THE DA1L5T EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, F.UDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1870
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msvijsw or nevt book b.
From Porter A Coates we have reoaivel
"Lay Bermens, Addresses, and Reviews," by
Thomas Henry Huxley, LL. D., F. It S.
Fnblished by D. Appleton fc Co. This bo A
is a collection of the various addresses that
have been delivered by Professor Huxley be
fere both soientiflo and popular audiences in
England daring the last sixteen yearn, and
the papers he has contributed ty various
magazines and reviews during the same
period. The subjects treated of are: "On the
Advisableness of Improving Natural Know
ledge," 'Emancipation Blaok and White,"
"A Liberal Education, and where to find it,"
"Scientific Education," "On the 'Edu
cational Value of the Natural His
tory Sciences," "On the Study of Zoology,"
4 'On the Physical Basis of Life,"
"The Scientific Aspect of Fositivism,"
"On a Pieoe of Chalk," "Geological Con
temporaneity and Persistent Types of Life,"
"Geological Reform," "The Origin of
Species," "Criticisms of 'The Origin of Spe
cies,' " "On Descartes' 'Discourse Touching
the Method of Using One's Reason Rightly
and of Speaking Scientific) Truth,' " and
'Spontaneous Generation." Frofessor Hux
ley is one of the most advanced scientific
thinkers and investigators of the day, and
the book before ns, which presents his
theories in a compact and popular form,
should be read by all who wish to obtain a
proper idea of the position in which such
men as Huxley, Darwin, aad other seekers
after truth stand, especially in relation to
the moral and religious ideas of the age.
Frofessor Ilux'ey's peouliar theories have
been savagely attacked, especially by theo
logians; but any candid reader of the work
before ns must admit that much of
the antagonism manifested toward him
is due to the fact that his oppo
nents cannot or will not take an un
prejudiced view of his side of the case, and
that an apparent antagonism toward the reli
gious ideas of the day upon his part has been
developed more by the over-zeal of his oppo
nents than by anything that he has really
said or done. But whether the reader will
agree with Frofessor Huxley or not in some
of his peculiar views, the book before us is
one that ought to engage the attention of
thinking men, and, apart from its scientific
themes, there will be found in it much hard
common sense, especially about education,
that will commend itself to those who think
that culture should consist in something else
than a familiarity with the Greek and Latin
lassies.
From J. B. Lippincott & Co. we have re
ceived "Opium and the Opium Appetite," by
Alonzo Calkin, M. D. This very interesting
work is a complete history of opium-eating
in all ages and countries, with a scientific
analysis of all the phases of the opium appe
tite, and much valuable information with
regard to the manufacture of the drug and
the commerce in it. The subject has never
been treated before with anything like the
same thoroughness, and Dr. Calkin has pro
duced a book that will be a physiological
study for the medical man and a psychological
study for the philanthropist. Incidentally,
notices of other narcotics and stimulants are
made, such as alcoholic beverages, cannabis
indica, tobacco, and cocoa, tea, and cof
fee, in their hygienio aspects and pathologi
cal relations. Dr. Calkin's literary style is
very involved, and on that account his book
is not aB easy or as pleasant reading as it
mioht be, but it contains a great amount of
very interesting and valuable information,
and it will well repay a perusal from those who
read only for amusement.
"Who was She?" published by Claxton,
Remsen & Haffelfinger, is a story of very de
cided merit, but which bears upon its pages
the evidences of being a first effort. The
plot Is well digested, ana tnere are
some admirable sketches of charaoter and
some fine bits of description. There are
numerous crudities of style, but the excel
lences of the Ktory are more than enough to
counterbalance them, and give reasonable
expectation of something better from the
same pen in future.
From D. Ashmead we have received
"Our Sister Republic." by Colonel Albert S.
Evans. Published by the Columbian Book
Company. This is an animated description
of a trip through Mexico during 180!) and
1870, and it abounds in picturesque descrip
tions of the country and people. The author
undertakes to defend the Mexicans from
many of trie aspersions tnat are cast upon
their national as well as their p ersonal char
acter, bnt It appears to ns tnat be takes a
rather more favorable view of the oondition
of things in general in Mexico than the facts
warrant. The journey of which this beok is
record was taken in company with Mr.
Seward upon his recent trip to Mexico, and
the author had excellent opportunities to see
the best side of everything, and his book, if
not very profound, is written in a readable
and entertaining style that will commend it
to the masr of readers.
J. B. Lippincott fc Co. send us "Piano and
Musical Matter," by G. de la Motte. Published
by Lee & Sbepard. The issue of a fourth
edition of this work within a very few months
of its first appearance is the best evidenoe
that could be adduced to show the apprecia
tion in which it is held by musicians. It
contains within a small compass a great
variety of valuable Information on musical
subjects, and it should be in the hand of
every student of music who wishes to knor
something of the science of the art.
"The jEneid in Modern American" U ttia
title of a brochure published from tho Win
stead Herald office, Winstead, Conneottaut,
the author of which has bad the grace t keep
his name from the title-page. It consist of
the first and fourth books of the "aeid,"
rendered into flowing verse and rather
slangy language. The first book is in the
hexameters of the original, or what are near
caough to hexameters for all practical pur-
pon s. The fourth book, for variety sake we
presume, is rendered in a somewhat livelier
measure. The translator calls this transla
tion an earnest effort to give the
grand old poet a Jif, in view
of the fact that classical learning seems to be
falling into disrepute, and we cordially aid
bim in his effort by praising it as about as
elever a bit of fun as we have met with for
some time. In spite of the free and easy
"modern American" into which the lines of
Virgil have been turned, the translation is
often curiously close to the original ' The
pamphlet is illustrated by a number of clever
conaio cuts, which exhibit .Eneas and his
comrades from a strictly modern American
point of view.
rart No. 48 of "Zell s Popular Encyclo
pedia" reaches the title "Reconnaissance.
This valuable work is now fast approaching
completion, and those who contemplate sub
scribing should do so at once, for it will ouly
be on sale at the subscription price for a
limited period. It is undoubtedly the mist
complete work of the kind that has ever been
issued at anything like the same price; and
although its articles are neoessarily brief, it
is, in the variety of its subjects and the late
date to which it is brought down, the most
complete encyclopedia before the public. As
a work of ready reference it will be invalu
able, and it should find a place upon the
shelves of every library.
From Turner & Co. we have re3eived
Eury Saturday, Appleton'1! Journal, and Our
Boys and Girls.
The Central News Company sends us the
latest numbers of Punch and Fun.
Peterson's Counterfeit Detector tot No
vember 15 contains descriptions of several
new and dangerous counterfeits, and other
important information.
DISRAELI'S
CHAPTER
GUAPUY.
OF AUTO BIO-
The English papers publish Mr. Disraeli's
preface to the collected edition of his works
a sort of Jiwgrapnia L Mltruria. We make
the following interesting extracts:
An American gentleman, with more than
courtesy, has forwarded to me a vast number
of notices of "Lot b air" which have auoeared
in the leading journals of his country. He
tells me that, irrespective of literarv
-organs, mere are in tne union 5000 news
paperv, aim 11. is uut lmpossiDie tnit Rome
notice of ".Liotbair might appear iu each of
these. However various may be the ooiniou
of those which I thus possess, they appear to
me generally to oe sincere, and in point of
literary ability, taste, style, and critical acu
men, l trunk tuey need not fear competition
wnn tne similar productions of our owa laud.
My HiUglish publishers have also made
coiiecnou oi me notices oi tuis work iu our
own country, and, though we have not yet
five thousand newspapers, the aggregate of
ii .i ii . . , .
articles is in amount perhaps unprecedented
l nave not hid g to complain of in their ro
marks. One could hardly expect at home the
judicial impartiality of a forewn land. Per
Bona! Influences inevitably mingle in some
degree wim sncn productions. There are
critics who abstractly do not approve of
successful books, particularly if they have
failed in the same style ; social
acquaintances also of a lettered
taste, and especially contemporaries
wnose puoiic nie nag not exactly realized the
vain dreams of their fussy existence, would
seize the accustomed opportunity of welcom
ing with affected discrimination about
nothing, and elaborate controversy about
trifles, the production of a f noud; and there
is always, both iu politics and literature, the
race oi the Dennises, the Oldmixons, and
(Juris, wno natter themselves that by syste
niaucuiiy liDeriing some eminent personage
of their times they have a chance of de
ecenoing to posterity; dui, so lar as l am
concerned, they have always been disap
pointed.
A distinguisned individual Has suggested
that, in a preface to the edition of my col
lected works, I might give my own views of
the purpose of "Lot hair. It strikes me,
with all deference, that it would be not i
little presumptuous for an author thus to be
theself-cntioof volumes which appeared only a
few months ago. Their purport to the writer
seems clear enough, and as they have been
more extensively read both by the people of
the United Kingdom and the United States
than any work that has appeared for the last
half century, I will even venture to assume
that on this point they are of the same opin
ion asm; self.
But, on some other works, the youngest of
which were written a quarter of a century
go, it would perhaps he in me not imperti
nent now to make a few remarks. "Uo
ningsby," "Sjbil," and "Tancred"' form a
real Trilogy that is to say, they treat of the
same subject, and endeavor to complete that
treatment. The origin and character of our
political parties, their influence on the condi
tion of the people of this country, some pic
ture of the moral and pbysioal oondition of
that people, and some intimation of the
means by which it might be elevated and
improved, weie themes which had long en
gaged my meditation.
Born in a library, and trained from early
cLildhood by learned men who did not shara
the passions and the prejudices of our politi
cal and social lift), I had imbibed on some
subjects conclusious differ cut from those
which generally prevail, and especially with
reference to the history of our own country.
How an oligarchy had been substituted for a
kingdom, and a narrow-minded and bigotod
fanaticism flourished in the name of religious
liberty were problems long to lie insoluble,
but which early interested me. Bat what
most attracted my musing, even as a boy,
were the elements of our political parties,
and the straige uiystitiaatiou by which that
which was national in its constitution had
become odious, and that which was exolusivo
wue presented as popular.
To change back the oligarchy into a gene
rous aristocracy round a real throne; to in
fuse life and vigor into the Church as the
trttiner of the na'ion, by the revival of con
vocation, then damb, on a wide bsis, and
uot, as has been since done, in the shape of
a priestly section; to establish a commercial
code ou the principles successfully negotiated
by Lord Blii!gtrokt at Utrecht, and whioa,
though ballled at tbe time by a Whig Parlia
ment, were subsequently and triuuuphanfly
vindicated by his political pupil and heir, Mr.
Pit; to govt-rn Ireland according to the po
licy of Ciiurlta I and not of t liver Cromwell;
to emancipate the political constituency of 1
from ita sectarian bondage and contrasted
fcympathiee; to elevate the physio tl as well as
tie moral condition cf tbo p'jo.jle, by oata
Llibhicg that labor required regulation as
ranch ns property, and all this rather by the
use ;t ancient forms and tbe restoration or
the st than by political revolutions founded
on i t M tract ideas, appeared to be tbe course
wl.i. h the circumstances of this country re-qn-ied,
and which, practically speaking, could
oLly, with all their faults and baokslidings,
be undertaken and aooomplished by a recon
structed TDry party.
The derivation and charaoter of political
parties, the oondition of the people which bad
been the consequence of them, the duties of
the Church as a main remedial agency in our
present state, were the three principal topics
which I intended to treat, but I found they
were too vast for the space I had allotted to
myself.
These were all launched in "Uontngsby;
but the origin and condition of political par
ties the first portion of the theme was the
only one completely handled in that work.
I had been in Parliament seven years when
the trilogy was published, and during that
period 1 had not written anything; but in
1837, the year I entered the House of Com
mons, I had published two works, "Henrietta
Temple" and "Venetia." These are not po
litical works, but they would commemorate
feelings more enduring than public passions,
and they were written with care and some de
light. They were inscribed to two friends,
the best I ever had, and not the least gifted.
One was the inimitable D Orsay, the most
accomplished and the most engaging charac
ter that has figured in this century, who,
with the form and universal genius of
an Alcibiades, combined a brilliaut wit
and a heart of quick affection, and who,
placed in a pnblio position, would have dis
played a courage, a judgment, and scorn-
mending intelligence which would have
ranked him with the leaders of mankind.
The other was one who bad enjoyed that
public opportunity which had been denied to
Count 1) Orsay. The world has recognized
the political courage, the versatile ability,
and the masculine eloquence of Lord Lynd-
burst; but his intimates only were acquainted
with the tenderness of his disposition, the
sweetness of his temper, his ripe scholar
ship, and tbe plaj fulness of his bright and
airy spirit.
There was yet a barren interval of five
years of my life, so far as literature was con
cerned, between the publication of "Hen
rietta Temple" and "Venetia," and my earlier
works. In 1WJ 1 had published "(Jontarina
Fleniino" and "Alroy." I had then returned
from two years' travel in the Mediterranean
regions, and I published "Contarina Fleming"
anonymously, and in the midst of revolution.
It was almost stillborn, and having written
it with dceu thought and teeling, l was
naturally discouraged from further effort.
like me, be inclined to despair, may learn
also from my example not to be precipitate
in his resolves. Gradually, "Contarina
Fleming" found sympathizing readers;
Goethe and Beckford were impelled to com
municate their unsolicited opinions of this
work to its anonymous author, and I have
seen a criticism on it by Heine, of which any
writer may be justly proud. Yet all this does
not prevent me from being conscious that it
would have been better if a subject so essen
tially psychological had been treated at a
more mature period of life.
I had comuienoed "Alroy" the ye:r after
my first publication, and had thrown the manu
script aside. Beicg at Jerusalem in the year
18SJ1, and visiting the traditionary tombs of
the kings, my thoughts recurred to the mar
vellous career which had attracted my boy
hood, and I shortly after finished a work
wLich I began the year after I wrote "Vivian
Gray.
What my opinion was of that my first work,
written in lfc'O, was shown by my publishing
my secorid anonymously. Books written
by boys which pretend to give a picture of
manners and to deal in knowledge of human
nature must be affected. They can be, at
the best, but tbe results of imagination acting
on knowledge not acquired by experience. Of
such circumstances exaggeration is a necessary
connequenee, and false taste accompanies ex
aggeration. Nor is it necessary to remark
that a total want of art must be observed in
such pages, for tbat is a failing incident to
all first efforts. "Vivian Grey" is essentially
a puerile work, but it has baffled even the
efforts of its creator to suppress it. Its fate
has been strange; and not tho least remarka
ble thiug is, that forty-four years after its
publication I must ask the indulgence of the
reader for its continued and inevitable reap
pearance.
EXTRA VA GANCE.
Articles of French production have natu
rally increased in price. Champagne wine
bae ftlt the effects of the desolation of the
whole region in which it is produced, and
tbe wine merobants nave put up tne price in
proportion to tbe cost of their future sup
plies. Kid gloves have likewise felt in ad
vance tho expected effects of a short supply
from a beleaguered city. Fortunately, these
are articles tbat ve can well dispense with.
The less champagne that is brought into the
country the better; it is not only an un
healtbful extravagance. Nowhere in the
world, except, perhaps, in some of the
hpaniBli American countries, do men
drink wine at an ordinary dinner at a second-
class restaurant, and pay five dollars a bottle
for it. frenchmen buv it for a dollar, and
drink but little of it at that cost. It we must
drink wine, which is bad, but not near so bad
as drinking whisky, let a taste be cultivated
for the American wines, which are generally
pnrer than the imported, and are equally
palatable, and will do a man less harm. Tne
matter of gloves belongs to the ladies. We
confess to a weakness toward gloves, and
always thought that extravagance in gloves
and slippers was more than innocent, tnat it
rose to the dignity of a female virtue, it is
but juftt to the sex to sav that they have
never failed in their duty in this regard, and
whatever faults maybe charged to them, they
nave not noen wanting lu this excellence.
But gloves do not come from Paris alone, nor
from r ranee alone. Xbe 1 renoh are tbe best
and much the dearest. Very good gloves can
be broucnt at retail for tweutv-nve cents in
Italy and in some other parts of Europe, and
the English gloves are very good. There is
no sense in giving $:) for a pair of gloves
that a body win wear only once or twice.
Let the cheaper articles be introduced among
those wbo set the fashions and fix the mea
sure of extravagance.
CENTi'8 FURNI8MINQ GOODS
PATENT SIIOULDER'SKAM
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN S FURNISHING STORE.
PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWERS
made from measurement at very short notice.
. All oilier articles of GENTLEMEN'S BHESfl
dOijbb 111 full variety.
vrirrciiTEU A co
11S
No. 706 CILE&UT Street
IN9QRANQE
JNCORTORATED 188B.
OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE MUTUAL
SAFETY INSURANCE CO.
miLADKLrnu, November t, 187.
The following statement ef the affairs of toe Corn-
pan; Is published in conformity with a provision of
Its Charter:
ritEMlUMS RECEIVED from November 1, 19W, to
October 81, 1870:
On Marine and Iuland Bisks. T99,4l9-8fl
On l ire Risks 154,601-20
1954.320-36
Premiums en Policies not
marked offNovembtri, 1869. 502,43982
tl,4ne,T09-S8
PREMIUMS MARKED OFF as earned from No.
Temwr 1, ww, to ociooer si, isto:
On Mai tne and Inland Risks. iSH0,74T9
On Fire Risks 161,648 7
. f 1.092. S9H -48
Interest during the same
periodSalvages, etc 152,500-93
tl.lH4.TM -4 4
LCS3B3. EXPENSES, etc., during tbe year as
Marine and Inland Naviga
tion lofsps inin,nr6 93
Fire Losses 99,003 -03
Return Premiums..... 81,921 H9
Reinsurances 40.(i98fl
Agency Charges, Advertis
ing, Printing, etc CO,C01-40
Taxes LniteU States, State,
and Municipal Taxes 63,000-12
EiDcnaes 84,046-90
1 1310,110111
6309,669-47
A8SET8 OF THK COMPANY
November 1. Is70.
1300.000 United States Six Per Cent,
ixan (lawiui money) 1333,370-00
200,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent. lan 214,000 00
uu,uuu my oi riiuaueipnia ix rer
Cent. Loan (exempt from
Tax) 204,162-tO
164,000 State of New Jersey Six Per
Cent. Loan 188,920-00
xu,uuu I'enGgyivania nauroaq inrsi
Mortgage Six Per Cent.
Bonds. 20,700-00
zo.uto i t'iniBvivania ttauroaa aecona
Mortgage Six Per Cent.
Ponds
25,000 Western Penn. Railroad Mort
gage Six Per Cent. Roads
25,250-00
(Penn. R. R. guarantee) 20,000-06
80,000 State of Tennessee Five Per
Cent. Loan 18,000-00
,uuu ciate oi -i ennesuee bix rer
Cent. Loan
12,600 Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, 2&0 Shares Stock
6,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, loo Shares Stock..
10,000 Philadelphia and Southern
Mail Meamnhip Company, 80
Shares Stock
261,660 Lobiib on Bond and Mortgage,
first liens on City Properties.
4,200-00
18,000 -00
4,800-00
4,000-00
261,650-00
11,260,150 Par.
Market Value.. $1,993,661 -60
I'OBC, 11,264,447 34.
Real Estate fSS.OOO-OO
mils neceivaoie for insurances mide... 3J,97l27
fiances uue at Agencies rrenuumson
aiariLe roucie-i Accrued interest ana
other debts due the Comnanv 93.375-47
Stock and Scrip, etc. of sundry corpora
tions. 17.950. Estimated value 8.919-00
Cash 142,911-73
tl 820,727-97
PniLiDBLrni a, Nov. 9, 1870.
Tbe Board of Directors have this day declared a
CA8U DIVIDEND OF TEN PER CNT. on the
CAPITAL STOCK, and SIX PER CENT. Interest
on the SCRIP of the Company, payable on and after
the 1st of December proximo, free of National and
State Taxes.
They have also declared a 8CRIP DIVIDEND of
TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT, on the EARNED
PREMIUMS for the year ending October 31, H70
certificates ef which will be Issued to the parties
entitled to the same, on and after the 1st of Decem
ber proximo, free of National and State Txes.
They have ordered, also, that the SCRIP CER
TIFICATES OF PROFITS of the Company, for the
year ending October 81, 1866, be redeemed In CASH,
at the Oirtce of the Company, eu and after 1st of
December proximo, all Interest thereon to cease
on that day.
By a provision of the Charter, all Certificates of
Scrip not presented for redemption within five
years after public notice that they will be redeemed,
mail be rorreitea ana cancelled ou the books of the
Company.
No certificate of profits Issued under $26. By the
Act of Incorporation, "no certificate shall issue
unless claimed within two years after the declara
tion of the dividends whereof It Is evidence."
DIRECTORS.
Thomas C. Hand,
Jehu c. Davis,
Edmnud A. Souder,
Joseph 11. Seal,
James Traqualr,
lleurj Sloan,
Henry C. Dallett, Jr.,
James U. llnnd,
Wll iani O. Lndwlg,
Hugh Craig,
John D. Taylor,
Oeorge W. Bernadou,
William U Houston,
II. Frank Robfnaon,
THOMAS
Samuel E. Stokes,
William O. Bouitun,
Edward Darlington,
H. Jones Brooke,
Edward Lafouruade,
Jacob Rlegel,
Jacob P. Jones,
James B McFarland,
Joshua P. Eyre,
Spencer Mcllvaine.
John B. Sample, Pltub'g
o.. a. nerger,
D. T. Morgan, "
O. HAND. President
JOliN C. DAVIS. Vice-President.
Hkkrv Lylbckn, Secretary.
Usury Ball. Asst Secretary. 11 11 17t
F1
RK ASSOCIATION
INCORPORATED MARCH 17, 1820.
OFFICE,
NO. 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
INSURE
BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ANE
MERCHANDISE GENERALLY
From Loss by fire (In the City of Philadelphia only)
AKHETH.MANUAItY It 1870, $1,512,73'
TKUHTKES.
William H. Hamilton,
John Carrow,
Charles P. Bower,
Jesse LJghtfoot.
Robert Shoemaker,
Peter Armbruster,
George I. YouBg,
Joa. it. Lynaau,
Levi P. Coats.
m. u. uicKtnson,
Samuel Bparhawk, ' Peter Williamson,
Joseph E. ScheLU
WH. H. HAMILTON, President.
SAMUEL 8PARHAWK, Vice-President.
- WILLIAM F. BUTLER,
, Secretary
rpHJB PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
X COMPANY.
incoroorated 162& unarter rernetuai.
No.
Bio WALNUT Street, opposite Independence
square.
This Comnanv. favorably known to the commu
nity for over forty years, continues to Insure against
loss or damage oy fire on Public or Private Build
ings, either permanently or for a limited time. Also
on Furniture, Stocks of Goods, and Merchandise
generally, on liberal terms.
Their CaDltal. together with a large Surplus Fund.
Is Invested In the most careful manner, which ena
bles tbein to oner to the insured an undoubted secu
rity in the case of loss.
DIRKOTOR8.
Daniel Smith, Jr. Thomas Smith,
Thraa KaElehurstL I Hearv Lewis.
Thomas Robins, I J- GUllngham Fell,
John Devereux, i xmuiei uauuocs,
Franklin A. Com It.
DANIEL SMITH, Jb.. President
VH. 6. Crowill, Secretary. 8 80
17 A M E INSURANCE COMPANY
X'
No. 809 CHE8NUT Street
W0OBF0RATBD 1856. CHARTS MBFITUAL.
CAPITAL $200,000.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire either by
lerpevuai or jtuuywchi wwio
Charles Richardson,
Robert Pearoe.
wuuam iu iiuawn,
William M. Seyfext,
John F. Smith,
Nuthan Hllles,
ftAorua A. West.
John Keaaler, Jr.,
Edward U. Orne,
Charles Stokes.
John W. Everman,
Mordeual Huabr.
CUAFLFH RICH
LHAT L.J " Hi' 'HW" -v, A lOalUCUtj
WILLIAM H. RHAWN, Vlca-preaidest
ARISON, President
Wuxiajm L Hlamcoau becrotary. I !
INSURANCE
INSUEANCE COMPANY
OF
NORTH
AMERICA.
JAMU1KT 1, 187a
Charter Perpetual.
Incorporated 1794.
CAPITA anno.ono
AOOJi I B : f i, (sa,R4i
Losses paid since organisation.; $23,000,000
Receipts of Premlnms, 1969 l,991,887-4
Interest from Investments, 1869 114,69614
$2,106,R341
.$1,035,386-84
Losses paid, 1869.
STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS.
First Mortga ges on City Property
United States Government and other Loan
$766,450
1.183.W6
65,708
147,620
2,508
331,944
80.357
BMW
100,900
80,000
Bonds
Railroad, Bank and Canal Stocks
Cash in Bank and Office
Loans on Collateral Security
Notes Receivable, mostly Marine Premiums
Acciuea inieresi
Premlnms in course of transmission.... ...
Unsettled Marine Premlnms ,
Real Estate, OtUce of Company, Phlladel-
pnia
$2,788,681
DIRECTORS.
Arthur G. Coffin,
Samnel W. Jones,
John A. Brown,
Charles Tailor,
Ambrose "White,
William Welsh,
8. Morris Wain,
John Wagon.
Francis R. Cope,
Edward II, Trotter,
Edward S. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Alfred U. Jesanp,
Louis C Madeira,
Charles W. Coshman,
Clement A. Grtscom,
William KrocklA.
George L. Harrison,
ARTHUR O. COKFIN. President.
CHARLES PL ATT, Vice-President.
Matthias Mas is. Secretary.
C. U. Kxbvxs, Assistant Secietary. 4
THE MUTUAL PROTECTION
Life Insurance Company
OP PHILADELPHIA
Offers life policies, PERFECTLY SECURED, at
less than ONE-HALF TdE USUAL RATES." It la
the only Life Insurance Company In the United
States doing business on the "Mutual Classification"
plan, and Its rates are so low that all classes may
enjoy its benefits.
THE FULL AMOUNT OF INSURANCE IS
GUARANTEED.
We confidently Invite the attention of the pnblio
to the claims of this Company, assured that Its plan,
comblnlng.as It does, ECONOMY, with the HIGHEST
DEGREE OFSECURITY, Will commend It to gene
ral favor.
Circulars, containing full explanations of our sys
tem, rates, etc etc., can be had from any of oar
agents, or at the
OFFICE,
Ko. 247 8. THIRD Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
JAMES H. BILLINGTON, President.
J. E. Hackknberg, Secretary.
Good men wanted as Agents. 10 13 thstu2m
1829 CHARTER PERPETUAL.
FrantliB Fire Insurance Cipj
Office, Nos, 435 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Aug. I l,70$3,009l888'24
CAPITAL $400,000-00
ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS. 2, 609,848 -84
INCOME FOR 1870, LOSSES PAID IN 186 J,
jmu.UOU. 144,0S-42.
Leases paid since 1820 orer
5.500,000
Pernetnal and Temnorarv Policial on r.thr'
Terms.
The Company also issues policies upon the Rentf
of all kinds of Buildings, Ground Rents, and Mox'
gaces.
The "FRANKLIN" has no DISPUTED CLAIM.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred G. Baker,
a urea ntier,
Thomas Sparks,
William b. Grant,
Thomas S. Ellis,
Gustavus 8. Benson.
Bamuei urani,
George W. Richards,
Isaac Lea.
George Fales,
ALFRED G. BAKER. President
GEORGE FALKS, Vice-President
JAMES W. MCALLISTER, Secretary. 9 U
THEODORE QL KEGER, Assistant Secretary.
AS BURY
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
nsw Tons.
LEMUEL BANGS, President.
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vlce-Pres't and Sec'y.
EMOKY McCLLNTOCK, Actuary.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGENCY,
JAMEH M. LONGACRE, Manager.
U. (J. WOUIJ, JK., ai. JJ., Medical iuamlner.
Office, 302 WALBUT St., Philadelphia.
REV. P. POWERS, Special Agent
JAMES M. LONGACRE, General Agent,
6 S3 mwfiy No. 308 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia
THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
PHILADELPHIA.
Office 8. W. cor. FOURTliJ and WALNUT Streets
FIRE INSURANUlfi JSJLULUS1VIJLY.
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
CASH Capital (paid up In full) $'20(1.000-00
CASH ABsets, October, 1870 , 68 L 139 -18
DIRECTORS.
F. Ra ten ford Starr, J. Livingston Errlnger,
Naibro Frasler, 'James L. Claghorn,
John M. Atwood, , Win. G. Boulton,
Ben). T. Tredick, Charles Wheeler,
George H. Stuart, , Thomas U. Montgomer
jotin 11. Brown, uamea m. Aeruteu.
F. HATCH FORD STARR, President
THOMA-" H. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President
ALEX. W. WISTEK, Secretary.
JACOB E. PETERSON. Asotatant Secretary.
TMPERIAIi STBS INSURANCE CO.,
LOHDOH.
. KSTABtuIHHED 180.
Paid-op OapiUd aad Aocamohwtad Fonda,
08,000,000 I IV GOLD.
PREV08T & HERRING, Agents,
9 Ho. 10T B. THIRD 8trt Philadelphia.
GHAB. U. FRBVOBT
Oil AS. P. liKHJUNS
CLOTHS, OA6SIMERES, ETO.
QLOTH HOUSB.
JAMES ft HUDCR,
Tto, 11 North gECO.1I) Street
Sign of the Golden Lamb,
Arc w receiving a large and splendid assortment
of new styles of
FANCY CASSIMERE3
And standard makes of DOESKINS, CLOTHS and
coatings, i aa mws
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF AU
numbers and brands. Tent, Awnlag, Trunk
and Wagonover Duck. Auto, Paper Manufaa
turers' Drier Felts, from thirty to seventy-aLi
inches with Paulina, Beit 8 fwlne
yo, i cavaca street (cuj &tori
LUMUkR.
1870
JPRUCB JOT8T.
&PRUOB JOIST.
II EM LOCK.
HEM. LOCK.
1870
IOWA SEASONED CLEAR PINK. 1 DT
10 I U SEASONED CLEAR PINE. 10 4 V
CHOICE PATTERN PINK.
SPANISH CKDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
1870
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLORIDA FLOORING,
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VIRGINIA F LOOKING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FliOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA 8TEP BOARDS.
RAIL PLANK.
1870
1 Q17 A WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK, i Q7A
10 I v WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK.IO V
WALNUT BOARDS.
WALNUT PLANK.
1870
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER.
UNDERTAKER'S LUMBER.
RED CEDAR.
WALNUT AND PINE.
1870
1870
SEASONED POPLAR. 1QTA
SEASONED CHERRY. 10 I V
ASH,
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS,
HICKORY.
1870
CIGAR BOX MAKERS' IOTA
CIGAR BOX MAKERS' lOU
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS,
FOR SALE LOW.
1870
CAROLINA SCANTLING.
CAROLINA H. T. SILLS.
NORWAY SCANTLING.
1870
1870
in
CEDAK SHINGLES. 1 Qi?A
CYPRESH SHINGLES. 10 III
MAULE, BROTHER 8t CO.,
No. 8000 SOUTH Street
pANEL
NEL PLANK. ALL THICKNESSES,
COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES, "
1 IVM1I1UK HOAKUH.
1 and 1 8IOE FB0 BOARDS.
WHITE PINE FLOORING BOARDS.
YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS, IV and
iX SPRUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES.
HEMIX1CK JOIST, ALL SIZES.
PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY;
Together with a general assortment of BaUdlng
Lumber for sale low for cash. T. W. 8MALTZ,
B 81 em No. 171B RIDGE Avenue, north of Poplar St
United States Builders' Mill
FIFTEENTH Street, Below Market.
ESLER & BROTHER
PROPRIETORS.
Wood Mouldings, Brackets and General Tnrnl
Work, Band-rail Balusters and Newel Posts. 9 1
A LARGE ASSORTMENT ALWAYS ON HAND.
ENGINE, MACHINERY. ETO.
.ffFfrV PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILBB
SSiiiftl WORKS. NEAFIE A LEVY, PRACTI
CAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS, MA
CHINISTS. BOILER-MAKERS, BLACKSMITHS,
and FOUNDERS, having $fr many years been in
snocessf dl operation, and been exclusively engaged
In building and repairing Marine and River Engines,
high and low pressure, Iron Boilers, Water Tanks,
Propellers, etc. etc, respectfully offer their serviees
to the public as being fully prepared to contract for
engines of all slsess, Marine, River, and Stationary;
having sets of patterns of diffeient sizes, are pre-
Sared to execute orders with quick despatch. Every
esciiptlon of pattern-making made at tne shortest
notice. High and Low Pressure Fine Tabular and
Cylinder Boilers of the best Pennsylvania Charcoal
Iron. Forglnga of all size and kinds. Iron and
Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning,
rvcrew Cutting, and all other work connected
with the above business.
Drawings end specifications for all work done
the establishment tree of charge, and work gua
ranteed. The subscribers nave ample wharf dock-loom for
repairs of boats, where they can lie in perfect
safety, and are provided with shears, blocks, falls,
etc. etc., for raising heavy or light weights.
' JACOB C. NEAFHt
JOHN P. LEVY,
IBS BEACH and PALMER Streets.
piRARD TUBE WORKS AND IKON CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.,
Mannfactnre Plain and Galvanized
WROUGI1T-1RON PIPE
and Sundries for Uas and Steam Fitters, Plumbers,
Machinists, Railing Makers, Oil Kellners, eto.
WOKKS,
TWENTY-THIRD AND FILBERT STREETS.
OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE,
8 1 No. 43 N. FIFTH SThEET.
FURNAOES.
Established in 1835.
Invariably tba areataat soooeM ovar all eompetitloa
bnmr and whrvr xhibiud or otd to the
UNITED BTATK8.
CHARLES WILLIAMS'
Patent Golden Eagle Furnaces.
Acknowledged by the leading Architect and Boilder
be the moat powerful and dnrabla Fornaoaa offered, and
the moet prompt, ayatematio, aad Urgaat bona ia
Una of boainear,
HEAVY REDUCTION IN PRICES,
and only first-claaa work turned oat.
Hot. 1132 and 1134 MARKET Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
If. B.-flKND FOB BOOK OF FACTS ON HEA1
AND VENTILATION. SS4ni
COAL.
COAL PER TON OF S240 LB 3. DELIVERED,
LEHIGH. Furnace, I-78; Stove, $8-00; Nut,
IT 00; SCHUYLKILL, Furnace, -7B; Stove, IT-00;
Not, J5-75; SUAMOK.1N, Grate, T-6; Stove, $7-60;
Nut. S6-SS.
EABTWICK A BROTHER,
Ysrd, No. J200 WASHINGTON Avenue. Otttce, No.
ViS DOCK Street. 8 80rp XX
T)OTllJbUiTlEl Sc IAt:IiU,
LEI1IUI1 AND SCHUYLKILL, COAU
Depot N. E. Corner NINTH and MASTER,
Offices, 43 Soutn THIRD Street,
lOUtf
ROOFINQ.
READ Y ROOFIN G.
This Roofing Is adapted to all bull dings. It
can be applied to
STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS
atone-half the expense of tin. It Is readCyputoa
old Shingle Roots without removing the shingles,
thns avoiding the damaging of ceilings and furniture
while undergoing repairs. (No gravel used.)
PKKSKHVB Yi'UK TIN ROOFS W1T1
.u
WEL-
TOW'S ULUAHTIU r&lPIT.
I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs
at short notice. Also, PAINT FOR SALE by the
barrel or gallon; the beet and cheapest In the
market.
W. A. W ELTON,
1 1T No. Til N. NINTH St.. above CoateaV
CUTLERY, ETO.
RODGER8 A WOSTENHOLM'8 POCKET
KNIVES, Pearl and Stag bandies, and
beautiful finish; Rodgeis', and Wade fc
Butcher's Razors, and the celebrated Lo
coultre Razor; Ladles' Scissors, in eases,
of the finest quality ; Rodgers' Table Cutlery, Carvers
and Forks, Razor Strop, Cork Screws, etc. Ear ln
gtruments, to assist the hearing, of the most ap
proved construction, at P. MADEIRA'S, .
No 11B TENTH Street, below Cheanot. '
Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory.
JOHN T. BAILEY.
X. E. Cor. WATER and MARKET SU
ROPB AND TWINE, BAGS aad BAGGING, fog
Grain, Flour, halt, Super-Phosphate of Uue, Boa
L-ul, Eto.
Lavgeaad small GTfNNT BAGS aOUlUnUy
taad, Ajo,YYUOL BAC'EU