0. Tili (I HUT i : THE DAILY EVENING TELEGKATn nilLApELPillA; FRIDAY, FEPRUAUT lgn:7 'f ,i'rn'' y KEViXft OP SJ5W BOOKS. , . - i "- f ' From J. B. Lippinoolt & Co. we have received the third and concluding volume of "A Critical Dictionary of English Literature," by S. AuBtin Allibone., ,Thi3 great worla in remarkable in many respect1?.', ,lt, is a bio propbical and critical dierio-viry of English literature from the earlitex. ceoi'$ to the present time, and it gives every juipnrtftnl fact tha( It Las VP b pvistble 'o 'collect about the different authors and their "writingH, with critical op'nitma by Dr. Allibone hitnsolf, as well as by other' authorities.' Not only are tell tbe it titers who have achieved fame re corded, bnt Dr. Allibone has thoroughly ex plored all" the byvrays of literature, and he has Included in his "Dictionary" the names Bnd the works of all authors, no matter how trifling their performances may -have been. Such v ' ft ' task as this would peem to bo an impossibility if the evidenoe were not before us that it has bbe'n perfor'niod, while Ihe" value of the work to all students of English and American lite rature can -scarcely be 'overestimated. The "Dictionary"' is a perfect marvel of research and unwearied industry, and it is bo complete bat tbcro is probably nothing that needs to bo added to it. exoept; tbo literary perform ances of the Immediate present, and., the future! It would seem at first glanco that It is superfluous to include 1 in 'snob a work as this the names of -authora of -sermons, para pblets, and other ephemeral productf jns; but the permanent va'ne of such ft work as this depends upon its absolute' completeness, and Dr.. Allibone has certainly done right in giv ing everything. The sole defect of the work, bo far as we are able to discover, is that the Aownnta pt living and reoently-deeeased authors ore incomplete. This, of course, is a defect necessarily inherent in the very nature of such a production. . Dr, Allibone and his )Ublj6bjeiS 'are entitled to aiooero. cd gratn'ations on the fact ; that this "Dic tionary"1 bas been brought to a conclusion, ad it will ever remain a literary perform noe of which Philadelphia may ' well be proud. The volume before us appropriately finish i the ".Dictionary" with a series of indexes aa 1 sub-indexes of Bubjocts, which of course adl greatly to its practical value. ' ' , . J. II. Lippiniott & Co. also send ns Parts SO td37 ,6f "The Universal Pronc-unoing Dic tionary of.. Biography and Mythology,'' by J. Thomas, A. M., ' M. D., which complete the work. . This "Dictionary," on aoooant of IM opmpletieness and the learning and industry required for its preparation, is the only work -of Us class in the English language that is 'entitled td ratfe wita the magnum, ppu of Dr. Allibone.. j Twenty years were spent by Dr. Thomas in its preparation, and while its deS oitionsare neoessarily brief, it is' probably jiA complete as it can -possibly be,mado. In important cases the reader is always referrod to standard authorities from which further information can be obtained,' and as a work of 'reference in biographical and mythological Subjects it will bo an invaluable adlitija to any library. One of the most important fea tures f this work is . that the - pronunciation 6f all the proper names are given in the dif ferent languages, and it is aooompmied by a preface, and introduction which are valuable philological essays, and which explain with great clearness the' system of pronunciation adopted. We have frequently consulted this 4 'Dictionary'! while it has been ia course of publication; end can bear testimony to its great valuer T.-B'Peterson & Brothers send us "The Lost Beauty; or, the Fatal Error." This is a romantic, . story of much Interest," in - which vaiious 'lases of Spanish life are described ia'picturesque and attractive style. Claxton, Remsen fc Haffelfiuger send ns "Kir Harry Hotspur of llumblethwaite," by Anthony Troliope, published by Hvper fc Brothers. This novel, like its predecessors from the.eame pen is a minute and elaborate . picture of everyday life and , every'-d.y people.' The principal characters are deline ated with allof Mr. Trollopo's accustom id - skill, and the story is one that his admirers will undoubtedly read with pleasure, .-rrrom John Campbell, No. '710 JSansoui street, we have received part No. 12 of "A History of the State of Delaware," by Francis Vincent, which bifcigs the work djwn U the . events of 1CG2. . Y i -From the Central Neva Ciuytny we . havp received the Litest numbers of I'unch and Fun; also two ocpies, o.ue bound and one . in pamphlot, of the speech of General Thomas F. Burke, delivered My 1, 18C7, in the (Court Hour.e, Dublin, on being asked by .Lord 'Cb.ief Justice Whiteside why sentence of death - fckould not be pronounced against him. Appended to taia .is a recent article from tho London Spectator on the "Fenian Amnesty." '-"Xhe NewJocket Gtide and Street Di .rectory cf .Philadelphia," published by T. It. eOallender A Co., is a uf vl little work, the title of wtich is xullioiently explanatory. It i.accompaait-d by a large map of the city. From tfce American Hand ay School Union vie have received &e February number of 2'lu Sunday at JInu, a fineJy illustrated English msgaune for Sunday reading. The February number of the Chicago JJureau contain a nnmier of valuable arti cles on Protection and Free traie, and a variety of atatiaties. llu PMlade'pIiX-t r?t;!rap7ier for Feb ruary is filled with infarmsion of interest to photograriheis. Tie new City Ilall in San i'raucLco will coat tl,-V)0,O0O. A Savauuab paper is very coaldent that Hon. Bt.u. II. II ill, of tJala, is to ucceud Mr. Alurnian aa Atloruey-ljeneial. - Jne former mndect t Plillllpa Exeter A J4 V, who was at-ked to cduuIuhUj H tUa fund ytace the builJiDK recently iiurned r.--d that Lis at'ddeuiie-il career wm my.rkeJ o mepeneloDi, and wi nuully eded ly Z expelled. After denute It win rl 5 or each puinMiineut wa iliua r, !. .-,. ylll. f-. ." i. .ni. . - X: "." JSONMTAIlt)X I. When liyron wrote the "Prisoner of Chll lon" he had avowedly no intention to rest riot his fancy within tho lines of literal of M?i torieal trnth. His object in composing , the poenl, as Sir Walter Hjott has well drawn out the analysis of jt, was hie that.-of Sterne in painting his Imaginary "prisoneK What the poet equght was ;Xo .portray captivity in. the abstract, to murk its effects io chilling the mental powers at the same time that it be numbs and withers the animal frame, nn'J the hapless victim becomes," as it were,". pWj of. Lid duugeon, and .identified th" his iba'ns. It wa3 possibly an afterthought with him to'pTeflx to the pathetio We bf the three broihets, wliuiii his fancy dxed upon as the denizeiiH of lbo6 gloomy vaults, the stanzi which Jinks tii ibcoo iai mortal lines the name and mmiory of BonDivard:- Cllltonl Uiy prison Is a holy plae, And Ihv Sa.J noor au airar lot 'twa trol ' Tntil hlsrr fctejis had left a trace " Vorn, as ffttifl colli pave munt were a aid, . 1T Misiiulvard I Mij nouc tU.e steni office! Tor liny Appeal f;ora tjrauuy to Qjo. "I wrs not sufficiently aware," writes Byron, "of .Vbo Libtorv of llounivard, or I should hAve endehvored to dignify the snbj3t by an utten pt to ctlebrate his courage and his, vir tms." A notiiie furnished by a citizen of Geneva wps subsequently appended by Byron jto the poem, conthiuing a fcninf summary of the bfe.-'-sufferfriB, and pitbiio services -of Bontiivard, to which little has been added in the way of facts in hnch later notices as have epnenied in the various manuals of bio graphy. Whnt was wanting to the formation of a proper estimate of the genius and . the achievements of this martyr to his country was pore aiess", on the puvt of the public, to the literary remains buried in the library which Bonnivard bad himself fouuded at Geneva. Spoken of : with admiration, and even., rapture,, by those few inquirers whose veneration for the anlhor , or twUosa interest in the history of bis time bad urged them to the task, it was not until A comparatively lite period that these valnable writings bectme available for general use. A patriotio move ment dhfiag from 182, which "had for its object the publication of the national memoirn, and. especially of materils for ibe history of Geneva, had for its first fruits in 1831 the Vhrtmiguat dc Genece of Bmui viardi whioh bad been unfairly disparaged by M. Gantier, thrt mst recent historian of the city, owing, say tho editors of Bonnivard, to undue prepoftsenEion on the side of the Dukes of Savoy. For the same reason, they com plain, no notioe was taken' by HI. Gautier of ihe bifatoty k-ft in manuscript by the syndic Michel BoRet, a younger contemporary of Bonnivard, with whose authority he generally concurs. Tne excellent rule of printing ver batim the text of ; Bonnivard, with alt its dibtinctive archaisms or idiosyncrasies of grammar and spelling, was wisely adhered to in giving his "Chronicle" to the public. r.No little difficulty was indeed experienced in de ciphering what the ' editors call ih6 Oothio bauds of the writor's secretaries, who were manifestly many in number, and who made nee of at least three totally distinct styles of forming the same letter, eaoa an little clear to the eye as the Greek or German alphabets would be to a person ignorant of . those, lan guages.' The work is of .genuine value an4 interest, if not for any novel historical light it may. throw upon the .., archives. of the Geneva liepublio, yet - for' the revelation it indirectly affords of the genius and spirit of the writer. The character of Bonnivard is deeply impressed upon his narration of every incident, as well as upon the style of every sentence' which he writes. Onr Object in calling attention to his long-forgotten works is not mo moch that of aoalyziug their con tents, or appreciating what amoant of new facts they may contribute to the biography of tbo author, or to the history of his times. What we would rather point out, and seek to illustrate bj the aid of the writings newly ac quired by tne public, is what the world has gained by their disclosure of a strong, prescient, and reflective spirit, a true repre setitative of the best spirit of his age. Too long have these speaking characterises of the man and of bis times been condemned to an oblivion or i interment not less injurious and unjust than that which for years pent ia and ; wanted, the frame of Bonnivard ia' the vaults of Cbillon. . . : ;. r; ; The fiist bieaking of this , long imprison ment 'among the shelves of the Gene v4 Li brary gave rise to the scheme of a uaiforin edition of all the writings left in manuscript by Bonnivard. This plan was inter upted by the death of the principal editor. Nearly all the works have, however. . by degrees seen the light." ' fa lSofi appeared Bonnivard's keen and caustic pamphlet against the See and Co art of Home, for tilied by lifelike bkeUmes of the eleven Popes during whose reign be had lived, en titled "Ad vis et de vis, etc, do la Source de ITdolatrie et Tyrannie papale, auivis des dif formes lleformateurz de l'advis et devis de mensonge et des faulz miracles duemps pre sent." - The editors, v Id. VI. ChHponniere . and Kevillion, jubUy . remark u poi the "vienx enprit Ganlois,"he biting wit and humor of Ihu cpntfoverBial fragment. Boutdvard de served ; to 'b called , tue KibeUi-t, the Mar'ot, the Brantome of his time, as he has bten Justly 8tj led by Senebier, hid fellow hiatonographer, rthe Gdiiovose lontaigne. While luahing -ucfpariugly the .vices of -.the Popes and the faLxjb.oo.ivt' their system, th -moderation. , of his personal . ppiuious and principles, both in "politics ''and religion, U jet such as to bear out what was said of him by ltoussean,1 that he wi lover if: liberty though t iiavoyard, au4 iiJeiai-t tfcouh a prieC A repnbiliiaa, of whabVe shuald call the type of Milton or Hampdeu, he had nothing about him of wh.it would bow .bw tetmed Bed. To seo his adopted' country fr3 and self -regulated was the object of bis aims and sacrifices. For this end he labored against the Bishop of Geneva "and the Duke of Savoy, and for this he paid the penalty of two j ears in tue dungeons ol Urolee; aud left tii jeartt' imprf woi;8 of his steps oa the inoirtC flags of Cbillon. He had for asso ciates, in peril and disaster men of eqpi.'d enerr-y and fortitude wiih his own. His friend Berthl)i r, a man of light morals, but au ardent cbaumion of lihertv. wni falfon nri. &La peak, fceued a favorable moment and cut out bis torgue wita a razor. in Bpite of the iu jiiea inflicted upon him by Charles in the face of the Duke's on safe conduct, Bouui varJ ppeaks of his oppressor ia terma of m jde ratiou and diguit'. Devoted os ho was to the cause of the Ke fonii.i'ioi', Bonnivard had no hesitation ia iltiiountii g the vkea and excesses by whioh many of iu leader aLdnrot preioUers dis Loiion d it. Among tbete were meu of liceu tiout lives uLo, he saiJ, were for eiptlliug tie piiehis tLkt they miaht aeid their pro perty, and for abolihiug rites and ceremo nies that ttey might eat their fl'l on fast days fcLd fclmke off the y ke of Go! no 1h thrx ItColX'iCUt q'll we Ivuviuivt 1C '4tJ- I M7 porer with him and beheaded by the Duke of Savoy. Ptoollut, who had beea tortured, and was about to be tottnred ayain ta maka hi.u ( ink r!' denounces those "dlfformes reforma- ii.- whosaoked prieata' houses, and, even vi I. n tiify had got by invitation preachers to tL. r mind, tarpp "ton them ere long with 'VrSacoes vLolenV A -firnJ ?Ua. conviction ahd adoption, he cftti pled or justice to tho eodesiastfcal. order 9 wWo .! lett himseU still to beomg though he had left behind him the 6Vpal pale. Moral reform waa.viih him, and with all -whom he calls "gens de bien," the end of all Gospel min. intrieB, and with this end, as he declares, he made war, even to the knife, ."for the preachers tgainst the libertines." What ever may be thougtit of the 6trife, Geneva came forth from it such as we see her now. We could hardly, indeed, expeot to find Bon uivfcrd more tolerant than his master C-d-iu in the nnhappy case of Servetns. A sixteenth centuiy Protestant was not likely to show many signs of that tolerance which had as yet but faintly appeared under the form of reli gions indifference in Catholics of the Panta grnel school. ' . Nowhere is Bonnivard's intellectual temper and cast of thought more cbaracteristioady displayed than in the curious little philologi cal trtatise "1 Advis et Devis des Lng'tes," fhfet printed by M. Bwrdier in the "ihblia theque de l'Eeold de9 Charles" (18IS-9, ser. v, title. 2). It is by no moaus easv readins. Ihe writer's meaning is often clouded by the verbose and pedantic erudition of the ti ne. Still, the critical temper and good sense of Bonnivard are such as will a a ply repay the labor of going through . it. ( Inferior, as; M. Bordier allows, . ia scholarship to the contemporary . works. . of : XUnias . or Heniy S'ephens, it may fail to thro jv equal light on tho con option of medheval Liliu or the origin of modern idea.',' Yet Biaaivard is there in all his individuality, in many re spects standing atone in the gallery of sixteenth-ceutory writers, ne spoke Italiaa as as well as Fi ench, hit mot hor : tongue. ' ' He knew German well.' He was, '. in his quality of doctor vtriwqvc ji:ris' well up la Litia and Greek. The French iu whioh he hai to express himself was, moreover, that of a countiy situated opposite the, France of his day, and by no means wanting in pain's of primitive ' usage and ' idiom. Those veritd elements, in the hands 'of a writer of ability ahd wit, at a time when the language was in a plastic 'and transitional Bla'e, could not fail to issue in a kind of literary mixture highly cnriou8vtol analyze: The work itself, the author states at . the outset, sprang but of the Adci et Detis de ilensctige, another quaint little essay printed at the end of the controversial tract above mentioned, in 18."G, itself based , upon St. Augustine's Dc Jfendazio, in which Bonni vard denounces the nse of pious frauds and got-op miracles, as well as all tampering with f-erious truth.'' Anything bircply foppish or aff cted even fails to go down with theanstere old Calvinist:-u"Vouloir affeiruer que d'un plrisaut umguet ise faoonne on fort et vaillant home d'armes, est affefmer i'impossible et mentir consequeuiment." - i 1 i- '-' In an admirable notice in a recent number of the Journal des tiatants M. Littre' brings together' several curious instances in which, the writings of Bonnivard throw light upon the growth and ' the progressive, changes, of the language. They were the work of his bid age, matnred by careful , study and observa tion. The Advis et Dttis den Lengvea In par ticular shows that he had grasped the prob lem of language by the roots, and was clear by anticipation from many of those sources of errer which we have so persistently to denounce as darkening the popular ideas of Fiench philology. France and things French were to his mind very far other tha what tbey are in modern parlance. He'could have no idea of a wide centralized State ia which 'Trench" , was spoken from the ' At iaLtio to the Vosges, and from the Manohe to the Pyrenees. He knew well the distinction between France and Aquitaine, between the bttKjue d'oe and the Uingue d'oil. The very word "French" was displeasing or unmeaning to him. "Je ne dirais pas," ho declares, "le FiartcaiSj tuais le Gnulois." . ; Born at bis father's chateau of Lanes, ia the old Savoyard proviaoe of Bresse, incor. porated later Wi Burgundy, Bonnivard is careful to speak of himself as ."Savoyea,? not "Savoibien. The latter is; a barbaroaf form, the root-word being ,,Sbaudia." His style, though wide and what would now be called provincial, offers, like that of Rabelais, a stgre of .peculiarities full of philological interest, ,, . , , .... s ... r, ' These writings abound with aneodotes, the best of them .perhaps flavored with a degree of Bait which, somewhat, unfits theui for modern palates. ' ;" Sage , and quiet counsel alternates with lively humor, and soathing irony or wit. We cau promise throughout a f npd of, enjoyment to those who have a love and' taste Tor the best klud of clear,' terse, and vigorous old French prose. Bonnivard had made verses, in f his youia. . His early successes iu that line awoke ia'hiui vauity enough to impel him to adopt, on a Herious publio "oceaeion in l."17.' the title of "Prior of St. Victor and piet-leaureate." Suoh fragments of his poetry in Litiu and French as have' oorne1 dowd ' to ns are; howeveV, 'de clared by bis editors-unworthy to'appear in print. Most appropriate, though dictated it would seem by ill-cmeued conlidenoe or foaiaess, was Bonnivard's dedication to his wife Ca therine Courtaronel, Ootober 1J., .1502, three days after ; marriage, of bin' Ajwwtiycreei or treatise on Sin, printed in 16G5. His domes tic experiences bd been more marked by varieryi ;tlan:7by ! happiness. ) Ule hd Ween'. . forced into orders at tbe earliest period as a 'consequence of his unole's preseuta'ioa ef him at the age of fourteen, A. D. 1510, to tbe family prior of St. Victor. . His oUot to be reinstated in this benefice iu 1518, after' openly adopting the Reformed faith, is alii--: tion to other compensations voted him after hisH (captmtyt h baea 'censured as far c'from "compatible" with " his repute for disinterested patriotism. This claim was compromised for 800 crowns down and 140 erowus annual pension. 13 ju nivard found ia his former vows no impedi ment to his marriage with a Bernese widow of the family of Baumgartner, aud next with a Genevxn lady who had two grovn-up sons, ' one already a councillor - and ex-syndiq. , Be fore many mouths the unfortunate husband had to invoke the law fori the restoration over this lady, of bis corjjagal rights. Quit of her in 15o2 after eight years of uutri me ntal storms, he united himself, in l"i."8, to another widow, at whose death, in 15U2, he was M enough, at the age of seventy,) to.. ke - a fourth wife. A terril, ecand!tl'forced him, it is said, to this dihabtrous step. Catharine Courtaronel, an escaped nnn, had been some years an inmajle of hie bouse, and he had, it was believed, made ber a promise of marriage whioh he aeemtd loth to f uldl. No such publio offense could be suffered ia the austere city of Cdvlo, The pnblio Consistory compelled tho perform, ance of Lis promise, the dehonniire yeterau, we ar told,4a vtin proieatieg "qu'il ne lay Erniblois pas qn'il se sen tint oaptble dn mv- VUUU gUlli wX uivl j t, ,.u um min uitd 1 acompftnid her in her flight from tbe con- i vest. The moral law of the Reformed Cbnrch wasin those dy Jneiorablf -stern. Toe. partner of pin wa .beheaded; the erring wife was drowned. Th uRtn of F'oo'' Bonnivard is ect down iu 1570. - No more I rrJfi(lt5 las beep arrlyed at, there beiuC a gap in ne city legisters "j neither of bis four marriages had Bonnivard any childien. Bu$ for the magical, vet, as it might be Bftld, thftj merely ? 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Bemadon, '"1 Vim. C. Hon 8 too,' niiii Jacob Rlegel, . , Jaeoo P. dines, " ' " James B.-McKanandW Joaliaa P. Eyr,-i v. MSpeni!tfr;rcllvalne, n'homas P. btott-Hhary, , jonu n. t.eiupe, mum rg, A. . Brser. Plr.tsnnrar. u. frank liohliikMin. v.rrv.i o r . . r: .. SI). 1 Moiiran. . inumao u, tiAo, rreimont 'John C. DAVIS, Vice-President. ,,J Bkkrt I.tlsdkn, Secretary. . , JUkw a y Bali., Aasiatant S joretary. 8 1 lira '. i-l LIFE INSUE ANCE CO. '.r.i t ; BW- TZ" o ''' LEMUEL BANGS; president" ' - ' ' V , GEORGE ELLIQTT. Vlce-Freat and 8ecV. EMOBT McCLINTOCK. Actuary, ', . . ' y-' JAMES 1 M. LONG ACHE. kkK AdER jOK PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWAUK, Office, 302 WXHUT St., Philadlphi. u. ('. WOOD, Jr., Medical Examiner. OSSmwflin REV.'S. HJfWBRS, Bpectal Agent, Of PHlfeA-WWLPHIi. 1 iNV:okiTaTE isoit. Fire. MarioeaBdnlatitt'Jniuranca. Office, N. E. Cor! THIRD in&JPALllXIT, ! ASSETS OF, THE COMPAr, .JANUARY X,'i tl? 1 " L "-'"S2S5,:3D78fl. '' 7.:t rich A WD S. SHITH, PreBtdcnv- Fple's Fire ' Iosnraiice Company; CBXRTERED 1869. Fire Insurance J4 Uiht HaTeA .'con8Utent with security. Losses ptomptlj adjuated and paid. NO UNPAID LOSSES. . , ,. Assets Lecem'. er 81, 1870..... tl2P,8.5i-73 CI.IAS. E. BONS, Pres'dent.. !EO.'BtrECH, JR.' Secretory. ' '9 14 fTMIE PENNSYLVANIA FIRB INSURANC1 X OOMPANV . ... - iDoorporated 18-6 Charter Perpetoal. No. CIO WALNUT Street, opposite ludependence Square. This CompaBy,.favorwtly known to the oomma alty for ever forty years, coutiuues to Insure avalust Iom 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 lllieral terms. - Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund. Is Inveeted in tne most careful manner, which ena bles them to offer to the Insured an undoubted secu rity lb the case of lose. , . DiafeOToas. Daniel Smith, Jr., Thomas Bmlto, laaae liatlehurst, - I - Henry Lewis, . Thomas Kobius, I J. oullngbam Feu. John Devereux, 1 Daniel Haddock, Franklin A. Comly. ' ' ' DANIEL smitu, ja- President - WM. G. CsownLL, SecKtery. a M ' F1 R B A 8 O.O I A T ion INCORPORATED MARCH IT, 1880, - - OFFICE, K(X 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET, ' INSURE - BUILDINGS, HODS&HOLD FDRN1TURE,' ANfi MERCHANDISE GENERALLY ... Frem Loss by fire (In the City of Fhliadelpoia.only). AHHETH, JANUAUY. 1 ISiTO, Sl,7033t9 Qr. TKCNTKEM. William H. Hamilton, John Harrow, George L Young, Jos. h. LyudaJL, Levi P. Coats. , Charles P. Bower, Jeaae Uglitfoot, -Robert cLoeuiaker, Peter Aruibruater, It. H. Diokluson, peter Wuiiauiaon, fcimuel Sparuawk, joaeph K. Soholi. WM. H. HAMIL1XN, President. EAMLTEL SPAHQA WE, Viue-Prealdant Ti:.uiv I l K Fir, inland, and Maria Ifliurancf. '. c'.-i.t."..'. .-.J W SUEANCECOMPAII or NORTH AMERICA, I corpora ted ' CAPITAL $500,000 ASSETS January 1, 1871.. $3,030,536 Receipts of Premiums, TO.... . . .f 2,09B,1M ' luterefts from Inveatmenfs, 1670.. 137 OV) Losses paid In 18T0 .1,136, STATEMENT OF THB ASSETS, First Mortgages on Philadelphia City Pro- .7ri"M4,au lulled Slates GMvefniiieut LaDS. .... .... 8),9U IVuit-y vaiiiM MaleLoaus 169,810 1 h la'KJptiia ity l.onis . . -j 8o,000 Nw Jei-ey and ciner S'ate' Imus and ( ny Bonds 25,B10 1 hilMtt lhiH a lid Fvaduig hailroad (),)., oiner Krfilruad Moittue rmtuli ami Loans 861.84B Plil aneipliia bauK and ohr Stocks,.... i,b6 ( sh Iu Hf.uk... 8Si,04S Loans on Collateral Se;nriry 31.434 Notes receivable aud Mariuu Premiums nuseltled... 43,420 Acerutd Interest and Pteuilura In cour. e of traimmlKKtoni ." ... i. ..v - i M,8i)l Real estate, Office of the Company bo.ooo . Certificates o Insurance Issued', payable in London at the i;ouHimg uouae uf Measra. bKJWW, suiP Lbk fc CO. AiiTiiuit a. ; coppw, ' PBESIDENT.' CHAltiiKM PliATT, ..'L. , ; VICE-PRESIUENT MATTIIIAH MA KIM, Meretary. - i iCi II. ltEEVtM, AMlxinat Herretary. ' 1,1 IMKiKCPOKK -s:;..i ARTHUR . COFFIN: .FRANCIS R. COPR, ! SAMLEL W. JONES,,. . tCUW, a. 'irtO'Pi'ER.. u JOHN A. BfcfiWN,- , M)W. 8. CLAKKK, , . CH A liLKt 'f ""i Y l'i )RJ ' V. CA"LTON HKNRti AMKhi E W'HI'I F, ?' i AI'.FltKil 11. .IKSSmP, t VV1LUAM WELBHiCli fUUS U..JHAUEIRA. K GEORGE L. UAyKlON,!cl.EMKNT A. GlUSOOll,' w iLMAH iik.h;ivijs. , : 11 ,1J ' ... 1 I. I - CHARTER1 FERPETbAtrio-? Wfflli-llPloiii u I't.t ,OF, PHILADELPHIA , j . , . Office; Not 435 and 437 CHESNUT Su AssetsJan "Tr ' i , I3f087,ii52'3b capita l, '?.'. T.V. .'. .J.:';.V. '. '.'..f. .i;:?!..7i-too.ooooo AWRUESULCSANJ)PREMtUMS.a,637,458to INCOME FOR 187 , ' ll.8CC.000.' - r ',., ,.;J08SE8PAD lN167o; I.ofeacs ' PII tilnce 19I9 Wearly .r i "j. - "i The Acsetsof the"Fl-AtsKLIN" ae all Invested in kolld 8.cut!tlfii (over ta li o, 0) In First Uuu u and WrgKftt!).'whl-h 'ere all "uiterest beariuj d rtivvoenu pbtIj , . The Company holds no Bills Re cttvai'le Vttn ritr.liiMirhnws etleuted. , JP(rpeinal aod Tempowry ' Poli'-.la rn Llbbral Tein s, THeCou:psny alholssaea polic'es upou the irenisoi au biuug oi Buuuiugn, urouua Kdnta Morgsges. ana DIRECTORS,'' 'I-, -'; Alfred G. Baker, , Samuel Grant, , .. (Jeorge W. Mlcuarllfi;v fc Thomas Sparks, William a. Grant. r i Thomas 8. BUla. ' Isaac ia, George Fales, j; 3 JT z GuataVQS S.OiensoD. ALFRED O ' 1 GEORGE FALKS. Vlce-Pcutlderit. JAMES W. MCALLISTER. Secretarv. U7id3l THEOiXiRE ja. RJWEH Asstetont Seorcy. TJ AM Ei. INSURANCE COMPANY Na 608 CDESNUT Street.- 5 ' IK 00 are a TKD. 1806, cuiaTaa riarrrcAL. CAPITAL I'MI.OOO. ' " FLRB INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. InSnrabce agaluatLOaS or Duiiaire br fire ekher t rcrpebuai or inuiiurarj ;oilCICH Charles Richardson, Rouen Pearce. ' -j ' wuiiam tu nuawn, . ' WUllam M. sey fert, 5 "' John F. Siulth, j. i Nathan BUlea, Gtaorrei A. We it. : r.f . JoBu Kesaler, Jr., Edward fi. Ome, Charies Stokes. '' " J John W.' Hvfirman, 1 Mwdeoul Busing' AHUON. FreHldpnt.' ' r WILLIAM H. RllAWN, Vice-Prestdnnt' - Wn-Luaa L BvAvenAED Secretary T83I lit rpHE ENTERPRISE ' ! INS URANCS CO.' I.'.-; .1 " i PH1LA11ELPU1A. Offlos ft. Wl cor. FoOtt m and WAt.NTIT Streeta FHUB INSlVRANtlM BlCCLUSIVBLYi-- rSKfmiAiii AND Tic Km PULIOIEM 1jTJD CASH t'apMal palrt spin fulii -....;....9no.oi(-on CAB Aasete, LieBenilar 1. 1H0. .. .... toUO'388-24 F. Ratcbfwrd Starr, 1 J. Llvlngaton Errlngerr Naibro Fritater, . . , , jJamea L. Claghorn, .lonn M. Atweud, ,' . ; , i Wni. . Bomtou, , .' w Bebj. T. Tredick. ; ' , 'cnarles Wheeler, ' . George II. Stuart, '- ' fTbomas U. Montgomer John H. Bnwn, ' - 'James M, Aertsen., ' F. RATOHFORD hTARH. President. 1 . ' , THOMA H. MONTtOM ERY, Vlce-Prestdeut -ALEX. W. WIS'l'KR, Seeretarv. JAOR E. PETBhS(N. Asslatan Secretary, TW?IUtIAX KR . XNSURANOB 0O. raid-op Pkit and Aoeamalatad Funds, 98,000,000 IN: OOIi Dt .'JPJMSYOST & HERRING, Afjenta, . - . '- ' ' Ho. 10T B. THIRD BtrMt, Philadelphia. ' OH ASV. M. PBMVOST , f - OHA&. P. URBKINV ENQINEa, MAONINtHf, fiTO ,dtff. PENN STEAM ENGINE AND If lt iH fij JJftimm-nkaH-ik LKVV, PRACTi 'OU1N1STS, rBOlLKR-MAEERS, BLACKSMITHS. UAL. Ar.U i ll Wnul luAu IUUl.Xl,ll.n3I ua and FOLNUEics. haviiiK lor many years-oeen it 1 niH-.c-eHHirtl operation, and been Mdunively enua?. 1H rm Ud 1 11? ana repairing warme auu rover Jtniiue4,4 high and low reswure, iron Boiiem, waier Tank. Propellers, etc. etc, respectfully offer their servleer . to the public aa being fully prepared to oontract for engines of ail slsesa, Marine, Rifer, aud SLailouary j having of iatirus of di,rfeieut sizes, are pre pared to execute prdars with iiulcji deapatcn. Every , deHoripUouxif patu-ruuiaKini; maj.e at tne shortest .notice. Hiiliaiid Low Prnure Flue Tubular and Cylinder Bolters of the hunt Pennsylvania Charcoal (rou. ,Firffl"a Of all sie and kbda Iron aud Brass Cautings ( all dusci-lptlons. Roll Turniua. ureW tiuiuK, ud uli otuer work. connecuS with the alwve buitluess. 1 1 . . . j ; . , . , 1 1 Drawing and specification for all work done the esiatillsluiient free of charge, aud work ana ranteed... ... - 1 0'ti sebscrlbers have ample Vkarf dock-ioom fa repairs of boats, wher they cau lie In perfect ufety, aud are provibd with shnara, blocks, falis eto, etc- for raising uoavy or llpUt weighty, JACOB C NhlAFLR, . ' ' :' ' JtillN P LKV Y tW ! ' BEACH and VAIMH.H SttmtM. G IB AHD TUBE WORKS AND IKON CO., ' PHILADELPHIA, PA., Manafartnre Plain land Oa'ranlzed . Vk KoL'UHT-lKoW PIPE and Sundries for (las and Steam Fitters, Plumbera Jftaehliiiais, Bain iig makrr a, uu ueaners, eto. TW RNTY-TP I RD A N I W i. ITHT STR K PPHL 1 o. a . rum txtustr.' INSUHANOb A 1 E 8 OL U T IO N ' 'IX- Atl(bn':e Con'riCi to be 3f da To rarnlnblBjtbe Depvtmrit or 8 ipplyini kh ,; City wli 7afrrlJXJon Tiprs, Irou and,Bu .it J?t i.i-'.. ...-. . ! : A ra icfum.-o. r.y ino uoicpi ana 'uoaimoo t ;jua iftK.pricvn?. 10. wii:- !. . . . .,.- ; ,') i"i -o. run on ot t,o., lor, lour-incn iron pipe, au two aud BlnoiODlbt (3 0-lO)cenU peri pound. ..ror,iU-Dch .Iron . pipe, at two and.seyeu- eldUtbs cents per pound. - cf or e,Bhtrrjch.lron -pipe, at two an4 aevea" tenths (a 7-H) cenls per pound. ,-' 'm -' Forten-dneh iron pipe, at two and seven-tenth (2 7;l0) cents pefjponnd.; j ... i . a r -For twelvednch Iron pipe, at two and threes I'thrt (B E 5) cents per pound.'- .'- 'i r. For elTieen-inteb; Iron pipe, at two and threo-' nMtha35)TtnUper pound. 1 - - :: trAnd for -braiictie, sleeves, etc., at three and tlree-fonttua (tf) cents per pound. - : Joshua Pid, lor special Iron catlnsrs for workshop, at. two and three-fourths liK) cent M. C. Rlpehart. for brass .castlngi for work ehop atnjnel'ietLaiid onc-nalf (Ityf) cenU per pdupd. '.',".' , 'Arid vrtlfr'TttCiarn A' Brotbera for lead, at six and plcety 6ne-Dundredths 0100) ceuU per tOutid, . ... . .provided that s.ild contracts be first ap proved by, the ChleXEogineer o the Water Ds iurtnient.l ... . . . ;;: henry hudn, , ' . 1 . TrcEidcnt of Common Council. ,AtteFt : x , ,.' ' . KoBEr r Eethkll, , ;',.,...' . .ABaLtaol C'cik of Select Conncll, r , ,, , . . .SAVlUEL W. CAfTELL, . . rirsident of Select Council. ; ' Approved this ' sixteenth day of FeoruAry,'; ; Anno , Domini . one tbousaucl eight huadroo, : and eeventr-ono (A D. 1871). , ! . . :. . ... DANIEL XL FOX, ! 21711. :. . '."' Mar or of Philadelphia. , I a 1 1 11 1 - i-m- ORDINANCE ' ' O'o Mike atf Appro Jii itioa to Par the Ex penses of..r.eu3vi Iiou IU'.Uii; aroiind reua1 Binrica. ., fccci.un i. .The Select aud Common CounclU of Ihe Cily of Philadelphia do ordalu, ThaC wb-tnever kbe. iron rallini? euclosing. Peni S'iuana fhe be removed by authority of tho Board of .Commissioners for the erection ot PubHc BuUdlugs, tbe Commissioner of MirkeW and C'ty Property is authorized aud directed tii have the same removed, to a suitable place ot safety, .for the enclosure of the Falrhlll 8iuare in the Nineteenth ward, and the Parade Ground, in the T, weply-frixth ward, and two hundred feet of iron railing for school-house (southeast corner of Eighth and Thompson streets, Twentieth sec-, tion east, and three .hundred aud fifty feet ot iron railiutr, gates and posts, for school lot south east corner , of , Seventh and Dickerson, stroots, Fjrt-t ward,, and four hundred aDd fifty loot o iron lalliDg apd a pair of gates aud poet foe etbeoi-bouse, Montgomery avenue, above Rich mond street, Eighteenth ward, and for the carry ing i i. to (fleet tii Is ordinance tbe sum of five hun dred dollars Is hereby appropriated to the De parin eut of-lakets and Cltv Property. p . - War rants for the payment of tbe expense) incurred by authority of this ordinance shall be drawn by (lie CommiaeiQuer of Markets and City rPPWljr'! e l II; 1:. i -i-. - ...... 1 "f ;y nit HENRY nUHN, 1 i .-r . s 1 T i-1' President of Common Council, j Attest '-1 - t - :. ; -o Btss9imi-Jl 'IT ait !, - 1 -Clejgf ec'srU-'piiricll. . i,..lv. c,V,V-:uIi: W. CATTELL, --1 ri p ...Tte;-"dent of Select Council. . . Approved tuIa"BlxtentU day. of . February. Anuo Domini one thouoand eiht hundred and seventy-one (A. D. I871V- .-.'.,. , , DANIEL L. FOX. ..2U.-" ' -Mayor of PfaUadcIpbit. I' "e solution' ' Y . Y", . ,". ot Kt'tmot to tue, State Legislature. " Whereas, A cei'Uia bill has posted the House of Bejovcautattvos, and is now before the' Senate, grantiuir further powers to the Boird, of Education of the First. Bchool District, authorizing, the said Board to locate and erect school .buildings, .In the city of PhlladulpbUi ytiihout the approval of Council; and whereas, it Is ihe opinion of Councils that the said Board, of Education have now all the requ'-ie ,ower fox 1 Ue prrverv management ot tv. 'nublic schoolalberetore. . . ., ,'.' ;'.'.".;.'... ',. Resol7ed, By the select and Common Coun cils of the City of Philadelphia, , That the Senate of Penns.ylvaoia .bo requested not to pass tie.eajd till now before them jfrantlug furlher powers, to the Board of Education for. the erec- (Ion of school bulldiDga in the First School Dla- trict' ... '"' 'nENRx-nun'- .Pretldeatiof ;ontmon Council. Attest - BtNii m' H. F f es, ' 1 ' - ;w io'. tlork of SoJi-; Council. '.': ; iiuv-i-'J orr t &AMUFL' IV. CATTELL, ' v r'-.;. 1. it ; , u-'i.il'resident of tielect CoanciL j Approved this sixteeulh day of February Abo . pom'nl , one, thousand eight huudroi and $eyen-onetC4. P.I871V ,. r , t . - " . - Uiir-i. i.u. jjci.. . , Mayor of Philadolplila. O H D I N A NT3 B"" To Make nn Arnrorrri,-ot to the Board of Idueai'fu for-'repoiis to1 Ibe Chester Street 6 br.ol Uote. ., rl, ,. -, .r , . - EctLTo'n l.4The SeteclAM Cdraniorl ConnciU of the eiiy of PVi'adc'iiiv do wdanvThat.ib J evw of Hjt'e hundred (&00 dolUra be and th fchUes,bajLiy a'propriated ; to , the -Board of, Educaiiou, fur repairs to tbe walla aud cesspool 1 ol Ue Clitciur sir-et Svboul lloitbe,. and. w lavts ltitrtior .tjdaU be. drawn Jjy IDe Baard or, Education iu Conformity with exUting ordi nances. ' ' " : r 1 . i.- v ,, , j 1 10 .HEVttlIIUB!i t , ..,,.P,feoidnf jJoiuwoMCMu.v'il, VI. " " Assistant Clerk bf Select Council. SAMUEL W. CATTELU 1 : . n t . v r . Pretidout of Select CouoaiL Approved tbl"lxtcntU;.da of 1 February','; ADtio , DoulnL. one, thousaod . eight,- hundred and seventy-one (A. 1). 1871 . . , -----DANIEL XI. FOX, It E 8 0-L-.U. iI O N. -. . ! .. , 1 Oli J'.CQIK at to i'nt L?;li.laturA of i ih cf Penrhj lvi'nia. - - Besolvtd, By the Celcct ' and Common Coun ells of tbe eljr of Philadelphia, That the Le-1 aislature of Pennsylvania, bo requested to repeal'1 the act eon'ciriii'' certaiu privileges opoa the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Company, ap provtd July 7, 18, and the Clerks of Councils le directed to furulsh the Speakers of the Senate ard the House of .Representatives with a copy of ,tbia resolution, : v, .: i .: HENRY IIUHtf, 1 Prebideut oi! Couimou Council. -Attest- -i . :-.: iX' -' ) , IlEKJAMIX II. HlIN'BS, ' i - Clerk of Select Council. 1 . ' ' . . -6AX1UEL AV. CATTELL 1 y- " Prwideut of So!ect Couuefl. Approved this slxteeatliiisir of February, Anuo Domini oue tbouaiind eight hundred and seventy-one (A. L. IS71). t . , 3 , . ...-.-, UANIEL M. VOX, 2 17 It .' . . . Mayor of PaUidliJM.- 1 : .-rrt r 7 - t- ,- rzz ' Corn Exchange' Bag Manufactorv.! JOHN T. DAILIZY, ; ;'. H. H Cor. WA1EU and MARKET 8t ; RUPB AND TWINE. BAOH and HAUttlNfk foe - Grain, Hour, ball, buptn-PuoapU&x ol LUue. ou Dust, Etc. , , -.. - .-.1 . . i ,,' i Larseand small fciUNNY HA OS 4.oastaWf oa a4. .410, Wifiiut HAUVJf,. ,. .Mi. 1 P BESSES FOR STAMP NO FELT, BHCK ram, tttrav apft Khpnt N!rn't M uMs nnd Oiafa 11 mi Ho. 17 feala tiua TERaTU, dtr.ct, ellsof llieU.yol rtJlade'pt-.a,'That theMiyn directed 16 nler Into contract wltu the icUovn
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