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JTIr. Illclii' Woral Services f
IJtrrnturc.
Prrm th London RpeetcUor. ' '
W wleh it were possible to do real Justice to
thoteof our men , of genius who ttill remain
among us with less of exaggeration, nnd we might
almoft ttiy caricature, that ssion to charactcr
Uc thopc feaftts which we give In' their honor.
Kcw of Mr. Dickens' licartient, If dUorimlnatlng,
ill Ihwi' felt much pluasuro in ro.aA-
Ing the report of the Liverpool Wnqueot, and. of -
Lord Uuticnn s very nuie mm ;i.inv;iik uut un
modulated panvgeric. No one can help fueling
that in all rcBpucts i't one, namely, that Mr.
Dickens fortunately itill witli us, speeches of
that kind arc much more "like a funeral sermon
thon truth." The maxim "Da mortals nil nini
Vionoin" is oulv true of men of -literature w.hilo
the grave instill green above them; "Do preten
tious nil nini bonum" would he not only true, but
much lees the truth; "Do prcxentibuH nil nisi
optimum" would be nearer the mark. The lmne
gvriKts of such really great writers as Mr. Ilick
Tiia nri; tint to ppcuk us if tlio lights could bo
fufUcicntly appreciated without the shadows,..
and by so uoing . . seem 10 us 10 jiuy
but a poor compliment to .the literary
insight of an author who can swallow so uiuc.Jj
pluring intellectual eulogy without being .re
volted by its singular uniformity of tone and
delieicney in delicacy of appreciation. " We do
not blame Lord DufTcrin or any other spe'akcr at
the Liverpool banquet for this; the fault lies
wilh our false gencral'tonc of social morality on
such matters, which always expects and de
mands oral compliment' to" be undiluted and'
broad, nnd therefore entirely deficient in artistic
flavor. Wtill it is sturdy the fact that any. man
knowing Mr. Dickens', works woukl lind no eorj,
ol rclleetion of their specific ' characteristic in
such speeches as those of the Liverpool banquet.
He would learn only the raw- public opluiou of
Mr. Dickens' literary merits; and the public
opinion of literary merits, thpuir.li , it.;! almost
sure to have something of substantial founda
tion, is also pretty sure to be shapeless and
Tague and a little coar.se.
We are not going 'now to attempt any general
estimate of that genius, but on one poiut, on
which Lord DufTcrin dilated, the great moral
fcrviccs Mr. Dickens' works have rendered to
JCngland and all the Knglish-speaking races, we
should like to detlno his true position.; and we
do not think it will lose indeed, we believe it
will gain by a little discrimination and pro
vision, in place of that very general and compre
hensive panegyric that "he has rendered us
"brighter and more gladsome bv the reproduc
tion and distribution of. that kindly spirit of do
mestic affection which has been the main pur
port of his teaching," and that he has made us
"wiser and better, more loving and more human,
taught us the duty of guyety and the religion of
mirth, while yet the lambent play of his wit,
humor, and fancy has only revealed more dis
tinctly the depths of pas.-dou iu his nature, as
the laughter of the sea along its thousand
shining shores is but another expres
sion of thorc immeasurable forces which
lie latent in its bosom.-' That is a line
image of Lord D u ITeriu's. but to our apprehen
sion a singularly mi-leading one. No one can
appreciate more highly the wonderful and inex
haustible humor of Mr. Dickens' creations than
we do. AV'e doubt if there ever were so great u
humorist iu the world before. Aristophanes and
Shakespeare not excepted. Hut to speak of Mr.
Dickens' humor as only revealing more distinctly
the depths of passion in his nature, seems to us
a singular misunderstanding of his genius. There
is passion no doubt deep passion iu the great
est of his efforts at imaginative portraiture, the
picture of Nancy in "Oliver Twist;" some pas
sion in her profound pity for the child, a vast
deal in the mixture of love and terror which she
feels for Sykes. There is very real and true
pathos in the death of little l'ml Dombey and
one or two other pictures of a like kind tiot, we
think, in the picture of little .Nell, which, with
great deference to Lord Dufferin, we cannot help
regarding as one of Mr. Dickens' many over
strained and consciously indulged and petted bits
of sentimentalism, constantly passing the verge of
maudlin emotionalism. Hut take his great and
wonderfully productive genius all in all, and we
scarcely know any genius approaching his in
richness so utterly devoid of passion, so almost
certain to bo theatrical -and falsetto in its tone
whenever it attempts passion. And as for say
ing that Mr. Dickens' humor is another aspect
an indirect expression of his passion it is im
possible, in our minds., to conceive a more erro
neous analysis. That is often true of other
humorists, as of Carlyle's humor almost Invaria
bly, and often of Thackeray's, for both of these
great writers in their highest touches of humor
seem to register the highest wave of scorn or
pity in their nature. But run over Dickons'
- greatest feats of humor, Mrs. Ramp's richest
idioms, Elijah Pograin's eloquence, Putnam
Smif's epical alligator, the transceudentalfladies'
dissertations on the sublime. Mr. Weller, seni
or's, letter on the Shepherd. Mr. Lillyvick's and
Mite Suovellicci's amour, Miss Sqileers' spite,
the Dodger's relations to Charley Bates,
Noah Claypole's geuius for "the kinchin'
lay," Mr. Bumble's designs on the
matron of the work-house, Mr. Toots' waistcoats,
Mr. Feeder, B. A.'s, conversation with tho
dancing-master on the political economy of raw
materials. Captain Cuttle's note-book, l'cggotty's
buttons, Traddles' "dear girl," Mrs. R. S lifer's
four copperplate engravers, Silas Wegg's poetry,
Mr. Venus' hopeless love aud can you sny of
one of them that the humor, rich and inimitable
as it is, is the index of any' deep passion lyiug
beneath? The truth about Mr. Dickens seems to
ms to be that, looking to the greatness of his
achievements as a humorist, It is singular how
verv little of nassion there is in him. There is
more passion in Charles Lamb, there is infiuitely
more passion In Dr. Johnson, than iu Dickens.
It is true that his melodramatic efforts are often
very effectively worked up that the murder of
Mr. Tigg In "Martin Chu.zlewit," for instance,
and the craven panic of Jonas Chuz.lcwit, show
considerable power, but it. is anything but the
power of true passion; it is the power of melo
drama consciously adding stroke alter stroke to
the desired effect.
That Dickens' moral influence has been, on
the whole, healthy aud good we heartily believe.
It has been certainly profoundly humane. The
hatred of cruelty diffused through the wonderful
picture of Dotheboys' Hall is alone sullieient to
earn him the gratitude of all English-speaking
peoples. The feeling expressed towards a
different kind of cruelty, that of Stccrforth tho
seducer, in "David Copperfield," is equally sin
cere, though less effective. And the hatred of
cruelty is not more keen than the contempt for
hypocrisy in the narrower sense such hypocrisy
as Pecksniff's, or even mere pompous 'humbug'
- like Podsuap's but here the humorist not mi fre
quently swallows up the moralist, and his delight
iu the grand lncoherency of human nature olten
overpowers his scorn for falsehood. Still, the
last moral service we should think of ascribing
to Dickens' literary Influence would be the
diffusion of a genuine reverence for absolute
fdneerlty and realism. The great writer himself
falls iuto the most mawkish and unreal senti
mentalism. Half the geniality which is sup
posed to be Mr. Dickens' great merit is the most
vulgar good-humor of temperament a strong
disposition to approve the distribution of
punch and . plum-pudding. slap men
heartily on the back, and kiss pretty
women behind door. Mr. Wardle In
"Pickwick," and to u considerable extent Mr.
Pickwick himself, represents the sort of gene
rosity which is elevated Into a gospel In tho
"Christmas Tales," the "Christmas Carol," aud
the others. The melodrama of Scrooge's con
version from miserliness to generosity con
tains a thoroughly vulgar and poor moral. But
the gospel of geniality is better than the caress
ing sort of praise lavished on spoony youug men
aud women simply because they are spoony, In
those multitudinous passages, tending to excite
nausea, of which the type is the blessing pro
nounced over Ruth Pinch because she frequonts
the fountain in the Temple, is In love with John
Westlake, and makes a rumpsteak pie with
tome deftness. Mr. Dickens has brought people
to think that there is a sort of piety in being
gushing and maudlin, and this is anything but a
useful contribution to the morality of the age.
His picture of the domestic affections, which
Lord Dufferin call the strong point of his teach
jig tevjfts to m yery defective In simplicity aad
resera. It Is not rcaHy English, nd fends to
modify English family feeling Ip fho direction
of theatric tenderness and an impuhlvencM
wholly wanting in self-control.
Injyiie word, it seoms to us that Mr. Dickens'
highest aCd lowest moral intlirrnees arlso from
the same cause, his wonderful genius for carica
ture. All vices arising from mmple. motives he
makes contemptlblo and hideous avarice,
cruelty, selfishness, hypocrisy, specially reli
gious hypocrisy. But then he h:t a great ten
dency tojiiTake the corresponding virtues ludi
crous too by his over-colored sentiment. Tho
brothers Checryblo always win to be rubbing
their hands from Intenso "tirotherly love; the self
abandonment of Tom Pinch is grotesque; the
elaborate self-disguise of Mr. Bollln as a miser
lu order to warn Bella Wtlfer of her danger, is
an insult to. both the remon and conscience of
the render; and Mr. Dickens' saints, like that
Agnes iu "David Copperllcld" who -.Insists on
pointing upwards, .are invariably detestable., His
morality concentrates itself on tho two strong
points we have named, a profound horror of
cruelty and a profound contempt for humbug;
but Mr. Dickeiis'has no fine perception for the
inward shades of humbug relaxed and cosseted
emotions. ;
Ifis greatest service to English literatnrcwlll,
lifter all, be not his high morality, which is alto
gether wanting in delicacy of insight, but In the
complete liarmlessncss and purity of the immea
surable humor into which he moulds his enor
mous stores of acute observation. Almost all
creative humorists tend to the Impure like
Swift tuid Smollett, even Fielding.- On tho
other hand, there are plenty of humorists who
are not creative, who iakc the humor out of
themselves and only apply it to what passes,
like Charles Lamb nnd Sydney Smith. But
Dickens uses his unlimited powers of observa
tion to create for himself original fields of hu
mor, and crowds grotesque and elaborate detail
around the most happy eonceiitlons. without
..ever being attracted for a moment towards any
prurient or uniieaiiny neiii ot luugnier. Thus,
as by far the most popular and amusing of all
English writers, he pros ides unlimited food for
a great people without Infusing any really dan
gerous poison into it. In this way, doubtless,
lie has done us n service which can" scarcely be
over-estimated. Nor do we see that his fame is
likely to gain by making for him any false claim
on our gratitude. His true claim,' if correctly
stated, scarcely can be oivr-stated; but still it is
very easily misstated, aud is usually grossly
misstated, as it seems to us. in those soleniu
acts of public idolatry by which we are inar
ticulately endeavoring to express-our iiride iu
his lame and our ambition for its permanence. ,
iu:nax ox education.
Lecture nt the Tliciurc du Prince Imperial in
i'uiis.
J'arin (Ajnil 21) Corrtmnimkuee Lumlun TiiHi'.
I have more than once noticed the attractions
ut the .Theatre du Prince Imperial, of the lec
tures, or voufi rencct, as they arc called, of popu
lar professors or writers. There was one an
nounced for Saturday last by M. Kenan, ou "The
State and the Family." Tim theatre is capable
of holding persons, aud ou this occasion
it was nearly full. The prices of admission
ranged from five francs to ten sous. About one
tenth of the audience were women, and among
the occupants of the higher benches of the
iinphithcatre were a good many men Iu blouses.
The meeting was convoked by the Society for
the Professional Education and Instruction ot
Vonicn. The chair was taken bv M. Car
not, for a short time Minister of Public Instruc
tion under the Republic, and son of tho cele
brated Conventionistund member of the Com
mittee of Public Safety, who used to be called
"the organizer of victory." On his entrance
into the hall on Saturday evening, M. Kenan
was accompanied by M. Onrnot, M. Ernest Pi
card (both deputies for Paris), and others, who
were received with clapping of hands aud loud
cheers. The audience were evidently prepared
to applaud to the echo all that M. Kenan said, if
they could only hear It. Unfortunately, scarcely
a sentence was audible, even to those in the im
mediate neighborhood of the lecturer. He sat at
ti table iu front of the stage, aud occasionally
endeavored to make up for the Insufficiency of
his voice by the vehemence of his gesticulations.
Long before the lecture was over the remoter
seals had been evacuated by their occupants.
As very lew persons among the audience really
heard what M. Kenan said, the address is pub
lished at full length lu the Journal U'S Detain,
to which lie has for a long time been a con
tributor. It fills nearly six columns of that
paper. I extract one or two passages. After
describing the system of instruction as practised
by the republics of ancient Greece and lu the
middle ages, coming down to modern times, he
Said:
"I will not recount the struggles which fol
lowed, and which belong entirely to contempo
raneous history; It is sufficient to say that a sort
ol concordat seems to be established between
those who wish the State to be the sole Instructor
and those who wish that instruction should be
entirely left to private action. In this new sys
tem the State takes the part of principal pro
moter of studies.' It makes pecuniary sacrifices
for that object, and so do the towns. Finally,
society occupies itself actively in a matter which
it deems to be of superior interest to it, but it
forces no one. It docs not punish the father
who Is guilty of not giving an education to his
son. The father who does not wish for the
schools of the Mate has others ut his choice. I
do not examine whether that ideal is carried out
in practice, or whether the State carries into the
direction of public instruction the liberal and
solid spirit requisite in such matters. 1 only
occupy myself with the general system; and this
system, for my part, I adopt as reconciling
well enough, if properly practised, the rights
of the family with the rights of the State, It is
quite clear that a system of educatiou analogous
to that of Greek antiquity, uuiform, obligatory
on all, removing the child from his lamily, sub
jecting him to a discipline which may wound
the conscience of the father such a system, far
from being a machinery of education, would be
sure to produce brutish ignorance and stupidity.
The conceptions of the time of tho revolution
(excepting Talleyrand's plan), and especially the
University of Napoleon I, were marked iu this
respect by an incurable defect. Read the regu
lation of "studies in IWi. and you will find these
words: "All that is rcl uive to meals, to regula
tions, to exercise, ami to sleep shall be done iu
companies. In each Lyceum there shall be a
library containing VC volumes. All the libraries
shall contain the same works, and no other work
can be placed in them without the authorization
of the Minister of the Interior." And this is
what M. Thiers calls 'the finest work, perhaps,
ol the reign of Napoleon I.' I take the liberty
of not being of his opinion. That uniformity of
education, that ollicial spirit, would be the in
tellectual death of the ration. No; such is by no
means our ideal. The State should maintain a
level, and not impose it. Even on the question
whether the State shall make a certain minimum
of Instruction obligatory, I hesitate. That there
is a moral obligation oil a father to give his son
necessary instruction, that instruction which
makes the man, is too evident to be insisted
upon. But 1 hesitate when asked whether this
obligation should be made a law, and the
neglect of it punishable. If a father or a
mother will take upon themselves to give or
cause to bo given at home to their child an
education which appears best to them, how can
it be ascertained that this education is
equivalent to that wlii. h is given in a primary
school? Must the child undergo an examina
tion? It is this examination which disquiets me.
M ho is to be the examiner? And on what sub
ject is it to take place? Certainly, if practical
persons assure mo that a law of the kind is neces
sary to remove this loud of ignorance which
crushes us, I would consent to it; but I do not be
lieve such to bo the case. It Is not the same,
perhaps, with gratuitous primary instruction;
that is desirable; aud it is necessary that the
father who does not give instruction to his son
should bo held Inexcusable. Let tho public
blame fall upon him, well and good; but I want
nothing more. The real sanction In this, as lu
all things of moral order, is to allow a strong
public opinion to be freely formed against mis
deeds which tho law can uever reach."
' In conclusion, M. Kenan said: "In nil things
119 revert, U tbc traOitfWW wUlcll enlight
ened Christianity and a sound philosophy agroe
In teaching iia. The most glorious characteristic
of France is that she knows better than any
other nation how to perceive her defects and to
criticize herself. In this we resemble Athens
where Intelligent men passed their time In speak
ing ill of their own city and exalting the Institu
tions of SparU. Let us believe that we badly
continue tho brilliant and intellectual society of
the two last centuries by being only frivolous
Wo do but little honor to our ancestors nr imi
tating them only In their defects. Let us avoid
pushing to an extreme the dangerous
gamo of using without remission the living
forces of the country; In acting like the
Arab horsemen, who urge their horses do tho
gallop up to the very edge of the precipice, be
lieving they can at any moment stop them. The
World Is not maintained but by virtue- and ten
just men often obtain pordon for a whole society
that is. cupivblo. Selfishness and tho-greedy
search after riches and enjoyment can found
nothing. Let each one, then, do his duty. Each
one In his situation in life is the guardian of a
tradition which concerns the continuation of
the divine work here below. Strange, indeed
is the situation of the man placed between the
imperious dictates of conscience and the uncer
tainties of a destiny which Providence has been
leased to cover with a veil. Let us listen
to conscience, and believe it. If, which Rod
forbid! duty be a snare laid for us byn deceiving
gonitis, it is noble to have been deceived. But
it is no such thing; and for my part I hold the
truths of natural religion as certain, after their
manner, as those of the material world. Such
is the faith that saves; the faith which makes us
regard otherwise than a foolish part of pleasure
the few days which we pass on this earth tho
faith which assures us that all is not vain in tho
noble aspirations of our heart; the faith which
strengthens us, and which, when now ami then -clouds
gather in the horizon, shows us beyond
Oie storm harpy regions where humankind.
drying up their tears, will be one day consoled
for their sufferings."
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PENN STEAM ENGINE ANL
V POIT.L'H WtWVU'M Vlfl Vllf T UVV
J? PRACTICAI. AND tllKIIRKTl!!!1
t2SLrSS.- ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS. BOILER.
AiAitM.S, lil.ACKSMITHS, and FOUNDERS, having
for many years been in successful operation, and neon ex
elusively engaged in building and repairing Marine and
mver r.ngiuns, nign and low-pressure. Iron Boilers, Watei
1 auks, Propellers, etc. eto., respectfully oiler their servioes
to the public as being fully prepared to contract for en.
gincsot all sizes, Marino, River, and Stationary ; having
stts of patterns of ditierent sizes are prepared to execute
orders with quick despatch. Every description of pattern
making made at the shortest notice. Higu and Low-pressure
l ine 'tubular and Cylinder Boilers ot the best Penn
sylvania Charcoal Iron. Forgingsof all sizes and kinds.
Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning,
Screw Cutting, and ail other work connected with th
above business.
Drawings and specifications for all work done at the esta
blishment free of charge, and work guaranteed.
The subscribers have ample wharf dock room for repairs
of boats, where tbey can lie in perfect safety, and are pro
vided with shears, blocks, fails, eto. eto., for raising heavy
or light weight.
JACOB O. NEAFIE.
JOHN P. LEVY,
81 BEACH and PALMER Street
SOl'TllWARK FOUNDRY, FIFTU AND
WASHINGTON Street.
PHILADELPHIA.
MEKKKJK A 1SONS.
KNGINKEKS AND MACHINISTS,
manufacture High and Iw Pressure Steam Engines for
Lund, Kiver, and Marine Service.
Boilers, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boats, eto.
Castiugsof all kinds, either Iron or Brass.
Iron Frame Roots fur Gae Works, Workshops, and Rail
road Stations, etc.
Retorts and Gas Machinery of the latest and most im
proved construction.
Every description of Plantation Machinery, also, Sugar,
Saw, aud Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Oil bteatu Trams, De
fecators, 1 ilters. Pumping Eugines, eto.
Sole Agfiits for N. Billeui's Patent Sugar Boiling Appa
ratus, Nt'Binyth's Patent bteum Hamiuur, and Aspinwall
A Wools) 's Patent Centrifugal bugar Draining Ma
chines. 4 aog
q17TaR PfUDE WORKS.
JOHN II. MURPHY & BROS.
JIiiiiiifneturer or Wrought Iron Pipe, Eto.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
WORKS,
TWENTY-TIIIKD anil FILBERT Streets.
OtFIOE, 41
No. 4'i North FIFTH Street.
WINES.
HER MAJESTY
CHAMPAGNE.
DUNTON & LUSSON,
Z10 Buuj.il iitUNT 61.
rpHK ATTENTION OP THE TRAtoE IS
sale l)lJ)Uc"',(1 to ih followin "1 Choice Wines, o lo?
DUNTON A LUSSON,
313 SOUTH FRONT STREET.
On AMPA GNK8.7Agents for Her Majesty, Duo de Moo
tebello.Oarte Bleue, Carte Blanche, and Ohas I rr'. i;,-h
Vin Eugenie and Vin Imperial. M Klm.n (Jo rf
Mayence, Sparkhng Moaelle aud klilNE 1 WINKS '
MADK.IlfAti.-Old Island, bonth bidVlWve
bllEHRlEH. F. kudolphe, AmouulUuT'onas Val.
lette, Pale and Golden Bar, uiwn, 4o. ' P"'
i ?llJwS velu.0 "'. Vallette and Grown.
CIKET8.-Proniis Am. ;,e., Montferrand and Bof
dee it. Clarets and Ha u tonic Wuiee.
win. ai .tier nwan.
feKANDlJU9.-UeuueMeir, OUrd, Dupui A Co.' various
eiutta-o. 44
INS JRANCE.
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSUR
ANCE COMPANY. . Imoorporated b the Legie-
Office, B. K. eorner i THIRD and WALNUT Street.
i Philadelphia.
' MATtrNK lNhURANOFB '
On Vessels, Cargo, and Freight to all parte of the world.
INLAND lNbUHANCEH
U go da tt river, canal, lake and land carriage to ail
-.parte of the Union.
'',' FfKK INHURANDE8
Oa Merchandise geaerallj; en btoree. Dwellings, Honeee,
Etc
amet or TOR covnirr,
....... November 1. 1.
United Bute . Per Cent. Loan,
10-40 ,
Unitd Bute Six Per Cent. Loan,
C9P0,PU0
130,010
60,000
),(
126,000
60,(1)0
90,000
t2O6.5O0'00
136,800110
tO.OOOMu
911,375-06
128,fc4'U0
United sVate KiiPer Cen'tL'Loan (for
Pacilic Kaumad I
State of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent.
loan
Citj ol Philadelphia Six Per Cent.
Loan (eiHinpt Irotn tax)
State of New Jersey bix Per Cent.
Ioan ,
Penn. Rail. First Mortgage Six Per
Cent. Bonds
Tcnn. Rail. Sccouci Mortgage Six Per
Cent. Bends
Western Penn. Kail. Mortgage Nix
Percent. Bonds (Penn. Railroad
guarantee)
State of Tennessee Five Per Cent'
l,nan
State of Tennessee Six Per Cent.
El,600'00
90,3U0'U0
34,000 "00
9U,t5'00
Sl.OUOtlO
1,031-26
15,(UO'00
11,300 00
15,0i '0-00
,8u7,!W0-UO
86,000
6,000
80,000
7,000
15,1410
lo.uo
6,000
; ',0U)
S0T,!(I0
Iamm
Goi miintown Gas Company, prin
cipal and fntpr"t guaranteed l
( ity o( Philadelphia, Uuu share
Stock
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 3X1
slmrra .stock
North Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 100
shares Stock,
Philadelphia and Southern Slail
Stotimnmp Co., He Sh.ire" Stuck .
Loans on bond and Mortgage, tirst
Liuni on City Properties
$14d!',(i0 Tar. Market value, $1.130JJiVli6
. . Cost, SLOW.! M.
Real Fctate 8H,mi'00
Bills receivable for insurance mmlo 84ci'i4
Balances due at agencies, premiums on marine
policu, accrued interest, and other debts due
the company 40,17S'8
Stock and scrip of sundry corporations, $3154
Estimated value I,ttl3u0
Cash in bank $tlt),lfi0'(i8
Cash in drawer 413 66 ll,3i3'7g
$l,647,i7'HO
rjntKc'rt"- , .
Kdinunn A. Render,
jSaiuuol K. Stokes,
Henry Moan,
Willmiu C. l.udwig,
i George G. i,eiper,
, Hen or C. .Dallett, Jr.,
I Joun D. Taylor,
i George W. Bernadon,
I William U. Boulton,
Jacob iiiegel.
I Spencer Mullvaine,
D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg,
Thomas O. Hand,
John C. Davis,
James C. Hand,
Theophilus Paulding,
Joseph II. Seal,
Hugo Craig,
John R. Penrose,
Jacob P. Jonea,
James Traquuir,
Edward Darlington,
H. Jones Brooke.
James B. McFarland
Edward Lafourcade,
Joshua P. Eyre,
luonn u. nempio.
'A. B. Berger,
.,,t, ..x,...,''.ollN - DAVIS, Vice-President.
HENRY LTLBURN. Secretary.
HENKYBA1,L, AssiMaut Secretary. 106
1829 c 11 A K T E 14 E K P E T U A "ti".
Franilin Fire Insurance Comjanj
of riiii-AHLi.Pi iia.
Office, Nos. 4S5 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets on Jan. 1,1869, $2,677,37213
CAPITAL
ACCRUED SURPLUS...
FRF-MIUMS
UNSETTLED CLAIMS. '
-:a,7!si-i-i.
S400,000'00
l.:t..V2S'7ii
l,L.l,M.l-i.l
LSCOME FOR lS,
JtiO,OOtJ.
Losses paia since 1829,over $5,500,000
Perpetual and TomDoaarv Policies on Liberal Tnn
The Company also issues Policies on Rents of Buildings
01 an sjnus, unituiu xvenie, anu iMunagee.
DIRECTORS.
a i . -...I nit.i..
Alfred G. Raker,
ftsmuoi i. rant,
George W. Richards,
Isaac Lea.
Thomas Sparks,
W illiam S. Grant,
Thomas S. Ellis,
Gustavus N. Bnnsnn.
George Falea,
ALFRED G. BAK.EK. Preaident.
- 1IT i'-GRGE FALES, Vice-President.
J A 8. W. MCALLISTER, Secretary.
'1 HEODORE M. REGER, Assistant Secretary. 8 9
JNSUKE AT HOME,
IN TEK
Penn Mutual Life Insurance
COMrANY.
No. 921 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
AKSETM, S'-8,000,000.
It IIAUTLKLI) BV OLIt OWN STATE.
MANAGED BY OlJl OWN CITIZENS.
I.OKSEM I'KOJIPTLY PAID.
rOMtlES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS.
Applications may be made at the Home Office, and
at the Agencies throughout the State. 8 18
JA.MES TKAOTAIK PRESIDENT
SA.ML'EI. K. KTOKES VICE-PRESIDENT
JOHN W. IIOKNOJt A. V. P. and ACTUARY
HOltATlO S. STEPHENS SECRETARY
IHE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
X COMPANY.
Incorporated lslo Charter Perpetual.
No. 310 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence Square.
This Company, favorably kuotfn to the community for
over forty years, continues to insure against loss or damage
by nre on Public or Private Buildings, either permanently
or for a limited time. Also on Furniture, Stocks of Goods,
end Merchandise generally, on liberal terms.
1 heir Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, is In.
Tested in the most careful manner, which enables them to
oft or to th insured an undoubted security in the case of
loss.
. . BmECTons.
Daniel Fmith, Jr., , John Deverenx,
Thomas Smith,
Henrv Lewis.
Isaac Hazlehurat,
a noma nouuis.
J. Giilingham Fell,
Daniel Haddock, .lr.
iAMEL SMITH, Jh., President
WM. G. CROWELL, Seoretar n
A S B U R Y
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 21 BROADWAY Cor. READE St., New York
f 'ithh 1 muliil Ml 50,000
$li,HUi Deposited with the Slate of Now York ae beousity
for Policy Holders.
LEMUEL HANGS, President.
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice-President and Secretary.
EMORY McCLLNTOt K Actuary.
A. E. M. PURDY.M. D Medical Examiner.
tlfcr-iliKNCKS hi PKllatltaHlUN.
Thomas T. Tatker,
John M. Aluris.
J. B. Lippincott,
James lxing,
James Hunter,
i mines spencer,
John A. V right,
William Divine,
S. Morris Wain,
John H ili'P i-Mjirv.
Artmir ... t-oir.n:
In the character of it Directors, economy of niHiiaire.
li. vt orue.
ment, reasonableness of rati s, PARTNERSHIP PLAN
OF DECLARING DIVIDEN DS, no restriction in fein.de
lives, and absolute non forieimre of all policies, and no re
striction of travel alter the first year, the ASHUR Y pre
sents a combination of advantages ottered by no otuer
company. Policies issued in every furui, and a loan of one
third made when desired.
Sl KClAL ADVANTAGE OKFEIIKD TO C'LEBUYMKK.
For all further information, adiens
JAMES M. LONOACRK,
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Office, No. 3u!i WALNUT Streot, Philadelphia.
IORAlANP. HOLLINSHEAD Special Ageut. i lti
ST RICTLY M UT UAL.
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, No. Ill S. FOUKTH STHEET.
Organized to promote LIFE IXSUKANX'E among
members of the Society of Frlcnda.
Good riHks of any cliu8 accepted.
Policies lbKutd ou aiirovt:d plans, at the lowest
rate.
President, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY,
Vlce-rrtbldeut, WILLIAM C. LOMiSTHETn,
Actuary, ROWLAND PARKY.
The advantages o tiered by this Cowimuy lire, un
excelled. 8 1 i7i
l7lI(ENTx INSURANCE U)MPAN OF
X PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED lboi CHARTER PERPETUAL.
No. 'i'i l WALNUT htreet, opposite the Exohvuge.
This Company insure from loss or damage by
FIKE, t m
on liberal term, on buildings, merchandise, furniture,
etc., for limited period, and permanently on buildings by
deposit of premiums.
The Company has been In active operation for more than
SIXTY YEARS, during which ail loaee have been
promptly adjusted CTOKfl.
.Tohn I. Hodg. I i'svm i-ewM,
M. E. Maliony,
John T. Lewis,
William H. Grant,
Robert W. Laaiuiug,
lteujauiin Etting,
Thomas H. Power.
A. R. MoHenry,
Kdlueud Castillon,
Samuel Wilcox,
D. Ular wnarwiu.
Laaranaa Lewis, Jr.,
1-ewis I . rn orris.
JOHN R. W UCUiailLR, President.
BVHi Wac. rSvvT- s-'jv
INSURANCE.
OFFICT5 OT TTTK INRTJRANCF, COMPANY '
c. ?F,J7,..AM,CR,UA - :w WALNUT
Btreet, Philadelphia. . , , , ,.
iaeorpomtea X7. ; Charter Ferpotoel. r
OauitaL ft.fOn.nnn.
Aseete. ..... .... .' f .:I50,60
HAKlHa, inunu, Aftu I IKK INbURANUK. -
OYER StO,OOO.nOO I-OHR.rH PAID BLNCK ITrV
WRKOTPIti.
r Arthur G. Ooffln,
1 i w I
r mmcts K, Cope,
Fiward H. Tmtt,
F-dward R. Clark,
T. Charlton Henry.
AM red D. Joskuu,
John P. White '
I-ouisO. Madnira-
Dajiium TT . lUII
John A. Brown,
Chsrle Tsylor,
Ambrose bite,
William Welsh,
8. Moms Wain.
John Jna
Charles W. Cniumnu.
George L. Harrison, '
ARTHUR O. COFFIN, President.
CHARLES PLAIT, Viee-President,
MATTTTTAe Mahis. Secretary. g 1
TH E ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
1. PHILADELPHIA. . .
OUlce Soutliwi-M ir. FOPRTH hnd WAT.NtJT BtreeU.
HUE INSCRAM'K EXCLUSIVELY.
PERPETUAL AND 1EKM POLICIES ISSUED.
Cash Capital., $Jui,(K'00
Cash Assets, January 1, ! 4W,H)
niUfcflTOHS.
r. itatrnrora Marr.
J. Livingston Frringer, v
iitinrn r rnni.r.
dames i,. i umnorn,
Wm. l. Houlton,
Charles W linrlur,
Tims. II. Montgomery,
olin M. At
snod.
rsenj. 1. ircilun,
Gn-rpe II. Stiihrt,
i'inn it. i.Town,
Jiini.m Aertaen.
itue t.onit iinv insures on!v ilri.t.u'lj,M. nsli. takinff ns
sperially hazardous risk whatever, sucu aa faoUjrioe,
mills, etc. i '
F. RATCHVORI) STARR. President.
THtlS. H. MUX'mo M E R Y, Vne-Presldsnt.
Aij:X. W. imtkb. Secretary. ilrtj
JMI'iilUAL FIKE INSUKANCfe CO. , '
LONDON. i
E-hTABUsIIEI IHU.l.
Paid-up C'npltuI and Accumulated Funds,
8,000,000 I ZV GOLD.
PEEV0ST & HERRING, Agents,
8 No. 101 8. THIRD Street, Philadelphia.
CHAP. M. FREVORT. CHAS. P. HERRING
SHIPPING.
.CHARLESTON. n
.if i-r
sWaa fXCS ' i
THE SOtmi AND SOUTHWEST
FAST lmEIGIIT LINE,
EVERY THUHSDAY.
Trie StenmHhlps FROMETI1EC8, Onptatu Gray, J.
. KVEHMAN, Captain Vituc,
W'li L 1 Oii.M A REGULAR WkLY LINE.
Thf. t'U uUihhlp PROM ETHEL'S will Bail 0Q
THVR uaV, May 13, at 4 P. M.
Throi uh bills of lading- given In connection with 8.
C. R. h. to points lu the South aud Southwest,
Iusutunue at lowest rat en. Rates of freight aa low
as by any other route. For freight, apply to
H A. snriif.K CO.,
8 22 tf DOCU STREET WHARF.
ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE
THE GENERAL TRAXSATT.ATffTlrf
ir-CO.MHANY'S MAIL KTKAMkhipu
.1 v LEA iKW YORK AND HiVkK. i:l.l :fwi: at
11 REST.
The splendid new vessels on this favorite ronte forth
Continent will sail trom Pier No. 6o North river, a fol
lows :
PKREIRR Duchesne Saturday, May 1
LAFAY ETTE Rousseau hat unlay, May IS
ST. LAURENT Lemarie Saturnay, May 2S
V1LLE DE PARIS Surmount Saturday, June li
PRICE OF PASSAGE
in gold (Including winei,
TO BREST OR HAVRE.
First Cabin $14 Second Cabin 886
TO PARIS,
(Including railway tickets, furnished on board.)
Flrrt Cabin $14t Second Labin $86
These steatnera do not carry steerage passenger.
Alcdicat attendance free of charge.
American traveller going to or returning from the con.
tinent of Europe, by taking the steamers of this line avoir! '
unnecessary risk from transit by English railway and
crossing the channel, besides saving timo, trouble, aud
expense. GEORGE MACKENZIE, Agent,
. No. 5,S BROADWAY, New York.
ror passage in I nuadeipnia, apply at Auams ExureM
Company, to
1 liii
it. u l.KAt,
No. 3'JO CHESNUT Street.
-JTj. PHILAUKLP1IIA, KICHM0ND,
AND NORFOLK STEAMSHIP LINK.
IriKOUOH rKKluHT AIR LINK Til
SiJC3iiTHE SOUTH AND WEST,
r. V r. K It SATURDAY,
from iDMsS WUAKtf above MARKET
At noon,
Street.
THROUGH RATES to all point In North and Soetb
Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, connecting at
Portsmouth and to Lynchburg, Vs., Tennessee, and th
W est, via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line and Richmond
and Danville Railroad.
Freight HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken at LOWER
RATES THAN ANY OTHER LINE.
The regularity, safety, and cheapness of this ronte com
mend it to the public aa the most desirable medium lor
currying every description ol freight.
No charge for commission, drayage, or any expense of
transfer.
Steamships insured at the lowest ratos.
Freight received daily.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE ft fjO..
No. 12 R. WHARVES and Pier I N. WHARVES.
W. F. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City Point.
T. P. CROWELL A CO., Agent at Norfolk. 6 1
LORILLARD'S STEAMSHIP
LINE FOR
NEW YORK.
Balling Tuesdays, ThurBdays, and Saturday.
REDUCTION OF KATES.
Spring rates, commencing March 1.1.
Sailing Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Oa
end after loth of March freight by this line will be
taken at 12 cents per lwi pounds, 4 cents per foot, or
1 cent per gallon, shin's option. Advance charges
cashed at olllce on lier. Freight received at all
times on covered wharf.
JOHN V. OIIL,
8 285 Pier 19 North Wharves.
N. B. Extra rates on email packages iron, metals, eto.
FOR LIVERPOOL AND
(QUEENSTOWN. Ionian Line of Mail
Steamer are appointed to sail as fol
lows '
Cuy ol 1-oiiunn. hiaturriav. Mav 15. at ft A. M.
City of Cork, via Halifax, Tuesday, May in, at 11 A. M.
City of Brooklyn, Saturday, Mny 43, at 1 P. M,
City of Antwerp, Saturday, May &, at A. M.
Etna, via Hitlilax. Tuesduy' Juue 1, at 11 A. M.
And each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tuesday,
from Pier 46, North River.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
VT THE MAIL 61 KAMiiB SAJU-iNO r.VKKY SATURDAY.
Payable in Gold. Payable in Currency.
FIRST CABIN $1(10 STEERAGE $:
To I-ondon lutj To London
To Paris U6 To Paris : 4T
fAijHAOR by Tine tuehdaY steamkh, via bmakax.
1'IUHI L'AblN. STKKKAI.K.
Tayable in Gold. Payable in Currency.
Liverpool $ Liverpool
Halifax , au;Hah!ax I
St. John'a, N. F., 1 St. John's, N. F., i w
by Branch Steamer....) by Branch Steamer.....!
Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bremen,
etc., at reduced rates.
Tickets can be bought here at moderate rate by person
Wishing to send for their fnenils.
d for their fnends.
information apply at the Coini-jny's Offices,
ALE, Agent, AS. 1 BROADWAY, N. Y.
O'lioNNKLL 4 FAUI.lv, Agent.
if or turther in
JOHN U. DAI
46 No. lllCHESJjU T Btreet. l unaueipnia.
"vrjttr rrVR". Tf
Alexandria. Georgetown, and ashington, D.
ii i ii.uiiii:ika and Delaware Canal, with
comuctions at'Alexandna from the miwt direct ri.ute foe
Lynchburg, Bristol, KnoxvUle, Nashville, Daltun, and th
Southwest. , , .
Steamer leave regularly every Saturday air noon from th
first wharf above Market street.
Freight received daily. WI, , IA M p Cf.YDK ft CO.,
No. J 4 North snd South Wharve.
HYDE ft TYLER, Agents, at Georgetown: Mi.
FLDRIDGE ft CO., Agentat Alexandn. 8I
t vrwif'V lfflR Kff.W vnuir ti k
I DELAWARE AND HA RITA N CANAL,
11. l v i-UI.SNS'l'EAMIIOATCOAIPAXV
tea?. V.S.,...V.3 - iliri't hit ....."-",..
iUe UllEAI'rni anu vv."- uouimunic.
tionbetweeu Philadelphia and New York.
Kieamers leave dally from first wharf below Market
afreet Philadelphia, and foot of Wall street. New York.
Goods forwarded Ly all the lines running out of New
York North, East, and Vt est, free of commission.
kru'urkt received snd forwarded on acooiumodatlng terms.
Jlreigutreoe yVILI.IAM v (FI,y DE 4 G., Agents,
No. 12 B. DELAWARE Avi-nna, PhiladelphU.
JAMES HAND, Ageut,
Si; No. 11 9 WALL Street. New York.
I- NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK,
IjcCVl'T vi lelaware and K Brit an Canal, SW1HT
jfMgi SURE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
m DESPATCH AND SWI1TSURK LINK.
The buniness by these lines will be resumed on and after
the 8th of March, tut Freights, which will be taken oa
accommodating term, apply to
W. M. BAIRD A CO..
8 2 No- 1 .it South Wbarve.
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
Mt. Vernon Hotel,
8 i Monument street, Baltimore.
Elegant) Jurnlsheil, with unurpasM4 Cuialn.
On the European 1'laiu
D, V. MOHGAIT,
tirBFtr.-fcA
4
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