THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1871.
THE FASHIONS.
From the New York Tribune we take the
following hints in regard to the latest
fashions:
There is very little to chronicle in the way
of fashion gossip, save ball costumes an 1 an
extravagance in dress and ideas. "Costly thy
babit as tby purse can buy" reigns pre-eminent
in every brain. Oar republican court can
find no laces too raro, no silks too costly, no
jewels too magnificent. no I .s 'vioeioentrio
for the gratification of a luxurious tuie. Tne
most exquisite ball costumes are clouds of
tulle or tarletan, airy, light as snow-drifts or
fleecy summer clouds In one costume the
overskirt or snowy tarletan, extremely bonf.
font, was looped with such lilies as Undine
wight have worn, with trembling sprays of
glittering silvery leaves. Amid the varied
colored and meretricious tastes displayed in a
ball-room, there is nothing moro refreshing
for the eye to rest upon than the harmonious
admixture of white and silver. Apart from
this simplicity in beauty, superb silks of the
heaviest brocade are rescued from long obli
vion. These are not the old-fashioned bro
cade, but of the Pompadour style for exam
ple, the riches gron grain silk, black, cua
broiderod in brilliantly assorted flowers. Tur
ple pansies with golden eyes, half hidden
in emerald mossy leaves; regal fleurs
de lis, or bunches of violets, purple and
white; dainty rose-buds, carelessly knotted
together with meek-eyed daisies. These mag
nificent silks are also embroidered in patterns,
on the reeers, the front breadth overskirt,
or flounces according to taste and style. A
lovely lavender grot grain pattern dress was
lightly traced with white brocading of a pecu
liar silver shimmer, as if moonlight had been
imprisoned in the graceful design of the float
ing foliage; another was of slate-color ground,
embroidered exquisitely in wreaths of myrtle
and tiny clusters of gay flowers. The bril
liancy of these hues can only be compared to
the delicate creations of an artist's brush.
These rich silks and velvet costumes are in
tended only for matrons in the meridian of
life, and stately dowagers learning the diffi
cult art of growing old gracefully.
For younger ladies and maidens making
their debut in society, tarletan has been the
most popular and fashionable style this sea
son. The material itself, so to speak, is cheap
enough for the most economical, but the ele
gance of the dress depends upon its volumi
nous drapery, quantity and quality of trim
ming. This winter, tarletans, like all other
materials, have been extensively trimmed
with velvet; with the velvet, clusters of small
flowers, suoh as daisies, violets, buds, and
autumn leaves. For those who prefer lighter
and gayer accompaniments and trimmings,
satin is nsed. The over-skirt, either in tar
letan or tulle, is very long, and made very
bouffant, or the skirt worn over silk is co
vered with elaborate puffings; if flounces are
preferred trimmed with satin, it is neoessary
for perfect harmony that the flowers should
exactly correspond in color with the satin.
Bilks and velvet of neutral tints have never
been more fashionable for fall dress recep
tions and balls, the quiet tone relieved and
brought out by exquisite laces. In the revi
val of this most beautiful of all toilette ad
juncts a furore exists only to. be appreciated
by woman; there is a freemasonry on the
topio of laoes, and that "one touch of nature"
makes the whole world of womanhoad akin.
The rarest artioles in the assortment of laoe
novelties are in point Alencon and flounces of
Chantilly; it is light as gossamer, its traceries
are like fairy thoughts wrought into shapes
by air sprites. The robe of Alencon
is of that rare, rich, creamy tint; in every
inch gold is woven and the meshes thereof
are silver. At one of the up-town palaces a
piece of Alencon is exhibited about eight
yards long, perhaps an eighth oa yard wide,
which will probably enfold some "armful of
heaven" in the shape of an American bride,
at the cost of 3000! The Titania-like fabric
was dotted with the Imperial bee and bor
dered with royal lilies. There are oobweb
mouchoirt, berthes, flounces, fans, and shawls
in sets ranging from $1000 to $1000.
For dark and black silks, lace is decidedly
the most fashionable trimming, invariably
headed by rich jet gimps. Chantilly lace is
the most expensive, therefore considered
most desirable, bnt guipure and duchesse lace
for trimming are very much sought after and
extensively used. Very elegant Chantilly
lace flounces, costing from $100 to $150 per
yard, formed the trimming for a heavy
Antwerp silk headed by gimp thickly Btudded
with jets. The corsage, cut low and square,
was trimmed with a full ruffle of narrower
lace passing down the front quite around the
points of the waist; wide duchesse sleeves
trimmed to correspond.
The lace fever is contagious as it is expen
sive, yet proves a revival of refinement in
taste. It is no misnomer to connect poetry
with rare old point laoe, suoh as becomes
heir-looms in old families, ofttimes the sole
fortune of the child descending from an im
poverished house who grows pale and fra
gile as the cobweb-threads in her delicate
fingers, and, it may be, blind over the fabrica
tion. Such is the rage for lace, that grave
and reverend grandmothers disdain caps, and
wear only point-lace crown-pieces the size of
a tea plate, or in oval shapes, perhaps with a
Marie Antoinette point. Old ladies in the
provinces ordering their caps from town are
detole at the frivolity of earth, upon being
told they must take to a chignon and crimps
or go capless.
The eccentricities of fashion are marvel
lous. Nature is rapidly reconstructing itself.
There is a rumor that false insteps and false
eyelashes are among late inventions. One of
our most famous rejuvenators has produced
an exquisite life-like enamel for the com
plexion which is extensively patronized, and,
in addition, a charming blue tint for the
shading of the outer corner of the eye-lid;
another still darker for the traolng of the
veins of the temples and brow; added to this,
fine dark line drawn beneath the under
eye-lashes completes the ensemble.
Frizzed hair, hanging low over the
forehead, Is no longer worn by the
autocrats of fashion. The present simple
style is alike graceful and elegant, moreover
becoming to all; drawn loosely back from the
brow 'n Pompadour style, suits all excepting
the extremely high or projecting forehead.
The front hair can be crimped bat no longer
tightly frizzed. The chatelaine braids have
Wholly taken the place of the chignon, and it
must be confessed are picturesque and grace
ful, with the addition of a few feathery curls
floating between the braids. A great deal of
latitude is permitted in the arrangement of
the chatelaine style, as the contour of every
face and threat differs, which important fact
should not be forgotten in any arrangement
ox tne coinure.
Velvet encircling the neck is now quite
obsolete. In its place we find the gold neak
lace with its lockets, crosses, or enameled
pendants. The necklace is broad and m is
aive, according to the wealth of the wearer,
of the dead yellow gold; gome of these are
models of beauty in artistic rl'"n. -u m
nd Etna Con gwld is very f&LiVle. Alfla,
lockets merely for ornament, without open
ing, and made of pale gold, set in bprs of tur
quoise, with a full set of jewelry to match,
and nothing can be found more beooming to
a blonde beauty. Jet sets are very much
worn, very beautifully and elaborately
carved; they form an elegant and appro
priate accompaniment to the black cashmere
and silk costumes so much affected.
The Number Fourteen. The number
fourteen has been discovered to be of great
historical import. The first King of France
named Henry was consecrated oa the 14th of
May, 102!); on the 14th of May, 1583, the
Parisians rose against Henry III; and the
last Henry was assassinated npon the 14 th of
May, 1(510. Henri de Bourbon was the four
teenth king who bore the titles of France
and Navarre, and in his name we find just
fourteen letters. Henry IV was born in De
cember, 1553 the figures of which date
added together make fourteen exactly four
teen centuries, fourteen decades and fourteen
years after the birth of Christ. His
first wife, Margaret of Valois,
was born on the 14th of My,
1552; the battle of Ivry was fought
and won on the 14th of March, 15!)0; on the
14th of May, in the same year, the white
plumed hero was beaten in the faubourgs of
Paris; and on the 14th of November, the six
teen Bwore to die rather than obey his rule.
On the Bame day, six years later, was regis
tered the Papal bull empowering the legate
of Home to nominate an occupant of the
French throne to Henry's exclusion; on the
14th of December, 159!l, he was reconciled to
the Duke of Savoy; and on the 14th of May,
1610, he was stabbed by ltavaillao in the Rue
dela Ferronnerie; the assassin's opportunity
being supplied him by the stoppage of the
royal carriage, owing to the narrowness of the
street, which, fifty-six years before, Henry II
has ordered to be widened, his unfulfilled
order bearing date the 14th of May. It will
be noticed that one date, that of the 14th of
May, plays a prominent part in this catalogue
of coincidences; and npon that same date
jn 1(543, Louis XIII died the figures 1, 0, 4,
3, when added, again producing the magical
number of fourteeen. Louis XIV asceuded
the throne in 1G43; died in 1715, equal to
fourteen again; and lived to the age of 77
seven and seven making fourteen. Louis
XV died in 1774, a date supplying the same
number, both in its extremes and the Bum of
its central figures. Louis XVI had reigned
just fourteen years when he summoned the
States-General, destined to bring about the
Revolution; on the 14th of July, 178!), the
Bastile was destroyed; and in 1814 the Bour
bons were restored a year bearing the all
important number, not only in its figures,
but likewise in their sum. On the 14th of
July, 1815, Napoleon informed Captain Main
land that he threw himself upon Eaglaud's
protection; on the 14th of July, 1870, diplo
mat io relations were broken off between
France and Prussia; and lastly, on the 11th
of August Marshal Bazaine's army retreated
over the Moselle before the advancing legions
of Germany. Chambers' Journal.
Queer Stort of a Miser. A correspond
ent, writing from Knoxville, III., describes
the peculiar death of a miser in that town,
who was reputed to be worth $20,000. He
had a nephew, a very worthy young man, who
was going out West to seek his fortune. A
few days before he was ready to leave, he
went to his old nncle to sell him some notes
of band which he held. The old miser would
not touch them, bat said, "You have always
been a good boy, but only a little too extrava
gant; I will make yon a little present before
jou leave." He drew a check on the bank for
$5, as be supposed, but, owing to his bad
eyesight and worse penmanship, it proved to
be $500. This nnacoountable act of benevo
lence soon became noised about town, and, of
conrse, soon came to the ears of the miser.
He rushed to the bank, and, under much ex
citement, asked one of the bank officials what
the amount of the check he had given his
nephew was, "$500, "said the clerk. "What?"
said the miser. "$500," said the clerk, pro
ducing the check. After reading, and trem
bling in every muscle, he gave one long-drawn
sigh, and exclaimed, "My God! I am a ruined
man," then sank dawn and died.
A Youxo Smoker. A remarkable instance
of early acquaintance with the virtues of
tobacco was lately brought nnder the notioe
of the London Pathological Society by Dr.
Dickinson, in a boy three years of age, an
in-patient of the Children's Hospital in Great
Ormond street. The boy was admitted with
marked symptoms of that form of paralysis
known as locomotor ataxy, which is extremely
rare at an early age, and the peculiarity of
his antecedents was that he was an habitual
smoker. It appears that he early evinced a
remarkable objection to female society, and
preferred marching about with his father,
who was a gamekeeper, and sharing his com
forts, including a short pipe and strong
tobacco. When admitted into the hospital,
an inquiry into the history of the case elicited
the fact of bis being a smoker; and on test
ing bis predilection in this respect when in
the hospital, he exhibited a proficiency in the
ait which could have only been aoquired by
some practice; and he preferred smoking that
particular vegetable produot which is known
to the initiated by the name of "thag."
An Enterprising Woman. A Virginia
paper says: "The man who gets one of ou
best Rockingham girls for a wifel does a
splendid business for himself. No portion of
the country that we have ever Been or heard
of can furnish more enterprising women than
ours. A widower in Clark county, Virginia,
had the good fortune to get one of our Rock
ingham girls, who, from her poultry alone,
the past season, made almost enough to sup
port a small family. This lady raised from
five turkey hens seventy-five turkeys. In
addition to these, she raised between three
hundred and four hundred ohickens. She sent
forty-nine of her turkeys to Wasnington the
week before Christmas, and obtained for them
20 cents per pound, the lot bringing $9110.
She has sold $111 '10 worth ef poultry this
fall and winter. In one month she gathered
and Bold 52 dozen of eggs. This lady is a
young house-keeper, too, and has the care
of a growing family npon her hands."
Those interested in anagrams will find
delight in the following:
Astronomers, No more stars,
Elegant, Neat leg,
Impatient, Time iu a pet,
Masquerade, Queer as mad,
Matrimony, Into my arm,
Melodrama. Made moral.
Midhbipman, Mind his map,
Parishioners, I hire parsons,
Parliamtnt, Partial men,
Ten tcntiary, Nay, I repent,
Presbyterian, Beet in prayer,
Radical Reform, Rare made frolio,
Revolution, To love ruin,
Kir Robert Fetl, Terrible poser,
Ho vi rV on t. '''her" y ;'..
' Telegraph, Grat help.
A FEMALE MISER.
A Woman with IIOOO la fin It Marve Her
self tm Death.
. roner Young Is engaged to-day la lnvestl
i ' tig the circumstances attending the death of
.ry Hurley, who died" yesterday ot absolute
- ..nation and cold in the tenement-home No.
62 Mulberry street. She was a great miser, and
although she bad plenty of monev, denied her
Felf tbe necessaries of life. Her dead body
was found on a pile of rags In a room on the
lop floor of the bouse. It presented a fearfully
emaciated appearance, aud the only clothing
tbe old creature had was a thin and tattered
calico dress. The apartment in which she
lived is six feet by ten In size. An old stove in
one corner, supplied with bits of wood picked
up In tbe streets, furnlthed the only warmth
for the room. The coroner, npon revihinar the
wretched houee of the deceased, found t7J in
bills and stamps of various denominations, and
bnuk books showing that she had $2iKX) depo
sited to her credit In the Bowery and Chambers
Street 8avings Banks. How the deformed and
sickly creature, who was nearly seventy years
of nge, could have accumulated so much re
mains a mystery. It is now in the hands of Mr.
Morpan, and will be handed over for the benefit
of relatives to the Public Administrator. It
was rumored that she had a son la Ireland,
who will doubtless rejoice over his good for
tune, though coupled with the announcement of
the death of his mother. The deceased eked
out a wretched existence by nesstlna, and the
cleanings of ash barrels on the streets. She was
known to the. resident of the vicinity as
'Molly," and her hunch-backed form and sorry
plight were a constant source of amusement to
the gamins, who delighted In teaMnir her. Iter
hit-tory aud character would furnish a theme
for the novelist, and illustrate one of the
etranerest phases of human nature. jV. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser of Tuesday.
GETTIXQ A -HUSBAND.
The Rtrateiy f nn Old OTnld.
Mr. Jatres O. Burrill, a man who has reached
the age of twenty-two years, and has been a
married man three years. Bat he Is not happy.
Tbe woman he married wheu he was only nine
teen years old was old enough, to be bis
mother, and wicked enough, if his statements
are correct, to be the maternal ancestor of the
Evil One himself. Her name was Ella Rowley,
and she lived in Syracuse, New York. The
shocking mauncr in which she deceived and
ruined tbe innocent and unsuspecting younsj
man is pointedly Bet forth in the bill of divorce
which he filed In the Circuit Court at Chicago
last week.
Mr. Burrill states that ou August 1, 1868, he
was married to Ella Rowley, in the city of Syra
cuse, New York; that he, being of Immature
age to wit, 19 years and inexperienced in the
ways of tbe world, became a victim of the blan
dishments of the said Ella Rowley, a person of
mature age, and that this cruel seduction was
accomplished to enable her to compel him to
marry her.
He states that he resisted manfully for many
hours, and only yielded after prolonged duress,
and to save himself from threatened public
prosecution, if not personal violence; that upon
his giving his conseut a person authorized to
perform the marriage ceremony was procured,
and the wedding ceremonies were performed;
but as quickly as he could he left the hated
presence of bis bride, and had never returned,
lie therefore asks the court to sever the bond
that binds him to the mature female.
A married lady residing in West Troy was
presented on New Year's Day with $100,000.
There are a good many persons who would like
to know how this Is themselves.
INSURANObi
Fire, inland, and Marine Ininranct.
INSURANCE COMPANY
OF
NORTH AMERICA,
Incorporated 1701.
CAPITAL $500,000
ASSETS January 1, 1871.. $3,050,536
Receipts of Premiums, TO 12,096,184
Interests from Investments, 18;o.. 137,(50
1 3,233.204
Losses paid in 1870 tl,l3d,n41
STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS.
First Mortgages on Philadelphia City Pro
perty $934,050
United States Government Loans 893,919
Pennsylvania' State Loans 189,810
Philadelphia City Loans 00,000
New Jeuey and ether State Loans and
City Bonds 825,810
Philadelphia and heading Railroad (Jo.,
otner Railroad Mortgage Bonds and
Loans 869,846
Philadelphia Bank and other Stocks 6J,isfl
t'ah in Bank 231.0JS
LoaDS on Collateral Security 81,434
Notes receivable and Marine Premiums
unsettled , 438,420
Accrued Interest and Pi emlam In course
of transmission 83,801
Real estate, Office of tbe Company bo.ooo
13,050,536
Certificates of Insurance issued, payable In Londou
Bt tbe Counting House of Messrs. bit JWN, BUI I'
LL A CO.
AUTIIUIl Q. COPPW,
PBESLDENT.
CIIAKUGS PLATT,
VICE-PRESIDENT.
MATTHIAS MARIS. Hecretarr.
C. II. IlKEVEHt Aaatatant Hecretary.
DIRECTOR.
ARTHUR G. COFFIN, 1 FRANCIS R. COPE,
DAM L r.Lt W. JUNliS,
JOHN A. BROWN,
CHAR L1CS TAYLOR,
AMBhobE WHITE,
WILLIAM WELSH,
JOHN MASON,
GEORGE L HARRISON
11T1T I f A XI
EDW. U.TKOTTER,
I'!'. CHARLTON UlfNRY.
r . i ' i . i . . ........ I
CHAS. W. C US H. VI AN,
CLEMENT A.GRISCOM,
WILLIAM BROCK1B,
1J
jAUS INSURANCB COMPANY
No. 809 CHESNUT Street
tMCOBrOBATKD I860. OBABTSH F1HPITTJA1,
CAPITAL 1300,000.
FIRE INSURANUB EXCLUSIVELY.
Insurance against Loss or Damage by fire either
Perpetual or Temporary Policies.
DiUSUTUKO.
Charles Richardson,
William IL Rhawn,
William M. Seyfert,
John F. Smith,
Nathan Utiles,
Robert Pearce.
John Kesaier, Jr..
Edward B. Orne,
Charles Stokes.
Joha W. Evermon,
Mordecal Busbv.
George A. West.
CHARLES RICHARDSON. President.
WILLIAM IL RHAWN. Vice-President.
WllXIAMg L Blamqhabd Secretary. t83
THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO, OF
PHILADELPHIA.
Omce 8. W. cor. FOURTH and WALNUT Streets.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
PERPETUAL, AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
CASH Capital (paid up In full) tBOO.Ooo-oo
CASH Aaaeu, DeBember 1, 1870 S00-38a-g4
DIRECTORS.
v. Hatcnrora Starr,
N&ibro FrsEler,
John M. Atwood,
Ben). T. Tredick,
George IL StuarL
Int... II
J. Livingston Erringer.
James L. Claghorn,
Charles Wheeler,
Thomas H. Montgomef
James M. AerUeu.
F. RATCHFORD STARR, President
TUOMAs H. WON'l'UOMKRY, Vw.a-1
at i . m . ... . . '
President
INIDRANOEi
DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY ISSUR NCB
COMPANY. Incorporated by the LegUlature
of Pennsj lvanla, 1835.
Office S. E. corner of THIRD and WALNUT Streets,
Philadelphia.
MARINE INSURANCES
on Vessels, Cargo, and Freight to all parts of the
world.
INLAND INSURANCES
on Goods by river, canal, lake, sod laud carriage to
all ports of the Union.
FIhE INSUHANCK8
on Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings,
Houses, etc
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY,
November 1, 18T0.
1300,000 LTDlted States Six Per Cent
Loan (law rul ntoue) 333,875 00
800,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent. Loan 814,000-00
800,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per
Cent. Loan (exempt from
Tax) 804,162-50
164,000 State of New Jersey Six Per
Ceut. Loan 163,920 -OS
80,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First
MortgdKeKtx Per Ct. Bonds. 80,700 00
85,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Second
Mortgage Six Per Ct. BjnU. 85,250-00
85,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail
road Mo? tinge Six Percent.
Bonds (Pennsylvania Rail
road guarantee) 80,000-00
30,000 State of TennetBee Five Per Ct.
Loan 18,000 00
7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Ct.
Loan 4,200-00
12,500 Fcnns)lvHnia Railroad Com
pany (250 Shares Stock) 15,000K)0
5,000 North Pennsylvania ' Railroad
Company (100 Shares St4)ck).. 4.300-00
10,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mall
Steamship Company (90 sh's '
Stock) 4,000-00
8C1.C50 Loans on Bond and Morteage,
first Lens ou City Properties.. 261,650-00
$1,260,150 Par.C,St,tl,2G4,447-34. M ktVl$l,23-557 00
RealEstdle 56,000 50
Bills Receivable for Insur
ances made 230,97187
Balances due at Agencies
Premiums on Marine Policies
Accrued Interest and other
debts due the Company 93,375-47
Stock and crip, etc, of sun
dry corporations, f J950, esti
mated value 3,912-00
Cash 149,911-73
l,820,7'27-7
DIRECTORS.
Thomas C. TTand, .Samuel E. Stokes,
John C. Davis.
William O. Boulton.
Edmund A. Sondcr,
Joseph II. Seal,
James Traouatr,
Henry Sloan,
Henry C. Dallett, Jr.,;
Janus C. Hand,
William C. Ludwlg,
Hugh Craig,
John D. Taylor,
George W. Bernadou,
Edward Darlington,
II. Jones Brooke,
Edwaid Lafourcade,
Jacob Rlege),
Jacob P. Jones,
James B. McFarland,
Joshua P. Eyre,
Spencer Mcllvalne,
John B. Setnp'e, Pittsb'rg,
A. B. B rifer, PlUsbnrg,
D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg.
wm. j. Houston,
U. Frank Robinson.
THOMAS C. IIAND, President.
JOHN c. DAVIS, Vice-President.
Henkt Lylbukn, Secretary.
Hkkby Ball, Assistant Secretary. 8 1 11m
1829 CHARTER PERPETUAL. 1Q7
MUd Fire Insurance Cup;
07 PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Jan. I,'7ll1$3,087,452,35
CAPITAL 1400,00000
ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS.8,637,45a 85
INCOME FOR 1871,
tl,8CI,000.
LOSSES PAID IN 1870,
872,831'70.
Issues? Paid Since 1829 Nearly
$6,000,000.
The Assets of the "FRAr KLIN" are all Invested
in solid securities (over 'i.750,i 00 In First Bonds and
Mortgages), which are all luterext bearlug and
dividend pajltg Tne Company holds no Bills Re
ceivable takm for lUKuraiicra erteoted.
Perpetnal and Temporary foinie cn Liberal
Terms. The Con pany also Issues policies upon the
Rents of all kinds of Buildings, Uround Rents and
Mortgages.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred O. Baker,
Samuel Grant,
George W. Richards,
Isaac Lea.
Alfred Fltler,
Thomas Sparks,
William s. Grant,
Thomas S. Ellis,
Gustavus 8. Benson.
George Fales,
ALFRED O. BAKER. President.
GEORGE FALES, Vice-President.
JAMES W. MCALLISTER, Secretary. a 7td31
THEODORE M. RJBQBR, Assistant Secretary.
ASBURY
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
RECT YORK.
LEMUEL BANGS, President.
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice-Pres'tanJSec'v.
EMORY McCLIMTOOK, Actuary.
JAMES M. LONG ACRE,
MANAGER FOR PENNSYLVANIA AND
DELAWARE,
Office, 302 W4XBUT 8t, Philadelphia.
H. C. WOOD, Jr., Medical Examiner.
5 83 mwfim REV. 8. POWERS. Special Agent.
jpiRS A880GI A TI 6N
INCORPORATED MARCH IT, 1330.
OFFICE,
NO. 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
INSURE
BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AN I
MERCHANDISE GENERALLY
Frm Loss by ore (In the City of Philadelphia only)
ASSETS, JANUARY. 1, 1S70, 11,703,310 or.
TRUSTEES.
William H. Hamilton,
John (Jarrow,
George L Young,
Jos. R. Lyndall,
ivi P. Uoata.
Charles P. Bower,
Jesse Ughtfoot,
Robert Shoemaker,
Peter Armbrnster,
M. H. Dickinson,
Tter Wllllamonn
Samuel Spar hawk,
J ooepu a. BUQttU.
WM. H. HAMILTON, President.
SAMUEL 8 PAR HAWK, Vice-President.
WILLIAM F. BUTLER,
Secretary
THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Incorporated 1886 Charter Perpetual.
No. B10 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence
Square.
This Company, favorably known to the commu.
nlty for over forty years, continues to insure against
loss or damage oy Ore 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 the most careful manner, which ena
bles them to offer to the Insured on undoubted secu
rity 1b the cose of loss.
DIBICTOK8.
Daniel Smith, Jr I Thomas Smith.
Isaac Haelehurst, I Henry Lewis,
Thomas Robins, 1 J. GUHngham FelL
John Deverenx, I Daniel Haddock,
Franklin A. Comly.
DANIEL SMITH, Jb., President
WM. G. Cbqwill, Secretory. too
JMPKRIAXi FLUE INgURANOB CO.,
LORDOH.
K8TABMSUUU ISOi.
Paid-up OkpiUl and Aoeunolated Fonda,
68,000,000 IN GOLD.
PREVOST A HERRING, Agento,
Ho. lot & TBIBJD BtrMt. Philadelphia.
Oil AB. M. PKMVOST OHOa P. HKHKIW8
MATS AND OAP.
HWAFBURTO-N IMPROVED VENTILATED
anl wwiT-eu'na- DKKSX HATH (patented), in aU
guoct, fcxt door to Ui pmi oa, rsi
SHIPPINU.
iffflrffc LORsLLARD STEAMSHIP UODCPAN.
FOR HUW YORK,
SAILING TUESDAY8, TnURSDATS, AND SAT
URDAYS AT NOON,
are now receiving freight at winter rates, com
mencing December 88. All goods shipped on and
after this date will be charged as agreed upon by
the agents 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 than
one dollar premium.
For further particulars and rates apply at Com
pany's office, Pier 83 East river, New York, or to
JOHN F. OUT
PIER 19 NORTH WHARVES.
N. a, -Extra rates on small packages iron, metals,
etc 88
tWfK NATIONAL STEAMSHIP $f
TI!Lr LINE. Steam to and from 3. fill
NEW YORK, LIVERPOOL, AND QUEENSTOWN.
Bleamtrs sail WJtDNBSDAY, THURSDAY, and
SATURDAY.
Cabin, $78 and too; Steerage, fw. Excursion
tickets, good for one year, liberally reduced. Per
sons sending for their frleuds can obtain tickets
(Steerage) for 3'A Tickets to and from Londonderry
and QUflgow by this lavorlte route at the same low
currency rates.
PacReogers booked to and frsm London, Paris,
Banibnrg, Havre, Bremen, etc., at lowest rates.
Note. The maKulrtceut Ocean Steamships of thin
line are among the largest In the world, and are
celebrated for apeed, safety, and comfort.' Owing to
reduction, rates are now $15 iu Cabin and t'Jln
st erage cheaper than other first-class lines.
For passage, or bank drafts for any amount, paya
ble at sight In all parts of Great Britain, Ireland,
and in principal cities cf Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
France, Germany, and Italy, apt ly to
WALLER A CO., Agents,
1 1 Ko. 804 WALNUT St., just above Seeoixd.
THE REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON THE PHI
LADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM
SHIP LINE are ALONE authorized to issue throng!
ollls of ladlrjg to interior points South and West li
connection with South Carolina Railroad Company.
ALFRED L. TYLER.
Vice-President So. C. RR. Co.
PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN
MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S RK.
GLLAK SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO NEW OR
LEANS, La.
The JUNIATA will sail for New Orleans, via Ha
vana, on Tuesday, February 81, at 8 A. M.
Tbe YAZOO will sail from New Orleans, via
Havana, on , February.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING at as low rtes
as by any other route given to MOBILE, GALVES
TON, 1NDIANOLA, ROCKPORT, LAVAUOA, and
BRAZOS, and to all points on the Mississippi river
between New Orleans and St. Louis. Red river
freights reshlpped at New Orleans without charge
of commissions.
WEEKLY LINE TO SAVANNAH, OA.
The TONAWANDA will sail for Savannah on Sat
urday, Febmarv 11, at 8 A. M.
The WYOMING will sail from Savannah on Sat
urday, Februarv 11.
THROUGH BILLS 0 LADINU given to all the
principal towns In Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee iu con
nection with the Central Railroad of Georgia, At
lantic and Gulf Railroad, and Florida steamers, at
as low rates as by competing lines.
SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO WILMINGTON, N. C.
The FIoNEBR will salt for Wilmington on Fri
day, Feoruarv 10, at 6 A. M. Returning, will leave
V llmtngton Friday, February IT.
Connects with the Cape Fear River Steamboat
Company, the Wilmington and Weldon and North
Carolina Railroads, and the Wilmington and Man
chester Railroad to all Interior points.
Freights for Columbia, S. C, and Augusta, Go.,
tojitn via Wilmington at as low rates as by any
otner route.
Insurance effected when requested by shippers.
Bills or lading signed at Queen street wharf on or
before day or sailing.
WILLIAM L. JAMES, General Agent,
19 No. 130 S. THIRD Street.
. PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND, AND
' vrnj L. kT XT urn C i Mil ii i n r t .t i
gaftMaMfcBw iiJiirwui i m jx. hi nuir tjlll Fj,
l HROUG1I FREIGHT AIR LINE TO THE SUUTH
AND WEST.
INCREASED FACILITIES AND REDUCED
RATES.
Steamers leave every SATURDAY, at 13 o'clock
noon, from FIRST WHARF above MARKET Street.
RETURNING, leave RICHMOND THURSDAYS,
and NORFOLK SATURDAYS.
Ne Bills of Lading signed after 19 o'clock on sail
ing days.
THROUGH RATES to all points in North and
South Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad,
connecting at Portsmouth, and to Lvnchburtr. Va.
Tennessee, and the West, via Virginia and Tennes
see Air une ami menmona ana uanvuie iiauroad
Freignt hanulku but onuk ana taken at
LOWER RATES THAN ANY OTHER LINE.
No charge for commission, drayage, or any ex
pense of transler.
Steamships insure at lowest rates.
Freight received daily.
State Room accommodations ror passengers.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.,
No. 19 S. WnARVES and Pier t N. WHARVES.
W. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City
Point.
T. P. CROW ELL fc CO., Agents at Norfolk. 615
THE ANCHOR LINK STEAMERS
Sail every Saturday and alternate Wednesday
to and from Glasgow and Derry.
Passengers booked and forwarded to and from all
railway Btations iu Great Britain, Ireland, Gur
many, Norway, Sweden, or Denmark and America
as safely, speedily, comfortably, and cheaply as by
IXPHES8" 8TBAMKK8.
'EXTRA" STEAMERS.
IOWA,
TYRIAN,
BRITANNIA,
IOWA,
TYRIAN,
ANGLIA,
AUSTRALIA,
BRITANNIA,
INDIA,
COLUMBIA,
EUKOr A.
BUI i aimjnia.
From Pier 80 Nerth river, New York, at noon.
Rates of Pahsage, Payable in Currency,
to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Derry : i
First cabins, fus and $75, according to location.
Catin excursion tickets (good for twelve months),
securing best accommodations, 1130.
In turned late, f33; steerage,
Certificates, at reduced rates, can be bonght here
by those wishing to send for their friends.
Drafts Issued, payab:e on presentation.
Apply at the company's oihces to
HENDERSON BROTHERS,
18 87t No. 1 BOWLING GREEN.
0-? FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELA WAR
I Jyjv-t? and Rarltan Canal.
fr. ..'!. JL swiifTstiBZ TRANSPORTATIOB
COMPANY.
DESPATCH AND 8WIFTSURE LINES,
Leaving dally at 19 M. and 6 P.M.
The steam propellers of this company will com
mence loading on tbe 8th of Maroh.
Through In twenty-four hoars.
Gooas forwarded to any point free of Commission
Freights token on accommodating terms.
Apply to
WILLIAM M. BAIRD A CO., Agents.
j No. 189 South DELAWARE Avenue.
FOR NEW YORK
via Delaware and Rarltan Canal.
EXPRESS STEAMBOAT 1X1UPAMV.
The Steam ProDellera of the linn wtn nnmmann
loading on the 6th instant, leaving dally as nsuaL
THROUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Goods forwarded by all the lines going oat of No
York, North, East, or West, free of conimlsaion.
Freights received at low rates.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.. Agents,
No. 19 8. DELAWARE Arenas
JAMES HAND, Agent,
No. ll WALL Street, New York. 1st
NEW EXPRESS LINE TO AUfXAN
drla. Georgetown, and Waamncton
D. C., via Chesapeake and De.aware
:iiial. wltb connections at Alexandria from it.
most direct route for Lynchburg. BrlstoL Knnvvuin
Nashville, Daiton, and the Southwest.
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon
rom the first wharf above Market street.
Freight received daily.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE ft CO..
No. 14 North and South WHARVES.
HYDE fc TYLER, AgenU at Georgetown: M.
ELD RIDGE A CO., Agents at Alexandria. 1
DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE
STKAM TOW-BOAT COMPANY.
Baltimore, Havre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and
.nteriuedlute points.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., Agents.
CAPTAIN JOHN LAUGHLIN, Superintendent.
. OmUE,N0. 19 South WHARVES.
18H PHILADELPHIA.
DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE
STEAM TUWBOAT COMPANY.
Bar ties towed between PhlladelDhla.
Baltimore, Uavre-de-Graoe, Delaware City, and lu-
lermedlate points. , . .
WILLIAM P. CLYDE CO., Agent.
u.i.Uili L-n-v---i-y-i ." . i. i
CuU. No, 19 fioutft YrUfrW yklMdelpkU, 1 11 1
HIPPINU.
rTFK FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEBN94
Xnrtl Lit MOTOWN Thelnman Line of Royal Mali
Steamers are appointed to sail as follows:
City of Brussels, Saturday, February 11. at 10 A. M
City of Brooklyn, Katnntnv. Feb. 18. at 9 P. M.
CUy of Limerick, via Halifax, Tuesday, Feb. 81, atl
City of Paris, Saturday, Fsb. 95, at 10 A. M.
and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tueav
day, frwn pier No. 4 North river.
RATES OF PASSAGE
By Mall Steamer Sailing every Saturday.
Payable in gold. Payable la currency.
First Cabin ITS Steerage ft o
To Ixndn 80
To London so
To Paris 90
To Halifax 90
To Paris 83
To Halifax is
Passengers also forwarded to Antwerp. Rotter.
dam, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, etc., at reduced
rate a
Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by
persons winning to send for their friends.
For farther Information apply at the cotnpany'i
Office.
JOHN G. DALE, Agent. No. 15 Broadway, N. T. I
Or to O'DoNNELL ft FAULK, Agents, ,
4 5 No. 409 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia,
PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND
AND
NORFOLK STEAMSHIP LINE.
THROUGH FREIGHT LTNB) TO THE SOUTH
AND WEST.
INCREASED FACILITIES AND REDUCED
HATi&S FOR 1ST1.
Steamers leave every WEDNESDAY and SATUR
DAY, at 19 o'clock noon, from FIK8T WHARF
above MARKET Street.
RETURNING, leave RICHMOND MONDAYS
and THURSDAYS, and NORFOLK TUESDAYS
and SATURDAYS.
No bins of Lading signed after 19 o'clock on sail
ing dsjA
THROUGH RATES to all points in North and
Sooth Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad,
connecting at Portsmouth, and to Lynchburg, Va.,
Ttnnt-ssee, and the West, via Virginia and Tennes
see Air Line and Richmond and Danville Railroad.
Freight HANDLED BUT OSs and taken at
LOWER RATES THAN ANY OTHER LINE.
No charge for commission, drayage, or any ex
peme of transfer.
Steamships insure at lowest rates.
Freight received dally.
State Room accommodations for passengers.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE & CO.,
No. 18 S. WHARVES and Pier 1 N. WHARVES.
W. P. PORTER, Agent at Richmond and City
Point.
T. P. OR O WELL k CO., Agents at Norfolk. 1 1
F
OR SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
THE FLORIDA PORTS,
AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
GREAT SOUTHERN FREIGHT AND PASSEN
GER LINE.
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA AND AT.
LANTIO AN' GULF RAILROAD.
FOUR STEAMERS A WEEK,
TUESDAYS,
THURSDAYS,
AND SATURDAYS.
THE STEAMSHIPS
SAN SALVADOR, captain Nickerson, from Pier
No. 8 North River.
WM. R. GARRISON, Agent,
No. 0 Bowling Green.
MONTGOMERY, Captain Faircloth, from Pier No.
u norm stiver.
R. LOWDEN, Agent,
No. 99 West street.
LEO, Captain Dearborn, from Pier No. is East
River.
MURRAY, FERRIS A CO., Agents,
Nos. 61 and 69 South street.
GENERAL BARNES, Captain Mallory, from Pier
No. 86 North River. "
LIVINGSTON, FOX & CO., Agents,
No. 83 Liberty street.
Insurance by this line ONE-HALF PER CENT.
Superior accommodations for passengers.
Through rates and bills or lading In connection
With tbe Atlantic and Gulf Freight line. 1 6t
Through rates and bills or lading In connection)
With Central Railroad of Georgia, to all points.
C. D. OWENS, GEORGE YONGE,
Agent A . A G. R. R., Agent C. R. R.,
No. 829 Broadway. No. 409 Broadway.
H I T E
STAR
BINS
OCEANIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S!
LINE OF NEW STEAMERS BKTWEBN NEW
YC RK AND LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK,
IRELAND.
The company's fleet comprises the following mag.
nlficent full-powered ocean steamships, the sOc
largest In the world :
OCEANIC. Captain Murray. A RCTIC,
ATLANTIC, Captain Thompson. BaLTIO.
PACIFIC, Captain Perry. ArKl A TIC.
These new vessels have been designer srvoially
for the transatlantic trade, and combine apeeu,
safety, and comfort.
Passenger accommodations unrivalled.
Parties tending for their friends in the old coun
try can now obtain prepaid tickets.
Steerage, 32, currency.
Other rates as low as any first-class line.
For further particulars apply to ISMAY, IMRIE A
CO., No. 10 WATEK btreet, Liverpool, and No. I
EAST INDIA Avenue, LEADEN HALL Street,
London; or at the company's offices, No. 19
BKOADWAY, New York.
1 Bt J. H. SPARKS, Agent.
FOR NEW YORK
VIA DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL,
EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The SteamJPropellers of the Line will commence
loading on the 8th mat, leaving Duly as usual.
THROUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOUR
Goods forwarded by all the lines going out of New
York North, East, or West, free of commission.
Freights received at low rates.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., Agents,
No. 19 S. DELAWARE Avenue.
J AMIS HAND, Agent.
No. 119 WALL Street, New York. 1 90
NEW
EXPRESS
TO
LINE
ALEXANDRIA, GEORGETOWN, AND WASH
INGTON, D. C, VIA CHESAPEAKE AND
I'ELAWARE CANAL,
with connections at Alexandria from the most direct
ronte for Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxville, Nashville,
Daiton, and the southwest.
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon
from the first wharf above Market street.
Freight received dally.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.,
No. 14 North and South Wharves.
KYDE A TYLER, Agents, at Georgetown; M.
ELDRIUGE A CO., AgenU at Alexandria. 6 1
FOR ST. THOMAS AND BRAZIL.
UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL STEAM..
SHIP COMPANY.
REGULAR MAIL STEaMKRS sailing on the
83d of every month.
MHFK1MACK, Captain Wlcr.
SOUTH AMERICA, Captain E. L.Tinkiepaugh.
NORTH AMEhlCA, Captain G. B. Slocum.
These splendid steamers saH on schedule time, and
rail at St. Thomas, Para, Pernainbuco, Bahla, and
Rio de Janeiro, going and returning. For engage
ments of freight or passage, apply to
WM. K. GARRISON, Agent,
19 lot No. 5 Bowling-green, New York.
CUTLERY. ETOi
RODGERS A WOSTENHOLMTS POCKET
KNIVES, Pearl and Stag handles, and
beautiful finish; Rodgers', and Wade fc
Butcher's Razors, and the celebrated Law
coultre Razor; Ladles' Scissors, la oases,
of the finest quality ; Rodgers' Table Cutlery, Carvers
and Forks, Razor Strops, Cork Screws, eta Ear In
strnmento, te assist the hearing, of the most ajs.
proved construction, at P. MADEIRA'S,
No. 11B TENTH Street, below Cheanat
i. T. BASTOH. MliAHOM.
JASIOn & HcltlAIIOIV,
BBIPPIXO AND COMMISSION MSSCBANTA
No. 9 COENTItS SLIP, New York,
No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia,
No. 4o W. PRATT STREET, Baltimore?
We ore prepared to ship every description ot
Frellfht tr Phlladulnhla Vn.b ti7n.i-T .
intermediate points with promptness and despatch.
ftoUoe,
COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF All
no rubers and brands. Tent, Awning, Trunk:
and Wagon-cover Duck. Also, paper MonufaoJ
tnrers' Drier Felts, from thirty to seventy j
trres, with Paotlnn, Uniting, SU Twine, et
Ko. u cauicu itmiiatj bte&