED OitD Dftbce btorea. A lri,e quantity of Condemned Ordnance and Ord nunce litores will Do offered tor eaie at Pnbilc Ann. tlon. ftt BOCK ISLAND AKHKNAL, Illinois, on W KDNE8DAY, April 7, 1S69. at 10 o'CiJclt A. M. The following comprises some ot the principal l. cletf to be sold, viz : 2;i Iron Cannon, various calibres, 1100 Field Carrlagrt and Ijlniben, lim Beta of nlllery HarueHa, 10,000 poomlR Hliot and Hue! I, 46.000 sets of Infantry Accoutrements, 2J0O McC'lellnn baddies. 700 a rtl I lery baddies. 8000 Halters, 700 Saddle Blankets, ewu WaterlDg Bridles. J400 Cavalry Curb Urldles. 2200 At tlllery 1 races and Hames. t ersouB wishing catalogues of the Btores to be sold can obtain ihein by application to the Chief of OrJ. n nce, at Washington, D. U., or Brevet Union! w URIttPIN, United (Slates Army, Purchasing OlUcer corner of HOUSTON and ORKKN Streets, tie-w York city, or npon application at tins Ar,'jrAN Lieutenant-Colonel Ordnance, Brevet Brlgadler-Ueueral U. H. A., Cumaiandlnr. RockI Jand Arsenal, January 25, 186a. l ao ta.7 INTERNAL REVENUE. rjJUK PRINCIPAL DEPOT FOR THE SALE OF RBYBNUB STAMPS Do. 04 CHE8NUT STREET. CENTRAL OFFICES, No. 105 8. FIFTH ST., (Two doors .below Chesnnt street). AND J0. 43a WALNUT STREET, (FenuBulldlm;), B8TABLIBJJK D 1 8 6 2. The sale of Revenue Stam ps is still continue at the Old-Established Agency. The stock comprises every denomination printed by the Government, and having at all times a large supply we are enabled to nil and forward (by Mail or Express), all orders, lmine dlately upon receipt, a matter of ereat impor ance. United Btatefl Notes, National Bank Notes Dralts on Philadelphia, aud Post Olflce Orders, received In payment. Any Information regarding the deolalons oj the Commissioner of Internal Revenue cheer fully and gratuitously furnished. Kevenne Stamps printed upon Drafts, Checks, Receipts, etc. The following rates of commission are allowed on Stamps and (Stamped Paper; On 825 and upwards a per com. 100 " ....8 800 " t Address all orders, etc., to STAMP AGENCY, N 3. 804 CHESN UT STREET. PHILADELPHIA. UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMPS ail kinds, and STAMPED klNYELOPEtf, ooa Huitiy eg tuuid, INSURANCE. DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY IN3UIV ANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by IU Legislature of Pennsylvania, liv5. Office a B. corner of THIRD and WALNUT voice a. Blree,,s FhlladelphlH. MAR1M IHBURANCKS On Vessels, Cargo, and Freight to all part of the world. INLAND INSURANCES On goods by river, canal, lake and land carriage to all parts of the Uulon. FIKR INSURANCES On Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings, HouBee, eta ASSETS OF THE OOMPAWY, November L 1200,000 United States Five Per tout. Loan, 10-40s 1208,500,00 120,000 United States Six Per C-ut. Loan, 1H81 1S6,800 00 60,000 United States Six Per Cent. Loan (lor Pacific It). 60.000 00 300,000 Slate of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent. Loan 311.375 do 135,000 Cityof Phila. Six Percent. Loan (exempt Irom txx). 128,5'JI OO W,0U Btate of Mew Jurney Hix Per Cent. Ixnn 51,500 00 20,000 Penn. Hall. 1 lrst Mortgngs Six Per Cent. Honda 80,300-CO 5,000 Penn. K. Second Mrtjjage fix Per Cent. Bonds 2i,OAJ0O 25,000 WeMtern Pt un. K. Mort. Six Per Cent. Rondn, (P. K. R. guarantee) SO'OO 80,000 Btate of Tennessee Five Per Ceut. Loan 31,00000 7,000 State of Teuuessee Six Per Cent. Loan 6,031 25 15,000 Gerumntown Una Co., prin cipal and intercut gumn- ted by City of Philad'a, 800 Hha res Stock 15,000 00 10,000 Penn'a Kailroad tympany. 2j0 snares Stock U.300 CO 6,000 North Penn'a Railroad Co., 100 Bhares Stock 8,500 00 20,000 Phlla. and Southern Mill Steum.Co.,80Hharf!BNtock 15.000 00 2117,900 Loans on Bond and Alort , ge. first liens on City wwvnn Properties , - 20790000 Sl.lOB.OOO Par. Market value, Cl,lJ0.8ia-25 Cost, 81,0U3,ttM,2U. Real Estate 88,000 00 Bills receivable for insurance made 822,4io Wl Balance due at uenclts, premiums on marine policies, accrued Inter est, and other debts due the com pany 40.178-88 Stock and scrip of sundry corpora- tlonM, S;iir6. Eutiiixaled value 1,81300 Cesu in bank glltt 150 08 Cash in drawer 413-t5 m tl,647,7'80 DIKF.OTORS. Thomas O. Hand, Edmu?5d A. Bonder, Samuel E. Stokes. Henry Uluan, William C. Ludwlg, Ueorgoli. Lolper, Henry C. Duliolt, Jr., Joiiu D. Taylor, tieorse W. Bernadou, W illiam U. BouHou, Jacob HieKel. rpencer Mci lvalue, U. T. Morgau, f lttsbnrj fohn B. Kemple, " . B. Ben.-nr. JVUU J. .UltVlH, J:une C. Hand, Tueophllua Paulding, Joseph H. Seal, Hugh CraiUi John R. Penrose, Jacob P. Jones, James Tracjnalr, Edward Durllntitou, H. Jones Brooke, James B. tact arlam!, Edward I.afourc;iUe, Joahua r. Eyre, THOJ UOMA8 (j . HAN D. President. JOHN V. DAVIS. Vict). President. HENRY LYLBUP-e, Secretary. HENRY BALL. Assistant Secretary, 10 6 OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMEHJ.UA, No. Zj2 WALNUT Street, Phliauelph la. Incorporated 17 4. Charter Perpetual. Cupiutl, Oo,oot. li""-l"xx' Assets 82,350,000 MARINE, LN LAN D, ANiJ F1KE 1NSUUANCK OVER $0,00,000 LOSSICa PAID SINCE lid ORGANIZATION. . .-, .n DIISKCTOKa. Arthur O. Coffin, oeorge L. Harrison. Samuel W. Jones, F'ranoid K. Cope, Jonn A. Brown, Edward hi. 'irotter. Churles Taylor, Edward S. Clarke. Ambrose White, 'x. Charlton Henry. Kloli ard D. W ood, Alfred D. J essup. n liiiaui tt oum, JUUU r, vvnite, S. Morris Wain, Louis C. Mauelra, John Mason, Charles W. Cuahman. f5P,l?;TCot F1N' President. CHARLES i'LATT. Vice President. Matthias Makis, Secretary. aij F1KL 1,SUKACE EXCLUSIVELY TUB i'A51.Tln.c"E,or,,lea Wifr-Ohaner Perpetual-iNo ThU Company, favoraoiy known to the oomniunitJ tor over tony yenrs, coutluues to Insure against loS oi da iiage by lire on Public or Private iuliaiua? either iisruiauenily or for a limited time. Alu m A-urDliuro. Stocks of Goo flu, and Merohandlia I'l.elr CapUal. tegother wtth a large Burplni Pnnn la uiveuteo lu the uiohi caretuiniauuer, whlob enmhiu! thorn to otter to Ut uuuxed au undoubted MUI,, the cm. e oi loos. " - DIBXTO' Daniel Smith, Jr., i John Deverenxi Alexander Binsoa, I Thomas Bmlto. Ibifcac iAalehurst, I Henry IjewlaT THoma. obin..aiei H Jddo jAughaai JeUJ DANIKL bmiTh, J.,Pesiaect, WM. 9. OBOWKLL. Beoretary. g.6o gTRIOTLY HUTUAL. PROVIDENT LIFiTaKD TRUST GO. Otf PHIl.ADKl.fHLA. No. Ill H. FOUK11I STREET Ui-liatnuted to promote LLtUt AMolliiANCJC aiuonJ membexa oi the "oi BOCIKTY Of JRIKNCa, CKod rlaks of any clau aooepied. Policies iMUud Dpon approved piana, al till Iowa rate. Fresldenl, BAHTJEL it. teHIPLKT, Yloe-PrMident, W1UUM o. lAtiNOHTRKTH. Acinary, kOWiiAKB PAJUtT, ..S"111186' ottered bj thlt Company are ixoellea, HTl PSlfiWffi0" COMPANY OF INfJOitPOiiATlaJ 1804 CHABTKR PKKPKT17A r JSo. iK4 WALNdTBireet. oppoeite the chimrt This Compaiy iieure,rom loas or damage by on liberal term, on bulidiBKe. merohanaiae. fnrnltnr,. eta.ior limited periods, and permanently ou build! luts by deposit of premium i. " The Company has teen in active operation for mnr thanbJLXTV YJblAKB, during- wtUeu all io4 hJ beeu promptly aojuiited and f"1. iiiKhtTOita. John L. Hodge, , jjavid Lewis, m a. jnauony, Juuu T. iewis, , llllam B. Grant, Beniamln Ktilnr. Thomas jd . Powen. A. K. McHeury, ' Ibdmuud Caatlllim. Itobert W. .Learning, J). Clark W baitou lOU, is, Jr Bamuel WLii. jUawrence lw JOHN R. W IH'H tuiru Bauvtl Wilcox, Secretary. rpilE EMERPIUSE INSURANCE CO. OF Cilice Houthwest Cor. IoUKIH aud WALNUT Sta. PFRPH.TUA1, AND TKHM POUCIKo WjKD Vault Capital. . i(Nio-o Lauh Ansets January 1, lna 47 a T. Hatch ford Btarr, J. Livingston Erringer, jmuiu xiMier, Juliu V. A Iwoi.d, BeuJ, T. TreiUtk, Wenrije B. bluart, Vm. i. Boultou, ( l uriefl Wneeler, Tbos. 11. Montgomery, juiin it. .mown, no specially liazajduus rl-.ks wtiatever. such as tacU- Vl. .1 1 I I 1m. A! ft- P. HaTCHFORDBTARK Pr"Hldent. THOH. H. ilU.N lGOiMli.ItV. Vice-President. Am X. W. Wiwi KB. Heereiary. 2 8) IjU'EEIAL FIRE 1JNSU11ANCE CO. LONDON. ESTAIlLlftllEn 11403. Paid-op Cbpkal and Accumulated Funds, ?8,O00,000 IN GOLD. l'ltlZYOST JJKllItlNCI, AlfenW, I No. 107 Bouth THIKD Btreet, Phllada. OHAB. H. PKEVOBT. CHA9. P. HKBBXNQ w OODLANDS CEMETERY COMPANl . I'be followinu Managers and umcers mv ueeu elected lor tne year lbM.:- .-Mbm. Wm. H. Moore. wm. W. Keen, Baiuoel B. Moon, Gillies Iallelt, 1'erdlnaiid J. Dreer, Get.rge I Bimby, jtdwin ureuix, ID UniUl". ',uruir u 'llltWHITIVTt. H A, nnmm. J.h 1 haidJra and Vinlujrs to pretent tlckeUi at ttie wi iSiulaslon to the Oemetery. 'l lckeU VtiVbia at ln OlBoeoftne Oompauy.Ko.8l jBiiSetV W ot any ol tb AUaagwa, i M 1829.CIIAKTEU TERPETUAL. Franllin Fire Insurance Compaiij or PuirADKi.ru 1 A UClce, Sos. 435 and 417 ClirajiUT Strce!, Assets on Jai 1,1869, $2,611,37213 CAPITAL JKMt.OOu . h;i 5 H'7(j l,lUU13-3 ISCOMF FOB 1KO0 AtVRI Kl) HUMPLUB.. TJKSKTTT.Fn CI.AIM8, Perretoal nd Tmpfirary Pollclpson Llhpral Tnrma TIih Conipanv amn twnes folic lea on Kfnta of Iiullulugs of all ainds. Ground Kent and Mortgages, . TT I"- L'l ITHltH. Alfred O. B'r, , Allreil Plllo. BBii'Uel t-rnt. GeoiKe VV. Bichardl, tlhUK f.pn. 'I henisa Sprcs, Wlillnin B. Grant, 'I'liouian N. k'.iiis. Oiotge Pales. AT FRED 14. IIAkF.k'p.M lOhoK FALhd, Vice-ieRl0eub J AH. W. MrALlMKR. BfCreUrr. WM. OKKltW, Asxlstant Becretary. . It n r.i FAME FIRE 1K5DRANCE COMPANY lias KcmoTCd to Kcit Ofllcc, Ho. 809 CHESr.UT Street. W. I. DLAMJllAKU, 8 16 12t BE CRETARY. PATENTS. PATENT OFFICES, V W. Corner FOCKTU and CIIES3CT, (SnUance on FOURTH Street). FRANCES D. PASTOR. US, Solicitor of Patents. Patents procured for Inventions In the United States and Foreign Countries, and all business relat ing to the same promptly transacted. Call or send for circular on Patents. s s imUij PATENT OFFICE. l'atents 1'rocured In trie United States and Europe; Inventors wishing to take cut Letters Patent for New inventions are nl vised to consult wltk O. II tVANb.W. W. corcer iOCKTU and WALNUT IS reels, Pullaneipnia, w hese favllliles for prosecuunc cases belere the Patent CUice are nusurpased by any other agxucy. circulars coutaliilug lull Informa tion to lnveutoxs can be had ou application. Models made secretly. , C. H. EVANS, 84thBtn IT. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNbT. CFFSCE FOR PF.CCUKlKG PATENTS, FOKKKST ISULLDLms, o. 119 South FOURTH St., Flilladclplila, AND MARBLS BUILDINGS, Isio- 400 BEVKM'U Bireet, opposite U. 8. Patent Odice. W'MShliiKtou. D. U. H. HOWfON, Bollcltor of Patent. O. HOWSOiM, Attorney at La". OomznnDlcatlous 10 be addressed to the Principal Odice, Philadelphia. g 1 lip JDATEKTS PROCURED IN TUB UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. EDWARD BROWN, 80LICITOB OF PATENTS, 313BtothBm No. 311 WALNUT Btreet. CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS. piCIUBES FOR PRESENTS A. S. KOBINSON. No. 910 CHESNUT Btreet, Has Just received exquisite specimens of ART, SUITABLE FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS, FINE DRESDEN S'ENAMELS" ON FORCE. LAIN, IN GREAT VARIETY. SPLENDID PAINTED' PHOTOGRAPHS, Including a Number of Choice Genoa. A SUPERB LINE OF CHROMOS. A large assortment of NEW ENGRAVINGS, ETC. AiSO, RICH STYLES FRAMES, of elegant oew patterns: 81 ENGINES, MACHINERY. ETC, ff? Fmn BTEAM UNGINH ANH i it.VAfeAWi THJCOiiltTltJAL MMJSQUU bMUHb, and FOUHDitlUi, haviu. tor mmayy J2 been In successful operation, and been xofoslvSl isaKed In bulldlBB and repalrlni Marine mobIIS fcnnes.hlgn and Wpreisnre, Iron Boilers, wlJS Jj1,' V0,Lellt,r- 6ic. etc., respectfully dSer SSm ?.fJh'i ,UDl10 M belu tutor Prepared to ooX t.cl for enelnes of all sites, Marine. Klver! aud btionary; Bavin sets of patterns of different sIsm 'ei'"! to execuie orders wlih quick despaioS. JiVrry descrliitiou ol paitern-njaklng mads i at tSi thortest notice. Hlch and Low-pnwU" ri2 Tubular and Cylinder Rollers, ol the best PennsyfViJ nia charcoal iron, iorginns of all shies and ididi 11(1c-'Ws CaUu of all descriptions. Soli IV. ii,, h,-cre w tuning, and all ether wors. coonsoM v lth the above business. . Lriwinits and speciilcailons for all wors: dona at t..e establishment nee oi charge, aud wuik uaraa seed The subscribers have ample wharf-doc room .' reuau. ot huaie, wii.'ie tuey can Uu lu uttrieut saitJ, Ld are provided with suears, blocks, faas, etc. au lor naiAK hvy or wei. JU1IN P. LjlVY, 111 HJEAOM and PALMKK atraets, VADHf WOI,M IVUXIAJ. H, UMMM vOUTHWAKK FuU&DUy, FIFTH AffE i'Hll.IIH.U'HI, M KKltK A BON8, iflHeiJJi.Ji;KH AKl) MACKlmfiTb, r.nnfi:.ure ialii ud Low Prenaure tateam Snslsa tai Xaud, i.ivtr, and Atarme bervioe. , juounis, Uanouieieni, Tanks, Iron Boats, elc. I miiijs oiail kinds, either Iron or brass. Ijon inuue iu.oislur Has Vor, Workshops, ui Txtlruftd dianous, ett, ' " Hearts aud uas Machinery, of the latest and most improved const! uulion. ivery dtiwilpUon of Plantation Maohlnwy.alM UuBrp aw, aiid GrlRt Siills, Vacuum Pans, OU b'wu trains, IMieoators, filters, Pampuu, Huu g uea, eio. toie Atseuts lor N. Bllleux s Patent Hntar BoUln Ai.parains,Amyth'sptent Hteaoi lliuiiaer, aui pENNS YLVANI AH0 S P I T A T Tne aitenoirtg m auauenj are: " Wbtar Mnrriu. Ko. aut H. Third street. b. Morris Wain, No. 18 B. Delaware avennn JSSSS!- u- . Atieudlug burgeons William Hunt. M. n Kn im Bp i uee street, o. iaju 'i'hotuaa i-innrom Mnrtnn. M. TV. w i.m .w . 1 be PbyBloian and BnrRenni attend at the Hortnl. HVArV dHV fHlltltiaLVIt AlfiUtUtAd Lt r.ut..u . n tlous lor adnitHsion. f-i rerson. BeriniiHiy injur or aociaent are always aduiiiwd u brought to the Hospital louuediiiy- - m mi Losses paid since ibffi,ovGr $5,500,001) I S
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