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Pirating flisptcjj, 3 O’tLm K P. M, MAY 5, ISSH. Notice to Advertisers. Advertisements for the Evening Dispatch must be handed in by eleven o'clock in thefoienoon , in order to appear the same day. The heavy pres 1 sure of advertisements upon the columns of our paper will not admit of their reception after the hour named. LOCAL MATTERS. Reform Notice. Attention is directed to the card of Dr. Park, of Savannah. Barbee's Coquette. We must say a few words more in re lation to this American creation. As it is about to leave us, we feel that justice to the artist, justice to the places where it will be shortly exhibited, as well as justice to our own feelings,requires that we should endeavor to set it before the world with some approximation to its intrinsic merits. In representative men there can be but one Bonaparte, but one Shakspeare, but one Webster; in statu ary there can be but one Venus de Medices. but one Eve, but one Greek Slave, but one Coquette. Weliave gazed with absorbing inter est upon the productions of Michael Angello, and all who have trod the same path, and although to some minds there is profanation in a comparison be tween the ancient and the modern in art, we do say that while gazing upon the Coquette we have had chords touched in the inmost recesses of the soul, which the work of the old masters has never made to vibrate. There is such an individu ality, such a oneness, such an identity with every part with all, and of the whole with each. We see nothing in the entire form that is not represented in the face ; and that face, who that has seen it can forget tho expression of mingled curiosity and delight by which it is animated, as the experiment of piercing the first heart, is about to be made ? It is not permitted us to judge wliat willbetheawardof posterity, but we be lieve it will be to place the Coquette in one of the fairest niches, reserved for the beautiful in art. Augusta Bible Society. The morning papers contain the an nual report of the Board of Managers, read by Elder J. S. Lamar, at the forty first annual meeting on Sunday eve ning. The Report of the Treasurer and Librarian shows the following finan cial condition of the Society : To balance cash on hand at last report, 152 96 To net sales of Books, : : : : 84 23 “ contributions from the Au gusta Female Bible Society, 100 00 To annual contributions ob tained in this city and vi cinity, ::::::::::::: 793 50 To contributions from Mount Zion Bible Society, : : 10 00 $1,140 09 By easli remitted Parent Society, : : $ 200 00 By cash paid Rev. G. J. Pearce, Agent for tile State of Georgia, :: : : : 800 00 By incidental expen ses, 3 00 By balance cash on hand, ::::::: 137 69 $1,140 69 The Library Committee report that there are nowon hand in the Depository, Bibles, Testaments, &c., to the amount of $242 56. During the year, twenty Bibles and one hundred and eighty-four Testaments have been distributed to the needy free of charge. By a resolution of the Board, the Depository has been removed to Mr. H. D. Norrell’s Book Store, where it is believed ; t will be a source of still greater income to the Society, aud at the same time more extensively benefi cial to the community at large. The death of Mr. Robert D. Carmi chael, a late number of the Board of Managers, is noticed in appropriate terms. The Report of the Rev. G. J. Pearce Agent fer the Society, shows that the amount paid him has been appropriated as follows: For Books and Colportage for Pulaski County. ::::::: $290 00 Dooly County, :::::::: : 250 00 Worth “ " ::::::::: 260 00 SBOO 00 After listening to the reports, able ad dresses were delivered by Rev. Drs. Talmagk and Fi.in.v, of Milledgeville, and thellcv. Dr. Wilson; after which the Society went into an election of of ficers for the ensuing year, with the fol lowing result : President—Dr. L. D Ford. Vice Presidents— Dr. J. R. Wilson, Rev. J. S. Key, and Elder J. S. Lamar. MANAGERS. Porter Fleming, W. S. Royal, J. A. Ansley, Joseph Milligan, J. S Bean, Charles Dwelle, W. C. Derry, J. P. Gardner, - R. H. May," Isaiah Purse, H. T. Peay, Edward Campfield. Secretary and Treasurer.—Win. A. Walton. Librarian.—H. D. Norrell. At a subsequent meeting of the Board of Managers, the following committees were appointed to make the usual an nual collection in the several Wards of the city : Ward No. 1. ' Ward No. 2. ]. P. Gardner, Isiah Purse, H. T. Peay, E. Campfield, TI F. Russell, James B. Walker, W. C. Derry. W. S. Royal. Ward No. 3. Ward No. 4. S. Bean, J- A. Ansley, J. W. Bones, C. Dwelle. P Fleming, John I\ Miller, J. a Wright, J.W. Horton. C. A. Rowland, R. H. May. Ifr. DoiiiilCSanaparllln. “When, in the course of human events" it becomes necessary to take medicine, the most important conside ration is to know what will do tho most good, and the least harm, and our expo-! rienee has been, that the former reme dy is a ery scarce, and the latter ditto. But nevertheless, there is still left for the ills of suffering humanity, some val uable remedies—somemedicines that will | cure and not kill, and among the nearly j good, our experience enables us to class j the Georgia Sarsaparilla, manufaetur-, ed by Dr. J. Denxis, of this city. We | have used it, and we believe it to be a 1 valuable medicine. A disordered sto mach and liver has been our compan ion for years, and we have taken innu merable remedies, to induce the un welcome disease to leave ns, and the medicine wiiich has come the nearest to accomplishing this desired end was pre pared by Dr. Dennis. Eclectic Magazine, The May number of this work has been laid on our table by Mr. Rood, the agent who is still in our city. We have! heretofore spoken of this publication in! favorable terms, because we believe the work is rearly valuable, and needs only to be known, to be appreciated. The number before us contains 144 pagei, of choice reading matter, and two steel plate engravings, which are gems of art. j Dogs. If the killing of 120 of these animals —which is the number up to twelve o’clock to day—lias been the cause of the unusual quietness which was enjoy ed in our part of the city last night, we have all cause to thank the dog kil lers. [communicated.] Mr. Editor .-—There was a grateful in -1 eident, not mentioned by any of the press, at the recent visit of the orphans of the Magnolia Asylum to the tomb of their patron, the late Mr. Tuttle. Our townsmen, Mr. John Wightman, who amuses his leisure hours with his pen cil, and who had on his easel a nearly completed likeness of Mr. F. believing | that the orphans would be pleased to have some conception of him to whose benevolence they are indebted for home, food, clothing, aud instruction, exerted himself during the brief period interven ing between the notice and the visit, to gratify this natural desire. At the close of the very excellent address by Dr. Lewis Ford, the orphans were marched to the Cemetary Chapel, and beheld a speaking likeness of him, whose bounty has mitigated the sorrows ; of blighted childhood. The design is I creditable to Mr. Wightman’s heart, | and the picture to his artistic skill. H. Liquor and Law. i The Boston Ledger is responsible for the following : i “The reply of a prominent tempe rance prohibition law advocate to a i question put to him the other day as to ‘how the controversy stood between the rum-sellers and temperance men,’ was quite to the point. He said that ‘tom perance never had more law nor tiie rum sellers more liquor than at pres ent.’ This is doubtless true, and being true, is a hard commentary upon the present ‘blue laws’ of Massachusetts.” The Frost. —We took occasion on sale day last to make enquiries of our plant ing friends as to the effects of the late ; cold snap, and regret to learn that in some portions of the Distiict, much , damage was done to the Cotton and Corn crops. Some have replanted their entire crop—others again have only to i replant small portions of their cotton, whilst scarcely any have escaped with : out-injury. The fruit crop though, we are inform ed, is not much damaged.— Edgefield Ad vertiser. Gentlemen from South-western Geor gia inform us that in some places for ward cotton has been so much injured as to render replanting necessary.— Corn has also been slightly injured in places. The wheat and fruit crops are not hurt. From other sections of the country we learn that more or less damage has been done to various crops, but nothing calculated seriously to impair our belief that the wheat and fruit crops will be abundant, with here and there an ex ception.—Journal Messenger. — . j ’’ln Minnesota, they have Sibley “de , dared” Governor; Ramsey “elected” Governor ; Medary “appointed” Gover ! nor; and Chase “acting" Goveuor.”— Exchange. Edwin Forrest writes to a gentleman in Cleveland:—“You must never look into newspapers for any just report of me,for the peuny-a liars never report me and my cause aright. They have had all sorts of rumors concerning me lately, and some very ludicrous indeed: that I am to open a grocer's shop at Chicago— that I am to keep a liquor storeout West —that 1 have quit tiie stage forever—j that I am dying of the dropsy—that 11 have ’got’ religion (as if I had ever been without it) —that I atn to become a par son,and the church is being built in this city for my debut in the pulpit.” Emigration to Tennessee. One evening last week a number of Sew Yorkeis met at the Westchester House to organize a plan of emigration into Eastern Tennesse. Between forty and fifty entered their names and joined the emigration society. —- -s>- “Tell iumto keep ms dogs offhe!"— This is said to have been the reply of Henry A. Wise, not long since, to a friendly message of the President. A report is current that the Bank of) France is about to lend to the various railway companies 140,000,000 f, to com plete their works. Anaecredited agent, havingfull power to act, is said to be in Washington, for’ the purpose of offering tiie United States Governor Sonora, Chihuaha, ami Lower California, at a fair valuation. Northern ami Southern Representa tives In Congress. The Philadelphia North American, a journal which is as decided in its oppo sition -to slavery and to the South, as any of the recognised organs of the Black Republican party, in a recent ar ticle takes occasion to compare the rep resentation of the free and slave States in Congress, and says: j “ The South, as a general »ule, is bet* I ter represented in Congress than the free i | Slates. Tiie best men in the Soutli are j ! willing to go to Washington and to look | after the interests of their section, and! j their constituents keep them there as j long as they are desirous to serve. But j it really seems as If, in many cases, the j North picked out third rate men inten tionally to represent them. It is quite notorious that very many who go to one or the other branch of Congress from the free States are men without educa tion, with only a superficial smattering of knowledge on a few common topics picked up in away themselves cannot explain, and who have never, until they found themselves in high place, associated with persons of good breed ing. Their only arts are those of the demagogue or the trickster. They are utterly incapable of rising to any com | manding views of national policy, or | comprehending in its full significance our Constitution, and the principles of j our Government. The intrigues and i management of the petty politician are alone within their scope. “We have also maintained that it is wrong to “judge the North, eitherintel lectually or politically, by its Represen tatives in Congress. The best taknt in that section is enlisted in the pi ofes | sions, and in mercantile, manuiactur-) | ing, and sometimes mechanical pur suits. There is there no class of large landed proprietors, with means and leisure to devote to the studies and dn , ties of statesmanship. The necessities of most men of talent require them to avail themselves of those rewards which the bar and other profitable pursuits hold out to intellect and energy. Few men go from the North to Congress, | who are able to earn a livelihood in any other way. The great men remain at home, and are rarely heard outside of | their own limits. The Horace Binneys,; of Philadelphia, the Charles O'Connors, of New York, and other intellectual gi • ants, are unseen by the nation, because • they walk in the lowly vale of private . life, whilst political ‘pigmies, perched on Alps.’ at Washington, ‘play such 1 fantastic tricks before high Heaven, as . might make angels weep.’ It is con , soling to reflect that whatever madness j may rule tiie hour in Congress, there is • j a strong reserve of intelligence and > common sense in the country to fall , back upon in the hour of need.” The Condition of the Levee ami Crop?, ‘ A friend of reliable judgement, who - arrived in the city from Tunica yester , day informs us that there is no crevasse in the banks of the Mississippi from the ' mouth of Red River down to the Bell ' crevasse. At Cat Island, where tiie . State has been engaged in tiie comple j tion of a large work of protection, a culvert was inadvertently left open, and , when the water began to pour through, 5 it was found difficult to close it. The . water passing through this culvert has ’ partially overflowed several small plan i tations above and below it, and tho wa , ter is gradually making its way up to ' wardsßayon tunica through the Bar row settlement, but as yet little dam . age lias been done. The late cold weather, ending in a frost, has injured the appearance of tho cotton crop oil all low grounds. The has not been killed, but has , been checked in its growth and render ’ cd weak, so that many planters ex pect to have to replant portions of their , lands. —Neiv Orleans Picayune Mag Ist. Ten shares of they Bay State Mills : (par $1,000) were sold iu Boston, Satur day, at $1 per share. : tannerfial Intelligence. , 1 Latest dates from Liverpool April 24 [ Latest dates from Havre April IS • Latest dates from Havana April 25 ► , EVENING DISPATCH OFFICE, \ Augusta, v ednesday, May 5, P. M. j C'OTTO.v—There is no demand to day, and we . have no sale? to report. Receipts 300 bales. Receipt;* of Colton, Charleston, May 4 4150 bales " Savannah, May 4 804 do ’ BALTIMORE, May I. Coffee. —We quote Rio - ;it 11/2)ll%cents ; Luguayra is selling at IJ% , 12 cents ft ft. Flour —Wi* q'loto II )ward-street and City Mills ; Extra at $4{a)34.37|£ per bid. M lasses —Market steady For New Orleans r at 34'Sod cents ; Cuba Muscovado 29(5)31 cents : . Cuba clayed at 25%(a>26 cts : English Island 30 5 (2)34 cts. Sugars—Wo quote Porto Rico $7.25 ; for Now f Orleans $8.50(2)7.25. . Whiskey —The • were small sales of Penns' ! vaui.i at 21 cts. Ohio is quoted at 21(2)21 % cts, City and Country at 21c gal. ©. MONTGOMERY. May I.— Cotton —Our market , was weak and feeble to .ay. Sales could n tbe made unless t decline from previous quota ■ lions. We heard of only a few small lots hav . ing changed hands. SAVANNAH, May s.— Cotton —Arrived since i April 27th, 5808 bales Upland and 215 bales ea . Island. The exports during the same period 'I have been 12 678 bales Upland and 380 ales ‘ s a Island ; leaving'a stock on hand and on ' shipboard not cleared yesterday of 31,633 bales 1 Upland and 3 75 bale* Sea Ida d, against 22,271 bales Upl ir. I and 2017 bales Sea Island at the • same time hist year. The a es of the week sum up 2074 bales, at prices rangi g Iro.n 10 to 12% cents. 1 The receipts at a.l the ports to latest dates give ■ the following result : Decrease at Florida 19,371 I “ “ Savannah 58,132 “ “ Charleston 33,195 “ “ Virginia and N. C— 0,315 i 117,023 Increase at New Orleans 45,219 “ “Texas 36,529 “ “ Mobile 3,880 Total decrease in receipts 31,395 The entire stock of cotton on band i.i the l'. States up to this time, as compared with last year, gives the following result : Increase at New Orleans 183,309 do at M >bile 34.108 do at Texas 14/69 do at Savannah 9.518 do at Charleston 2,825 do at Virginia 530 Decrease at New York 18.841 do at Florida 288 Total increase 279,674 j Rice —Sales of 300 casks are reported at $3% to $3% per hundred lbs Molasses —We quote from 23 to 25c ft gal. Coffee —Stocks are light and demand limited. No change iu prices. Lime— Fair demand, at unchanged prices : $1 to $125, according to quantity. 1 Hay— No change: 75c to $1 for Northern, mid 1 Eastern $1 to $1.25. Exchange— The Banks continue to check quite! freely on Noz the-n cities at % ft ct. premium on | j Sight bills ; gyu?i !e the rates are from % to %c. j MANUFACTURER AND RETAIL DEALER IN AND Trunks, Carpet Bags, School Satchels, tfcc., dbo. cfcC. Opposite the Adams Express Company, Augusta, Ga. I 4 G oH* ra l an(l wcll selectc .d assortment of (JO DS in the above line constantly on hand. His feHOES are made for the retail trade, and will be sold upon reaaona lc terrn3. : CALL AND SEE THEM. WHOLES ALE DRUG GISTS. IAVILANB, CHICHESTER k CO., LATE BAVILAND, It ISLET Si CO., BROAD-STREET, AUGUSTA,GEO., TWO DOORS ABOVE THE GLOBE HOTEL. DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS. OILS, GLASS, PATENT MEDICINE! GARDEN SEED, ROSENDALE CEMENT, CALCINED PLASTER PARIS, Sic., lit., Sic. MERCHANTS, PHYSICIANS AND DEALERS GENERALLY, WHO PRIDE THEMSELVES ON DEALING IN MEDICINES OF FIRST QUALITY. feb24-3m MAY RELY UPON BEING SUITED. ' SJjipnig Intelligence. CHARLESTON, May 4 —Arrived, steamship | Atlanta and Columbia, brig Emily, schrs N \V ; Smith, Mauhassett, and Theo D " agner, N York; • 5 stmship Westernport, Baltimore ; ketch Broth- j l ers, schr Ingnmar, stmship Keystone, Philadel- j ,' pliia ; schr V Sharp, Boston. ,; At Quarantine, brig lza, Sagua la Grande. * j Cleared, ship Sebasticook, LiverpcKd ; stmship | ■ Isabel. Havana; schr P. N Hawkins, New York ; j schr Richard Vaux, Baltimore ; Br bark Glenal . | vou, Liverpool. |! SAVANNAH, May 3 —Arrived, steamship Au -1 gusta and Montgomery, sehrs Plandome, En chantress and Restless, Now York ; steamship Isabel, Charleston ; bark Barcelona ; scr Blooming Youth, Havana. • j Cleared, steamship Isabel, Havana ; brig Bo* > ronda, Cardenas ; schr Margaret Reinhart, Bos _ J ton. Departed, steamers W H Starke and Columbia, -j Augusta. !| SPRING GO oil’s. SPRING GOODS! i nar ■*- HAS THIS DAY RECEIVED a large lot of SPRING GOODS, and will continue to 5 uo so through the summer, consisting in part of . Ladies’ Silk Fixed CONGRESS GAITERS, do do do do do Glove Kil Congress do r do Colored TIPT do do Black do do do Fine Philadelphia Kid and Morocco SLIP PERS, , Misses’ Fixed Kid-Top KOSSUTH ROOTS, s do Kid and Morocco SLIPPERS and TIES, • Cliildrens’ SHOE*, of every description, Mens’ Calf Opera PUMP BOOTS, do Goats HEELED INVINCIBLES, ■ do Patent W. S. PUMPS and Oxford TIES, do Goats B S. do do Calt B. S. do do Kid Congress GAITERS, do Calf do do - Boys’ do do do 4 With a variety to < numerous to rr.ontion. Call S and look, as I have attentive Clerks who will be 5 glad to show tie Goods. mh‘.7 | Dissolution of Copartner ship. | rjIHE firm of HAND, WILLIAMS & ; JL GRAVES is dissolved this day by mutua consent. Mr. W. C. DERRY is our authorized A out to close up the unsettled busiuess. DANIEL HAND, s GEORGE W. WILLIAMS, A. GRAVES. Augusta, March 29. 1850. /'i KO. W. WILLIAMS & CO. continue ' VX the WHOLESALE GROCERY BUSINB3 in s! Charleston, S. C., and keep constantly a large stock of Groceries. They will be pleased to serve their old inends is usual. ap!4 dim 0 j Great Western Marine INSURANCE COMPANY. Authorized Capital. $5,000,000: Cash Capi ial f paid by Stallholders. $1,000,000. Surplus Fuml, §500,000. INSURANCE ON MERCHANDIZE 01 PRODUCE to and from Augusta and Ports ic the United States can bo effected in the abov Company, by applying to JOSIAII SIBLEY & SON'S 3 ' aps No. G. Warren Block. I SAMUEL SW.I3T & CO., Lottery 3vlaliti^ers, ! J. JANKERS and Dealers in Exchange, .1.3 Uncurri'Rt Money unit Specie, in tile Au j gusta Hotdl building, Broad-st., Augusta. Ga. Office hours from GAMtoIO PM. Daily pa t pers on file from all the principal cities, iele raphio reports of latest dates, . Reading room free to travellers and the public All are invited to call. Tickets in their Georgia Lotterios from $1 to S2O aug2G-tl OILS, ALCOHOL AND BURNING FLUID. i 250 gals. Best Lamp Oil $1 25 per gaMon l 200 do Ijird do 1 40 do do l 200 do Best Castor do 2 15 do do 300 do Train do 75 do do 250 do Paint do 1 00 do do ' 200 do Tanners * do 75 do do ’ 500 do Fresh Burning Fluid... 80 do do ’ 300 do 95 deg. Alcohol 90 do do —ALSO* — 50 boxes French Window Glass. Just receive ed by feb2 THOS. P. FOGARTY Bath (South Carolina) Paper HVLiXIss TTTIUL KEEP ON HAND ill this city, ' V? and for sale at lowest cash prices, con . slant supplies of 1 BOOK, NEWS, and WRAPPING PAPER, of best qualities. Orders promptly filled. Store Room on Reynold street, immediately in L rear of City Bank. GEO. W. WINTER. Augusta, April 6, 1858. apß-tf 1 jpioFFEE AND SUGAR. Vj 400 bags Prime RIO COFFKE, 30 Hilda good TUBA SUGARS, now for sat. by do WJLCOX, HAND & ANSI.EY. 1 HICKMAN, WESCOTT & CO. Have a large and splendid stock of 3NT ES 'W [SPRING GOODS! I Just received from New York, which THEY WILL SELL VERY CHEAP. Merchants and Planters are respectfully re quested to call and examine their gjods, as’tbcy will bo sold low H., W. ti Co. would respectfully invite the at t* ntion of Indies to a beautiful assortment of DRESS GOODS S 9 E mm, STEEL-SPRING SKIRTS, and a great variety of other articles opened this day. ap9 Cash IPaid for OLD ROPE AM) DIMING HEMP BAGGING AND ROPE, 2‘< rents per lb : For GUNNY BAGGING, 1 % cents per lb : “ GRABS ROPE, 1 “ “ At BATH PAPER MILLS OFFICE, I On Rcynold-street, between Jackson and Mc- Intosh. apl4 \gjjftE fyjEDICINESy liSTRUMEIftf l DHIICS, / PAINTS,OILS \ GUEEJiE &, PULASKI B mb mm bab <r- ■ m C LOTTERIES. Managed, Drawn and Prizes I*aid by tin well known and responsible Jinn of <; It F. <i o It V & M AU R Y SALES CLOSE EACH DAY at 2 o’clock. EXTRA CLASS 14, To be diawn on SATURDAY, May Eth, 1857 BEAUTIFULSCTIEME! $41,082! lPiizeol $15,000 2 do 10.(00 2 do 5,000 2 do 3,750 2 do ... 2,250 &e., &c., &c. Tickets, $ 0 ; Halves, $5 ; Quarters. $2.50. UNCI HI.; N t NOTES, SPECIEANDXAND WAR RANTS BOUGHT 'VO SOLD. THE LMALLEK GLASSES. WiU be drawn every « ay in the following order : ON‘MONDAY. The Capital Prize wi‘ i from s'‘.ooo to $14,000. Tickets, $2 50; lh . >,51.25: Quar’s, 62*£cts. TUESDAY. Capital. $4,000 to SO,OOO. Ticke $1; Halves, 50cents; Quarters, bv the package. WEDNESDAY. Capital, $1 ,000 to $15,000. Tickets, $4; Halves,s2; Quarters, SI. THURSDAY. Capital, $7,500 to S9,uGO. Tickets $2; Halves $1; Quarters, 50 cents. FRIDAY. Cupital, $9,000 to $14,000. Tickets, $2 50 Halves, $1.25 ; Quarters. 02 s cents. SATURDAY. Capital, $4,000 to so,ooo. Tickets, $1; Halves, 50 cents. Quarters, by the packages. Payment of Prizes in the above Lotteries is secured by a bond ol Seventy Thousand Dol lars, in the hands of the Treasurer ot the Com missioners , appointed by the State of Georgia. Notes of ali solvent Banks taken in payment for Tickets. Orders promptly attended to, and Schemes and Drawings forwarded. Apply to JOHN a.MILLEN, Broad-st.. 3 doors Nd «v Uvr (.mi ce (.’erne”. mys Vender 'or Groyo-v & v me BACON. •> s hhds. Pi ime SHOULDERS, 1 1/1/ 10 do. Ribbed SIDES, without back bone 5 do. Clear do 4 do. PLAIN HAMS, 2 do. SUGAR CURED HAMS. For sale by ap2B McCORD, HORTON & WAI TON. Hides wanted. Cash paid for prime FLINT HIDES. THOS. P. STO VALL & CO., feb!2 4 Gen’l Commission Merchant INSURANCE. THE UNDERSIGNED lespectfuH, informs the Merchants of Augusta, and own t y - A le I'T now am P ,e facilities for effecting FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE, on the best terms consistent with safety, in the most re ) liable and prompt paying Companies in the Union. Those wishing open Policies in the Marine Department can have them on appli cation to Tliomas Wtiyte, AGENT, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. C3r:r©£&t Western iXEi IMS IT 1A MSI And Trust Company of Philadelphia and New York. FIRE INSURANCE ON STORES, 1) WELLINGS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, IUHNITURE and MERCHANDIZE GENE HALL Y, Limited or Perpetual. OFFICE IN THE COMPANY’S BUILDING, No. 403 Walnut, Corner of Fourth-street. DIRECTORS: CHARLES C. LATHROP, | WM. DARLING, . ALEX. WHILLDIN I THOS. L. GILLESPIE, ISAAC HAZZLEHURST, JAS. B. SMITH, JOHN C. HUNTER, Hon. HENRY M. FULLER, E. TRACY’, JOHN R. VOGUES, i JOHN R. M’CURDY’, JAMES WRIGHT, JONA. J. SLOCUM, ALFRED TAYLOR. CHAS. C. LATHROP, President. WM. DARLING, Vice-President. L. GREGORY, 2d Vice-President, 49 William street, New York. JAMES WRIGHT, Secretary and Treasurer. H. K. RICHARDSON, Assistant Secretary. STATEMENT, JANUARY 1, 1838. Capital, $222,300 00 Surplus, 65,274 02 ASSETS. $277,574 05 Real Estate, and Bonds and Mortgages, 136,800 00 Stocks, (par value, $80,450,) 51,915 00 Bills Receivable, 61,723 60 Cash in Bank and due from Agents, 27,135 45 Premiums received, $132,872 32 , Interest, Rents, &c., 11,604 48 —— $144,476 80 Losses paid, $47,850 11 Expenses, Commissions, Re insurance and Dividend, 41,652 64 THOMAS WHYTE, Agent, Augusta. Farmers' and Mechanics' insurance Company NORTH WEST CORNER SECOND & WALNUT STS., PHILADELPHIA. The following Statement, exhibits the business and condition of the Company, to 1 January Ist, 1858 : Premiums Received fov Marine Risks undetevrmined in 1857, $99,271.01 Marine Premiums Received during the year ending Dec. 31,1857, 118,155.05 Fire Premiums Received during the year ending, Dec. 31, 1857, 192,565.85 l Interest on Loans, 8,445.62 Total Receipts for tire year, $418,427.53 ! Paid Marine Losses, $122,630.09 Paid Fire Losses, 95,253.88 Expenses, returned premiums and Re-Insurance, 54,216.58 . Salaries and Commissions, 32.458.38 $304..>68,9 : Balance remaining with the Company, $113,858.60 THE ASSETS ARE AS FOLLOWS : Bonds and Mortgages, Ground Rents, Bank and other Stocks, $212,450.00 Loaned on Stocks, 37,650.00 I Trust Fund in New York. 33,151.56 Deferred Payment on Stock, 97,700.00 ’ Bills Receivable, 74,404.67 Cash on hand and due from Agents. 40,000.33 ‘ Premiums on Policies recently issued, and debts due the Company, 30,538.38 $530,894.94 THOMAS WHYTE, Agotlt, Augusta. 1 The Officers and Directors of this Institution experience much satisfaction in lay -1 ; n g before their fellow-citizens the foregoing statement , with a view to direct atten , tion to the great Importance of Insurance, and thereby protect themselves from the Loss of property by Fire. The Company has entered upon the third year of its existence, during which period the Receipts have reached the large sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand dot > tars, and they have paid losses of more Hum six hundred thousand dollars, which is equal in respect to character of business to the very best and oldest offices in this City. J While the Losses have been exceedingly heavy, they have been met with I promptitude in adjustment, and by the payment of claims, which lias elicited the un qualified approbation of those who have been tiie sufferers. This Company is determined to maintain its character and credit by prompt payment of Loss to the In sured, and this rule will be continued and strictly adhoed to in ail cases. The FARMER'S & MECHANICS’ INSURANCE COMPANY solicits Insurance on Real Estate, Goods, Nanufaduriny Mstablishmcnts, Agricultural Produce, Merchandise and Household Furniture, at reduced rates, to meet the exigenceies of the present times. The Board of Directors are gentlemen of well known character and reputation, fully understand the business of Fire Insurance, and have a full reliance on the competency of the Officers who conduct the affairs of the Institution. We appe'ud the names of a few extensive and influential Merchants of this City, who patronize the Company by giving it a large amount of their Insurance, and to whom are respectfully referred persons who may wish to Insure with this Com pany. si. W. BALDWIN, Steam Engine Manufacturt r, GOLDSMITH k CO., Clothier, DAVID S. BROWN, Merchant, K. M. SE LY k SON, Merchants, JOHN 11. BROWN, Merchant, JBsPER HARDING & SON, Printers, THOMAS SPARKS, Merchant, RICE A KELLY, Plumbers, T kL. THOMPSON, Merchants, VII F. POTTER ALL, FAUST it lviNl IiRKNNI.It. Merchants, P. RCSHON'U k SONS, II.&p. DITTRICH,Gum Elastic Manufacturers, MALONE A TAYI.OR, JOHN DUROSS, Printer, JOHN HARE POWELL, MIL'HAEL BOUVIER, Merchant, JOHN L. BROOME A CO., BUTCHER & BROS., Merchants, BLOOM k DAVIS, .1 V \N BRUNT. Merchant, 1). StO. Klil LY. Manufacturers, » WILLIAM ROGERS, Coach Maker, CHARLES L. BUTE, Sugar P.efl: or. The Company lias discontinued Marine Insurance since August Ist, 1857, in tending to confine it exclusively to the business of Fire and Inland Navigation In surance. THOMAS B. FLORENCE, President. i EDWARD It. IIEMIiOLDT, Secretary. ( JOHN THOMASON, General Superintendent. Great Western Marine Insurance. MARINE INSURANCE ON VESSELS, CARGO A Nil FREIGHT, TO ALL PARTS OE THE W ORLD. ALSO, INLAND INSURANCE OX GOODS, to all parts of the Country. OFFICE IN THE COMPANY’S BUILDING, No. 403 Walnut, Cor. Fourth street DIRECTORS ; . CHARLES C. LATHROP, I WM. DAP LING, ' ALEX. WHILLDIN, THOS. L. GILLESPIE, ISAAC HAZELHURST, JAS.B. SMITH, JOHN C. HUNTER, | HON. HENRY. M. FULLER, E TRACY, I JOHN. R. VOGDES, JOHN R. M'CURDY, JAM R 8 WRIGHT, JONA. J. SLOCUM. | ALFR ill TAYLOR. CH\S. C. LATHROP, President. WM. DARLING, Vice President. L. GREGORY’, 2d Vice President, 49 William St., N. Y. JAMES G. WEIHT, Secretary and Treasurer. H. K. RICHARDSON, Assistant Secy. STATEMENT, JANUARY Ist, 183*. Capital, $222,300 00 Surplus, 55,274 05 assets. $277,574 Oil Real Estate, and Bonds and Mortgages, $136,800 00 Stocks, (par value, $80,450,) 51,915 00 Bills Receivable, 61,723 60 Cash in Bank and Due from Agents, 27,135 45 Premiums received, 132,872 32 Interest, Rents, &c., 11,604 48 Losses paid, $47,860 11 Expenses, Commissions, Re-Insurance and Dividend, 41,352 64 r —— $89,902 70 THOMAS WHYTE. Agent, Ai gusta. Extract from the Rtp.ort of the Agent of the Comptroller of the State of New York. Hon. S. E. Church, Comptroller, Sfc. Dear Sir Agreeably to your request, 1 have examined, I believe critically 1 and fully the affairs, condition and assets of the Great Western Insurance and s Trust Company. I have seen and inspected not only their Books, which are well kept hut the Assets under the heads of Cash on Hand, Bills Receivable, and ' Stock Notes, and feel perfectly safe in reporting to you that-the four items of . “Cash on hand and in the hands of Agents,” “Unsettled Premiums,” “Bills Re ceivable,” and “Stock Notes,” amounting to $93,868, are good, and available to 5 the Company for that amount, or nearly that amount. I have taken some painl to ascertain the value of the Stocks held by the Company, having visited the sev eral Companies and conversed fully and freely with their respective officers. The building belonging to the Company, on the corner of Walnut and Fourth ’ streets, is a very line free-stone building, well built and admirably arranged ; it* location is one of the best for business purposes in Philadelphia. I have called j upon the gentleman who built it, and jjold it to the Company, who informed me ' that it cost him over $70,000 cash. I think this property would be a good m „ vestment at $75,000. ~ The Real Estate Mortgages contained in the statement of the Company are all good for the amount stated, and cover property worth at least fifty percent, more than the amount for which they are mortgaged. From tills statement it will be seen that this Company should receive your • Certificate. I desire to add that the Company seems to he lntel.igently ana pru dently managed, and I find that it enjoys the full confidence of business men of Philadelphia. [Signed] L. S. CHAIIIELD, _ February 14, 1868. Agent of Comptroller of Eew I ork.