The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, February 20, 1869, Image 4
THE DAILY NEWS.
Reine O'A mo ur.
BOMANOE A LA BIEN-AIMEE.
Closo as tho stars along tho sky
Tho flowers were in the mead,
Thepuado heart, and golden eye,
And c itnson-fl truing weed
And each one eixh'd as I wont by
Ard touched rn v garment green,
And bade mo wear her on my heart
And take her to- my Queen
Of Love
And take her tor my Queen.
And one in virgin white was di cst
With downcast gracious luvet;
And ne nu veil'd a burning breast
Mid emiles of rosy r.-d ;
All rainbow bright, with laughter light,
They fl Icker'd o'er tho ifro-n.
Bach whispering I should pluck her there
And take her as my Queen
Of Love
And tako h?r as my Queen.
But sudden nt my feet look'd up
A little star-like thing.
Pure odor in pure ucrt'cot ?up,
Tbat mado my bosom Bing,
TWAB noi for sizo, nor gorgeous dyes,
But h??r own sob', I ween.
Her own sweet self, that ma 'o me stoop
And tako her for my Queen
Of Love
And take her fur my Quoou.
Now all day long and every day
Her beauty on tue trrowa.
And holds witb strcnocr, sweeter sway
l han B y or than rose;
And tflis ono star outshines by far
Ad in tho ? cadow preen
And so I wear her on my heart
And take her tor my Queen
Of Love
And take her tor my Queen.
{F. T. Palgrave, in Cornhill for February.
CONGRESS IONA L NOTES.
The Judicial y Committee of tho Senate
Snubs tuc Amnesty Proclamation-No?
body Bart.
Mr. Edmunds, from ibo Judiciary Commit?
tee, to whom waa referred tho message of tho
President relativo to his proclamation cf Do
oerober 25, granting universal amnesty, re?
ported tho samo back to tho Senate on Wed?
nesday morning, with a lengthy report, stating .
that tho committee aro of tho opinion that the '
powers attempted to be exercised in tho pro- j
clam at ion to grant general amnesty aro without ]
tho authority or assent of Congress, and has i
no foundation in the constitution or laws. Tho 1
report closes with a resolution that in the j
opinion of tho Scmte tho proclamation of the 1
President of tho United States on tho 25th of '
December, 1868, purporting lo grant general
pardon and amnesty to all persons guilty of ?
treason and hostility to f ho United States dur- 1
ing the lato rebellion, was not authorized by j
the constitution or laws. The Washington ?
correspondent of tho Baltimore Gazette ro
marks :
The report has surprised no one here, as it
was well understood in political circles that
such would bo the report of that committee, a
report that is worth about tho paper it is writ?
ten on. Tho committee are careful not to say
a word as to tho Ional offect of the proclama?
tion, this being left to the judicial department
of the government, precisely whore it would
have been left without any opinion, expressed
or otherwise, by tho five distinguished gentle?
men who compose tuc Judiciary Committee of
tho Senate. As the official tetra ot Presideut
Johnson is about, clrawmg to a close, ho might
bo allowed to depart in peace, but certain
members of both Housed ot Congress seem
to delight in putting chips on their beads and
daring Andrew Johnson to kuock them off.
There is at least one consolation to the citi?
zen whilo reading tho report of the Judiciary
Committee made to-dav, and that is '"nobody's
hurt." ' ;
The Constitutional Amendment-Ano
thcr Muddle in the Senate.
A Washington telegram, ot Wednesday,
Bays :
Another scene of confusion, amounting to an
almost inextricable parliamentary muddle,
took plaoo in the Senate this afternoon in the
discussion upon the proper modo of disposing
of thc suffrage constitutional amendment, i
which had como back from tho House on the
refusal of that body to concur in tho Senate ?
amendments. Over throe hours wore spent in t
determining the effect if the Senate receded \
from its amendments, nearly one-half of the ?
senators arguing that such action would have (
the effect of passing tho joint r?solution as it <
came from th? House origiuallv ; tho other half j
holding that the passage of a motion to recede <
left tho suffrage amend mont open for amend- i
mont, or adoption, pr rojeotion. <
It became evident that the Republican sena- i
tors were about equally divided upon tho
House proposition, which was considered to i
prohibit, by implication at least, colored citi- ]
zens from holding offico. On this ground che (
Southern senators appeared to bo a unit iu op
?iosition to this resolution, they demanding j
hat the measure should bo so worded as to ?
give negroes the same rights and privileges aa i
are accorded to them in South Carolina, Lou- <
isiana, &c. Ou this subject quite a heated ,
conversation was indulged in between Senator <
Stewart and tho Southern senators, in one cor- \
ner of tho Sonato chamber, whilst the various j
votes were being takon. Mr. Stewart had un- \
dertakon to engineer tho suffrage resolution I
through in a jiffy to-day, and had counted ?
upon the co-operation of Southern senators. ?
Tho Senate having subsequently recoded from i
its amendments, and refused to adopt i
tho House resolution, left tho whole sub- t
jeefc again opon to bsgin de novo. This t
was just what Senators bumner and Wil- <
sou desired, and thcroupon thoy simultane- t
ously, with a dozdii other senators, jumped to f
tbe floor, clamorous for recognition from tho ]
chair. Mr. Stewart rushed down close to the I
President's chair, and succeeded in gotting in t
a motion to take up the suffrage resolution f
adopted by tho Sjnato Judiciary Committee, j
which givos tho colored eitizea tho right to t
hold oflieo. This resolution was expected to t
havo tho support ot the Southern senators, e
and that therefore it would pass instanter, but, t
to the consternation of the excited Stowarfc, c
up sprang Senator Howard, one of the most t
raJioal of Radicals, and announced his de a
termination to oppose and discuss tho reso?
lution. Senator Nye also said ho would oppose i
the measure, lt was now six o'clock, an i the t
senators vory gene al y took - advantage of the t
opportunity, whilst Senator Howard was mak- \
ing bis spoech, to got luncheon. (
In their pnvate cont* roncea tho ino nd s of t
the pendil g resolution expressed great fear i
that, after all. the suffrage ameadmaot would i
fail to get safely through both Houses at this <
session. Tbore are some who would insist i
upon a provision that tho amendment be sub- 1
milted only to tho State Legislatures hereafter j
to be eieoted, but this proposition would be i
discussed, and thu*, by ctwiaiiming tune, do- <
feat the whole measure.
The Alabama Claims Treaty-Certainty 1
Of ita Rejection. >
From the Washington dispatches (of Wed- ;
nesday) to the New York Herald, we make the
following extracta :
-Tito Sonate Committee on Foreign Relations
held a meeting to-day, and among other sub
Ieots dincnused the treaty between tho United
Hates and Great Britain concerning the sotf le?
mont of the Alabama claims. Although the
question was brought up near tbe close of the
session of the committee a fair express iou of
sentiment was ohed ed on the terms o? tho
treaty concluded between our Minister to Eng?
land. Reverdy Johnson, and the British Minis?
ter for Foreign Affairs* Lord Stanley. A
clear majority of tue committee ?*Tp?*o(!?"!td
tnemselves as opposed to the provisions Of
tho treaty. Mr. Sumner, chairman of the
committee, waa oi opinion that Minister
Johnson, in negotiating tho treaty, had
lost sic ht of tho real, poi at a at ISBUO be?
tween the two governments. Too much had
been conceded to Great Britain; and in view of
tbe fact timt a partial acknowledgment had
already been mude by that goveriiinrntof the
damages ?esrdtiiig to American citizens from
the ravages of the Alabuma, too little attention
had been paid to American intereste. This
opinjon was conenrred in by a majority ot the
committee,'including Senators Cameron, Mor?
ton, Patterson and Harlan. Judging- from the
sentiments ( xpr .'n ed by tbe members of the
committee at the meeting to-dav there oan be
little doubt tbat the treaty will no reported ad
veiBely to the Senate. Tbe feeling of A majori?
ty of senators openly expressed indicates that
~uch a report fro ts tbs vy?a?a?p?sBBJMiii pe jsufl
1 ained by a ve> y large vote. -IF '?*; ^.
Beiaov?lof political maahafti^es,
The House to day by a large vote p ssxsd the
Disability bill reported from th? Reconstruc?
tion Committee. Th* effort of Mr.' McKee,
of Kentucky, to* have tho < names from that'
8tite?tiuok ont Jailed, all tbe Democrats and
. large number cf Republicans voting aguinat
him. McKee has sou cht to commend himself
lately to th? ultra Radicals of th? Houao by At
tacking bis nativo State, Kentucky, iu tho most
outrage ms manner. Yesterday, when tho reso?
lution giving John D. YOUD?, whose seat
MoKeo content od, tho usual allowanco for ex?
penses m contesting tho caso was offered,
McKee, contrary to all precedent, not only op?
posed the resolution, but attempted to defeat
it by resorting to filibustering tactics. McKee
is a candidate for Clerk of the House, and it is
presumed he wants to mako himself prominent
and at the samo time commend himself to tho
Radicals by abusing Kentucky. The passage
of tlio bill "to-day indicates that two-thirds of
tho House aro disposed to pardon Democrats
ns well as Republicans.
Tine Speakership Contest.
A very ciireful canvass of tho S.eoakorskip
contest, made without bias towards oitlicr can?
didate, rovoals tho following results: The
New Englaud voto is divided botweon Blaine
and Dawes, inclining slightly in favor of
Dawes. In tho Middle States of Now York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with their thir?
ty-live Rcpulican votos, B'aino has an un?
doubted and reliable majr-ity. In the South?
ern States a majority go for Blaine, wliilo in
tho Wost Blaine leads Dawes so decisively that
there is practically no contest left between
them. Ihoso wau have given ibo subject
mest careful attention say that out of ono hun?
dred and thirty-five Republican votes in tho
caucus Blaino is certain of ninety-five to ono
huudrod. Blaine is supporteil by the more
radical, v.gorous ami progressive element of
tho party, while the slower and moro conserva?
tivo element inclino to Dawe?. But this con?
servativo element does not represent a third
of tho party in Congress.
Tho ^'ranking Privilege
Tho Postjffico Committee has doeidod upon
making tho following amendment to tho bill
of tho House: Abolishing the use of stamps in
tho franking system, and requiring the written
autograph of those entitled td the franking
privilege, excopt heads ot departments and
heads of bureaus now ontitlod by law to tho
franking privilege, who shall lio allowod to
frank all official matter pertaining to their
depart men ta or bureaus by tho usc of a stamp,
which shall designate tho* object for which it
is used, under such regulations as tho Post
master-Goneral shall proscribe.
SEA ISLANJ> COTTON PLANTING.
Hdlsto Island.
[Correspondence of tho New York Post ]
EDISTO ISLAND, February 10.-Edisto Lsland,
which is of somewhat irregular shape, ana
very much cut up by estuaries or creeks Bol?
ting in from tho North and South Edisto Riv?
ers and from tbo Atlantic Ocoan, is so nearly a
lovel plain that probably ita highest point is
scarcely moro than ten feet above ordinary bt'gh
water mark. Probably one-half ot tho" more
jandy portion of tho island lies so near to tide ?
ovel that its etrainago ia very difficult, and at ,
best, under tbo old system of open ditches, ,
very imperfect.
Those wetter portions aro separated from
aach other by slight ridges, making what is j
there called a "turtle-back" formation. These
turtle-backs consist almost entirely of the
Einest conceivable sand, fit for writing sand or
Tor uso in an hour-glass, and constituting from
ninety-throe to ninoty-five per cout. of the soil i
to au"indoliaiuj dopth. Of coursa, it is under 1
?ill circumstances sufficiently dry, and is in
many respects admirable for tho purposes lo <
which it is devoted. . i
Almost invariably the depressions between
these Plight ridges, as well as frequent "pock?
et-holes" upon thom, aro underlined by strata <
of clay ana bog iron ore, winch keep them
constantly wet, and tho capillary action of tho
sand itse.f is eo stro ig that a well sunk in a
ridge seven foet auovo tho level ot the sur?
rounding water is usually filled to within throe
or tour feet of tho surfaco of the ground. Tho
salt water creeks, bordered by maislies, fur?
nish an inexhaustible supply ot tho best mate?
rial with which to enrich the lighter soils; and
it is an almost universal practice, wherever
the operation can be afforded, to givo each
acre an annual "mudding" of ironi forty to
fifty cart-loads.
Tho fertility of tbo soil i? evinced by tho
most profuse growth of every species of natu?
ral vegetation. Pino, magnolia and live oak
of enormous size cover ev ny acre that is not
kept in cultivation, and the tropical and hide?
ous palmetto tree pushes from every neglected
pat eli of open ground. Tho troes are draped
with tho beautiful gray moss th it is supposed
to ind?calo insalubrity of climate; and the
Hold which was hist j ear in excellent cultiva?
tion is now coated with a dense mit of Ber?
muda grass, whose canebrakes and sedges of
luxuriant growth occupy the wetter portions of
tho ground.
In the ordiuary sense, the island can by no
means bj considered a good agricultural terri?
tory. Tho single remunerative industry is the
growth of sea island cotton. Under ordinary
cultivation corn yields only about eight bush?
els to the acre, and with tbe best caro North?
um planters have thus far only succeeded in
-aismg tho yield to twelve bushels. The food
ii the population is almost entirely imported,
ind the whole area is to be regarded as prop?
erty devoted to tho production of tho finest of
textile materials.
For the raising of sea island cotton probably
no tract on tho whole soaboard has so high a
reputation, or bas earned it so well. A portion
if last year's crop of a very fine variety (the
Eureka) has been sold for $2 50 a pound, the
iverago prieo for tho ordinary crop being about
H 40. The cultivation of thia cotton is moro
nearly akin to gambling than anything else
eutsido of Wall-street. The plantation of Mr.
lohn Wright, iormerly of Now Jersey, which
?ame moro thoroughly under my examination,
viii bo ruo this year tit an exponae of from
>10 OOO lo $50,000. * Twelve hundrod acres will
ie planted and a regular working fores of ono
mildred contract hands, about the same mint?
ier of day hands and fifty mules will bo em
iloyed. Forty-sQven carts and forty-five Col?
ins' steel ploughs are required for tho manur
ug and preparation ot the ground. Almost
;lio entire food of the ani nals, as well as of
ho hands, is brought from tho North at groat
ixpense, and tho whole organization is so ex
euaive, and in some respects so intricate, as
o require the constant attention, of Colonel
?urger, tho skilful superintendent of the plan
ation, and of three experienced and compe
ent loremen.' the lattor aro negroes, as the
oruici s.aves seem to entertain a lasting pre
udioo against woiking under a white "ober
ihar,' although they take tho flaggelatiou of
hoir black "bosses" without complaint. lu
ddition to the enormous quantity of mud
hat is now hauling on to tho land, .sixty tons
if Peruvian guano, costing sixty dollars per
on in gold m New York, havo been shipped
ilroady for use ou this year's crop
And now for tho result : A good crop will be
mt less than 180,OOQ pounds of cotton, worth
i,t a moderate estimate eighty cents per pound,
nuking $120 000, and leaving a profit of
)70 000 or $80 000 on tho yo..r's operations,
mough suroiy to tempt capital and enterprise
o embark.in tbe business, especially when it
s remembered that the profit may be even
nuch more brilliant. Unfortunately, the cat?
erpillar, tho dicaded enemy of all coltoa plan?
ners, and especially ot those on the sea island-*,
las it va its power, after the crop hus boon laid
;>y and tho fruit set in the most promising
manner, to almost entirely destroy tho whole
within the short space of a few weeks.
?strong hopes are entertained that the cat?
erpillar will not appear this year, for the rea?
son that it rarely comes ia loree even two years
in succession, and in both 1867 and 1868 it
almost .entirely destroyed the orop of the island,
and has reduced the entire population, except
a few Northern oapitilists and their depen?
dents, to a state of absolute poverty which is
pr? in lui to see. In more than one instauoe,
tho owners of magnificent plantations are
obliged to earn their daily bread by manual
labor; for without the capital neceas iry to car?
ry on their planting operations, their land is
of no more value than so much beach sand,
and the training that they have reoeived under
the old slavery system has incapacitated them
f>r any other occupation requiring either skill
or judgment.
Tbe draining operations undertaken by. Mr.
wright/, oonteinpiato tue wailinq-iM of a large
tid il crock, giving it a discharge by means of a
valved truuk at low water, mark, sud tho for?
ma ion of a canal or valley through the ridge
t hut? extends from one end of the piantatiou to
the other, in order to reduce the drainage out?
let o? tho rearportioi to low water mark.
After this has been dmo, five or ?ix hundrod
acres are to bo undordraiued with tiles, and
that am ?int of land, which is now compara?
tively worthless idr any cultivation, will Do?
como probably tho mose v dimble of all.
The great advantage ottered by the cireum
stanc s, both for thu cultivation of large ci ops
and tbe currying out cf cxtonsivo plans of im?
provement, lies in the fact that labor is ex?
ceedingly cheap and abundant. Tue negroes
work cheerful!* and w..ll. Tho old slavery
system of "tasks" is still adhered to, and t. e
allotted day's work is completed by the more
.clive hands by mid day, while but little work
is done by any after three o'clock in the after
noon. The wages o? the pontraot hands aver?
age six dollars per month in money, and
rations-eoniisting ot one peek ol masl. three
pounds of bacon, one pint of molasses and ono
Kin! 'jf salt jfer week. The other hands re
si ve fifty oenta a day, which is paid every
night in the form of an order on the planta?
tion ?tore, where so much as U absolutely
needful is expended in the necessaries of lita
aad thc balases mainly in essd/, "gougers^
Bogare, aud other nonsense. Ouo-half of tho
monthly wagoe of tho contract hands is paid
at tho end of thu month and is immediately
spent, usually in tho moat foolish way, at tho
store. Tho remainder ia paid the dav before
ChrietmaB, and Ik da a ready vent in tho holi?
day festivities of Charleston.
The condition of tho freedmen is certainly
bottor than would be supposed, in view of tho
fact of their recent emancipation and their
slight advantages. Yet they are by no moans
a model rural population. Petty thievery and
otlior ovidoDces of a want of virtue aro plenty;
yet tlieso people aro easily managed, perfectly
good-.iaturod, generally polite, and for their
work, are cortainlv cfllciont. If any moans
can bo dovised ior loBseuing tho extent of ttio
ravage's of tho caterpillar, and it' this island
and others can bo so engineered as to dis?
charge their drainage water mainly at tho
lovel of low tide, nothing can prevent the
wholo region from becoming more prosperous
than it was oven in its boat days; for it ls un?
questionably true that a far better quality of
cotton eau be raised in this limited region than
anywhero olso in tho world whoro its caltiva
tion hos been attempted, whilo tho capably of
tho wholo aroa is not sufficient to reduce the
market value below a highly profUable poiut.
How m.ich advantage is to result trom the
uso of tho Charleston phospates it ia im?
possible now to say. They liavo boen experi?
mented with only a singlo year; but the rcsuhs
have been generally most satisfactory, an J
thoro is every reason to behove that if prop?
erly manufactured into superphosphate cf limo
Iboy will not enly supplaut Peruvian guano as
in? ans of producing a crop, but will much
effectually compensate lor tho loss of phos?
phoric acid, which tho salo ol" cotton seed is
sure to entail. It is Mr. Wright's opinion that
in uvero go seasons four ii un dre. I pouud* of
med will bo produced from each acre, tho
market value of this bemg about seven
lollara, enough to pay the entire cost of a very
thorough fertilizing with an ammoniated su?
perphosphate.
Tho condition of affairs in Ediato and tho
)thor seaboard islands ot the South is cer?
tainly a matter of ireat interoat to Northern
non; but whilo ihero are chances for tho at?
tainment of great fortunes, the risks, as shown
jy the experience of tho past two years, are so
jreal that they moy well deter any but those
if tho largest capital and most enterprising
spirit, what the effect will be of a few more
rears of intelligent cultivation with tho aid of
ie wry introduced machinery (before tho war
ho hoe was used for all work), of the thor
?ugh draining of tho water landa, and of the
tcnor_al use of phosphatic manures, it is im
)O?sible uoTV to say.
AFFAI11S IN TUE STATE.
Anderson.
The citizens of Township No. 1, Anderson
?ountv, assembled at Double Springs Church
ti Saturday laBt, and proceeded to thoelectioti
I' officers, with tho following result: John
1. Grubbs, George W. Maret and William
Jrovlos, ?Solecinv-iti; D. L. Cox and W. W. Llol
?nd, Surveyors of Highwins; William Grubbs,
.'oustable; S. D. Compton, lownship Clerk,
Chester.
On last Tuesday there was quite1 an extensive
alo of roal oatato belonging to bankrupts, at
Ihester Courthouse.
A hoflso aud 1 it in Chester, belonging to tho
state of T. M. Graham, waa purchased by
Jed-go liobertson, at $1110.
A tract ol land, containing 538 acres and
ulonging to tho ostate of John Dvo, was pur
hasod by Stephen Ferguson, at $1479 50.
Au encouraging i'entureof these sales is the
act that they iudicato a disposition, on the
art of capitalists, to invest in real estate.
Ono tract ot laud, contaiuii;g 4G0 acree, was
old to Messrs. Smith and Melton for $1849.
mother tract of 903 acres, was purchased by
ho sam? parties at $1092. Guubou-e & Co.
ougtit a tract of 253? acres for $126(3 50, and
L. tl. Davegaono of 221 aores tor $5b350. A
at of 4$ acres, in tho Town of Chos-ter, was
old to Giles J. Patterson for $195, and anoth
r lot, containing a blacktmitli's shop, was
ought by A. H. Davoga, at $580. All tho
hove property was sold as assets ot the estate
f E. C. McLure, .
Ive rs li nw.
Mr. S. P. Bowell, of Kershaw County, was
.mud dead in the road between Camden and
luffalo, with a charge of buckshot in his
lody. This wad on Tuesday, tho 9ib instant.
Iessrs. We8ly and Louis Phillips weie arrest
d upon warrant of J. T. Trneedol, Mr. J. H.
lowell being prosecutor. The prisoners wero
nought to jail, but their counsel, Messrs. Knv
haw & Kershaw and Shannon have applied for
heir discharge under a writ of habeas corpus,
L fore Judge Thomas at Lancaster.
On the 12th instant, an inquest was held at
Injor John Cautey's pinn ation, in the lower
art of thia district, by J. A. Schr?ck, m agis
rate, acting coroner, over the body of Essex
Irown, colored. Toe finding of tho jury was
li at the deceased came to his death from two
lows on the head with a stick, inflected by
'riendly Qoudin, which fractured his skull and
nused almost iustant death. The cause of the
ct wan well grounded jealousy on the part of
lie latter, who has been lodged in jail to await
is trial at the spring term.
Tho Camden Journal says : "Tbe DeKalb
[ouse (formerly the property qf David Ja
obs), which waa sold in Charleston last week,
aa beth purchased by Mr. E. lt. Morris, who
as been a boarder ot Mr. Rodgers, the super
iteodont, /or some time past. This gentle -
mu, no doubt, seeing the rapid progress of
ccuperation trom the effects of devastating
rar in our loved State, and the likelihood that
1 a few years real oatate will double its value,
as invested some of his superfluous gold in
ur town.
Newberry.
Tho Herald remarks : "Trains heavy laden
rith cotton leave our depot daily, and return
s regularly with great loads of guano. An
videuce at once of past success among our
lantors, and a lively energy and hope for the
lture in making uso of tbe appliances at corn?
iaud."
In confirmation of the paragraph in the Co
imbia correspondance ot the Now York times,
lie Newberry Herald says : 'Tn a conversation
rilh Mr. Bruggeman the other day, wo learned
tiat already- bave one hundred and seventy
migrants beon brought to this. Laurens and
algelield Districts, through the Newberry I tu?
ngra t ion Sdciety since its formation. Mr. 13.
ives fl cheering account of the worl-iug of
ie society, and tins fact alono is sufficient
j prove how well it is working, and
ow successfully it is mau a god. Ho elates
bat tho interest is increasing greatly,
ud that applications for labor are flowing in
(instantly. The next year will give a largo
mrease to our population, we feel certain)
nd all the interests of our people will bo aub
erved. Let them come, we want them, and
ome they will, it? they are sought after, and
emain too, adding to and improving all
ranches of industry, ii we re?oive and treat
I lem properly. This latter is a most impor
v.it lea turo in th J success of the enterprise,
nd though it is believed that the farming
op ula t ion recognize it in good faith, it may
iot be amiss to mention, that the better the
reatment, tho better w\U that class of citizens
ecome, and tho bettor will the employer be
aid in work."
CoMPIJKENTABY LETTER- FROM COUNT BlS
IAB0K TO G?NERAI, GRANT.-General Grant has
ccoivod the following letter from Count Eis
aarok, of Prussia, in reply to a letter written
>y the General, presenting to the great states
nan ef Europo the first volume of Badeau's
'Lifo of General Grant" :
DEAR SIR-liaron Gerolt has transmitted to
ne a copy, which you have been kind enough
0 inscribe to rae, of the history of your Hilli?
ary carear. I basten to return you my hearty
banks for a work which promises me the on
oyment of reviewing in a succinct, shape that
rigantio struggle, the varying phases ot which
1 did follow at the time with intense interest,
ft will h* a p*r*nftn9<:t scares of g^UifiyUioiii
md pride to think that i am owing the volume
mw open before ine to tho kind and svmpo
iht tte I eel inge of tho Very man wno took Vick. .
larg and Iii dimond. May peace restored by
/ou afford equal soope to your powers with
>nual benefit to your country, and may the
present interchange of friendly sentiments bo
i ween us prove a good augury for the contin?
uance of those relations so happily established
between America and Germany.
.Believe me, dear air, ever yours, very sin?
joroly, BISMARCK.
-During *a concert ri the Boston Music
Ball i occultly, when the organist waa "exhibit?
ing the fall power of the instrument." a ladv
waa enthusiastically conversing wi tb her
neighbor about her, household arrangement*.
'Ahe suited the tone? of her voice to those of
the organ. Thc or ff an 1st made a sudden transi?
tion from "iff to ..pianissimo."? consequently
the audience was sore* what amused ot being
informed by her, in a about, ''We tried oom In
butter!"
-i-? mm ?? ?
-An instrument has recently toen contrived
by Professor Donders, of Utrecht, by mea ?of
Willah ha eau measuve. with the greatest accu?
racy, th? interval betweon aa impression on
the aenaea and lt? acknowledgment by some
tenon of the will
TUE Ii Ut CU IN TUE BO UliO I lt.
The Saturday Itoviow, in tho course of a long
discussion of tho articles?, in favor of whipping;
girls in England, that appeared in tho Eng?
lishman's Domestic Magazine, says :
Another stop has boen taken in tho onward
march of feminine aggression, ?n all sid.s
the fortress iu which masculine presumption
baa so long boon introuuhed is now assailed,
and ono by ono the outworks are falling. That
hideous old superstition of the supremacy ot
maa having once been denied, nun his claims
to au exclusivo use of any virile properties,
from brains to breeches," having once boon
vitiated, it is astonishing to seo how rapidly
tho Whole social and political fabric which has
been constructed on that foundation is tumb?
ling [o pieces. Mau's monopoly of cigars, of
club?, of tho pulpit, of tho hbor'al professions,
of saorts, of academical life, and of the fran?
chis? having each of them been moro or loss
successfully infringed, ono might almost have
been inclined to fancy that there was l?alo elso
left vhieh woman could grudge him; that ho
had been stripped ot every shred of bis ancient
encroachments, and that, except tho tri tiing
and iccidoutal distinctions o. sex and ot bodily
strength, there was now really no property itucl
no qtaliby loft undisputed which might bo
said to differentiate tho m alo from tho fe?
male Briton. Eut such a concludion would
bo proiniture. 'ibero is at least, it so .ms,
one raoro groat privilege, ono moro timc
honorod custom, which the male inhabitants
ot thin country bavo been used to arrogate
to tliQinsolves, and of tho exercise of
which there aro divers notorious emblems and
instrumente. Tho malo inhabitants of Gre.it
Britain have been hitherto distinguished from
their female compatriots, as from tho inhabi?
tants of most otbor countries, by tho poculiar
insular privilege of r coiving corporeal chas?
tisement at certain stages and in certain 00117
ditions of their existence; and indeed, until
very recently, it would not have boen an inac?
curate account of tho difference between Eng?
lish men and English women which doscribed
tho former as that portion of tho community
which is, and tho latter as that which is not,
flogged. It was not likely *hat. woroon, lu their
present mood of self-assertion, would long
allow such an invidious distinction to remain
unchallenged. If tho young English woman is
to bo trained to bein all respects as like as pos?
sible to what tho young English man has boon,
it is clear that means of disciplino and correc?
tion similar to those which have been in force
among men must be brought to bear upon
tho girls. It was lo bo expected that Le tore
long that should occur which lias now,
it. seems, in fact occurred; that man's rnouopo
lJ?of the birch and tho cane, as instruments of
training or education, should bo attacked ia
tho same way as his monopoly of, t ho aoadomy.
the pulpit and tho franchise; that a sect of
female flagellants would arise to swell tho
numbers of those who aro assailing man's em?
pire; and that to tho women who wish to
?Keach, tho women who wish to graduate, and
tho women who wish to vote, would shortly bo
added tue women who wish to flog. * * * *
Somo Qf these ladies are. downright enthusiasts
for thc birch and the taws. They scorn to glory
in tho privilege ot thrashing their girls. They
give faithful representations, carefully drawn
from the Ufo, of their own pet mode
of conducting tho operation. Tho pre?
liminaries, tho place ot execution-some?
times a bed-room, sometimes a boudoir
tho instrument of torture, tho behavior of the
victim before, during, and aller thu infliction
ot tho flogging, in short, tho most minuto de?
tails of tho entire process, aro described with
that graphic force which some women exhibit
when writing on a subject which powerfully
iuteresis and excites thom. 1 bo^o wnters do
not even take tho lino ol'apologizing for too
inhumanity, or of endeavoring to palliate thc
shame, which must bo tuvolved in the process
of stripping and flogging a gul of fifteen or
sixteen years old. On tho contrary, somo of
them, wno seem to have a sort of mission for
propagating tho doctrine of flogging gills, uro
most koon in recommending means whereby
tho pain may bo made as severo ana tho shamo
As overwhelming to tho sufferer as possible.
- It is a fact perhaps not generally known, but
interesting to young men, that tho solitary
ringlet, which floats from so many waterfalls,
js a notification on tho part of their carriers
that they are not engaged. If it is extremely
lo-ag tho wearer is supposed to he very desi?
rous of gcttiljQjj spliced at once; if only mode?
rately lo g, if ?shows that only good offers wilt
be entertained; an extremely short, meagre
ringlet indicates that tho wearer is very partic?
ular aa to whom alto accepts. But nevertheless
shows that she is uot yot engaged.
-The journalists of Borlin have, at tho sug?
gestion of Berthold Auorbach, tho novelist,
adopted an address to General Grant, begging
him tobring in a bill for the protection of lite?
rary and artistio copyright botween Germany
and the United States.
_Comjm^L_
Rxports.
NEW YORK-Per steamship Saragossa-917 bales
Upland Cotton, 10 Dales Yaru. 22 tierces Rico, 88
bbls Rosie, 85 pao cages ^Sundries.
BAL IIMORK-Per sehr Gertie Lewis-112 tons
Phosphate R*clr.
PROVIDENCE, R I-Per sehr S T Baker-150,000
feet Flooring Boards.
Charleston Cotton rend Hice St?rket.
OFFICE OF THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS, ?
CBABLESTON. Friday Evening. Fob'y 19. ?
COTTON.-The downward pressure on the mar?
ket still continued, and the limltod a vomits tl at
were offered had to meet steadily, declining prices,
the transactions of to-day being at rites a f.dl %o ty
lb lower; factors, however, are not disposed to ac?
cept the decline, and show but li mil od stocks, fal cs
about, 140bales; Bay 1 at 26%; 18 at 27; 5? at27%; 20
at 27&; 40 at 28c; quotations still continue nominal,
Bay:
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
Ordinary to good ordinary .26%?27
Low middling._- @27%
Middling.27%@
J^pNewYork classification we quote :
Low middling.,.27%<3
Middling.- @
RICE.-This grain was in good request and prices
were firmer. SaleB 172 tierces ot denn Carolins, say
4 tierces at 8?; 45 at 8%; 75 at 85?; 30 at 8%o ty lb.
We quot? common to fair clean Carolina at 8%@8% ;
good 8%@8%o?i lb.
Mariner, by Telegrapn*
FOREIGN MARKETS.
LONDON, February 19-Nobn.-Consola 93; bonds
78%, Hugar active,
Evening.-Fl^c rosin 19s; turpentine 383 6-1.
LIVERPOOL, February 19-Noon-Cotton flat; up?
lands 11 J?d; Orleans 12%di sales 6600 bales; sales of
tue week 45,0 0; export 400P; speculation 8000; stock
277,000; American 90,000. Flour 26B. Corn 82o. Man?
chester heavy.
Two P. M -cotton lower.; uplands ll %&; Orleans
i 2d: stock afloat 300,000 eales. Lard 76s Od. Tur?
pentine 82s Od.
Evening.-Cotton dnll; uplands on the spot i\%d ;
afloat >l%d; Crleun? i 2d: salea 5000 palea.
HAVRE, February 10.-Cotton opens quiet and
steady.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
MEW YOIIK, February 18- Noon.--Money easy at 6
a7. Pierling 8% Gold 86%. Cotton lower at 28%c.
Evening.-Co'ton lower; salea lflCitf hales at
closing moro steady, with no sales no der 29. Flour
dull and heavy, and lOal&o, lower; common to fair
extra Southern $6 65*7. . Wbeu dull. Corn heavy;
new white Soulhern good 88%; yellow 03<s. Pork
heavy at (32 80 ; old 482. Lard heavy and lower; keU
Uel9%a20 Whiskey quiet and unchanged. Bice
dull. Sugar excited ; Porto Tl co 13 vfaU ; xmncova
dols%al3%; Havana 13%il4% Coff.T firm. Mn.
lasses dull. Turpentine 6Ja65%. Rosin t? 46*8 00.
Freights drooping. Money oasy at 6*7. Prime pa
per 7 8. Sterling activo at w%. Gold unsettled at
83%. ??Xfthern Pcourltiel Arm.
UALTIMORB, February 19. - Ootlon nominally 29.
Flour f.ir'.y active; superfine 8646 75. Wheat no
sales. White corn 9la08; yellow 87*89. Oats dull at
70*76. Rye firm and. duli. Provisions firmer but
unohnnpe).
CraomvAn, February 19,-Flour dull and unset?
tled. Oom firmer. Whitley dun at 98a. MOM
pork' lower and unsettled at lal Lard drooping.
Bulk ?eats aid bacon neglected.
Sc. Loma, February 18.-Whiskey nominal at 94s*
Pork quiet. Baron du 1. ahonlders 14%?14%c
OJaar aides 17%al8%c, Canvased hems quoted at
29%c Lard dnll.
Lotnsvrxiji" February 19-Pr rk, tts 75*88 Lard,
20a30%. fchouldwrs. 14%} clot* ?Ides, 18c. Flour,
WILMINGTON, February 19 -Spirits turpentine a
aha<iebftter*fcit%a52%c. Rosin a ttoa-le lewerat
.160al 70. Crt ie tu p*n?S?e steady and unohanged.
Par Itcttve at tl. chiton dui?.
' AuousTA, F. bruary 10- oo?<vn oonttnnss dnll
with bot little offering; wie? 260bales; middlings
2fl%*27; rrealpt* 998 bale*.
taTAsnua, February 19. -OoAton quiet and hregu.
lar; middlings 27J?a28c; i-ales COU balee; exports
12 ?2; receipts 729.
MOBILE, February 19;-Cottou dull; middling
20*4 ; salas 789 bales ; receipts 1402; exports 50; re.
cciptsoflbe week 7449; exports to Great Britain
3125. other foreign ports noue, coastwise 1053; stock
64,257; sales of ibo week 2070.
NEW ORLEANS, February 19.-Cotton %o low*r
middling 27'^a27>?; Hales 3300 bales; eales of the
week 13,i01. Gold 33. Sterling 45J?. Now York
s'ght J-* premium. Sugur in good demand-common
12>?; primo 14^al5; yellow clarified 16. Molasses ID
good demand-prime 77a80. Receipts to-day G293
bales; for tho week, gross 26,331, net 25,639; exports
to-day 8133; for the week to Liverpool 23 417, to tho
Conliuont 4914, coast wiso 3765; stock 146,988.
Interior Cotton M ar?cete.
ANDERSON, February 27 -Cotton dull nt 24*26,^.
CHESTER, February. 10-Cotton market dull;
miJdliugs26>? to 20".$.
SELMA. February 15 - Markot quiet and demand
light; middlings 27)?a27& ; falos 80 bales.
ABBKViT,T_.t.,j Feoruory 15-'lalos of cotton tor
tbo weok CO bales at 20a26)?C,-closing at 20 J?.
MONTGOMKRY, February 17-Market very
q.iiet; nominally 2li>i for low midd.lugs; uo sales.
COLUMBIA, February 18.-Tho demand tor cot
cotton was good t -any, and 130 ba.es cbangod
bands at 27c for middling.
MACON, February 17 - A' v ry dull market to-d?y.
w? quote middlings 2(i>?. Receipts to day 133 oales;
ishipmMits 58 bales; sales 87 balo j.
CHARLOTTE, l ebruary 15.-Cotton during tho
past week brought from 23 to 28J-?o, uutil Friday,
whon tho markot declined to 28c, and on "-alurday to
27 li lo 27??e; sa;es dui lug thu week 375 halos.
ROCK HILL. February li.-Market bas boon
steady durin;,' tho week at from 27>? to 27J? for
middling. I bc declino iu New Y >ik has deprossol
our market, and 26J? is ibo highest price to-day.
'SUMTER, February 17.-COTTON-1 hore havo
beon about 125 bales sold during tho week ending
the 17tb ins ant, the market, cl sing a little du 1. Wo
quote: Ordina< v 20!>$.:; good ordinary 27c; 1 w mid?
dling 27??c; middling 28>?o; strict middllug 29c.
YO URVILLE. I ebruary 17.-Tue market has
beon rather dull since our'last re por , the sales f r
tho week being loss than usual. Prices have de?
clined a little, and good middlings are qu ted to?
day at 20)4, though au ext:a flue lot might brim*
"*
Sash ville Market.
NASHVILLE. February 16.-COTTON -During tho
entire week just closed tho cotton market has ocen
weak and irregular. For several days quotations
havj boon nearly nominal, tho sales falling off to a
? ondorful extent. To day < iverpool declined again
*?d. and New York was vory dub, wi h light sales at
tully Kc decline, while buvors were offering ? nly 26
eta for selected samples, thc markot closing dull,
and uvera holding off, awaiting dov lopments. WP
ulvo Ibo closing quotations as follows: Ordinary 95;
good ordinary 25!^; low middling 2Cc. Below we
give tho transact.on? of the day: Receipts 539 bales;
sales 26; shipments 178
COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hind Sept. 1, 1868. 60
Reco ved to day. 539
Received pieviously.: 5,398-35,937
Total. 35,997
HLtppcd io-day. 178
t Sh>i ped previously.3.1,179-30.357
Sto k on hand .6.4G0
'the receipts up lo firs dato last yenr amounted to
55 438 bale--, with shipments -bf 52 209 bales, and a
s.ock on hand o; 3751 bale'.
GOBS-the receipts ot corn were more Pberal ihan
for several weeks, and prices ruled a shade eas'er,
thou ?li not quo ably lower. Sales of cur at 2.i63e;
shelled at 15a07e, and Backed and delivered in dopoc
at 78.181c.
I OIIS?JA act s por --oitI it I molina llailroatt
February 19.
717 halos Cotton, 47 bales Domestics, 8 casks Ba?
con. 158 bbls .-aval stores, 1 car stock, lo Rail?
road Agent, W C Courtney V Co J Ii Pringle, John?
ston, dews & Co, G W Williams & Co, Culgoora,
Herring tl Co, Piuckncy Bros. J B C Sloan, Graes, r
& Smith, Ravencl k Co, 'Ibursion k Holmes, street
Bros & Co, W K Byan, tl U Walter & Co, J Marshall,
Frost A: Adger. Goldsmith & Son, Dowling & Co, P?t?
zer, Rixigeis & Co. W B Smith, H 'Neill, C Graveley,
B O fcharp k Co, Kirkpatrick k Witte.
Consignees per N?rdicas tern Kallroad
February IO.
42 bab e Cotton, 93 b'j.s Naval -.tores, 190 bushels
Rough Rice, Mdse, &e. io Reeder ti Lavis, Kins?
man & liowell, Mjsyoks & Salters. H C O ran* er, J %
Quackenbusb, J Ca.upsen k Co, Miss L H Holum,
1 lislow 6t Co, W C Reo k Co, J Marshall, Jr, Man
tone k Co, S D stoney, L Collei & Co, O J Fuller,
Naohman ?? Co, Fro t k Adger, Graesor & Smith, A
A Ooldi-mith & Co, Tripp & M, McCants & Muy, Rail
road Ap eat.
l'assenucrs?
Per steamship Saragossa, irom New York-Sam?
uel Goldborg, J Murphy, J il Muller and lady, W U
Boldon, lady and child, W Hoyt, E Peck, L Leach, 0
K Williams, W Ludwig,'A P Lon .ox, Mrs Brand
and child, 1' Smith, J Rich, R Hamilton, H Sears.
_ _ffiflrinc Being._
Port ot Charleston.. February iiO
PHASES OF TUE MOON.
Last Quarter, 3d, 1L hours, 36 miuutcs, morning. *
New Moon, 11th, 8 hours, 34 minutes, morning..
First Quarter, 19tu, ll hours, 46 minutes, morning.
Full Moon, 26tb, 0 hours, 41 minutes, morning.
7EBBUABT.
BUN
BISES. I SETS.
MOON
BISES.
HIGH
WATEB.
15 Monday...., 6..44 5..44 9..27 10..21
16'Tuesday.... 6.-41 5. .45 10. .23 10. .58
17iWeduesday. 6..42 5..45 j ll..i7 ?ll..42
18 Thursday... 6..41 . 5..48 1 Morn. Morn.
19.Friday. 6. 40; 5.-47 I 12..14 .12..33
201 saturday... 6..89 | 5..48 f.,ll 1..30
'MjSwflrtnv. 6t 88 5..49I ?.ll 1 2..31
Cleared Yesterday.
Steamship Saragossa, Ryder, New York-Ravenel k
Co.
Sehr s T Raker, Browstor, Provide ice, It I-Wm
Roach ,1c Co.
Sehr Ger.ie Lewis, Hodgden, Baltimore-H F Baker
& Co.
Sailed "sjcsteitlay. .
Stcamthip Saragossa, Ryder, New York.
Up for tn is Fort.
Sehr George H Mills, Mills, at. Now York. Fob 16.
St hr i-yivau,--, at New.Xork, Feb 10.
Cleared for tills Fort.
Bri? Adelaide, Wilson, at New York, Fob 17.
Sehr Aiattbow .Kinney, Ogler, at New York, Feb 17.
Sehr Alioj G G ace, oilcurist, at Ball'mu-e Feb 17.
bohr BE'Adams, Donnell, at Portland, Mo, Feo 15.
Memoranda.
The sehr Hyne, from New York for this port, was
at Lewes, Del February 14.
The sobr Annie Barton, from Philadelphia for this
port, was.at Lewe? Del. Febrvury 14.
LIST OF VKSSKbS
PP, CLEARED AND HAILED FOR THIS POA*
FOREIGN
LIVERPOOL.
Ship B 0 Winthrop, Stewart, Bailed.Jan 22
The Edith Wheeler sailed-.Jan 12
British bark David MoNutt, McEhi nny, sid..Jan 18
Bark Harriet * Hussey, Holmes sailed.Jan 14
British brig Cecilia, Bistrup, sailed..*.\..Jaa fl
IIAVItK.
Ship Pacific, Foss, sailed..Jan 4
POUT TALBOT.
The Oouri'.r, Jenkins, sailed. ... .Jan 12
D O ME STIC.
H0SI0N.
Sehr B N Hawkine. Wyatt, up.Jan 25
Sehr Mary D Haskell, Barbour, cleared..Fob 10
SALEM, MASS
Sehr Riobard Vaux, Whittier, ?ailed..SFeb 12
PORTLAND, MC.
Sehr S E Adams, Donnell, cleared..Feb 15
?aw mas.
St-nm-diip James Adger, Lockwood, cleared..Feb 16
Brig Adelaide. Wilson, cleared.F?b 17
Sehr Marion ?age. shepherd, oleared.Feb 13
Belar U W Godirey pears, oleared..Feb 12
Kohr Iona. ftsndall, cleared.F?b TJ
Hohr D o Hu ino, Hildrotb, oleared.t-eb ll
?ehr Koret, Crocker, cleawd..Feb 9
bohr IL ne, (Hover, oleared*.Feb 6
Behr lt no han tress Cover!, dened.? Feb 6
?ehr t r .de Wind, -, UD.Feb 18
?./.?.* M??!?!*T ??w?jey, O^icr. cleared.Feb VT
Bob/ Oem g.? H Mills, Mills, up.Fob 16
Sol* Sylvan.-, up.leo 16
1'HIX.YDKLPHU.
Steamship Prometheus, Orv?, salted.Fob 14
Behr Clara. Mugford, cleared.Feb 6
Sour Anni? Barton, Stink, cleared.Feb 10
Sehr E B Graham, .-milli, up.....Feb 16
Behr Henry Allen, Ta tem. up.Feb 16
BAI.TIMOUB.
Steamship Falcon, Horsey, .o sall. .Fob 18
bohr campbell. Torry, up.Foo 13
!. ehr Kuchel o unan, Hgh, cleared'..Feb 0
Pcb*Laura, Coonina up...Feb 8
Kcht O H Grove, Weaver, cleared..?.s>b 9
Sehr C V Moyo, McMillan, c oaied.Feb ll
Bohr Alice G Uiace, Gilobnst, oleared...Fob 17
MOBjrOLK.
Sobr Golden City, --, saiiedl. -Fob 12
CHARLESTON
X>B3>Xrr4?.ii BBPQT
SST* Kiaj?KWHsSKT^
GOLD AMO TIN ?"OIL, AMALGAMS*, MINERAL
1 R?TH, Steel Good?, and every ariiole wed by th?
Dsniist. 2*o Junar* at
?TRSdAYS FOB YOUNO M RN .-ON TBB
Errors and sbuftes inoldont to Tonto and Barty Man?
hood, tritb the human* flew o? treatment ana ems,
sent by nail fra? ol charge Add res* HOWARD
AM- OCIATION, Box P, Pbt'adrtphia. Pa.
January 20 M
SOLUBLE MANURES.
THE SULPHURIC ACID AND SUPERPHOSPHATE COMPANY
OF
CHARLESTON", S. G.,
WAVING COMPLETED THEIR EXTENSIVE MANUFACTORY, ARE NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH
SOLUBLE FERTILIZERS,
No other kinds boin?; available to Planters for immediate ret iinm ?j for their
Invwtmeuu,
rpHIS COMPANY, UNDI U THE DIRECTION ENTIRELY OF SOUTHERN MEN OF (HOB C H AR AC
J. TER. offers iudu< oinonts wbi-h will recommoud lt to Southern Planier?. l'hoir works aro among
tbo largest and nio-t complot . in tin: United Htntcs, and en.iblc thom to pron iro at, home au abundant sup?
ply ol the proper solvent for tbe ^outti Carolina native Bone Phosphates which aro nearby. From these
Phosphates they propoio to mauulucluro a
FEETILIZEE
ovon richer in SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE than thoso made fronj RAW BONES, an I containing more than
twice the quantity of Snperphoaphate of Lime found in tho bost average marrares heretrfo.'o ottered tor
salo, tue rates at which'we offer th'-m being no higher than tho overage price of other Fertilizers, while
th<- Manu>es contain twice as much fertilizing material; they aro in fae much cheaper to the consumer.
Ihoy aro "ffercd on tho market in two forms, with a guarantor that tbo material iu each will correspond
to tho advertisement :
J Uwan No. I-SOLUBLE PHOSPHATE, containing from eighteen to twenty-five per cent, of PURE
SOLUBLE PHOSPHATK OF LIME, and furnished at sixty dollar) per ton.
Etiwan N>. 2-PERUVIAN SUPERPHOSPHATE, containing from sixteen lo iwonty p r cont, of SOLU?
BLE PHOsPH \ I'K, and taree to four per oent of AM M ?NI*, at seventy Dollar? per ton, for approved ac?
ceptances bearin'i inter?s1, or such othor security as may be accept ible lo ihe sub-agent?, a discount of ton
per cent, on the abovo prices will be made for cash.
Orders to be tor warded immediately to tho Agents, an! delivery made as directed on and after 1st Jan?
uary next.
WM. C. BEE & CO., Agents.
C. G . III EMM IN GEK. President.
Thc Fertilizers of this Company will be branded ET1WA1V, So. I-ETI WA rv,
No. ?.
Decombor 30 Wd3oao9
?WIVE. DVC. Sc CO,
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AND
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January 4 n*o Sino
GUARDIAN MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
Organized in 1850. All Policies non-Forfeit able.
Half Loan Taken. No Notes Required.
LAST CASH DIVIDEND 50 (FIFTY) PEU CL: T.
Statement. i Officers.
Policies in force.$25,000,000 j W. H. PECKHAM, President.
Assets. 1,500,000 j H. V. GAH AG AN, Secretary.
Annual Income. .800,000 L. McADAM, Actuary.
Losses Paid.- ' 500,000 G. A. FUDILKAR, Superintendent.
Directors.
Hon. JOHN A. Dix. New York. E. V. HAUGUWOUT, Firm E. V. ilaughwout &
Hon. JAMES HARPER, Firm Harper & Bros., Co.
ex-Mayor New York. Wu. WILSENS, Lum W. Wilkena .? CO.
JOHN J. CRANE President Bank Ropublic. JULIUS il. P IATT, Morchaut.
WK. T. HOOKER. Wall-street. War. \V. WRIGHT, Morchaut.
WM. M. VEUMILYE, Banker (Vormily3 & Co.) CHAS. J. STAR?, Merchant.
CHAS. G. ROCKWOOD, Cashier Newark Banking WILLIAM ALLEN. Morchaut.
Company. OEO. W. CUYLEK, Bulker, Palmyra, N. Y.
Hon. GEORGE OPDYKE, ex-Mayor'of New York. GEO. T. UOP.;. President Continental Fire Ic
MINOT C. MOKOAN Banker. suraucc Company.
THOMAS RIGNEY, b'um Thomas Rigney & CO. JOHN H. SHERWOOD. Park Place.
BENJ. B. SHERMAN. Treasurer New York Steam WALTON H. PECKHAM, Corner 5th Avenue and
Sugar Beaning Co npany. f wentv-thit?d-jtr,oeb.
AARON ARNOLD. Firm of Arnold, Constable*; Co. EDWARD H. WRIGHT, Newark, N.J.
RICHARD H. BOWNE, Wetmore & Bowne, Law- GEO. W. FARLEE, Counsellor.
vers. . W* COOKSWELL, Merchant.
GEORGE KEIM..General Asent for South Carolina.
Dr. T. RE E N ST J E It N A, Examining Physician.
R. ISSBRTEL,
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