THE DAILY LVEittKG TH ITCH A riT PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1870. TflS fV ft AM V XEfs o F ,SM A L L TIIINQV. T !TJV. SAMl'FX T. RFP.AH, D.D. Th pliy'.ical as well as the moral system of tho WorW, R one 0f .ucri Kre.at complicated con nections and relations that even the smallest nd '.nont iiihlxnioant thing way bo, and often Is, tbf necessary antecedent of stupendous rcsalt. "TVbtUier we look luto the past or Into the future, the exact ner.ut by which events play luto each other, and tbn He In the serial order of history, Is a problom which nothing short of omniscience can solve. As we cannot tell all the causes In the pant which have contributed to what we obctrve 'Id the present, so we cannot antici pate all the results In the future which will be the fruits ot causes acting in the present. The Merest trifle In one's life, in itself so small as to lie deemed of no Importance, is often sufficient to change the whole course and current of his feeing. God frequently invests the acts of a plain and common man with a power of con nections and remote relations that travels pro ductively Into the future ages after - the man himself has retired from this earthly scene. In this way lHtle things as well as great may make ur lives sublime. As an example, let us cite the case of a wan dering peddler, who, more than two centuries since, called at the house of Baxter's father and there left a religious book, which the youthful Baxter read, and by which he was first awakened and then converted to the Gospel of Christ. This was the first result of that accidental visit. Baxter, becoming a Christian, In due season gave to the world religious writings that, being studied by Doddriflgc, were the chief means in forming his spiritual character; and this was a second result of the peddler's visit. "The Rise and Progress of Religion," written by Doddridge, was owned of Heaven to the conversion of Wilbcrforce, the philanthropist; and thus we come to a third result in the advancing series. "The Practical View of Christianity," coming from the pen of Wilber 1 oroe, brought Leigh Richmond to the know ledge of the truth; and hence a fourth result was added. Leigh Richmond wrote the ''Dairy xoan's Daughter," prodacing a little work which ban been read by millions, and by God honored to the salvation of a great many souls. Behold tbls series of providences, beginning with the imple and apparently unimportant act of an bumble peddler, placing that act in relations truly wonderful, and finally crowning It with a significance that we have no capacities to mea sure. Withdraw the life of that peddler and the little thing which he did from the series, and perhaps the whole would be gone. Ills act, viewed in connection with the sequel, Impres sively shows that a great result may have its incipient germ in the bosom of a very small cause. JUBIMARY OFCIICHCH NEWS. EPISCOPAL. Rev. Henry Niles Pierce was consecrated (Episcopal Bishop of Arkansas, at Mobile, Ala., January 5. He was formerly pastor of St. John's Church, in that city. The Rev. Henry Niles Pierce was conse crated Episcopal Bishop of Arkansas, at Mobile, Ala., January 5. He was formerly pastor of tit. -John's Church, in this city. St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, has a choir of one hundred members, whose performances are heralded beforehand in the dailies, and pro grammes distributed in the church. Eight clergymen are candidates for the vacant professorship of Hebrew and Greek lan-. roages in the General Episcopal Seminary in New York, and twenty-one for the professor ship of Systematic Divinity. The Rev. Emerson Judd, of the Episcopal Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, recently supplied the pulpit of the Congregational church in that -city, without surplice or grown, and employing the- ordinary service of that church. The Epis copal rector in Dubuque will not prosecute mm. St John's Chapel, in New York city, main tains one colored Sunday School, one colored industrial school, one German Sunday School, and a general Industrial school. No distinction of creed is made. The attendance is increasing from week to week. All the families, especially the poor, are visited in turn. The Rev. Samuel Clements, of Ohio, has accepted the position of Principal of the Pro testant Episcopal Mission House in this city. In this house young men are prepared for the work of foreign missions. Among its inmates are two Chinamen, two North American In dians, some colored men from the West Indies, and a number of others, of various nation alities. A new Bethel, called, the "Church, of our Saviour for Seamen," was opened in New York on 8und.iT, January 9, with appropriate ser vices. It is a floating church, constructed on the margin of the East River, at the foot of Pike street. Rev. Robert W. Lewis is in charge. The building is thirty-five feet high. It is built on a scow 40 by .80 feet, and about six feet deep. The total cost is about f 20,0(t0. A committee of trustees have reported, re ommending the removal of the Gcnural Theo logical Seminary from New York to some por tion of 'Westchester county, within a short dis tance from that city. The present property is worth f 400,000; and, as no Income comes from it,. and the assessments by the city authorities are t'30,CG0 this year, it is retained for its present purpose at a loss. Among the plans suggested is that the Seminary, Columbia College, and Trinity School should unite in securing ample grounds, and combine to form a grand Uni versity. PRESBYTERIAN. The First Prebyterlan Church at Lexing ton, Kentucky, has given a call to the Rev. Wil liam Dinwlddio, of Greenwood, Albemarle county, Virginia. An Interesting part ot the services in the South Street Presbyterian Church, above Ele venth, on Sabbath moraines, is the singing of the Sunday t-'chool children, led by the choir, which le. rendered in quite a creditable manner. The tr0,000 required to start a Presbyterian paper in -Chicago ban been subsarlbed. It will probably be called Tlie Interior. Rev. Arthur Swazey is the principal editor; aud Rev. W. E. McLaren, f Detroit, and Kev. J. C. Matthews, of Chicago, are elected as his associates. Rev. George Gllllllan, of Dnudee, has lately been stirring np the United Presbyterians of Scotland by denying his belief of all the Cate .cbism. He Is threatened with nn ecclesiastical trial. But he says there are points of the Cate .chlsmwhlcb nobody l)clleves. We see an opinion frequently expressed by British, tbough seldom by American Presbyterians, that ttelr standard) art "cumbrous" and need cutting down. The EvaBsvUle, lad., Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. J K. Kumlor, pastor, has a system of cburch work which put each of its numbers on one of its committees o lubor. There are com Julttcea on citruses for congregation s-nd Sab bath school, prayer-meetings, neighborhood meetings. Sublwth pchonll socials, church pa pers and literature, the tick and poor, tempe rance ana limine. The result of the plan for a year showed an increase of benevolent contri butions frow f.m to 1015, and of subscriptions forongrcgalonal expenses and for wiping out a debt from W07 to l:J,74'J. At the beginning of last year a system, of regular giviug wa adopted, and a change made from the rented to the free-pew system, with the most happy results. More additions to the ehureh have beou received than for several years before. The Committee on Reconstruction of the Synods and Presbyteries of the Church in the United States of America have bad a meeting and determined, among Other things, upon a division of the Church into twenty-nine synods They also recommend the limitation of appeals references, and complaints to U) synods, except n cases Involving error in doctrine and consti tutional law. Tbey determined that represen tation should be from synod", tot from presbyteries, and that the arrangements and boundaries of the presbyteries shall be made by the synod within their respective limits. The committee adjourned -to the lBth of March next at which meeting the matter now ar ranged will be revised and finally determined. Meanwhile Drs. Bcatty and Klsher were ap pointed a sub-committee to Investigate the sub ject still further, and prepare business for the next meeting of the committee. Ministers from abroad may make suggestions to the tub-committee if they deem it fitting. The Presbyterian 'Joint Committee on Re construction has published a preliminary report. They would remove the General Assembly somewhat further from the people by transfer ring the election of commissioners from the presbyteries to the synods, each synod to send one minister and one elder for each. 50 ministers. Appeals cannot be carried to the Assembly ex cept In questions of heresy and constitutional law. The synods should be largo: giving New York 4- Pennsylvania and Ohio, each 3: In diana'. Illinois, and Iowa, each 2; and all the others comprise a 8tate,or a State with adjacent territories. The few churches In Connecticut are attached to the Synod of New York, and those north and cast in New England to the Synod of Albany. Two foreign synods were constituted one of Northern India, and the other of China. The Assembly will consist of about 250 members. Each synod will rearrange its own presbyteries. BAPTIST. Emigration so weakens the churches In Maine that the Baptists have been compelled to drop 7 churches, auL- but half of their 2i3 churches have pastors or stated supplies. The churches average 73 members each. The (ieneral Baptfets are a free communion body, disconnected from the Free-will Baptists, b-it almost identical in their faith and prac tices. Their churches are found in scattered portions of the Middle States. We hear of the United Association In Indiana, whleli reported at its late meeting 84 churches, an increase of 5. We are glad to notice the efforts which are now being made by all the Southern churches to educate the colored population. Three Bap tist ministers at the South Drs. Brantly, Landnim, and Mell offer to educate and sup port fifty colored Baptist ministers for three months In the city of Macon, Georgia. They believe th most effectual way of reaching the blacks is through an educated ministry of their own race. The late Hon. Amos Kendall, besides his munificent gift of about flftO.OOO towards the erection and subsequent rebuilding of the Cal vary Baptist Church, In Washington, and of some f24,000 for mission Sunday School pur poses, gave also fclSOOO to found six scholarships in Columbian College. Mr. Kendall graduated at Dartmouth. He was seventy-six years old when he was baptized, at which time he became a teacher in the Sunday School. The minutes of the 8eventh Dav Baptists show seventy-six churches, of which the strong est are In Hopkinton, Mass.; Westerly and Paw catuck, R. I.: Alfred and Brookfleld, "N. Y.; and Albion and Milton,. Wisconsin. The imperfect character of the statistics renders it impossible to give the number of members. The report ot their Tract Society evinces a determination to enlighten the Ignorance of the rest of the world on the matter of the true Sabbath. The Trustees of Union University. Mur- freesboro', Tennessee, at their recent meeting, tendered to the Baptist Theological Seminary at Greenville, 8. C, the funds belonging to the Theological Department of Union University, and an additional amount sufficient to create a fund equal to fifty thousand dollars; also such privileges of building on the campus as may be necessary to their successful operation, upon the condition that the Trustees of the Seminary remove their institution to Murfreesboro', Ten nessee. METHODIST. The valuable library of the late Dr. Charles Elliott has been received by the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. Dr. Elliott was one of the original corporators of the Uni versity. The next session of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is appointed to begin In Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday, May 1. Its powers are similar to the corresponding body in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The South Carolina Conference of the Me thodist Episcopal Church met in Jacksonville, Florida, January 20, and closed its session on the 25th. The vote on lay delegation was unani mous. The whole numler of church members and probationers reported was 24,007, a gain of 1398 over last year: number of chureli buildings In t hereon fe re ncc, 108 a gain of 23 over last year. REFORMED. The Reformed Church Board of Domestic Missions appeals to the people for help, as its treasury is in debt above five thousand dollars, and some of the missionaries have not been paid their scanty allowance for a year. The effort to endow Franklin and Marshall College, by the dollar . subscription plan, is meeting with some success. One .church has raised $203; another in the German section of the State, 12S4; others, 800, $424, etc. Rev. James Hardenbcrgh, D. D., died in York city on the 22d ult.; in the seventieth year of his age. He was at one time pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church, in Philadelphia. Of late years bis health had been much impaired. He was most recently engaged in mission work in New York. Tho First Synod of the (German) Reformed Church of North. America met in this city 123 years ago, composed of 81 ministers and elders, representing a few thousand souls. Now the Synod has 200 delegates, representing 550 ministers, 1200 congregations, and 250,000 bap tized members. A sub-committee of the Trustees of New Brunswick Theological Seminary was appointed recently to secure the means and purchase a profoor-house (the fourth now secured) for the Suydam Professor. The committee was com- gosed of Messrs. James Suydam, Gardner A. age, and tho Rev. Dr. Cornell. This committee, without going beyond its own number, raised the sum of eighteeu thousand dollars, purchased a beautiful property, and now present it to the General Synod. CATHOLIC. The London Catlwlio Mirror gives some In cidents of an audience which the Pope gave to the American bishops. The wiiter thus men tions the Pope's reference to religious liberty; "He theu referred to the subject of liberty of religious worship, which, oe said, In view ot the establishment of ills Church by our Lord us the ark of safety and salvation, with his positive revelation of the truth, could not be recognized In pnneiplc, inre all were bound to hear, be lieve, aud obey God; but which might, however, from particular circumstances of diversity of sect and denominations, become a social neces sity, as it is, he said, in th0 United States, where there are so mauy different religious. Ho then, laughing, called to mind that declaration of Mr. Cas, the former Aimnltjun M Inkier at Rome, telling him that the United States was 'the most religious couutry in tho world, having it'burcheri and creeds of every sort, to 'suit all sentiments, views, and opinions. It was cer tainly desirable that all should believe and obey the one truth, und whore they were tbim in.i,i.wi j luto deeds and churches there win nutUUi" to ' be done but to leave ihem to their responsibility ' to God. In the United States, said be, the Church is left true with the rest, aud I sue not , how there could be any arrangement there which could bo more favorable to her." I Ho adds: ' ! "I noticed that several of the bishops when i leaving placed on the Pope's table the offerings Of their dioceses. Towards the last the Arch bishop of San Francisco came forward with his gifts, among which was a splendid gold suull box filled with gold pieces, from twenty-dollar pieces down, all California gold sent. 1 believe, . by Dr. Cooke, Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Man Francisco. The Pope was seemingly ; delighted with the offering; and, as the Arch bishop of Baltimore before leaving tendered Uie Pope a pinch ot ijufl from hj box, the Holy Father, accepting It, said: 'Your snnff Is very tlnr; but.' raid be, pointing to the California box, 'this far preferable.' ' The Catholic lately stated that no Catholic womnn wns a supporter ot "Woman's Rights." A indy writes front Detroit that she is a good Catholic, and yet defends the movement for, woman's suffrage. An English paper says that the Klngof Bur nish intends to present earn of the 750 Fathers of the Council with a pastoral cross enriched with gems. That of the Pope is reported to be an Oriental masterpiece. Tho crosses will be transmitted through the Propaganda, which is dally expecting their arrival. . .The Chicago Evening Pott reports, on the authority of a leading physician of the city, that Bishop Dnggan, of that Roman Catholic diocese, Is not Insane; but has been removed and put in confinement as an ecclesiastical penalty for gross mismanagement. As a bishop cannot be de posed, the present acting bishop baa the title of toodjutor.il A roan in Erlan, Hungary, recently took hli child to church for baptism. The priest, on learning that the godmother was a Jewess, re fused to proceed, when the man took his child to the holy basin, and with great solemnity and In a loud voice baptieed it himself and gave it Into the godmother's arms, asking her blessing, which she gave. The burgomaster registered the baptism as legal, and tho people are anxlonsly awaiting the decision of the arch bishop. Ihe prosecution ot the Roman Catholic authorities in Montreal who refused ecclesiasti cal burial to Mr. Joseph Guibord because he belonged to LTnstitut Canadian, attracts great interest In Canada. It is proved that the ofli cers of this literary institution, who, with its members, are nearly all Catholics, attempted without success, again and again, to come to an understanding with . the bishop. The com plaint made was that the library contained books on the papal Index Expurgatorius. They offered, if the bishop would point out what books were objectionable, to remove them frtm the public library, and put them under lock and key in another room, where they could be consulted only on special request. But this was not considered snlHcient. Fer some time L'Instiiut has been under ban, its annual reports have been pnt on the Index, and absolu tion and church burial have been forbidden its members. The Vicar-Gencrvl has given permis sion to a priest to solemnize the marriage of a vice-president of L'lnstitut, on the grouud that the woman is not under censure, and the case is tue same as wncn one oi the parties is a Pro testant. CONGREGATIONAL. The Kingston Church, Missouri, Lave called to their pastorate the Rev. M. J. Collan,who has recently dissolved connection with the Metho dist Episcopal Conference. The First Congregational Church of New Haven, Connecticut, has purchased a lot, with the intention of building upon it a home for the aged ladies of the church. The last Congregational Quarterly reported the organization of twenty-five churches, the ordination of thlrty-clght ministers, and the death of seventeen. The Congregational Union reports aid given during the lust three months ior tnc erection oi sixteen churches. UNITARIAN. The "Unitarian Year Book" reports ?xr, societies, Deinguumore man last year, trio 21 were organized. There are 20 churcbi i .. Boston, and 87 have no settled pastots. i he names are given of 890 ministers, of whom 110 are unsettled; and of these most aje engaged in other business, and but 23 who count them selves as still in the active ministry are with out employment. The oldest ordained minister is Joseph Richardson, of Hingham, ordained in 1806. Of the congregation, 179 are in Massa chusetts. No other State but New York has over 20. CHRISTIAN WORK ON THE PACIFIC COAST. During the summer and fall of 1809 a delega tion from the American Tract Society made an extended tour along the Pacific Railroad, and in the States and Territories west of the Rocky Mountains. The friends of that society have called a meet ing in the Presbyterian Church, Washington 8quare, that the public may bear from these travellers their personal observations, and the necessity and opportunity for Christian effort among the Chinese aad the miners of that spiritually destitute region. Two of our pro minent pastors, Rev. Dr. Johnson and Rev. B. L. Agnew, will also address the meeting. - INSURANCE. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH JL AMERICA. JANTTARY 1, 1870. INCORPORATED 1794. CHARTER I'i'.ltl'K TUAL. CAPITAL. $IW0,0n0M ASSETS... i. MVM I.iwses paid si no oriianir-aUon 2t,0)l,UtK) UO Receipt, ef Premium, '69 ,S37 4S Interest from inftxtuient., lata lU.tSWH $3,10,(S84-19 Losses paid, 1869, Jail. 1, 1870. STATEMENT O1 THE ASSETS. First Mortgages on City Property t766,4u000 United bute. Government ana other Loan Bonds 1 122 H4tf00 Kailroad, Bank, and Canal Stocks ' 5a,'70t0 Cash in Bank and Office 2-l'i,6JU'UO Loans on Collateral Security ltt,6fH'(H) Note. Receivable, mostly Marine Premiums. . &H,944'Ou Accrued Interert D0,;i67 00 Premium, in eourse of tranuniuion S5.1M8 U0 Unsettled Marine Premium. lUO.XUO'UO Real Estate, Office of Company, Philadelphia. JJU.UOO'UO $2,7ti,&r0U .-.u ,, DIRECTORS. ' Arthur n. Coffin, , Fnnoi. R. Cope, bamuel W. Jouea, John A. Brown. Charles Taylrr, A m broae White, W illiam Welsh, 8. Morria Wain, John MuHon, Cieo. L. Harrison, Kdward H. Trotter, Edward h. Clarke, T. Charlton Henry, Alfred D- Jessup, LouUO Madeira, 4 :hae. W. Cushruan, Clement A. Uriticoin, William Brockie. ARTHUR O. COFFIN, President. CHARLES PLAIT. Viue-Prea'U Matthias Mabih, Secretary. C, 11. Rkkvkh, Ausiatant Secretary. ami A S B u 'ia Y LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 605 imOAIMVAY, corner ot Eleventh Street Ne-tv York. CASH CAPITAL. l3,,,noo d.poaited with the Bute of New York a aacurit for policy hoidera. I.FMVkh BAN08, preaident. GEORGE XLI.IOTT. Vice-Preaidant and Seoratan EMORY MoOIJNTOOK, Actuary. A, E. M. PURDY, M. D., Mail leal Examiner. PUELAPr.LrHIA BKrEDJtMCZS. Thomas T. Taaker,: John M. Maria, , J. B. Uppinooti. Oharlee Spencer, W illiain Divine, Jamea LoD John A. Wright, 8. Morrt. Wain, Ijaiaea Hunter Arthur O. Colbh, 1 John R. MoCreary. K. H. Woroa! Orauniaed April, 1M8. 876 Polici.a (uued tint mlm mouf u ; over &iu in the twelve mont ha following. A 11 torma of Policia. iaeued on moat favoranle tarma. Special advantagea oSered to dorm man. A few food acenU wanted In city or country. Apnlv t JAMES M. LUWtiAORrl ,, Blana iter for Ponnaylvania and Delaware. . Jci No- y WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. SAMUKL PO WEBB. Special Ageul P 1(g QREA f WESTERN Mutual Life Insurance Co. Of NEW YORK. EDWIN E. SIMraON, MANAGER, s Wo. SI WAI-NIJT St., lMillndia. All the sood, equitable and liberal feature, of the best Life Inaurance Companies are guaranteed to the policy holders of this Company. (123atuthtfw Liberal arrangement made with campetent agent. JMPE1UAL. FIRE LNSUllANOK CQ LONDON. ESTABLISHED lSO.I. Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Funds, 08,000.000 IN GOLD. PEEV0ST & HERRING, Agents, Is! No. lot a THIRD Street, Philadelphia, CSA& M. PREVOtJT, CI1AS. B. ELSWUNU INSURANCE. D HI. AW ARK MUTUAL BAFRTT INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, jean. Office southeast corner r.f THIRD and WALNUT II lUIMIf 1KJMI1K A Kli On Vessels, Cargo and Freight to all parts of the WAOllI tvr Awn iK-uirn kiarva On foods by rlvrr, cAnal, lAke and land carriage to mi I'm in "i mi i nmii. A A J M Illl'V IVnilV IVt On MercbaadiBe gptwaJiy; on tuon, Dwelling. jj uuDve, viaji ASSETS OF THE COMPANY November 1, 1H9. 1200,000 United Htau-s Five Per Cent. Loan, ten-forties $21,000-00 100,000 United States Six Percent, Loan (lawful none;) 107,TM) 00 eo.OOO United States Six fer Cent. Loan. 18mi SO.000'00 800,000 State oi Pennsylvania Bix Per Cent. lan Bl 3,950 1)0 800,000 City of Philadelphia Six Ter Cent. Loan (exempt from tax)....,. 800,929-00 100,000 Btate of Ntw Jersey Six Per Cent. Loan 102,000-00 90,080 Pennsylvania Railroad First Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds lO.ttO'OO 23,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Se cond mortgage Six per Cent. Bonds aajoBS-OO S5.0CO Western Pennsylvania Rail- -road MortRnpe Six Per Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania Railroad guarantee) 80,00000 80,000 Btate of Tennessee Five Per Cent Loan 10,000 "00 7,000 btate of Tennessee Six Per Cent Loan 4,870-00 18,500 Pennsylvania Railroad Com- psny, 8.10 shares stock 14,000-00 6,000 North Pennsylvania Rail road OoiupTiny, 100 shares Block 8,900 -O 10,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mall Steanishln Com pany, so shares stock 7,500-00 x4o,vuu lioans on Bond and Moru . fiacre, first Hens on Clt Properties 840,800-00 11,231,400 Par. Market value, 11,256,270-00 Cost ll.'ilt-.62iU7. Real Estate 88,000-00 Bills Receivable for insurances made. . . 823,700-15 Balances nue at Agencies : Premiums on Marine Policies, Accrued Interest aud other debts due the Com pany 65,097-B Stork, Scrip. et., of Sundry Corpora tions, 14708. Estimated value 2,740-20 i:&Hn in Hans i68,3is-88 Cash In Drawer .- , -972-24 169,291-14 11,852,100-04 DIRECTORS. Thomas C Hand, Samuel K. Stokes, William i4. Boulton, Edward Darlington, II. Jones Brooke, Edward Lafourcade, Jacob Ricgel, Jacob P. Jones, James B. McParland, Joshua P. Eyre, Spencer Mcllvaln, J. B. Semple, Pittsburg, A. B. Berger, Pittsburg, D. T. Moro-an. PlttShunr. DUUU . JJUV1B, Edmund A. Bonder, Theophllus Paulding, James Tranalr, Henry Sloan, Henry C. Dallett, Jr., James C. Hand, ' William a Ludwig, Joseph H. Seal, Hugh Craig, John D. Taylor, George W. Bernadon, William C Houston, 1 THOMAS C. HAND, President , , JOHN C DAVIS, Vlce-rtesldent. HENRY LYLBTJRN, Secretary. HENRY BALL Assistant Secretary. 1 1 fpvVENTY-BECOND ANNUAL REPORT or THS PENM MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 1'IIAKTFKKD IN 1847. ' OFFICE, No, 921 CHESNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA. MAMITEL C. ni'EY PRESIDENT MAiHUELi E. HTOKK8 VICE-PRESIDENT JOHN W. UOKNOK A. V. P. and ACTUARY UOKATItt 8. STEPHENS .SECRETARY Premlnms, interest, etc., np to December 81, 1809 1966,235-20 i.ukhcb piuu uuriiig me year. . . . Jim, iuu'UU This Is $105,000 less than the tanles call fsr. Expenses, commissions, taxes, etc... 1T0.2TS-37 814,975 3T , . Net earnings for the year 1869 $051,250-83 AfrET!H United States, State. City and Comnanv Loans, Uround Rents, Mortgages, Real Estate, OMlce, Viimf tiiTti Aocih nn hatwl Cost, $2,947,979-83. Market value, $3,024,473-94. SOLICITOR. HENRY C. TOWNSEND. . MEDICAL SXAMINBRS. ED. HARTSHORNS, M. V.r No. 1489 Walnut street. EDWARD A. PAGE, M. D., No. 1418 Walnut street. in awnuanee at tue oince oi tne compuny rrorn to 8 P. M., dally. , 2 7tf 1829. -CHARTER' PERPETUAL Franklin Fire iHsnrance - Company OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, Nob. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St Assets Jan. 169, $2,677,372' 1 3 CAPITAL ACCRUED SURPLUS. . , $400,000-60 1,083,628-70 1,193,843 -48 INCOME FOR 1809, PREMIUMS . UNSETTLED CLAIMS, ,roo-i;. S30U,UUU. Losses paid si&ce 18290Ter$5,500000 Parnetaal and TemDorarr Policies oa Liberal Terraa. The Company alao iaanea Polioiea on Rents of Raiidincs vi ail Kinaa,UToaiia ftenia. ana nunsasea. ' DIRECTORS. Alfred O. Baker, , Aitred Ktler, Samuel Grant. I Thomaa Spark, George W. Richard, I William 8. Grant, IaaaeLea, I Thomaa 8. Ellia, Geo nr. Isles. 1 GnaUvna 8. Benaon, ALFRED G. BAKER, President ,,.. GKQRGB VALKtt, Vloe-PreaideuS, JAB. W. MCALLISTER. Secretary. THEODORE M. REUKR, Aaaiatant Seoretary. f pAMX INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 809 CHESNUT Street INCORPORATED lH5o. CHARTER PERPETUAL, capital, jacto.ooa FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. Inanres .gainst Loss or Danuc by Fire either by Per. petoal or Temporary Policia. DlREC'i'URS: Charles Richardson, Robert Peare. 'William H. Rhawn, John Kenler, Jr William II. Seyiert, Kdward B. Orne, John i Smith, Charln. Stokea, Nathan Hiliee, John W. Evermaa, Ueorse A. Wert, Mordeoai Boaby. CHARLES RICHARDSON, Preaidant. WILLIAM H. RHAWN, Vloe-Preaident. WTUJAMS I. Blawcbasp. Becretary. t U3J a' -"HE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated 1HU5 Charter Ferpetnai No. 110 WALNUT Street, oppoaite Indopendenue Square. Thia Company, favorably known te the eoinmonity for over forty year., oontinuo. to injure walnut loaa or dam. age by ore on Fublio or Private BuUdimrajeithar Mrroa. i nently or for a limited time. Alao on furniture. Stock, i of Good, and MarchandiM fenerally, en liberal torma. j Their Capital, together with large .Surpiua Fund. I inveHted in the moat earef nl manner, which enable them t ot)r to the insured an undoubted eoorit In the mm 01 U' DtBSCXBS. 1 Daniel Smith, Jr., i John Deveren I Alexander benaon, Thomaa StnithT ' Yfo Ha.lehurat, U enry Lew,, IAN1ELi SMITH, Jb,. Praaldena. J WM. O. OKOWFLL. BeoreUry. ' ""aaft T' HE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF PHILADELPHIA. Gttloe B. W. eorner of FOURTH and WALNUT Street Wm FIRE INbfJRAIkCB EXCLUSIVELY ! PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED. CASH Capital (paid OP in full) x),oo0'00 Caah Aaeel". Jan. 1, WO 83!M,331 F. RaUhfora Btarr, Nalbro Fraaier, John M. Alwood, Ranj. V. Tredick, George H. Stuart, . J. Liviufrrton Errinser, V-nlG.IV Oharlea Wheeler, on SV'iirniin np v,"'- erw j THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY, VWPreIdnt. ALFX W.WIH1VK, Secretary. JACOB JC Pa-TEiUrWAi, Anwunt BeorsUrjr ' INSURANOt. J- S IS W w w - wmw Prevident Lifo and Trust Co. OF PHTLADKLPmA. OFFICE, No. HI 8. FOURTH BTttRET. OraanistHl to tiromot LITE INSUILANCB amoiu neni'tr of ths Hocirty of Frtands. unoo riHks or an; ctaas aotwpim. Policies Issued on approved plans, at UM lowest rates. , Prrstrtnt. BAMUEL K. BHlr-l.is.1. VrCS-PresldCDt, WIU.1AM C. IXN(HTRKTH, Artunry, ROWLAND PARRY. The advantaffes ederwi bj this no m pan j are nn. PROPOSALS. DHOl-OSAlH FOR bTAMi'KD ENVELOPES AND L YVItAl'FElUS. . Post omci DsrARTMRwr, January 10, 170. f Sealed Pmriossls will he received until 8 P. M. on the 1st day of MARCH, 1870, for furntehlnf all the "Stamped Envelopes" and "Newspaper Wrap pers" which this Department may require dnrtng a perioa oi lour fears, commencing un oi wuij, 1810.VUS.U- STAMPEH ENVKIAJI'KM. No. 1. Koto size, s;, by 4 inches, of white PaJ!er' . ' .. . . . ... no. -i. UTdinary tetter size, t-ie oi oi inches, of white, buff, canary, or cream colored rper, or In such proportion of either as mav be remitted. no. a. rnii letter sir.e ransnmmea on nnrt, ior circnlars), 8V by b Inches, of the same colors as NO. , and under a liKe conniiion as to toe propor tion of ea:h. No, 4. Full letter size, sv ny o incnes, or same colors as no. v, anu nnuer a like couuition as to toe Drnriortlon of eacn. No. 5. Extra letter sise funenmrned on flan, for circulars). 8M by cm incnes, or same colors as no. S, and under a like condition as to the proportion of each. No. s. Extra tetter size, svf ny ev incnes, or same colors as No. and under a like condition as to the nronortion Of each. nol T. Otncial slse, 8V by 6U inches, of same colors as No. 3, snd nuder a like condition as to the nronortion oi earn. No. S. Extra oillclal size, 4 V by inches, of same colors as in o. s, ana nnuer a use condition as to the proportion of each. NEWSPAPER WRATPERS, X D7 'V Inches, of bud or manilla paper. All the alwve envelopes and wia-ppcrs to bs em. bossed with postase stamps of such denominations. styles, and colors, and to bear such printing on tne lace, and to oe maae in me most inorouen manner. of paper of approved quality, manufactured specially for the purpose, with such water marks or other de vices to prevent imitation as the Postmaster-Ueneral may direct. Ihe envelopes to be thoroughly and Dcrfectlf trammed, the gumming on the flap of each (except ior circulars) to oe put on not iphs tnan nan an men In width the entire length. The wrappers to be gummed not less than three-fourths of an inch in width across the end All envelopes and wrappers must be banded in parcels of twenty-five, and packed in strong pasteboard or straw boxes, each to contain not less than two hundred and fifty of the letter or extra letter size, and one hundred each of the om- clal or extra official size, separately. The news paper wrappers to be packed in boxes to contain not less than two hundred and fifty each. The boxes are to be wrapped and sealed, or securely fastened in strong manilla paper, so as to safely bear transportation by mail for delivery to postmasters. When two thousand or more enve lopes are required to OH the order of a postmaster. the straw or pasteboard boxes containing tho same must be packed in strong wooden cases, weu b trapped witn noop-iron, anu addressed but when less than two thousand are required, proper labels of direction, to be furnished by an agent of the Department, must be placed upon each pacaupe oy me contractor, wooden cases, con taming envelopes or wrappers to be transported by water routes, must lie provided with suitable water-proonng. The whole to be done under the inspection and direction of an agent of the The envelopes and wrannera mnnr. rw fnmiahaH and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete In all respects, ready for use. and In Buch auantttiR as may be required to All the dally orders of post- nisBwiD, uic ucuveiicB w ue iiiaue eimer at tne rost Oirice Department, Washington, D. C., or at the oillce of an agent duly authorized to Inspect and re- cvive iue same; uie place I delivery to oe at the option of the Postmaster-General, and the cost of delivering as well as all expense of packing, ad dressing, labeling, and water-proofing, to be paid by the contractor. Didders are notified that the Department will re quire, as a condition of the contract .that the en velopes and wrappers shall be manufactured aud stored In such manner as to ensure security againBt loss by Are or theft The manufactory must at all times be subject to the Inspection of an agent of the Department, who will require the stipulations of the contract to be faithfully observed. The dies for embossing the postage scamps on the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, in the best style, and they are to be provided, renewed, and kept In order at the expense of the contractor. The department reserves the right of requiring new dies for any stamps, or denominations of stamps not now used, and any changes of dies or colors shall be made without extra charge. Specimens of the stamped envelopes and wrap pers now in use may be seen at any of the principal post ofllces. but these specimens are not to be re garded as the style and quality fixed by the depart ment as a standard for the new contract; bidders are therefore invited to submit samples of other and different qualities and styles, including the paper proposed as well as the manufactured en velopes, wrappers, and boxes, and make their bids accordingly. The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose proposal, although it be not the lowest, Is con sidered most advantageous to the Department, taking Into account the prices, quality of the sam ples, workmanship, and the sufficiency and ability of the bidder to manufacture and deliver the envelopes and wrappers in accordance with the terms of this advertisement; and no proposal will be considered unless accompanied by a sufficient and satisfactory guarantee. The Postmaster-General also reserves the right to reject any and all bids. If In his judgment the interests of the Government require it. . . , - Before closing a contract the successful bidder may be required to prepare new dies, and submit impressions thereof. The uhb of tub pkksknt uiiiti MAY OK MAY MOT BE CONTINUED. Bonds, with approved and sufficient sureties. In the sum of 200,ooo, will be required for the faithful performance of the contract, as required by the seventeenth section of the act of Congress, approved the 26th of August, 1842, and payments under said contract will be made quarterly, after proper ad Justment. of accounts. The postmaRter-General reserves to himself the right to annul the contract whenever the same, or any part thereof, Is offered for sale for the purpose of speculation ; and under no circumstances will a transfer of the contract be allowed or sanctioned to any party who shall be. In the opinion of the Postmaster-General, less able to fultlll the condi tions thereof than the original contractor. The right Is also reserved to annul the contract for failure to perform faithfully any or Its stipulations. The number of envelopes of different sizes, and of wrappers issued to Postmasters during the fiscal year ended June 80, 1809, was as follows, via. : No, I. Note size 1,114,000. No. g. ordinary letter size; (not heretofore used). No. 8. Fnll letter size, (ungummed, for circnlars) 4,160,000. No. 4. Pull letter size 67,867, BOO. No. 6. Extra letter size, (ungummed, for circulars,' 843,600. No. . Extra letter slze-4,204,600. No. 7. Official size 004,060. No. a Extra official size 1T00. Wrappers 8,66,260. Uhis should be securely enveloped and sealed, marked "Proposals for Stamped Envelopes and W nippers," and addressed to tue Third Asslatanl Postmaster-Genera), Post Office Department, Wash Uigtcn, D. C J)nN j CRE8WELL, 1 11 eodtMl Pmaster General. CLOTHS, OASSIMERES. ETC JAMES & HUBER, Successors to JAMES k LEE, Io. 11 Worth (SPiCOIVI) Street, Sign of the Golden Lamb, Are now closing out their entire stock of "W i n t e i- GoodB, ! ConBBtlnir of CLOTHS. CASiwi"to, vn-sj.. ING8, etc., of the best makes and finest texture, which they are selling far below importers' prltses, preparatory to the reception of their SPRING STOCK OF GOOD& : 83 mws OHM FARNUM A CO., COMMISSION fMERj fl cheat and M.nuliut.r.r. of tODeU)- Tickln,, .U,, M H CitksvNU'X bveet. Phtladls4ua 41 w&al SHIPPING. LOKILLARD STEAMSHIP UNB FOR fctlHiWl il I itt NEW Y O II It. RrjKNl.tO B KnULAftLY KVERY TDESDAY.THURS DAT, AMD SATURDAY. AT NOON, wcold all atUntloa of abipper te tola SPECIAL HOTICR. CSrat Reduction of Rate. Oa tx aina ef Rnrlae N.Tiatiom the ataaaana ef thle line will ino DAILY, at teenta per 100 lb, 8 eeate eer foot, or S sent per calloa, ehip'a option. JOHN F. OHL, Ho. 19 WORTH WHARVES. H. B. Extra rate oa email pokaclm. Betel. etv te. m -fjfvjrj 'OR live ! ' V ' fere spot LIVERPOOL AND m. Inmaa Line of Mail muZI'ilh lowTT PPo'oted to sail M foe ri .1 . r"""", rainrn.jr, reb. IS, at 8 A, M. Citjr of ew York, via Hahtai, Taewta. Fab. XL Id A If Cl of Pari Satord.,, V b it, .tlTsl I'f 5'k'Ktu,";.Mrohe, A.M. i Cil of Boaton. tU Halifai. Taeeday, Marrh , t 10 A.M. Kail's 1)r PAnNAOR, bt tb tAn. iTuaiu muna Evr.Rt iiTTmr,At. vivi''unU1' PTble In OorroiMW FlBbT CABIN CIIK) BTKKKAUK "7. To London m jo Loadoa 40 To Pari. uj To Pari. 43 Aril Bt TBS TOMDAT STKAMKK, VI BALrraX. i-.t.di. id Cold. Llwrvool fnj Payable Id Currency. I.lTerpool 30 Halite. ; Bt. John1., N. F., BU John'i'il.'F" ' M Branch 8te.mer....( t.Zl , . - . 1 "ranon steamer. . I " t . at redn.id r.t " Tll klltAI As.ll ksi rtnnoKt hatM at ..A a . iehlD te Md fir their MmdV r" ? Vmm ur lunoer paruotuar. apptr attbe UomnnnT'. Offioaa. JOHN O. DALE, Ant, oru, aswlVvX3$:R' Wo. 4118 CUEBNUT Street. Philadelphk ' .w ONLY DIRECT l.INR n TP A wn tzgyr- o"" BKFBT AKW YORK AND HA OAJUIHO AI B tarda. nu" . .... ... PRICK OF PASSAGE In gold (inoradlna wine), , . TO BKF8T OR HAVRE, Finit Cabin .Jfl And Cabia. .. 8S f Inolodlm failwaj tick!, fnrnlahed on boeid.) FlrrtCalnn $15 Seoood Cabin ...88 Theee at ea rner do "ot carry eerace paeeensers. Medieeiettendanoefreeof ehartre. . American travellera soin to or retanilnf from the eoa tlnentof Europe, bi tekinit the (teamen of thia Hoe avoid) nnneoeaean naka from trenait bj KnsUah railway aad) oroniDs; the ohannl, beitid.a savinir time, tronble, and aa Peoaw GHOKt.E MACKENZIE. Aient, , No. 08 BROADWAY. Sew York. For PM la Philadelphia, apply at Adam Eipreaa Company, to " H. L LKAp, ' Ko, 830 CHEHMUT Street. NORTH GERMAN LLOYD. Ptwe". I.l,wii 1 HS bOBJtW BTB.MBB OF TH KnPTO i ijx.vd ran ref.ul.rly between New York, Bre men, and Bonthamptpn, earryinf the United Bute. KnJI lish, and Continental mail. .u. FKOM BREMEN. EVERY RATTTRDA V ROM bOUTHAMPTOlV.. .. ...EVERY TUKsBaT FROM NEW YORK ....EVERY SATURdIy Itim v Iwogijrum fTM York la Brnnm, London, Htm and SouihamtfUimt Flnt Cabin, 1S0 ; Second Cabin, (73 ; 8teerue. tOO. Gold. rrorn Srmn lo M.w York: Firrt Cabin, 1J x Beoond Oabih, 73 ; 8teene, $40, Gold. Theee Te.ela take Freight to London and Hull, for Which thronnh billa of ladinc. are aianed. ' An eiperienced iurgeon la attached to each TeeL All letter mnat paa throaKh the Poet Qffloe. No Bill of Ladina butthoeeof the Company will be isned. Bill of Lading will poaitlvely not be dolirered belore good, are cleared at the Onatom Hon. 8pecie taken to Harre, Hoathamptoa, and Bremen at the lowest rate. For freight or Damage anply to . OKLRICmB a CO.. - 1 t Ko. 68 BROAD Street, N, Y. X PHTLADELPITTA, RICHMOND, S3AJI NOHFOLK STEAMSHIP LINK. Awvwia rnnittn Alttj i.iwk ifj THE SOU I'M AND WEST. BuLt"000" FIRST WHARF abor MARKET TaKOUGHRATESteanpofnteta Worth sad South Carolina via Beaboard Air line Railroad, connecting at Portjmonth.and to Lrnohbarg, Va., T.nnoeeee. andthw aodttiritetro.1 M The regularity, safety, nd eheapnee. of this route com mend It to tea publio a the most detirabl medium for carrying every deaoription of freight. No charge for commission, dray age, or say xpne of transfer. Steamship insured at th lowest rates. Freight received daily. WILLIAM P. CLYDW A OO.. No. 138. WHARVES and Pier 1 N. WHARVES W. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City Point. r T. P. OEOWKLl 4 OO.. Agent at Norfolk t It iS.v-i SOI7TH CAROr.INA. " THE SOUTH, SOUTHWEST. AND FLORIDA PORTS. The Steamship ' PROMETHEUS, Captain GRAY, will leave Pier 17, below Sprnee street, On THURSDAY, Febrnair 17, at 4 P. M. ' Comfortable accommodation, for Paasengera. Tbrongn Passage Tickets and Bill of Lading issued in connection wit h th South Carolina Railroad to all points South and Southwest, and with steamer, to Florida porta. Insurance by this Line ONE-HALF PER CENT. Goods forwarded free of oommisuon. Bill, of Lading furnished and signed at th offioe. ' For freight or passage, apply to K. A. BOUDER A CO.. , 884 Dock Street Wharf. FROM CHARLESTON TO- L4S f,fdJp.KIf.jAA. OA V ANSI Ait. TRI- The following (teamen will leave. CLarlenUin lor Florida, via Savannah, three time. week,, after arrival of the New York ateatnnhip and the North eastern Railroad train: PILOT BOY (Inland Route), every SUNDAY MORN ING at 8 o'clock. DICTATOR, every TTJE8DAY KVENINO at 8 o'clock.. CITY POINT, every FRIDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. Through ticket to be had of all Charleeton aad Savan nah Steamship Una Agenoie in New York. , , , . 1 J. D. AIKEN A CO., ' ' ' Agents at Charleston. : L. J. GUILMAJHTIN A CO., 14 Agenta at Davannab. FOR ST. THOMAS AND BRA- 'mm 7IT ITTtJI Pt7rk dTkTUU A Itirt 11T A vir a. -.,'. - i J ai a tiu u r A a-, y a I a 9 w-m. rm - iTOrr MAIL bTKivMhlllP COMPANY. Ha.! -tn xxw ueguiar Man oteamws aaiung on tne oi evury month : M KHHIMAOK, Captain Wier. 1 ' BOl'TH AMKRIUA, Captein E. I Tinklepaugh. NOR) H AMERICA, Captain ii. ft. Blocnin. These splendid steamer, aul on echedule time, snd call, at St. Thomas, Para, Pernambnoo, Bjihia, and Rio do Janeiro, going and returaing. ior engagemenu of freight or passage apply to WM. R. UARH1KON, Agent, 14 No. t BOWLING GRKKN. New York. FOR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT. nu 17 nunu urvi r iiiayiji kCTirjTX" Steamehips of this Line will leave Pier gL04j- No. , North River, at 8 o'olock P. M. on- GKORGE WASHINGTON, Oager. MARIPOSA, Kemble. . , Freight taken for St. Loui. Mobil, and Galveston at through rates. Cabin peauwe, $60. .... For 14 No, m WKST Street TT fl Vf ITT. TIAViWi P Sw j a awao.au a v A a, 1 r ii,. A rpr A nTTH U A TT. fSTIT A UUniU rr TZ'U.Jf "ailing regularly EVERY THURSDAY .VIM .m - . -, ftr.wv.wV ftftvuft i.r No. 4 Nortb Kiver. ,1 : MORO CASTLE, Captain R, Adam. tXJLUMBIA, Captain K. Van bice. . EAGLE, CapUm M. R. Green. For frebt p--. 'Vti&LKR, Jb., Prudent, i 1 4 ' No. t BOWLING ORKKN, New York. , NEW EXPRESS LINE TO I fn'srfT Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington, D. Sfli- C, via Cbeaapeake and Delaware Canal, wltir ooniiecUon at Alexandria from the most direct route for Ijnoliburg, Bristol, Knoxviila, Naahvill, Dal ton, and the Southwest. Steamer. I ear regnlerly every Saturday at noon front : the firat wharf above Market (treet. J irught rmi VirATAM P. OXYBJt A OO., ' . ' . No. 14 North and South whirred. .-; HYDE A TYLER, Agent, at Georgetown; M. KIJDR1DGK A CO., AgenU at Alexandria. il ' WT Ba NOTICE FOR NEW YORK, VIA !.- TtT Delaware and RAdtan Canal. BWIKTSURH tLuB. .'uA TRANtSPORTATION COMPAN Y. DKH. PATClk AND SWlcTSURX LINE. r-o Tbe bu.inemi of these linee will be reaomed ee and after th Htb ot March. For freight, which will b taken oa aooonimoilatiiig term, apply to ' W. M. BAIRD A CO., 1 39 ' Na IS, Souta Wharves. OTTON BAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, of all number and brands. Tent, Awning, Trunk, ?d Wagon-oover Duck. Also, Paper Manufacturer.1 Drier tells, from thirty to eveaty-ix inches. wiU PauUna. Wtlng, Bail Iwine, ete. i . JOHN W. EVERMAN, ; lU3CUUatUUStrMt(Uitt-bM,