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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1869.
HTERATURE.
R K Y 1 E W OF K E W BOO K 8.
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practical, on the Hook of PpuIhih,'" 1y ICcv. Albert
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Of ft long life spent in the service of the
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by Mrs. A. L. Wister, which appeared in the
February number of Lippincott' Magazine.
Mr. BenselTs design of the old eavesdroppers
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SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
EDITORIAL OPINIONB OF THE LXADINO JOCRXALS
- UPON CUBRBST TOPICS COMPILED EVERY
PAT FOB THE EVENING TELEGRAPH.
ITALY THE DEATH PENALTY.
fmn tht A'. Y. Trihutu.
A despatch from Florence states that the
Court of Appeal, which lias for somo tiuio been
considering the penal code of the Kingdom of
Italy, has 'concluded its labors, having unani
mously agreed that the penalty of death should
be abolished. We may, therefore, with confi
dence anticipate an early expulsion of that
penalty fr.om the land of Beccnrin aud Cuvour.
Italy is a kingdom of some twenty-five mil
lions of souls. If not yet entitled to rank
among the great powers of Europe, . she cer
tainly stands first among kingdoms of the second
class above Spain, Sweden, or Turkey. She
has risen rapidly from the third or fourth-rate
positioc held by Die kingdom of Sardinia from
1815 to.ISM), and her alli ince is assiduously
courted bv France on the one hand, and Prussia
on the otiier, iu view of that struggle for the
mastery which cannot be much longer postponed.
Intelligent politicians expect the Pope's remnant
of political sovereignty to lapse on tho death of
Pius . IX.. so that Italy will be one from the
Alps to the southernmost cape of Sicily; while
the southward slopes of the Alps, though now
Swiss or Austrian, are Italian in geography, in
language, in race, and gravitate toward the new
kingdom with a momentum that cannot forever
be resisted.
It canut be said that Italy abolishes the gal
lows from any weak, sentimental horror of
bloodshed. Unhanmlv. crimes of violence aud
passiou are common among all classes of her
people. "Blood for blood" is the common law;
the stiletto Is a national institution; assassination
is a trade among her outlaws; and life is less
safe in her cities than in those ol almost any
tlier country of Europe.
Italy nuts away the callow, because expert
ence has fully proved that it incites more mur
ders than it prevents that It lesson of ven
geance is unwholesome that the ignorant and
passionate can never be made to realize that It
Is wrong iu them to redress their personal In. u
ries in the same spirit and by substantially the
Same means that the State employs In redressing
wrongs done to tho community. She believes
that If a State Is ever to teach her people etVect
, Ively to forswear vengeance and bloodshed, she
tiiist begin by setting them tho example.
That the reform thus instituted will prove a
Messing to Italy first, and in time to the whole
civilized world" y.e most profoundly hope and
lust.
THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN.
From the Jjoninv1,le (Ky.) Courier.
Tho administration nnd It whole party are
deeply intent upon gottini? Into trouble with
.Spain'. Thcv seize with avidity upon every ln
cident, actual or reported, that s c.ms to promise
a chance of Involvement In hostilities. In thU
we have not the slightest sympathy with them.
Wo earnestly wish well, os wo have more than
once said, to the cause of the Cuban revolution,
hoping and trusting that those engage J in it liuve
honest and pure purpose in view, hut we want
no war between the L'nited Mates nnd Spain, if
war can be avoided with honor. We do not
see that much, if nnytliing, roiild be gained by
our country bya war, thoug'a n grtnt dcnl mi lit
be lost. Wc could, of course, seize Cuba.
provided Great Britain, France & Co. should
consent. which seems doubtful; but Cuba, relieved
from Spanish tyranny, might prefer indepen
dence to annexation, nnd, if forcibly nnnexed,
might prove a sickly body joined to another
sickly body, the junction hastening the decom
position of both. Besides getting Cuba, wo
don't know what our Government could wrino
from Spain, for she has no money and nothing
else that we want. Moreover, woak as sho
seems, and in most respects certainly is, she
could unquestionably, in the event of hostilities,
inflict great injuries' upon us. She has little or
no commerce of her own, but what ruin she
could, with the sympathies of all the world alive
in her behalf, work upon us! If the Alabama
and two or three other Confederate cruisers, dur
ing the late war, nearly swept our commerce
from the ocean, how tnl'ich f it can we suppose
would be left by two or three hundred Spanish
privateers scouring tho ocean day and night?
Would not the damage legitimately inflicted
upon us outweigh ten times over the value ol
Cuba to us, even supposing Cuba to be valuable?
Let us scrupulously exact justice from Spain,
but let us scrupulously render her justice. This
is our true policy and" our only true one.
THE POLITICAL PROSPECT.
the, Hkhmond Ii"jmteh.
There is not one sign just now in the political
horizon unfavorable to a triumph at the ap
prorchlng election for that side struggling to
relieve the people of Virginia from a thraldom
more odious tiian f.gyptian bondage. 1 ho peo
ple are growing daily more aud more harmoni
ous and united iu their opinions and purposes,
aud we have every reason to believe that they
understand the crisis, and will be ready to meet
it at the day of election. Thcv are beginning
to sec that the question is: The Constitution as
a whole, or the Constitution expurgated of its
now objectionable clauses. One or the other
must prevail, and between them the choice is so
plain that none can be mistaken.
The Constitution as it is litis received the em
phatic condemnation of General Grant. So
earnest and explicit has been his execration of
tho more obnoxious of its provisions that Gov
ernor Wells and his followers have not dared
openly to advocate them. Iu their conclaves
they give out their plans, and essuv to drill the
poor negroes in the policy of proscription and
persecution oi tue winie people: but in their
public declaratins and written opinions they
avoid committing themselves to their true posi
tion, wnicn is one oi open Hostility to the views
nnd wishes of (ioneral Grant. AVitli iucomparaT
ble effrontery they even pretend to be exponents
ot the president s vi
views, and to be cutirelyju
This is but a game of unscrupulous cunning
and dissimulation, lie onlv chance tor its suc
cess is the playing it out completely with tha
imposture and knavishness that thus far have
characterized it.
But there is a serious obstacle in their wnv.
The consent aud co-operation of higher outho-
rlties are indispensable to their purposes; nnd
here they will be disappointed. Neither in Wash
ington nor in this city will they find themselves
sustained in any of their schemes for stilling the
voice of the people of Virginia. We would not
lusult those who have the control In the matter
of arranging the manner of the election, by sup
posing it possible that tney would eutertam any
suggestion intended thus to prevent a fair ex
pression ol the popular will,
Indeed, we may go further, and declare that
we know the desire of the President is to sub
mit tho question on the Constitution in the
fairest manner, and that he has just declared
again ins wish, so oiten expressed, that the
people of Virginia may vote down the obnoxious
clauses of the Constitution, We mean what wc
sayheretobe understood In the most positive
manner.
Then the signs arc, we repeat, most cheering.
and we are confident of a grand victory for Vir
ginia, bud an ignominious defeat of the party of
proscription, hate, and blood, led on by Gover
nor ells.
THE ARMY OF OFFICE-SEEKERS.
From the St. Lout llepubliean.
A Washington correspondent states that, "for
thirty newly-created positions iu one depart
ment, there are over three thousand applica
tions." one hundred aspirants for caeli place to
be filled, ninety-nine ol which, at least, must be
disappointed. This, looked at from one point of
view, would be cheering ns evidence ot the large
number of our fellow-citizens who are willing to
sacritlee their personal peace and comfort for
the sake of serving their country; but from
others it is not quite so satisfactory. When wo
lonsider the very ingu ratio ol those who press
hemselves into the public service, who have
neither the ability to discharge properly, nor the
integrity to discharge lalthlully, the trusts they
undertake, it is sorrowful to think how much
better the public would bo served if the Govern
ment was free to choose from the best, having
no pressure to dictate its selections, and no per
sonal interest to limit the number ot those irom
among whom the choice might be made.
There is still another point of view from which
the circumstances are the reverse of encouraging.
lhe uupreeedentcdly laro number of olliee
seekers indicates a proportionately large number
of persons who are out of employment, nnd who
want the means, or the opportunity, or the en
ergy, to choose the way and initiate the means
to make a livelihood bv some honest pursuit. A
mighty array of men have been destroyed, eco
nomically, by the war. it is one ot the manifold
curses ot war that it works the economical de
struction ot men. Thousands of persons who.
at the breaking out of the war, were engaged iu
some form oi productive occupation, abandoned
it for the destructive work of war, or to engage
in some traine which the existence ot war ren
dered for the time being profitable. Whilo tho
war made many rich, it also made many poor,
and whether the individual who abandoned his
business on its account adopted fighting or traffic
as the substitute, the effect upon his character
was nearly the same; for the excitements of tho
one and "the vicissitudes of the other alike
served, in many cases, to render the pursuit of
pcaceiui industry unpalatable, llie result is
that the country is full of demoralized people;
people- demoralized bv prosperity nnd demo
ralized by adversity; "disinclined to industrial
pursuits with a disinclination that is practically
incapacity. Unable to set themselves at work,
such people are necessarily hangers-on to the
political p.ruviduni-f. Tiu.v ...-., iw lnaj
which the country has Incurred in consequence
ot the debauch in whi.h it indulged. They are
wrecks which the receding tide of war has left
' , .,11 society worthless, nipreg-
tlutl'll Willi l,w...w .....1 it ... .'
- " "w,vi "i "viu witu moral disease.
ENGLAND AND CUB
From the X Y. lU nM. da,
!....,.., .. .1.1., ...1 . ..
.,.,, w,.,mmj indicate a change
. ..vn.. mi: ,.ai i oi Kngland which
T.1 7 1 1 ,rr t,,,nl,li'"ins in tho
-i.ereni rights are to bo
conceded to the insurgents, ttnd such assistance
rendered to them us was given to our own Ru
bellion. Iu the meantime it is not improbable
...... .....j nuicu win produce
open war between England and Spain, From
Nassau, via Havana, tho telegraph mute ti,
'military preparations are beingmade in view of
possums coumiicuuoiis Willi Oliaill.
There is no doubt bat this policy is in strict
accoiuaucc wuu mat wuicu wio oritisn tiovern
ineiit uas always lonoweu iu tue internal trou
bles which lroin time to time have agitated the
different nations of tho world. England aud her
trade lias always gained ground at the expense
of other countries. Large or small commercial
(competitors cause novarintion In policy, "ttrenk
them into fragments, they can be Unnllcd
C'lHier," appears to be the rule ot foreign action.
In pursuit of this, discord has been 'p irpnsely
lomoinou imiioiik ioreign power. I ml wars
have resulted, and the contending pai tie, weak
ened nnd reduced, have k-mod for support upon
(.lie very nation which stirred the Jtaiuc of war.
In the history oi our own comment we 11 ml
ahUiHiam evidence or mis policy. lherj is
Hcwc.iy a npnniHu-Amci ican ispito i:it hears
witness to It. 1 here is no bolder murke 1 exam-
lc than ourselves. U bile England prof jssed to
tnke the lend in the election of the hum in race,
and especially denounced befoic the world e co
nation that wns stained nun emery, she, true to
her priiuiples, urged fiid assisled the "Imehoid-
ing power to oreax up insi iuuous wnicn were
nearest in keeping with her own. I Ids sue car
ried to a point little short of real witrfaiv, and
thus struck at us in a maimer which vas more
cowardly than honorable.
The object of recognizing C uban ttelligeivnt
ilgbti is pregnant with meaning. Doing so,
Kngland would at once enlist great sympathy
for herself on the part oi the insurgents, and,
their independence achieved, they would nntu-
raliy turn lor advice to me country wmcn aided
them in the hour of their greatest need. We
col well understand what that advice would
bo. Certainly it would not be annexation to
the United Sttcs. Cuba is too magnificent a
commercial pri?e for England to let slip
through her hands, if it can possibly be held
commercially when u cuts loose irom ."spam.
The valuable and increasing trade which already
produces thirty-three million dollars of revenue
tor tho ispaiiisn crown is no menu prize loruipio-
matic or even wariiKe eifort. lhe magnificent
geographical position of Cuba, unsurpassed by
another equal extent of territory on tliis conti
nent, is also a tempting bait for those who arc
jniviesicu iu I'lessum unwind ;i eoiuuic! eiai
supremacy won in the manner we have indi
cated. In our hands Cuba would double our
naval strength, neutralize the value of Nassau,
and servo us as an outlying fortification for the
protection not only of ourselves, but of all the
republics on this continent, ino cngiisii people
understand tins as well as we do, and it is, per
haps, statesmanship on their part to prevent
our obtaining possession of the "Ever Faith-
lul Isle. '
The sluggish movements of our Government
have given England an opportunity to make this
threatened diplomatic stroke of recognition of
belligerent rights, and if she be quick in her
movements she will completely outgeneral the
authorities at Washington. Our Washington
dignitaries sacrifice all national considerations
to political ones, and narrower ideas, based upon
a still narrower foreign policy, threaten to keep
us in a secondary and shameful condition for
manv vears.
But in the lead winch England proposes to
take with reference to Cuba there is another
point involved, and that is our pending Alabama
and other claims, lhe recognition ol the Lubans
would be a direct confirmation of the principles
whii h were enunciated m the recognition ot the
"Southern Confederacy." This would be another
argument which Kngland would then have
against making due reparation to the United
States.
In the meantime the Fpnnish government an
peiirs determined that no cause shall be given to
us tor Interfering in the Cuban trouble. Apolo
gies arc made as fast as can be wished for every
petty difficulty that occurs. The passengers
taken irom the Lizzie .Maiors are surrendered
and the proper amend' made. There is but one
way for the United State to proceed In the pre
sent condition of Cuban affairs, and that is tho
adoption of the bold poli-v and principles we
have heretofore laid down. Cula should be
seized on the ground that it is a constant threat
against us and the whole continent so long as
the island remains in the hands of unv foreign
power. If Kngland he allowed to outgeneral us
here, it will be infinitely to our shame and disad
vantage. Even Mexico is on the eve of recog
nizing the revolutionary government. It Is ab
surd that we should follow in the track of Eng
land, and much more debasing that a timid policy
, 1.....1.1 .si . :.. .1 i !
suiniiu I'liiee iin in tue rear ml ue.icn.
DEGRADATION OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
OFFICE.
From the X. Y. World.
Wc do not w ish to be uniii.-t. even to General
Grunt: and now that manv of the leading jour
nals of his own party are criticizing his appoint
ments ami deploring ins incompetency, we deem
it lair mat wnat can ne reasonably said in ex
tenuation of his blunders should be candidly
set lortn. General urant is not alone answera
ble for the disgraceful state of tilings which has
been exhibited ut Washington since his inaugu
ration. The partv that elected him must bear
an equal portion of the blame. Wc do not mean
that thcv must share the discredit because thev
elected a President of so littln experience and
capacity (although they are in tins sense with
out doubt responsible), but because thev have so
stripped the office of it just prerogatives that
no President could have made his administration
respectable.
In the querulous debate which sprang up m
the Senate last Wednesday, it was conceded by
all the Republican Senators that the business of
making appointments lias come to a most scan
dalous pass, and cries aloud for rectification.
Most of them spoke in a tone similar to that of
Air. irumbull, w ho said "thnt he regarded the
subject of removal from and appointment to
office ns one of the greatest evils to the country
and calculated to sap the very foundations of
our Government. The experience of the last six
or eight weeks admonished them all that some
thing should be done to effect a reform. A
great change had taken place, and Senators and
Representatives had become mere solicitors." The
portentous change which Senators so strongly
deprecated is the natural consequence ot the
usurpation of executive functions bv Con
gress; out the bad lruits have ripened more
rapidly bv reason of the personal weakness of
tho new President. The applicants for offices
were not slow to discover that tho President Is
stripped of all real power, and that their chances
of success depended upon their courting aud
conciliating the Senators. Under tho new Ten-
iire-of-OUiee law, the same us under the old, the
President can make no removals without the
consent of the Senate; and w hen it vas found
that that bodv held fast Its grip upon tho Presi
dent, his moral as well as his olficial influence
sunk Into a hopeless eclipse. The Senate, belli;
able to prevent his making any appointment or
auv removals, were seen to possess nil ino real
power. w hile the President was compelled to take
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ino nominal responsioiiuv. in mis siaie i
things, the instinct of tho office-seekers led them
to importune the Senators for recommendations
and indorsements, knowing that the President
would naturally wish to nomiiiat'j men whom he
could get confirmed, and that the Senators would
be likely to vote for the continuation of persons
whom thcv bail themselves recommended. The
system has operated in practice ns might have
been expected in theory. Applicants, instead of
relying on the recommendations of their State
ollicers nnd other men of inlluenee at home, have
besieged Senators for signatures to their papers;.
aud the President, instead ot submitting his pro
Dosed nominations to the member of the Cabi
net from the saino part of tho country, who
could easily ascertain the qualifications of the
applicant tv correspondence wuu irusiworiiiy
11 r . I ' .1... 1..... ..11..,. 1
Dcrsons OI HIS act uaiiiianee, nan uiiuiito oi-
nators und Congressmen to dictate his nomina
tions. The cases ot Ashley and ot Jones are
instances which illustrate tho operation of tho
Mvutein. Ash lev. thoiurh notoriously and scan
dalously unfit, wns nominated for Governor of
a Territory because his papers were signed
by uenrly all tho Republican Congressmen; and
.Tufioa tiwiim-li a Dnrticulur pet of the President,
could not get confirmed. Under this system, all
sense of responsibility is frittered away nnd lost.
Tim Semitors who siiru the recommendations are
not responsible for the nominations, nnd to avoid
giving offense, thev sign for almost everybody
who asks them. AVhen these thoughtless recom
mendations reach the President, ho gives them
liit...ti..,.w.s, ..a .iitiimr frnm lneiithnrM of 11 bodv
lltlll v HO iwiiimh -r-
which holds a complete check both upon his
pow er of lmiiointnientaiid his power of removal,
The consequence is, that Senators who have any
sense of elmractcr are often obliged to vote
against tho confirmation of persons whom they
nave themselves reeommeuded. tuacr tuis a';-
surd system, nil effective responsibility Is oblite
rated. Senators recommend until persons, ne-
iii'O they nro not respomible for tjic nomina
tions; tlio President nominate1 unfit persons t2-
iu-e they are recommended by the body which
is responsible for their confirmation; and the
result is that wc have a set of appointees which
Is generally in knowledged to be a disgrace to the
country.
A weak and sordid President, like General
(.rant, would doubtless have made manv l nd no-
minntions, under any circumstances. But if he
had been allowed to act with the proper re
sponsibility of ids position, he would probably
have been more careful, and, at any rate, eo.ild
have been held to a stricter accountability. He
lias now a plausible pica in extenuation. Ho
can say that his nominal responsibility is dis
joined from any real power, and that ho has
merely deferred to those who have assumed the
power of which he 1 stripped. The only reason
tor having a President at all, is that somebody
unv be responsible for the selection of officers
and their efficient discharge of their duties. If
the executive head of the Go eminent is ever so
weak and incapable, it is better that lie should
act under a full sense of responsibility. He will
then seek tho aid of responsible advisers;
whereas, under the present system, he allows
lumscll to lie controlled in many eases by the
Irresponsible, utterly thoughtless, nnd even
reckless and capricious recommendations of
Senators, yielded to the importunities of appli
cants. No system could be imagined more
subversive of all genuine or tllicient responsi
bility. When General Grant came Into office, he
undertook to recover the just authority of the
rresuient, and tor awhile he had the support ot
the House of Representatives in this attempt.
But he was overreached bv Senators who prac
tised upon his inexperience nnd entrapped him
into assenting to changes iu the lenurc-ol-Ulltcc
law which he did not understand. When he had
thus surrendered his demand for Its repeal, his
position was fatally weakened, nnd his moral
i.ower completely lost, lhe House could no
longer stand bv his cause w hen he had deserted
it himself. A modified bill was hatched in tho
committee of conference, explained In one sense
to the Senate, in a sense exactly opposite to the
House, and passed in hot haste without debate
or deliberation. The President wns cowed and
sighed it, and has since been as destitute of
moral or political influence as he is of real offi
cial power. But it does not become the Repub
licans who elected him and have thus degraded
his office, to complain of the natural result of
their own perversity and lolly.
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PHILADELPHIA.
N. B. WATCHES REPAIRED IX THE BEST
MANNER. BlltlistiU
ESTABLISHED 1828
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, and
FANCY GOODS,
?, W. RUSSELL,
NO. !2 N. SIXTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
CSL WILLIAM B. WAltNE & OO.,
fiiiv, vt noiesaie Dealers in
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
b. E. corner (SEVENTH and HESMT Streets,
8 Vi Second floor, ami lute of no. sa h. THIRD St,
jE.YUS LAD0MUS & CO.
' DIAMOND DEALERS & JEWELERS.
WATCHES, JKWELKT A SILVKK WaKK.
WATCHES and JEWELEY EEPAIEED.
.jOaCheitiitit Bt Philv
Ladies' and Gents' Watches
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED,
Of the most celebrated makers.
FINE YEST CHAINS AND LEONTINES
in 14 and 18 karat
DIAMOND an other Jewelry of the latest designs
Engagement nd Wedding Rings, In lS-karat aud
coin.
Bold Silver-Ware for Bridal Presents, Table Cut
lery Lllated Ware, etc. g 271
"RUNKS.
IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS
All Trunks now made at
TIIE "GREAT CENTRAL" TRUNK DEPOT,
Have Simons' Patent Safety Hasp and Bolts, which
securely fasten the trunk on both ends with heavy
Bolts, aud in the centre with the ordinary lock. I'osl-
GREAT CENTRAL TRUNK DEPOT.
W.W. Cor. Seventh & Chesnut St.
TRAVELLERS' NOTICE Purchase your
with Simons' Triple Fustonlug, heavy bulU;
trunks
uo tear
iock ureakuig, tti ia i cuirai.
; 11 19 3ta No. M CHE3NUT gireeta
I
NSURANOE.
DELAWARE MTTUAL SAFETY INSUR
ANOK ClOMPANY. lnoorportod br ti Lei
Uiture of I'eunsylvmia, W6.
Offles, S. K. corner o THIRD tod WALNUT Stroot.
rlu lanlr nia.
MARINK, INMUKANOKS
On Vasaela, Oarir, anrt Kmlt'it to all partflof U) world.
INLAND INMUKANOKS
Ou k kI bf ti"or, canal, lake and Und carriims to aU
nana oi inn union.
Ft Hi,' INSUH ANMK.q
Ou M3rcuaadi9georalli; on Stores, bwolliuK, Uo'JJIO.
OF THK OOVTAJSTT,
. November 1, lSS.
Unltod Bute l ive l'er Cent. Loan,
1-1 $,600TX
United States SU Por Cent. Loan,
136,800 U0
United SOitea 8i Per Cent. Loan (for
J'aciHo l(allroad) (0,000 00
Plate of Pennsylvania Six Per Dent.
, Loan 8U,8750
Ciitv of Philadelphia Hi Per Ueni.
Loan (eiempt train tax) Ia8,f,4 00
State of Mew Jeraer tin Per (.Seat.
lan dUSOOTW
Penn. Kail. Ilrat MjrtfjiiRe Six Por
Ont. Itonds 80,30000
Penn. Kail. Second Mortgage Six Per
Ont. Hoods 84,000 -00
western Penn. Rail. Mortgage Six
Per Dent, bonds (Penn. Kailro4
guarantee) J0,6Je'O0
State of Teuuessee Five Per Uontl
Loan 21,000 00
State of Tennessee Six Per Cent.
Loan 6,031 IB
Gernmntown 5aa Oompanv, prin.
130,9")
80.JU0
)o,oi)
125,000
Bu.000
3u,W0
86.UU0
25.UU0
9U,0
7,000
l,0w
uqn4 anu interest guaranteeu ur
City of Philadelphia, IM) aharee
Stock 16,000-00
Pennxylvania Railroad Company, 800
harea Stock 11,800 00
North Pennxylvania Railroad Co., 100
shares Slock 8,600-00
Philadelphia and Southern Mail
Steamship Co., 80 Shares Stook 15,000-00
Lonna on Hond and Mortgage, tirat
Liens on City Properties 907,900X10
8,000
80,000
2O7.P00
$l,lOS,P00 Par. Market Tlue, 81,l)34 !
. Cost, $1.093.SH4-as.
Kal Kstate JW.ono-OO
Bills receivnble for liiHurtinen made Si),! 14
BnlnncoB duo at aRpncip, premiums on mirint
yuui;!!-,, accrueu luieresl.and otuoraeoia au
the comtmnv ill 17 m
Stock and scrip of auudry corporations, $315i.
Kstimuted value , l,813t)0
Canto in hank lt,U!in)
Cash in drawer 413't 116,663-73
$1,647,367 -SO
Thomas O. Hand,
John U. Davis,
Jnmes C Hand,
Kdmund A. Soudor,
Nauiuel K. Htokea,
1 Henry Sloan,
Wilhum U. Ludwig,
Oeorjre ii. Leiper,
Henry O. Dallett, Jr.,
John D. Taylor,
(ieorue W. tiemadou,
William U. Houltou,
; Jacob Hieirol,
Spencer Mcllvnine,
, U. T. Morgan, Pittsburg,
1 heopbilus Paulding,
Joseph 11. Heal,
Hugh Craiff,
John H. Penrose,
dacoo r. uoneA,
Jnmes Traquair,
Mlwiiril Darlinifton,
11. Jones Brooke. 1
James B. Mclarland,
l.dwurd Ijifouruade.
Jolin It. bomple,
I A. H. HerK..r, "
THOMAS O. HAND. President.
josnua r. byre,
JOHN V. DAVIS, Vice-Preuidant.
HENRY I.YI.BURN, Secretary.
HI'.NRY lfAI.l,, Asaintant Secretary. Vti
1Q)0 CIIAKTEK PERPETUAL.
Franklin Fire Insurance Company
Of I'lllI.AI)i:i.PIllA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St,
Assets on Jan. 1,1869, $2,677,37213
CAPITAL
A;iJKL'KD SURPLUS...
PREMIUMS
UNSETTLED CLAIMS,
S400,00'00
1,n:,.V4N'7o
13-43
INCOME FOR IS9,
9,)IIU,UUU,
Losses pail since 1829,over $5,500,000
Perpetual and Temnnrarv Policies on Liberal Term.
The Company also issues Policies on Hents of Buildings
oi au Kinoo, urouou items, ana mortgages.
DIRECTORS.
. 1 .- 71.,
Alfred O. Baker,
naiuuei iirant,
Ceorire W. Richards,
Isaac Lea.
Thomas Sparks,
William S. l.rant,
Thomas S. Kills,
Gustuvus S. Benson.
Ueorge tales,
ALFRED ii. liAKKli. President.
m IfKOKliK EALES, Vioe-l'resiJuut.
JAS. W. MCALLISTER, Secretary.
WM. URKEN, Assistant Secretary. 8 9
A S B U R Y
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 291 BROADWAY Cor. READK St., New York.
f ' n mIi ( 'n nil n I 9 1 II , tM 0
$19,000 Deposited with the State of New York as Security
tor Policy lloldora.
LEMUEL BANGS, President.
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice President and Secretary.
EMORY McCl.lNTOCK Actuary.
A. E. M. PURDY, M. D Medical Examiner.
HKFK11KNCKH BY FKUMlttKlON.
Thomas T. Tasker,
John Al. Alans,
William Divine,
S. Morris Wain,
John B.McCrearv.
J. B. Lippincott,
James l.onit,
James Hunter,
Iviiaries rpencer,
John A. Wright,
A rt hur G. Cottin,
r.. 11. vvorne.
Iu the character of its Directors, economv of innn&M.
ment, reasonableness of rates, PARTNERSHIP PLAN
OF DECLARING DIVIDENDS, no restriction in female
lives, and absolute non-forfeiture of all policies, and no re
striction of travel after the tirat year, the ASiiURY pre
sents a uombinalion of advantages offered by no other
company. Policies issued in every form, and a loan of one
third made when desired.
Sl'Kl'IAL, AllVAN TAIIKS OFFERED TO CLERGYMEN.
For all further information, adross
JAMES M. LONOACRE,
Managor for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Office, No. rj VVA LNUT Street, Philadelphia.
FORM AN P. HOLLINSHEAD Speoial Agent. 41b9
STRICT LY M U TU AL.
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OP PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, No. Ill S. FOl'KTII HTKEET.
Organized to promote LIFE INSUKANCB ainoug
niembi-ra of the Society of Friends.
Good risks of any duns accepted.
Policies lMsiica ou approved plans, at the lowest
ruteH.
President, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY,
Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONUSTKETIT,
Actuury, ROWLAND PARKY.
The advantages oilered by this Compuuy are un
excelled. 1 27
J N S U 11 E AT H O M E,
IN TUB
Penn Mutual Life Insurance
COMPANY.
No. 921 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
ASSETS, 8-J,OO0,000f
U iiauti:ui:d ii v oik own state.
MANAUKU JIY Ol'lt OWN CITIZENS.
LOSSES 1MIO.HPTI.Y FAII.
POLICIES ISSUED ON VAHIOfS M.ANS.
Applications may be made at the Home Offlce, and
at the Agencies throughout the State. 2 189
JAMES TKAOI'Allt
SAM I El. E. STOKES
JOHN W. llOHNOIt A.
HOKATIO S. STEPHENS...
DIKENIX INSURANCE
PRESIDENT
..VICK-PRESIDKNT
V. P. and ACTUARY
, SECRETARY
COMPANY OF
PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED 1 not CHARTER PERPETUAL.
No. ii'J 1 WALNUT Street, opposite the Kicuvuae.
H RE,
on liberal terms, on buildiniis, merchandise, furniture,
etc., for limited periods, and permanently on buildings by
deposit of premiums.
The Company has been in active operation for more than
SIXTY V EARS, dui'iuit which all losses have been
promptly adjusted and paid.
John L. Hodge,
11A1.VJ IVlVfl.
David Lewis.
M. lv Aianony,
John T. Lewis,
William S. Grant,
Robert W. Leaiuina;,
. . . !.. 1. U- I , ....
Renjamin Kiting,
Thomas H. Powers,
A. R. Mcilenry,
Edmund ('astillou,
Samuel Wilcox,
MJ. 1. Ul I K , ' imiiuu.
Lawrence Lewis, Jr.,
lwis ij. norris.
JOHN R. WlICHKItKK. President.
Bamcel WrLCOX, Secretary. 8
T
MIE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Incomoratod 1B26 Charter Pernetual.
No. 3 1 0 W A LN U 1' Street, opposite Independence Square.
This Company, favorably known to the community for
over forty years, continues to insure against loss or damage
by tire on Public or Private lluildings, either permanently
or for a limited time. Also on Furniture, Stocks of Goods,
and Merchandise generally, on liberal terms.
Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, is In
vested in the most careful manner, which enables them to
otter to the insured au undoubted security in the case of
loss.
D1KECT0BS.
Daniel Rmlth, Jr., John Devoreui,
Alexander Itensou, Thomas Smith,
Isaac Hulvhunit, Henry lwis,
Tuoiuae Rooms. J. Gilliunuaui Poll,
Daniel H:i.U,H k, Jr.
DANIEL hMll 11. Ja., President.
VV M. G. GEO WELL, bwrcury. " ' " J Jj
IN9URANOE.
OJSJ THR INSURANCE COM PANT
OF NORTH AMriiim si- . t. uiii hiit
felreet, Philadelphia
mrporaiedl75M. Charter Perpetual.
Assets... a 'Mn.ann
MARINE, INLAND, AND FIRF. INSUKANUK.
ovrm S'O.ooo.ooo mHSKH paid sinoe its
DIKKOTOIUI
Arthur O Coffin.
Hsmtiel W. Jonvi.
John A. Brown, .
Charles T.-iylor,
Ambrose White,
Richard D Wood.
William WcUli,
H. Morris Wain,
Gonrgf, L. Harris m,
Jrnneis R. Cope,
Edward H. Troltet,
Kdward S. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Altred 1). Jewmn,
John P. White '
Imiin O. Madeira,
Charles W (!hm..
tioun mason.
ARTHUR ii utl,t,MV i. , '
CHARLES PLAIT. Vloe-President
MATTmA Maris, Secretary. i H
rpiIF. ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
X PHILADELPHIA.
Office houtliwnet Cor. FOURTH and WALNUT Street
ruin moLinAr.';!'. ai.ii.ui v im,y,
PERPETUAL AND TERM FOHOLK3 DjSUF.D.
Cash Capital sVam mio-nd
Cash Assets, January 1. 1 479,303 X
F. Ratchford Starr,
AJilWVUlUll.-l
J. Livingston Rrrlnger,
lAloro rra?ter,
John M. Atwood,
Pen). T. Tredick,
Oeorgn H. Stuart,
tiaiuoa 1.. uiagiiorn,
Wm. O Roulton,
Charles Wheeler,
Tho H. Montgomery,
iionn it. nrown,
lames Aertsen,
This Company insures only first-cUss risks, tskin na
specially hazardous risk whatever, such as factories,
nulla, etc
F. RATCHFORD STARR. President.
THUS. H. MONTGOMERY, Vice President
Al.FI. W. WlaTi:u, Secretary. i H
piPEIUAIi FIRE INSURANCE OO.
LONDON.
Established isoi.
P Aid-up C'upitiil and Accumulated Fund,
SS,000,000 .IN GOLD.
PEEVOST & HERRING, Agents,
No. 10T S. THIRD Street, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. rKEVOST. CIIAS. P. HERRINU
SHIPPING.
LORILLARD'S STEAMSHIP
LINE FOR
NEW YORK.
Balling Tuesdays, Thurwlavs, and Saturdays.
REDUCTION OF RATES.
Spring rates, commenclnff March 18.
Sailing Tuesdays, Thursdays, anil Saturdays. 0
and after l&th of March freight by this lino will be
taken at 12 cents per 100 pounds, 4 cents per foot, or
1 cent per gallon, ship's option. Advance charges
cashed at oitlce on Pier. Freight received at aU
times ou covered wharf.
JOHN r. OHL,
8 285 Pier 19 North Wharves.
N. B. Extra rates on small packages Iron, metals, etc.
-irm UK blVJSKrOUli AND
' ?lDOUKKNSTOWN. Inmsn T.in nl M.il
X St earners are auDoiuted to sail as foi.
Sl?SfwrS4aI low
i;uy ol Antwerp, Saturday, April 24, at 1 P. M.
City of Paris, Saturday, May 1, at ill A. M.
City of Cork, via ilslilax, Tuesday, Alay 4, at 12 noon.
And each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tuesday,
from Pier 45, North River.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
BT THK Man. STKAMEB SAiULNll F.VEIIT SATURDAY.
Payable in Cold. Payable in Currenoy.
FIRST CA BIN $11)0 ; STEERAGE .$36
To London Iil5 To London 40
To Paris 116 1 To Paris. 47
PAbSAOE BY THE TUESDAY. STEAMKH, VIA HALIFAX.
HKHT CA1I1N. 8TKF.BAUB.
Payable in Cold. Payable in Currency.
Liverpool $"0 ' Liverpool. . . '. $30
Halifax , JO.llalilin IS
bt. John's, N. F., ) as I St. John's, N. F.,
by Branch Steamer j by Branch Steamer "
Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bremen,
etc, at reduced rutes.
Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by persona
Wishing to send for their friends.
For further information apply at the Company's Offices,
JOHN U. DALE, Agent, No. 13, BROADWAY, N. V. '
or to O DONNELL A FAULK, Agente.
4 6 No. 4 1 1C H 1CSN U T Street, Philadelphia..
.CHARLESTON, S. C.
THE SOUTO AND SOUTHTEST
FAST jFltKIGIIX LIPfE,
EVERY THURSDAY.
The Steamships PROMETIIEUS, Captain aray, J.
W. KVERMAN, Captain Vance,
WILL FORM A REGULAR WEEKLY LINE.
Thesteanmhip PROM ETHEL S will sail on THURS
DAY, April 29. at 4 P.M.
Through bills of lading given In connection with S.
C. R. R. to points In the South and Southwest.
Insurance at lowest rates. Kates of freight as low
as by any other route. For freight, apply to
E. A. SOUDKR k CO.,
8 22 tf DOCH STREET WHARF.
ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE
THE GENERAL TRANSATT.ArTTn
COMPANY'S MAIL NT K A M HI 1 1 PS
Kl WEEN NEW YORK AND HAVKK. n A 1.1.1 Nil 11
BREST. -
The splendid new vessels on this favorite route for the
Continent will sail from Pier No. 50 North river, aa fol
lows :
PEREIRE Duchesne Saturday, May t
LAFAYETTE Rousseau Saturday, May 16
ST. LAURENT Lemarie Saturday, May 49
VILLK DE PARIS Surmount Saturday, June U
PRICE OF PASSAGE
In gold (including wine),
TO BREST OR HAVRE.
First Cabin a 140 1 Second Cabin .. . . ,$o
TO PARIS,
(Including railway tickets, furnished on board.)
First Cabin $146 Second Cabin $66
These Btearaers do not carry steerage passengers.
Medical attendance free of charge.
American travellers going to or returning from the con
tinent of Europe, by taking the steamers of this line avoid
unnecessary risks from transit by English railways and
crossing the channel, besides saving tune, trouble, and
expense. GEORGE MACKENZIE, Agent,
No. 3.N BROADWAY, New York.
For passage in Philadelphia, apply at Adams' Express
Company, to H. L. LEAF,
1 m No. 320 CHESNUT Street.
PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND,
AND NORFOLK STEAMSHIP LINE,
THROUGH FREIGHT AIR LINK TO
THE SOUTH AND WEST,
EVERY SATURDAY.
At noon, from FIRST WHARF above MARKET
Street.
THROUGH RATE8 and THROUGH RECEIPTS to
all points in North and South Carolina, via Seaboard Air
Line Jiailmad, connecting at Portsmouth and to Lynch
burg, Va., Teunesseo, and the West, via Virginia and Ten
nessee Air Line und Richmond and Danville Kailruad
Freight HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken at LOWER
BATES THAN ANY OTHER LINK.
The regularity, safety, and cheapness of this mute oora
niend it to the public as the most desirable medium for
carrying every description of froight.
No charge for commission, diayage, or any expense of
transfer.
Steamships insured at the lowest rates.
Freight received daily.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE ft CO.,
No. 1 4 North and South WHARVES.
W. P. PORTER. Agent at Richmond and City Point.
T. P. CROWELL CO., Agents at Norfolk 1
try w NEW ' EXPRESS LINE TO'
WX Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington, D.
sJa i is ii C, via Chesapeake und Delaware Canal, with
connections at Alexandria from the most direot route for
Inchburg, Bristol, Kiioxville, Nashville, DalUin, and Uia
Southwest.
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon from the)
Hint wharf above J laiket street.
Freight received daily.
WILLIAM P. CLYDK 4 OO.,
No. 11 North and South W harves.
J. B. DAVIPRON. Agent at Georgetown.
HYDE A TYLER, Agents, ac Georgetown; M.
FZLDRIDGK A CO., Agents at Alexandria. 611
NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK. VU
VtT DELAWARE AND R A HIT AX CANAL.
Inn CHEAPEST slid OUICKEST watur .u..,',.l..
tion between Philudelohia and New York.
Steamers leave dully from first wharf below Market
Street, Philadelphia, and foot of Wall street. New York.
Goods foi warded by all the lines running out of New
York, North, East, and Wost, frco of commission.
Freight received and forwarded on accommodating terms
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., Agents
No, l! S. DELAWARE Avenue. Philadelphia,
? No. 1 19 WAlVtrNewYoVk.
i JKtLlfc NOTICE.-.-FOU NEW YORK,
U xr " 1',1k,w.?1:0 ,.5n:1,",'itMn ni. swift-
sii hi irW SURE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
DESPATCH AND SWI I'TSUltK I.1NE.
.'J',"8" L ' '.o '),will buriwumed on and after
the 8th of March. lor i mights, which will be taken on
accommodating terms, apply to
M W. M BAIRD A CO.,
V.ii South Wharvee.
IARZELERE & BUCHEY,
C'uatoiu House ltrokere and Notaries Public
No. 405 LIBRARY STREET.
ALL CUSTOM HOUSE BUSINESS T RAN SAC
PASSrOUTS rilOCUUED.