THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 18G9.
srxniT or tutj run so.
Edltorlnl Opinions of the Lending Journal
I'pon Currout ToiclrB-t'omplIed Every
)ar for the Kvenlnn Tcloirraph.
TROUBLE AHEAD IN FRANCE,
front t ht X. T. World.
The Teace CougTuss at Ltuisunne, the other
flay, proclaimed Uio UepiiMio of Ettropa, arid
informed the inbitliitaiiis of the Continent
that tbey were no loiiyor I lie Btibjocts of em
perors anil kings, but the free citizens of the
United States of Europe. Victor Hugo, iu
kia mont dazzling nyroteeluiical rhetoric, an
nounced tlmt Hie Federal European Republic
was already fonndod tie jure, if not tie fur.to;
the last of nil wars was noon to be fought;
frontiers wore to be blottod out, kings de
posed, and 1'iiid soldiers replaced by grat ui
tous citizens; "civil lists, well-paid do
liothingisms, salaried clergy, remunerated
judgeships, aristocratic sinecures, gratuitous
concessions of public buildings, were to
lieconie things of the past; and socialism
and republicanism wero to meet and kiss
each other, ftud then to stamp out forever
that "monster with a thousand claws,
that sinister incarnation of the old
monarchical nnd military crime which gigs
and plunders us; which claps one hand over
our mouth and the other into our pockets;
which has for its share our millions, the bud
got, the judges, the priests, the soldiers, the
lackeys, the palaces, the civil lists, tho
armies, but not tho people." These- avo tho
ravings of a man of genius gone mud, it may
bo said; they are a missing paragraph from
tho most crazy chapter of "L'ilouiuio Qui
Hit;" but when we have laughed at thorn
with mingled scorn and pity, and turn to see
how Louis Napoleon proceeds with his work
of crowning the edifice of constitutional lib
erty in Franco, and upon whom tho Cortes at
Madrid arc about to confer the crown of Isa
bella, we see causo to moderate our mirth.
The free citizens of tho republic of Europe
are impatient, it scouts, of longer submis
sion to tho monster with tho thousand
claws, and are making pi, tin their deter
mination to slay him. Wlint is goiug on in
Spain is by no means unexpected, but the
news from France is startling. On tho 2(th
of October, if tho Jlupjid h is not been de
ceived, "the Deputies of the Left will sign a
protest declaring that the Emperor has vio
lated tho constitution, and that they consider
themselves absolved thereby i'ro.u their oaths
of fidelity to him." Tho litfjiilU not the
best authority for any sUUiuont; and it
Hcarcely seems probable that the opposition
Bide of tho French Legislnture, having re
solved upon a cmiji (A; n.iiin which can only
end either in tho overthrow of the empire or
their own destruction, should kindly give
nineteen days' notice of their intentions, and
advertise tho exact time and place for tho
performance of their tragedy. Nevertheless,
it is clear that affairs in Franco are in a most
critical condition, and th it au explosion
can bo much longer delayed scorns highly
improbable. It is remarkable that the
increasing strength of tho domocratic
party, in Franco and iu .Spain, is
due much moro to the blunders of the Em
peror in tho ono case, and of tho Spanish
monarchists in the other, than it is to any act
of wisdom on tho part of tho Domocratic
leaders. Had Prim and Serrano been pre
pared with their new prince before they got
rid of their old queou, or even had they been
able to agree upon a candidate for the throne
at the moment when the Cortes voted that
the Government should continue to bo a
monarchy, it is most probable that tranquillity
would now prevail throughout Spain, anl
that tho republicans there would long since
have been crushed out. In like manner, had
Louis Napoleon, once having resolved upon
the substitution of constitutional for personal
government in France, gone boldly forward
with the work, it is almost certain that by
this time the voice of discontent within the
empire would have been hushed. It might
have been wiser had ho refused to surrender
his prerogative at all; but, having once
announced that it was necessary to surrender
it, it was folly to hesitate and dally upon
the threshold of tho inevitable. Whan
the Emperor told tho Chainbors that, us a
last resort, parliamentary government was to
be tried, the declaration had tho effoct of
dampening tho hopes of tho red republicans
and of inclining the hearts of tho moderate
liberals towards the ruler whom they had
hitherto hated. Tho conservative classes,
who dread revolution, as do all men who have
much to lose and little to gain, being told by
the Emperor himself that personal govern
ment was not to be longer relied upon for the
safety of society, wero certain to co-operate
heartily in tho new experiment, by the success
of which they were assured they could alone
find safety for tho future; the moderate liberals
were disposed to give tho experiment a fair
trial, at least; and the reds, who were then few
and comparatively powerless, found it dillioult
to obtain listeners when they denounced the
proposed reforms as delusions and snares.
The cue for tho Emperor at this
i' tincture was prompt action. Had ho
lurried tho senatus-consultum to com
pletion, convoked tho Corps Logislatif
immediately, and surrounded himself
with as liberal a ministry as could bo got
together, the new governmental machine
might have been set in motion without much
difficulty, and it certainly would have been
strong enough to withstand tho attacks
that might have been made upon it.
It would have had tho support of every
one in France who has uny thing to lose.
Tho imperialists must havo sustained it, since
the Emperor himself had told them it was their
only hope; the moderate liberals would
havo stood by it, since through its agency
they could hope, in time, to limit the power
of the executive to tho measure of the prero
gatives of one who reigns but does not govern.
But the Emperor, with inexplicable fatuity,
has spent the lust few weeks iu frittering
away the support which he might have se
cured by a prompt and straightforward
course of action. Ho has delayod and
hesitated in setting tho new machinery
of government at work, ami every day of this
procrastination and doaht has only served to
bring the proposed reform and the Emperor
himself into discredit und contempt. Tho tone
of the opposition organs was formerly ono of
hatred to the Emperor; within tho last three
or four weeks this has been changed for con
tempt and ridicule. Tho Hc.oeil and tho
Jliipjiel are as freo with their lampoons as was
the Ltthtcrne, and they abuse the Emperor
and Lis family without stint, and with tho
conviction, apparent I3', that ho no longer
dares attempt to punish them. As for ithe
moderates, their newly born confidence in
the Emperor has withered away; and evon
the Imperialists find it diilicult to continue
their trust in a man who has declared for
eighteen years that personal government was
tho only safety of France; who then an
nounced that personal government was
"played out," and that parliamentary govern
ment must bo set up in its stead; and who
now makes it only too evident that he has no
faith in tho system which he proposes to sot I
up, and that ho would bo glad to undo all the '
work of the last threo months by a conn d'itit.
If the assertion of the Ilitftrl should turn out
to be true, he will havo excuse enough for a
eovp d'etat; but it may well bo doubted that
the Emperor has either tho physical or mental
resolution Bufftciont to nerve him to a repeti
tion of tho scenes of 1H."1. And, if he allows
affairs to drift on much longer, the republio
may be Ret up in Franco evon beforo it is
established in Spain.
CHINA AND FOREIGN TOWEUS.
Vent the Pall Mall Gazette,
We do not wish for a better example of tho
temper which most needs to bo avoided in our
dealings with China than the address of the
American residents at Shanghai to Mr. Eoss
Erowno. Tho recall of this gentleman from
l'ckin nppears to bo duo to his known disliko
of the Chinese policy which has lately boon
adopted by the Unitod States Government
there being an obvious incouvonienco in hav
ing an ambassador whoso views are tho exact
opposite of his instructions. To consolo him
on his departure, his countrymen at Shanghai
havo been good enough to express their ap
proval of his conduct siuco ho has boon in
China. Tho spirit which pervades their ad
dress is not such as to mako his successor's
post at all enviable If tho new American
Minister comes resolved to carry out tho in
tentions of his Government, ho is
certain to bo opposod by an impor
tant section of tho public to which ho
naturally looks for support. If tho frauiers
of tho address to Mr. Erowne had had tho
honesty to defend tho policy thoy wish to see
pursued by arguments founded on solf-iute-rest,
wo should not havo cared to quarrel
w ith it. A distinct intimation that you covet
and intend to steal your neighbor's goods is
to bo mot, if mot at all, by something olso
than criticism. They have chosen, however,
to justify it by a hypocritical assumption of
zeal for the interests of the Chinese them
selves. They soar, so far as words go, to a
height far above tho ordinary level of busi
ness humanity. They define tho truo policy
of foreign powers towards China to be "one
that looks towards the extension of its trade
and inttrcourso with Western nations." But
this extension is only valuablo iu their eyes
as a step towards tho "raising of China in
the scale of civilization." Tho vulgar notion
of mercantile advantage has no place in their
thoughts. It is becauso China is so low in
civilization because she has neglected and
forgotten tho maxim.; of morality uttered by
her own sages thit tho presence of
foreigners is so indispensable. China
must for her own sake bo made to
advance, and as this will never be done A'ith.
the conseut of tho Chinese Government, it
must bo done without that consent. New
treaties must be entered into, tho terms of
which must be settled by the "pressure of
West urn opinion," and the execution enforce 1
by "tho pressure of Western power." It is
taking too contracted a view of tho circum
stances to hold that foreign powers havo
merely a right to insist that CLina shall be
chilized. "They havo a clear duty in that
direction." Their greater matoriat power
affects them with a moral responsibility of
which tbey cannot 01 vest themselves. If tho
Chinese Government will not "advance in a
career of discreet progress," it is incumbent
upon other Governments to administer the
goad. This self-sacvilieing theory is probably
held in moro or let's of good faith by mauy
people in this country as we'll as in tho United
States. It is, we proviini.e, an undesigned trib
ute to tho beauty of disinterestedness that these
porsons will not say plainly that all wo have
to do with China is to squeeze her as dry as
possible. According to their own account,
thoy have always nn arriere pensee in tho
matter. They send out gunboats, they extract
concessions, they defy the central or local
authorities, or play off one against the other,
just as it pleases them for the good of tho
Chinese themselves. Thoy aro distressed at
tho bare idea of what would happen to this
unfortunate people if they were left to their
own devices. It is our duty to Christianize
and civilize them, even against their own
w ishes, and it is sure to turn out somehow or
other that tho surest moans of doing this is to
make them trade with us whether they will
or not.
Mr. Browne's reply to the address adopts
without reservo the theory put forward by his
countrymen, but his better acquaintance with
the subject enabloa him to construct a rather
telling itroumcntum ad homincm from the
past conduct of foreign powers towards
China, bo long, he says, as treaties with
China, exist they ought to be observed by the
Chinese authorities; ana as even the most
imperfect observance of Ihclu can only be
extortod under constant prossuro, it is idle to
profess abstinence from Interference in the
internal affairs of the empire. All our rela
tions with China rest on compulsion. Of her
own accord sho would never havo had any in
tercourse with us, and all Mr. Browne pro
fesses to contend is, "that having forced
obligations upon her, wo must compel her to
observe them, or rocedo from tho posi
tion we have unilertakeu to maintain
If by receding trom our position.
Mr. Browne understands introducing consi
derable modifications into thoexisting treaties
whenever an opportunity offers for revising
them, we accept his dilemma. Under the
policy which was till lately pursued by Groat
Britain, and to a lesser degree by the United
States, it was considered expedient to extort
concessions from tho Chineso Government
which w ere certain to remain a dead letter
unless the means of insisting upon them wore
constantly at hand. Wo do not dispute the
right of the Western powers to impose what
terms they pleased after a successful war.
What wo maintain is that experience has
shown that the terms actually imposed are
such as do not repay tho cost of enforcing
them. Mr. Browne endeavors t m ike out
that tho disputes which arise are ull upon
questions of interpret a! ion, and that Chris
tian nations aro bound to adhere to what they
think just, and not to what a pagan nation
thinks just. "Jn order to be truo to our
own faith we can only concede so much
as may bo reconcilable with tho sacred
duties it inculcates," these "sacred, du
ties" being, so far as wo can follow
Mr. Browne's argument, ull summed up in
ono tho opening up now markets to Chris
tian traders. In point of fact, however, there
is nothing to show that the quarrels between
the Western powers and tho Chinese authori
ties do originuto in questions of interpreta
tion. The truer account of tho matter is that
tho former havo forced tho Chinese Govern
ment to accord certain privileges to foreign
ers which it would openly withdraw if' it
dared, and, since it does not dare to do this,
will evade. Our position is that the original
extortion of these privileges was a mistake.
One proof that it was so lias been lately sup
plied by the ease of tho missionaries. It was
clearly impossible to givo them a virtual safe
conduct throughout tho whole extent of the
Chinese territory, and yet it could not bo
denied that tho letter of the truaty of Tien
tsin did justify them in looking to tho British
Government for something yery liitlo short of
this. If our intercourse with China is to bo
anything bettor than a series of littlo wars,
we must be'eontont to take the Chinese will
ingness to trade with us as tho measuro of
our right to trade with them.
THE REPORTED OFFER OF THE ROTHS-
GUILDS.
From the N. Y. Herald.
A report comes through a Washington telo
cram that the Rothschilds aro about to offer a
loan to our Government to any amount it may
desire at four per cent, interest, and that M.
Friguet, an agent of theso groat capitalists,
will shortly arrive to make the proposition.
It is further said that this proposed action on
the part of tho Rothschilds has been prompted
by tho discovery that certain German capital
ists wero contemplating a similar proposition.
Now, wo do not know whut truth there may be
in this report. It may only bo a bull operation
on tho purt of those holding largely Unitod
States securities for the purpose of sending up
tho prices in tho markets; and if wo considor
that tho Rothschilds would not bo likely
to mako known in advance any great financial
operation of this sort, such would bo a reason
able view of the character and object ot tho
telegram. Still it is not improbable that
cither the Rothschilds or tho Gorman capital
ists alluded to, or both, may contemilato
such a graud financial movement.
In Germany United States socuntios aro, to
use a homely similo, seized as hot cakes are
by the hungry. Every one who has a little
money is investing in them. Tho securities
ot no nation aro looked upon wan as much
favor. Tho people generally, as well as tho
capitalists, aro buying them. It wouia not be
surprising, then, if the heavy financial men of
Germany aro contemplating the oiler ot a
largo loan at four per cent, interest. Nor
would it be straugo if tho Rothschilds have
tho same object in viow; for thoro is such a
plethora of capital at tho great moneyed cen
tres of Europe, and consequently in tho hands
ot that rich house, that two or three percent.
is all that can bo obtained on good security
there. In the greatest centre ot capital, Lon
don, money is only worth from one and a half
to two per cent. Such capitalists as tho
Rothschilds know very well that a lo in at four
per cent, in a consolidated stoeU of tins great
and wealthy country would ixect with ready
salo. Though Europeans, and tho English
particularly, are cautious iu making invest
ments iu tho securities of foreign countries,
and prefer those at home, they do not lose
the opportunity ot gettr.i ' 0:10 or two per
cent, more for their inoaey when the credit is
undoubted anil the investment permanent.
Hereto! ore there Ins been a I'reat waut of
knowledge iu Euri co about thii country and
its resources, and a feelirg of uncertainty as
to how our national tie! t would be managed
or paid. But. within t lie last year or two a
great deal of light has been di I'r.S'd through
tho press, the magnetic telegraph, and the
myriads ot letters that are sent tiom people
in this country to their friends abroad. They
begin to understand in Europe the boundless
wealth of the United States and tho mighty
future before us. They have seen the strength
ot the Government ana patriotism ot the
people under tho ordeal of u terrible civil
war that would have shattered to pieces any
other nation. They have witnessed the extra
ordinary spectacle of millions of armed men
promptly laying down their arms and return
ing to their peaceful occupations as soon as
the object of the war was accomplished.
They have seen a country, aftor having
been torn to pieces and the fairest portions
of it made desolate by a conflict of which
modern history gives no parallel, quickly re
stored to order, tho people returning to their
industrial pursuits, as if nothing had hap
pened, with renewed energy, and our re
sources multiplying as if there had been no
war or its consequences were forgotten. Tho
recuperative power, good sense, and patriot
ism of tho republio have astonished them.
To sum up the w hole, the people of Europe
havo learned that in America we have with
republican freedom both the strongest gov
ernment and tho greatest wealth of any nation
on the globe. Then, again, tho enormous
income of the Treasury, at tho rate of a hun
dred millions or so a year over and above tho
expenditures, shows that the debt is a mere
bagatelle, and will be surely paid. Such a
temporary disturbance in tho gold and stock
market as we had lately amounts to nothing,
when we look at tho wealth, prosperity, and
future of tho country. We perceive, then,
the causes that are operating to inspire confi
denco abroad in American securities.
Looking at tho matter in every point of
view, therefore, it is evident wo are paying
much too high an interest on the debt, and
much higher than we need pay if our finances
bo properly managed. Such a high interest is
disastrous every way. It not only imposes a
very heavy and an unnecessary burden upon
the taxpayers, but it absorbs tho active capi
tal of tho country to a great extent, paralyzes
enterprise, and checks progress; for people
will not trouble themselves about other in
vestments while they can ot on United
Slates bonds six per cent, iu gold or eight
per cent, in currency, and that without their
investments being taxed. Tho value of the
bondholders' property is out of all proportion
to that of other property. A loan iu long
consols or consols without date of redemption,
could bo made, we have no doubt, at four per
cent., and perhaps at loss say at three sixty
five, or at a cent a day on tho hundred dollars.
Tho w hole debt could bo simplified and put in
this form. Tho consolidation would not pro-
vent the redemption 01 the debt and its
final extinction. Tho Government could have
a sinking fund and go into tho market with
its surplus income to buy up tho consols at
any timo. Forty millions a year or more
could be saved in interest and to the tav
payers, for wo do not think much premium or
any need bo paid in the transformation of the
debt if proper laws bo passed for that pur
pose and our finances be properly managed,
It would bo better for tho country, uudoubt
edlv. if we had at'cre'rated capital enough to
take up such a loan hero and to hold the
debt at home, for then tho interest would be
diffused among our own people and would not
leave tho United States. But this is not
practicable at present; money is too valuable
lor other rurposes; and then a large portion
of the debt is held already abroad. Under
all the circumstances, tho best thing to do
would bo to accept a loan covering tho whole
or a creat portion of tho debt at tho low rate
of interest mentioned, if such a loan be
offered; or if not. to consolidate the debt here
upon the same basis. Have we the states
men at Washington to comprehend this great
subject, ond to put tho national finances on a
solid foundation ? That is tho quostion.
LAST WORDS.
Yom tJie X. Y. Tribune.
To many of our most distant readers this
is our last opportunity for addressing a final
word on the importance of tho elections to be
held early next week in Pennsylvania and
Ohio. Wherever citizens rightfully eutitlod
to veto in either of thoso Stutoa ore absent
from their homes, we Leg them to ret am in
time for next Tuesday's-duty. Wherever they
are thinking of arrangements that will call
thom sway or keep them too busy at homo to J
nuenu mo polls, we Ucg thom at onoe to re
vise their plans, and remember thnt the first
claim on their time, that day, is their coun
try's. We ask earnest Republicans to give this
their special attention, because tho present is
one of the "off years" in our politics, and
tho tendency is to a very light vote, in which
we always loso more in proportion than our
antagonists; wo ask it becauso, at the same
time, the issues aro in many respects as im
portant as in any of our more exciting
campaigns. In Ohio our friends are to de
cide by their faithful presence at or hoo.lloss
absence from tho polls whethor the State that
gave Grant and Sherman and Sheridan to
the army, and followed thom, first and last,
with over two hundred thousand volunteer,
is to stand recorded ogainst tho beneficent
principle of equal rights for all which they
fought, to establish and which tho fifteenth
amendment is designed to socuro. Will our
friends remember that this matter is ono of
instant, vital importanct ? Tho fifteenth
amendment is in tho gravest possible
danger their success or failuro in securing
the Legislature next Tuesday may decide its
fato. It will bo a burning shame if Repub
lican Ohio, through sheer, thoughtless apathy,
should thus secure a triumph greater than,
till lately, oven her most venomous Peace
Democrats have dared to hopo. Of that
other disgrace which apathy can likewise
brirg on tho disgrace of rejecting a gallant
soldier in order to honor a Calhoun Seces
sionist run mad like Pendleton wo say loss.
That is more largely their ow n affair; but tho
country will lemn the result with profound
astonishment, if tho State which so nobly
sustained the war for tho Union should now
choose as her Governor the man who so por
sistcntly and ably opposed it.
In Pennsylvania (and in Ohio as well) tho
question of national honesty stands second
and scarcely second to that of the triumph
of tho crowning feature of our reconstruction
policy, tho constitutional guarantee of equal
rights for all. Tho election of Packer, or the
election of Pendleton, would be everywhere
hailed us a substantial triumph of the party
that believes in paying tho publio debt in
gieen backs, or in taxing away tho interest, or
in some other way evading or disowning our
honest obligation to fulfil our contract as both
borrower und lender understood it when it
w as made.
Of other and not unimportant matters in
volved in there elections wo say nothing now.
Ve only repeat our entreaty to every Repub
lican to remember that tho fifteenth
amendment is in danger, and that the na
tional honesty is on trial. We utterly refuse
to. believe that, in such a cause, such States as
Pennsylvania and Ohio wiil be found want
ing; and we call on every son of either to
honor his noble Common wealth by doing his
duty !
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lHK ST. NICHOLAS COAL COMPANY, issued to
Clinton tl. Stees, dated July IS, l3u, has been
transferred on the book of the Conioany, out, tue ourtui
cutc I uo not been sunoidored. All persous are hereby
catitioiK li acaimt buyinii ti e same, as the curtitiiate bu
lciniiB to ihe cenipiiny. R. JOHNtiTON, secretary,
i hiladeliibia, Sept. 21, IHiU V-ji tf
tr- OFFICE OF THE FRANKLIN FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Fllll.APKT.PniA, Oct, 4, I8 J9.
Tho Hoard of Directors have this day declared a smiii
annual dividend of SIX PF.lt OK. NT ,an eatr 'dividend of
'I F.N PF.K CF-NT., and a special dividend of I WO Pii.lt
CI-NT, payable to tho Btnokhtlders or thoir leital repre
sentatives, on anu aner inn i. """V . I,r i. V" "r
10 4 lit J, W. ftloALLI.srji.lt, Secretary.
tfcy FOR THE SUMMER. TO PREVENT
en n burn and all discoloration! and irritations of the
akin, bites ot mosouitoea or othor insects, use Vnnht
Alcouated Glycerine Tablet. It is dohoiouslv fragrant,
transparent, and has no equal as Alo'.WITVorN'9
drunKists generally. R. A u. A. VVitlUlll, tio. (M
C 1 1KSNUT Street i
CHARLES OIUUONS HAS REMOVED
his LAW OFFICF. to tho North American nows
paper building, No. VJ2 8. THIRD Street, second floor,
front. !. lm
HATCHELOR'8 HAIR DYE. TniS
splendid Hair Dye i the bet in the world; the only
trne anil perfect Dye ; harmless, reliable, instantaneous ; no
disapiKontiuent ; no ridiculous tints; remedies the ill
effects of Lao dyes: Invigorates and loaves the Hair aoit
Perfumers; and properly applied at tiatouelor'i Wig Fao-
incl oeantliui, fiur or uritwn. rioiu uy u LFruuirisia nba
tory,
l, No. 10 ItUND bireet, now nora.
4 27mwf5
DR. V. R. THOMAS, THE LATE OPE-
r H tor of the Colton Dental Association, is now the
only on. in Philadelphia who devotes hia entire time and
practice to extracting teeth, absolutely without pain, by
r.:Bb nitrous oxide gas. Otlice. 1027 WALNUT St. 1 26
Isay J O S E V O E Y,
Medico-Olrujano do la Univorsidad de la Habana,
recibe consult as de 0 a 11 de la manana y de i) a 8 de la
tarde en su oBcina oalle Nueve (sud) No. 71i5. Residonoia
eu la calle de Creen, No. Ihl7.
DR. JOKKPU POET,
Graduate of the University of Habana (Onba), bu re
moved bis otlice to No. 736 S. Ninth street. Residence,
No. 1H17 Croon street.
Office Uuurs to U A. M, 8 to 8 P.M. 73311
INSURANCE..
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY 1NSU
RANCK COMPANY. Incorporated by Ui Lei
latnr o( i'onnayln'i
Office. S. K. corner of T1UKO ad WALNUT Btroeta,
Philadelphia.
MAR1NK INMJKANOKS
On Vewpli, Cargo, and Krsialil to all part ot the world.
fNLAKD iNSURANtJKH
On cooda by river, canal, la. and Und oarrhme to all
pnru of the Union.
FlRK INHUKANCK ,
On Merchandise (enerally yon Stores, Dwellings, Houses,
ABtnKTtl OF THR OOMFAKT,
November 1, I.
8200,000 United States l ivo l'or cent. Loaa,
iu- 2(H,GO0-0O
I3U.U0U L'nitr-d StKtos bil Per Cent. Loan,
lMl li,900 00
BU.OUO United Stntna Six Per Cent. Loan
(tor Pacific ttnilioari' 50,000 DO
900,000 State of Penuaylyunia Six Per Cout.
loan. 31U75-06
126,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent.
lxan (otenipt. irom tax) lSS.Ktl'OO
60,000 State of Mew Jersey Six Per Cont.
l-oan 61,600 "00
80,000 Tenn. Rail. First Mortnogo Six Per
Cent. Honda 90,30000
8.VI00 Penn. Ril. Ntcoud Mort. Six Per
Cont. Honda 21,00000
85,000 Wentorn Penn. Hail. Mortgage Six
PerCrnt. liouds (Penn. Railroad
(tuarantee) 9)),R25'00
80,0(10 SUte of Tennessee Five For Cont.
loan 91,000 000
7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent.
loan 6.0B1 26
lf,0tXiGeriuantonn Can Company, prin
cipal and Interest Kuarantocd by
Citv of Philudolphia, 300 sharos
Stork 15,00000
10,000 Pcnnoylvania Railroad Oompuny, 200
. elinres Stock 11,80000
6,000 Nori h Penniylvania Railroad Co., 100
30,(00 Phildolphia nnd Southern Mail .
,, r StcnmsPip Co., 80 fharcs Stock 16,00000
SW.!KW Loans on Hoard and Mortiraee, first ,
Liens on City Properties 907.rsW.00
Kl.lOCSOO Par. Mnrket valno, $l,130,325-25
, . , Cost. fcLOiatXH io.
Real FBtate , iw,noo00
Pills receivable for insurance made 8J2,4oo04
Ualancoa duo at asencios, premiums on murine
polic lea, accrued interest, and othor debts due
thecotiii.nny 40,17888
Dtock and scrip of sundry corporations, $3latt
l'.st imated value 1,8130
Cusnin bank H6,IS0"H
Caoh In drawer 4i3o5 llB,5tVT73
31.17,3ti7W
Thomas O. Hand
John C. Davis, '
James C. Hand,
Ibeophilus Paulding,
Joseph 11. Seal,
Hugh Craig,
John R. 1'cnroeo,
Jacob P. Jones,
James Trarpiair,
l.dward 1'arlinirton,
H. Jones Rrooke.
James H. McFsrland,
r.uuiTiDu ft. nonaer,
Samuel F htokoa,
Henry Sloan,
William O. Lndwig,
C'eorge (i. Lei per,
lienry O. Dallott, Jr..
Jehu D. Taylor,
t 'eorge W. liernadoa,
William U. lloulion,
Jacob Hiei;ol,
Spencer Mollvaine,
D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg,
John li. Ken.nlo. "
J'. award louruaue,
Joshua P. Eyre,
'A. II. Merger, "
THOMAS O. H NI. President.
H)Hi DAVIS, Vice-President.
1IF.NRY IYI.I1UT.N, -Secretary.
I1F.NRY LALL, Assistant Secrotary. 10 6
1829
C II A li T E 1C PEUPETUAL.
Franklin Fire lime Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Kos. 435 and 437 CHESIIITT St.
Assets Jan. I,'69,$2,677,372'I3
CAPITAL
AC'CHVKD SURPLUS.
PREMIUMS
8I)0,0!)0(10
1,0S3,5M70
1,193,1343
UNSETTLKI) CLAIMS,
INCOME FOR 1S09,
S'iiiO.OOO.
,OTer$5,503,000
Porpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
1 ho ( '(initially also issues Policies on Rents ot. Buildings
of all kiuus.Cround Rents, and Mortgages.
DIRKCTOR8.
Alfred G. I!i, ker, A it red Fitlor,
rii'muol Ciiint, I Thomas Sparks,
George W. Richards. I William .S. (irant,
Iatiac Lea, I Thomas S. Kllis,
Ceoige i'alos, . 1 Gustavus S. liuuaon.
AT.HIKD (J. UAaKK, President.
taq w tTit'rritLK FAI'K8i Vioe-Proaidout.
JAS. W. McALLlh I KR. Keorotary.
TH KODORli M. RKGIOit, Assistant Secretary. 3
J N S U K E A T II O fil'V,
di thj
?m Mutual Life Insurance
COMPANY.
No. 921 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
ASSET.", 8:1,000,000.
CIUHTEK13D BY UK OWN STATE.
BLKliAliED BY OUR OWN CITIZENS.
jlosmen ruo.iPTr.Y paid.
POI.ICIEM ISSUED N VAUIOUS PLANS.
Applications may be made at the Home Office, and
at the Agencies turou.gb.out the State. 3 185
JAMES TKAO.UA fit PRESIDENT
ItaAiHUEI. E. STOKES VIOK-PRICSIDKNT
J!Ili W. IIOItiNOK A. V. P. and ACTUARY
UOKATIO S. STEPHENS SICURKTARY
A
S D U R Y
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. BP1 BROADWAY , cornor KJtADK Street, Now York
cash ca pita i .ZiL uSi
$U36,uoU deposited with the State of Now York aa socunt
for policy holdors. "
LKMUKL lIAAlis, President.
GEORGE KLLIOTT, Vice-President and Seoretar
EMORY McCLlNTOCK., Actuary nf
A. E. M. PURDY, M. D., Medical Kiaininer
BKFlUiKNi-J-S BY I'KUMJBSION.
Thomas T. Tasker, .luhn M. Maris, J. B. Lippincott
Charles Spencer, I William Divine, James Ijoag, '
John A. Vtrixht, IS. Morris Wain, James Hunter
Arthur G. Collin, John B. AlcGreary, 10. H. Worn o. 1
In the character of its Directors, economy of manaee
ment, reasonableness of rates. PARTN KR.SHIP PLAN
Oi- DKCLARING D1V1DKNDS, no restriction in female
hies, and absolute non-lorleiture of all policies, and no
restriction of travel alter the first year, the ANHURV pre
sent a a combination of advantages olfored by no other
company. Policiea issued in every form, and a loaa of
one-third made when desired.
Special advantage oifered to olerfrymag,
hoi all farther information addreba
J AM UN M. LONMAORK,
Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Office, No. 8uJ WALNUT Stroet, Philadelphia.
FOR MAN P. HOLldNSHJiAD, Special Agent. 4 10
r I UiE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY
-I OP PHILADELPHIA.
Oflice B. W. Comer FOURTH and WALNUT Street.
HHK INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. DrBel
PKRI'KTUAXi AND TKUM POLICIES ISSUED.
Cubb Capital SJOU.UOO'OO
Cash Assets, July 1, lm. ' w
sia.araa8.
DIKJlCTORS.
F. Ratohford Starr, I J. LiTinicston Erringar.
NVIhro i'rarier. I J a me L. Uhochuin.
John M. At wood, I William O. Boultoi.
I'.eu'uuiin T. I ridick, I Charles Wheeler.
George 11. Stuart, I TuoniaS 11. Montgomery,
John H. Brown, James Aertaen.
This Conipany insures only flrnt-ulaas risks, taking no
specially hazardous risks whatever, auoa as factories
m"' eF.' RATOUKOKD STARR, President
THOM AS H. MONTGOMERY Vice-President
AIKTAlswa W. WlH'i'KK, Secretary. ' "--rr'q,t
1MIO-.NIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF
1 PHILADELPHIA.
INCORIORAThD Ih04-CHARTER PERPETUAL
No. ?M WALNUT btreet, opposite the Kchaue,
This Company insures from loss or damuKO by
FIRE,
on liboral terms, on buildiuxs, merchandise, furniture,
etc., tor limited periods, and permanently on buildings by
deposit of premiums.
The Company has been In active operation for more than
H1XIY YEARS, durinu -allien all lease nave been
promptly adjusted aud piid. ..n
nlRKCTORS. .
John L. Ilodie. , David Lewie,
M. K. Mahony.
Benjamin Kttinff,
Thomas 11. Powers,
A. R. M-Henry,
Edmund Caatillon,
Samuel Wilcox.
John T. I cwis,
illimn S. Grant,
Pclic-it W. Learning,
II l)li,rk Wlmrtou.
1-av.rence Lewis, Jr.,
JOl'lN II. V.UCUERER. President.
I-wis C. Norris.
SaMUIX WlLfiOX, Secretary.
SSTRICTLY
MUTUAL,
rrovxdent Life and Trust Co.
OF PHILADELPHIA.
OFFIC E, No. IM s. HM KTII MTKKK'f,
Owl...ett to promol L) KB INSURANCE amoug
OieiiLiHCf u.e Wirt, of
Policies imted on approved plans, at the lowest
rr'" Ilosldent, SAMUEL- IX BHIPLIIY.
Vlcivl r.'al.l. ut, WILLIAM C. Ll NUK'l'PKTit,
Vico-i r sun uw A(.uurVi i;oWLANl PAWKY.
Tho advantage oiutfeU by Hits U'Uipuay aro uc.
eteellt'd. 1 8
Losses pail since 1829
INBURANOti
fKFICK OF TH R INSURANCE COMPANr
Jh!.ael,!n,(aRT" M FRIO A, No. WALNUT Hl
Incorporated I'M. Charier Perpetual
Capital, $litx,0(ii. '
Assets 4 iviona
MARINE, INLAND. AND i'lRK INSCRAVuk.
OVER tSO.OOU.OOU LOSMW PAH) 8INCK ITS ORGAN.
Arthur O. Coffin,
DITtF.lTOn.
1' rarcis R. Cope,
Edward II. Trotter,
Edward S. Clarke,
T. Charlton liniy,
Alfred D. .JostuD.
John P. White,
Louis C. Madeira,
Charloa W. Cushinaa
(Miintiol W. Jill
John A. Hrntwi,
Charlnn Tnvlur,
Ambrose White,
William Webb.
S. Morris Wain,
John Mason,
Georffo L. ifurton.
Al.rilim fl COFFIN, President,
Vltl. ' HARI.KS PLATT, Vice President.
IvTATTfTtAH Maiiik, iM-otetarv.
CltAH. II. HlKWi, Aft. Keeretary. ( J
Jj?AME IN 8U RANCH COMPANY.
No. M t'HESNUT Street.
INCORPORATED 1H.V). CHARTER PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL, 4:Ht,(tno.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insures ncaiuHt Lous or Damage by Fire oithor by Por
petual or Temporary Policies.
ullihtlUKN:
f linrlrs Richnrdunn,
William II. Rhnwn,
William M. fceyiort,
llrmy lv, is.
Nullum llillra
Robert.
John K easier, Jr .
Edward II. Orne,
Charles Stokes,
John W. Everman,
George A. West,
CHARLES RlClIARnunv i..l.i.i.
WILLIAM H. R1I AWN, Vice-President.
Wn.T.TAMB 1. rlLANrnAliri, Herrntary. 7 rj5
'PILE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
-a. COMPANY.
.t lnnw"'tcd lwln Charier Perpetual.
I,!?:.B,n, A ,,1S U '' Street, opposite Independence Pnnarn
J Ins Company, favorably known to tho community for
over 'forty yearn, continues to insure against loss or damn-re
by hie on Public or Private Huildimis, either perma
nently or lor a limited timo. Also 011 Furniture, Stocks,
of ('octlfi, and Meri hanliMO generally, on liberal terms
Their Capital, logo! her with a larite Surplus Fund, if
Invested in the most c 11 refill mnnner, which enables them
to oiler to the iusured au undoubted security iu the case
of loss.
Alexander liensuu,
Isaac llii7.1)iurbt,
1'nmei rmitn, jr.,
John Devoreuir,
i hoinas Smith,
J nomas ltohui"
iienry U'lvin,
J. t.illi
ifti....i n-n
WM.O.CROWElllSa'
MI'EllIAL
TIKE INSURANCE
IXJNDON.
CO.,
lCSTAIilil.SII ED 180:1.
Taltl-up Capital ana Accumulated Funds,
08,000,000 IN GOLD.
PREV0ST & HERRING, Agent,
2 45 No. 107 S. THIRD Stroet, Philadelphia,
ciias. jr. trevost. chas. p. herrtno.
SHIPPING.
rtP FOR LIVERPOOL A VP
ISii-ii-low " PPO"1 toaa.las fol-
V-i,.?'t.-)?"vr,V"r "Ji.- S3ur''y. Oct. 1-i atl P. M.
Etna, via llalnax, Tuesday, (Jet. Id, at 1 P M
Y'iX "tWO."' "''day, Oct. 2 ). at 1 P. M.
a 5i "russeN, Satur hiy, Oct. 3U, at 1 P. .M.
fro Pmirt;S,?fvtUrdiiy 4d Tu8sda'
.KA"I'I:S t)F PASSAOE.
,TTi v?rf"i ti iv"',IL . - Payable in Currenoy.
1 rRh,1 CAfcLX $10,STEEKAUK.... gta
';"n.'lon .105 To liondonT... ....... Tu
1 0 1 ' 1 15 1 To Paris.
"I'tTaIn T0E,iI'AX AMEB, VTA HAt-ffAX.
T wfV'6 inGold-' - F WbSTta Currenox
Liveniool rW'T.ivcrvool "euoa
Hah ,. x SU , 11 ali , a x. . . . .. ........... 5
St. John's, N. F., ) , Ut. John's N l? )
by Branch (Steamer.. .. f 46 by Iiran oh Steamer f 80
Tru7j'otl'f'rA1?fif;rI'iHtio? ,it!1lj;at tn9 Oompany'a Offioe
JOHN O. DALE, Agent. No. 16 BROADWAV N Y
0T1 O-lJONNEI.L A FAULK, Agsnts.
4 6 No. 411 OHESNUT Street. itKlnhf..
ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE
'Mlr.r,?llW. . "KNERM. TRANS ATH VTIO
,lh ...... . w,u. oif , UALJ,1.U AT
The splondid new vomoIs on this favorite rente for the
KatnurdeS W 8tt'1 trm Pir N- W NortQ riM.
11 1 rR1CK OF PASSAGE
in gold (including wine),
,, . . TO UK EST OR HAVRE.
lirst Cabin if Mu Hocond Cabin . an
, J. TO PARIS, 88
, (Inc hiding railway tickets, furnished on board.)
First Cabin $146 -Second Cabin. ?
1 hese steamers do not carry steerage passengers
"Medical attendance free of charge
:n,?rir'-'i. vlUrB .linu to or returnirjr from theoor
ttnont of Europo, by taking the steamers of this linejvoii
tinueeeswiiy rwks irom transit by English railways anf
crosHiuif the chaunol, bc ides saving time, trouble, and
penbe. GEOilt i E M AC K V.A'A E, Agent.
tt . t,. No. 6S BROADWAY, New Yoi
CotW 10 ".PPUT.tAK.o'ri
l37t No, 30I! CHUSNUT Stre4t.
CIiARLLiSTON, S. C,
TUE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
fast x niaiGriiT iirvii:,
EVERY THURSDAY.
The Steamships PROMETHEUS, Captain Gray, and
J. W. KVE1U1AN, Captain iiVkle,
WILL FORM A REGULAR WKLKLY LINE.
The Bteamshlp J. V. F.VKKM AN wlU eaU on
THURSDAY, Oftober 14, at 1 P. M.
Tltrouith bills of lading frlven in connection with
S. C. IU IU to points in the South and Southwest.
Insurance at lowest rates. Kates of frclirht aa low
as by any other route, i'or rreiwlit, apply to
E- A. SOUDhfu A CO.,
g 22tf DOCK STREET WHARF.
LORILLARD'S STEAMSHIP
LINK FOR
HEW Ynnsr-
Sailing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
REDUCTION OF KATES.
Freight by this line taken at 13 cents per 100 pounds,
cents per foot, or 1 cent per gallon, ship's option. Ad
vanco charges cashed at office on Pier. Freight received
at all times on covered wharf,
JOHN F, OHL,
285 Pier IU North Wharves.
B. N. Extra'ratea on small packages iron, metal, etc.
Vfy. PHILADELPHIA. RICHMOND!
&XL"ZkVii NDKFOLK STKAMSI1IP LINK,
VSli (Ir.,f,?"Tlj(UUJl FRICIOH V AIR LINK TO
BEii.caait'i'HE south and west.
KVFKY SATURDAY,
At noon, from FUtST WHARF above MARKET
Street.
THROUGH RATES to all points In North and Houtl
Carolina, via Seab.iard Air Line Railroad, connecting a
Oltruiiua, Tin rn-uu-w j u i.iuo xkuur.jaii, uonne
Porlsniouth end to J ycchburg, Va., T.uiiiewi.e, 1
M oat, via Virginia and Tennessee A ir Line and Ri
1 i.....u;l:A 1,.. 1 4
and thi
and Dauvilie Railroad.
Freight HANDLED Bt'T ONOE, and taken at LOWES;
ichmond
XtA I r a 1 linn fln I ei urn i,uir
'J'he regularity, satoty, and oheupuobS of this route 00m
mend it to tho public s Ihe met desirable medium
carrying every den-riptiou ot freight.
No charge for con,misnion, droyage, or any expense
hUBsn'fihips Insnrod at the lowest ratoa.
livik'ht receiveU daily.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE 400..
No. 12 8. WHARVI'.hand Pier 1 N. WHARV1&.
W. P. POUTER. Jtgentat R.chinoud and City Point.
T. P. CEOWELL A CO.. Agents at Norfolk. !
a riuiniu linnil auu new 1 or.
bicaniers lenvo cany iruiu mai woarr ueiow Marks
jtrett, Philadelphia, aud foot of Wall street, New Yorl
Goods foiwarded I y all the lines ruauing out of Nei
xrrk. North, East, und Ytest, tree of commission.
Irthrht received an, I forwarded on aucommodatia
ternia, Wil l 1 iM P. CLYDE A CO , Agents,
No. US. DELAWARE Avenue, Philadelphia,
JAMES HAND, Agent.
6 8 l1! WALL Street, New k'ork.
. ffT? & VV EXPRESS LINE TO
Ltt'i -" r Alexandria, fioornetown, and Waaltington, D.
tk .vru C, via Clioi iycuke and Delaware Canal, with
cuiiiiiein.ua at Alejmiiiria from the most direct route for
Lvr.chbuig, Jlnstol, Knoxville, Nashville, Dalton. andltha
boiiinwst.
Ste nu rs leave recnlarly every Saturday at noon from Ut
iirnl wharf above Mm t,et street.
Freight received daiiy.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A OO.,
kv.m, a. iTOTi?0,AWNll'taal'-1 South .'harves.
HYDE ft TYLER, Agints, ut Georgetown: M
HUlilDGia CO.. AkouJs at A lexandria. 61
. ft? . NOTICE FOR NEW YORK, VIA
If " r Delaware nnd Raritan Canal. SW1FTSUIIH
liian-ue 1 RA NSi'OKTATION OOMPAN Y. DKti.
PATCH AND KvYUTKDRK LINK.
'1 he busim ss by tbnao lines will be resumed on and after
the hill cf Man-h. l or freights, wuicll will be taken 00.
accommudut ing toru.s. apply to
V. M. HA1RD 4 CO.,
83! Ka. tu South Wharves,