THE DAILf EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, I860. orzmT or Tim ran3s. B tularin! Opinio"- Ik IT for Hie Krc-loa Telroranh. THE CAPITALISTS OF CHIME. From the A. 1'. Tribute. The contwt between those who work and IhoBe vho plunder is nearly as old as the world itHolf. Nor is there much ground to hope for its speedy tormina! ion. We suggest tho inquiry whether society may not have made a mistake in its mode of carrying on this contest. Has it not failed to recognize the fact that hnbituol oriininnlity is a craft, not carried On by isolated individuals, but by a virtual organization comprehending various grades and divisions of work, and especially requiring the combined action of capital and labor precisely as other crafts do, and like them, too, being wholly dependent for its continued existence on this union? There are two well-defined classes enlisted in criminal operations, the capitalists and the operatives, those who furnish tho means, and those who work tho machinery; and the former are absolutely essential to tho latter. There are four kinds of criminal capitalists: 1. The owners of houses or dens affording shelter to depredators, and places for their congrega tion and enjoyment concert saloons, dunce Louse, and houses of prostitution. 2. The receivers or bnvers of stolen property, tf. Tho pawnbrokers who lend money upon such property. 4. The makers of burglarious and other instruments used in criminal opera tions. It is the practical impunity of these Capitalists which supports the breed of thieves and burglars. As the law now stands, a man possessed of some cnpital may, with absolute i punity, use it -in providing homes for t riiuinals, arranged, if so he pleases, for con cerling tho thieves and their plunder, and for bi l ling the pursuit of the police; or such a pr ison may, with equal impunity, engage in tho manufacture of burglars' and thieves' instruments, some of which are of tho most elaborate construction. It is true that, as regards those who cash the Btolon property, either by -loan receivers and tho law does provide by purchase or pawnbrokers for their pun- ishment; but the requirements as to evidence are such as to make detection and conviction, in ordinary cases, all but impossible. In New York, the number of daily receptions of stolen property probably amounts to some thousands; yet the conviction of a receiver is so rare that there is scarcely one to ten thousand offenses; and the conviction ef a pawnbroker for receiving such property in pledge we have never heard of. Compared to the swarms of operative plunderers, the several classes of criminal capitalists consti tute but a small body. Being much more Sensitive to the terrors of the law and moro confined to given localities, they offer by far t ' :e fairest mark for successful criminal legis lition. The mere "laborer" of tho criminal class, if we may so name the thief and the iurglar, has neither reputation to hazard nor property to lose; he can hide himself or run away. Not bo, however, the man who has invested his capital in aid of the preda tory class; he cannot conceal himself; and if he run away, he must leave his houses, his shop, or his stock behind him. These criminal capitalists present a yital and exceedingly vulnerable part f the organization. If it were made abso lutely unsafe for owners of property to afford shelter to habitual criminals the stern rule 'No houseroom to the dishonest" being rioidlv enforced and if it were also made ab solutely unsafe either to purchase stolen pro perty or to advance money upon it, the class that now lives by plunder would per force be driven either to honesty or starvation. Some vears aeo. in the town of Kidderminster, England, it was noticed that while household property, shop goods, valuables carried about the nerson. etc. etc., were perfectly secure from depredation, the thread and silk used in bombazine and carpet weaving were con stantly stolen. Now, what was the cause of this strange anomaly 1 Kidderminster was not large enough to conceal and support a trader in stolen goods of the ordinary kind, but it contained many small weavers, some of whom had both means and inclination to buy tho stolen silk and thread. Circumstances enabled capital and labor the capital of tho small weaver and the labor of the thief to act jointly against the silk and thread, while they did not admit of such joint action against other kinds of property. There is a world of instruction in all this. It says to society: Strike at the criminal capi talists in your warfare against crime; make the cities too hot to hold them; destroy oppor tunity in the large towns as well as in the small; and then evil inclination will remain dormant and undeveloped in the former no less than in the latter; but; so long as, through ignorance or fear, you fail to adopt this method of attack, you will be obliged to main tain an army of watchers to check evil incli nation as it ripens into crime; your property will be exposed to plunder and your persons to injury; and thousands upon thousands of children, who might be saved by a law as inexorable as that which makes the magnetio needle obey the loadstone, will be doomed to grow up under influences which will compel them to become the criminal army of the future. TIIE GLORIOUS LAND OF ALASKA. From the K. Y. Herald. Let skeptics doubt no longer. Alaska is a great and glorious country, incalculable in its riches and cheap as dirt for the trifle of money paid for it. Our venerable statesman, W. II. Seward, who bought it at a venture, has seen it and he is more than satisfied he is de lighted. As the Queen of Sheba, attracted by the reports of the grandeur and glory of King Solomon, found on visiting him in his royal city of Jerusalem that not one-half the Btory of his surpassing splendors had been told, even so the Sage of Auburn is entranced with the splendors of Alaska. In the Tort land Oregonian we find a full report of a Bpeech delivered by Mr. Seward, on the l"th day of August last, at Sitka, the chief sea port and only city of Alaska (population say mo uuuuieuj, uuu irom mis cau ot rich arctie milK we propose to skim off the delicious cream in this article. First, in answer to the inquiry, iou nave iooea on Alaska, what do you think of it?" he says: "Unhappily, I have seen too little of Alaska to an- HWLT iUC uutnwvu iwivMiiij, i ih tiTlm .... line or tne I nitta mates, exclusive of Alaska i in nniut l n nf a i ... i ' . tinn. Iiicludinir the Aleutian islands, eximmu in breadth of 200 miles. The entire land area, laciu. ding island, . la CT7.SU0 statute square miles. We siir.iiiii think a foreigner very presumptuous who should presume to give the world an opinion of the whole of the United States of America after he had iiierelv looked in from his steamer at Plymouth and itnaton harbor, or had run up the Hudson river to the Highlands, r had ascended the Delaware to Trenton, or the James river to Richmond, or the ailnHtsBlpp! no further than Momphis. My observa tion of Alaska thus far has hardly been more com prehensive." Tien, after describing Lis explorations iw.uvv iiiivw w w aumi alOIlO 111 eluding the islands, Is iio.oou miles, tub portion of the Territory which lies eust of tho peninsula In cludlnsr Islands, Is 120 miles wide; tlie weatom (.r. 1il ittf m loa WIlllA r. among the Roaboard islands, and np to Mount l airwentber, lie proceeds to give Ills impres sions of the country. First, he tells of the climate. Of course, in regions so vast the climate must be variable, but he thinks that "he must be a fastidious person who complains of climates in which, while the eagle cloiignts to soar, tne numming bird does not disdain to flutter. He says, too, that "not only have these skies been suf ficiently bright and serene to give me a perfect view, under the sixtieth parallel, of the total eclipse of the sun, and of the evening star at the time of the suu's obscuration, but I have also enjoyed more clear thau there have been cloudy days in the early mornings and late evenings peculiar to the season." And if they have fewer unclouded snnrisings and settings in Alaska than in more southern latitudes. they have more frequent and more magnifi cent displays of the rainbow and the aurora. And ot all the moonlights m tho world com mend me to those which light up the archi pelago of the North Pacific Ocean." "The thermometer tells the whole case whon it reports that the summer is cooler and the winter is warmer in Alaska than in New York and Washington." The country, too, must bo healthy, for Mr. Seward. says that he has min gled freely with its mixed population, the Tonguss, the Stickeens, the Cakes, tho Hy dnhs, the Sitkas, the Kootsnoos, and the Chil- cats, and with the traders, soldiers, seamen English, Russian, Swedish, and American and he has found them all in robust and exu berant health. Manhood, up there, is active and energetic; infancy seems exempt from disease and age from pain. Could anything more bo asked in the matter of climate ? Secondly, the Alaskan rivers are broad. shallow, and rapid, and the seas deep and tranquil. And such marine treasures! The w hale therein abounds; and the sea otter, the fur seal, hair seal, and tho walrus; and those waters swarm with salmon, cod, and other delicious fishes. From what he has seen he is almost a convert to the theory that the water produces more for tho sustenance of animal life than the land. And the cloud capped towers, domes, castles, and minarets, and snow-covered cones and ridges of those mountains are wonderful to behold; and those glorious forests ot pines, cellars, cy presses, hrs and larches are a sight to see. Even tho cotton-wood tree (the balm of Gilead) there grows to such a size that from a single trunk a canoe is otteu made capable ot bearing a phalanx ot sixty warriors. Think of that. And no beam, or spar, or mast, or plank is ever required in any land which the fragrant cedars of Alaska cannot furnish. And the native grasses up there are first rate for cattle and horses. Such is the island and coast section of Alaska: and from all that is known of the great inland Yukon valley, it is much the same. In the third place, the land animals of this now purchase are worth something. They include the elk aud the deerin profusion the bear, tho black, tho grizzly, the cinnamon, and other varieties; mountain sheep, enor mous fellows, with rich fleeces; the wolf and the fox, in several varieties; the beaver, tho otter, the mink, tho raccoon, the marten, the ermine, the squirrel grey, black, brown, and flying. It is from these tnr-ueanng animals that the Hudson Bay Company have become so rich that no combination of capital has yet been found competent to buy them out. Next, with regard to the Alaskan ice crop. It has been a failure in the coast ponds this season; but in the glaciers (if that ice will do) there is a liberal supply. In minerals, too, Alaska is well supplied. Its copper mines are an old story, and it has whole ranges of moun tains of iron, the very dust of which adheres to the magnet. It has beds of coal on the Kootsnoo; and in other places placer and gold quartz mining is carried on. With such re sources in the land and tho water, with a climate singularly salubrious, and with scenery surpassing in sublimity that of the Alps, the Apennines, the Alleghanies, or the Rocky Mountains, Mr. Seward expects a glorious future for Alaska in its settlement and deve lopment. The summer season in those high latitudes is too short for much in tho way of farming and gardening; but for fishermen, hunters, lumbermen, miners, and dealers in ice, Alaska is the Promised Land. "We have given the substance of Mr. Sew ard's report to the citizens of Sitka of the re sults of his observations as to the material resources of Alaska. His political reflections thereon are full of enthusiasm. From all that he says, we are inclined to think that Alaska is a good bargain. Mr. Seward, how ever, in his detour hardly toucnea tne main continental body of Alaska. Therefore we hope that among the recommendations of General Grant s regular December message to Congress he will recommend a liberal appro priation for a scientino exploring expedition next summer of this prodigious terra incog nita by land and water. Mr. Seward's glances alone the coast will increase the public de. sire to know all about the vast interior of Alaska. PURITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. From the A". Y. World. The Democratic party of the United States, for the last seven or eight years, has exhibited a more steady and disinterested adherence to principle than any party that has ever existed in this country. When political parties are pretty evenly balanced, and either has tolera bly fair chances of gaining the control of the Government and disposing of its patronage, sordid motives have free play, and the hope of office and emolument is a potent influence in political action. But, for the last eight years, the Democratic party has had no san guine expectation of "the spoils," and no other motive than honest patriotism could have made it so firm, steady, and resolute as it has shown itself to be in the vigorous con tests against mighty odds in which the chances of early success were so slender. The .Demo cratic masses, and their true and tried leaders, have brensted a malignant tide of obloquy and vituperation, without the expectation of any other reward than the satisfaction of discharg ins their duty to their country. One consequence of so long a struggle against arrogant and intolerant majorities is, that the party has been sifted, and selfish, sordid spirits have deserted to the winning side. Men like Butler and Sickles, with a quick perception of where their bread was most likely to be buttered, went over, with all convenient haste, into the camp of the Republicans. All political traders, all men of desperate fortunes who sought to thrive upon public plunder, perceived that they could not expect to grow fat by grazing in the Democratic pastures. Like ravenous birds attracted by the scent of carrion, they hovered and fluttered around the party that had contracts to give and offices to bestow. Nearly all the venal politicians of the country went into the Republican party. General Grant, among others, deserted his early political faith when he became convinoed that desertion was the road to political proi motion. The great mass of those who stayed in the Democratio party stayed from motives of patriotism and disinterested devotion to principle. It may perhaps be said, as a partinl offset I to this view, that, here in tho city of New I lork, the ascendancy of the Democratic party has been uninterrupted; that its ma jority has been so great that it has had no thing to fear from Us ormonontH! and that the city patronage has supplied it with the ordinary motives of vulgar politicians. So far as this may be true, or is even believed to be true, it operates to the disadvantage of thfl Democratic party. Dexterous Democratic politicians in the city, seeing that they had little to hope in a broader sphere, have' been ULder a strong temptation to act from narrow, local views, aud to dinimrnv.1 Mm ortiinml interests of the party in the pursuit of 'selfish aims. J. ho other nartv would have ndonted a similar course in the samo circumstances; and, indeed, one of tho chief sources of demoralization in our State politics has been the bait presented by tho city offices to tho cupidity of the Republican Legislature at Albany. The State Constitution has been re peatedly violated to create all sorts of com missions for transferring large portions of the city patronage to the party that could never have gained it through the local eloc tions. The Albany politicians are no better than the Tammany ring; but we must con cede that the city government of New York has not exemplified the disinterested purity and steady devotion to principle which may be justly claimed for the Democratic party in tho rural districts of the State and throughout the country. Tlfe baleful influence of tho Tammany ring is, however, subject to two powerful checks; and when the Democratic party of tho coun try regains its old ascendancy, it will bo sub ject to a third. Tho first, and perhaps tho most important of the present checks, is tho necessity which the Tammany organization is under of meeting with the Democracy of the State every year in the Democratic State Convention. In that convocation of Democrats, every Assembly district is repre sentee; and tne Democrats of tho interior, who have been trained in tho school of ad versity, have the majority of the convention, and control its action. The consemience is. that our candidates for State offices are alwavo able and reputable men, men whoso character is above reproach, and whosa integrity is never questioned. The Democracy of tho interior feel a distrust of Tamm iny, and never put in nomination any of the candidates it proposes, unless their character and record have been such as to command universal con fidence. The shining career of Mr. Hoffman, uoin as necoraer ana Mayor, made mm a most acceptable candidate for Governor; for, although he was supported by Tammany, his credit and reputation were as great in the rural iiistricts as among all classes and par ties in the city. Whatever may bo thought of some of the persons nomin ited and elected in the city for judges, the Djuioeratic State Convention has never asked the suffrages of the people for any man as Judge of the Court of Appeals against whose standing and quail fications even the. Republican press could find anything to say. The Domocratic State oincers elected two years ago are so able, up right, and faithful that it is universally con ceded that the party cannot do better than to nominate them all for re-election. The sound feeling and rectifying good sense of the Democracy ot the State confine the in liuence of the Tammany ring within tho sphere of local politics. The Democracy of the interior nave a cordial fello .v-feeliug with the honest Democratic masses in the city; but not with the ring, which they regard with distrust, and whose influence they always think it safe to restrain. Besides the salutary check of the rural De mocracy, exerted through the htate Conven tions, the King is subject to the wholesome fear of an honest, independent Democratic press.' In the city of New York it is easy for vigorous, enterprising newspaper to bo honest and independent, because it can live and prosper in defiance of any clique. Read ers are so numerous, and the legitimate ad vertising business of a first-class newspaper in a great commercial metropolis is so large, that party journals feel no dependence on party loaders, and dare to reflect the senti ments ot the honest masses without minding the Hostility of rings or juntas, or currying for the patronage which they control. When the general interests of the party require that the misdoings of a clique shall be exposed and scourged, a pros perous journal in a great commercial city can always afford to do it, and is sure to gain popularity lor its pluck and courage in pro Eortion as the squirming of corrupt leaders etrays their dread of the lash. The more they kick and cry out, the more certain the public feels that the press w' .ch castigates them is neither timid nor servile, and that they fear and abuse what they cannot bribe or control ine masses ot the Democratic party are honest, in the city as everywhere; and an organ which is true to their interests and reflects their sentiments, may confidently rely upon their support. Another influence which will in time operate as a restraint upon local rings, is a Demo cratic administration at Washington. The leaders of local cliques will then be more sub ject to party discipline than they are at pre sent; and as they will wish to stand well with the party at large when the party at large has patronage at its disposal, they will not dare to compromise the general reputation ot the Democratic organization THE VICTIMS OF MADHOUSES A DE MAND FOR INQUIRY. From the N. Y. Timet. There niunt be some menus adopted, with all possible promptitude, for inquiring into the management of our lunatic asylum.s, and the agencies by which persons are there in carcerated. Within the past year a very considerable number of cases have come to liL'ht in this ffit.v and vicinitv. in which tierfectlv sane in. dividuals had been confined, under false pre- texts, in these asylums. The latest of such cases, which is at this time undergoing inves tigation, gives a new interest to the subiect. One of our criminal lawyers received some aays ago a letter Irom an inmate ot liloom. lngdale Asylum, declaring that he had been sent there by his relations on false charges, and asking that measures be taken for his release. On coiner to the asvluni the lawver was denied the opportunity of an interview j with his correspondent, but being convinced uy mutinies eisewnere mat tne victim was wrongly confined, he obtained a writ of habeas corpus, which was returnable to-dnv. On Monday, however, the alleged lunatic made his appearance at the lawyer's ottioe, saying mat ne tiad been dismissed from tne institu tion; but the lawyer, convinced that the dis charge was given merely as a means by which the making of a return to tho writ might be avoided, directed the man to go back to the asylum, in order that the case might be brought before the Court at the proper sea son. We now trust it will be thoroughly in vestigated. Ii the ciroumstance were without prece. dent, we should be less earnest in directing attention to the subiect. It Is out a few months since the ease of Commodore Meade, who was incarcerated in this same asylum, stirred up the whole community. For social reasons, his relations procured his confine ment, and he was detained for sixty days, notwithstanding the fact that active efforts for his release were made by several persons acquainted with the circumstances. When finally these latter managed to got hnu brought before the Supreme Court, Judge Sutherland at once pronounced him in sound mind, ordered his release, and de clared that he had been incarcerated in violation of law and justice. It was but last month that the release of a respectable old lady, also from the Bloomingdnlo Asylum, was obtained through legal proceedings and it was shown on the trial that she also, though of perfectly sound mind, had been confined at the instauco of certain relations, for their own purposes. Sho was released the day after tho scrvico of the writ of habeas corpus, and the points of law involved in the case have not yet been doeidud by the Court. Still another case is awaiting decision in this city, of an elderly lady con fined as a lunatic, the evidences of which are alleged to consist only of her ritualistic practices, and her determination to dis pose of her property according to her own will. Nor are such cases confined to this city. A lady was incarcerated in the Trenton Jjunatic Asylum, a short time ago, who had given evidence of unsound mind only by the fact ot marrying tho man she loved. She was spirited away from her husband, who had great difficulty, some time after, in discovering her whereabouts; but, on doing so, and bringing her case before the Court, he promptly procured hor release e had also an account, not long since, from Philadelphia, by which it appeared that an entirely sane widow lady had, for pecuniary reasons, been shut up as a lunatic, and it was only after the greatest trouble that sho suc ceeded m getting the case brought before the Court and securing her freedom. lhcse are facts at ouco disgraceful aud alarming: aud when we seo such incidonts oc curring immediately around us when we see men and women of perfectly sound mind seized and incarcerated in, madhouses, in order that the persons procuring their con finement may carry out some nefarious pur poseit is time that we demanded tho adop tion of means for inquiring into the manage ment of our lunatic asylums. There is little difficulty in wickod and de signing persons procuring tho confinement of a victim on tho charge ot lunacy. It is only necessary that they should procure tho order of a magistrate and tho certificate of lunacy from two physicians. It is a terrible thing to think that we have magistrates m this city so unprincipled that there is no trouble in inducing them to take action m such matters, without the slightest regard to conscience or justice; and it is no less terrible to think how easy it is to find "doctors' who have no scruples whatever about giving certificates of insanity in cases where it is made their interest to do so. But that wo hacc magis trates and doctors of this kind there is, un happily, not the least doubt. We have also another class of magistrates men of careless and negligent habits and another class of doctors men who are ignorant, and incapable ot properly investigating cases ot this nature who are hardly less to be dreaded than the unprincipled and mercenary. e must have some changes in the law providing for commitments for lunacy. When a man is accused of a criminal or a civil offense, he is recularlv tried before a eonrt of proper jurisdiction; he is permitted to pro duce witnesses in his own behall, and to fur nish all the exculpatory evidence he is able to find. Surely, there ought also to be some eff ective legal means for guarding the rights oi men ana women accused ot lunacy. It is not necessary mat the means should be of a kind similar to those provided for the defense ot persons charged with violating the law; but they should assuredly be sufficient to pro vide lor seil-vmdication, and to secure a safe defense against false charges. It is so terrible to learn of such cases as we have recited it is so appalling to think of sound-minded people confined in madhouses that every guard against the possibility of sucn occur rences should be secured by legislation and upheld by legal penalties. WINES. H E R MAJESTY CHAMPAGNE. DUIITON dl LUSSOX7, 215 SOUTH FRONT STREET. THE ATTENTION OF TIIE TRADE IS X solicited to the following very Choice Wines, etc.. tar aiv ur UUBIVH 4 LUSSON, 116 SOUTH FRONT STREET. DHAHPAONK8 Airenta fnr hu Maiaat Thia 4a Moctcbello, Carte Blene, Carte Klancbe, and Charles larre'e Grand Vin Kugente, and Vin Imperial, M. Klea- man a Co., of gaayenue, bparkung Moaelle and BHLNK m irt r.n. nl AHF1KA8. Old Island. Booth S do Reser SHF.RRIKS. F. Rudolphs. Amontillado. Tonax. Val. icite, rniviiia uroiuvn uar, urown, etc. OLARKTS Prom is Aine A Cie.. Montiarrand and Bar. rua rs.- vinno v eiuoKeai. v al ette, ana Urown. aeatiii, nartjtsaoa bsuterne Wines. UlN. "Meder hwsn." BHAND1F.S. 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AMI allarefl Stock 15,000-00 10,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 200 . shares Ktoik 11,300 00 o.wu north Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 100 "hares Stock 8,500 00 80.600 Pbilanalt.hi. ,nA Rn,.tl,rn Mail Steamship Co.. 80 shares Stock.... 15,000-00 n,W0 Loans on Hoard and Mortgage, first . , Liena on UiLy Properties 807,900.00 $1,10!',900 Par. Market valuo, $l,l30,3iiU Real Fat ate JW.onotK) Ooir. JS1 (TO tiki -.ji rnis receivable for insurance made KiJ.ttti M uBinnues one at agencies, premiums on marine policies, acot ued interest, and other debts due tho company tcJt. scrip of sundry corporations, 831W. 40J78'88 diock ana serin Fntiuiated value. Caah in bsak Cash in drawer.... 1,8130 .$llt,lnlifl 4U65 116,563 73 $l,tli7W) Thomas O. Hand John U. Davis, ' d nice?! . . K.diutind A Rotidor. Hiuuuol K. Stokes, Henry Sloan, Wilimm J. Ludwlic, Gourde O. Ieiper, Henry O. Dallott, Jr.. John D. Taylor, George W. lioru idoo, William G. Boulton, Jacob Kieirol, Soenoor Mellvaine. amee j. Hand, boopbilus Paulding, oseuh H. Seal. Huifh Craiir. John R. Penrose. Jacob P. Jones, uamea 1 rnqtinlr, Kdward Darlington. II. Jones Brooke. James B. McFarlund, Kdward Lafourcade, D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg, i.joim ii. Keinple, tioauua r, tyre. THOMAS O. l!AD.Prnsldont. . J. itonzer. JOHN' U. DAVIS. Vioo-Preriident. HKNRT LYLBUHN, Secretary. UF.NKY UALL, Assistant Secretary. Ill 9 1829.- UABTKK PERPETUAL. FrMlin Fire iBsurancg Company OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNTJT St. Assets Jan. I, '69, $2,677,372' 1 3 CAPITAL : stoo.oDO-oo l,0Sii,rw-7o 1,193,843 '43 ACClfCED SURPLUS... PREMIUMS UNSETTLED CLAIMS," INCOME FOR 1SG9, t, (33 i e. Losses paid since 1829,over$5,500,000 Perpetual and Temporary Polioies on Liheral Terms The Company ulso issues Polioies on Items of.Buil dings of all kinus,Oi'ound Kent, and Mortgages. DIRKCTORS. Alfred O. Baker, Alfred Fitler, riumuel (.rant, Thomas Sparks, (ieorgo W. lUchords. I William S. tir.mt, Isaac Lea, I Thomas S. F.llis, (ieortte Fates, Uustavns S. Benson. ALFRED O. UAKKK, President. GF.OKC.IC FALF.8. Vice-President. JAS. W. McATXLSTKK, Secretary. "esiuoni,. THEODORIi 4L KKUKlt, Assistant SeoreUry. 3 A BURY LIFE INSURANCE OOMPANT. No. 201 BROADWAY, corner READE Street. New York. LEMUKI, BANUS, President. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vioe President and Secretary. EMORY McOLlWTOUK, Actuary. A. E. M. PURDY, M. D., Medical Examiner. Thomas T. Taaker, ni.ranu x FKltauBHlON. John M. Maria. J. B. Lipplncott, unaries Dpencer, John A. Wright, William Divine, 8. Morris Wain. uanimi ong, James Hunter, Arthur U. Coffin, John B. MoCreary, r. xi. vrorne. 1U IUB -aJUr.LT DI IT i Uirflninrn. annnmr nt mri. Vnnnr M.anniih nua nl .. XI A IJ fn T ij i . r w ra 1 . OF DECLARING DIVIDKN 8; o"ietricUon in ouaumie non-ionenure oi all policies, and no restriction of travel after the first year, the ASBURY pre aents a combination of advantages offered by no other company. Policies iasued in every form, ad iga of guviuiiu uiuufl wiien uesireu. bpecial advantages offered to clergymen, lor all farther information address .iamkn m. T-nwaarrRn Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware. Office. No. Sua WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. fUKMAfl . UUUJNbUKAD, Special Agent. 4 185 STRICTLY MUTUAL. Provident Life and Trust Co. OF PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE, No. Ill S. FOURTH STREET. Organised to promote LIFE INSURANCE. amon momhnf - of tho Nnjtlntvnf HMna Good risks of anv class accented. Policies Issued on approved plans,' at tho lowest 1 CivvB. President, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, Vice-President. WILLIAM c. Longstrbth. Actuary, ROWLAND PARRY. Tne advantages offered by UUs Company are an. 1CU. J J N S U 11 E AT HOME, IN TGI Penn Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY. NO. 021 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. ASSETS, .,000,000. CHAUTEKED BY OUR OWN STATE. MANAUKD BY OUIt OWN CITIZENS. LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID. POIJLIIiS ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS. Applications may be made at the Home Office, aad at tne Agencies throughout tne State. 3 13 JAMES TRAOUAIR PRESIDKNT VAJMUKL E. STOK1CS VIOE PRKSIDKNT JOHN W. ItOKNOR A. V. P. and ACTUARY 11UI1AT1D . aTnriia.lW KKORKTARY THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY X OF PHILADELPHIA. OfBc B. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT Street. FIKK INBURANCK KXCLUKI VKLY. PFRPKTUAXi AND TERM POLICIES IK8UF.D. Cash Capital JUO.OUO'OO Caab Assets, July 1, 1869. If f13 37S -23. T. Fatohford Starr, D-UUCUTUKB. J. Uvlnnton Krrlnaa. naioro araaier, John M. At wood, lieujamin T. Tredick, George 11. Stuart, .lnhn U. limwn. James L. OLaxboru, William U. Uoultoa, Charles Wheeler, Thomas II. Aloutgomery, James Aartsen. 1'hia Camuauv insures OUla flnitlis riaka, taking no specially ba&ardoua risks whatever, suuh as faoiorias F. RATOHFORU STARR, President. THOM AH H. MOM'UOMRV, Vie-Prldent. ALir un W. WlfcTKM, Secretary. 8dj DIIfENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF J. PHILADELPHIA. INOOHPORATKO 1H04 CHARTER PERPETUAL, No. M WALNUT htreot, opposite the Fxuhuua, This Company insures from loaa or damage by It 1 it K, on liberal terms, on buildings, merchandise, furniture etc, for limitd periods, and permanently on buildings by deposit ot premiums. 'J he Company has beon in active operation for more than PIX'l Y YKAh8. during which all losses have been V 1 . . -n n.. uui lux 1 promptly adjusted and paid id paid. liliMif:TOR8. John L Hodge, uaviu Lewis, Benjamin Kttintr, Thomas II. Powers, A. H. Ale Hear, Edmund (':itillou, Samuel Wilcox, SI. JC. Mahxny, John T. Lewis, i Ilium K. Giant, Robert W. I earning, I). Clark Wharton. Lawreuca Lewis, Jr, ,nr.i iwui;, nornii. JOHN R. WUUUERER, President. 6AMTJEL Wilcox. Secretary. 4.4 IIN8URANOE. A M E INSURANCE COMPANr. Ko. PC CIIKKXUT fctreet. INCORPORATF!) 15H. CJI AltTK.R PRRPFTtfAf CAPITAL, 20D,im. FIRE INSl'RANCK FXCLtTStVHLT. Insures against loss or Iinmago by Fire eitlier by Pw. potiutl or 1 i.-iiipornry t'olicics. DIHI',UTOH.S: Charles Richardn R'bnrt Pr-aree, John Ketslnr, Jr., Fdwsrd H. Orne, Charles Stoktw. John W. Fvennan, MorJecai itnzhy. S illinrn II. Khaiui, Francis N. Duck, limit jr I.rwis, Nathrn Hillr. Ocorge A. Vest, CHAItt F.S RICHARDSON, President. WILLIAM H. RHAWN. Vice Prpsidenr-. Wn.T.TAMB I. Bl.NCHAItt, Heoretary. 7J!I T he PENNSYLVANIA VIKE INSURANCE COM PA NY. -Tnrorror.ited lf'-lfliJllnrtor PemelMal. No. B10 WA LNUT Street, opposite Independence Piimre. I Ins Company, favorably knewn to tlie commuiiit v Uw over forty yonrs, continues to insoro nciiinst lo:s or Uin.. age by lire on 1'ubl o or I'rivato litiildinu, either priin. nently or for a limited timo. Also on furniture, tttooks of titwds, mid Mevt'hnndise (renorally. on liberal term. iiioir unpitju, MiretMer witii n Hiiro Surplus Fun 1,1 Invested in theinnM t-avofnl manner, whiob enables thra to ofter to tbe Insured an undoubted socuiity in tlijcase of loss. , , MUV.CT ns. Pnniel Smith, Jr., 'obn Deverenx, Alexander HotiMn, I Thoinns Smith, Issao llanlehuist, I- Henry Lewis, 'ihouias Kobins. I .1. (iillimtlinm Fell. Daniel Ifsddm-k, Jr. !)A.n i. SMITH .In ! . WM. O. CROWr.LL, Secretary. J OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY" ,J1'',If,.,RTI1 AMF.rOA, No. 232 WALNUT Street. Philadelphia. incorporated lil'i. Cbartor Perpetual. Can la . SSWMiiX). Assets 3 95.i ..in MARINK, INLAND, AND I IKK INSURANCE. OVER $2,0C0,0OO LOSSES PA ID SINCE ITS ORGAN- Arthur G. Coffin. lMRKCTortH. 1' rancis R. Oopa. I'dward U. Trotter. Kiiwnrd H fllnrke, T. Charlton Henry, Alfred D. Jeisup, John P. White, louis C. Madeira, Charles W. Cuatunan hamuol W. Join h, Jot.n A. Brown, Charles Taylor, Ambrose V hitw, William Welsh, S. Morris Wain, John Mubon, O'come L. Han-Won. ARimR G COFFW President. 1:1111:1(1 pi. Air v 7 ii u.li RT ATTTTIAS Maws, isecietary. u i J MrERIAlr FIRE INSURANCE CO., LONDON. j:stahlimii:i)iso:i. raitl-up Capital and Accumulated Funds, t$tt,000,000 1 1ST GOLD. PREV0ST & nSBBIffG, Agenti, 2 45 No. 107 S. THIRD Street, Philadelphia, CHAS. SL PRKVOST. C1IAS. P. H!?t?ifTvn NEW PUBLICATIONS. BUREAU V E R I T A S (FRENCH LLOYDS). INTERNATIONAL REGISTER FOR CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS. THE REGISTER VERITAS, containing the Clal- Ucntiou of Vessels surveyed In the Contliieiit.il. Rri. tlsli. nnd American porta, for the year 1S09, la FOR SALE by the Agents In New York. ALF. M-ERIAN Sc CO., J? No. 49 EXCHANGE PLACS. PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.- Jork Miueum of ..natomy. embracing the subjects: How to Lire, and V hut to Live tori Youth, Maturity, and Old A Re; Manhood t.enernlly Reviewed; The Causa of Indigestion ; llatuience and liorvous Diseases Accounted f or: Marriage Philosophically Considored, etc eto. Pocket volumes containing these lectures will be for warded, post paid, on receipt of 25 cents, by addressing W. A. LKARY. Jb..S. K. corner of FU TU and WALNUT I ( JL UIIHUtllIUiai 2Jt LUMBER. 18G9 SPRITE JOIST. SPRUCE JOIST. HEMLOCK. HEMLOCK. 1869 I, Cf SEASONED CLEAR PINK. lOPA SEASONED CLEAR PINE. lOO J -nuns, i-snmia t'iK. SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS. RED CEDAR. 18G9 FLORIDA FLOORING. FI.OKIDA FLOORING. CAROLINA FLOORING. VIRGINIA FLOORING. DELAWARE FLOORING. ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOURING. FLORIDA STEP HOARDS. RAIL PLANK. 1809 1 Rild WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. I T HOARDS AND PLANK. 1 Qifl ;i T HOARDS AND PLANK. 10 01 WALNUT BOARDS. I'ALNl WALNUT PLANK, 1809 UNDERTAK EPS' LUMBER. 1 Qffi UNDERTAKERS' LUMltKR. lOU J RED CEDAR. WALNUT AND PINE. 1809 SEASONED POPLAR. SEASONED CI1ERUV. 1809 ASH. WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS. HICKORY. ItiitO CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 100. CIGAR BOX MAKERS' lOOy SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS, FOR SALE LOW. 1809 CAROLINA SCANTLING. CAROLINA II. T. SILLS. NORWAY SCANTLING. 1809 1809 CEDAR SHINGLES. CVl'HESS SHINGLES. 1809 MAULE. BROTHER CO., JH No. 2BO0 SOUTH Street. TJNITED STATES BUILDERS' MILL, FIFTEENTH STREET, BELOW MARKET, ESLER & BR0TIIEB, Proprietors. WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, ETC. BALUSTERS AND TURNING WORK. A Large Stock niwayg on hand. 9 It 83 DANEL PLANK. ALL THICKNESSES K. ALL THICKNESSES. X 1 COMMON PLANK, I 1.UMJ1IW KUAKDS. 1 snd2 SIDE l ENfiE BOARDS. WHITE PI.K F LOOKING HOARDS. YELLOW AN U SAP PINE ! LOOHINUH, 1 and 4 . BI hLCE JOIST, ALL SlZhS. HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL SIZF.8. PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY-. Together with a guin-ral aasonmtntof Utiilding Lum bey, torsala low for rath. T. W. KM A LTZ. i tin I I KTEEXTH and STILES Streets. L U M D E I! UNDER COVER, ALW AYS DRY. Walnut, Wlilte Pine, Yellow Pine, Spruce, Hem. lock, Salnglts, etc., always on hand at low rates. WATSON A GILLINGHAM, 8 Wi No. m RICHMOND Street, lsth yard. GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS. yDITE rBE SERVING BRANDY. Pure CMer and Wnltc wine Vinegar, Green Ginger, Mustard Seed, Spices, etc. eto. All tlie requisites lor Preserving and Plciuing purposes. ALBERT C. ROBERTS, Dealer In Fine Groceries, 11 T8 Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Streets. M IOIIAEL MEAGHER A CO. NO. W3 BoutU SIXTEENTH Street, s noiesa:e and RoWl Dealer, u PROVISIONS, MTKRS, AND 8 AND CLAMS. TERRAPINS 1 PER D02SiR
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