THE DAILY EVENING TELKfiRATH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAKCIl 15, 1870.
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Trnntlatfd from Pit Gart ulaitbe.
On a Bmiiitiur evening of tboyear 178lthfire
vn bhsciiiIiIimI nt MiU.i'hf iui, la ouo of the
l-tutelj LoutieM on tint rariideplatz, a soloct
company, who listened with rapt attention
to ft young mnn (fccUiiniog ft few ncenos f rom
his latest dr-itufl, Loiiind Alillcr. The youth
ful poet, with the nightly inclined head,
thoughtful Wow, find lustroiiH eyes, revealing
a depth of thought and feeling, is Friedrioh
Bchiller. Near him we perceive the
gentleman of the house; that man
with the finely cut, intellectual features
is Schiller's faithful friend and the publisher
of his earliest writings, the bookseller and
court councillor, Christian Friedrioh Schwan,
hirnsolf a meritorious author and highly
esteemed by Leasing and Wieland, by Herder
and Qoethe. And of the two females, just
developed into wonderful beauty, hanging
tipon the poet's words, one is Schwan's eldest
daughter, Anna Margaret, whose relations to
Bchiller bave thrown a ray of poetry upon
her name, the other is Margaret's bosom
friend, the fascinating and talented actress,
Miss Ziegler, who wrought snch deep impres
sions on every auditor by her impersonation
of "Louisa" in Love and Intrigue and
"Leonora" in Fienco, and of whom a con
temporary writes: "Never again have I
heard accents or melody of lave as came from
her lips when enacting Fiesoo's consort."
Yonder fine figure of a somewhat aristocrats
hearing, but with a mild and pleasing expres
sion of countenance, is the founder and di
rector of the celebrated Mannheim Theatre,
Baron Wolfgang Ileribert von Dalberg; at
his side we notice one of the greatest of his
torians, AugustWilhelm Iflland, renowned also
as a dramatio writer.
Our readers are acquainted with that tra
gical crisis in Schiller's life which removed
the former army physician from Stuttgard,
and bore him to the friendly city on the
hanks of the Neckar.
In April, 1781, "The Robbers" had been
put into the printer's hands. To secure for
the work a wider circnlation Schiller, before
the printing was completed, wrote to Sen wan,
transmitting to him at the same
time the first seven finished sheets. Full of
enthusiasm, as he himself expresses it in a
letter to Schiller, Schwan instantly hastened
to find Dalberg, and read the fragment aloud
to him. Dalberg now requested the poet to
adapt his piece for the Mannheim stage, and
it was thus, with various alterations, against
which Schiller vainly protested, performed at
Mannheim on the 13th of January, 1782, he
being present. At the second performance
(May 25) he had again travelled to Mannheim
without leave, was arrested, and incurred the
displeasure of his sovereign. But the more
onerons his condition grew, the more his
spirit of liberty was aroused. While the
general interest was engaged by the festivities
preparing at Solitnde (the king's pleasure
palace), in honor of the Grand Prince Paul
of Russia, Schiller had escaped nnonserved
with his trusty friend, Streicher
We do not propose to describe Schiller's
third sojourn at Mannheim and Oggersheim,
the destitution with which he had to contend
there, and the crushing disappointments he
experienced from Dalberg. Among the few
who during that time stood steadfast by the
unfortunate poet was Schwan. Though Dal
berg had rejected Ficsco as unavailable,
Schwan, justly admiring the tragedy, under
took its publication; the sum given for it suf
ficed to cover Schiller's boarding expenses,
and to defray the costs of the journey to
Bauerbach, near Miningen, where a noble
lady, the Baroness of Wolzogen, tendered to
the poet the qniet of a secluded retreat.
: There is little to aid us in discovering what
were Schiller's relations to the Schwan family
during this period. But we may draw an in
ference from one of Schiller's letters to
Schwan, dated Bauerbach, December 8, 1782,
in which he says: "My recent hasty and
clandestine departure prevented me from
bidding adieu to you, my dear friend. I do
so now, and offer you my sincerest thanks
for the tender interest you . have taken
in my fate. The situation in which
I then was afforded me abundant
opportunity to test the fidelity of my friends,
and unpleasant as were many of my experi
ences, yet I have been sufficiently recom
pensed by the unflinching firmness with
which some few friends abode that test." We
are further enlightened by a letter which
Schiller's father on the same day addressed to
Schwan from Solitude, wherein this sentence
occurs: "xour Honor has shown my son,
Dr. Schiller, such extraordinary friendship
that I consider it my bounden duty to offer
you my most cordial thanks, with the most
ardent wish and the humblest request that it
may please you to continue your valued
favor to that young man."
But Schiller was fated not to be absorbed
too long by poetical plans at Bauerbach, on
his "literary Wartburg." "It was a siren's
voice," writes Streicher, "that called him
back to Mannheim, the coaxing, seductive
voice of Dalberg; and so, after a residence of
seven months, he parted from his benefao
tress." On the 28th of July, 1783, we again
meet with him at Mannheim, where he took
lodgings in a pleasant dwelling situated near
the palace buildings. After Dolberg's house
he loved most to be at Schwan's. "The ladies
here," he writes on the 13th of November to
the Baroness of Wolzogen," are not particu
larly noticeable, Miss Schwan being about
the only one, an actress excepted (he refers
to Caroline Ziegler, whose untimely death
evoked general regret), who is an excellent
person. These and some others sometimes
cause me a pleasant hour; for I freely admit
that to associate with the fair box is by no
means distateful to me." Like a heavenly
vision the youthful, amiable, and intellec
tual Margaret Sob. wan crossed the impressible
poet's path and quickly supplanted the affec
tion which had just begun to bud in his
breast for Charlotte von Wolzogen.
' Margaret Schwan, we are informed by
Madame von Wolzogen, was then in her
seventeenth year, a very beautiful girl, with
large, expressive eyes, very quick-witted,
and with a mind drawing her more to the
world, literature, and art, than to a quiet
domestic life. In her father's hospitable
mansion, the cynosure of sacane and bel
espritu, she had early acquired not only a
superior education, but also learned the art
of asserting this advantage. Her features,
judging from a painting still preserved by
the Goetz family at Mannheim, are not with
out a touch of pride and of severity. Mar
garet was generally present when Schiller
read to her father ids latest poetical compo
sitions, nor was it long before her heart took
part in these delights, and already the publio
voice designated her as Schiller's betrothed.
Still, no decisive step was takan, not even
when Schiller's oonneotion with the Mannheim
stage began to loosen more and more, and
he was already preparing to accept an invita
tion from Koerner to come to Leipsio.
t It was on a cheerless March evening when,
with a heavy heart, the poet extended his
hand in farewell to Margaret, who stood be
fore him in all her loveliness, repressing her
dcrp emotion, and did not suffer him to do
pmt without a friendly remembrance. At
dtiwn of the following day SoliillT waved his
lftf-t adieu to tho city oil the Neckar. Ho
never saw Mannheim nyitin.
"Echo, Hlthi'HoniH melody,
The li!nertril icirust Mi rough.
Ah ! how very easily
Human belUK hid adieu !"
The 17th of April, 1785, saw Schiller in
Leipsic, and the week succeeding his arrival
he wrote to Schwan, apking his daughter's
hand in marringe. After describing his jour
ney to Leipsic and his acquaintance there, he
thus proceeds: "It is my intention to be
very diligent here, to work at 'Carlos' and the
'Thalia,' and, what will probably please you
most, to return by degrees to my medi
cal studies. I long impatiently for this
epoch of my life, when my pros
pects shall bo better established
and more definite, and when I shall be able
to follow my favorite inclination only for
amusement. Did I not formerly study medi
cine con amore, why should I not do so the
more now? This, my dear friend, might pos
sibly convince you as to the fixedness of my
purpose; but what will give you the most
complete guaranty, what must banish every
doubt regarding my firmness, I have kept
from yon until this moment. Now or never
must it be said. It is only my distance from
you that inspires me with courage
to avow this wish of my heart. Often
enough while the happiness was yet
mine of being near you, often enough did
the confession start to my lips; but again and
again did my courage fail me when on the
point of telling you all frankly. Your kind
ness, your sympathy, your excellent heart,
have caused me to cherish within my breast
a hope which can be justified only by your
indulgence and friendship. The free access
I had to your house afforded me an oppor
tunity to become thoroughly acquainted
with your amiable daughter, and the
generous and kind treatment of ' which
you both deemed me worthy has seduced
my heart into the bold wish to be acoepted
as your son. Hitherto my prospects were
vague and dark, now they are beginning to
change for the better. Every fresh intel
lectual effort will bring me nearer the cer
tain goal. Judge for yourself whether I
shall attain it when my ardor is quickened
by the gratification of my dearest wish.
Two years more and my fate will be de
cided. I feel how much I ask, and how
boldly and with what little right I ask it.
It is already a year since this thought has
been occupying my soul; but my esteem
for you and your excellent daughter was
too great to permit me to give free play to
a wish which then could oe seconded by
nothing. I imposed upon myself the duty
of visiting your house less often, of seeking
distraction in distance; but my heart would
not be quieted by the shabby deception.
To the Duke of Weimar I first unbosomed
myself. Induced by his obliging kindness
and the declaration that he took an interest
in the happiness of others, I confessed to
him that my felicity depended upon a union
with your noble daughter, and I am sure
he will do his part when the question is to
complete my happiness by this alliance. I
shall add nothing more than the assurance
that a hundred others, perhaps, might offer
your daughter a more brilliant lot then I
can at present promise her, but I deny that
a heart can be found beating for her with a
warmer love. Upon your decision, to which
I look forward with impatience and anxious
expectation, it will depend whether I may
venture to address your daughter herself."
What was the issue of this suit? The
poet's biographers pretty nearly concur in
remarking that "Schwan, without even mak
ing Schiller's proposal known to his daughter,
softened the bitterness of his refusal by say
ing that Margaret's disposition was not in
harmony with Schiller's. " We have it in our
power to correct this statement. What Ca
roline von Wolzogen says in her "Life of
Schiller" (I. 20C), namely, "that Schwan
openly expressed to the poet, whom he held
in great esteem, his doubts as to whether his
daughter's peculiar nature fitted her to be
his companion, and that in so doing Schwan
acted only as a friend," may, indeed, be
true; but at the bottom the matter was
otherwise. On the margin of said autograph
letter of Schiller's, still in possession of tho
Goetz family at Mannheim, we find the fol
lowing remark in Schwan's own hand: "The
'Laura in bchiller s 'Resignation is no one
else but my eldest daughter; I gave her this
letter to read, and told Schiller to address
himself directly to her. Why nothing ever
grew out of the matter has remained a mys
tery to me."
Let us attempt to solve this mystery.
There are three things which must be kept
in view. First, we originally notice in
Schiller (as in many other men of genius) a
certain aversion to marriage, a reluctance to
give up a higher life of mind and feeling for
a finite passion. On being advised by the
composer Zumsteeg, who had just been mar
ried, to follow his example, Schiller replied,
"No, let me bear my lot alone, in spite of the
hot blood coursing through my veins. You
know that on this subject I philosophize after
my own fashion."
But, in the second place, this high-soaring,
silent idealism comes ever in contact with
sober reality, so hostile to the ideal. Bache
lor life, without order, without female care,
disgusted Schiller. "Alone without guid
ance," he complains in a letter to Reinwald,
"I struggle to manage my domestic concerns;
a thousand petty troubles, cares, and pro
jects, hovering incessantly before me, dis
tract my thoughts, dissipate all poetic dreams,
and clog the wings of enthusiasm." From
this state of mind springs a longing for the
pleasures of a comfortable home, for which
even poetry, if necessary, is often given in
exchange. 'Hence we can understand these
words of Schiller written to his female friend
at Bauerbach (May 30, 1783): "There was a
time when the hope of immortal fame tickled
me, just as a fine dress pleases a woman. Now
it is all the same to me; I shall seud you my
poetio laurels for your next bmif a la mode,
and let you have my tragio muse for a kitchen
maid. How very small is the poet's highest
greatness compared with the thought of a
happy life!"
Thirdly and lastly, it may be asserted that
Schiller, whoso youth was passed amid the
Storm and Stress period, who was himself so
dissatisfied with the female characters of his
early dramas, did not yet know how to appre
ciate sufficiently the graces and worth of
woman. "Maiden's hearts" ha at that time
Bang:
"Maiden's hearts small caskets are,
1'turlH, on teasing beut,
Many lures tbe golden star,
1 huiiKh but ornament.
Of a hundred, ninety-nine
I Buwble. at no worth confine."
"It is strange." he writes to Koerner. "but
I love strongly sensitive natures, and every
coquette can fascinate me. Every one has
certain power over me, and though, owing to
my vanity and sensibility, none can inflame
my heart, yet they make me feel uneasy
enough." In another letter to the same
fritnd: "My heart is altogether free," he
pays; "I have faithfully observed what I male
my rule and what 1 holomuly promised you;
to weaken rny feclinps by diffusing them."
The following will sutVu-e toshow how Schiller
put this theory of "diffusion" into practice.
At Mannheim, Margaret Schwan is the real,
the undisputed queen of his heart; at the
same time he begins an iutimacy with Char
lotte von Kalb, the benntifnl and accom
plished Titanide, with the large eyes and
heart, attracting the poet towards her with all
the fiery ardor t-f her tormented soul; in the
spring of the same year be goes to Frankfort
with Inland to witness the representation of
Fieco, and loses his heart to the esteemed
actress Sophia Albrecht. And on January 18
of the next year, while at Mannheim, he
escorts the gifted and charming actress
Catharine Banmann home, and presses his
miniature into her hands. But what, per
haps, must appear even more strange is, that
not one of these numerous intimacies pro
duced a lyrio bud, such as burst with suoh
richness and fragrance from Goethe s heart;
not one of them awakened as much as a song
in the poet's breast !
We sum up our remarks by saying that It
was not a deep necessity of the heart which
determined Schiller to ask for Margarets
hand, but rather the longing for an existence
free from cares. On tbe arrival of Schwan a
answer Schiller's highest wish had "ready
been gratified. Koerner's friendship affordod
him freedom from want and the pres
sure of circumstances which had so early
damped the fire of the youthful poet s soul.
Of returning to medicine (which in no event
was so seriously intended) he would think no
longer now, but atthe same time the beautiful
dream of a union with Margaret dissolved
before his eyes. In the rural seclusion of
the villege of Gohlis he sought to overcome
the grief with which these disappointed hopes
filled him. . ,
The gloomy reflections of those days gave
rise to that much admired poem "Resigna
tion," in which the poet forcibly carries out
the idea that the hope of a reward in another
world is but a fond delusion, as hope, equally
with enjoyment, contains its own reward.
Schiller himself studiously avoided ever
alluding to the occasion of the poem,
which, moreover, he desired should not be
regarded as his own confession of faith, but
merely as an outburst of passion; wherefore
if Schwan, his intimate friend, declares em
phatically that it alludes to his relations
with his daughter Margaret, we have the
less reason to question this assertion as
nothing is opposed to snch a supposition,
neither tbe time at which the touching
vertes were written, nor the passionate ex
citement of those days, in which Schiller
grew more and more dissatisfied with the
theatre, with Dalberg, and with the actors;
in which Madame vou Kalb's passion dis
quieted instead of cheering him, whilst his
pecuniary embarrassment became daily
more troublesome, and the homage which
Margaret's beauty and accomplishments re
ceived from every side filled him with all the
pangs of jealousy.
Nevertheless, Schiller always held the
Schwan family in affectionate remembrance.
When Schwan was on his way to Leipsio with
his two daughters the following year, Schiller
met them at Meissen, and accompanied them
to their destination, as also to Dresden,
evincing the most cordial friendship. As
late as the 2d of May, 1788, he writes to
Schwan: "Believe me that your memory
will ever be indelibly impressed upon my
mind and has no need of being revived by
the common method of personal intercourse
and letters of assurance. At Wieland's they
often speak of your eldest daughter; during
her stay of a few days there she won the affec
tion and esteem of all the family. So I still
continue to be a trifle remembered by her ?
Really, it makes me blush to think how little
I deserve this for my long silenoe." To Mar
garet herself Schiller never wrote. The poet's
silence, for whom she preserved a warm affec
tion, weighed heavily upon her soul. Once
more she met him at Heidelberg while on his
journey to Suabia with his young wife a
meeting by which both were most deeply
affected; and Charlotte von Lengefeld found
her former rival very amiable. Thus far ex
tend my sources regarding Schiller's relations
to Margaret Schwan.
All of Schiller's biographers agree in stating
that Margaret died at the age of thirty-nine.
in childbirth. This statement also is incorrect.
Margaret was never married. On the twenty
seventh of January, 1795, she was laid by her
mother's Bide in the grave, aged not more
than twenty-nine years.
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TO THE WORKING OLA 88. W. are now pre
pared to furnish all olaa.es with oonstant employ,
nient at borne, the whole of the time or for the spar,
moments. Business new, light, and pro 11 table. Person,
of either sex easily earn from sue. to (6 per evening, and a
proportional sum by devoting their whole tame to the
business. Boys and gir s earn nearly as much aa men.
Thst all who see this notice may send their address, and
test the business, we mske ,this unparalleled offer: To
suoh aa are not well satiatisd, we will send $1 to pay fog
the trouble of writing. Full particulars, a valuable sam
ple, which will do to eommeuo. work on, andaoopyof
Tk lJ0ovWi lAUtram Cjnpanitm-ue of the large and
best family newspapers published.!! sent free by mail.
Reader, if too want permanent, prohtabl. work, addre.
V. O. AIXKM A CO.. Augusta. Maine, lie 8m
TOHN FARNTJM & CO., COMMISSION MJER.
t) ehanta and Manufacturers of Ooneatoga Ticking, to7
Ha m 01U4AUT b treat, PhiladelphiaT ill tmt
INSURANOE.
DELAWARE MUTUAL BAFETY INHUH ANCft
COM PAN Y. Incorporated by the LeRlalatur
of Pennsylvania, lH.Ha.
Offlce southeast corner of THIRD and WALNUT
ritreelA, I'hlifi'lttlphlA.
MARINE 1NK,RANCK.S
On Vessels, Cargo and Freight to all varta of the
world.
INLAND INSURANCES
On goods by river, canal, Ian. and land carriage to
all parts of the Union.
FlliK INSURANCES
On Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings.
. - Houses, etc
ASSETS OF TUB COMPANY
November 1, W9.
1200,000 united suite. Five Per Cent
Lomn 'n-Iortles faiC.OOO'OO
100,000 tatted btatea Six Per Cent.
n. ti ? "i1 0w'ul money) 107.7D0-0O
60,000 United Htot4j blx l-er Cent.
Loan, Ihhi 10.00800
900,000 State 0 Pennsylvania Slk Per
Cent, Loan Ill BfiO-OO
900,000 City of Philadelphia six Per '
Cent. Loan (exempt from
tax) boo oonuv
. 100,000 Stat of New Jersey Six Per "w,"uw
Cent. Loan 10S.009DO
90,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First
Mortgage. Six Per Cent.
Bond. 10 efiOOA
96,000 Pennsylvania Railroad 8e
cond mortgage Six per Cent,
Bonds B3.82fi0r
96,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail
road Mortgage (tlx Per
Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania
M nnn o.11 K"aran'e) 90,000-00
90,000 Stale of Tenuesaee Five Per
Cent. Loan 15.000TO
1,000 btat of Tennessee Six Per
Cent. Loan A 270 -00
12,600 Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
R nnn wKJS,'' BhR? tUKt 14,000 "00
6,000 Norm Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, loo shares
stock 1 aon-nri
10,000 Philadelphia and Southern 'wvu
Mall Hteamahlp Com-
B r panT 80 hres stock reOO-OO
4o,900 Loans on Bond and Mort
gage, first lien, on City
. Properties B4o,9000O
1,231,400 Par. Market value, ll.966.270W
Real Estate
"BalSn'cS m
Premiums on Marine Policies, Accrued
, interest, and other debts due the Com
pany 6.09T45
SUjek, Scrip, etc., of Sundry 'corporal
Hons, 9470a. Estimated value.......... 9.740-90
Cwhln Bank 1168,818-88
Cash la Drawer 978-26
169,891-M
91,862,100-0
John riavf.
iSamuel K Stokes,
Edmund A. Bonder,
Theophllus Paulding,
James Traqualr,
Henry Sloan,
Henry C. Dallett, Jr.,
James C Hand,
William C. Ludwlg.
Joseph H. Seal,
Hugh Craig,
John D. Taylor,
George W. Bernadon,
William P. Hniiotm
William iX
LKdward Darlington,
a. wuurjB oruui.0,
rfoiA
Jacob Riegei,
ibcod r. Jones,
James I). MnVarlanil
Joshua P. Eyre,
Spencer Mcflvaln,
A. B. Berger, Pittsburg,
u. l. juurgau, rituiuurg-
thomas C. HAND, President
HENRY LTLBU7:.113' V1C
HKNRY BALL Assistant Secretary. u
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF
NORTH AMERICA.
Januaby 1, 1870. .
Charter Perpetual.
Incorporated 1704.
CAPITAL. 8500,000
ASSETS. 84,783,381
Loaae. paid since organization. ...84-I,000000
Receipt, of Premium., 1869....81,091,8:I7'4S
Interest from Investment., 9. U4,60rJ'74
8'J,10tt,.Vt4'19
81,033,38(1-84
Loa.es paid, 1S
Statement of the Assets.
First Mortgages on City Property $766,460
United State. Government and other Lean
Jknto 1422,848
Railroad, Bank and Canal Btoeks 16,708
Cash in Bank and Office 947,620
Loans en Collateral Security 82.S68
Mote. Keoelrable, mostly Mai in. Prsmiama. . . 921,944
Acornsd Interest 80,867
Premiums in oonrs. of transmission 86,198
Unsettled Marin. Premium. lOu.900
Real Estate, Offio. of Company, Philadelphia. . au,oo.
DIRECTORS. ,8J'"
Franol. R. Oops,
Edward ii. Trotter,
Edward 8. Clarke,
T. tlharlton Henry,
Alfred U Jeiwup,
Lonia O. Madeira,
Charles W. Ooabman,
Clement A. Grisoom.
William Brockia.
bamnel W. Jones,
John A. Brown,
Chanes Taylor,
Ambrose white,
William Welsh,
8. Morris Wain,
TV. .. U
George L. Harrison,
ARTHUR O. OOiririM PiH.t
OHAHLES PLATT, Vioe President.
Man-Bias Mabib, Secretary.
O. H. Rxxves, Assistant Secretary. 8 4
1829. CIIARTER PERPETUAL.
Franklin Fire Insurance Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Jan. I,,70i$2,825l73l,67
OA PITA I, 9400,000 00
AOURUKD SURPLUS AMD PREMIUMS.... 2,425,71)1 67
INCOME FOR 1840,
1 SblU.UUO.
LOSSES PAID IN 1869,
V m, two u.
LossEsraitisInce 1829 over $5,500,0QO
, Perpetnal snd Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
Ths Company also issues polioies upon lb. Rents of all
kinds of ltuililinss. Ground Rents, aod Mortgages.
The "FRANKXLN" has no DIbrUTED OLAUd.
DIRECTORS. .
Alfred O. Baker.
haniuel Grant,
George W. Richards,
Isuao Lea.
A urea ruler,
Tbomss Kpsrks,
William 8. Grant,
Thomas 8. Kllis,
fauptavii. H. Benson.
George hales,
ALFRRD (). HA KICK. President.
GKUKUK FALKH, Vice-President.
JAMES W. MrALLIhT B, Secretary.
T liitOUORK U. RKGKK, Aeaittant Secretary. 9 19)
S U XJ Ifc Y
; LIFE INSURANCE CO , N. Y.
Number of Polioies irsued by the fir. Unmet Nsw Tork
; Uompaniss daring the first years ef their azisUno :
MUTUAL (28 month.) 1099
NJtV. YOKE 18 mouths 1081
W.iN RATTAN (iT mouths) 853
KNICKERBOCKER... (20 months) e
EQUITABLE (IT mouth.) &o
, During the SI mouth o! Its existence tho
ANBURY
HAS ISSUED 2600 POLICIES,
INSURING NEARLY 10,000,000.
: Eelluble Canvassing Agent, wanted throughout th.
country.
JAMES M. LGNOAORE,
Manager for Pennsylvania snd Delawarw.
Office, No. tt'J WALNUT Htreet, Philadelphia. -.
AM U EL POW KKH, Bpoolal Agent 16.
JMPEBIAIi FIRK INSURANCE! CO.
LONDON.
K8TABIJMIIHD lNO.'S.
Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Panda,
68,000,000 I IV GOLD.
PEEV0ST & HERRING, Agent,
! No. 10T 8. THIRD Btroet, Philadelphia. "
CBA8. M. PREVOBT CHAS. P. HERRING