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' ,' FUDAY FEBRUARY 11. 1870.
VKTO OF TJIH MTmiOrOLlTAN
, ' POLIGK BILL.
The KepubliciuiB were ho much incetinod by
the conduct of Mayor Fox ia duKiImrging from
ihe police foroe nil iU faithful old member,
and Btipilanlihg' theni with , raw and iaein
ciout' appointees of his own party,' and the
demand for a Metropolitan Police bill became
ho tirgont after the election of landfall, that
wise and jnut action by tho fepresontativeH ot
thU city oould Boarcely hare failed to secure
the passage of a measure which would have
been alike acceptable to the Oovernor and to
a large majority of the citizens of Philadel
phia, j The prevailing sympathy for the
worthy ex-members of the old police force,
the unpopularity of Fox's appointees, and the
desperate, exertion of the Democracy to
secure by corrupt means a perpotnation
ml the power they had itbusgd, all conspired
to giro greut strength to any appropriate plati
of relief. At this juncture, however, the
Republican legislators of Philadelphia who
had just beon re-eleoted, under protest, re
solved to use the prevailing feeling for their
personal advantage. They refused to support
any new police bill which would not ensure
the .appointment of a large proportion of
their immediate partisans, and give to them
selves the power' of controlling delegate elec
tions and County Conventions through offi
cials of their own creation who were to be
'paid out of the City Treasury. It is impossi
ble to account for the monstrous character of
some of the provisions they introduced into
the police bill on any other theory. Hereto
fore, when commissions have been esta
blished, even for comparatively unim
portant . purposes, great care Ran
been taken to confide the appointing power
to the most unobjectionable hands, and to
yecure the services of the most popular citi
zens. But in this instance the Commissioners ;
are named at the outlet by the Legislature,
and while a shallow pretense is held out of
' jtermitting the people to vote for these officials
?at some future period, great ' care is taken to
. prevent this contemplated piece of police ma-
cbinery for: renominating and re-electing
odious legislators and their favorites from
'being seriously changed for several year.
The people had a right to demand that, if the
'power of selecting their own agents was Uf be
wrested from thorn, it should at least be re
posed in men of such 1 exalted character,
enlarged experience, incorruptible integrity,
and attested prudence, that there could
be no rational' ground for personal objection
'to, or distrust of, the appointed Commis
.sioners. This demand gained especial foroe
'from the extraordinary powers with which
these favorites of the Legislature were to be
Invested. Their authority would have far
.transcended that which is now exercised by
the Mayor. They would not on'y have been
4 endowed with , the "appointment, control,
vand entire executive government of the
' " police," but . with . "authority to increase the
force of patrolmen should they , deem the
same necessary;" and as the act provides that
. it Ls "made the duty of the Select and Com
mon Council to appropriate sufficient moneys
to meet the expenses of the board and the
said force," and that the board is to submit
, to .Counoils estimates of the sums required
for the maintenance of the said foroe," this
immaculate body of Commissioners would
i exercise well-nigh absolute control over the
municipal purse as well as the muuicipal
sword. What man can say without a blush
that William J. Pollock, John McCarthy,
j 3eorge Truman, Jr., Peter A. B. Widener.
and John S. IMttenhouse possess such pecu
liar qualifications that they deserve to be
singled out as the Ave men of a hundred
thousand who above all others should be en
dowed, by legislative prescription, with these
- extraordinary powers ? j
. Much as we desire the establishment of a
Metropolitan Police, free from the incessant
changes connected with the present system,
and anxious as we are for the relief of the
. city from Fox's inefficient force, we believe
' that the new Police bill would have done in
finitely more harm than good, and we there-
fore thank Governor Geary for having vetoed
it. We have freely censured some of his offi
cial actions heretofore, and we still regret
thai ne has not on other occasions scrutinized
bills presented for his signature with the care
he baa displayed in this instance, but he de
serves ; no - little t tredit for his sturdy
opposition to this last legislative
iniquity." The Governor concedes that
Che inefficiency of the police of the city is a
proper subject of legislative consideration,
and he plainly points out a practical plan of
" action in his declaration that "if the people
f Philadelphia desire a Metropolitan Police
uiu, let the Commissioners be of their own
. choosing at the ballot-box," but be has at the
xame time exposed the dangers of the legis
lative scheme, and he has rendered great ser
vice to the tax-payers of Philadelphia arid to
the Republican party of this city by thwart
. Nf.w Yok, according to the annual- report
of the Hoard of Exdne, received last year
: from the license fees of taverns and drinking
, KaioonsU)(,ii)i. in me city of Philadelphia,
' where the license is much smaller than in
. New York, and left uncollected as often as it
is collected, the amount received from the
same source during the year ending Novem
ber JtO, IW.'J, reached but $170,r:W, and this
jalVj;,J ft? H wri in coiupamoj wjj
New York, went into the troasnry of IheJHate.
instead ff that of the city. The use of in
toxicating liquors is unquestionably the most
prolifio source of crime and poverty in this,
as well as in every other community, and
those who make a living by traffioking in the
fiery, maddening, impoverishing stuff should
be forced by the law to contribute a fair amount
towards repressing crime and rclioving want.
The license fees should be fixed at a much
larger sum than they are under the present
law, and they should belong to the treasury
of the city, whioh is so overburdened by taxa
tion that it Beems impossible for it to provide
the accommodations required for its criminal
population; and, above all, ' the license law
should be honestly and effectively enforced,
and every man who attempts to evade its just
provisions dealt with as severely as the law
allows, i ., ' .. '. . ,' ,
LEGALIZING DIOAMT.
Ix the House ' of Representatives at Harria
burg yesterday there was a slight divergence
from the beaten track of latter-day legisla
tion, caused by a theological discussion upon
the marriage tie and the bearing of Chris
tianity upon it. The iniquitous divorce bill
introduced some time since came up as the
first in order on the publio calendar. The
proposed measure is so glaringly outrageous
that we quote the first section entire. It
reads as follows:
"That In addition to causes of divorces now ex
latinfr, every Court or Common Pica shall have
powf r ami Jurisdiction to grant and dVoree divorces
from the bond of matrimony in all cases in wiiioli
the Court shall Ih of opinion, upon the nvtrtcnne
Kulmiltted, that the ttest liuerest ul the partiiM and
1 lie ( BiiHe of public morality will to' promoted
(hereby."
Some time ago we ventilated the divorce
law which has brought such scandal upon the
State of Indiana. The measure before the
House yesterday is free from some of its ob
jectionable features regulating proceedings in
divorce cases, but it fully equals the Indiana
law in the sweeping provision above quoted.
If the judges of the Courts of Common pleas
throughout the Commonwealth were natives
of another and higher sphere, if they wore a
little more closely allied to the order of angels
and archangels, there might be some hope
that they would so exercise tho disore-
tion which this measuro proposes to confer
upon them as to promote "thebewt inter
ests of the parties and the cause of publio j
morality." But as long as our judges are not
taken from among the angeli), it is utter folly
to expect that such a discretion would not
load to the most scandalous and iniquitous
abuses, sapping the very foundations of so
ciety, and rendering "publio morality" as
much of a farce in iliis State as it has long
been in Indiana and some other sections of
the country.
Mr. White, of Allegheny county, appeared
to be aware of the inevitable results of such
legislation, and in a feeble way attempted to
apply a remedy by amending the first section
of the bill by the addition of the words "as
taught by the principles of the New Testa
ment." This proposition brought Mr. Craig,
of Lawrence county, to his feet, and led to a
discussion as to whether it is the true pro
vince of a civil government to administer
Christianity. Some of the members were
afforded an opportunity to reveal the fact
that they bad .heard of the principles of the
New Testament, if nothing moves but be
yond this trifling item the debate elicited
nothing. If, instead of drifting into
dogmatio discussion, the members who
desire to preserve what little sacredness is left
to the marital relation had denounced
the proposed bill in fitting terms.
they would have served their con
stituents more effectively. The scheme is
not at all made more palatable by the provi
sions of the third section, wlich declares it
"to be the true intent and moaning of this
act that all the powers vested in the Legis
lature to grant divorces is by this act vested
in the several Courts of Common Pleas.
The divorce business is one of the greatest
scandals of Harrisbnrg, and one of whioh the
publio has less knowledge than of some other -t.
But the remedy for it is not the clothing of
the judges of our courts with an even more
discretionary power than is now exercised by
the Legislature, , ,The true correction of the
evil would be its entire overthrow by the en-i
actrwent of a law depriving the Legislature of
all power to grant divorces, leaving the courts
with the powers they now enjoy, and noth
ing more. The bill was postponed for the
present, but it will doubtless be brought up
again. If it should eventually pass, it is to
be Hoped, in tne interests ot "public mo
rality," that Governor Geary, while he is in
the vetoing moooV will put his foot down
upon it, as well as upon all other measures
which aim a blow at the very foundations of
our social bjstem.
TUS Hot'Sfe CoMtttt'TlUfi ON TliKKITdldlJ j
taking testimony with regard to the condition
of affairs in the Mwrmon country, and there
seems to be a commendable disposition in
Congress to move with proper caution in the
adoption of measures to remedy the evils that
exiat there, and to assert in the most positive
manner the authority of the Government.
It is admitted on all sides that the peculiar
matrimonial, inatitutions of the Mormon
Church are disgraoeful to the country and to
the age, and that the time is fast approaohing
when something must be done in the way of
reformation. rThe circumstances of the case;
however, are such as will require peculiarly
delicate management, and any rash and hastily
considered action on the part of Congress will
scarcely produce any but evil results. On
this account Mr. Culloui's bill for the aboli
tion of polygamy has met with but little favor,
and it is generally conceded that it is not
adapted for the accomplishment of the de.
sired object.' It is impossible tU proceed
against a whole wxuuiunity of people, espe
cially in a matter that principally affects
themselves, and is held by them as
an . article of religious belief,
in the same manner as against single indi
viduals residing in the mikt of a aoctoty
unanimously opjiowed to them. Polygamy in
V'liUl '4 U4l(slU iu Uitf abut
as in'lbe States, and any attempt to suppress
it by armed force will only result in blood
shed and disaster. At the same time it is a
matter of much conaequence that this dis
graceful featnro of Mormoniam should be
brought directly under the condemnation of
the law, and the authority of the Government
asserted in the most positive manner over the
whole of its territory. It would be better,
however, for Congrws to do nothing what
ever at the present time than to take any
hasty atcps that will be repented of here
after, and rather than adopt such a bill as
that of Mr. Culloni, it would be preferable to
leave Mormonism to the influences of tho
civilization that Is sweeping westward and
fast surrounding it with a hostile population.
Turn are giants in these days, but the
probabilities are that they will shortly bocome
so common as to bo a drug in the market,
and cease to have any particular interest with
the wonder-loving public. . It is a character
istic of the American show business that those
who manage it never know to let well enough
alone, and if one individual makes a hjt there
are a hundred others so impatient to share his
profits that they all rush in together, and
spoil the business by giving the public a sur
feit. It was thus with the JIUick Vrtmk., the
White Favn. the opera boufl'e, , and the
blonde burlesques, aud it is thus with the
Cardiff giant. There was a suspicion of
humbug about that monster from the first,
that served, however, to whet curiosity aud
to cause a steady flow cf "currency" into the
treasury of its proprietors. But soon duplicate
giants began to appear in alarming" numbers,
until no one was able to toll which whs the
simon pure," and by the time that the whole
business of manufacturing this "relic of re
mote antiquity" was exposed, tho giant busi
ness had almost ceased to be a paying specu
lation, in the centros of civilization at least.
The makers of the original Cardiff giant,
however, appear to think that there Is money
in the thing yet, for they publish a card in a
Chicago paper announcing their readiness to
furnish any number to order on the original
model, and it is possible that there may be
some few people in the interior who do not
read the newspapers, or who are hard up for
an excitement, who will be satisfied to invent
their money to see these masterpieces of
American art, under tho belief that they are
importaut evidences of tho truth of the
Mosaic account of the creation and early ages
of the world. Indeed, we almost regret that
the Cardiff humbug was ever exposed, as it
afforded zealous theologians such an excellent
opportunity to back up Moses against those
troublesome follows, the geologists and
others, who will insist that the science of the
Decalogue is defective. -
A vwuiix of tho llevolution and the war of
lSli was yesterday received on the floor of
the House of Bepresentallves at Washington,
where he excited much interest. The name
of this old soldier ia John Kitts, who was
bora in this State in 1702, and served through
the war of the llevolution, being present at
the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He
also carried a musket during the war of 1812,
and would doubtless have, "fit into the Re
bellion" if his advanced age had not restrained
his patriotio impuhjes. This old gentleman
must be one of the most aged of the few re
maining veterans who saw the birth of the
nation and assisted in 'winning our
independence. His career covers ' our
whole national history, and he
has been a spectator of the mighty changes
that have taken place since he shouldered his
musket and went out nearly a hundred years
ago to fight the red-coats, with probably but
little idea of what he was doing, and im
pressed by mingled feelings of patriotism and
a young man's longing for the excitement of
the battle-field. We are not , informed
whether Mr. Kitts has made it a point to vote
regularly for every President from Washing
ton to Grant, but as all the veterans are dis
tinguished by this trait, it is to be presumed
that he has not . omitted to perform his duty
in this respect as a Revolutionary soldier
should. The House of Representatives paid
Mr. Kitts a proper compliment by extending
to him the privileges of the floor, and we
hope that he may continue in health and
spirits long enough to participate in the oen
tennial anniversary of the signing of the De
claration of Independence that will be held
in this city a few years hence.
Yestebimy in the National House of Re
presentatives, the Honorables Benjamin F,
Butler and S. S. Cox enacted one of those
little Congressional farces that serve to create
some amusement both in and out. of the
House and to relieve the dreary monotony of
the ordinary proceedings, but without, we
are sorry to say, increasing the ptiMift respect
for the participants. "Sunset" called Ben
jamin a "bomb-proof soldier," which was
considered to be aju iinputaJioa oq tfee pj
sonal valof and military record of the "hero
of Fort Fisher and Butch Gap," and an ex
cellent joke, as jokes go in Congress. Butlef,
however, if not a great soldier, is something
of a joker, and is more than a match
even for the brilliant "Sunset" at this sort of
thing, so he merely told S. H. Cox to "shoo
fly," and Cox got so angry that he evidently
had a desire to turn the farce into a tragedy
by cutting out the "lights" of Butler, wheri
bis friends succeeded in carrying hinr off and
calming his excitement by the administration
of a dose of brandy and soda. This litftlo
scene was no doubt very amusing, bnt it was
not particularly creditable, and it suggests
the idea that it is about time the opponents
of the irrepressible Butler had found some
other means of abuse than references to bis
military career. The publio are just a little
tired of hearing "spoons." "Fort Fisher," and
"Dutch Gap" dragged in on all occasions by
persons vhe find themselves unable to com
pete with Lntler in any other way.
A new drama, by M. Victor Bcjour. Jlmrf
tie lAjrrtiine, hits been rca4 at the Amhtgu
CotuWme. V (traie, a drama by MM. Barriere
aud Plouvler, jrofluccd. clovtu years airo at the
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The flouUr Kennlncton : Museum, London,
will soon be enriched tya.erie of reproduc
tions of early wall-pain: lns and mosaics, to bo
wed to decorate pnrta ot the museum which
were designed with a view to eueh ornamenta
tion. Anions the evtuiiplea already in hand are
cojiiee from picture lonnd in the. suMorra
nean basilica ol San Clcmcnte, Homo,
dnrtnft the excavations conducted by Prior
Mullooly, of tbnt church. These comprise
(1) a mile- bust, of distinctly antique character,
circa oOO A. . I).; CI) a tomalo saint,
with a nimbus, circa 4l(fc (3) a Crucifixion,
tho earliest known representation of
that event, circa Mi. 00 A. D.j (4) "Tho Mary'
at the Bopulehre," "The Descent of Christ to
Hades," and "The Marriage at Cans," circa KM
A. D., "The Assumption of tho Virgin," and five
others of equal im(orlAnco. Two fac-altnilea of
mosaics of the jrreatcst lutcreat have been re
produced! (1) "The Oood Shepherd." seated,
with hla nock; a lunette, from the tomUot (Jalla
Placldn, Kavenna; this has been delivered by
Messrs. Halviatl, bnt remains at present under
Judgment, pending tho production to tho au
thorities of certain stipulated proofs of IU fidelity
to the origtual: the obvious importance ot aucu
proofs need not be staled, and without chaUentr
io)r the copy In question, we cannot wonder
at tho determination of the omcluls to withhold
the work forthe present. ("J) A fine upright
figure of CbrhO, on a jrold ground, with at
tributes,, from Han Marco ThU la a very
striking and fcrand picture. The scheme for
reproducing such decorations la comprehensive,
and may embrace Invaluable examvlcs which
dale from tho "Sylvanua," from Ostia, now In
the Latoran Muetiui, which is eo strikingly
like pictures of "The Good Shepherd," In the
Catacombs, Komet tho so-called "Rattle of
Iasua, now at Naples; works from San Lorenzo.
Milan, the Hontittcry at Kavenna, Baa Paolo
fnorl le Mure, Home. 83. Cosmo and Damiano.
Pan Vltaic, Kavenna, with others, to Ghirlan
dams wotk on tho exterior of the
Duo mo.
Florence, and
later examples in
Bt. Peter's,
Koine.
-The director of the Athencc anncars to be
anxious to produce c penis of a more ambitious
character than thoe which have brought Iiim
prosperity. Verdi's Manuulieri la to be plaeed
upon tho little sfciire about the 35th lnat., under
the title of J Jlamlit. Borne of our reader
may remember that tho story is founded upon
Schiller's Jiaubcr, and that the dull opera was
written for Madumo Ooldschtnidt, who played
it at iler Majesty's Theatre. How can it suc
ceed now, when not even Jenny Lind in the
f ullDosa of her fame could save It from utter
failure?
8PEOIAL NOTIOES.
br tnhUHonat Spuria! haHctt m th huM Rhm,
jjay- FINEST.
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FUtttaiEINO .
CbOTHIKOI.
GOODS.
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IIKHNUT
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PA3aiONAUl.g
AND BOYS'
MERCHANT
CLOTHING.
TAILORING.
APPEAL FOH THE POOK
' UNION BKXJKVOLKNT ASSOCIATION.
There bu nut boon more uQorln kmon the batter
ehuieee of the poor than t present sinoe 18."4. A visitor
tru called to ft tamily hring ina good house on Sixth street
who had not tasted food for forty-eijht hoar. The chil-
dren bad gone to Sunday Sohool without an breakfast.
A manager received a ooco, written In a beautiful fenulo
band, appealing for aid to keep her familr of little children ,
rrom narving ana iroezing. xne call was oboyed, but in
the meantime the husband and father of the family had
attempted suicide, in despair at seeing his family suffer
ing, wiibt at the means to relieve tbem. A family of f our
htu HMciren were found in a fearful state of suffering.
Their mother lay dead on an old carpet on the flour,'
and the lather was raving with delirium tremens orer
the body. A young woman of refined appearance, pala
and emaciated with conramption, wti diaoovered by a
citizen in an attlo on Willow itreet, apparently dying, with.
out fire, food; or attendance. If the good men and women
of Philadelphia, who are living in comfort, to sy nothiug
of luxury, many of .them troubled most to know how to
invest their surpluses at this time, oould bnt see face to
face the misery whioh is larking within tea minutes walk
of their dwellings, they would pour out of their treasure to
relieve the sufferings; or if they oould but rtulUe bus
half the distress, they would rush into the lanes and
alloys to aesist. Thar are one hundred and twenty
visitors of the Union Benevolent AsfKutfton, and all lbs
money tbey have to distribute is five dollars per month
for eeoh visitor, in all of this great rity. The association
i so eompldte in its ramifications that it oaa relieve the
wants of all lbs poor. if tho publio would but constitute.
it almoner. It gats leas than $30,000 per annum
and a distinguished philanthropist, not ot its Board, but
who knows its thoroughness, says it should get $U)0,UOu,
Tha demands nave been so great upon it the present sea'
son, and the collections no meagre, that it has run behind,
andIra ihoueond doiUir in needed immediately to meet itt
prtteh'S imhh A D appeal is made to the publio, with all
the earnestness which UnguaKO can esprees, to make up
this sura without delay. Thirty subscriptions of oue hum
died dollare, with the amauer contributions whioh should
be added, will meat the requirement. The 'J raaanrer is
K. K. WOOD, Kaq., No. m C1IK8SUT Streot.and tha
Agent, Dr. McOALLMONT, will also receive aulxwjrip-
tivni at tos vmee, Jg, lie B, BKVKWltt btraet.
SAMUEL U. PERKINS, President.
John II. AxwotW, 6wretry. i wfutH
OFFICE OF THE K ITT ANING COAL
PHtt.iPFLPntA, Feb. 10, 1870.
At tha Annual Meeting ot the Stockholder held this
day, the following peisoas were eleoted It rector to serve
the mulling year:
11. N. liurrotigha, I Charlae W. Poultnsy.
Charles IV. Trotter, I George Howell.
U. H. Stllllingford.
And at a m1iacmflnt mevtias ot the Directors II. H.
SmiiUNGFOKOwaseiecM PrOMont and Treamirer,
nd li. T. SUlLUNOr'OHD.
SlUnU Secretary. ;
jig- OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE l7r,
SION CANAi. COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, NO.
ICZ WALNUT STREET. ' ; ' I -
PHiULOHxrHlA, February 8, 1S70.
The Managers sate declared a cividend of I'OUtt PER
CF.NT., free from taxes, payable at ttia effloe on and after
the 15th ifcatant.
SlOfct E. G. GILES, Treasurer.
Ip J A M
E 8 M. S C O V E U
1. A W Y K R.
CAMDKN. N. J.
FOR fJOLLKOTlONH-OLAIMrl OVER ONE HUN
DRED DOLLARS, FIVE PER CENT. 3 1 lot
OFFICE OF RECEIVER OF TAXES.
I'nn.i UKLI'HIA. Februarr 11. 1H7U.
NOTTOR TO TAXVAYKHH.-'J'bisotiio will be open
on WKDNKeDAY, 16th instant, for tha receipt of City
and Uf taxes fur ,h. tear 170.
3 H Bt Receiver of Taxes.
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FABRICS.
QARGAINB IN
CLOTHING
GOOD BUBINEaaeUITS....... H. were 1
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OVERCOATS 4 M H
EVANS & LEACH.
No. 628 MARKET STREET,
1 to (rare
PHILAOELPHIA.
IN8URANOG.
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IMPERIAL Flit E
INSURANCE COMPANY
Whole fttnoout of capital stoct aubscrflied, for
whirlt the BtocHlioWera are penooaliy liable. '
Gold... ......o.KJ.eoo'Oo
Amount of stock actually paid lit caan,
gold tJ,0i!l,W00O
Cash ruarfeet value of each sJiftre.li, 0X3 -W
for every of paid stock.
Company Incorporated V30S. ,
Assirrs. ;
Real Estate, Mortgages, Bonds, ConsoU,
Debentures, etc. etc. Total 8,T7,CT2T1
liahil,itik:s.
Unpaid Losses In proceaa of adjastment,
Dtvldcnda dne Stockholders, atuounta f
required to iuwre outetandlug risks,
CJoverumeutdatlea, etc. etc 41,006,4Tl-69
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. United States Braucb.
ASSI3T8. ' . 1
Amount of cash on hand lt.ai.S2o
Amount of caab In btoE , ' .Its.000-.0Q
Unpaid premiums 0,8ol-xl
Amount of cush In agents' lianda In course
of trunsmlaaioa B0,17-W
United States and other bonds 431,625-59
Stock held by Uie Company as collateral i
security for loans 60,600-09
Office lurnlture, etc 6,ooo-oo
Total..'.'.
Amoont of losses In proceaa of adjust- I
. meat 33,4u9-e
Amounts of all other existing claims !
agulnHt the Company, contested or !
otherwise 18,861
I ltW,lBft
Amooni of cash premiums recerred oira,tT('l2
Amount of cash from Interest 6,509 -29
Income froui other sources 41,066,4l
t679,3311
rilEVOST 4 nERIUTJG,
i
- - ' AGENTS, , . !
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No. 107 South THIRD Street.
' PhHadelphla, Fel)ruarjr , 1ST0.
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QIQARS AND TOBAOOO,
CIGARS and TOBACCO.
G. L. STEWART i
Wlliopea bis Store TO-MORROW (Satordaf) with a 1
Choice Stock of JatiporteMl untl lo
' mettle CJlffaraif
AND A FINH ASSORTMElfT OF
KnioklnK uad ChewlnR Tobaeeo,
AT THE LOWK8T POSSIBLE PBIOES.
!o. 130 IorI i:iOUTII Ntreot,
Wo. ISO !orth i:i4!ITII Miret,
BEvVINO MAOHINE8.
VJ HEELER & WILQOri'Q
. . LOOH-STlTOa . .
Family Sewing Rlachioo.
. . OVKB ClMU" MOW tM USE. . ,, ,
EXAMINE IT EKFOOR BUYISa AMY OTHR& .
SoM oa tease PU S10 Per, Month,
1 GENERAL AOEMT8, ' '
w. i cuinirr limt,'.'
rmwt PnTLAI)8LfHIA. .
THE HEW PAEIIAII
' -13 iraoouBTEDr.r j
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THE STRONGEST AND LI01TTEST,'
lb Best azid Host Ptfrfect Fiaisfaed.
1 Ita mofeninU (KoVediud Llgiit m Utifovket
lUcbliie. - ; , . t ,..'..
IfuB.rHijttNlI ' ' '
Making a tlRtH Lork-fltltcii
. TVateaanot beUrinIUMi: '
. . ' rerfucti lair uott bota titles
t ban the new Needle-holder.
No pringtnit or bending of the Needts
la changing from cottraoAo Oim,
Ttverotif atd1ng ail drupovw or
Bibjaod fctltchea,
I OAea the eelt'braterl SbtKtle Carrier. ,
No Bare or tiroove etno4ord. , ' ..,.
Wa Soiling or Oiling of the Thrwri.
Mo Enrttoa or Wearing of th rJOatae
1HH LARGEST PIECE Off WORK WILL Pa 3
UNDER IT. i
IT WIU. SEW THE rTNEST AND MOST DELI
CATE FABRIC WITHOUT THE USE OJf PAPB
UNDERNEATH. . .,
IT WILL PEW THE HEAVIEST BEAVEB CLOTH
OR LINEN DUCK WITH LINEN THREAD, MAR
SEILLES, PTQUEAND ENGLISH LASTtMClS, PA88
UY JtK nUAOia UK TUKXI U0KNER3 PEltl'ECTLY
IT WILL HEM. FELL. BRAID. COKl oimit
TUCK AND OATHfilt. . -
TMC PAR HAM COMPANY'S
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Family .Sewing lllachine
IS PCtXY WARRANTED C( EVERY PARTICUt AjR
' ; SOLD ON EASY .TEEMS. '
Oflic aatsl MMlewroom, .
No; o4 oiiijiSrijT fit..
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PHILADRLPHIA
INSURANCE.
u
NION- WITTUAL INSURANCE COMpAifa
OV PHILADELPHIA.
INCORPORATED Mat.'
FIRE, MARINE, AND INLAND INSURANCE.
Of FICE, N. E. CORNER THIRD AND WALNfJT
bTREETS, EXCHANGE xtUlLlXNO. ,
The following statement of the amilra of the Cem-
fiany la puWluOed In conformity with a provlMoaef
ta ctiarter:
Marine PremJutns written during the yoae
endinar Jaiuiarr 1. lnru : aiA srsa
Marine ITenduma not earaetl Sauuary I,
4U,x04To
1itM6tl-M
Fire Premiums written some
period , 13004-90
Fire l'rvinluma not earueil
January l, 1B6. SS.m-ee
Earned Premtumn daring the ' '
year ending as abovtt:
Marine tH7.U4.-08 '.
' Fire 4... M fi.fi 1
Interest on Investments, sat- ..
vagea, etc ., vg.iu-01
I.owiea, exrx-twies, eta, during .
' game time: , . :
.. Marine losses 55.fT
Fire losses M.UlD'trs
Hoinsiirance aud conmiis-
etoiia 'W.m-!
" Return PnmlunMi ... 10,mI
Rent, aalarlea aud ex
peuses H,0TT-6B
. . . United 8tatea tax ami .
btatetai: ,aT-0
I1CC.61S-46
isMn-
tai9
STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS OF THE COM-
I'ANx , JAMJAR t 1, WTO.
State of remwylvanla bix per . cent.
Ltonda. , '
City of 1'uilark'lpfala HU percent. Roods.'
Camden and Aniboy Railroad Six per .
cent. Bonds, 1889 -.
Camden and Am hoy KaUruad Six per
cent Bonds, ln3 '
Camden and Am boy RaUroiSl Six per
' cent. Bonds, Ik;6
Pcumiylvania Railroad Second MorUrars
tlO-909-9
15,0o-
M00-99
: n.ooa-ic
8ix per cent. Bonds 10,009M
LiieaapeaKe ana lxuaware canal tix per
cent. Bonds.... ..i.
Foniwylvauhi Railroad First Mortgage
. Blx per cent. Bonds
SchuyUtlll Navuration Comnsiuy (Mx per
14.9U-M
LDG9-M
cenu Honda l,00-tt
Phlladclnlila and Erie Railroail Six per
cent. Bonds l,009t(i
Wyoming Valley Canal Six per ceut.
Boiuu ' li.ooat
rittaburg Water Loan Seven per ceut.
Bonds t.OOim
North IVmnsylvania BaUroad Six per
ceut. Honda .. 10,99
North Pppnsylvaola Railroad Seven per
Cent. Bondfl 4.909-
Lehigh Valley Railroad Six per ceut.
uonoa...
Xgg etH LlWlQ Sohuylklll Railroad...,
178 staBS mwil .HHlroaa . . . . -.
100 aharea North Penl'sXlXtJiJ'24
48 shares Delaware Raliroau . . T.WT .7
lo itii area Wyoming Valley Canal
68 shares Itdadetphla National Bank..
88 aharea Farmera'aud Mechanics' N-
- tlonal Bautc
83 shares Delaware Mutual Safe Iaeur-
- ance Company
160 shares Pboeulx Insurance Company.
4 shares AmeriaAB West India Steam
ship Company '
SO shares Philadelphia and Southern
. Mall Steamship Company
1404 shares Union Mutual Insurance Com
pmr -
B-ono-ao
6,000-Ot
l,00-
MM-M
C.W9-M
I,609M
404-M
6,00 -M
Far trains,...-
tV0,SWOw
Market lue ....... i ..' 1 ... '.
Bills receivable for premiums. ............ ,
Sundry accounts due for premium
Camilla baak fL&VT&i-tt
Cash la drawer. ,
Loans on call, with collateral . . . l&SOuW
B8,f-09
- T,T48-9
IS.16S5V
DltlXCTOMt.
RICHARD R, SMmi,
8. DKLBRRT.
A. r- IHJitlJV
JOirN H. 1RWTN.
NEW BERRY A. SMITH,
WILLIAM O. KENT,.
HENRY LEWIS,
J. P. STEINKR,
EDWARD L. oLARK,
UEOKGR LHWIS, ,
KAMIIk-I. I MK.
SOUMON TtlWKSRNSI
J. a PEROT,
JOHN MOSrL
LKMUKL COFFIN,
C. H. CUMMINttS.
J. H. T1U.K.
W. l. WINSOR,
.UMKS I. HKWr.KV.
I'ltlAltl.KS I). HUMS
IfUA All If.blMiU
WII.MAM H. W.MUD,
CHARLliS WHKKLKR.
CIIAKLES K. MORGAN,
Hlf'II A HO M. N .Mil If, Freatdowa.
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