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MAGNIFICENT AIIDACI FY.
The Imperial ,i3stem and "Its Results.
[From tiro London. Spectator.)
Germany stands at the 1168.11 of the world.,
The "policy of magnificent audacity" which,
for the past four weeks, we have predicted to
unwilling ears, has been pursued, and so
far,-been utterly successful. The _Germans have
been but eight days in France, and already a
third of her army has been scattered ; her gen
erals have abandoned Alsace and the passes of
the Vosges; her Emperor is shut up in Metz,
with the German cavalry in sight of the fortifi
cations, aw i aithw attack from an army double
the number of his own ; her capital in gloomy
wrath is waiting the signal to overthrow the
dynasty, and "Vive. l'Empereur I" has ceased to
appear at the bottom of official decrees. Unless
we mistake. utterly the position of affairs, the
strength of the armies in the field, and the
nerve of the German generals, before our next
issue appears the Napoleonic Empire, born in
a military massacre, will have perished in a
military rout ; General Trochu will be (td inte
-rim Dictator ? and Europe will be face to face
with the well-known figure, so fascinating
and.so terrible, Fiance risen in revolution.
The attack on Wissembourg was, as we
asserted last week, the signal for the general
invasion. Germany bad been gathering her
self for eighteen days, during which the roll of
the trains had never ceased night or day, and
on the 4th was gathered along the line stretch
ing from the Rhine to Luxembourg in three
large groups. The army of the South, com
manded by the Crown Prince Fritz, and num
bering some 140,000 men, lay at Landau,
screened = from French 'observation by the
heavy woods. The army Of the Centre=orr
as the Germans call it, of the King, under the
direct command of General Steinmetz, lay
around Zweibrucken, and numbered about
120,000 men. The army of the North (we use
geographical instead of military terms de
signedly) under Prince Frederick Charles, was
posted between Saar-Louis and Merzig, in
strength as yet entirely unknown, but
probably equal to that of the other two com
mands. Before, them lay the French army,
scattered in eight corps, each of which ought
to have been 42,000 strong, and was probably
- but .30,000, disconnected from one.. another,
want'of supplies, and in one case at least of
ammunition, with generals at almost open va
riance, with no leader trusted by the army,
and with a Commander-in-Chief, whose brain,
despite its immense power, works too slowly
subtly for• the conduct of operations in the
field, who is subject to fits of hypochondriac
melancholy, and who, always indolent, is now
incapable of barassim , himself NVith details.
The Imperial system had borne its fruits. For
eighteen years the EuiperOrlad been coin
pelled to seek soldiels among his friends, to
pamper those who supported him, to depress
those - who were' -- independent, till with Ger
many ainied before — them, the most—martial
people on earth scarcely possessed a general,
the stall was controlled by a mere favorite
whom no-maishaLwould obey,and the Intend:
ance Lad so utterly broken down that whole
divisions were left for twenty-four hours with
out-bread,-and the massing of troops was de
layed by fear that the men' might starve.
The German leaders, splendidly served by an
Intelligence department, which sticks at no
thin, whether the sacrifice of cavalr officers,
or the einployinent of women as spies, or t e
purchase of- documents from civilian clerks—
always-the difficulty of French departments—
probably knew much of this confusion, though
- not all, and at all eventsl the attack began on
Thursday, the 4th.. Bursting through this
woods upon the Geis Hill, where S,OOO
men, -commanded-by -General_ Abel_Douay,_
lay in innocence ignorant of his presence,
the Crown Prince carried_ the eminence,
and despite the heroic efforts of the French,
who, outgeneralled and outnumbered, still
charged as if mere valor would stop bullets,
drove the division from its position, occupied
- Wissem - bourgi - ard -poured—without—halt—upon
-his route to- N ancy. General Maellabon, to
whose corps Donay's division belonged, had
been consulting with The Einperor when he
heard the news ; and, it is said, extorted per
mission to avenge his honor. Still, unaware of
the German force upon the road, be hurried up
his own corps and part of De Failly's—the
Turcos belonged to the latter, and the Emperor
speaks of De Failly's " rally"—and advanced to
Douay's support, when he encountered ou the
fith, near Woerth, the army of the Crown
Prince. Ile had, as we believe, 40,000 men,
but, as the Emperor says, 3:1,000; while his
enemy bad quite 100,000 available, and the
battle became a massacre. Again and again the
French charged down the slopes, sometimes
cutting the German battalions, says an eye-wit
ness, "as a scythe cuts - wheat," but always
meeting the same heavy, continuous, remorse
less fire. The terrible defect of French troops,
their inability to resist the temptation to hasty
firing offered by the breech-loaders, began to
tell ; the Germans, brave as themselves, but
educated, and therefore cooler, pressed steadily
• up the inclines, and, after a loss of 10,000 men
in killed and wounded and 5,000 prisoners—
IllacMalion's and the Crown Prince's state-
Ments, - drasonant at first, now - exactly tally—
the entire corps was driven in headlong rout
back towards Nancy. So complete was the
rout that thirty guns and six mitrailleuses
were left behind ; and the Marshal, after a
momentary halt at Saverne, finding the Ger
mans still upon him, fled to Nancy, there, if
possible, to reform. He has been there joined
by De Failly and conscripts from Chalons, and
ought to have 70,000 troops, who, however, are
cut off by German cavalry from all communi
cation with Metz. Meanwhile, the Army
of the Centre has also done its work.
ANAr the scenic absurdity at which pool•
little , Lonis-received -his baptism of fire, Gen.
Frossard, with another corps (Nonce, as iso
lated as that of Macktithou, bad occupied
Spicheren—the hill which overlooks Saarbruck
—and here he was attacked by General Cohen,
Steinmetz's second iu command, and the scene
at Woerth was repeated. The French occu
pied a magnificent position, the lines stretching
one above another across a hill so steep that
its ascent in the face of an enemy appeared im
possible. Still, up this steep hill went the Ger
mans, again and again and again, new regi
ments marching forward as those before them
withered away—some companies of •_'oo men
emerged with less than forty—until the French,
destroyed by the steady, deadly fire, mowed
down by artillery from an eminence upon the
right, arid perhaps short of ammunition, fled
in utter confusion towards Metz, pursued
sharply for some few miles by Ger
man cavalry, but not by the main
body. Ilad the Germans known the truth
. and followed, Metz might have been taken and
the first campaign ended ; for during some
hours Metz was in anarchy. The Emperor is
said to have been away—we should think an
impossibility—but the stall; by the' testimony
of all eye-w itnesSes, utterly lost its head, did not
know where the different, corps were, could give •
no orders, and expected to see the enemy mo
mentarily before Metz. The Emperor sat writing
• .deSpondent telegrams, Metz was full of beaten
.soluiers, and but one perfect corps was within
the lines. The Germans, however, who had
.ibena terribly handled, igul are enthusiastic in
their admiration of French courage., wanted
Ammunition and reinforcements, and contented
themselves with throWing forward their int
' xnenso strength ofeavalry. All the villages be
tween Saarbrtick and Metz have been seized ;
bodieS atia6nnan horsemen have been met be
tween
_Metz . and---Nancy, thrown forward,
loubtlessittreut--telegrapbs-and-railWays
. tween the two points; and the Army of the
North, hitherto untouched, has joined the
:army of the Centre under Steinmetz., and both
we believed to have advanced' amidst frightful
torrents of rain to the final attack; The Crown m
Prince is at Saverne, only. forty miles 'away,
and the entire German army, 350,000 : strong,
:may be regarded AA threatening Metz.. The
situation of the:Emperor Is almost -hopeless.
He is Caesar, not King; he must have , victory,
•or be dethroned'; lie dare not pursue the • path
of , safety, fall back on Ghalons, and calling all
France to his aid, fight hig great battle there.'
--He-must-light-before =Metz,_and-he._has _with_
him at the most but five corps, 150,000 men,
and such reinforcements as he may have -re
ceived by rail. These may have been conside
rable ; but Metz was so badly provisioned that
be has been compelled to load the rails with
commissariat trains—he says so himself--
an . invaluable force, Trochu's corps
d'arinee, 35,000. strong, has •been detailed in
Paris to shoot her ; another large garri,
son is at Lyous,; troops cannot reach hun•at
Metz except by the way of Nancy, communica
tion with which may be by this time inter
runted ; alit'', most fatal sign of all, it is doubt
ful if the tocsin now sounding through France
will "yield." The citizens have been disarmed
to make, Camarism easy ; for eighteen years
scarcely a man outside the army • has seen a
rifle; the Chassepot in unused hands goes off,
as About says, of volition ; and the first town
• called on to rise, Nancy, has refused. "It our
soldiers are beaten." says the Mayor, " what
would our citizens be?" The Emperor must
fight where he is, and as be is; and it is with a
deep sigh for glorious France, though with no
regret for him, that we state our con- .
viction that even French heroism cannot
avert the result. Metz and the empire must
fall together, and, as we believe, reflecting on
the demoralization of surprise produced by the
. sielories, on the incredible. blander-.
fag in all the supply departinents , --reven - the
Chassepots, it is said, being short—on the
want of•truSted generals, on the excnse which
will be offered to French patriotism in the fall
of the empire—which produced alike the war
and the want of preparedness to meet it—on
the fear with which the announcement of a re
public will be received by the peasantry, who
are boat ding gold in all directions—and, above
all, on the want of time produced by the
frightful energy •of the German chiefs,
we doubt : whether, if King William is
but wise—if he contents e himself . with the
'recocruitiowby France'of has
,house as emperors
of Germany and of all that title implies, and
with payment of the expenses of the war, not
yet heavy—the new government of France can
avoid accepting peace. Guerilla war is impos
sible against breech-loaders, for government
cannot keep stores of cartridges on every hill
side, nor can any possible rising enable the
French to outnumber the Germans on the-field.
Greater numbers than theirs could not be fed.
We tear deeply—for if Metz falls,
the German
triumph will be dangerously complete—that un
less the Prussian King yields to his - press, de
mands the old line of the . ,Yosges, or otherwise
raisuses_theiav_or of Providence, the War is at
I an end, and Germany for a generation arbiter
of the world.
-SIR-FRAACIS-DRAKVS-HEURS, -
Drakes Who Are Geese
. The-New York papers of
_yesterday contain
the following:
Some 200 descendants of Sir Francis Drake
met yesterday at the litandreth House to con
fer in retard to the recovery of the Admiral's
former estates in I evons I ire awl Yorkshi
England. Sir Francis Drake, the twelfth sou
of Sir Thomas Drake, of Yorkshire, - entered
- the naval service of England at an early age,
attained great renown and amassed a fortune
of some £2,000,000 sterling. The property
was, according to English cUstom, strictly en
-tailttd,_and_descended_to_the_ oldest son, until
the entail was broken; and the fifth Sir
Francis Drake dying, bequeathed to his daugh
ter the manor house at Walton, a miniature of
Queen Elizabeth set in diamonds, gold plate,
and 7,000 pounds of silver plate. The Ameri
can heirs claim to be the lineal descendants of
- Sir - Thouras Drake—the—male—brainch--cuti_olf_.
through this will in favor of the daughter. The
American descendants first came to this coun
try in 1642, and settled in New Hampshire,
where shortly after another branch of the fam
ily, great-grandchildren of the great .Sir Fran
cis, made their homes in New Jersey, near the
present town of Elizabeth. During the early
part of the present century, an Irish descendant
became convinced, by the examination of
documents in Doctor's Commons, that
the immense inheritance belonged by right to
that branch of the family settled in New
Jersey, and advised them to prosecute, without
delay, their legal rights to the property. While
Mr. Adams was Minister at the Court of St.
James, they addressed a memorial embodying
the above facts, and asked that the customary
steps might be taken to enable them to estab
lish their claims. He teferred them to Ser
geant Fisher as being the best searcher of ex
tinct title in England. That gentleman ac
cordingly undertook the arduous task, and
traced through some twenty lines down to the
present day, the only break 'in three genera
tions being some twenty years. He is confi
dent of ultimately succeeding in finding this.
A Valuable Property
The bulk of the property at stake lies in the
county of Devon, England, and some of the
estates are now occupied by parts of the city
of London. The whole is estimated to be at
present worth $125,000,000, a sum quite big
enough to tempt any man by the name of Drake
to fight for it against all odds. Dr. I3erkinst,of
Philadelphia. who married one of the Drake
family, was the first person to inaugurate the
movement for the restoration of the property to
the rightful heirs, and has now in his possession
copies of the will of Sir Francis himself, of
Thomas, his brother, and that of the descend
ant who broke the entail. ,At the meet
ing yesterday he.read :the copies and a very
elaborate report as to what he had discovered
during his investigations into the matter of the
right of the present holders to the property.
The report showed that actual descendants
of Joseph Drake. were now living in „New
Jersey, Maine and Orange county in this State.
Before the meeting broke up, after the reading
of the report, a permanent committee was ap
pointed to collect assessments from all parties
interested in the estates in question, the funds
so obtained to be used in paying the expenses
that would be incurred in the searching after
the " lost heirs" and their lost rights.
Blslorlc parautom
"The reign of Louis XIV.," says Mr.
Ilettner, in hiS able work on the literature of
the eighteenth century, " which began so
gloriously, ended in a manner that could not
have been foreseen. The last years of his rule
shook to its lowest foundations the edifice of
his monarchy. This result has been attributed
to accidental causes, to the fact that the King's
ailments incapacitated him from attending to
business as he bad formerly done, and led WM
to place himself' in the power of an able and
spirited but bigoted saint, Mdme. de Maintenon.
But why should one poor mortal presume to
play the part of Divine Providence for a great
kingdom, and indeed for the whole civilized
world? The true reason lies far deeper. The
tragedy of Louis XIV. is the tragedy of abso
lutism. The same principle which had given
Louis greatness and might caused them
gradually to wane; that Which, in the King's
opinion, was meant to strengthen and extend
the unity and power of the State and the
monarchy, only weakened and overthrew
them."
The King had to resist the unruly tendon
; cies of his people ; although himself no ~e neral,
le sought to waste-in-foreign-wars-Soseele
i ments of discord and danger which might have
troubled the commonwealth at home. lie ary..
: _pears to have been the first to understand the
truth Of the well-known• saying that Frano.
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can only be governed by fear and wonder—
lar of the might of her master, and 'wonder
at such warlike exploits as dazzle and surprise
,the nation. "The noblest and dearest occu
pation of kings," wrote Louis, f 4 is to extend
the boundaries of their realms.'?. ,
deed, not as yet perfected what may he called
the jargon of -annexation, - nor, • in
deed, discovered some of 1, the • more
recently_ invented _means of:nouipti,ssing the
enlargement of a kingdom. Tbe.dbettine of
geographical frontiers, was in' existence, but
wanted a name. What has been wittily termed
the vested interest in her - neighbors weak
nesses was a recognized entity, but had as yet
only arrived at an imperfect stage of its devel
opment. The doctrine of nationalities was as
yet unborn; it must, how Aver, be frankly ad
mitted that, with the defective theories and
principles•at his disposal; he did - all that in bird
lay in pursuit of the " noblest and 'dearest oc
cupation of kings." We may blame Louis
for his ambitious schemes, bin, We should al
ways recollect that he was as great in misfor-;
tune as lie was in prosperity—that, although
stricken iu years and enfeebled by sickness, he
was fully determined to die at the • head of his
generals rather than allow the allies to capture
Paris.
The enthusiasm kindled throughout Ger
many by late events has struck many English
men as a thing unaccountable in its suddenness
and vehemence. That Germans of all kinds
and classes,
from every quarter of the globe,
should flock from workshop, honie, or pastime,
to swell the host that is now invading France
may well seem strange.' But we shall more
easily understand the phenomenon when we
look back to the events of the early part of the
century.: It will then appear that hatred of
-France and of .the .name of ;Napoleon, of the
Erbfeind, or hereditary enemy, is, SA it Were,
an heirloom handed down to the present gene
ration' by their gtandfatherS ' - and that the
recurrence of events akin to those of 1813
could hardly fail to arouse the same feelings
which were rife during the war,of, liberation.
In illustration of the above .we subjoin a copy
of an appeal addressed in March, 1814, " to the
men and youths -of Rhineland by Justus
Grfiner, Governor-General at Treves, exhort
ing them to enrol themselves as volunteers and
fight for their common country.", This docu
ment-was-.issued just-before _the invasion of
France by the allies. - '. • . .-- .
" God has judged! The Lord has saved us!
The reign of impiety is at an end. It aimed at
the destruction of our German Fatherland. • Our
fairest lands were torn from us--th - e - aricient ec
clesiaStical principalities, the seat of pious and
worthy princes of the Church and empire; the
blooming regions of the Rhine, the Moselle and
the Saar • Germany's free and lovely moun
tains, and with them their indwellers, a people
faithful, honest, induAious and lovable. Yes,
countrymen; for twenty years you ,have been
severed from us, brothers from brothers, chil
dren from their common parent ;long,-dread
ful-years during which yon - underwent - the'
.yoke of slavery. You were forbiddento use
your own language, your commerce was im
-paired,..your_industry__paralyzed,-:_yout _sons_
were slain in foreign lands for foreign ends,
your daughters dishonored. Shall a, foreign
tongue, a foreign - thraldom, again -coerce or
*humble you, dishonor yourlies,
and desecrate your altars? ever'
' Men of Rhineland, arise ! hasten - eek
around the German banner, to fight a holy
fight tbr your country . a er •ge ber, ye
men of the Rhine, the Moselle, and-the Saar!
Liberated Germans! the welfare of Germany
is at stake! Nobles and landowners! fight for
your dignity, wealth, andLpossessions.- _Citi
zens! tight to preserve the ancient rights of
your citizenship. Peasants! your fields and
villages, the fruits of your_ toil, the welfare of
your sons, are being fought for. Men of every
degree ! your trade and crafts, arts and sciences,
rights and customs will again be called into be
ing, the very life of the nation Will he renewed.
Parents ! Thank God that you have lived to
see this glorious day. Bless your children who
- can - take - part-in - the- -task ! As Abraham was
ready to sacrifice his only son, so be ye . ready
to send forth yours to the holy war, that they
may fight for the cause, for your honor, for
your children and children's children.
" Priests of the Eternal! ministers of the Gos
pel ! teach the people the word of Gbd and
their own duty. Call upon them in the name
of the Almighty—seize the holy cross and go
forward in His name. Where the banner of
faith waves, there victory is certain, honor in
separable, fame eternal, and death—immortal
life !"
It may be remembered that shortly before
this somewhat highly flavored appeal was is
sued, Napoleon bad said : " Quant aux Alle
mands, ils.sont assez nombreux, mais ne va
lent pas grande chose. Its ont de l'enthusiasme,
mais cela ne tient pas devant la poudre a ca
non. Ona sauleve les nations contre moi,
mais je leur apprendrai leitr vrai int era."
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best description of the kinds specified, be put
-Ititto-the-entire-satisfaction-of-the-Stiperin
tendent and as directed-by him, and will not
be accepted until tested by actual use and
found satisfactory and efficient in their work
ing. Everything necessary to put them in
complete working order will be required to be
furnished by the contractor; whether men
tioned in the specifications and shown on the
plans or not.
Proposals will be made for the entire work
as specified, to be completed on or before the
Ist day of December, 1870.
The department reserves the right to reject
any or all of the bids if it be deemed for the
interest of the Government to do so, and any
bid that_ does not conform in every respect to
the requirements of this advertisement will
not be considered. Plans, specifications and
forms of proposals may be 'procured on -appli
cation to this office.
All proposals will require to be made on the
printed form, and be accompanied by the bond
of two responsible persons, in the sum of five
thousand dollars, that the bidder will accept
and perform the contract, if awarded to him.
The bond must be approved by the United
States District Judge or Clerk of the United
States Court of the district in which the bidder
resides.
Payments will be made monthly upon the
estimates of the Superintendent, deducting
ten per cent. until the final completion of the
contract.
Proposals must be enclosed in a sealed en
velope, addressed to the Superintendent, and
indorsed "Proposals for Machinery, Heating
and Fire Extinguishing Apparatus.
CHARLES S. CLOSE,
Supt. App. Stores,
No. 219 Lodge street,
Philadelphia. I'a.
will 30t§
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES.—OF
FICE OF PAYMASTER UNITED
STATES NAVY, NO. 425 CHESTNUT
STREET.
Pnii.Amia.rnia, August 25, 1870.
SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed "Pro
posals for Supplies, " will be received at this
oflice.until 12 o'clock M. on the tweJlth of
SEPTEMBER next, for furnishing the United
States Navy Department with the following
articles, to be of the best quality, and subject
to inspection by the Inspecting Officer in the
Philadelphia Navy Yard,where they are to be
delivered, when required, free of expense, to
the government, for which security must be
given :
FOR BUREAU OF CONSTRUCTION
AND REPAIRS
5,000 lid. feet white pine,lst condnon, 2 inch.
10,000 " ii ii ~ I el
10,000 " I i if CC /"
10,0(10 " y " a.l ' "
10,000 " - " " 2d " 1 "
5,000 " • "1' _Panel -'' 5
5,000 " ‘, v , 41 4 "
5,000 " iC 1I IC 3 44
II
10,000 " 4, i, 2 "
II
5,000 " IC if I.i. fl
5,000 " if ii ii 1} "
To be well seasoned, from 12 to 10 feet long.
from 12 to 18 inches wide
:10,000 I,d. feet White Pine Stage Plank, 3
inches thick, not less than :35 feet long, from
12 to 14 inches wide, square edged.
Bidders are referred to the NAVAL CON
STB Navy Yard, here, for informa
tion as to quality, time of delivery, etc., and
the right is reserved to reject all bids that are
not considered advantageous to the Gover
ment
ROBERT PETTIT,
Paymaster,
au2ls-th&saft United States Navy,
MIIMM
SAXON GREEN
Is Brighter, will not Nude, costs less than any other,
cause it will Paint twice nil much surface.
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS IN
P A I N T S .
J. H. WEEKS & CO , Manufacturers,
122 N. Yoporth Street, .14010elphin
iY2Btti s to
- Eit EN TSr EV RN I Sill N cr-GO ODS.
PATENT SHOULDER - SEAM SHIRT
MANUFACTORY.
ordero for thee° celobr b a r t i tg i l o trgeupplied promptly
Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods,
• Of late etyles in full variety.
WINCHESTER & CO.
706 0 lIESTNUT.
fe3•tu th a tf
yisa -- on, --- .--456)3mtlegrara - caurs.vot,
'ori,d sweet FM Oil, low-priced, for sale by EDNY
T BOWLSIN-1613ontialfront street. . _ _- -
FINANCIAL.
J. W. & CO..
BANKERS,.
42 - SOUTH - THIRD STREET
Negotiate Loans, Buy 'and Sel
Government and other re
jiable Securities.
isSlmw ll➢ 4
JAY .COOKE & CO.,
Philadelphia; New York and Washin g ton,
EtA.iSTIKUJEtS,
AND
Dealers in Government Securities.,
Special attention given to the Purchase end Bale o
Bonds and Stocks on Commission, at the Board of Bro
kers In this and other cities.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS.
.GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT AND SOLD
RELIABLE RAILROAD BONDS I.OR INVEST.
DIEM.
Pamphlets and full informatlon given of our alto.' •
Wo. 114 S. Third Street,
. mb29-tf rp
UNITED. STATES SECURITIES
BOUGHT, SOLD AND EX.CLUNGED
"MOST . L, BER XL" T MS
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COUPONS CASHED.
PACIFIC RAILROAD BONDS
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- STOCKS
Bought and Sold On'CoMilliSsioki Only
Accounts received and Interest allowed on Daily
Balances, subject to check at sight.
tf
DE I YEN T A Rilt
40 South Third St.,
PHILALDEILIPHIA.
.9tl
A Choice and Undoubted Security.
7 Fier Cent. G-old
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS,
Coupon or negistered,ond Free of U.S.Tax
ISSUED BY TELE
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Min-
nesota R. R. Co.
A Limited Quantity still offered for sale at
60 AND ACCRUED INTEREST.
INTEREST PAYABLE MAY AND NOVEMBER.
WMI9I2Nt Trustees. 1(T,
The greater part of the road is already completed, and
the earnings from the finished portion are already more
than sufficient to pay operating expenses and interest on
the bonds. The balance of the work is progressing
rapidly, in time for the movement of the coming grain
crops, which, it is estimated, will double the present in
come of the road.
The established character of this line, running as it
does through the heart of the most thickly settled and
richest portion of the great State of lowa, together with
its present advanced condition and largo earnings, war
rant us in unhesitatingly recommending' theso bonds
to investors as, in every respect, an undoubted security.
These bonds have 50 years to run, are conyertible at
the option .of the holder into the stock of the Company
at par, and the payment of the principal is provided for
by a sinking fund. The convertibility privilege at
tached to these bonds cannot fall to cause them at no
distant day to command a market price considefably
above par, besides paying about 9 par cont., currency,
interest in the meanwhile. United states Five twenties
at present prices, only return 5 per cent., and we regard
the security equally safe.
HENRY CLEWS & CO.,
32 Wall Street, New York.
TOWNSEND WHELEN & CO., Philada.
BARBER BROS. & CO., if
KURTZ & HOWARD, if
BOWEN & FOX,gg
DE-HANEN-&-BRO., cc
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TO TRUSTEES AND EXECUTORS.
1
The cheapest investment authorized by aw are the
General Mortgage Bonds of the
Pennsylvania R. R. Co.
APPLY TO
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BAN KERN AND BROKERS,
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DENTISTRY .
THIRTY YEARS' ACTIVE PRA°.
TICE.--Dr. FINE, No. 219 Vino 'Arcot, below
Third, inserts the handsomest Tooth in the city,
at prices to suit all. Teeth Plugged, Teeth Repaired,
Exchanged, or Remodelled to suit. Gas and Ether. "No
pain in extracting. Office hours. Bto 5. mh26-e,m,tu6ml
gPAL DENTALLINA. —A SUPERIOR
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ich infect them, giving tone to the gnms, and leaving
a fooling of fragrance and perfect cleanliness in the
month. It may be need daily, and will be found to
strengthen weak and bleeding gums, while the aroma
and detereivenees will recommend it to every one. Be.
tog composed with the assistance of the Dentist, PhYsi•
clans and Microsccipiet, it is confidently offered as •
reliable substitute for the uncertain washes formerly in
vog
it e l;sc ' nt Dentleite, acquainted with the :constituents
of the Dentallina, advocate its use; it contains nothing
to prevent its unrestrained employment. Made only la,
JAMES T. SHINN, Apothecary ,® Broe.d - and Spruce strode. —
Nem sale by Druggiets generally, and cdag
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Bossard & Co., __ Robert 0. Davie,
O. R. Kenny, Geo. C. Bower,
Isaac H. Kay, atlas. Shivers,
C. 11. Needles, B. M. McColin,
T. J. Husband, S. O. Bunting,
Ambrose Smith, Chas. H. Eberle,
Edward Parrish, James N. Marks,
Wm. B. Webb, E. Bringhnret & Co„
James L. Biepham, Dyott R Co.,
Hughes & Combo, • H. O. Blair's Sons,
Henry A :Bower. Wveth & Bro..
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I. MAULE (gentlemen in our employ for several years
past) the Stock,Good Will and Fixtures of our RETAIL
ESTABLISHMENT, located at the corner of THIRD
and PEAR streets, in this city,-that branch of our busi
neap, together with that of HEATING and VENTILA
TING PUBLIC and PRIVATE BUILDINGS, both by
_STEAM and HOT WATER, in all its various
systems, will be carried on under the firm name of
PANCOAST & MAULE, at the old stand, and we re
commend them to the trade and business publio as balms
entirely competent to perform all work of that character.
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•
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Beth Rollers, Registers, Ventilators, &C.
Bend for Circular. '
THE AMERICAN STOVE AND 1101 a
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IRON FOUNDERS,
(Buccomore to North, Chase & North, Sharpe & Thom
son, and Edgar L. Thomson,)
Manufacturers of STOVES, HEATERS, THOMSON'S
LONDON KITCHENER,, TINNED, ENAMELED
AND TON HOLLOW WARE.
FOUNDRY, Second and Mifflin Streets.
OFFICE, 209 North Second Street.
FRANKLIN LAWRENCE, Superintendent. •
EDMUND 8.. SMITH, Treasurer.
JNO. EDGAR THOMSON,
President. JAMES HOEY,
General Manager
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A STATE Anti-Chlnese Coniention Ls to be
- called in California. -
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VICE ADDIIIIAL PORTER li a r neer' appointed
Admiral to succeed Farragut.
TILE President is expected in Washington,
after September,lst, for a day or two, to hold a
Cabinet meeting.
Tni Ely flonr_mllls at St. Valli, near Utica
N. Y. were destroyed by the yesterday morn
THE Milwaukee Sentinel has been sold for
$25,000, to the 'Wisconsin Publishing Associa
.
THE 6.30 train from New York last evening,
was thrown from the track near East Newark,
by a tnisplaeed switch. All the trains were
delayed severalhours. .
TUE Republican Convention of the Third
Vermont.—District yesterday re-nominated
Worthington (1‘; Smith for Congress 'by accla
mation. -
San Francisco, the Republicans have•de
cided to nominate a separate ticket against the
Democrats, instead of supporting the. 44 Pao
pie's" candidates.
THE building in Maiden Lane, New York,
occupied by. Wheelock & Ketchum ' oil refiners,
was damaged by fire yesterday to the amount
of - $40,000. Mr. Wheelock and four other
men were badly injured.
,
THE Mutual Base Ball Club beat the Union
at Morrisania, New York, yesterdly, by a
score of 18 to 10. The Forest City. Club, of
Cleveland, beat the Pastime at Baltimore,-yes
terday, by a score of 22 to 18.
Nlcof..A:s Ascuvarn, a special envoy of the
Spanish Government,.. has .arrived in NeW
'York. His mission, it is said, is to ascertain;
consultation: with the Cultanidatlers.lnpa
what terms they will'accept-peace for-Ctiba.
JACOB W. PIERCE, a leading capitalist of
•31aisaelnisetts; was shiC 'at - on WedneSdaY
night, while.ddving on the road from Waltham
to his residence in Brookline. The noise
frightened his horse, which ran oil; and Mr.
Pierce was thrown from his carriage and so
badly injured that he died yesterday. It is sup
posed that the man who fired at him intended
robbery.
THE Republicans of the Fourth District of
Illinois, have renominated John B. Hawley for
Congress, and the Democrats of the Fourth
Wisconsin District have renominated Charles
A. Eldridge." In, the . Second Illinois (Mr. Farn.s
worth's) District, the Democrats have nomi
nated Andrew J. Hunter. In the Third lowa
District, the Republicans have nominated W.
C. Donovan to succeed Wm. B. Allison. -
THE NVAIL
LONDON, August 25.—[Special to the New
York Tribune.)—Our correspondent, writing
from Rbeinis on August 8, sends very impor
tant and late news of the French movements,
which are not, allowed, to be telegraphed. Last
night there were about 150,000 'troops about
Rheims under 31aatalion, and during the
night they - began to move toward Ardennes,
and are still moving in_ that direction, and_by
noon this town
road
be entirely evacuate d. They take the. road to" Bethel and Mezieres,
but_even_the otricers_domot know tow far they
will go iii that direction. If what is believed
here-about - Bazaine is true, the two armies will
soon be united. Bazaine is reported at head
quarters to have said that lie could beat the
enemy on — the-= - 20th, - but - if - he-wai nun
August could annihilate them.
This . afternoon the march of the troops.
which began las . t'tilglit, continues, Artillery,
infantry, and cavalry are passing uninter
ruptedly through the town. It is raining hard ,
to-day.. I.compute that nearly 200,000 French
in all have passed.
There Is-no - longer a doulit about the diree
tion of this movement. Frouu officers of the
baggage and supply trains I learn that they
have orders to go direct to Motdmedy.
Two baggage men who had tried to get to
ward Verdun had been stopped by Lallans, and
all reports agree that every road thither. was
and is picketed by the I'russians.
Reorganization proceeds with the- utmost;
despatch. As one example, a supply train of
500 wagons, fully organized, reached Rheims
from Verdun in^ three days. High officers
here are positive that a part of Baz.aine's farces
are between Briey and Etain. Our own move
ments from Rheims to join him are made with
the utmost secrecy.
The second army, of reserves, now forming
near Chalons, composed of old soldiers, will
reach :150,000 men.
The Emperor will command the Imperial
(uard in person.
Lois; uoN, August 25.—The Tribune corres
pondent at the headquarters of the Crown
Prince, on the 17th inst., says : " There is no
delay in our advance. Town after town is
occupied, which you may bear of, but you can
scarcely realize the extent of the invasion.
While the Crown Prince has advanced through
Northern Alsace into Lorraine, two other Ger
man armies have entered French territory from
Rhenish Prussia, and the reserves are ever in
creasing. It is no exaggeration to say that the
conquered provinces will barely hold the troops
poured into them.
The . Tribune correspondent. writes from
Paris; on August: 24 - : "'Before the ChalonS
camp was raised it . was fired to prevent the
Prussians from occupying it, and to destroy a
large quantity of stores they had no time to re
move. The telegraph clerks and other officials
only got orders on the previous :evening to
paelt iip'.!'
The bombardment -of Strasbourg is said to
have inflicted but little damage thus far.
- Heavy siege artillery is coming . up from Lan
dau, Hastadti Mavence, and other Prussian
fortresses.
The war loan is a striking failure compared
with former subscriptions. 4d4ing the esti
mated cost-of - effecting- the lothr, - the . deficieriey'
of subScflptions on the first day is 185,000,000
francs, while the former Imperial loans were
covered . many times over. The full amount of
this will be nominally made up, but a consider
able part by sUbseriptionS of spe6ulaU)i . s who
cannot pay the calls. •
Troche's power daily appears more nominal
than real. He said himself yesterday to Gam
betta that he bad none, confessing its
ness but inallilltylto—allow the reappearance of
the Cloche and: Left Centre' newspapers, re
cently suppressed.
Persigny said yesterday to some American
friends . that the want of capacity and fidelity
among the Imperialists had destroyed the!Eta
pire. The moderate Republicans thin to
think it time to act, and they chafe at the
slowness of the Left. • -
The Baltimore Bonaparte,`just pain - toted to
a lieutenant 7 colonelcy, has not joined his regi
ment, but is Practically cominandatit at the
Tuilleries. He says the Empress behaves with
due pluck and dignity. The story that she
wrote to the Emperor "to put Louis under fire
and not where spent balls fell," is not true, but
iL is true that she spoke Impatiently - Of the Em,
perm! for not - ekpOsing,,himself.
The government.: still withholds aims from .
all who refuse to go, to the : front,
PAms, Aug. f 25.1.0 the Collis Legislatif
yesterday a motion of. M. Keratry, totelarge -
the Committee on Defence, was discusSed, ,
Keratry. defended, •-proposal ; and
Duvernois replied. '
M. Favre declared that tlib misfortunes.of
the country came from that, fatal mismanage
ment to which ; the Chamber had been forced
to submit: This . Should be, Said be, answered'
If it is to Maintain a dynasty that tlie . ..ecnlntr.
must'fight.- ' • • 7 '
• Thirreinainder'ef tire - SentenCO':Wals:
t ,uproarand tumult which these words ,
• caused.
M. Bouffet, said the only question now was
bow to drive foreigners from our" - soil. This
was received with great applause, and the close
of the debate was ordered by a vote of 210 to
55, and tbapropOSition'ofM. Keratry was their
rejected
,by a vote of 200 to 40.
M. Gambetta demanded the news elite war, ,
and especially concerning a bittle.and the - post-'
tion of the Prussiarlsk,,. •
Chevriqui kinister of the Interior,
replied that ilarshal Bazaino was too
greatly occupied to send reports,' and
added that the telegraph gave no "indica
tion of any engagement to-day (Wednesday).
It was true that Prussian scouts had been seen
in the departments.of the Marne and the Aube,
but in this respect no furtber advices could be
given. lie concluded by stating that if the
French troops had left Chalons, it was with
the object of insuring the defence of the
country.'t.
• In the Corps Legislatif yesterday the Min
ister of War declared that the " franc tireurs "
were regularly enrolled and' registered at the
Ministry of War,.and must be considered as
belonging to the army.
Thiers . announced in the name of the
committee appointed to decide ; on the props?,
sition of M. Kemtry, that they Were unable to
arrange the matter with the government, arid
thus the matter Is left to. Count Pallkao; who,
as a proof of his confidence in the Chambers,
will select three deputies to form part of the
Committee of Defence. The selections were
made yesterday, at the Council of Ministers,
but have not been accepted by the Chambers.
The Chamber 'then dissolved.
PA 11l s August 25, Evening.—The Figaro of
this evening contains the following : " A person.
who arrived from the vicinity of EpernaT to
night states that he was informed there that
the Prussians were< defeated to-day between
•
Verdun and Chalons. • '
GrouOr of .Prussian stragglers land. cavalry
and infantry. were.. - •continually.- coming -.into
Chalons. The combat commenced at three
A. M.; and the news reached Chalons and
Epernay about three P. M. Nothing definite
is stated as to the number of men engaged,
but, according to rumor, the entire army of
Prince Charles was in the fight. .
"Orders havabeen received to evacuate Eper
nay to-morrow. The trains going east on the;
railway from Paris to Epernay are stopped at
Chateau. Thierry, which is now the terminus of
the-line." •
A remittance has been received from Dublin
in aid of wounded French ..soldiers: The Fin
press Eugenie acknowledges' the contribution
in a note, in which she says : "This offering to
the wounded French is received with grati
tude. The generous sentiments which have
inspired this act, and your wishes for the
succets , of our arms and happiness of the Im
perial family, have profoundly touched his Ma
jesty."-
The ,Prussian troops closely surround• Stra
sbourg, yet a - Government treasurer Managed
to escape with over 12,000.000 f.
Pants, Aug. 25.--4 Special to the Y. Tel
rgrant.)—Tbe report of an attempt to assassi
nate MacMalion- is cuffe — fiFtlits'inorning, hitt
without any particulars.
e•triforeetnents:for the-army -continne-to—go—
forward. Among others,. a number of Arab
chiefs have gone to the front. A corps of
Poles-I , organizu3g - for servic* irr the - French
army. Zt is now positively ascertained that
the camp at Chalons has been liurned by order
of the commander-in-chief. • The prices of food
in the roar oahe Prns 'lan •
exOrbitantly. Bread in 'Rhineland is seventy
dve centimes a loaf. A further bombardtnent
of Strasbourg has taken place , without any ye-
- LoNnox, August 24.—C.Spectal to the New
York Ilerabl.]-7A despatch from Vienna
states that "Count Chiotek, Ambassador of
-Austria to Russii,--who - here in cousuith
tion with Bat-On Von Beus - t,has returned to his
-post."
Muchsigniticance is placed on the appoint
ment of Count Norikoff as Russian Ambassa
dor at Vienna, in consequence of his famili
arity with the Eastern question, and the
marked friendly tone recently adopted towards
Michel Alois NeY; - Diike of . .Elchingen, re
ceived three sabre cuts across the face at the
battle, of Gravelotte. lie was promoted to a
colonelcy on the field. The defence of Toul by
the National Guard and the Garde Mobile Is
described as very gallant.
At Sainte Marie aux Chenes Marshal Can
robert threw himself before his troops, and, af
ter a sharp sword combat with a Prussian offi
cer, drove the enemy back.
It is said that the, garrison at Brussels has
received orders to march to the frontier imme
diately.
LON nos, August 25.—1 n the absence of offi
cial news from the armies, it is believed here
that the Prussians will not hurry the attack
upon Paris, but will tura their attention to the
reduction of Metz and' the 'destruction of Ba
zaine's army, leaving the crown Prince to cut
the French communications with Paris, watch
MacMahon,
and check any for Ward movement
on his part for the relief of Metz. It is further
believed that the Prussians are strong enough
to disregard MacMahon's reinforcements, com
posed as they are of raw troops.
A 'special despatch from Berlin says that
since last Tuesday Metz .has .:been completely
surrounded by a-strongly entrenched force of
Prnssians., No attempt at sally had
,been„mp.de
- up to noon yesterday.
Preparations for the siege of Metz seem for.
midable, and the entrenchments proceed . with
great activity.
- The Paris papers are persuading themselves
thet liazaine is realizing some deep-laid strat
egy.
LONDON, August 25.—Advices from Berlin
state that in consequence of the renewed
rumors of Italian intervention in favor of
France, the Prussian government has adopted
precantionary ineasures. Special
.eottriers
01, to-day for Rome and Florence with de
spatches.
Prince Felix Salm-Salm, distinguished for
his services in the American and Mexican wars,
Was killed in the battle of August 15. He
was major of the 4th Regiment of Prussian
Grenadiers of the Guard, and fell at the head of
his men.
The city of Hamburg is filled with troops,
with French iron-clads blockading Cuxhaven.
There ar6 three Merchant 'steamers, supposed
to be prizes.
13Ent,tx, August 2.4.;, 7.30 P. M.—The. Prus
sian 311.miteur states that King William's head
quarters have been removed from Pont-a-
Mousson to Bar-le-Dtic. The headquarters of
the first and second armies are near Metz,
while the other corps continues Rs nutech on
Purls.
LoNno*, Augnst folloWing official
despatch from Berlin has just been received :
The government has received a despatch dated
Bar-le-Buc,'laSt, evening, to the abet that
ChclonS haS been
.evacuated by the French,
and that,a Prussian cultunu is west of Chalons,
Ovancing rsliidly.
1111PORTATION,S..
fif . bortod for the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
BREMEN—Bark Reck (NW, Denker-17 des wino LI
D Lankenan; 54 do wool y Win &
Sons; 2 do books Sthafer & en
o ar ra n
di; 7 dmdse Klemm &
Bro; 186 do clay 50 erte bottles 742 demijohns G I.Woltion;
91 orb, bottles 10 cs glassware 17 cke miss Geo W & Thos
Voigt; 5 pkgs radii° Jationtzky & Co, 2 es pictures Geo 0
Evans; 91 do toys Gross & olgt 21 do - nide° Ad Forster;
6 do lease J C Eberhardt; .1 do rads° . Scott i k Day; 8 do
fern and liaise Clum F Vogeli 07 do Ithise - G A SchWarzi
140 do Geo Doll & Co; 2 cks wine Phil Dpullstell ;6 cases
1111180 Wlegmanu.& Winters; 106 do clay Chen F Az•Geo G
Loullg . ; JlO.OO, styles. Ostheimer & Woddward;, 443 bags
mdse no CB clay 32 eke wino 1463 bogs mdso cam-m(113e
o rer,
• SA OlJA—Bark • Rachel, Norton- 584 hhda sugar 60 tee
do 3 bids do 8& w Welsh. • • • -
LIVERPOOL-81dp Record, Colferl3so sacks Worth
ington's tine salt 700 do
llnnun & Son,: • . •
giggintes do 8735 do ground salt
SA NTANDNIR—Bark I Jeiitiolinitli, - Faidknoi-;500 --
tons old rai road Ron Naylor & Co,
ST Joll. N John, 11 Atwood. Ohintborazo; 'Cloombs-1,017 5011
lathe
PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1870.
or ourApz isrEamim.'
TO ARRIVE
- - . . •
:RUIN r IRoM Wok. DATE.
Leopold I. - Antwerp... New York. ~. ..
...,...Aug. 10
City of Cork Liverpool...N York via li . B...Atlit• 13
... Wisconsin ..... ...... Liverpool..... New, York:' 'Aug. 16
' Yrsnce. ' Livespool...New York.. Aug. II
Ifritaxinia- ...... ..i...Bitisnow,..New York.. ,- Aug, 17
City•of ldoxlco-Vere Crtm...New York VII). 11 Aug. 18
Oman Queen A 13pin - wall—Novi York Aug. 18
City of Paris Liverpoel...New. York :: Aug Ail
Java._ • Liverponl...New York Aug. 'O.l
Ang1ia.......,...- ...... . . Hinsgow...New,York. ...... ..:......Aug. 20
Cof Antuierp....LiverpooLLN my - York ' '. . Aug. 22
Siberia, ' Liverpool... New York via B Aug. 23
TO DE PAIII.. : _ •
Tonawanda.- Philedelpin a...Sayan nah Aug. 27
Dennittyk,......:.,..Now York...Havre . - Aug. 27
C of 'Washing'n''New York... Liverpool Aug. 27
Paraguay - New York...London....‘ Aug. 27
Helvetia New Ycirk.....Livorptiol . Aug 27
India • New lark-Glasgow. Aug. 27
Colorado' - New Y.ork...Llvorpool Aug. 31
Scotia ' New York... Liverpool Ang. 31
Batavia* New York.,Liverpool. Sept. 1
Columbia* New York... Bavaria ...,. Sept. *3
Perelre'`... New York-Havre. -Sept, 3
City of Faris' ....New Y0r1 , ...tiverp001.....,—. Sept 3
Anglia New York... Glasgo- Sept. 3
Cortes New York... New Orleans. . Sept. 3
Moravian* . Qiiebec...Liverpool*.. Kept. 3
Holland.— New York... Liverpool..- Sept. 3
ilftr" The steamers designated by an 'asterisk (") carry
the United States Mails.
BOARD !DP 'TRADE.
THOS. GOOD. •
CHRISTIAN J. HOFFMAN, MonruLY 00111141117118
THOS. C. HAND.
AUBIVED. YESTERDAY.
Ship Record (Br). Colfer.A3 days from Liverpool, with
salt to Wm Bunko. & Son.
Steamer Volunteer. Jones, 24 Injure from Now York.
With rodeo to John F Ohl.
with
S F Brown, 24 hours from New York,
with rodeo to W D 1 - Baird d: Co.
with
railroadr), Faulkro'r,GG days from Sautaniler,
with old iron to .Naylor Co—veamel to L Wes
tergaard & CO. ' -
Bark Caro. Beals, 4 days from Perth Amboy, in bal
feet to,Peter Wright & Sons. .
Brig Plaripoea, Nevins. 4 days from Boston, in ballast
to Lennox & Burgess.
Schr Aunie.Aniuden, hangs, G days from Garitiner.3lp.
with ice to .litiickerbocker lee Co-4'page] to Knight &
Schr H A Rogers. Frarnhes, from Boston, with fish
to captain. , • , .
Schr Hiawatha. NOWMOrd, 3 days from ' Newburyo9rti
with m(180 to Knight A: Sons. • • •
Behr John Shay, Tilton: from Boston, with ice to Car
penter Ice Co.
ISchr E - G Willard. Parrom,6 days from Portland, with
mane to Crowell & Nicholson.
chr Ida Lewis.Ettette,44l;ye from New York in bal
last to Knight & eons.
[tar Ida la. 'Beane, G days . from Boston, with lathe - to
Nnight & Sone. .
Sebr Arthur Itowe,Day. 7 days from James Itlver,wlth
lumber to Collins & Co:
rchr Vandals:l, carimbell, - I day from Leipsic, Del.
grain to Jos E Palmer.
Schr F B Coltop. Robinson, Fall River,
Schr S A Hudson, nucleon, Boston.
Seim Henry. Merritt, Iketoll.
'SchrJ'3l Broomall, Dougltuss, - Boston.
Schr A S Irelan, Townsend, Boston.
Schr F,yybraim & Anna, Ilaaklll, Boston.
'raw M. Gage, feathers. Boston.
Schr It S Corson. Cotton. Salem.
Schr Ella Hay, Hasklll, Providence,
Schr L A &se, tinnih, Lynn. •
Schr Ida A Jayne. Jayne, Now. York.
r - Schr E \Viliiams, Corson New York.
,Schr Erie, Stewart, New York.
Schr Helen Holway, liolway. Now York.
Schr \ role. Cleaver, New York.
_CLEABED_YESTEBH&Y.
Steamer Salvor. Ashcroft, Charleston. Souder & Adams..
Steamer Volunteer. Jones. New York, John F Ohl.
Steamer \V Whilldin.Riggins„Baltimore. A Groves, Jr.
Bark Annie Augusta, Davis, Kingston, .la. G W Berea
doe if Bro.
Brig II ernieg (Br), Lees, Lagnayra and Porto Cabello,
J 'Hallett A Co.
Schr B-F Reeves, Barrio, Boston, L Andenried & Co..
Seta met , Dow. do do
Schr W do do
Schr E De Bart. Low, do ' do
Schr CFYontig,lticliardson, do
rrlir Nellie Treat, Trine, .1., do
Schr American Eagle, Shaw, Providence, do
_Sclir 31 It Carlisle y Northrop, di, do
rclir A blurchio, Simpson. Gloucester. do
Schr A H Cain, Simpson. ~ do. do
Schr A Fuller, ennerson, Salem, . - do
Schr MB, Hay. Haskell. Salem, _ • -
Jr./ liolway;Thoinpecn; Porten:lentil, - - do -
&lir Erie, Stuart
Seltr Sallie B. Bateman. Botton,Borda,Kellut&N
Schr B Ev e FlOYd. Pardon. . do
Schr A Bartlett. Bartlett, Boston, do
Stilt A H Edo ards. Brrtlett, Boston,
fir, ... •• E Gerama-rßrower,Boof
Schr Wm Alter, Brown, NMI ind, do
Schr A Id nrchle, Craig, -do do
Sr i,r 11 Sitnmorr , Cud Trey, Salem, _ 110
Schr J Fitypatrick, Bailey, Salem, - do .
41ar A Johnson. Young, New York, ' X to
- Schr Yr'Tt, Gallagher. do ' •
Schr 'Bourke, Mnrr.-11.WillithanAmre, do
tui N W Magee, Ketchum, Neptdiset, do
Sc) r'/. Steelman. Adams, Boston, J'ltoratiml,Jr. & Bro.
Sg•lo F K Lockwood, Lockwood. Boston, do
sclir D Sewer, Keene,Boston. do__
St I, Cre rest ; rie.-Tiztifffiliftb---- -do
Schr if anr.ibal. Cox. Bangor. do
Schr I Thompson, Endicott, Somerset, do
Schr E Corson. lloqon, Weld, Rice A Co.
Schr Boston. Nickerson, Boston, ' do
Stir Cornelia, Carroll, Norwich,. Hammett, Neill A: Co.
Schr \V hi Wilson, Jarvis. Providence. do
rc hr A C Boy I; ley, Buckley, Dacensport, do
5- hr Kent Hall. Thompson, 'Washington. do
•scbr Cl 3 McFardind, 3.lcFarland, Newport, do
Contonr, r'Tattrt - ntTNeo York - , -- do
Barge Thus Herldne Wolfe, do do
Barge Loogli Foyle, Cowley, to do
Barg, Ella Sailor.
Barge Beading 1211 Nn 69 Byerly, do Ito
Barge Flom int; Jive, Ginnie, do
Barge Eat , . Mayer, Mover, -we>
Barge A lireibollbise,Arnitrong,do do
HAVRE DE GRAC/E. Aug. 24.
IThe following boats left this morning, in tow, and
consigned as follows:
Nu.ie, end Canitnla,with lumber to Patterson
At, Lippincott; Harvey, E D Kennedy, and Minerva.
grain to Haman S: Kennedy; A G Potlethwaite, lum
ber to D li Taylor & Sons; G W Larmour, Daniel Upde
gran, an , 1 Sarah Stokes, do to New York.
Ship David Crockett. Bnrzees, from New York Lrith
April, at an FrabeiFco 24th met.
. _
, Ship Jeremiah Thompson, Kennedy, from New York
36th A prll, at San Francisco yesterday.
Steamer Centipede, Willetts, sailed from Newbnr)
pint lid inst. for this port.
'Steamer Norfolk, Platte. hence at Richmond 23d inst.
•hark Scud, Crosby, from Ph iladelpnia,before reported
towed into Gibraltar, derelict; had struck on Cape
Spartel, Met rudder, and received other danoice.
captain and crew were at Tangier 7th inst. uu the way to
Gibraltar.
Brig Erie, Sears. hence at Galveston 16th inst.
M E Pennell, Eaton, hence at Boston 24th in t.
Schr Vesta, for this port, sailed from St Mary'n, Ga.
16th inst.
Schr Clara Rankin, Felker, cleared at Pensacola 15th
14i4t. for this Dort.
Schr Ida F Wheeler, Dyer, at Pensacola 13th instant
from Motile.
. . . _
.at,tir Linda Beverage, Robinson, from Tremont for
this port, at Portland 23d !net.
MARINE MISCELLANY..
.inspoctedt Yesterday.; whitlesntp- Rousseau - ,
at George Howland's wharf and undergoing repair,.
She is n remarkable vessel. I at Philadelphia in
101 by the celebrated Merchant Stephen Girard, Ow
was purchased about forty years ago by the late Georg,
flow land, of this city, and has since been ein
played in the whale•tishery. 501110 twenty•tive )ears
aro, her live•oak fop Was removed by the Mawr of her
Present owners, George and Matthew 'lowland, and non
tiler, are putting new plank which hod stood the wear
of nearly 70 years. 'The plank were fastened by 'l inch
wrought - coppn—spikeit,-and-t hese,--bet weetr -wind awl
water, were wtint Hometinies to a mere thread ; the wood
had decdy, alarm the trenail holes: mid in borne
tbe seam. hail la•eomesoinewhat hollow. But the white
oak h are as sound as tho day the frame ,
was set up, awl put together-in a manner which excited
the admiration of our best shipwrights. The joints are
all perfect, the floor timbers molded souse twenty inch , ,
diop, and the timber,' lap much more than its ordinary
Mull vessels, giving her much grOater strength. The
Model , theitousseau nailrht_The improred.; - but s,tve-iS
this regard, she is equal and in many respects superior
to most vessels now constructed. Three score and ten
ytars old, she go to sea in CiOtober nett. as strong
to withstand the shock of the storm and the buffeting of
the waves as any new ship clearing for the first time
fresh from the builder's hands.—New Bedford ellerc«ry.
August 2.1. •
FIRE ASSOCIATION
A ar
, el-t"of) PHILADELPHIA,
-,...znoorporateii • March, 27 2 Is2e.
Office—No.. 34 North Fifth Street,
INSURE BUILDINGS, 110DSEHOLD FURNITURN
, AND DIBROHANLISE GENERALLY FROM
LOSS BY FIRE.
(In the city of Philadelphia only.)
Assets January 1, 1870.
*l, 5 7,2 ,7 2 25.
William H. Hamilton, Tß usTE Ch EB
arles P. Bower,
• John Cerrow, Peter Williamson,
George 1. Young • , Jesse Lightfoot,
Joseph R. Lyndell, Robert Shoemaker
• Levi P. Coats, • Peter Armbruster,
Samuel Sperhawitt-. M.ll. Dickinson,. -- • •
• Joseph E. Schell.
WM. B. HAMILTON President,
SAMTI;' r, SPARHAWR., Vice President,
LWM. BUTE'. t.•.'lecretarY.. •
MEE COUNTY FIRE INSURANCE COM
LIL. PANY.--oMee,`No.llB Beath Fourth etreet, belqW
Chestnut, . , ,
"The vire Insurance Company of the County Of Phila
delphia," Ineorporated by theLegieletore of Tennsylva•
Ole in 181114, for indemnity against less or damage by Are,
exclueively.
u..
HAnTIiIes.PERPEtUAL. - : -
I .
.This old and :reliable . institution, with_ample_capitah
Ind contingent fund carefully invaded, continuos to im
ewe buildings, furniture, merchandise, '&o., either per.
manontly nr, for a limite d ' time; against 1.001 or damage
pi. d with allpossible despatch,
by fire, at the lowest rates consietent with the absolute
eget,. of its cnetemors. : I '
',. LOBBOl3 adjusted and
I Mae. J. Sutter, , . ' A ndrew
n, E. Miller,
H e nry Budd, = James N. Stone,
Jahn II p_rn,, , , :Edwin L. Reaktrt
TORS:
t Joseph Meer°, oho ... A :00 y, • ,
ook . Mark Devine.
i tie°lgerd- - 6 "
' BCHEAR
BUD :
DV TE President nt.
•
DEEIJAMUN T. ROZOELET4 /*rotary and Treats=
MARINE BULLETIN.
PORT OF PHILADELPHIA—AtrCasT.26
UN EiRTH. tl 37111Icis WLTZR. 1 57
MEMpILANDL ,
INSU RANCE
INSIJRADIVE.
The Liverpool &, London
and Glo6e Ihs. Co.
Assets Gold, 8i 8,400,cy00
Daily:Receipts; ob
Premiums in 1869, ,zss, b 84,000
Losses zz i 869, - 03 - ,219,000
No. 6 Merchants' Exchange,
Philadelphia.
INSURANCE COMPANY
NORTH AMERICA.
Fire, Marine and Inland Insurance.
INCORPORATED 1794, CHARTER PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL, . . . • . 8500,000
AJSISLTii July 1841870 . . 62.917,906 07
Losses paid stnce orgardr.n.
tion, . .
Receipts of Preminms,lBo9, 61,991,837 45
Interest from Investments,
1869, . . . 114,696 74
Losses Todd, 1869, 82,108;534 19
• • 81,935,386 84
STATEMENT OF -TELE A 8811113.-
First Mortgage on City Property e 770,460 00
United States Governmentand other Loam',
, Bonds and Stocks. - 1,308,052 50
Cash in Bank and in hands . of . Bankers• "187,30T63
Loans on Collateral Security 60,733 74
Motes Receivable, mostly Marine Pre
miums.., 298,408 63
Premiums in course of transmission and in
bands of Agents.... 122,138 89
Accrued Interest, Be-insurance, ace. 39,255 31
Unsettled Marine Premium5........._103,501 67
Real Estate, Office of Company,
80,000 00
Total Assnts July lat 1870.
DIREI
STOBS.
Arthur G. Coffin, Francis B. Cope,
Samuel W. Jones, Edward H. Trotter,
John A. Brown, • Edward 8. Clarke
Charles. Taylor, : T. Charlton Henry,
Ambrose White. Alfred D. Jessup; -
Williath Welsh," ' Louis 0. Madeira,
&Morris Wain, . Chas. W. , Oushman,
John Mason, Clenient A. ariscom,
Geo. L. Harris" William Brocklo.
ARTHURT ' G. COFFIN, PrAident,
CITA . BLES - PLATT, - Vice Pratt.
DI Arnim S MA RIEI, Secretary.
C. 11. BEET Es, Asst Secretary. .
Certificates of Marino Insurance Issued (when de
sired), parable at the Counting House of Messrs.
Brottut, - 131apley - dr Co., Lon-don.
TA.LLA NV A .13. P., Al T 1:1 .A_L SAFETY IPIt3U
LI NANCE COMPANY, incorporated by the Legids
latore of Pennsylvania, /t 35.• •
K. corner of THIRD and - WALNUT etrede,
Philadelphia.
MARINE —INSURANCES -
....On Ironic's, Cargo and Freight to all parte of the world
• INLAND INSURANCES
On goods by river, canal, lake and land cariiag to an
carte of the Union.
FIRE INSURAWES • -
071 Merehandlee ou Sforee;DiceillnEe,
Roues, A.O.
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY
- , .Noveniner I.lSay. - •
$200,000 United States Five Per Cont.V . .
Loan, ten-fortes - 80/6•000 0(
-100,000-United Suttee Six Per Cent.
Loan (lawful money) - 107,760 Of
• 60,000 'United Stales Six Per Cent
___
___ Loan, 1831
4 , 1011 it • 0 . enngy VOIDS IX Or
Cent. Loan. 213.950 02
200,000 Clty of Philadelphia Six Per
Cent Loan (exempt from tax)... 200,925 CIC
100,0(2) State of New Jersey Six Per
Cent. Loan 102,000 00
- 20,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Find
- Mortgage six Per Cent. Bonds_ 19, 00
25,000 Pennolvania Railroad Second
Mortgage Six Per Cent. Bonds— 23,500 ' 25
25,000 14 e,tern Pennsylvania Railroad
_ blortgage Six Per Cent Bonds
(Pennsylvania Railroad guar
antee) 20,000 00
169600 State of Tennessee rive Per
Cent. Loan. 15,000 Ot
7.000 State of Tennessee Six Per Cent.
Loan 4,270 00
12,500 Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, 250 shares stock 14,000 00
5,000 North Pennsylvania Railroad
Companyshares stock
- 104100 Phila - derphia and - Sratilliern Mail
Steamship Company, SO shares
- . . ... ... 7400 00
242 wee Loans on Bond and ........,
first liens on City Properties 246,900 00
1111,251,400 Par
Market value, 121,252,270 00
Omit. 81,21/5,622 27.
Beal Estate 06,000 00
Bills Receivable for Insurance
made.....— .......
. .
.-...- . - .... e 23,700 73
Balances due at................
miums on Marine Policies, Ac
crued Interest and other debts
due the Company 65,097 94
Stock. Scrip, &c.. of sundry Cor-
POratlowt, 84,706. Estimated
value— 2,740 10
Cash an Bank....
Cash in Drawer.
D lREer w s 2i m ß n u f b un e : 1 H. Sn t o o n l27 i e t s o , n,
Thomas C. Hand,
j E o d h m n u C rid ;D E a . v B iB o'uder, Edward Darlington,
Theopleilus Paulding, H. Jones Brooke,
James Trim:tunic, . Edward Lafourcade,
Henry Sloan, Jacob Riegel,
Henry 0. Dallett, Jr., Jacob P. Jones,
James C. Gaud, James B. M'Farland,
William 0. Ludwig, Joshua P. E_yre,
Joseph H. Seal, Spencer M'llvain,
Hugh Craig, H. Frank Robinson
John D. Taylor, J. B. Scruple, Pittsburg,
George W. Bernadou, A . B. Berger,
W illiam O. Houston+ D. T. Mon • 41,
HOMA SO. HA ND, President.
JOHN 0. DAVIS, Vice President.
El DNRY LYLBURN., Secretary.
HENRY BALL, Assistant Secretary. debt
MBE - - BELLA..I4 OE „ 'INSURANCE °UM
1. PANT OF PHILADELPHIA.
Incorporated in 1841. Charter Perpetual.
Office, NO. 308 Walnut street.
CAPITAL 8.300,000.
Insures against loss or damage by FIRE, on Houses
4 1 ores and other Buildings, limited or perpetual, and of
Purniture, Goods, Wares and Merchandise in town oz
,euntry.
LOSSES T'IIOI4IPTLY ADJUS9 ",...D AND PAID.
Assets, December 1,1829 ~401,817 41
Invested in the following Securities, vr 2 , -
First Mortgages on City Property, well se
cured
United Stites Government Loans
Philadelphia City 6 Per (29nt. Loans
~,,
Warrants • «. 6,035 70
PennsylvaniaB3ooo,ooo 6 Per Cent Loan 60,01 00
Pennsylvania Railroad Bonds, First Mortgage 0,000 00
Ouniden and (
Amboy Railroad ComPanY's 6 Per . yyy,
-vu
net )Oa . I.+Oall ..
eivvv
.
Huntingdon anti Broad "Pop 7 Per Cent. Mort
gage Bonds I 4,990 00
county Fire Insurance Company's Stock. 1,050 06
Mechanics' Bank Stocl• 4,000 06
Commercial Bank or Pennsylvania Stock 10,000 00
Union Mutual Insurance ComPaol 'Es Stock 190 06
M.-Hance Insurance Company of Philadelphia
Stock 2,200 00
Oath in Bank and on hand • 15.316 72
Worth at Par
Worth at, present market prices.
DIRECTORS,
Thorium 11. Moore,
Samuel Costner,
James T. Young,
Isaao F. Baker,
Christian J. Hoffman,
Samuel B. Thomas,
Sitar.
MAS C• HILL, President.
22,1869. !al•tu th a tt
Thomna 0. mu,
William Musser
Samuel
B. L. Carson,
Wm. Stevenson,
Beni. W. Tingley,
Edwari.
TILD
Wm. CHUBB, Secretory.
PHILADELPHIA., December
ANTHRAUITE INSURAN - (110 CON.
PAN Y.—CHARTER PEIIPETUAL.
Office, No. an WALNUT Street, above Third, Philada
Will insure against Loss or Damage by Fire on Build.
ings, either perpetually or for a limited time, Household
Furniture and Merchandise generally.
Also, Marine Insurance on Vessels, Cargoes bud
freights.r Inland Insurance to all parts of the Union.,
William Esher, DIBECTOBB. •
Lewis Audenried, •
M. Baird, John Ketcham,
JohnJ E. Baum
William F. Dean, John B. Heil,
Peter Sieger, Samuel otriermel.
WILLIAM MEE, President.
WILLIAM F. DEA.N, Vice President.
W . M. Bntrrn,Becretary, • ta22 to th 11
filFtE - PENN SYLVANIA -FIRE . -LNS
J., RANCE COMPANY.
Incorporated 1825—Charter Perpetual—
No. 510 WALNUT street, opposite Independence
Sq tiny°.
MIN Company, favorably known to the community for
over forty years; continues to insure against loss or
dnuiage_by fire on Public or Private Buildings, either
ipierninnentlY or fOr a limited time. Also - o n pu l niture,
Stocks of Ooods and Merchandise generally, on liberal
terms.
The Capital, together with ttclargo Surplus Fund, is
i nv ested in the most caran. .manner, which enables
them to offer to the .inaured an undoubted security in
the case of loss.
rorEcTons.
Daniel Smith, Jr., 'Thom' Smith,
Isaac Ilaziehurst . Henry Lewis, .
MlAgg
Foll; -
John Doyoreux, Franklin A. m D Co
ante' l Haddock, Jr.,
y 2
DANIEL SMITH, Jr., President.
W /LIU Fl U. CEO WELL, Ronrotarr,
8 2 4 11 ,906 e 7
Receipts of Premiums, 9 69, $1,991,837 45
Interest from Investments,
Losses paid, 1869,
First Mortgage on City Property.. 5770,40 00
United States Government and
other Loans, Bonds and 5t0ck5.1,306,052 50
Cash in Bank and in hands of
_ - - -
8anker5........:.. , ..187,3(57 63
Loans on Collateral Security.— . 60,733 74
Notes Receivable, mostly Marine
- Premiums - 298,406 43
Premiums. in course of trangmis
sion and in hands of Agents.... 122,138 89
Accrued Interest,Re-insurance,&,o 39,255 31
Unsettled Marine Premiums.— . 103,501 57
Real Estate, ()Bice of Company.... 30,000 00
Total Assets July 1, 1870, - $2,917,906 07
ARTHUR q. EOFTIN,
cifllUEI.lll7 3 ONES;
JOHN A. BROWN,
MIAS. TAYLOR::
AMBROSE NVIIITE
Vl'3l. WELSH,
S. MORRIS WALN,
JOIIN MASON,
GEO. L. HARRISON,
8168,318 88
972 VI
1M,291'14
MATTHIAS MARIS, Secretary.
81,852,100 04
C. H. REEVES, Assistant Secretary.
Certificates of Marine Insurance issued
(when desired), payable at the Counting House
of Messrs. Brown, Shipley ,Sr, Co., London.
T. 16 th lam lv
UNITED FIREMEN'S ThitkatiLNOß
00hIPAKI PHILADELPHIA.,
This Company takes risks at the lowest rates consistent
with safety, and confines its business exclusively to
Fox .12180HAN010 IN THE CITY OF PHIMADEL.
PHIA.
OFFICE—No. 721 Arch street. Fourth National Bank
Handing. DrazoToßs - • - -
Thomas J. martin. Henn' W. Brenner.
John Hint, Albertus King,
Wm. A. ROM, Henry Hamm,
James 111 ongan, James Wood,
William Glenn, Charles Judge,
James Joiner, J. Henry &skin'
Alexander T. Dickson, Hugh Mulligan,
ok,
Albert 0. Bob or t
td
es F. DillonDillonlfitxpatrl
President.
Wm. A. SfILIN, Treas. _ FA.GEN,
CHARTER PERPETUAL,
ASSETS BWO,OoO.
MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF GEE
8159,100 ot
.. 82,000 00
'" 70,000 00
MANTOWN,
OFFICE NO. 48Z DIAIN STREET,
Take Risks in Philadelphia', Montgomery and Bucks
counties, Oil the most favorable thrills '
upon I)wellings,
Palms, Merchandise, Furniture and Farming Imple.
Manta, including Ilay Grain. Straw, .ku., Ste . . , •
DIREOTOJO3:
Spencer Roberts,
John Stalnman,
Albert An'ahead.,
Joseph Dandeberry.
Ashmead, M. D.,
Abram Rex,
SPENOL
CHAS. 11. STOKES, Seen
sy 01,8771 47
ruy2B ato th tn
8409,696 53
JEFFERSON FIRE INSURANCE COM.
PAN! of Philadelphia.-0111c0,No. 24 North /rat
street, near Market street.
Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania.
IJhorter perpetual. Capital and Assets, 3168,990.- Maki
Insurance against Lose or damage by Fire on Public Or
Private Dull ings, Furniture, Stooks, Coeds and bier
ohandise, o favorable terms.
DINEOTORS•
Wm. DUD Mol e Edward P. Moyer
Israel Pete 90n, j Frederick Ladner
John F. Bel terlin , 1 Adam J. Glass,
Henry Troem er, Henry DolanY,
Jacob Schandein, John Elliott,
Frederick Doll, Christian D. Frick,
Samuel Miller,__. George E. Fort,
wall= D. Gardner.
WILLIAM MoDANIEL, President.
ISRAEL PETERSON,_IIIO President.
Pamir Z. OOLYMAIIe Secretary arid Treasurer.
11AME INSURANCE COMPANY, NO.
809 CHESTNUT STREET. _
INCORPORATED 1856. °HARTER PERpETTA.L.
CAPITAL.
MO 5200,000.
FIRE INSURANCE( ILueivinar. ..,
Wilma against Loss or Damage by Fire, either by rat'
Detllai or .Temporary Polielea. , .
DIMICTO RS.
Caltiriollsllob l3 .rdSon, ' Robert Nara',
Wm. H. IthaWn, John Kt Haler, Jr.,
WillinniM: Seyforti - • ' Edward B. 'Orne, ..
John F. Smith, Charles Stokes,
Nathan Hines. ' John W. Evermen,
George A. wept, Mordecai:B=l2y , „ .
GHAILLUS WHARDSON,rreSlaensi. -.
wm. n. BRAWN, Vice-President.
uadAmbi BLANCHARD.HearetarY. spilt
AMERICAN 'FIRE .111313R.AN()B 0 - 0111.
PANY,'incorporatodlBlo.—Ohartor perpetual.
N0...910 WALNUT street, above Third, Philadelphia ,
Having *large pail-up. Capital Stec* and Surplus in •
vested in sound and available Securities, continue to
insure on dwellings, stores, furniture, merchandise,
vessels in port, and t heir cargoes, and other personal
property. .AlllOBO3B liberally and Promptly adjusted.
DIZIOTORS.
Thotnas B. !Uric Edmund Gaintlitt, •
Jnhn Welsh- - (Merles W. Poultney,
Patrick BrAy, Israel Morris,
John T. Levels, r.k. John P. Wetherill.
William Paul. -
THOMAS B. DlABlB,Prooldimi,
Willa 0.0 Awinnuh goorotax7.
INSURANCE.
•• _
1829 CHARTER PERPETUAL. 1870
• .
• FIRE INSITRAIRM COMPANY
OF pmuurApir,4lnA,
OFFICE--435 and , 437 Chestnut Ste
Assets on. August 1 5 /870 5
• 103,009,88 S 24.
•
•
Capital 0 00
Accrued Surplus and Premiums ,609,838 24
_
INCOME FOR 1870, LOSSES PAID IN 1868,
0810,000. 0144,908 al
LOSSES PAID SINCE 1529 OVER
*5,500,000.
- Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
The Company also issues policies upon the Dents of all
kinds of Buildings ,Ground Rents and Mortsrases.
The " FRANELLN has no DISPUTED CLAIM,
• DIRECTORS, •
Alfred G. Baker, Alfred rifler,
Samuel Grant, Thomas Sparks,
Goo. W. Richards, Wm. S. Grant,
Isaac Lea, Thomas S. Ellis,
George Falco, Gustavus S. Benson.
ALFRE G. BARER, President.
' GEORGE VALES, Vice President.
JAB. W. MeALLISTER, Secretary.
Tn EODOBE M. 'SEGER, Assistant Secretary.
fe7 tde3l§
INSURANCE CO lIIPANY
NORTH AMERICA.
Fire, Marine and Inland mamma.
Incorporated 1794. Charter Perpetua
$500,000
Assets July Ist,.
1870, .•,. $2,917,906 07-
Capital - -
Losses Paid Since_Organi
zation, - - 824,000,000
1869, . . - -114,69674
$2,106,534 19
STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS.
DIRECTORS.
FRANCIS R. COPE.
EDW. 11. TROTTER,
EDW. S. CLARKE,
T. CHARLTON HENRY,
ALFRED D. JESSUP,
LOUIS 0. MADEIRA,
CHAS. W. CUSHMAN.
CLEMENT A. ORISCOM,
WM. BROOME.
ARTHUR G. COFFIN,
CHARLES PLATT,
♦ICE.PBESIDENT.
Nicholas Rittenhouse,
Nathan L. Jones,
Janies F. Imngstroth,
Chaff. WONS,
JOHODII Boucher,
()has. Millman,
1. Stokes.
ER Ito ISERTS, President.
'M ry and Treasurer.
11. LEHMAN,
Assistant Secretary.
Chas. H
MARTIN BROTHERS, A.ITOTIONEERB,
N 0.704 CHESTNUT street. above Seventh.
IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOB EXTENRIVII
ALTERATIONS and ADDITIONS to our Building.
Wu will hold a
SPECIAL SALE,
ON SATURDA V MORNING, '
Angina 27, at 10 o'clock, at the Auction. Rooms, 704
Chestnut street, above Bev enth,w ben will be sold a large
assortment of 11 omwhold Furniture, Handsome Ohara
her Saito, Parlor . Furniture, Elegant,ltosewood Piano.
-Fine French Plate Mantel and Pier Mirrors, Bookcases.
Bedsteads Bareana, Matreases, Bedding,', Cane-seat
Dining Boom and Sitting Boom Cheirk, ekc.
To BMpiers_atel Others.
TWO ELEGANT DOORStA I NIU, T J) 4I"WAYB ' IR(IN ' 1
ON SATURDAY irt ("YRS. to.
N E l ie N g a ant Iron Stair=
At 11 o'clock, at the Auction Roo?_, R a
war, complete; cost $:,.000; Iron St:um •
8 4 , Iron trans.
Door Frames, &c.
•
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of a writ of P leri Facies. to me directed,
' .will be exposed to Public Sale or Vendee,
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
August 31, 1870. at Martin Brothers' Auction House, 7i)
Chestnut street, above Seventh, a lot of
' HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
Comprising a well selected assortment.
Seize° and tak. n in execution, and to be sold by
PETER LYLE, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Phila'a, August 23, 1810.
Sale at No. 616 Spruce street.
CHOICE ANTIQUE FURNITURE
THE SELECTION OF MR, iI.ULP.
ON MONDA.Y MORNING.'
August Mat 10 o'clock. by catalogue, at No. 616 Spruce
street. a selection of Choice Antique Furniture, includ
ing—Three especially fine flign Case'Clocks,_with bronze
dials iu perfect condition• curious Tablet]. Oilaittli Bud
eteads,,Gazes of Orawere, Bureaus. Secretaries, Wiliiant
Penn btudio Glassware, g Glasses, Nankin and An
tique China and urious Mantel Ornamente.
very fine old and rare Engravings, framed; complete set
Andirons, Shovel and Tongs, Bellows and. Foot Stool to
match; fine Carpets, 30.
AT THOMAS & SONS, AIICTK).Ig.7.L .
SAILEB REAL ESTATE.
irmr Public SiliON at tho Philadelphia Bxchange every
Ti ESDAY . at 12 o'clock. •
r - -3 1 - Furniture Sales at the Auction Store EVPRY
11F3 &dee at Ittrlencee receive especiaralleatioti;
Sale N 0.406 South Bros,' street.
SUPERIOR • FURNITURE, - ROSEWOOD - P1AF.,0,, '
, -OVAL --PIER. MI itßOlti• FINE 'ENGLISH 'Buy's-
BELB AND OTHER CARPETS, &e.
ON WZONESDA:r MORNING. .
Sept. 7, at 10 o'cloelt, at No. 406 South . Broad street, be ,
low Pine, by catalogue, the entire Furniture, compris
lug—Superior Waludt Parlor Furniture, covered with .
maroon terry ; fine- toned seven-oetave Rosewood Plano
Forte. made by E. M. Sellers; French Plate Oval Pieg
Mirror, snperior Walnut Dining Room Furniture, Ex. ,
tension Dining Table. Dining Room Chairs, covered
with terry; French China and Glassware, two suits
handsome Oiled Walnut Chamber .Furititure, flat%
Feather Bolsters and Pillows, Cottage Chamber Furni
'tura, Walnut Hat and Umbrella Stand, fine English
Brussels and other Carpets,
c heckered Matting, Refrigo
ator Cooking' Utensils- &c.
-Also, the-Chandelier-a and Gas Fixtures.
May be examined on the morning of sale at 8 o'clock.-
PEREMPTORY SALE ON-THE. PREMISES, AT -
DELANCO, N. J.
• ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Sept 8. at 3 o'clock. will be sold, without reserve,a very
desirable RESIDENOIO, - with - 335 - tieres of Ground,front
ing on the river Delaware. Also, 10 building lots front
ing on the river Delaware and Second street. Also.
valuable Steam Saw Mill, fronting on the Ranoocas,
Creek.
Full particulars in handbills.
3IASTER'S SALE, - •
To Cloee the Account of the late Partnership of
STANHOPE & SUPLEE. • '
MACHINE SHOP. FOUNDRY,. MANSION. LARGE/
STONE' FACTORY, WITH 6(1 HORSk ENGINE ;
STABLES •TENANT HOUSE, OFFICE,. BUILD
INGS, WHARF add LARGE LOT, S. E. corner of
FrankfOrd - - road - and Frankton' creek, Aramingo,
Twenty.fifth- Ward,- - Philadelphia, known as the
I3ridgewater Iron Works.
O_N_TILESDAY.,
Sept. 13. at 12 o'clock, noon, will be sold at Public Sale.
at the Philadelphia Exchange.
particulars
$1,035,386 84
RUNTING,;DITEBOILOW 'B5 Co.,
AIIOTIONEEIRS. -
Nos. 242 and Glf Market street. cernee_oLßank--
TMPORTAITT , SPECIAL:SALE-OF - : '
410 CARTONS BONNET AND SASH RIBBONS, -
ON MONDAY MORNING, .
Angled 29, at 10 o'clock, on four mouths' credit, eta
bra4:ing.fresh goods, of a well-known importation, con
sliding of—
Full lines Bnyeanx and all boiled round- edge „Taffeta
Ribbons. -
Full Full lines No. li, to 10 colored and blk Saiin Ribbons,
•Fulllines extra heavy all boiled black Ribbons.
Also,
A. splendid assortment of colored and bit... Sash Ribbons.
Also,.hy order. of- - - -- -
D m
leses. 'NUTTER, LTICKEMEYER . -&
CO.. -
-150 PIECES-LYONS AND-CRInFELD VELVETS -
-4_..AND" FLUSHES, -
in blocks and- the rausi,desirabte..sobirs
adee, Just landed .
LYONS SAY-INS,-
In black and the newest-colors, iu silk oral linen back.
Also.
An invoice of rich French Feathers and Artificial
Flowers. -
Also, .
• Pkeces colored and black English Crepes.
Also,
A full line of black and assorted colors Velvet Ribbong.
Also,
A full line of assorted colors Taffeta Ribbons. of a well
known snake.
Also,
._cages flue Toil° ifor - dresses, this .goasoitlging.- -
portation.
, Also.
A lino of superior black Velvets and Velveteens.
30 PIECES LYCNS BLACK SILKS,
embracing heavy G,ros Grains and Drap de France.
Also.
•
A full assortment of Rousefurnishing
Sic., Sic.
WO DOZEN PARIS HID GLOVES,
in choice new colors, for fall sales.
PARIS VEIL RAREGES,
in green, blue, brown, Ac., all qualities to finest.
PRESIDENT.
SALE OF 2,000 CASES BOOTS, SHOES, TRAVEL
• ING BAGS. &c.,
ON TUESDAY MORNING, •
August 30, at 10 o'clock, on four months' credit,
LARGE SALE OF KOREI,GN, AND DOMESTIC;
DRY 00003,
ON THURSDAY MORNI.NG.
Sept. I, at 10 o'clock.on tour months' credit.
Also, by order of A ssiguee—
SALE OF A BANKRUPT'S STOCK, FOR CASH,
comprising a full assortmept of Staple and Fancy Dr
Goods, Office Furniture, &c.
TL. Af3HBEIDGE St CO., AUCTION.
ERRS. No. 1503 MARKET street:above Fifth.
LARGE FALL SALE OF BOOTS, SHOES AND
GANS.
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING
August 31, at 10 o'clock , we will sell by catalogue, abmit
2Q04) packages of Boots and Shoes, embracing a largo.
assortment of first-clam city and Eastern made goods,
to which the attention of city and country buyers is
•
called.
'Open early on the morning of sale , for examination. „
nutomAts_SlltOH-,&
_L HERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,'
No. 1110 CHESTNUT street,
Rear entrance No, 1107 Sansom street.
Household Furniture of every description received s
on Consignment.
Sales of Furnithre at Dwellings attended to on the
most reasonable terms.
111 A. JSRIefiELLAND, AUOirottErall,
• Mg CHESTNUT Street. •
Ogr Personal attention given. to Sales of. Horusehoidl
Furniture at Dwellings. • • - - •
' Public. Sales of Furniture at tho Auction Room.
1219 Chestnut street, every. (Holiday and Tuursday.
• 114 - For particulars see Public. Ledger.
re6r 11—A superior clues of Furnituro at Private
Salo.
DAVIS HARVEY, AM)TIONEEES,
_ <Formerly with M. Thomas & Sous.)
Store-No*3.lS and 150 North Sixthatreet.•
at-llosidoncoa receive-particular-attention. --
N' Salmi at the Store every Tuesday
DY BARRITT . . sr, 'CO,, AUCTIONEERS,
" No,. 230 mitlll , l l B:7.g,Antnl'ank et.t
TAMES AT - FREEMAN, AUCTIONBIELay
P No. 122 W alma atom,
I.E PRIN VIPAL MONEY ESTABLISH
MENT, S. E. corner of SIXTH and RACE streets,
Money advanced on Merchandise generally—WAtchasi
Jewelry, Diamonds, Gold and Silver Plate, and on WI
articles of value, for any length of thno agreed on,
WATCHES AND OMNI:JiIt AT PRIVATE SALE.
Fine Gold limiting Case, Double Bottom and Open
Face English, American and S \Vida Patent Lover
Watches; Fine Gold limiting (hose and Open Face La
piun Watches ; Fine Gold Duplex and other Watchoi;
Fine Silver Hunting Case and Open Face English, Arna
rican ana Swiss Patent. Lover and &Title Watohon ;
Double Case English Qtzartior and other Watches • La
dies' Fancy 'Watches, Diamond Breastpins, Flikger
Binge, Enr !tinge, Studs, Rc. ; Fine Gold Chains,illedali-
Hone, Bracelete, Scarf Pins, Breastpins, Finger Ringis
Pencil Cases, and Jewelry generally.
FOR SALE—A large and veluafle Fireproof Cheat .
dui tablo for a Jeweller ; cost 56.50.*
' Aloe, several Lots in South Camden, Fifth and Cheat
t streets,
111 ING 1 - 3[0 , 1135.E.
AEI7ISTMLA.S.S ,TIOTEL, EUROPEAN'
PLAN. LoCiltioli Undnrirosed, bolng near Unica
Solaro, Nyalla,ck'A Theatxo; fput A. T. lit,9lvart'a neNvt,
(I 1 pt. , re
131COADWAV. 'AND 'TWELFTH ST.. NEW YOWL,.
41. P. HARLOW, rOprletor.
Ct PIILLADEIa'RIA R D EV
Seltool and Livery :Stable, Nci. 3.3.38 MARKET
street, will remain open all Summer. Handsome*
Clarence Cal flaps, Horses and Vehicles and. Saddte
Bones to Lire.
Horses trained for the Saddle. Horses taken to Livery.
Storage for Wagons and Sleighs.
SETII CRAMS%Pro
IPPING ROSIN.-899 • BARRELS
Strained Ito Sin lauding from 64.111 r, C,F. Price •
from Wilmington, N. 0. Fureah h &U rt. ROW..
, LEY ,16 S. rront et. • . '
o n Piurrs-TURPENTINE.-322. BARRELS
Ithj Spirits Turpentine now landing from stnanuir "PM.
, nest "from Wilmington. N. C.. and for sale by .
RUSSELL & CU., B 1 Obefitr•Mt etroft.
AUCTION SALES'
TIOTELS.
INSTRUCTIONS.