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iO:XANDEttDALLAS BACHE.
1 he l.ntc Kaprrlnt . ndrnt of the Const Hnrvev
A IM-P-lrJ Mkntrk Htnd Hfforf the
Krnnklln Jnntitnte by PrslVsnor Falrman
At the repulnr monthly meeting of the Fnink
)ia Institute held March 17, Professor Falrman
Rogers read a carefully-prepared and elaborate
kloRraphlcol (ketch of the late Professor Alex
ander Dallas Bachc, the world-cclcbratcd 8upcr
intcudent of the United States Coast Survey.
The long and brilliant connection of Professor
Bache with the scientific Interests of this coun
try, and the circumstance of his being, In the
true sense of the term, a Philadelphlan, prompt
s to lay the entire sketch before our readers,
which we are enabled to do by tho receipt of an
advnnco proof copy of the "Transactions of the
Franklin Institute," through tho kindness of
Professor Henry Morton, the Secretary. Profes
sor Rogers' sketch reads as follows:
Alexander Dallas Bache, the subject of our
memoir, was born in Philadelphia, on the Ulth,
f July, 1S00. His father, Richard Bache, was
a son of Richard Bachc, Postmaster-General of
the United States, and Sarah, only daughter of
benjamin Frankliu. His mother, Sophia Dallas,
was the daughter of Alexander James Dallas,
Secretary of tho Treasury, and the sister of
licorjje M. Dallas, Vice-President of the United
States and Minister to London.
Mr. Bache was thus connected with families
alike distinguished for scientific and intellectual
attainments and social position in his native city.
In 1SJ1 he entered the United States Military
Academy at West Point, and graduated at tho
head of an uncommonly good class in 1825, re
maining for about a year after his graduntion as
assistant instructor in engineering. Ho was
then assigned to engineer duty at Fort Adams,
Newport, R. I., where he remained two years,
with General, then Colonel Tot ten, and whilo
there became engaged to Miss Fowler, to whom
he. was married in 1828 a woman adorned I with
those good qualities which enabled her to be his
firmest friend and most able adviser throughout
his life. In 1828 Mr. Bache was appointed Pro
fessor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in
the University of Pennsylvania, at the age of 22,
and it Is from that time that his scientific farcer
commences. In 18:t lie was appointed the lirst
President of (iirard College, and made his
trip through Europe In the interests of that in
stitution. Upon his return, finding that much
time must yet elapse before the College buildings
vould be finished, he offered his services to the
city to reorganize its High School, and at the
end of a year, the College not yet being in a con
dition to require ins attention, lie resigned his
aalarv,
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, uiiv ibiiiiuvu uiv wuiwc vL A icrtul-UL lllliu-
ing
imiself ready for dutvwhen the building
should be in readiness, and became Principal of
the High School and Superintendent of Public
Schools, for which he received a salarv from the
city. He again took his old chair in the Uui-
versify in 1842. and in 184:1 lie was appointee
Superintendent ot the United sitos Coast Sur
vey, which position lie held until his death,
which occurred on the 17th ol February, 18(ii'.
BLSuch n brief record of one of the most useful
and brilliant lives of the past halt century. His
devotion to science, in the highest acceptation
t)f tlie term, knew no bounds. His enthusiasm
not only carried him forward, but it communi
cated itself to all who came in contact with him.
One reason that he did so much work, was that
he was hundred-handed. The moment that he
made the acquaintance of a new man he saw
what he was good for, what lie could do. and, by
some mysterious power, he set him to work.
When he proposed a line of research, or a mat
ter to be worked up. it always seemed to him to
whom he proposed it. that here was just the op
portunity for which he had been waiting, and he
attacked" it with vigor and determination. Thus
the great chief always had many hands and
brains occupied with" the details of the matters
which were at the time interesting him, and
these outside labors met with so much conside
ration, aud were so handsomely acknowledged,
that no one hesitated to repeat them when
vailed upon a second time. No scientific man
could render a greater service to science than
by encouraging its younger votaries to take up
and to persevere in those investigations for
which nature may have fitted them: and in this
Mr. Bache was eminently successful. He
showed this conspicuously when, even as a
young man, he was interested in the operations
of this Institute, and it is in his labors as one of
our old members that we are especially inte
rested. Very shortly after his appointment to the Uni
versity, Mr. Bache connected himself with the
Franklin Institute. On the 25th of March. 18IKI.
liis name first appears in the records of the So
ciety as chairman of the monthly meeting of
that (late, and from that time until his depurt
. urclor iishington. in 1844. he was a prominent
member, serving faith fully on most of the im
portant committees. He was in the Board of
Managers from to 18:'.. and Corresponding
Secretary from that time until 1843. He served
for many years on the Committees on Meteor
ology, Inventions, Instruction, Meetings, and
Publication, and on the Committees ou l'ateut
Laws and the Manufacturing Establishments of
Pennsylvania. The Committee ou Inventions
was exteuded into the Committee of Scicuee
and the Arts in 1834.
He was appointed on the Committee on Ex
plosions of Steam Boilers and Strength of Mate
rials in June, 1S0, and labored faithfully as a
member of both its sub-committees, taking a
largcpart in the preparation of the report, which
is still considered one of the classical authori
ties ou the subiect. lie also took u large share
in the labors of the Committee on Experiments
on Water Power. As a member of the Commit
tee on Weights and Measures, in lie took u
large share in tho preparation of the valuable,
report on that subject.' In October of 1842 he
delivered the address at tlte close of the annual
exhibition. During all this time he contributed
many papers to the Journal and to the Philoso
phical Society, of which he was an active mem
ber. He edited an American edition of Brew
ster's Optics, and conducted a large number of
investigations in magnetics, meteorology, and
physical science generally. This was probably
the time of the greatest activity of the institute,
and Mr. Bache had associated with him as
fellow-workers, and as staunch friends for all
after life, S. V. Merrick. Frederick Fralev, Dr.
Hare, M. W. Baldwin, T. U. Walter, Sears C.
Walker, J. C. Crcsson. .1. F. Fra.cr, men whose
names we now honor as among the brightest
lights of the society.
lu 1843, Mr. Bache having received the ap
pointment of Superintendent of the United
States Coast Survey, left Philadelphia, and, of
course, his active duties in the institute, to take
up his residence in asiiington; inn nc always
considered this city as his home, and looked for
ward to returning" to it at some future period,
when his labors for the Government should be
ended; and one of his greatest pleasures was to
meet his old associates 'on the occasions of his
frequent visits to Philadelphia, and talk over the
times when they worked together for the inte
rests of the Institute and of science
When Professor Bachc took hold of the sur
vey, lie found himself in a position which re
ouired all his tact to make comfortably tenable.
Some of the older assistants felt aggrieved that
a person hitherto unconnected with tho work
should have been selected as its head, and for
many months there was a disposition to make
things go roughlv, which might have disheart
ened a man who'lmd smaller views, or less dis
position to seize upon the opportunity afforded
him to make his new work one of the grandest
contributions to the science of the age.
Exti erne firmness, imperturbable good humor,
and u manner which made an who upproaciicu
him friends and totally disarmed his enemies,
finally enabled him to overcome all obstacles in
tho interior of the survey; and ho applied him
self with all his energy to the elaborat on of tho
organization, aud the introduction of ail tho best
scientific methods, most of which ho extended
in their practical application to a point not bo
fore reached. ,
He soon enlisted the best scientific power of
the country, either us officers of tho Survey, as
temporary assistants for some special work, or
as friends, who, for pure love ol tho man and
iuiervKt in a wvrk to ycliKl Lo UV'YOtvU W ener
gies, were always rendy tocontrlbnto thelradvire
or co-operation In those matters which belonged
specially to their line of study. It was in this
way that he won tho title of "Chief," applied to
him by a largo and ever-Increasing circle of
scientific men, who appreciated hint as the leader
of organized science in America.
His peculiar position gave him advantages
which could hardly bo enjoyed by any other sci
entific man. Visiting each seoboard city fre
quently In the discharge of his official duties, ho
was constantly; in personal contact with his
acquaintances, and had every opportunity of
seeing the new men who grew up in each pface.
Accustomed to the details of commercial and
political business, he had much broader and
more practical views than those which are some
times the result of seclusion in the study or tho
laboratory. The fact of his having graduated
with all tho honors of tho Military Academy
placed him upon a footing with the officers of
tho army and navy, which was of the
fireatcst advantage to him in his connection with
10th branches of the service It has always
been usual to detail some army and navy officers
for duty upon the Survev, 'and it not unfre
qucntly happened that Baciie had to administer
one of his quiet reproofs to some young officer,
who, forgetting, or perhaps ignorant of
the fact, that his Chief was a regular
army man, would attempt to plead a "custom of
the service" or a point of etiquette as an objec
tion to some distasteful duty. Of that rare power
of administration which appears, to be partly
natural nnd partly the result of education, Mr.
Bache had a large share, and the scientific and
business operations of the Survey moved liko
clock-work under his guiding hand. He loved
to put the machinery together, wind it up. and
then, dismissing it all from his mind, hear the
report nt the end of the month or designated
time, when he would take up the thread of the
matter just whure he had last left it. and as If he
had thought of iiothingelse during the interval. He
understood thoroughly the way of doing nothing
for himself that could" he done'for him by others,
and thus reserved his time and his powers for
that work which lie alone could do. His practi
cal knowledge of methods of observation was
extraordinary, and he could pick out interpo
lated figures'in records of work, or tell an as
tonished observer that on such a night he had
omitted to examine the level of his instrument,
w ith an accuracy that bordered upon the mar
vellous. His capacity for work was astonishing. Not
contented with the largo and ever increasing
labors of the Survey, he was an active member
of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian
Institution: associated there with his wannest
and most trustv friend. Professor Joseph Henry,
of the Light House Board, of numerous special
boards on harbor Improvements, President of
the National Academy of Sciences, and ready at
all times, and constantly called upon, to use" his
tongue orhis pen to advance the true interests
of science at all points.
ft is not common that with those abilities to
which we have referred are combined those so
cial qualities which render their possessor agree
able in ordinary life; but Mr. Bache possessed
them in an eminent degree. Released from his
official duties, about which lie was usually very
methodical, he was the pleasantest companion
at the dinner table or in the saloon that young
or old could desire. Extremely fond of society,
his hospitable house in Washington Mas always
open to his friends, who carried away with them
the most charming reminiscences of its bright
wood fires and sparkling candles, and in his
summer camps there were always some extra
tents for thofrc who were fortunate enough to
receive Invitations to visit him lu his wild re
treats. He spent several months of each year
tinder canvas, nt the primary triangulution'sta
tions. or on base measurement, nnd returned to
his duties in the capital refreshed and invigo
rated by the mountain air.long strolls, and change
of scene. Bright reminiscences are those of
these mountain camp, with the morning's
writing, the midday dinner, the genial face of
the kind hostess, the pleasant chat over the bot
tle of Rhine wine, ami, if ttierc was no observing
in the afternoon, the long rambles down the
hill, with the climb back again, the cam) being
of necessity very near to the summit, finishing
up with an" evening of conversation or reading,
unless the stars were good enough to allow them
selves to be observed.
With a never (lagging determination to carry
tho scientific operations of the Survey up to and
bevond the highest point of excellence attained
in other countries, Mr. Bache spared no pains or
thought in perfecting all the details of the
various processes with such success that in every
branch important steps were made. To the ap
paratus for the measurement of bases especially,
its being the instrument upon which the accu
racy of succeeding work depended, he early
turned his attention, and produced a base mea
surer which is yet without its equal in the world.
In 1845 he took up the subject, and discarding
the principle of using surface marks or dots on
the measuring bars, and bringing them into
coincidence by means of microscopes,
he applied the contact level already in
vented by Respold for another purpose,
and by thus introducing the method of
end contact, facilitated the comparisons with
the standard bars, the practical working in the
field, and the accuracy of the operations in. a
remarkable degree. The extremely beautiful
method of equalizing the conducting jiower and
consequent rapidity of expansion of the iron
and brass bars of the apparatus, by making their
sections proportional to their conducting powers
and specific heats, and then making tho final
and most delicate correction by applying var
nishes of different colors, is an admirable ex
ample of the care which ho bestowed upon the
smallest details.
Having found the metrical system in use on
the Survey as introduced by Mr. Ilassler, he
continued it, ami always felt a deep interest in
the adoption of that, or of some other universal
system of weights and measures, by tho civil
ized world. His positiou as Superintendent of
Weights and Measures, of course, brought the
subject constantly under his notice. As a mem
ber of the Committee on Weights and Measures
of the National Academy, he also discussed the
matter thoroughly, and at one time he leaned
evidently towards making an attempt to estab
lish, by Ii Congress of nations, an entirely twin
standard, w hich should bo adopted as an uni
versal one. His two general objections to the
metrical system were: first, the fact that later
observations have shown that the metre is not the
lO.OOO.fHkith part of the earth's quadrant; and
secondly, that the actual length of the metre is
not, in practice, nearly so convenient as that
of the foot or the ell. "The latter is uo doubt
the strongest objection tli.it can be made to the
metre as an universal standard, and perhaps the
only one: and later, .Mr. biit-liu seems to have
determined that the metric system had too stron
a hold to bo rooted out by any other where it
already has been adopted, and was prepared to
give liis unqualified support to any measures
loouing to its adoption as un universal systei
It is a little singular that the period of liis death
w itnessed the legalization, to a limited extent.
of the metric system in England and the United
Slates, and the consummation of one of his most
cherished projects, tho determination, bv tho
Atlantic Telegraph Cable, of the difference of
longitude between Greenwich aud Washington,
which was made for the Coast Survey, in De
cember of lbtiCi, by Dr. B. A. Gould. For several
years, In tact since tho laving of the original
cable, everything has been prepared for these
observations, and the preliminary report of their
success was made to tho National Academy ot
Sciences lu January, but one month before his
death.
During the Rebellion Mr. Bachc threw him
self, heart and soul, lirto the service of tho Gov
ernment, and took a most arduous part In the
labors ol the blockade commission at tho very
outset of the war. His judgment and far
sightedness enabled him to withdraw his par
ties und vessels from tho South almost without
u loss, and no information of any value fell into
the hands of the Rebels from Coast Survey
sources. The Survey furnished most valuable
officers during tho wur for military surveys, aud
they were much needed, since tho engineer
officers, being all graduates, were rapidly pro
moted to line appointments, and technical
knowledge In that brunch of tho statf was sadly
needed.
Jl) LW1 Mj. fyivlig. hevunie Y'ce-Prvo'dvul, o
the Sonilary Commission, and was throughout
the war a most influential member of that Im
portant body. When Leo threatened Philadel
phia in the Gettysburg summer, Mr. Bache did
not forget his native city, but immediately
offered his services, and those of the officers ho
had near him, to make a military reconnolssanco
of the vie nlty of the city, and to locate works,
to be built if tho necessity required. In that
sultry summer weather he worked, literally,
day and night, and exhausted a frame never
much accustomed to severe bodily exercise, and
it is doubtful whether ho ever recovered en
tirely from the effects of the labor and worry
which he underwent at that period .
When the National Academy of'selcnccs was
established by "Krcss in 18C,3, the choice for
President fell, without dissent, upon Mr. Bache,
and he continued to discharges the duties of the
office with the greatest energy and judgment
until his illness withdrew him from active labors.
His guiding hand, his moderate counsels, and
his constant vigilance in seizing upon every turn
which could bo of advantage to the scientific
usefulness of the Academy, were of the utmost
importance to its welfare and power In the
spring of 1804 his health began to fail him. Too
much intellectual labor had done its work; the
body w as too weak for tho mind, und a long
summer rest, and finally a trip to Europe were
prescribed as the cure. Temporary relief', how
ever, was all that these means nlforded, and he
spent the rcmainderof his life In Newport, where
ho had commenced his public career after leav
ing the Military Academy.
He died in Newport on the 17th of February,
181)7. and was buried at Washington, in the Con
gressional Cemetery; on 8imdav, the 24th. The
honors paid to his remains "as they passed
through New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore,
were a fitting tribute to his virtues. He was laid
in state In the old hall of the Philosophical
Society, which, in tho early davs of his Phila
delphia career, had known him 'so well, and all
his friends who knew him In life, and many
who. knowing him only through his works,
loved him almost as well, crowded around tho
bier to pay their last tribute of respect to his
memory.
It is rare that a man leaves us without n suc
cessor appearing to take his place, but the void
which Mr. Bache leaves in the general scientific
strength of the country has not yet been filled.
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86, MM
ao.ouo
7,li0
16,UX
Ic.ceo
6,000
90,000
907,i00
l,l(,Hli0 Par. Markot Talus, $l.l:tO,&li'U6
. Cost, $1,093,604 i.
Real Fstate Sd.iKWOO
Hills receivable for insuranen nifule ILnLiNi'M
Balances due at agencies, premiums on marine
policies, aocrueu interest, and other debts due
the eotnnanv in ITft-Rfl
Stock and scrip of sundry corporations, $315d,
Estimated value 1,813'OU
Cash in bank $U,150-08
Caab in drawer U) bo 118.5fi3 7e
$l,W7,3rt7W
DtxECTon-
Kdmund A. Bonder,
Kninuel K. Stokes,
Henry Sloan,
William u. Ludwig,
lleorge i). Iiper,
llonry (J. Dallott, Jr.,
John 1). Taylor,
(loorge W. Hernadon,
William O. iioulton,
Jacob Kiegol,
Spencer Mullvaino.
T. Morgan, fituburg,
Thomas O. Hand,
James (!. Hand,
Tbeophilus Paulding,
Joseph 11. Seal,
Hugh Craig,
John K. Penrose,
Jacob P. Jones,
James Traquair,
Kdward liarliugton,
II. Jones HriKike,
James IS. M char land,
Kdward Lafourcade,
uoun ii. Bouipie.
' A. H. Iterger. "
THOMAS J. MAM). Prnirl,.nt
Uoanua i . f.yre.
w.,.,J.,oHN - DAVIS, ViuePremdont
HKNRY LYLBURN, Secretary.
11 KN KY ISA LL, Assistant Secretary. to rt
1829
CHARTER- PERPETUAL.
Frantlin Fire Insurance Company
OK PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 425 and437 CHESNUT St
Assets en Jan. 1,1869, $2,677,37213
CAPITAL ,
ACCIU'KD BURPLUS...
PREMIUMS
UNSKTTLKD CLAIMS,
3t00,00V00
i,n;j,vjs-7
INCOME FOR !,
at;;o,ooe.
Losses Bail since 1829,0Yer $5,500,000
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
I uo company also issues i oncies on uenta ot iiuiluings
Ol ail auuaa, urouna items, anu mortgages.
DIRKCTORS.
Alfred G. Baker,
Samuel urant,
George W. Richards,
Isaac Lea.
Thomas Sparks,
William S. (.rant,
Thomas S. Kills,
(jllMtuvllri S Kim-uin.
Gsorge i ales,
ALFRKD (i. KAK.KK. President.
lilCORUK 1' A Lisa, Vice-President.
JAS. W. MoALLINTKK. Secretary.
'J HKOHORIO M. KJOGhU. Assistant Secretory. 89
T N S U R E AT HOME,
IN TI1K
Penn Mutual Life Insurance
COMPANY.
No. 921 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
ASSETS, 8,000,000.
u ii kti;ju:i by oik own state.
MANAGED BY OUR OWN CITIZENS.
LOSSES PUO.UPTI.Y PAin.
rOUCLES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS.
Applications may be made at the Home Office, and
at the Agencies throughout the State. 2 1SJ
JAMES TRAOUAIR PRESIDENT
SA.Ml'EI. E. STOKES VICE-FRICMDKNT
JOHN W. HOUNOR A. V. P. snd ACTUARY
HORATIO S. STEPHENS SKUKKTARY
THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
X COMPANY.
Incorporated 1!A Charter Perpetual.
No. 310 WAI.N UT htreet, opposite Independence Sqnars.
This Company, favorably known to the community tor
over forty years, continues to insure against loss or damage
by tire on Public or Private Kuildings, either permanently
or for a limited time. Also on r uruiture. Slocks ol Uoods,
snd 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
offer to the insured an undoubted security m the ease o(
loss.
, . . . CiiitcTOnS.
Daniel Smith, Jr., , John Devereur,
Alexander tienson, Thomas ISinith,
Isaac Huzluhlirst, I Henry Lewis,
Thomas Robins, 1 J. Uilliuguain I' elL
lianiel Haddock. Jr.
iiAMKL bMITU, JB., President.
WM. O. OROWELL, Secrotar Hi )j
A S BURY
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 21 BROADWAY Cor. READE St., New York.
Vanli t ii pit I... i 130,000
tll'jo.oou Deposited with the State of New York a .Vxiumy
tor Policy Holders.
LEMUEL HAM'S, President.
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice-President aud Secretary.
EMORY MoCLlNTOCK Actuary.
A. E. M. PURDV.M. D Medical Exaiaiuer.
HKFtHKNCKH UY I'KHMlsSlON.
Thomas T. Tabker, John M. .Maris, J. B. Lippinoott,
Charles Spencer, William Divine, J James Lonir,
John A. right, 8. Morris Wain, j James Hunter,
Arthur ii. Collin, John M.MoP'roary, K. H. Worno.
In the character of its Directors, economy of managii
mi'Ut, reasonableness of rates, PARTNERSHIP PLAN
Or DECLArllM; DIVIDENDS, uo restriction in twiuaie
lives, and absolute nou t'orleiture of all policies, and no ve
btriction of travel alter the lust year, the ASiJl'R V pre
sents a combination of advantage ottered by no other
company. Policies issued in every toriu, aud a loau ol ous
thirit made when desired.
Sl'Kl lAI. AUVA.N i'AOKS Of'FKIlFD TO CLKHOYMEM.
For all further iulurmation, adress
JAMES M. LONG ACRE,
Manager for I'oanaylvailia and Delaware.
" Office, No. V'l WALNUT Stieet, Philaitelpma.
FORM AN P. HOLLINSIIEAD Speclul Agent. 4 lrt
gTRICTLY MUTUALi
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OI'FH E, No. Ill S. EOURTII STREET.
Organized to promote LIKE INSURANCE among
members ol the Society of Ericiuls.
Goiicl l inks of any clu.m accepted.
Policies issued ou approved plans, at the lowest
rates.
PrcHt.lent. SAMUEL It. SHIPLEY,
Vlce-I'rcbWeut, WILLIAM ('. LoNiiS i'UKTIf,
Actuary, ROW LAND PAHRV.
The nil vantages oflcrco! by thU Company ure un
excelled. iilUKNIX lNL'RANCECO.IPAN). OK
J PHILADELPHIA. .
INCORPORATED lNH-CHARTKR PERPETUAL
No. ti-J l WALNUT Street, oppoMte the Eouuge.
This Company insures from ii ur damage by
EIRE, . .
on liberal terms, on buildings, merchandise, furniture,
etc., tor limited periods, and peiuiaueully on buildings by
deposit of premiums. ., .,.-,
I he Company has been in aotive operation for rnoro than
SIXTY YEARS, during which all losses have been
promptly adjusted and I"");,
Vine-' v." j.-i.
John u Hodge,
lleuiamin Ktting,
at. ... Matiouy.
John T. Lewis,
William H. Grant,
Robert W. Ianiiu.
1'hoiuaa II. Powers,
A. U. Mclienrv,
Edmund Castilloa,
U. l-iar maun. ( ,-,.) Nom
Lawrence Lew-. Jr, R .TftftTCU-.
; 'resident.
Samuel wtloox.
Eaxvu vra& avt7i w.
IN8URANOE.
OnrjClt OT TITF. INSURANCE COMPANT
OK NOIITH AU-t..A - .ii.s lt VI TT
Street, Philadelphia " "
uoorpomlod 1W .. Charter Perpetual.
A... r"rr.r.rnhVVV' .....
MARINE, INLAND, AN D KIRK INH C U AN Oik
OVER 60,000,000 lAmRii nitn iranic'rm
ORGANIZATION.
fcuutoTons.
Arthur (). Ooffln,
Samnel W. Jones,
John A. Hrrrwn,
Clharles Taylor,
Ambrose White,
William Welsh,
8. Morns M sin.
Francis R. Oops,
Edward H. Trolls.
Fdward S. Clarke.
T. Charlton Henry.
Alfred D. Jeseun.
John P.White,
liia tl. Mitir
.lohn Miwn
Charles W. Cuahraan.
George U Harrison, '
A KTHUR o. OOfTIN, President.
Maa. MaU.PLATT' Fli
rFUK ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
-j rniLAOMiriiia.
Office Southwest ( or. FOURTH and WALNUT Streets.
I IKE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
i r.ni r. iuaa. aao i r.iviii ru luiid l3niir.ll.
fash Capital t3.ilon-0f
Cash Assets, January 1, 1W8 47S. SB
iSiHk-iTr.a.s
F. Ratrhfnrd Starr,
J. Livingston Erring er.
r.oihro l razier,
John M. At-Hood,
I'.eaj. T. .redirk,
George H. Stuart,
tfames 1a I'iaruoru.
Win. G. Roullon,
Charles Wheeler,
Thos. H. Montgomery,
John ii. rtrow n,
u-Mi,, .a. ,!. ii, nmes a pnwn,
nmea A priori,
ii 1 . o urn, -wm rinn, uuiiik uo
Specially hazardous risks whatever, suob ss factories,
r. KATi Hr'OKD BTAHR. President,
THOS. H. MONK. O.VIEKY, Vice President.
Al.rx. W. WiMr.B, Secretary. St
MI'i:niAL l-TUE INSUUANCK CO.
LONDON.
ESTABLISHED ISO...
Talil-up Caplttil and Accumulated Funds,
&,000,000 I IV OOID.
PREV0ST & HERRING, Agents,
S No. 10T a THIRD Street. Philadelphia.
CHA8. M. PREVOST. CHAS. P. HERRING
SHIPPING.
CHARLESTON. S. C.
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
FAST niKIGIIT
EVERY THURSDAY.
The Steamships PROMETHEUS, Captain Gray, J.
W. K VERM AN, Captain Vance,
WILL FORM A REGULAR WEEKLY LINE,
The steaniMhlp PROMETHEUS will sail on
THURSDAY, Jluy 18. at 4 P. 11.
Through bins ol laulm: Riven In connection with S.
C. R. R. to poiutH lu the South and Southwest.
Insurance at lowest rates. Rates of freight as low
aa by any other route, i'or freiKlit. apply to
K. A. SOUDEU A CO.,
8 -2 tf DOCK STREET WHARF.
't t- ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE
jrj.L?" THE GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC!
teSiS22S- COM PA NY'S MAIL S TKAAISiilPS
FT. i lTCSNEW YORK AND HAVRE, CALLING AT
BREST.
The splendid new vessels on this favorite route for the
Continent will sail troiu Pier No. tu North river, as fol
lows :
PEKEIRF Duchesne Saturday, May I
I.AEAY E'l'T F. Roiuueau Saturday, May 15
ST. LAURENT lxmarie Saturday, May 2s
V1LLK DE PARIS Surmount Saturday, June U
PRICE OF PASSAGE
In gold (including wine).
To bllEST OR HAVRE.
First Cabin 140 Second Cabin
TO PARIS,
(Including railway tickets, furnished on board.)
First Cabin 144 Second Cabin $Ss
These steamers do not cany steerage passengers.
Medical attendance free of charge.
American travellers going to or returning from the con
tinent ot Europe, by taking the steaniors ot this line svoid
unnecessary risks from transit by English railways aud
ciohaing the channel, besides saving tune, trouble, and
expense. GEORUE MACKENZIE, Agent,
No. 5.N BROADWAY. New York.
For passage in Philadelphia, apply at Adams' Express
Company, to H. U LEAF,
1 2.4 No. 340 CHESNUT Street.
p PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND,
iAND NORFOLK STEAMSHIP LINE,
f.C 'i'HROI'UH KKKIIiHT A I It I.IVl,' 'It'
EXfc'i'llE SOUTH AND WEST.
E EKV SATURDAY,
At noon, from FIRST WHARF above MARKET
Street
THROUGH RATES to all points in North and South
Carolina, via Seaboaid Air Line Railroad, connecting at
I'ortsmoutb and to Lynchburg, Va., Tennessee, aud the
West, via Virginia and lennesaee Air Line and Richmond
and Danville Railroad.
Freight HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken at LOWER
RATES THAN ANY OTHER LINE.
The regularity, safety, anil cheapness of this route com
mend it to the public as the most desirable medium fur
carrying every uescriptiou of freight.
No charge for oumiuissiou, drayage, or any expense of
transfer.
Steamships insured at the lowest rates.
Freight received daily.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.,
No. 'i S. WHARVES and Pier I N. WHARVES.
W. p. PuRTER, Asent at Richmond and City Point.
T. P. CROW ELL A CO., Agents at Norfolk. o 15
'rT.t LOlULLAKUa SiiAMSli.lt;
Vj LINE FOR
MEVV YORK.
Sailing Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
REDUCTION OF KATES.
Spring rates, commencing March in.
SallitiK Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On
and alter 15th of March freight by this line will oe
taken at 12 cents per ltw pounds, 4 cents per foot, or
1 cent per trillion, ship's option. Advance charges
cashed at olllce oil Pier. Freight received at all
times on covered wharf.
JOHN P. OIIL,
! 295 Pier 19 North Wharves.
N. ii. Extra rate on small packages, iron, rnetals, eto.
V r If T TT'T T T, f T . T
iSQUEENSTOWN. Inman Line of Mail
?r yiwi teu w aa ii ss loi-
1. ii v ol Aianrliesler. via Halifsr.Tuesdav. Muv 4 -1.1 P r
City of Rait imure, Saturday, May 8, at V A. si.
City of London, Saturday, May 15. at 11 A. M.
City of Boston, via Halifax, Tuesday, May 1H, at 1 P. M.
And each succeeding Saturday and alternats Tuesday,
from Pieriii, North River.
RATES OP PASSAGE.
BY THK Mill, BTKAMEU SalLINU EVEBI SATOBDAT.
,.rll'',,le m Oold. Payable in Ourreucy.
URST CABIN ,.$100 STEERAGE.
lolxindon loo' To London 4t
'Jo Paris H6 To Paris fj
fAKSAOP. BY THE 1UKHDAV SitAMtll, VtA HAUVAX.
HUNT I'ABIS. BTKKUAHB.
Payable in Gold. Payable in Currenoy.
Liverpool 8 Liverpool $'M
Halifax yo Haliiax 15
St. John's, N. ., ) .-ist. John's, N. P., ( p.,
by Branch Steamer....( ,y Branch St.ainer.....( Bu
Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bremen,
etc., at reduced rates.
Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by persons
wishing to send for their friends.
Foriurtber iutoraiation apply at the Company's Offices.
JOHN G. DALE, Ageut, N.. 13, BROADWAY, N. Y.
or to O lM N N KM, i FAULK, Agents.
46 No. 41ICHESNUT Street, Philauelphnv
-- fc NEW EXPKES3 LINE TO
Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington, D.
hH I fin i -,ul.MIlll illlll llMlllWUrA Cltll.l witl.
connections at Alexandria from the most direct route tor
1 ... .i.i : . i i ' ; ii., i 1.; I ... I . i .i.
J,llCUUUlg, XlllSlOl, AUUlf IU 11MUIIUD, V.IUIU, uu me
bouthwest.
Steamers leave re gularly every Saturday at noon from tu
tiiHt wharf above Maiket street.
Freight received wlLUAM p. OLyDR 4
No. 1 4 North and South Wharves.
HYDE TYLER, Agents, st Georgetown: M.
F.LDRIDGK A CO., Agents at Alexandria. () 1
NOTICE. FOU NEW YOKK. VIA
DELAWARE AND RARITAN OANAL.
.i.L I'V PkK.SS STEAMIIOAT i:ill PA vv
i,,.. i HEAP EST and oOlCKKST water ,...
tion between I'lnladeliihia and New York.
hi earners leave dally from first wharf below Market
stieet, 1 .iiladeliihia. and fool of Wall street. New York.
Goods forwarded by all the lines running out of New
Yoik, North, East, and West, free of commission.
F icight received and forwarded on accommodating terms
W ILLIAM P. CLYDE 4 CO.. AgeuU.
No. W S. DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia.
x- ..JAMES HAND, Agent,
. No. 1 1 9 W A LL Street, flow York.
M)TICE.-FOR NEW YORK,
sruK Ti? V3 vcv;;, f;...vr.?.,v,n...B.r'
,. , ' ' r. if iruit, MAK,
The business by these liuos will be resumed ou snd sfter
the Mb oi March. I'or rreights, which wiU bs taken oo
sccoiumoiialiiig terms, apply to
W. M. BAIRD A CO.,
. No. 1 it South Wharves.
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
AIt. Vernon Hotel,
8 1 Monument street Baltimore.
Elegantly Fuinlihetl, with nnsarpasscd Uuisla.
On the European nan,
'-- II. Ft XIORGAW.
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