THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1870. LITERATURE. BS 7 I S W OF NEW B 0 O KB. From J. B. Lippincott A Co. ve have re ccivedtbe fifth and last volumo of Fiolds, Osgood & Co.'s "Household" edition of Thackeray'H "Miscellanies." This volume contains the powerful l"t unpleasant story of "Catharine," which Thackeray wrote for the purpose of counteracting the influence of popular fictions of the "I'aul Clifford" class, that made heroes of burglars and highway, men; "Mr. Titmarsh Among Tictures and Books;" ' "Fraser Miscellanies;" "The Christmas Books;" "Solections from Tanch," and "Ballads." Many of these minor writ ings of Thackeray have never been collected beforehand they make this edition the most complete and valuable that has ever been issued. The volume is illustrated by a fine portrait of Thackeray, from a drawing made jby Samuel Lawrence in 1804. Porter A Coates sond us in a handsome volume "The 'Bab' Ballads," by W. S. Gil bert. These verses, with their acoompanying illustrations, first appeared in the columns of Fun, when they achieved considerable popu larity. In some of them the humor is of that cosmopolitan kind that can be enjoyed any where, but many of the ballads are bo de cidedly English in manner and matter that many American readers will fail to Bee where the laugh comes in. The book is beautifully printed and bound, and we eommend it to those who are willing to be amused without being too critical as to the quality of the fun that tickles them. "Trout Culture," by ;Seth Green, of Cale donia, N. Y., which we have reoeived from the author, is a praotical treatise by a practi cal man, who is one of the pioneers in this branch of industry. Mr. Green evidently understands the art of pisciculture thoroughly, " and in this little manual he gives a plain and understandable demonstration of all the prac tical operations of the fish farm, bo that it will be a valuable assistant to those who wish to engage in the business of raising fish either for pleasure or profit. John Campbell, No. 740 Sansom street, Bends us the second number of "A History of Delaware," by Francis Vincent, now in course of publication. This work will give the his tory of Delaware from its first settlement to the present time, with a full account of the first Dutch and Swodish settlements, and a description of its geology and geography. The first number of FunddneUo, the new comic paper which has just been started in New York as the successor of Vanity Fair, is more of a promise than a fulfilment. It is a handsome sixteen-page sheet, rather larger than Fundi, and in its illustrations it Bhows artistic ability. It is one of the problems of journalism whether a comic paper can suc ceed in this country, and if FunddneUo is to solve this problem affirmatively, its conduc tors will in the first place be obliged to make it amusing. Without being too critical with regard to the commencement of a new enter prise like this, we are obliged to confess that the first number of FunddneUo is not funny, and for a professedly comio paper this is to lack the first requisite for success. We hope that, having made a start, the editors will rub their funny-bones and do something to make their readers laugh, and we wish them euccesB and many happy hours for themselves and the public. Turner & Co. send us Appleton's Journal and Our Boys and Girls for April !. Our Sdioolday Visitor for April presents an attractive list of stories, sketches, and poetry for young readers. American Enterprise is the title of a new publication that bos just been commenced by the American News Company, New York, and the first number of which we have received from the Central News Company, No. 505 Chesnut street. This is designed to show how the best art may be rendered tributary to practical business interests. The idea is certainly a novel one, and the artistio merits of the first number are such as entitle it to favorable notice. American Enterprise is an illustrated advertising sheet, and some of the best artists in the country, such as Hen nessey and Darley, and one of the best wood engravers living, W. J. Linton, have been called in to make the thing a success. This publication is bo different and bo much supe rior to ordinary illustrated advertisements that it will undoubtedly attract muoh atten tion, and the fine wood-cuts are to be com mended for their artistio qualities, independ ently of their application to industrial objects. The Central News Company also send us the April number of The Occrland Monthly, which has the following list of articles: "Old Seattle and His Tribe;" "A Pioneer of 1020;" "Figs of Thistles;" "Compasses;" "The Battle of the Mine;" "Barbarian Days;" "The Presidio of San Francisco;" "Dead;" "Ilussian Gold and Silver Mining;" "Dairies and Dairy ing in California;" "A Wild Walk;" "Histori cal Fruits and Flowers;" "Pacific Ocean Lines and Privileges;" "Etc;" "Current Literature.' EDM USD KEAN. The Blot at the Federnl Theatre In Nton. The New York Clipptr for this week gives an interesting sketch of te old Federal Street Theatre, Boston, from wht-h we take the fol lowing account of the fauiouaKean riot: Edmund Kean made bin 3ostti debut February 12. 1821. 08 "Richard." He arnri win, Mia manager after $10(10 per week, ani ja nme nights he received 3;502 US. Ilo wa..re.0U(,a,rU(i for six nights at A'50 per night and a -ip un benellt. Kean paid a secoud visit to Bu,t,on oa May 25, 1831, and was announced U ,,i.iy "Kit-hard," but in consequence of there bei, poor house ho left the theatre, refusing to py aod the audience present, as well a the public became very Indignant. Kean was announced to reappear on Decem ber 21, 1U25. Early in the afternoon the street In front ws filled with boys. All the tickets were sold Hie day previous. When the house opened it was quickly filled, but nt a lady wu present. Finn, tfte niaiafer, appeared before the curtain aad aunoiiuexl Ku' Intent! to make an apolegy. Km urar4 dreesexi in his every dsjr clots, and in a poui tent manuer tri4 t apoUsjlzs), but he was assailed by crka of "Oil oil! He was pelted with scats, pieces of cake, a bottle of offensive drug, and othur missiles, when he re tired. Kean made a second appearance, but the uproar continued, when he went to the green room and wept like a child. The managers then appeared with a placard upon which was. "Mr. Kean declines playing." A secoud placard was then shown of ''Shall the play go on with out him?" After the first act, Finn, who was dressed as "Richard," In answer to repeated calls for Kean, came forward and said that Kean had left the theatre. In the meantime a great mob outside made assaults npon the bouse. A crowd rushed into the lower lobbies and the police officers were overpowered. The occu pants of the pit were glad to make their exit from the house over the orchestra and the stage. The fierce attack with bricks, etc., at the doors of the second-tier entrance placed the audience in a trying situation, and they had to remain and witness the row. Hundreds Hung themselves out of a window twenty-five feet from the ground, by striking first on a low tenement-house. The rabble soon gained entrance to the house, and windows, chandeliers, seats, box doors, etc., becamo objects of wanton de struction. The scenery was protected by several citizens at the risk of their lives. The riot act was read twice. The theatre was damaged to the extent of tSOO. Kean, it appears, escaped from the theatre bg passing through a house in Theatre Alley, and was then driven to Brighton and took stage from Boston for Worcester. .oo1 Xante. From the London Saturday Review. An aphorism has boen for some time going about the world, which, like most other aphorisms, is palpably false, or, we should rather say, palpably inoomplete, asserting the impropriety of disputing about tastes. It has, of course, a superficial plausibility, or it would not have attained bo extensive a cur rency. When one person says, "I like my meat half raw," and another says, "I like mine roasted to a rag," there is apparently no further room for argument. Each con troversialist relies upon the testimony of his own palate, and of th.it testimony no one, by the necessity of the case, can be a sufficient judge except himself. Yet the doctrine inferred is in open conflict with our daily experience. Civilized beings are, aa a rule, rather unwilling to talk at great length about such strictly sensual pleasures as those of eating and drinking. Yet in certain places where the instincts of the male animal are not kept in check by the refining influences of feminine society such, for example, as regimental messes, college halls, and club coffee-rooms there are few topics discussed with more eagerness than the merits of wines and cookery. According to the popular doctrine, such discussions ought to come to a speedy termination. When one man has confessed that he likes public-house port, black and sweet and strong and capable of producing intoxication at a minimum of time and expenditure, and another has asserted his possession of more refined tastes, there should be no more to be said. The final appeal has been made, and there is no way of bringing the question again into court. Experience, liowever, shows that few men, even of most undoubted moral courage, will dare to make such an assertion as we have just mentioned. Most men would be far more willing to admit that they were reli gious or political heretics than to confess to a perverted taste in regard to wine, and would be almost as willing to admit that they were inclined to some moral depravity. It is a fact, therefore, that even in such matters where, as one might have thought, the in fluence of authority -would be reduced to a minimum, and the competence of each man's own consciousness unreservedly admitted there is a body of accepted doctrine, and that there are as great varieties of skill and judg ment as in questions which by common con sent are capable of being brought to some de cisive test. In fact we might, with some degree of plausibility, reverse the ordinary doctrine. We might say that matters of taste are pre cisely those on which any amount of discus sion may fairly take place. There is not much use in arguing a mathematical ques tion; because one man is absolutely right and another is absolutely wrong, and the decision between them must depend not, properly speaking, upon argument, but upon unravelling some confusion of ideas. But where taste is in some way involved, there is always room for comparing a great variety of views, and for turning a subject about in different lights until its true bear ings become evident. The logic of the question is worth a little examination, because it applies to matters of much more importance than those in which the sense of taste, in its literal acceptation, is principally concerned. In most discussions about art, for example, we are met by a simi lar perplexity. One man likes llaffaelle, another has a distinct preference for Hogarth; is it a matter of right or wrong, or is it a perfectly open question, to be settled ulti mately by counting heads ? Most people would revolt from the last conclusion, and yet they have a certain difficulty in seeing their way to the first. We may talk about the eternal and immutable principles of the beautiful, and declare that a failure to per ceive them indicates sheer stupidity and bluntness of the perceptive facnlties. But then the difficulty occurs which pre sents itself in discussions about morality. The assertion that certain principles are everlastingly true is very convenient, and would save much trouble if it were accepted. But does it mean more than that the man who makes the assertion is right, and that his adversary is wrong ? When we apply it to questions, if thore are any such questions, on which we are all agreed, it is superfluous. When we apply it to disputed quostions, the very fact thut there is a dispute is a sufficient answer. Wo are all agreed that it is wrong to commit murder; and therefore, for prac tical purposes, it does not much matter whether we know that it is wrong by a direct intuition or by a process of observation and reasoning. But when we come to a more doubtful point, such as the comparative merits of an ascetic or a utilitarian school of morality, our intuitions do not help us out, because they appear to tell ia opposite direc tions. This is the case in most matters of art; one man's consciousuohs tells him that a certain picture is beautiful, and another man's that it is ugly; which is right, and who is to be judge 't There is not even a claimant to in fallibility upon such matters, and apparently we are landed in a hopoless and diametrical contradiction of opinion. Yet, if we give up these everlasting and intuitive principles, we apparently come to the equally awkward con clusion that every man is his own Pope, or, in other words, that there is no right or wrong in the matter. Tke admirer of Mozart is on the same level with the admirer of the popular melodies of the music halls, and all t'at can be said is that anything which j J'lfcvees anybody is bo far good, and the more i it pKtM the better. We have at best the old ustrine of the greatest hanpinoss of the greaUwt number, which would apparently naactiea m, j artt however vulgar and offen sive the mist cultivated people may conoeive it t be. Biiiiilv mi the around of its dodu- J laxity. - INSURANCE. THE COMMONWEALTH OK PKNNSYLVA-NlA.-bTAiEMKNT UK TUB OONUiriU.1 OK TUK EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE 8O0IETY OFTIltl UNI I KU HI'A TKh, on the 3i'th day nl Dei-umber, lijtfl. Statu of f?w 1'itrt, County vf Ar l'rA', : He It retnombereri. tnat on 1 hi 'ilut day of March, A. I). 1R7U, belore toe suhsciiMer, a Oonunissiuntfr in mitt tor the Hate of Saw York, duly oiiiinnwimriml mid autuorir.ed lijr the Governor 01 (lie M ile of Pennsylvania, to take the acknowledgment ol dei ds find o. her writ. nns, to bo used and recorded in tne KAtrtHta'eof Pennsylvania, an'i to administer oaths and attirrnatmn, personally appeared 1IKNKV II. HYDK.Vice i'reidontu the Kciulialile l.ilo Assurance Society ol tho Umtad Mate-, anil ma in oath tbat tbe following la a tine statement of the oondiMon of said Equitable Lite Aurnoe Society npon tiie id'tn day of Dcctmber.A. U. IWH:- And I lurther certity, that I have made pornonal exami nation of tiie condition of said Equitable Lite Aftsurunce (Society on this any, and nin aat.iatied they have a.-nnta end ly invested to the amount ol Ten Million dollars. Tbat I have eiamintid Mie ae nritiem now in the handeof the Company, as set forth tu the annexed statement, and the same ate nt the valoe represent ed In the bt-ateineat. I further certify, that 1 am not interested in the affairs of aid Company. In Wii nea Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and aft iird mj official se.l, this Slat day ot March, A. I). Hit). (bignod) 'JTIOMah I.. THOHNKM,, Commissioner for Pennsylvania in New York. First : Capital stock $100,000 00 Amount of assessments or instalments on stock paid in cash 100,000'UO becond : Tbe value as nearly aa may be of tbe Real Estate held by tbe company l.BStWKl'M Cash on band 117 uo-Yfd fcanh in Hanks, spectrin the bank 444,;&'00 (National bank of Commerce, Metropolitan National hank.) Cash in bands of agents in course of trans mission 413,13l'90 Amountof Loans secured bybondsand mort rHges. constituting the first lien on Heal I.aiate, on wliion there is loss than one year's interest due and owing 8,7 16,707 35 Amount of Loans on which interest baa not been paid within onoyear. AMOUNT tib' bTOUKH OWNKU BY THK COMPANY, specifying the number of hares and their par and market value Ql,322,733'65 tr. iarAfW eatua, U. S. 6s of 1881 Smi.ono 72,6WJ iiO ' 6-a is 675,150 t70,ltm66 N. Y. btate btocks lai.oii i:h,4iio oo ' City " Ihv.iioo 1SU,500IIO Brooklyn " 136,000 144,ltiOtK) Tennessee 6s 20,000 l'J,4o0'0O Virginia Bs 81.WK) 17,iH 00 Alabama Ss Mi.iH'O 67,N4:i(KI bliarertown Honda 10,000 K.KHrtK) AMOUNT OF bTOCKS held by the Com pany as collateral aecurity for IOAN8, with tbe amount loaned on each kind of Stock, its par and market value C203,1CO'00 Amount Par. Market. J.oanrtt. V. 8. 5-20s 0100,000 $1 hit, 300 $15f,3H0 U. H. bs of lHKl 27,000 8I.M0 27,ooo N. Y.btnte stocks. ... 10,000 lU.HvO 10,000 lirooklyn City 7 perct. stock 3,000 2,120 1,800 N. Y. Life and Trust Co 6,000 10,000 8,000 $'.i,713,650'8d Interest on investments dne and nnpaid Accrued interest not yet due 80,78161 Other available miscellaneout asaets. speci fying their character and value Defeired premiums of tue year 70n,tM 00 Premiums due and secured, with interest.... l2.i7'HO Cai-h deposited with Uovernmont of Canada. lti,ti.WTH Cilice furniture, est lO.oOO'OO Total assets $10,51Q,8-'4 4a Third : Amountof losses during the year, adjusted but not due J65,000'00 Amount of losBea reported to the Company but not acted upon 60,000'00 Amount of losses resisted by tbe Company... 10,000 00 Ainonnt of dividends due and unpaid Wone. Amount of money borrowed, and the nature and amount ot the security given None. Amount of all other cluims aguinat tbe Com pany, contested or otherwiae None, Amount reipiired to safely reinsure all out standing risks 9,250,000 Fourth : Amount of cash premiums received $S,76?,t4'77 Amountof premiums not paid in cash dur ing the year, Btating the character of such premiums All cash. Amount of premiums earned 6,7ii,3 '4 77 Interest received from investments 4&,0H7'66 Income from all other sources, specifying what sources None. Filth Amount of losses paid during the year $1,183,725 Amount paid and owing tor reinsurance pre miums Amount of return premiums, whether paid or unpaid Amountof dividends declared during year.. l,2IJ,4.'a 45 Amount of dividends paid l.'.VI'Joit'iS Amount of expenrwa paid during the year, including cjmmiSBions and teos paid to agentsandofficersof the company 819,20S'f7 Amountof loefteadue and nnpaid Amountof taxes paid by the company 40,511 M Amount of other expenses and expenditures. 164,2o8'49 Amountof promissory notes originally form ing the capital of the company None. Amonntof said notes held by the company aa part of, or tbe whole of, the capital thereof. None. Par and market value of the company's stock per share. Par value tgkO per share; market value not quotable. Amount paid for purchased policies 123,('l'78 Amount paid for annuities l,3d til New business in lwt, $50,492,941, exceeding by over $12,000,000 the new business of any other company. BEITS & RBtilsTER, General Agents, 8 26 6t if No. 43a CUKbM UT btreet. 1829 CIIARTER PERPETUAL. IgJQ ratlin Fire I OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St. Assets Jan. .,$2,825,73 167 CAPITA L $400,000-00 ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS.... 2,426,731-67 INCOME FOR 1810, $810,000. LOSSE8 PAID IN 1869. $144,jJ8'4a. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms. The Company also iasues policies upon the Rents of all B'uusot iiuiiuings, orouQQ items, ana mortgages, ana i: uaii a-lo-ii nasno juiaruixui DIRECTORS. Alfred O. Baker. a liiou i i nor, Thomas bparks. VVilliain b. Grant. Thomas 8. Ellis, t inatjfcvna H. Henann. bamuel Grant, George W. Richards, Isaac Lea. George hales, ALFRED G. HA KKK. President. GKOKGK FALES, Vice-President, JAMF8 W. MoALLIbTh H, Secretary. THEODORE M. KEGER, Assistant Secretary. S 19 piRE ASSOCIATION. INCORPORATED MARCH 37, 1830. OFFICE, NO. 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET INSURE BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AND MERCHANDISE GENERALLY, From Loss by Fire (in the City of Philadelphia only). AtrKTtS JAMAltV 1, 10( 8l,Sia,TW13. TRUSTEES. V7M. H. HAMILTON, JOHN CARKOW, GEOKGK 1. YOUNG, .MiS. K. LYNDALL. LEVI P. COATS. CHARLES P. BOWER, JESSE LIGHTfOOT. KobT. SHOE MAKER, Pr'IKR A RM BKUbTER, M. H. DICKINSON, PETER WILLIAMSON, SAMUEL bFAHH AVK JOSEi'li E. SUUELL. WM. H. HAMILTON, President BAMUEL SPARUAWK, Vice-President, WILLIAM T. BUTLER, Seoretary. 8 55 V S B U K, Y LIFE INSURANCE CO , N. Y. Number of Policies iisued by the five largest New York Companies during the first years sf their exiatene: MUTUAL. ...A (23 months) 1099 N1SV it)h..f. (18 month) 10H1 MaNIlAITAN ('TtUOUthB) Uft3 KMC KKKBOCKtK...(20niouthH) 669 tCUlTADLK OT mouths) Oat During tbe 21 month ol lta exlston.ee the ASBURY HAS ISSUED 2600 POLICIES, INSURING NEARLY 16,000,000. Reliable Catvaasing Agent wanted throughout the country. , ' JAMES M. tCNOAORK. Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware, . Oflloe, No. m W ALNUT Street, Ptuiadalobift, BAMUEL POWBm" AiwiV 161 INSURANOfc. DELAWAKF. MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE! COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, l3o. Office eonthcant comer of THIRD and WALNUT Street", Fhtlmlplphla. MARIN K INSURANCES On Vesnols, Cargo and Freight to all parts Of the world. INLAND INSURANCES On goods) by river, canal, lake and land carriage to all parts of the Union. FIKK INSURANCES On Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings, Houses, etc ASSETS OF THE COMPANY November 1, lw. 1200,000 United States Five Per Cent. Loan, ten-forties 216,000"00 100,000 Unltd States Six Per Cent. Loan (lawful money) 10T.TBO-00 60,000 United States SUE fer Cent. Loan, 18S1 eO.OOO'OO 800,000 Bute of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent. Loan lS.DBO-OO 800,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent. Loan (exempt from t) S00.928-00 100,000 Stat of New Jersey Six Per Cent. Loan 103,009-00 80,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds 19.4C0-00 85,000 Pennsylvania Railroad 8o cond mortgage Six per Cent. Bunds 83,2fi-00 80,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail- ' rond Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania Railroad guarantee) 80,000-00 80,000 Btate of Tennessee Five Per Cent. Loan 1B.OO0-O0 7,000 btate of Tennessee Six Per Cent. Loan 4,870-00 18,500 Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, 250 shares stock 14,000-00 6,000 North Fenus)lvanJa Rail road Company, loo shares stork 8,900-00 10,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mall Steamship Com- . pany, 80 shares stock t.BOO-OO IMfl.vOO Loans on Bond and Mort fiMKe, first liens on City Properties 84o,00-00 11,831,400 Par. Market value, 11,258,870-00 ,rr.. CO1- U.816,022-87. Real Estate w.ooo-oo Bills Receivable for Insurances made... 823,700,75 Balances due at Agencies: Premiums on Marine Policies, Accrued Interest, and other debts due the Com pany 68,097-96 Stork, Srrlp. etc., of Sundry Corpora tions, 4700. Estimated value 8,740-80 Cash In Bank 1168,818-88 Cash In Drawer 873-s 169,89114 11,882,100-04 DmurfTORH. Thomas C. Hand, .Samuel E. Stokes, John C. T)avln William li Itnnltnn Edmund A. bonder, Tbeophllus Paulding James Traqualr, Henry Sloan. Henry C. Dallett, Jr.. James C. Hand, William C. Ludwlg, Joseph U. Seal, Hugh Craig, John D. Tavlor. Edward Darlington, U. Jones Brooke, Edward LnronrrArln. Jacob Rlegel, uacoD f. Jones, James B. McFarland, Joshua P. Eyre, Snenrer Mrllvnln. J. B. Semple, Pittsburg, A. B. Berber, Pittsburg, D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg George W. Iiornadon William C. HoiiHtxm THOMAS C. HAND, President. JOHN C. DAVIS. Vloe-xTesldent. HENRY XYLBUKN, Secretary. HENRY BALL Assistant Secretary. 1 1 INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA. January 1, 1870, Incorporated 1704. CAPITAL,... ASSKTH Charter Perpetual. 8500,000 ::..9,1&:l,3Sl Loases pnld elnre organization . . . .82:1,000,000 Hecelpta of Premiums, 1N0U....81,"1,S:74.'J Interest from Investments, '09. 114,ti!Mi'74 8-4.10(, Losses paid, 1S0 81,033, Statement of the Assets. First Mortjraiies on City Property United States Government and other Loan Bonds Bailroad, Bank and Canal Stocks Cash in Bank and Uffloe Loans en Collateral Security hotm Receivable, mostly Maiine Premiums. .. Acoraed Interest Premiums in coarse of transmissiea Unsettled Marine Premiums Real Estate, Offloe of Company, Philadelphia,'.'. $766,460 1,121,846 65,708 847,620 83,568 821,944 20,357 85.1H8 100,000 80.000 Arthn, f3 ranola R. Oope, Edward H. Trotter, Edward S. Clarke, T. Oharlton Henry. Altred D. Jessup, Lonis C. Madeira, Charles W. Cnshman, Clement A. Oriacom, William Brockia. Samuel W.Jo sei, John A. Bros o, Charles Taylor, Ambrose White, W illiam Weleh, 8. Morris Wain, .Tnhn Munn George L. Harrison, ARTHUR G. COFFIN. P.sint CUAKLES PLATT, Vice-President. Matthias Mabih, Seoretary. O. H. Reeves, Assistant Secretary. 8 4 pAME INSURANCE COMPANY, No. 809 CHESNUT Street. INCORPORATED 1856. CHARTER PERPETUAL. CAPITAL $300,000. FIRE INH17RANCK U .VCT.ITB.rtTn'T v Insurance against Loss or Damaite by Fire either by Per. ,uai ih Aaiupurury ruuoiui, . DIRECTORS. W illi.in II Khun ........ ... ....... . , i D.nju, Willimu M. buyiurt, John V. Smith, Nntli.n llilli... John Kosslur, Jr., Edward H. Orne, Charles Stokes, John W. Evorman, M ,.-.1 .wo , 1, George A. W est, CHARLES RinilAHnsosi pl,-.i... WILLIAM H. RU AWN, Vice-President. W'im.iamb I. Blawchabu, Socretary. 7 335 TIIE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. . , Incorporated 135 Charter Perpetual. N2,,B,0r ALA U Bte. opposite Independence Square. 1 Ins Company, favorably known to the community for over forty years, continues to tenure asainst loss or dam. Hue by tire on Public or Private BuildiUKs, either perma nently or lor a limited time. Also cm Furniture, Stocks of t.oods, and Merchandise centrally, on liberal terms. Their Capital, together W1th a lre Surplus Fund is Invented in the mot careful manner, which enablos them to offer to the insured an undoubted security in the case oi loss. D1BECTOHH. Tl.ntnl llmltt, .Ta John Devereux, Alexander Benson, Ihuso Hazlchumt, 1 nomas Himth, Henry Lewis, J nomas xtouins, nV ! 1 ,J . , " Hnglm Fell, WM. O. OKOWESiix..1'1'11' J.P-ySi 'T'lIE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO OF - rmhAOKtrtiiA. Office B. W .corner of FOURTH and WALWTT Streets x.,o,:n?. INSl'RANOK EXCLUSIVELY. nY,RTK AND TERM POLICIES I8UKD. CASH Capital (paid up in full) $3OO,uur00 Cash Assets, Jan. I, IS!)... 83il4,3U3'l F. Ratchford Starr, Nalbro rrnzier, John M. A twood, Benj. T. Tredick, Ceoiire H. Stuart, J. Livingston Erringer .l.ma. 1. i:l,.h. Wm. O. Roulton, ' Charles Wbeeler, Tl. ...... . VI U . tlolin 11. itrown . nruwn. ' in maa m An.t. . KATUlIrORD RTAKK. President. T I MIS 1-1 Mi IVnV'ill fruif If: n Aoi kDVUs AI,FX W. WISTMrNecretarr' JACOB E. PEl ERSON, Assistant Secretary. JMFEltlAI. FLUB INSU11ANOB OO. LONDON. I8TABIJSILED 1S03. Pald-np Capital and Accumulated Panda, 08,000,000 IN GOLD, PREV0ST & HERRING, Agenti, I U No, 107 8. THIRD Street, PHliadulpUla. CHAH. M. PRgVOST, CHA9. P. HKIiRTNO J. T. ASTOH. y. JTMAHOW. IP A H X It A W C W A 11 O If. U unurifio and coMMisaOM uBKOEAXia, No. S. COENTIE8 BLIP. New York. No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia, No. 45 W. PRATT Street, Baltimore. We are prepared to ship every description of Frelffh to Philadelphia, New York, Wilmington, and intermediate points with promptness and despatch. Canal iioats and buwui-la ti"nishMl s (b slieiteet MU PATENTS. e r. 8. OFFICES FOR FROGURINQ Patents in the United Btatei and Fo reign Countries, rORRIBT BUILDINQB, 110 H. l'OHltlll St., lliilaaa AKD MARBLE BUILDINGS, Mi:TlI1II street, nbore F, (Oppo,ite U. & Patent Offloe), WASHINGTON, D. a H. IIOWHON, Bolloltor of Patent O. UOWSON. Attorney-atUw. Oommnnlcations to be addressed to the Principal Offices, Philadelphia. llomwtiiim PATENT OFFICES, N. W. Corner FOURTH and CHESNUT, (Entrance on FOURTH 6treet), FRANCIS D. FASX0RXU3, SOLICITOR OF PATENTS. Patenta procured for Inventions In the United States and Foreign Countries, and all business re. latlbg to the same promptly transacted. Call or scud for circulars oa Patents. Open till 9 o'clock every evening. 8 smth. PATENT OFFICES. N. W. Corner FOURTH and WzVLNUT PHILADELPHIA. FE5S LESS THAN ANY OTHER RELIAB1 E AGENCY. Send for pamphle on Patents, 8 4 thBtn, CHARLES H. EVANS. STATE RIGHTS FOR SALE. STAT Kishts of a vnluahle Invention just patontod, and for tbe SL1C1NO, CL'ITING, and CHlPPliNO of dried beef, cabliHtie, etc., are hereby ottered for sale. It is an article of treat value to proprietors of botels and restaurants, and it should be introduced into every family. h l'ATK RIGHTS for snle. Model can be seen at TELEGRAPH OF ICE, COOPER'S POINT, N. .1. 627tf MUNDT ft HOFFMAN. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE R M L. FARHEL, HERRING & CO HAVE REMOVED FROM No. CS ClIESIVIJT Street TO No. 807 CHESNUT St., rnTT.ATiTir.pmA. Fire and Burglar-Proof Safes (WITH DRY FILLING.) HERRING, FARREL & SHERMAN, New York. HERRING & CO., Chicago. HERRING, FARREL A CO., New Orleans. S Btf mrm 11 aamvai uv fc-iv, at 1 lOf the UU firm of EVANS WATSON,! WlM FIRE AND BURGLAK-PROOF BATE T O II NO. 63 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, i 8U A few doors above Obeennt St., Philai FURNITURE. RICHMOND & CO., FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE WAREROOMS No. 45 SOUTH SECOND STREET, BAST BIDS. ABOVE CHESNUT, II 6 U PHILADELPHIA PJA LLIAM FAR SON'S Improved Patent Sofa Bed Makes a handsome 6ofa and enmfnrtahlA Itiwl. wifh Hpriuir Mat tress attached. Those wishing to eoonomize room rnouiu can ana examine tueui at the extensive tirat class Furniture W arerooms of No. ViS H. SECOND Ntreet. Also, WILLIAM FARSON'S PATENT EXTENSION TABLE FAhTENINO. Every table should have them on. They bold the leaves firmly together when pulled about the room. 3 ljJsmwam EDUCATIONAL.. TAW SCHOOL O F HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Mass. Becond Term 1SW-7U betrins 21st February, 1870. INSTRUCTORS AND 'J OPIOS. Nathaniel Holmes, A. W., Royall Prntexor. Domeatl Relations, Eyuity Pleading, and Evidence. Christopher O. LanKdell. A.M., Dane Professor. Nego tiable Paperand Partnership. Charles S. Bradley, LL. D Leotnrer.-Law of Real Pro perty. Edmund 'H. Bennett, A.M., Lecturer. Criminal Law Wills, and Administration. John O. Uray, Jr., A.M., I-ecturer. Jnrlsprndenoe of the United btatesand Bankruptcy. The instruction is by lectures, most courts, exercises In written and oral discussion of legal subjects, and prepara tion of pieadinKa. The library is one of tbe most complete in the United States, and in some departments unequalled ; it now coin prises about 16.UUU volumes, and additions are constantly being made. The fees are $60 per term, and $35 for one-half or any smaller fraction of a term. No extra charge. For admission to the school, catalogues, ciroulars. or any information, address J. A. L. WHITT'IHR, Registrar. H. Y. LAUDER BACH'S ACADEMY, ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS. No. 108 8. TENTH St. A PRIMARY, ELEMENTARY AND FINISHING SCHOOL FOR BOYS AND YOUN.I MEN. Circulars at Mr. Wsrborton's. No. 4HU Obesnut at. 2 351m JDGEniLL SCHOOL, MEROHANTVILLE. N. J. FOUR MILES FROM PHILADELPHIA, NEXT SESSION BEGINS APRIL 4. For CirouUws apply to 8 81 tf T. W. OATTELL. PROPOSALS. JOTICE TO CONTRACTOR. S, The Western Maryland Railroad Company having secured tne aid or tne city of Baltimore, will goon ue in funds sumclent to complete the road from Pipe Creek Bridge to Hagerstown, ami will receive Proposals until 8th April for all the unfinished Gra ding t nd Brld glDg on the uncompleted section, the worn on wmen nas Deen suspended for a year. Payments made In cash for all work done. The work on the,CJraduatlon, Masonry, and Super structure of Bridges will amount to about 1200,000. i or an information as to the present condition of the work to be done, apply to W. BOLIVIAN, President, 8 B8 6w No. 84 N. HOLLIDAY Street. MEDIOAL. rVTEW DISnoVTTRY ELIXIR J. IT RWR. 1 NARD TONI 8THENIOUE. ANTI-DYSPKPTHi. The several observations made by the best physicians of wj, j.Luii. uv 1 aris ui. fn'vu uut uio sicauessea arising from impoveriniBvent of tbe blood or nerveus ex. haustion, viz. : AmwJia, Cttlorosis, rsampathisme, Phthisic, Diabetes, Albumineria, Scorbut, etc., eto., are radically cured with the ELIXIR J. F. UKlaMARU. General Depot-A. BERNARD, No. 131 CEDAR Street, d tour. or aale by all respectable druggists. 1 1 tutus JET GOODS, NEWEST STYLES DIXON'S Ko.aiB.mciimifliwee tvun ITI.IS"! laBBUaastlk OITY ORDINANCES. POMMON COUNCIL OF FJIILADEL- rillA. Ci.F.nK'g Officf, I'niLAnKi.riiiA, March 25, 187 In Accordance with a resolution adopted by tlio Common Council of the City of I'blltidcf l'lila on Thursday, the twenty-fourth day of March, 1870, the annexed bill, entitled "An Ordinnnce to authorize a loan for the erection of a bridge across the river Schuylkill at Fair mount," is hereby published for public Infor mation. JOHN ECKSTEIN, Clerk of Common Council.' AN ORDINANCE To Autliorl.e a Loan for tho Erection of a lirldpe across tho Klver ticuuvlkiU at Falr nioiiut. ik'ction 1. Tho Select and Common Councils of the city of rhiladcluhia do ordain, lhat tho Mayor of Philadelphia be and ho Is hereby au thorized to borrow, at not less than par, on the credit of the city corporation, from time to time, such sums of money as may bo necessary to pay for tho construction and erection of a bridge over tho river Schuylkill at Falrmount, not exceeding In tho whole the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars, for which interest not to exceed tho rate of six per cent. r cr an num shall be paid, half-j carlv, on tho first daya of January and July, at the office of tho City Treasurer. The principal of snld loan shall be payable and paid at the expiration of thirty years "from the date of the same, and not buiore, without the consent of tho holders thereof; and certifi cates therefor, in the usual form of cerlillcatea of city loan, shall be issued in such amounts as the lenders may rcouire, but not for any frac tional part of one hundred dollars, or, if re quired, in amounts of Ave hundred or one thou sand dollars; and it shall be expressed in said certificates that the said loan therein mentioned, and the interest thereof, are payable free from all taxes. Section 3. Whenever any loan shall bo made by virtue thereof, there shall bo, by force of this ordinance, annually appropriated, out of the income of the corporate estates and from the sum raised by taxation, a sum sufficient to pay the interest on said certificates; and the fur ther sum of three-tenths of one per centum on tho par value of such certificates so Issued, shall be appropriated quarterly out of said In come and taxes to a sinking fund, which fund and its accumulations are hereby especially pledged for the redemption and payment of said certificates. nESOLUTION TO PUBLISH " A LOAN BILL. Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Coun cil be authorized to publish in two daily news papers of this city, daily for two weeks, the ordinance presented to the Common Council on Thursday, March 24, 1870, entitled ''An ordi nance to authorize a loan for tbe erection of a bridge across the river Schuylkill at Fair mount." And the said clerk, at tbe stated meet ing of Councils, after the expiration of four weeks from the first day of said publication, shall present to this Council one of each o said newspapers for every day in which the Eamc shall be made. 3 20 2-lt OMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA. Clekk'8 Office, Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1870. In accordance with a Resolution adopted by the Common Council of tho City of Philadel phia, on Thursday, the third day of February, 1870, the annexed bill, entitled "AN ORDINANCE To create a loan for the building of a bridge over the Kiver Schuylkill, at rjouth street, and for the payment of ground rents and mortgages," is hereby published for public in formation. JOHN ECKSTEIN, Clerk of Common Council. AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A LOAN FOR THE BUILDINO OF A BRIDGE OVER TIIE RIVER SCHUYLKILL ATSOUTII STREET. AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF GROUND RENTS AND MORTGAGES. Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia do - ordain, That the Mayor of Philadelphia be and he is hereby authorized to borrow, at not less than par, on the credit of the city, from time to time, one million five hundred thousand dollars, to be ap plied as follows, viz.: First. For the building of a bridge over the River Schuylkill at South, street, eight hundred thousand dollars. Second. For the payment of ground rents and mort gages, seven hundred thousand dollars, for which interest not to exceed the rate of six per cent, per annum shall bo paid half yearly on the first days of January and, July, at the office of tho City Treasurer. Tho principal of the said loan shall be payable and paid at the expiration of thirty years from the date of the same, and not before, without the consent of the holders there f; and tho certificates therefor, in tho usual form of the certificates ot the City Loan, shall be issued in such amounts as the lenders may require, but not for any fractional part of one hundred or one thousand dollars; and It shall be expressed in said certificates that the loan therein mentioned, and the interest thereof, are payable free from all taxes. Section 2. Whenever any loan shall be made by virtue thereof, there 6hall be, by force of this ordinance, annually appropriated out of tho income of tho corporate estates, and from the sum raised by taxation, a sum sufficient to pay the interest on said certificates; and the further sum of three-tenths of one per centum on the par value of such certificates so issued shall be appropriated quarterly out of said in come and taxes to a sinking fund, which fund and its accumulations are hereby especially pledged for the redemption aud paymout of eaitl certificates. RESOLUTION TOPUBLISII A LOAN --' BILL. Resolved, That tho Clerk of Common Council be authorized to publish in two daily news papers of this city, daily for four weeks, the ordinance presented to Common Council on Thursday, February 3, 1870, entitled "An ordi nance to create a loan for the building of a bridge over the river Schuylkill, at South street, and for the payment of ground-rents and mort gages." And the said Clerk, at the stated meet ing of Councils after said publication, shall pre sent to this Council one of each of said news papers for every day In which the same shall have been made. 3 25 2lt 8TOVES, RANGES, ETO. THOMSON'S LONDON KITCHENER or EUROPEAN RANGE, for familios, hotels, or pnblio institutions, in TWENTY Dlf'EEREVi' V. . ; . I00' u""i' vannes, not-Air f ar paces. Portable Heaters, Low-down Urates, Eirebnsrd Moves, Bath Boilers, Btew hole Plates, Boilers. Oookinir btoves, eto. EDA R LTHO.V 4oi , , . Snocessor to HHARPB A THOMSON, ...... . . . u. u. u,.,inin. No. 209 N. BECOND Htreet DIVORCES. ABSOLUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OB tained in New York, Indiana Illinois, and other Mates, for persons from any btate or Country, legal eerv where; desertion, drunkenness, non support, eto sulfi oient cause: no publicity; no charge until divorce ob tained. Advice free. Business established fifteen yean S mAd"S.. 78 NASSAUtreNY jKRRlGK & BONS BODTHWARK FOUNDRY, HQ. 430 WASHINGTON AVENTJB, Philadelphia. WILLIAM WRIGHT'S PATENT VABJAHLS CUT-OFF STEAM KNGLNB, Begniated by the Governor. MERRICK'S SAFETY HOISTING MACHINE, patented Jane, 1863, DAVID JOY'S PATENT VALVELE88 8TEAX HAMMER PATENT SELF-CENTERING, B KLF-B ALANCTVQ AND HYDRO EXTRACTOR, For Cotton or Woolen Irlanalaotareri. 1 10 mwt I. TsVaOUl VX1UUCX. Wnxmt jfBirjav
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