TUB DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1830. m V . - - 1 I I W- ' " 1 l " """ " " . . 1 HE ALCHEMISTS. FWw " OprnAiM MacH PA1CT II. The curious tnle of llottger, or DoUieuer, Ihe oricinntorof the Dresden porcelain t manu facture, belongs to a coinparRUvoly late pe Sin the annals of alchemy. It is worth renting as one of the remarkable instances where the search after the philosopher s stono led bv fdcle-tWs to real and valuable d,wcove ries IJottrchi-r vvas mi apothecary s appren. t re at lterlin in the time of Frederick I, King ?KL (1701-171.1). He boasted of havin? received a bit of the genuine stone from a (Sreek named Lascaris, and of Laving done marvellous things with it . .V ,.t ii-ntiumiltiitlnn. The in me way - - Kiim expresHod his desire to judge personally of his pretensions. Uotticher was by no means inclined to stand tlie trial, ana crossoa the borders to Wittenberg. His sovereign lord demanded his extradition by the S.ixon Government. It was refused, and the garri son of Wittenberg was strengthened for fear of a surprise; while, for greater security, the valuable emigrant was transferred to Dresden. Hero ho somehow satisiied the Prince von rurstenl.erg, who was governing in the Saxon king's absence, that he really could make gold. The King, Augustus II, wrote to him in the most deferential terms, mado him a nobleman, and, with all marks of re Fpect, stowed him away in his strong tower of Konigstein, ' where he- was assiduously watched, in the hope of winning his secret from him in some uitguaruca moment. How ever, not to anger him, and thus ilofout the royal hopes, ho was allowed to return to Dresden, in a sort of honorable captivity, while freedom and additional rewards were promised him should he givo up the required recipe, lie actually signed a contract to that effect, and was accordingly guarded, if possible, more carefully, and treated more sumptuously, than ever. He was looked upon as a precious jewel of the crown; and when a hostile invasion soon threatened, ho was transferred, with the other treasures of royalty, once more to the Konigstein. Mean while, three years passed, ami his contract was not fulfilled. The King waxed impatient. Botticher had gone on experimenting, in the desperate hope of being able to make good his pretensions; but gold would not come at his bidding. He might, perchance, have been bung with ignominy, like so many of his pre decessors; but, luckily for him, a really im portant discovery had emerged out of some of his manipulations. He now ventured to confess to the King that he never had mado gold, nor knew how to do so, but ottered his Majesty the results of his porcelain invention instead. Augustus swallowed his mortification, and forgave him, placing him at the head of the Dresden porce lain works, so famous in after years; but to the day of his death, which occurred in 17 ID, the recalcitrant alchemist was carefully watched lest perchance some more valuable secret might escape him. The casual discoveries made by alchemists would till many volumes of science and industrial history. Thus ltoger Bacon stumbled by a chance on the composi tion of gunpowder; Gcber, on the properties of acids; Van Helmont, on the nature of gas, "geist," or "spirit," so named by him; and Dr. Glauber, of Amsterdam, in the seven teenth century, eliminated in this haphazard way the uses of the "salts"' which bear his name. rarncclsus and Van Helmont nro tlio greatest names connected with alchemy in the Kixtccnth century. The pompous charlatanry of Paracelsus gave impulse to its subsequent development under the forms of llosicruoian ism, whose secret societies and freemasonry oc cupied the fancy of mankind so much in the seventeenth century. In Germany, the natural tendency of men to mysticism was greastly assisted by tho barbarizing effects ot tne Tnirty lears war. as m literature, so in science : culture was absolutely repressed, and made retrograde by the singular desolations of tho gloomy period from KilH to K! 18. This was conspi cuously shown in the department of juris prudence. Dr. Erdmanu has collected some curious cases of law decisions resting on the theories of alchemy as evidence. It seems not to have been late in the seventeenth cen tury, however, that the Austrian jurist, Von llain, went so far as to assort that disbelief in the existence of the stone actually brought a man within the penalties of lese-mnjoste, on the ground that so many emperors had un doubtedly performed transmutations by its agency. As early as 1.180, tho Leipsic tribunals pro nounced judgment against an unhappy wret ch called Beuther, body-alchemist of that Augus tus, Hector of Saxony, of whom wo have already had occasion to speak. Beuther was reputed to possess certain valuable MSS. treat ing of "special transmutations," i. e., the trans mutation of some one particular metal, which, having promised on oath to impart to certain other persons, he had afterwards declined to give up, besides having been culpably negli gent in his official capacity, lie was Adjudged to be undoubtedly in possession of the se cret, and sentenced accordingly to bo tor tured for its extraction; then,' for his official negligence, to be scourged with rods; for his perjury to his comrades, to loso three of his lingers; finally, for tho good of the land, to be shut up securely in prison, lest ho might be tempted to tell his secret to foreign poten tates. As late as tho year 1 7'J.I there was a curious cose of litigation before the same court at Leipsic. A certain Countess von Erbach hail given shelter in her casl-le to a reputed rob ber, who was flying from justice. This rob ber turned out to be an adept in alchemy, and a robber only out of, as it would seom; most superfluous amateurship. In tho excess of his gratitude to his benefactress, he turned all her silver plate into gold. But hero the Countess' husband stepped in and claimed half of the treasure, on tho plea that tho i n . crease of value had been effected on his ter ritory, and under the matrimonial conditions as to property. The Leipsic lawyers decided against him, saying that, as tho plate had been recognized as belonging solely to the Countess prior to tho transmutation, so it must bo her exclusive property afterwards, under whatever changes it might have passed. It was a not uncommon point of law whether alchemical gold, which was not capa ble of being distinguished from original gold, was to be held of equivalent value or not; tho doubt being, in the true mystic phraseology, whether it could possess the same hidden or innate powers. Special treatises were written on the subject of the coins supposed to have been struck from alchemical metal. As Lite as 1 717, a largo medal was shown at Vienna, purporting to bo minted from the gold made out of quicksilver by the Emperor Ferdinand III, through a virtue of a grain of red powder given him by one ltioh thausen, at Prague. Nothing is more charac teristic of tho strange history of this science than the important part played in it by "Un knowns" weird, mysterious visitors, who jtffi t:2tc4 .9 to geared Ii'.'i-e tvu'4 llitt'e ."-I VinpxnOCtpdlv fls Mntttrln'n incomparable bo'io. "Mefmoth tho "Wanderer," and to h"ive vanished as unaccountably men who, if the theory of tho science were true, miflht have wielded more than the power of tho united Itothschild family, and emulated the splen dors of Monte Cristo, yet who came and went poor and haggard, and left no trace behind. Such was the "Unknown" who appeared to the philosophic Dr. HelvctiuH, body-physician to a Prince of Omngo, in the soventoonth century, and contorted him from incredulity to tho most enthusiastic belief. This Un known came into tho Doctor's study one day, in tho shape of a respect iblo burgher of North Holland, and drew from his pocket a small ivory box containing throe heavy pieces of metal, brimstone-colorod and brittle, from which llelvctius scraped a small portion with his thumb-nail. The stranger declined performing any feat of transmutation himself, soj-ing ho was "not allowed"' todo so. llelvctius experimented in vnln with tho parings ho had scraped oil'; but on a second visit the mysterious burgher proved more compliant, and, after helping Helvetia to a successful operation, ho left him in possession of certain directions by means of which he contrived to change six ounces of lead into very pure gold when alone. The Hague rang with tho famo of his exploit; and the operation was successfully repeated in presence of the Prince of Orange. Moreover, the gold was examined by tho authorities of tho Mint, and pronounced genuine. At last tho magic powder was ex liaused, and. as the Unknown never visited him again, Dr. llelvctius was compelled to bring his experiments to au end. But ho published in KKu a learned work called tho "Golden Calf, maintaining tho truth of the doctrines ho had onrc derided; and tho skep tical philosopher Spinoza averred, after strict inquiry into tho truth of tho events narrated, that the evidence'of that case of transmuta tion waB sufficient to make a convert of him self. Another picturesque talo current among tho records of Continental alchemy is that of Professor Martini of Helnistadt, who died in ldUi, and was a supercilious foe of tho art in the early part of his career, strenuously con testing in his lectures the arguments adduced in its behalf. The "Unknown" in this case was a foreign nobleman, who had just arrived at Helnistadt, and took his place one day in tho lecture-hall. Aftor listening for a whilo to Martini's self-satisfied expositions, he courteously interrupted tho lecturer, offering to refute his opinions experimentally. A pan of coals, a crucible, and some lead, were brought in at his desire. A short manipula tion ensued; and lo! the load had acquired the form and substance of fine gold, which the nobleman handed over to tho astounded pro fessor with the modest words, "Solve mihi hunc syllogismnm! " Dr. Erdmanu cites Van Ilelmont's testi mony to the existence of the philosopher's stone as one of tho most difficult to treat with contempt, on account of the unquestionable integrity and scientific sagacity of tho in quirer. Van Helmont loved truth with sin cere devotion. A Brabant nobleman by birth, he renounced his rank and possessions to turn physician, to study nature, and do good works. His discoveries in medicine aro of lasting value, lie never professed to give alchemy more than a second place in his in terest; yet he avers that in 1018 he himself changed eight ounces of quicksilver into pure gold by means of a substance given him from time to time by an unknown visitor. He never learned the secret of making tho stouo him self, but he describes it as a heavy powder of the color of saffron, glittering liko rather coarse-grained glass. In tho seventeenth century tho fantastic doctrines of Paracelsus fertilized in men's minds to all sorts of extravagant outgrowths. The English quacks, Fludd, Dee, and Kelly, the German mystic Jacob Bohme, were noted Bosicrucians of that period. Men now took to binding themselves into societies for tho prosecution of then- occult researches, instead of, as heretofore, brooding over them in soli tary devotion. The "Alchemical Society"' of Nuremberg was extant in ln)(i, and one of its members, and its secretary for a time, was Leibnitz. Leibnitz and Spinoza ! strange names to bring into connection with this science of tho superstitious. Yet Bacon of Vorulaui did not disbelieve in alchemy, though to him we are first indebted for tho excellent application of the old fablo of the dying man's will and tho field to bo dug over in search of the treasure which never existed save in tho fertilizing process of culture. Kobert Boyle is also cited as having faith in its pretensions. Tho last professed adept in England was one James Price, who, in 178:.', announced himself tho possessor of a tincture which could change from thirty to hixty times its weight into gold. Semier, the well-known theological profes sor at llalle in the last century, was a votary of alchemy. The slory of his performance. before the mere lulous chemist, Klap roth, may be given as illustrative of the trickery of which experimenters wore oftentimes the dupes, and by means of which at least as often, though not in this case, they established their pretensions. In the year 17m; Di Sender and one B.irja von Hirschen occupied themselves with preparing a Universal Medicine, called by them "Luft S.ilz," atmospheric salts. Three treatises on "Hermetic Medicine" were composed in relation to it by Sender, and ho went beyond the original pretensions of tho medicine, asserting that gold could bo mile by means of it in well-warmed glasses, with out the intervention, of crucible or coals. Ih got into a lively discussion with the lea lhi-; chemists of the d iv, and at last submitted t J Klaproth, for his own use, a mass of instil which he said contained tho x, ch of g .1 1. To Klaproth's ill-success in lnalcin ; these "seeds" germinate, Sender couhl onjy reply that he found a residu-va of gol.l in his glasses every five or ,it days. On close examination it was di .' ) vered that a trick had been played upon lui'u. Some subordinates lo whom he' had intru ;t;il the task of warming his glasses had contrive I to insert a Mnall quantity of gold leaf, it was worth their while, as the sanguine philo sopher kept theia well fed and lodged. At last, however, they tried tho substitution if baser material, pinchbeck, and this led to their detection. Father Kircher openly challenged tho Wicf in alchemy in his "Subterranean War' 1,"' published about H',70. Ho did not seruplo t call tho alchemists knaves and impostors, a il their science a delusion. Groat was hi orm he drew down upon himself theiv'iy. Dr. Glauber, of tho "salts," was one of his antagonists. A Mill more elaborate reputa tion was that made by M. Goofl'roy bofo.a the Iioyal Academy of Sciences in Paris, in 171 wherein he was at the p.tias to hhow the various modes of trickery by which alchemical pretensions were sus tained: false-bottomed crucibles, hollow wan 1 filled with gold, perforated lead, solderod nails, etc. By degrees tho credit of the science hopelessly declined, although daring impostors shot like meteors ever and anon Thus Louis XIII of France made aFranoiscin monk named Chataigne his grand almorer because he had held before him tho prospect of a hundred years' reign by means of tho grand elixir. Thus Jean de Lisle expiated by an early death in tho Bastile his bold attempts to persuade tho Ministers of Louis XIV that he possessed the gold-making stono; and thus the adventures of the Count de St. Germain, and of Cagliostro, rested mainly on their claims to the possession of the talisman cither of long life or of unbounded wealth. As we said at tho outset of our article, tho publication of Lavoisier's system was the real death-blow to the study of alchemy, by point ing out the veritable objects and achieve ments of chemical induction, and tho road by which further progress was to be accom plished. The hopeless gyrations of tho baffled science, ever circling back to its first begin ning, and making no advance in its gains and experiences, did, at last, after many busy ages, cease to attract. intelligent minds. While we review its promises and its destinies, how profound a human pathos soems to attach to those stately words of Paracelsus, which, doubtless, comforted the heart of many a pa tient plodder over air-drawn inferences: "Kefuse not tho waters of Shiloah because they go softly; for they that wado iu deep waters cannot go fast." Isaac Disraeli, in more than one of his de lightful miscellanies, quotes tho prophecy of Dr. Girtanner, of Leipsic;, not far from our own times, who presaged that in the course of the nineteenth century the mystery of gold-making would surely lie discovered, and the commonest utensils of cookery would come to be mado of tho precious metal, whereby all evils of metal-poisoning through the use of corroded vessels would be averted. Tho nineteenth century is far ad vanced on its downward slope, and it cannot be said that ns yet any symptoms appear of the realization of such visions. Tho stono is still to seek, if it be worth the seeking; the alkahest, the universal dissolver, remains a myth; the crucible yields no treasure; but in one way tho "eternal hope" has had an answer; for, within the last thirty years, tho shining prize has learnt to yield itself up at man's call, with a fnlness far surpassing tho harvests of Spagiric fable, when sought by spade aud mattock in its native ores. 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PHILADKLPUIA. 2 33 AlKTANPFR O'ATieU- ELIJiH OATTtlJ. ODOEH8' AND WOSTENHOLM'8 POCKET KNIVES, Pearl and (Stag H;indle,ef hnautiful Huiali. KODOKKK' and WADE 4 lillTOIl EM'S KAOKS, and the celuhruted LKCOLTRK RAZOR bClhhORU of till finest quality. Kazora, Knivea. Rcixmn, and Table Cutlery Ground and Pohbhed at P. AlAKMRA b, Hv. Hi t, i'LjTU bUt I 1 1" o W ' w IUQI IC3 AMHt DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY IN3U H A N( 'K COMPANY. Incorporated by the Iia latir o! Pennaylvama, Office, S. K. owner of THIRD and WALNUT Streets, Philadelphia. MARINE INSURANCES On Veaaele, Canro, and Kreiirht to all pnrt of the world. Inland insurances On rood by rWer, canal, lake, and land carriage to all fiart of tho Union. KK INSURANOK3 On Merchandise generally ; on Storea, Dwellings, Houses, Etc. ASBFTH Or THE COMPANY, , November I, 1WK. (200,000 United Btatea I ie Per cent. Loan, l $W,500-tK) 120,000 Unit ml BUtoe bix Per Cent. Loan, .11 13o,S00 00 BO.OCO Unied States Six Per Cent. Loan (for Pacific Railroad) W.OOOfW ao.MW Btat of Pennsylvania 8i Per Cont. , Loan 211,37500 lio.OOO City of Philadelphia Six Per Cont. .. Ixian (exempt trom tax) 13H.504 00 6tl,(H 8tat of New Jersey Six Per Cent. IxMin... B1,5J3-00 8o,fl Penn. Rail. First Mortuae Six Per Cont. Honda 20,3 H) 00 2c,WO Penn. Kail. Scond Mort. Six Pur . . , r,nt- ""n.ls ai,(K)O-0O 26,(1 Wwtrn Penn. Rail. Mortgage Six PerOnt. lionda (Penn. liailrcvad (tuarnntee) 20,625 00 M00 Stat of Tennosaoe Five Per Cent. n.u c. l"in. - SLWOOO 70 Stat of Tennessee Six Per Cent. ir ,, r- ,1n 6.03125 WVU Ifcrtmintown (.as ('em any, prin cipal and Interet RUiirantro,! by City of Philadelphia, aoo atiurea i, t, S,(K,k 15,000'CO 10,000 Icnnsjlvania Railroad Company, SoO a-v shares St.Kk. I1,3.K)'00 6,0(0 North Pcrnvjlvania Railroad Co., liiO v hares Stock 3..VW 00 2(',t00 PhiKidelphia an.I Southern Mail 0,, tv.it hteaiutdiipfA., W) shares Stock.... 15,000 00 si.AS Loans on Hoard and MortwMto, tirst . laens on City Propcrtica 207,!XX!.00 t l.lOO.i'OO Par. Mnrket value, $1,130,;U5 25 rL- ai wio .i,.i,ij ' Real Fatal T..'. . . . ... Hills receivable for insurance made.'.' liaiiinces duo at agencies, premiums on murine policies, accrued lutcrust, and other dobts due tho company Btwk and scrip of aundry corporations! &Uoti , Eftimated value 3rt,ivm-no 40,178-88 1,81300 llt,5rt:)-73 I ash iu liana Cash in drawer ' .llti.!iVi-08 4U05 $l,tM7,3o"'80 TbomaaO. Hand, John C. Davis, Jnines (.'. Hand, 1 heopl'.ilua Pauldin, Joseph H. eal, Hiirli t.'raiB, John R. Penrose. Jacob P. Junes, James Traquuir, Edward Darlington, H. Jones Brooke. James H. McEarland, Edward Laloiircade, DIlir.cTOBH. t Iklinnnit A. Ronder, i Samuel E. Stokea, .Henry Sloan, William C. Lndwiff, (.eorgo ti. Ijeiper, i Henry C. Dallott, Jr., IJohn D. Taylor, UieorReVV. Iternndou, W illiam O. Uoultou, 'Jacob Kieitel, jlencer Mollvalne, I. T. Morgan, Pittsburg, i.ionn tt. Suinple. A. K. HorRor. " THOMAS (!. II A Nil. President. uosnua f. Kyre, HENRY LYLBUirVAm HENRY BALL, Assistant Secretary. 10 6 1829 CHAKTEK PERPETUAL. Mill Fire" Insnrance Company OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St Assets 01 Jan. 1,1869, $2,677,37213 CAPITAL ACCRUED SURPLUS... PREMIUMS UNSETTLED CLAIMS, ' 9100,00000 llM,.WVJU l.lttJ,Slj-.3 1NOOMR FOR IS09, Losses paifl sines 1329,over $5,500,QQQ Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Term. The Company also issues Policies on Rente of Buildins ol all kind, C round itonta, and Mortgage, DIRECTOR S. A 1 " I T7.' ' - Alfred G. Baker, Damoei iirant, OeorKe W. Kichard, Isaac Lea. n.n ml m: l Jvr, Thomas Sparki, William S. tir.int, Thomaa 8. Ellis, OeorKe File, ALFRED i lUKKii Tm... OEO HUE FA L1CS. Vioe-Pre,iinnV. .Tin w hittiui'l'ij u ..-. "'" loe-rresiuont. TUEODOHF: M. HICOEit, Assistant aistant Secretary. 8 9 S D U R Y LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ?.?2A.RYAY' Coraor UEADE Street, New York. tAMl lAl HAL AKt'lt'H) $16,000 deposited with tho State of Now York a aocuiay for priliey holders. LEMUEL BANCS, President, GEORGE KLI.IOTT . Vice President aud Secretary. KfuOKY MtiCLINTOCK, Actuary A. K. Al. PUKDY, M. !., Medical Exiuiinor t , , KHiKN(!E UY 1'EIIMIHHIOV. Thomas T. raaker.i John M. Alans, .1. B. Llppincott, Charles hpencer, W ilham Divine, Jamos uin. John A. v rmht, h. Morris Wain, James Huiiter, Arthur C Cothn, IJohn B. McCreary, E. H. Worne In the character of its Oiroctors, oconomyof manao ment, roason,iblenea of rates, PARTNERSHIP Pl. f M OF UKCLAK1XU DlVlDENl'iS, no rost."tifnTn fonmle lives, and abaolute non-forioiture of all policies, and no Special ailvuntite.es ottered to clergymen. x w. ii on uiur iiuomiaiion aourcbs JAMES M. LONCJ AORK, n - . "?eT,i;,llS,ln''lv",,ia'lnd Dolawara. STRICTLY MUTUAL. Provident Lifo and Trust Co. OF PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE, No. Ill 8. FOURTH HTREET. OrRanlzed to promote LIPE INSURANCE amana mnnitwrs of the Society of Prleuda. (Mwtl ribks of any cluss accepted. Policies ltwuea ou approved plans, at the lowest rates. President, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, Vlce-Preuident, WILLIAM C. LONOSTRKTH, , . Actuary, ROWLAND PARKY. x 5n .(,vantaBes oai by tnls Company are un- I N S U 11 IS A T U O M E , IX TUB Penn filial Life Insurance COMPANY. No. 021 CHESNUT STREET, riIIL.VDELPIIIA. AS.SETH, ,ooo,OOU. K'HAKTEREU Y OLIt OWN STATE. MANACIFO BV OL'Il OWN CITIZENS. LOSSES PROMPTLY PAIU. POLICILM ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS. Applications may bo made at Ihe Home OiUoc, and at the Agi'iidcs throughout tho Bluto. 2 1S ja:hi.s tuaouair president samuel e. stokes vice-president JOHN W. liOKNOK A. V. P. and ACTUARY IIOKATIO S.TLPllEXS SECRETARY ryii K ENTEliPniE INSU1LNXEC0mF NY -I OE PHILADELPHIA. Othce S. W. Corner FOURTH Rnd WALNUT Street HUE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY " PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUKn. Cahh Capital tH'Hiu iwViHI Cash Aaaeta, Slay, ltx W, OVER IIALI-' A MILLION DOLLARS. F. Fatchford Starr, J. Livingston Fr ringer, ISalbro iiuzier, Joim M. Atweod, Bi i'.jiiiiiin T. Tredick, Otoi'ne 1L Stuart, uuiui'tt ij. jiauoru, William (1. Boulton, Charles Wheeler, Thomas H. Moutffomery, Joim 11. Lrown, uuiiion Aerison. luinivuiifiu, iimu.Do uuj, iirsi-ClUtW riHKS, .SKins; nO spec ially hazardous rinks whatever, such as lactone, mil la, etc F. RATCHEORD RTARR, Prosidr-nt. THOMAS 11. MONTGOMERY, Vioe -President. AlTTAM KH Yi. WlBTFlt, HecrcUry. art 1)H(ENIX INSURANCE COaIP.VNY OF i PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 11 CHARTER PERPETUAL. No. 2M WALNUT htroet. oiipoaite the Exchange. This Compauy insures from let or dauiatfe by HUH, on liberal terms, on bnildinxs, merchandise, furniture, etc., for 1 1 mi led periods, and permanently on buildings by The Company has been In active operation for more than SIXTY YEARS, during whiub ail losiws have been .u..l. nf r.ftllllT.lB promptly aojuateu "'K0TORfl. John 1 Hodire, David Titmia. Al. I.. Alalleny, John T. I.nwia, William K. timnt, Robert W. Iaining, Benjamin KUtng, Thomaa 11. Powers. A. H. McHonry, Edmund Caalilloni l. I'lara n uaiioo. imeuce Lewis, Jr.. IuisO. Nnrris. JOHN R. W UOUKRER. Prosldent. abllMVlWJt naiiinei vviiooi INSURANCE. . PIIE PENNSYLVANIA K1RE INSURANCE -L COMPANY. Inrorrinrated lH2r-('hBrte FerrMitual. No. M0WA1.NUT Strowl, opposite Independence Rrjnam. This Ctmipany, favorably known to tho oomioanity for over forty years, continilos to insure, aeainst loss or damaaa by fire on I'lililic or I'rivste Htulilmirs, either Permanently or for a limited time. Also on Furniture, Stocks ot Ooods. and Merchandise generally, on liberal terms. Their CapUal, together with a large Knrplns Fond, is In.' vested In the most carelal manner, which enable them to oner to mo insured au undoubted security In the lose. Paniel Smith, Jr., I . John Deverenz. ( .... ......... . .....,-.,, . iiiioiaa runitn. sr-mu i in i.ieniirsi, Honrv Uviil i uomas itooins. .1. (iiflingham Fell, Daniel Haddock. Jr. WM. O. CROWFLL, Keorotary, DANIEL SMITH. J President, t OJKnla? T,,K INSURANCK COMPANY Phils, elnh IlTU AMMiI0A. M WALNUT Street. Incorporated 17M. Charter Perpetual Awpt Capital, IfBOO.Otiu. t ""m A RIN K, 'INLAND, AND f i Rtt INS Uli A 5tlft"v OVER eao,()),(v,o LOSS ES r.'.IO STNOK ITS OROAIt IZATION. vwaui. ArtVtnfH ll?l- BniKCTOltS. rsmnel W. Jonos, John A. Hrcwn, Charles Taylor, Ambrose White, W illiaru Web;li, S. Morris Wnin, John Mason, (tAnrirn I . Ilnrrirnn ronois K. Oope, Eilward H. Trotter. T. (ha'lton Henry, ri sum n tpk. "Krt .ure'i i.. .JOSSUU. John P. White. Louis O. Madeira, Chailos W. Cuabuian. I W J MATTftlAH MAIttii, Secret a 17. ' f( -n. piFEKIAL. FTM3 INSUltANCS LOXIKIN. ESTABLISHED IWKI. ra!d-np Cnrl'al and Accumula'ed Funds, e,ooo,ooo I IV GOLD PEEV0ST & HE11RIN0, Agenti, I 2 45 No. 10T 8. THIRD Street, Pnllinlelphja, S CnAft. M. PUKVOST. CHAS. P. HRRRTwo SHIPPINQ. j.CHARLESTOW, 8. C. TUB SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FAST f EVERY THURSDAY. The Steamships PROM ETnEUS. captain Qrny ann EMPIRE, Captain sVy.le y' &ni WILL FORM A REGULAR WEEKLY LIN It ThrmiKti bUls ol ladinjr given In connection with a.' j. v. v. w I'umta iu 111c ouuLll HMU OOUt.hWest. i Insurance at lowest rates. Rates of freliht aa in as by aDy other rout. For freight, apply to 9 22tf . owuip.rl CO.. 1 DOCH bTREETWHAfe I ONLY DIRECT I.TMW Tn vtTTZTZ LZ'SpLil3 THE OENERAL TRANRATr tSTm SiiJCOMPANY'S M A I L BTKA vi'S wTif BEliTiJOOM 'ANY'S MAI L Bm5u S ii. 1 WITTK' S.-U"iv vuv .. V..V..D' ' AMSHIPl BREST "A.VWK.UALLINUA1 rTnMM n."7. m2L o for ttJ ibwaY- " aona nT9'. foi- ...IVaohosne Saturday, Mavl -Rousseau Katurrt, MiJV ...Lemarie. Saturday Mai ...bunnount ; KturU 7 LAFAYETTE ST. IiAUH ENT.. .. V1LLK DE PARIS. T: Tl If ... n . nn . In gold (including wino), TO BREST OR HAVRK. First Cabin 14U Second TuabS , ., TO PARIS, vw Ynf ai1,CK rlway tickets, furnished on board i First Cabin HW6 Second Cabin omm li.T.tY'i.t0 "V OMV 8t"e paaeougori:" ' American trnvullers eoiae to or rninmn tinent of Europe, by ulln tU. learners of twSTliSlSS annecessary risks from transit. h fc-,.ii-i. "a" Toi crossing Lha oiLannel. hiriM ""ways an eipense. OEORtJK MACK E zf jrjPin. o. .Vw Villi T TT'T nrrr 1 -fl mara the south a no wkkt k LUis ... . EVERY SATURDAY i B Anoon, from FIRaT WUAKff abovo MARkW Portsmouth and to linehburg, X? T?,n'nnne0tin Katies' th a nan'y offiW WWKR4 The regulnrity, safety, and cheaonesa of fv.i. ,. t mend it to tho public aa the moat Halii li ront oom carrying evory rfesoription o, freight " ,oedl'u ' tr?n.fe1r&r8e f' - W"e, or an, Mp9M, J Steamships insured at the lowest rata. a I)'reiht received daily. J ?Vrr- LOIULLARD'8 STEAmshtp iJ ViXr i-ius fou 1 BaUliig Tueedays, Thursdays, and Saturday REDUCTION OF RATES. ....... ,K iiiuimiava, and PatQidaTit. cm' 1 cent per gallon,' ihlp. 'option MwXiS, CHHlied at oillce on i'ler. Freight reoellod atgaJL times on covered wharf. rt-t-eivoa at au boas JOHN P. onL, I N. B. MMnnUutpJi mrp w, EXPRESS LINB" Tn &uTl.wet: tt"ui""8. ashviU Dalton. nd ibi Meamers leave regularly every Satnrri . ,, J first wharf above Al&i ket street? T at noon l th nvnir a, tvt Sor nd South Wh.r.1. I KLDK1DGK 4 CO.TK'enSTiloxSnd"' . . . . q 4 mm oJEKPOOL AND r -,:-2vukkxntow r r ,r ,'!:" 1U". baturday. July 17, at 12 noon. f ;uy oi ;.ounoii, satui-oay, .July "I at IP M i 2. ""'! !". TuLmlay. j"; 37. at IPM' BT thf mu, OF PASSAOK, B W.fH.llA rKAMM SAIUICI V.VCH1 SATTntDA.' f FIRST CABIN" a-.S1(K, stkM' Cuf"n"- ' ToiC.s!'.n:::: hi! $ ".r.::. KHS'3i:WA SXEAM Vl'a'HA'uii;' ot. John's, N. F., ( 'fcit. Jehu's, N F U ly Brunch r-teamer.. .. j by Braii.'h (is. 1 aasongers also forwarded to lla" Hum'iV"- elo., at reduoed rates. "re, Humbarg, Brenien, wishing to send for their tiiemia. uuu8r" rt by pertouc l il kfllJi run l.n l,..nvhl hu.. .1 . j . . . to7c"nd f.Triheir MenrifcmTOe rtM Personc r"?iUl.r.i'iflJuliil,,on. I'fly tbe Oompauy's Office i.. .... .1 . . r ion ner or to ...... u, i uitaueiptiis . vu '"ft nnw IUKK VIA Wiy? OELAWAUK AND RAPII'AN (X.r VitTTi"c rno rn.... rr lOe lllKAPKST aud UUUJKKKT V - . tion between Philadelphia ud New York uinunlo. Steamers loave daily from first wharf hel . . . troet, Philadelphia, aid foot of Wall street. Ne Jv,;k YMtefa aiMol iSSS -r--Fre.ht received and -warded on aoinr'nodaUng Urnw J-34 AiWS. ? NOTICEFOR NEW YORK rftp,.w.,fAWA.rt. Canal. SWlKr liKKPi -rV.ii i" f ' .-..Ai l' N (JO M PAN v SooommodaUBK Urma, apply to wlU Uken m . NoJ.I'A South Wharvlc ' N0W IS TIIE TIM1S TO CLEANS! YOTJK HOUSE. i unnii:i:tnAit niM u co g WAS1IINC1 AND C 1J2ANSINU POWDKR DR.KINKEI.IN CAN BE CONS CLT F D on a ,'. '" of a certain speclaJt. i V N
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