THE DAILY EYENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1870.
LEQAL XX7TJ3X.LX033I7CX3.
THE RICHMOND COAL WHARVES.
An Important Decision The Itrndlnc Rnllrond
Keqalrcd ta Afford Full Accauiinotlatlaa la
Hhlppers of Coal.
Supreme Court, Kini Priue Judge Read.
In the caso of Lewi Audenrled H aU vs. The Phila
delphia and Reading Railroad Company, in equity,
J ud go Itead tills mornlug delivered the following
opinion:
Uy the art of the 4th of April, 1R33, under which
the (lefendBUts were Incorporated, thmr railroad
might terminate "at. some suitable point In or near
the clly 01 Philadelphia, or on the lino of the Phila
delphia and Columtiln, or the Philadelphia. German
town and Norrixtown Kallroad,"' and under these
powers they constructed a railroad terminating on
tlieKlver Delaware, at Richmond, near the idly of
Philadelphia. This route 1h distinctly recognized In
the fourth section of tlio act of lioth March, 18W
(1. L. 14'.t), In these words, "The routo already lo
cated by them lor their railroad from the Falls of
Schuylkill to ihu Klver Pelaware." The eastern ter
mliiation of the main coal line of the road Is, there
fore, the river. 'I o accommodate the shippers of
coal a large wharf front, to lie owned by tlio com
pany, was therefore a matter of absolute necessity,
mill It has beeu acquired by the defendants, who
hnve built wharves and piers running Into the tide
way of the Delaware, with branches or extensions
of the nillroad running down to the ends or the
piers, so as to allow the coal to be emptied from tlio
cars Into the holds of the vessels.
lilns are also proviJed luto which the coal can be
lumped wbeu the vessels are not there. The
branches or extensions are In fact part of the main
line, and subject t tno same rules and provisions,
or they are branch railroads, within the meaning of
tho ltlh section i.i the act of 13th April, 1846, which
)ias been extended by the act of the Vim April,
lstiA, V. L. k'jC.to the hlladelphia and Heading Kall
i tail Company. (Black vs. Kallroad Company, 28,
J.igal Jntlhi,encrr, 1MS8, p. 801.)
'i he main line Is H A miles In length, with a doable
track, u nil all the railroads owned, leased, or con
1 1 oiled by the defendants have an aggregate length,
Including slclngs, amounting to 1142 miles of single
irack read. Thrxe subsidiary roads render tribu
tary to the main Hue almost the entire territory
of the southern and middle coal fields, one of sixty
miles, und the other of over thirty miles In length.
The capital stock of the Philadelphia and Reading
Kallroad Company, on 30th November, 1S69, was
f'-'u,(iit,100-28, lis lunded debt $7,819,6!M13, am) the
managers have negotiated a loan of S.",000,010 of
tteven per cent, coupon bonds, dated January 1,
1870, payable in twenty years, one-half convertible
nt the option of the holder Into stock, at par, at any
time after the first or January, 1872. The result
of this large moneyed Investment was that in ist9
the total of all coal transported on the main line
was 4,!3,457 tons of 2240 lbs., of which 2,302,72 tons
were sent to Richmond for shipment.
Lewis Audeurled, one of the plaintiffs, was the
first shipper of coal that occupied one of these
wharves at Richmond. lie took It in the year 1842,
and used it till 1848, when he formed a partnership,
which continued the occupancy till 1854, when the
present firm (the plaintiffs in the bill) was formed,
who used a wharf or part of a wharf till 1863, and
for two years past used the wharf No. 11 as shippers
of coal from that point to New York, Boston, and
other porta.
During all this time, with the exception of 1S5S,
the plaintlirs allege that they or their predecessors,
for twenty-seven years, with that single exception,
have been, if not the largest, certainly among the
largest shippers or coal over the road, and from
these wharves during the past year (1809) they
shipped there over 213,000 tons, being an eleventh
part, within a fraction, of all the coal sent there for
shipment.
Lewis Andenrlcd, the senior partner, In his affl
davit says: "Relying on the coutlnuance of the
usual facilities at Richmond my tlrra.and the several
partners are involved In large engagements, to carry
out which, to a great extent, equal facilities at Rich
mond for shipping with all others In the trade are
"We have advanced to miners not less than
1175,000, and agreed to advance not less than 1 100,000
more.
"If we are denied these usual and necessary
facilities our custom will be to a great extent broken
up, or we must Und coal for it elsewhere, and prin
cipally from parties who transport It over roads ter
minat'ng directly in the vicinity of New York.
"When the company made the arrangement with
us looking to an increased tonnage and business,
they gave us additional wharf accommodations for
the expected increase, and in consequence of this
and our using these rachitics to the fullest extent,
It is believed the comi.any made in the year 18A9
about 21,no0 on the item of shipping our coal, a
much larger profit than was made from any other
individual shipper or firm.
"The dispute between us and the company arises
from different interpretations of the terms of a ver
bal contract. 1 never knew or believed nor heard It
asserted that the terms were such as the company
now asserts until the shipping season was over and
the drawbacks paid."
Since 1867 the company ships all the coal and are
paid from fifteen to twenty-two and a half cents per
ton. with ten cents for dumpage; during the day of
arrival, and a loss of this allowance, if not so dis
charged, and an additional fine.
The defendants claim there Is due to them, by the
plaintiffs, the sum of 17,993 33, belng.as they allege,
received by them as drawbacks during the years 1863
and 1869, In excess of the drawbacks current nt
the time, and in a letter dated 1st of February, 1870,
making this claim, it is distinctly stated that if the
claim is not properly adjusted ''this company will
feel constrained to commenco legal proceedings for
its recovery, and will refuse to permit Messrs.
Audeurled i Co. to occupy a wharf at .Richmond
hereafter."
The last threat has been carried Into full effect,
and the plalutiil's are entirely deprived of all wharf
accommodation at Richmond. It will be observed
that the defendants, as carriers of coal, take charge
of it from the coal region until it Is loaded into the
vessels at Kichmond. The railroad is thus extended
from its commencement in Schuylkill coauty until
It reaches the vesseis in the Delaware luto which
the cual la to be lo .dec. Of the contracts for lstw,
we have no other evidence than that the drawbacks
were given by the President and Mr. Tucker, and
paid and settled without a word of complaint on
cither side. In the beginning of I860, it was deemed
Important, as had been found in 1868, to l'iduce
large shipments of coal to the eastward, and par
ticularly to Hot-ton, which could only be done by
giving heavy dra bucks, so as to enable the ship
pers to sell at r rices wuich would allow them to
compete with the coal of other companies whose
natural termiuus was New York and not Philadel
phia, An etlort was made by Mr. Hmttn in March,
1969, to have the irade called together and to induce
them to sell coul freely, and to unite with the com
pany at low charges for transportation in exhibiting
the strength of the Schuylkill region. Colonel Day,
the gentlemen spoken to, said to Mr. Smith, "That
it was our light with the New York companies, and
that we ought not to urge the operators to partici
pate In it," at which he said Mr. SniltU exhibited a
good deal of annoyance.
Mr. Tucker says In his letter of 6th December,
1869, to Mr. Smith, which was read to the President
before it was sent, "1 Inquired if lie (Colonel Day)
recollected how low you (Mr. Smith) oltered to trans
port the coal, lie replied thut he Uiought you said
as low as fifty cents, if it was necessary to maintain
a successful competition. I then asked the com
mittee how they supposed we felt whin Audenrled
A Co. proposed to secure to us the transportation of
100,000 tons at ion price ngreeu upuu. i suaieu inai
we felt under great obligations to them."
Mr. John Tucker, a very able and acute man of
business, in the conclusion of his letter says, "Kven
bow, with all the money we have made, 1 would be
better satisfied it we all had had a steady and regu
lar busluess and working to our capacity at the
chargison Autlenrled's coal than I am now. The
liatile would have beeu fought, and we should have
won it. Now a coutl ct Is probably before us."
It is clear that whatever contract was made be
tween Mr. Tucker, me recognized agent of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, and
Mr. Addison Child, on behalf of the plalutlils, at
which W. O. Audemled was present, "it was all ver
ba', except the memorandum mentioned In the bill.'
Of this contract there are three competent wit
nesses, Mr. Tucker. Mr. Child, and Mr. Audenrled,
und by It, whatever it was, both parties in good faith
wiould be bouud. The error, if there bo any, has
bees in turning to resolutions of the board, and as
suming that all contracts made by authorized agents
were Illegal if not in strict conformity with them.
There is no evidence that the drawbacks of 1863
-were not regularly allowed by the proper authority,
and paid in reguiur course by the proper otlluers. In
ordinary cases this should settle this part of the
claim. The drawbacks of 1869 were the fruits of a
snecial contract, as stuted by the agents of the two
parties. Some of the details may bo disputed; but
it Is certain they were all paid in due course after
the attention of the incoming president had been
called to them. Vnder this state of things, it is clear
that these matters were the subject-first, of ami
cable tettlement, sud if that could not be effected,
tr second, an appeul to a legal tribunal ; but not of
al'xeHt per minai, of breaking up an old-established
cuton.er by depriving him of all wharf accommoda
tion at Kichmond. 1 think the reason assigned did
not Justify ihe defendants in taking away from tlie
plaintiffs all proper wharf accommodation
P As there wis no reason justifying the company In
their action, la the assignment of wharf accoiniuoda
t on to persons situated as the plalutlils were and
W . mere matter of capl ice T This Is a question o
the gravest character to the company.who derive all
their ctisrtered rights from the State, and to the
coniuiuuity at large, who cannot look on without a
fc "rg i'l'ng of cilHp,.rnb,.UnH nt th arbur.try
ii l" i f corporation, however wealthy auJ po werful.
I am of opinion the defendants were and are bound
to give the plaintiffs proper wharf accommodation
at Richmond, and I accordingly grant an injunction
as preyed for in the second, third, and fourth para
graphs of the prayer.
The decree in proper form to be entered forthwith.
AN APPEAL TAKEN.
An appeal was at once taken by the defend
ants from the decree to the Supreme- Court in
Banc.
In a letter to a friend In New London,
Conn., General Sherman says that ho is rejoiced
to learn that the people of that city ratify the
appointment of Mrs. Mower as Postmaster, and
adds, "Let them now help her in tho discharge
of her olllce, and be patient until she masters
it. If a country wants bravo mon in hours of
danger, they must remember the widow left
desolate and the children who need food and
education. I feel the deepest Interest In Gene
ral Mower's family, and am delighted that this
olllce has been so well bestowed."
ITT ITEMS.
rtrsiNFss Coats ron Muk, $).
IIi'hi nkhh Pants ron Mkn, Ha.
HlIHINKNH Vk.HTH KOH MKN, $1.
HtmiNKKS Suits Compi.etk, tB7.
ViK KKAI.LV HAVK (l(IOl)M WHICH AUK IIEtNH rl.OSKn OTTT
at thkhk low fkll'kh-thky auk iihiiii and hi.hvil k
ahi k. wl hell nothing which is not.
Wk Have all ohahkh ok Kkaov mpk Garmknts
a hove these i'hkf.h. vv to the kin kkt and iieht to uk
nU ND ANYWUXltft. ALSO, IN TU F1KCK TO MAKK CT' TO
OlIIiElt.
HALP WAT HETWEEV ) "to W F UIljl M '
FIFTH AND SIXTH BTltKETS. ( WQ. SMAUKKr BrKEET-
Dn. RriiFNt K says persons can lira in Florida the year
ronnri, if tbey will only be liberal in the use of Srhenrk'e
Mnmtrake i'ille, to keep the liver in healthful motion, as
the climate has a marked effect on the biliary organs. No
person need Buffer from Bilious Complaints if they will
adopt the advice of Dr. Bchonck and use the Mandrake
Pills, as I hey are warranted not to contain a particle o(
calomel. They not only act better than any mercurial
medicine in the world, but t hey do it more promptly and
with entire freedom from griping.
A Welcome Dish at the Tahlf., and at titr Couch
of the Invalid. The countloaa ways in which the fern
Mods i'arine may be utilized In cookery, the immense
number of dishes some plain and simple, others of the
rues' delicate and delicious nature to which it imparts
not only all that iadeairablo in quality, but a woaderful
increaae of quantity, are among its strongest recommend
ations. 1 here is no kind of farinaceous proparationa.no
kind of soup or gravy in which it may not be used to ad
vantage; and the blano mange, puddings, cmtards,
creams, jellif s, gruels, etc., made from it are not only un
nrpasaed, but, in our opinion, unequalled. Invalids
whose stomachs are so sensitive as to reject all ordinary
preparations for the sick room, find no difficulty in re
taining and digesting the light and nourishing food of
which this article forms the basis.
On the score of economy the Sea Most Farina is cer
tainly infinitely preferable to any of the starches, farinas,
gelatines, etc, made from the oereals or from maize. We
are assured that a package of it, costing only twenty-five
oents, will produce no Ices than sixteen quarts of blano
mange, jelly, custard, or Moss Farine cream. The quan
tity setms almost incredible, but the statement is made
on good culinary authority, and our readers can easily
test its aocuracy for themselves.
FnAKEUN says a thing economically don is well done.
This system of doing business hat always been observed
by Rockhill ft Wilson. By keeping down expenses they
are enabled to sell their clothing at far lower prices than
nooses that waste in show. The publio have disoovered
this fact, and felt the benefit of it in their purchases of
the fine, substantial, and cheap clothing whioh they are
making daily at the old and popular house of
Kockbill A Wilson,
Brown Stooe Hall,
Nos. 603 and 605 Chesnat streot.
P. 6. Open every day for our friends to call and inspect
our $10 all-wool Spring Suits, and $5 and $7 Spring Ovor
ccata, which really astonish the community.
Sometimes a cold will not yield to onniNAitY
bemedies, because of the severe inflammation of the
delicate lining of the tubes through whioh the air wo
breathe is distributed to the lungs. This obstruction
produces pain and soreness, hoarseness, cough, difficulty
of breathing, heotio fevor, and a spitting of blood, matter
or phlegm, finally exhausting the strength of the patient,
and developing very set ious disease. Dr. Jaynes' Expec
torant seldom fails to remove these symptoms by relieving
the lungs of all obstructing matter, and healing all sore
ness. Pleurisy, Asthma, and Bronchitis are likewise
cured by this standard remedy, and the reputation it has
maintained for over thirty years affords the best guaranty
of its merit. Sold everywhere.
Just Received Another invoice of those Spring Oassi
meres, of wnicn we snake our beautiful $1U Spring Suits,
and $5 and $7 Spring Overcoats. Our cutters are out
ting late into the night to keep np a supply, so great is
the demand.
Rockhtll A Wilson's
Brown Stone Uall,
Nos. 60.1 and 605 Oheanut street.
P. S. We have secured all Goods made of this dosorlp
tion, consequently no others can supply them. B, A W.
Dbi Feet. The most effectual way of guarding one's
health is to keep the feet dry, and that oaa only be done
by the nee of India Rubber Ov rshoes, and as the inole
ment season Is npon nt, we wonld advise oar readers to
bny none bat the best quality, which ean onrybe had at
Uoodieajb's Headquarters, No. 8u8 Ohtanat street, louth
aide, Philadelphia,
Mb. William W. Oassidt, the Jeweller at No. 8 S.
Second street, bat one of the largest and most attractive
stocks of all kinds of Jewelry and Silverware in the elty.
Be has also on hand a large assortment of fine Amerioaa
Western Watches. This entire valuable stock Is now
being sold oat below cost, preparatory to removal. Those
who purchase at this store at the present time are oextain
to get the worth of their money.
Fbesh Importation.
A choice lot of New Style Fancy Oassimere for Panta
loons, just reoeived at Chaulks Stokes', No. 82J Oheanut
street.
Removal. We desire to call attontion to the removal
of the American Combination Button-Hole and
Skwins Machine Oftioe from old quarters, Kleventh and
Cheonut, to present elegant establishment, No. Villi Gb.es
nut streot.
Binoeb's Family SEwnta Machines,
Ten dollars cash.
Balanoe In monthly Instalments.
O. If. Da via. No. 810 Oheanut street,
RtTBBEB Ovebsboes and Boors for Men, Women, and
Children, oau be had at retail at the very lowest prices.
Goodyear'a manufacture, old standi No. tot Oheanut
street, lower aide,
7Card. Having completed our new Oak nail
Bf" Buildings, we have set apart next Monday,
ir May the 2d, to throw open our entire sta
f bllshment to the people fpr a
Public Inspection,
Fubllo Inspection,
Public Inspection,
Fubllo Inspection,
Public Inspection,
Next Monday, May the 2d.
Next Monday, May the lid.
Next Monday, May the 2d.
Next Monday, May the 2d.
Next Monday, May the 2d.
w The Improvements we have made make our
ivbulldlngs twice as largo as formerly, and we
w cordially Invite all who In the past have bo
I fir generously shown their appreciation of our
I IT efforts, and 'all who feel an Interest In the busi
tw ness enterprise of our city, to honor us with
IV" their presence on Monday next. Our entire
lv" establishment will be thrown open for public
tw inspection, and one hundred of our employees
tv will be In attendance to receive visitors, who
r will not be expected to make purchases unless
tr particularly desirous of doing bo.
WANAMAKKR k BROWN,
WANAMAKKH A BttOWN,
OAK HALL,
OAK HALL,
Nos. :!', rc4, B.m market sr.,
b. K. C'oruerof S1XTU Street.
rainniKD.
noi.MFS Rti.nr on the 27th Instant, by the Rpt.
K. I. D. Popper, Mr. Edwin Holmes to Miss Khma,
daughter of Benjamin Itlley, all of Philadelphia.
Ivinr Kkbn. At the residence of the bride's
mother, on the evening of the 87th Instant, by th9
Rev. Isaac Cole, 1). l., Charles (i. Itinb to Ma
tilda M., daughter of the late Charles Keen, all of
this city.
Perks McGrattt. On the SOth instant, by the
Rev. Father Rcilley, of 8t. Johns Church, Mr.
KiciiARi) Perks, of Camden, N. J., to Miss Annik
WcOrath, of this city.
Bcott Sottwkrr At tho Rectory of St. Mark's
Church, No. 1620 Spruce street, on tho 8th instint,
by the Rev. Kugene Augustus llolftnan, Thimah .1.
Scott, Ksq., to Mrs. Mauoh Souwekh, both of this
city.
' iii:i.
Alrertpon. On Fifth day, the 23th of April,
LRWIS J. ALHEKTHON.
The friends of the deceased are Invited to attend
the funeral, from his late residence, on (Jrecn
street, abovo Airy, Norrlstown, on Seventh-day, the
80th instant, at 10 o'clock A. M. Funeral to proceed
to Plymouth Burying Ground.
Ascandkix. On the 27th Instant, Raratt AfCAN
DRi.L, wife of John Ascandell, and daughter of John
and Sarah Pelrce, in the 23d year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully Invited to attend the funeral, from the resilience
of herjfather, Mr. John Pelrce. No. 819 Christian
street, above Eighth, on Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Interment at Phllnnthronic Cemetery.
Foster. On trie 27th Instant, Isaac M. Foster,
In the 82d year of his age.
The relatives and friends, also Coaquanock Lodge,
No. 143, . O. of O. F.; Washington Division, No. 2,
Sons of Temperance: and the Thirteenth Ward De
mocratic Association, are Invited to attend the fune
ral, from his late residence, No. 920 Gilbert street,
on Sunday afternoon, Mayl, at 8 o'clock. To pro
ceed to Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
Smith. Gone to her home In Heaven, our mother,
Mrs. Hannah P., wife of Isaac Ii. Hmitn, in the 7Cth
year of her age.
The relatives and friends of the famllv, and ladles
and gentlemen of the Union Volunteer Refreshment
Committee; Ivy Wreath Grove, No. 14, of the An
cient Order of Female Druids; and Mount Morlah
Temple, No. 12, of the Masonic Tlo, are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, from her husband s
residence. No. 122 Mary street, on Sunday afternoon
at a o'clock. To proceed to Wharton Street Church
Vault.
Welsh. Suddenly, on the STth Instant, James P.
W'ki.sh, aged 22 years.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited
to attend the funeral, from the residence of his
father, Edward Welsh, Second street, above Thomp
son, on Saturday morning at 8)tf o'clock.
OLOTHINQ.
JONES'
ONE-PRICE
CLOTHING HOUSE,
No. 604 MARKET Street.
OUR GARMENTS ARB WELL MADE.
OUR CUTTERS ARE MEN OF TALENT.
BUT ONE PRICE IS ASKED.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED EVERT PUR
CHASER. nmwfsptf CEO. W. NIEMANN.
CARRIAGES, ETO.
BREWSTER & CO.,
or
BROOiOTE STREET;
WARBKOOMS,
FIFTH AVENUE,
CORNER OF FOURTEENTH STREET,
NEW YORK.
ELEGANT CARRIAGES,
In all the Fashionable Varieties
EXCLUSIVELY OP OUR OWN MANUFACTURE,
AND IN ALL RESPECTS EQUAL TO
THOSE BUILT TO THE ORDER OP
OUR MOST VALUED CUS
TOMERS. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. 4 6 Wfm2ut
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION.
SALE ON THE PREMISES.
Very Elegant Country Seat
MANSION,
STABLE AND COACH H0TJ3E,
0 ACKUS,
S. W. CORNER OP
Old York Eoad and Chelten Avenue'
CHELTEN HILLS, Cheltenham Township,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
C,V miles from Philadelphia, and a few minutes
walk to the York Road Station on the North
Pennsylvania Railroad.
On KATUllDAY, IIay 7, 170.
At 8 o'clock P. M., will be sold at Public Sale,
On the Premises,
All that very elegant country seat sltaate at the
southweBt corner of the Old York road and Chelten
avenue, Curltbn Hills, comprising 9,V acres of
land. The improvements are a very handsome
and well and substantially built SX-story stone
Mansion, with two-story back building; has parlor,
with low-down grate, iMnlng-roora, pantry, and 8
kitchens on the first floor; 3 chambers and bath
room, with hot and cold water on the second floor,
and 8 pleasant rooms and large water tank above ;
gas fixtures, hot and cold water, water closet, fur
nace, cooking range, numerous closets, marble man
tels, porch, burglar alarm, which also commnnlcates
with the coachman's room at the barn; handaom
stono stable, with three stalls, carriage-room,
coachman's room, hay-loft, cow-shed and yard, etc j
stone Ice-house and milk vault, stone spring-house,
frame workshop and chicken-house, frame cow
house, superior hydraulic ram, which supplies the
house and barn with excellent spring water; also, a
never-falling stream of water, a small dam, grove
of beautiful old oak and other shade and fruit
trees; a variety of berries, vegetable garden, with
hot-beds, truck patch ; very handsome lawn, care
fully planted with beautifully grouped deciduous and
evergreen trees, around which is a very substantial
and prett driving road, and nearly the whole place
bounded by a stone wall, newly built In the best
manner. The above Is located in a very desirable
neighborhood, adjoining and In the Immediate
vicinity of very handsome country seats and resi
dences, and having unobstructed views from all
tides, which add very much to Its value.
Tbhmb One-third cash. Immediate possession,
May be examined any day previous to sale.
The stock, etc., can be had by the purchaser of
he place at a valuation. 14 10
No postponement on account of tho weather.
Uy M. THOMAS & KON'S, Auctioneers,
Nos. 139 and 141 S. roiUTlI Street.
OARPETINQS, ETO.
E. J. I.ESTEn. CHA8. F. WEBER.
WM. T. CERNZA.
E.J.LESTER & CO.'S
CARPET WAREHOUSE,
No. 29 North SECOND Street,
Opposite Christ Church
PHILADELPHIA.
VELVETS,
BODY BRUSSELS,
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
THREE-PLY,
HI GRAIN",
VENETIAN CARPETS.
ALSO,
Oil Cloths, Window Shades, Etc.,
IN GREAT VAUIETY.
ALL THE ABOVE GOODS WILL BE SOLD,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT THE
Lowest Market Rates.
i
E. J. LESTER 3t CO.,
Opposite Christ Church
No. 90 North SECOND Street,
4 8 smwSm PHILADELPHIA.
1870
RETAIL DEPARTMENT.
1870
McCALLUM, CREASE & SLOAN,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
CARPETINCS,
Warehouse, No. 509 CHESNTJT St.
Spring Importations.
NEW AND ELEGANT DESIGNS AT
Greatly Reduced Prices.
1000 PIECES ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
1000 PIECES CROSSLEY TAPESTRIES.
Host or the above are of extra quality, new styles,
private patterns and designs expressly for our trade.
Canton Matting,
English OH Cloths,
Cocoa Mattings.
McCALLUM, CREASE & SLOAN,
No. 509 CHESNTJT Street,
8awfni3m PHILADELPHIA.
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS.
ASSIGNEES' SALE OF A LARGE STOCK OF
CAEPETS, MATTING, OIL CLOTH,
AND
WINDOW SHADES.
TO BE SOLD FOR CASH, AT STORE,
DEPUVS OLD STAND,
No. 253 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
4 80 fltrp PHILADELPHIA
ARCH STREET CARPET
WAREHOUSE.
CARPET INGS.
New Styles at the Reduced Rates
BRUSSELS, 3-PLY8, INGBAIN, AND VENETIAN
CAItFJBTlHUS,
At 16 per cent, lower than last season's prioeo.
JOSEPH BLACKWOOD,
No. 832 ARCH STREET,
8 19 2mrp Below Ninth, Sontb Bld
REFRIGERATORS.
BOZORTH'S
FREEZING REFRIGERATOR
FREEZING WATER DAILY.
GRIFFITH & PAGE,
Io. lOOI AIICII Street,
4 8T 6trp
PHILADELPHIA.
lOb.
pCfJN ICE COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Incorporated 1863.
OKK10K8,
S. W. Comer FOURTH and LIBRARY,
No. 408 North TWKNTY-riRST Street.
Shipping Depot, BPRUOJC BTRJCJtT WUAKIf, Bohayl-
kiU Riter. OHAB. J. VTOLBEHT, President.
880 JSOtrp UHaB, B. KKBH, Hoperintendent.
AGRICULTURAL..
pi:iAK l'OLGS!
t'EDAll MEAN POLIOS
AT LUMBER YARD,
No. 831 NORTH WUAKVES, abore Vine street.
4 22V ' K. B. MoOLKKS.
"" H E VATICAN,
IVo. 1010 CIIESXIJT Street.
Garden Vases, elawiokl design.
Uudu VaMS.t .ii prioua.
i.lirdan Vaaoa at iliO.
Garden Vanee at 3 IM.
Garden Vaaea at 4 UU.
Garden Vane, at 5W).
Garden Vases at Oil UU.
Garden Vases at 47 ou.
Garden Vanea at H l0.
Garden Vase, at Clii'UO.
Garden Butuarr, Klow.r rota, and
Ilaniame Vasea in great variety.
ho rleooration edria to the uatural bfautiee of tbe garden
or lawn -and at ao little eiyeu-aa a te Va tilled
with Uuturmg plant. 4J0im
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
NEW SERIES
OILED FEATHER
BOOKS.
JC8T PUBLISHED BT TBS
American Sunday-School Union.
REPORTS AND TR MISCHIEFS THEY DO.
lmo. B, IS and !2 cents.
ON LOOKING 8BKUY. ISmo, B, 17 and 29 cents.
WE VKRSUH I. 10, 80 and SO cent
TI1K EXPERIENCES OF A CUURCH PLATE. 10.
SMilid AO certs. '
PORN WITH A SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH
10, 25 and 30 cents.
For iftie at the Depository of the
AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION,
1123 Chestnut 8trcet, Philadelphia.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE. A VERY DESIRABLE
AND RLKUANT ClOlTRTiir RkaT. withm 7
nines of Market street, no a o-ood turnpike aai-eaaililaittmll
sonsnnsnf the year; within ton minuloa walk of aatation
on the North Penusylvania Jtailrnad; axut ihirt.y earns of
lund with a tine stream throuKh it and a hull pond, direr
sitiod with woods, lawn and ttie&dnw, bBaut.ilnleTxrKreens
and deciduous trees and hedge. The improvement, con
sist of a large
STONE MANSION,
replete with ercry modern Improvement, designed for
summer and winter rexidenoe. Uaa and steam beater,
rtpring water introduced through the house from a never
tailing spriog supplied bj. a wheel. Three tenement
bouses, stone stable, burn, sheds, ehicken-housns, soring
bouse. Everything to make it a verv desirable residence,
and cannot be surpassed in the neighborhood.
For further particulars address "U. V. K." No. 17 Phila
dolphia I'ost Office. 4 27 4t
CHESTNUT IlILL FOR SALE
A POINTED STONE DOUBLE HOU8R,
well built, with all modern improvements, and two seres
of ground, with vegetables and fruit.
Apply to or address
WM, II. BACON,
4 23gt" No. 817 WALNUT Street
flO CIIESNTJT HILL-FOR SALE, THE
Kjial. Elegant Kesidence on Prospect avenue, corner of
New street, adjoining the country seats of George Hir
ding, George W. Uiddle, and Jnbn T. Montgomery, Rsqs. ;
two minutes' walk of tbe depot. Price $tti,500. Apply to
BKULOUK A PASOHALL. 715 WALNUT St. 4 M7 6t
MFOR SALE, ON BAST TERMS," FIRTH
class DWELLING, Race street, opposite Logan
bnuare. Also, one House No 137 Nieetnnnth street,
above Cherry. Inquire of H. WIKKMAN, No. 725 WAL
NUT Stro-f. or at buildings, of
4 25mwflii J. WIRKMAN.
TO RENT.
HOUSE TO RENT.
FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED,
No. 1709 LOCUST Street.
APPLY ON TBE PREMISES FROM Z4 to 4tf
P. M. 4 29 2Up
rfO BANKERS AND BROKERS.
TO LET,
THE VERY DESIRABLE OFFICES,
No. 136 South THIRD Street.
Apply on the premUes. 4 29 2t
TO LET THE STORE PROPERTY NO.
723 Obeannt street, twenty-five feet front, one han
dred snd forty-five feet deep- to Bennett street. Back
buildings five stories high. Possession May 1, 1870. Ad
dress THOMAS 8. FLETCHER,
HlOtf Delanoo. N. 3.
"jffS TO RENT, NO. 1733 CHESNTJT STREET
Ci"i a first-class residence : 2 baths, water in each room,
and all other modern convenience. (83500iipr annum.
Applyto JOHN CRUMP,
4 29 6t No. 1731 CHK8WUT Street.
REAL ESTATE AQENT.
QANIEL M. FOX & SON.
Conveyancers and Ileal Estate Agents,
No. 540 N. FIFTH ST., Philadelphia.
Principal Agency for Cottages and Lots at OAPR MAY
snd ATLANTIC Ol'f Y. - 4 14 2m4p
FRED. SYLVESTER.
SEAL ESTATE BROKER,
IVo. 308 South FOURTH Street,
S8 8n PHILADELPHIA.
UPHOLS TERY OOOD3, ETO.
NOBLIT, BROWN, N0Bi.IT & CO.,
Nob. 222 and 218 S. SECOND Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Importers, Manufacturers and salers In
Upholstery Goods,
Car Trimmings,
Cabinet Makers' and Undertakers'
Findings.
Swiss and Nottingham Curtains,
Hair Seating, Curled Hair Beddina:
ETO. ETO., 8 18 8m5p
Wholesale and Retail.
OUTLERY, ETO.
JODGERS & WOSTENIiOLM'3 POCKET-
KNIVES, Pearl and Bta handles, and beautiful finish j
Rod a" en', and Wads A Butoher's Rasors, and tbe cele
brated Leooaltre Razor) Ladies' Scissors, in oaaes, of ths
finest quality ; Rodgers' Table Outlery. Carvers and Forks,
Basor Strops, Cork Sorews, Kto. Ear Instruments, to
assist ths hearinc, of ths most approved construction, al
P. MADEIRA'S.
K Ho. HI TENTH Street, below Cheannt
EDUOATIONAL.
T? D G E H I L L SCHOOL,
MEROHANTVILLE, N. J.
FOUB MILES FROM PHILADELPHIA,
NEXT SESSION BEGINS APRIL 1
For Circulars apply to
8 81 tf T. W. OATTKLL.
HATS AND OAPS.
Tff WAKBURTON'S IMPROVED VKMTI
SMilated and easy httins Dress Hats (patented), in all
tbe improved fashions of the season. UHKS.N Ui' Street,
D.i I door to th. Post Otltoe. 11 IS rp
UMBRELLAS, ETO.
r A FINE ASSORTMENT OF PONGEE
flV Parasols, all colored linings. Tbe latent styles
aU' of PaiaaoU and him I'lubrnllua. at II INC K.
LEY'S old Hand, No. (Oi Vl.Vo.bt. liJUuu
LIFE INSURANCE
Statement of the Condition
Or TBI
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL
Life Insurance Compan y
OF
Springfield, IVIasr.,
ON TLIE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER, 1SG9,
Stolen Mannrhutetu, County if Bamjxl, j
b. it remembered tbat. on tbia Ut day of January. A.
E. lH,ti, before the subscriber, a lommiBionor in and for
the State of Pennsylvania, duly commissioned and author
rir.ed by the Governor of tbe Stnte of j Ponnvlvania U
take the acknowledgment of deeds aad other writing's, to
be used and recorded in the said State of Pennsylvania.
anl to administer oatha and affirmations, personally ao
peared Caleb Rice, President of the Massachusetts Mu
tual Lite lnsurano. Company, and made oath that too
following is a true statement of tbe Condition of sid Ia
u'ihS tfoIn,,an7 niKn da ' Deoember, A.
And I further certify that I have made personal exami
nation of the condition of said MaasaoliUHStt. Mutual
Life Insurance Company on this day, and am satisUnd
tliey have assets safely invented to tbe amount of 3 " .
Mil BVltt dollars. That I have eiamined tnn aeonritiea
now in the bands of tbe company, as set forth in the an
nexed statement, and the same are of the value reuro
sented in the statement. I further certify that I am not
interested in the atfairs of said oompany.
In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand
j nd athxed my official seal this lib day of Janu.
, OEGROK WALKKR.
Commissioner for the btase of Pennsylvania.
FIRST.
Cnpital Stock Nothing-. Purely Mutual.
SKCOND.
The value as nearly as may be beld by the Oom
pany........ t97,Wi)n
Cash on band 3 83l'7!i
Cash in First and Second National Banluof
bpribgfiold qc oog-Ta
Cash in bands of agents in oourse of transmis
sion , Off OnOftf
Amount of loan seenred by bonds and tnort- '
gages, constituting the first lien on real oatate
on which there is less than one year's interest
dueand owing 1013139 81
A mount of loans on whioh interest has not been ' '
paid wit hin one year
Amount of stocks owned by tbe oompany, siieoifying the
number of shares and their par and market valun :
4S8 shares National Bank Stock.. . (845,80u oo ii2.1H 09
.overnment bonds 2o8.70U iiO 2H
New York. Missouri, and Micbj- '
gan State Bonds........ 94,000 00 96,9201)9
Railroad Bonds and City of 1
Springtield Bond (SaoXO) 76,000 00 83.655fJ0
$!4l,a.'U) 00
Amount of Stocks hold by the Company as collateral
security for Loans, with the amount loanod on oaohkind of
stock, its par and market value:
Amtmmi
Lomned
(Aarsen.
Market
... , rar Value. Value.
15 shares Glasgow Manu-
turlng Stock...... .. $1,800-00 S1.875D0
60 share. National Park
Bank....... 6.000 00 8,0OODO
24 shares Chickopee Na
tional Bank 2,400 00 3,480-00
65 snares Boston and Al
bany Railroad stock... 5,500V) 7,866-00
8 shares Third National
, Uank stock 30000 875UO
120 shares Agawam Canal
Co 6,00000 6,00000)
8 shares Second National
. Bank..... 800 '00 1,240-00
6 shares Riverside Paper
Co 6,000'00 6550 -00 J
80 shares Westfield Gas- 1
light do., with sureties 8,00000 8,000.00
SI) S. bonds, $100 each.. 30000 228'UU
Stj shares Chioopee Na
tional Bank stock 8,60000 6,280-00
8 U.B. bonds, 50O each., l.SOU'OO 1,7H6'IM)
1 " ' $600 60000 6U6-00
60 shares National Park
Bank stock 5.00000 8,00000
8 shares Benris Paper
Co 8.000-00 ison-nn
81.275'Oe
6.000 -OS
2,00cm
7,750 00
900-CO
tsooos
8,000 fM
2000
1.650 m
1,500 '0
600-00
c.ooo-0
2,500-Ot
11 shares Pynchon Na
tional Bank atouk. 1,10000 1,705 00
6 shares John Hancock
National Bank stock... 60000 60000
8 shares Leicester Na
tional Bank stock 80000 88000
SO shares Worcester Gas
4,40009
3,000-00
loo w
6,000-00
3,09000
Ik
8,500-OS
light Co 3,000 U0 . 8.750D0J
1 u . o uuuu, ui toot..,.. O.VW UU S.il.OUO
3 ." " " . 2,000-00 li.330-00
4a shares Hartford and
New II a von Railroad
stock i.m-OO 10.53500
18 share. New York and
Now Haven K. R. stock l.SOOtO 2,48400
1 bondUouncil BlulTssnd
bt. Josepu Railroad., 1,00000 900 00
10 shares Continental Na
tional Bank stock 1,00000 93000
lOfhaiee American Kx.
National Bank stock.. 1,00000 1,12000
10 rhares Importers and I
Tradurs'National Bank I
stock 1.00000 1,400'00 J
. uoniis council rkiuna
and St. Joseph R.K 4,000 00 3,600 '00
10 shares bpriniiiield
aqueduct Co 1,000-00 ; 1,10000
6 ehulos Benris Paper
Co 6,00000 7,600-00
12 share. Chiconea Na.
10,000-04
tionalBank 1,300-00 1,74000 J
71,700-00 $107,667-00
Interest on investments due and unpaid
Accrued interest oof yet due ... .
Other available miscellaneous asset, specify
ing Ibuir character and value
Accrued rents
Office furniture. .
Premiums in bands of agents, loss cash in
course of transmission
Deterred premiums (quarterly and semi-snnu-
. ally)
T oans on sureties
Loans on policies
Loan Notes
THIRD.
Amount of losses during the year adjusted but
not due
Amount of loeres reported to the company, but
not acted upon
Amount ot losses resisted by the company
Amount of losses in suspense,awaiting further
proof
Amount of dividends due snd in oourse of pay
ment Amoun required to safely reinsure all out
standi, g risks at 4 per cent, combined expe
rience tlble
t,-'75-(0
D3I-X7
94,91233
1.262 'AO
M6ti 63
137.002 07
167,3S70l
4,1166.94
1,7600
681,330 -81
44,000 -09
6,500-00
16,500 0u
10,000'Ot
160,798-34
8,481,024-87
FOURTH.
Amount of cash premiums received 644,893'M
Promissory or loan notes 8'iii,0H4-63
Interest received from investments.... lfcl,8J'T4
kentu received 6,4a6 21
Total income.
$1,100,223 01
FIFTH.
Amount of losses paid during the year $270,800 00
Amount paid and owing for reinsurance pre
miums $289 56
Amount of returned premiums, whether paid
or unpaid $108,39189
Amount of dividends declared during the
year $203,96603
Amount of dividends paid. .. $J16,7o6 yJ
h mount oi expenses paid during the year, in
clnding commissions paid to agents and
officers' salaries $169,472-01
Amount of taxes paid by the company $t),689'78
Amount of all other expenses and expendi
tures $48,898-57
.Purely X&Zutual.
Uo Capital Stock.
lAtUKrOIUTF.l) 1MS1.
OFFICERS:
CALEB KICK, President.
E. W. BOND, Vice-President.
CHAS. McLKAN KNOX, Secretary.
J. W. MASON, Actuary.
JOHN KNOX MARSHALL,
fcTAlE AGENT AND ATTORNEY,
OFFICES:
S. E Cciwr BIXTII and WALNUT Sti.,
4 SB UlWiet pmcadelpuu.
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