THE PAIL tC EVENING TELEQKAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 18G9.
sriniT or ran rztcss.
fdltorlnl Opinion of the l.oiidlnar Journals
l imn Cnrr-nt Toilr Compiled Every
liny lor llo Evening Telegraph.
QUESTIONS OF THE IIOUK.
Vow the A. 1'. Time.
Hcnator Sherman does not mistake the
)iuient of popular feeling when, in the Ohio
)nnvas8, he lays stress upon the questions of
"taxation and currency as those which call
for immediate and intelligent attention.
I'ho iulluonce of these questions upon the
feelings and purposes of the people is not
confined to Ohio. They furnish the practical
issues for the fall campaign. The fifteenth
jimendment is the last remaining feature of
Iho reconstruction policy, and the importance
of its ratification cannot be easily over-estimated.
Until the principle it affirms be in
corporated into the Constitution the funda
mental feature of reconstruction will wear a
tsectional aspect, and its duration will be a
lnalter of doubt. The adoption of the amend
ment is. therefore, desirable as a means of
nationalizing what the country, in its treat
ment of the South, has pronounced just, and
as a final settlement of an irritating contro
versy. With this exception, there is nothing
which, in importance or interest, approaches
ho financial question.
The blunder of the main body of the
Democracy in identifying themselves with
Ihe programme of Sir. Pendleton in regard to
lhe currency and the dobt, interferes with the
practical discussion of those topics. Instead
uf entering upon them in their practical
relations, and with direct reference to
measures of which improved credit is an
essential element, the parties to the contest
are engaged in debating the relative advan
tages of repudiation and good faith. As in
the war the same class of Democrats ex
pended in opposition to the cause of the
Government the strength which, rightly used,
would have rendered its administration more
efficient, so now the relief to the tax
payer vhich would follow a successful
management of the debt is delayed by an as
sault upon the public credit. The reform
jnont obviously needed is for the time hin
dered, if not made impossible. It would be
fdle to propose to the public creditor the ac
ceptance of a bond bearing a lower rate of in
terest in exchange for that which he now
liolds, so long as a determination to disregard
ihe original contract is apparent. By wan
Jonly reviving Mr. renclleton's greenback
theory, then, the Democrats do what they can
to narrow the financial discussion within un
profitable limits, and to prevent the operation
of bond-conversion, which would so greatly
reduce the tax-payers' load.
The Democratic position with reference to
the currency is similarly mischievous. We
Lave no confidence in plans for precipitating
resumption of specie payments by legisla
tion. That must be the result of a gradual
change, involving time and the steady, whole
some growth of industry and commerce. But
the appreciation of the currency may be pro
moted by judicious measures, of which fixed
ness is an ingredient; while for resumption
other preparations are expedient, looking to
the specie strength of the Treasury and the
national banks. The Democratic programme
makes fixedness in the amount of the currency
unattainable, and demands the abolition of
the banks rather than the acquisition by them
of a specie reserve. The programme, in fact,
threatens inflation and business disorganiza
tion, under circumstances which indicate the
repression of disturbing influences as one of
tue paramount requirements ot tne country,
Upon the subjects of the debt and the cur
rency, then. Republicans appeal to the people
with decided advantages on their side. They
may fairly claim to be fighting the battle of
common honesty. They may declare, with
truth, that if the saving attendant upon con
version of the dobt, and the benefit to trade
and industry consequent upon a more healthy
condition of the currency, are not at once
feasible, it is because the influence of the
Democratic party is exerted in the direction
of inflation and repudiation.
If, however, Republicans are to profit by
this superiority of position to the fullest ox
tent, we apprehend that they must deal with
the general question ot taxation more frankly
than Senator Sherman has yet done in his re
ported speeches. The Republican record even
upon this question is not a weak one. It tells
of greatly reduced taxes the moment that
peace and retrenchment made reduction pos
sible. It tells, moreover, of a systematic
cutting down of expenditures under a Repub
lican administration, which will render f urther
reduction easy. The Ohio Senator is not too
sanguine, we trust, when he expresses the
belief that within two years the taxes on
whisky, tobacco, and incomes will yield a
sum adequate to the ordinary wants of the
Government. The desirableness of thus re
stricting the sources of internal revenue may
be open to doubt. And the impolicy of up
holding the income tax just as it is, instead of
urging modifications that would break the
force of objections now pressed against the
tax itself, is apparent. Still, the possibility
to which Mr. Sherman points is encouraging.
It shows that he at least, among the Republi
can leaders, understands the popular demand
for economy, and for lessened taxation as its
immediate result.
This demand supplies to the tariff ,not less
than to the system of internal taxation, and
Mr. Sherman errs when he runs over the
schedule of customs duties, and treats it as
something to which no serious objection can
be taken. On this subiect he underrates
popular intelligence as well as popular feel
ing. When, for example, after remarking
that "the duties complained or are chiefly the
duties levied for revenue only, and not in any
way for protection," ho adduces the duties on
sugar, tea, and coffee as foremost of those
that are objected to, and then goes on to con
tend that a mass of other duties fall on arti
cles which are consumed by the rich, he mis
conceives the whole meaning of contemporary
discussion. The complaint against the tantl
is that it is needlessly cumbrous and compli
cated. that it taxes raw materials ot manu
facture and therefore oppresses domestic in.
dustry, and that some of its most objectiona
ble duties are those which are inconsiderable
in respect of the revenue they yield. The
duties on iron, coal, timber, and sal1; produce,
in the acL'iecate. a comparatively small reve
nue; they are designed to "protect" inonopo.
lies, ana their enecis are wiuespreau uuu uua
Yet Mr. Sherman, who professes to discuss tax
ation in the spirit of a statesman, utters not
a u'nrd concern in c them.
The Republican party cannot afford to be
inrUtt-Arnt tn the tariff issue as a part of the
inKt?nn nf taxation. The time is not propi
tinnn fnr thn Advocacy of abstract doctrines,
iwi tliA nonnln have no heart for them. The
nrPKKiftK of the Government are appreci
.I! and there is an honorable readiness to
bear the inevitable burdens patiently. Their
revision and readjustment are, however, pos
sible without embarrassment to the Govern
ment, and the performance of this duty is a
service which the Republican party should
Hot try to evade.
AN EXAMFLE IN TENNESSEE.
From the If. Y. World.
From the less one learns the greater. It
seems that in Tennessee they have a state of
things somewhat resembling that which
afflicts the community at large, to wit; a set
of bogus legislators who owe the right to hold
their office not to any provision in the Con
stitution, but to a legislation "outside of the
Constitution." Thus there are eight mem
bers of the Tennessee House who are mem
bers not by a provision for their election in
the State Constitution, but by virtue of
a schedule tacked to said Constitution
at the time of its institution in 18(!".
Now, as is well known, the schedule to
a constitution is not a part of the constitu
tion, but merely ministerial, like the net of
legislation ordering the assemblage of the
convention which frames the Constitution,
and so soon as the fundamental law is got in
working order the schedule becomes, functus
officio, null, inoperative, and void. Not to go
into detail of cases where it has been em
phatically decided that such is the solo force
of a constitution schedule, wo need but refer
to the latest instance on the subject the
declaration, to wit, of Mr. Grant, in his pro
clamation of 10th July, lWW, submitting the
reconstructed Constitution of Mississippi to
the vote, that which is known as the schciule
thereto, sections 4 to 15 inclusive, is not to
be held or considered as any part of said con
stitution. Such being the status of a schedule to a
State constitution, it follows that the Ten
nessee schedule of 18(J5 is now legally inope
rative, and has been since the instrument to
which it was temporarily ancillary went into
operation. By consequence, the election
from 1W5 to 18ii!) of the eight extra members
allowed in 1805 by this schedule has been
constantly illegal; and against a repetition of
this illegality in the future and to meet its
present consequences, it is now purposed in
Tennessee to provide by simply following out
the law as hereinbefore indicated on the sub
ject of the validity and obligation of
schedules. Of course, any such action will
lead to an immense amount of howling and
roaring in the radical camp, it so happening
that the present eight extra members-elect
are all from one locality East Tennessee
and trooly loil. To this it is sufficient to
answer that ail the members allowed by the
constitution of Tennessee, irrespective of
locality or politics, will be undisturbed, only
those being denied seats who can trace their
claim to no better authority than a schedule
exhausting its operation in 18(!5.
All this, no doubt, seems dry perhaps is;
and yet in it one finds a clue to the safe solu
tion of that greater difficulty which besets the
country at large at the hands of bogus Repre
sentatives in the House and surreptitious
Senators in the Senate. None of these wor
thies owe their seats to the Constitution, but
to a legislation outside of the Constitution,
and directly terminable in its very terms.
This legislation is reconstruction. Recon
struction is in one original act and many
supplements. The ground of the original
act and, far consequence, of all based
thereon is that no legal State Governments
or adequate protection for life or property
exist in certain States, aud that it is "neces
sary that peace and good order be enforced
in said btales until loyal and republican
State Governments be established therein;
therefore, be it enacted," etc. Here the act
is expressly limited to a certain date, or, in
other words, is not, like a constitution, to
remain unchanged except by the authority
creating, but to carry within itself the time
and date of its ceasing to be of any effect.
The moment that Congress admits the South
ern States, that moment the reconstruction
schedule accomplishes itself, and the members
from the Southern States have no right to
seate under said schedule, but such right only
as they may deduce from the Federal Consti
tution itsolf. This, of course, is simply no
right at all, and the House may turn them out
as legally as the eight provisional members
may be excluded in the case of Tennessee.
The right in the premises being thus clear, it
remains that there be the power sufficient to
its exercise. This, as things go, will not be
long lacking, and is a matter that can be
safely left to itself, our present object being
attained in showing how the indubitable
legality of the contemplated procedure in
Tennessee points the way to a like clearness
of law whereby the genuine constituencies of
this country may slough off the surreptitious
delegations now equally potent with them.
SAFETY FOR MINERS.
From the N. Y. Tribune.
The mining interests of the United States
are greater, if measured by the value of actual
production, than those ot any other country
in the world. The delivery troni our coal
mines is about one-fourth that of the British
Islands, but twice as much as that of France
or Belgium. In the precious metals we have
exceeded all rivals; for although Australia has
sometimes equalled us in gold, she seems to
nave no silver, we are among the foremost
in lead, copper, and iron. Yet, with all this,
so far as the protection of human life is con
cerned, our mining system is the worst in the
world. We may say that for the safety of our
miners we have no laws whatever. Elsewhere
governments give these matters special atten
tion, men ot the highest order of intellect
for instance, Emanuel Swedenborg have been
honored by positions in the mining bureaus of
European countries. Here, the construction
and management ot mines are left to the cu
pidity of owners. Official supervision is un
known. Consequently we have mines that
are mantraps; houses built underground, each
one with only a wooden chimney for a door
way, the people are let down into the trap,
and the chimney takes fire from the bottom.
The miners themselves are always indilfer-
eui io tnoir own risKs. a newspaper para-
grapn recently uescriuea now a araday, when
examining amine, was once provided with a
cushioned seat. The philosopher asked some
questions about the gunpowder used for
blasting, and in reply received the astounding
information that the cushion he was sitting
on was meroly a bug of the powder. When
Sir Humphrey Davy invented the safety lamp
ii was uopeu vuai tue any oi colliery nre was
past. The explanation of the next creat ex
plosion of fire-damp showed that a miner had
unscrewed his lamp and exposed the flame, to
light his pipe. Thereafter lumps were locked
by an inspector as the workmen entered the
mines, and an intervul of security followed
But it was found that, bv means of Hin Tlnvw
cuttings could be worked where the fire-damp
was constantly issuing. It may be supposed
that the owners of mines favored
this extension of" their working terri
tory. The gas, entering through the
meshes of the wire, took fire within
them, and blazed arouad the wick of
the lumps. It would have warned, if it did
not frighten, anybody but miners. They
rather liked the phenomenon; it gave such i
splendid light. The wires of the lamps be
came red hot; perhaps they were burnt to
pieces; the exact particulars are in doubt; but
the result was another horrible explosion.
Substitutes for the Davy lamp haye not yet
I proved successful. Two Fronch savants made
I a "cold light;" a sort of aurora boroalis, sealed
up in a class tube, worked br an sloctrie bat
tery. It weigned 12 pounds per lamp; and
besides, the miners said they could not see by
it." Two other Frenchmen made a lamp which
was air-tight, and burned its own oxygen,
condensed by pressure. That was heavier
and bulkier than the other. Now lot some
ingenious American invent a lamp that can be
hermetically sealed up, using oxygon packed
in the solid shape of some of its chemical
combinations, and producing in combustion
no gas that requires an outlet; and ho may bo
enrolled among philanthropists.
But even that would be no security against
wooden chimnevs. Thev must be praventod
by legislation. If wood must be used in our
mines, let it be rendered absolutely fire-proof.
Soak it in soluble silicates, cover it with
stone-paint, plaster it over with cement. It
was the wood-work, nothing else, that fed the
flames in the Nevada silver mines for weeks
together. There a miner loft a candle stuck
against a post; but the system which fills the
mines with wooden supports and framework
was the real cause of that catastrophe, as it
was of the Avondale disaster.
CUBA WHAT ABOUT CUBA ?
From the A'. 1". UerdUU
From all the late news arriving from Spain
and Cuba, including the hopeful communi
cation of General Sickles, there is evidently a
prospect that the island will ere Ions cease to
be an appendage of the "mother country,"
and will take shelter under the wmg of the
American eagle. If the Regent Serrano is
wise, he will not refuse the munificent offer of
a hundred millions which General Sickles has
been authorized to offer on the responsible
endorsement of the United States lor the tree
purchase of the island, and it is said that he
is not unwilling to accept it. In the present
condition of Spanish finances it would be
foolish to refuse the offer now, because the
Spanish Government may rely upon it that
they will never get such an otter again, it is
the last chance, and they had better take it.
Indeed, affairs in Cuba are tending in such a
direction that her freedom is but a mere ques
tion of time, and she will not be worth buy
ing very soon. We presume that the Regent
sees this very clearly, although some ot the
old fogies of his Cabinet may loan more upon
the old traditional Castilian prido than upon
their knowledge of the logic of events. The
threat of sending a reinforcement of Spanish
troops to Cuba to put down the revolution is
renewed, but tho number is reduced from the
original twenty thousand to sixteen thousand.
Wo hardly believe that, in the present criti
cal state of affairs, pending a negotiation for
the purchaso of Cuba, any number of troops
will be sent there at all; and even if they are,
tins will not change the result.
With regard to the valuo of Cuba to this
country, supposing th it wo guarantee the
price of her independence at the compara
tively paltry sum of a hundred millions, there
can be no doubt or hesitation, it she is
worth forty millions a year to Spain, she can
be made worth fifty per cent, more to us by
the industry and enterprise brought to bear
upon her resources. We expect, therefore,
that, in view of the advanced state of affairs,
tending towards a solution of this Cuban diffi
culty, the administration will no longer hesi
tate to take prompt steps in the recognition
of the revolutionary government, as won as
intimating to the authorities at Madrid that it
is advisable to accept the financial solution
already officially offered. Wre believe that
General Grant lavors such a course, although
he is desirous of avoiding complications as
far as possible. But some members of his
Cabinet are disposed to put a arag upon tne
wheel and retard that action which their de
parted colleague, Rawlins, urged with his
dying breath.
THE DIVIDED DUTY.
From the -V. 1'. Sun.
It is often said that the ago of heroic deeds
is past; but on i ndav last one of the noblest
acts of which we have ever read was per
formed by a poor employe of a railroad
company, and within a few miles of New
York.
Albert G. Drecker is the bridge tender at
the Passaic river drawbridge, on the Newark
and New York Railroad. JOn Friday after
noon, just previous to the time for a passen
ger train to reach the bridge, the draw was
open. Mr. Drecker know that the train was
coming. He began to turn the bridge, so as
to close the draw before its arrival.
At this moment he saw his little son, who
was only ten years old, and who was not far
from him, fall from the bridge into the river
below. The agonized father lookod down the
track. He saw the train coming swiftly to
wards the bridge, and knew that to do his
utmost there was barely time to close the
draw. In the water below him his boy was
Btmoolincr for life. A leap into the stream
at this moment and he could save his child.
But the train came thundering down, and he
knew that if he loft his post for even a single
instant, a hundred lives might be sacrinced.
He stayed. Slowly the bridge was swung into
position, and the train passed over; and none
of the passencers Knew wDai meir Ntuety uuu
cost the poor workman, who sprang into the
river only to take thence the lifeless body of
his bov.
To 4iirA nnv Rtnrv oi neroism 10 suroass
. - . .
this ? Think, if you can, of the terrible alter
natives of duty which were presented to this
man. There was no time to deliberate. His
son was dviner. Ho could easily rescue him
J.O ... V - w J J
by leaping into the river beneath. But that
leap must have cost many umci- tn-iuun uyoo
perhaps hundreds and had he a right to
imnpril these ? The aeon of a lifetime of
suffering must have been compressed into
that moment of doubt. With sublime and
beroio fortitude, this noble father resolved to
rln hin ViirrhftHt. dntv: and to that duty his son
w as sacrificed. How many of us would have
done the same ?
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tf iT 1' H O C i. A M A T I O N.
OfFtiT OF THF. M TOR )
OF THF. OltXOK PB1I.AHKI.PHIA,
September , lSSO
Whf.i fa, J nmr J. Brook, a detective officer la the
errlce of the t'nlted States Oovornmcnt.and a resident of
the city, whilst In the discharge of his duly, was this day
crwaidly shot, with the Intent to assassinate him, by two
tr more wickedly disposed nervous, In a (tore situated In
the nctgbborlood of Front and Arch streets, about 2 30 P.
M. The ansa'sins hastened to a chaise with tiro hnrss at
tached, which was In waiting clone by the scene of out-
ruge, and which, after the dastardly deed was done, whs
driven furiously, the driver lashing bis horses, up Front
street to Collowhill street, thence to St. John street,
thence to Buttonwood street, thence to Sixth street.
thence to Spring Cardon street, thence to Fairmount
Park, where the trace so far has been lost
Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vestod In me.
I do herebyoffer a reward of
jtC00) ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
for information which will lead to the arrest and convic
tion of the guilty perpetrators of this dreadful act.
The attention of all good citizens is called to this out
rage, and their assistance is most earnestly Invoked.
DANIEL M. FOX,
P 7 Mayor of Philadelphia.
jjtjT REPUBLICAN MASS MEETINGS. THE
UNION REPUBLICAN STATE OKNTHAL COM
MITTEE have made arrangcmentsforMASS MEETINGS
as follows, viz. :
Troy, Bradford county Sept, 4, lfWO.
Towanda, " Sopt. 6, 18tJ9.
Ilonetdale, Wayne county Sept. 7, Wi.
Kittanning, Armstrong county Sept. 7, lSriP.
Beaver, Beaver county Sept. 7, 1H6A.
Bradford, Bradford county Sept. 7, lii.
Somerset, Somerset county Sept. 14, M,
The meetings at Troy, Towanda, and Honesdale will be
addressed by Governor J. W. Geary, lion. John Soott, and
Hon. W. D. Kelley.
Governor O. P. Morton of Indiana, Hon. John A. Bing
ham of Ohio, and Hon. Wayne MeVoIgh of Pennsylvania,
will addreiB the mooting at Pittsburg.
JOHN OOVODE, Chairman.
Oro. W. Fameiislf.y,
W. J. Wftrnt, Secretaries.
S. F. G WINN EH, J 8 30 19t
gigy- JOSE POEY,
Medlco-Olrojano de la Universidad de la Habana,
recibe consultaa de 9 a 11 data manana y de 3M a de la
turde en su oficina cnlle Nuove (Bud) No. 733. Redideucia
en la tulle de Green, No. Ihl7.
DR. JOSEPH POF.Y,
Gradnate of the University of Hubana (Cuba), has re-
moved his office to No.' 733 S. Ninth street. Rusitlum i
No. 1H17 Groon stroet.
Oflice Hotirs- to 11 A. M. 3Vf to 6 P. M. 7 2
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Tho Directors havo this day doclarnd a dividond of
SEVEN POLLAKS AND 1IFTY CENTS per share oa
the capital stock of tho Company lor tho lust six months,
which will bn paid to tho stockholders or their legal repre
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H o !'t vii.i.iA.fti u. miuwi'.LL, -secretary.
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Harris' Seamless Kid Cloves.
EVERY FAIR WARRANTED! '
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR GENTS' GLOVES.
J. W. SCOTT & CO.,
6!7rp No. 814 CIIESNUT StreoU
p A T E N T S HOULD Ett-S E AM
SIHRT MANUFACTORY,
, AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
PERFECTLY FITTING SniUTS ANDDRAWERS
made from nieaauremuut at very short notice.
All other ankles of GENTLEMEN'S DRESS
GOODS lu lull variety.
WINCHESTER CO,
U 8 No. 70tf C'llEgNUT Street.
INSURANOEi
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSU
RANOK COMPANY, Incorporated t h Leit
latuieof Pennsylvania, 1W&.
OO ie, 8. E. corner of THIRD a.d WALNUT BtreeK
Philadelphia.
MARINK INSURANCES
On Vessels, Cargo, snd Freight to all pirU of the world.
INLAND INSUHANL1K8
On goods by river, canal, lake, and land carriage to alt
parte of the Union.
ITRIC INSURANUKS
On Merchandise generally 'on btores, Dwellings, Houses,
ASSETS Or THF COMPACT,
November I, 1.
(Jul.OOO United States Five Per cent. Loan,
i.t a.i- dt.-vio Rim-no
l-l"tl .......... QdUiMJ IV
130,000 United States Big Per Cent. Loan,
lttul 13B.8O0 00
& ,000 United States Sii Per UenU Loan
(for Paeilto Railroad) 60,00000
900,l00 State of Pennsylvauia SU Per Cent. .
Loan 8ll,876)6
12S.OC0 City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent.
Loan (exempt from tax) 128,5ril,00
60,000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent.
Loan . 61,500-00
80,000 Penn. Rail. First Mortgage Six Per
(Sent. Bonds 90,2XTO0
85,000 Penn. Rail. Koond Mort. Six Per
Cent. Bonds 84,000 00
85,000 Western Penn. Rail. Mortgage Six
Per Cent. Bonds (Penn. Railroad . .
guarantee) 80,!2500
80,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Cent.
I,oan ai.000'000
7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent.
Loan 6.031 36
lu,000 Oermantown Gas Company, prin
cipal and Interest guaranteed by
City of Philadelphia, 800 share. .
Stock 16,000-00
10,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 900
. shares .Stock V. ....... 11,800 00
6,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 100
.,, , shares Stock 9.500 09
80,M)0 Philadelphia and Southern Mail .
o,q,,i Steamship Co., 80 shares Stock.... 16,000 00
907,100 Loans on Board snd Mortgage, first ,
Liens on City Properties 9rr7,!00,00
iMuCSM) Par. Market value, $1.130,82a-26
, 4 A Cost, $1.0P3.6O4 Hi.
Real Estate Knnn-flO
Bills receivable for insnrsnce made 82J,4tjo14
Balances due at agencies, premiums on marine
uau interest, ana oiuer ueois au.
the company
40,173-88
1,8130
116,K3-73
Stock and scrip of aundrv ooroorat ions. 31M.
Caftb in hn.nk
Estimated value
Cash in drawer.
.$llti,lnO'l
113 60
$l,047,:SoT
Thomas O. nand
John C. Davis, '
James C. Hand,
Tbeophilus Paulding,
Joseph H. Seal,
Hugh Craig,
John R. Ponrose.
Jacob P. Jones,
James Traquair,
Kdward Darlington,
II. Jones Brooke.
James B. McFarland,
Edward Laiourcade,
r.umnna a . Bonfler,
Samuel K. Stokes,
Henry Sloan,
William U. Lndwiv.
George O. Leipor,
nonry j. Kullull, j r.,
unua lp. i ayior,
George W. Bernadou,
William O. Boulton,
Jacob Riogel,
hliencer Mcllvaine,
D. T. Morcan. l'ituhnr.
John B. Semple, "
A U II
uosnua tr. nyre.
THOMAS c! ItAKll. PrnsMnnt.
HKNRY LYLBTJr'n Secretary V-Aidant.
HENRY BAI L, Assistant Secretary. 10 6
1829.-CHAltTEIt K5IIPETUAL.
iMIiii Fire Iwaiice Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CIIESNUT St.
Assets Jan. I, '69. $2,677,37213
CAPITAL 8100,000 -00
AC't 'It I El) SURPLUS 1 ,0-tf.r.2S-70
PREMIUMS 1,193,313-43
UNSETTLED CLAIMS,
INCOME FOR 1S09,
gisuo.ow
tespaiiisiiceffliTer$5,500,0l)0
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Torma.
oi
i ue i.outpany also issues Policies on Rents of Build lum
all kinds,Ground Rents, and Mortgages.
Alfred O. Rnker, . Allrod Fitlor,
Samuel Grant, I Thomas Sparks,
George W. Richards. William S. Grant,
Iaac Lea, I Thomas S. Ellis,
George Fates, . , ' Gustavus 8. Benson.
ALI'RF.D G. BAKER, President.
... lii'OKOK CALKS, Vioe-Preaidout.
JAS. W. McALLISTKH. Nn.t.r. '
THKODORK M. KKGKR, Assistant Seoretary. 8 9
A S B U R Y
LIFK INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 291 BROADWAY, corner READK fit root k..vi,
CASH OA PITAL. .'. . . .ajiai.OHO
$12o,ooo deposited wivn tne Mate ot new York as security
LKMUKL BANGS, President
GEO RGB KLLIOTT, vToe-Presidont and Seoretary.
KMORY McCLLNTOCK, Actuary.
A. K. Al. PURDY, M. D., Medioal Examiner.
Thomas T. Tasker.i John M Maria.
J. B. Lippinoott,
James Long,
James Hunter,
Charles Spencer, William Divine,
John A. Wright, 8. Morris Wain,
Arthur G. Coffin. John B. Modnun
a., vvorne.
in ms cnaraoier oi lie JJireotore. economy of manage
ment, reasonableness of rates, PARTNKRhHIP PLAN
Of DECLARING DIVIDENDS, no JeWwtion in feinale
lives, and absolute non-forfeiture of all policies, and no
restriction of travel after the first year, the ASBUR Y pre
sent, a combination of advantage, offered by no other
oompany. Policies issued in every form, and a loan of
one-third made when desired.
bpecial advantages ouered to clergymen,
lor all farther information address
.1 A M U'ji m inNoimis
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
No. m WA LNUT Stroet, Philadelphia.
FORM AN P.
uvuimoniuui, opeciat Agent. 4 lot
QTRICTLY MUTUAL.
Provident Life and Trust Co.
OP PHILADELPHIA,
OFFICE, No. Ill 8. FOURTH STREET.
Ortranleed to nromote LIFE INSURAVmi mnnn
members of the Society of Friends.
uood risks or any class accepted.
Policies ltisued oa approved plans, at tha lowest
rates.
President, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY,
Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONGSTRETH,
Actuary. ROWLAND parhv.
The advantages offered by Uils Company are an.
excelled.
1875
T N S D 14 E
AT HOME,
A.
Penn
Life
Insurance
COMPANY.
No. 921 CHE8NUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
ASSETS, 92,000,000.
CHARTERED BY OUR OWN STATE.
MAINAUUlf UY OUR OWN CITIZENS.
LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID.
POLICIES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS.
Applications may be made at the Home Offlce, sad
ui we Aguuuea lurougnout tne State. 3 18
JAMES TRAQUAIR PRESIDENT
fcAlHUEL E. STOKES VIOK PRKSIDKNT
JOHN W. IIOHNOR A. V. P. and ACTUARY
HORATIO W. STEPHENS BKORETART
rpHE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY
I. OF PHILADELPHIA.
Ottice D. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT Strut.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLIUIh S lnnnvn
Ca sh Capital $3W,000'00
ussu awn a, law,
HSIS 27-i3.
DIRECTORS.
F. Ratohford Starr.
U.Ik I." :
J. LMngeton Krrin.M
flumes L. Clagborn,
William O. iioulton.
Charles Whaelar.
John M. At wood,
Renjamin T. Trediok,
Ceorge 11. Stuart,
.lohn li. Brown.
Thomas li. Montgomery,
James Aertsen.
This Company insures only
nrat-olaas risks, taxlnff ha
speuiaur uasaraooa rwa.
n.,ll. ula.
whatever, such a. factories
F. RATOHFORD STARR, President.
THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President.
AUTtXPEB W. WiBTXB, Secretary. g
piKENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OP
A PHILADELPHIA..
INCOR PORAT KD 1ho4 CHARTER PERPETUAL.
No. 224 WALNUT Street, opposite the Exuhxnge.
This Company insures from loss or damage by
r IRE.
nn liheral terms, on buildinss. tnerohandlae. fnrnltnr
etc., for limited periods, and permanently on buildings by
di-lioeltof premiums. ...
'lie Company has been In aotire operation for more than
SIXTY YEARS, during wuioJi all losses nave been
ItlAll 1 rauD. mu.... .
promptly adjusted ui)TOR8,
John L. Hodge,
Darid Lewis.
M. K. Maliony,
John T. Lewis,
William S. tirant.
Robert W. Learning,
Renjamin Etting,
Thomas H. Powers.
A. R. Mollenry,
Kdinund Caatillon,
Samuel Wiloox,
I,, uiara t. uai i niuiuvi t. hook,
l.awreuue Lewis, Jr., 1 lwif). Noma.
JOHN R. WLUUEHUt, P
D. Clara V lianon
resident.
SaMCF-L WlLCOXi beuretary,
4J5
'INSURANOt.
JAME INSURANCE CO MP AN?.
No. Wo CIIESNUT Street.
INCORPORATED Imw. CHARTER PF.RPETL'Af
CAT1 TAL, saoo.rtirt. " :
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insures against Lom or Damage by Fire either by Per.
pctual or Temporary Polloies.
DIRECTORS: ,
Charlea Rirhardaou, , Robert Poarce,
vk ilham 11. Rhawn. John K,sslnr, Jr .
rrancia N. liuuk, Edward R. Orne,
'!e"jy lfls. Charles Stokes,
Nathan Hill,.,, Joiin W. Erorman.
l.eoige A. Vet, 1 Mordoiai Hurby.
CHAR IKS RICHARDSON, ProaiJent
WILLIAM II, RHAWN, Vice-President
WH I.TAMS I. Mt.AM H Aim, Secretary, 7 14
PENNSYJ VANIV FIUE INSURANCE
No Mfl WALNt'TMro,. ,-VtV . ndo, nc, P,p,,r,
I his Company, favorably known to the c invnuniti fw
over tort j years, cont iu., to insure against ln ii.
ago by tire on Piil.hc or Private Huihlm " e ith'r norm?'
n. ntivorfora Imiitodtimo. Alao on Fiirn.tt " RSJ
Vi 4o"V,nrt Merchandise generally, on liberal trrn.
Their Capital, together with a large Surpiu, Tun i I.
Invested in the mo.t v..f,,l manner, which inibleS H m
to otter to the inaureu sn undoubted security In , th. cm
Inrnrnnr.tn.l 1 u-t - f i. n .
Daniel Smith, Jr ,
Aletander llenw n,
John DevereiiT,
Thonia, Smith,
llenrv Lewis,
ifaao nnzipimrat,
T hotnas Robin,,
K.nli t,,. "i'V!""""'" roll-
?u,V'..TK A"KRIUA' N-Wj WAI-r Str?.?.
' MARINE" INLA pit), AND FIRR IXSUR'A:,j'c!''),W
OVER
aW.OOO.OUO LOSSES PAID SINCE ITS ORGAN.
ki. A 1 lO ,
Arthur O. Coffin.
niHKcTons.
Sauiuol W. Jones,
John A. Rrown,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose White,
William WeNh,
S. Morris Wain,
John Macon,
Oeoigu L. Harrison
rrancis R. Cope,
Edward It. Trotter.
Edward S Clarke.
T. Charlton Henry,
Alfred D. Jossup.
John P. White,
lionis U. Madeira,
Charles W. Oushman
ARTHUR O
f'riFvrv n i.i ..
Matthias VtSX' V'e President. t
pirERIAL FIRE INSURANCE CO,
LONDON.
E.ST.IMsniiD2lS0:i.
raM-up Capital and Accumulated Funds,
JK,000.000 IIV GOLD.
PEEV0ST & HERRING, Agent,
8 45
No. 107 P. THIRD Street, Philadelphia.
CHAS.TREVQST. CJIASIIERRIN-G.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
BUREAU V E R I TA8
(FRENCH LLOYDS).
INTERNATIONAL REGISTER FOR
CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS.
TI1E REGISTER VERITAS, containing the Class!,
lieatiou of Vessels surveyed In the Continental. Bri
tinh. una American ports, for tho year 1SC9, la FOR
SALE by the Ageuts In New York-.
ALF. MERIAN & CO.,
2fl Ko. 49 EXCHANGE PLACE.
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE
. . A New Course of Lectures, as delivered at th .'
York Aliiseum of Anatomy, embracing the subiects:
How to Live, and V i hat to Live for; Youth, Maturity, and
Old Age: Manhood Generally Reviewed; The Cause of
Indigestion ; Hatulence and Nervous Diseases Accounted
or; Marriage Philosophically Considered, etc. eta
Pocket volume, containing these Lectures will be for"
T'Tea'Av" ' Pirdto"08iPt of 26 cents, by addressing
RiiJ Ph.'ife&i'' ""' FIKTU and WALNUT
UT
LUMBER,
18G9
SPRUCE JOIST.
Kl'IU CE JOIST.
HEMLOCK.
HEMLOCK.
1869
18G9
SEASONED CLEAR PINE. , O'A
SEASONED CLEAR PINE. loO J
jnjivr., rni-imtA I'l.NK.
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
18G9
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLORIDA FLOORING.
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VIRGINIA FLOORING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WAI.NCT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP HOARDS.
RAIL PLANK,
18G9
1 X AfM-2 HOARDS AND PLANK. -1 GiCk
lOU J WALNUT HOARDS AND PLANK, lot) J
WAI.NTT BOARDS.
WALNUT PLANK.
18G9
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER.
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER.
RED CEDAR.
' WALNUT AND PINE.
18G9
18G9
SEASONED POPLAR. 1 O ft
SEASONED CHERRY. lot):)
ASH.
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS.
HICKORY.
18G9
CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 1 Gt'(
CIGAR BOX MAKERS' I hliH
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS,
FOR SALE LOW.
18G9
CAROLINA SCANTLING.
CAROLINA H. T. SILLS.
NORWAY SCANTLING.
1869
1869
CEDAR SHINGLES. -nim
CYPRESS SHINGLES. lOO J
MALLE, BROTHER A CO.,
No. am SOUTH street.
"JJNITED STATES BUILDERS' MILL,
FIFTEENTH STREET, BELOW MARKET,
ESLER & BROTHER, Proprietors.
WOOD MOULDINGS,
BRACKETS, ETC.
BALUSTERS AND TURNING WORK.
A Large Stock always on hand.
011 8m
DANEL PLANK. ALL
THICKNESSES
X. 1 COMMON PLANK, ALL
THIOKNK.SSL'S
iuwmniii n"A aua.
land2MlKr'tiNCK BOARDS.
WHIT ft PINK. FLOORING HOARDS.
TFT.LOW AND8APPINK FLOOKINGS, ly and 4V
SPKUCK JOIST, ALL SIZKS. t
HKMLOCK JOI8T, ALL SIZES.
PLA8TKRINO LATH A SPKCIALTY.
Together with a general aasortmentof Building Lum
bey, for sale low for cai.h. T. W. 8MALTZ.
835 Dm FIFTEENTH and STILES Street
UMBER UNDER
ALWAYS DRY.
COVER,
Walnut, White Pine, Yellow Pine, Spruce, Hem
lock, Shingles, etc., always on hand at low rates.
WATSON A GILLINGHAM,
8 89 No. 9U RICHMOND Street, 19th wara.'
OROOERIE8 AND PROVISIONS
yniTE PRESERVING BRANDY,
Pure Cider and White Wine Vinegar, Green Ginger,
Mustard Seed, Spices, etc. etc. All the requisites lor
Preserving and Pickling purposes.
ALBERT C. ROBERTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
11 W Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Streets.
ICHAEL MEAGHER. & CO. J
Ho. 123 South SIXTEENTH Street,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers la
PROVISIONS.
OYBTJEKS, AND SAND CLAMS,
FOR FAMILY U8H
TffHRAraS Ut PES DOZSN. IH
Daniel Haddock, Jr. - f
JVM. O. CROWEl'ict11' -sldent.
"sFFICE OF TIIF IVsriMvr i;' -,.,.;.".'.:'. "1
V