THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1870. A XD SISTER OF BIS MAUCK. Otto von Dismarck was born of a clever, Imperious, ambitions mother (not of the tio bletse), who, from her son's earliest years, entertained high-soaring views for hint, and 1 Bent him oil to bia distant sohool without aay 1 of those maternal pangs and weaknesses . which (so fathers say; 8 the nin of so many ; boys. She was careful for his health and energetic nlout his education; but it was i After such a fashion as tells of the iron in her J blood, and makes one recognize the maternal I Strain in the courage, energy, aud will of her ' Dow famous son. "The father was the heart, ! the mother the understanding, of the house hold," writes an old friend of tho family, J Speaking of Ilisroarck's youth. With his V sister, his "heart-beloved Malvnin" (tnuried THE MOTHER 7 earliest days of youth ho had fo!t the warmest A 4 - . i . - . : u 1 i about the estate to say that be was quite "lover-like"' iu his devotion he kept up as constant a correspondence as his multifarious occupations would allow. In the following letter to his brother-in-law, Oscar von Arnim, there are touts the true ring of whose metal tell us of the tender heart anl!s mitftthctio nature of the man: A "At this moment I receive the news of the L dreadful misfortune which has overtaken you 4 end llalvina. My first thought was to go to ' l you at once, but I overrated my strength. The I cure lias prostrated me, ana tne idea oi sua I denly interrupting the treatment met with such decided opposition that 1 have resolved i it: T.i .1.... u , .1. KK ; n ' M 1 . 1 i j it.. r i ho completely ueyouu iub ronuu oi any uuuiuu consolation,- and yet it is a natural dosiro to long to be with those we love iu sorrow, and With them to mourn. It is tho only thing one can do. A heavier grief could not well befall yon: to lose such an amiable and pro mising child, and with it to bury all your hopes hopes that were to have been the joys of your old nge is a grief which, long as you live, will never leave you. I feel for aud with you, in painful sympathy. In God's power ful hands we are helpless and without coun sel, and, except in so far as He will help us, can do nothing but humbly submit to His visitations. He can take from us all that He gave, and leave us utterly lonely; and our grief for our losses will be all the more bitter la proportion ad we show it by rebellious murmurs against His almighty will. Do not, therefore, let murmuring aud lebellion poison your natural and just grief; but try to realize thanlnnlly tliat a son and dai-ubter still remain to you; and in them, and oven in the thought that you have, during fifteen years, possessed a be loved child, try to look on yoursolf 3 blessed in comparison with many who have never had children, and never known parental joys. I will not trouble you with weak attempts at I consolation; I would only say that, as your f friend and brother, I feel your sorrow with I you, and am moved by it in my very inner most bouI. How all small grievances and annoyance?, which ere necessary ingredients of life, disappear before the iron stroke of real misfortune! The remembrance of my repinings and desires appears to me now in the shape of a reproach for forgetting how much God gives; and how many dangers daily encompass us without our falling a prey to them. V'e are not to love this world, neither to regard it as an abiding-place. Twenty or thirty years more, at the best, and then we shall both be far beyond its aires and sor rows, and our children will have readied our present stand-point, and will reoognize with Burprise tho fact that life, which stfeius but freshly begun, is already going down-hill. It would not be worth while to dress and undress, if all were over with that!' Do you remember these words of a Stolptuundor tra velling conipunion ? The thought that death is but a passage to another life will, indeed, not lessen your grief; for you might hfivo be lieved that your beloved son would have been a dear companion for the time you were on earth, and would have kept your memory fresh in tie hearts of those who should come after. The circle of those we love grows ever narrower, and only begins to widen again when we have grandchildren. At our age no new friendships can replace those which have died out. Let us then hold all the faster together in love until df ath shall come and separate us, aa it has separated us from your sou who knows how soon ! VwM yon not come to us with Mal vina, and t-pend some quiet weeks or days at Stolpmunde ? At any rate I shall go to V yon at Krochlendorf in three or four weeks, or wherever you may be. I greet my be loved Malvina from my heart; may God give her, as wt-U as you, the strength to bear with meekness find patience." tidyravia. THE l'UEXOMENA OF EARTHQUAKES. Tn Anrtliiinfllrea toa raa iha nnnnArntiva 1 agency of fire called in to counteract the de structive agency or water. md and rain, heat and cold, are continually at work rend iDg in pieces and grinding down the solid yrock; the disintegrated portions of rock form me sou oi me lowianaa, ana tnis in its turn is eaten away by running streams, sweet down by heavy rains, to be carried by the rivers and deposited in the sea. It is thus that the shallows and great river deltas are formed; and the materials so brought down are gradually by the action of the waves dis- frilmtftrl nvf-r the 1a1 of tho nian. Thin action, if suffered to continue without I interruption, would in time level the Miighest mountain ranges; and in the place of A varied surface of land and water there Prwould be a uniform shallow sea covering the Suoieeanu. nere me wording oi nre Bieps i to counteract the destructive agency of water. It acts suddenly and with terrific orce, and therefore it is more noted and ore feared than the work which is done so ilently and slowly, yet so irresistibly, by the gentle flow of rivers. Of one thing we are riure, mat they are caused )y tne internal teat of the earth. They usually occur in volcanic regions; they are frequently aooom panied by volcanic eruptions; during their AAHnnantu flamAU a Yk Quid tiklillraf. frnm Vi A eartb, springs of boiling water rise from the Xiou, and new volcanoes nave been raised as I (their result. We know that at a oompara- 1 . - i ii J . i. I 1 . I. . r . e . I. - IlVeiY Kiuuii ufinu ueiuw mo aunauo ui 1110 globe the-re is a temperature very lar exceed ing anytliirg which we experience at the sur face. Whether we accept the hypothesis of i vast central fire, or consider that this heat is generated by chemical aotion or by electrio currents, we know that there are stored np beneath our feet vast reservoirs of heat. What gases are stored under pressure in the cavities of the earth we know not. Bat we know that the increased expansive force of an elastic fluid under a comparatively small increase of temperature would be suliv3ient to rend asunder the solid rock aud pro duce the t fleets we see. Perhaps a fissure eo opened may admit water to the beated nucleus, there to be instantly con verted into steam with vast inoreaile of vol nme. This exerting enormous pressure against the rocky walls of the cavity in which it is ormed causes, a. way of compression ia the zone of the rock immediately surrounding it, BLd this wave is propagated onward through the rock just as a wave travels through water. The confined fluid strikes the walls of its prison chamber a fierce blow, end this causes a shudder to run through the earth, which passes along the surface as a shock, whose intensity is the only measure we have of the forces causing it. The Vco jile'i Moyazine. ' GENERAL TJiOCHU. If there had been any unsparing critio of the French military system, any one whose stern denunciation of that system has almost riRen to prophecy, that man is General Trochu. When he brought out his remarkable book, "L'Armee Francaise en 1807," it ran through sixteen editions in three weeks. The same year produced the Duo d'Aumale'd "Institu tions Militaircs de la France." General Trocbu made various confidential appeals to tho War Department at l'aris, pointing out the impetfections and abuses of the French military system. His prophecies like those of Cassandras, were disbelieved, and Jthenhe resolved to publish, declaring that no other remedy was left him but publicity. With a resolution that has been justly called heroic, with a frankness that spared no man's feel ings, he laid bare every weakness and every soie, reckless what degree of unpopularity cr hatred his uncompromising truthfulness might procure for him. Trochu foreshadowed in his book the results of the present most disastrous campaign. The best hopes would have been for France if she had listened to the words wise, true, and bold of her frank soldier, and had learned wisdom from his teaching. Gen." Trochu, we need hardly say, is a strong Orleonist, and it is believed that the government of Paris was with groat hesi tation and reluctance committed to his cLarge. But he was one of the best French officers, had never coasod to be on active ser vice, and his character stood extremely high in general estimation. He had come, we need hardly say, from St. Cyr and the Staff School, and served several years in Algeria urder Marshal Bugeaud. He had much of that blunt wisdom and keen sense for which Bugeaud was so remarkable, lit gives 13 u geaud's most favorable reminiscences of the English infantry in the Peninsula, with the famous remark that it was the best infantry in the world, but fortunately there was very little of it. Trochu was one of Marshal St. Arnaud's Aides-de-Camp in tho Crimea in IKoi, and after the Marshal's death ho was nude a general, and commanded a brigade of icfantry until the end of the Russian war. Like Bugeaud, te confessed to a great admiiation of tho English. He con trasted their order and discipline with the destructive and maraudiBg habits of the Fiench soldiers. When he was asked how he hoped to improve his troops, ho answered, "En lea faiiant vertuevx." In the Italian campaign of Solferino be commanded a divi sion, in which he showed a respect for non combatants in a manner quite new in the methods of French warfare' It is said that be begen by degrading an officer to the ranks for insulting a poasaut woman, and wherever he mffiched his track was distinguishable by the uninjured dwelling-houses and the un harmed mulberry-trees still clothed with vines. London t'ockti. Thackeray's Charity. Few people thought tl at he had saved more than twenty thousand pounds. But for his liberality and charity to many, he would have loft the inheritors of his name a good deal more. He used to pre tend sometimes that he did not part with his money as readily as was supposed, aud re marked to me that we grumble "when we have to do a kinduess, though we may come to the same condition ouiselves." He told me that he had left off calling on a needy friend who wielded the pen, because, if he did, the next day that individual's wife would come to him in tears, and it cost him too much. He could not resist an appeal to his charity, and he found, as editor of the Cornldll jtuaa ti ne, that every one was finding out his ex treme generosity. His charity, like his reli gion, he was chary of mentioning, except to deprecate the idea that he was particularly beneficent. He would tell you that in his ex perience he had known what it is to want a guinea, and that a fellow-feeling makes us 'wondrous kind. JiecoUection8 of I latclcerai, ly his Cousin. Lord Palmerxtov. Sir Henry Bulcer made Lord Palmerston'sacquaintancein 18:51, and thus describes the impression, personal and intellectual: "I then for the first time made Lord Palmerston's acquaintance at a party at Lady Cowper's, and still remember his appearance as mat oi a man in tne tuu vigor of middle age, very well dressed, very good-looking, with the large thick whiskers worn at that time. His air was more that of a man of the drawing-room than of the Senate; but he had a clear, short, decisive way of preaking on business, which struck me at once. Ail tne questions ne put to me went straight; to the point; and one could see that be was Catherine: information for the purpose of fortifying opinions." liuheer't Lite of l'ohuriiton. PROPOSALS. ri-O CONTKACTOKH AND BU1LUKKS. 1 SEALKD l'KOl'OSALS. indorsed "Proposals for building an extension to a I'uunc Bcnooi-nouie in the Tenth ward." will be received by tne uu- derslKiird at tne otnee. S. B. corner or SIXTH and ADKLP11I streets, until TUESDAY, Novem t.r 29, 1S70, at 12 o'clock M., for building an exten sion to a Publlo Scbool-hnuse, situate on KACK street, below Fifteenth. In the Tenth ward. Said exterson to be built in accordance with the nlans of L. 1L tiler, Superintendent of School Build ti es, to be seen at the ofilce of the Board of Public education. No bids will be considered unless accompanied by a certificate from the City Solicitor that the provi sion! of an ordinance approved May !, lstw, nave been compiled with. The contract will be awarded enlv to known inaiter builders. By order of the Committee on Property. II. W. 11 ALL! WELL, 11 16 19 !J 21 it Secretary, VT OT1CE. SKALBD PROPOSALS, INDORSED y " Proposals tor furnishing (supplies 10 tne uoard of iTibllo .Education." will ne receiveu ai me umce, S. B. corner of sixmana aubli'hi Mreers, aa d ret Bed to the undersigned, until TUESDAY", De cember 13th, 1870. at 12 o'clock M., lor the aupply of all BOOKS and STATIONERY to be used in the labile schools or Philadelphia during the year is.i Thejproposali mut state the price and quality of the Books and articles of Stationery proposed to be furnished, and accompanied by a sample of each Item. The Committee reserve the right to reject a 1 supplies not in accordance with sample. A Hat of books, etc.. as authorized by the Board can be seen at the Secretary's Ofilce. By order of the Commute on Supplies. M. J. HOFFMAN, 1110 89 1 13 Chairman. TO CONTRACTORS AND BCILDERS. SEALED pK'ipOSALS, endorsed "Proposals for. Build ing a Public School-house In the Tenth Ward' will beTeceived by the undersigned, at the ortloe, S. . corner of HXTH and ADKLP11I Streets, uutll 11E8UAY, November 89, 1870, at 14 o'clock M., for budding a Publlo School-house on a lot of ground situate on the south side of Cherry, west of Tenth street, in the Tenth ward. Said school-house to be built In accordance with the plans of L. 11. Eiler, Superintendent of School Buildings, to be seen at the ofilce of the Board of Public Education. No blda will be considered unless accompanied by a certificate from tne City Solicitor that the provi sions of an ordinance approved May 24, 1H60, have been complied with. Tli contract will be awarded only to known mas ter builders. By order of the Committee on Property. I ' 11. W. UAL LI WELL, 11 16 19 82 89 Secretary. PROPOSALS. DltOPOBALS FOB LI VI OAL Navy pkpartjtknt, NT, ) air, y 5. 1S70.) IirFKAW OF CONSTRUCTION AND KCPAI SEALED PROPOSALS for the delivery of 203.00 cnllc feet ef Live-oak Timber, of the best quality, In earn of the Navy.Yards at CharleHtown, Mas., and Brooklyn, N. Y., win be received at this Burcac ontil the sixth (fith) day of December next. ThCBe proposals must be endorsed "Proposals Tot Live Oak," that they may be distinguished from other business letters. The offers may be for one or both yards, bnt mnst be for the whole qnnntity in eaoh yard, aud, ai re quired by law, must be accompanied by a guar autee. (sureties In the full estimated arnonnt will bo re quired to Blgn the contract, and, as additional and collateral security, twenty-five (26) per centum will be withheld on the amount of each deliver; until the contract Is satisfactorily completed. In all the deliveries of the timber there must be a due proportion of the most dimcult and crooked pieces; otherwise there will be withheld such further amount in addition to the 25 per eentflm aa may be judged expedient to secure the public In tetest until such difllc'ilt portions be delivered. The remaining 76 per centum, or other proportion or each bill, when approve 1 In triplicate by the Commandant of the yard, will be paid by an it purchasing paymaster a's the contractor may desisr ,nate within thirty (3u) days after Us prescntatlor to him. It will be stipulated fn the contract that If t it 1 1 oe made by the parties of the Urst part tnd illvertri . all or any of the timber named, of the qutlity -n at the time and place provided, then, and tn , .at case, the contractor, and his sureties, will forfeit a.id pay to the I'ntted States a sum of money not exceed Irg twice the totl amount therein agreed upon as the price to be paid in case of the actual delivery thereof, which niav be recovered according to the Act of Conpress in that case provided, approved March 3,18-13. The Vo3,n cubic feet to be delivered In each yard will be In the following proportions : Say B.t.ooo cubic fet of pieces suitable for stems, sternposts, deadwoods, aprons, Bternpost knees, keelsons, and hooks, all siding from IT to 20 inches, and the hooks siding 14 and 10 inches. These pieces to be tn the proportions in which they enter into the construc tion of a ship of war; conforming substantially iu shnpe, length, and character with those heretofore received, with frames oi corresponding sidiog, tlio moulds of which can be seen at any navy yard; 130,000 cubic feet of the siding of 13 and 15 inches, in about equal quantities of each, aud 10,000 cubic font of a Biding of 12 inches; all these pieces being In length from 13 to IT feet, with a natural aud fair cui ve of from 12 to 30 inches or more in that length, and one-half the number of pieces To have from tho mean to the greatest crook. Also 80,000 cubic feet of timber siding 43 and 15 Inches, In length from IT to 20 feet. All to be sided straight and fair, and roneh-hewed the moulding way to show a face of not lesa than two-thirds the siding, the wano being deducted In the measurement. The timber to be cut from fees crowing within 80 tulles of the sea, ol which satisfactory evidence will be required, and to be delivered in tlio resnec- tive yards at the risk and expense of the contractor, subject to the usual inspection, and to the entire ap proval of the Commandant of the yard. J lie whole quantity to bo delivered within two years from the date of the contract. satisfactory evidence must ie presented with each proposal that the panics either have the timber or are acquainted with the subject, and have the facility to procure it. in addition to the aoove, separate -sealed rro- pr.sals" will be received at tho same time, on the same terms and conditions and similarly endorsed, from persons having the timber on hand already cut, for the delivery in each of the navy yards at Cliarlestown and Brooklyn, of from 8 to 50 00C cubic feet of Live-oak, the principal pieces siding 14 to IT inclicp, the remaining portion li and ia Inches; the principal pteccsg.ind crooked timber being in tho same proportion to tho quantity offered as that specified in the urst case, with tho samo lengths and crooks. The whole amount contracted ror in this case mnst be delivered on or before the 1st February, 1871. The Department reserves the right to reject an v and all bids for any timber under this a lvcrtisement If considered not to the interest or the oovernraent to accept them, aud to require satisfactory evidence that bhis are bona tide in ail respects, aud are made by reeponeioie persons FORM OF OFFER, ( Which, if from a jirm, vtvut he tiijued by all the mem bem. ) T . In hA Qtatn Af hereby scree to furnish aud deliver In the United States wavy l ara at , - thousand cubic feet of Live-oak timber, in con formity with the advertisement of the Bureau of Construction and Repair of the date of November 6, 170, viz. : cubic feet, suitable for principal pieces, at f per foot cubic feet, curved timber, at S per foot ........ cubic feet timber, at t per ft. 8 Total quantity. Total value. (The total value to be likewise written infulL) Should my (or our) oiler be accepted, (or ue) ro- qm it robe addressed at , and the cjntrot sent to the Purchasing Paymaster of tnu Naval Sta tion at for slgaature aud certlUcate. late . Signature, A. n. O. D. Witness : FORM OF GUARANTEE. The undersigned , of the State ol , aud In of , iu the State of , horeby guarantee that, in case tho foregoing bid of is accepted, he (or they) will, within ten data after the receipt of the contract at tho post oince nameo, or uy tae raymaster or tne is aval Station desig.-ated, execute the contract for the same with good and sufficient sureties; and iu case said shall fall to enter into contract as aforesaid, we guarantee to make good the dlil'or- ence between the oiler of the said and that which may be accepted. Date . Signatures C. D. E. F. WltneES : Each of the guarantors must be certified by tho Asfi-ssrr of Internal Revenue lor the district ia which the parties are assessed. 11 1 law4w DKOI'OSALS FOR THE ERECTION OF PUi X UCBllLDlNtJS. OKt ICK OK TUB COMMISSIOKF.KS FOR THB L1!) viui'tAV rw n ii xr I ' r d i tii I t 1 1 iw j n a 1 Philadelphia, Nov. 8, 1970. J Proposals will be received at the orncu of the Preoideut of the Commission, No. 129 S. SEVENTH Street, until .November 30, ls70, for Items one, two and three, and until December 3t, 1870, for the bulauce of the schedule, lor the following material and labor: 1. For carefully removing the iron railings and stones base from the four lnclosiirea at Broad and Market stieets, and deposltiug the same in order upon such portions of tho adjacent grounds aa the Con-.iuibhii.nerH may wieci. 2. lor removing the trees and clearing the ground. a. r or the lumber aua lauor for the erection of a board fence twelve (12) feet in height, with gates to Inclose the space occupied by Pcnn Squares, per lineal foot, complete. 4. For excavations for cellars, drains, ducts, foun dations, etc., per cuoic yara. b. For concrete foundtlons, per cubic foot. 6. For foundation stone, several kinds, laid per percn oi iweniy-nve leet, menMnreu in tne wans. T. For hard bricks per thousand, delivered at Broad and Market street during the year 1871. 8. For undressed granite per cubic foot, specify ing the kind. 9. For undressed marble per cubic foot, specify ing tne kino. 10. For rolled Iron beams (several sizes), per lineal yard of given weight. The Commissioners reserve to themselves the riant to reie t anv or all of the proposals. Further Information can be obtained by applying to the President of the Board, or to the Architect, John Mc Arthur, Jr.. at nis oince, No. 205 b. SIXTH btreet. By order of the Commission. JOHN RICE. President. Chas. R. Roberts, Secretary. no GROCERIES. ETOi II W BETHLEHEM BUCK W II 13 .V T, In small caaka. ALBERT 0. ROBERTS, Dealer la Fine Groceries, 11 T Corner ELEVENTII and VINE Sta. MATS AND OAPli a WAS BURTON "8 IMPROVED VENTILATED and easy-mung DRESS HATS (patented, in all the improved fashions of the season. ClihNUT street, next aooi vo ta rest wuitOj rpt INSURANObr JNCORPORATED 1 885. OFFICE OF THE DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE CD. rnii.ADEi.rut a, November 9, 1S70. The following statement of the affairs of tne Com pany la published In conformity with a provision of its ( barter: TRKMIUMS RECEIVED from November 1, 1SG9, to October 81, 1ST0 : On Marine and Inland Risks. $TP9,U9-36 On FlreltiBks l54,soi-20 1051.220 5 Premiums on Policies not marked offtiovcnibirl, lsct). 602,49-32 tl,4V).7iWm PREMIUMS MARKED OFF ns earned from No vember 1, 1?G9, to October 81, 170: On Marine and Inland Risks. $wo,74G-79 On Fire Kitks 1M,M37 81.032.E9.V4fl Intrrcst during the Ranie period Salvages, etc 152,500-93 tl fU.T9fl-.li I.CSSE8. EXPENSES, etc.. durlrnr tim ir aa alftve:- ' ' Marine and Inland Naviga tion Losses V)n,Kft-93 Fire LcBes s.00j-tw Return Premiums 8i,P2i-r,9 Reinsurances 40,C'JS-S5 Agency thHrges, Advertis ing. Printline, etc 50.S01-40 Taxes United States, State, ano Municipal Taxes 6,ouu-is Expenses SJ.045-00 s r7r),120-97 IW9,G9-47 ASSETS OF THE COMPANY November 1. Is70. 1300,000 United States Six Per Cent. Lonu (lawful mouey) .... tS'BOO 200,000 Stare of PcMisylvauU Six Per Cent. l,oan 214,000 00 200,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per Cent. Loan (exempt from Tax) 201,t62-50 M4,fl00 State of New Jersey Six Tor Cent. Loan 153.920-00 20,000 renssvlvanla Railroad F'irst Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds. 20,700-00 25,(C0 rennsjlvanla Railroad Second Mortgage Six Per (Jent. Bonds 25,250-00 25,000 Western Pent). Rnllroad Mort gage Six Per Cent, Bonds (Pcnn. R. It. guarantee) 20,0001)0 S0.0OO State of Tenuessce Five Per Cent. Loan lS.OOO-OO 7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent. Loani 4,200-00 12.CC0 Pennsylvania lUllroad Com pany, 250 Shares Stork 15,000 00 6,000 North Pennsylvania Eallroail. Company, loo Shares Stock.. 4,300-00 10,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mall Meamship Companv, 60 Shares Stock 4,000-00 261,060 Leans on Bond and Mortgage, lirst Hens on City Properties. 281,050 00 i 1,210,160 Par. Market Value.. $l,f93,65T-50 COBt, 5 2S1.447 34. Res! Estate 151,000-00 liills Re ceivablo for Insurances mvio... 23),i71,27 Bslances rlue at Agencies Premiums on warn e mnciei Accrued Interest aud other debts due the Company 93,375-47 8,012-00 112,911-73 Stock and Sctip. etc., of sundry corpora- t:ous, ti,'.i&'j. tbiiniatcu vaiuo Cash. tl 820,727-97 PrjH. ADKLPEHA, NOV. 9, 1870. The Board of Directors have this day declared a CASH DIVIDEND OF TEN J-EIt (J 5N V. 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 Lave also declared a SCRIP D1VIDHNO of TWENTY-FIVE IKK CENT, on the EARNED PREMIUMS for the year endlnir October 31, 1 70 certificates ef which will ba issued to the parties entitled to the same, on and after the 1st of Decem ber proximo, free of National and State Taxes. They have ordered, also, that tho SCRIP tjER- 11HCATES OF PROFITS of the Company, for the year ending October 31, 1SG8. be redeemed In CASH, at the Oillcc of the Company, ou and after 1st or December proximo, all interest thereon to cease on that day. Byaprovlsnn of tho Charter, all Certificates of Scrip not presented for redemption within five years after public notice that they will be redeemed, (hall bo forfeited and cancelled on the books of tho Company. No certificate of .profits Issued under J-28. By tho Act of Incorporation, "no certlUcate shall t3suo unless claimed within two ycara after the de ;lari tion of the dividends whereof it Is evidence." MUECTOKS, Thomas C. Hand, Samuel E. Otokes, William (l. BoaUon, Kdvvsid Durllngtou, li. Jones Brooke, Edward Lafourcadc, Jacob Rlegel, Jacob P. Jones, James 1) McFarlanV, Joshua P. Eyre, Speueer Mcllvalne, John B. Scruple, IHtsb'g A. U. Merger, " D. T. Morgan, " jonu r. uavis, idruuud A. Souder, Joseph II. Seal, .Tomes Traquair, Hemv Sloan, Henry C. Dallett, Jr., James V. llsnd, Wll iam O. Ludwlg, Hugh Craig, John D. Taylor, CH oi ge Wr. Bernadou, William O Houston, 11. Frank Robinson, THOMAS JOHN V. O. HAND. President. DAVIS, Vice-President. Henry Lyi.burn, Secretary, 11 n. sky Ball, Ass't Secretary 11 11 17t THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRB INSURANCB COMPANY. Incorporated 125 Charter Perpetual. No. C10 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence bquare. This Company, favorably known to the commu nity for over forty years, continues to insure against loss or damage oy Are on I'ublic or Private Build ings, either permanently or for a limited time. Also on Furniture, Stocks of Goods, and Merehantus generally, on liberal terms. Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund. Is invested In the most careful manner, which ena bles them to ouer to the insured an uuaouutca sec a rity in the case of loss. UlttAviuno Daniel Smith, Jr., Isaac Uazlehurst, Thoniaa lioblna, Thomas Smith, Henry iewia, J. OlUlngham Fell, Daniel liuddock. John Devereux, Franklin A. Com v. DANIEL SMITU, JB., President WM. G. Crowbll, Secretary. 8 30 IRK A SSOOIATION X1 INC01U'OKATB.L JUAKCU II, OFFICK, NO. 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET, INSURE BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AN. MERCHANDISE GENERALLY Frem Loss by lire (in the City of Philadelphia only) AHKiT8.:JANUAUY. 1. ISrO, 1.57i,73i- TRUSTEES. William H. Hamilton, John Carrow. Charles P. Bower, Jesse Llghtfoot, Robert Shoemaker, Peter Arinbrusier, George L Young, Joa. k. Lynaau, M. ii. LMCKinson, Samuel Sparhawk, ' Peter Wlulamaon, v Joseph E. Scheu. WH. H. HAMILTON, President. SAMUEL 8PARHA.WK, Vice-President. WILLIAM P. BUTLER, Secretary miLE ENTERPRISB INSURANCE GO. O? I pUILADEL.t'lllA. Office S. W. cor, FOURTH and WALNUT Street, FIRE INSURANCE JiiiCLL feiv ifL,Y. PvnPFii'liAi. AND TERM POLIOIES 1'SU1ID. CASH Capital (paid np In full) laGO.OuO-00 CASH Aaseta, October, 1870 68l,13s-18 imUfcirrvKa. y. Ratchford Starr, i J. Livingston Errlnger, Naibro Frsxler, IJanies L. ClagUorn, John M. Atwood, Win. G. Boulion, BnL T. Trediok, ! Charles Wheeler, George H. Stuart, Thomas U. Montgomer John U. Brown, 'James M. AerUeu. V. BATCH FORD STARR, President. THOMAS u. montuomery, Vice-President ALEX. W. W1STEH, Secretary. JACOB S. PEXEliSON, Ajuisuat Secretary, INSURANCE.; INSUKANCE COMPANY NORTH AMERICA. January 1, lSTO. Incorporated 1T94. Charter rcrpetual. CAPITAL I5O0.0O0 ASSETS i,TS8,5Sl Losses paid since organization. 123,000,000 Receipts of Premiums, vm tl,Ml,93T-4 Interest from Investments, 1S69 114,996 7 f2,10fl,5M-19 .tl,0o5,336-S4 Losses paid, 1SC9. STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS. First Mortgages ou City Property United States Government aud other Loan Bonds Railroad, Bank and Canal Stocks Cash in Bank and Ofilce Loans on Collateral Security Notes Receivable, mostly Marino Premiums Acclced Interest ITemiuni8 in oorse of transmission Unsettled Marine Premiums Real Estate, ouice of Company, Philadel phia 1780,450 l,123,fH8 IW.TOS 247,020 8i,5f8 Bit 1, 9 14 80,357 P5,l3 100,900 80,000 2,7S3,t31 DIRFCTOP.3. Arthur O. Coffin, Saniuel W. Jones, John A. Urowu, Charles Tsylor, Ambrose White, V illlsm Welsh, S. WorrH Wain, John Mason. Francis R. Cope, E'lwrard H. Trotter, Edward a Clarke, T. Charlton Uenry, Alfred D. Jcsruo, Louis C Madeira, Charles W. Cashmsn, Clement A. Gnscom, William Brock in. George L. Harrison, ARTHUR O. COFFIN. President. CHARLM FLATT, Vice-President. MATTTrtAS Mabis, Secretary. c. 11. itgKVgs, Assistant socittary. 8 4 1820. Cu"ARTER PERPETUAL. Fnflin Fire Inscraace tea? OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, lies. 435 and437 CHESNUT Bt. AssstsAug. !,,70$3009.88S"24 CAPITAL 1400,000-00 ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS. 2,009,833 -24 INCOM E FOR 1S70, LOSSES PAID IN 1S69, IS10.000. 1114,503-42. TLohnem pnld since 18-.il over Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liber. Tern. s. The Company also Issues policies a pon the Rer,f, of all kinds of Buildings, Ground Rents, and Moi' gni'8. The "FRANKLIN" has no DISPUTED CLAIM. DIRECTORS. Alfred O. Eakcr, Airrcd Fitier, Thomas Sparks, William h. Grant, Thomas S. Ellis, Gust:ivus S. BcHSon. Snmuel Grant, George W. klcharda, Issai-. Le n, George l aics, ALFRED O. BAKER. President. GEORG7? FALLS, Vice-President JAMES W. MCALLISTER, Secretary. 9 19 THLODORH: M. IUiUEK, Assistant Secretary. "THE MUTUAL PI10TEGTIQS Life Insurance Company OF PlilLADELPJJIA Offers life policies, PERFECTLY SECURED, at less than ONE-HAL? TilE USUAL RATEj. It is tho only Life Insurance Company la tho United States doing buslncs-i on the "Mutual Classification'' plan, and Us rates are so lo .vthat all classes may enjoy its benefits. TUB FULL AMOUNT OP INSURANCE IS GUARANTEED. We confidently invite the attention of the public to the claims of this Company, assured that Its plan, comblnlBg.as it does. ECONOMY with t.ie HIGHEST DEGREE OF SECURITY, will cotumcud It to gene ral favor. Circulars, containing full ex pl.inations of our sys tem, rates, etc. etc., can bo hud from any of our agents, or at the OFFICE, Ko. 247 8. THIRD 8trot, PHILADELPHIA. JAMES II. BILINGTON, President. J. E. LIackeskesg, Secretary. Good men wanted as Agents 10 13 thstu'iiu ASBURY LIFE INSUEAITCE CO. LEMUEL BANGS, President. UF.UKGH ELLIOTT, Vice-Pres't aud Sec'y. EMOliY McCLINTOOK, Actuary. PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGE Iff CY, JAMES M. LONGACHE, Manager. H. O. WOOD, Jit., M. 1)., Medical Examiner. Office, 302 WLHUT St., Philadilphia. REV. S. FOV6i8, Special Agent. JAMES M. LONGACRtS, General Agent, 5 23 mwfiy No. 308 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia pAME INSUKANCE COMPANY No. 809 CHESNUT Street IKCOBPOKATKD 1866. CHARTER PIKPETFAL. CAPITAL 1200,000. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. Insurance against Loss or Damage by Kira either by X'eipetual or Temporary Policies. DLK Jtiri UKB. Charles Richardson, Rolert Pearce, w imam ii. Knawn, wuilam M. Seyfert, John V. Smith, John Kessler, Jr., Edward Ii. Orne, Charles Stokes. John W. Everman, Nathan times, George A. West. J Mordecal buzby. ..II. Itf VO Tl I,T . IIIW. V XT I. . ...... Lliaiu.nn ill. J irauit'iib. WILLIAM H. RHAWN, Vice-Presl.lent. Williams l Dlakchakd secretary. 7 -abs piPEKIAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., ixwdoh. ESTAIJIJlSIlKD 1S0S. Paid-np OaitlUl and AocMnnUUd Foods, 08,000,000 IN GOLD, ' PREV08T & HERRING, Agents, 4 Ho. 107 8. TU1SD Btrot. Philadelphia. OHAB. M. PBKVQ8T OH A 8. P. HKRRINO STOVES, RANGES, ETC. riMIE AMERICAN STOVE AND HOLLOWWARB 1 COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, IRON FOUNDERS, (Successors to N5rth, Chase A North, Sharpo & Thomson, and Edgar L. Thomson,) Manufacturers of STOVES, nEATERS, THOM SONS LONDON KITCHENER, TINNED, EN A MELTED, AND TON HOLLOW WARE. FOUNDRY, Second and Miillin Streets. OFFICE, S09 North Second Street. FRANKLIN LAWRENCE, Superintendent. EDMUND B. SMITH, Treasurer. JKO. EDGAR THOMSON, Pi-esilent. JAMES IIOEY, S7mwf6m General Manager NEW STORE. n h. r. . v. cittA.nuuiisj, M Fancy and Htaple Trlmialns, ZEPUYK WOODS, ETC., No. 224 South ELEVENTH 8tmt. Pomades, Soaps, Powders, Perfumeries, Hosiery Gloves, llbUonj, Etc 9 15 tti3inrp ADO riON 8AL.ES, M THOMAS SONS, AUCTIONEERS,- NOS. 139 and 141 S, FOURTH Street. Sale No. 1709 Park avenne. HANDSOME WALNUT AND MAHOGANY FUR NITURE, Large Bookcase, Flue Brussels ant other Carpets, Etc On Wednesday Morning, oth Instant, at 10 o'clock, at No. 1709 Park r nne (between Thirteenth and Broad streets ail above Columbia avenue), by catalogue, the entire furniture. Catalogues now ready. 11 83 St F.xienslve Sain at the Auction Rooms. SITFRIOR llOUShHoLD FURNITURE, STRU WAY PIANO FORTK, FRKNCH-PLATK MR RORS, fine Window Curtains, Fireproof N'e, Walnut Oillce F"urnlture, Wardrobes, Bookcase, Extension Tables, H ilr Mattresses, Feather Bed, China, Glassware, fine Engravings. Hardware, Stoves, fine Velvet, Brussels, and other Car pets, Etc. On Thursday Morning, Dec. 1st, at 9 o'clock, by cstaloguo, abont 1000 lo's superior Household Furniture, comprising a gen -ral assortment. 11 2i it THOMAS BIRCH SON, ATTCTIONEER3 AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 1110 Ches NUT Street; rear entrance No. 1107 Sansom street. SALE OF A PRIVATE LIBRARY OF MISCEL LANEOUS BOOKS. On Wednesday Afternoon, At 3 o'clock, at the Auction Store, will be sold, ft privale library of valuable miscellaneous books, C3in prMng many illustrated works and London editions. Catalogues will be ready and the books ran be seen on the morning of sale. lias it BUNTING, DUBPPROW A CO , AUCTIONEERS, Noa. S38 and iii4 MARKET street, corner of Bank street. Successors to John B. Myers A Co, LARGE SALE OF BRITISH, FRENCH. HERMAN, AND DOMESTIC! DRY CiOODS. Ou Thursday Morning, 111 23 ft December 1, at 10 o clock, on four months' credit. IMTORTANT SALE OF CARPETINOS. 200 WCOI.LKN CRUMB CLOTHS, HO Pi EC 45 IRlN'i'hl) FELTS, SHKItPSKlN MATs, OIL CLOTHS, E1C. On Frldav Morning, December 2, at 11 o'clock, on four months' credit, about stO pieces ingiain, Venetian, list, hemp, cot tage, and rsg carpellngs ; oil cloths, rugs, etc. 11 20 5t LARGE SALE OF FRENCH AND OTHER EU KOPEAN DRY GOODS. Ou Jlonduv Morning, Deoeraber 6, at 10 o'clock, ou four months' credit. ii st MARTIN BROTHERS, AUCTIONEERS. (l.ntely Salesmen for M. Thomas fc Son3.) No. 704 'hesutitst., rear'entjance from Minor. BY BARE ITT fc (X)., AUCTIONEERS. CASH AUCTION HOUSE, No. S30 MARKET Street, corner of Ba.uk street. Cash advanced on consiguuicnts without extra charge. 11S4 Itr.OUI.AR SATE BOOTS. SHOES, BH0HAN5, HaIS, CAI'S. K'l'C. On Thiifsilny Morning, 1, at 10 o'clock, en two months' 11 29 2t DerrrLler credit. FUI'S. Fl'KS. Eleventh T.are Trsde Sale, lono Lois Amerlc.in an! Impeiiec l'urs, lur t aps, Colisos, Gloves, etc. Ou Fildiiv Morning, December ?. nt .0 o'clock. ROBES. ROBES. Also, ljft lots wolf, fox, bear, bml'.ilo, Angora, and oihi r funcy roies, lap biuiiket.-i, Iioisj blanket), eti. Aiso, !.U lots linlli'S black, white, uud brown Astr. t Lau sticiiues, st ul sacqm s, etc. " 1 1 a-J 2t CONCERT n MX AUCTION ROOMS, No. 1211 CHESNUT Street. . t. a. mcclelland, auctioneer. Personal attention given to sale of household fnr. nit n re at dwellings. Public sales of fcrnlturo at the Auction Ttnoma, No. 1219 Chesnut street, every Monday and lUiars dnv. For particulars lee "Publlo Ledger." N. B A superior Ciasa of furniture at privale sale CITY BAZAAR ANT) TATTERS ALU'S. XT V No. 1120 RaCE Street. Regular Auction Sitle of Horses, Wagons, Har ness, Itc, every Thursday, commencing at 10 o'clock A.M. No postponement on account of the wcai her. Gentle men's private establishments disposed of at public or private sale to tlio best advantage, and a genrral assortment of lloises, carriages, Har ness, Etc., to suit the need of all clusscsof pur chasers, constantly ou hand. Curniiges taken on Storage. Superior Stabling for Horses on snieor at livery.- Outsiile Sales solieMed aud promptly attended to. Liberal advances made on Horses, CarrliiscB, and Harness. DO iLK A NICHOLS. 10 19 tf Auctioneers. tNGINtO, MAOMlNtHY, BTO. Sf7V PKt-iN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER ,2i&2sOKKS.-NISftFIE LKV'Y, PRACTI CAL AND THEORKi 1CAI. ENeilNEEKS, MA CHINISTS, BOILER-MAKERS, BLACKSMITHS, aud FOUNDERS, having fur many years been In successfdl operation, end been exclusively engaged In building audt panlLg Marine and River Engines, high and low pressure, Iron Boilers, Water Tanks, Propellers, etc. etc., respectfully offer their services to tlit; public as being fully prepared to contract for engines of all sizess, Murine, uiver, and Statlouary; having sets of patterns of ditfeient sizes, are pre pared to execute orders with quick despatch. Every description of pattern-ruaklug made at the shortest notice. High and Low Pn-sauro Fine Tubular aud Cylinder Boilers of the best Pennsylvania CIihtcouJ Iron. Forgli'fis of all size and kind. Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Taming, rx-rew Cutting, aud ali oilier yrork connected With the above business. drawings and spoc'ilcattons lor a!l work done the establishment free of charge, aud work gua ranteed. , . , The subscribe rs have ample whnrf dock-ioora fot repairs of boats, where they emi He In perfect Safety, and are provided with sh-ars, blocks, fall, etc. etc., for rais,. g heavy cM.rJit wejta. JOHN P. LEVY. 3 IB! BEACH and PALMER Streets. pIRAKD T'JBE WORKS AND IRON CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA., Manufacture Plnlu and Galvanized W RuUGHT-lltuN PIPE and Sundries for Gas and Steam Filters, Plumbers, Muchluists, KaUiHK Makers, Oil Refiners, etc. WOKKS, TWENTY-THIRD AND, FILBERT STREETS. OFUCE AND V AKKHol'SE, 81 No. 4'J N. FIFTH hTriKET. CITY ORDINANCES. N (I I! D I NANCE i V To Make au Appropi Kition to the Board of Education to Pay for lU-f;luzlu aud Kopaira to Kcboc'l-Louses. Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the sum of nineteen hundred aud eighty dollars and lilty-nine cents be and -the saiue is hereby ap propriated to the Dewd of Education, to pay for reglazing aud repairs to roofs of public school-houses, rendered necessary by the de structive eflects of the hail-storm last spring, to wit: To the Central Hlp;h-school. eighty dollars. To EchooMiemses iu the following Bectious: Fourth Section. Four hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirty-three cents. Seventh Section. Two huudred and ten dollars and eighty cents. Eighth Section. Five hundred and twenty dollars and seventy-five cents. Ninth Section. Two hundred and twenty-four dollars and eighty cents. Tenth Section. One hundred and seventy dol lars and Beventy cents. ... , Thirteenth Section. One hundred and five dollars and ten cents. Fourteenth Section. Two huudred and two dollars and eleven cents. And warrants shall be drawn by the Board of Public Education in accordance with exlbtins ordinances. WA(JNEK President of Comaiou Couucll. Attest Benjamin II. Haines, Clerk of Select Council. SAMUEL W. CATTELL, President of Select Council. Approved this twenty-elxth day, of November, Anno Domini one thousand eight huudred and seventy tA. ! 1S70). auu at-mj v. 'DANIEL M. FOX, U 28 Mayor of Philadelphia. ET GCK)Ds7 N EW EST 8T X LES, D1XQN '8, No. HI b, ElliUTU biree-L W W
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers