THE DAILY EVENING TELEGKAril PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1G, 1871. ANCIENT PROPHECIES. Apropos of the present war and the fate of Napoleon III, Note and Queries has the fol lowing: "The war has brought to the sur face the following prophecy of the famous Provencal post and Beer, Nostradamus, who died abont 1575. lie was born in the south of France, and was of Jewish descent. As physician and astrologer he was held in high estimation by the French king and nobility: When the fignres of the century, Added and doubled, both agree, And seven tens the yoars decree, Apollyon in the West shall rise Iis haughty head iu grand emprise; Iluin shall mark his fierce advance; War in his mien, death in his glance; Ilia engines of destruction dire Shall fill the air with bolts of fire; Ilia metal ships shall scour tho flood And turn the river's course with blood. Two kings in Gaul and Italy, Throe crowns shall bear, thrice chosen be; The eagle-empires then shall war, And spread their desolation far; The one that most on others preyed Shall be defeated and dismayed; The one that warred for fancied fame Shall lose his kingdom and his namo. The North shall oome like beasts of prey; The South shall mingle in the fray: The East shall Memnon's statue raise; The West shall see her cities blaze; The Crescent, waning, shall decay Before the beams of the new day. Then Apollyon 'b legions dead; Then the king with triple head Shall no more his fatal sway Over men hold day by day; Their sun in blood for ever set, They'll be forgot as they forget.' " PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN 1870. FBOM NATURE. The year which has just oome to a close has neither been characterized by any new and scientific discoveries, nor have any novel ap plications of science to ordinary industry and manufacture attracted special attention. The work done has been more a strengthening of that of past years, and a confirming or a dis proving of theories and experiments, than the inventing of new ones. In one branch of science only has any great advance been made, and that, as we shall presently show, we be lieve to have taken place in geology. But this advance is one somewhat overlooked at present; but still of bo important a character that, when once fully recognized in all its bearings, it may tend to disprove much of the geological teaching of the present day. Taking the various sciences as much as possible separately, we will begin with As tronomy. Here attention has been chiefly directed, as has been the case for so many years past, to the sun. Since it is now gene rally understood that when once the nature Df this vast self-luminous body is accurately made out, much light will be thrown on many now perplexing and strange phenomena, the eclipse of the 22d of Deoember last was anxiensly watched for, and all possible obser vations were taken here by those who were unable to take part in the Government expe dition to Spain and Sicily. It is to be hoped that the labors of this expedition, in spite of acoident both on land and sea, and the unsat isfactory state of the weather at the time of observation, will yet yield results of great importance. Mr. Lockyer and Mr. Hnggins have con tinned their spectroscopic observations of the sun, and Professor Zollner has published a very valuable paper on the solar prominences. theorizin g very boldly as to the temperature and pressure at the sun's surface; while in America Professor Young has worked with good results at the same subject. Before leaving this branch of our subject,, we would mention that Mr. Procter has published some novel views as to the constitution of the stel lar systems, which, under the somewhat fan ciful titles of "star-drift" and "star-mist," must be familiar to most of our readers. While the vast domain of Organic Chemistry has been still further widened by the in numerable workers who plunge into this branch of the subject and neglect the many untrodden paths in inorganic chemistry, nevertheless no special or importaut dis coveries are to be chronicled, unless we may mention the beautiful process by which indigo has been synthetically constructed by MM. Emmerling and Engler, following closely on the artificial manufacture of alizarine by MM. Liebermann and Graebe. Molecular Physios has occupied a large share of attention, and the discussion before the Chemical Society on the existence or non existence of atoms and molecules, has only too clearly shown how doctors differ among themselves, and that the very foundations of a science, considered so essential by some, are utterly repudiated by others. A very re markable paper on the size of atoms, origin ally published in these columns by Sir Wil liam Thomson, in which he gives four dis tinct trains of reasoning by which he arrives at a proof of their absolute magnitude, has attracted much attention, and has been trans lated and copied into most of the Continental and American scientiflo journals. Dr. Thomas Andrews has also pursued his remarkable in vestigations on the continuity of the liquid and gaseous states of matter. The death of Professor William Allen Miller, F. It. S., and Dr. Matthiessen, F. It. S., have left sad voids in the ranks of oar English experimental chemists. In Biology, the investigations of Professor Tyndall, "On Atmospheric Germs, and the Germ Theory of Disease," have contributed to a clearer knowledge of the nature of some of the most virulent of our infeotious dis eases, and have caused those diseases to be studied in a mueh more scientiflo manner than before. The theory of spontaneous generation, which has been very prominently before the scientific world for the last ten years, has, during the past year, been very strongly at tacked on the one hand by Professor Huxley, and defended on the other by Dr. Bastian and Dr. Child. In his inaugural address to the British Association meeting at Liverpool, Professor Huxley gave a long review of all the researches on the subject, from the time of Spallanzani and Needham to the present day, and declared his belief, after carefully weighing the evidence on both sides, that all life has its origin in some pre-existing life, and that spontaneous generation, or, at he termed it, abiogenesis, is not now proved to take place. The investigations of Dr. Bastian, published in these columns, gave the reasons for his belief that spontaneous generation certainly does occur. Feeling himself attacked and bis experiments seine what underrated by Professor Huxley in his address, he criticized it at considerable length, end detailed the results of some new experiments which confirmed his previous de ductions. The Darwinian theory of natural selection bas been it tacked by Mr. A. W. Bennett aud Mr. Mux: J, Mid defended by Mr, A. Jt, W&l- lace and others; Mr. Wallace having also -tin-dicated his claims to priority in this question, since he published many of the now reoog sized theories and speculations on the subject of natural selection, at a time when ne was resident in the East Indies, and entirely un acquainted with what Mr. Darwin had written on the same subject. . As respects geology, during the past year the Government has continued its grants of money for the purpose of deep-sea dreUg- ings, and at present the report of the most recent expedition is anxionsly looked forward to. The results of the expedition in the autumn of 18f!!, as given to the public by Dr. Carpenter, Professor Wyville Thomson, and Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys during the past year, have been of the greatest pusxible interest and importance, lhey found that on the same level, at the bottom of the deep sea, two different deposits are ia process of for mation side by side, each characterized by a distinct fauna, and , yet apparently pro duced under perfectly similar conditions of land and sen, area, depth of water, etc On in vestigating this curious result, however, it was found that the temperature of the water circulating over these two areas is very dif ferent, and that this mere difference of tem perature is capable of entirely changing the character of the fauna of tho simultaneously formed deposits. Thus an entirely new ele ment is brought into geological speculations, since it is shown that at one and the same time strata may be aooumulated containing widely different organic remains. In addi tion to this, they have shown that the calca reous deposit known to us as chalk is now being deposited all over the bed of the At lantic Ocean, and there are many weighty reasons for believing that this deposit has gone on steadily ever since the time during which we imagined the cretaceous rocks of the world to have begun and ended. Many organisms formerly supposed entirely extinct have been rediscovered in these deep sea dredging?; and, in short, mush has been done to show that our past geological reason ing requires thorough and careful revision. Professor Gumbel's discovery of the exist ence of bathjbius and similar organisms at all depths, and stretching over an indefinite period of geological time, is of the greatest importance in relation to this subject. Professor Agassiz, on the other Bide of the Atlantic, has pub lished reports of the deep-sea dredging off the Florida coast, and has stated that the re sults of his researches, and those of others, both English and Scandinavian, have con vinced him that there is life all over the sea bottom, and that where evidenoe of marine life cannot be found, we are justified in call ins in the agency of the sea to explain cer tain obscure facts. These conclusions oaunot be without their important bearing on many commonly-received geological theories. In botany many very careful series of ob servations have been made in the physiologi cal department. Among the most important we may mention tnose of milieux and Du chartre in France, confirmed by Dr. McNab in this country, that, contrary to the pre viously accepted hypothesis, plants do not absorb any appreciable amount of aqueous vapor through their leaves; and those pre viously announced by M. Deheraini that the evaporation of water from the leaves of plants is due to sunlight rather than to heat, and proceeds independently of .the degree of saturation of the atmosphere. Much atten tion has also been paid in Germany, Italy, and England to the phenomena of fertiliza tion opened out by Mr. Darwin s observa tion s. In meteorology there is no great advance to chronicle. lit still remains a science with out a head, a chaotio mass of facts with no definite order or arrangement; for, though many are working at this subject, and some valuable papers on the Origin of Winds and Storms have been published, still no definite progress can be ascertained. The splendid appearances of the Aurora Borealis, visible all over the British Isles in September and Ootober, have direoted publio attention to those unmistakably magnetic phenomena, and to the connection which exists between their appearance, great ma? netical perturbations, and large solar spots. They have been examined very frequently during the past year by means of the spec troscope, and there is distinct evidence of lines in the green and red portions of the spectrum, the latter presumably due to hy drogen. We would direct attention to our desire to publish a complete tabular list of the more remarkable meteorological pheno mena the past year, so as to be serviceable to observers in all parts of the world. To render this as perfect as possible we would invite the kind co-operation of all those in terested in the subject who can forward us any data. We cannot conclude without noticing how much science has lost during the latter half of the year just eiided by the fearful struggle that bas taken place between France aud Germany, where each nation has brought into requisition all the resources of Science only to inflict as much injury as possible on the other. For nearly six months we have witnessed the sad sight of workshops shut up, laboratories closed, nniversities and schools wanting both professors and students, and the frieudly emulation of similar tastes and pursuits turned to the fierce rivalry of the sword. Soienoe will have to deplore the untimely loss of many of her motit attached workers, and their country will have lost those who would in happier times have done hor as muoh honor at home as they have shown bravery in the field. While the French Academy, sunt up in besieged Paris, has brought the art of bal looning to its present state of perfection, so that now it is used as a means of communica tion with the outside world, the result of the subtle strategy of the Germans, and the scientiflo education they so generally possess, has been to give them advantages which have, to the present time, baffled their adversaries. , MINERAL WEALTH OF THE WEST. The stories of the wonderful mineral wealth of the Western Territories are often so incredible as to be taken for pure inven tions, which many Of them doubtless are, and yet some oome so directly from responsible parties, they must be taken as containing a large percentage of truth. Of this class, we think, is the account in the St. Louis Journal of Commerce, purporting to be the result of a survey of Iron Mountain, in Wyoming Territory, made by Jude Kingman, of the Supreme Court. This mountain, situated a few miles northeast of Laramie, is an isolated peak or cliff about a mile long by several hundred ft wide, ani nearly two thousand feet high. The ore is stratified, and is entirely free from rock or earth of any kind- The blooks are black, smooth, heavy, sharp-edged, and crysUlhue, and break with a fraoture almost like east iron. Near the mountain, of which it w formerly a part, are the Black HitU, a ridge of laud running nearly north and south, about two thousand feet high, twenty miles across its level top, and of unknown, or at least unstated, IcDgUi. The outcropping- all over this vast plateau show the ridge to 1 belong to the same deposit wiih Iron Moun tain; and the Jndgsscloses his aocount with the remark: "i here is more pure magnetto ore in tne uiactc nuis or Wyoming Territory, above ground, than all the teams of North America can haul away in a lifetime." Another story, often soouted as a fable, but now become an established faot, is that rela ting to the immense natural deposits of soda in Churchill county, Nevada. The geologist of the General Land Office, after describing these singular deposits, declares that "pure potash and soda can now be manufactured to any extent, and the immense quantities con sumed in the arts of civilized life need no longer suffer any restriction." He adds that the important and comparatively rare sub stance, bromine, may be there gathered in quantities great enough to supply the United States. Its recent employment in preparing aniline dye colors has greatly increased the demnnd, and it ia now manufactured by the hundred weight. Equally incredible in their extent are the immense coal fields brought to light by the geological surveys in Texas and New Mexico. The carboniferous formation is said to cover six thousand square miles, with an average thickness of three hundred feet. One vein, five feet in thickness, proves to be pure an thracite, hitherto supposed to be the exclusive Eroduot of Pennsylvania. These almost ex austless stores, laid away for future use, taken in connection with the vast forest of timber not yet broken, and rich farming lands that have not yet produced the firs; crop, are perhaps the most conclusive proofs of the future greatness of our country and the best refutation of those who are annually predict ing the end of the world. Detroit Post. An Odd Man op the Past Generation. And now from the noble profession of letters emerges an odd man of the past generation we mean that brilliant critio and essayist, William Ilazlitt, perhaps the most three cornered and untoward man of talent that ever lived. With all his eloquence and sub tlety of thought, Ilazlitt was the prey of the most crazy fancies, dreading all the refine ments of social life, and writhing at the thought of being considered strange and un gainly by the footmen whom he despised. Even with his oldest friends, like Lamb and Leigh Hunt, Ilazlitt preserved the wildness and shyness of a misanthropio re cluse. He entered a room, Mr. Paterson has recorded, as if he had been dragged there in custody, shuffled sidelong to the nearest chair, sat himself down on one corner of it, dropped his bat on the floor, and after his set phrase, not always appropriate, of "It is a fine day," lapsed into dreary silence, and seemed to resign himself moodily to his fate. If the talk did not please him he sat half absorbed and indifferent, till at last, by a sudden impulse, he started up, and with an abrupt "Well, good morning 1" shuffled to the door, and blundered his way out. His self-consciousness was morbid almost to mad ness, and his pride extreme. His daily life was of that suicidal character sometimes adopted by authors who despise the laws of health, and suffer the inevitable penalty of softened brain or premature paralysis. He usually never rose till 1 or 2 o'clock, and brooded over his breakfast of intensely strng black tea and a toasted French roll till 4. or 5 in the afternoon, "silent, motionless, and self-absorbed" as a Hindoo Yoger. His tea was generally very strong, as he half-filled the tea-pot with tea. For the last four or five years of his life, Hazlitt drank no liquids but tea and water of the latter he sometimes drank three or four quarts while talking after supper. This meal, of meat or game, was invariably taken at a tavern late at night. His favorite haunt for his great talks was the Southampton Coffee house, in Southampton buildings, Chancery lane. Any small slight, or the mere faot of the bill being brought him before he asked for it, scared him from a tavern or chop-house lor years. If he went to the theatre, even to see won derful Kean, Hazlitt hid himself in a back corner-seat in the second tier of boxes, and there he sat like a sullen owl, shrouding him self from view, and trusting apparently to mere quick glances and odd moments of listening. English Society. Tiberius. Few reputations have profited more largely than that of the Emperor Tibe rius Ly the general revision of historical judgments which has been going on ever since history has been elevated by modern criticism to the rank of a soienoe. The cause of the especial infamy under which Tiberius bas labored is easily discovered. The crimes and vices imputed to him were imposing and picturesque, exciting the imagination by their enormity, and stimulating curiosity by tne mys tery ' that enshrouded them. His virtues, those of a just and sagacious admin istrator, were not likely to attract the atten tion of the historian so long as his task was limited by his own conception of it to a reoord of the court, the camp, and the Senate. The bright side of Tiberius' character was, there fore, practically non-existent, and the rigor ous estimate of a monaroh aooording to his fulfilment of his publio duties, which has destroyed so many splendid reputations, proved highly favorable to his. There are. however, few more conspiouous instances of the invariable tendency of reactions to run into extremes than the recent endeavors to elevate the sullen recluse of Canre;e into something of a saint, and very muoh of a martyr. SPECIAL NOTIOES. iY- REDEMPTION OF CIVIL BONDS OP I860. Stats of California. T.kascry Dkpatmknt, d acr amen to, February 1, 187L Whereas, There ia en tbls day ia the State Trea- lury tbe sum of twenty-eight thousand (f 23,000) dol lars which, under the provisions of an act of the Legislature of said Bute entitled "An aet to pro vide for the paying certain equitable claims against tbe State of California, aad to contract a funded debt for that purpose," approved April BO, 1860, Is set apart for the redemption of Civil Bonds of said State, Issued under the provisions of said act, notice Is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for the surrender of said Bonds will be received at thiB Department for the amount above specified until the 10TH DAY OP APRIL, 1871, at 11 o'clock A. M. No bid will be entertained at more than par value, and a responsible guarantee must accompany each proposal, which must be Indorsed "Sealed Proposals for tbe surrender of Civil Bonds of I860." Said bonds will be redeemed and interest paid in gold and silver coin or the United States, and most lie surrendered within ten days after the acceptance of the proposal for their redemption. A. P. CORONEL, ft 14tuths t4 10 Bute Treasurer. ijjV- TUB IMPERISHABLE PERFUME I A8 A rule, the perfumes now In use have no perma nency. An hour or two after their nse there la no trace of perfume left. How different Is the result succeeding the nse Of MURRAY A- LANMAN'S FLOKIOA WaTKH I Days after lu application the luuidktrclilef exhales UUt( delliiUUul, delicate, mul atfrtwtiUe inrante, i 1 talhf SPECIAL. NOTIOES. feS- REDEMPTION OP 8TATK BONDS. nTATS OF CALIFORNI ia, ) RNT.V u. ) Tkbarchy Pbpartmr Sacramknto, Feb. 1, 1STI, Whereas, there Is on this day in the State Treasury the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand (1230,000) dollar, which, nnder the previsions of an act of the Legislature of said State, entitled "An Act to pro vide for paying certain equitable claims eglnst the State of California, and to contract a funded debt for that purpose," approved April 89, 1867; and a'so nnder the provisions of an act amendatory of said act, approved April ST, isco, is set apart for the re demption of Civil Bonds of said State, issued under the provisions of said first mentioned act, notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for the surrender of said Bonds will be received at this Department for the amount above specified, until the 10th DAY OP APRIL, A. D. 1871, at 11 o'clock A. M. No bids will be entertained at more than par value, end a responsible guarantee must accompany each proposal, which must be marked "Sealel Pro potals for the Redemption of Civil Bonds of 1857." SaUl bonds must be surrendered within tea days arter the acceptance of the proposals for their re demption. A. F. CORONEL, ! 14 tuth 1 4 10 ' State Treasurer. ffip HOM(KOPATIlIO HOSPITAL, NO. 1116 The attending Managers for February are: W. llobart Brown. No. S038 Wallace street. John Carrow, No. 1602 Spruce street. C. O. Raue, M. D., No. 181 N. Tenth street. John C. Morgar, M. D No. 1700 Chesnnt street. Tbe attending Physicians are Drs. Raue, Morgan, and Martin. The attending Surgeon Is Malcolm Macfarlan, M. I). The resident Physician is Dr. Baethlg. The attending Physicians and Snrgeon attend daily at the Hospital. Applications for admission are received bv the attending Manageis on Wednesdays at 6 P. M. at the Hospital. Persons seriously injured by accident are always admitted, if brought to the Hospital Immediately thereafter. Contributions in money received by the Treasu rer, J. W. Sexton, Esq., of Jay Cooke & Co. Contributions of Food, Clothing, Bedding, eto , re ceived at the Hospital, a ginsCt ; g? NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. CHICAGO AND ALTON RAILROAD COMPANY. Secretary's Office, Chicago, III., February8, 1871. The stockholders of the CHICAGO AND ALTON RAILROAD COMPANY are hereby notified that a cash dividend of FIVE PER CENT., free of Govern ment tax, has this day been declared on the Pre ferred and Common Stock of this Company, out of the earnings of the last six months, payable at the ofllce of the Com pony 'a agents, Messrs. M. K. Jesup & Co., No. 13 Pine street, In the city of New 1 ork, on the 6th day of March next, to nolders who are registered as i nch at the close or business hours on the lot h Inst., at which time the transfer-books will be closed, and reopened for transfer oa the 7th day of March next. 2 1M3 7 W. M. LARR ABEE, Secretary. ggw- II. M. DALY'S WHISKY WAREROOMS, w Nob. 222 S. FRONT Street and 139 DOJK St. IMMENSE STOCK OP THE BEST BRANDS IN ORIGINAL BARRELS. Among which may be found the celebrated "Golden Wedding," Bonrbon of ancient date f Wheat and Rye Whiskies, all pure from manufacturers (iu ori ginal packages), including those well-known dis tillers, THOMAS MOORE fc SON, JOSEPH 8. FINCn A CO., and THOMAS MOORE. The attention of the trade Is requested to test tnese wnissies, at maraet rates. a 4smwi jjgy CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI, AND INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAY COM PANY. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 8, 181L The annual meeting of the' stockholders of this company, for the election of directors and for the transaction of other business, will be held at the ofllce of the company In Cleveland, Ohio, on WED NESDAY, March 1,1871, between the hours of 11 o'clock A. M. and 8 o'clock P. M. Tbe transfer books will be closed from tbe even ing of February 18 until March 9. GEORGE U. RUSSELL, a 9 jlw Secretary. ? AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OP TUB CORPORATORS OF THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL. coxurAiN i, neia on MONDAY, January 9, 1871, the following named gentlemen were elected managers fur tne ensuing year: JOHN RICE, JOSEPH a MYERS, DANIEL HADDOCK, Jr., JAMES II. ORNE. JOHN C. HUNTER. At a Bnbseqnent meeting of the Board of Mana gers JOUN RICE was unanimously re-elected Pre sident, and J. SERGEANT PRICE Secretary and Treasurer. , j. BiiKUiiAiM' ntics, 1 21 atuthlm Secretary, TREASURER'S OFFICE, ST. JOSEPH St. Joseph. Mo.. Jan. 29. 1871. The Interest and coupons due Feb. IS, 1871, on the nrat mortgage eignt por cent, (H per cent.) gold bonds of the St. Joseph and Denver Cltv Railroad ( on pany will be raid at the office of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company, in the city of New YorK, upon presentation and application, on and after that date, rree oi government tax. 2 7 8tt THOMAS E. TOOTLE, Treasurer. wzs OFFICB OP THE PHILADELPHIA, GER. MANTOWN, AND NORRI8TOWN RAIL ROAD COMPANY. Philadelphia. Feb. 13. 1971. The Board of Managers have declared a dividend of THREE PER CENT, on the Capital Stock, pay. able, clear of tax, at the Ofllce of this Comoanv. No. 18 Philadelphia Exchange, on and after the 13th of March next. Tho transfer books will bo closed on the soth lubt., and remain closed nntll the 14th of a 18 m Bt Treasurer. fey THE ANNUAL MEETING OP THE - BTOCKHOi DERS of the CONNELLSVILLE AND SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at the Ofllce of tbe Com pany, No. 23S 8. TU1RD Street, on WEDNESDAY, March 1, at 18 o'ciock M., when an election will be held for a President and twelve Directors to serve the eDsulng year. CUAKLES WESTON, Secretary. Philadelphia, Feb. 15, 1871. a 15 ws4f jgj- AMERICAN ACADEMY OP MUSIC. REV. HENRY WARD BEEcnER Will deliver his new and popular lecture. HAPPINESS, TUESDAY EVENING, Feb. 81. 1871. Tickets mo. ; Family circle 25c; Meserved seats J5c. extra, for sale at F. A. North A Co.'a, No. 10 id Chenut street, on and after Thursday, the 16th Instant. s 11 smw tW- BATCUKLOH'S HAIR DYE. THIS SPLKN- did Hair Dve la the best In the world, the only true and perfect Dye. Harmless Reliable Instan taneous no disappointment no ridiculous tints "Doe f Itontain Lead nor any Vitalie Poinon to it, fureit. Hair or Sgntem." Invigorates the Hair and leaves It soft and beantlfnl ; Black or Brown. Sold by all Druggists and dealers. 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Price 20 and 60 cenu per be Hie. 11 M stuthly MATS AND OAPii nW AB BURTON "8 IMPROVED VENTILATED and easy-nttlng- DHltS HATS (patented), in ail the improved fsauioua of the season, CUiiSNUT tiKBtt, be xl dour to Uie Font oiaoe, rpt INSURANCE Fire, inland and Marine Inmranci. N SURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Incorporated 1904. CAPITAL $500,000 ASSETS January 1, 1871.. $3,050,538 Receipts of Premiums, '70 12,096,154 Interetts from Investments, 1870.. 137,050 11,233,204 Losses paid In 1870 f 1,130,941 STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS. First Mortgages on Philadelphia City Pro perty $S34,990 United States Government Loans 8,9h Pennsylvania State Loans 169,310 rniiadeipmauity Loans 800,000 New Jeieey and other State Loans and - CUT Bonds v 22B.B10 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Co., otner Kauioau Mortgage Bonus and Loans 8S4.24R Philadelphia Bank and other Stocks 62.46 Cash In Bank 281,048 Loans on Collateral Security 81.434 Notes receivable and Marine Premiums unsettled 439.420 Accrued Interest and Piemlum In course of transmission 83,201 Real estate, Ofllce of tbe Company bo.ooo fl,050,S36 Certificates of Insurance issued, parable In London at tbe Counting House of Messrs. BR JVVN, SHIP LEY & CO. AIITIII n o. COFFIN, PRESIDENT. CIIAULUS FLATT, VICE-PRESIDENT. MATTHIAS MARIS, Secretary. C. II. HE EVES, Assistant Secretary. DIRECTORS. ARTHUR G. COFFIN, : FRANCIS R. COPE, SAMUEL W. JONES, EDW. H. TROTTER, EDW. a CLARKE, T. CHARLTON HENRY, CHARLES TAYLOR, AMBROSE WHITE, WILLIAM WELSH, JOHN MASON. LOUIS C. MADEIRA, CHAS. W. CUSUMAN, CLEMENT A. GRISCOM, GEORGE L. HARRI80N, WILLIAM BROCKIE. 1 1829 CHARTER PKRPfiTUAL. FranlUn Fire Insurance Cwpj OF PHILADELPHIA. Office, Nos. 435 &d437 CHESUUT St. Assets Jan. I f '7jl$3f087t452 35 CAPITAL 1400,000 00 ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMJUMS.8,6S7,458 as INCOME FOR 1671, LOSSES PAID IN 1870, l,80t',000. 1272,831-70. Losses Paid Since 1839 Nearly 6,000,000. The Assets of the "FRAN KLIN" are all Invested In solid securities (over 1.2,750,1 09 In First Bonds aud Mortgages), which are all interest bearlog and dividend paying. The Company holds no Bills Re ceivable taken for Insurances effected. Perpetual and Temporary PolHles on Liberal Terms. The Corrpany also issues policies upon the Rents of all kinds of Buildings, Ground Rents and Mortgages. DIRECTORS. Alfred O. Baker, Samuel Grant, George W. Richards, Isaao Lea, Alfred Fltlar, Thomas Sparks, William 8. Grant, Thomas S. Ellis, Gustavus S. Benson. George Fales, ALFRED G. BAKER, President. GEORGE FALES, Vice-President. JAMES W. MCALLISTER. Secretary. 7td31 THEODORE M. REGER. Assistant Secretary. AS BURY LIFE INSURANCE CO. 7 on a. LEMUEL BANGS, President. GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice-Pres'tand Sec'y. EMORY McCLINTOOK, Actuary. JAMES M. LONCACRE, MANAGER FOR PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE, Office, 302 WXHUT Bt, Philadelphia, H. C. WOOD, Jr., Medical Examiner. C S3 mwrim REV. S. POWERS, Special Agent. Union Mutual Insnrance Company . OF PHILADELPHIA INCORPORATED ISO I. Fire, Maiine, and Inland Iniurance. Office, N. E. Cor. THIRD and WALNUT LOSSEi PAID SINGS FORMATION, 87,000,000. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY, JANUARY 1, 1371, 3255,397 '89. RICHARD 8. SMITH, President. JOHN MOB8, Secretary. 8 13 People's Fire Insnrancs Company, No. 514 WALNUT Street. CHARTERED 1859. Fire Insurance at LOWEST RATES consistent with security. Losses promptly adjusted and paid. NO UNPAID LOSSES. Assets lecemter Si, 1870 1128,851-78 CHAS. . BONN, President. OEO. BTJSCH, Jr., Secretary. 14 npHS PENNSYLVANIA FIIIH INSURANCS X COMPANY. Incorporated isao charter Perpetual. NO. 610 WALNUT' Street, opposite Independence Square. This Company, favorably known to the commu nity for over forty years, continues to Insure against loss or damage Dy Ore on Publio or Private Build lugs, 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, la Invested la the most careful manner, whleu ena bles them to odor to the Insured an undoubted seoo ritj U the case of loss. Daniel Smith, Jr., I Thomas Smith, Isaao Haalehurst, I Henry Lewis, Thomas Robins, I J. Uhlinghain Fell, John Deverenx, I Daniel Haddock, Franklin A. Comly. DANIEL SMITH, J., President WM. Q. Cbowill, Secretary. a0 JUFEBLAXi SIRS , INSURANCE - CO TjOKDOH. JKSTABLJMI1KD ISO, rald-ap OapiUl and AMamaUMd Vaads, 08,000,000 IN GOLD, PREVOST A HERRING, Agenta, .46 Wo. 101 & TUIBLD BUMS.PbUMUIphla, ohaj. at rmvoar ouaa, r. hx&rjuhi INS0RANOa: DELAWARE MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE! COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1836. . - - - Office S. E. corner of THIRD and WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. MARINE INSURANCES on Vessels, Cargo, and Freight to all parts of the -world. INLAND INSURANCES on GocdBby river, canal, lnke, and land carriage to) -all pans of the Union. FIRE INSURANCES on Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings, Houses, etc. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY, November 1, 1870, 1300,000 United States Six Per Cent Loan (lawful money) 1333,375 00 800,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per Cent. Loan . SU.OOO'OO S00.0O0 City of Philadelphia Six Per cent. Loan (exempt from Tax) 804.162-50 14,000 State of New Jersey Six Per Cent. Loan 168.920-0O S0.000 Pennsylvania Railroad First Mortgage Six Per CU Bonds. 80,70000 86,000 Pennsylvania Ratlroad Second Mortgage Six Per Ct. Bonds. K.WO'OO 88,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail road Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania Rail road guarantee) 80,00000 - 80,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Ct. Loan 18,000 00- T.000 State of Tennessee Six Ter Ct. Loan 4,20000 18,600 Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany (250 Shares Stock) 15,000-00 d.wuu norm rennsyivama itauroaa Company (loo Shares Stock).. 10,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mull Steamship Company (SOsU's Stock) 861,660 Loans on Bond and Mortgage, first liens on City Properties.. 4,30000 4,00000 861,660 00 11,260,160 Par. Cut, 11,864,44734. M kt Vl 1,893B7 00 Real Estate 66,0000 Bills Receivable for Insur ances made 830,97187 Balances due at Agencies Premiums on Martue Policies Accrued Interest and other debts due the Company 93,375 41 Stock and f crip, eto , of sun dry corporations, $7950, esti mated value 8,91200 Cash 148,91173 11,880,72791 DIRECTORS. Thomas C. nand, .Samuel E. Stokes, John C. Davis. William U. Boulton. Edmund A. Souder, Joseph II. Seal, James Traqualr, Henry Sloan, Henry C. Dallett, Jr.,; James C. Hand, William C. Ludwlg, Hugh Craig, John D. Taylor, George W. Bernadou, Wm. C. Houston, Edward Darlington, II. Jones Brooke, Edward Lafourcade, Jacob Rlegel, Jacob P. Jones, James B. McFarland, Joshua P. Eyre, Spencer Mcllvalne, Thomas P. Stotesburjr, John B. Semple, Plttsb'rg, , A. B. B rger, Pittsburg, D. T. Morsran. Plttsburc.: U. Frank Robinson. .inv.uAo Ks. iiAiNu, rresiaenu JOHN c. DAVis, Vice-President. FJENRT Lyi.bukn, Secretary. Hkkry Ball, Assistant Secretary. a 1 Una jp: IRK ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED MARCH IT, 1830. OFFICE, NO, 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET, INSURE BTJILDINQ8, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ANfl MERCHANDISE GENERALLY From Loss by fire (In the City of Philadelphia only) ASSETS, JANUARY, 1, 1870, 1,703,319 077 TRUSTEES. m tii l it a o r- t . . . . , . . William H. Hamilton, John Carrow, George L Young, Jos. R. Lyndall, Levi P. Coats, Charles P. Bower, Jesse Llghtfoot. Robert shoemaker, Peter Armbruster, M. H. Dickinson, Peter Williamson. Samuel Sparhawk, j ueepu jv. ocneu. WM. H. HAMILTON, President. SAMUEL SPARHAWK, Vice-President WILLIAM F. BUTLER, Secretary AMK INSURANCE COMPANY F No. 809 CHESNUT Street DtOORFOKATXO 1866. CHARTER riRFKTUAX, CAPITAL 1200,000. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire either Perpetual or Temporary Policies. DIKKCTORS. Charles Richardson, Robert Pearce, John KeBsler, Jr., Edward B. Orne, Charles Stokes. John W. Everman, Mordecal Buzbv. wuuam n. nnawn, William M. Seyfert, John F. Smith, Nathan miles. George A. West, CHARLES RICHARDSON, President WILLIAM H. RHAWN. Vice-President. Williams L Blawoharp Secretary. i bsi THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. 07 PHILADELPHIA. Offloe 8. W. cor, FOURTH and WALNUT Streets. FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES IB8UTO. CASH Capital (paid up in full) 1200.000-00 GASH Assets, DeBember 1, 1870 6008883 uimriotu. F. Ratchford Starr, J. Livingston Errtmrer. NaiDro i raster, John M. Atwood, BenJ. T. Tredick, George H. Stuart, James L. Claghorn. Wm. G. Boulton, Charles Wheeler, Thomas IL Montflromev John H. Brown, L U. Al " 11. UBUID. UL. AO James M. Aertsen. F. RATCHFORD 8TARR. President. THOMAS IL MONTGOMERY, Vice-President ALEX. W. WISTER, Secretary. JACOB K. PETERSON, Assistant Secretary. LUMbtiK ' IQTI SPRUCE JOIST. 1QT1 lOll SPRUCE JOIST. 10 1 1 HEMLOCK. HEMLOCK. 1 QfTi SEASONED CLEAR PINK. -t QtV 10 II SEASONED CLEAR PINB. 10 I 1 CHOICE PATTERN PINK. SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS, RED CEDAR. i OTl FLORIDA FLOORING. -4 QFf-4 lOi I FLOKJDA FLOORING. 10(1 CAROLINA FLOORING. VIRGINIA FLOORING. DELAWARE FLOORING. ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING. FLORIDA STEP BOARDS. RAIL PLANK. - i LTI WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 1 Qiyt lO i lWALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. lOll . WALNUT BOARDS. WALNUT PLANK. i OT1 UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, -i nTI lOll UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. 10 1 1 RED CEDAR. WALNUT AND PINK. 1 QfJ-t SEASONED POPLAR. 1 QTf lOll SEASONED OHKRRY. lOll ASH, WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS, HICKORY. i Qnt CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 10 I 1 ' CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 10(1 SPANlbll CEDAR BOX BOARDS, FOR SALE LOW. 1QF71 CAROLINA SCANTLING. -f Qry- 101 1 CAltOLlNA H. T. SILLS, lOll NORWAY SCANTLING. t cm CEDAR 8HINGLE8. -f Qey lOll CYPRESS SHINGLK8. 10 1 1 MAULS. BROTHER k. CO., 1U No. 8600 SOUTH Street 1JANKL PLANK. AuL THICKNESSES.--. COMMON PLANK, ALL TlllCKNJLSlikJi 1 COMMON BOARDS. 1 and I SIDE FENCE BOARDS. WHITE PINE FLOORING UOARBS. YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS. 1.V All 4U6PKUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES. HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES. PLAJTKRING LATH A SPECIALTY, Together with a general assortment of Building Lumber for sale low for cash. T. W. 8M.1LTZ, 11 so 6m No. 1710 RIDUB Avenue, north of Poplar Bt,' A LKXANDBH O. OATTBLL CO?. t. PRODUCE COMMISSION MKKC1IANT4 No. M NORTH WHAitVJU AMD NO. tt NORTH WATER STREET,' viitr Ariitr inn su.iAAPxa u, wAiraxs. . Bum pAniuj
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