T11K DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHIL ADELPill A, MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1870
7UE nSLPLESS CONDITIONOF FRA NCR.
Fttm th X. Y. Herald.
A klny sate on the rocky brow
"Which looki o'er seaborn Sal am Is,
And ships by thousand lay nelow,
And men in nations all were his.
lie counted them at break of day,
And when the sun set, where were they ?
Thia ia Pyron'H graphio summing up of the
invasion of Greece by Xerxes, and the d :.eat
and dispersion of his fleets and armies. The
picture, however, may bo aptly applied to
the late advance of the armies of Napoleon
pon Germany and their annihilation as a
military force. On the 2d of August, at the
bead of an army infinitely stronger than that
f the King of Tersia, the French Emperor,
at the pretty little German frontier town of
Saarbruck, gave the Prince Imperial his
"baptism of fire," and then retired with the
young lad to his headquarters at Metz to
report to the Empress Itegent in Faris his
first engagement of the campaign for Berlin
as a prosperous beginning. His armies on
that day, (stretching from Metz to and along
the German border from Kaarbruok up to
Ftrasburg, numbered three hundred and fifty
thousand men. The soldiers of that army
had the reputation of the best disciplined,
armed, and equipped, and the prestige of the
finest soldiers in the world. On the 2d of
September, nevertheless, after being shat
tered in many battles, one-half the remaiuder
of that splendid army, with fifty thousand
fresh troops as reinforcements, was captured,
with the Emperor, at Sedan, and the other
half was Bhut up within tho fortifications of
Metz.
Thns within the brief space of a month
the prestige of Napoleon the Third as the
arbiter of Europo, and the fame and the
name of his armies ns the imperial ltomans
revived, were scattered to the -winds, and
consternation and chaos eolipsed the gay plea
sures of Paris, A month later, and wo liud,
while the late imperial dictator of peace or
war is a prisoner amid the mockeries of a
royal palace beyond the Rhine, and
while the Empress and the poor bewil
dered little Trine Imperial are eating
the bread of exiles beyond the British Chan
nel, Paris itself, with its two millions of peo
ple and its two hundred and fifty-two thou
sand soldiers, is as closely invested by the
German legions as was the little city of Jeru
salem by Titus eighteen hundred years ago.
"We find the Provisional Republican Govern
ment of France partly in Paris and partly in
Tours, over a hundred miles away, and the
nly mode of communication between these
two divisions the hazardous and uncertain
balloon.
On Friday they bad tho news in California,
in Cuba, Egypt, and Bengal of the surrender
of the strong city of Metz, with an army of
one hundred and fifty thousand men, in
eluding several marshals of France and the
last of the flower of her imperial troops,
bronzed and hardened to war !l tjjoir caui
aiena in AWU t-j Mexieoj' and tu?
Crimea. To-day the great and powerful
nation of France, with her forty millions of
people, is in reality as helpless against the
astounding military strength of Germany a?
was distracted Mexico in the grasp of Bazaine.
There is something that appalls us, some
thing that we can hardly realize, and which
wo cannot comprehend, in the startling facts
that the internal defense of the first military
nation on the globe is to-day reduced to the
guerilla warfare of Mexico against Bazaine,
and that Bazaine, with a hundred and fifty
thousand of the finest soldiers of France,
chnssepots and all, has surrendered as inglo
riously as Napoleon.
Incredible, however, as these fasts mny
appear, they are before us, and before pros
trate, bleeding, and starving France, in all
their gloominess, and they must be recog
nized by France, or she may be utterly de
stroyed as an independent State. Was not
Poland at one time the great central power of
Europe, stretching from the Black Sea to the
Baltic ? Did she not, through Sobieski, in a
great crisis of peril to Vienna and to Central
and Western Europe, expel the audacious
Turk, who, with his splendid army of three
hundred thousand men, counted upon a
march over the continent? And where is
Poland now ? What interest, we may next
inquire, have the governing feudal aristo
cracy of England, what interest has the royal
house of Austria, or even that of Italy, in in
terposing a helping hand to the present
French republio ? They have none of them
any more interest in this matter than tho
Czar of Russia, save in the maintenance of
what they call "the balance of power."
They may not consent to the absorption of
France by Germany, but it is apparent that
they will consent to the reduction of France
to that last extremity of prostration in which
she will be compelled to accept the Govern
ment dictated by King William. What gov
ernment will that be should France bo re
duced to this humiliation ? Will it be the
Bonapartes or the Bourbons? It may be the
Bourbons; but there is a mystery about Ba
zaine which points to the Bonapartes. The
present government of France, then, should
at once proceed to a treaty of poaoa with
Count Bismarck on the best terms that can
be obtained, through such assistance as in
their selfishness the neutral powers may be
ready to give, to arrest this fearful military
power of Germany.
But with part of this Fronch Provisional
Government in Paris and part in Tours and
on the move it cannot be got together. Let
a shorter method, then, be adopted. Let
General Trochu, then, assume tba responsi
bility and organize a new provisional govern
ment in Paris and open negotiations for
peace, in view of tho imperative necessity of
saving France from chaos, and the impera
tive duty of saving the two millions of souls
in Paris from starvation, aud he may save
France and secure the republic. The sur
render of Metz will add one hundred thou
sand men to the army investing Paris, and
will furnish one hundred and fifty thousand
men for the spoliation of Lyons and Southern
France generally. For warlike pnrpwot
France after Sedan may be compared to
our late Southern Confederacy after the sir
render of Lee; and if so, Franoe after Metis
may be likened to said confederacy after tho
surrender of Jo. Johnston. Aimt Voa
Moltke and the seven hundred tavmid
effective soldiers of the German alliauoa
France is practically disarmed. Peace be
comes now the first consideration anl the
first duty of the governing men of France,
because it is their first necessity; and, B iztiue
being entirely thrown aside, General Trootiu,
with the Army of Paris at his back, is master
of the position. lie has the power, in us
suming the responsibility, to exdt himself
and to make a peaoe which will end the suf
ferings and militury disasters and spoliations
of France and secure the republio.
A reputable citizen of Troy computus thvt
his house has been haunted for some time past
by "invisible beings." The other night ho was
attracted to the dining-room by a noise, and
found the table set as if for a grand banquet;
bnt while in search of bis wife about the house,
to see if the could solve the mystery, the Ulie
uerw lei&oved aud the chairs wtfvteU k-sr
fet the,c&vre el ih room,
WORK VERSUS ALMS.
From tht K. Y. Tribun.
There is a more individual way of looking
at Work and Wealth than that given ns in
such strong and apt words by Mr. Hughes
the other evening, and one which just now
comes perhaps more directly home to us. The
larger classes of the lowest poor lie outside
of and below the reach of the trades unions
and co-operative societies; but it is from these
classes that the aggregn' 3 of want and crime
assails us. On the other hand, very few of
ns are Peter Coopers or Ezra Cornells, but
every educated man and woman employs or
helps during the year one or two other men
and women of this lower, dangerous class.
As the cold weather comes on, the linos
between them in the cities become more
strongly marked; crime increases on the one
hand, and charity on the other begins to bestir
herself. Now, we would like to suggest
before the usual opening of winter aid
societies, fairs, and benevolent balls, that
charity implies quite as falsa a relation be
tween the poor and the rich as crime. Soup
and coal societies, as everybody knows, are
mere plasters to stop the gaping of an incu
rable wound. They put it out of sight for
the time, but never heal it. A long cxpori
ence in almsgiving is very apt to harden the
heart and sharpen the eyesight? of tho giver,
and cause him to doubt whether the quality
of mercy blosses either him that gives or him
that takes; it is much more likely to beget
impatience on one hand and contentment
with degradation on the other.
' In another week or two we shall be ad
jured from every pulpit to "remember the
poor," and the hackneyed appeal will be
echoed from every secular press. This is all
very praiseworthy, no doubt; but does it
reach the root of the evil ? If one-half of the
money which will be given in New York this
winter to supply the immediate need) of
the poor was expended (with the same amount
of system and earnestness of effort) in pro
viding them with work here, or sending them
where they would find it, the amount of relief
would be incredibly greater, while the good
accomplished would be permanent. Another
point worth consideration is the universal
habit in this country of underpaying tho
very class to whom alms are given. Tho
American and his wife are almsgivers from a
sort of animal, generous instinct; from in
stinct also they are over-shrewd in business,
fearful of being imposed on. Brown keeps
his book-keeper hanging over the verge of
starvation or theft on a salary of !1000, whila
he subscribes double that amount to the Home
for Orphans, which will some day take the
fellow's children in as paupers; Mrs. Brown
haggles with her laundress over a shilling and
throws doublo the sum to the drunken beggar
at the door. Charity would begin at home
most effectually if it would spur each man in
New York this winter into paying living
prices to the two or three people he employs,
and if with the surplus which he has hitherto
Jojd aside, for puvblind, indiscriminate alms
giving, he would help some other man
into the way of honestly earning' his own
living. Trades unions aud co-operative so
cieties achieve great results, but tho co-operation
of every individual employer with his
hands, of every woman with her servant, if
genial, hearty, and helpful, would accomplish
wider and grander ends. In the first settle
ment of tho country tho aid extended by the
richer to the poorer class was to educate their
hands; the farmer had his apprentices, the
housewife her "bound girls," to train into
useful, self-helping citizens; now Dives
throws Lazarus a meal's victuals or a coat to
his back, uuil Is ilvuo with btui.
Practically, we nyist return to this old idea
of charity before the problem of what is to be
done with the dangerous classes can be solved.
Only when the pauper is made a Belt-supporting
worker in the body politic ia society safe
from him. We commend the theme to both
press and pulpit for the opening winter.
There are emigration societies and educa
tional asylums already; but there ia room for
more. Certain men are only charitable in
concert; let them work in concert here, rid
New York of incipient thieves, and fill the
waiting nelds of the West with honest men.
Certain women are only able to work in pri
vate; they can find any day at their back-
gates children who can be made into helpers
instead of hinderers in the world. If thine
enemy hunger, feed him," is the old Divine
command. To teach him to feed himself is
more difficult, perhaps, but much more
effectual.
CABINET-MAKING.
Ft (an Every Saturday, Kov. 8.
The history of President Grant a Cabinet thus
far is curious and Interesting enough, but we
refer to it at this time because it is instructive.
Of conrBe, as soon as the result of the election
of 1808 was known, if not before, public specu
lation was rife as to whom toe new President
would select for his constitutional advisers
Each section put forth its most prominent re
presentatives, and whatever preferences might
be expressed, it was gecerally agreed be
forehand that the mind wutcn had so lnvarl
ably designated the right subordinates ia
the war would De equally unerring in tne lormt
tion of the new Cabinet. Even when it became
known that the President-elect was not tikiug
into his confidence any of the tried and trusted
leaders of the Republican party, his admirers
regarded this as only another proot or the Belt-
reliance that could not go astray; although, as
in the Scripture times, "some doubted." After
the nation bad beeu piqued by an impenetrable
secrecy on the subject, lasting up to the very
day of inauguration, the Cabinet was announced.
as follows: E. B. Washburne, Secretary of
8fte; Adolph h. lione, Secretary of the Navy;
A. T. Stewart, secretary ot the treasury; J. i)
Cox, "secretary ot tno interior; j. a. J. cres-
wtll, Postmaster-General; E. R. Hoar, Attorney
General.
It is a very mild statement to say that the
people were taken by surprise, lho thorough
going partisan Republican press maintained, of
course, that each man lu the list was the very
best man that could have been chosen for his
department particularly Borle. Light-heartel
citizens were ainueed, the judicious grieved, it
was not merely that the ablest exponents of the
party naa ueen overlooked, but It was ditlicult
to see on what principle the selections had been
made. Mr. Washburne was the warm per
sonal friend of the President, aud luit had
to be taken as the sole reason for putting
him at the head of tho State Department a
place for which neither the health of hisb'dy
nor the banits oi nis raina m the lean luted
him. lie lived, however, a merry official life, if
It was a short one. He went in ou the 4iu of
March and out on the 10th. aud vet within that
time he filled all the subordinate places of con
sequence with his friends, who are reina'uiug
there to tlds day. It was on this account that
Mr Wilson, of Iowa, an able and upright
gentleman, very properly dteilued to becoruo
the successor of Mr. Washburue, wheu the
latter, on the wlns of friendship aud love, was
borne away to the French mission.
The cace of Mr. Stewart, nominated for
the Treasury Department, is well remembered.
If there had been no lair in the way, he never
ought to have been nominated for a position
the discharge of whose duties directly affected
his own biificets interests to the extent of mil
lions of dollars; but there wai a law whlca
expressly prohibited the appoiutment. When
the President discovered this, he sent a message
to the Senate, not withdrawing the nomination,
but asking the repeal of the law! Wheu thU U
I icuu tu LUiy, iuu vul ty iui Uio imper
turbable fcvrv td the wax vlearly lv.t his
preFrr.ce of mind, and the instance will excite
the me wonder now raised by Frederick the
Gr .it's one exhibition of cowardice.
: Stewart s name, however, was withdrawn
at Mst, and he was loft to the management of
(I. t colossal dry-goods business which bad so
i;. pressed the Presidential tnlnd with his fitness
lor the place of Hamilton, Gallatin, and Chase.
Mr. Boutwell succeeded him; Mr. Fish toon the
llanii?tmAnl rf flfnta. mnA f a ti a ..1 l?nwllna Ka-
came Secretary of War. In less than three
months the naval wonder, Mr. Borle, re
tired, and was succeeded by Mr. Robeson,
who knew as rauch about the navy as
most country lawyers do. The death of
Secretary Rawlins brought General Belknap into
the War Department. Circumstances not known,
but very generally believed to be connected with
Attorney-General Hoar's want of obsequiousness
to political interference with his department,
caused his retirement. Within a short time the
impending withdrawal of Secretary Cox from
the Interior Department has been announced.
He has been a most faithful and energetic
officer, against whom the breath of suspi
cion has never been raised excepting
political suspicion. He has been accused of
disregarding outside dictation as to the manage
ment! of his department; ha has preferred
to make appointments and advancements
among his subordinates with more refereuce to
merit than partisan influences; he has broken
up rings and combinations which preyed upon
tlie Government, and has instituted many
valuable reforms. He ought, therefore, to have
been sustained, instead of being dismissed with
the polite formula of havinir his resignation
accepted. Thus it happens that of all the
original members of President Grant's Cabinet,
only one Postmaster-General Creswell re
mains.
Now, why do wo rehearse this history ? It 1
Hot for tho purpose of making or exciting any
reflections on the President. He passed from
the army to the Chief Magistracy with such a
total want of civil experience, such an exposure
to wily influences, that nothing but his own
natural rectitude could have kept him from
making more and worse mistakes than he has
made. It is the system to which he is subjected
that evil system which throws a Motley out of
the great position to which the public opinion
of two continents had assigned him, and which
is not above ruinlne tide-waiters and pensioners
that has been the whole trouble In the Cabi
net. Let tke nation study the lesson, and strike
for civil service reform.
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OF PHILADELPHIA.
This Company Is prepared to sell lots, clear of all
encumbrance s, on reasonable term. Purchasers can
see plans at the office of the Company,
UO. 613 WALNUT STREET,
Or at the Cemetery, where all Information needed
will be cheerfully given.
By giving notice at the office, carriages will meet
persons dettlrouB of purchasing lots at Tioga Station
on the Gennantown Railroad, and ooavey them to
the Cemetery and return, free of charge.
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MARTIN LANHENBEUQER, Treaa.
MICHAEL NISBET, Sec'y. 10 B wf m ra
COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF All
numbers and brands. Tent, AwnUig, Trunk
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INSURANCE COMPANY
OP
NORTH AMERICA.
January 1, 18T0.
Incorporated 1794, Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL tnoo.ooo
AfcSETS ri,T83,G81
Losses paid since organization. . . .
.123,000,000
Receipts of Premiums, 169 11,091,83145
Interest from Investments, 18C9 114,494 -74
H,106,&"4,19
.1,036,38684
Losses paid, 1809.
STATEMENT OF TUB ASSETS.
First Mortgages on City Property
United btutes government aud other Loan
Bonds
Railroad, Bank and Canal Stocks
1760, 4S0
l,123,f
66.708
847,620
84,668
831,944
80,367
a,m
100,900
80,000
Caeh in Bank and Office
Loans on Collateral Security
Notes Receivable, mostly Marine Premiums
Acciued Interest
Premiums in course of transmission... ...
Unstttled Marine Premiums
Real Estate, Office of Company, Philadel-
puia
12,788,661
DIRECTORS.
Arthur G. Coffin.
Francis R. Cope,
Edward U. Trotter,
Edward 8. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Alfred L. Jesnup,
I.ouls C. Madeira,
Charles W. Cushman,
Clement A. Uriscorn,
William Brookie.
Snmuel W. Jones,
John A. Brown,
Charles Taylor,
Ambrose Whlto,
'William Welsh,
8. Morris Wain,
John Mason,
George L. Harrison
ARTHUR O. COKFIS. President.
CHARLES PLATT, Tlce-Presldent.
Matthias Mabis, Secretary.
C. II. Hkkvkh, Assistant Secietory. 8 4
1829 CHARTER perpetual. 1870
Franklin Fire I
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Aug. 1 ,70 $3,009,888'24
CAPITAL 1400.000 "00
ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS. 8,609,838-24
INCOME FOR 1870, LOSSES PAID IN 1869,
1810,000. 1144.903-42.
Etosses paid since 1829 over
5-500,003
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Libera:
Terms.
The Company also issues policies upon the Renf
of all kinds of Buildings, Ground Rents, andMoi'
gages,
x
he "FRANKLIN" has no DISPUTED CLAIM.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred G. Baker.
Alfred ruler,
Thomas Hparfefl,
William fe. Grant,
Thomas 8. Ellis,
Gustavus S. Bonson.
Samuel Grant,
George W. Richards,
Isaac Lea,
George Fales,
ALFRED G. BAKER. President
GEORGE FALES, Vice-President.
JAMES W. McALLISTEh, Secretary. 3 19
THEODORA! M. KEG E It, Assistant Secretary.
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSUKANtA
COMPANY. Incorporated by the Leartslatun-
of Pennsylvania, 1836,
Office Bontheaat corner" of third and WALNUT
Street, rnuaaeipnia.
MARINE INSURANCES
On Vessels, Cargo and Freight to all porta of the
INLAND INSURANCES
jn goods by river, canal, lake and land carriage
uu iitiruj ui wie u iih ii.
FIRE INSURANCES
Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings,
Houses, eto.
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY
November 1, 1869.
300.000 United States Five Per Cent.
Loan, ten-fortlea t01S,00000
100.000 United States Six Percent.
Loan (lawful money) 107,75000
10,000 United States Six Per Cent.
Loan, 1881 O.OOO-OC
100.000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent. Loan v 113,960 -00
sxi.uoo city or rnuaaeipnia mx rer
Cent. Loan (exempt from
tax) 800,03000
100,000 State of New Jersey Six Per
Cent. Loan 03,000-00
0,000 Pennsylvania Kaiiroad First
Mortgage Six Per Cent.
Bonds 430-00
93,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Se
cond mortgage Six per Cent.
Bonds 1M3S-00
0,000 western Pennsylvania Kaii
road Mortgage Six Per
Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania
Kaiiroad guarantee) 80,00000
(0.000 State of Tennessee Five Per
Cent. Loan 16,000-00
1,000 btate of Tennessee Six Per
Cent. Loan 4,870 -00
18,600 Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. 860 shares stock 14,00000
,000 rsertu Pennsylvania Kan
road Comnanv. loo shares
stock 8,800-OSt
n.uou Philadelphia and Southern
Mail 8 teams tils Com
pany, 80 shares stock T, 600 -00
bm,uo lioans on Bond ana Mort
gage, first liens on Cltv
Properties U,ou-o
11,831,400 Par. Market value, 11,365,370-0
COBt, ll.316.6?J-37.
Real Estate 86,000-01
Bills Receivable for Insurances made... 833,7uo1i
Balances due at Agencies :
Premiums on Marine Policies, Aocraod
Interest, and other dobta due the Com
pany eu,097-to
Stoek, Scrip, etc, of Sundry Corpora
tions, 14706. Estimated value 8,740-30
Cash in Bonk! tias.si.S'sa
Caan in Drawer M t7an
. 139,29114
11,863,100-04
DIRECTWR'S.
Thomas C Hand,
Sauiuel8. btokds,
William G. Boulton,
Edward Darlington,
H. Jones Brooke,
Edward Lafourcoda
Jacob Riegel,
Jacob P. Jones,
James 11. Mefarland,
Joshua P. Eyre,
joun v jjavw,
Edmund A. Souder,
Theophllus Paulding,
James Traqnalr,
Henry Sloan,
Henry C. Dallett, Jr.,
anies C. Hand,
William C. LudwlJ,
Joseph H. Seal,
Spencer Mcllvalu,
uugn t raig,
LL Frank RobitiBon.
John D. Taylor,
(4oorge W. Bernadou
J. B. Sum pie, PUttou?,
A. B. Berger, Pittsburg,
D. V. Morenn. 'ir.tsbara
Wllilsm a Houston,
TUU.UH u. hand, rrwiijui.
JOHN C. DAVIS, vioe-rres'dHQt.
HENRY LYLBURN, Secretary.
HENRY BALL Assistant Secretary. 11
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INCORPORATED MARCH 17, 1830.
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AHHRTH, JANUARY 1, 1S0. 1.5r,734
William II. Hamilton,
John Carrow,
Georpe I. Young,
Jos. K. Lyndaii,
lvi P. Uoats.
Charles P. Bower,
Jesse ulghtfuot,
Robert Shoemaker,
Peter Arm tr aster,
M. II. Dickinson.
Samuel Sparhawk
Peter Williamson,
Joseph E. Schell.
WM. II. HAMILTON, President.
SAMUEL SPARHAWK, Vice-President.
WILLIAM F. BUTLER,
Secretary
TMPElilAIi FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
LORDOJI.
EMTABIJkHUU 10.
Feid-np Oei-iUl and Aooruuolated Fonda.
38,000,000 riv OO LD.
PUEVOHT A HE RUING, Agents,
. g mo. Wt tL AUAUD tUMii An.uwnAi.
CBAft. V. r&XYOCT. CiUA. P, BABAUiQ
INSURANCE.
ASBURY
LIFE INSUBANCE CO.
P7Z2W iroxio.
LEMUEL HANfJS, President.
OVA KOK ELLIOTT, Vice-Pres'tandBec'y.
EMORY MoCLINTOOK, Actuary.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGENCY.
JAMES M. LONGACRE, Manager.
u. U. wuun, JK., Al. JJ., Medical Examiner.
Office, 302 WALNUT 8t., Philadelphia.
rev. P. rowans, Special Agent.
JAMES If. LONGACRtf, General Ageut.
D 83 rnwfly No, 80S WALNUT 8treet. Phlladelnhla
THE ENTERPRISE IN.SUKANCE CO. OF
PHILADELPHIA.
Office S. W. cor. FOURTH end WALNUT 8treeta.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUS1VKLY.
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
CASH Capital (paid up lu full).- $20o.oooko
CASH Assets, October, 1870 681,13918
DIRECTORS.
F. Ratchford Starr, 1 J. Livingston Erringer,
Naibro Frttzler, ! James L. Claehorn,
John M Atwood, Win. G. Boulton,
BenJ. T. Tredick, Charles Wheeler,
George H. Stuart, iThomas H. Montgomor
John H. Brown, James M. Aertsen.
F. RATCHFORD STARR, IYtwI-lont.
THOMAS u. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President.
ALEX. W. W1STKK, Secretary.
JACOB E. PETERSON, Assistant Secretary.
JpAME INSURANCE COMPANY
NO. 609 CHESNUT Street.
rUCOBPOKATKD 1856. UHAH.TEH PRUFETTAL.
CAPITAL IW0.O00.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insurance against Loss or Damage bv Clre either by
Perpetual or Temporary Policies.
DIRKCTOHH.
Charles Richardson,
William H. Rhawn,
Wllllnro M. Scyfert,
John F. Smith,
Nathan Utiles,
Georse A. West.
Robert Pearce.
John Kessler, Jr.,
Edward B. Orne,
Charles SrokeB.
John W. Everman,
Mordocai Buzby.
i;ilAltA..S KlUII
ARDSON, President.
WILLIAM H. RHAWN. Vice-President.
Williams L Blancfakd Herretary. T saj
THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Incorporated 182ft charter Perpetual.
No. 610 WALNUT Street, opposite independence
Square.
This t'ompany, favorably known to the com:nu
nlty for over forty years, continues to Insure against
loss or damage ny tire on lubllc or Private Build
ings, either permanently or for a limited time. Also
on Furniture, Stocks of Goods, and Merchaadisr
generally, on liberal terms.
Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund
Is iuvested In the most careful manner, which eua
hies them to offer to the insured an undoubted seen
nty in the case of loss.
DIBKOTOR8.
Daniel Smith, Jr.,
Isaac Uazlehurst,
Thomas Robins,
John Deverenx,
Thomas Smith,
iienry Liewis,
J. Glllingham Fell,
Daniel Haddock,
Franklin A
DAN1KL SMITH. Ja.. President.
Wm,
G. Crowkll, Secretary. 8 30
CORDAGE, ETC.
WEAVER & CO.,
AND
biiif caiAin:its,
No, 89 North WATER Street and
No. 83 North WHARVES, Philadelphia.
ROPE AT LOWEST BOSTON AND NEW YORF
PRICES.
41
CORDAGE.
Manilla, Sisal and Tarred Cordage
At Low eat New York Prioee end Freight.
EDWIN II. VITI.RK fc CO
Factory, TENTH St. and GKBMANTOWH Avenue,
Store, No. 23 WATER St and 23 It DELAWABB
Avoaae.
41312m
PHILADELPHIA
SHIPPINU.
LOR1LLARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY
FOR IYi:V YOUIt,
SAILING EVERY TUESDAY. THURSDAY, ANE
SATURDAY.
RATES TEN CENTS PER too POUNDS, FOUR
CEN'It PER CUBIC FOOT, ONE CENT PER
GALLON. SHIP'S OPTION.
INSURANCE BY THIS LINE ONE-EIGHTH OF
ONE PER CENT.
Extra rates on small packages iron, metals, etc
No receipt or bill of lading signed for less than
Ofty cents.
Goods forwarded to all points free of commissions.
Through bills of lading giveu to Wilmington, N. O.,
Dy the steamers of this line leaving New York tri
weekly. For further particulars apply to
joun f. on
PIER 19N0KTH WHARVES.
N. B. The regular shlnpers by this line will be
charged the above rates all winter.
W lnU r rates commence December 15. 98?
FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEE"J8
I OWN. luraan Line of Royal M.iil
Bitttiiiers are appointed to sail as follovvs:
City of Washington, Saturday, Nov. 6. at 3 P. M.
City of ParlH, Saturdav, Nov. 12, at 8 A M.
City of Baltimore, via Hullfas, Tuesday, Nov. 13,
at 10 A. M.
City of London, Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 P. M.
and each succeeding waturday aud alternate Tues
day, from pier No. 4fi rorth river. .
KATES OF PANS AGE.
Pays Me In gold. Payable in currency.
First cabin 75 yteerape .
To Loudn 80i To lndon SI
To Par s 90 To Paris 88
To Halifax SO To Lalifax 1ft
Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg,
Bremen, etc, at Ft-duced rates.
Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by
persons wishlni; to send for tnelr friends.
For further information apply at the company's
otlice.
JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 1(5 Broadway, N. Y. J
Or to O'DONNtLL & FAULK, A?atS,
B No. 4U2 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia,
fFK PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND
5ufc'Au''m NOKKOtiK KTKlMKHtP MK,
J'liKoLUiH t HEIGHT Alft LIN if lO I'da 30UTU
1 i I. VI tfU'p
LNUKFA8KD FAOlLITIF.s AND BKDUOED RA TICS
KOK IfcT'i.
SteauierelenTe erary V, HNKS1AY nad SATURDAY,
at lz o'oioc noun, from HKST WHAKK boe MIR.
K KT btieet.
KM I l'.NING, ieere RICHMOND MONDAYS and
TUI KMtAYS, end SOHVULK TUESDAYS en.l 6A
1TKDAYS. . . , . ,
No Bill of Lading eined after 13 o'clock on eaitiru
'liKOUGll RATK8 to all poinw in Nortnana BooU.
Carolina, Tia Hi nhoaru Air l.ine Hitiltoid, ooouocuhk at
I orlauioulh, and to LyDclitmnr, Va., Tennewe, aol tic
Went, via Virginia and Tennemoe Air Line and Richmond
crt Danville H-uliwia.
T.-wht IUMH.PU UUTONOF and taken atLOWrTB
RATI-H THAN ANV OTUKK LINE.
No charge for eommiaaien, dreyae. or anj expense of
renafer. . .
hteamehipe insure at lowest rate.
.. . Room oooiumoJ-'tlon ,ot Pok
No. 1J8. WHAJRVKHand Pier 1 N. WilMiVkii.
W P. POKi KR, Ai:nt at Uiuhninnd and Oitj foitit.
I. 'P. OKOWk.Ll.1 CO., Atfuouat Norfolk. U!
FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWARE
I fclii. and llariUu Canal
swivTSUim TR AN S Po fiT AT 1 0
" 1HMPANY.
DESPATCH ANU HW1FTSDRS LINES,
Leaving dauy at 11 M. aud 6 P.M.
The steiiiu propeifem of this coinpaay will com
mence loading on thu Htti of March.
Through in twenty-four hours.
Goodh forwarded to any point free of commission
Frritftita taken on accomuiouaung terms.
Apply to
WILLIAM M. HAIKU k. CO., Ageuts
No. laa Booth DKLaWaKK Aveuue
4
jawn . NKW JiATHfiBis urnts TJ aur-Aan
vTnT.,.i vvk-rn mi a i 1 (I V 1 "aW
I w.V"oria, viHirgot'wn, au i waniuiiiiiA-u,
1.,.. 1. C. via chestneake and Dnlaware
Cauui, with couijectiou st Alexandria from the
n.it direct route for Lm-Uburg, UnstoL KuoxvUlu,
Nahiivllle, l'.-ilton, aud the SouiliweNt.
8u-8iii ) i ave regularly ovry Saturday at noon
roin the tJrxt -Aharf ultovu Market street.
Freight rt :civod daiii.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.,
yn. M or.h aud S.nth va viivis.
HYDS it TYLUt, AgenW at UeorgtjtowBj M.
f LLlUiK;ii. A VJL- Aiu aj AMuS .
SHIPPINO.
g P K C I A L NOTICE TO SHIPPERS
VIA SAVANNAH, GA.
Nr FREIGHT WILL BE FORWARDED
U w-Twlth our uBual despatch to all points
on the WESTERN AND ATLANTA, MEMPHIS
AND CHARLESTON, ALABAMA AND CHAT
TANOOOA, ROME, 8 EL MA, ROME AND DAL
TON, SELMA AND MERIDIAN, VICKSBURO
AND MERIDIAN, MOBILE AND OHIO, NEW
ORLEANS, JACKSUN AND GREAT NORTH..
ERN RAILROADS, all Landings on the COOSA
RIVER.
Throngh Bills of Lading given, and rates guaran
tied to all points In the South and Southwest.
WILLIAM L. JAME3,
vienprai Agent,
No. 130 8outh THIRD Street.
10 17 tf
VOTICK. - QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS
having been removed, freight wUl be received
for Galveston, as heretofore, by the PHILADEL
PHIA AND SOUTHERN MAIL STEAMSHIP
COMPANY. Shippers will please notice that all
bosed goods lor Mobile, Galveston, and points on
the Mississippi river must be well strapped.
The steamship YAZOO will sail for New Orleans,
via Havana, ou TUESDAY next. lossct
rpHB REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON
Tnti! xrtT.
JL LAOhLl'lUA
AND riltHI UTV11W.
- ui..uwv a kj x uaiu
BHIP I.IN K are AIX E authorized to issue through
bills of ladlrg to interior points South and West id
uuuuecuuu wuu oouia uarouna txauroad company.
ALFRED U TYLEkT
Vice-President So. C. RR. Ca
rff?, PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTH BUNi
SkMaSbarMMAin HTKAMSHIP OOMPANV8 RKGUJ
UU (SKMI-MONTULY LINK TO NKW OH.
LKA8. Ia
The YAZOO will enll fori New Orleane, via Havana, on
Tuesday, November 1, at S A. M.
The JUNIATA will aail from New Orleans, via ILv
van, on Kriilay, OotoliBi 2X.
lit ROUGH BI1.LH OK LADING at as low rate aa by
any other ronto given to Mobile, (ialveston, INDIAN
OLA, ROCK L KT. LA VAUU A, and BK.OS,and to all
point rn the Ai8irapi rivet between New Orleans and
Ft. I onia Hed Hirer treixbt reaaipped at New Orleans
without charge of oemmiuions.
WFFKLY I INK TO 8AVANNAH. OA.
The TONAWiNDA will sail ior Sarannab on Bator,
day. Nuvemi.rr 6 atSA.M.
Tne WVOM1NU will sail from Savannan on Satnr
day, Novemter 5.
TbKOUGH UllAM OF LADING riven to all theprln.
oipal towns in Georgia. Alabama, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana, ArkiiDcaa, and Tenneiiaee in oonneotion witti
tbe Central Kaiiroad of Georgia, Atlantio and Gnlf Rail,
road, and Florida steamers, at aa low rates aa by oompeUna-
lines.
8KMI-MONTHLY LINK TO WILMINGTON. N. O.
Tbe PIONEKR will sail for Wilmington on Saturday,
Kovcruber 1M. at S A. M. Retaining, will leave Wilming
ton Sa'nrday, November 5.
Uoorectswitb tbe Oape Fear River Bteamboat Oora.
pany, the V ilmint ton and Weldon and North Carolina
rtailroada, and tbe V iUnington and Manchester Railroad
ta all interior points.
r reigbta for Colombia, 8. O., and Angnata, Ga., taken
via W ilmington, at as low rates as by any ether route.
Insurance effected when reqnested by shippers. Bills
of lading signed at Woeen street wharf on er before das
of sftilina-
WILLIAM L. JAMR8, General Agent.
I IS NoUMjtouUjjrumpjltreet.
r F O R NKW YORK,
LmPfcV vla Delaware and Rarltan Canal.
EXPKKhh STKAMBOAT COMPANY.
i ne bttam Propellers of the line will commence
loading on the 8th instant, leaving dally as usual.
THKOL'GH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Goods ft rwarned by all the lines going out of Ne
York, North, East, or West, free of commission.
Freights received at low rates.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.. Afrentft.
No. 12 & DELAWARE Avenue,
JAMES nAND, Agent,
No. 119 WALL Street, New Yorlc 8 ii
UELaWAKE AND CHESAPEAKB
STEAM TOWBOVT COMPANY.
Barges towed between PhtladelDhia.
Baltimore, Havre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and In
termediate points.
V 1LLIAM P. CLYDB A CO., Agenta.
Captain JOHN LAUGULIN, Superintendent.
fiffio. Wo. 19 South Wl ota 'OladenShle.
LUMUbR.
1870
SPRUCK JOIST.
SPRUCE JOIST.
HEMLOCK.
HEMLOCK.
1870
"IOTA SEASONED CLEAR PINK. -f QTA
10 I U SEASONED CLEAR PINE. lO ( U
CHOICE PATTERN PINE.
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR
1870
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLOMDA FLOOR iNG.
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VIhGINIA FLOCKING.
DELAWARE FL ORINQ,
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIUA STEP BOARDS.
RAIL PLANK.
1870
1 Q'7A'rV' ALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK, i Qiyf
10 I V'WALNUT BOAKUS AND PLANK. 10 I U
WALNUT BOARDS.
WALNUT PLANK.
1870
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. 1 QTA
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. lOlU
RED CEDAR.
WALNUT AND PINE.
1QffA BKaSONED POPLAR. l QTA
10 t V HLASONLD CHERRY. 10 I )
ASH,
WHITE OAK PlJVNK AND BOARDS,
HICKORY.
1870
CIGAR BOX MAKERS'
1870
cigar box Makers
SPANISH CtDAR BOX BOARDS.
FOR SALE LOW.'
1 QfA CAROLINA SCANTLING. 1 QTA
10 U CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. 10 I U
NORWAY SCANTLING.
CEDAR SHINGLES. 1 QTA
10 4 U CYPUKSS SHINGLES. 10 IV
MAULE, BROTHER fc CO.,
118 Iso. 80Q0 SOUTH Street
13ANEL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
1 COMMON BOARDS,
land 8 Sli'E FE.CE BOARDS.
WHITE PINK FLOORING BOARBS.
YF.II.OW AND SAP PINK FLOORINGS, ljfcf and
4Jtf SPRUC E JOIST, ALL SIZES.
HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES.
PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY,
Together with a general assortment of Building
Lumber for sale low for cash. T. W. SMALTZ,
6 31 em No. 17 in KtlXiE Avenue, north of Poplar St.
United States Builders' Mill,
riFTELI TH Street, Below Market.
E8LEK & BROTHER,
PROPRIETORS.
Wood Mouldings, Brackets and General Turning
WOik, lland-rali Balusters and Newel Posts. (9 1 8m
A LARt-i-E Ar-SORiJilHNT ALWAYS ON HAND.
BUILDrNC MATERIALS.
B. E. THOMAS & CO.,
DSaXISB IK
Boors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters1
WINDOW FRAMES, ETC.,
M. W. OOBKBB 09
EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Streets
J. T. KAHTON. M'JaAHON.
-pAKTON Sc McMAHOS,
8BIPPISQ A SD COMMISSION MSRCHAXTS,
No. 8 Col-NTHiS hUP, New York,
No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia,
No. W. PRATT STREET, Baltimore.
We are prepsred to ship every description ot
Freight to Philadelphia. New York, WUiulcgtoo, and
1uu-hih"11rU) points with promptness and despatch.
Canal Boats and Steam-tups furnished at the shortest
LK X AND E R O. C4T TELL A CO
PRODUCE COMMISSION MEKOHANTP. .
No. 8 NORTH WHARVES
4HD
Na T NORTH WWli STREET.
iiiU A DULPiUA.
tUlCMWQ ft Caj-pta, suuab CAmgj