THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, -I860.
rAHAOCAY.
The linrnet. r of l,oii--Hnrbnrliin f Ihc
Tvruiif.
From a work l.y Colonel (leoio Thompson,
nn Englishman, who was leveii years a resi
dent of Paraguay, nnd dating the war tho
thief engineer of the Rruiy of Loj.p., we give
below some extracts whinh will show tho
reader whnt mnnnr of man Lopez was, and
what kind of ruler he made.
Thr Urowlh of Tyrnimy In Pnrnfiiny.
When Urunein, the first Dictator, gained
power, he instituted so perfect a system of
'nt)ioiinge that no one saying a word to his
nearest relations could foel sale that it would
not be reported to Franeia. Every one sup
nosed to be against the government, even
only in thought, was thrown into prison, and
Koine of them shot (especially the more in
llncntiul men of the country), and their
property confiscated. Franeia was in con
tinual fear of being assassinated; and when
he rode in the streets every ono was obligod
to hide, even women, for his escort used to
beat every one found in the streets when his
Excellency passed.
lie closed the whole of Paraguay, by land
nnd by water, to all communication from
abroad, plac ing guards and piijuets all around
the frontiers. Ho prohibited ingress and
ogress, both of persons and goods; and any
one attempting to leave the country, or
to send money out of it, was shot. A ship
was now and then allowed to go to Paraguay
with goods, for which Franeia paid in yerba
(the tea of the country), lut any other for
tigter who cainu within his grasp be de
tained in the country.
lie made a law prohibiting tho intermar
riage of whites, blacks, Indians, and niulat
lom: and declared several of the chief fami
lies, whom he disliked, to lie mulattoes, so
that they should not marry for no white
Paraguayan would degrade himself or herself
by marrying with one of a lower caste. He
expected thus to exterminate those families,
but the Spanish law of legitimacy enabled
them to marry after his death, Riid so legiti
matize their children. Marriage generally was
discouraged by Franeia, and hence arose tho
immorality to which the lower classes gave
way, though rarely the higher. Their morals
were not. however, in reality so bad as would
be supposed; for although the marriages wore
not celebrated in church, the women were
nearly as faithful as if they had been regu
larly married, with the difference that, as the
tie was not irrevocable, when two people
found they did not agree well they separated.
Franeia died in lsl. S" years of age. He
was buried under the altar in tho Encarnacion
Church, at Asuncion: but his remains were
afterwards dug out and Hung into the river
by men whose families he had wronged.
Three of the principal men of Paraguay were
to have been shot the morning ho died, but
the order tor their execution was never car
lied out.
A Congress was assembled, and Carlos An
tonio Lopez and l!op;e Alouzo were chosen
consuls. The second of these was a good
man, and well spoken of by all who knew
him; but he had not strength of mind enough
to keep up with Lopez, who soon turned him
out and remained alone in the government.
At first they both signed in one line, denoting
equality of power. Soon afterwards Lopez
signed first, and Alono underneath him, as
second: but at last Lopez said to Alonzo,
"Andate, barbaro" (Go away, barbarian), and
had himself elected President for ten year
by a congress which he called together in
1M 1.
The l.oiit-7. Family.
His family was poor when he first entered
the Government, and he himself, in Francia's
time, was a poor lawyer gjad to get a dollar
fee. Carlos Antonio Lopez was married to
Dona Jnana Carrillo. Luth of them were
"white," and both extremely stout. They
Lad live children: three sons Francisco So
lano, Lenancio, and JJenigno and two
daughters Inocencia and Kat'aela all of
them -very stout. Lopez I began his reign
by pushing his children's fortunes in a most
unscrupulous wap. lie made his eldest sou
(afterwards Lopez II ) General-in-chief of tho
Army and Minister of War. From an early
age this young man was entrusted with a
great deal of the executive power by his
lather, who used sometimes to pay him an
official visit, on which occasion the folding
doors were all thrown wide open with a rush,
as he used to take his sou by surprise. His
second son, Fienancio, was made colonel and
commander of the garrison of Asuncion. Tho
third, L'enigno, was made major in tho army,
but not liking it, was promoted to bo admiral
of the fleet. This post, however, ho also re
signed, preferring a roving life. H0 was tho
great favorite of tho old man. Each of tho
sons had a separate house and establishment
and they were all noted for their libertinism,'
especially the eldest and the youngest.
This unlimited authority of Lopez, which
the sons also exercised under his auspices,
made people very much at raid of saying or
doing anything to incur their displeasure.
They all got rich very quickly, by every means
in their power. They used to oiler a price
for cattle far below tho market price, and
which people were afraid to refuse. They
then sent tho cattle to market, and sold them
at any price they liked, as no one was allowed
to Bell cattle in the market when any belong
ing to the Presidents family were there
They also bought property at the same low
prices, from private people and from the Gov
ernment. Tho ladies of tho family established
an exchauge, where torn paper-money, which
would no longer puss, was bought at a dis
count of sixpence in tho dollar, and by thoir
connection with the Government they changed
it at the treasury for new paper of tho full
value. 'J hey also lent money on jewelry at a
large profit, and anything they liked they
jicin, niiuuui nuy leiurcUCO to tho OWIICI' S
wishes.
llubit of I Ik- People.
The Paraguayan costume was, for mon, a
tall black hat such as is at present worn iu Eu
rope, a shirt with the front and cuffs beauti
fully embroidered, a pair of white drawers
with a foot of fringe down to tho ground, and
three or four inches of embroidery above the
fringe. Over these a "chirtpa, or nort of
sheet wrapped around tho legs from the waist
down to above the embroidery on the drawers
and secured by a Hcarlet silk sash; no shoes'
and a "poncho" hanging over tho shoulder'
The women wore a white chemise witli
tihort sleeves, embroidered and edged with
laco, and the top of tho chemise embroidered
all around in black silk. They wore nothing
ovtr their chemise down to the waist where
ft scarlet sash secured a white petticoat em
broidered with a broad black band half way
down. They had no shoes. These costumes
weie only worn by the country people, and
by those of the lower class in town. Tho
women's chemises, called tupul, are very
ibeantiful, and look charming. The ladies
and gentlemen in town dressed like Europe
ans', and the ladies showed generally very
good taste. They were very ladylike aud
graceful, and any one going to a ball in Asun
cion miglt Jiave almost imagined himself yj
In lf .r4 Lopez sent his Mn, General Lopez,
to Europe as Minister to tho different courts.
Ho was eighteen mouths in Europe -Mn Eng
land, France, Spain, Germany, aud Italy. In
this trip ho picked up a great deal of superfi
cial knowledge and some polish. It was by
weeing the European armies, probably, that
he imbibed a notion of imitating them, an !
playing Napoleon in South America. His
mission had no partioular object, beyond
bringing Paraguay before tho world.
The first Lopez diod in 1MU2.
A subscription was got up to erect a monu
ment to the memory of Lopez I. This was
ostensibly a spontaneous motion of tho citi
zens, though iu reality done by tho order of
Lopez II. It was arranged that no subscrip
tions greater 11. ni: iivo dollars (t'l) should be
received, and receipts for that amount wore
made out in the mime of every ono who was
supposed to have live dollars, and sent round
with a demand for tho money, without asking
whether the people wished or not to subscribe.
This was done with foreigners as well as
natives. In the month of June fifty-livo
thousand dollars were collected from Para
guayans alone. Tho whole amount collected
has disappeared, and of course no inquiries
aro made as to the reason, neither did any
monument make i:s appearance.
Tho Pishop of Paraguay, Vivid a, was an
old man, but. still rode about on horseback.
In Congress Lop II referred to his old age,
and proposed to get a bull from tho Popo for
a new bishop, to be ready at the decease of
the old one. Ife got the bull for a country
priest called Palucios, a man about thirty-five
years old, and ore on whom he could count
for anything.
The new President was ftxl with banquets
and speeches, as it was deemed indecent to
give balls so soon after tho death of the late
l'resideut.
Neither tho first nor tho second Lopez ever
allowed anything to be said against Franeia.
Their own system would have been the next
to come under criticism.
The W ar.
Tho forces of Paraguay at this time con
sisted of an army of eighty thousand men, a
third of which were cavalry, and the rest in
fantry and artillery. The best men were
picked out for cavalry and artillerymen. Tho
cavalry was divided into regiments, and tho
infantry into battalions; tho artillery nomi
nally into regiments of horse, and battalions
of heavy artillery.
There wos at this time in the whole of
Paraguay perhaps one hundred thousand
horses, only half of which could gallop two
or three miles. Tho Paraguayan horses
were never good, and a terrible disease in
the spine had latterly carried oil' the greater
part of them, attacking generally the best
animals.
They had sufficient, but poor artillery.
As in tho French army, all officers were
promoted from the ranks. Young men of
good family who were enlisted had to take off
their shoes and go barefooted, ns nono of
tho Paraguayan soldiers wero allowed to wear
shoes.
l.otM'. in Hie Field.
Lopez was continually in great fear of being
assassinated, and at night had a double cor
don of sentinels round his house. This was
afterwards increased to a treble one. During
tho daytime these wero removed, and tho
guard was kept under an open roof next door
to Lopez. People who wished to see him hud
to wait tinder this same roof. Ono evening
I was waiting there to seo Lopez, as wore also
several other oliict-rs, and a sergeant of the
guard entered into conversation with mo.
After a short time there was a great stir, oili
cers going in and out of Lopez's room:
the guard relieved, aud the other oili.'crs
who were waiting all arrested. One of Lo
pez's aids-dc-canip came and said to me, "His
Excellency sends word to you to write down
all tho conversation you have had with the
sergeant of the gu..vd, and to bring it to-morrow
morning. ' I went away, not expecting
to bo able to remember a twentieth part of
the silly talk of the sergeant: but as things
looked serious, I tried, and probably remem
bered it all. It tilled a whole sheet of paper,
and was all of it somewhat in this style:
"The sergeant asked me if Queen Victoria
always wore her crown when she went out to
walk." "The sergeant asked me if I should wear
the Paraguayran uniform when 1 went to Eng
land." It was sealed up and taken next morn
ing to Lopez, about 7 A. M. He was not yet
up, but the sergeant was already shot, and
all the soldiers of the guard received a hun
dred lashes each. A few months afterwards
I heard that the sergeant had been convicted
of conspiring, with two men who had just re
turned from I'ru'juyana, to murder tho
l'resideut, and that the two men had been
found that night in the yard of Lopez's house.
The sergeant's manner that evening was cer
tainly not thiit of a conspirator. Lopez never
said a word about it to me, nor acknowledged
receipt of tho written conversation, probably
feeling ashamed to do so.
A Correntino girl, who had come over with
the army from Corrientes, tried to go away
one day into the country, but was caught, and
received sixty lashes in public on her bare
ilesh, which was considered a very good joke.
In the Paraguayan camp no correspondence
was allowed between the army and their rela
tives: women, however, were constantly
coming and going, and these carried news to
Asuncion of what was taking place in tho
camp. People were ordered to consider every
day a new triumpii for Lopez, and of course
they dared not show that they did not think
so, though many people in Asuncion expected
every day to see the Allies march in. People
there were kept wull occupied, every family
having orders to buy, make, and deliver
within a certain period so many dozen shirts
and drawers for the army. Almost every day,
xoo, mosses were said at the Cathedral "for
the safety and welfare of Don Francisco
Solano Lopez." These musses wore paid for
hy private people.
If a Paraguayan, in tho midst of his com
rades, was blown to pieces by a shell, lhay
would yell with deliiht. thinkiuor it a eanila'l
joke, in which they would have .leen joined
y me victim himself had he been capable,
la vvhiK on Ilie Ladies.
Lopez's birthday was on July 'M, and tho
date of his election to tho presidency was
October HI. P.oth days wore kept, but the
latter was specially marked. On these as
well as on Christmas Day, and on ono or two
civil feast-days, Lopez held a levee, all tho
officers who had tho uniform being in full
dress. Lopez used to go to church, after
which, at his house, all being assembled
around him, tho Uishop would address him a
most complimentary speech, to which Lopez,
who was a very good speaker, would reply at
lengiu.
After tho reception, chamnacno. beer. etc..
wero served under the orange troos, and hun
dreds of toasts given, only to Lopez, as it
was not allowable to toast any other person.
He sometimes, however, hail Home thing more
tangible than an address to remember tho day
oy. in iNui a magnificent Paraguayan ling,
embroidered in cold, diamonds, rubies, etc..
with gold and silver staff and mountings, was
ewbrwUcKtl fcy tU ladies of Asuncion; mid
an album, bound in solid gold and stones, in a
solid gold box with an equestrian statue of
gold on it, was made in Asuncion, and sent
down by the ladies as a testimony of their
patriotic feelings. The bints and ideas for
these things emanated from headquarters, a
Indy friend of Lopez being tho medium. No
one, of course, dared refuse to contribute to
wards thein.
Next (1KCK) the citizens had to make an
offering, and this time there was no reserve
as to the source of tho idea, designs being
made by request of the lady at headquarters,
and from thenco sent to Asuncion, where
they were executed. The presents this time
consisted of a sword of honor and a crown of
laurel leaves in gold. Lopez sent ono of his
own swords to bo remounted. Tho hilt was
made with a Saint George and the Dragon on
the guard, all of gold, with twenty-three bril
liants and numbers of other stones in it. Tho
sheath was of solid gold, with relieved ara
besques, and tho wholo was encased in
another telescopic sheath, also of pure gold,
with a golden statue on the top, and made so
that when the telescopic part was shut up, tho
part which contained the hilt nlone was visi
ble, thus making a beautiful ornament on a
table. The wholo was laid on an immenso
silver salver.
Another patriotic demonstration was or
dered to be made by tho women, viz., to bog
permission to take up arms and light by the
side of their brethren. Tho offer was made
to the Vice-President at Asuncion, and was
declined for the present. Some twenty girls,
however, belonging to tho village of Aregua,
got lances and white dresses with tricolor
bands, and a sort of Scotch cap. designed by
Mrs. Lynch, and they used to go about Asun
cion singing patriotic hymns.
Paper had become very scarce. A treat
quantity was used in Paraguay, as there was
always a document executed to show for
everything which was done. Threo now
weekly papers wore started, besides tho .S' tmt
)torio, viz., tho Cdttiiild, in Spanish, with an
article or two in Guarani: and tho Luiulntrc
and tho Cobirhiii, both entirely in Guarani.
Tho last-named was meant for a representa
tive of l'miri, but the jokes in it wero very
wretched, and sometimes scandalous. The
(Jidiiclihi and the Ciiitinilit-wv.ro illustrated
by woodcuts made by two or threo soldiers,
from their own drawings, aud wero cut with a
penknife.
M. Treuenfeldt, of tho telegraph, established
a paper manufactory, making somo of cotton
and some of "caraguata," turning out vory
respectable paper. All tho government
archives were overhauled, and the fly-leaves
torn off and used for writing. Everything
was written on as small a piece of paper as
possible. There was a printing-press with
the army, where Co li'h ii was printed. The
articles for the Stmo no rio wore read to Lopez,
and when approved wore sent to town by tele
graph; those which wero written in town
being sent by telegraph for his approval, the
amount of correspondence that went through
tho wires being thus something marvellous.
Pieces of cowhide were scraped aud brought
to a white surface, and bound up in books
for writing journals, etc. Parchment was
made from sheepskin, and after some trials
was made equal to European parchment.
This was used for the commissions of the
officers.
Ink was made from a kind of black bean,
by extracting the coloring matter with ashes.
Soap was made by every division for its own
consumption by boiling together for a time,
varying from four to eight days, according to
the quality of tho ashes, fat meat and wood
ashes. Three men used to be constantly em
ployed in the woods burning these ashes,
having to select a particular tree called
"Youwu," to make strong ashes.
Salt was made formerly made a largo scale
at Lambare, from the river mini, but tho
women were too much occupied with other
things to have time to make enough: conse
quently only tho hospitals wero supplied, and
that insufficiently. The troops certainly had
a fortnightly ration, but it was quite nominal,
not being sufticient to salt ono meal. Somo
months afterwards the men discovered in the
Chaco a tree with vory thick leaves, from
which they extracted, by boiling, a substance
resembling salt, but in tasto like salt chalk.
This, however, they ate, being in great want
of it.
Hides wero stretched tight on largo square
frames, and scraped with steel tools till they
were tolerably thin, after which they were
thoroughly nibbed all over with the blunt
point of a stick, till they at last became of
the consistency of a very thick wash leather.
These were then cut up and made iuto trow
sers, etc.: but if tho rain fell on them, they
got so stiff that tho wearer absolutely could
not bend his legs. They had therefore to be
given up.
The carpets from tho ball-rooms of the
club, tho railway terminus, etc., in Asuncion,
wero cut into "ponchos" for the soldiers, and
were so stiff that they stood out like adver
tising boards. As tho winters in Para
guay are extremely cold when the south wind
blows, the men suffered much from want of
clothing.
Gunpowder was made, the sulphur being
obtained from iron-pyrites, of which there is
an abundance in Paraguay, and the saltpetre
being manufactured from urine and decom
posed animal substances.
Admiral DiivIk Outwitted.
On December :) the United States ship Wasp
again made her appearance, carrying an Ad
miral's and a Minister's Hag. The new minis
ter was General McMahon, sent to replace
Mr. 'Washburn, whom ho had met at Kio
Janeiro. As Mr. Washburn had been sub
jected to some indignities on leaving Para
guay especially in having two members of
his legation forcibly taken from him while on
his way to embark, thrown into irons aud sent
to the'aimy to be judged it was determined
that Admiial Davis should go with a squadron
of war vessels, and demand the surrender of
these prisoners, and that, until they were
given up, General McMahon should not land.
The morning the Wasp arrived, Captain Kirk
land w ent to seo Lopez at his headquarters, and
arranged that Lopez should meet tho Admi
ral the same evening at Agostnra. 1 ho meet
ing took place at my house, Lopez being
so amiable and'plausible that he delighted Ad
miral Davis, and made him really believe that
Masten.ian and P.liss, tho two prisoners de
manded, were guilt v of a horrible conspiracy.
Ho told tho Admiral that ho himself wished
to give them up, but that tho tribunals would
not do so. However, Admiral Davis had somo
arguments with him in tho shape ot 1 t-ineh
guns, which would have been applied in a
more persuasive manner than the brazilians
did theirs; and so on December 10, at night,
Masterman and Dliss wero sent to mo, w li
orders to deliver them to Captain Knkland
as prisoners. I was only too glad to obey
this order, as I knew it was only a farce 1
could not, of course, see eithe r Admiral. Dav s
or Captain Kirkland to tell them my idea
of their guilt. On the 12th General McMahon
lauded and went up to headquarters, where
he remained some time with Lopez.
Tllie Fbiul Kefeat of I.oie..
On UiO morning of th.o 27th, fiftGX MWUiCr
bombardment, tho Allies marched into Lopez's
linen, the Argentines at the head; the few
Paraguayans who wero left made a dosperatu
resistance, and fought individually against
whole battalions, till they were cut down.
The artillery was all dismounted, and two or
three guns hod been still tiring, whero they
lay on the ground, propped up by heaps of
earth. Snch of the wounded 1'aragnayans as
were able, and somo two or threo hundred
sound ones, betook them to tho woods in the
rear of Lopez's house, and wero soon sur
rounded oy tho enemy, and in more or less
time all wero made prisoners. Lopez himself
had started off alone for Cerro Leon, with ono
or two companions, the moment ho saw that
the Allies were marching in. by a road he had
lately made through the woods.
Ho went away in a great hurry, leaving to
her fate Mrs. Lynch, w ho went out among tho
bullets, looking for him. She followed him,
and got away, so did Generals Kesquiu and
Cabellero, and tho few dozen of his cavalry
who were still sound aud mounted.
All Lopez's baggage was taken, his car
riages, clothes, papers, hat, gold-embroidered
"poncho,'' etc., and even some of his female
slaves with the baggage. A few lucky pri
soners were saved by tho advance of tho
allies, as they captured an aid-de-camp of
Lopez, v.hom he sent back from the road with
an order to have them shot. lie had shot his
brother Penigno, the liishop. Herges. Colonel
Allen, the wife of Colonel Martinez,
find General IJarrios, on tho ''"th
His sisters, Inocencia and Fiafaela, ho had
taken away to Cerro Leou, after they had been
rcpuitcdly flomied bv common soldiers, aud
lived on a cowhide for months.
1 lie Puttire.
Lopez's resources at tho beginning of tho
year Im'.'.i consisted of six thousand wounded
men in hospital in the Cordillera, which is a
low range of hills, forty or fifty miles from
Asuncion, and six from the line of railway.
Ho had about twelve small field-pieces, no
muskets, and no ammunition, and five sniall
steamers which he had taken into the Uio do
Manduvira. Tho Brazilians have purposely
allowed many of their prisoners to go and
join him, as they are determined not to leave
a Paraguayan of any age or sex alive; and
when Lopez has got together as many men as
it is possible for him to collect, they will tight
again, and then again give him time to get up
another poor force.
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tion to Inventors can be hud ou application. Model?
made secretly.
4 II. IlVAlfS,
3 4thstu5 N. W. Cor. FOURTH and WALNUT.
, CTATE RIGHTS FOR SALE. 8TATB
KJ fUK'HSor a vaiuanie mvHuuon juml natenten, ana foi
the SLICING, CUTTING, and OHIPP1NU of dried heef,
the tihiuinu, uuionu, anu jiiii-riu or arieu heef,
cabbage, etc., are hereby ottered for sale. It ia an article
A) ..r.nt vhIiia tn tironnetors of hottda anri rM.tj.,i,-Un, -
and it should be Introduced into every family. KTATfi
RIGHTS fur sale. Model can be seen at XELKOKAP11
OFKIGK. UOUPKR'b POINT, N. J.
6 27tf MUNDY HOFFMAN.
QROOERIES AND PROVISIONS.
Tf I01IAEL MEAGHER & CO.,
No. 823 Sooth SIXTEENTH Street,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
PROVISIONS,
OYSTERS, AND SAND CLAMS,
FOR FAMILY D85
T5JUUTIES lie PER DOZEN, a
IIWIM IMILMit.
INSURANCE:.
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY IN9U
RASCKCOMPANY, Incorporated by the Legis
latore of Pennsylvania, IK.
Office, 8. K. corner of T1I1B.D and WALNUT Streets,
Philadelphia.
MA RINK INtsliRANCF.S
On Veasele, Cargn, and KriKht to all parts of the world.
INLAND 1NSUK AM: KS
Un goods by river, canal, lake, and land carriage to all
pnrts of tho fnion,
r. ili u FfKK INSlHtANOKS
On Merchandise generally ; on Stores, Dwellings, Uouses,
Ktu.
ABPFTS Or TflK COMTAKT,
. . . November I, 1VW.
5200,000 United States Five 1 er cent. Loan,
,,,, "I"";":.- vv l $2(lf,5tH)0O
ii.trw uiiik-w mines oix i'er upni. i,oan.
lw-1
f ,1-W) United States Sin For Cent. Loan
(tor Pncitio Mailrnad)...
10,(00 Stntoof Pennsylvania Six Por Cent.
Ixinn
&,IXJ0 City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent.
lM.bUOOO
60,omrou
211,375-im
1.5!4'U0
61,500110
20,200110
2-1,000 -00
1 oan ipxemw from tax).
fl'i.tiuo Sti te ot New Jersey Six Per Cent.
I'.te ot Jew
l,oan
20,110 Penn. Kail. First Mortgago Six Per
t ent. Honda
83,0(10 Penn. Pail. ficnd Mort. Six Por
Cent. P.onds
2i,(()0 Western Penn. Rail. Mortgage Six
Per ti nt, bonds (Penn. Railroad
guarantee
a'.H'O State of lennessee Five Per Cent.
Loan
7,m0 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent.
Loan
15,0(Xt Certiuintown lias Company, prin-cit'.-i'.and
toTerewt iruim-mend by
t 'ty ot Philadelphia, Huo shares
Stock
1(1,000 Pennsylvania, Hailro.ul Company, 2('0
rh:'rrs Mock
6,000 North PciimyKania Kailroad Co., too
alleles Stock
U',100 Philadelphia and Southern Mail
Stcair.ship t "o., S' yiiiiren Stock. .. .
i.ltO Loi iio en llnar I ind .Mortgage, lirst
Liens on City Proportius
8XVH5D0
21,000'UOO
6,031 'Jo
liVmoiH)
ll,:mo-oo
3,-"'WM0
lo,J0O00
2"7,Ho0.otl
$l,l0t',! Sit Par. !1:trkct vultie, $l,ll.'ia 'So
Cost, S1,(0,tii4-iij.
Heal P.state ai,iHroo
liiils reciiv.inlo lor insnmm e ni; i 3i!A-le(il
tuli-rifea iltio at i-gencirs, preiinuitnon tn.-trine
policies, accrued inureM.aud other debts due
too company .l,178'8
Stn(k una scrip of ai.udiy corporations, .fljl'iti.
I -t minted value IWU
f ai.li in hank .llil,l'o o
Cas'i in liaor 413 65 116..W73
$1,617 ,iJT.7'NI
imtnf r.H.
Thomas C. Hind, Kmnund A. Solictor,
.tohn C. Duvis, r.,iuuel K. Stokes,
Jaiiies C Hand, Henry tilonn,
1 heophilns Paulding, William C l.udwig,
Joseph H. heal, (.coigo G. I.eiper,
Hugh Craig, Henry V. Dallett, Jr.,
lohn R. Penrose. John 1). Taylor,
Jacob P. Jones, George W. iiornndoa,
James Trauuair, .William G. Koulton,
F'dviiird Darlington, Jacob Hiecrol,
H. Jones Prooke. Spencer Mcllvaine,
James U. McKarland, It. T. Morgan, Pittsburg,
Flihvard Lalourcude, iJohn H. Somple, "
Jobiiua P. Kyre, A. H. Merger, "
THOMAS C. HANI), President
JOHN U. DAVIS, Vice-President.
IIKNRY T.YT.TiUHN, Secretary.
UKMtY li A I.I,, Assistant Secretary. lort
182.).-
-C II A It T E It FERPET UAL.
FranHin Fire Insurance Conpy
OF PUILADKLP11IA.
Office, Nos. 435 and437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Jan. I,'69,$2,677,372'I3
CAPITAL
A ( IH Kl) SUUPLLS..
PUKM11MS
, 8HW.rt:l()t)il
l.lKi.fcS'Itl
l.lM.SKP-M
INCOME FOR 1S),
t'NSKTTLKI) CLAIMS,
7 8S !'-.
g.lo 1,000.
tcsses paid since 1829,0Ter $5,500,000
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
The oinpany also issues Policies on li nts of .liuiluings
of all kinds.Grouud Kcnts and Murtn.it;' .
Dill KOTO HS.
Alfred fi. linker, Alfred Fitlor,
Samuel Grant, Thomas Sparks,
Georgo W. liichards. I William S. Grant,
Isaac i.ra, I Thomas S. Kllis,
George Fules, Gustavus s. lienson.
AI.FR I'D G. UAKK1I, President.
itc iv -iJ rT,U':(J,,t(L': ''ALKS, Vico-Proaidont.
JAS. W. McALLlSTKlt. Secretary.
'I II F.ODOP.K M. liF.GF.lt, Assistant Secretary. li 9
S D U R Y
LIFK INSURANOK COMPANY.
No. 2fl r.ROADWAY, coiner RF.ADH Stroct, Now York
GASH CAPITAL ijsloO.owi
$1J5,000 deposited with tho State of Now York as security
lor policy holders.
I.KMUF.L ItANGS, President.
OEORGF F.I.IJOTT, Vice-President and Socrotary.
F.MUHY MiCl.lNTOGK, Actuary.
A. E. Al. PUKDY, M. D., Medical Kxuminer.
HKFRltKNl't'.H 11V PPUMIKHmv
j nomas i . i aguer, ,iotin Al. Alans,
Charles Spencer, I William Divine,
John A. Wright, S. Morris Wain,
Arthur G. Cottin. John 11. MoGrearv.
J. li. Lippincott,
alamos I'Oiig,
James Hunter,
i'-,. 11. vv orno.
iu uo cuuracier 01 us uireciors. economy ot manage,
niont, reasonableness of rates, PAKTNKItSHIP PIjAN
OF DKCLAK1NU D1VIDKNDS, no restriction in female
lives, and absolute non-forfeiture of all policies, and no
restriction ol travel alter the first year, the ASBOKV pre
sents a combination of advantages offered by no other
company. Policies issued in every form, and a loan of
one thud made when desired.
Special advantages offered to clergymen.
For all further information address
JAMKS M. LONG ACRE,
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Office. No. 302 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
FOKMAN P. HOLLINSUKAD, Special Agent. 4 lh
gTRICTLY MUTUAL.
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, No. 1118.FOUKTII HTllEET.
OrgiyiiBert to promote LITE INSURANCE among
members of the Society of Friends.
Good risks of any class accepted.
Policies lBsued on approved plans, at the lowest
rates.
President, SAMUEL R. SITIFLE Y,
Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONGSTKETH,
Actuary, ROWLAND PAKItY.
The advantages oiTered by tala Company aro nn
excelled. 1 275
N S U 14
2 AT
DJ TBI
H O M E,
Penn ftlutua! Lifs Insurance
COMPANY.
No. 9U1 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
ASSETS, $,000,000.
I IIAKTLKMIJ BY OVll OWN STATE.
MANAGED BY OUK OWN CITIZENS.
I.OSSK.S PKO.HPTLY IMIU.
POl.ICIKM IMKCKD ON VA It IOCS PI-ANS.
Applications may be made at tho Home Office, and
at the Agencies throughout the SUte. 2 16
lAITIr.N TKAtH'Alll PRFSIDKNT
MA.Ul'KI. li. NTOKKM VIOK PRKMDKNT
mhi. . nuii.Milt A. V. P. and ACTUARY
UOKATIO H. ryi'KFHKNH s ICOKKTAKY
riMIE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPVYY
1 OF PHILADELPHIA. UiU,t
Ollice S. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT AtrM.
FIliF, 1NKCRANCK KX( LUSIVFI Y 8
PKRPI.TUAL AND TERM PULIUIKS ISSI7KD
Cash Capital ift-i,i luuemi
Cash Assets, May, 1W9. OVKR HALF A'uiUAON
lyiKKOTORS.
r. Kalcntora ntarr,
Nalliro Frazier.
J. Livingston vFri.
James L. (Jlagliorn,
William G. boulton.
Charles Wheeler,
Thomas H. Montgomery,
James Aertsen.
Hrst-class risks, tjililnv nn
John AL Atvood
lleujamin T. 'I r dick,
George 11. Stuart,
John H. ltrown.
This (,'ouipany insures only
specially hazardous risks whatever, such a factories
nulls, etc.
F. RATCHFORD STARR, President.
THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY, Vice President.
Al.FIANum WW'lHTtit, Secretary. a 6
1IKKNIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF
J. PHfI.ADFI.PUIA.
INCUR I'D KATF.D 1x4 OHARTKR PERPKTUAL.
No. iia4 WALNUT Street, opposite the Kiohauge.
This Company insures from loss or damage by
F1KK,
on lliheral terms, on bnildinga, merchandise, furniture,
etc., for limited periods, and permanently on buildings by
deposit of premiums.
The Company has been In active operation for more than
SIXTY YF.AKS, during which ail losses have been
prompu, aajuateo. ;ylioTOR8.
John L. Hodge,
David Lewfs.
Al. ft. Mammy,
John T. Iwib,
William S. Grant,
Robert W. learning,
benjamin Kttln,
Thomas II. Powers,
A. K. Mcllenry,
Kduiund Gaatillcn,
Samuel Wilcox.
1. uuurai vv uariou.
Mwreuoe i-ewis. ". ,'.S,:'!,X;,,.."- .. ..
I,ewiB O. Norris.
BAJKVSi WaCv) HvvitAil,
iioun n ivumwm, riesiaenc
INSURANCE.
JAME INSURANCE COM P.
No. 809 CHKSNUr Street.
INCORPORATKD 1HM. CHARTKR PKRPF
CAPITAL, ft'jon.tun. j
F1RF. IN8URANOK RXOI.USIVRLY.
Insures against Loss or Damage by Fire either b
tual or Temporary Policies, i
tlHIC(',TOR.S: f
Charles Richardson,
"imam ri. ntiawn,
Francis N. Muck,
Henry Lewis,
Nathan 11 ill....
John Kossler, Jr.,
Fdward li. Orne, .
Charles Stokes, ?
John W. Kverman.
Mordecai Buaby. ,
George A. West,
CHARLKS RICHARDSON, Presi
W ILLIAM II. B1IAWN, Vioe-Pret
W'n.t.iAM8 I. PLAKrHAnn, Secretary.
aHE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE IN8UR
t COMPANY. t
No ho i.r'llpr.d lJft-Chartr PerpetnaL
A l'm' 1 St root , opposite Independence)
over t!.M l",'"ny- iuvoraliy known to the oommn
K 1 f 'I'"- cont nnes to insure against lose or ,
nr fer . ii!iV V? ' '' liu'ldinga. either nerrr.
2nJ vitilV"""! ,""e- Aboon FUrnrture,StocTkso
"n,,Jrirn.',,i """"""y- n liberal terms. ,
, Jt rr""1- wether with a large .Surplus Fn
Pose. nured an undoubted security In the.
Daniel Fmith. .Tr .
Pm.ECTOB.ll.
Alemnder Li iikio,
Ii-sho llar.lehurst.
Thomas Smith, i
Henry I owls,
.uuuiH JXUUIUB
l,.nii G'll.nKham Ke
WM. G. CROWKr.;rV,'UiU'J--'
fFFICK OF THE INSURANCE COM
Phd,lm!aT,TU K"",
incorporated 1M. .garter Pp.t
AFSets .
M A RINK, INLAND, AN D 1 IRK llvSUBAA i
OVKR $ao,ooj,i'W LOSSI'S PAIDS1NOK ITS O?
Arthur O. CoJIn,
Samuel W. Joues,
John A. Urown,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose White,
Wili:m Weis'n,
8. Morris Wain.
DrtjtfxoK.
Kdwanl H. Trottet
"wi n. uiarke.
T Charlton Henr,
Alfrwl D. Jesenp. ,
John P. White. I
Oeorge L Harrison, ' ' W. Chn
ti ! .M-. coffin. PrJ
piPKIAL FIKE INBU1U.NCK j
lo:toon.
entabij.iiied 1x03. !
Pa!d-np Capital and Accumulated Fnnd
8,000,000 XIV OO
PKEV0ST & HERRING, Agent
2 45 No. 10T 8. THIRD street, Phlladelp
-J-Jl?yOST. CHA8. P. HI
SHIPPING.
niLl'J ERPOOL
yV..KKNST',wN-Lnman Line of
r-WJSi23 - J. "urs are "PPomted to sail aj
r IU XI uul?"rp 's""'-day, August 14, at 11 A. M t
( ty ot lloMt,,n, haturuay. August al, at 1 P M I
F.tna, via llahta, . Tue,iov. August 4, at l' P M I
fromPier jo. Nonl, l!rUrUy anU all" T
. RATKS OF PASSACK.
PY TFTR MAIL HTKAMKlt SAIl.lNu mn o.,,.
I o London i,lfl -ro x)ni00'
io l imit Iix rt. , .
( 4-!st. John'sVN.'F.',
.! ,J bv Itraneh St ..n.
i assenrs torwimlod to llavro,
llamhurg, Jin
.i . i i ciiui t'i rui ,
. '"iH cftn '' bought here at modorate rates b
-.... ,,,,,,K ,ur meir irionus, i
loiTv"' i'.i,V'i?rma,ion HP,lKat .,no Company's 0
JOHN O. DA Lb, Agent. .o. 15 BKOADVVA V N
J! No. -Ill CIIKSNUT Stroet. Philadeh'fi
rr.,CKAS?LESTON. S.
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
FAST FKKIGIIT LIJY
EVERY THURSDAY.
1 He Steamships p OMETIIEUS, Captain Gray,
..... TJ- )-, 1'.I!1 AN, Captain Snvder,
WILL K)I:M A KKtil.LAlt WKIOKLY LINE
Ti l KSDAV. Atiixtist 111', at 4 P. M
ill' hi I'll nw i t iifi iMi,rmir,-ru
sail
Tlirtiiiitli bills of ladlnjr piven In connc.ttlon 4
puuiLs in me ooillll 1111(1 South WUHt
IUKUraiiee at lowest rates. Rules of freiirht as
as by any other route. For fielnlit, apply to
K. A. Sdl'lil.'! - rri
2 22tr DOCK 8THEKT WlIAIti
-rts ONLY BIRECT LIN E TO FR V?
5!liT'f?' THR CFNKRAL TRANSATLAVl
tsSriiyyS, 'oi pa Nvs ma i l stf a wsii!
EVr.' 'N' lNKW V0KK AliD "AVKK, OALL1NU
The siilondirl new vessels on this favorite route fort
Continent will suil from Pier No. 60, North river, o i
, . . . , .. PRICK OF PASSAGK
in (Ola (including wino,
,.. TO 11KKST OR IIAVRH.
First Cabin 14(I I Second Cabin
Tl PAULS,
... . (Incliiding railway tickets, furnished on board )
First Cabin U." I .Second Cabin
I heso steamers do not carry steerage passengers.
o, a, iciiuiiutB iree oi cuargo. 1
Anierieaii travellers going to or returning from the j
r ."M i.iw niomimrii tuts linear
unnecessary re ks troiu transit by Knglish railways 3
crohsiiig the channel, besides saving tune, trouble, andi
OF.OKOK AIACKKNIK. Agont,
v . . . ni ., KKOA DWAY, New Yuri
,u i uiiuuoipmu, apply at Adams' Kxpi
Conipany, to u i rifAF
1 HVi No Mil nn ivvfv ,'' ti?'
j n 1 1 oty
Tr. .PIIILADELPIIIA, EICHMotf
r AOUI'OI.K STI'AMSHIP IIN
3? JTIOI (ill FKFKJH I' A lh USE 1
V B 're '. '. -01- I
Sum tnn' fr'"U 1'"1K"ST WUAlii' above MARK
'i'llKOUCH RATKS to all points in North and So!
( arohnn, via heaboard Air Line Railroad, connecting
Portsmouth and to Lynchburg, Va., Tennesaeo, and ft
West, .via irginia and lenuessoe Air Line and Richmcl
and Danville Railroad. .
Freight HANDLKD BUT ON(!K, and taken at LOWl
R A I I S THAN ANY OT HK.R I, IN K
I be regularity, safety, and cheapness of this route cot
mend it to the public as tho most desirable medium t
currying every dc.-cription of freight. i
No chargo lor comuiissiou, diujage, or any eipenfce
transfer. j
Steamships inured at tho lowest ratos. i
1 reight received daily. k
, , WILLIAM P. CLYDR A CO., I
No. 12 S. WHARVKSand Pier 1 N. WH AKVF.S,'
.V-.1 '' "i Agent at Richmond and City PointJ
T. P. CROWF.l.L A CO., Agents at Norfolk. tfl
LORILLARD'8 STEAMS1L)
LINK FUR
EVV YORK. I
Sailing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. I
REDUCTION OF RATKS.
F'rcight by this line taken at 13 cents per lull pounds
cents por foot, or 1 cent per gallon, ship's option, Ai
vance charges cuslutid at ottice on Pier. Freight receive
at all times on covered wharf.
JOHN V, OHL.
2 Pier 19 North Wharves, I
N. B. Fxtra rates on small packages iron, metal etc.
&ai ,V nEXPRESS LINE Tf
i 1"J!n,d.r,a! Oooi:f ", and Washington, j
-"' '"' aim Delaware Cuoal. wi.
. ....... memiiuria irom tne most ( irect mui. i
fewhw?' U"hlUl' Uuu'n- ".. DaLn. aniui
Drhs;i!;,Vft:r,a,r,K,:.,ereeZ Sy -oo from Of
Freight received daily. i
WILLIAM P. OLYDB CO., I
livnif nvTvul w,band South Wharves
i tiZL ) . NOTICE.-FOR NEW YORlTvi
DFLAWARF AND RARITAN fU nii
J&MmmSek F X Pit KSS ST KAM R ) A T COIPAN V
loe LUF.APK.ST and OUICKF.ST vva(V.! . '
tion between Philadelphia aid New York "inuuI0.
Steamers leavo daily from first wharf helm. .
street, Philadelphia, and foot of Wall street Nv1?
Coods forwarded by all the lines runm'fg out "Yvrl
York, North, Kast, and West, free of ooimufssh ' N"
freight recced and forwarded nodati,
No.ias.DKLAWARK,te!8
5 35 N..IlWAjSJ.1tA!P'.. i
" ew irorc.
i NOTICEFOU NEW YORrTviT
PA1CH AND
li SWIFTSUHK. LINK.
iU bv these linen will I... j .
ibe business by these bnoswill beroaumort '
the 8th of March. For freights, which 3 he Sk-n""
835 Wi,M-, BAIRO CO.,
i sV.',-it;