THE DAILY EVEXINw rELEORAPH PHTLADELPnTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2G, 1871. onu.IT or sna rnnsn. Editorial Opinions ofths Lea . ting Journal upon Current ToplojCa.nplle J Every Day for the Evening Telegraph. THK NAW YARD IN THE DI'TAWAUE. From the Hunt bury Stale Journal In the reports of the proceedings of ths Appropriation Committee of tlje House at Washington, wo see agaiu the full Huk.tv.1nlo of buuis, varying from ifCiiyio;) lo 2"i.00o each, set down as approved in tho Fortification bill; and iu the Army appropriation bill, au equally large schedule of regular expendi tures. AU tLesa sums are naid to bo much rednced from the estimates, aud the inference Appears to be suggested, that tho committee haa been economical in its action, uud, there fore, that the items us approved (should go through nnrtnestionerl. I3nt if any one desiring information will go over the lint of appropria'ions for 40 years past, he will lind the same items, and the name amounts; each on of the HO or 40 forts baa annually swallowed up its $."iO,0()0 or $100,0(0, nntil millions bare gone to each and every one of them, nover to be seen again. The fortification ring in, in fact, quite the peer of the Indian ring, and the resemblance botween the anntvtl calls for money of. one of these Indian tribes and one of the Canadian border forts is very Btrikiag. All this annual expenditure is dead loss, in most cases. Nothing new or vital is added to the national defenses. That which is really wanted, and which is absolutely essen tial to national defense, is never touohed at all. Not one of these fort3 is a living thing of modern times. Earthwork approaches of a reHolute enemy will plant batteries even on the Charleston marshes which will re lace the strongest of them. We need active, living defenses, which will keep an enemy away from the shores, prevent a landing, and give us time to throw up intrencbuients when they may be needed. Nobody would recommend an entire abandonment of the fortifications, of course, but no man of sense would rely upon tberu exclusively. AVe require esta blishments ready to create new defenses, to build flouting batteries, armed vessels, gun boats, monitors, or whatever else might, at tho time, prove most effective. And for this purpose we have nothing yet provided. The Navy Department has again and again uttered its warning, and called for the creation of a yard or establishment where armored vessels, floating batteries, and all forms of iron sea defenses can be built at the smallest cost aud on the best models. The city of Philadelphia gave a bite with half a million of dollars to the Government, without cost, on which to erect works for iron ship building, and to provide for the preservation and repair of the fleet of iron vessels built during the war. The losses annually incurred by neglect of these vessels alone would balance the sums paid the Indian and Fortifi cation rings both together. For every five millions thrown away there, a liko sum of five millions is lost by refusing to take care of the costly vessels we have already on our hands. It would be incredible that such neglect Bhould exist, after our costly experience at the opening of the war, if wo did not see the faots each session of Congress, as they are now foreshadowed for this session. What do the delegation from Pennsylvania propose to do in regard to tho necessary provisions for laying at least the foundations of the only navy yard at which iron shipbuilding can bo had? Last year one or two members of tho Massachusetts delegation signalized them selves by a line of behavior toward League Island something like that of Senator Sum ner toward the leading measures of this ses sion, but we have been assured that this course would not be repeated, and that now the extromest one of ihe obstructive econo mists would cheerfully vote for the only thing that can preserve or maintain our de fenses at sea. TIIE NAVAL ACADEMY. From the A. IT. World. The requirements for admission into the Naval Academy are of the most elementary character. A scanty knowledge of reading, writing, and the first four rules of arithmetic is all that is required of the boy who enters this institution, the curriculum of which goes no further than that of the publio grammar scnoois; ana yet irom wnich he is to emerge iu four years, not only skilled in seamanship, navigation, gunnery, and infantry tactics, but with an amount of literary and scientific knowledge equal to that to be obtained at Harvard, Yale, or Columbia College. Thus one of them writing in the New Tork Timea, January 10, 180'.), assures us that "it is admitted (?j that the naval line officers are the best educated men in any branch of the public service. They pass at the Naval Aw.demy an ordeal harder than West Point, Vale, or Harvard, or even Oxford or Cambridge, and are not only tho roughly grounded iu everything relating to war, naval and military engineering, etc, but also in the higher sciences aud international law; a classical (?) education not attainable elsewhere in this country. No wonder, then, that they are proud of their position and jea lous of their rights and privileges, and that they are more Uiguiiied and less democratic than their army confreres." We admit the want of democratic instincts, but deliberately charge that not one of ita graduates eo aid pass the examination for admission into either the Boston High School, NewYork Free Academy, once so-called, or the Central High School of Philadelphia. Even iu their own profession no one of these graduates has ever risen above the level of obucure mediocrity. The only young ofticerwbo achieved distinction during the war was Cii-lOiJg, who was bilged at the school. The rule among tho graduates has been stupidity, iguoruime, arrogance, and a subordination of tho civil to the military arm. They are the allies, admirers, aud weak imitators of ab'jolutihiu wherever they are sent to fly the flag and misrepresent tho country. American men-of-war are nolonger the neat, trim models of naval excellence which were the admiration of tho great naval powers from the elowe of tint war in which they performed such glorious achievements .(dtfwu to a period of twelve years ago. The old "first luff," who was every inch a sailor, has letn supplanted by tho modern Bo-calkdf "executive om-jer," who is more often ashore thin on board, and whose principal faction " creating dissension where be" puonld be bel ing differences. Afewyenia i Ameri can mau-of-war would got under way, came to anohor, and perform her evolutions without a sound being heard 6ave the order of the officer of the deck and the boatswain's whis tle. Now, Bedlam itBelf is not more up roarious. Oaths and yells from on dock and louder outcries from aloft attend every ma li.iuvie, and f ter it has been gone through villi titer a fashion in the incomplete way iiovv 11 ts rtil, a few old wurrsut aud jwtty officers quietly go around and rectify tho mistakes that have been mndo and do the runny things that have been left undone. The annual cost of maintaining this great nursery of immature snobliugs is, accordiug to Admiral Torter, "no greater than that of keeping a small gunboat in commission for the same length of time." Tho estimates for the Academy for the current fiscal year were &L'o8,;57f'-17; but in addition to tho.io there are nearly ninety naval oflicrs on duty there at an average salary of ifri.WtO per year each, who are paid from Via gpnenl appropriation "pay of the navy," which puts another small item of !!2L'c",00() upon the cost of maintain ing this instiluticn, making a snm total of nenrly $.V)0,000. I'.o-.idos tun nvnl officers doing duty at the Academy, there aro twenty-five civilian assistant professors, etc., making a total of 100 instructors, assistants, etc., lor a school comprising ouly 17." Bcholars, who each receives a salary of $"w0 per ytarfor being taught. The staff officer brings into tho service, at Lis parents' cost, his education, collegiate and professional, and is ready on the first day to begin work; while the naval cadet receives both pay and credit for service during the whole four years of his pupilage in this great national charity school. The total cost of finishing each one of these Annapolis bone iiciaries as a midshipman haa risen from $17,000 to !fr U-Vioo, ani even this, munifioent outlay has failed to secure them an education (which is to actual nautical experience what book agriculture is to farming), as has been clearly demonstrated by the late cruise of the Sabine. It is quite time that the country at large Bhould know something more of the internal economy of this national institution than is to be bad from the specious reports of the annual Board of Visitors that sort of packed jury which is feasted and feted in doing its holiday visit to Annapolis, and which pretends to pronounce upon the soundness of the fruit laid before it by merely looking at its shining rind, brushed up and polished for the occa sion. Let Congress inform itself fully first, upon the standard of admission into the aca demy; second, upon the extent and character of the curriculum of studies pursued there; third, upon the number and professional ac quirements and previous practical experience of tho naval officers employed as instructors; fourth, upon the constitution and mode of working of the Academic Board; fifth, upon the cost of maintaining not only the Academy proper, its grounds and append ages, but the expense attending the ship kept there in ordinary and there fitted out as school-ships, and tho total outlay of money upon them while cruising us a practice squadron, and the pay not only of all the officers and men of the navy and marine corps cn duty at the Academy aud on board these ships, but of the civilians who are em ployed there as assistant instructors, clerks, Bervants, watchmen, laborers, etc., and the salaries of the cadets themsulves; and sixth, upon tho actual results of the system of in struction as exemplified in the graduates of the institution; testimony on this point to be taken not from interested parties, but from old oflicers of distinguished reputation and known independence., like Admirals String ham, Shubrick, and Stribling. If this inves tigation be thoroughly and faithfully mado, we engage that tho country will bo startled by developments at variance with what it has been led to expect from the glowing rodo montades of the late Superintendent of the Academy, Vice-Admiral D. D. Porter. RAILROADS AND TIIE PEOPLE. Front the X. 1". Tribune. A civil engineer with his assistants pre sents himself at your gate, where he was never seen before, and proceeds to run the line of a projected railroad right through your door-yard, your garden, your house. Every stick, every brick, every board of that house is dear to yon: they are all the fruits of your hard labor; you have spent the twenty best years of your life in making that home just what you like; you want to spend the evening of your days quietly in it, and be carried thence to your final rest. You would not exchange it for money; and it has cost yon $10,000 to make it what it is. Three commismoners, in whose appointment you bad no voice, decide that you must get out bundle out yonr duds and be off, aud either take tho 5000 they award you or get nothing. And this is right nay, It is indispensable. The public good is the paramount law. If the railroad were a mere instrument of pri vute gain, the process whereby you are dis possessed of your beloved roof and fireside would be monstrously unjust. But the rail road is a public highway, which certain per sons are authorized to construct and manage for the convenience and benefit of the com munity; and ten millions of people cannot be sent over an ugly hill because your house happens to stand in their way through the adjacent valley. The commissioners are not at liberty to award you constructive or senti mental damages, but only tho naked value of the property taken from you against your will. Were they allowed to give you what you might fairly consider that property worth to j on, many railroads could not be built, and the public would thereby suffer. The State does not regard the makers of railroals with more favor than it shows you; it is sim ply intent on serving and beuefiUin,' the public to the greatest extent and with the least possible individual hardship. J )o the managers of railroad' always con sider this ? Do tlxy realize that t'uey are public servants, employed to make a superior kind of turnpike, and be reimbursed by equitable tolls levied on thoae passing over it 't There is a growing conviction that they do not that thjy r gsrd their highway as though thev had built it a.-ross their own lands to facilitate the hauling of coal, or ore, or timber, and were thus entitled to let others use it or Hot, and to charge those who did use it any price that to themselves seemed lip bt. If they do, they mistake very gravely No turnpike company, so far as we know, was ever authorized or allowed to charge travellers or teamsters such rates as its manners saw fit, and tell them, "If yon don't like our terms, jou aro welcome to keep off our road." On the contrary, the State has always preFcribed the rates, and compelled obedience thereto. A turnpike or plank road that doubled its charges ou the reourreuce of November Hoods, rendering ordinary high ways all but impassable, would Boon have ita toll-gates lifted oil their hinges by the minis ters of the law, and the publio authorized to traverse its entire length without paying. The pnblic mind seems to be steadily gravi tating toward these conclusions: 1. Ah the State fixes, in the publio interest, tie price at which a railroad company may take any one's property which it needs, so the same State should fix the rate of travel and transportation over that company's road. In other words: as the uompany is authorized to take a farmer's hoube and ground at au im partial valuation, so the farmer should be authoiif d to nse t tic railroad's cars and power v ou tindhir terms. Hence, the ratos of f and freight should bo fixed by some disinte rested tribunal authorized by the State, and sbonld be subject to change only with that tribunal's express assent. II. The stock and bonds of a railroad com pany should be limited to the sum honestly spent in buying the track, building the road, pnd providing the nooessary equipment. They should under no pretense be watered, and should never be increased, even to pay for extensions or improvements, without express authority from the State. III. When a railroad company, after paying fair dividends for a number of years, sud denly suspends them, and thenceforth for years professes iuabilily to pay a dime be yond current expenses, including interest on its loans, it should at once bo taken in hand by the State, its management thoroughly in vestigated, and the managera removed from their trust, unless they shall be able to over bear the natural presumption that they have squandered or stolen the net proceeds that belong to their stockholders. Should they ask, "Why should the State interfere so long bb our stockholders acquiesce?" the ready answer would be, "The publio interest re quires the building of mjre railroads, so that more people shall enjoy their benefits; and your failure to pay dividends impedes and postpones this consummation. You aro therefore cited to dispel the obvious pre sumption that you are stealing, to the preju dice of yonr own stockholders not merely, but of the entire community as well." IV. The device for preventing or suppress ing conspiracies of rail way managers against the publio wenl by forbidding tha consolida tion of parallel lines is the merest fog wrenth. It isn't worth the paper whereon it is w rilton. So long as half-a-dozen managers of diverse companies can meet in an oifice cr perlor and double or treble the rates at which they have hitherto transported pro duce or merchandise, without hindranoe or supervision, the value of every faroa, the prosperity of every city, is virtually sus pended on the good pleasure of three or four men. Such are the new ideas now vaguely floating in the air. They may not yet have taken such shape as to render them formida ble to the "rings" whereby our great railroads are managed. But any one whose duty it is to watch the currents of public opinion must realize that the times are exceedingly favor able to their reception and diffusion. That which is now "a cloud no bigtjar than a man's Land" is liable suddenly to expand so as to enshroud the sky, inaugurating a tempest which shall become a tornado. RECREATIONS OF A MU11DEUEU. From the X. 1'. Time. llulloff has broken the silence of his im prisonment by an appeal to publio criticism, lie has nothing to say about the crime of which he has been convicted, nothing of the dark suspicions that rest upon his previous life, and, unless by implication, nothing to extenuate his choioe of a career thai has ended so shamefully. To one thing only he is truo and that is, to the memory of what Le persists in regarding as the groat work of his life, and in virtue of which he asks na to believe that "no man this day upon God's earth has lived with a higher object" than Limself. That Rulloff believed that his book upon "Method in the Formation of Language" would bring him enormous profit and reputation is beyond a doubt. It is no less true that he caused the boy whom he had educated to be a common thief to share the same conviction, and that this and other accomplices of his crimes exercised, under his direction, their profession of robbery mainly that the philological magnum o)'V should be brought to a conclusion, aud they should be enabled to share in the golden harvest which they felt assured would follow its publication. A more curious delusion, probably, does not exist in all thegannals of crime, and judging from the samples of his work that liullolf has made public, it was as baseless as it was curious. His communica tion to the Binghamton Leader is a most unique mixture of acuteness, erudition, pure nonsense, and pretentious impudence. It is hardly possible to discuss seriously either its "fundamental facts" or its illustrative ex amples. The man who could so complacently ignore, as Bulloff does in thia production, the best-established principles of the science with which ho was dealing, while showing, at tl o same time, culture sulilcieut to appreciate their force, must 6ither have been a most deliberate charlatan or a most hopeless monomaniac. Builoff found ordinary men deceived by sounding phrases that meant nothing; and the average instinct of the common swindler got so far the better of the perceptions of the scholar that he thought to revolutionize what now ranks as one of the most exact of sci ences, by formulas which are mere verbiage, and discoveries that are but the pretense of half knowledge. What pitiful jargon, when placed alongside of the laborious accuraoy of true scholars, is this man's talk about a method that "was for a long time pre served a secret, and was peculiarly in the possession of the priests." His jumbling together pf languages of primary and secon dary formation is only equalled by the ridiculous inaccuracy of many of his illus trated roots, for which latter, however, the typographical errors of the Leader may be partially answerable, it is airaomt to una ony satisfactory theory to explain the intel lectual anomaly of a man who seems to have dipped into modern philology, and who yet talks about restoring the science to "the same exalted footing as when it flourished in the schools .of Greece and Home," without, apparently, "having the slightest conscious ness that he is talking the grossest nonsense. Starting with such initial delusions, it is not surprising to find our pseudo-philologist ap parently innocent of any knowledge of the true place of the great mother-tongue of all European languages spoken on tho Central Asiatic table-land long before there is any evidence of a sacerdotal caste having existed at all, snd when amid the primitive society of a pastoral race the daughter (duhitri) was the veritable milk-maid which her name im ports, and largupge embalmed the poetry and the works of daily life so that at a distance of thousands of years we can tell the main features oi our race, long before one branch went to people the valley of the Ganges, and the other sent waves of population along the shores of tne EuxiDe. The scientific preleusions of Ilolloff, per haps, hardly deserved so much attention. It requires but ft f light acquaintance with the subject to see through them, and without this slight knowledge their iiimsiness cau hardly be appreciated. There i, however, tome'little danger that this Interesting felon may impose upon the publio pretty much as Le imposed upon Mr. Richmond, of Mead ville, Pa., with his conchological knowledge about the sjwndylut fjuiiotun, and Lis anato mical talk about the zygomatic process, and the Inmboidal suture. We may freely admit Bulloff's claim to be considered as the veri table AdihirubleUriclittm of or fminals, without at all losing sit.; lit of the fact that neither the iute rest of science or of humanity will greatly suffer from tho consignment to perpetual ob livion of the great work on "Method in the Formation of Language," as well ns of its author. PROPOSALS. N IT K 11 S T A T K 8 FEN Nd YL V'A N 1 A. u M A 1 I. 6 . F0fT Ol'FlCR pK!AKTMKNr, I Washington, Sept. :t(, lT' ( PKOroSALS for conveying the MaiiH or the t'atuvl MauB Irnlll J il 1, 1S7I, li JilH ;;,, mi th f'll- levrlriK rotiti-s tn the Stnh of IVnnvlViMla, will lv rrcel' rtt.ihe contract ((U'i or ti" D-'pvtni-nt. nuMl 8 1". M. vt March 1, isii, tj be (Uciili' l hj March :;o following: !t;;C5 trr.m Utitu r, 1t North OiMmul, lUrnhart'a NillR, I'.iilrtwlii, and llitiln, to l a ci . iiccburg, Hi tiillcs and iwk, tlircy ttnuM a wer'k. l eave Butler Moniiav, WeduuniUv, nl r'rldar, at 7-:!0 A. M. ; Arrive at lAnwvncrtinrir l.v . i, m. ; Leave l.awreric hurjr Twsminy, Thur.-'UT, an-1 Saturday, Ht 7 -3i a. M.: Arrive at liitilcr by 4 p. ."U. 8C10 From l.tlicrty Conu ro, by Storr's Mills, u N'o.v I ra, 11 iiilii-s ami back, once a wim-k. lavn Llbfrt.y Hornets (Saturday Hi S A. M. ; Atrlve at Now Kra by 1 J M. ; Leave New Kra batiirdav at, 1P.M.; Arrive at Lltw-rty Corners by ft P. M. 8(134 From Bedford to lownlnp8vtlle (Imlertown P. C), s ni'h'8 and back, twice a week. Leave Bedford Tuesday and Friday at 3 P. M. ; Arrive at In. lei town by b P. M. ; Leave Imlertown Tuesday and Friday at 3 A. M. ; Arrive at Kedforrt by in A. M 20;i5 From Went llltiKhain, by Ulnliam Centra and. lUi:phuni, to Spring MUls (N. Y.), 7 miles anj back, tw ice a week. Leave West lllngtiam Tuesday and Saturday at 8 P. W.; AirWe at Spring Mills by 5 P. M. ; Leave Spring Milla Tuesday and Saturday at 12 W. ; Arrlva at West Pinitham bv 3 P. M. 266 From Pottstown to Ccdarville (no office), 3 miles and back, three tliucs a week by a schedule satisfactory to the postmaster at C'edarville. 2'37 From Oxford, by Mount Vernon, Coleraln, KJrkwood, Korestdale, and lUrtvllle, to Christiana, VS miles aud back, threa times a week. Leave Oxford Tuesdav, Thursday, and Satur day at 1 P. M.; Arrive at ChrlHtiaua by 6 P. M. ; Leave Christiana Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 7 A. M. ; Arrive at Oxford by 13 M. This route Is supposed to be covered by ox Ist Iiir Bcrvicc, and, if so, will uot tie let. 8038 Frem Ilortou's, by Kochester'g Mills (no oillce), to Brady, 13 miles and back, ooce a week. Leave Horton's Saturday at 8 A. M. ; Arrive at Urarty by 11 A. M.; Leave Brady (Saturday at 1 P. M. ; - Arrive at Uorton's by 4 P. M. Proposals for more frequent service Invited. HC39 From Osceola Mills, by lloutzdale and Madera, to Smith's Hills, 15 miles and back, twice a week. Leave Osceola Mills Tuesday aud Saturday at 7 A. M.; Arrive at Smith's Mills by la to. ; Leave Smith's Mills Tuesday aud Saturday at 1 I'. M. ; Arrive at Osceola Mills by P. M. 2610 From llanlin Station, by Kldersvllle (uoo.llee) and Independence, to Bethany (W. Va.), 16 in lit 8 and back, once a week. Leave Hanlin Mat ion Saturday at 8 A. M. ; Arrive at Bethany by 13 M. ; Leave Itclhany Saturday at 1 P. M. Arrive at llanlin Station by 5 P. M. Proposals ior more frequent service invited. XC41 From Troy Centre (no ortlce) to Tryonvlllo, C miles and back, once a week. Leave Try Centra Saturday at.10 A. M. ; Airlve at Tryonville by 18 M. ; Leave Tryonville Saturday at 1 P. M. ; Arrive at Troy Centre by 8 P. M. ProDobals invited lor service twice a week, on VYednccday Bnd Saturday. 2M2 From Flicksille (no oillce) to FenargU (no oUlec). Bidders will state distance and proposed sche dule of arrivals and departure. Wl'.i From Coopetbburg, by Lanark, Llmeporr, Stinetsburtr, and Zion Hill (no oillce), lo Coopereburg, is iniltH, three ttnu?s a week, equal to 9 miles and back, three times a week. 1-ruve CoopeiHliiirg Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday ut 12 M. Arrive at Coopersbuwr by 6 P. M. 2C44 From Dixon, by Kant Lemon (no oltlee to Piercevllle, 0 miles uud back, three times a week. Leave Uxon Tuesday, lliursday, aud Satur day at 7 A. M. Arrive at Piercevllle by 9 A. M. Leave Piercevllle Tuesday, Turn's lay, and Sa turday at 10 A M. Arrive nt Dixon by 13 M. 8G45 From MiVroy to Shilervlllo (no ortlee 3 miles anil back, tluee times a week, by a schedule satisfactory to the postmaster ac Sigler lllo. 2646 From Sandy Lake, hy North Sandy and French Creek, to Ullca, 11 miles aud back, twice a week. Leave Sandy Lake Tuesday and Saturday at 3 P. M. Atrlve at Vttca by 6 P. M. ; Leave Liica Tuesday and Saturday at 7 A. M. ; Arrive at Sandy Lake by 10 A.;vi. proposals for an additional weekly trip on Thursday Invited. 2C47 Fiom 'ltllertowD, by Cofmian's (no office), V til's fctore (no oillce), Barnes' Hotel (no oillce), and Miller's Store (no ottlce), io Mc Rce's Half Falls, IS miles and back, once a week. I-eave Millers town Eat onlay at 8 A. M. ; Arrive at McKte s Half Fails by 13 M. ; Leave McEee's Half Falls Saturday at 1 A. M. ; Airlve at MUlerstown by 7 P. JVL iiC4S Irom LUge tiUl htatiou (no oillce), by Fitzwa tertovtu, Jarrettown, and Three Tons, to Frospvctvllle, 8 miles and back, six times a week, by a schedule making close .connections at Kdgo Uill Station witu regular mail tralnM. 8019 From Newport, by Acker's Store (no otllce) and Montgomery's Ferry, to Liverpool. 15 miles only that part of thp route Irom Newport to Montgomery's Ferry will be let, 10 miles and back, once a week. Leave Newport Saturday at 3 P.M.; Arrive at Montgomery s Ferry by tf P. M.; Leave Montgomery'a Ferry Saturday ut 7-30 A. M. ; Arrive at Newport by 10-30 A. M. 2CS0 Froui Tobyhauna Mills to South Sterllag, 8 miles ana duck, once a wees. Leave Tobvhauna Mills Saturday at 1 P. M. ; Arrive at South Sterling by 4 P. M. ; Leave South Sterling; Saturday at 7 A. M. ; Arrive at Tobyhanna Mills by 10 A. M. 2il From North Kast, by Ureeuileld, to Wattaburg, 10 miles and back, once a week. Leave North ast Saturday at 3 P. M. ; Arrive at Wattaburg by 6 P. M. ; Leave Wat islmrg Saturday at 6 A. M. ; Arrive at North Kast by lu A. M. propoKali lor an additional trip on Tuesday in vited. 2Cfi3 From Herrlckvllle, by .Tames Mittens (no offlcc), ami William Nesliits (no oillce), to Kuunner lield Creek, ft miles aud back, threu times a week, in close connection with railroad mail trains, by a schedule satisfactory to tae post masters. 20.3 From jalusln!?, by Lime Hill, Ballebay (no oflice), and Camp Sciiuol-kouae, to Ucrrick, 10 liillcs and ba"k. three times a week. Leave jHlusiiig Tuesday, Thursday, and Sa turday, at 11'iiO A. or after arrival of mail train; Arrive at Ilerrlck by 2 CO P. M. ; Leave llerriuk Tuesday, TuuriiJay, and Satur day, at 7 A. M.; Arrive at Wvalusinfj bv 10 A. M. 2064 From KubscU Hill to Keiserville (no offlee 2'f miles and back, once a week, by a suUedulu satisfactory to the postmaster. 8CC6 From PhaTixville, by Pickering and West riKcianu, to Chester springs, t tunes and back, three times a week. Leave I'hanlxviilo Tuesday, Thursday, aad Saturday at 13 M. ; Arm e at Chester springs by 2 P. M. ; Leave Chester Springs Tuesday, Tuuisday, a'l Saturday at 6-ao A. M. ; Arrive at Fuuenlxville by 8-30 A. M. 2 Irom Cochraimvllle to Jxmdonderry, ys miles and back, three times a week, by a schedule satisfactory to the 1'oBtuiuatcr at Louduu- derry. 2W7 From Lanark to Allcntown, 4 miles and back, three times a week, by a schedule satisfactory to the Postmaster at Lanark. 2WS From Trui'kfcjvllle to Fuguudus Forest (no oillce), 1 nillu aud back, three times a week, by a schedule satisfactory to the Postmaster. 2C19 FiOUl Carrolltown, by Nicktown aud Klm mell'g, to Puis Flats, 13 uulca and back, ouce a week. Leave Carrolltown PatordayatS A. M.j Arrive at Ptne Flats by 13 M. ; U-ave Pine Fiats Saturday at IP, M.J Arrive at Carrolltown by ft P. M. 2CC6 From Central oillce, iu Philadelphia, to the fol lowing named sub-olUces, from October 1, liJl, to June ho, lb, viz.: somurton, ily beiry, Holmenburg. Olnev, Tucouy, liustle ton. Fox t base, Miiestowii, Oxford Church, Terresdaie, errce Mill, aud Wheal Shear, twlc dally, except Pnnday, In each direction, or oftener If required, by a srhPdile saMsfae. tory to the pout master at Philadelphia, and the whole service and means of transporta tion to be under his direction. Ttate per annum to be stated In bids. SGfil From Liberty, by P.rlitoTiwnod (n niUcei and Steam alley (no oillce), to Trout Uun, 1,1 miles and back, once a week. Leave Liberty Saturday at 7 A. M. ; . Arrive at Trout Knn by 13 M. ; Leave Trout Ittin Saturday at. 1 P. M. : Arrive at Tmu Kun by 6 P. M. Prrposais invited for more frequent servlc. NOTF.S. Proposals mutt be to carry the mull with "cele rity, certainty, and security," unlng the fenns of tu law, ni.i the'y intiht bp g-iniatitei d Uy two rsp n sltle persono", ci rtiilt d to as mica by' a postmaster or judge of h court of record. No puy will be nmdo for trips not pprf irtnd, and lor each of hiicIi ciuInhious not satisiai.tortiy f x plHltitrt three times the ;r of tun trip may ba deducted. For arrival u far behind Mine a to break connection wlMi depend!!. g null, and uot suillcient.ly exeiiHed, oue-fourtll tue c.tfnpiMisiHl iu for the trip la subject to lorfeit.nre, Fl'ies will e imposed, onus the delinquency sitisfaetorily explained, for neglecting to take the mail from or Into a past-ottiec; for Murerlng It lo bo iui'ired, do atrovf d, robbed, or lot; and for refusfn. after de mand, to convey the mall as frequently as th-t con tractor runs, or Is concerned in running, vehicles on the route. ThR Pnstmsstcr-Ueneral mavauti'll the contract for disobeying the post-olll") laws or the iimtmeMons of the Department, n,. may alter the schedule of departures and arrivals, and aUo order an increase of service by allowing threfor a ) m rata increase on tho contract pay. ll mny ulo curtail or discontinue the sei vice in whole or In part, at a proportionate decrease of pay, allowing as fail indemnity to the contractor one mouth's extra com pensation on the amount of service dispensed with, and a f-ro mia compensat'on for the service retained and continued. Bids should nc addressed to the "Second Assistant PostmaPter-fieneral, ' super scribed "Proposals, State of Pennsylvania," and sent by maiL For forms of proposals, et, and other informa tion, see advertlsemcLt of October 3', lSt7, aud of ths date, in pamphlet form, at the principal post Ofllees. JOHN A. J. CRKSWKl.'L, 1 tf cod tMl Posttnastcr-I ieneral. INSURANCE. Fire, inland, and Marino Inturacca. or NORTH AMERICA, laeorparitlcd I?II. CAPITAL $500,000 ASSETS January 1, 1871--53,050,536 Keceiptsof Premiums, ;o t'.',n9B,i.M Internts from Invest incnt.-i, isro.. tai,' f ,'.', 2 M Losses pW hi IsTa fl.l.M.t'U STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS. First Mortgages on Philadelphia City pro perty s34.nsi I'lilTed States Government Loans i-i Pennsylvania' State Loans 1ti.,:;io Philadelphia City Lo.ns Si 0,001) New Jeuey and ether Stite Loan and City Bonds 3i&,BlO Phtludcipiria and Heading liailroad C .. other Kailroad Mortgage Bonds uist Loans ;t(W,245 Pl.iladulplila Bank and other Stocks ivi,i i BHh In Bank itst.ots Loans on Collateral Security ai.4:u Noies receivable and Marlui: Premiums unsettled 4:13,420 Accrued Interest and Fjemium in cour-o of transmission 8:1,201 Hi al estate, Office of the Company ko.ooo Ji.omi.mo Cettlfleatesof IiiMirsnce Issued, pavalil" In London at t i.e Counting Houv) of Messis. tsu jvv'N, 6H1P LLY . t o. Ali'jViB 8TS. . t'OFl'I.X, PBKSIUKNT. ciiaki.i:n i'latt, VIC&PRHSIDK.VR niATrillAM MAKI. Perretury. V. II. ULLVES, AntiUlunt Herrelury. DIUIiCTOK. ARTHUR . COKV1N, FRANCIS R. COPK, SAMLEL W. JqNLS, EDW. H. T HOTTER. JOHN A. BKOVYM, CHARLES TAYLOR, AMBROSE WHITK, WILLIAM WKLSU, JOHN MASON. KDW. S. CLARKE, T.CttAKU'UM IlliNItV, ALFRED 1. J KSSJP, CIIAS. W. CUSJIMAN, CLKMKNT A.URLSCOM, GEORUK L, HARRISON, WILLIAM BROClilK. 1 1 8J D ELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, ibo&. Ortlce S. E. corner Of THIRD and WALNUT SUeets, Philadelphia. MARINE 1NSI RAHCEH on Vessels, Cargo, and Freight ti) all parts of the world. INLAND INSURANCES 011 Goods by river, canal, lake, and laud carriage to all parts or the Union. KIRK INSURANCES on Mrcliannise generally; ou Stores, Ditclllugi, Houses, etc. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY, November 1, 18Ju. :,efl,wo I'nited States Six Per Cent Loan (lawlul nioiicj ) f.!3.:,3;& uu iiCC.OOO State of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent Loan iH.ooo-oo line, WO City of Philadelphia six Per Cent. Loan (exempt rum Tax) '2ii,u!2-:a) 104,000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent. Loan ls,'j.'0'00 SO otO Pennsylvania Railroad J'irst Mortgage six Per Ct. Bonds. !W,:oo-oo 5:,wo Pennsylvania Railroad Second Morijrage six Per Cr. BiniK, .,VM,u iif-,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail road Morls-aire Six Per Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania Rail- roud guarantee) 8'),eoo'm 3t',('ti0 Stale ol Teunethee Five Per Ct. Loan 18.0'KHK) 7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Ct. Iian 4,'.'i0(K 12,610 rcuimylvauia Railroad Com pany cdM) Shares Stock) . . l'.'ViO fi,M0 North Pennsylvania Railroad Company (loosiiares stock).. 4,aoiitn) 10,000 Philadelphia aud Southern MjiI Stcaiiishlp Cumpany (so bh's Slock) 4.0iK)'iM) i l CO Loans on Bond and Mortitae, liibt liuua on City Fropci ti-s.. Siil.OWSMi "fU0,lf'0 Par.C'gt,l,2i;4,447T.4. M'ktV'lJl.WS-S&i 00 Real tstate fni.otww Bills Receivable lor Insur ances niade S'ia,tfl'iT Balances due at Agencies Premiums on Mariuo Policies Accrued Interest aud oilier debts due the Company 9:'.:i7.VIT Stock and fccrip, e-x , of sun dry corporations, ti8&f, esti mated value n.ou-oo Cash H.uil'U fLV.'').WT DIU i;r Toi:h. Tht niss 0. IJr.hJ, Samuel F. Stokes, John c. Davis, William ii. Boultoii, Edmurd A. Soud r, Edward Darllmrfon, Joseph II. Seal, II. Jones Brooke, .lames 'Iraiiuatr, .Edward Lafourcade, Henry Sloau, Jacob Kiegel, Henry C. Dallett, Jr., Jacob P. Junes James C. Hand, James 11. McPurlaud, William V. LuUw ig, JiMihua P. K.vre, Ilngh Crnlg, Spencer Mcllvaine, John D. Taylor, John B. Sempie, Pitts'"r, (Jeorge W. Bcrnadou, A. B. B' rcr. Plttai.urg. Wm. C. Houston, ,1. T. Morgau, PlUsbuig. 11. k rank liobinfon, THOMAS C. HAND, President. JOHN C. DAMS, Vice-Pie-ldciU. IIknkt Lvi uiHN, Secretary. jiMY I'.ali, Aaitaut SiKrvtary, aiiiJ INSURANCE. 1821 CIlARTER PKUPKTUaL. FraMo Fire Insarance Ccapj OK PHILADELPHIA. CCce, Hot. 435 and437 CHESNUT St. Assets Aug. I v'70JS3.0099888a24 CAPITAL 400,00ntiO A C ii I" KD S I' RPLU 8 AN D PRKM I V MS . 8,609,8 j8ti INCOM 7, FOR IR70, LOSSRS PA ID IN 18. fcUO.nno. 144,908'4. liOwMen pulil since 1&49' over Perpetnal aud Temporary Policies on Liber! Terms. The Company also Insnes policies npon the Rerti) or all kinds of Buildings, Ground Rents, andMot ewes. The "FRANELIN" has no DISPUTED CLAIM. DIRECTORS. Alfred U. Baker. Alfred Fitior, Tnoicas parka, WUllain n. Grant, Thomas S. Kills, Gustavus 8. Benson. Samuel Giant, Georfe W. kicharda, IPi.fitO Lea, George Pale, ALFP.K1) G. BAKER. President. GP.ORUK KALES, Vice-President MCALLISTER, Secretary. 9 1 THKoPORK 1Y1. KEGER, Assistant Secretary. AS LIFE INSURANCE CO. rsrsw 1:0 nix. LEMUEL BAKOM, President, GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice-PreB'tanJSec'y. EMORY McCLlKTOOK, Actuary. JAMES m. LONG ACHE, MANAGER FOR PENNSYLVANIA AND DKLAWARK, Office. 302 WXEUT St., Philadelphia. EL V. WOOD, Jr., Medical Examiner. 6 83 mwflra REV. 8. POWERS Special Agent P 1 R I ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED MARCO II, 13). OFFICE, No. 3 NORTH FIFTH STREET, INSURE BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AJffl MERCHANDISE GEN ERA LEY From Loss by Ore (in the City of Philadelphia oaXjl ANKKVrt.IJAJNUARV 1, lt0. 61.374,7 TAVHTICKn. William n. Hamilton, John Carrow, George I. Young, Jos. R. Lyndail, Levi P. Ooata, Charles P. Bower, Jesse L,',?iufoot. Koiiert Shoemaker, Peter Anuorustor, M. H. Dickinson, Peter Williamson. Samuel Sparhawt, josepn scneiu WM. H. HAMILTON, President. SAMUEL SPARHAWK, Vlee-Frestfleut. WILLIAM F. BUTLER, Secretary rpUE PENNSYLVANIA "FIRE INSURANCE X COMPANY. Incorporated 182ft Charter Perpetual. No. 610 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence Square, This Company, favorably known to the commu nity for over forty years, contluuea to loan-re against Iobs or damage ny nre 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 Fond, Is invested In the most careful maimer, which en, hies them to offer to the insured aa undoubted bouu rtty in the case of loss. DIKXCTUHB. Daniel Smith, Jr Isaac UassleliurBt Thomas Robins, Thorn m Smith, ucury ie wis, J. Glll'UKhara Fell, Daniel Haddock. - John Devereux, FranKlln A. Comly. DANIEL SMITH, Ja., President Wm. O. Cbowki.l, Secretary. 8 80 A M S INSURANCE COMPANY No. 809 CHESNUT Street UICOKrOKATKD 1SCC CnAKTkK VH&eBTOkL, CAPITAL $200,000. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. Insurance against Ltiss or Datnaca by h ire either Perpetual or t emporary Policies. DIKhOlOKS. Charles Richardson, Robert Pearce, John Kesnler, Jr., Edward B. Orne, Charles Stokes. John W. Everman. William it. linawn, William M. Scyfert, ,tohu F. Smith, Nathan UUles, " .1 v A Tl' . jyioraecai imzny. ARDSON. President WILLIAM 11, IiHAWN, Vlce-ProBldont Wirt.rAMS L Bi.ANCHw Secretary. riUS ENTERPRISE INSUKANCB CO. OF J PHILADELPHIA. Oince 8. VT. cor, FOUltTlI and WALNUT Streets. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. PERPETUAL AND TERM POUCIES D",BURD. CASl! Capital (paid up in full).... S'200,000-00 CASH Assets, Dclietnber 1, Ii0 $6O0-8S-24 DUtECTOiiS.' F. Ratchford Starr, 1 J. Livingston Errlnger, Naibro Frazler, ; James L. (.lagliorn, - John M. At wood, jWm. G. BonUon, Benj. T. Tredick. Charles Wheeler, George 11. Stuart, Thomas H. Montgomef John II. Brown, James M. Aertseo. F. RATCHFORD STARR, Pro.bide.nt, THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY", Yioo President ALEX. W. W1STKR, Secretary. JACOB E. PETERSON. Assistant Secretary. JMPEKIAt. FIRE INSURANCE CO., IiORPOW. KNTAUIJwllKO INI. t'kld-op OaplUl od AoeamnUted Fonda, K,000,000 I1V GOLD, PKEVOST & HEARING, Agents, Ko. 107 8. TUUtS Streot, PhiUdelphU. CUA8. H. PRKVOaX OHAi. P. HUBBUB LOOKINC GLASSES. ETO. LO O ICI WC-C L&GSE8, RELIAELE AND C2EAP. JA1IES S. I! ABLE & EONS, No. SJ6 CHESNUT STREET. "vLD OAK8 tEMETERY COMPANY OF PUILADiELriHA, This Company Is prepared to sell lots, clear of all encuii.brauet s, on reasonable term. Purchasers can gec plans at the ortlce of the Company, NO. 6W WALNUT STREET, Or at the Cemetery, where all information needed Will be cheerfully given. By giving notice at the office, carriages will meet persons dtslroug of purchasing lots at Tioga station on the Germantown Railroad, and couvey them to the Cemetery and return, free of charge, ALFRED O. UARMER, President MARTIN LAN DEN BE RUE 11, Treaa. MICHAEL NISBET, Sec'j. 10 5wfm6ra 8 'TEAM ENGINES AND PORTABLE AND fctatioiiprT Koilem or Kuiieri', ana macks, ikail I implxi'it I'uUul kmd oilier toriua. Tnk, Pan. uj Hlaio Woik. GKOltUKO. IIDWAUO, No. 17 SvaUi UUlXlkTU iUO'-U.
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