2 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1870. snn.iT or the rnnno. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals upon Current Topics Compiled Every Day for the Evening Telegraph. HIE VICTORY OF PRUSSIAN ADMINIS TRATION. -Prom the H. F. Time. If the GormauB conduct thoir campaign to (be end na vigorously and snecessfally as they Lave commenced it, even thongh meeting with occasional checks, tho attention of the world will be closely called to the system and organization which could produce such re iiiuikable results. The Prussian Common wealth which now leads and represents the various German States btauds forth to all Europe as the one community which has hecn able to make the most tremendous and well-diiecled military efforts behold by the world since the days of Napoleon. In fifteen days from a sudden declaration of war, a community of scholars, merchants, and farmers are seen to quietly and carefully as semble nearly a million of men in arms, trans port them, as methodically as though they were Kent by ' express, to their appointod stations, and suddenly hurl half of them, with the precision of a campaign arranged on a map, upon the first military empire of modern times, and shake it to its base. The business-like quiet of these vast operations, the modest tone of the leaders, and then the tremendous and combined energy of the strokes dealt upon the enemy, are calculated to impress the minds of the most thoughtless observers, as showing a great fund of power and thorough discipline and training behind all these outward efforts. Men will recall that four years since, by similar audacity and similar organization, the proudest empire of Lnbttm Europe was struck to the ground in a six weeks' campaign. Napoleon was accus tomed to say that but one or two of his Mar shals could handle in the field over a hundred thousand men. Thus far under the present Emperor, and in this campaign, there is no evidence that a single French General has known how to handle even fifty thousand, so that heavy bodies of troops could support one another.1 The Trench are, by their own statements, always outnumbered at any given point on their lines of attack or defense. And yet it cannot be mere accident that on the Prus sian side at least three men are found who can handle amies, and mass them with per fect order, and hurl them with tremendous force on points selected beforehand, each of which armies numbers over one hun dred thousand men. Our people, who had four terrible years' experience in military science, know that it U not accident which enables Prussia to transport, feed, supply, and arm suitably such vast bodies of sol diers. While complaints come by every mail from Paris of the want of organization ' and the defects in commissariat and trans portation in the French armies, the Germans seem well fed and provided for, and all sup plies are rapidly transported. ' .War in mod ern times is not entirely an affair of chanoe woik. Success tieans discipline, organiza tion, pow er of command and financial and administrative skill. The Prussian 'victories over the Austrians were victories of intelli gence over stupidity. The German victories over the French are conquests of education over drill and mechanism. If the German armies iuvest Paris during 18 70, it will be be cause tLe whole Prussian system is superior to the French, because an educated nation in arms is Btrdnger than a standing army, and common schools are better even for war than Imperial Guards. liver since Prussia broke down nndor the assault of the first Napoleon, and Yon Stein began his great internal reforms, she has been steadily and quietly pursuing her conrse of improvement and education. Enforced education for all, strict discipline, a limited military service for every able-bodied man, municipal administration, free trade, and an economical government, have been the sali ent features of , this Prussian development and progress during the last fifty years. Under it she has silently created a nation of scholars and soldiers, a civil service of exact ness and faithfulness, a well-ordered govern ment of municipalities, not too centralized, and a most healthy condition of industrial and financial prosperity. She stands forth now the best educated nation in Europe perhaps the thoroughness of her common school education surpassing even our own country. There is no vast ignorant proleta riat at the base of her Bociety, such as t hi eat ens the prosperity of England or the good order of. New York. Almost every man can read, and every man has been, for at least three years of his life, a soldier. But to be a soldier in Prussia does not make him, as in France, a mere Praetorian, or tool of the Emperor. The Prussian serves Lis three or five years, he learns order and subordination thoroughly, he is trained in all physical exercises, and is educated in many mental branches at publio expense, shoitening his term of servioe by intellec tual proficiency, and after his assigned years are finished, he returns to the people a citizen again an well as a soldier. Ilia sym pathies are , not permanently withdrawn from the classes in which he was born. He is a better soldier from being a citizen and intelligently trained, and a better citizen from his habits 01 order and subordination. Though so large a class of able young men are thus withdrawn every year from proauc tive labor, so economically ia this military administration of the ueruian Kingdom car ried on, and so carefully are the economical maxims of the great i ruz still observed, that the taxes of Prussia are not nearly so burden some as those of New York, while her civil nduiiuibtration is a hundred-fold better. No nation in Europe was bo well prepared, finan cially, for war as she was this year: and even this enormous struggle will be borne by her more eabily than by France. The administration of Prussia has fitted her equally for war and for peace. It only needs what it was gradually receiving an iufubion of parliamentary life and a gradual limitation of the royal power to make it the tiiodel Government 01 Europe. It Btauds low pre-eminent before the world as the representative of intelligent ana united ad ministration, as opposed to Grsarisio, rulioa by ignorant suffrage. Once already it had broken down, with the vigor of its assault feudal empire. It now hurli itself against (V-sarihcu, with what final result we shall soon know. PEACE CLOSE AT HAND. J-Votn the A. Y. lierahl. Our view of the scene end the condition of the war, as expressed on Monday morning, ii fully sustained. The main body of the French Army of the Moselle under General Baziine is thrown back upon Metz, and its communi cations with both Verduu and Paris are cut off. The camp at Chalons is reported to be broken up and the Gardes Mobiles recently absconded there are said to be in full retreat Indeed, one despatch briefly ftnnronee a battle in the immediate vicinity of Chalons and another great victory by the Prussian Crown Prince. Of this, however, "wre have no distinct confirmation. Meanwhile there can be no doubt that the Prince has commu nicated with the German armies of the north and centre, now jointly under the command of King William, and that he feeU strong enough to continue his advance on Paris. Ilis vanguard already hovers in sight of Se zanne, indicating .a march direct upon the French capital by the line of Li Ferte Gaucher, CoiUommiers, and Couilly, since the route by the valley of the Aubt would be further to the south, and on the arc instead of the line of the semi circle, and conse quently longer, more tedious, and far more perilous than the other. We are inclined to think that if any of his troops have been seen in that direction they are mere scouting parlies. It is impossible to reconcile witu tnis move ment the declaration that MacMahon's head quarters are at St. Diier, which ia much to the eastward of itry-le-1 rancois, where the Germans under the Crown Prince were seen on Saturday, unless the French Marshal has also been surrounded and cut oil. in Hue, this statement looks like an error. Paris is rualiDg strenuous exertions to complete her preparations for defonse. Major-General liberality. All classes and parties are ap pealed to for the common defense of the country; the radical journals lateiy suspended are allowed to reappear, and the Orleans princes, in spite of the Emperor's recent re fusal, are permitted to come back to France. Napoleon seems to be utterly ignored and is even stated to be In flight from France, after having been treated with indignity by the troops at Chalons. The Empress Eugenie has appealed to the mediation of Queen Victoria of England, who is said to have written to King William. Meanwhile, French iroa-clads have appeared off Dantzig, occasioning much alarm. Un tne southeast, the city ot Stras bourg is reported iu flames and on tho eve of capitulation. Like a bright band of light in a midnight sky the assured certainty of a speedy armis tice and peace is at this juncture seen across the darkened horizon of France. The Su preme Pontiff has uttered his appeal, and King William has magnanimously spoken, linssia, Austria, Italy (where the Prince Na poleon is diligently at work), and Englaad are quietly but strenuously striving for this great purpose. We feel certain that -the result will be heaid within two or three days. Christendom is shocked and horrified at the slaughter. Prussia herself appeals to the great powers "to save r ranee from anarchy, and all good influences aid the petition. At the same time a very striking symptom is revealed in our markets here. Gold struggles and declines because our bonds go up abroad as the cause of peace ad vances; and already men ask them selves is there any good reason why gold should sell in Broad street at a premium higher than what should barely pay the diffe rence of exchange between Europe and this country ? Exchange on the Old World is now at about 10 per cent. Our five-twenty bonds are Belling at a premium of from 10 to 14 per cent, here, and the discount for the same in London is from 10 to 12j per cent, and at Frankfort 7 to 10. The premium here being from two to four per cent, higher than the discount on the same bonds in Europe, why should not gold sell to-day in Wall and Broad streets for 10 to 11, in view of the early end of the war ? We see it taking that direction, and hence infer that the acute business mind of New lurk sees that the inevitable collapse of the empire hai come, that peace is imminent, and that the best Interests of both Europe and America are about to emerge from tremendous periU. TIIE MARTYRED MEMBER. Prom the K. T. Tribune. Mr. B. F. Whittemore, member of the late House of Representatives from the First Con gressional District of South Carolina, was found guiltv upon irrefragable evidence of official corruption, i. e., of selling a cadetship at West Point, lie said that he sold his ap- Eointing power and his official authority that e might give the money to his needy con stituents. A more extraordinary plea never came from a representative it was, in fact, the confession of a new crime.! finding him self in a tight place, Whittemore saved him self from expulsion by resigning; he went back to his constituents, and they, grateful, doubtless, for his pecuniary consolation, sent him back to the same Congress; the House, not caring to stultify itself, and being, by the provisions of the Constitution, sole judge of the qualifications of its own members, returned him his credentials. His grateful constituents showed signs of sending him still to the next Congress; but Mr. B. F. Whit temore, in a letter exhibiting the virtuous ex altation or Mr. PecksmQ, and thinking it doubtful whether the next House would prove more placable than the last, has declined in a letter-of mingled dignity, wrath, and sorrow. He recites his many services to the body politic; he declares modestly that for "hve years and more be nas been ldeatiaed with South Carolina a destiny; "I have tried,'' he says," "to do my duty wherever duty called; I have received, he declares, 'have been unselfish; my motives for the the general weal;" and here I am, he ini?ht have said, as good as twice kicked out of Congress, and with every prospect, should I be re-elected, of being kicked out a third time! And all through the action of "Losan, me wuiui deceiver: x am me victim ot an ''unprecedented and unconstitutional act.' "Tne sacred rights of electors have been sub. verted! Magna Charta has been despised!! Law, reason, justice, precedents, have been disregarded!!! We, the governed, have no longer the prerogative to Bay who shall gov ern us!!!!" And all this through the assump tions of "Logan, tne willul deceiver: V erily, Air. Liogon bas a great deal to answer for. And eo on, through quantities of what we must be excused for calling the very purest napaooaie: Hold hard, Mr. B. F. Whittemore ! Stop moaning ana groanmg and signing anl turn ing up the whites or your eyes for a moment Don't you see that the main question is whether or not you took the money ? Yon were either knavish or foolish, and, iu either case, you have proved yocrself to be uatit for a seat in the House or representatives! Whether yon be an ass or something morally worse, does not make tne least dtonrence except to your own conscience. A man who. in peifect innocence, commits a penitentiary offense" isn't the person to assist ia makiag the laws of the Republic. He may be a model of mature piety, the inast patriotic creature breathing, a very incarnation of besevolence, but the pla;e of honor ard rafety for him is the private station Yet we should not fail to express our a 1- imration or air. vs bitiemore s course in refna iDg to be again a candidate. WoaUvar credit he is entitled to let him. in the utma of conrse, he tells tin, lest by permitting himself to be re-elected he might ''confuse his best and truest friends.", His "friends'? will be grateful, or at least they should be. We as sure him that theto are very few Republicans in the country .who will not be profoundly thankful to him for the self-sacrificing spirit which he has exhibited. He reminds us, in some sort, of those gentlemen who, after a compulsory emigration to a penal settlement; declared that they "left their country for their country's good." Go, Mr. Whitte more, if such are your feeiings go, wherever you please (provided the officers don't nab yon for the peniten iary), and may you be happy! As tho prelate said to Gil Bias, "We wish you all manner of prosperity and a little more sense!" Your misfortune is that yon have been found out. Undoubtedly there were many members of the last, as there will be many members of the next Congress, who are not a whit better than the unhappy Whit temore; but they were or will be shrewd and sharp fellows, knowing how to cover their tracks. The fact is, Mr. W. (if we may credit bis letter; is altogether too good ror Ungresa, and if he should be sent back to Washington, he might be like the simple-minded girl who need to inform the Justice of the Peace that she "was ruined again." THE ATROCITY OF THE WAR. F row the If. T. World. It is hafd to understand how any man who appreciates the value of human life and re spects the laws of human happiness can feel any kindling "svmpauues with either com batant in the dreadful war now desolating r ranee and jeopardizing the progress of Europe, it is tne merest sanguinary drivel to talk about the wickedness of the Emperor .Napoleon, or the ambition of Count Bis marck, or the fanatical crown-worship of luLg William as me criminal cause of all these horrors. What are called the "ideas" underlying it are equally criminal, equally odious, Neither the "unity of the German race," nor the "sanctity of the German Rhine," nor "the rectification of the frontiers of France" are objects so high and vital as to justify the seeking them through the rivers ot blood now shedding on the soil of Europe. ice uerman race may be "united, as many another race has been before it, without being thereby made either freer or hoppier or more enlightened. The Rhine will be German in vain if it 13 to bear on its broad bosom the armaments of kings maintained by tue oppressed and swindled labor of millions. The frontiers of France will not be worth rectification if they inolose only a Pra torean camp administered by a corrupt bureaucracy. The Germans of Swit zerland care nothing for "German unity," because tuey nave tound soiimmns: luanitelv better and nobler in Swiss freedom. The Rhine is more glorious where it sparkles at its source amorg the inviolate Alps, and w here it broadens sluggish to the sea through tne prosperous levels 01 iieroto and indepan. dent Holland, than where it mirrors the hel mets of royal garrisons on the battlements of Ehrenbreitstein, or the liveries of princes by tue will or uod on tne terraces of Stolzenfels. It is. simply horrible to think' of the one atrocious fact that during the pa9t six weeks at least a hundred and fifty thou sand men, in the very flower and prime of manhood, have been stricken from the rolls of civilization in a war which nothing but popular ignorance, popular passions, and the helplessness of labor under the heel of power made possible, and which, in its turn, must deepen that popular ignorance, inten sity .those popular passions, and in crease that helplessness. If the original llohenzollern had been hanged, as his dutiful descendant Frederic thought he deserved to be, before he was married from a crane m Lis own Nuremburg warehouse, and if the original Bonaparte had died a childless monk in Italy, this war might still have been waged. That it can be waned at all is the sin and shame of the neoDle who war's it: and tha honest horror of the whole business expressed by the unions of the workingmen of Europe is better and wiser than all the ' patriotic . balderdash and diplomatio thimble-rigging which have been wasted by educated and celebrated persons in trying to make a mon strous crime respectable and a monstrous blunder imposing. SPECIAL NOTICES. gg- NOHCR IS HKRBBY GIVKN THaT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the Geteral Assembly of the Commonwealth or retmimvania for tue incorporation or a Bank. In ac cordance with the laws or the Commonwealth, to be entitled TUK BKlbESBUR i BANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital or one hundred thou- eaud dollars, with the right to Increase the same to pve nunarea tnouaana cionara. BATCH ELOB S HAIR DYK. THIS SPLKN- did llatr Dve la the best In the world, the oulv true and perfect Dye. 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Bonds t3,W8O0 8,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail road Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania Railroad guarantee) W.OOOtO 0,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Cent Loan 1S.OO0T0 i.uuu ouace or Tennessee six For Cent Loan 11,800 Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, S90 shares stock t.000 North Pennsylvania Rail road Company, loo shares stock 13.000 Philadelphia and Southern Mall Steamship Com pany, 80 shares stock U,00 Loans oa Bond and Mort Rage,gt Hens on City I.STODO 14,000-00 I.JO0-O0 t.500-00 46, tOO -00 11,831,400 Par. Market yaiue, ll,9M,0D Coat Sl ain fi-Q7 Real Estate m,ooodo ouiB nuveivaoie lor insurances made... iw,tooIB Balances due at Ao-nnrip- Premiums on Marine Policies, Accrued uiierest, ana otner debts due the Com pany IS.II Btoek, Scrip, etc., or Snndry Corpora tions, 44706. Estimated value t,T40-90 Cash la Bank 1163,319-83 Cash In Drawer 7a-94 . 189.M114 1,852,100-04 DIRECTORS. Thomas C. Hand, Samuel E. Stokos, juuu v-. xavia, Kdmnnrf A. HnnAar v luiam u. lioniton, Edward DarUngton, H. Jones Brooke, Edward LafonrnarfA. Theophllus Paulding, i mil en i raquair, Henry Sloan, Henry C. Dailett, Jr., Jacob Riegei, Jacob P. .i inipn. aines v. nana, William C. Lnriwlir. James a McFarland, dosiiua f . Kyre, Joseph 11. Seal, opeucer nciivaiu, if. Krnnk Rnhlnann , uugn uraig, lohn D. Tavlor. I J. B. Scmple, Plctsourg, George W. Bernadoa wuuftHi u. uooswn - -1 - . r.. II. 'P. Mnrcran Pit-fnKnrn ..V. . noy mlssu, rresiaent. JOHN n. nivw vri.. u i... HENRT LTLBURX Secretary. " ' wr--" a.iunts.x daloj ABSisiant secretary, 1 1 INSURANCE COMPAN? NORTH AT.1ERICA. JANUABT 1, 1371. Incorporated 1T94. Charter Perpetual. CAPITAL. " 8500,OOf ASSETS r ',7S:j,3Sl 1 LtMN paid elneee)raTanlsatloo....8:4:,000,000 Becetpta of Preanlunw, 1S1....91,9I1.;I7'43 latere front Iaveetuente, '69. 114,69094 Looses paid, 1869 81iOJ3,US6'ij4 . Statement of the AseeU First Mortcacee oa Olty Property United Btatoa Government and other Loan i 1736,4m 1.131.M 45.7DU 7,ao Bonds Railroad, Bank and Oaaal Btooka Oeeh ia Bank and Offloe. M, Loans on Collateral Security Notee Rooelvable, moetly Marine Premiams... Aeoined Intereet. Pnmianu in eoaree of trenemieeion. . Uneettled Marine Premium Real Estate, Offloe ot Company Philadelphia.. DIRKOTORS. W'TM,3SJ Arthar O. rranoU R. Oopo, bmaelW.Jo et Kdwerd U. Trotter. John A. Bro n, Kdwerd S. OUrfce. Onerlee Tejrlor. T. Oherlton Honry, Ambroee white, Alfred D. Jeeeao, William Welao, ' Looii O. Madeira! B- MorrU Wain. , . Oharlee W. Onatimaa, John Maaen, Clement A. Orooom. Oeorso L. Harrison, William Brookia. , .. , . , ,. , . . , ARTHUR G. OOFF1N, Prealdent. CHARLES PLATT. VloPreeidont MaTTBIAS MabiS, 8eoreuu7. - 1 O. U. Rkxves. Aaelataat Boorotary.' . i.ii ,'. $ 4 1829 cnARTER terpettjal. jgyn FrantliD Fire Insaraiice Company . , . , -.OF PHILADELPHIA : J : , , Office, Kos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St, Assets Aug. I ,,70$3f009.888,24 CAPITAL IMC) (Winn ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS. 2,(SiK,S-2i INCOME FOR I9T0, LOSSES PAID IN 1309. f , a1 A A ft. v.. : 1 asio.oou. . i y t - ai.anB-2. E.oBe0 paid since over C5. 500,000 Perpetual and Temporary Policies oa Liberal Terms. The 1,'ODDDIDT BiHU utauve puiivico npon ine Konr. or all kinds ol BuUdlngs, Ground Reuts, and Mort- gagea ea he "FRANKLIN" has DO DISPUTED CLAI3L DIRECTORS. , Airred O. Baker, Airred ntier, Thomas Sparks, William b. Grant, Thomas S. ElUa, Guatavus S. Benson. Samuel urant, George W. Kicu&rds, laaac Lea. George Pales, ALFRED Q. BAKER. President. GEORGE KALES, Vice-President. JAMES W. MCALLISTER, Secretary. u i THEODORE M. KEGER, Assistant Secretary. rpilK ENTERPRISE INSURANCB CO. OF I nilLAUKL.r'UlA. Offloe 8. W. cor. FOURTH and WALNUT Streets, FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. PERPETUAX. AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED. CASH Capital (paid op in lull) t"."l00oi0 CASH Aasets, July 1, 187.. 600,73a 1W F. Ratchtord Starr, J. Livineston Errino-pr Naibro prazier, John M. Atwood, Benj. T. Tredick, George II. Stuart, James L. Claghora, Wm. G. Boulton, Charles Wheeler, Thomas II. Montgomer James M. Aertaeu. Jonn li. urown, V. HATClll'ORD STARR. President. THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President. ALEX. W. W1STEK, Secretary. JACOB E. PEI'ERsON, Assistant Secretary. F A M E JN8URANCE COMPANY, No. 809 CHESNUT Street DfCOBrOKATBO ISCd. CHABTKR PIHPKTCAL. CAPITAL 1200,000. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. Insurance against Loss or Damage by Kire either perpetual or Temporary Politic. PIKSCTOK. Charles Richardson, Rouert Pear:e. William II. Khawu, William M. Seyftrt, Johu V. Smith, Nathan Ulllt'S, John Eesaler, Jr., Edward B. Orna, Charles Stokea. Johu W. Evenuao, Georae A West, CHARLES RICHARDSON, PrWd.-ot W ILIUM 1L 1U1AN. V'U PrtMit. e eV w W la J i o IN6URANCbi Life Instance for the .People! 1 HOr.lgOTEAD LIFE INSURANCE CO'.lPAfiT Oi PfittnSYaL.VANIA., - - ' -i ; i OFFICB: No. 701 CHEOflUr Street, ' PHILADELPHIA, , To place Life Insurance within reach or all, has adopted a system or - - MONTHLY PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS Peculiarly adapted to the ability or ALL WORKING FOR SALARIES OR WAGES. Special attention la called to this Company's GRADUATING POL1GY, An original reature, designed to protect shareholders In Building Associations, and all others who have borrowed money or purchased property payable la Instalments extending over a series or years, by CANCELLING any balanoe or Indebtedness remain ing UNPAID in case or DEATIL I , . . . . THIS COMPANY ISSUES All the ordinary tortus or Lire and Endowment Poli cies at low rates or Preminm, on the Participating rian, with but rew restrictions as to occupation. and NONE AS TO TRAVEL OR RESIDENCE. Pamphlets containing lull information may be ob tained at the Company's olucc. WILLIAM M. SEYFEST, President LAURENCE MYERS, R. W. DORPHLBS Vlce-PresldenU Secretary. B. E. DAVIS, Superintendent oqAgencies. 4 9 6ai Active and responsible men wanted as Agcnta, ASBURY LIFE INSURANCE CO. NEW YORK. LEMUEL BAti6sr"Pre8ldcnt. 1 ; GEO KG 15 ELLIOTT, Vlce-Pres'tand 8cc'y. i EMOHY McCLIISTOOK, Actuary. 1 PENNSYLVANIA STATE AOEJTCY, JAMES M. LONOACUF, Manager. H. C. WOOD, Jll., M. V., Medical Examiner. Office, 302 WALBTJT St, Philadelphia. REV. B. powers, special Agent. JAMES M. LONGACRS, General Agent. B S3 mwriy No. 802 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia CHARTER PERPETUAL. ASSISTS g200,000. MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COH- FANY OF GERM AN TO WN. OFFICE,. No. 4829 MAIN STREET. Take risks In Philadelnhia. Monteomerr. and Rni. coantiee. oa tbo most favorable tertua, upon DwaUimra 1 ll.Mti.4, Vn .nil.... I r J .IUB, HI Ol 1,UBUUI , UIIIIIUIQ, .'.IIUIU iml.m, rjm Hay, Grain, btraw, etc eto. . DIKKOTUHS. Spencer Roberta, Nicholas Ritteahouss, fatiiaa L. Juyee. Jfnee t. Linstrolh, Uharlae Weivs, Jotepu Bouoiier. Obarlaa MiUinm junn Diauman, Albert Aabmeud, Joaopn Uandsbury, liiiam Atbmaaa, oi v., AbramRex, nh.., H. Stokea. bPENOKR ROBERTS, Presideat. OUARLKS II. STOKES, KecreUry and Treaaorec. WM. H. LEHMAN, Aasiatant SeoreUry. 6 88 m1m IRE ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED MARCH IT, 1380. OFFICE, Ko. SI NORTH FIFTH STREET, t riTQTTnn BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,' ANiSV MERCHANDISE GEISKKALLY From Loss by Are (lu the City or Philadelphia only) JANUARY i, 1M0, l,3?,TJJ- TUUSTKEA William II. Hamilton, JohnCanow, Georoe L Young, Jos. 1U Lyndall, Levi P. Coats, Charles P. Bower, Jesse iitghtroot, Rolert Shoemafcet Peter Armhruster,' M. II. l)ickmwu, Samuel Sparhawk Joseph E. SchelL revfw v uuamaou, WM. II. HAMILTON, President. WILLIAM F. BUTLER, f . ' , Secretary. THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRS INSURANCB COMPANY. Incorporated lsas Charter Perpetual. No. C10 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence Siuare. This ?ompany, ravorably known to the commu nity lor over forty years, continues to Insure agamst lots or damage oy lire on luUlic or Private Build ings, either permanently or ror a limited tune. Also on Furniture, Stocks or Goods, and Merchandise generally, on liberal terms. , Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, Is Invested In the most carefnl utuuner, which oaa. blea them to oiler to the Insured an undoubted secu rity in the case or loss. Daniel Smith, Jr., Thomas Smith, Henry Lewis, J. Gllllugham Fell, Daniel Haddock. Isaac llazleimrst, Thomas Robins, John Devereux, Franklin A. Conity. DANIEL SMITH, J a., Prealdent Wm. O. Cbowkll, Secrofatry. 8 3i TMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., LONDON. " ESTABLISHED ISO. ' Paid-op OapHal and Aocnmalated Faude, B8,000,OQO IN GOLD. PREVOST & HERRING, Agents, 45 Ho. 10T 8. THIRD StroeU Phtladeiptia. CHAS. M. FRKVQ8T OHA8. P. HFHRIWO FURNACES. ' Established in 1835. iBTariablv the B-roftteat ancceaa orer all oomuatitwtit wheneror and wherever exhibited or used ia U.e f UNITED STATES. ' ' CHARLES WILLIAMS' Patent Colden Eagle Furnaces, Acknoaledged bj the lend in Architect and BuilJerstj be the uxwt puwerlul and durable Furuacea offered, ana the moat prompt, ejreUuuttic. and Umxt uouae ia hoe ol buaioeaa. . . fl - BKAVY REDUCTION IS PRICES, and onlf Brat -claw work turned oat. No. 1132 asd 1131 MARKET Streit, PHlt.ADIO.PHIA, H. B-8KKD VOR BOOK OK FACTS ON HEAT AND VENTILATION. , ttHm A L V X A N D K R O A T T C L r, A CO.. PRODUCE COMMISSION MBUCaANTS, No. ST NOFTH vvTR ST3EET, PlIlLADguPUIA. A
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