2 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. JANUARY G, 1871. Brin.IT or snn rasas. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals upon Current Toploi Compiled Every Day for the Evening Telegraph. TIIE YtfARS SUICIDES. t,cm the H. F. Tribune. There is a Spanish proverb which says theie is a remedy for everything bat deatn; and in spite of all the teachings of philoso phy and religion, the universal feeling of the European civilization accepts dissolution as the one irremediable misfortune. We speak of out own civilization; because the love of life and the dread of death are greater among the races to which the Christian reliioa has given a weighty sense of personal responsi bility, than among those whose traditions and fanaticisms have made all the incidents of living and dying a matter of comparative un concern. The Japanese gentleman resents an affront by ripping tip his own bowels, and his discomteous adversary must follow the chivalrous example or be held a boor and a craven. In some provinces of China a man condemned to death can buy a substitute for a few hundred dollars. The vicarious con vict makes his wife and children comfortable for life, and then prooeeds to make himself comfortable for death by indulging in a protracted orgie of ram and opium, at the end of which the executioner's sword cares the logical head-ache, and the troubles of life and housekeeping are ended, l'.ut this indicates a triumphant exercise of what the Germans call pure reason, above the reach of the Caucasian intellect. A man's life may be very worthless, but he will not sell it for money. lie still says, in exouse for any meanness, "A man must live," and Dr. Johnson, M. de Talleyrand, Didaskalos Tis, and all the wiis and sages since jest-books were written, may reply in vain, "I do not see the necessity." The gloomy wisdom of Colon's warning to the Lydian King to count no man happy until his death is usually reversed in the sanguine instincts of average human hearts, which persistently re fuse to despair this side of the undiscovered country. The report of the Coroner gives some hint, therefore, of the utter wretchedness which exists unknown at our very elbows, when it informs us that in this, the most practical and prosperous of all the world's great cities, during tiie year just finished, 112 persons found the miseries of life more dreadful than death, and laid violent hands on their own existence. Of these, only '2.1 were natives of the United States the element of hope is stronger in the Yankee than any other crea ture. Deer, metaphysics, and home-sickness give to the Teutonic immigrant a predisposi tion to self-slaughter, increased by indiscreet reading of Werther and the Itobbers. The German suicides reach the disproportionate number of "3. The Irish are relatively much less numerous. Many of them would seem to have little to live for, and yet only 15 have thought best to die. Of the French, who at home have such a passion for charcoal and the Seine, only three chose to run the ordeal of an alien Morgue. As might naturally be expected, the very young people have not been eager to leave a world where there was kissing and dancing. Under twenty years of age there was but one solitary unfortunate; under thirty there were 20; under forty there were 31 tha't grew tired of the hard fight; under fifty, 27; there were 1G under sixty and 10 under seventy, and one who had finished the allotted limit of men grew impatient and courted his dallying death. The suicides were pretty evenly distributed through the year. Janu ary was the month most affected by the self Blaugblerers, and in March there were fewest. This is natural enough, as midwinter is desti tute of cheer to the wretched, and hope wakes in every heart where it slept at the first vivifying touch of spring. Either because they suffer less, or endure suffering better than men, comparatively few women commit suicide. Last year the pro portion was 23 to 89. There is a curious and characteristic difference in the manner in which the two sexes make way with their lives. The largest number of men shoot or hang themselves; but only five women used the ungraceful rope, and not one had the' courage to load and fire a pistol. Most of them took poison, which allows one to die in a picturesque and heart-broken attitude. Four, who had possibly read Hood and seen Hamlet, sought a watery grave, which they would not have done if they had ever seen a drowned person. A blonde Bavarian girl came before the Coroner a few days ago and said: "My lover and I agreed to die now while we were young and loving. lie brought two pistols and shot himself, and I was afraid." If this Romeo of the Bowery had brought a phial of prussic acid, his Juliet would have gone unflinchingly with him into the Silent Land. The predominance of foreigners in all suoh lists shows that nostalgia is the most fruitful cause of that utter despair which makes life hateful. A condition of misery among stran gers is worse than financial ruin, or disgrace, or despised love. In the early days of the coolie emigration, the contractors on the Isthmus of Panama frequently found their working gangs seriously reduced by suicide, The unhappy bondmen would go through some religious ceremonial, and then, droning a melancholy hymn, they would clasp hands and lie down in platoons on their faces in the warm and shallow brooks and never move again. This they imagined was the easiest w ay to get home. ABE TIIE REPUBLICANS SIIUT UP TO THE RENOM1MAT1UN VV GRANT? From the A'. F. Sun. Hostility to the renomination of General Grant permeates the Republican party to a far greater extent than is dreamed of by some of its leaders. His administration having demonstrated that he is neither a statesman of broad views nor a politician of even ordi nary bhrewdness, the rank and file of the party, who do not seek office and have no corrupt jobs to promote, are earnest in the conviction that the campaign of 1872 ought not to be embarrassed with the dead weight of General Grant's blunders and imbecilities. In 1KG8 hundreds of thousands of men voted for General Grant simply to close up the work of reconstruction. They did not expect much from him beyond this, and they are not seriously disappointed at finding him on the completion of this work a calamitous failure. They are not exactly dissatisfied with his course on the measures growing out of the war, but they have no ooufideuce in his ability to mark out a policy for the future; and, in plain English, they wish to get rid of him at the close of his present term. It is absurd to Bay that the Republicans cannot easily find an acceptable candidate for 1872. The great events of the last teu years, in which their organization iuu borne a lead ing part, Lave brought into the foreground luhny able and ambitious men, noue of whom would decline to carry the Republican stan dard in the campaign upon which the coun try is now entering, while some of them are already grasping to get hold of it. Con spicuous among the possible candidates from the East stand Mr. Banner and Mr. Bout well: and at the West, Mr. Morton and Mr. Trumbull. Less prominent than these we discover Mr. Banks and Mr. Fenton on this side of the Alleghanien, and over the moun tains Mr. Logan and Mr. Colfax rise to view; and General Butler is eagerly pushing, and Senator Sherman is quietly waiting, and poor Mr. Greeley is entirely willing. Outside of strict party lines, and occupy ing independent grounds, but still claiming to rank as Republicans, we may note 13. uratz Brown and Charles Francis Adams: and, even in spite of his precarious health, we presume Chief Justice Chase's friends do not abandon all hopes of his reaching the l'residencv. We might swell this list by the addition of many names: for the late Theodore Parker . . . . . m . A 1 once said that tne number oi persons in m United States who regarded themselves as present, prospective, or possible candidates for the 1'residency was always one uunureu at the verv lowest estimate. At all events, it is a consolation to know that the country bs not vet run out of able men; the Repub lican party may well claim that it possesses a fair share of such, and therefore need not be driven to the necessity of renominating General Grant. THE SAN DOMINGO COMMISSION. From the N. T. WorUl. Mr. Greeley's visit to Washington by invi tation of General Grant, and his conferences with the President, have filled the air with surmises that Grant is courting his support by offering him a place on the commission. His support the President would have in any event, as Mr. Greeley is known to favor an nexation; but General Grant wants his zeal. He desires the thick-and-thin advocacy of the Tribune for his darling project, lie hopes, by playing upon Mr. Greeley's vanity aad feeding his self-importance, to detach the Tribune from Sumner, and to throw its active influence into the other scale. This may be a cunning manoeuvre; but a commis sion selected on such principles will not secure the confidence of the country in the fairness of its investigations. Mr. Greeley is, by nature, habit, and the training of his whole life, a partisan and not a judge. It would not be easy to find another man of so much ability who is so deficient in the coolness, fairness, and impartiality re quisite for forming just opinions on anew and exciting question. There is not a more vehement or a more wayward partisan in the country. He never sees but one side of a debated question, and is utterly blind to the force of evidence which conflicts with his preconceived opinions. If he accepts a place on the commission he will go to San Do mingo with his mind already made up, and be will be obstinately blind to facts which ought to shake his forgone conclusions. Of course, any investigation conducted by men of his stamp will be utterly worthless. If he goes, he will not go in search of informa tion, but of materials to make out a case. If General Grant makes up a commission of such men, it will be lik'e trying a cause before a packed or bribed jury. As the proposed inquiry is solely for the information of Congress, that body, if it thinks the investigation necessary, ought to appoint a committee of its own members, as it does in other matters wherein it seeks in formation. The custom is, in making up committees of investigation, to compose them by an intermixture of members favorable and members opposed to the project in contem plation, in order that there may be a proper Bifting of the evidence. It is absurd to allow the President to pack a commission the object of whose labors is to acquire informa tion to guide the action of Congress. Either house may properly ask the President for the facts and documents on which he has formed his own opinion and made his recommenda tion; and if Congress feels the need of more information than these supply, it can appoint a committee of its own of whoBe capacity it can judge by its acquaintance with the men. The President will of course pack a commis sion known to favor his own views, and there fore certain to furnish a one-sided account. We fear there is little room to doubt that the Senate resolution, to be called up next Monday by General Banks, will pass the House. If the President had confidence in the result of a fair investigation, he would appoint an unbiassed commission. Bat if he selects three men like Mr. Greeley, ignorant of the bpanisn language and committed to his project, and gives them the versatile Caleb Cushing for a secretary, Mr. Cashing will be the commission, and its members his subservient dummies. As tney can bold no intercourse with inhabitants except through him, be will select whom he pleases for ex amination, and take good care to select no body but accomplices of Baez. He will of necessity ask all the questions, and translate all the answers; and he is adroit and skilful enough to bring forward such men and give such a turn to their evidence as to make any impression he pleases on a set of commis sioners who can hear only with his ears and speak only with his tongue. There is no need of sending a commission to San Demingo to learn its topography, climate, and statistics, since these are re corded in easily accessible publications, with greater fulness and aoouracy than a commis sion could attain during a brief visit to the island. Their chief labor will oonsist in the examination of individual residents, and the whole investigation will be a misleading sham unless they are selected from opponents as well as friends of annexation, comprising persons of intelligence and wide connections among their fellow-inhabitants. Mr. uushing would be an invaluable member of such a commission ; but he ought to be matched by another equally skilful and knowing, and equally acquainted with the language, wiin exactly opposite prepossessions. A com mission would not be badly composed if it consisted of two such men, with the third of a judicial turn and sufficient weight of char acter to steady the others. The commis sion would then resemble two opposing lawyers and a judge. The advocates would take care that the right witnesses were called to bring out all the information on either side, and their conflicting zeal would be tem pered by the third member of the commission Of course Mr. Greeley could play neither of these parts. He has not the linguistic and other special knowledge requisite for the one. nor the judicial equipoise which would tit him for other. Bat if, as is undoubtedly the case, General Grant intends to pack a com mission to make out a case and reflect his own views, it is of little conseqnenoe whom Le appoints. TRUE AND FALSE REPUBLICANS. From the N. Y. Time. It toust be tolerably clear to all Republi cans who take an interest in publio a a air j tLat these are not the times for encouraging 1 6Dy elements of discord or weakness within the party. . We are beset on every side by active and vigilant enemies. The absence of any one absorbing question wMoh might form the ground of an appeal to the publio at large is an advantage to the party wnicn always depends lor success upon evasiou and side issues. The President has been subjected to an uninterrupted course of attack froud the Democratic journals in the first place because be is trying to do his duty, and in the next, because he systematically deolinea to "dioker" with Democratic politicians. No one can refute the facts that uenerai urant has Kept ms pledges to the people, and that his polioy has been generally advantageous to theoountry at large. But in "off years" the attempt was sure to be made to disparage all his exertions and misrepresent all his acts. Whenever the question is fairly tested, it will be found that the people have undiminished confidence in fhe President; but this conviction ought not to lead to any snpinenens on the part of the Republican party. It is possible for the best of causes to suffer through the negligence of those who have the management of them, aad this danger can never be absent from a party which appeals rather to principles and reison then to ignorance and demagogisn. No small part of the burden of the next great fight will necessarily fall upon the Re publicans of this State, and it is quite time that they began to organize their forces, and place themselves in the highest state of effi ciency for the struggle. Iu this city we have not only to be prepared for avowed enemies, but, what is still worse, for foes who are actually within our own camp. The folly of some, and the treachery of others, havo done much to weaken the party, as any one must have seen from the results of the recent election. An organization like that of the Citizens Association, under the nominal management of a well-meaning but weak man like Mr. l'eter Cooper, and the real control of an active aud un scrupulous agent of the ring like Mr Nathaniel Sands, is a power capable of pro ducing serious mischief. Until these malign agencies are finally disposed of, no efforts of Republican leaders can bring out the true strength of the party. A. still more dan gerous element is at work. The men who wear the cloaks of Republicans, while con cealing the weapons of the Democrats beneath them, are determined to do all in their pjwer to destroy the administration, and with it every cause with which the public interest is really identified. To-night these Tammany Republicans are to meet for the purpose of rendering their forces as compact as possible. Ibey are to bold the first regular meeting of the new committee. It is important that every true Republican should understand that in proportion to the countenance or support he gives to this clique, he injures the party he is anxious to serve. Any maa who enlists under the Hank Smith banner bad better take one step more at once and go over to the Tweed ites. Hank Smith and his friends have been allowed to do quite barm enough. No matter with whom they may be associated, they are in reality working for the Democrats, and all their propositions should be rejected as de cisively as if they were dictated at a conven tion of pickpockets, like those who stolo Mr Samuel Tilden's watch at Rochester. If ever there was a period at which it was all-important to distinguish accurately our friends from our foes, it is the one in which we live. Great issues are being fought for, and the public are gradually becoming alive to their reality and importance. We Bee a gang of thieves it would be absurd flattery to call them by any other name ruling ab solutely in this city, corrupting the bar, the bench, and the press, and choking every avenue to publio life. They boast of their power to extend their rule all over the State, and then to seize the National uovernment, and work from the White House as they have worked from the City Hall. Their ambition is to reconstruct the uovernment ot tne United States on the model of that which we now see in this city. Some people do not believe it; others profess to feel indifferent as to whether they Bucceed or not. But the main body of the people still take A very lively interest in the cause of good government and honest otn cials, and this is an element of strength with which Republicans alone , can deal, for the Democrats are sacrificing all right to appeal to it. V batever may be the amount of apa thy existing now, and however much we ;nay deplore it, we may be very sure that the good cause will in the end prevail, and with proper management we can render its success as snred at the very next contest. Bat there must be sincerity of purpose, great address and tact, and an unfaltering belief in our own bide, on the part of our leaderr. We loon to the State Committee to sever bll connection with Tammany to reorganize the party in such a way as that the Republicans and Democrats will stand face to face, and not side by side. In this work the committee is now engaged, and people who are disposed to help it will keep away from the Hank Smith organization. It may take time to cut away the bad timber; the Earty has been allowed to get into such a ad state that a few weeks will scarcely suf fice to put it in proper fighting order again But the task can be accomplished, and the first step necessary is to draw the fangs of the Tammany Kepublicans. when that is done, we need have no fear concerning the filots now being concocted ty tne Democrats o bring final ruin upon the Republican party in the btate. EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. From th AT. Y. tlerald. On September 1, IPCS, the publio debt of the United States was $2,757,CS'J,571. This was the largest amount of debt the nation ever owed. It bad been augmenting vastly during the four years' war, which closed in the spring of 18G5. For the first few months after the close of the war that is, from April to September a large amount of floating in debtedness had to be adjusted, and it was this that brought the debt up to the highest figure in September. Bat from that time it began to waste away. It has been steadily and regularly decreasing since. On January 8, 1871, the debt was 2,319,GG4,320. This is the lowest point it has reached since Sep tember, 1865. Thus, then, there has been paid in the course of five years and roar months ssius.uo.xoi. During Johnson's administration, or, rather, during the three years and six months of Lis administration from the time the debt was adjusted and reached the highest figure, there was paid $212,G.r.2,G(i7. Since General Grant has been President, or daring one year and ten months, there has been paid frJj,372,S84. It must be remembered, bow ever, that the claims upon the Treasury aris ing out of the war. for the first two or three years after it ended, were numerous and I r - ... large, juany or these were settled ueiore General Grant entered the White House. In- deed, the amount of the war claims and ex penses of the Government crowing out of the war Lave been less every year for several years past, and will continue to diminish henceforward. Even the war pensions will fall off every year, i . t ! Tbe amount of money the people of this country have contributed to the support of tbe Government and payment or the debt in the last ten years is stupendous. The contri butions in the shape of taxes, in one way or another, have averaged probably over fonr hundred millions a year f or. the last tea years, or, in the aggregate, between four and five thousand millions. Yen, tbe people havo paid from the earnings of their industry in the short period of ten years a sum more than double the amount of the present interest bearingjdebt a sum far largerthan that raised from the nation during the previous eighty years and upwards of its history. Did ever a nation show such extraordinary resources be fore? Was there ever known more marvel lous elasticity in the financial capabilities of a country ? But that is not all. This stupendous taxa tion was borne at the time when millions of men were taken away from industrial pur suits for the armies, and when thousands of millions of property was destroyed the war. The productive South was almost turned into a wilderness, and all the eflorts of the North were strained to an unparalleled extent to carry on the gigantic struggle. It took several years to restore industry, and though the country generally, and the South especially, have arisen from their prostrate condition in an astonishing manner, the effects of the war are still felt. It will tike some time to restore the vast wealth that was destroyed. Now the question is, Ought the people who have paid so much for the preservation of the Lmon who have borne such enormous bur dens and lost so much blood and property to be still heavily taxed to pay the balance of the debt t Ought not our children, ought not posterity, to pay a portion of the debt ? There is no longer any question, if there ever was, as to the ability and purpose of the re public to pay. We need not raise a large revenue and keep paying off the debt at the rate of a hundred millions a year to establish the credit of the Government. . Then, as wealth and population increase, the people will feel less and less of the debt. With the surprising develop ment of wealth and population the people in ten years will be able to bear a hundred millions of taxes better than we can now fifty millions. A small sinking fund, to keep the debt constantly decreasing, is all that is needed at present. The revenue can be cut down a hundred millions a year, and then there will be left an ample amount for the current expenses of an economical gov ernment and for a sinking fund. This sum left in the hands of the people wo.ild be ap plied to industry, would stimalate produc tion and add vastly to the national wealth. Instead of being anxious to pay the debt in a hurry, as the Secretary of the Treasury is, the taxes ought to be reduced to the lowest amount possible. That would be national economy and the proper course for a wise government to pursue. WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETO. ytVIS LADOM-US & CO -no a -ur Awe mnnnna ml. rwr? 17fa WITHIES, JKWELKT A SIM lSK WAliK. 11 W aiuaxia ana a w iiua x niix mauu. 8 02 Chestnut St., Phil-L- Would Invite attention to their large stock of Ladles' and Cents' Watches Of American and foreign makers. DIAMONDS in the newest styles of Settings. LADIES' and GENTS' CHAINS, sets of JEWELRY of the latest styles, BAND AND CHAIN BRACELETS, Etc. Etc. Cur stock has been largely increased for the ap proaching holidays, and new goods received dally. Silver Ware of the latest designs lu great variety, for wedding presents. Repairing done 1 a the best manner aad guaran teed, e 11 fmw TOWER CLOCKS. U. W. ItUSSCLJL., Wo. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET, Agent for STEVENS' PATBNT TOWER CLOCKS, both Remontolr A Graham Esoapement, striking boor only, or striking quarters, and repeating hour on fall chime. Estimates furnished on application either person ally or by mail. B26 WILLIAM B. WARNS ft CO., Wholesale Dealers in WATCHES, JEWELRY, AND 8lyl SILVER WARE, Second floor of No. 639 CH ESNUT Street, B. B. corner SEVENTH and CHBSNUT Streets. LOOKING CLASSES, ETO. FOR LOOKING-GLASSES, RELIABLE AflD CHEAP. JAMES S. EAKLE & SONS, No, 816 CIIESNUT STREET. PROPOSALS. PROFOSAL8 FOR PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING. Notice is hereby civen that Sealed Proposals for the Public Printing aud Binding for tbe State of Pennsylvania, for the term of three years from tbe first day of July, 1S71, will be received by tne speakers 01 tuo senate ana 1 louse of Uepresectutives from this date to tbe fourth Tuesday of January, 1871, in compliance with tbe act of Assembly entitled "An act in relation to Public Printing," approved i)th of April, 1S50; said proposals to be accompanied by bonds, with approved securities, for the faith ful performance of the work, as required by tbe act of 25th February, 180:3, entitled "A further Supplement to an Act in relation to Public Printing," approved the 9th day of April, 1850. F. JORDAN, Secretary of the Commonwealtk. IIarrisbcbo, Jan. 3, 1871. 1 3 18t CROOERIES, ETO. CHRISTMAS GROCERIES. Kull assortment of every variety of RAlblNS, CITRON, CURRANTS. ORANGES, GRAPES. NUTS, PRESERVES, CANNED OOODS, WINES, OOROIALR, CHAMPAGNES, FOREIGN AND iKJMESTIO CUEEbJt, CIGARS, ETC. ALBERT O.ROBERTS, 11 T Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Sta, BR1CKMAKERS CLAV-SPATtES AND TOOLS. MUler'n make. No. 809 S.F1PT11 Street, li lm4 INSURANO&. INSURANCE COMPANY Or ! NORTH Incorporated 1T4. AMERICA. j J A. CART 1, 1310. Charter Perpetual. CAPITAL tNXl.OOO ASSETS $1,783,581 Losses paid since organization.. ..123,000,000 Receipts of Premiums, isc 11,901,8.175 Interest from Investments, 18G9 114,96?4 12,108, M4 -19 .fl,035,g36'S4 Losses paid, 1869. STATEMENT OP TIIK ASSETS. First Mortgages on City Property United states uovetnmcnl and other Loan Bonds Railroad, Bank and Canal Stocks Cash in Bank and Ofllce Loans on Cullateral Security Notes Receivable, mostly Marine Premiums Accrued Interest Premium?; in course of transmission Unsettled Marine Premiums Real Estate, ofllce of Company, Philadel phia 1764,430 1,123,919 65,703 947,620 84,508 831,944 S0.30T 85,199 100,900 BO.OOO i,7S3,831 DIRECTORS. Arthur O. Coffin. Francis R. Cope, Edward H. Trotter, Edward 8. Clarke, T. Charlton llenry, Alfred D. Jessup, Louts C. Madeira, Charles W. Cashman, Samuel W. Jones, John A. Brown, Charles Taylor, Ambrose WMte, William Welsh, S. JHorrla Wain, iionn mason, George L. Harrison, I William Brockie. ARTHUR G. COKFIN, President. CHARLES PLATT, Vice-President. Matthias Mabis, Secretary. C. II. Rbkvks, Assistant Secretary. 8 4 ciemeniA. wnscom, 1829. CUARTER PERPETUAL. FraniliD Fire Iasnrance Comaany OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, Nos. 435 and437 CHE3NUT St. Assets Aug. I,T0$3I009I888,24 CAPITAL 1400,000 -00 ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS. 3, 009,84924 INCOME FOR 1870, LOSSES PAID IN 1869, $310,000. 1 144,909 '48. Losses' paid since 1899 over 5.500,000 Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Libera: Terms. The Company also Issues policies upon the Rer-t of all kinds of Buildings, Ground Rents, and Mot' gneea. Tne "FRANKLIN" has no DISPUTED CLAIM. DIRECTORS. Alfred G. Baker, Alfred Fltler, Thomas Sparks, William 8. Grant, Thomas S. Ellis, tluatavus S. Benson. Barnnei uraiir,, George W. Richards, Isaac Lea. George Fales, ALFRED G. BAKER. President GEORGE FAXES, Vice-President JAMES W. MCALLISTER, Secretary. 9 19 THEODORE M. REGER, Assistant Secretary. ASBURY LIFE INSURANCE CO. TJEW 70IIK. LEMUEL BANGS, President. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vlce-Pres't and Sec'y. EMORY McCLINTOOK, Actuary. JAMES M. LONGACRE, MANAGER FOR PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE, Office, 302 WXHUT St, PhiladalriJiia. H. C. WOOD, Jr., Medical Examiner. 5 83 mwtlm REV. S. POWERS, Special Agent. ' jp 1 R E ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED MARCH IT, 1320. OFFICE, NO. 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET, INSURE BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ANf MERCHANDISE GENERALLY From Loss by fire (in the City of Philadelphia only) A8SETS,! JANUARY 1, 1S70, 9L,S1,73J- TRUSTEES. William n. Hamilton, John Oarrow, George I. Young, Jos. R. Lyndall, Charles P. Bower, Jesse Llghtfoot, Robert Shoemaker, Peter Armbraster, M. H. Dickinson. levi v. uoaw, Samuel Sparhawk, 1 Peter Williamson, Joseph E. SchelL WM. H. HAMILTON, President. SAMUEL SPAR HAWK, Vice-President WILLIAM F. BUTLER, Secretary THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated 1825 Charter PerpetuaL No. 610 WALNUT Street, opposite Independent Square. This Company, favorably known to the commu nity for over forty years, continues to Insure against loss or damage Dy 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 Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund. Is Invested In tbe moat careful manner, which ena bles them to offer to the Insured an undoubted seoa rity In the case of loss. DIRECTORS. Daniel Smith, Jr., I Thomas Smith, Isaac Uaslehurst I Henry Lewis, Thomas Robins, J. GUllngham Fell, John Devereux, I Daniel Haddock, Franklin A. Comly. DANIEL SMITH, Jb., President WM. G. Cbowkll. Bocrehtry. 880 JpAME INSURANCE COMPANY No. 809 CHESNUT Street . INCORPORATED 1850. CHARTKB FIBPETUAL. CAPITAL 1200,000. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire either Perpetual or.Temporary Policies. DIRKC-njKH. Charles Richardson, Robert Pearce. wuiiam 11. nnawn, William M. Seyfert, John F. Smith, Nathan Utiles, John KesBler, Jr., Edward B. Orne, Charles Stokes. John W. Everman, Mordecal Buzbv. George A. West CHARLES RICHARDSON, President WILLIAM H. RHAWN. Vlce-Preiildent Williams L Blamcrakd Secretary. 1838 THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OP PUILADKLPUIA. Office B. W. cor. FOURTH and WALNUT Streets. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. PERPETUAL, AND TERM POLICIES irjSUBD. CASH Capital (paid np In full) rwo.ooo-oo CASH Assets, Deuember 1, 1870 8000 8884 VUSJSU -l v no. P. Ratchford Starr, J. Livingston Errtnirer. jNaiaro rrazier, John M. Atwood, Ben). T. Tredlck, George H. Stuart, James L. Cldghorn. ,, Wm. G. Boulton, Charles Wheeler. Thomas U. Montgomer James M. AerUea. jonn u. urown. v. watiuifORD BTARH. President. THOMAs u. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President, ALEX. W. W1STER, Seeretary. JACOB E. PETERSON, Assistant Secretary. TMFERIAIi FIBS INSURANCE CO., liONDOH. KSTABiasUEU 1N0B. Pald-np Oapital and Accumulated roods. 08,000,000 IN GOLD. PKEVOBT & HERRING, Agents, Ho, 107 8. THIRD Street, Philadelphia, OH AS. M. PRKVOBX OHAE. p. HKRRINO TV-w HORSE COVERS, BUFFALO ROBB8 Fancy Robes, Lap Runs, Fur Gloves and Collars. Large stock of all grade goods at lowest prices. MoyKH'S Harness, Kaddlery and Trunk btore, No. VM MAKK.LI Street, , 17 imrp ggfiTf LORILLARD STEAManiP COMPAQ j or nnv loutf, ' SAILING TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SAT . UKDATS AT NOON, , are now receiving freight at winter rates, com. menclng December 29. All goods shipped on and after this date will be charged as agreed upon oy the ageois of this company. INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT. No bill of lading or receipt signed for less than fifty cents, and no insurance effected for less thaa one dollar premium. For further particulars and rates apply a t Co.u- " pany's o nice, Pier 83 East river, New York, or to JOHN F. OHU PIER 19 NORTH WHARVES. N. B. Extra rates on small packages Iron, metals 898 THE REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON TnB PHI LADELPUIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM SHIP LINE are AIXJNK authorized to Issue through ollla of ladir g to interior points South and West tu connection with South Carolina Railroad Company. ALFRED L. TYLER; Vice-President So. a RR. Co. PHILADELPHIA AND HnTTTWWWH MAH. RTITiXIHtlTD ril I f D . Wid nn.iA u f j i-mun iiit, i Ltin tf 'ill KKW USL. LiKANS, IjA- Tb YAZOO will Mil for New Orlwu, via nTa. CD fridy. Junnryrt, t S A. M. Th JtNIAlA will Mil from New Orleans, vi Hrn. on Monilny, .Urmmjr 2. THKOUU11 U11.I.S OF LADING t UlowrttMM bi Brother route jriten to Mobile, Galveston. INDIAN. 01.A.KOOKPOKT, LAVAOUA, and BK AMOS, nod toil! pomti on the MitwlMippi rWei between New Orle&n end St. I ooie. Ked Hirer freights reenipped at New Orleans without oharge ol commission, WKFKI.V LINK TO SAVANNAH, OA.' Th WYOMING will Mil ior Havana oa Satar. dT, Janoarr 7, at H A. M. Tbe TONAWaMiA will Mil from Savannah on Bator, day, January 7. TbHOUOH BILLS OF LADING riven to all toe prig. Oipal towni i in Ueorxia, Alabama, ilorMa, Miuteelppi, Louisiana, Arhsasss, and Tennessee in connection witS tbe Centra! Railroad of Georgia, Atlantic and Gulf Rail, roadman Florida steamer, at M low rates a by ooapeUnc SEMI-MONTHLY LINK TO WILMINGTON. I. O Tbe PIONKKR will Mil for Wilmington on Wednes day January Hat t) A. M. Retuimn, will leave Wii mm ton Wednoydav. January U. Connects with tbe Cape Kear River Steamboat Oon. pany,4be Wilmintton and Weldon and North Carolina Kailroada, and the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad to all interior point. l'ui.),..ln.lL,l..l,l. D 1 . . . , -t . . . via Wilmington, at allow rate a by any otber route. Insurance effected when requested by shipper. Bill of lading signed at Queen street wbarf oa or before dw of Miling, WILLIAM L. JAMTC8, General Agent, . No. DO South TU1KD Street, PI1R ., r.TVBBI'lint. 1VII f1TTTFTJ.TC. iTOWN. Inman Line of Roval Man Steamers are appointed to sail as follows: City of Brussels, Saturday. January T. at 2 P. M. City of Limerick, via Halifax, Tuesday, Jan. 10, at 1 P. M. City of Washington. Saturday. Jan. 14. at 12 noon. City of Paris, Saturday, Jan. 21, at a P. M. and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tues day, from pier No. 4 North river. RATES OP PASSAGE. Payable in gold. Payable In currency. First Cabin 7B Steerage 13 To London sol To London '.. 88 To Paris 90 To Paris 94 To Halifax SO' To Halifax 15 Passengers also forwarded to Havre. Hamburg. BremeD, etc, at reduced rates. Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by persons wishing to send for tnelr friends. For further Information apply at the company's ofllce. JOHN G. DALE, Agent. No. 15 Broadway, N. T. I OrtoO'DONNELL St FAULK, Agents, 5 No. 402 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia. Philadelphia. PTTTT AniTT PWTA lllnimn rr. Zand Norfolk htramkhtp imv THROUGH FREIGHT AIR LINK TO TUH SOUTH INCREASED FAOLLJTIKS A ND REDUCED RATES Bt earners leave every WKDNKSDAYand SATURDAY- f)0!0.1 ntK,n from FIRST WHARF above MAR.' aKl etreet. RKTURNING. loave RICHMOND MONDAYS and THUR8DAY8, and NORFOLK TUESDAYS and BA? No Bills of Ladinf signed after U o'olook on sarUac tiROUGH RATKS to all points In North aad South Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, oonneotins at Portsmouth, and to Lynchburg, Va., Tennessee, and the West, via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line au4 Riotmond and Danville Railroad. , wwma Freight UANDLKD BUTONOE. and taken atLOWEB RATKS THAN ANY OTHER LLNK. wn"JT"u No charge for oommiuien, dray age, or any expense nf feteamabJp insure at lowest rates. Freight received daily. BUt. RoomAcoommodatforaej No. U 8. WHARVES and Pier 1 N. WHARVES. W. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City Point. T. P. PRO WELL A CO., Agent at Norfolk. li tm NEW EXPRESS LINK TO ABXAN ijrBVvdria, Georgetown, and Waamagtoa staMk2!feD. C., via Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, with connections at Alexandria from the most direct route for Lynchburg, Bristol, KnoxylUe, Nashville, Dalton, and the Southwest. Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at nooa Tom the first wharf above Market street. Freight received dally. WILLIAM P. CLYDE ft CO., No. 14 North and South WHARVES. HYDE fc TYLER, Agents at Georgetown; M. BLDR1HGE A CO., Agents at Alexandria, 1 FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWARE 11 una wax 1 o u n nvaMBirjnia.ii.jBt ', c tit . .it m a it n n urn , .TonnTiTn . mvu COMPANY. ' DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURE LINES, Leaving dally at 13 M. and 6 P.M. The steam propellers of this company will com mence loading on the 8th of March. Through in twenty-four hours. Goods forwarded to any point free of commission Freights taken on accommodating terms. Apply to WILLIAM M. BAIRD At CO., Agents, 4; No. 133 South DELAWARE Avenue. FOR NEW YORK via Delaware and Raritan Canal. EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANY. The bteam Propellers of the line will commenca loading on the 8th Instant, leaving dally as nsuai. THROUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Goods forwarded by all the lines going out of No York, North, East, or West, free of oommisaion. Freights received at low rates. WILLIAM P. CLYDE ft CO., Agents, No. 13 s. DELAWARE Avenue JAMES HAND, Agent, No. ll WALL Street. New York. 1 4 mLTwarb and chesapeak" f-f -8team towboat company. Barges towed between Philadelphia, Baltimore, Havre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and In termediate points. Villi am p. clydb co., Agent. Captain JOHN LAl'GHLIN, Superintendent. Oftlne. No. la Booth Wtarvee Puiiadelbhla, 4 11 1 OORDAQE, ETO. CORDAGE. Manilla, Sisal and Tarred Cordaga At Lowest New York Prlooc and Freights, ' KDWIN H. FITLEtt c CO.. Factory, TENTH St. and GKHMANTOWa Avoaoa Btore, No. S3 M, WATER SL and & I! DEXAWAH Avenue. 41118m PHILADELPHIA! WHISKY, WINE, ETQi QAR8TAIR8 & McCALL. No. 128 Walnut and 21 Granite Btt IMPORTERS OF Brandiei, Winet, Gin, OUyi Oil, Eto., WHOLASALB DEAL2BJI IN PURE RYE VVH 1 8 KISS, IH BOND AND TAX PAID. Mtaf SAXON GREEK NEVER FADES. 6 i em A LEXANDBR G. CATTBLL ft 00 A. PRODUCE COMMISSfON MKKCUANTtj No. 84 NORTH WHARVES AfcO No. If NORTH WATER STREET, PHILADELPHIA. AJLSLAHD1S Q. CATTAIL, ELIJAH CArTt,
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