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Women

The English woman is respectful and proud,
the French woman is gay and agreeable ; the
Italian is passionate the American woman
is sincere and affectionate. With an English
woman, love is principle with a French
woman it is caprice with an Italian it is
a passion ; with an American it Is n senti-
mcnt. A man is married to an English
woman ; is united to a French woman CO.
habits with an Italian, and is welded to an
American. An English woman is anxious
to secure lord ; French woman com
panion ; an Italian lover ; an American
husband. The Engishman respects his
lady; the Frenchman esteems his compan-
ion the Italian adores his mistress the
American loves his wife. The Englishman
at night returns to his house, while the
trenchman goes to his establishment, the
Italian to his retreat the American to his
home. When an Engishman is sick his
lady visits him ; when Frenchman is sick
his companion pities him when an Italian
is sick his mistress sighs over him when
an American is sick, his wife nurses him
An English woman instructs her offspring
French woman teaches her progeny an
Italian rears her young while an American
educates her child.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.


SUNDAY, Nov lb-8 i. d.
The stock market during the week just closed hns been
the whole rather buoyant and active. Throughout,
the tendency Of prices has been upward closing
prices Of yesterday show advance Of importance
on those Of the week previous Nearly the whole q the
d cline csused by the panic has been removed but the
market Ia evidently with difficulty sustained aud may
any day have ,ther break down. No change in Anan
eiai affairs has occurred 20 justify this improvement.
FIRM Europe nothing has been received OF satisfactory
character The rate 81 Ia the back has BEEN
reduced the drain Of specie from the Bank coaaaes AZ
The rate Of shout hall million sterling per week. The
n, monthly return Of the Bank Of France |. likely 70
show a. great OF bullion the last The
expenditures have not been diminished, probability
exists OF the resumption o. peace psgotaons and
We therefore cannot what basis there Is for
an improved Telling Ia the public mind, or an
imuroxed condition of the stock market. When
any OF thee elements 81 diniculiy AMI distfnst
dsa ppesr, when even a them l. removed W. viii
adt unhesi,stngy that the pfospec, !. brighter Tor
the removal Of leads TO the removal % all - long
as war exists must expect all M c0neomitant evils ~
long exist minds for high rates
Of Interest steady drain Of gold contraction Ia private
credits and in commercial opsrsons and reduced eona
oence In the public mind. weak, sickiy, specuistv.
movement in stocks may from time TO time spring up
but II win die out and leave those who may have
When We look at the course Of stock market We
weLder that insane enough can be found 10 pur'
chase at rates. with the future lsi with
the most serious Disasters wonder that rockies
enough be found 20 place their fortunes upon such
hazard the purchase Of fancy stocks In such illness
these Buying lottery tickets Is safe operation com
pared with buying fancy stocks during the prevalence 81
war; involving The too greatest cnmercial nations In
Europe. and which threatens 70 involve the entire Cont
nsnt In universal desperate conc, for each o'hers
destruction.
Web lately published seversl statement letters,
&c, relative to the Merchants and Mechanics Matual
Insurance Company Of Phaaslph the agency u rhie
l. at No. Broad street In this city There Is nsa
rance company 10 Philadelphia called the Merchants
aud Mechanics Insurance Company which Issues pot.
eiss the mutual principle. This company hss M
agency here or In any other city. The one having
agency here has issued two hind. q osr.on ose II 1.
called the Merchants and Mechsncs' Insurance cgm
pany Of Philsaslphis," and the other. ,he sss
sbsnts ppi Neshsnles' Naiasl Insurance COmp4ay
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Pbiadelpha. The latter Is evidently .ter ssue and
the word MUTUAL doubtless added TO distinguish
from the other Philadelphia company Of the same name
This company, although protesting 10 be Mutual CON-
psny, Is In TACT purely stock company, while the
other not having the word MUTUAL in IL m me /. In
fact Mutual company. The fncs Of thss case are
~ follows LAST winter the " Building Asso
ciation Insurance Company Of Philadelphia" ap
piled to the Legislature Of Pennsylvania for change
Of name 10 the merchants and Mcchancs' Insur.
snce Company of Philadelphia" About the same time
party Of gentlemen in Philadsphis applied to the egs
ature oil Pennsyvans for the charter for
company, to DO called the Merchants and Mechanics
Insurance Company OF Philadelphia" The change of
name applied for by the Buders Association Company"
and the charter applied for both granted Whether
the parties applying knew Of the similarity Of does
not appear but does appear that the company which
bad changed its from the "Building Association
Insurance Company" to the " Merchants and Mechanics
Insurance Company first issued policies under the new
name ON the 9th Of June last and that the other the
newly chartered Merchants and Mechanics Insurance
Company OF Phladephia" did not issue any policies un
III August, nearly two months after Now there ia no
doubt in mind that the first company Is clearly
entitled to tue name, from having ars fused IT, and It
should be protected IN its use The company having an
agency at No. 4 Broad street In this city, may be a
Wild cat company and II may not That depends upon
The character OF its securities We not prepared
10 discuss that point, but the that this company
knowingly aud wilfuy makes use 81 another companys
name is pretty good evidence does NO the pur
pose OF usng that ccmpanys credit and the
community to attract business II the directors OF the
company having an sgency at No. Broad street are
honorable men, they will not continue in such dis
honorable course, AID they not the less the public
requiring insurance have to do with them the better
The Merchants and Mechanics Insurance Company of
Philadelphia" OF which J. D. George President IL the
original bona fde company Of that name and any other
company taking that is infringing upon their
rights and privileges There be law In Pennsyl
vania regulating this matter II there is not the Iegs
lature, about converting should pass act providing
REMEDY Tor the injured parties in this and all similar
cases.
A. b. Nicolay's regular semi @eekly auction ofstocks
and bonds will take place Monday next the 10th inst
at I'm o'clock, At the Merchants Exchange.
The expectation Of specie from this port during the
week just closed annexed -
SHIPMENTS SrE1E rnE PoaT OF NEW Yoax.
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Court of Claims.

FRIDAY November i5.-Ihe Court met at II O'Clock.
Tho Judges were al present
The argument la the Of benjamin H. Springer
(adjourned from Wednesday, resumed by ION.
Frederick y. stanton who followed by the Solicitor.
The argument was closed by Mr. stanton at O'Clock and
the submitted for the decision Of the Court
to whether testimony he taken not.
The of Captain Reed 1.-THE prvateer Armstrong
clsim) was sat aside for argument Tomorrow.
Adjourned
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Net tocfeane % Nov TO, 1876 tb5, 3ib
will be that the aggregate value u exports this
week notwithstanding the limited expectation 81 specie,
is nearly equal 70 that u Imports The great
rnent wa in brsadstugs, items under tina, bsai
forming the bun o. the total. !, ain be tina,
the hpmcn,s 81 wheat and -four 70 France have
earnest, the total last week being upwards Of
half million ~ dollars. To all paIta breas,nda have
gone forward in large quantities.
Tie mpor,a'ions las, week are Tor the eomps
rs,iviy limited although compared with those ~ M
time last year they are large.
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the city and county u New Yofk hon ,b- 10Th aAg -
November " ~. iIth day u sossmsar, 1876.
Men, - .osucn, ~ LDys, - girls, 2i-TotsA, Ur
Adults, ia children, iss usAlos 1ss fstnass, iSI
cs.oIsd perssns,
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The anthracite coal trade begins to flag little but L.
st fair for the The tonnage by the three pn
cpal lines for the last week oos up 100 554 tons The
schuykil Navigation Company shipped, for the week
ending Thursday last ~ GAS tons and for the
lo4 tons against ssi 033 tons the time last
year The Reading Railroad Company brought down Tor
the week ending Thursday AZ 3SS tons aud for the
year 2l3s 6ee tons against DOL es tons to the
time a.t year. The shipmeus Of coal the Iehigh Tor
the week ending With Saturday last 81 2s tons
against 81 061 tons for the corresponding week at
year for the 205 089 tons against 1870, 7lo
tons 10 the time last year. The Supervisor OF the
Delaware Division has given public notice that the
that portion the state works wild be drawn of on
the 5th proximo, and the navigation closed for the
season.
The Knickerbocker Fire insurance Company have de-
clared dividend OF twelve per cent
The Washington Star Of the 10th inst. says
We hear that 500 900 OF United States Cover
stocks from England the last steamer, for
redemption under the advertisements u the Secretary
d the Treasury offering 10 pay gold for them.
May not be possible that the furry made by the Eng
lish government and the 7iDtes the nominal mm
ueDt Probability OF with IA designed not only
check the disposition Of English capitalists ~
ing dstur bed state of English financial affairs but also
10 Tighten them, far possible into increasing the
stock q bullion In England by realizing at once, through
the sale OF such American securities they boif
Strange things have happened
total and 4bur0 Rail.
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Tos tmtsFf*'t"n st..ttsstttttFsss.fsttt* WIN "a
To psissiysl sr,~ls. u ,mpo,' agssas a. s.~A
- stevs -cSass rsI sss; rslsns t5s.szs usirs@ssi
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The New York organ OF " the Second Providence o.
trsnss hs rood iote from newspspsr nour rirs l.
rdIcuIe from ser Journal the Courier dee Ear
Uris has pretension 70 be- Yesterday reproduced
- sytice-the sale Of Russian America 10 the United
ststssvhich Il quite offensive TO Russia well TO
Amsrica Can b. allowed to AJAX when France shall pay
tiI1 600 francs Grand Army borrowed In 1912 from
ths rnuuic,uality OF Warsaw when the old Duke Of
Brunsvck l. TO be satisfied Of the promssory mite Of
Napoleon which the police o. ou. w'nou,
~hsn Tie pension q the daughter n Mds Wise Is 70 be
psiif Perhaps the gold mines Just discovered IN Cay
enne where the Emperor has bantshed the best French
dsr'orrsts viT enable him to settle HIS old debts
The future will tell Of what influence the Jesuits
have been In the present Az Russis relies only
uron her bxyon and does neither recruit Ia America
In contempt Of its laws hires any Newspaper you
will Of course permit me TO carry these acts 70 ths
knowletgc a our readers. RUSSIAN
New York, Nov. 10, 1880.
The next expression OF indignation comes not
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also entertained BY the Benevolent Irish Society. His
Grace Of New York responded for the charter toast
"the Pope" for the President Of the United States
and for his own heah-the other bishops also respond
ing to the honors done them respectively The company
about hundred and sixty just previous to the
steames leaving for Halifax their ordships laid the
foundaoc stone Of the new church Of St. Patrick at
River Head.
The Phflidelphie Inquirer says:-Perhaps the most
striking and elegant ecclesiastical edfce at present in
city is the Baptist church. at the northwest
Of Broad and Arch Streets and now nearly completed
The design Anglo Norman, and the entire sentiment
conveyed to the mind by the architecture that Of the
quaint antiquity of the medieval period Of whichso
many fine specimens still extant in England Norman
dy pcardy while the rich dark brown Of which
II constructed admirably adapted to strengthen
the illusion. The architect Is American Mr. Stephen
D. Button Of this city and the noble religious temple he
has desgned1 will remain for ages as monument OF his
taste and skill There three towers steepes rising
from the body of the church-two Of which are each
about hundred feet high, while the third with its
mounting spre will reach the noble altitude Of two hun
dred and feet in the stonework and the rod
above will probably be twentyf feet more-mak-
ing two hundred and fifty feet-and thus by far the high
est building In the city About hundred and seventy
this fall Already the beautiful pile pointing 1t
to Heaven attracts the attention Of every vsiter and
passer by in It's vicinity and although examined with
critical eyes, yet the public approval and udicous ADM
Logan square already rises above all the surrounding
buildings, while hear Of another Episcopal church.
west Of Broad street about to be constructed in the
pures Gothic STYLE Then we have noble Presbyterian
church in Arch street and Nineteenth, In the form OF
Grecian temple, surmounted by lofty and spacious
dome-the whole fabric designed by Mr. Hoxie architect
divine worship st. Marks and Calvary churches, In
Locust, Eighteenth are among our prominent ar
chitectural structures, and judging from present ap
pearances Philadelphia between Broad street and the
Schuylkl will present elegance of appearance,
especially regards edidces, that will far
pass the similar attractions Of any city In the Union
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A NEW POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.

MEETING OF MERCHANTS AND MERCHANTS CLERKS.
The merchants and merchants clerks of this city
bled In convention Friday night Mt in the Mer.
camille Library building Aston place for the purpose
nominating independent ticket for their support in the
coming election. Among those present Of
prominent merchants and clerks, and the room was
crowded with the delegates. The meeting called to
order by electing Mr. Ihos H. Painter of the First ward
President and Messvs II. II. Smith, of the Third ward
and Burns Of The Fifth ward Secretaries. After the
usual preliminary business committee OF three Wa,
appointed TO draft resolutions who reported foows-
Whereas The municipal government Of this city for
past has been given designing politicians and admins
tered with the greatest corruption, and
Where's We the mercantile of New York, have per.
judcious government for city than any men,
although heretofore have generally kept ourselves aoo
from party politics, therefore
In convention assembled deem due to ourselves and the
interests OF the city TO give expression Of sentiments
the coming election and we will do so by nominating and
from our ranks and e nominees presented
Resolved That county clerk we tonight una
nimously nominate Douglass Lenngwel and deem cxpe-
dien to defer making the other nominations Till another
ing Of the convention.
with suy party, the more cordially support him, because
politicians, and desire the services OF
competent clerk who will discharge the duties OF the Office
The above resolutions we're adopted unanimously:
after which several patriotic speeches were made, In
which il said the organization able to poll over
five thousand votes and sprg Of the old reform
party, although independent and distinct from theirs
Letters then read from d. Reg nods Budd and D. r.
Appleton ex-Presdens of the Mercantile Library, and
other officers expressing their sympathy with they
ganization The convention then journed to meet
at the call Of the chairman.
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TEMPERANCE NOMINATIONS.
SOFT SHELL COUNTY CONVENTION.

OUT i OOONI1 OON
Notwithstanding the heavy, peltng rain, and the I'M
favorable state Of the weather generally larger and
noisy throng than the two previous evenings
assembled around and within Tammany Hall last night
The weather could not damp the spirits of the politicians
who crushed, and crowded, and quarrelled in the
barroems Of the drinking houses adjoining Tam
many, from about haM-past O'Clock until mid
night. variety Of fights . small scale &C.
Cured at various times during the course Of the
evening, which added considerably the interest Of the
proceedings. gang Of loafers and boys dressed in
clothes little the for wear, held possession of
the stairs leading to the in which the delegates
were and frequently caused disturbances and quarrels
by their noisy demonstrations in favor Of those among
the list Of candidates whom they wished to have
mated. One stout old fellow, well supplied with the
cular deyelopement happened to draw upon himself the
dpeasure Of this by hurraing for the wrong ndi
vidua He fercey set upon, and cries of " throw
him down stairs" "ptch him over the bannisters,"
lam him - and other such like classical ordinations
resounded through the building. The old soldier
evidently used TO such work, and showed prodgious
smount of pluck" Fn5ng that all their endeavors
without the intended result and that they had
fallen the wrong customer the assailants gave
without further moles.ation.
As all tho delegates assembled Alderman
Tweed assumed the chair and called the convention to
order The vote for Sheriff immediately entered into
and resulted in the denomination Of James c. Wet.
The balloting stood thus
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Telegraph1c Marine Report.
BOSTON Oct 6-Arr ships Seth Sprague London, Ashhur
Newcastle; Juia Howard New Orleans; brig Iaurriis
Cape Hayden.
Asr See port arrivals and columns.
SHIP WILLIAM OF Porivnd, which struck the Hen and
oo o sS Ss wa S
by agent ofa New York house and win be lowed roundn
hui Warren Nc ls.a worth about slsoc and
was on government sdeouni; The bslance Insured
Br,s ToscnI9 wsldoeoro eefor. reported ashore
int the fra time. Her Of COAL No papers
es or nr hs ma and BOAT @
full! Of water i supposed her sails and rigging viii be
TIE BRIG reported ashore the pitch Of Cape Henopen
not the Com@odore Stewart (which T. now safe u port as
the Charles Stewart and another account the Charles
which in charge ne wreck master who thinks he VIII 81
was run into night inst while lying anchor BY schr
Jas Barrett and ia VOICE. sSwsp1 To- Mariners.
s s u sqsy e . SSe.s %
70 Roson ha,eor. q, Bearings as iollowss-
R Rsls! %!s. ss'' f buoy ssss
has Been placed on boston Ledge about Ss mile 10 he s
"sIs Safs hssY Buoy s;sESg = follows
Hard Es,,,p sG.l Pei, R ssS; ~ ~ Ehf
SCUM ron. &, sSss Ssss TSswSw
q n CALDWELL.
Boston, Oct l. 1865. Lighthouse Inspector. ID DssticL
Caps Bosque Of The French ship Agle, from BAHIA Mar
'':: i:ti .. 81
boat was bof<d with request TO comparanrossmc
ter when the deerTe WAS oSnd 70 be OF s the time Of
q n ion % % (1rccnwish his ship srsok twice. bu
cncr few rnoe,ss alarm she went clear. Tho <
n feet al There change lor
he water nor breakers visible Capt Itsnhs.oa
s,sS ShnrtA and uon whch French Khp ouehed In l77s
ant Rosaucs subsequently within 10 nes II the sroi
hut did MOI OBSERVE anything upuauA.
IN. rS>dou Board Trade have received thro,sh IN
Secretary q State se Foreign A6As COPY Of despstc
Wom Ccnsul q valparao, esclosns rsndnm B.
~ .,sser Briiinh bark Druh rsportiAs ia srscnr
~ vrry dapserous patch q breaksrs n ~ near q III
master ascertain. about ave miles kSEo The rocky sle
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Or. f. D. Connery declared duly nominated on the
6rst ballot The result received with loud cheers BY
the lobby On the second ballot it decided to CON
slider the three highest candidates nominated and It APP
pesrng that Drs. ODonnell Hene and Gamble received
such vote they declared elected The nominations
were then made unanimous.
committee Of one from each ward then appointed
to call county ratification meeting; also committee
three to notify the candidates. when the convention ad-
journed sine die.
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As the vote for Sheriff over, and the nom
nation o1c,ay declared, it moved that Richard b.
Connolly be selected by reclamation for County Clerk
This proposal met with the most vocorous cheers
and heartily responded TO by the whole convention.
Richard B. Connolly is therefore nominated by both hars
and sofs for the Office Of County Clerk. The
ment outside received with great favor.
The convention then took a for fifteen minutes
for the purpose Of refreshing themselves after the hard
struggle up stairs. The fifteen minutes having elapsed all
the delegates again assembled the stairs and proceeded
vote for the four Coroners There but two ballot
iDgs and the following is correct account of the
Der of votes cast for each of the candidates