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THIii DAILY EVnrviNG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1871.
MR. MULL'S PROPOSED OA.MPAIQN.
JVwn th4 London SptcMor.
The Dissenters have taken their final re
Holve to raise at onca tho question of tho di
establishment wa suppose, bat arc mot sure,
that they mean to raise alio the question of
the disendowment of the National Chmroheg
of Eb gland and Scotland, aad on the 9th of
May Mr. Miall is to bring forward his motien
for the dissolution of the nnion between
Church and State. Mr. Richard, M. P. for
Merthyr Tydvil, and Mr. Miall, who addrssed
the conference at the City Terminus Hotel
on the subject on Wednesday, were both
folly conitcious of the great responsibility
they were undertaking, and however much
we may disagree with them in their ob
ject, it is impossible to deny that
the ppirit in which they spoke was all
that conld be wished was one of dignified,
earnest, honest, almost reluctant conviction.
They do not propose to agitate their proposal
in any degree as a Dissenters' grievance.
They say Tory wisely and truly that it is a
question of wide poliey affecting the nation
at large first, the Church itself next, and the
Dissenters, merely as Dissenters, only last.
If it cannot be shown to be for the interest
of the nation and of the Church itself, that
the tie with the State should be severed,
they waive the petty question of its effect
on the separate interests of the ouUide
Beet Brian bodies as wholly nn worthy ,of
consideration. At least so we understand
them; and it cannot, we think, be denied that
this is high ground to take, and that there is
something noble in the attitude of those who
take it. Not the less, however, do we delibe
rately believe that the cause which these high
minded men are taking up in this magnani
mous spirit is a mistaken cause, the success
of which wonld be far naore mischievous to
the British people than these gentlemen
themselves even suppose that it will be bene
ficial. We shall not venture to prophesy their
failure, for there haa been so much fatalism of
late in the nuocess of cries generally assumed
to be popular and the cry ia likely
enough to take with the householders of the
great towns, though at present, as Mr Miall
frankly admits, there is no enthusiasm for it,
that the result hardly depends on the rela
tive force of the reasons adduced on the
opposite sides, but rather on the prevailing
impression, whether falae or true, aa to the
"popular" character of the cause. But we
shall venture to oppose to the cry, whether
popular or not, a resolute and tenacious op
position, not on the ground of loyalty to
the Church of England as a theological
teacher, for we have found, and shall con
tinue to find, plenty of fault with her in that
character, but solely on the higher ground
on which Mr. Miail proposes to fight his
campaign, on the national ground tht the
attempt to separate religions and seoular
questions is a futile and artificial attempt,
which can never succeed and ought never to
be attempted; that all the evils of the
connection between Church and State are
evils which will rpring up again in a worse
form when the so-callnd severance has been
effected; and that the cancelling of all direct
influence of the Stats over the Church can
only be justified when it so happens, as it
does in Ireland, that the majority of the
statesmen who must decide on the policy of
the Government are so far divided in spirit
from the Church of the people, that any at
tempt of theirs to Bway the ecclesiastical
policy of the popular Church is either an in
sult to the religion of the people or a dead
letter. We hold that the disestablishment
and disendowment of 'he Church of England
would be the greatest blow that could be
struck at our very germinal rural civilization;
and that, so far from purifying the great
variety of creeds really included nnder this
one Church, it would narrow, lower, and
petrify them.
In the first place, and to take the lowest
groui.d, the disestablishment of the National
Church must involve the surrender to inmvi
dual caprice of a vast capital now applied to
civilizing and humanizing purposes (to Bay
no more); and though it is clear that this may
be justified on sufficient public grounds, yet
it takes very strong public grounds to justify
it. Whatever else disestablishment meant, it
must clearly mean the compensation of all
the owners of ad vowsons for their lost pro
perty out of the property now devoted to
rt ligious uses. Parliament wonld never con
sent to terminate the connection between
Church and State without buying hack
the advewsona from their present own
ere; and, of course, this could only be
- done out of Church property. Is the nation
bo rich in influences of the higher kind that
it can sacrifice, without regret, large sums
cow applied to the spiritual education of the
nation, to swell the already sufficiently con
centrated wealth of the richest class amongst
us ? However, we freely admit that thin h
do argument to those who believe that the
property now appropriated to the National
Church is worse than wasted mischievously
employed. But it must greatly enhance the
pain with which those who think otherwise
look upon the movement.
But nest, whatever view may be held as to
the comparative purity of Established and
Non-tfetablisbed religious bodies, can anyone
deny that the parochial division of the king
dom, and the guarantee that in every parish,
however thinly populated and desolate, there
shall be ittma minister of religion to tame
both for the physical and the moral wants of
the people, are provisions lull ol benenuenoe,
the los of which would throw back uiauy of
the wilder districts of England into some
thing like total barbarism? The most candid
of the Voluntaryists themselves admit that
their system is weakest just where strength U
most needed, and think that while it Beoures
a great spiritual energy in populous dist riots
where theTe U already much, it fails to pro
vide it where Uro is little or none. Its
principle la a mwt illegitimate application of
the Gospel saying Uiat "to him that hath
ahull bo given, and he lAiall have abandonee,
but from him that hath pot Bhall bo taken
away oven that which be ha."
But again, ia it even true tbt in the fields
wheTO the voluntary prinoiple works at its
best advantage, aide by Bide wit the prin
ciple f Establishment, the Voltuuryishi
always or even tunally surpass Cmucli-u m
the properly religious character of w,ir
work ? Mr. Richard Bays that the action
the State "has fettered the freedom, da.
troyed the discipline, impiired tin purity,
lecnlamed the spirit, and paralyze i tie
efficiency of the Church itself, and male re
ligion, instead of a principle of union to bind
men's hearts together, appear at least t ie
means or the occasion of engendering dUc r 1,
tittemess, and Bocial alienation." These are
strong but vague words, and it is not easy, in
the absence of examples, to know precisely
towha. Mr. Richard alludes. P. it it s'io i
the complexity of tie quebtiDn ttar precisely
the same phrases, with one exception, lu'i.'t
fairly Lave been. need by a State Charohiufi
to describe the effects, aH he undTtUmls
them, of the voluntary principle. No
one can deny it is continually laaiu
tained with very pUasible ar'uuiints
from well-known facts that tLe voluntary
principle has repeatedly, and as we should
think habitually, "fettered the freedom of
the various voluntary churohes. Is the Scotch
minUter so free in the Free Kirk as in the
Established Kirk ? in the Kirk of Dr. Begg
as in that of Dr. MacLeod ? and to speak of
what is of more importance, the freedom of
the laity how many voluntary churohes are
there, besides the Unitarian, in whioh the
layman who wishes to take part in the symbol
of Communion with Christ is absolutely enti
tled to do so without being questioned or
harassed as to the exact state of his theologi
cal tenets ? Certainly nothing is more plau
sible than to maintain that it is not the State,
butYolnntaryism which has fettered freedom.
As regards the destruction of "discipline," we
may perhaps admit, if we rightly understand it,
Mr. Richard's ease; but then we regard what
he probably means by ecclesiastical "disci
pline" as at the present day a name for what
is almost purely mischievous an attempt at a
rade and superficial inquisition into the sins
which offend the social feeling of the moment,
a process certain to end in Pharisaic judg
ments, false estimates, and a morality fash
ioned to earn the praise of men. I hat ol
untaryism has "impaired the purity" of the
religious principles subjected to its influence
is, of course, one of the commonest and most
plausible of assertions. When preaching is
bound to be popular, it is not very likely
to insist on unpopular elements. It is
said, for instance, that the great
Church of authority, in which obedience is of
the essence of faith, cannot help so far dero
gating from the principle of authority in Ire
land, where it is a voluntary Church, that its
ministers give but faint discouragement, and
often half-support, to the Ionian patriots.
Is it possible to conceive a greater impairing
of the purity of a faith than this ? Then, as
to the "secularization of the spirit" of the
Church which in one sense we do not admit
to be an evil, but a good, though in another
sense it means, of course, the simple destruc
tion of the very life of the Church where
have the very earthiest of all forms of reli
gion usually been preaehed, among voluntary
or established churches ? Was it a Church
man or Dissenter who taught us "How to
make the best of both worlds ?" There are,
of course, a vast number of voluntaryist
writers and preachers of the highest
spirit; but Church for Church, it would
certainly be very hard to show
that there is not more frequently the tone of
secular life, of a self-interested morality, of a
materialized and contracted theology, of a
business view of the soul's prospects, among
the voluntary sects than among the Estab
lished Churches. It is hard to judge the real
effect of the system when the advantages of
edncation have been so much on one side, but
assuredly pH"a facie the case of the Dis
senters would rest chiefly on the worldly
character of .the Anglican Bishops, not on
that of the majority of the clergy or laity; and
on all other sides of the case they wonld pro
bably themselves admit that they have very
little to show for their assertion, while the
Churchman might show a good deal in favor
of his belief that Voluntaryism secularizes re
ligion much more than an Establishment. As
for the relative "elhciency of voluntary
and established Churches, that depends on
the standard bv whioh yon judge efficiency.
If yon take the stirringuesa of the sermon,
the ameunt of popular ' "movement, as your
standard, it must be grnnted at once. If yon
go by the amount of faithful and often very
plodding spiritual and moral -work got out of
the two systems, we should think the advan
tage lay with the establishments. And as for
the disuniting e tracts of an establishment,
the charge reads almost grotesque. What do
the various distinct sects outside the Church
know of each other, to be compared with the
mutual knowledge of the various distinct
schools inside the Church? Is it not precisely
the breadth and equity of tho State-rale
which enables men so widely apart in opinioa
to meet bj frequently on common ground where
they can learn to admire and appreciate
each other ? The apparent disunion of the
National Church is the mere index of its far
larger nnion. The sects know too little of
each other even to discuss and dispute; and
yet it is by the discussions within the
Church the proofs that different minds
study each other and estimate their differ
ences, that the Voluntaryists are encouraged
to affirm that an Establishment produces
"discord, bittorness, and social alienation."
Certainly, judged of on the true ground, aa
a question of national policy, Mr. Miall and
Mr. Richard will have hard work in their cru
sade. If they succeed, it will be by the help
of the skeptics and the pure destructives, of
whom there must be many in the working
class; and through that tendency to blench
before cries supposed to be popular, whioh is
more and more eating the heart out of politi
cal discussion.
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
rv- PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL
w ROAD COilPAN V, Olllce No. M X. FOL KlH
Street.
PHII.ADSI.rnTA, April 15, 18T1.
A Special Meeting of the Stockholders ef the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company will be
held at tUo Olllce of stud company, in the city nf
Philadelphia, on the 6th da? ef Mar, 1T1, at 12 P.
iU., wlitu and where the Joint a?'ree(nt sutured
into by the hoard of Masuftis of the Piiiladelphia
ai d Heading Railroad Company and the Board of
directors oi the Northern Liberties and Penu Town
ship Rullroad (Joinpkiij fur tne consolidation of the
mid companion and the merger of the Northern
Liberties and Penu Township Railroad Coiupiny
Into the Philadelphia and Redlag Railroad Com
pany will be submitted to the said siockhol lers, ao i
a vote by ballot, in person or by proxy, taken for the
adoption or rejection of the bauie.
J. W. JONRS,
4 18 Secretary.
ti'f PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL
ROAD COMPANY, OiUce No. 22T bou;U
FOURTH Street.
Philadelphia, April IS, iRTl.
Aspectal meeting of the Stockholders of the Piilla
delfilna and Reading Railroad Company will be held
all lie olllce of the taid company, in the city of Phlia.
delphla, on ihe eighth day of Way, lsll, at It o'clock
M., when and where the Joint apn emeut entered
into by the board o f Managers or the Phi adelphia
and Reading Railroad Company and tue 13oard of
Directois of the Lebanon and Troaiont Railroad
Cwuipanv, for the conaolidatioa of the said com
panies, and the merger of the Lebanon and Treruont
Railroad Company Into th Philadelphia aud Kea1
li g Railroad Company, will be submitted to the said
stockholders, and a vole, by ballot in person, or by
proxy, taken for the adoption or rejection of the
same. J.W.JONES,
4 IS Secretary.
p.-f OFFICE OF THE LEBANON
'J VfiM'l' l(UI) COMPANY.
AND TK-
No. 271 S.
FOUhTu Stieet. Philadelphia, Ap il 15. 171 A sne-
ctitt uit-et ii-K of tne Mjckboldura of thu Lebanon aud
n n inont Railroad Company will be held at tue ottlee
t tiie fculo company m tri-cuy or rniiaaipnia, on
i. jj'i'hih uv if b uy, isii, ac io c ock it., when
miow,.re the joiut agreement entered Into by the
J i. tu, ,. Alanugeis of tne Philadi-lpuia aud Ruadiag
l.m ifw.j l 4 iuj.yiiy aud tne- Hoard of Directors of tue
Let atH ana 'Irenu ut Rullroad Coiupiny lor tue
coiifoihia.tou of the Haul companies, and the merger
ol the Leiihimn ai;d Tr mout Railroad Company luto
tne I'litiadei.i.i,. and Reading Railroad Comiuuv.
mil be ni:iuwC(t to the aaid alockholoura and a vote
by t'liot in peon or bv proxy taken for the adop
tion or lejccLioUof tile m.
ALLtUT FOSTER, Secretary.
gCtf- TnK CHEAPEST AND BEST HAIR DYE
IN THE WoUUj,
Huriier'a IJijuld i.P pye Never Fades or
V&Uea Out,
will chaff rray, red. or cr.'d hair, whiskers, or
bioud aciie tu a fccMiUful biaek or hrowa as awn aa
apt lied, .axi taml, ut Uxuey r.arcoJ. Ouiy t
cents a box. bold Ij aa Lrugguu. id tuik4ui
SPECIAL. NOTICES.
r CAMDKN AND AM POT RAILROAD AND
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY.
Trenton, April 19, lift.
NOTICE. The Annnel Meeting- et tbe Stock
holders of the CAM PEN AND AM BOY RAILROAD
AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY will be held
at TRENTON, May 19, at is o'clock, II., at tbe Com
pany's offlce, for tie election of seven Directors to
serve lor the ensuing jear.
SAMUEL J. BAYARD,
4 19 Secretary C. ani A. R. R. and T. oo.
THE UNION FIRS EXTINGUISHER
COMPANY OP PHILADELPHIA :
Manufacture and sell the Improved Portable Fire
Extinguisher. Always Reliable.
D. T. OAGB,
6 SOtf No. 118 MARKET St., General Agent.
egsr PILK8. DR. OUNNELL DEVOTES HIS
time to the treatment of riles, blind, bleed
Inp, or Itching. Hundreds of cases deemed Incura
ble without an operation have been perman-ntly
curert. Rest city reference given. Office, No. 21 N.
t LEV EN TH Street. 15 8m
gy- DR. F. R. TITOMAS, No. 911 WALNUT ST,
formerly operator at the Colton Dental Rooms,
devotes his entire practice to extracting teeth with
out pain, with fresh nitrons oxide gas. 11 17
t&T DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, NO.
818 8. ELEVENTH Street.
Patients treated . gratuitously at this Institution
dally at 11 o'clock. 1 14
-gy- THURSTON'S IVORY PEARL TOOTH
POWDER Is the aest article for cleansing and
preserving Hie teeth. For sale by all Dratnrlsts.
Price 86 and SO cents per bottle. 11 80 stathly
SAFE DEPOSIT OOMPAMEV.
THE
PEHNSYLVANIA COHPABTY
FOlt INSUKANCES ON
LIVES AND
GKANTING
ANNUITIES
Office Ho. S04 WALNUT StreeL
INCORPORATED MARCH 10, 1813.
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL $1,000,000.
SURPLUS UPWARDS OF $750,000.
Receive money on deposit, returnable on demand,
for which interest la allowed.
And nnder appointment by Individuals, corpora
tions, and courts, act as
EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, TRUSTERS,
GUARDIANS, ASSIGNEES, COMMITTERS,
RECEIVERS, AGFNTS, COLLECTORS, ETC.
And for the faithful performance of Its duties as
such all Its assets are liable.
CHA11LE3 DtTTILH, PjesidenL
William B. ill, Actuary.
DIRECTORS.
Charles Dutllh, Joshua B. Llpplncott,
Henry J. Williams, jCbanes II. Hutchinson.
WilliBm S. Vaux, 'Lindley Smyth,
John R. Wncherer, iGeorge A. Wood,
Adripli E. Rone, Anth6ny J. Antelo,
Aiexanaer jjiaaie, caaries a. Lewis,
Ksnry Lewls
gECURITY FROM LOSS BY BURGLARY
ROBBERY, FIRE, OR ACCIDENT.
The Fidelity Insurance, Trust., m.v4
Safe Deposit Company
OF PHILADELPHIA
IN THEIR
New Marble Fire-proof Building,
Nob. 829-331 CUESNUT Street.
Capital subscribed, tl.ooo.oou; paid, 1700,000.
COUPON BONDB, STOCKS, SECURITIES.
FAMILY PLATE, COIN, DEEDS, and VALUABLES
of every desctlption received for safe-keeping, under
guarantee, at very moderate rates.
The Company also rent SAFES INSIDE THEIR
BlRHLAR-PRUOF VAULTS, at prices varying iron:
$15 to $76 e.yeer, according to size. An estra size
for Corporat ions and Bankers. Rooms and desks
adjoining vaults provided for Safe Reuters,
DEPOSITB OP MONEY RECEIVED ON IUTE
RKUT at three per cent,, payable by check, wlthon
notice, and at four per cent., payable by check, o
ten days' notice.
TRUST FUNDS AND INVESTMENTS kept
SEPARATE AND APART f r mi asseU of Company,
INCOME COLLECTED and remitted for one pe
cent.
The Company act as EXECUTORS, adminis
TRATORS, aad GUAKD1AN8, aud KI'.'JEIVE and
EXECUTE TRUSTS of every description, from tUo
Courts, Corporations, and Individuals.
N. B. BROWNE, President
U H CLARE, Vlce-Prenldent.
ROBERT PATTRRHON, secretary and Treasurer.
DIRECTORS.
N. B. Brewne, . Alexander Henry,
Clarence B. Clark,
John Welsh,
Chtvr'.es Macalester,
Stephen A. Caldwell,
Oeorge F. I'yier,
Henry C (libson,
Edwara w, .ia,
J. UlLlnghain Feu.
Henry Pratt McKean.
18 13 fmwl
THE PHILADELPHIA TRUST,
SAFE DEPOSIT
and
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OFFICS AM) Bl'KOLAR-PKOOF VAULTS IN
THE PHILADELPHIA BANK BUILDING,
No. 4'i CHI ESN IT STREET.
CAPITAL. $500,000.
For Safe-keefimi of Oovirnmskt Bovna and
other Skcianiss, Faum.t Plate, Jkwklky, and
other Valuables, under special guarantee, at the
lowest rates.
The Ooaipany also offer for Rent, at rates varying
from $16 to 'Ser annum, the renter holdlnsr the
key, SMALL SAFES IN THE BUKOLAR-P ROOF
VAULTS, affording aoUite SEonaiTT against Fias
Theft, Blkolakv, aud accident.
Ail fiduciary obligations, such as Trusts, Gpae
piAMriiirs, KxEcciOKtiUK etc., will be undertaken
and faithfully discharged.
J U tuivt invuhiitties r kept MeparaU and apart
frvm tit Cwif'ani'it
Circulars, giving lull details, forwarded on appll
cation. . .
DIHECTUK3.
Thomas Robins,
Augustus Heaton,
F. lutciiford burr,
Daclel Haddock, Jr.,
KM ward Y. Townseud,
John D. Tavlor,
Hon. William A. Porter.
I.e Is R. Ashhnrst,
J. Livingston Erringer,
R. P.UcCallsgh,
Edwin M. Lewis,
James L. ciaghorn,
Hentnmln 11. t.oiueaVS.
Krtward s. Handy,
josepn v arnon. m, v.
OFFICE KS.
President LEWIS R. ASllHCTRST.
Vlce-Preaideutr-J. L1VINQJTON ERRINGEK
Secretary R. P. McCULLAGH.
Treasurer WM. L. DUBOIS. 8 SfmwS
CROCERIES, ETO.
JONDON
BHOWN
STOUT AND
SCOTCH ALB.
In glass and stone, by the cask or doien.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Eta,
EDWARD PONTI A CO.,
IMPORTEKS OF FOKEIGS PRODUCE,
WIneo, Oils, Frult3, CigarOi
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL -
No. 001. HAL1LT Street,
PHIL A D K L.PUI A.
KOW1RD PON1L 13 27J JAMKg W. HAVENS.
FUKNITUKfc.
joKi-fl II CauriON (late Moore & Campion),
WIIXUM SMITH, v aicuAan a. camoh.
SMITH & CAMPION,
Mannraeturers of
FINE FURNITURE, UPUOLSHfiRINas, AND IN-
TiRioR hoiwi c:'B'n.
No. i)Vt 'i vmt-ii t 4t
Mannracry, Noe. iii6 aud 811 LE ANT wrset,
Piiuadeiphla. i
INBURANOKi
gTATEMEJST
OF TILE CONDITIO
s m
PHCENIX MUTUAL
Xifo Insurance Company,
OF HARTFORD, CONN
On the list of December, 1ST, as made to Ue Aa41-ter-Ueneral's
Department.
Tir$L
Guarantee eapltal sieex 10,01-O
Anioont ef assessments or instalments
on stock paid In cash 16,009-oe
Sf07cL
The valae as nearly aa may be of the
Real Estate held by the company ....
Cash in RanksViiec'lfvinir tha Baaki' f 208,282-80
Cash In hands of agents la coarse of
traosnildKloa 4t7,Sl'4B
Amount of Loans scored by bonds aad
mortgnaes, constituting the irst lien
on Real Estate, on which there U less
than one year's Interest due and
owfcig l,70,TB0O
Amount of Leans on whioh Interest haa
iiot been paid within one year ....
Amount of ktocks owned by the company, specify
ing the number of shares aad their par aud market
value:
si'O su.CharterOak Nat. B'k, nartford,Conn.t2,tn-M
810
First
T,4oo
85
mo
4H0
70
2(f0
lot
itna
Mercantile " " "
Ainerlcati ' " "
Farmers' & Mechanics' "
4,875-Ofl
11,600 -tt
84,40000
9,49 04
Pha'nlx
8tf,e u
First " Maaslllon, Ohio. 1U.600-00
Toledo " Toledo. " 81.2.' 0
ln " Hartford City Oas Light Clo 7,7i
88 coup. bds. Key City Gas Light C.... 8,7U'tHI
8 " Indiana Central It. R.Oo... I.nwo iio
10 " Southern Hiunesota it.lt.Co. 8,lK)-
S9 " TetiBPfsee btate 12,70i0
U. 8. Registered Bonds 25S,9i5ti
Amount of stocks helri by the company
as collateral security for loans, with
the amount loaned on each kind of
stock, its psr and market value
102 sh. City N'l Rank, Chicago,
111 $10,669 09 8,W)0-00
Amount carried forward .
.$?,833,OGO-23
Interest on Investments due and unpaid. ....
A eerued interest not yet due ....
Other available mtscellaneons aeu,
specifying their character aad value.. $tt,0l-4S
Deterred premiums 103,243-09
Notes secured by real estate and en
dorsements 15,258 Ot
Bill receivable amply secured 3,083,:uil'49
Furniture in Home aud Branch Ouluaa.. lv.bS--M
Gross present assets..
.f,090,U-lg
Third.
Amount of lopaes during the year, ad
justed but not due $117,990-00
Amount of losses reported to the Com
pany but Dot acted uon ....
Amount of losses resisted by the Com
pany ....
Amount ef dividend! dae and unpaid.... ....
Amount of money borrowed, and the
nature and amount of the security given ....
Amount ef all other claims agaluat the
Company, contested or otherwise ....
Amount required to safely reinsure all
outstanding risks 4,211,614-94
$4,329,414-94
Fourth.
Amount of cash preminras received $l,732,9!4-52
Amount of premiums not paid In cash
during the year, statiag the character
of f uch premiums:
Premium notes 733,801-73
Amount ef premiums earned ....
Interest received from Investments 143,247-22
Income ironi an emer sources, specuy
lnsr what aourccs
Interest on notes taken for premiums... 167,SM 69
Gross Income lor year 1870..
.$.!,ll7,C3-i'l(
Amonnt of losses paid during the year.. $500,46014
Amount paid and owing for rciusurM.ee
premiums 1, BIO 72
AUiocni ei iriurii prvuiiutop, wiirumr
paid or unpaH
Ameunt of dividends declared during
sear
Amount of dividends paid 459,711 11
Amount i expense I'aiu ounng me
year, Including coniiiilaxions aud fees
paid to aweius and ofllcers of the
Company 278,369-91
Amount of loses due and nnpald ....
Amount of taxes paid by the Company.. 87.3S1-6T
Amount or an oioer expemes aa ex
penditures 6S.554 07
Aiiicnm oi proioisnory nnien orifinauy
c rwiing th capital of the Company. . . 84,000-00
Amount oi saia nuisa ueia "j ine cmiu
naDV as part of or the whole of the
capital thereof 84.0C0O0
i'ar ana mariei vaiue oi me company a
stock per share, par value eo-00
Tald for Interests ef Ageata la Renewal
Commissions 114.090-O0
Paid for Vedical Examlnaifon...'. t3. 6X8-78
" Surrendered Pollclee S7,833-4
" Officers' aud Employes' salaries 27,sua eo
Cross expenditures for year 1870 $1,578 914 so
EPSON FESENDEN, Pieaident.
JAMES F. BURNS. Secretary
PU1LADKLPHIA BRANCH,
PENN BCII.IHNOS.
No. 43d WALNUT Street. 4 25tuths6t
1829 CHARTER PERPETUAL, jgji
Fraatlin Fire Insnrance
OP PHILADELPHIA.
CGca, Hot. 435 and 437 CHESNTJT St.
.AssetsJan.ll'7lf$3,087I452'35
CAPITAL $400.000 -00
ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUflUS.a,6S7,45a 38
INCOME FOR 18T1, LOSSES PAID IN 1870,
$l,20,O00. liC.SSl'IO.
Loe luld Nlnce lHiO Nearly
The Assets of the "FRAN KLIN" are all invested
in solid SHCurliles (over $i,760,o00 In First Ilouda aud
M( rtgbKes), which are all Interest bearing aud
'iwioend payii'g. The CXnupauy holds no IStlls Re
ceivable taken for luaurances eifeoted.
r'trpemal and Temporary Policies on Liberal
1 em s. 'i he Company also insues policies upon the
n ts of all kinds of ouuainga, urouua Rents and
uortgages.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred . Baker,
Samuel Grant,
Oeorge W. kloharda,
Isaac Lea,
'-leoree Fales,
Alfred Fltler,
Thomas Sparks,
WlUiuui b. Grant,
TUoiiina 6. Eias,
Chiautvus 8. beuson.
ALFREO G
BAKER, ProHldeut,
GEOKGE FALES, Vlce-PMSidenU
JAMES W. MCALLISTER, Secretary.
THEODORE L REOKR. Assistant tecretary.
LTnicn Mii Insurance Coipaij
OF PHILADELPHIA.
INCOUPOUATED ISOi.
Fire, Mai ice, and Inland Injuranc
Office. N. E. Cor THIRD and "WALNUT
LOSSES PAID SINCE FORMATION,
7, 0O0,O00.
ASSETS OF TnE COMPANY, JANUARY 1, 18T1
CSi5Gf 39789.
RICHARD S. S JllTH, President.
yOHN MOSS, se-reury.
THE ENTEKPRLSS INSURANCE COMPANY
l,y I'lHLAnELPIilA.
01F1CE S. W. COKN K KOUKTU AND WALNUT
STREETS.
PERPETUAL AND TKRM POLICIES ISSUED.
CAM! CAPITAL (paid up In full) $20H,noii 00
UAbU ASSETS. D ueruber 1. 1-I0 6o0,aa3 00
F. Ratehford Starr,
J. Livingston Erringer,
JdiiK-K L. Claguora,
Willmiu t, Unulton,
Clmrlo Wheeler,
Thorn-II. tiontomery,
Ji"" id. Aerueu.
Nuliiro Fritzier,
John M. A' wood,
BenjumlnT. Ti edict,
(ieorye 11. Kluurt,
John II Brown.
F. RATI H ORD STAR"
TlKiJS II. M .NVO -V
Vt i'i:dent.
ALEXANDEK W. WIM'fcK. S rrt.
JACOJi E, Pii'OUON, AiMUumroccretiU?.
INSURANCE.
Flrr, Inland, and Marine Ininrancl,
INSUEAN C E C0MPAUY
or
NORTH AMERICA,
Incorporated 1704.
CAPITAL S500.00C
ASSETS January 1, 1871 $3,050,536
Receipts of P a,09,lr4
interests from Investments, 1870.. 137,050
-$2, 233,304
Losses paid In 1870.
.11,138,141
BTATEMENT OF THE ASSETS.
First Mortgages on Philadelphia City Pro-
pen;.. S34,50
United States Government Loans sao.iua
Pennsylvania State Loans 169,810
Philadelphia City Lonns 900,000
New Jercey and other State Loans and
City Bonds ; BM.B10
Phlludelphla and Reading Railroad Co.,
other Railroad mortgage uouds and
Loans 8(4.940
Philadelphia Bank and other Stocks 6i,46
Cash In Bank 881, MR
Loans on Collateral Security 81,434
Notes receivable and marine Premiums
unsettled 438.420
Accrued interest and premium in cove
of transmission '
83,901
80,000
Real estate, Offlce of the Company.
3,0S0,fi38
Certificates of Insurance Issued, payable In London
at the counting uouse of Messrs. UK win, star
Li.k et
CO.
AKTUUll
O. OFFDf,
PBESIDENT.
C1IA11L.US PLATT,
VICE-PRESIDENT.
PLATTIIIAH ITIAKIM, Heeretary.
C. U. IlKEVEW, AaaUtant Secretary.
D I KKCTOHM.
arthur g. coffin,
samuel w. jones,
john a. brown, .
Charles Taylor,
FRANCIS R. COPE,
EDW. H. TROTTER,
T. CHAKLTON HENRY.
AMBBOHE WHITE,
ALFRED D. JESSUP,
LOUIS C. MADEIRA,
fti iu ur niiuuu ixr
WIL1JAA1 V KLHM,
iOlliN iHASUN.
v. ii.ii'' vv . vtouinai
CLEM ENT A. GRISCOM
1KORGE 1 ll KKIMUN,
WILLIAM BROOK.IB.
DELAWAR8 MUTUAL SAFETY INSURANCB
COMPANY. Incorporated by the Leglslatare
f Pennsylvania, isa.
Offlce S. E. corner of THIRD and WALNUT Streets,
rnuaaeipnia.
MARINE INSURANCES
on Vessels, Cargo, and Freight to all parts of tie
wuna.
INLAND INSURANCES
n Goods by river, canal, lake, aud land carriage to
an parts oi me union.
FIRE INSURANCES
n Merchandise generally ; on Stores, Dwellings,
nuiuwa, eta,
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY,
November 1, 1870.
.000 United States Six Per Cent
Loan (lawful money) 3333,375 00
1)0,000 btate of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent. Loan 914,000-OC
810,000 city or rnuaaeipnia oix rer
Cent. Loan (exempt from
Tax) 804,162-50
164.000 State of New Jersey Six Per
Cent. Loan 163,920-00
SO.ooo rennsyivauia Katiroau mrst
Mortgiwe Six Per Ct. Bonds.. 80,700-OC
36.000 Pennsylvania Railroad second
Mortgage Six Per Ct. Bonds. 25,260-OC
9C,ooo western rennsyivauia nan
road Mortgage Six Per Cent.
Bonds (Pennsylvania Rail
road guarantee) 90,00000
80.000 State of Tennessee Five Per Ct.
Loan 18,00000
7,000 State of Tennessee Six Per Ct.
Loan 4,200-00
12,600 Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany (2NJ Hhares Stock) 15,000-00
c,oou jNorin reuusyivuuia uatiroaa
Company (loo Shares Stock).. 4,300-OC
lu,uou rnuaaeipnia aua soumern iau
Steaiushm Company (fco all's
Stock) 4,000-01
1,660 Loans on Bond and iYiorttrae,
nrst Lens on City Properties.. 961,650-00
1,860,150 Par. C'Bt, 11,864,447-34. M'kt Vll,893-657-0t
Real Esute ' 56,000-50
iiius Kecuivame ior insar-
anoea made 930,971-87
Balances due at Agencies
Premiums on Marine Policies
Accrued Interest and .Kher
debts due the Coin pan;, 93,870 40
Stock and t-crip, etc , ot sun
dry corDoratlous. 17950. esti
mated value 8,919-00
Cash 149,911 73
11,820.797-97
DIRECTORS.
Thomas C. Hand,
Snuiuel S. Stokes,
William U. Bonlton,
Edward Diirllngton,
U. Jones Brooke,
Edward Lafourcade,
Jacoi Rl-el,
Jacob P. Jones,
James B. McFarland,
Jimiun P. Kvre,
Hpeiiwr Mcllvalne,
Thomas P. Stotesbury,
jonn j. jjavis,
?dmund A. Sonder,
oseph U. Seal,
James Traqualr,
Fienry Sloan,
Henry C. Dnilett, Jr.,;
James C. Hand,
William C. Lndwlg,
Hugh Craig,
John D. Taylor,
George W. H rnadoa,
Wm. C. Houston,
H. Frank Robinson,
John B. Semple, Pitub'rg,
A. B. B rirer. Plttsourir,
D. T. Morgan, PlttaOurg.
THOMAS C,
iiAru, rruHiaeni.
JOHN c. DAVIS, Vice-President.
Hinkt Ltlbpkn, Secretary.
Hbnkv Ball, AHsistaut Secretary.
People's Fire msm Coiji.y,
IVo. 514 U ALTIIT Street.
CHARTERED 1859.
Fire Insurance at LOWEST RATES consistent
with security. Losses promptly adjusted and paid.
NO UNPAID LOSSK&
Assets .December 81, 1870 $188,851-73
CUAS. E. BONN, President.
GEO. BUSCII, Jr., Secretary.
F
AME INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 809 CUESNUT Street.
DiCOKPOBATEB 1S56. CI1AKTEK rKBPETUAL.
CAPITAL t '00,000.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insurance against Loss or Damage by Fire either by
Perpetual or Temporary Policies.
UIMKC'IUKS.
Charles Richardson, Robert Pearce,
WTllllam H. hhawn, John Kessler, Jr.,
William M. Seyfert, Edward B. Orue,
John F. Sinitli, Cb:irle Srtkea,
Nathan Hilles, Joiin W. Kvorman,
George A. West, Mordecal Buzbv.
CHARLES RICHARusuN, PitsHlent.
WILLIAM 11. RUAWN, Viee-Prealdent.
Williams I. Blakcuaho, Secretary;
THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCB
CoJdPANY.
Incorporated c muter Perpetual.
No. 610 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence
Kquore.
This Company, favoraoiy known to the ooiniuu
nlty for over forty years, oontiuuea to insirfe aaiuU
1cm or damwre Dy Ore on Public or Private Rutlo
lugs, either permaueuUy or Tor a limited time. Also
on Fumltui, buoka of (iixids, and Merchaudt't
eenerallv, oft liberal terui. .
Their i apital, t tiier wlta a lure Surplus Fund.
Is Invested in the ui't oareful mauuer, which en
blea them to offer to tbe Insured an undoubted aeon
I ty in the caae of toes.
Danie' mith, Jr J Thomaj Bualta,
w.!el;r.rSL I Henry U-W.
7,4 I J iTauufT- FeO.
John D" . "oi u ,ji docX,
.u. .S.Ni, ja., Preeiaenli
WJfc G. Caowau, bocrkw-y.
INSURANOE.
plRE ASSOCIATIOS,
INCORPORATED MARCH IT, 18J0,
OFFICE,
NO, 84 NORTn FIFTH STRKET,
INSURE
ILDINaS, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURB,
AND
MERCHANDISE QENEBALLY
rem Loss by Ore (in the city of Philadelphia only).
ASSETS, JANUARY 1, 1870, tl,703,319OZ
TRUSTEES,
William H. Hamilton,
John Carrow,
Oerr(e I. Young,
Joseph R Lyndall,
1 evl P. floats,
Samnel Sparhawk,
Charles P. Bower,
Jesse Ltghtfoot,
Robert bhoetnaker.
Petr Armbruster,
M. H. Dickinson, .
Peter Williamson,
Schell.
josepn
WM. IL HAMILTON, President
SAMUEL SPARIIAWK, Vice-President,
WILLIAM F. BUTLER,
Secretary.
NTHRACITE INSURANCB COMPANY,
INCORPORATED 154.
CHARTER PBIRPETUAL.
Office. No. ill WALNUT Street, between TnlrS
and Fourth street, Philadelphia,
This Company win insure Bfratnst loss or Damage
by Fire, on Buildings, Furniture, and Merchandise
generally.
Also, marine inHurauce ou tcbbcib, vargoen, ana
Freights. Inland lBmiranee to all parts of the Union.
William Esher,
Lewis Andenreld,
wm. M. rsaira,
John R. Blaklflton,
W. F. Dean,
Peter Sleirer.
iioud iveicuam,
J. E. Baum,
John B. Heyl,
Samuel II. Hothermei
WILLIAM
ESUER, Presldiut.
WM. F. DEAN, Vice-President.
M. Smith, Secretary.
W.
piPERIAXi FIRS INSURANCE OO
LORDOR.
KATABI.InllEU 1S0S.
P&ld-np Capital and AoowmalaUd Fonda,
68,000,000 IN GOLD.
PREVOST & HERRING, Agents,
Ho. 107 B. THIRD BtxMt, PhlUd.lpfala.'
HAS. K, mJiVOOT OHAB. P. HBKRIHQ
HICHWAY PROPOSALS.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
BRIDGES. RKTVERS, ETC. OFFICE OP"
CHTEF COMMISSIONER, No. 104 SOUTH
FIFTH STREET.
Philadelphia, Jlay 9, 18TL
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at tho
Oflice of the Chief Commissioner of Highway.
nntiU2 o'clock M. on FRIDAY, 5th Instant,
for tbe construction of a sewer on the line of
EIGHTH STREET, from Vine street t4
Willow street.
On NINTH STREET, from Wood street to
Willow treet.
On PHILIP STREET, from a point sixty
feet south of Diamond street to Morris
street.
On MASTER STREET, from Matcher street
to west curb line of Front street.
On CHERRY STRfcET, and oa the line ol
Kershaw street, from Fifteenth street to Race
street
On PINE STREET, from Ninth street to Tentli
street.
On CHESNUT STREET, from Nineteenth
street to Twentieth street.
On SEVENTEENTH STREET, from Mount
Vernon street to Wallace atrest.
1 On THIRTEENTH STREET, from Coates
street to Olive street, and
On OLIVE STREET, from Thirteenth street
to Bread street.
On fcEVENTII STREET, from Coates street
to Brown Street.
On THIRTEENTH STREET, from Columbia,
to Montgomery avenne.
On FORTY -SECOND STREET, from Balti
more avenne to Kwrrsing avenue.
OuTHIR'IY-SliVENTH STREET to Irving
street, the ace up Irving street to Tulrty-eigatlk
street.
The foregoing Sewers to be three feet ia
diameter, aud to be constructed in the uiaal
form.
On GERMANTOWN AMD 8UIQUEIIANNA
AVENUES, Iroui Sixth street to a point 4S5 feet'
north oi Sutqueaanua areuuo on the said tier
in an tow b avtnue, and
On SANaOM STREET, from Thlrty-eeceai
(tree' to Thirty-Uird street, to be two feet sis
iLchea in diameter.
With nrh manholes as nay be directed by
the Chief Engineer aud Surveyor. The under
standing to be that the sewers herein adver
tised are to be completed on or before the 81st
day of December, 1871, and that the contractor
shall take bills prepared affaiust the property
fronting oa said sewer to the amount of one dol
lar and Ifty cents lor each lineal foot at
front on each side of the street as ao much
cath paid; the balance, as limited by ordinanoo.
to be paid by the city; and the contractor will
be required to keep the street aad sewer In gooi
order for three years after the sewer U
Cult-bed.
When the street is occupied by a city passen
ger railroad track, the ewer shall be constructed
alonifnide of aid track in such manner as not to)
obstruct or interfere with the safe parage of the
cars thereon; and no claim for remuneration
FluUl be paid the contractor by tbe company
using said truck, as specified in the Act oi
AMtmbly approved May 8, ISCtt.
Fach proposal mu t be accompanied by a cer
tificate that a bond has been filed lu the Law
Department, as directed by ordinance of May
25, 1S&0.
If the lowest bidder shall not execute
a contract within five days after the work
is awarded, be wiU be deemed as declining, and
w ill be Jteld liable on his bond for the differ
ence between ihis bid and the next lowest bid
der. Specifications, may be had at the De
partment of Survevs, which will be strictly
adhered to. The Department of Highways re
serves the right to reject all bids not deemed
satisfactory.
All bidders may be present at tho time an$
pliice of opetiiug the said proposals. No al
lowance will be made for rock excavation
except by special contract.
MAHLON II. DICKINSON,
5 S 31 . Chief Com'r ot Highways. '
LEGAL NOTICES.
IN TIIE CQntr OF COM MOV PLEAS FOR THIS
Cl'tY AND COlNTV OK PHILADELPHIA.
March Term, ISTI. No. 14. In Mlvoree.
WILLIAM UENHV IsTh-EL. vs. JOSEPHINE JANE
SI'KWL.
To JOSEPHINB JAN K S TERIL. Respondent:
Please take notice that betiinotiy will be taken In
atioveeurl i"d eauce on behalf of the llbelUnton
UlUKSB-AY, Way 11, 1(-71, Mt 8)tf o'clock P. M., at
my othce, No. 6'ift WALNUT Stiver, Philadelphia.
tlm exaniluer appointed
bv h Court to take and
ri-port the same.
4 18 15t
HENRY C. THRRY, .
Attorney for Lloellaut.
XT STATE OF Jf'HKPH S NATT, DKCSASS-J
Idlers iitH!n-itsrv uinin the -statt of
JOSEPH 8 NTT, d'-c'l, haviuir leu(iuiT granted
to thi- utidf rfciiiwrt, all pt-r.i s luilel.ted i t the ald
et uti- are reiut-.ted to u.aWe liniuedlite payment,
aid lliohe h.vii.tr '.'alin. or K-iuaiids ag tiust the
same to uiake tlt in known wlttioia drlay to
JuHN (. KOttI). Administrator,
4 87 th Ct No. S04 u'HKbNU T St., phUa.
C!!3 COPYING PHE&E3L
J nit received, a Larjra Aasort
i'"" n.ent of th Lat' f'vli
c;cpviNc pwKsaiia.
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