THE PAIL if EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 18C9. srzzizT or inn rsmss. KrtHnrlfil Opinions of the I.cndln Joni-tinl l nnii tJiirrrnt Tnnlre-t'ninplled Every IMr for the L'venln Tclrtfrnph. j. koss bkowne on china. From thu .V. Y. HrraliL It appears by a tflorjrani from Han Fran l ihco, that Mr. J. Kohk Krowno contradicts the statement that oaino hy tbe way of Lon don, to tlin effect tliit tho CUinosfi Govern ment had rejected tlio treaty made ly Mr JJurlinganio with tho United States. We vx jnesseil our doubt at the firnt of tlio truth of iho report. lie now says the ratification of the treaty is deferred until the return of the r.inbassy. So far, then, our ex-Minister to China Las been misrepresented. !ut there can be no question as to what he has written and published over his own signature on China and the Chinese. lie thought proper to ventilate his ideas, and we fear his prejudices as well, in a letter addressed to certain liritish merchants at Shanghae. Tie has committed a grave mistake in thus assuming an attitude of hostility to the policy of his own country the country that he was sent to ri -present in China. His conduct is more reprehensible, too, for having made these foreigners, tho British opiuru traders, who are the bitterest enemies of China, the medium for his publication. Whatever views he might have entertained or wished to ex jmvvs should have been expressed to his own iMivcnimetit alone, especially as the policy he (li.scusses and condemns was inaugurated at Washington and followed by a treaty made with the I'nited States that formed the basis of similar treaties with the powers of Europe. Such conduct may seem bold and inde pendent, but it is unwise, indiscreet, and tin. patriotic. His letter, though smoothly and carefully written, lacks gnisp of thought. Admitting even what he says to bo true, that the Chinese Government does not desire progress or n more free intercourse with the people aud ,.,.i;.,nu r,r inprien and Kuroiie. and that the object of the liurlingaine mihsion is to pre vent such progress rather than to promote it, the cordial reception of the Embassy and the broad and liberal treaties made with it cannot jesult unfavorably. This was the true policy for the great civilized nations of Europe and America to pursue. It remains to be seen if China will reject the treaties lately made with this and other countries. We have yet to see whether tho Chinese Government has resolved, as Mr. Browne intimates, on falling back to its old policy of exclusion and retrogression. We are incliued to think it is not so, and hope it is not. It appears to us that the present government of China has show n too much good sense and liberality to justify the opinion that it would venture to tritle'in sueli a manner with all tho great powers of the world. It would be the height of temerity and folly. Prince Kung and the high mandarins that surround him must know such a course would raise a storm of indigna tion throughout America and Europe not easy to be allayed, and that must iu the end be very damaging to China. The Christian nations of the civilized world would do well to try the peace policy with the Chinese. It is magnanimous, broad, liberal, and in accord ance with the spirit of the age. If, as Mr. Browne thinks, the Chinese fail to appreciate this, and should resolve to evade or reject the policy of peace and progress, the alternative of war can then be evoked. All Mr. Browne's talk about paganism, pagans, and Christian ity smacks very much of the old missionary and opium traders' prejudices, and is outside of the real question at issue. The civilized world of Europe aud America will not be tri lled with, nor do we think the Chinese Gov ernment so stupid as to imagine such a thing. Surely it has seen and felt the power of the great Christian nations too sensibly to make Mich a mistake. 1 he liberal peace policy in augurated on the arrival of the Burlingamo mission is the true one, it ttiat be practicable Let it be tried fairly, and then, if it should fail, the great powers can at last resort to force. We must wait the result of present etl'orts for peace and progress, and are not without hope, notwithstanding Mr. Browne-! opinions, that they may prove successful. THE COWARDLY COUNSELS OF THE NEW YOltK "TIMES." Frmn the .V. 1'. Sun. The TimvH urges that we must not recog nize the Cubans as belligerents for fear that Spaiu may make war on the United States ! Here is its reasoning: "The Cortes will assemble at. Madrid on the 15th of September. Whoever is chosen KIiik, and some one probably will be, his Urotae.t probably would be a declaration of war, If any decent pretext ottered. A concession of belligerent rights to the Cubans would furnish such a pretext. It would rally every Spaniard around the new monarch; it would thrill tbroiiKh the nation; it would hush lends and sup press local resentments and contention." Considering that Spain has been making war on the Cubans for the past ten months; that she has exerted her utmost strength to put down a small colony without military or political experience, without - arms, without organization, without preparation for light ing, without skill in warfare, without trans portation, without a commissariat, without ong of the requisites of a successful war. ex cept a just cause, aud courage, and heroic de votion, and that, without having fought a single important battle, she is now far less able to subdue them, far weaker and more hopeless than she was at the beginning, wo must say that the bugbear with which tho Time endeavors to scare the poople of the United States is one of the most absurd and cowardly bugbears that pusillanimity ever in vented to terrify a great nation from the per formauce of its duty. Has the Time forgotten that within the past six months the Spanish Government has been obliged to contract a new loan, and that the utmost it was aide to obtain lor titty mil lions worth of bonds was fourteen millions of dollars ? And this it realized only by appeal ing to the patriotism oi tue hpanisn people who cave the money magnanimously, in order that their revolution might not go out in nothineness before it had even tried to establish a trovernment. Since then the tinan rial condition of Spain has grown worse and worse, iust as its internal order and its mili tary power have deteriorated and become less and less sure and available; and a new issue of Spanish bonds would to-uay u mity i.riug inni-A than ten cents on the dollar. How, in mich a state of pecuniary collapse, and with conspiracies and insurrectionary movements rife in all Spuiu, can any possible Govern ment of that cunntrv declare war against the United HUtes Jhat will be anything more than merely aomlnat and contemptible '( The eiiiiity phanfemi of such a war- may till every soul in the Timet office with panic, but it can not alarm anybody else on this continent , Besides,' is it at all probable that Spain' , would retipona uy a declaration oi war 10 our recounition of Cuban bellii'erencv V There is no real reason to suppose it. One by oin between 110 and 1K2.", the Spanish-American colonies revolted from the mother coun try and gained their independence. Every One of them had tho sympathy of tho United States. We sold them arms, men sailed from our ports to help them, Preaidnnt Adams sent a message to Congress to nrtje that we should join in nn international convention which they proposed to hold at Panama, and we re cognized their independence and made trea ties of friendship with them. All this did not bring Spain to declare war against us, though she was then stronger and we were very much weaker than now. Is it likely that she will attempt to revenge herself upon us in lsil'.l for nn net of less importance than other that she quidtly bore with forty or fifty years ago? But the real question is not whether '"we ought to bo afraid of war with Spain or not. What the people of this country have to de cide, and what in their hearts they have already decided, is this: Is it right for us to help the Cubans? and is it politic? If it is right and politic, we ought to do it, whether or no it 'cads to a petty war with a second rate European power, struggling with bank ruptcy, and in the crisis of civic convulsion. Let us state the reasons which we think are conclusive on this subject: I. It is right for us to aid the Cubans be cnuse they are trying to free themselves from the oppression of a distant, alien European monarchy, and to assert the American princi ple of the right of self-government. II. It is right to help them because they are lighting to abolish slavery and the Afri can slave trade, and to establish human rights in place of tho infernal atrocities aud wrongs of t ho slave system. III. It is right to help them to establish a republic in Cuba because we also obtained help from abroad in the hour of our struggle. That fact imposes upon us an obligation to lend our own aid to a neighboring people fighting like the men of Cuba to realize for themselves tho benefits of republican inde pendence and democratic self-government. IV. It is politic to holp tho Cubans. Cuba belongs, by her geographical position, to the political system of the United States. For half a century our statesmen have perceived and have maintained that we cannot permit mat sue snouni pass into tlio nands of any other power. Iudeed, she is destined to be come a part of tho American Union. this being so, ought we to stand lazily and cowardly by and see her devastated by a civil war wincn we can arrest by a word j f Ought we to consent that s'io should be matte a desert, that nil the work of modern civiliza tion shall be atini'iilated on her plains and hill sides, as a preliminary to her annexation? We can't see it. On tho contrary, it is our duty rather to protect her against the useless barbarism of her enemies, to avert the further destruction of her homes, her mills, her plantations, aud to bid the ferocious Spaniard depart from her shores with the whips and fetters ol his slaves, and all the apparatus of his odious and intolerable tyr anny. Her sons have proved that their an tagonists cannot conquer them; aud every consideration that should inlluence statesman having sense and courage enough for their situation, requires that the Government of the United States should decisively interfere to stop the civil war in Cuba, and maintain the rights of her peoplo without any louger delay. THE BUHLINGAME TREATY. F'om the X. Y. World. "We trust tiie report Is incorrect, which comes t us from Kong Kong, C the eil'ect that, tlio treaty negotiated between this country and China, wlin such pomp and circumstance, by Mr. Hiirlingame, has been rejected at l'eklu. Uujalu Courier. We do not share the recret for the loss of the treaty which was so freely expressed by our contemporaries before the publication of Boss Browne s despatch contradicting the report of its rejection. According to Browne, the treaty has not been rejected by the Chinese Government, but its ratification has been postponed vintil the return of Mr. Bur- liugame and his embassy, its tate is really of little consequence, for it is a string of empty verlmme without pith or suostauee. We should indeed bo rather sorry to see Mr Burlingames wings clipped and his vanity mortified; and in tho fact that the ChiueseGov- ernment is no hurry to ratify his treaty would seem to indicate that the gushing demonstra tive confidence that led to his appoiutment has undergone some abatement. Diplomacy of the oratorical, festive order does not, this year and last, seem to bo at tended with very good luck. Mr. lleverdy Johnson is an able man; he was sent to Eng land on a mission of real importance; in all his dining and complimentary speech-making he never lost sight ol the business sido ot Ins duties: the treaty he negotiated was a busi ness-like document, which, had it leeu rati- ned, would nave settled an important contro versy. His festive oratory, however unlor- tunate in its results, was subsidiary to a more solid obiect, and intended to promote it; whereas Mr. Burlingamo s treaty was subsi diary to the display part of his mission. It had no other intelligible purpose than to con vey an impression that so much diplomatic cackling was not unaccompanied with the de posit of an egg. It is tho emptiest and most meaningless treaty (as we showed on its first publication) that was ever negotiated. Its ratification by tho Chinese government would bring no gain; its reieotion no loss. Iho regret felt in this country at tno re ported failure of the Burliniramo treaty was merely a regret that so much ostentatious lestivity and tdoritieation should have borne no fruit. It certainly was not regret at tho loss of any advantages which would have ben secured by the trenty; for there is not a man in uie imted States w no recollects, or can state, nny advantage, of any kind, which would have resulted to this country from its ratification. The treaty, indeed, consiste 1 of eight articles; but none of the eight had any meaniua that was worth the paper on which the draft of the treaty was written. As for the fuss and festivity, we cot the valua of that in tho eniovmeut of it. Like virtue, it was its own reward. We can recollect no re cent instance in which fuss and festivity, on nn international subject, have realized the hilarious predictions of tho after-dinner speeches and effervescing newspaper lea lors by which the bubble was blown. When tho whole nation gave a wild welcome to Kos suth, it fondly and generously dreamt that it was making a great contribution to Hunga rian independence; but not a dollar of tho material aid" given by our enthusiastic citi zens to hoFsuth ever found its way to Hun gary, and the hopes of independence soon idterwent into a total eclipse and obscura tion. In the autumn of 1st ;o, our country men, with characteristics ardor and enthu siasm, ran into a frenzy of generous welcome on the arrival of the Prince of Wales. Our orators and editors were pretty unani mous in the opinion that the exu berant hospitality which we lavished on the heir-apparent of the British crown during those sunny autumn days, would knit the two countries together in bonds of the closest friendship for the residue of two reigns; but before tho next spring had put forth its blos- ttonis in our tardy climate, the Queen's Gov ernment made haste to rocognizo the Rebels as belligerents; and from her ports were fitted out the cruisers that destroyed our commerce. and occasioned the claims for damages whieh are, as yet, neither satisfied nor in a fair way of settlement. Our experience of great ex plosions of impetuous friendliness should make us a little cautions how we attach to them any other value than belongs to tho transient glow nnd gratification of generous, hospitable feelings. The Burlingamo blaze, use i,o mauy others, was too much of the tar- barrel order to serve any other purpose than lucre festive illuminnt.imi. The text of Mr. Burlinrmuie's treaty is all that is needed to show that ho had no policy: no errand of a basinoss-liko character: no objects to aecotnp.iih which were capable of t'Cing embodied in specifio stipulations be tween China and the Western nations. The trenty provides for tho opening of no now ports, for the removal of no obstructions to trade, for nothing to whieh our merchants engaged in the China trade attach any im portance. It is all tho sanio to them whether the treaty is ratified or rejected. One of its articles stipulates that China may send con suls to tins country a rit-'ht which sho had before, nnd which there is no probability that sho will ever exercise. Another article stipulate, that the educational institutions of each country shall bo open to tho inha bitants of tho other! Another stipulates that the inhabitants of neither country shall be forcibly abducted and taken away a purely imaginary danger as regards citizens ot the I'nited States; nnd if tho coolies are in dan ger of being kidnapped. Congress had already, long before tho treaty, passed a law to meet this case. Tho treaty requires nothing of us on that head which we had not already voluntarily given, and it is ridiculous for the Chinese Government to bind itself by treaty to protect its own subjects. One arti cle of tho treaty stipulates for tho protection of all religious persuasions in tho Chinese empire: but as tho treaty of IS, "is protects all Christians in China, the peoplo of tho United States can feel little interest in Mr. Burlin giune's supplementary stipulation. His treaty maivcs mis toleration reciprocal as it nny treaty were necessary fos securing religious freedom in the United States ! The whole treaty is made up of stipulations equally stupid or nugatory. It permits schools by loreigners in all tne parts ot China where foreigners are permitted to resido a privi lege which has been conceded and exorcised for the last twenty years. There is nothing in the whole dralt on wlucn n practical man can lay his finger and say that it is of the slightest consequence; much less that it justifies all tho jubilant parade whk'h Mr. j.uningame litis made ol his wandering em bassy. TIIE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NORTH ERN AND SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY. From the A'. 1'. Time. The Chicago Tioien, whose right to be called Democratic none can dispute, pro. pounds an inquiry, wincn we nope to see frankly answered by some adherent of the same faith: . It the Democracy of the North shall adhere to the dead Issues of the past, how can the Democratic nutty remain a national organization, since tho whole body of the Southern white peome have aban doned the dead issues, aud accepted the situation as it 187 ' The question is apposite and significant. The Democratic party of the North is at variance with tho majorith of those who have heretofore constituted tho Democratic party of tho South judging of both by their formal action. Changes that are accepted at tho South are made a subject of contention in Ohio and Pennsylvania. What Packer and Pendleton, and the conventions that nomi nated them, denounce as intolerable, has been quietly accepted by their old friends in irginia and Mississippi. JSogro sutlrage nnd the other measures incident to recon struction by which the Southern people, who . , t- i i i experience tueir operation, nave ueciaroa their readiness to nbide, are mado , vital issues by Northern Democrats, who sutler nothing from their effects. The matters which furnish pretexts tor agitation in these latitudes, and which are always paraded as in the interest of the South, are discarded as of no further moment by tho peoplo of that section. With what propriety can that party claim to be national which in one locality denounces and threatens to overthrow what in another locality its own friends accept and promise to sustain? This, in etl'ect, is the question of the Chicago Time, and it is justified by cir cumstances. The case might be stated yet more strongly. Southern Democrats do more than accept the situation as it is; they refuse to join the Northern Democracy in the attempt to make the situation otherwise. To this rule there are exceptions. In Georgia and other of the reconstructed States a few violent jour nals object to the continuance of tho allianco which elected Walker in Virginia and Sonter in Tennessee; they urge the revival of a Democratic organization proper, and profess a deep interest in the cause of which Packer and Pendleton are consistent representatives, 1'heso anneals, however, go unheeded. We had testimony from Mobile, lately, tonchinor the collapse of the ancient partisan ship at the election in that city; -and the iimior nortion of the Georgia press, directed by men who stood by the "lost cause" as long ns thev had an inch of ground to stand upon, are earnest in their condemnation of the movement. They declare plainly that the mti feels no interest in the effort to gal vanize the dead issues about which Northern 1 lemocrats choose to fight. Tho Macon Jour nal nnd the Auerusta Uvnxtuution are con spicuous in this attitude. They insist that tl, South shall devote its energies to tno at tainment of practical objects, and deride as i renoKterous the proposition to localize a r.m-iv organization whoso managers are un- mindful of the lessons of the time. From Kentucky proceeds similar counsel. Tho deposition of Tennessee Democrats to enlist under tho standard of Andrew John sou, aud mako havoc generally, is manifested in various ways. Talk about repudiation is mm of them: the proposal to reject me ni- eenth amendment is another; an inclination to revive discrimination against tho negro is i bird. Indeed, generally, the Democrats of Tennessee are threatening mischief, and tho better to accomplish their purpose they are discussing the expediency oi lorming a distinct party organization. Against this tAiidenev the Louisvillo Courier-Journal pro tests. No one will suspect it of indifference on tho subject. But it has learned to calcu late consequences, and to appreciate tho folly of reliance upon - oygouo epiiueis, witu "a trifle of ancient leaven and a great deal of downright buncombe. The spirit which prompted the query of the Chicago oraole partially animates the louisvuie newspa- ier: "There Is no victory In dead issues. Nothing Bhort of the Napoleonic will put the Month at the front again. None or the old llxllles are models We want "new vigor noi a new puny iresu Mens aud vital euergles, witli Hornet lung positive to oiler in room of tltut which wo propose to displace. Above all we cannot atlonl to Htaud still, for this U a moving age, anil tne people win not milium to bo bored with platitudes about dead Issues." "Dead issues !" The outcry is against them as applied to tho South. And the Northern Democracy, by inscribing them upon the banners of the fall camoaim. not only con fess their failure to annrootatn tho force and direction of popular currents, but nenarato themselves from the Southern rtoo'de. nnd red nee their party to a mero soction al orgaui- 7UIUIU, Against this blnnder General Rosecrats r.ow remonstrates. His letter to tho Ohio comniitteodoHoribes an ideal Democracy which is, py comparison, the severest possiblo con demnation of the course pursued by the loaders oi mo party in that Mate and Pennsylvania, lie would have his party make the most of the existing situation, and nbuiidou the desiro to upset it. Ho would maintain inviolate the public credit, and on divers other points would appropriate the Republican policy. It is not surprising that tho Ohio managers with held tho letter ns long as thev could. It is a repudiation by tho man whom they declared their first choice of the principles on whieh, and tho manner in which, the canvass for Pendleton is conducted. Regarding Roso erniis as tho typo of a numerous and influen tial class ot Democrats, it is not easy to escape the conclusion that the party must revise its programme nnd amend its tactics if it would retain its vitality. "Dead issues" inspire few woi shippers. ALIVE OR DEAD? From the Ar. 1'. 'lribunr. 'Iho question now arresting the attention of the public "Is the Democratic party alive or deii(l?"-ris susceptible of opposite answers. according as it is understood. It is the old perplexity of Giles Scroggins, on awaking from a season of alcoholic obfuscation: 'Now, be I Giles Scroggins or ben't It If I be (iiles Scroggins I have lost four good oxen, it 1 ben t, 1 havo louud a cart. No doubt there will always be a party e.idh'il Democratic, which will hold conventions, and nominate tickets, and sometimes elect them. But tho main question is not. "Will there hereafter be a party called Democratic?" but, "Will it be in principle and essence the party hitherto known by that title?" And thU question is not answered by proving that a party will survive that calls itself by the De mocratic name. This party has lately installed some new lenders, who are verifying the old alage, 'New lords, new laws. Mr. John Qinucy Adiiins, of Massachusetts, is one of the rea diest of these new counsellors. He virtually tells his fellow partisans that the blockheads who want to keep them torever on what wo may distinguish ns the Nnsby platform are en tirely behind tho age that, if they wish ever to regain power, thev must pitch overboard the negro-hate and kindred auachronis ns to which they have hitherto been stupidly cling ing, and construct a new platform out of free trade nnd free rum. General Rose erans writes them from California that they must quit butting ngainst the national debt, if they dout want to expose the hollow under their skulls where brains ought to be, and present living issues based on generous, progressive ideas. Finally, the Southern "conservatives," having tried keeping underfoot lor years, and found it not to pay, have resolved to court tho blacks instead of proscribing them, and thus win elections instead ot contriving to lose them. And the Northern file-leaders, who were accustomed to take their cue from the South in the well-remembered davs of their pride and power, have called a halt, and are evidently perplexed as to their future course, On the whole, we judge that the Demo cracy of 1872 will remind the country of that of 1M8 by contrast rather than by similarity. It will evince a youthful friskiness and contempt for old fogyisiu, and insist that it is thoroughly posted - as to the timo of day. We shall not be surprised to find it nominating a colored ice-President and clamorous for a concilia tion and fraternization of all races and castes. There are no more zealous Christians than are made of veteran reprobates when they do get converted; and we expect to see the Republi cans left away in the background whenever Democracy shall see its account in a zealous and sweeping assertion of the inalienable rights of man. 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IN LAND 1NSURA N(KS -On -ood bj riTer, canal, lake, and land carriage W au part of the union. FfRK INSURANOKS ..1U. Ou Merchandise Renerallyi.on btorea, Dwellings, Houses, t.lo. ar.T OF THE COMPANY, Nnv.tmliav I. iHnH. iC,000 Unttei States iive Per cent. Loaa, llLilia . . l'.ll.iXKI L'nitwd Motes bix Per Uont. loan, 1363HJ00 6),IXW(X 211,875'0 61, 500-00 ao.aoo'oo ai.ooooo 9tVQ5'00 Sl.tWO'000 6,10135 15,00000 11,30000 3,500 00 IWI oj.iuO "Dited Statos Six Por Cent. Loan (lor Pn.-illo Railroad) Siie.ctKl Blate of Pennarlrania ttix Per Cent. ixuin tii'i.lXH) Cltr of rtilladplphia Bix Per Cent. loan (f-imniit from tax) 60,000 BUte of r.uw Jersey Six Per Cent. l.oa!i .. an,!) Penn. Rntl. First MortKae Six Per (lent. Con (In S5.UOU Penn. Hint. Stoond ftlort. bix Par Cent, lionds 86,000 Weetern Penn. Rail. Morten" Six Per Cent Bonds (Penn. Kailroad guarantee) au.CKK) State of Tennessee Fire Per Cent. loan 7.UO0 State of Teunessee riix Per Cent. Joan 15,1X10 Gcrrnantown (ins Company, prin cipal and Interest, (ruiirnnteod by City of Ptiiladeiuuia, Hut) shares Mock lO.OUU Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 30) shares Mock ft.OUO North Purnaylvania Railroad Co., 100 n shares Stock ai.COO Philadelphia and Southern Mail ar t Kteanisliip Co., W shares Stock. .. . n,yw Loans on liosrd and Mortnao, Urst Liens on City Properties lo.tXWOO 907,000.00 H.lOf.WO Tar. Market Taluo, $1,1-J0,a5 i6 , . Cost, $1.0C,tj(M-Jd. Real Fstate IN.I1OO-O0 lulls receivable for inmirance made 8ai,4b t4 oiiiitiiceB aue at agencies, premmme on marine I'viiuitw. Kixrunn inrornui unn n nar ,.,iw m film the crnnhkn 40 178'M DtirK and Bcrinof sundry corporations, $'.5158. Kstmialed value 1.H13 0 Clash in hank. AtiritrwriM Oaah in drawer 413 05 IlG.5tU";3 $l,tMi7 SO Dintx1""- . . . r (Iniiind A. Bonder, Hauiuel I-'.. Stokes, Henry Hlonn, I William C. Ladvrlg, ;Ceure G. Leiier, Henry U. Mallutt, Jr., 'John D. Tavlor. ThomaaO. Hand John (J. Dims, ' unities (;. Hand, Iheoiibilus 1'nuldiuR, .Ii bi'uIi II. Seal, Huizli Crniff, John K. Penrose. Jacob P. Jones, ,J:iinos Trarpi&ir, K'lward Durlington, II. Jones Frookn. Jiinies IS. Mo bar land, Kdwnrd Latotircade, Ceoriie W. Hernadon, William O. KoulUin. Jacob KieK'jI. bpencor Mcllvaini), l. T. Morcun. I'lUslmru, John II. bomple, " Jo-tnua. f. t yre, jy. ti. nerRor, THOMAH (J. HAiMD. President. JOHN C. DAVIS, Vice-President. HT'NP.Y T.YLRURN, Secretary. UI'.NltY BALL, Awitiint Secretary. 10 1 Q')() -CHAliTEK PEltl HTUAL Frartlin Fire teiracs Compr OF FHILADKLPHIA. OSIce, Kos. 435 and437 CHESNUT St Assets Jan. I, '69, $2,677,37213 CAPITAL At ciii Kt) sna'LL's... I'l.KMll MS UNSETTLED CLAIMS," i'J3,76S-12. Sioo.noo-oo l,os:i,.vi.-f70 l,l'J3,Sl3-43 INCOME FOR 1SC9, 300,000. Losses paia smcel829,0T8r$5,5Q0,000 Perpetual and Temrorarv Policies on Liberal Terms. 'J'hu ( 'ompany alM isuea Policies on Rents of. Buildings oi tin iiiuu&,uruuuu ueuiH, anu .DiortKuges. DIRECTORS. Alfred O. Raker, Alfred Fitler, Suiiiuel (iriint. I Thomas Sparks, (ii'oijro w. Richards. I William 8. (treat, Isaac Lea, I TIioiuhh S. KIIih, Cuorgo Fales, dustants 8. Henson. ALFRED (J. BAKKR. President, CtF.ORUK FALF.S, Vice-Presiduut. JAS. W. MrAI.I.ISTKR. Secretary. '1 11 FODOHF. M. RF.UF.R, Assistant Secretary. A S D U R Y LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 2U1 BROADWAY, corner READK Street. New York. CASH CAPITAL 1SU,IM0 $125,uu0 deposited witn tne state of New York as security iur puiicy uomors. LEMUEL BANCS, President. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice President aud Secretary. EMORY McCLINTOCK. Actuary. A. E. M. PURDY, M. D., Medical Examiner. BKrEHKNCKB BY l'KllMLfcHlON. Thomas T. Tasker, John M. Maria. J. B. Lippincott, James Loug. James Hunter. K H Wnrna. lnaries bpencer, John A. Wright, Arthur G. Cotbn, William Divine, 8. Morris Wain. John B. MoCreary, In the character of its Directors, economy of immajra- ment, reasonableness of rates, PARTNERSHIP Pi, AN Ob DECLARING DIVIDENDS, no restriction in female lives, and absolute non-forfoitnre of all policies, and no restriction of travel aftor the nrst year, the A8BURY pre sents a combination of advantages offered by no other company. Policies issued in every form, and ft ot one-third made when desired. Special advantages offered to clergymen, Eur all further information address JAMES M. LOJN3AORB, Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware, Office, No. a WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. FORMAN P. UOLLINSUKAD. Special Agent. 4 1(5 gTR I CT LY MUTUAL. Provident Life and Trust Co. OF PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE, No. Ill S. FOURTH BTHEET. Organized to promote LIFE INSURANCE arnnnor mciuucra of tho Society of Erieuls. uood ri&KB ol any clans accepted. Policies lBBued ou approved Muiib. at the lowest rutea. President, SAMUEL K. SHIPLEY, Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONGSTRETH. Actuary, ROWLAND PARKY. Tne advantages offered by this (JomDanr are un. excelled. i sts J N S U K E A T HOME, in rn Penn Life Insurance COMPANY. No. 931 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. A8SETH, i,000,0U. CHARTERED BY OCR OWN STATE. (MANAGED BY Ol'It OWN CITIZENS. lommen fko:hpti,y PAID. POLICIES ISMCED ON VARIOUS PLANS. Applications may be matte at the Home Offlce, and at tne Agencies uirougiiout tlio State, a is; JAMES TRAOCJAIK PRKS1DKNT MAitilEIi E. WTOKES VIOK-PRKSIDKNT JOHN V. HOKNOIl A. V. P. and ACTUARY HORATIO H. STEPHENS KKORICTARY nPIIE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY A OK PHILADELPHIA. Otlice S. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT Street. r IKK INSUKAIVUK KAIJI.USI VKI.Y. PFRPKTUAL AND TKHM POLlUIliS 1SSUKD. Cash Capital JUU,0O0'00 Cash Assets, .lulv 1, 1K6V. :!: 27H-2S. DIRECTORS, F. Ratchford Starr, J. Livingston Rrringer, JMaliiro crazier, John M. At wood, benjamin T. Tredick, Oitorge H. Stuart, .liihn II kmMII. vmun &J. uutxuuni, William O. iioulton, Charles Wheeler, Thomas II. Montgomery, James Aertaen. This Company insure only Di-at-olaae risks, taking no atim-'ially hazardous risks whatever, such as factories F. RATOHFORD BTAHR, President. THOMAS H. MONTOOMKBY, Vice-President. AIJHiKlna W. Wimtbm. Secretary. a65 mifF.NIX IN'SIRANCE COMPANY OF 1 PHILADELPHIA. INCOK POKATF.D 1H04 CHARTF.R PF.RPF.TUAL. No. irii WALNUT Street, opposite the Fiohauge. This Company insures from loss or damage by if 1 R K, tin liberal terms, on buildings, merchandise, furniture, ,1c, for limited periods, aud periuaueuily oa buildings by nf ,1.1.1, ItlllllM. '1 he Company has been la active operation for more than SIXTY V KAliS. during which all losses have been iiriiiuiiLiy iujimidu ........ IO ItH DlKKCTORS. Juhn L Hodge, navia i.ewia, llHujamin Kiting, Thomas 11. Powers, A. R. Alclleary, F.dmund Caatillon, Samuel Wilcox, M F. Manoiiy, .Inlin T. Lewis, W ilham K. Crant, Hubert W. learning, It Clark Wharton, I.awreuce Lewis, Jr. t iwib ii rrru. JOIIN R. WUOHF.RKIt. President. .ewis C. Noma. gAMCI-X WlIX-.OX. Secretary. 4 J5 I N 8 U n A N O fe. I N 8U K A N C E COMPAN 1 A M E A" . iVo. oof uiiiviXL r ofrpi. INCORPORATED I1! CHARTf.R PF.KPF.TIML OA I'lTAL, tPK).iMl. I IRK INMTKANCK. KXOLUSIVKLY. Ins'.iros against 1 es or famaffO by I' iro etlliur by Pirp tual or looip'iiarr Policies. MKHSTOKS: Charles Richardson, W illmtii 11. Ithnn i' , Francis Nj lluck, Hemy l,eTis, Nnthnn llillea, Gtortie A. West, CIIMti WILt I Wir.LiAMS I. Bi.a::i Robert Peare, John Kos',:'r, Jr., V. Ivard H. Oi.,. Chn.-les Mokes, John W. K.rer.nao, Morilncai Itu.tiy. ,1 S RICHARDSON, P., -ni lorn. .M H. KHAH'N, Vice President, HAI:1, Secretary. T 2t T HE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE IN3J1UNCB COMPANY. Incomor: ted lj. (.'barter PnriiMt.ntl tin. 610 WAI.NU ! K mer, nppoKite Indeinu.l in Nonars Ihis Company, fa'ontbly known to the imnuuinu, inr over forty years, con nines to insure fxnio,t or ,j.,m((9 by lire on Publio or I'rWite liuililinn, either porru nent if or for a limited time. Ai on Furniture, Suuiks ti floods, and Merehnndise Renoi-'tlly, cm liberal teriui. I heir Onpital, toir tlier with a larre hurptns Food, it In. eKted in the most o rertil mnnnnr. whioh enihte rhtn n oiler to the Insured an undoubted security in thA caae ot toss. DUtKCTOHB. Paniel Bmith, Jr., John Deveretix, Thomus .Vnn u. Honry l.n.v Alciumter l'ens!u, Isaac Har.letmr.:. 1 nomas Robins. -I I V . "illiiutham Fell. IMniel Haddock. .1 DAN H I, SMI 1 11. Jr.. PrejiJ.nr VTM. O. CROWFI.U Secretary. " df OFFICE OF THK. INSURANCE COMPANY OK NORTH AMIOIIIOA. Nn. SEU W.mrou, 7 Philadelphia. ' """"" incorporated 17!'. Charter Perpetnal OnnitaL i)fl.(Xll! Assets. ita.nso una MARfNtC, INLAND. AND FIRK INSURAWUK. OVI.B $ai.lXX),000 LObSKS PAID SINUS 118 OUUAJf. 1iATlON. DlnKCTOttS. Arthur O. Coffin bamnel W. Juin John A. I'.rown, Charles Taylor, Ambrose U bite, William Welsh, S. Morris Wain, John Mason. l mnon H. Oct), K.rlivftrd H. 1 rotter. Kdivard S. Oirk, T. Charlton Huttry, Alfrod D. JfHisun. John P. Whito, JjouisG. Madeira, Charles W. C ugh man. George L. Uarrtmn i:C!i:E LIFE INSURANCE COMPABT, OP NEW YORK, WALTKR S. GRIFFITH, President. A solid, safe, and reliable Company. Annus over two million dollars (i4uo0,IW0), most secure), i ivestod, and rapidlj inoreaaing. securely A MEMBERSHIP OF OVER 10,00. Persons contemplating assurance on their lives are in vited to examine the literature of the Company, which mny be had at tie Philadelphia office, tiouthwost corner ot FOURTH and LIBRARY Street HStbatDSB It. K. EMMiic. Uea. rnl Ant. piFEUIAL flllB IXSU11ANCK CO. LONDON. ESTABIJSHED 1SOJ. Pald-np Capluu and Accumnlatcd Panda, 8?S,000,000 I Pi GOLD. PEEV0ST & HERRING, A?eat, 8 4S o. 107 8. THIRD Street, Philadelphia, CHA8. P. HERRWd CHAD, NEW PUBLICATIONS. BUREAU VER ITA8 (FIlEttClT LLOYDS). INTEKNATIONAL HEOISTEll FOB CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS. THK REGISTER VERITAS, oontalnlm, tha OlaasJ fication of Vessels survoyed in tbe Continental, British and American ports, for the year ia FOR SALH be the Agents in New York. 01 M ALF MKRIAIf A CO.. i??Lj No. 4H HXOHANOK PLAOW. 1IIIL080PIIY OF MARRTinv v wAa?,ew Conre f lectures, a delivered at the New J 1 j . , "uMMiuifsior xeutn, itatur ty. aad Old Age; Manhood Generally Reviewed ; The Caused ot Indigestion; Flatulence and Nervous Diseases A ecoontiS For: Marriage PL.losophically OoniidSS. Z?X Pocket volumes oonuimng these LectureTwill be o7. W'U.d-d W'f .a,diV reo"Dt of addressing w! JUT 8 35 LUMBER, 1869 SPRUCE JOIST. spruce joist, h km lock. HEMLOCK. 1869 lOfiO SEASONED CLEAR PINE. IOUJ SKAStJNKD OLKAR PINK 1009 CHOICE PATTERN PINK SPANISH CEDARHPAl-jERNa. 1 ftfiO FLORIDA FLOORING. lOUtl FLORIDA FLO(iINQ. CAROLINA FLOORING. VIRGINIA FIAJORINO. DELAWARE FUJORLNG. ASH FLOORING. , WA I.NUT FLOORING. FLORIDA STEP BOARDS. RAIL PLANK. 1869 1 fiftO WALNUT RDS. AND PLANK. 1 Qnn JWAINUT PLANK' - 1869 UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, , KK.I) CEDAR. WALNUT AND PINR. 1869 IQq SEASONED POPLAR. tClO lOUfJ SEASONED CHERRY. lOOU WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS HICKORY. 1869 CIOAR BOX MAKERS' 1 Qf( tlKj.lKHOXHAKKRS' lOUi 6PAN1SH CEDAR BOX BOARDS. vwv FOR SALE LOW. 1869 CAROLINA SCANTLING. CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. NORWAY SOANTL1NU. 1869 1869 DANEL CEDAR SHINGLES. IQA OYI-RJCSS SHINGLES. lOOiJ A1AULK. BKOrHKR A OO., No. 2&J0 SOUTH Street. PLAIm K, ALL THICKNESSES X 1 COMMON PI.aNK, ALL THICKNESSES 1 C MAluN HDAllliM wmjuj. 1 and 2 SI DE FENCE BOARDS. WHITE Pj MC I LOOKING BOAHD8 LOW AND S P PINE FLOORINGS 1'RUOE jOI.Vj , ALL SIZES. YEILt k. bl'J IU and nr-ii-ui 1. JOIST, ALL SIZES. PLASTKKL.G LATH A SPECIALTY. Together with a gen-rul assortment ot building 1 nrober. for sale low tor oaah. ?, W. fcMlLTZ V I I'TKENTH and Vl hfFS b7re,U. L U M U E l: r A j: WAYS n covki UltY. W'ftliiut, Wliltc f i!, Yellow Pine, Spruce, Hem .1 1 n ays on haiM at low mien. lui'K. MilUL'ies, fclc WATStyl A- CU.LI.NGHAM, 92-1 1. ' K 1 1 MOND Street, IStli ward. 3V9 O U A H D 8 FOK STOKE 1 KDNTS, ASYLUMS, FAO To HIES.' ETC. Patent Wire Rail. nn, lrop bedateads, Ornamental Wire Work, Paper-m akers' Wires, aud every variety of Wire Work, uiaMi'uiaurcil by M. WALKER A SONS," No. 11 N. SIXTH StretH. '.3 'row. 1 ORDAN'S CI l.KLRATEI) PURE TONIC XJ A I E for invaJiil. lainilv use. sto. 1 be suliscnber ia 1.' w luriuKliM with his full winter sav ply ot bis highly nuliiiu uH aud well kuotm beverage, iu wide spread and incn imik use, by order of physicians, foi invalids, use of families .etc., commend it to lite altoa lion of ail consiliums who want a strictly pure article; pi-epaied fn m the l"-t materials, and put ui iu tbe most careful manner lor home una or transportation. Order by mail or olbwwise piompily auppluHl. lur,A. No IWI PEAR Street, 7 I Sm alow Thud and W alaut si recta lK