THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JULY 1C, 1800.
A. ROMAN LAWYER IN JERUSALEM.
Flrt Century.
Mnrcvm, abiding in Jernnaioin,
(IreoliiiR to CuitiH, liis l"Ht fru-nrf, in Romo!
fttlvf! tiioHO presonts will ho lorno to you
By Lncitm, who i weuriod wi(h this piano,
Hated with travel, looks upon tho h int
As Rimply hatefiil-Ma.inK, barren, lIoak-
And longn again t. find hu.!f m Uotn".
After tho tumult of it rtroela, s trail w
Of filavefl and client,, and it vill.tf cool
With muhto porticoes beside the ,
And friends and banquet more than all, its
This life Booms blank and flat.
lie pants to
cfnnil
In its vast circus all alive will! heads
And quivoring arms and floating robes -the
Thrilled by the roaring ftrmitiis of men
The sunlit awning heaving overhead.
Swollen and strained against its corded veins,
And flapping out its hem with loud report
The wild beasts roaring from the pit below
The wilder crowd responding from above
With one long yell that sends tho startled
blood ,
With thrill and sudden flush into tho cheeks
A hundred trumpets screaming tho .dull
thump
Of horses galloping across tho sand
Tho clang of scabbards, tho sharp clash of
steel
Livo swords, that whirl a circle of grey fire
Ijrass helmets Hashing 'neuth their streaming
hair
A universal tumult then a hush
Worse than tho tumult all eyes straining
down
To tho arena's pit all lips sot close
All muscles strained and then that sudden
veil.
Ihihrt! That's Home, says liiicius: so it
1H !
That is, 'tis his Koine 'tis not yours
mine.
And yet, great Jupiter here at my sido
He stands with face asidi as if he saw
Mil
The games ho thus describes, and
sayf
"mats hie :
Life ! life ! my friend, and this is simply
death!
Ah! for my Rome!" I jot his very words
Just as ho utters them. I hrte these games,
And Lucius knows it. yet ho will go on,
And all against my will he stirs my blood
So I suspend my letter for a while.
A walk has calmed me I begin again
Letting" this last page, since it ia written,
stand.
Lucius is going : you will ee him soon
In our great Forum, there with him will walk,
And hear him rail and rnive against tho East.
I stay behind for these bare silences,
These hills that in the sunset melt and bum,
This proud, stern people, theso dead seas and
lakes,
These sombre codars, this intense still sky,
To me, o'erweaiied with Life's din and strain,
Are grateful as the solemn blank of night
After the fierce day's irritant excefts;
Besides, a deep absorbing interest
Detains me here, fills up my mind, and sways
My inmost thoughts Las got, as 'twere, a
gripe
Upon my very life, as strange as new.
I scarcely know how well to speak of this,
Fearing your raillery at best. at worst
Even your contempt; yet, spite of all, I speak.
First, do not deem ine to havo lost my head,
Sun-struck, as that man Faulus was at Homo.
No, I am sane as ever, and my pulse
Heats even, with no fever in my blood.
And yet I half incline to think his words,
Wild as they were, were not entirely wild.
Nay, shall I dare avow it? I half tend,
Here in this place, surrounded by these
men
Despite the jeering natural at first,
And then tho pressure of my life-long thought
Trained up against it to excuse his faith,
And half admit the Christus ho thinks God
Is, at the least, a most mysterious mau.
Hear with me if I now avow so much;
When next we meet I will expose my mind,
But now the subject I must scarcely touch.
How many a time, while sauntering up and
down
The forum's space, or pausing 'neath tho
shade
Of some grand toniple, arch, or portico,
Have we discussed some knotty point of law,
Some curious case, whoso contradicting facts
Looked Janus-faced to innocence and guilt.
I see jrou now arresting mo, to note
With quiet fervor and uplifted hand
Some subtle view or fact by me o'erlooked,
And urging me, who always strain my point
(Being too much, I know, a partisan),
To pause, and press not to the issue bo,
But more apart, with less impetuous zeal,
Survey as from an upper floor the facts.
I need you now to rein me in, too quick
To ride a whim beyond the term of Truth,
For here a case comes up to which in vain
I seek the clue : you could clear up my mind,
But you are absent so I send these notes.
The case is of one Judas, Simon's son,
Iscariot called a Jew and ono of those
Who followed Christus, held by some a god,
But deemed by others to have preached and
taught
A superstition vilo, of which one point
Was worship of an ass ; but this is false !
JudaR, his follower, all the eeet declare,
Bought by a bribe of thirty silver coins,
Basely betrayed his master unto death.
The question is, Did Judas, doing this,
Act from base motives and commit a crime ?
Or, all things taken carefully in view,
Can he be justified in what he did ?
Here on the spot, surrounded by the men
Who actod in the drama, I have sought
To study out this strange and tragic case.
Many are dead as Herod, Caiaphas,
And also Pilate a most worthy man,
Under whose rule, but all without his fault,
And, as I fancy, all against his will,
Christus was crucified. This I regrot:
Ilia words with me would have the greatest
weight;
But Lysias still is living, an old man,
The chief of the Centurions, whoso report
Is to be trusted, as he saw and heard,
Not once, but many a time and oft, this man.
His look and bearing, Lysias thus describes:
"Tall, slender, not erect, a little bent;
Brows arched and dark; a high-ridged lofty
uctiu;
Thin temples, veined and delicate; large eyes,
Sad, very Berious, seeming as it were
To look beyond you, and whene'er ho spoke
Illumined by an inner lainninry lii'M
At times, too, gloaming with a strange, wild
fire
When taunted by the rabble in the.streets
A Jewish face, complexion pale but dark- '
Thin, high-art nostrils, quivering constantly;
Long nose, full lips, hands tapering, full of
veins;
His movements nervous: as he walked he
seemed
Scarcely to heed the persons whom he passed,
And for the most part gazed upon the ground.
'As for his followers, I knew them all
.A Strange mftd sot, ftud. fuU of fancies wild-
John, Tcter, James and Judas bept of all
All seemed to me good men without offense
A little crazed, but who is wholly sane ?
They went about and cured the sick and halt,
And gave away their money to the poor,
And all their talk was thirity and poace.
If Christ ns thought and said he was a god,
'Twas harmless madnuss, not deserving death.
What most aroused tho wealthy Rabbis' rage
"Was that he Rot the poor against the rich,
And cried that rich men all would go to hell,
And, worst of all, roundly denounced the
priests,
With all their rich phylacteries and robes
Said they were "hypocrites who made long
prayers,
And robbed poor widows and devoured their
moans,
And were at best but whitod sepulchres;
And this it was that brought him to the Cross.
Those who went with him and believed in
him '
Were mostly dull, uneducated men,
Simple and honest, dazed by what ho did,
And in iscoiiceivinc; every word he said.
IIo led them with liini in a spell-bound awo,
And all his cures they called miraculous.
They followed him like sheep where'er he
went,
With feelings mixsdof wonder, fear, and love.
Yes! I suppose they loved Lini, though they
tied
Stricken with fear when we arrested him."
"What! all all (led ?" I asked. "Did nono
remain ?"
"Not one,' he said "all left him to his fate.
Not ono dared own ho was a follower
Not one gave witness for him of them all.
Stop ! When I sny not ono of them, I mean
No one but Judas Judas whom they call
The traitor who betrayed him to his death.
He rushed into the council-hall and cried,
' "lis I have sinned Christus is innocent.' "
And hero I come to what of all I've heard
Most touched me I for this my letter write.
Taulus, you know, had only for this man,
This Judas, words of scorn and bitter hate.
Mark now the different view that Lysias took!
When, urged by me, his story thus ho told:
"Koine say that Judas was a base, vile man,
Who sold his master for the meanest bribe;
Others again insist he was most right,
Giving to justice one who merely sought
To overthrow the Church, subvert tho law,
And on its ruins build himself a throne.
I. knowing Judas and none better knew
I, caring naught for Christus more than him,
But hating lies, the simple truth will tell.
No man can say I ever told a lie
I am too old now to begin. Besides,
Tho truth is truth, and let the truth be told.
Judns J litiv, alone of all tho men
Who followed Christus, thought that ho was
God.
Some feared him for his power of miracles;
Sonic were attracted by a sort of spell;
Some followed him to hear his sweet; clear
voice
And gentle speaking, hearing with thoir ears,
And knowing not the sense of what ho said
But one alone believed ho was tho Lord,
Tho true Messiah of the Jews. That one
Was Judas he alone of all the crowd.
"He to betray his master for a bribe!
He last of all. I say this friend of mine
Was brave when ail the rest were cowards
there.
His was a noble nature: frank and bold,
Almost to rashness bold, yet sensitive,
Who took his dreams for firm realities
Who once believing, all in all believed
Hushing at obstacles and scorning risk,
Heady to venture all to gain his oud,
No compromise or subterf ugo for him,
His act went from his thought straight to the
butt;
Yet with this ardent and impatient mood
Was joined a visionary mind that took
Impressions quick and fine, yet deep as life.
Therefore it was that in this subtle soil
The master's words took root and grow and
flowered.
Ho heard and followed and obeyed; his faith
Was serious, earnest, real winged to fly;
He doubted not, like some who walked with
him
Desired no first place, as did James and John
JJenied him not witli i'eter; not to mm
His master said, 'Away ! thou'rt an offense;
Get thee behind me, Satan !' not to him,
'Am I so long with ye who know me not ?'
Fixed as a rock, untenanted by desires
To gain the post of honor when his Lord
Should come to rule chosen from out tho
midst
Of six-score men as his apostle then
Again selected to the place of trust,
Unselfish, honest, he among them walked.
"That he was honest, and was so esteemed,
Is plain from this they chose him out of all
To bear tho common purse, and take and pay.
John says he was a thief, because he grudged
The price that for some ointment once was
paid,
And urged 'twere better given to the poor.
But did not Christus ever for the poor
Lift up his voice 'Give all things to the poor!
Sell everything and give all to the poor !
And Judas, who believed, not made believe,
Used his own words, and Christus, who ex
cused
The gift because of love, rebuked him not.
Thief ! ay, ho 'twas, this very thief they chose
To bear the purse and give alms to tne poor,
I, for my part, see nothing wrong in this."
"But why, if Judas was a man like this,
Frank, noble, honest" here I interposed
Why was it that he thus betrayed his Lord ?'
"This question oft did I revolve," said he,
"When nil the facts were fresh, and oft re
volved
In later days, and with no change of mind;
And this is my solution of the caw:
"Daily he heard his master's voice proclaim,
T am the Lord ! the Father lives in mo !
Who knoweth me knows the Eternal God !
He who believes in me shall never die !
" 'No! he shaH see me with my angels come
With power and glory here upon the earth
To judge the quick and dead! Among you
here
Some shall not taste of death before I come
God's kingdom to establish on tho earth!'
What meant these words? They seethed in
Judas' soul.
'Here is my God Messias, King of kings,
Christus, the Lord tho Saviour of us all.
How long shall he be taunted and reviled,
And threatened by this crawling scum of
men?
Oh, w ho shall nice the comine of that dav
When He in majesty shall clothe himself
And stand before the astounded world iti
King?"
Long brooding over this inflamed his soul.
And, ever rash in schemes as wild in thought,
At last he said, 'No longer will I bear
I his ignominy heaped upon my Lord
No man hath power to harm the Almighty
Khali bo manifest the livino- Ond
Attd prostrate alj shall on tLo earth adore
Ay, let men's hand be lifted, then at once
Effulgent like the sun, swift like the sword
The jagged light nina flashes
"Such was his thought when at the passover
The Iiord with His disciples mot and supped i
And Christus saw the trouble in his mind,
And said, 'Behold, among you hero i one
That shall betray me he to whom I give
This sop' and lie the sop to Judas gave;
And added 'That thou doest, quickly do;'
And Judas left him, hearing theso last words
'Now shall tho Son of man be glorified.'
"Ah yes ! his master had divined his thought
His master should bo glorified through him.
"Straightway unto me and the high priests
he came,
Filled with this hope, and said, 'Behold me
here,
Judas, a follower of Christus! Come !
I will point out my master whom ye seek !'
And out at once they sent mo witu my band;
And as we went, I said, rebuking him,
'How, Judas, is it you who thus betray
The Lord and Master whom you lovo, to
death?'
And, smiling, then he answered: 'Fear you
not ;
Tw you your duty ; take no hood of mo.'
'Is not this vile ? I said ; 'I had not deemed
Such baseness in you.' 'Though it seems so
now,
Sfill smiling, ho repliod, 'wait fill tho end.'
Then turning round as to himself ho said,
Now conies the hour that I havo prayed t.j
see
The hour of joy to all who know tho truth.'
Is this man mad ! I thought, and looked at
him ;
And, in the darkness creeping swiftly on,
His face was blowing, almost shone with
light;
And rnpt as if in visionary thought
He walked beside me, gazing at the sky.
"Passing at last beyond the Ccdron brook,
We reached a garden on whose open gate
Dark vines were loosely swinging. Here we
paused,
And lifted up our torches, and beheld
Against the blank white wall a shadowy
group,
There waiting motionless, without a word:
A moment, and with rapid nervous step
Judas alone advanced, and, as ho reached
The tallest figure, lifted quick his head;
And crying, blaster I Master! kissed his
cheek.
Wo, knowing it was Christus, forward pressed.
Malchus was at my side, when suddenly
A sword flashed out from one among them
there,
And sheared his ear. At onco our swords
flushed out,
But Christus,lifting up his hand, said, Teacrt,
Shoatha tliy sword, Be tor I must drink the
cup.
And I cried also, 'Peace, and sheathe yonr
swords.
Then on his arm I placed my. hand, and said,
In the laws name. Ho nothing said, but
reached
His arms out, and wo bound his hands with
cords.
This done I turned, but all the rest had fled,
And he alono was left to meet his fate.
"My men I ordered then to take and boar
Their prisoner to the city; and at once
They moved away. I, seeing not our guide,
Cried, 'Judas ! but no answer; then a groan
So sad and deep it startled mo. I turned,
And there, against tho wall, with ghastly face,
And eyeballs starting in a frenzied glare,
As in a ht, lay Judas; Lis weak arms
Hung lifeless down, his mouth half open
twitched,
His hands were clutched and clenched into
his robes,
And now and then his breast heaved with a
gasp.
Frightened, I dashed somo water in his face,
Spoke to him, lifted him, and rubbed his
hands.
At last tho sense came back into his eyes,
Then with a sudden spasm fled again,
And to the ground he dropped. I searched
him o er,
Fearing some mortal wound, yet nono I
found.
Then with a gasp again the life returned,
And stayed, but still with strong convulsion
tw itched.
'Speak, Judas! speak!' I cried. 'What does
this mean ?'
No answer ! 'Speak, man !' Then at last ho
groaned.
'Go, leave me ! leave me, Lysias. Oh, my
God !
What have I done ? Oh, Christus ! Master,
Lord,
Forgive me, oh, forgive me !' Then a cry
Of agony that pierced me to the heart,
As grovelling on the ground he turned away
And hid his face, and shuddered in his robes.
Was this the man whose face an hour ago
Shone with a joy so strange? What mean
it all?
Is this a sudden madneRB ? 'Speak !' I cried.
'What means this, Judas ? Be a man and
speak !'
Yet there he lay, and neither moved nor
spoke.
I thought that he had fainted, till at last
Sudden he turned, and grasped my arin, and
cried,
'Say, Lysias, is this true, or am I mad ?'
'What true ?' I said. 'True that you seized
the Lord !
You could not seize him he ia God the
Lord !
I thought I saw you seize him. Yet I know
That was impossible, for he is God !
And yet you live you live. He spared you,
then.
'Where am I ? what has happened ? A black
cloud
Came o'er me when you laid your hands on
him,
Where are they all ? Where is he ? Lysias,
speak!'
" 'Judas, I said, 'what folly is all this ?
Christus my men have bound and born.)
away ;
The rest have fled. Bouse now and com 3
with me !
My men await mo, rouse yourself, and come !'
"Throwing his arms up, in a fit he fell,
With a loud shriek that piorcod tho silent
night.
I could not stay, but, calling instant aid,
We bore him quick to the adjacent house,
And placing him in kindly charge, I left,
Joining my men who stayed for mo below.
"Straight to the high priest's house wo hur
ried on
And Christus in an inner room we placed,
Set at his door a guard, and then came out.
After a time there crept into the hall,
Where round the blazing coals we sat, a man,
Who in the corner crouched. 'What man are
you ?'
Cried some one; and I, turning, looked at
him.
'Twas Peter. ' 'Tis a fellow of that band
That followed Christus, and believed in him.'
' "lis false !' cried Peter; and he cursed aud
swore.
'I know him not I never saw the man.'
But I said nothing. Soon he went away.
"That night I saw not Judas. Tho noxt day,
Cfcastiy, vtoy-wliite, a biiiujow of a mo,
With robes all soiled and torn, and tangled
beard,
Into the chamber where the council afc
Came feebly staggering: scarce should I have
known
'Twas Judas, with that haggard, blasted face:
80 had that night's great horror blasted him.
As one all blindly walking in a dream
He to the table caiue against it loanod
Glared wildly round a while; then, stretch
ing forth
From his torn robes a trembling hand, flung
down
As if a snake had stung him, a small purse,
That broke and scattered its white coins
about
And, w ith a shrill voice, cried, 'Take back
the purRO !
'Twas not for that foul dross I did the deed
"Twas not for that oh, horror! not for that!
But that I did believe ho was the Lord;
And that he is tho Lord I still believe.
But oh, the sin! the sin! I have betrayod
Tho innocent blood, and I am lost! an lost!'
So crying, round his face his robes ho throw,
And blindly rushed away; aud wo, aghast,
Looked round and no one for a moment
spoke.
"Seeing that face, I could but fear tho end;
For death was in it, looking through his eyes.
Nor could I follow to arrest the fato
That drove hiiu madly on with scorpion whip.
"At last the duty of the day was done,
And night camo on. Forth from the gates I
went,
Anxious and pained by many a dubious
thought,
To seek for Judas, and to comfort him.
Tho sky was dark with heavy lowering
clouds;
A lifeless, stifling air weighed on th world;
A dreadful silence like a nightmare lay
Crouched on its bosom,"wailing, grim and
gry.
In horrible suspense of somo dread thing.
A creeping sense of death, a sickeuing smoll,
Infected tho dull breathing of tho wind.
A thrill of ghosts went by 1110 now and then,
And made my flesh creep as I wandered ou.
At last I came to where a cedar stretched
Its black arms out beneath a dusky rock,
And, passing through its shadow, all at onco
I started; for against tho dubious light
A dark and heavy mass that to and fro
Slung slowly with its weight, before 1110 grew.
A sick dread sense came over me; I stopped
I could not stir. A cold and clammy sweat
Oozed out all over me; and all my limbs,
Bending with tremulous weakness liko a
child's,
Gave way beneath me. Then a sense of
jhum
Aroused nifl, I advanced, stretched forth my
hand
And pushed the shapeless ninss; and at my
touch
It yielding swung the branch above it
creaked
And back returning struck against my face.
A human body ! Was it dead or not ?
Swiftly my sword I drew and cut it down,
And on the sand all heavily it dropped.
I plucked the robes away, exposed tho face
'Twas Judas, as I feared, cold, stiff, and dead:
That suffering heart of his had ceasod to
beat."
Thus Lysias spoke, and ended. I confess
This story of poor Judas touched mo much.
What horrible revulsions must havo passed
Across that spirit in those few last hours!
What storms, that tore np life oven to its
roots!
Sny what you will grant all the guilt and
still
What pangs of dread remorse what agonies
Of desperate repentance, all too late,
In that wild interval between tho crime
And its last sad atonement! life, the while,
Laden with horror all too great to bear,
And pressing madly on to death's abyss;
This was no common mind that thus could
feel
Wits he a villain lost to sense of shame?
Ay, so say John and Peter and the rest;
And yet and yet this tale that Lysias tells
Weighs with me the more I ponder it;
For thus I put it: Either Judas was,
As John affirms, a villain and a thief,
A creature lost to shame and base at heart,
Or else, which is the view that Lysias takes,
He was a rash and visionary man
Whoso faith was firm, who had no thought of
crime,
But whom a terrible mistake drove mad.
Tuko but John's view, and all to me is blind.
Call Lim a villain who, with greed of gain,
For thirty pieces sold his Lord.
Does not the bribe seem all too small and
mean?
He held the common purse, and, were he
thief,
Had daily power to steal, and lay aside
A secret and accumulating fund;
So doing, he had nothing risked of fame,
While here he braved the scorn of all the
world.
Besides, why chose they for thoir almonor
A man so lost to shame, so foul with greed?
Or why, from some five score of trusted men,
Choose him as one apostle among twelve ?
Or why, if he were known to be so vile
(And who can hide his baseness at all times ?)
Keep him in close communion to the last?
Naught in his previous life, or acts, or words,
Shows this consummate villain that, full
grown, Leaps uli at once to such a height of crime.
Again, how comes it that this wretch, whose
heart
Is cas-ed to shame, flings back the paltry
bribe ?
And, when ho knows his master is con
demned, Hui bes in horror out to seek his doath?
Whose fingers pointed at him in the crowd?
Did all men flee his presence till he found
Life too intolerable? Nay; not so!
Death camo too closo upon tho hools of crime.
Ho hud but done what all his tribe deemed
just:
All the great masa I mean the upper class
Tho Brihis, all tho Pharisees and Priests
Ay, and the lower mob as well, who cried,
"Give us Barabbas! Christus to tho cross!"
Theso men wero all of them on Judas' sido,
And Judas had done nought against the law.
Were no mis villain, he had but to say,
"I followed Christus till I found at last
Ho aimed at powur to overthrow tho State.
I did the duty of an honest man.
I traitor! you are traitors who reprove."
Besides, such villains scorn tho World's re
proof. Or he might say "You call this act a crime ?
What crime was it to say I know this man? '
I said no ill of him. If crime there be,
'Twas yours who doomed him unto death, not
mine."
A villain was he ? So Barabbas was !
But did Barabbas go and hang himself,
Weary of life the murderer and thief ?
This coarse and vulgar way will never do.
Grant him a villain, all his acts must be
Acts of a villain; if you once admit
ltemorse so bitter that it leads to death,
And death so instant on the heels of crime,
i'ou graat, f, mpu'H svawtiyu to phauao,
So sensitive that life can yield no joys
To counterbalance one bud act; but then
A nature such na this, though lod astray,
When greatly tempted, is no thorough wretch.
Was the temptation groat? Could such a
bribe
Tempt mich a nature to a crime like this ?
I say, to mo it simply seems absurd.
Teter at least was not so sensitive.
He cursed and swore, denying that he know
Who the man Christus was; but after all
He only wept he nover hanged himself.
But take the other viow that Lysias takes,
All is at once consistent, clear, comploto,
Film in tho faith that Christus was his God,
Tho great Messiah Rent to savo the world,
He, seeking for a sign not for himself,
But to show proof to all that he was God
Conceived this plan, rash, if you will, but
grand.
"Thinking him man," ho said, "more mortal
man,
They seek to seize him I will make pretenco
To take the public bribe and point him out,
And tl-ey (-Lull go, all armed with swords and
staves,
Strong with the power of law to seize on him
And at their touch, (rod himself Rhall stand
Btveuled lu fore them, and their swords shall
drop,
And profit rate all before him shall adore,
And cry, 'Behold the Lord and King of all!'"
But when the Roldiers laid their hands on him
And bound him as they would a prisoner vile,
With taunts, and mockery, and threats of
death
He nil tho while submitting then his dream
Burst into fragments with a crash; aghast
Tho whole world reeled before him; tho dread
truth
Swooped liko a sea upon him, bearing down
His thoughts in wild confusion. IIo who
dreamed
To open the gates of glory to his Lord
Opened in their stead the prison's jarring
door,
And saw above him his dim dream of Love
Change to a Fury stained with blood and
crime.
And then a madness seized him, and remorso
With pnngs of torture Urovo him down to
death.
Conceive with mo that sad aud suffcringheart
If this be true that Lysias says Conceive!
Alns! Orestes, not so sad thy fate,
For theo Apollo pardoned, purified
Thy Furies wero appeused, thy peace re
turned;
But Judas perished tortured unto death,
Unpardoned, nnappeased, unpnrified.
And long as Christus shall be known of men
His name shall bear the brand of infamy,
The curse of generations still unborn.
Thus much of him: I leave the qfiestion hci",
Touching on naught beyond, for Lucius
waits
I hear him fuming in the courts below,
Cursing his servants and Jerusalem,
Anu givi'ng them to the infernal gods.
Tho sun is sinking all the sky afire
And vale and mountain glow like molten ore
In the intense full splendor of its rays.
A half hour hence all will be dull and grey;
And Lucius only waits until the shade
Sweeps down the plain, then mounts and
makes his way
On through the blinding desert to the sea,
And thence his galley bears him on to Borne.
Salve it tide!. may good fortune wait
On you and all your household ! Greet for me
Titus and Livia in a word, all friends.
W. W. S.
INSURANCE..
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSU
HA NOW COMPANY. Incorporated by tho Louis
lature of Pennsylvania, 1836.
Offioe, 8. E. corner of THIRD and WALNUT Streets,
I'mmnuipnia.
MARINF. INriUKANOKS
On Vessels, Cargo, and freight to all parts of tho world.
INLAND lNSUKANOKS
On goods by river, canal, lako, and land carriage to all
parts of Uie Union.
FfKK lNSUKANOKS
On merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings, Uouses,
Kto.
ABSKTR OK THE COMPAHY,
November I, IstiS.
$300,000 United States inve Per sent. Loan,
HMDs 208,50000
130,000 United States Six Per Cent. Loan,
lfWl 136,800 00
60,000 United States Six Per Cent. Loun
(for PaoiHo Railroad) 60,000-00
300,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent.
Loan 211,375'06
125,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent.
Loan (exempt from tax) 138,6M'0O
60,000 SUte of New Jersey Six Per Cent.
Loan 61,60000
30,000 Penn. Rail. First Mortiratre Six Per
Cent. Bonds 30,300'00
36,000 Penn. Rail. Stoond Mort. Six Per
Cent. Bonds 34,00000
35,000 Western Penn. Rail. Mortgage Six
Per Cent. Bonds (Penn. Kailroad
guarantee) 30,62500
80,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Cent.
Loan 31,000 000
7,000 SUte of Tennessee Six Per Cent.
Loan 6.03125
15,000 Gerniantown Gas Company, prin
cipal and Interest guaranteed by
City of Philadelphia, 300 shares
Stock 15,00000
10,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 200
shares Stock 11,&W00
6,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 100
shares Stock 8,500 00
30,600 Philadelphia and Southern Mail
Steamship Co., 80 shares Stock. . . . 15,000 00
307,900 Loaoa on Board and Mortgage, tlrst
, Liens on City Properties 207,900,00
$1,100,900 Par. Market value, $1,130,325 25
, . Cost, $l,093,W2o.
Real Estate 86,00000
Kills receivable for insurance made 822,Wtl
Balances due at agencies, premiums on marine
policies, accrued interest, aud other debts due
the company 40,17888
Stock and scrip of sundry corporations, $3154
Ksttmated value 1,813 00
Cash in bank (116,1.10-08
Caah in drawer 413 65 116,56378
(1,64T67(U
Thomas O. Hand,
John C. Davis,
James C. Hand,
I heopbilus Paulding,
Joseph H. Seal,
II ugh Craig,
John R. Penrose.
Jacob P. Jones,
James Traquair,
K.dward Darlington,
H. Jones Brooke.
James U. McKarland,
Kdward Itourcade,
I r.umuna a. Bonder,
Samuel K. Stokes,
iienry Dloan,
William (J. Ludvrlv.
George U. I-eiper,
iiuury u. uaiieit, jr.,
uonn u. layior,
George W. Bernadoo,
William U. Uoulton,
Jacob Uiegel.
Spencer Mcllvnine,
D. T. Moruan. I'll tabur.
uonn 11. Seinple,
uusaiui r, igrrs, 'A. n. Merger,
-J-iuiMAS u HAND, President.
HKNRT LYI.BURJN?KeNcUDvyAV1S' V1'
11 KN UY BALI., Assistant Secretary. 10 6
1829 HA:RTE1 perpetual.
Mliii Fire Insurance Company
OF PIUI-ADE IJPIHA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets on Jan. 1,1869, $2,617,37213
CAPITAL. ,
ACCRUKD SURPLUS...
FRKMIUM8 ,
UMSKTTLFD CLAIMS.
HUMUS' I.
.S400,000'0O
INOOMR FOR ISOtt,
UO,UOO.
Losses paii since 1!
"I"
Perpetual and Temporary Polloiee on Liberal Terms.
The Company also issues Policies on Real of liiulUing
Of ail kinds. U round Kent, and Mortgages.
DIBJCUTOFB.
Alfred O. Baker.
Samuel Grant,
George W. Kiuhard.
laaao Lea.
Thomas Sparks.
William S. Grant.
Tuouiaa S. KUia,
( i llwt.M W II Uanuia
U surge bales.
f H1?.?.?. .-.BA M'H. President
J
IB. W. MOATXIHI'h.U. Secretary.
"i;" ra.ui.o, vioe-i'reaideui.
BwreUrft 19
INSURANCE.
A
S D U R Y
LIFK IN3URANOK COMPANY.
No 5!'1 BROADWAY, corner RKADR Street, N.iw York '
('AMI CA 1'ITAI -tl.VI,(h.i
(luu (100 deposited with the Rtnto of New York as souurity
for poliry holders. ,
I.FMt'KI, I1A.NWS, I'rcsidont.
GKORGK FI.I.IOTr, Vice I'rmiirlont and Soorotary.
KMUHY Mrlil.lNTtMJri, Actuary.
A. K. M. I'UKMY, M. !., Me.lical Kjiaminur. - 1
BKKKUKNi:KH HT I F llMLhHIOM.
Thomas T. Tarker. John M. Mans,
J. B. Linnincot.t.
t'tirtrlea 8prncr, William Dmne,
Joim A. VVriirht. S. Morris Wnln.
.lamn. I.ug,
.lamps Miiiiter,
Artiiur G. ('ottin. .I.ihn U. MotJrnarv.
In the character of its Director, eivmnitiv of nimntra
n. 11. urno.
rint, roasonaMi'tie'' l rates, PAkTNKit.sllip pi.Tv
OF DKCLAKING KIVIHKMIS.no restriction in femaiu
livp, and a'lHolut non-turf citure of all polimt and n
restriction of travel aftr the Hint year, the ASHIJ K Y pre
aunts a combination oi advam-nite otfnred by no othor
cotiiinny. I'nltrixa Iwimd in eveiy form, and a loan of
one-tlnrd msde when defired. :
tyecinl advantage olf-rod to clergymen. i
1' or all further information aciiln.na P
jAMrS M. LONtl AnniC, I
, . MyniiB.tr for I'.iiiiisylvnnianiid Dt-I'iware. f
koi !:T !
gTRICTLY MUTUAL
Provident Life and Trust Co
OF PHILADELPHIA. (
OFFICK, iNo. 1I1H, KOIUTH teTUF.ET. f
CrKHiily.ft to pronioto LIFK INSURANCE amoni?
ni-r;,i i-h 1 tho NMrtyof l-rli-iKia.
(incl ri'sks f hiiv ch'hs Hixt'pti'd, J
!i';!f8 lhsuod ot approved, plai", ai the iowoct
rati-a. (
ProplilfUt, SAMUEL K. SIIH'LRV, V
V'lCf-I'rcoiiU'Ut, WILLIAM C. LoN:;sriJTH, I
Actu iry, KOS LA.ND 1'AJtiiY. I
The advantntfPS ottered by this Compiiny aro nn.
exi-t'lled. 21275 I
I n a u it r, at h o n ty.
W TUB
Fenn ftual life hsura'nea
COMl'ASY.
No. 931 CIIF.SXUT STREET, P1IIL.VUEI.FIIU.
ASFTM, fc'4,OOU,(Mltr.
;CIIA!TFJIF.I BY M It OWN TATK.
.iiana;fu nv mit ow.n cmzEs.?
I.OSSKN PKO.UPTIiY PA!I.
rOUCIEH ISSFFIJ ON VAKIOS.S l'LANS,
Applications nitty be made ru tho Homo ouioe, and
at the Agent lea throughout the Statu, a u; J
JAiHKM TlIAOfAlfl I'RraiDKNT
SAJIl'F.I, K. M'IMiKS VIOK-PIil'SIDKNT
JOHN W. IIOHXIi; A. V. P. and ACTUARY
1IOKATIO H. Kl'Kl'UKNS KKOlittTAKY
rrilE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO.MrY
1. OK I'llILADl'.LPHIA.
Oliice S. IV. f Corner FOURTH snd WALNUT Hi runt j
F1KR IN-KUKANCK KXtJLUM f KLY U
PF.RI K1UAL AND TKUM FOL1C1KS ISSIJFD
rash Capital...... , !fAK.,iiiu-it
Caeh AaocU, Hay, li9, OVKk IIAUl' A MILLION
IMM.I.AKM.
T.: i i. , rni . ti k3
i i a kj r-n.
J. Ivintrnl'An TT
Njiltirfii fc'riizipr.
Junios U UUnhorn. '
Vilham O. lioulton,
f hur In- W'hl. 1
Juhu M. Atwood,
Penjmiiiu T. Tredickt
(venire II. Ktuitrt,
Tbomas U. MoQtKomory,
Jnfin si. nniwn,
,,u, ,,... vu,,m-cn, rinks, to kin no
ills -to i'!lrllo", r"'k8 "hutover, such as factories
tF." HATCH FORD RTAKR, President.
THOMAS H. MONTGOM KRY, Vice-President
Al.F.XAKi)KH W. Wihteu. Secretary. ' 3
piTCENIX INSURANCE COMPANY Ojf
J. PHILADFI.PMIA.
LNl'OKl'OKA'l Kl) 1B04 CH ARTKR PFRPPITtJAti.
No. 2-24 WALNUT htreet, opposite the Kxchanaa.
T-his Company insures from loss or daiuago by
I1 IKK,
on liberal terms, on bnildintra, merchandir fnrnifnra
etc., for limited periods, and permanently on nmidjmta hi
deposit of premiums. "u.uo uj
c.V1.?'0!? VTlh" in CSX Ofdrntion for more than
nrnmnt.lv &il iiu.tiil mnA mttrl
.'ir. 1 a a rwiv, utiriUK niUUIl
.,.. .1 1 n J
111 I) L,i nnn
.Tnhn T,. tlnAtrtt.
I Wi vi i'l Tjkmim.
M. K. Alnhony,
John T. Iv.ib,
William S. UYznt,
Robort VV. J.earuin-f,
Kunjamin Kttingt
jVbomaa H. Power
A. K. Mc Henry,
Fdmuntl (,'aatiIlon
Rmmiftl WilnnT.
f , 'lans-i w Darton.
lAwrence Lewis. Jr.
jr.. jwiiU. iNomg.
.lOTTItf T? A. IT111 VU Wit L. a.
IO win O. N(rri-s.
Samt-KL W1T.COX, Secretary. 4
THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
UUMt'ANY.
Incorporated 1(125 Charter Perpetual.
No. 510 WALNU T Street, opposite lndependenoe Sqnara.
This Company, favorably known to the comraunitv for
over forty years, continues to insure against lens or damage
by tire on Public or Private buildings, oither permanently
or for a limited time. AUo 011 Furniture, Stocks of Ouods,
and Merchandise generally, on liberal terma.
Their Capital, toget her with a large Surplus Fund, is in
vented in the most careful manner, which enables them to
otter to the insured an undoubted security in the case o
loss.
Daniel Smith. Jr..
DntECTonB.
John Devereax,
Thomas Smith.
Henry Lewis,
J. Oiflingbam Foil.
Alexander Kenson,
Isaac liazlchurst,
1 nomas uouins.
Daniel Haddock. Jr.
DAN1F.L SMITH, Ju.. President
WM. O. CROWKLL, Secretary,
3 30
OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY!
OF NORTH AMK'RICA, No. 232 WALNUT.Street.!
Philadelphia. f
Incorporated 17!i Charter Perpetual. 1
Oanital. 8500.(KK1. f
Assets $2,SfM,0C0
MARINE, INLAND. AND F1RK INSU.RANOH.
OVER $20,OO0,00 LOSSES PAID SINOK ITS ORGAN.
Li ATION.
Arthur O. Coffin,
"Samuel W. Jones,
John A. Brown,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose white,
William Welsh,
8. Morris Walu,
DtBICTOrt.
Francis K. Cope,
Kdward H. Trotter.
Kdward 8. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Alfred D. Jesauij.
John P. White,
uonn Aiason,
George I 11am son. 1
A U'l'lITIT? n rtncttu i-i . i .
Guarlec W. Uaahmao.
MATTHIAg MARIS, Secretary. jj
JMPEKIAIi FIRE INSURANCE CO.
LONDON.
ESTABI.INHF.D ISO.'l.
Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Fund)
$8,000,000 IN GOI.D.
PREV0ST & HEURING, Aenia,
8 4 No. 10T S. THIRD Street, PDJladelptia,
CHA8. M. PREVOST. CTtAS. P. HEKRIffGr
STOVES, RANGES, ETO.
NOTICE THE UNDERSIONtl)
I would call the attention of the puhlio to his
n&vv uouil.il P JI.I.K rUKNAUK.
This is an entirelv naw hut.. It. 1. ,at
as to once commend itself to general favor, boing a oubi
nat ion of wrought and oast iron. It is very simple a its
construction, and is perfectly air-tight; self -eleaningjiav-ing
no pipes or drums to be taken out and cleaned. It ia
so arranged with upright flues ss to produce a Itger
amount of heat from the aame weight of coal than anjfur
naoe now in use. The bygrometrio condition of the ir a
produced by my new arrangement of evaporation wl at
onoe 4emonstrat that it is the only Hot Air FarnaoaMut
Wi il produce a perfectly healthy atmosphere.
Those in waul of a ooirplete Heating Apparatus uld
do well to oall and examine the Golden IWle. i
OHAKLKS WILLIAMS,
No. 1134 and 1 131 MARK KT Stre!
. , . , . , PhiladelpU.
A large assortment of Cooking Ranees, Fireiard
niv.ea, aaiw Mi,, umi veauutujrs, to., aiwH OH
hand. '
N. B. Jobbing of all kinds promptly done.
lot
THOMSON'S LONDON KITCHNEB
-Si or KUROPF.AN RANG K, for families, hols, of
3 publio institutions, in TWF.NTY DlFFaKNl
" SlKS. Also. Philadelnhia Ujuiim. H.,f. J v.
Daces, Portable Heaters, Low-down Orates, iiioarj
buives, Bath ltoiloia, btew-hole Plates, Boilers, toluol
b toves, etc., wholesale and retai, by the manufacturaT
27wfmntn
No-iOJ N. SKOONDit, J
M1AKPK I HI tMriN,
CARPENTERS AND BUILDE3.
fs R. THOMAS & o7
DEALS US IM I
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shubrs
WINDOW FRAMES, ETC., i
K. W. CORNER OF !
EIGHTEENTH and MARKET fl'eeti
6 2o8m PHILADKLPA.
C EORCE PLOWMklT
i
CARPENTER AND BUILD K
Ho, IZ DOCK Street, PliUaa&i