THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1871.
SIN DOMISGO.
Farther Fartlealara af la Aasrle Caaimta.
alaa- Fa Yyaae la the lalaa4-0a.Ma.aa Bay
aad ajaa Dm. Cltv.
We take the following extracts from the
ltttere in the New York Tribune giving an
account of the Ban Domingo expedition, in
addition to what we published yesterday:
THB TOT AO THE ARRIVAL AT BAMANA HAY
THE BAT AND ITS BCRROUNDINOB.
Writing in the Bay of Samana, on Janmary
27, the Iribune correspondent says:
We had charming weather for the first
two days out cold, indeed, bnt bright and
clear, with fresh and favoring winds, and
every prospect of a pleasant voyage. But
toward evening of the second day, in the
rough latitnde of Hatteras, oar troubles
began, and from that time until we neared
our destination we experienced abundant dis
comfort and many stormy seas, though with
out any specially severe test of the seagoing
qualities of the frigate. Using generally both
steam and sails, we have made a mode
rately quick passage; but the beha
vior of the vessel under steam is far
from satisfactory, and the machinery is found
to be full of serious defects. As a sailer,
however, the ship is pronounced faultless.
We had been out of Bight of land six days and
a half, when on the morning of the 24th we
heard from the look-out in the maintop the
welcome cry of "Land ho!" and the passen
gers rushed upen deck. Thick clouds hung
heavily over a dark line about two points
off our starboard bow, hardly discernible
at first; but as we came nearer we
gradually traced the outline of the
mountain range which stretched westward to
the mainland from Gape Cabron at the ex
tremity of the peninsula of Samana. Behind
this mountain barrier and opening to the
east lies the bay to which we were bound.
The morning was the hottest we had yet felt.
A burning sun blistered the deck. The brass
work of the frigate glowed like fire, and the
, waters glittered like burnished metal under
the blazing heavens. There was hardly a
breath f air, and as we steamed through the
calm sea the Bails hung useless from the yards.
Long before noon the whole country around
the mouth of the bay was distinctly visible
in outline. There were the hills rising ab
ruptly close to the shore, the palisade-like
rocks almost surrounding the peninsula, the
irregular and picturesque profile of the range
stretching back as far as the eye could reach.
We could disoover no table-laud; we saw no
beach; and at first there was no sign of life
except in the waters, from which a flying
fish darted now and then; nor was
there much appearance of vegetation.
It was not until we had rounded Gape Cabroa
and entered the mouth of the bay that the
dingy aspect of the landscape changed, and
we realized something of that tropical luxu
riance and freshness upon which travellers
have loved to dilate. In the distance, we
soon descried, peeping above the horizon, the
roofs of Santa Barbara de Samana, and little
by little the whole scene broke upon us in its
delicious beauty. One by one appeared the'
spreading tops of the palms. The brown hue
of the hills changed to the most brilliant
shades of green, their sides showed here and
there a little patch of farm-land shut in
by waving forest, and over all the country was
a mantle of that soft, beautiful verdure which
we never see at home except after the showers
of early summer. We could appreciate now
the rapture with which Columbus (and we
were sailing so they say in the very track
of the discover sr) painted the beauties of this
island paradise. Close to the shore, in a little
gully through which a stream of water ran
singing to the sea, stood a hut, with rouud
thatched roof and a single window
looking out upon the ooean. Waving
palms shaded it in front and rear; blooming
hills sheltered it from the winds, and close
by was a huge ragged rock against which the
lazy surf beat perpetual music. This perfect
picture was succeeded by views of larger
bouses, with patches of cleared land and
groves of cocoonuts and bananas. There was
a little settlement whose borders reached to
the shore, green and fertile to the very edge
of the sea, while the palms drooped their
broad leaves tipped with golden yellow above
the houses, and in the back-ground forests of
the most beautiful and varied foliage stretched
away farther than the eye could reach. On
shipboard the heat was excessive; but on
shore everything looked deliciously cool and
fresh.
Through such scenes we moved along until
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of tne 24th we
dropped anchor in the outer harbor of' Sa
mana, about two miles from the village.
Over the property leased by the United States
floated the American flag, and, to our delight,
we found in the harbor the United States
steamer Nantasket, Captain McGook. A boat
from the Nantasket soon boarded us, and
some time was passed in pleasant conversa
tion over the news from home and from the
fleet. Later in the day the commissioners
landed for a visit to the local authorities,
and these latter distinguished officials has
tened to return the compliment. It was not
until the morning of the 25th that the rest of
the party went ashore.
SCENES AT SAMANA.
After giving the description of the town,
already published by us, the correspondent
continues:
We pushed our way through the lazy, grin
ning, good-natured crowd, and made an in
spection of the publio buildings of Sarr ana.
It did not take us long, for there are none at
all except two ehurches and a calaboose and,
perhaps, I should add a oouple of school
Louses. The Catholio church is a rude struc
ture, much larger than the inhabitants Beeni
to require, and full of the oddest
images dressed in quaint, not to say
grotesque, habiliments. We tried to con
verse with the priest, but he spoke none
of the three languages at the command of our
party, bo we gave it up. We afterwards
learned that he was an Italian. A Methodist
church is building under the auspices of the
English Mission Society, and the British flag
is displayed on the unfinished edifioe as well
as on the residence of the minister. The
Rev. Joseph James is a colored man of ordi
nary intelligence, and has a congregation in
cluding about three hundred communicants,
mostly descendants of the colored oolony
sent here from Philadelphia in 182 1. They
have placed themselves under the Bri
tish flag as a protection in case of dis
turbance. In the schools the text-books are
all in the English language, and published in
Philadelphia. One of tha teachers upon
whom we called is a quadroon from Philadel
phia. He was a partisan of Falnave in HnyM,
and came here from the other end of the
island; but he declares that he would not
stay a month if he were not sure of annexa
tion. The better to discuss this subject with
ns he dismissed his eight or ten aoholars,
among whom were two full-grown, good
looking girls, as black as the ace of clubs.
We found no prisoners in the calaboose
perhaps they had all been released in honor
f the United States but the vigilant and
imposing aspect of the guard was worthy of
the highest admiration. It was a military
guard, detailed, I believe, from the standing
army of the republic The troops were bare
foot and half clad. Their arms were va
rious. Borne had knives two feet long,
with a blade from two to six inches
in width. Some had swords, of all
manner of odd patterns. At least one car
ried a musket without a lock. About a dozen
of these troops lolled in the dirty guard
house, eating bananas, drinking cocoanut
milk, and smoking dity pipes. The cala
boose consists of one room, amply ven
tilated, though it has neither door nor
windows. There is neither dark cell nor
gallows, but a fine set of mahogany stocks.
There is no tavern, or hotel, or other place
of accommodation for strangers, and so far
as I have been able to learn there are not
more than two or three bedsteads on the
whole Peninsula. Those who have no ham
mocks sleep on rude bamboo frames, or on
improvised pallets of leaves and bark. It is
a curious feature of Samana life that almost
everybody keeps a shop. Of the 80 houses
in the place, more than half are in some way
devoted to trade. How 40 shop-keepers can
be maintained in a village of 80 houses is a
problem in political economy that I shall not
attempt to solve, but so it is. All that I
have seen sell liquor, aad besides this staple
of commerce one can buy common calicoes,
groceries, tobacco, vegetables, and fruit.
rnoDrcTioxs, labor, and money.
On these subjects the correspondent
says:
The price of labor such as the labor may
be is $1 or $T25 in United States coin.
But this standard of value is entirely the pro
duct of the annexation scheme. Before the
excitement on the subject sprang up one
could hardly say that anything had a price.
Labor was either borrowed and returned in
labor at Borne future time, or repaid in pro
duce or store goods. There was no circu
lating medium, practically speaking. The
currency issued by Baez and his pre
decessors can be bought by the bushel at
the value of waste paper. General Boynton
obtained for one good dollar about $1000 in
Haytien and Dominican paper currency. He
bought a few copper coins, also, as curiosi
ties, and the shopkeeper wrapped them up in
$20 bills of Santo Domingo. Another man
said he had possessed about $15,000 in bills,
but he had used a good deal of it for wrap
ping paper. So you see whatever else the
people may expect from the United States,
they evidently don't expect us to redeem their
paper money. The prices of fruits, vegeta
bles, and all products of the country are gov
erned entirely by the market, and the mar
ket depends entirely upon the ships.
When there are no vessels in the har
bor, the cost of everything is merely
nominal. At such times speculators
buy up everything at low rates, for the
people must sell their fruits or see them
spoil on their bands, and as soon as a cargo
is collected, it is shipped to a northern port.
Thus, when the market is good, cocoanats
sell bere for $1'2. or $2 a hundred, bananas
for fiO cents a bunch, each bunch containing
from 70 to 110, pine-apples for 5 cents
apiece, coffee for 20 cents a ponnd, sweet
potatoes for $1 a bushel, rice in the husk for
$3 a barrel. Wheat is not raised, and flour
sells for five cents a pound. Wheat bread,
therefore, is comparatively rare, but when
ever you get it, you get it very good. The
people generally live on fruits and vege
tables. The staples of their diet are plan
tains, which are excellent fried, yams,
sweet potatoes, cocoanuts, pines, bananas,
orangep, tomatoes, eggplants, and sometimes
salt fish.
The better classes have meat about twice a
week, cattle being raised in small numbers
on the high lands; but beef sells for eight or
ten cents a pound which is far beyond the
means of the poor and besides it is hard to
keep in this climate. Everybody keeps poul
try, and when there are ships in port
chickens are worth 50 cents apiece and eggs
o0 cents a dozen. But as soon as the last
vessel shows her stern to the rickety little fort
at the cast end of the village, down tumbles
all commerce, and the people become fright
fully lavish In the use of their remaining
stock of beef and eggs.
iruits are always in season, for thev ripen
all the year round. Cultivation, however, is
so loof-e, and the popular ignoranoe of every
thing like farming is 6o profound, that it is
impossible to ascertain how much of anything
is raised or the average yield per acre. There
are plantations of bananas and cocoanuts, but
the plants are not generally set out systema
tically; they are stuck into the ground any.
where. The fruits inoht abundant are the
orange, lemon, lime, cocoanut, caoao, banana,
pine, allicrator-pear, guava, and tamarind.
Pine-apples are immensely large and rich.
borne measure 10 inches in diameter, and
OBe of the naval officers was recently pre
sented with a pine weighing 27 pounds. All
these fruits are found in practically unlimited
quantities, the production being checked
only by tbe difficulty of transportation.
Apples, peaches, blackberries, strawber
ries, and watermelons flourish on the moun
tains. Indian corn grows magnificently.
Three crops are raised on the same land every
year; two of these crops are each larger than
an average crop in the States, besides being
of the best quality. Mountain rice is abun
dant. Potatoes, yams, plantains, cabbages,
beets, turnips, cucumbers, lettuce, tomatoes,
egg-plants, peas, beans, and I know not how
many other culinary vegetables are produced
in perfection. The Santo Domingo squashes
are the best squashes in the world.
The reports of the value and variety of
timber on the island are probably not exag
gerated. The kinds most used for commer
cial purposes are mahogany, logwood, lignum
vitce, iron-wood, and satin-wood, and these
are said by the botanists of the expedition,
as well as intelligent inhabitants with whom
I have talked, t be of great abundance and
large growth. The mahogany tree in this
part of the island is from 1 foot to 0 feet in
diameter; lignunivitse, i to C inches; satin
wood, 6 to 15 inches; logwood, C to 18 inches;
iron-wood, 12 to 30 inches. The climate and
soil seem to be admirably suited to the sugar
cane, but the processes of extracting the
jnio are so bad that the crop is not as valu
able as u ought to be. The cane grows very
rich and hatdy, and j. hear of B plantation
which has been running forty years without
replaDtmg, yet U still strong and healthy.
Once in five years the stubble was cut and tbe
land burnt over, but the Boil has never been
stirred. Plows are unheM(j cf. The tobacco
raised near Samana is very good much bet
ter than our own bat it is esteemed inferior
to tbut of the southern Bide ot the island.
The smoking tobacco would Bell ia the States
for $150 or $2 a pound; here it brip8 20
cents. It is too strong for the ordiaary
tucker, but its flavor is very fine.
THE CLIMATE 07 BAMANA.
On the all-important subject of the climate
of Samana, the Tribune correspondent says:
So much has been said about the danger of
the climate tLat I have made some very close
inquiries on this subject, and I am convinced
that Santo Domingo is as healthy as any of
our Southern States. Professor Newcomb,
who is familiar with the tropics, and has been
charged with the duty of reporting on the
health of the island, has ascertained from
various sources the town authorities, the
Eriests and preachers, and others who would
e likely t have information on the sub
ject that the population of the peninsula is
about 8000, and that during the year ending
last month the deaths were seventeen, and the
births over GOO. This is not a bad exhibit for
the Samana region at any rate. There is not
a dootor nor a drug store in the village, so we
could not got medical testimony; but I got the
next thing to it; I went, with one of my com-
E anions, to the coffin-maker I You should
ave Been the expression, about equally com
ponndod of horror and delight, with which he
greeted us when we asked if he made coffins,
and the eagerness with which he inquired, "Do
yon want one?" We replied that we were not
in want of such an artiole just then, and pro
ceeded to ask him a few questions. He spoke
tolerable English. He was the only person in
town who made coffins, and during the year
he had made only four! Of course this is not
conclusive, for people who live without
clothes may very well be buried without cof
fins; but I tell it as an incident. Dr. Newoomb
believes, and I think the commission will so
report, that white men and women may come
here at proper seasons of the year with entire
safety, and with entire safety remain as resi
dents of this portion of the island. What may
be the facts in other portions of the island
must be left to the future. Of course, as In
any change of climate, extra care should
be taken for the first year or two. The
temperature is not subject to sudden varia
tion, but, it is needless to say, it is rather
warm. Many of our party, however, are
now wearing the same clothes they wore ia
Washington, Boston, and New York, and in
these clothes have indulged in such laborious'
exercise as climbing mountains and riding
bulls. Professor Blake has taken the tem
perature as often as possible, and records it
as averaging from 70 deg. to 80 deg. Fahren
heit. Mr. Burr says that the thermometer
rarely in the hottest weather exceeds 90 deg.
The officers and crew of the Nantasket have
been in these waters for fifteen months, and
during that time have not lost a single man
by death. In the sun the heat seems very
great, but the shade is delightful, and the
breeze is continuous. The negroes Bay that
violent exercise in the middle of the day is
very unwholesome but then they have a
rooted antipathy to violent exercise at all
hours.
THE ANNEXATION SENTIMENT.
On the subject of annexation the people of
Samana are enthusiastic and unanimous; but
their opinion, of course, should not be as
sumed to be that of a majority of the island
ers. It is the only salvation of this portion
of the republic. All the trade, the protec
tion, the support of this little settlement
come from the United States. Talk to any
man you meet on the peninsula, and you will
hear about the same sentiments.
The people are in a constant state of inse
curity. They have no heart to raise crops,
for they may be destroyed, as they have been
a dozen times heretofore. There is no law,
do redress for robbery, and depredations are
incessant. Many declare that they will not
stay here if the annexation scheme is de
feated, for in that case the disorders will be
redoubled.
TIIE TESTIMONY TAKEN.
While still at Samana, the correspondent
wrote, under date of January 31:
The commission, in addition to visiting
Samana and its adjacent country in person,
has taken testimony from all the intelligent
inhabitants, in shorthand, and this testimony
will be incorporated in the commission's re
port to the President. Among those ex
amined were General Jose Silvano Acosta,
Governor of the Province of Samana, Colonel
Enrique Abreu, commandante of the military
forces in the village; Eugenio Garcia, the
sleeps, or judge; Benito Garcia, member of
the Council; two or three members of the
Junta, and several prominent merchants;
Captain Benjamin Burr, an extensive planter,
who has had 1000 men under his employ; the
Rev. Joseph B. Hamilton, local Methodist
preacher and mahogany merchant, one or
two other preachers, a school teacher, and
others whose opinions were thought to be of
any consequence.
AKE THERE ANT "JOBS ?"
The most important witness was Victor
Desruisseaux, the President of the Municipal
Council, and custodian of all the reoords of
land and other offioial documents. He
stated that he was in charge of all the Gov
ernment documents and records that were
saved at the time Luperon, in command of
the Telegrafo, shelled the town and destroyed
it by fire, two or three years ago, as well as
all the records of an offioial character of
transactions since that time. The commis
sion examined the records of the deeds, mort
gages, transfers, leases, etc, in the
hands of 4 he gentlemen named, and all
transactions relating to citizens of the
United States were translated into
English by persons officially attached to
the commission, and properly cer titled. These
twill be incorporated in the repsrt, and the
documents will be presented in their official
form, entire. And here is the important fact.
The only Americans owning land in the vi
cinity of Samana Bay are Mr. Joseph W.
Fabens and his grantees, Spofford Brothers,
of New York, the owners of the Tybee
steamer which plies between here and Naw
York, who have about ;10 acres west of the
village and back of their wharf and ware
bouse; and Judge O 'Sullivan, of New York,
who has a grant of a tract of about 30 acres
lying between that of Spofford Brothers
and the'J village. Both are leases for a low
rent, in one case $112 per annum, and
renewable at will in perpetuity, with
the clause added, "if there be no law to pre
vent the same." The alcalde thought the
title a very doubtful one. All the other
grants to Americans are of small lots by the
municipality to resident traders, or for short
terms, as Mr. Burr, whose lease of his plan
tation is for three years. His, however, is
leased from a private individual, who holds
under an ancient Spanish title. No trans
fers of Government or municipal lands about
the bay or vicinity have been made since the
treaty, and none to Americans at any time,
except those mentioned above. This sets at
rest all the scandal about American offi cers
speculating in Samana lots and lands while
they were negotiating a treaty.
FROM BAMANA TO BAN DOMINGO CITY THE BAD
HARBOR OF THE LATTER.
Wiiting at San Domingo City on February
2, the correspondent says:
If Samana is the best and most beautiful
harbor in tbe world, which many hold them
selves in readiness to swear, this is the worst,
tbe roughest, most barren, and the most dan
gerous. It is bo bad that it cannot be called
a harbor. There is no port in the West Indies
which the sailors so much dread as this, and
why a city was ever built upon so desolate a
coast must remain a mystery forever. The
trip from Samana was without special inte
rest. The weather, excepting a stormy
night, was delightful, but for twelve or four
teen hours previous to our arrival, the sea ran
high, although the wind was calm and warm.
The ship, not generally given to rolling in
any sea, was unsteady, because, as
the Bailors said, "the waves was all chopped
up, and many who had escaped the deep
damnation of sea-sickness off Uatteras were
now Bent below in pain and sorrow. The
Nantasket, which started with ns from Sa
mana, arrived an hour or two ahead of ns,
and, as we sailed along towards the white
breakers we saw her reeling and struggling
as though she bore a restless spirit. The
Tennessee anchored about a mile from the
city. Her coming had been looked for for
several days, for the party which came over
land had announoed her speedy departure
from Samana. She had hardly let go her
anchor before the American Consul, Dr.
Ames, came on board to pay his respects to
the commission, aed soon afterwards a com
mittee was sent ashore to arrange the ceremo
nies of reception.
GETTING SETTLED.
The whole of February 1 was consumed in
attempts to arrange for the proper dignity of
the presentation, and in providing quarters.
President Baez had set aside an unoooupied
Government house, a very spacious mansion
miscalled a palace.for the commission, and fur
nished plain cots and an insuffioiencySf bed
clothes. This house, unoccupied and unpro
ductive, was refused by the commission
through an innocent agent, although it was
specially proposed that the commission should
pay its own expenses, including mess, can
dles, attendance, and everything. Afterwards
a house owned by Baez was rented, and in it
the commission is safely lodged. Several un
official persons accompanying the commission
were permitted to occupy the palace, and so
tbe whole party is accommodated without re
course to the one hotel of the city.
MATTERS IN GENERAL.
The Tribune correspondent closes his let
ters, nine columns in length and remarkably
graphio in style, with the following:
The Baez Government denies emphatically
that any cession of lands, any lease, or any
advantages or special privileges whatever had
been granted to any person whatever in the
United States or elsewhere. From the best
information obtainable it appears that mines
are regulated according to the French laws,
which declare that private owners are owners
of the Buiface and what is below
the Burfacs, provided there are
no mines, or at least until after
they obtain authorization from the Govern
ment forsuch mines, in advance of denounce
ment, designation, etc, by others. There
are, therefore, Mr. Baez says, no reservations
in contradiction to the law in force. In
reply to the question as to the imprisonment
of individuals for political effenses, the Pre
sident most emphatically says that no one
has been imprisoned or banished for opinions
against annexation; that all who followed
Gabral January 31, 18G7, did so of their own
free will, and that some few who have gone
since owe their forced absence to the fact that
they conspired against the public safety in
favor of Cabral or Luperon. The debt of the
republic appears to be as stated in the Senate
by Mr. Morton and others, namely, one and a
half million dollars in gold, but the friends of
Baez say that, unless great care is taken to
reject spurious claims, a muoh larger amount
will be required. It seems to be the desire
of the Baez administration to pay the debts
while the Government still has legislative
power to admit or reject the accounts, accord
ing as they are just or spurious. None of the
clergy, as it is stated, have thus far made any
protest against annexation. It was charged
in the Senate debate that Baez intended to
leave the country. This he emphatically
denies.
MAKING TE-A.
The Chinaman puts his tea in a cup, pours
hot water upon it, and drinks the infusion oil'
the leaves; he never dreams of spoiling its
flavor with sugar or cream. The Japanese tri
turates the leaves before putting them into
the pot. In Morocco they put green tea, a little
tansy, and a great deal of sugar into a tea-
Eot, and fill np with boiling water. In Bok
sra every man carries a small bag of tea
about him, a certain quantity of which he
hands over to the booth-keeper he patronizes,
who concocts tho beverage for him. The
Bokhariot finds it as difficult to pass a tea
booth as our own dram-drinker does to go
by a gin-palace. His breakfast beverage is
Schitschaj, that is, tea flavored
with milk, cream, or mutton fat in which
bread is soaked. During the daytime sugar
less green tea is drunk with the accompani
ment of cakes of flour and mutton-suet. It
is considered an inexousable breach of man
ners to cool the hot cup of tea with the
breath; but the difficulty is overcome by
supporting the right elbow in the left hand
and giving a circular movement to the cup.
How long each kind of tea takes to draw is
calculated to the second; and when the can
is emptied it is passed round among the
company for each tea-drinker to take np as
many leaves as can be held between the
thumb and finger, the leaves being esteemed
an especial dainty,
When Mr. Bell was travelling in Asiatio
Russia he had to claim the hospitality ef the
Buratsky Arabs. The mistress of the tent,
plaoing a large kettle on the fire, wiped it
carefully with a horse's tail, filled it with
water, and threw in some coarse tea and a
little Bait. When this was near boiling.
fioint, she tossed the tea about with a brass
adle until the liquor became very brown, and
then it was poured off into another vessel.
Cleaning the kettle as before, the woman
set it again on the fire, in order to fry a
paste of meal and fresh butter. Upon this
the tea and some thick cream were then
poured, the ladle put into requisition, and,
after a time, the whole taken off the fire and
set aside to cool. Half-pint wooden mugs
were handed round, and the tea ladled into
them, a tea forming meat and drink, and
satibfying both hunger and thirst. However
made, tea is a blessed invention for the
weary traveller. Chambers' Journal.
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LEY k CO.
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PBE3LDKNT.
CIIAItl.i: PLAIT,
VICE-PRESIDENT.
illATTIIIAS MARIS, Secretary.
C. II. HE EVES, Assistant Secretary.
. DIRECTORS.
ARTHUR G. COFFIN, j FRANCIS R. COPE,
SAMUEL W. JONES,
JOHN A. BROWN,
CHARLES TAYLOR,
AMBROSE WHITE,
WILLIAM WELSH,
JOHN MASON.
EDW. H. TROTTER,
EDW. a CLARKE,
T. CHARLTON HENRY,
AL.riid.ij if, j ess ur,
LOUIS C. MADEIRA,
CUAS. W. CUSIIMAN,
CLEMENT A. GRISCOM,
GEORGE I HARRISON,
WILLIAM BROCKIK.
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1829 CHARTER PERPETUAL. 1871
Fraiii Fire mm Company
OP PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Ncs. 435 and437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Jan. I , 7I!$3V087I45235
CAPITAL 1400,000 -00
ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS. 3,667,452 85
INCOME FOR 1871,
$l,SCl',000.
LOSSES PAID IN 1870,
jLosaes Paid Since 1820 Nearly
6,000,000.
The Assets of the "FRAr. KLIN" are all Invested
In solid securities (over 'i,7SO,iO0 In First Bonds aod
Mortgages), which are all Interest bearing and
dividend paying. The Company hold no Bills Re
ceivable taken for Insurances effected.
Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Ltbaral
Terms. The Company also issues policies upon the
Rents of all kinds of Buildings, Ground Rents and
Mortgages.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred G. Baker,
Alfred Fltler,
Thomas Sparks,
William a. Grant,
Thomas 8. Ellis,
Gustavus S. Benson.
Samuel urant,
George W. Richards,
Isaac Lea,
i YPaIa-
UWUIO ewes,
ALFRED G. BAKER. President.
GEORGE FALES, Vice-President.
JAMES W. MCALLISTER, Secretary. ra 7td31
THEODORE M. REGER. Assistant Secretary.
Union Mntaal Insurance Company
OF PHILADELPHIA
INCORPORATED ISO I.
Fire, Mai in e, and Inland Insurance.
Office, N. E. Cor. THIRD and WALNUT
LOSSES PAID SINCE FORMATION,
$7,000,000.
ASSETS OF THB COMPANY, JANCARY 1, 1971,
8265,39789.
RICHARD S. SMTH. President.
JOHN MOSS, Secretary. a 13
People's Fire Insurance Company,
No. 51-ft WALNUT Street.
CHARTERED 1SS9.
Fire Insurance at LOWEST RATES consistent
with security. Losses promptly adjusted and paid.
NO UNPAID LOSSES.
Assets Becemler 81, 1870 1129,651-79
CIIAS. E. BONN, President.
GEO. BCSCH, Jr., Secretary. 8 14
THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
Incorporated 162a Charter Perpetual.
No. 610 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence
Square,
This Company, favorably known to the oomma
nlty for over forty years, continues to Insure again
loss or damage oy Ore on Public or Private Build
ings, either permanently or for a limited time. Alat
on Furniture, Stocks or Goods, and Merchandlst
generally, on liberal terms.
Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund
is invested in the moat careful manner, which ena
bles tbem to offer to the insured an undoubted seou
nty Ib the case of loss.
DIKBCT0R8.
Daniel Smith, Jr., Thomas Smith,
Isaac HazlehursL I Henry Lewis,
Thomas Robins, J. Glilingham Fell
John Devereux, I Daniel Haddock.
Franklin A. Comly.
DANIEL SMITH, Jb., President
WK. G. Crow ell, Secretary. 8 80
F
AM B INSURANCE COMPANY
No. 809 CHESNUT Street
DtCOBPOKATID 1656. CHARTS riKFETCAL.
CAPITAL 1200,000.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire either
Perpetual or Temporary Policies.
PIMSUTUKB.
Charles Richardson,
Robert Pearce.
William n. itnawn,
William M. Beyfen,
Joha V. Smith,
Nuttian UUles.
John Kesaier, Jr.,
Edward B. Orne,
Charles Stokes.
John W. Everman.
Mordec&i Vtnrt
George A. West.
CHARLES RICHARDSON, PreeldenV
WILLIAM H. KHAW'N. Vlce-Pra-l(ln.
fquiMi L Blanouaxd Secretary. 1 831
rn HJS ENTERPRISE
INSURANCE
X PHILADKLI'
CO. OF
rui a.
Office s. w. oor, FOURTH and WALNUT Streets.
F1KK INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
PERPETUAL AND TERM POUOIE3 IfflUia
CABJl Capital (paid np in full) rUHxiK
CASH Abftets, DeBemlwr 1, 1870 louo-SSS-M
D1KEOTOK8.
F. Ratchford Starr, i J. Livingston Errlngor,
fiaiuro r razier, James u ;iaguoru,
John M. Atwood.
Wm. G. Boulton,
BenJ. T. Trediek,
George II. Stuart,
John H. brown.
Charles Wheeler,
Thomas H. Mootgomef
James M. Xertsen.
if. KAlUIJfvnl' ninn, rraiiiwm,
TUOman u. Montgomery, Vice-President
ALEX. W. W1STKK. Secretary.
JACOJ3 & PETERbON, Asaaita&t Secretary.
INVORANOEi'
DKLAWARK MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCE
COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legislature
of Pennsylvania, 1835.
Office S. E. corner of TniRD and wALNUTStreeti.
Philadelphia,
MARINE INSURANCES
on Vesp Cargo, and Freight to all r&ns of the
world.
INLAND INSURANCES
on Goods by river, canal, lake, and land carriage to
all parts or the Union.
FIRE INSURANCES
on Merchandise generally; on stores, Dwellings.
Houses, etc
ASSETS OF THB COMPANY,
November 1, 1870.
1300,000 United States Six Per Cent
Loan (lawful money) 1333,376 00
800,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent. Loan 814,000-00
800,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per
Cent. Loan (exempt from
Tax) 904162-50
164,000 State of New Jersey Six Per '
Cent. Loan 169.920-00
80,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First
Mortgsfre Six Per CU Bonds. 80,700-00
8B,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Second
Mortgage Six Per Ct. Bonds. 85.260-OO
88,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail
road Mortgage Six Per Cent.
Bonds (Pennsylvania Rail
road guarantee) 90,000 00
80,000 State of Tennessee Five Per Ct.
Loan 18,000 00
7,000 State of Tennessee Six Ter Ct.
Loan 4,800-00
18,500 Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany (!M Shares Stock) 15.000-00
6,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad
Company (100 Shares Stock).. 4.300-0
10,000 Philadelphia and Southern Mall
Steamship Company (80sh's
Stock) 4,000-00
861,650 Loans on Bond and Mortgage,
urn iicns on viiy xroperues.. yoi.e"" .
1
11,260,180 Par. C'st, 11,204,447-84. MktvT 11,89397
Real Estate 56,000 W
Bills Receivable for Insur
ances made KOI-
Balances due at Agencies
Premiums on Marine Policies
Accrued Interest and other
debts due the Company 83,373 it
Stock and frcrlp, etc , of sun
dry corporations, 17950, esti
mated value 3,812-00
Cash I4i,ll-7S
fl,S20,7a7-T
UIRFPTORS. " "
Thomas C. Hand, .Samuel B. Stokes,
John d. TlArla
William f. Rnnlrnn
Edmund A. Bonder,
Joseph II. Seal,
James Traqualr,
Henry Sloan,
Henry C. Dallett, Jr.,!
James C. Hand,
"William C. Ludwlg,
Hugh Craig,
John D. Taylor,
George W. Bernadon,
Wm. C. HmiHtnn.
Edward Darlington,
II. .Inunn H ron lip
Edward Lafourcade,
Jacob Rlegel,
Jacob P. Janes,
J am en R. Mr Variant
Joshua P. Eyre,
f pencer Mcuvaine,
Thomas P. Stotesbury,
John H. Semnln Plttah'ro
U. Frank Robinson,
m. d. Burger, nusourg.
JOHN c. DAVIS, Vice-President.
Henry Ltlbukn, Secretary.
Henry Ball, Assistant Secretary. 2111m
ASBURY
LIFE INSURANCE CO.
TOSS,
LEMUEL BANGS, President
GEORGE ELLIOTT, VIce-Pres't ani Sec'y.
EMORY McCLINTOOK. Actuary.
JAMES M. LONGACRE,
MANAGER FOR PENNSYLVANIA AND
DELAWARE,
Office, 302 WALHTJT St, Philadelphia.
H. C. WOOD, Jr., Medical Examiner.
6 83 mwflm REV. S. POWERS, Special Agent.
JZ IRE ASSOCIATION
INCORPORATED MARCH IT, 1820.
OFFICE,
No. 84 NORTH FIFTH STREET,
INSURE
BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AND
MERCHANDISE GENERALLY
From Lobs by fire (in the City of Philadelphia only)
ASSETS, JANUARY; 1, 1ST0. l.0J,319 07.
TRUSTEES.
William H. Hamilton,
John Carrow,
George I. YouBg,
Charles P. Bower,
Jesse Llghtfoot,
Robert Shoemaker,
Peter Armbrnster,
M. H. Dickinson,
PntAr unniamusiit
Jos. R. LvndalL
Levi P. Coats,
Samuel Spar hawk.
tUCWlIU A. DUlieil.
WM. H. HAMILTON, President.
SAMUEL 8PARHAWK, Vlue-Presldent
WILLIAM F. BUTLER,
Secretary
JMPERIAIi FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
LOHDOn.
EMTAUIJMI1KD 1SOS.
fald-ap Capital and Aooamobtted Funds,
08,000,000 IN GO JLiD.
PREVOST & HERRING, Agent,
. t Ho. 107 8. THIRD Btraet. Philadelphia;
0HA8. M. PKHVOMT OHA8. P. HBHRDIg
ENOINE. MAOWINEKY. gTO.
PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER
IWOUKS. NEAFIE A LEVY. PRACTI
CAL, AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS, MA.
CULN1HTH, BUlLEU-MAiHiKH, BLACKSMITHS,
and FOUNDERS, having for many years been In
sncceasfdl operation, and been exclusively engaged
in building and repairing Marine and River Engines,
high and low pressure, iron Boilers, Water Tanks,
Propellers, etc. etc., respectfully offer their servieea
to the public as being fully prepared to contract for
engines of all siaeas, Marine, River, and Stationary ;
having sets of patterns of dliTeient sizes, are pre
pared to execute orders with quick despatch. Every
description of pattern-making made at tne shortest
notice. High and Low Pressure Fine Tubular and
Cylinder Boilers of the best Pennsylvania Charcoal
Iron. Forgtngs of all size and kinds. Iron and
Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning.
crew Cutting, and all other work connector
with the above business.
Drawings and specifications for all work dona
the establishment free of charge, and work: gua
ranteed.
Tbe subscribers have ample wharf dock-room foe
repairs of boats, where they can lie In perfect
safety, and are provided with shears, blocks, far...
etc. etc, for raising heavy or light weights.
JACOB C. NKAFLTL
JOHN P. LEVY,
118) BEACH and PALM SR Strests,
QIRARD TUBE WORKS AND IRON CO.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.,
Manufacture Plain and Oalvanlzed
WROLGHT-1RUN PIPE
and Sundries for Gas and Steam Filters, Plumber
Machinists, Railing Makers, Oil Ke liners, etc.
WOKKS,
TWENTY-THIRD AND FILBERT STREETS,
OFK1CK AND WAREHOUSE,
81 No. 48 N. FIFTH STREET.
PATENTS.
u
NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
" AapiruiUIl) AS Vs. U Oil, 81. AOU
On thepetltlon of uANIttX S. N1PPES, of Upper
Merlon Township, Pennsylvania, administrator of
Albert 8. Nippes, deceased, praying for the exten
sion of s patent granted to the said Albert S. Nippes,
on the 8let day of April, 1S87, fur an improvement la
grinding Saws:
It Is ordered that the testimony In the case be
closed on the 81st day cf March next, that the
time for tiling arguments and the (examiner's report
be limited to the Slat day of March next, and that
said petition b heard on the 6th day of April next
Any person may oppose this extension.
SAMUEL A. DUNCAN,
8 10 20t Acting Comiulysloner of Patents.
LBXANDBR G. OATTKLL 0(
PRODUCE COMMISSION WJfHCHANTS,
No. 84 NOiiTU WHARVEd
AMD
NO. 8t NORTH -WaTFR STREET.' .
PHILADELPHIA.
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