6 TIIE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH, PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, I860. THE yOVIttinKK MAGAZINES. jppiNi;orT'H. Under tbe title of "The Satinfac'ion Usual Among Gentlemen," Joseph J. Hoed given the following interesting Hke'eli of tbe prao- 4 lice of duelling: What whall we Ry of a pi net ire that has "heen sanctioned by the most distinguished wen of modern times ? Coudomnod alike by religion and by common sense, but upheld by fashion and a (so-called) code of honor, estab lished by men who themselves were but too ready on all occasions to ignore the obliga tions of Christianity, it has held its ground for centuries, and is yet far from being aban doned. It is fashionable and popular in France, especially among military men and ditors of newspapers. Very recently several psrsonal rencontre have taken place, and some of the most sanguinary duels on record have been fought iu that country. Hut in Ire land, which was at one time, par e.redleuce, 'the happy hunting-ground of $atif action," duelling has gone very much out of fashion. Ho in England, which has also contributed its quota to the sanguinary record; and in this country, where the native originality has so often displayed itself in "inventions of do light,' such as lighting with knives inside of nn empty hogshead, rine-praotice from be hind trees, indiscriminate shooting rt. voloide with six-shot revolvers, and the like. It is curious that the combat to the death should have been a favorite mode of settling disputes from the earliest ages, although most of the duels recorded in nueient history were rather episodes of war than personal quarrels. Such were the contests between Jlavid and Goliath, Menelaus aud Paris, Achilles and Hector, Turnus and T'neai, Eteodes and rolyniecs, Pittacus and Phryuon, the Horatii and the I'uratii, Scipio Afiicanus and the Spanish giant, et, etc. lint in those enily times the challenged did not always consider themselves bound to ac tept the challenge. Thus, when Julius Casar was challenged by Mark Antony, he contented himself with replying, '! am not tired of life" an answer similar to that given by Metellns to Sertorius, and by Antigonus to Pyrrlms. Themistocles, when struck by Eurybiades, merely observed, "Strike, but hear iuc.'' In modern times very little choice has been left to the chal lenged; for, inasmuch as duelling has been almost exclusively confined to what is called "society" i. c, the upper ten, the army, the navy, and the professions of law and of medi cine very few' men have had the moral courage to withstand the sneers, the taboo ing, the Ioes of position and of character (for ourage, not for probity) which the refusal to accept a challenge involves. And thus many a coward has been driven to "screwing his courage to the stickiug-place," and brav ing death or serious injury to his person; whereas, could ho have had his wiiy, he would have followed the ex.tuiple of Parolles, aud cried "JtUK't, Kworrt! ool, blushes! mid, Parolles, live pufost in sliuniu!'' It is not our intention to. reprodueo the hackneyed arguments for and against duelling. Paley exhausted them long ago. lie correctly pointed out tho true motives which led to the resort to it. "As a punishment," said he, "it is ab.iurd, because it is an equal chance whether the punishment falls on the offender or tho person offended; nor is it much better as a reparation, it being difficult to explain in what tho satisfaction consists, or how it tends to undo tho injury or afford a compensation for injury sustained. The truth is, it is not considered as cither. A law of honor having annexed the imputation of cowardice to patience under an affront, challenges are given and accepted with no other design than to prevent and wipe off this suspicion, without malice against tho adver sary, without a wish to destroy him; and generally with no other concern than to pre serve the duellist's own reputation and recep tion in the world.'" This Is, however, not the whole truth; for many duels have been fought solely to gratify hatred: au:l we know ttial some have also been lought with other than vindictive designs; as where the killing of the victim would remove an obstacle to the gralilication of last or the suc cess of ambitious projects. A memorable instance of this was the famous duel botween the Duko of Buckingham and the Eurl of Shrewsbury iu the rcian of Clmrles II. Among the duels which deserve to be re corded is that between the celebrated Irish barristers, John Philpot Ourran ami John Egan, nicknamed "Bully Egan." The latter was a man of immense size, while Cnrran was slim and short. The chances of being hit were, therefore, in favor of the former, for (as Curran, said) it was like firing at a huy fctack. Curran therefore proposed to equalize the chanceB by chalking lines on Egau's body, so as to mark out his (Curran's) size thereon, and by agreeing that no shot should count which took effect outside of those lines. And apropos of the chances of being hit in duels with pistols, a well-known writer (Gilchrist) estimates the chances of being killed as on to fourteen, " and of beiug woundrl as one to six. His computation, how ever, is based upon erroneous premises, for he takes iuto account a large number of duels which were terminated by "del oping" V by one of the parties firing iu the air, or by firing wide and thou apologiz ing; and also those duehj in which the parties appeared on the ground merely to satisfy the requirements of society and not to injure each other; which kind of duel tho Irish term "dumb-shooting." Very few Trench or Ame rican duels have terminated thus; the reason being, we take it, th;it tho parties havo gene rally been in earnest. In France the code of honor is very striot, and sociaty there is so imbued with the martial spirit of tho nation 1 that duelling may bo looked upon as tin natural vent for its sensitiveness. Frenchmen will go to law in matters of property, but thev despise having recourso to it, in matters of personal insult or injury. In England the wedncer is lmnUliod by being maao to pay damages, but in France ho amy luy his ac count to a thrust through the body, and in this eountry to a bullet through tho hud. "Which, of the two modes is tho belter preservative of the honor of women 'i Jt must be owned, however, that there have been too many in stances of men taking the l.iv,- into their own hands, and shooting their foe when he was unprepared and perhaps unarmed a practice which, however extenuated by tho amount of injury, is dangeroui to tho stability of society. It will not do to allow a nun to bo the jude of his own cause. ' In fashionable society the practice of duelling lias a tendency to maintain a high tone of courtesy among men and of deference to women which adds ma terially to the charm of social intercourse. Peculation and embezzlement are rare among public men in France, notwithstand ing the fact that many of them have arrived at eminence through unscrupulous political manoiuvring. But whether this is to be attri buted to a chivalrous aversion to the dishonor which arises out of pecuniary delinquencies though none fcucli in felt to the reputation of being a spendthrift or a gambler or to a well-organized system of administration, which provides m many checks upon tho acts of public officers that it is difficult for them to go astray, we cannot undertake to say. It may appear absurd, at first sight, to assert that dnelling bus anything to do with it; but if it be true that this much-condemned prac tice has produced a ohivalrous feeling of honor in the French, it ia not unreason able to suppose that it may influence them in their public as well as in their private conduct. In strong confirmation of our views we may adduce the fact that duelling has recently increused to an unusual extent in Italy. The bitterness of political strife in that country, the promiueuco which the army holds there, and the licenso of the press ficein to have been active causes of making tbe duel more thnn ever tho recognized mode of resenting injuries and insults. There has lately appeared it pamphlet on tho subject from the pen of Signor Fauibri, a Venetian journalist and politician, in which the neces sity of duelling is deplored, but insisted on as the only counterpoise to the evils of a free press in the author's native hind. Various estimates havo been made as to the number of persons killed iu duels. We are inclined to think it has been gTeatly over rated. "We read that during the reign of Henry IV of France, four thousand gentlemen lost their lives in that country by dnolliug; and that during the reigns of Louis XIII uud Louis XIV scarcely a day passed without several fatal duels in Paris alone. A little reflection will convince us that there must be considerable exaggeration in theso statements. At the rate of even two hun dred deaths a year, the French Court would speedily luve been deprivod of every gentleman in it, which wo kuow has nover been tho case. The number of duels fought iu England during the reigu of George III, a period of sixty years, was only a hundred and seventy-two, and but sixty nine persons were killed. This comes more within the pnlo of belief. "We believe the number of duels fought in this country to be very moderate. In tho State of Pennsylva nia there has been no duel fought since the bloodless one between Mr. Binus and Mr.-' Stewart in 1 so.'i, which occasioned the passing of an act of the Legislature inflicting severe penalties on all v ho should engage in duel ling; and since thai time, though several Penn sylvanians have fought duels, they have gone out of the Stale to do it Much of the invective against duelling, as causing a wanton destruction of life, falls to the ground. Many duels have been merely pub Be modes of i.).l igizing for insult or injury; and in a very l;rge number of theso cases reparation was oMuiucd from bullies which could hare hocv. i.'Miined in no other w;iy. I.t-t us ixt lie misunderstood. Wo do not ad mire dueling c.i.y more than we do war, or pestilence, or s; y other of the evils which aliliet the human race, but which, neverthe less, have been y.ei luitt jel to scourge us from time to time, doubtless for wise ends. But we believe .that where duelling has been abandoned, and tho community has not proportionally progressed in enlight enment, the pnu tice has been succeeded either by a less regard for the feelings of others, evinced in coarse manners and insulting language, or by a greater amount of litigation, or by resort to violent and unfair means even assassination for the gratification of personal revengo. The celebrated Charles Cotcsworth Pincknoy of South Carolina, who was a bravo and distin guished soldier, labored hard to abolish duel ling, and induced a number of loading men of that Stato'.to memorialize its Legislature for stringent laws against the custom. The me morial embodied, in as concise and energetic a form as the I'uglinh language permits, all the arguments which could bo ad vanced against it; and no Christian could well refuse his assent to them. Still as Christ inns, though they condemn war, will embark in it ay. and carry it on with savage energy, too so will they occa sionally resort to duclling, until a better tono of society and a more thorough appreciation of tho precepts of tho Gospel shall render both unnecessary. We know of no better and nobler stand against duelling than that taken by the Hon. ilobert Barnwell lUiett, Senator from South Carolina, in tho personal controversy which n'-ose in the Senate between him and the Hon. Jeremiah Clomona, Senator from Alabama, iu February, IX'rj. Mr. Clemens had us.'d the terms "knavery" and "treason" in reference to Mr. lihett, which was sufficient provocation for fifty duels, but he subsequently added the term "coward." Ninety-nine Amerieani out of a hundred would in such case ha-.v considered themselves bound to resort to "tLe code of honor;" not so Mr. lihett. Ho boldly htood up in the Senate and said, "For twenty years I have been a mem ber of the Church of Christ. The Senator knows it oven-body knows it. I cannot and will not dishonor my religious profession. If he, or any one else, supposes that I am so much afraid of his insults, or the opinion which requires them to be redressed in the field, as to be diivrn by them to abandon tho profession of twenty years, he is entirely mis taken. I frankly admit that I fear God, and that I fear Hi in mure thnn man. Although desirous of the good opiniou of all men (for our usefulness is very largely de pendent on the good opinion oi' our fellows), we can never obiuin it by an abandonment of the principles wo profess. True courage is best evinced bv the tirni maintenance of our principles ami 1st all temptations and trials." This was a truly nibble cxaw.ple to set, u 'id has probably not liccui without its influence; although many lamentable affairs have bince occurred, when in the party injured, or sup posing himself to be injured, took upon him self to redress his own grievances, and pnblis opinion sustained hini in so doing. We are not now speaking of thoso savage encount ers which have occurred on the borders of civilization, where, iu fact, no - other mode of redress was to lie had thnn that afforded by the rouyh-and-irady hand of the settler, but of those scene.-, enacted in the very heart of our great cities :,nd centres of refinomeut. Such was the faijrms duel between Messrs. Cilley and lr.; . s. near V. ashiugton, in in:;x fought upon a n.cre point of honor, and oae of t lie combut ;-,!; s Mr. t .'ilkiy) professing t'ao highest respect ,n-1 most kind feelings for his adversary, wl i o nevertheless shot him tio.id. In this Bangui?'.:! y affair tho seconds were the parties most t. : t .,,lP: indeed, the report of tho committee oi' he Uouso of Iteprescnta tives appoint' 1 to investigate tho affair declared the - i to bo ''without any circumstance extenuation.'' It would seem 'that M r. 'itloy had been marked out for a viet iii:. !' we may credit tho follow iiK paragraph Uom tho fibovcmentioned report: "I'uiiy in the day on which he ("Cilk-y) foil, an agreement was entered into between initio. .t son Webb, Daniel Jack son, and W'iL: .-!! Jf. Morell to arm them selves, repair to ihu room of Mr. Cilley, and force him to light Webb with pistols on the spot, or to pledge his word of honor to gi ve Webb a meeting beforo Mr. Graves; and if Mr. Cilley would do neither, to shatUr tin riyht u''M. They accordingly took, measures; to ascertain whether Mr. Cilley wa at his lodgings, and finding that he was not, they proceeded, well armed, to Bladensbnrg, where it was said the duel between Mr. Graves and Mr. Cilley was to take place. Before arriving there, it was agreed between Webb, Jackson, and Morell that Webb should ap proach Mr. Cilley, claim the quarrel, insist on fighting him, and assure him if he aimed his rille at Mr. Graves, he (Webb) would tfihoot him on the spot. It was supposed by tnrm mat Mr. Graves, or Mr. Wise, or some of the party, would raise a weapon at Webb, whertupou it vtas agreed that Webb should instantly shoot Mr. Cilley, and that they should then defend themselves in the best way they could." The death of Mr. Cilley before they reached the ground thwarted their scheme. All this oc curred in Washington only thirty years ago. It was said at the time that the duel was a grave thing for Cilley, and a nitty thing for Graves. Another equally savnge affair was the duel between Major Biddle and Spenser Pettis in 1831. ' It took place in Missouri. They fought at five feet distance, and their pistols overlapped each other. Both were mortally wounded, and they exchanged forgiveness on the ground. How much better would it have been to havo done this at first ! Perhaps no duel is more illustrative of the imperious demands of the code of honor than that between Henry Clay and John Ran dolph, which originated in tho heat of debate in IHliti. Both of these distinguished men really esteemed each other. Kaudolph, the night previous, declared to Gen. Hamilton that nothing should induce him to harm a hnir of Clay's head; and on tho ground, after nring, uiay stepped forward and said to Kan dolph, '1 trust in God, my dear sir, you are untouched: after what has occurred, I would not have harmed you for a thousand worlds !" And Randolph declared to his second, "I wonld not have seen Mr. Clay fall mortally, or even doubtfully, wounded for all the land that is watered by the King of Floods and all his tributary streams ! " These illustrious comba tants became fast friends ever afterward. But was not the whole transaction a keen parody on the system which required them to "go out?" Very different was the termination of the duel between Alphonso Stewart and William Ben nett, both of Illinois. The seconds intended to make a sham aff air of it, and it is sup posed that Stewart waR in the secret. Ben nett, however, suspected a joke, and after receiving his gun from his second he dropped a ball into it, lived, and killed Stewart. For this murder ho was hanged. This affair oc curred in l.'O. The history of duclling has its comic ond its romantic aspect as veil as its tragic and its diabolical. Some of the excuses given for not lighting are droll enough. Franklin re lates the following anecdote: A gentleman in a coffee-house desired an other to sit farther from him. "Why so?" said the person thus addressed. "Because, sir, you smell." "That, sir, is an affront, and you must fight nic." "I will light you if you insist upon it; but I don't see how that will mend the matter, for if you kill me, I shall smell too; and if I kill yon, you will smell worse, if possible, than you do at pre sent." Amadeus V of Savoy sent a challenge to Humbert II of the same duchy. The hitter replied to the bearer of the challenge: "Ihat tho virtue of a prince did not consist in strength of body; and that if his principal boasted of his strength, there was not a bull which was not htronger and more vigorous thnn he could possibly be; and therefore, if he liked, one should be sent to hini to try." The French poet Voituro was a noted duellist, but he would not always fight. Gn one occasion, having been chal lenged by a gentleman on whom he had exer cised his wit, he replied: "The game is not equal: you are big, I am little; you are brave, I am a coward: however, if you want to kill mo, 1 will consider myself dead." Sonic curious challenges are recorded. The French poet Romieu received the following challenge from a young rival: "Sir, I send you with this note a ballad, which I beg you will road with great attention. If you think you can udd a few words to it, and they suit rue, I consent to accept you as &cillatoratur, I have the honor," etc. The manuscript was returned to the author with this reply: "Sir, I have read your ballad with the greatest attention. I leave yon the choice of wea pons." The meeting took place without serious result. Here is another French speci men: A gentleman was playing billiards, when a young man accidentally ran up against him. " Who is this abortion who rubs against me? " exclaimed the player. The young man begged bis pardon. "I'll forgive you when I have run you through, " replied the player. He had scarcely uttered these words when a loud voice was heard saying, "Young man, take these five hundred francs and order a first class funeral for Monsieur " (naming the player). "Who are you," said the latter, "that dare speak in this way'" "I am the Count of Bondy, at your service," repHod the stranger. The count was a renowned duellist, and the player declined fighting; but the count in sisted on his apologizing to tho young man, which he did, and thuB the bully was com pletely cowed. In the history of duelling it is interesting to notice ti e national characteristics of the parties engaged. One of tho most striking instances of the peculiar bent of tho French mind is that of the two famous duellists Lngarde Vallon and Bazancz, who fought merely because they were joalous of each other's reputation. Bazanez seut Vallon a hat with the threat of taking it from him, to gether with his life. Vallon put on the hat and immediately went in search of Bazanez. They met and set to with their swords on tho instant. Vallon gave his adversary a cut on the head, exclaiming, "That's for the hat;" then Another cut, exclaiming, "That's for the feather; ' and a third, with "That's for tho tassel." Bazanez, however, w.ts not done for; though bleeding profusely, he rushed upon his antagonist and got him down, and draw ing his ponir.vd gave him fourteen stalls iu the bod v from the neck to the navel, exclaim ing, "I am giving you n scarf to wear with the hat: Leg for your life." "Not yet, my dear fellow," replied Vallon, biting off his ad versary's chia and smashing tho back of his head with the poinmclfif his sword. Both fell enhanced and the combat ceased; yet, though so frightfully wounded, they both re covered. Duels between women and of women with men have not beeu uncommon in France. One of the most extraordinary of these stories is that of Mademoiselle Maupin, an operatic performer at Paris. On one occa sion, being at a bull and behaving rudely to a lady, she was requested to leave tho room, which she did on condition that those gentle men who had taken the lady's part should go out with her. The gentlemen agreed to this, when, after a hard combat, she killed them all and returned to the ball-room. Tho king (Louis ' XIV) granted her a pardon, and she withdrew for u time to Brussels, hut returned soon after to Puris, where she died in 1 707, at the age ut thirty-seven. But vl all tbe duels on record, that be. tween two officers of the French army, named Fonrnier and Dnpont, is the most remark able. It began in 17ti4 and ended in 181.1, having lasted nineteen years. It originated at Strasbourg, where Fonrnier had challenged and killed a young man named Blum. Great indignation was felt against him in tho city; so much so, indeed, that General Moreau, giving a ball at his quarters on the day of Blum's funeral, thought it advisable to ex clude Fonrnier; accordingly he gave the ne cessary directions to his aide-de-camp, Captain Dnpont. In tho course of the evening Fonrnier presented him self, but was refused admittance by Dnpont. The consequence was a challenge to the latter from Fonrnier. They met and fought with swords; aud Fournicr was severely wounded, but he exclaimed as he fell, "That s the first touch," and promised Dupont that he would soon have another. In a mouth he got well: they fought again, and this time Dnpont was grievously wounded, exclaiming as he fell, "That'B the second touch: as soon as possible for the finish." When Dupont recovered, they fought again, and both parties were slightly wounded. They then drew up a formal agreement to fight whenever they were within a hundred miles of each other, each party to go half way unless prevented by the exigencies of the service. They crossed swords frequently pursuant to this agreement, but never se riously injured each other; and they always shook hands before fighting. They also cor responded amicably. At length they were both made generals and sent to Switzerland. Dupont arrived late at night at a little vil lage wnere there was no inn: not a light to be seen, except at the window of a small cottage. He went to it and knocked, and the door was opened by Fonrnier. They at once drew their swords and set to, conversing amicably as they fought. Dnpent presently drove his sword through Fonrnier s neck and pinned him to tho wall, and would have held him there till he capitu lated, but that some officers, hearing tho scuffle, came in and separated tcm. Four nier recovered from tho wound. Some time afterwards, Dnpont thought of marrying, but the obstacle to his doing so was his agreement with Fournier. How was ho to got rid of it 'i He resolved to go to Fournier, state tho case, and ask him to settle tho business with pis tols. Fournier, being one of the most extra ordinary shots ever known, was astonished, and asked Dupont if he was mad; but the latter proposed that they should go into a little wood near Neuilly, armed each with a pair of horse-pi.stols, and having gone out of sight of each other, they should track each other as they best could, and fire at convenience. This having been agreed to. they adjourned to the wood and separated. After much dodging, they caught sight of each other behind two trees. To stir was cer tain death to either; so, after waiting a few minutes, Dupont raised the tail of his coat as if stooping down. Instantly a ball from Fournier passed through it. Soon after this Dupont held out his hat with his right hand and presented his barrel as though taking aim. The second ball from Fonrnier went through tho hat. Dupont now stepped for ward with both pistols cocked, and told Four nier that he would not take his life, but that he must never cross his path again, for if he did he (Dupont) should claim the right of putting his two bullets into his (Fournier's) brains. And thus ended this long protracted affair. Surely, none but Frenchmen would have carried on such a tragi-comedy for so Jong a nine. As a contrast to the la.nr frM exhibited by these Frenchmen, we extract tho following account of a duel between two Irishmen,. a barrister and an attorney. Tho barrister had in court liung his powdered wig in the attor ney's face, and a hostile meeting was tho result. Tho attorney fired and missed: the barrister, who had reserved his fire, then furiously brandished his pistol to the imminent danger of the bystanders, and said to his second: "Shall I rush upon him with a shout, after the manner of the ancients Some of the Irish duels were occasioned by practical jokes, as in the case of Frank Shelton, who called out an exciseman for ramming tho butt-end of a horsewhip down his throat while he lay diunk and sleeping with his mouth open. Duels have been a great card with novelists. Lever excels in his descriptions of them, as the readers of "Harry "Lorrequer," "Charles O'Malley," "Jack Hinton," and "Tom Burke of Ours" can testify. Sir Walter Scott has also made effective use of them in "The Monastery," "St. Itonan's Wall," "The Legend - of Montroio, and other tales; but his crowning effort is in the battle of the clans in "The Fair . Maid of Perth." The duel between Lovelace and Colonel Morden, in "Clarissa Harlowe," is a masterpiece in its way. 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Direction given for work, or ened work nien uppliol. Care, prouipuieas, certainty! Ou arioel Call! Eiauiino! Judge) Aeotiu anted lor interior conn Hoe. 4 tf JOSEPH JiEEDS, Principal. THE ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, OFFICf No. UyO CHK.SNUT Street, forward Parcel, Paok. age. Merchandise, Bank Note, and Bueoi, either by It own line or in counecUon with other KipreMOompanie. to all Ui rlvJpl towna Mid oitiM la U United Nut V. OOLEMAN, HoirMtatMidecM INSURANCE. DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSU HA NCR OOMPA NT. laoerporaied by th Lee lator el Panneyrr aaua, 1 Offle. 8, & eorner ei TU IHD ad WALNUT Street, rhiladolphi. . MARINE INHUKANOFJI -v-" rir 01 wor,t On good by river, anal, leke, and land Carriage to all pari of the Union. KTUK INSURANCES Ob MarobandlM aaawaUy on btoros, Dwelling, Hog, AMKTfl Or Tin OCMTAWY, Novemlier I. tacOrOOO tattd State tiTS Par cent. Loaa, llMo 3,6TO 1JC.0O Unitd Bute Six Far Cent. Loan, IhHl 136,800-00 tO.OO TJnitod fitatea Hii Per Cent. Loaa tforPaoiflo Railroad)..... O.OOtTW W0.M0 State of PenjwyWania, ftix Par Cent. Loan JU3"-0 196,000 Oily of Philadelphia Bu Par Cleni. Loan (eiempt from ta LK.St'OO 60,000 Bute of New Jersey tiix Par Cant. Loan 81.MO-00 80,000 Penn. Rail. First Mortgage 6ix Pat Cent. Honda. . 8u,200-00 UjOOO Penn. RniL Htoond Mort. Six Pw Cent. Bond M.0U0 00 86,000 Weatern Penn. Rail. Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bond (Penn. Railroad guarantee) 80,25'00 80,000 Bute of Tennessee Fir Per Cent. Loan ai.OOQOuO 7,000 Stat of Tennease Six Par Cant. Loan MBlD R.OOtOeriuiintown Oo Company, prin cipal and Interest guaranteed by City of Philadelphia, 300 abarea . . Stock : . 16,000-00 10,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 800 . ahar-e Stock 11,300 00 6,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad Co., 1U0 ahnre Stock 8,600-flO 80,f00 Philadelphia and Southern Mall . emo.T Steamship Co., 80 aharee Stock. . .. 16,000-00 IXam on hoard and Mortgage, tirat . . Lien on City Properties 807,900,00 1.10,000 Far. Market value, 81,130,336 . . Cost, tl.OTO.Gorjtt. Real FaUU Sfi.OOOIX) Fllla receivable for insurance mad LLi.-tetj W valance due at agencips, premium on marina policies, accrued interest, and other dobU duo tbeeomnsny 40.178-88 Bt5T . ,oriP ' udry corporation. tSlotL Estimated value .77 .7 L8130 I Hah in bank gll6,t!0-08 C'aeh in d.wer u b llo.&BS 73 tl.MiJoTK) rj BT-r.TOPS. 0TV S- Hnl, i EOmnnd A . Bonder, John O. Dana, 'Samuel K. Stoke. James O. Hand, i Henry Sloan, Tbeophilus Paulding, ! William O. Ludwig, Joseph H. Seal, 'Oeorge O. Leiper, Hugh Craig, Henry O. Dallett, Jr., John R. Penrose. John D. Taylor, Jacob P. Jones, tieorge W. Betoadon, James Traqiiair, William (I. Iloulton, Edward Darlington, Jacob Riegel, U. Junes Brooke. Spencer Mollvaine, Jame B. McKarland, ,1). T. Morgan, PitUbnrf, Edward IalourcdOi John B. Semple. Joehua P. Eyre, 'A.B. Borger. " THOMAS (J. HAND, President. HTNRT LYI.BURN?L,crVia1rViVIS' HENRY BALL, AasiaUnt Secretary. 10 6 1829. O II A K T E R FEUFETUAL. Mdin Fire tarauce Company OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, Kos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St. Assets Jan. I, '69, $2,677,372" 1 3 CAFTTAL....'. Arcm iiD SUWLUS... TKEMIUMS UNSETTLED CLAIMS," f23,;8S'12. 1400,000 -00 l,WM,rVJHTO l,la3,tM8-43 INCOME FOB 1S09, tuou.wu. Perpetonl and Temporary Polioie on Liberal Term. Tho Company alao issuea Policing on Kent ofaliuildiug of all kinUa.Uround KentH, and Mortgage. DIRECTORS. Alfred G. Baker, Alfred Fitter, Samuel Orant, I Thomas Spurka, 4ieorge W. Kicbarda. I William S. (.rant, Ituuic Lra, I Thomas S. Ellin, Oeorge iales, ' OuaUvus S. liooson. A.?;?7tf-.E UAKJ,:K" I'reaidont. JAS. W.M.il.UaW-r' TJIEODON .E jM tEOEH, Assistant SecreUry. S 9 JNSUKE AT HO ME, IN TBI Fcr.n Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY. No. 921 C1LESNUT STREET, PniLADELPLUA. ASSETS, 8.1,000,000. CllAHTEllED BY OVU. OWN 8TATE. aiASAUHD BY OVU OWN CITIZEN-!. "LOSSES PROIirTL,Y PAID. POLICIES ISSUED ON VAIUOL'S PUMa, Applications may be made at the Home Office, asd at the Agencies throughout the State, a iss JAMES TKAOLAIK PRESIDENT MAirll KL li. STOKES VICE-PRESIDENT JOHN VV. HOKNOR A. V. P. and ACTUARY HORATIO S. STEPHENS. ..KEORKTAUY J 8 O U R Y LITE INSURANCE OOMPAWT. No. Wl BROADWAY, oornar KEADE Street, New Tork CASH CAPITAL. 6i. gU,U0lidepoaited with the State of New Yoik for policy holder. LEMUEL BANGS, President. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice -President and Secretary KJdOHY MoOLINTOOK, Actuary A. E. Al. PURDY, M. D., iledioul Examine,, Thoma T. Tusker, nr., zjr.r. M.n nz rr-lualBMIUn. John M. Man, J. B. Lipplneott, Jame Long, lame Mauler, Charles Ppencer, John A. Wright, Arthur O. Collin. Willium Divine, John B. MoUreanr. o. jaom wain. In the character jx. rvurno. Blent, reaaonnblene of rates. PARTNERSHIP PiTTm Oh DECLAR1NO DIVIDENDS, no rn.tri.,,! i i. '.ti ui lui iiimjlujh. Rn nnm, nr .... b vea, and absolute non-forfeit urs of all policies, and no restriction of travel alter the BrBt year, the ASK (Jit Y lire, ent a combination of advantage offered by no otaer compuny. Policies issued in every form, and loan uf one-third made when desired. Mpeeial advantage offered to clergymen. 1 or ail lax that information addrtea JAMES M. LONOAORR, . Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware. Offlcs. No. aw A I,N UT Ktreet, Philadelphia KORMAJM?. UOLLiNSUEAD, Special Agent i 16 rrilE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPAN"Y X OF PHILADELPHIA. -m.-o.mx. Office 8- W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT BtnMi. FIKE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. ri'.KrtlUAli AflU linn x-ULiCIEH ISSUED Csah Capital... ifuh'AiiM.i:yi;im: BJUU,UUU0 F. Ratohford SUrr. DliiEC'J "TORS. . Nalbro Erazier, John M. Atwood. Benjamin T. Trediok, Course 11. Stuart. J. IJTinfrston Rrrlngar. J&mea L. Olaghorn, , Willium d. Boulton. Charles Wheeler, Thoma H. Montgomery, This Conuiaar insures on! flmiLMi i.t, ,.irt. John li. urovm. uajjies Aexieen. Xiecially baxurdou nsk whatever, oua u faotori nuJ "e RATOHFORD STARR, President. THOMAS H. MONTtiOM&RY, VlcaTpreaident. Auxxxuku W. WiOTF-xi. Secretary. ' '"'deiih TIKKNIX INSURANCE COMPANF Off J PHILADELPHIA. V INCORI'OUATKO 1WII-011ARTER PERPETUAr No. M WALNUT Street, opposite the Kxcluuw. 1 I Thi Company insure lrojiUosii or damage Wy j j on liberal terms, on buildings' merchandise, farnftnr ' etc., far limited periods, aud permanently on buJldiUK bv di poait of premiums. Kuuumni oy Rr XTV0v'Vai'?1'" ibftn ln "J"7 onSralUon 'o' more than MX 1 Y YEARS, during which ail losso hv Lon promptly adjiutod aud p.iid. w"8 , Tuhn L. Hodga, . David levrl. Al. E. Ma bony, Benjamin Etting, Thniuaa H. Power, A. R. Mclleury, Edmund Castillon, Suinuel Wiloox, tionn 1 . Lewis, V illinm S. (irunt, Robert W. learning js. viara r uaruiu, Lawrence Lewis, Jr. ur.i j.ewini.'. norru. ' .ICIIN R. n iliillKREU. President. i.evt ia 1.'. morns. 6AMrKl WliXOX, SecreUry. 4w g T R I C T L Y M U T U A L. Provident Life and Trust do. OF PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE, No. Ill S. FOL'KTH 8TREHT. Orgnnleed to promote LITE IN8URANCB ainoog niemberiif thu Society ol Friendit. Good risks of any cUu accnplt'd. Pollclt lcsufcd on afproved piuuft, at the lowest m(m" president, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, Vlce-Preaidant, WILLIAM f. l)N(HTItKTH, H Actuary, ROWLAND PAKKT. Tbe Rdvantagca oHertd by tlilo tm.pany are un. excelled. 1 874 'INSURANCE.. (-VFrlCE OF THE INSURANCE OO MP AN f p4(w..rth amerioa- " WAU,U arinkV inland' j uian cw,vo,w aAstons caiu BINOIC JTB otnis 12ATION. "ttUAJI Avthtrvf fVfvlM V1MOTOB. -i fiamnel W. Jotie, John A. Brown, Cnarle Taylor, Ambrose Wbit, William Welsh, 8. Morris Wain, John Mason. K. Cope, Edward H. Trotter. Edward S. Clark. ' T. Charlton Honry, Alfred D. Jesrap. John P. White, I-ont O. Madeira, Cltarlo W. Oaahmaa A,?iTHV? 1 .COFFIN, President. Ma HfitZ14"' vUlr.aid.nl Chas, H. Kur.vy, Asst. Koeretary. tlj pAME INSURANCE COMPANT. No. ft9 CHRBNUT Rtreet. ' 1 INCORPORATED 1HM. CHARTER PERPETUAL. CAPITAL, $80,000. I FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. f Insnrea against Loss or Damage by Fire either by Per. I petnal or Temporary Policies. i D1HEUTOK8: rj'?,r,c" je'daou, , Robert Pearoa. Wi hum I . Hhawn, John Ke-nlr-r, .Ir . William ALheyfcrt, Edward H. Orne. Henry I-ewiei, Charles htokos. Nathan HHIna, ,ohu W. Kverman, Oeorge A. West. Mordoeai Kn.hy CHARLES RICHARDSON, President. WILLIAM II. RUAWN, Vice President. Wn.ITAM I. BUNCHARn, Secretary, 7 )f rrilE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE -- COMPANY. w" ICV?.' i 'MSo-UiarUir PerpotnaL N2-J " . ALIS U f M roi;t? oppoita Independence Sonar I bis Company, favorably known to the community for over forty yearn, continues to Insure niriMoat Inns er dam. u iij nre on 1 1111110 or rnvuio riuiIUiniSH, either norma, nentlyorfora limited time. Also on 1 umiture, Ktook of t'OfKls, nd Merchandise generally, on liberal form. Their Capital, together with a Urge Surplus Kund. i Invented in the most careful ninunor. which enables then to oner to thainaured an undoubted security in the cm Dinner n. Daniel Rmith .Jr . Inhn Iln.A.n. Alriandor Benson, Isaac HnKlohiii-at, Thoniaa Smith," Henry fyiwis. 1 noma luiums . u. Miiungtiiun roll. xuuiei inntines. ,lr. O. CROWELVeo;.lm' ' WM JMPERIAL FLUE INSUltANCE LONDON. CO., ESTAHIJSIIED iso:j. Paid-up Capitol aud Accumulated Fund, 88,000,000 I TV GOLD. PEEV0ST & HEKRIWG, Agenti, 8 45 No. 10T 8. TnERD Street, ruuadclphfa. wtiLPREvoiTcnAs. p. herring. 8HIPPINQ. QUFETJJ? R P O O L AND It J ifKi.. "'TOWN Inman Unt of Mai . BrtM'.J f!m8r appointed toail L tS) lina, via Halifax , Tunsdav Oel to ,iipu .... ouiufdHy, ict. Ml at, P M i frlUr'pt .nda,a!tr. TB0.da,' KT Tint MArr'18 OF PAPSAOE. ToParia..... V! 3." fn1,0B St. John's, N. E., ..1st. .lehn' ii ii by Branch Steamer... . by BnSiJl. ki I l'aaeengor. forwarded to Ham w.,ilem8E ""' etc at rwluccd rato. Hamburg, Bremen, Tiikot. ... I. V. LI 1 . ons wiBliltiff to send for thair frinH- Qeraie mo b .-l"rllr?'owon apply at tho Oomnnnv- nm JUHN O. DALE, Agent, or.t O'DONI t IV ft T 1 A- a - . . .. '"VT N. Y o o. iu ctlKSNUT Street. Philadelphia. -:.r-'V"'L" rauiiK. Arm nts, ONLraiKECTLINETO FRANCE Bit EST. A VxtrC, CALLLXU AX Jhe splendid now veanels on this favorit .ni. r.. ,v Continent will U from Pier nl WorthwIt4r lngold(lnclndirgPi!.n0irPAS8A0" l- . r, 10 IREST OR HAVRE lust Cabin $140 Second Cabin. ..ta fi "w(0?Btwo"w,'nR or returning from theoor unrryr 1.- :- .,.,. Wo-.MI'ROAprVAY.AWYoTlt. ConilMTST' -'?". l'Ply at Adams' Expm 1 No.I13r) fil,HW,vntA.fu " ' "' ' - '" lUBII. CHARLESTOM. S. Ca THE SOUTH AND S0UTHWK8T. FAST FKEIQHT 3L,HVJa, EVERY THTJESDAV. ' The Steamships PROMETHEUS, Capta'n Gray 'and W. KVE11MA1-, Captain 111" "ley'"7' aM WILL. EOKM A KKIJITI.a w VL-L-t iV, V. The stearriHlitp PRCJIKTIIEIS, wiA aaii THURSDAY. Oi tnhnr l at 1 P ' WW "aU OB ThrotieU bills pi ludltig given in connection wltt S. C. IL li. to points Iu tho bouth and Southwest. Insurance at lowest rates. Hates of freight aa low as by any other route. For freight, apply to a R a- sorjDjrfi: 4 CO.. 882tf DOCK STKKKT WHARP. rs. LOKILLARD'S STEAMSHIP AT.T T vmsn nv. NEW YORK. Bailing on Tuesday, Tharadays, and Saturday. ' REDUCTION OE KATES. . . ' Freight by this line taken at 19 oenU per 100 pound, sent per foot, or 1 cent per gallon. hip' option. Ad vance charges cashed at ofbo on Pier. Freight receive: at aU time on sovorsd wharL JOHN F, OHL, 2 Pier 19 North Wharve. B. N. Extra" rate on small package Iron, metal, eta. Vfc. PHIIDELPnU. RICHMOND, lSr,tSzhfO NOREOLK STKAM.SJIIP LDVBi if, I y1 K';'? Ji LINK Id SBT mOV m fiil A 11 ri cii u iilAHU vv r.,xB EVERY SATURDAY, At noon, from i'lKbT WUAitE abov MARK El Street. l ilKUL'OH KA IK.H to an point m North and Boat! Carolina, via Hca board Ah- Line Railroad, oouneeting at Portsmouth and to Luobburg, Va., Tenneewe. and tot We.-.t, viu Virginia and leuueeae Air Luie and Riohmoni nd Danville Itailrond. - Ereivht HANDLED BUTONOE, and taken at LOWE PA'il 8 THAN ANY OTHER LINK. 'MMmun wvvjta; The regularity, ta'Miy, and cheapuees of thl rant com n end it to tbe public a the moat deaiiabl nj odium j rrying every description of froitjht. No charge lor oonuiiinsioa, diayege, or any exponai tianHfer. r-iuamhip Insured al the lowest ratoe. 1 might received daily. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A nri No 12 S. WHARVES and Pier 1 N. WHAIlWq W. P. POUTER. Agent at Hiuhnionrt and ( iif pii T. P. CKOW.Ll, A CO., Agent, at Nsrfolg. - a, NOTICEFOR NEW YORK VI DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAr aiaMkt. EXPKi-HS riTEAM HO AT OOd PA w Tho CHEAPES'i; and QUICKEST wat.t .ommuulv. Won between Philadelphia and New York. ""'a1 (Steamers loave daily troiu first wharf below isrkm Blreet, PLiladulphia, and loot of Wall street. New Vol Ceds fomnrued by nil the lino running out of j3 York, North, East, aud West, li-ee of oouuiiiimioa. v .r u b awi-i.u f-u.. rw.nui.ii-u u,, Rucommoiiatia Urn. . ,WILI 1AM P. CLYDE A CO .Agent No. 13 b. DELAWARE Avenue, PhiladXhU. 1 F7.ai NE.W RXPRF.S3 LINE lA Alexandria, Oeorgetown. and WaKhinj.-1 bteaiuere loave regularly evoy Satnri..i - . B'l-t nhart above Market lueeiu B"urdt noon from ka ireight recoivsd daily. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A OO.. HYPE TYLER.'A1toNn7sth'lanttlJV","h" lK?Jh NOTICE FOR NEW YORK VTA i-Alcll AND BWIETKITRK LINK M-a-Er. thVuhftt'i!'' " ttJ"0 '"will be'Vesumed onnd aft, tho 8th of March, l or IreighU, which Will b taken o acconimudu'.iDM leruia, apply to u" ea fio W. M. RAIRO A CO., No. LJ (jouta W bajte.
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