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THE riUCE OF PROTECTION.
prom the N. T. World.
A continental war and a dictatorship ! At
lhat price we may have a lirst-clans article of
tirotection, warranted to wnsh. Mr. Greeley
lifters ns the bargain, gimrnutees the goods,
Und wants to know why the devil we don't
jump to close it. He points to France and
J.eet-root sugar a discovery which, if we
may believe him, was duo much more to
lhi'tish Ordors in Council than to modern
chemistry, and to Napoleon than to Margraff.
Wherefore let us inaugurate another gigantic
human-slaughter epoch, euthrone another dic
tator on this side the Atlantic, "embodiment
of energy and forecast," establish schools of
chemistry from the Fassamajuoddy to the
Gulf of California, and order the retorts and
the professors to bring forth sugar from
March according to the programme of Liebig,
n greater than Margraff.
The soul of the great Doctor Tangolos, so
beautifully described by Voltaire in his Can
dida, has transmigrated into the philosopher
of Chappaqua. When Doctor l'angolos is
found in Holland by Candide, suffering from
a loathsome disease, ho consoles himself and
his pupil by some such argument as this:
Ion see, says the philosophical sufferer, my
ailing is undoubtedly the consequence of the
discovery of America. Wherefore, were I not
in agony now, it follows that Columbus would
not have discovered the Western continent;
and, had he not made known to mankind that
new world, we would not to-day be enjoying
the luxuries of tobacco, sugar, coffee, and
potatoes. Hence, my dear pupil, it is abso
lutely necessary that I should be afllicted with
this peculiar disease if the world was to bo
provided with these precious commodities.
So, says the philosopher of Chappaqua.
with an equally clear aud a still more fearless
logic, Napoleon decimated the youth of all
Europe, consigning perhaps three millions of
them to slaughter, but for which he could not
have conquered the continent nor issued the
Uerliu decree prohibiting trade with England,
bor had in retaliation England's blockade
whereby Frenchmen got but little sugar to
sweeten their tea, vhereby came Margraff
half a century earlier, and thereby the schools
of chemistry, and thence commercial beet
root sugar.
Do the American people like the picture ?
Will they take protection at the price ?
Before they rush into the bargain, we beg
to suggest that not even protection jdi a
continental war, jiIhk the decimation of the
youth of Europe, dnn the dictatorship of
Napoleon, 2"" tuo war-ruiu of other and
manifold industries, ilnx the loss of all the
labor that all the soldiers of Franco and of
England and her allies might have contributed
to the industries of a world at peace, jAuh the
increment of the war-debts of Great Britain
and the continental nations, not even these
all combined did as a matter of fact suffice to
bless the world with beet-root sugar. Napo
leon's downfall left its production in no satis
factory state. In Germany, its failure was
owing to the high cost ot growing beet-root
and of suitable machinery and the lack of
copital. Xhese uuhcuuies and the like in
Fiance, not overcome by the dictator and all
his enginery, political, warlike, and decretal,
have been overcome by the subsequent and
enormous growth of modern chemistry and
its applications in scientific agriculture.
Since when has beet-root sugar production
Juegun to nourish in crowded 1 ranee and Ger
many ? We say nothing of sparsely populated
liussia, where it is made cheaper than the
cane sugar in Mauritius, on virgin soils, with
the grass of the steppes cut and dried for
fuel, and by labor that costs next to nothing,
its success is about twenty years old and is
duo to modern chemistry, itself not very
much older. Modern chemistry pointed out
the lands which were most lit for growing
' beet-root crops. Modern chemistry provided
the beet growers with artificial manures of
acids, salts, and lime, to say nothing of its
signalizing the value of guano, opportunely
, appearing then. Modern chemistry pointed
out in Germany the value of the lands sur
rounding Magdeburg or near the Elbe, and
- designated the specially suitable parts of
France instead of decreeing 32,000 hectares
to its cultivation, and despatching instruc
tions "to the prefects of the several depart
ments (!) into which France is divided."
Modem science, moreover, has invented
suitable processes and machinery for expres
sing the last grain of saccharine matter from
the root thus made prolific And modern
. capital, seeing that protection was no longer
persuading farmers to plant the beet in
lands better suited to grow oats or barley,
but that agricultural chemistry had taught
them to raise from 100 to l.'iO per cent, more
of beet-root than they before could possibly
do without its aid, has opened its stores freely
to the successful and naturally established
enterprise.
Protection has indeed retarded this benefi
cent progress. It was an industry requirinj
cheap acids for manure, and cheap salts an
limes, which protection makes dear; requiring
cheap machinery and cheap iron, which pro-
teetion makes outrageously high; requiring
capital, which is always loth to invest when
its profits are at the mercy of the log-rolling
of protectionists; requiring cheap labor, of
which, as of the prosperity of the laborer,
protection is the remorseless enemy. Since
the partial, and in some cases the total re
moval of these impediments, the stunted
growth of the root has been replaced in Ger
many and in France by b(-nntiful luxuriance.
Beet-root sugar might become a great and
prosperous industry in the United mates.
vS'e shall sweeten the cups of Great Britain
herself with it long before we fill them with
mi infusion of American-grown tea, though
the Chinese immigration keep up in a way
o fricrhten the fifteenth amendment Uepubli
runs into fits. We have cheap and suitable
lands by the million acres, to say naught of
lnd like the Jersey Hats; but the other three
essential requisites cheap fuel, cheap labor,
and cheaD machinery our protective tariff
now makes impossible to be had in this or any
other industry.
There are two bronze statues before the
Kino's nalace in Berlin, a present from the
Tnmeror Nicholas to the King of Prussia. In
me. the horse-breaker prevents his steed
from taking the forward leap for which all his
energies are strung. In the other, the steed
tamer encourages the noble brute to back
ward steps. Ho deal the protective-tariff
men with onr manufactures and our agncul
ture.
' THE CUBAN KEPUBLI0.
Vmm tht X. Y. IIcraUL
The independence of Cuba has been offioi
1 'im,r r.lrnnwWced bv one nation. Feruhasled
for the other republics of South and
North America. We published last Friday the
. . ,.f !. iflnrA nroiunkrated bv President
H A W v v" ' I O -
11.11. .wWinr that "The independence of
' the Inland Ql Cuba from Spanish dominion,
and also tbe republican form of Rovernment I
therein entablinlied, are hereby recognized.
Peru, it is known, is one of the most import
ant and nourishing rqnblic or Month Ame
rica. It has a larger population than any
other, except New Granada, and its action
will soon be followed, no doubt, by the other
republics of that continent. Nor will Mexico
be slow in following the example. Indeed, we
may expect to hear shortly that the inde
pendence of Cuba is recognized by all the
nations of America, South and North, except
Brazil and the United States.
Brazil, of course, can have no sym
pathy with the Cubans or any other people
struggling for liberty and to establish a re
publican form of government. As a mo
narchy she is naturally the friend of Spain
and royalty everywhere. Her governmout is
an anomaly and a pernicious exotic on Ame
rican soil. But what of our own Govern
ment ? What will the United States do with
regard to Cuba ? Will it follow the example
of Peru and recognize the- independence of
the Cubans? The encouragement or support
thus given by Peru, or that will be given by
the other smaller republics of America to the
Cubans, will have a good effect; but after all
their success and the fate of their rich and
beautiful country may depend upon the action
or inaction of the United btates. It is true
the Cubans may prolong the struggle, or even
conquer their independence ultimately, with
out the recognition or interposition of the
American Government; but what would Cuba
be worth afterwards ? What horrors of war
and what a terrible sacrifice of life would be
the consequence of such a cold-heartod policy ?
J he question arises here, then, what will
onr Government do? Wo hear from Wash
ington, we hear from different points of tho
country where the President and his Cabinet
are perambulating, and we hear indirectly
from tho mouths of General Grant and Secre
tary Fish, that tho administration cordially
sympathizes with tho Cubans, and that it is
taking measures to secure their independence.
Nor can we doubt that it is so. General
Grant, wo feel assured, is sincere and earnest
in his desire to see Cuba free, and the Secre
tary of State has expressed the same desiro
too plainly to doubt his sincerity. Congress
has already spoken in tho most emphatic man
ner. The unanimous vote of the House of
representatives expressing sympathy with the
(Julians was lull ot meaning, and indicates
further action on tho part of Congress when
it reassembles. There is but one sentiment
on this subject throughout the country. Tho
people of all sections and classes are for the
Cubans, and wish the Government to take
measures for their independence. Why, then,
this delay."1 11 it be tho policy and determina
tion of tho Government and people of tho
United States that Cuba shall be free, why
does the administration hesitate and tempo
rize so long? It seems to us that the time has
come when tho Cubaus should be recognized
as belligerents at least, and thus give them
the same status and privileges as the Span
iards in the purchase of materials of war. The
Government did well in placing an embargo
on the gunboats being constructed hero for
the Spaniards, and it is to be hoped that these
war vessels will not be allowed to leave the
United States; but it should not stop at this
point. Arms and munitions of war are fre
quently shipped here for tho Spaniards in
Cuba, while the Cubans are denied this privi
lege. Let the belligerents be put on the
same footing. This will neither seriously
affect our peaceful relations or negotiations
with hpain nor the Alabama claims, aud might
stir up the tpanish Uovernmeut to a more
prompt settlement of the Cuban question,
Judging from the news which we have re
ceived lately from Spain, it is evident the
Government at Madrid, as well as the Spanish
press and people, begin to lower their haughty
tone about subjugating the insurrection and
holding on to the island of Cuba at all hazards.
The latest telegraphic despatch from Madrid
says: "The journals here are despondent
about Uuba,and demand tuller othcial lntornuv
tion of the state of affairs on the island." Nor
can Spain fail to be impressed by the views of
the leading journals of Europe, which show
that the only solution of the Cuban difficulty
is to turn the island over to the United States
or cede its independence. In every point of
view, then, we think the time has come when
our Government should speak in unmistakable
language to the Spanish Eegency as to its
policy concerning Cuba and the inevitable
destiny of that island. Delay may only create
complications, perpetuate the horrors ol a
most atrocious svsteni of war, and make the
island, like St. Domingo, which also was once
the richest gem of the Antilles, comparatively
valueless to us or to the world. This is the
paramount question of the day, and we hope
the administration will act on it promptly and
wun decision.
THE POLITICAL TEMPERANCE MOVE
MENT.
From the N. Y. Sun,
Tho National Temperance Convention.
which had been in session at Chicago for
several days, adjourned finally on Thursduv
last. Its transactions were of considerable
interest, as the beginning of an attempt to
make the temperance roforni a political move
ment, and to secure throughout the country
the enactment of prohibitory liquor laws
similar to the statute now existing in Massa
chusetts. These objects were not directly
avowed by every speaker; but they were im
plied in the remarks of those who did not state
them, except in one or two instances v, here
men were bold enough to proclaim their dis
sent trom the whole movement as thus based
on a political footing. On the last day of the
meeting the platform was reported; and the
third resolution purports to sever the connec
tion ot the temperance men with the existing
political parties, and to organize them into a
party by themselves.
IhiB resolution was debated at considerable
length and with great acrimony. The con
troversy became so bitter that one of the
speakers was hissed down. The name first
proposed by the new party was the "National
Anti-dramshop party." This was changed,
by a unanimsus vote, to the "National Tem
perance party," and the whole platform was
then adopted. A gentleman from Massachu
setts endeavored to secure the passage of a
resolution providing that the temperance men
in each State should not be committed
by tho action of the convention so
as to be obliged to organize distinct politi
cal parties in their respective localities until
they should deem it for the interest of the
cause to do so. It does not appear that this
resolution was passed.
In tho debate a ltev. Mr. Belch, of Illinois,
said that "he that doubted is damned," thus
severely reflecting upon the future prospects
of a large proportion of the temperance men
of the United States, who are doubtful of the
propriety or good sense of the movement ini
tiated by the convention. They think that
the past history of political parties in the
different; States of the Union shows how fre
quently the administration of the Govern
ment passes from one of . tho great parties to
the other, and how inseoure is the tenure of
either for any great length of time; and they
feci that It la -wrbnff to put the temperance
movement on a basis where it could never
hope for a permanent controlling influence.
We are opposed to prohibition, and believe
that prohibitory laws are among the worst
foes of the temperance cause. The platform
of tho convention seems to ns incorreot as to
the facts which it assumes, and impolitio in
tho measures resolved upon. Strong as the
temperance men are, they are not united in
this political movement: and if they were,
the principles upon which it is founded are
ho far from being true ones that we could not
wish them success.
In a previous article we pointed out the
benefit which tho temperance cause would
derive from free public lectures on the physi
cal effects of drinkinff ardent spirits, deli
vered in all our large cities and towns by dis
tinguished scientific men. If the conven
tion had taken Kteps to secure the delivery
of such lectures, it would havo done some
good.
HOB AND NOB WITH ANTICHRIST.
'rim the l.ondtm Saturday Ueeiet".
A star has fallen from the Protestant firma
ment. Dr. Gumming has forgotten his own
teaching, and given tho world another warn
ir.g not to judge a man by his books. If there
is one lesson more than another which shines
in every page of tho Doctor's writings, it is
that the 1'ope is Antichrist, tin tho precise
date of the end of tho world Dr. dimming
hns, we believe, permitted himself to waver.
If he has not exactly halted between two opi
nions, he has at least hold several conseeii
lively. But the character of tho Popo has
been the adamantine foundation of all his
predictions. It is this alone that has enabled
him to draw the horoscope of tho earth. If
the Pope be not Antichrist, what becomes of
the ll'tiO years? And with tho liiili) years lost
there is neither starting-point nor goal left
we do not Know when they began or when
I hey end. For his own sake, therefore, Dr
dimming might have been expected to hold
fast by this faith. Perhaps it was this very
assurance that has brought about his over
throw. "Is thy servant a dog that he should
do this?" has always argued a spirit too
presumptuous for safety.
Ihe particulars of tins melancholy catas
trophe, as gathered from Dr. Cumming's let
ter to the J mi ex, seem to bo these: lho
l'ope has nddrcssed Protestants on tho assem
bliug of tho approaching Council. Dr. Cum,
ming thinks, or allects to think, that tho Pope
has invited the Protestants; and we can quite
understand why the theologian of Crown
Court accepts an invitation belore it was
given. The fact is, as wo took occasion to
t-liow at the time, that the Orientals were
at-ked to attend the Council, while Protestants
and non-Catholics were only prayed for, but
not invited. But it suits Dr. dimming not
to have read, or not to be able to understand,
the Papal address. Had Dr. dimming not
been spoken to. he could hardlv havo spoken
So he imagines an invitation which was never
given, and observes th-it had this non-exis,
tent invitation b,een only "addressed to the
members of his (the Popes) own
communion or denomination it would
barely be notice! by those who
do not belong to the Roman Catholic Church.
As, however, the summons is comprehensive
enough to embrace Dr. dimming, it "really
deserves some consideration," and as a
matter of fact has "created no little interest
among the nations of the earth." Every
where that the liull ot Convocation has pene
trated, the nrst inquiry has doubtloss been,
will this draw Dr. Gumming? The silence
on the part of the Protestants of Europe
which followed the receipt of the invitation
will bo variously explained according to the
view taken ot Dr. dimming s conduct. He
himself probably holds that it was only a
natural modesty which kept lesser Protestant
teachers silent until their chiet had spoken.
Others will say that they have been merci
fully preserved from the snare into which an
unchastened vanity Has led Dr. Uumming
At all events, for some time "nobody seemed
disposed in answer to this request to offer
to make an appearance. it
therefore occurred" to Dr. dimming, as to
'one in some degree acquainted with
the subject" mark the modesty which so
well becomes the author of a hundred vol
umes "aud pleased rather than otherwise
with the Pope s invitation, to take some pre
liminary steps with a view to presenting him-
selt at the atican. W e must pause tor a
moment to congratulate the Pope on this ex
ceeding instance of good fortune. Whether
the council meets or not, whether it decrees
what the Holy Father wishes or not, whether
it is in other respects a success or not, he has
been amply repaid for summoning it. Dr,
Cummins has been "rather pleased than
otherwise," and Pius IX has nob lived in vain
The particular preliminary step which recom
mended itself to Dr. Cumming was to write
to Archbishop Manning, "begging of him, as
.1.. ill,.'.. If.' . r. 1 l 1
i viiifi minister 01 nis tjnurcu in Jiiugianu,
Mich information as he might find it proper
or expedient to furnish. Dr. Cumming then
asiveu, nrst, whether he would bo heard;
secondly, whether he would have freedom of
speech meaning, we presume, whether he
would be heard as long as he liked to speak;
mid thirdly, whether he would be allowed to
show why Protestants stand aloof from the
Roman Church in other words, whether ho
would be heard, no matter what he might
cuoose to say. un receiving this, Archbishop
Manning naturally suspected a ioke, and.
rightly thinking that the best way of disarm
ing a jester is sometimes to answer him ait.
Kiiii icv, he sent a courteous reply to the
cited that his correspondent would "meet
with all charity and respect in making any
gwe and earnest communication fo tho
Council." It is very possible that Dr. dim
ming felt, on receiving this letter, that there
might be some difficulty in making the Roman
authorities believe that any communication
coming from him would be "grave and earn
est. Considering the woes Dr. Cumming
Las from time to time denounced against all
who have any dealings with the Roman
Church, and tho warnings to come out of her
that they be not partakersof her plagues, which
lie has repeatedly addressed to her members,
they might very well have thought it impos-
mi no inui ue SUOUld ue reany in earnest m
proposing to attend the Council. It was
necessary, therefore, to prove to them that he
was at once resolved ana cauuuun mujr
aware of the consequences which his boldness
might bring on him, and at the same time
desirous nf tnlHnn 11 nropor precautions
against them. In the appendix to Archbishop
Mannings "England and uuruaeuuiM",
found a Papal decree ordaining that before
an j thing is discussed with heretics they shall
first undertake to submit to the determina
tions of the Council, and that, in case of their
declining this, they are to be dealt with as
condemned schismatics. Here was a dis
covery just suited to Dr. dimming s pur
pose. Xt proved that in attending the Councd
lie must, '"according to this inf alhb e de
cree, incur grave personal risk. au mat
he had ever written . upon . "the teach
ing of Dens, Liguori, Alphonso
De ' Castro, the ' Episoopl oath, the
Lateran canons, the Cvrpun juris canoniot,
rushed to his mind. He turned again to
Archbishop Manning's letter, but it gave him
no "hope of exemption from the penalties
decreed, no "promise ol suspending pro
triii pure the Tapal rescript for hU special
benefit." Luther avowed his determination to
go to Worms, though all the devils in hell
should try to prevent him. Dr. Cumming
leels that such heroic resolutions are out of
place in the nineteenth century and in tho
minister ot a Presbyterian congregation in
Drury Lane; so he admits that the prospect
of being ' "dealt with that is to say, con
signed to a bonfire, as John Huis was in
t-imilar circumstances" would be an obstacle
to his going to Rome.
In this dilemma he takes Archbishop Man
ning's advice, and addresses himself directly
to tho supreme authority. He has written,
he tells us, "to Pope Pius IX, with all respect
and deference, a short letter in tho accus
tomed ecclesiastical Latin form." Has Dr.
dimming succeeded in deceiving himself
when he talks in this way, or is he only anx
ious to deceive others ? It is all very well to
talk of tho "accustomed ecclesiastical Latiu
form" by the way, in what dictionary of
ecclesiastical or other Latin has Dr. Cumming
met with Presbyters but this is just tho
plea which has been put forward in all ages
as an excuse for sinful conformity. Naaiuan
only conformed to an "accustomed ecclesias
tical form when ho proposed to bow djwu
in tho house of liimnum. What busi
ness, we should like to know, has Dr. dim
ming to begin a letter to Antichrist with
"Sancto Pater, or to profess himself tho
scrvaut "Sanctitatis Two"? Because, wo
suppose, he can go to the Council in
110 other vnv. 15 nt if I.)r. ('uunuini vot6
consistent wm luiusen, ne wouiu de
sire to keep away from all such
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gatherings as from an assembly of wicked
doers. e read in tho Apocalypse that all the
world "wondered after tho Beast," but we no
where read tuat the saints exchanged civilities
with him in tho accustowed auti-Christian
form, or asked leave to state tho reasons why,
as at present advised, they must decline to
accept his mark. A few words at the end of
the letter suggest, we fancy, the key to Dr.
Cunmiing's lamentable apostacy. "I am per
suaded,'' he says, addressing the editor of
jiiikx. "that if you send, as von no doubt
will, a reporter to tho successive meetings of
the Council, he will not be able to report any
language used by mo or the others'' meaning
JJr. MAeile, the Bishop of Kipon, aud an
ther eminent, but to us, alas! unknown,
l'rotestant champion, Dr. Blakeney, all three
of whom Dr. Cumming hopes t& take with
him "inconsistent with the courtesy we owe,
or the respect we feel, to the sovereign Pon
tiff and tho asseinbled prelates. ' Tho
vision of a "discussion," such
as wo believe no lias oiien borne a
part in in earlier life, floats before Dr. Cum
ming's imagination. The fields in which he
has hitherto won his honors were but the
obscure platforms of local Protestant meet
ings. Now he dreams of glorifying himself
at Koine wun the whole ltoman Catholic Epis
copate tor adversary, tho lime for reporter,
aud the world lor audience. lie knows,
doubtless, that he can trust the judgment of
a limex correspondent, and he pictures to
himself three or four columns of small type
introduced in such fashion ns this: "The
Bishop of Orleans then addressed the Council
at great length and was followed by Cardinal
Bonaparte. As Dr. Cumming s reply to these
eminent prelates will probably be ot more in
terest to your readers, I subjoin it in full,
Ureat indeed would be tne excitement in Pro
testant circles, loud and long-sustained tho
song of triumph among tho seat-holders of
Crown Court.
AVe have some difficulty in determining
whether this letter to the Pope is really meant
as a serious production or as an elaborate and
somewhat heavy jest. The "chaff"' for it
deserves no other name about "grave per
sonal risk," "consigned to a bonfire," and tho
like suggests the latter interpretation, and
the prominence otten given on Protestant
platforms to what are called "humorous illus
trations of the errors of Home makes tne
supposition additionally probable. Dr. Cum
nnng may have, like John unpin, a pleasant
wit, and love what he considers a timely
joke. On the other hand, his description of
the attitude he proposes to assume at the
Council has a serious sound about it. "We
shall, I am sure, exhibit all the candor of
reasoners, the charity of Christians, and the
homage of men invited to appear in another
realm, and before a venerable synod" the
phrase in Dr. Cnmming s mouth may be com
pared with Dante s "grave citizens ot Uis
"to enunciate the grounds on which they re
tain their separation from Home, and their
adherence to the Church of the Beforma-
tion." The Council will work on wonder at
all events if it converts Dr. Cumming into
candid reasoner or a charitable Christian, and
the miracle will be all the more conspicuous
from the remarkable want of the former
quality displayed in one passage of this very
letter. Dr. Cumming professes himself pre
pared to prove that "there is in the Protes
tant Church in all its branches a mon
thorough and pervading unity" than is generally
admitted. Considering that the "Protestant
Church" regarded in this extremely general
wav. must tie held to include Dr. uumining.
the Dean of "Westminster, M. Cocqnerel, and
Professor Ewald, Dr. Cumming either knows
beforehand that he can prove nothing of the
kind,' or his theory of a thorough aud per
vading unitv must be singularly elastic. I er
haps, however, this statement is meant to
cnrrv inst ns much conviction as his assumed
fear of being consigned to a bonfire,
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ears.
8156m
No. 45 8. TENTH Street.
. I. IAHTON.
. M'MAHOK.
EAN'lun ncjuaiiu.
Binmr. 0 a iw commission mkkcuant
No. 8 CJOKNTIK8 BLIP, New York. T
No, 18 SOUTH WHARVKH. Philadelphia,
No. 45 W. PRATT Street, Baltimore. I
W. are prepared tp ahip every description ol Freight to
Philadelphia, New York, Wilmington, and intermedial
EoinUwilh promptness ajid-despatch. (Jaosi Boats ud
team-tug, fnnutliad at the horteet notioe. tt Ji
AVTLLIAM ANDERSON & CO., DEALER."
in luue WUiskins.
No, 146 North SECOND Street, -i
Ptulkdelphla.
INSURANCE.
DELAWAKK MUTUAL SAFETY IN9U
RANOK COMPANY, Inoorpontad bf th LK'
Utor of Peuiujrlvaiii, It. , ,
Offico, 8. E. corner of THIRD tad WALNUT Street,
f nunnnmnik,
MARINK INhlJRANOF.a
On VeMell, Utrirn, end Kmivht to all prt of the world.
INLAND lNSITUANirkH
On goods bf rlrer, onnl. Inks, and Und earringe to ell
pariA ot tne union.
FTK.K. INSURANCES
On Merchandise generally I on btoree, Dwellings, Uonses,
r.io.
ABSKT OF TTIF. COMPAJTf ,
ii'iTrmoer I, inno.
f 200.000 United States Five 1'er cent. Loan.
. I- $208,80000
1O0.000 Unitod States Sii Par (Jan I. Loan.
I' 136.9WO0
60,000 United States Sii For Uent. Loan
(fur Pacific Railroad) fiO.OOO'OO
wu.uuu ptaieoT remnylvanla Biz 1'er Uent.
Loan 811,876 08
125,000 Oltr of Philadnlphia Kir. Per fJont.
Joan (oieniut from tax) 128,694'Ofl
60.000 Stats of Nair .Inr.o. Mix Par (lent.
Loon 61,600-00
11,000 1'enu. Kail. First Mortsase S z Per
Cent. Honda 8U,300-00
itt.UOO Ponn. Knil. Htaond Mort. 8 x Per
Cent. Nnnds 34,000 00
B6.0U0 Wetrn Penn. Rail. Mortgage Hit
Percent. Honda fPann. Uailroad
guarantee) 20,625 00
80.000 RtHtn nf Tnnn..A. V,.o Par (lant.
loan 21,000-000
7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent.
loan 6.0B1 25
io.uw uermantown fias Company, prin
cipal and In t (iron t guarantood by
CttV nf Philt..lt,lii UiHI iJirMB
Stock 15,000-00
10,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 200
. shuros Ktoi k 11,300-00
D.UUO Aorth Pennsylvania Railroad Co.. llK)
... - shares Stock 8.5O0IW
20.PO0 Fliillf,li,hi nH Rm.thurn Mnil
..-.. . Steamship Co.. SO shareB Stock. ... tu.OUOOO
wi,vw liOnns on Hoard and Mortgago, first
Liens on City Properties 907,oiW,00
F I,1UH,SU0 Par. Market valuo. 1.130.:t25-24
Cost. mxm.&A j.
Ileal Fetat. 8,000-00
Ijills receivable for insurance made aw,4t) 14
' IV. IUOUIOUUO III ... it.......
Vaisnuos due at agencies, premiums on marina
policies, accrued i merest, aud other debts due
the company
40,178-88
Btnt k and scrip of sundry corporations, $3156.
I'Htimatcd value . ..
J'a-h in bank !.$Uri,l"inS
1,813-0
Cash in drawer.
413 66
llii,5S3-73
$l,rH7,:iH7x
Thomas O. Hand
John O. Davis, '
James O. Hand,
rJIEEC01"'-
Kdninnd A. Bonder,
ISiimuol K. Stokes,
I Henry Sloan,
William O. Ludwig,
George O. Leiper,
i noopiiiius I'auldi
Josopb H. Seal.
ng,
Hugh (Jrnig,
John R. Penrose,
iipnry vj. imiiutt, dr.,
John D. Taylor,
Jacob I'. Jonos,
James Tratiair,
neorge w. iiernncloa.
William U. Houlton.
r.uuuru uuriington,
11. Jones RrookR.
Jacob Riegel.
tippneer Mclivnine,
U. T. Morgan, Pittahnrg,
James K, McKarfnnd,
Kdwarri Latourcade,
onn li. Kemple,
'A. B. Knrgnr, "
THOMAS O. HANI). Prnsldont.
joauua f. ryre.
. lons u- DAVIS, Vice-Presidout.
HFNRY LYLBURN. Socretnrv.
H KNKY V A LL, Assistant Secretary. 10 6
i G)( C II A It T E K PE11PETUAL.
Franklin Fire I
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESWUT St.
Assets Jan. 1, '69. $2,677,372 1 3
CAriTAL
-w
8100,000 DO
l,OS:i,5-2S-70
l,193,S-13-43
At fHl El) SURPLUS
PREMIUMS ....
UNSETTLED CLAIMS,
$23,:b8-12.
INCOME FOR 1S69,
J.iOII.UUd.
Ia sincel829,0Yer!
Perpotual and TemDorarv Policies on T.lhnml Tnrmi
The Company also issues Policios on Rents of.liuildings
ui on ftiuuD,uiuuuu nmn, auu jviongugcs.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred O. Baker, . Alfred Fltler,
humuol Grant, I Thomas Sparks,
Geoige W. Richards. I William S. Grant,
Isiiac Lea, I Thomas S. Kills,
George t ales, Gustavus 8. Benson.
ALI'RED (1. UAkKlt. Pn,.iil,.nt
,.. ATT,G;y,,,ULK FALKS, Vice-Presklent.
J AS. W. McALLISI KR. Hecretary. '
THKODOKK M. REGElt, Assistant Secretary. 8 9
A S B U R Y
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 2P1 BROADWAY, corner READE Street. New York.
flAKH CAPITAL itii-ji.ui
iiaS.UUO deposited with the State of New York as security
iui uviivi uuiunre,
1EMUKL BANGS. President.
GEORGK KLLIOTT, Vioe-President and Secretary.
A. E. M. PURDY, M. D., Medical Examiner.
Thomas T. Tasker,
mi JtlUtWUJf.H 1ST rKKMlAHIUN.
John M. Maria.
J. B. Llppinoott,
Jaines Lour,
tjuuries spencer,
John A. Wright,
Arthur O. Coffin,
William Divine,
S. Morris Wain.
John li. McOreary,
.lames Hunter,
in ice cnaraoter 01 its directors, economy or manage-
vnunf mOD,,r,,. I,l a h. , UA IIT,.', ,.' I ,111 , , .
. .. .... , . w.,n ui ibicd, i aiuiinivair mas
OE DECLARINO DIVIDENDS, no restriction in female
lives, and absolute non-forfeiture of all policies, and no
restriction of travel after the first year, the ASBUKV pre
sents a combination of advantages offored bj no other
oompaoy. roiiciea issueu in every lorm, an ol a loan of
one-uiiru maue wnen aesirea.
Special advantages otf ered to clergymen,
hot all farther information address
.1AM K.N M. I)Nanp
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delawara.
Office. No. m WA LNUT Street. Philadelnhin
FORMAN P. liOLLlNSUEAD, Special Agent. 4 169
gTR.CTL.Y MUTUAL.
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFICE, No. Ill 8. FOURTH STREET.
Organized to promote LIFE INSURANCE anions'
members of the Society of Friends.
Good risks of any class accepted.
Policies Issued on approved plans, at the lowest
rates.
President, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY,
Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONUSTKETH,
Actuary, ROWLAND PARKY.
The advantages offered by this Company are un
excelled. 1 87,
J H S U B
AT II O M B,
Df TIU
Penn
Mutual Life
Insurance
COMPANY.
NO. 921 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
ASSETS, 94,000,000.
CHARTERED BY UK OWN STATE.
MANAGED BY OUR OWN CITIZENS.
LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID.
POUCIES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS.
Applications may be made at tlie Home Office, aad
. at the Agencies throughout the State. 195
JAMES TRAQUAIR PRE8IDKNT
MAMUEI, E. STOKES VIOE PRKSIDKNT
JOHN W. JIOHNOR A. V. P. and ACTUARY
HORATIO M. STEPHENS BHORICTABY
THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA. lrfll
Office S. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT Streets
FIRK INbURANOK EXCLUSIVELY Dtre8t
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED
CashCapiuU.................... tmv0
DIRECTORS.
F. Ratohford Btarr.
J. Livingston ICrrln...
Nalhro racier,
John M, At wood,
Uenjamin T. Tredick.
George U. Stuart,
John 1L lirnwn.
James L. Claghorn.
William O. Roulton.
Charles Wheeler,
Thomas H. Montgomery,
James Aertsen.
flrst-olaas risks, takinsr no
This Company insure only
1..11- 1...
specially uaKaruous nsas
mills, etc.
whatever, such as acUirie s
F. RATOHFORD 8TARR. Pm.M.nf
I
. THOMAS JI. MONTGOMERY, Vic-Prldent
AtKXtMDKB W. WiirrKit, Secretary. 6
pHCENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF
1 PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED 1 hi 4 CHARTER PERPETUAL
No. 2U4 WALNUT Street, opposite the Eicuauge.
This Company insures from loss or damage by
FIRK, i
en liberal terms, en bnlldings, merchandise, fnrnltnre,
etc., for limited periods, and permanently on buildings by
VllUllb VI. JJSVIU1UUJS.
'1 he Company his b
has been In active operation for more than
U rl V. 1.. I. - 11 1 V. ,
SIXTY YEARS, during which
&aak , . ,1.1, uuilUR iuvu RU CVVBW IWIV ptMMl
liiuuiptsj aujusuMl auu imm.
id paid.
DOCTORS.
Jobn L. Hodge,
David Lewis,
n-i. it. at anony,
John T. Lewis,
W illiam 8. Grant.
Robert W. learning,
benjamin Kttlng,
Thomas H. Powers,
A. H, MoHeerv. 1
Kdinund Oaatilloa,
Kaniuel Wiloos,
is, uiara tt n,u,
Lawrenc Lewis, Jr.
JOHN R. W CUUKKEK. President.
lwis 11. noma.
Ba ViX Waco. Secretary. 4 J
IN8URANOC
tp A M E
INSURANCE "COMPANY-.
No. CH FKNUT HtrKol.
INCORPORATr.I IKStJ. CHARTER PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL, fsnn.noo.
FIRE INSURANCE KXOI.V8IVELY.
Insures against Loss or Damage bv Fire either by Par.
petual or Tutporary Policies.
DIRECTORS:
Chnrlns Richardson, i Robert Pmrre.
William II. Klinwii,
John Kn.Hlnr, Jr.,
Krtward (1. Orne,
ChiirlcsStokon,
John W. kverman,
Mordecai ifuzliy.
rrancis IV Ituck,
llimry Ixwis,
Nullum llilli s.
Georgo A. Wet,
CHARLES RICHARDSON, Prnsldont
WILLIAM H. RH AWN. Vlco-PrnM.r,'
Wn.LtAMS 1. Bi.anchard, Secretary. 7
rVUE PENNSYLVANIA FIIJE INSURANCE
-i- COMPANY.
- inrornnriifed l-Cf, Charter Perneltial.
No, MO WALNL 'i'Stroot, opposite I
Indopendiince Square,
I nis Company, favorably known rn th ,..
over torty years, continues to insure against loss ordain,
ago by lire on Public or Private llniliiinn, either iinrma.
nintlj -or lor a Imin-.l time. Also on Furniture. Stocks
ot Guilds, nnd Mnrciisn liKe genorally, on lilmral tonus
n. ir . Hiniiii, ior-innr witn n i.uvrn Surplus Fun I is
invested in the most careful manner, which eirtbles thorn
to otler to tho insured an undoubted security in the case
Daniel Smith, Jr.,
HIKECT its.
John Deverenuv.,
Thomas Smith,
Iteurv Inn-is,
J. Giilini'liiiiii
Alexander Itent-iin,
Isaac Iia7,el)iursi,
1 nomas ituuins,
unnioi iiiirKioi-K. ,lr.
..... rTinwI. 'ANIEI.K.UTII, Jn.. Presidi'nt.
M. (1. C'ROWI'1,1,, Secretary.
OFFICE OF TIIK INSl'KANCK COMPWY
OF NORTH AMERICA. No. -iflWAI.VI'T
Philadelphia.
Incorporated 17!'l. ' Charter Perpotual.
Canital. ftMi.lMHi
Assets 2AW.ia.
MARINE, INLAND, AND FIRE INSURANCE.
OVER 'JU,tHXI,0Ut) LOSSES PAID SINCE ITS ORGAN.
1 V '1-1 , 1 v-
A'Jl 1 I'.l ,
Arthur O. Coffin,
DIKKl'TOHH.
t ran cis K. Cope,
Edward II. Trottor,
Edward S. Clarke,
T. Charlton llonry,
Alfred 1). .lesstip,
John P. Whitn,
Lnnis C. Mii'ioira,
Charles W. Cmlmiatl
Samuel v. Jones.
John A. Rrown,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose W bite,
William Welsh.
S. Morris Wain,
.John Mason,
Uourito L. Harrison.
ARTHUR C. COFFIN, Presl.Iont,
. CIIAKLES PLAIT, Vice-President.
MATTniAB Mabis, Secretary. 2 14
1
Ml'ElUAL FIRE INSURANCE Co",
LONDON.
ESTA IJ I.1SI I Ela LSOJI.
Taid-tip Capital and Accumulated Funds,
S!,000.000 IN GOLD.
PREV0ST & HERRING, Agents,
2 45 No. 107 8. THIRD Street, Philadelphia.
CHAS. M. PREVOST.
CHAS. P. HERRING.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
z
ELL'S
POPULAR EriCVCLOPEDIA.
1
A DICTIONARY OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE,
T. ELLWOOD ZELL, Publisher,
Noa. 17 and 19 South SIXTH" Street,
6 27 R3m
PIIILADTLPIIIA.
B
u n e a u
(FRENCH
VERITAS
LLOYDS).
INTERNATIONAL REGISTER FOR
CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS.
THE REGISTER VERITAS, containing the ClassL
llcatlon of Vessels surveyed In the Continental. Brl-
tlsli, and American ports, for the year 1869,1s FOR
SALE by tlte Agents in New York.
ALF. MERIAN A CO.,
4 20 No. 49 EXCHANGE PLACE.
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE
M A NeW Course of IjOCtlirnS. M HnlivnrH af .KA v.
York Museum of Anatomy, einliracinu the auhieots.
How to Live, and What to Live for; Youth, Maturity, and
Old Age; Manhood Uenorally Reviewed: The Cause of
Indigestion-. Ilatulpnco and Nervous Diseases Accounted
For; Marriage Philosophically Considered, eto. etc.
Pocket volumes containing those Lectures will be for-
wnrocu, ikiri paiu, on receipt oi - cents, liy amlrnssing W
A. LEAKY, J li., S. E. coiner of FIFTH and WALNUT
r reels, ruimueipuiu.
' LUMBER.
1Q.;. SPRUCE JOIST. ion
100 J SPRUCE JOIST. lOO J
HEMLOCK.
HEMLOCK.
I860
SEASONED CLEAR FINK. -t Q(.
SEASONED CLEAR PINE. lOUU
Cliujt;i!i rATTKKN PINK.
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
1860
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLORIDA FLOORING.
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VIRGINIA FLOORING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP HOARDS.
RAIL PLANK.
1800
1 CI.O WALNUT HOARDS AND PLANK. 1 O'li
J Ol) V WALNUT BOARDS AND I'LANK.lo()ll
WALNUT HOARDS.
WALNUT PLANK.
1809
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. 1 Dfi
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. lOl) J
RED CEDAR.
WALNUT AND PINE.
1800
SEASONED POPLAR.
SEASONED CHERRY.
1800
AMI.
WniTE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS.
HICKORY.
1800
CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 1 Offi
CIGAR BOX MAKERS' Inlill
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS,
FOR SALE LOW.
1800
CAROLINA SCANTLING.
CAROLINA H. T. SILLS.
NORWAY SCANTLING.
1800
1800.
OF UAR SHINGLES. 1 O n
CYJ'KESS SHINGLES. loOy
MAULE, BROTHER A CO.,
No. 2WI0 SOUTH Street.
115
PANEL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES
X 1 COMMON PLANK, ALL TH ICKNKSSKS.
l Common hoards.
1 and 2 hi I K FKNCK HOARDS.
Will i K PJ.VK. FLOORING HOARDS.
YPTLOW AN D S A P PINK FLOOKINtiS, 1 W and 4V
SPhUCE JOINT. ALL SIZKH.
HKMLCCK JOIST, ALL RIZP.8.
PLASTKR1NG LATH A KPKUIALTY.
Together with a general assort uient of Building Luin.
bey, lorsale low for Hhh. T. W. 8MALTZ
2uom I I KTEKNTH and STILUS Streets.
U M B E
I: UNDER
ALWAYS DRY.
COVER,
Walnut, White Pine, Yellow Pine, Spruce, Hem
lock, Shingles, etc., always on hand at low rates.
WATSON A GILLINGHAM,
8 29 No. 92-1 RICHMOND Street, lsth ward.
N
OW IS Till? TIME TO CLEANS R
YOUR HOUSE.
WINCIIEIl, H AItXM fc CO.'ff
WASniNU AMI i'l.EANNINO POWDER
Is nnequalled for so m tilling PalnU, Floor, and all hnni
hold u Ask tor U and take no otlier. n0ui
4SSn
a. duw man. So a....
1U IfRANiFORD Raid.
TTOU8 E -WA RMING AVITII stp a xt"
.ii wrePI,,lr8lL'wnu Dwellings and BuildiiiM
of all cUubbs wit h our Patent-improved uuuaiugn
I.U W KT1 A M A CPA u iTiia
wbicb, for efficiency and economy, rival
all simlla
H.RKLFIELDAOO..
N0.4J4N. BROAD Street.
tUSm
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