THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH 1 iiILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1871.
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THE KEAKIHT FORGERIES.
Frc-m f ks H. T. Tiv.es.
In the romance of Monte Lhristo ft striking
picture is given of a man acquiring coloxsal
wealth, and for a long series of years devoting
himself, with its aid, to the rain of those who
had poisoned his youth. It more frequently
happens in real life that man's ambition is
directed to the restoration of family position
once enjoyed, and, through ill-fort. ne, lost.
The case of Iteakirt, the l'biladelphia forger,
is an illustration of this. He resolved to
amass an enormous estate, and what Edtnond
Dantes gained, through the Abbe Faria,
Keakirt determined to acquire by adroit for
geries. His intention was, probably, to
lay his foundations nly by this
means. Like many others, he believed
that once possessed of a sufficient basis he
could rear his temple of wealth to the skies.
His object was not altogether ignoble, how
ever disgraceful might have been the steps
taken to compass it. His grandfather esta
blished the '.business still conducted under
the family name. It filled in its way a high
and honorable position. Paper signed by the
house ranked with the best, and it was sup
posed to wield great capital. Time wore on,
and the grandfather died. After that the
business did not flourish. By a kiad of
fatality, often seen but seldom explained, the
concern went down in the world just as in
former years it had gone up.
The young man now accused of forgery
was reared in the house, and in due coarse
became a partner. He distinguished himself
by close attention to business. His life was
remarkable for decorum, economy, and abste
miousness. ' He studiously avoided bad asso
ciates, and was never known to visit haunts
of vice, or even to frequent plaoes of inno
cent pleasure. It appears certain, however,
that for years he had contemplated villainy
on a grand scale. The narrowing business of
the house bore heavily on his mind. He
resolved to restore its old position, and to
this end he took the steps that have led
him to ruin. About three months ago he
prepared a note drawn by a well-known
firm, and payable to his own order. This he
offered at a bank where he was ia the habit
of dealing, and where it was readily dis
counted. By this stroke the sum of $.C)00
was placed in his hands. With this money ho
invested in a speculative purchase of liosk
Island stock. With fatal celerity he doubled
bis money, and with uncommon sagacity he
deposited it in the bank already victimized.
In this way he got other forged notes dis
counted, thus increasing his resources and
enabling him to embark in fresh speculations.
He bought and sold various slocks, usually at
a profit, extending his operations to Reading,
Lake Shore, and Michigan Southern. Far
suing his original plan, he forged other
notes, got them discounted at various banks,
and, on realizing by his speculation, depo
bited the proceeds in the same bank. At last
he went too far. He resolved to carry into
effect a scheme involving a round million of
dollars. An amount of seven thousand or so
was needed to eke out the needful margins.
For this another note was forged in the usual
way. By some accident the date wa made
1870 instead of 1871. This led to close ex
amination and to discovery.
The criminal, however, escaped, and has
Cot yet been Apprehended. From the extra
ordinary skill shown by him in his nefarious
operations, it may be doubted wnetner ne
will ever be taken. No fewer than thirteen
banks in Philadelphia are said to have been
swindled by him. Several of the persons
whose signatures were forged, were literally
amazed by the accuracy of the imitation, and
one gentleman, in spite of the proof afforded
by books, could hardly bring himself to deny
a signature it was certain he never could have
to ado. lieakirt at the moment of detection
was possessed of large sums, and, but for this
blip, it is said, his ambitious hopes might
have been entirely realized. The case is a
sad and instructive one. Had the culprit put
forth the same skill and energy of purpose in
the honest pursuit of his vocation, the ball
would certainly in no long time have been at
his feet. As it is, his hopes are blighted for
ever, and his miserable career furnishes
another memorable example of the foolish
ness of striving to accomplish good ends by
wicked means.
THE KEYSTONE STATE."
From the y. Y. World.
It seems that a controversy has sprung up
in regard to the origin of this designation aa
applied to the State of Pennsylvania. In
May last a gentleman in Pennsylvania, Mr.
H. Ilaydon, published a communication in the
Athens (JUaner, in which he assigned the
origin of this phrase to the facts that at the
close of the last century, while the publio
Luildings were in progress in Washington, a
part of the stone material that was not needed
or was rejected was used to build a bridge
over "Rock CreeK," between Washington
and Georgetown; that this bridge had an arch
composed of thirteen stonss, on the face of
each of which the architect caused the name
of initial of one of the thirteen States of the
Union to be 'carved; that as he commenced
in the usual order in which the States were
always recited, acoording to their geo
graphical positions, the name of Pennsylvania
happened to be placed on the keystone, or
middle stone, of the arch. Hence sprang a
popular habit in that locality of speaking of
Pennsylvania as "the Keystone State." This
bridge, in the lapse of time, gave way to
another, and the stones bearing the names or
initials of the States disappeared. But the
popular use of this phrase continued and
npread all over the country. This acooant of
its origin may well be received as correct,
since it had the sanction of the late Colonel
Peter Force, of Washington, who remem
bered the bridge, and who was a perfectly
accurate and trustworthy antiquarian. It was
ne wno gave this origin 01 the popular phrase
to Mr. Haydon.
Bat this account did not suit the dignity of
Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Telegraph
attacked it as absurd, and the rural papers of
Pennsylvania echoed and indorsed the theory
of the 1'tlegraph, which is the following. The
existence of the bridge, the arch with its thir
teen stones, the names of the thirteen States
engraved on them one on each Pennsylva
nia being on the keystone, are not denied.
Bat it is claimed that the architect gave thu
place of honor to Pennsylvania to commemo
rate "an historical incident of great import
ance." This incident, important enough if
true, was the ''casting vote" given by
the State of Pennsylvania, in the Coa-
p-ess of 1770, in favor of American
ndependence ! Considering the fact that the
delegation of Pennsylvania were with difli
culty got to veto fox independence at all, this
claim by tome of their descendants that she
by her "casting vote" decided the question,
ia modest. Unhappily for this theory, there
was no casting vote about the matter. There
was no tie at any time, either when Richard
Henry Lee's resolution was passed in commit
tee of the whole, or when it waa afterward )
passed in the Congress. Although the jour
nals do not reoord the votes, Mr. Jefferson,
who could not be in error about a matter in
which he bore so great a part, and who wrote
his autobiography in when he was no
older than seventy-seven, has left a circum
stantial account of the proceedings relating
to independence, which explodes this modern
Pennsylvania claim of a casting vote into
utter nonentity.
Lee's famona resolution, "that these unite!
colonies are and of right ought to be free and
independent States," etc., was introduced in
Congress on the 7th of June, '70. But its
consideration was postponed until the 1st of
July, to give time to prepare some of the
doubting colonies for so great a step. A com
mittee, however, was appointed to prepare a
Declaration of Independence. This docu
ment waa reported by Mr. Jefferson on the
28th of June, and was then laid npon the
table. Lee's resolution was taken up on the
1st of July in committee of the whole. It
a as debated through the whole day in secret
session, John Adams making for it that re
markable speech which Mr. Webster, from
the scanty material of a letter written the
next day by Mr. Adams to his wife, imi
tated with solmuch power of thought and ex
pression that the supposititious speech passed
for a long time as a report of the genuine ora
tion. The vote was taken at the close of the
day, and Mr. Jefferson nays that the resolu
tion received the votes of nine States, namely:
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, and Georgia. South Carolina
and Pennsylvania voted against it. Two only
of the Delaware delegation were present, and
as they were divided the vote of the State
could not be cast. The delegation of New
York had not then been authorized by her
convention to vote upon the question either
way. When the Committee of the Whole ro?e
and reported the resolution to the House,
Edward Rutledge, of South Carolina, moved
a postponement to the next day (the I'd), in
order to induce his colleagues to vote for it.
On the 2d it was passed in Congress by the
votes of twelve States, made up to that num
ber by the additional votes of South Carolina,
Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Mr. Jefferson's
account of these I a it two votes is that a third
member from Delaware had come post ex
pressly to vote for the resolution, and thus
the vote of that State was cast for it;
and he adds that "members of a
different sentiment attending that morn
ing from Pennsylvania g her vote was
changed, so that the whole twelve colonies
who were authorized to vote at all gave their
voices for it; and within a few days (July !t)
the convention of New York approved of
it, and thus supplied the void occasioned by
the withdrawing of her delegates from the
vote." It is thus apparent that whether the
vote of Pennsylvania was changed by a single
member of her delegation, or, as Mr. Jeffer
son intimates, by more than one, there never
was a moment in the whole proceeding when
the resolution needed the casting vote of
that or any other State. If there is any im
portant historical incident to be symbolized
in the completion of an arch through the ad
dition of a keystone, it would seem that the
accession of New York to the measure ia that
incident. Bat we lay no claim to this posi
tion for New York, because we are satisfied
that the phrase "the Keystone State" had its
origin in the accidental formation of that
bridge over "Rock Creek," and that the posi
tion of Pennsylvania as the keystoae was
equally the fortuitous position of the State
in the order of enumeration common at that
time, with six States on one side of it and six
on the other.
THE OPPOSITION TO TnE JOINT COM
MISSION.
From the A". Y. Timet.
The question whether the Joint Commis
sion, which bos been appointed to inquire
into all differences between the United States
and England, will be allowed to receive ordi
nary fair play, is becoming more and more
doubtful. We stated some days ago that a
well-known Senator had already avowed his
intention of offering every obstruction he
could to each step in the proceedings, and
this has not been denied indeed, it cannot
be denied, because it is a fact. The oppo
nents of President Grant are excessively
anxious that he should not have the credit of
bringing the long-pending Alabama claims to
a settlement. A Washington letter, which
appeared in one of our city contemporaries
last Friday, may be taken as the expression
of the views of the distinguished Sena
tor before alluded to. The writer
paid: "It is the opinion of prominent people
here that no satisfactory solution of the ques
tions can be made unless Great Britain con
sents to withdraw her flag forever from the
American continent. Distinguished public
men are privately pledged to this as the trae
American policy." These distinguished pub
lio men know perfectly well that England
cannot abandon Canada without the consent
of Canada, and that the "conditions" upon
which they have privately agreed would put
out of the question any negotiations with
England until the two countries have had a
war. If their view is the correct one, it would
be a pity to allow the commission to waste its
time in holding a single meeting.
The President seems to be disinclined to
have the opinions of these extremists forced
upon him. We have certain claims against
England, and they ought to be settled; but
now, under pretense of discussing them, it
is proposed to drag in another question with
which our present differences have nothing
on earth to do. This coarse will seem to
verify the predictions of the party in Eng
land which opposes the joint commission on
the ground that the "Americans want war,
and not peace." But it cannot, in our opi
nion, meet with the concurrence of the Ameri
can people. If we profess to be ready to
settle the Alabama claims and other ques
tions on an honorable basis, what sense can
there be in presenting a new demand to the
British Government, and one which we know
beforehand cannot be complied with ? The
truth ia that the "Irish element," of which
the Washington letter above referred to
speaks, earnestly desires to see a war between
the two countries. But do the American
people? If so, as was said in this journal
four years ago, and has been repeated many
times since, it is of course possible to perse
vere in a course of policy win ju may produce
war. If what we wunt ii nothing more than
just redress for tho wroogs we have sustained,
and some guarbtitee that thee wrongs will
not be iLilicled again, we are now in
a fair w.ny to be sutisQej.
But, tars the Washington correapon-
uent, ecuoing another voice, we must
beware "of what an influential individual
there need be no doubt a to the identity of
this individual'; calls 'the polished perflly
cf Brituh aristocracy." The individual in
question od not to have this morbid hor
ror of the "British aristocracy." There was a
tin when he earned rather to court than
fear it. But, at any rate, it is absurd to
talk as if the whole country could not sup
ply sense enough to take oare of its own in
terests. The commission is to meet at
Washington, and the commissioners on our
aide may be trusted to do justice to the case
with which tbey have to dtal. The opposi
tion thus far displayed is of the most paltry,
not to say the most disgraceful, character.
We are all to tremble in our shoes because a
few Englishmen are coming over here to
confer with commissioners appointed by
our own Government upon international
differences. "Beware of them,'.' cries a Sen
ator, "they are sure to be too smart for us."
We think rather better of Judge Nelson and
his colleagues. It is, however, important that
people should understand that a very bitter
feeling is entertained toward the commission
by anti-administration Republicans. The
commission has not yet met, and consequently
fault cannot be found with anything it has
done. But it seems to be thought a proper
game to discredit it beforehand, and to im
pugn the motives of each government in
agreeing to it. It is for the nation to decide
whether the commission shall have a fair
chance or not. If not, why let it meet at all ?
If yes, then the "influential individual" who
inppired the Washington letter from which we
have quoted, will do well to content himself
with the publicity he has already secured for
his opinions.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
From the London Saturday Jterieiv,
General Schenck, who is expected in Eng
land a few days hence, may be supposed to.
enjoy tne commence of tne President and the
Secretary of State. He will probably be care
ful to avoid tho mysterious errors of manner
or conduct which caused the dismissal of Mr.
Motley; and he will not be hold responsible
for the misdeeds of Mr. Sumner or any other
Senator. After the repudiation by the Senate
of Mr. Reverdy Johnson's treaty, it was an
nounced that the negotiation was only to be
renewed at Washington; but it seems that
General Schenck is empowered to make some
kind of overture to the English Government.
If he repeats the complaints which have been
founded by General Grant and Mr. Fish on the
unfriendly ppirit attributed to England dar
ing the civil war, Lord Granville might perhaps
ask him in return for his opinion on the
recent vote of the House of Representatives.
It would bo scarcely courteous to add that a
sillier and more shameless act of rudeness
was never perpetrated by a deliberative
assembly. On the motion of General Butler,
the House has resolved, by a majority of 172
to 21, that a welcome shall be offered to
O'Donovan Rossa and tho other discharged
Fenian convicts. When General Butler
lately proposed at Boston that a series of
insults should be offered to England for the
sake of reuniting the Republican party, a few
respectable American writers and speakers
protested against the proposal, and declared
that General Butler had no pretension to
represent public opinion, lhe effusive ad
vocates of the United States in England
eagerly aocepted the assurance; and the
expression of a doubt whether the lowest
American demagogue is not the most popular
of political leaders was not unnaturally de
nounced as invidions and indiscreet. Never
theless it was known that General Butler had
been twice elected by a district in Massachu
setts, and soon afterwards the President re
produced in bis message to Congress several
of the arguments and suggestions which had
been applauded at Boston. It now appears
tnat the House of Representatives, at the in
stigation of General Butler, almoat unani
mously agrees to offer a gross and wanton
affront to the L-nglisn Government and nation.
The Democrats have united with the Repub
licans in the approval of rebellion against the
English Government as an act intrinsically
meritorious. It is not necessary that the
Fenian conspiracy should rise to the dig
nity of a political enterprise, or that it a
ringleaders should have a reasonable
prospect of success. The convicts are
offenders against English law; and therefore
at Washington they are heroes and martyrs.
Two of the three members of the Federal
Government have now displayed bitter hos
tility to England. It remains to be seen
whether the Senate concurs in the -litigious
carping of the President, and in the ill-bred
malignity of the House of Representatives.
Unluckily the majority of the body consists
of the partisans of General Grant and of the
followers of Mr. Sumner. The self-respect of
the Senate will secure it from the degradation
incurred by the House; bat the President of
the Senate, when he was Speaker of the
House of Representatives, invited the Fenian
leaders to take places on the floor.
There has been no civil war in the United
Kingdom, nor were the Fenian conspirators
supported by any constituted body or by any
respectable section of the community. When
the Southern States seceded from the Union
they carried with them the whole machinery
of government, as well as the titular sove
reignty which they had retained for them
selves when they first entered the Union.
Their right to secede was acknowledged by
nearly all American statesmen and jurists,
and it was scarcely disputed by the President
himself. Nearly all the army and navy
officers of Southern origin thought it their
duty to hold their State allegiance paramount,
although many of them disapproved of the
policy of secession. The Confederate Govern
ment raised great armies, and for two
years maintained superiority in the field; and
during that time few of the friends of the
Union deemed it possible to reclaim the
Southern States by force. From the begin
ning of the war to the end both houses of the
English Parliament steadily discountenanced
the passage of any resolution, and even the
delivery of any speech, which might be un
acceptable to the United States. It was im
possible wholly to silence the expression of
the sympathies of private members, bat the
leaders of parties succeeded in preventing,
not only an obnoxious vote, but a formal dis
cussion of the merits of the belligerents. The
courtesy and caution which are nurtured by
traditions of political responsibility have met
with little appreciation, but not even the
Shermans or the Butlers have been able to
disoover a grievance in the Parliamentary
proceedings of four years. In the early part
of the war, when a foolish naval officer had
committed an outrage on the English flag,
the lower house of Congress hastened to pass
a vote of thanks for an act which the Secre
tary of State was soon afterwards compelled
to disavow. It is not surprising that such a
body should be regarded by intelligent
Americans with merited disrespect, but the
House of Representatives is elected by uni
versal suffrage, and, notwithstanding the in
difference of the people to the qualidcationa
of the members for a share in the government
of the country, the House must be sup
posed to express the opinions of the con
stituencies. Unless General Schenck is au
thorized to express on the part of the
Prekident entire dissent from the measure
adopted by the House of Representatives, it
seems a waste of time to discuss the means of
removing existing differenoes. An alliance
with Fenian convict is utterly inconsistent
with any scheme for establishing friendly re
lations between England and the United
States. The systematic deference which has
been displayed by English ministers to Ame
rican susceptibility is evidently misinter
preted. It would be better to apply the same
balance or standard to the conduct of
both Governments' When a strict account
is demanded of the alleged negligence shown
in the matter of the Alabama, it
would be well to inquire whether
the American Government has been
blameless in permitting two invasions of
Canada by forces organized in its territory
with fnll knowledge on the part of the Fede
ral and State authorities. Some sacrifice of
feeling might be made for the sake of peace
and goodwill; but it is not worth while to
make concessions which will be followed by
the rpitefnl civilities tendered by Congress to
O'Donovan Rossa. As long as the President
and the House acknowledge General Butler
for their guide and leader no settlement of
disputes is possible. The arrangement of the
Alabama claims would be immediately suc
ceeded by demands for a share in the Cana
dian fisheries or in the navigation of the St.
Lawrence. The characteristic lawlessness of
American diplomacy may be explained by the
influence of political leaders of the stamp of
General Butler. His more decent country
men are ashamed of the power which he ex
ercises; but universal suffrage cares little for
the scruples of respectability. At present
General Butler seems to be the most promi
nent politician in the United States, and when
he is most recklessly in the wrong he is most
implicitly followed by the popular branch of
the Legislature. If Mr. Beesly at any time
leads a House of Commons consisting mainly
of Odgers and Bradlaugbs, he will perhaps
pass resolutions as offensive to foreign
powers as the late vote of the IIouso of Re
presentatives. Notwithstanding the menacing language of
the President and the bluster of his confiden
tial adviser, the Government of the United
States has no immediate intention of making
war upon England. The only possible enter
prise which could be attempted would be the
invasion of Canada, and probably even Ame
rican opinion would disapprove of a servile
imitation of the proceedings of Gramont and
Le Bccnf. There is no standing army avail
able for the purpose; and the country is not
prepared, in the entire absence of a pretext
for war, to raise a great farce of volunteers
for a profligate act of aggression. If the Pre
sident really intends to act on the sugges
tions of General Butler, it would be idle to
attempt to deter him from the scheme by any
effort at conciliation. If the conflict is forced
upon England, it would not be terminated
without serious injury to the aggressor. It is
well that General Butler and General Grant
have committed the blunder of fastening a
quarrel on the Canadians, instead of confin
ing their provocations to the Imperial Gov
ernment. The conquest of the Dominion
would not be easy; and if General Butler
were to lead a contingent to Ireland he might
find it difficult to return.
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LOESES PAID SINCE FORMATION,
87,000,000.
ASSETS OF THE COMPANT, JANUARY 1, 1971,
3255,397 '89.
RICHARD S. SMITH, President.
JOHN MO88, Secretary. s 13
People's Fire tames Company,
No. 311 WALNUT Mtreet.
CHARTERED 1853.
Fire Insurance at LOWEST RATES consistent
with security. Losses promptly adjusted and paid.
NO UKPA1D LOSSES.
Assets Cecember 81, 1870 1129,851-78
CI1AS. K. BONN, President.
GEO. BUSCH, Jr., Secretary. jr 14
npHK PENNSYLVANIA FIRJB INSURANCE
X coairAJtx.
Incorporated I8au Charter Perpetual.
No. tlO WALNUT Street, opposite Independent
Square.
This Company, favorably known to the comma
nlty for over forty years, continues to Insure anlust
loss or dnniuge oy lire on Public or Private Build
lugs, either permanently or for a limited time. Also
on nurnitore, mocks 01 uooas, ana siercnaaua
generally, on liberal terms.
Their Capital, tosrether with a large Surplas Fnnd.
Is Invested 1b the most careful manner, which ena
bles them to offer to the Insured an undoubted soco
nty la the case of loss.
pibkctokb.
Daniel smith, Jr., I Thomas Bmlta,
Isaac UaxlehursL I Henry Lewis,
Thomas Robins, J. Gllllngham Fell,
John Devereux, I Daniel Haddock,
Franklin A. Conily,
DANIEL SMITH, Js., President.
WM. G. Cbowilx, Secretary. go
i;aus insurance company
No. 809 CHESNUT Street.
UCOSrOKATKO 1856. CHAHTia rurxruAL.
capital two.ooo.
FIRS INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire either
Perpetual or Temporary Policies.
viaacToua,
Charles Richardson, Robert Pearce,
William 1L Khawn, John Kesaler, Jr.,
William M. Seyfert, Edward B. Orne,
JohaF. Smith, Charles Stokes.
Nathan HUls, John W. Evermaa,
Georse A- West, Mordecal Buz by.
CHARLES RICHARDSON. President.
WILLIAM U. RHAWN, Vice-President.
Williams L blak chard Secretary. f aaf
THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
PHILADELPHIA Vr
Oinoe 8. W. cor, FOURTH and WALNUT Streets.
HRK INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
PERPETUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
CASH Capital (paid op In full) tH).Ooot)0
UAMI Asseu, bcaeniber 1, 1870 loot) iSHti
. DIRECTORS.
F. Ratchford 8tarr, 1 J. Livingston Erringer,
Naibro Frazler, jjames L. Ciaguorn,
John M. Atwood, 1 Win. G. Boulloa,
Len). T. Tredick, . Charles w heeler,
George II. Stuart. 1 Thomas 11. Aloutgomof
John II. Brown, 'James M. Aeruwa.
F. RATCHFORD BTAFK, President.
THOMah 11. jhontoomKHY, Vioe-Presldenu
ALEX. W. WISTHH, Secretary.
JACOB X PJfTHRfeON, Assistant Secretary.
INSORANOEl'
D
ELAWARE MUTUAL BArBTY INSURANCE1
COMPANY. IncnrDorated bT Hi iM'ii.tau
of
Pennsylvania, 1830.
Office S. E. corner of THIRD and WALNUTStreet,
MARINE IN81 RAHCR4
on Vessels, Cargo, and Freight to ail parti of the
wiinn.
INLAND INSURANCES
on Goods by river, canal, lake, and land carriage to
FIRE INSURANCES
on Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings,
A8SET8 OF THE COMPANY,
November 1, 1870,
1300,000 United States Six Per Cent
Loan (lawful mone) 333,S7o 00
100,000 Bute of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent. Loan 914,00000
800,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per
'ent. Loan (exempt from
Tax) 904,163-50
164,000 8ut of New Jersey Six Per
Cent. Loan 163,920-00
90,000 Pennnylvaula Railroad First
MortganeSlx Per CU Bonds. 90,700-00
95,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Second
Mortgage Six Per Ct. Bonds. 95,980-00
95,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail
road Mortgage Six Per Cnt,
Bonds (Pennsylvania Rail
road gnarant) 90,000-00
90,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Ct.
Loan 18,000 00
7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per CU
Loan 4,900-00
12,500 Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany tarea stoctt) 15,000-90
6,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad
company (loo Shares Stock). .
10,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mall
4,300 -OS
Steamship Company (80sh'a
Stock) 4,000-0!
261,650 Loans on Bond and Mortgage,
first Lens on City Properties.. 961,6s0
11,260,150 Par. C'sMl.tll-Bi. lfktvl$i,893iTf
Real Estate 66,006
Bills Receivable for Insur
ances made 930,9ll
Balances due at Agencies
Premiums on Marine Policies
Accrued Interest and other
debts due the Company 93,3734,
Stock and fccrlp, etc , of sun
dry corporations, 7K0, esti
mated value 9,91200
Cash 149,9H73
11,820,79791
r,i cr-nrnn
Thomas C. Hand, .Samuel B. Stokes,
John C. Davis.
William O. Boulton,
'Edward Darlington,
H. Jonpa ItrnnkA
bdmund a. Bonder,
Joseph II. Seal,
James Trsnnalr.
Edward LAfnnrnarfA.
Henry Sloan,
Jacob Rlegel,
Henry c. lallctt, Jr.,
James C. Hand,
William C. Ludwig,
Hugh Craig,
John D. Taylor,
George W. Bernadon
Wm. C. linn r ton.
Jacoo p. jeneft,
James B. M c Fart and,
Joshna P. Eyre,
Hrwncpr Mrllvalno.
I Thorn as P. Stotesbnry.
ivuu b, oemp'.e, nuso rg,
H. Frank Robinson.
a. d. ix-rger, nitsourg.
IJ. T. Mnrcran Plttahnrir
JOHN C. DAVIS, Vice-President.
ITfxrt Ltlbcrn, Secretary.
Hewry Ball, Assistant Secretary. 9111m
AS BURY
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
imew ironn.
LEMUEL BANGS, President
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice-Pres'tand 8ec'y.
EMORY McCLINTOCK, Actnary.
JAMES M. LOFf GACRE,
MANAGER FOR PENNSYLVANIA AND
DELAWARE,
Office, 302 WAXBTJT St, PMladelpMa.
H. C. WOOD, Jr., Medical Examiner.
6 23 mwflm REV. s. POWERS, Special Agent '
jp: IRE A88OOIATIOM
INCORPORATED MARCH IT, 1620.
OFFICE,
KO. 24 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
INSURE
BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AND
MERCHANDISE GENERALLY
Frem Loss by fire (in the City of Philadelphia only)
AS8KT8, JANUARY, 1, 1ST0, 1.903,319"0?.
TUUMTEES.
William H. Hamilton,
John C arrow,
George L Young,
Jos. R. Lyndall,
Charles p. Bower,
Jesse Lightfoot,
Robert Shoemaker,
Peter Armbruster,
m. u. Dickinson,
Samuel Bparhawk, Peter Williamson.
Joseph E. ScheiL
WM. H. HAMILTON, President.
SAMUEL SPARHAWE, Vice-President.
WILLIAM F. BUTLER,
Secretary
piFERIAIi FIRS XNSURANCB CO.,
LOSDOK.
ESTABUMUED 1MOB.
Fald-np Oapital and AocamaiaUd Fuda,
$8,000,000 I IV GOLD.
FREVOST A HERRING, Agents,
.46 Bo. 107 B. THIRD Btrsct, Fhiladslpbia;
OH A 8. M. PRBVOST OHAtL P. HMHRIHO
ENOINE9. MAOHINERV. KTO.
tHfL PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILE3
SfiSiiivvORKS. NEAFIE A LEVY, PRACTI
CAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS, MA
CHINISTS. BOILER-MAKERS, BLACKSMITHS,
and FOUNDERS, having for many years been In
luccessfdl operation, and been exclusively engaged
In building and repairing Marine and River Engine,
high and low pressure, Iron Rollers, Water Tanks,
Propellers, etxs. etc, respectfully offer their services
to the public as being fully prepared to contract for
engines of all slzefis, Marine, River, and Stationary;
having sets of patterns of dltTeieut sixes, are pre
pared to execute orders with quick despatch. Every
description of pattern-making made at tne shortest
notice. High aud Low Pressure Fine Tubular and
Cylinder Hollers of the best Pennsylvania Charcoal
Iron. Forgtnga of all siise and kinds. Iron and
Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning,
ocrew Cuttlug. and all other work connected
with the above business.
Drawings and speciflcatlons for all work dona
the establishment free of charge, and work gal
ranteed.
The subscribers have ample wharf dock-room rot
repalra of boats, where they-can lie In perfect
safety, and are provided with shears, blocks, fails,
etc etc., for raising heavy or light weight.
' JACOB C. NttAFJJL
JOHN P. LEVY,
tltt BEACH and PALMER S treats.
piRAKD TUBE WORKS AND IRON CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.,
Manufacture Plain and Oalvanlzed
WROLGUT-1RON PIPE
and Sundries for (las snd Steam Fitters, Plumbers
Machinists, Railing Makers, Oil RoBuers, etc
WOKKS,
TWENTY-THIRD AND FILBERT STREETS
.Munin ilk TIT A UL'llf il'UL'
JT THE A H J ' TT Aiu-.wui
No. 42 N. FIFTH STREET.
81
PATENT.
JJ-NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
Wasbikoton, D. C, Jan. 21. Mil.
On the petition of HANISL S. NIPPKS, of Upper
Merlon Township, Pennsylvania, aduiiuistraUr of
Albert S. Nippea. deceased, praying fur tne exten
sion of a pauiit granted to the said Albert S. Nippea,
on the sist day of April, loM, fur an improvement la
Grinding Saws:
Jt is ordered that the testimony In the ease be
closed on the tint day cf March uext, that the
time for Uilng arguments and the Ksaanuar's report
be limited to the SUtdayor March next, and that
aid petition be heard on the Cth da7 of April next
Any person may oppose this extension.
SAMUEL A. DUNCAN,
210 20t Acting Commlaaiouer of Patents.
ALEXANDER G. OATTBLL A CO..
PRODUCE COMMISSION MEKCUANTls,
HO. 94 NORTH WiLARVJkd
AND
HO. 9T NORTH WATFR STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
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