THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1860.
The Modern l'rem-li Novell!.
"We quote the following from ono of the
ivcly Rkctches of "Men of the Socoiul Em-
lively
piro" ia the Mull Gazdtc:
thou-
NewsrmDora wore airouay
Hands of rondor whom l.nt a few yours 1. re
they numbered only hundreds, and odit. m
were trying to outbid euoh other m public
fevor by the nu.ul,er and quality of their
feuilletons. For ft coimidenilile Unto the
fenilleton, or serial tulo, wits deemed tho most
important part of ft French paper. The bour
geois and his wife caved nmeh niofo for the
ingenious novel, eked out in daily doses of
three columns, than for tho brilliant le.idin;;
urtielo or the palpitating column of J'ntli
ttierm. It used to bo calculato.l during the
reign of liouis Thilippo that a fouilleton
signed "Aloxaudro Dumas" raised tho circula
tion of a paper by at least :?HHI; nnd during
tho time that tho Journal h' Vclmh pub
lished the "Mystcres do Paris," by Eugono
Hue, the Rale of that journal was more than
quadrupled. Of course, the introduction of
the feuilleton produced an astonishing num
ber of bad as well Mi good writers; but, taken
all in all, tho French novelists of twenty
years ngo were ft body of men eminently su
perior in point of talent to those of the pre
sent day. One of the reasons of this is that
the class of novel-readers was better then
than now. Art 'sans and workmen had not
yet begun to read these works of fiction with
which the ono sou newspaper has since fami
liarized them. Those who read tho feuilletons
were the bourgeois, who were necessarily more
eluding than untaught readers can bo. Criti
cism, too, had not yet become tho meaning
less thing to which French journalists of tho
(Second Empire have reduced it. Gustavo
rinnche, Cuvillier Floury, Saint-Marc (iir
ardin, and Saiute lieuve were all literary
judges of rare merit, whoso opinions were
esteemed, and whose censorship excited dread
enough to keep authors in subjection to tho
laws of good taste, good style, and common
Kcnso. lint 1 H IX came, literature wasswampod
for a time in polities, and when tho storm
cleared away and literaturo rose again to tho
surface it was under new conditions, in a new
atmosphere, and for a new class of people.
Politics were completely hushed, journalists
Lad chains to their pens. The serious, respect
able newspapers might be counted on the fin
fc'ers; tho frivolous prints devoted to what was
called "literature," that is, to scandal, nonsense,
and gossip, were numbered by tho hundreds.
Universal suffrage had been proclaimed; tho
people not much wiser, perhaps, nor more
intelligent than their fathers, but nevertheless
more proud and more inquisitive were begin
ing to ask tho why and wherefore of things.
They were learning to read. They were anxious
for a certain semblanceof instruction, and they
wanted to have their newspapers like richer
folk. Had liberty of tho press existed, good
and cheap papers might have been founded,
as in England, to disseminate sound instruc
tion and healthy opinions on political ques
tions, but the six centime stamp prevented
this. With a restrictive code of press regula
tions, such as that which the second empire
had introduced, it was impossible to bring out
a good political paper under three-half-pence
(town price) or two-pence (country price).
This suggested to certain capitalists the idea
of starting the halfpenny paper, giving no
political news, but crammed full of police
reports and details of murders, and rendered
double attractive by an interminable feuilleton
relating the prowesses of escaped convicts.
Of course the innovation succeeded. Tho
halfpenny papers, daubed with the lucubra
tions of M. Touson du Terrail or M. Einilo
Gaboriau, sold by the half million, and the
more expensive papers, enticed by the success
f their cheap rivals, took their cue from
them and launched out int the same kind of
literature; the only difference being that, in
stead of describing the achievements of po
pular heroes like Rocambole, they addressed
themselves to more polished sympathies, and
npoke of swindling in high life, seduction,
abduction, and, above all, adultery. The in
evitable result of this movement was that
French novelists soon came to be divided into
two classes numbering about an equal number
of adepts, viz. those who catered for the
upper classes, and those who contracted for
the lower. Needless to say that these
categories mutually despised each other;
the latter calling themselves "educators
of the people," because, after making their
cutthroat hero triumph in two hun
dred and sixty-seven chapters, they
hanged him in the two hundred and sixty
eighth; and the former styling themselvos
"realists," or "charaeterists," because in
describing objectionable scones they took care
to leave out nothing of what ought to have
leen suppressed. To say that French novels
are more immoral at the present time than
they ever were before is to say nothing, for
French novelists have never at any period
plumed themselves upon that kind of morality
which is required in England. ttut the
novelists of the second empire aro more
cynically immoral than their predecessors.
In the works of liction written by authors of
other generations, one finds chapters enough
which might well have been left out; but in
almost every case ono feels that these chapters
must have been written naively, without any
fixed intention of shocking, anil that the lan
guage of them is such as was tolerated by the
iisnges of the day. lint there is no excuse of
the sort to bo alleged in defense of tho French
novelists of the present time. Propriety
and decorum were never so loudly preached,
nor, on the v hole, so universally practised as
they aro nowadays. When, therefore, my
friend M. Louis do Rose applies his graphic
mind to tho portrayal of incidents such as
could form the topic of no conversation out
of Mabillo or the Casino Cadet, it is evident
that ho goes out of his way to do this, and
that his only object is to give to his novels
that strong llavor of patchouli which will en
wire thorn a sale. Nevertheless, M. Louis de
Hose, whose works adorn the table of every
boudoir in Paris, passes in the world for a
man of stainless principle, and possesses
very lofty ideas as to tho dignity of his
profession. Ho is decorated, is in high
favor at Court, is one of the committee of
the Kociete des (Jens de Lettres, and would be
accepted everywhere as an urbiter on any moot
question of honor. Nothing would shock
Lim so deeply as the supposition that he wrote
his books with any object in view but tho
fcood of humanity. Ho modestly calls him.
self the slave of urt. It is in obedience to this
honored mistress that he produces a three
volume novel once a twelvemonth, and gives
it a piquant title which attracts the wUolo of
the Quart ier Breda to purchase the work. His
last novel was called "La Peche de Madame,"
anu mice editions ot it went during the first
ween, a critic, evidently jealous and very
much ienma las age, remarked that it was a
Hcanuaious thing that a man should
have been found to write such n imnir
and that anybody should have been found to
l.i-iw it- nil.:. -i, ... . .
it. .linn tr ue aenoiiTicnii t,r mot tut
something monstrous and grievous; but his
"" "my gave a iresn stimulus to ine sale,
and three mom Atlitinna iunnnaarail lldfnrn
the month was out. M. T.nniu , ltnse did not
cad a ct4Qi (9 tbe critic it to ojjy tbo mv&
fry of literature who do this but he said with
a charming smile to one of his friends, that
it was tho fate of every man who roso to
hftvo detractors, and that he forgave the critio
with all his heart. lie wns even gonorous
enough to add that those who abimod him did
it only from ignorance, and because they did
fit in a work of art," lie said, "is not tho de-
A 1 A. il A J It. T ll. .
laiiH, dui me wui, cnnvwoie. jnow, in lue
A W I J lllliuiliuv IUU lSUV llintIKK r a u-
fleeted in the last paragraph of the book, in
1 : 1 T 1 1 , : .1 ... .1 t i 1
W illi il iuauimiu, ouui ufnui tuu ity uvi luvur,
repents and takes refuge in a convent."
"Viu " inffirrwisMvl fVin frinnrl. ilhilt. liow filionf.
the chapters in which Madame has not yet re
lientedV" "Those," exclaimed M. do llose,
!. . 1! f .1 1 T.-'.-n-..
'HI e KllKllCM Ol Ullllimjici. AjYiiijr jmgu, u--i
you may notice, is a careful analysis
an analysis of the various symp
toms which the passions may evoke."
Tho friend was evidently as jealous
as the critic, for he answered, "But everybody
knows what those symptoms are; and I should
have thought it scarcely necessary to go so
far as you have dono into details of social
anatomy. You are not content to portray a
vice you dissect it." "Yes," nodded M. Louis
de Rose, "and some day or other, probably
when I am dead and gone, it will bo my g o ry
to have done so. Future ages will say, 'Voila
mi honime uui savait peindvo son epoquo;'
and thev will feel grateful to mo for having
patiently resigned myself to calumny for the
cause of art." Tho friend niado no reply.
Was it that he was convinced, or was it
simply that when arguing a few days before
with another novelist of the Second Empire he
had heard tho very self-same answer ? It was
a popular writer that time a gentleman who
had been delighting tho masses during two
years and live months with a serial tale about
'the adventures of a felon. "What !" he cried,
"you complain that I allow my hero to escape
from all tho prisons where society puts him;
that I make him succeed in all his plans, out
wit the police, and baflle justice; and that by
these Means I incite tho lower classes to dis
honesty. But you forget, my friend, that I
am simply painting my ago. My book is a
portrait a faithful portrait of modern man
ners and modern people. If the colors are
strong, you must blame nature or society, and
not me. I am a realist, remember. I paint
my characters as I find them, in a state of
nature, and without any flimsy veils on."
The friend bowed, but on taking up a paper,
to change the subject, he could scarcely help
ln,ir,liinr mi ronrliVirt that an unhannv nhoto-
O O o A I A
grapher, who was probably a realist too, had
been sent to prison for six months for selling
some faithful portraits of modern people,
strongly colored, in a state of nature, and
without any flimsy veils on.
Waliliabori-.nl in India.
I'ri.m the 1'all Mall Gazette.
What is tho origin and what is the object
of the commotion which within the last few
years has been noticed among the Mussul
mans in different parts of India, and which
very recently caused some apprehension of a
conspiracy at Yellore ? Most of the Indian
journals, as also some official papers, desig
nate the movement as Wahhabeeisni a reli
gious system founded by one 'Abd-ul-Wahhab,
a native of Najd in Arabia, about tho middle
of tho last century, and which, with varying
fortune, has maintained its hold over the
country lying to tho westward of the Persian
Gulf. The central authority is at Riadh, in
the province of 'Aredh, where a descendant of
Sa'ud, 'Abd-ul-Wahhab's first convert and
military champion, still rules over Najd and
several of the adjacent maritime districts.
The religion and government of this sect may
be briefly described as a Mohammedan puri
tanism, joined to a Bedawin phylarchy, in
which the chief is the political and religious
ruler of the nation.
In their creed the Wahhabis are perfectly
orthodox; the unity of God is the fundamental
principle of their faith; they believe in Mo
hammed, but regard him as essentially mortal,
though gifted with a divine mission; and the
Koran, and the Koran alone, is their prof essed
guide in all matters of faith and practice.
This latter peculiarity is the most dangerous
article of their creed, for it revives the merit
of using arms to convert or destroy heretics
and infidels a doctrine which, owing to a va
riety of causes, too numerous and complicated
to be noticed here, has been gradually dying
out from amongst most of the Mussulman
sects. Sa'ud and his successors were strongly
imbued with this dogma, and their zeal in
carrying it out was rewarded by tho willing or
forced subjection of some of tho remotest
provinces of Arabia to their sway. The Wra
habbis of the present day are no less fanatical
than their predecessors, but they have made
no new conquests of late years, and it is no
torious that some of the maritime tribes on
the Persian Gulf would gladly bo freed from
their oppressions. Hence it is not probable
that any emissaries from them have found
their way into India; neither is it likely that
there has been any intercourse between the
Indian Mussulmans and these Wahhabis. Tlyit
a similar reform may have sprung up among
some of the zealots of the former, half-IIin-dooizod
as many of them are, is conceivable;
but wo question its having any connection
with Wahhabeeism proper, ana therefore the
appellation given to it is a misnomer calcu
lated to mislead. Our doubts in this respect
are confirmed by reading in a Madras journal
that "these puritans" in that presidency re-
and spitting at the same time." If there is
any good ground for believing that the move
ment in India has a common origin, and is
more or less under the same guidance, it
ought not to be beyond the capability of our
officials there to discover both, and to afford
us some clearer insight into a system which
cannot bo Wahhabeeism, which may be somo-
tning like it, anil which it greatly concerns ua
as the rulers of that eniiiiro to understand
thoroughly.
Un this sub lect an Indian lournahst sup
plies us with tho following additional par
ticulars: 'The name Wahhabees was originally ap
plied as a term of reproach by tho orthodox
T. .1.' ... r i i i n it
inaian Mussulmans to certain sects 01 J.U3
formers which have at different times sprung
up in different parts of the country. The
most important of these sects accepted the
title as a means ot distinguishing themselves
from the inert mass that had suffered vain
traditions to incrust and overlay tho inspired
Koran. These Reformers, have very little in
common with the followers of Abd-ud-YVahib
of Nejd, nor is their Puritanism of such a
pronounced character. The founder ot tins
sect was Syud Uhmcd, a British subject, born
at Bareilly, who took service with Amoor
Khan, Nawab of Tonk. On tho subjugation
of this potty prince, Syud Uhmed proceeded
to Delhi, whore he set up aa a preacher
and reformer (vide Cunningham's 'History
of the Sikhs'), and made many converts. The
most zealous of his disciples was a moulvee
named Ishmael, who was the St. Paul of the
new sect, and by his writings gave form and
consistency to the utterances of the Syud. In
lHiii the latter was defeated and slain by the
troops of Kunjeet Sing, against whom he had
M Wia VuU&ugvilv OV (WO Wlwlo years, Qa,
the death of Syud Uhmed, his followers din-
persed themselves in various directions. His
own tnnuly fled to Tonk; but such of his dis
ciples as were unable to make their way back
to British territory effected their escape to the
mountainous region beyond Peslmwur, where
they fraternized with the Ynsufzyes, and bo
came the nucleus of those desperato fanatics
who have since given us so much trouble at
Sittana.
"The doctrines of Syud Uhmed, promul
gated by Moulvee Ishmael, found favor in tho
eyes of a considerable portion of the Moham
medan population of Delhi, Bareilly, Agra,
and Mlygurh. From the last named town
several Moslems of high position in Govern
ment Kerviee migrated to Tonk several years
before the mutiny, and thence kept up a con
stant correspondence with the refugees on the
Peshawur hills, who were also joined by
'every one that was in distress, and every one
that wns in debt, and every one that was dis
contented.' From this Moslem Cave of Adul
lum emissnries were from time to
tinio despatched throughout tho length
and breadth of India, and money
was freely contributed, especially from
Patnn, to keep alive tho smouldering
embers of fanatacism. The border annals aro
filled with the oft-repeated talo of murder,
raids, and petty warfare, instigated by tho
Akhoimd of Swat, who may bo styled tho
high priest of tho Wahhabees, and for which
wo nie largely indebted to our apathy in lS2!t
-()-:l. The Moslem reformers, however,
are not confined to tho northwest frontior, they
swarm likewise in Lower Bengal. Two of
Syud L'hmed's disciples, known to the Ben
galees as the Moulabees (Moulvees), ex
cited disturbances at Baraset as far
back as 18;51-:5li, the existence of which
was first communicated to tho local
magistrate by the commissioner of tho dis
trict, who had been warned by Lord William
Bentinck from Calcutta, in consequence of a
letter addressed to a merchant of that city by
an indigo planter settled near Baraset. In
the neighborhood of Calcutta and Dacca thoso
puritans or fanatics call them what you will
pass by the name of Firajees, and are so
far formidable that they supply money to the
more active malcontents thickly scattered
throughout India. The real matter for sur
prise, however, is not the existence of this
danger, but the fact that the Government are
now for the first time sensible of the
necessity for caution, perhaps for ac
tion. They have all along persisted in regard
ing the Sittana raids as cattle-driving forays
after the manner of those familiar to readers
of Scottish history; nor were their eyes
opened by the startling discoveries made by
Mr. William Taylor, at Patna, in 1850-57.
Even now they have exhibited the utmost re
luctance to believe anything of such a dis
agreeable nature. A native police officer,
himself an orthodox Mussulman, who appre
hended a Wahhabce emissary on his way back
to the hill, was reprimanded for his excess of
zeal. Fortunately an English officer was sub
sequently able to pounce upon this same
emissary, on whose person were found papers
of serious if not of alarming import. Upon
this scent the Government have let loose
their sleuth hounds, with what success re
mains vfit to lin Rftn "tJWSEM! jarsE
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TO OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS
AND ROOFERS Roofs! Yes. yes. Every size and
kind. oM or new. At No. 648 N. Til IUD Street, the AM-HJ-HICAN
CONCRETE PAINT AND ROOF COMPANY
are selling their celehratod paint for TIN ROOFS, ami
for preserving all wood and metals. Also, their solid coin,
plex roof covering, t he best ever offered to the putilie, with
brunheB, cans, buckets, etc., for the work. Anti-vermin,
Fire, and Water-proof; Light, right, Durable No crack'
ing pealing, or shrinking. No paper, gravel, or heat. Good
for all climates. Directions given for work, or food work,
men supplied. Care, promptness, certainty 1 do prioal
Call! Examine! Judge! ..
Agents wanwu iw .-------,--
JOSEPH LEEDS, Principal.
TO BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
Wa are prepared to furnish English imported
we Pj" LT10 kookinTJ FELT
In quantities to suit. This roofing was used to cover th
Paris Exhibition ia lt67. MERCHANT A CO.,
4 29 8m Nm- HT d 61H MINOR Streot.
LD GRAVEL ROOFS COVERED OVBJ
o
with M-tie Slate, w '"W-TR,"! Tut , K Vim.
No. 46 8. TENTH Street!.
8 16Hm
"o A RPENT ERS AND 1 BUILDERS.
R R. THOMAS a CO.
' B DKALKR8 IN
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters
WINDOW FRAMES, ETC,
K. W. CORNER OF
EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Streeti
6 M 8m PHILADELPHIA.
QEORCE PLOWMAN
CAHrENIER AND BUILDER,
ZT9, 13ft POCK Street. 7Mlad&'
INSURANCE..
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSU
RANCE COMPANY. Incorporated bj the Legi
Utara of l'eDu(iylnia, 1KI6.
Offica, B. E. corner of TlIIR! ad WALNUT Streeti,
I'niifianipnia.
MARIN K 1 NS1 1 R A NflFS
On Vessel., Cargo, anil Frntcht tn all pxrtsof tha world.
On foods bf rirer, canal, lakn,.and laud carriage to all
Dana ni uia tinion.
KIHH INHIIR A kit !ITH
On Merchandise generally ; .on Htorea, Dwellings, Houses,
ARRET. OF THK COMPANY.
November I. IN.
$200,000 United 8tate Five Per cent. Loan,
130,000 United State "riii' Per' Cent.' 'Loan. $2tlfl'BOO 0U
1HW1 iv, fturflik
60,000 United State. Si'i' V'e'r''Ccn't'.''Wn '
Don oun ii, (.'"r '?,"i,lu Railroad) 60,000-00
800,000 Stale of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent.
IjOnn oil iKR-rut
126,000 City of Philadelphia s' Par" Cent. 1"lB'DU,i
60,000 Btato of New Jersey Six Por Cent.
30,000 PeniTliaYr First ' Mortgage Six ' Per 51,BO(r00
Cont. Bonds o. xriM)
85,000 Penn. Rn,l. S.oond Mort. Six Per
Cent. Honda 24 IRK) '00
So.OOO W (intern Penn. Rail. Mortgago Sit
Por Cent, liondu (Ponn. Itiulroad
Knarnntoo) 2H,A36'0tl
80,000 Stuto of '1'ennusHoo Five Por Ceut.
,,, ... i-onu 21,000-01X1
7,000 Sti.le of Tennossee Six Per Cent.
Imin 6,031-25
lo.OOO Gerniantown fins Company, prin
cipal and Illtorost, fru.iraulood by
t'Hy of Philadelphia, eliarus
, Sto k 15,000 (10
10,000 Pennsylvania tlailriMd Company, 210
allures Stork H.tylO'OO
6,000 Norih Pennsylvania Railroad (Jo., li0
sbares Stork 3,'xWOO
J0,t()0 Philadelphia and Southern Mail
im a,., r .teniitsliip Co., shares !S'ork t5,0nOH-!
-v.,rw twins on llonnl anil Slortxaan, lirst
Liena on City Proper! ita 07,!X0.00
H.iiJtyiUO Far. Mnrketviiluo, $l.li.;ii) J6
KOM Kstato jW.HINIlin
III Us receivable for Insurance made aw, M
Balances duo at agencies, premiums on murine
policies, accrued interest, aud other debt s due
the company. 40,178 88
btjick and serin of sundry corporation?, :!luo
Estimated value 1,M3 0
Cash in hank llri.liii 118
tasn tn drawer 41a ua Hr),rni3-73
$l,tli,;iV.7 HU
Thomas O. Hand,
John (J. Davis,
James V. liund,
1 heopbilus Paulding,
Joisoph H. Seal,
H tiff 11 (.'miff,
John R. Penrose.
Jacob P. Jfines,
Jumes Trauuair,
Edward UnrlinKton,
H. Jones Rnxike.
James U. McFarland,
VtiwmrA r.niuif..tiHa
DntFcTnns.
, Edmund A. Soitdor,
1 Samuel K. Stokua,
I Henry Sloan,
VVilhani (J. Ludwig,
fioorire (.. I.eiper,
Henry t). Uullntt, Jr.,
John I). 'I'uyliir,
ecirue W. Hnrnadon,
William (i. lioulton,
Spencor Mellv
('IIUIITI HlUllVlllllIf,
D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg,
Joshua P. Eyre,
'A. H. Kercnr, ' '
THAU A u 1, TkTit T :j .
U. DAVIS, Vioe-Prosidont.
HENRY LYLBURN. Secretary.
HENRY BALL, ABsiBUnt Secretary. lu
1 820. 11 A R T E R rEllIETUAL
Franllln Fire Iisnrasce Company
ur rHiLAunLniiA.
Office, Nos. 435 anf!437 CHESNUT St
Assets Jan. I f '69, $2,677,372" 1 3
CAPITAL
AC't'Kl'KI) SURPLUS...
PREMIUMS
UNSETTLED CLAIMS,"
r-!3,7biS'l'2.
-ion,ono-oo
l,US;t,f-2H-I()
1,1 9a, 843 43
INCOME FOR 1S09,
g:ii),o(jo,
Losses paid since 1829,over $5,500,000
P.,rnat,ftl mnA T... r . !.. I . .. : T 11 , ra
. ... u... u .... . cuiuiui, & wuuitro .it, i.iiiunii erms.
I he ( ompaiiy hImi issues Policies on Rents of.Buildinizs
vi un ainub,uiiouuu ivenis, ana inorifrages.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred O. Baker, i Alfrod Fitler,
Samuel (irimt, I Thomas Sparks,
(ieoiKe W. Richards. I William S. (irant,
Isaac Leu, Thomas S. Ellis,
George Fales, (iustuvus S. Benson.
ALFRED U. HAKER, President,
,.o r n.. .II,,;;OKt;E FALES, Vice-President.
JAR. W. MCALLISTER, Secretary.
THEODORE M. REUER, Assistant Secretary. 3 0
S C U R Y
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Ho. 291 EROADWAY, corner READE Streot, Now York
CASH CAPITAL .....18u,iixj
$U5,U0U deposited with the State of New York as security
for policy holders.
LEMUEL BANGS, President
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice-President and Secretary.
EMORY MoCLINTOOK, Actuary.
A. E. M. PURUY, M. L)., Medical Examiner.
BKFEHKNCtB BY 1'KltUlbSION.
Thomas T. Tasker.i John M. Maris, J. K. Lippinoott,
Charles Spencer, William Divine, James !),
John A. Wright. S. Morris Wain, .lames Huiuer,
Arthur G. Coffin, John B. McCreary, E. H. Worne.
In the character of its Directors, eoonomyof manage
ment, reasonableness of rates, PARTNERSHIP PLAN
OF DECLARING DIVIDENDS, no restriction in female
lives, and absolute non-forfeiture of all policios, and no
restriction of travel after the first year, the ASBURY pre
sents a combination of advantages offered by no other
oumpany. Policies issued in every form, and loan of
one-third made when desired.
Special advantages offered to clorgymeo,
i or ail further information address
.1AMI.S M. IfllfDimu
Manager for Pennsylvauia and Delaware.
Office, No. 3crU WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
FORMAN P. HOLLINSUEAD, Special Agent. 4
lv
STRICTLY MUTUAL.
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, No. Ill 8. FOCKTU STREET.
Organized to promote LLFB INSURANCE among
members of the Society of Friends.
Good rlHka of any class accented.
Policies burned ou approved plana, at the lowest
rates.
President, SAMUEL H. SHIPLEY,
Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONGSTRETH,
Actuary, ROWLAND PAKKY.
The advantages Ollered by this Company are un
excelled. 1 475
JNSUKE AT HOME,
IN THB
Penn Mutual Life Insurance
COMPANY.
No. 831 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
ANSETS, 'i,Oltl,000.
CHARTER I'.'ll II V OUit OWN STATE.
MANAGED BY OCR OWN CITIZENS.
LOSSES rit03II'TI,Y PAID.
TOI.IC1E.S ISSL'E" ON VARIOUS I'liANS.
Applications may be made ut ttio Home omce, afid
at the Agencies throughout the State, a 1S8
J A Il EH T II A 1 1TA 1 1 1 PR ER I f)K N T
kAill;El, E. STOKES VIOE-PRK8HIE VP
JOHN V. IIOKNOK A. V. P. aud ACTUARY
HOK A TIP S. STEPHENS 8 KURETARY
rtnik ENTERPRISE INSU R AN E COM PAN Y
JL OE PHILADELPHIA.
Oitice B. W iiorner EdUKTH and WALNUT Street.
MHE INblJRANl E EXOLlf jjl V ELY
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUKD
Cash Capital. ........ ... . . ...... .: HMuniiyM
D-iRECTORS
F. Rater-ford Starr,
J. Livingston Erringer,
XValoro b ritzier,
(foen M. Atwood,
Ueujitniin T. Trcdick,
(ieoie II. htuurt,
.. 11
uiiiiioB u. i-'iitgnorn,
William i. buulton,
Charles Wheeler,
Thomas H. Aluntgomery,
. 1 1. ii 11 a A it.-,......
This Company insures only
flrst-oluus rieks, taking no
speciully haxurdoua risks whatever, such aa lactones
' E. RATCH KORD RTARR, President.
THOMAS 11. 10NTC(iMf.Rv. Vice-President.
AlJ-IANDI il YVVNxsiKK, Becretaiy.
I
1I(KNIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF
l rililifli'r.i.riiiA.
INCORPORATED I H4 CHARTER PERPETUAL.
1-his Company insures f ronMosa or damage by
on 'liberal terms, on bnildiiiKs,' merchandise, furniture,
etc., tor limited periods, and permanently ou buildiugs by
deposit of premiums.
The Company has been In active operation for more than
SIXTY YEARS, during wliMiu ali loss have been
promptly .diuatanaid.
John Ii. Hodge, David Lewie,
ii. E. Muhony, Kenjamin Ettlng,
John T. Iiewis, Thomas H. Power.
William S. Crant, A. R. Mc Henry,
Robert W. Iamin, Edmund Castilloa.
V. Ularki Wharton, Samuel Wilcox,
lwrena Lswia, Jr., Iwis O. Norris.
, JOHN R. W UOUKKJLU, President
INSURANCE.
f A M E INSURANCE COMl'Ai
No. Mfl CHESNUT Street.
INCORPORATED IKfirt. CHARTER PKRr-KTu!
CAPITAL, 20(l.nU0. i
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. f
Insures against Ihms or Damage by Fire either by P,
tual or Temporary Policies. (
DIRECTORS:
Charles Rlchsrdunn, Robert Tearee.
Wilhsin H. Rhawn, .John Kowler, Jr.,
I rancm N. Ruck, i.uwari n. wrne, 1
llciiiy 1 rwis, Charles Stokes, f
Nathan Hillos, John W. Evennan,
Ceorge A. West, Mordeoal Rnsby.
CHARLES RICHARDSON, Prosirtw
WILLIAM H. RHAWN, Vioe-Presidt
Wn.I.lAMR I. Bl,AN-llAni,Reorotary; T
I-IIE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE 1NSURAJ
X COMPANY. i
Innnrnnraf aH Ihilft Charter PemetnaL k
No. 610 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence So
I his Company, favorablv known to the commtini.
pver forty years, continues to iniure against loss or da
by Hie on I'ublio or Private liuildings, either perms'
or tor a limited time. A Iso on Knrnit ure, Stocks of i
and Meri'lmmlise generally, on liberal terms. J
neir spiini, rngeiner witn a large surplus l"nnrt,
veBteil in the most careful manner, whioh enables th.s
otTiT to the Insured an undoubted security in the o
loss. t
TiTmrrTnna. f
rmnioi Nnnn, ,ir.,
Alexander henson,
John Dsverenx.
'I'h....... i;..i. '
jwanc llair.leliurst,
ismic 1 1 )i r it'll u i st . llenrv I.
iienry Iiewis.
T homas Robins. J. Cillingfaam Fell
Daniel Hnttrux-k, Jr.
., DANIEL K.MlTU.Ju., Preside
W M. O. (iROWELL, Secretary. rw"1
(KHCK OK Til V, INSL'KANCK UOMI'I
Ph'i1,deH.,m;:,!TH . walnut i
incorporated $:mM
Awotn Qn J
MA RINK, INLAND, AND bitiii INSUHAWul
OVKK $2U.(X0tUK LOSSKS PAID SINOB Tfa Ot
Arthnr f Ortffln
DIliECTOBH.
tSamunl W. Jones,
John A. Hwwn,
Chnrlcs Taylor,
Ambroftn whit-e,
V illiam Wolnh,
8. Moirm Wain,
John Mason.
ran mm l n..-.
Kjward H. TroitorJ
T. (Jharitou lieary,
lohn P. Whit,
M atttttas Mas.. sZ-.".-' v loe-f reeide.
i
piPEKIAL FIKE INSUItANCB
LONDON. J
ESTABLISHED 1S0.I. I
Pald-np Capital and Accumulated Funds,
h,ooo,ooo iisr GOL
PEEV0ST & HERRING, AgentJ
2 4 No. 10T S. THIRD 8trfitL Phn.iiJ
-, .UUUUQIUI
CnA8. M. PRKVOST.
r. HRR
WHIPPINQ.
is. FOR LIVERPOOL A
-(MY-?aUKKNSTeWN-Inman Line of 1
UaSa5-Pfc lows':- W'" Ml
;:!;yoi);1'?l'infto,n',f'aturday, August 7, at 1P.M S
City of Cork, via Halifax. Tuesday, August 10, at IP?
ttlZl AntwerP, Saturday, August 14, at 11 A. M. 1
City of Koston, Saturday. August 21, at 1 P M I
from pSiVKoTh 'K"" "hetml Tu8
RATES OF PASSAGE. t
PT TIIE MAI1, HTKAMKn BAIL1N F.VF.IIT SATnnDAt
VIR??? )ieiraTUo,d- ... v '"''I" in Currency
!.. . CAH1N $iivi steerage... ;
l o London lur. To IxmdoD '. I
To Pans 1 in 1 ToP.ri. t
PASHAliF. I1Y THV tttk-u.w oti. V.! "." 5
t
3
I.iveP''.,lemtj0ld- ..r.'oiurronc;
ipit, Jiiverooi
Hahtax. . . jjo Halifax
St. John's, N. F.. ) .. St. .lnhn. V t!
by Hranoh Steamer... ( ' by Branch Steamer..
.tT. Ttl :?1Antaea 10 Uavr. Hamburg, Bre
Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by
inlTvU,"h,r,Vli.'rnttt'on j;nIyt the Comnnny's Oflf
JOHN li. DALE, Agent, No. 16 BROADWAY Hi
0tJK 9!kVNEr'L 'AULK, AgsmJ
in vn n.,ii u i atreet, fhiladelpht
.CHARLESTON, S.1
THE SOUTII AND SOUTOWEST.
FAST FREIGHT X.IJN
EVERY THURSDAY.
The Steamships PROMETHEUS, Captain Gray,
d. w. jj, jLit.Yi an, Captain Snyder. I
WILL FORM A KEtilTLAK WEEKLY LINK
The BtcauiBhip PROMETHEUS wiU saU 1
iilcouax, aukuhi tu, at 4 r. n.
Through bills of lading given In connection 1
C! ' 1 1 n r,f t 1., 11. LI in . "
a. iv. iv. iu puiuiis in nil; ooillll auu soutliweHt.
Insurance at lowest rates. Rates of freight as
as by any other route. For freight, apply to
E. A. hoitder nn
2 22tf DOCK STREET WUA lit
'iTt;. ONLY MRECT LINE TO FRAN
TFT R CI rT'PO At. Tl) A WO -PT A vS
k3BKiOOMPANY'N MAIL STKAmSB
BREST. '
.wo ...;jt tin..i.yu lilts laVlirilO TOUtO tOt)
Contineut will sail from Pier No. 60, North rivor, at
PRICE OF PASSAGE
in gold (including wine).
TO BREST OR HAVRK.
First Cabin 140 Socond Cabin j
TO PARIS,
(Including railway tickets, furnished on board.) ;
First Cabin $145 I Second Cabin j
These steamers do not carry steerage passengers.
Medical attendance free of charge. i
American travellers going to or returning from the
tinent of Europe, by taking the steamers of this line a
unnecessary risks from transit by English railways
crossing the channel, besides saving time, trouble, an(
penBe. UEORUE MACKENZIE, Agonta
No. 68 BROADWAY, New Yo
For passage in Philadelphia, apply at Adams' Kxii
Company, to H. L. LEAF,
1 -ii No. 820 OH ESNUT StreJ
PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOI
'AND NORFOLK STEAMSHIP l.Ii
THOUGH FREIGHT AIR LINE 1
THE SOUTH AND WEST. i
HiVHIlY SATUKDAY, f
At noon, from FIRST WHARF above MARB
St root. 1
THROUGH RATES to all points In North and BJ
Carolina, via Seaboard Air Liue Railroad, connecting
Portsmouth and to Lynchburg, Va., Tennessee, andj
Weit, via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line aud Richim
and Danville Railroad. I
Freight HANDLED BUT ONCE, and taken at LOW
RATES THAN ANY OTHER LINE.
The regularity, safety, and cheapness of this route tt
mend it to the public as the most desirable mediuttt.
currying every description of freight.
No charge tor commission, diayago, or any expenfc
transfer. i
Steamships insured at the lowest rates. 5
Freight received daily. t
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A OO.I
No. 13 8. WHARVES and Pier 1 N. WHARVK
W. P. POUTER, Agent at Richmond and City Point
T. P. URUWELL A CO., Agents at Norfolk. o
LORILLARD'S STEAMSli
LINK FOR I
NEW YORK, i
Sailing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. I
REDUCTION OF RATES.
Freight by this line taken at 13 oonts per luo pounc
ccnts per foot, or 1 cent per gallon, ship's option, i
vunce charges cashed at othoe on Pier. Freight recei
at all times on covered wharf.
JOHN F. OHL. I
2 2H5 Pier 19 North Wharves.'?
N. B. Extra rates on small packages iron, metal, et;
, tyr? KEVV express line""" I
LPr'tj T Aloxundna, Georgetown, and Washington
flriTwiME C, via Chuaapeake and Delaware Canal.
i.iunutlu.us at Alexandria from the most direct rout
s'm"lhw"srft' 1 Kuovll'e. Nashville, Dalton, and,?
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon froav
hrt wlinrt above Market atreet. imui.
Freight received daily. t
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.
HYriF TV! itk0- a S".rih "nd Bouth VVharvw
H ilRli)f -t ,JaH' ""f"."! M, Oeorgetown; '
l.laKlDt. K 4 CO., Agents at Alexandria. (
KOTTPW CliB TUI?H7 vnnrr S
rrrr,t?A uZL'b."'i v.,,,?.1, v,:'.? ' company
" "u wuiubum water comiuun
tnin lieiwoen Philadelphia and New York uui
Sttiiiiiers leave daily from first wharf below Mar!
sti eet . Philadelphia, and foot of Wall street, Now Yo
Coeds forwarded by a the lines running out of H
1 ci k, North, East and West, free of commission.
I reight received anil furwardod on acoommodati
terms. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A 0( X2!
No. 12 S. HELAWA R E A venuOj Philadelphu
NOTIC.TC Vr VT?tr tmmr tt
X Tr)rrr?f,nu?i'!r,,''l",C!l.n'11. SWIFTSITI
PATCH AND SWliTSIJUE LINE WM" Y-D
thl ifh nf'toXX" v be resumed on and aft
thatttnot Alaroh. tor freights, which will be tukau .
accoiumoduljug terius, apply to tukeuj
, W. M. BAIRD A CO., t
J.0,la3SutUWliitrvvif