TEE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHIL ADELPH1 X, WEDNESDAY, MARCH. 8, 181. 1 V THE CUT COMMISSIONS. T Oplaleas mf th Iadlac Pner The Ob. Jetla ! lb PTpb4 Flaa f Pablle We give below, the opinions of three of the principal morning papers with regard to the propoecd legislative scheme to place theclly government in the hands of Irresponsible com m ssions. The Ledger says: "On the 8th of February last the citizens of Phi ladelphia were advised by this journal that several proposed acts of Assembly were In coarse of pre paration, with the dual gn of transferring the most lu.poriaiit departments or our City (Government to commissioners named in the body of said bills. Every taxpayer and every man and woman who pays rent Is a taxpayer as well as the owners of pro perty, should read this printed bill One of the bills proposes to transltr to six gentlemen, whom the pntiiio have no choice or agency in selecting, a power which Is practically unlimited as to its extent and the mouey that may be expended, and the pub lic debt that may be Incurred In the opening of new street and biguways, In the paving, repairing, and culverting of streets, the cleansing of streets, the building or bridges, ine creation 01 new onices, tc In expresslug what is deemed to be the strong public grounds for opposition to these 'Commissions,'- the comments here made will be connned mainly to the first of these bills, which Is entitled 'An act to create a Board of rubllo Works in the city of Philadelphia." This bill gives the six gentlemen named In the first section exclusive control fur five years over the streets, highways, and bridges of the city, as to their paving, repavlbg, construction, repair, choice of materials for paving the streets, and the purchase of all mate rials, opening new streets and highways without limit, cleansing of the streets, the taking of land (or street purposes, filling up and levelling of tarsut lots, the ordering and construction if hewers, and sundry other powers. Such xclus ve control of these subjects In one Department, administered by a competent engineer, -a lib. Fkllkd assistants, would be proper, aud to the gr at advantage of the city, if the power to check and control the cxptnditurrs, and to decide when new su l ex pensive, works shall or shall not be under taken, were lodged In the hands of the people of this Cltv, and their own chosen representatives in Uity Councils. Hut there Is nowhere In the bill any chee or limit to what the commissioners may do, except In their own discretion or will. For the above purposes the commissioners are empowered (s cti' n 8) to demand anrnaliy of Councils any amount of money 'required by them,' which Councils 'shall levy a tax to raise. So limitation here but the will of the commis sioner. They become the taxing power to any amount. The commtsB'loners are further empowered (section 6) to oetermlne the material for paving the streets liereafter, and for all streets they order to be paved with wood or granite blocks or macadamized stone, or anything else than cobble-stone, they are em? powered to Issue 'City Paving Bonds,' to run thirty years, and there Is not a word of limitation to the threatening millions of these bonds which the Com missioners of Public Works may add to our enor mous city debt They are further empowered to open np any new streets now laid out on the city 'plan,' hundreds of miles of wh'ch paper streets are now nothing but farm land, cow lots, high hills, and deep ravines; but upon the opening up of these paper street there Is no check or limit but the will of the commissioners : all they have to do is to take possession of the land wherever It lies, order It to be graded, paved, curbed, and culverteu, and issue bonds (also without limit) obligating the city to pay the damages. Tuey are still further empowered (section 9) to appoint officers and agents, without limit as to numbers, and pay salaries trithout limit as to ammnts, and make whatever contracts they may deem necessary to any extent. And, as if all this were not sufficient, they are finally authorized in the same section to do any and everything else necessary to carry out these already unbounded powers. "1 he bill abounds in other objectionable features. Section 4 relieves the commissioners from the supervision and control of the auditing and account ing officers of the city, and commands the City Con troller to countersign and the City Treasurer to pay every warrant sent to them by the commissioners, on their mere certificate that work has been done, or' mark this little word 'er' that the amount was contracted for.' Even the mere formal checks upon their power to expend unlimited sums of money are thus taken away by the bill; and there Is nothing left for the citizen or tax-payer but to suffer and pay whatever the commissioners 'may deem necessary' or choose to demand. "Now, without regard to the particular gentlemen nmiii m these bills, it must be said that such uu- hrirtud now era over the pnbllc moneys, over taxa tion ind increase of the cltv debt, are too vast, aud threatening, and dangerous to oe Intrusted to any balf-dozen citizens selected either by themielves or by the Legislature, and placed beyond the reach of the imU fur live vears. even if the men named in the bill we.-e infallible as the Koman Pontiff and as pure r 'Arlst des the Just' 'mat ine memoers oi uie iiriHiature from the interior, who would justly re. Ant Riich an outrare upon the rights of their own immediate constituents, will attempt to shackle, op nn. and destrnv the rights of the people of this city by passing such a bill, we can hardlv believe. It la almost an InBult to suppose It. Without their aid tha rnntr iflnnnt hA done. "As a final point, and one that should of Itself be An'iiiBiv nfwiniit all these 'Commission' bills, at tention should be directed to the fact that while they provide for the election of these commissioners h th nonnin in 'elehteen hundred and seventy- st'z.'they deprive the people of any choice In the nmttprrrrthe five intervening years. Now If the neonle can be trusted to choose the commissioners in 1876, wny can iney ihh ue h " iom The Inquirer says: 'To these three bills we Invite the very closest consideration of our citizens, for there is not a single Individual prenentiy or remotely interested In vhiiadKinhta's welfare who is not now. or who will not be wronged, in person and estate, If either of thnm hncnme a law. Schemes more monstrous in the insolence and group of their wrong have never been set afloat than these. They are directly the suggestion wmiHm m Tweed, or new ork. wno nas piuo tered that cltv of millions yearly by exactly such miu'.hinerv aa thit proposed in these three bills, That is tne source of these bills. and their real objeot is, first to take from the electors of Philadelphia their right to elect their own officers, and second, to organize three separate boards whose sole business will be to plunder the .tax-navera without a hope or chance or rsureaa. Hut If these commissioners were every one above reproatsh, It would be a shameless and danirerous precedent to give them the extra ordinary and unheard-of powers with which these hiiia nronosa to invest them. Their authority, if these nieusurt s become laws, will be absolutely with out limit, and they can, bylvirtue of them, do any and every act of local legislation which Cou lolls and tha Mayor are now authorized to do wthout the slightest let or hindrance. The Board of Public Works, composed of Ave men, each w lta a salary of laooo per annum, can, under the i.iu rreatinir the commission, repave any stieet, lane, alley, and turnpike in or leading from Phila- delDhla with whatever material tney may seieci, Without notice for public competition, wttMul advertis ing for bids, or without being compellei to accept tlie lowest or bent bidder. No matter what schemes of Imprnvement may Buggest themielves to the U tard of Public Works, they may carry them out In their own way, at their own price, and the City Councils most create loans aud the Receiver or Taxes must raise taxes to pay for what they do, and the City Treasurer must cash whatever warrants the board Bay see fit to draw, no matter what such warrants may be for, or upon bow flimsy a pretext they maj loo orswu "It should be borne in mind that these commission ers are to be clothed with powers that now lie either directly In the electors of Philadelphia or In City Councils. Five men, for instance, are made in effect the masters of Councils, and all the present safe guHro of the veto of the Mayor and the two-thirds vote of Councils are swept away, and Councils are deprived of all control over the city except that of levylDg taxes to satisfy the demands likely to accrue from tuts triple-headed system of plunder. tihiiiinhia has aulellv submitted heretofore to manv and great wrongs from the hauda of the Legls- ciovernf r U-eary dare not sign these bills. The Infamy of doing It would bear him down to poli tical and social oblivion." The Ant has the following: oa iuiii t three weeks ago (February IS) we uttered vi.r uneriuivocal opinion of a bill presented In - .,., iini.y at liHrrmtnirir. to vest In three citizens namtd therein many important functions of onr .i, ii.l ffoverument. But this bill was but the ...anrot others like It. The? are. at preaeut, three In number, but, we su p nose, 1 here la another In reserve, which will authorize some one or more u,u,. m aounmeall the functions of the Mayor, and perhaps, another to put William B. Maun in the place of Funuau Sheppard. Aa we have them at present the bills are entitled as follows, and the fin.t ...Mmni contain the na-nes or tne proposed r.n..r for the oeools of this clty:-'The Water Conimlsnianers ,' -The Metropolitan Police Biard,' ia u.m ni Piitilin Worka.' "JustaatheOermans evacuate Paris, It is pro rt ,r. ...ninra Phlladel ohla 1 W sltall be counted owuiui it defender; and we look upon this whU tcheme as w.tii to the interest of th eity. and .ii,,... taiMii cntiMideratiun to reeommeiui it. It does not sugar-coat the pill to us, that a few Derao--r are uaiued in these commissions. The bills were Introduced by radicals; the majority of the n.en naved lu them are radicals, and it la a radical hi.iiu that la exoectal to Das them. They are un Deuiocratlo In principle, for they wrest the control of public affairs from the officers eleeted by tte people, ana ioisi inio pudiic trusts inca soicciea and nominated In some secret canons, perhaps without their own knowledge or assent These commissioners are to hold onioe till November, 1876. a period that will conveniently include the period of the centennial celebration of the Declara tion of Independence, and the expenditures inci dent thereto. Hut we believe that there U too much independtnee of all timet among our peoplo to submit tamely to this outrage. The people of this city, when they wish to do so, can elect Colonel Forney and the rest to ofllce. It Is wholly snpernnoas to pat on the election for some years, and put the men In office Immediately. If the election by the people can be postponed till 1376, It can, with just as much pro priety, be postponed forever. We rail on the citizens of Philadelphia to take eognizance of this pint anainst thrm. which rune exhibits itself in a form that shows a matured design to capture all the great dtp interests, which it it the duty of every citizen to defend," MUSICAL! AHIO DRAMATIC. The Cltv Amusements. At THB Academt of Music this evening the German opera troupe will represent Wag ner's opera of Tannhauner. Irovatore will be given to-morrow evening. Ax thb Walhut the drama of The Emerald King and the farce of Tlw Latest from Hew York will be performed this evening, with Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams In the leading roles. At thb Argh 'Lotta will appear this even ing In the drama of Tlw Little Detective. AT thb Chbbnut Mr. E. L. Davenport will pcrsozate "Sir Giles Overreach," In Masslnger's play of A Aero Way to Pay Old Debts, for the last time, this evening. To-morrow evening tne romantic piay oi en. Marc; or. The Soldier of Fortune, will be pro duced, with Mr. Davenport in the leading role. At thb assembly building the two-headea girl will be on exhibition from 2 to 5 and from 7 to 10 P. M. to-day. At thb Museum. Ninth and Arch streets, performances will be given this afternoon and evening. At thb American a miscellaneous entertain ment Is announced for this evening. C1TT IXBJia. A Dialogue in Wall Street. It is a vulgar error to suppose that the habitues of Wall street con verse about nothing but stocks and gold. Some times thoy talk about their health, and they all seem to have one trouble biliousness. The wear and tear of speculation Invariably tell upon the liver. "How do you think I'm looking?" said a well- known "Bull" to a friend in the Long Room, a few days after the late smash-up in gold. "Do I look panic-struck 1" "No, by Jove I" was the leply; "you look in trim to fight for a man's life. Never saw you looking better." "Let me tell yon a secret, my boy," returned the great operator: "I drink no wine, no brandy, no bar-room stimulant of any kind ; but I JuBt keep my stamina up with an occasional dose of Plantation Bitters; and If you 11 do me the favor to try It for that bile on the stomach you're always complaining of, I'll furnish the margin for your next spec. If it doesn't cure you." - The gentleman referred to (the initial of whose Christian name Is not very far from the end of the alphabet) has unbounded confidence In the restora tive; and his bright eye, firm nerves, and wonderful powers of endurance prove that it la well founded. Burnett's Cooking Extracts the best. To Sportsmen. We call the attention of all true sportsmen to the card of that old Napoleon of fish- ermen, Mr. Samuel Spang, No. 143 N. Third street, to be found in another column. Mr. Spang has just received direct from Europe a magnificent sup- nlv of the best trout rods, files, hair, silk, and silk and hair lines, that cannot fall to please tne most fastidious. Sportsmen should avail themselves of this golden chance, visit Mr. Spang, be convinced, and supply themselves accordingly. Mb. William W. Cassidt, the Jeweller at No. 8 South Second street, has one of the largest and most attractive stocks of all kinds of Jewelry aud Sliver- ware In the city. lie has also on hand a fine assort ment of fine American Western Watches. Those who purchase at this store at the present time are certain to get the werth of their money. For Oybters always, 'fresh, fat, and inviting," Stewed, Steamed, Roasted, Panned, Broiled, Fried, and Raw, go to Leach's, northeast corner Nlath and Chesnut. Half peck steamed oysters, 25 cents. Sea Mobs Farikb from pure Irish Moss, for Blanc Mange, Puddings, Costards, Creams, etc. etc. The cheapest, healthiest, and most delicious food In the world. . Relief and Health to Your ChildrenMrs. Winslow'b Soothino bYRUF for children. Burnett's Cologne the best made In America. WhitmaVs Jujcbb Is now the standard remedy for singers, public speakers, and all affections of the throat. Druggists sell lt Twenty-five cents per box. Stephen F. Whitman Jk Son, Sole Manufacturers, 8. W. corner of Twelfth and Market streets. BIAKIIIED. HrniiitHTFERKLKT On Thursday evenlnsr last. Sd Instant, In the Eleventh Street M. E. Church, by the Rev. T. A. Fernley, assisted by the Rev. Joseph Castle, D.D.. Harvey H. Hubbkrt, son of the late Alderman W. II. Habbert, to Lizzib A. Fbknlky, daughter of the officiating clergyman. ii Johnson Bekbs. On the evening of the 6th in stant, by the Rev. J. & Smith, Pastor of Tweirth Street M. Jt. Church, Mr. Curtis C. Johnson to Miss bALLin E. Bbbrs, all of this city. Smiih Hartranft. March 1, In New Brunswick, by Rev. C. R. srtranft, John Elmer Smith, of Dela ware, to Louisa Habtk an kt, ol Philadelphia, DIEDa Frendbvillb. On the 6th Instant, Garrett P&bn Pbvillb, aged 40 years. The relatives and friends of the family are respect fully Invited to attend the funeral, from his late resi dence, No. 711 Griswold Btreet, Fltzwater, below Sixth street, on Friday morning, at S o'clock. Stevenson. On the 6th instant, William E. Stb VKt.soN.ln the 61st year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family, Meridian Sun Lodge, A. Y. M., William II. Adams Relief Asso ciation, ana wasningion ana L,uiayei.vB u. uro respectfully Invited to attend the funeral, from his late residence, no. xuui muuut iciuuu mcci, uu Friday afternoon, at 9 o'clock. TO proceed vo jnacnpeian vaun. Sowden. On the 7tn Instant, Mrs. Mary Sow. DEN, relict of tne late win. isowaen, agea 14 years. The telatlves and friends are Invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, N. W. corner of Thompson and Otis streeu, on Friday afternoon at 8 o'clock. Wolfer. On Tuesday, March T, after a long ana painful illness, John V. Wolker, aged 21 years, V nionins, ana 10 auys. The relatives ana irieuun ui mo imuiijr ic mnpaw fully Invited to at ten a tne runerai, irom me resi dence of his father-in-law, Mr. Theodore Kampen, No. 139 N. Second street, on Friday morning, at 8 o'clock precisely SPECIAL. NOTIOES. tkir additional Bpeial Kotio Inside Page. - - ..... imr if nr . t -nnmira w xi,,a aua B HMtdNT KtreeL and 139 DOCK St. IMMENSE STOCK OF TUB BEST BRANDS IN ORIGINAL BARRELS. A mong which may be found the celebrated "Uoldkm Wkddinu," Bourbon of ancient dste; Wheat aud Kye wntsKies, au pureirom myuiTOuicim u- ginai packages), wciuaing mono wcu-im tillers. THOMAS MOORE fc SON, JObEPU S. FINCH uu., ana THOMAS MOORE. The attention of the trade Is requested to test these W hiskies, at market rates. 8 4smw TUB ANNUAL, MKEIINU Ulr IttO a' Alumni AumfHt.tun et Mia .TMil'Hrfinn Medlr&l College will be held at the College Building, on March 11, at is o cioca Th address of the President, Prof. 8. D. OROSS, will be delivered In the evening, at 7 o'clock, at the same place. ,k v. , Ttie AHinini Ul uic wircn. ma uiouiucia ui the Profession are Invited to attend. 8 8t J. W lau ji mil-, m. u., peoreiary. c-PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO COMFORT and Htyle In Ucntleinen's Bouts and bU0e',,,lt BARTLETT'S, i gotf No. 83 S. SIXTH 8treet, above Ouesuut. SPECIAL NOTIOES. 6T TIIE ACADEMY O P MUSIC STAR COURSE OF LECTURES. DANIEL DOUGHERTY, ESQ., On MONDAY K TUNING, March 13. Subject: "ORATORY." JOmH BILLINGS, March 16, Subject: "NATRIL HISTORY." A. Miner Griswold ("The Fat Contributor"), March SO. Oencral KUpatrick. March 88. Mrs. Cady Stan ton, March ST. The Mendelssohn Quintette Club of Boston, March SO. ADMISSION M CENTS RESERVED SEATS SO CENTS Extra Tickets to any of the Single Lectures, and to the Concert, for sale at Gould A Fischer's Piano Rooms, No. 8CIIESNi;T Street, and at the ACADEMY on the evenings of the Lectures. Ticket Office open daUy from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Doors open at quarter-past 7 ; Lecture at 8. 8 8 ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCH, TWENTIETH w and CHERRY Streets. During Lent there will be choral service and sermon every WEDNBS DAY EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Seats fre Ser mon this evening by Rev. W. H. N. STEWART, LU D. 1 WEST SPRUCE STREKT PRESBYTE RIAN CHURCH, SEVENTEENTH and SPRUCE Street. Service this EVENING, in lecture-room. Prayer-meeting at 7 Jtf; preaching at 8 o'clock, by Rev. J. B. DALES. All are Invited 3TV LETTER-PRESS COPIES CAN BE TAKEN from Printing executed at HELFENSTEIN A LEWIS', FIFTH and CHKSNUT Streets. It FURNITURE, At Your Own Prices. GOULD &. CO., Nog. 37 and 39 Borth SECOND Street, And northeast cor. NINTH and MARKET 8ts., Wll' sell yon Furniture at your own prices to make room for the extensive alterations. 8 8 6trp OLOTHINQ. SPRING $30 OVERCOAT. SPRING $25 OVERCOAT. SPRING $20 OVERCOAT. SPRING $15 OVERCOAT. SPRING $10 OVERCOAT. SPRING $5 OVERCOAT. All of the above OVERCOATS are to be had, la every variety, at the GREAT BROWN TIALL OF ROCKHILL & WILSON, 60S aid 605 CHESHUT 8TEEIT. tNDERTHE HOTEL. ' PHILADELPHIA: PA. IT IS TIME To think of having your Blew Spring Overcoat made, And to those desiring one for The coming season, the Attractive Inducements ' Of a large and Fashionably Complete Stock, WUh the best of Cutters, Are offered. PIANOS. tfSteinway & Sons' Grand Square and Upright Piano Special attention Is called to their ne Patent Upright Pianos, With Double Iron Frame, Patent Resonator, Tubular Metal Frame Action, etc., which are matchless la Tone and Touch, and unrivalled in durability. CHABLEB ISLAHIUB. WAREROOMS, No. 1006 CHESNUT STREET, 1 13 tfrp PHILADELPHIA; 1? PIANOS AND ORGANS. BRADBCKY'S, PIANOS, HAINES' BROS', ) MASON AND HAMLIN'S CABINET ORGANS. GOULD FISCHER, No. 923 CHESNUT Street. 1. 1. OOOT.D. No. 1018 ARCH Stteet. WM. O. HBCHKB. 1 17 tfip HOLIDAY COODS. HOLIDAY GOODS' Sprlne: Horses, Rocking Horses, Children's Carriages. BOYS' BLEBS, WAGONS, VELOCIPEDES, Etc Etc, H. J. 8HILL, Factory, No. 226 DOCK Street, 13 9 4p BELOW EXCHANGE. PH. J. LAUDER, Nos. 24 and 26 SOUTH FIFTH BTREET, Importer of Rhine Wlnei. REST ATJB AST A LA CARTE. MllAVttiiUeo Boor. OA1 FIXTURES. CORNELIUS & SONS, Wl AN lFACT UREBI or GAS FIXTURES Wholesale aud Retail BalcHroomH, No. 821 CHERRY Sired rniLADELrnu. We bare no store or aleroonu on Vbeinnt street. 1 16 smtsp CORNELIUS A BON8 DRY GOODS. 1871. 1871. Spring Silks and Dress Goods. EDVIN HALL. No. 28 SOUTH SECOND STREET, A few doors below Market, Is now opening NEW CHECK SILKS. MEW STRIP 8ILK8. SILK POPLINS. JAPAWESB SILKS. SILK POPaNETTSS. SPRING SHADES WOOL POPL1N8. SPKINHSHUES fATiN CLOTHS. A great variety of new styles of DRtfS GOODS for Suits and Travelling Dresses. BRIGHT PLAIDS FOR CHILDREN and MISSES. PERCALES AND CHINTZES. WHITU PIQUES AND CORDS. A full stock of White Goods, all kinds. Black Goods. Mourning Goods. BLACK TAMISB CLOTH", BL4.CK BOMBA ZINES, SPRING ALPACAS AND M HAIRS DOUBLE-WARP BOMBAZINE-FINISH ALPACAS, Etc. Etc. EDWIN HALL, ' No. 28 SOUTH SECOND STREET, ltfip PHILADELPHIA. EYRE AND LANDELL, ARCH & FOURTH Sts. NEW SILKS, WEW SHAWLS, NEW LACES, MEW JAPANESE. 1 ST mwssmrp OARPETINQS, ETO. McCAUUM, GREASE & SLOAN, IMPORTERS OP CARPETINGS. Spring Importations, NEW DESIGNS IN ALL FABRICS. Now' In store and to arrive, together with the whole stock, are offered at Xopixlar- JPrices, To Insure large sales, Prepararory to Removal In Jnly to onr new warehouse, Nos. 1012 and 1014 Chesnut St. McCALLUM, CREASE & SLOAN, IVo. 509 CII128IVIIT Street, 8 1 wsm3mrp phlaoklpuia. MALT LIQUORS. PHILADELPHIA AOEffCY. Abbey & Holyrood Breweries. Wm. Younger fifCo., Edinburgh. ESTABLISHED 1749. We are cow prepared to fill orders from the trade foi Bottled Ale and Porier From the above celebrated Breweries. POWELL & WEST. Io. 38 Mouin FltOMT Street, Bole Agents for W. Tonnger fc Co. An Invoice now landing ex-shlp Amandus from LlverpooL mwslm4p DRUGS, ETC. rOW IS THE BEST TIME! FOR PAINTING your nouses ana rooms. 25,000 pounds ready- mixed I'aints, all colors and shades. Pols and Call and see gam plus at W. F. SIMES fc BON'S Brushes loaned, Steam Faint. VV trks, 8 8 3t No. U0 MAHEET Htfiwt. CHEAP WINDOW AND MOT-HOUSE OL l S ! 1000 boxes SxS, 7x9, 8x10 Gluts for sa al 12 per box ; other sizes cheap in proportion, l'ura and fresh I'utty made dally. iresu j W. F. S'MES & SON'S Taint ".al Glass Warehouse, 8 s St . 1 10 J MAwRKf mrret. rSE CAMPI" EaltLY 1 NOW IS THE time 1 1 ' pounds pure Kenuea campuur . retail, for Clo'. . Uj, carpets, and fnrs. at 1 ' W. F. S1MKS 80?rS Drug aud Pint H'ore, S S St No. UOiMAKliETtstreet. INSURANCE. ANNUAL STATEMEMT or mi Life Insurance Company or THB linittd States of America. For the Year Ending Dec. 31, 1870. Net Assits, January 1, 1870 $l,Si4,4S2-40 BECE1PTS DIR1NU THE YKAR. Prunlun s on Polt- tles $(540,031118 rx.ra, etc I,8li74 lUltrtBt 6,880(6 73),6S0-98 DiStSl KSEM&NTS FOR TDK TEAR. Claims by Death Bi.d Annuity... 1108,843 80 Surrender d c It rlfS.... 19,678 65 tielUPUriince..... 17,ti80 40 ThX.... lUfU 9 Ka primes gi8 87'b3 371,8T5 8T ncreaee In Net Asttnts during the year, t36T,SttD t!,MM,3r 49 Lot sea adjusted, but unpaid f 15,000 uo ASfcETS, JANUARY I, 1371. Caah on hand and In Bank... .C9,70T'74 $sf 0,(rtHi t). H. Bi nds (coal) 4C97-6t 6,600 Virflila Stair 68 (cost). 16.74; ?G 1 t ii ti.tc u ( t;ali8ria 6. (rout). 63,b78 33 Loans on First Mortgages on t-eal hnintu 8i9,U6G 70 Lotine on rtotiiis and blocks (Wnl tWi.l(Hl) 691.000-00 1 hi s ou . ther securities Hs:652 70 onto. Furniture and ail other property 10,457-16 F l,BM,30T-49 Tietent Value of Reinsured policies $16,850 00 Premium Defuned (Seral-an-LUally and quartU).... ... 94,413-00 prm iuuib It t ourse oi Collec tion 83,865-00 Mnrket Value of Investments In excess of t osL 17.87774 Interest accrued 11.3M-O0 I 1113,889-74 Gross Assets, January 1, 187i i,ds,6wz8 bomber of Policies In force, January 1. lt-71 7.25) Amount of Policies In lorce, Jiumary 1, 1871 H,543,637 Oi) The Annual Ftatement, as given above, shows that this Company has accuuiutaie-i, durtug the twenty nine months of Its existence, the sum of $765,597 '23, Which, with the Capital Stock of $ 1 ,000,000, Makes a total amount of ava'laule and valuable As- sets Of ON K W I LI 10 b EVEN HUNDlttSU AND SliTY-F.VE THOUNAND FIVE HUNDKtfD AND NINETY-SEVEN k3-l(l0 COLLARS, the whole Of which is held safely and orotltatily invested for the security of Its Policy-Holders. A valuation of the 1 ol.clts In force on the first day of January, Wl, made by the most rtgl t metiio'i, un l upon the saiue standard an t Interest and Mor taiitv as ihatop'-n which lta Premiums are based, 8hoiAthat the full p efebt value, or amount re quired to safely reinsure lis risks on that date, was M7,B& A cartful examlnaiion of the above flpares, and of th character of the assets, gives coDcltixlve evl denre that the NATURAL LIKE 1N.SUKANOE COMPANY OF TUK TNI 1 ED STATES OF AMERICA affords to its Polley-Uoidersthat which is the most deblraole in tny Life insurance Company, nxmely, abundant security. The ratio of Assets to Liabilities is over 2'M) per cent: that Is. the Company has more thau for eacn 10O of liability. 8 1 w f m64p CLARENCK H. CLARK, Presldeut. E. A. KoLUNS, Vice-President, EMERSON W. PEET, Secretary. JAY COOKE. Chairman of Executive and Finance Oommittee. . ANMTAL PTATKMKNT OF THE ASBTTRY 11FR INSURANCE COMPANY, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEOKMBKK 81, 1S7U: RECEIPTS. Pnmlums $!9ft,l4S 51 Interest aud other Items ll.sosuo 1 208,144 -50 EXPENDITURES. Paid claims by death 3i,8-o " surreiidered and landed policies 6,r04-V7 " dividends U policy-holder i. l,f;iT-47 Intetest on stack 10.S76-44 tsxes 8,f5114 reliinurance 8.8&0-16 General expenses, Inelnrting rents, otll cers' salaries, advertising, books, sta tionery, etc 50,577-8a Agencv txpeiises, Including commissions, Balaries, rents, aud aU other expenses. . 71,700-66 $ISO,2'2il'6li ASSETS. United StateB 6 per cent, bonds 1M,C71-91 Cash on hand and in bank l?'??.! Loans on puliciee in force M,i4-( 05 Deferred premiums for the year ....... .. 4t4,t33-l Premiums in hands of agents and In course of collection SSf-5; AU other assets t34T,b35-10 LIABILITIES. Tina fnr Inlic. tlV rlfHttl fll,0l!4'47 ' " all other claims l,K6H-8i 11,9279 SUMMARY. Assets Liabilities , .f347,f.35-10 . lS,tt27-8 CaDital and Reserve Fund 32S,I71 Mananer for Pennsylvania and ueiaware, l e mwttw No. soi WALK L'T St., l'uliada. OPTICIANS. SPECTACLES. MIOKOHOOPES. TFLWSCOPK8, TIIEU MOMKTK11S, M ATH EM TI O AL, SUll VWYINO. PHIU)8OPHI0ALj AND DltAWINQ INSTKUMENT8 AT REDUCED PRICES. JAMES W. OUEBN & CO.. 180 mwfHp No. 24 CHESNUT Street, Phlla. TWO. LEGNHiRDT & CO.. EneraTirg and Steam Lithographic PRINTING ROOMtt, If os. 612 and 614 CHESNUT Btreet S nwfm 8mrp DEMOCRAT BUILDING. WISHART'8 COLUMN. THE MEDICAL PRO PERTIES OF TAR, The pine tree has long been known to pos set valuable medioal properties. For pml monary diseases it is doubtful whether any remedy has as yet been disoorered equal to it. It seems to change and renew the very structure on which it acts, and to infuse into the system an indescribable power equal to the natural power before disease had even taken hold of the body, so as to make, aa it were, an entirely new tissue, and to give a newness of life and energy which one who has been pick a long time knows the value of nt cannot fully describe. The great objec tion, however, to all tar preparations has been their unpleasant taste, and consequent lia bility to sickness and nauseate the stomaoh. We have before us, however, a preparation of the kind referred to, which obviates all these objections, and is as agreeable to the palate as it is valuable in the cure of disease. Wa mean "Dr. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, " a. real, genuine, bona fide medicinal cordial, distillod from the pine tree by a prooess known only to the Dootor himself, the sale and popularity of which are only equalled by the amount of suffering it has relieved, and the number of diseases it is so well calculated to effectually cure. In the Pine Tree Tar Cordial the invalid may be sure he has a remedy of very extraordinary power for throat and lung affections, and when taken in con junction with the "Great American Dyspepsia Pills," an infallible cure for dyspepsia, liver complaint, sick headache, and the maoy ail ments arising from a disordered state ef the liver and digeHtive organs. In our sphere as publishers we feel some degree of cautiousness in what we reoommen to our readers, but when we know of any thing of value to the publio we shall not hesi tate to make it known through our columns. We advise those of our readers who are suffer ing from dygpepsia, etc., to give Dr. Wishart'g oelebrated remedies a trial. A medical expert, holding honorable oolle giate diplomas, devotes his entire time to the examination of patients at the offioe parlors. Associated with him are three consulting phy eicians of acknowledged eminence, whose ser vices are given to the publio free of charge. This opportunity is offered by no other In etitution in the country. Thonsands of certificates of absolute our (when all else failed to afford relief), as wll as recommendatory letters without number, have been received by Dr. Wishart, the pro prietor, attesting the uniform success with which they have been employed. Many of said letters are from the highest sources, in cluding eminent statesmen, Governors, State judges, clergymen, etc men blow to be con vinced, prejudiced perhaps at first, but feel ing themselves under a sense of duty bound to tell the Doctor what they had done for them ard to recommend them to others. The Great American Dyspepsia Pills and Pine Tree Tar Cordial are sold by all druggists throughout the world. They can also be obtained at Dr. WISHART'S GREAT FAMILY MEDICINE S.TOEE, No. 232 North SECOND Street, Philadelphia, where a aucoessful piaotising physician can be consulted each day, free of charge. Those in need of professional aid or counsel will do well to make a note of the above. Communications by mail, soliciting professional advice, will be considered strictly confidential and promptly answered, free. of cliargt. The most oomplete stock of Family Medicines, Hair Preparations, Perfumery, etc., in the city. , Give us a trial. Address all communications, L. Q. C. WISHART, No. 232 NOBTH SECOND STREET, 1 14 SI 8 WiM PHILADELPHIA,
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