The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-12


couple OF hundred million dollars. Before
noon, however, the several companies which
have agencies in Charleston began to advise
their representatives of the condition OF their
affairs. Their dispatches, as displayed upon
The NEWS bulletin board, allayed the pre-
ysillng uneasIneas and enabled thousands OF
substantial citizens TO sleep soundly last night
without any dread Of being awakened by the
ominous tolllng of the Orphanhouse bell.
TIE AGENCY or Q. T. LowNDEs & 90.
Messrs. c. T. Lowndes d Co., the general
agents of the Liverpool and London and
Globe Insurance Company, received the fol-
lowing kilograms:
To O. T. Lo,ondes g Co., General Agents:
Insurance on burnt district one million six
hundred and thIrty:nine thousand dollars.
ALFRED PELL,
Resident Manager.
To @. T. Lo,ondes d Co., General Agentsi
dispatch received psr casle.l-Draw for
loss at Boston as required.
ALFRED PELL,
Resident Manager.
THE AGENCY OF 3. sEBRINa co.
Messrs. E. sebrlug & Co., the agents for the
North Brltish and Mercantile Insurance Com
pany of London and Edinburgh, and for the
Phoenix Insurance Company OF Hartford, Ct.,
received the following advlces:
The North British losses In Boston Will not
exceed $500, 900, being about ons-ffth of the
company's surplus. Go ahead.
W. CONNER,
-tr- CHAs. E. WHITE,
sAHL. P. BLAaDEN,
Associate Managers.
The Boston losses of the Pheal1, Of Hart
ford are about $50O,000. Assets, 81, 500, 600.
We are good. D. W. G. sKILToN,
Secretary.
THE AGENCY OF 8. Y. TUPPER.
Captain 8. Y. Tupper has received the fol-
lowing, telegram from the Pheni1 Company
of Brooklyn:
To S. ?. Tupper, Charleston, s. o.:
Phenlx of Brooklyn, New York, all right.
Assets 81, l,9OO,OO0 Boston losses cannot e1-
ceed $40O, 900. Go ahead. ]. B. BURcH.
General Agent.
THE AGENCY OF HUTsoN LEE.
Major Hutson Lee received the following
advlces from the Home Insurance Company,
of New York, of which company he is the
agent:
New YORK, November IL.
Homes Boston losses will not exceed
$1,000, 900. With our present assets ($4,672,.
O43,) thereis no stronger company on the
Continent. Go In for business, without crowd
Ing risks. A. F. WILMARTH,
VIce.President
The Georgia Home Insurance Company, of
which. also, Major Lse Is the agent, does no
business in Boston.
THE AGENCY OF A. Il. HAYDEN.
Mr.. Hayden, the agent OF the Atna Insur.
ance Company, of Hartford, and Of the Hart
ford Insurance Company, received the follow
Ing telegram yesterday morning:
The "Old Hartford" Insurance Company Is
still sound. The secretary of the company,
who Is In Boston, telegraphs us that our losses
will be less than $780, 900. The assets on the
Let we're 81, 100000. GEo. 8. CHASE,
President.
Mr.. Hayden is confident that the Atna is
safe and sound, as 1t ls at least as strong as
the Hartford.
THE AGENCY OF CoLBUaN HOWELL.
Messrs. Colburn q Howell, OF the Under
writer's Agency, received the following ad-
vices:
Our Boston losses will not exceed one mil
lion dollars, and will be paid as promptly as
our Chicago losses; leaving present net cash
assets over three million dollars.
A. sToDDART,
General Agent Underwriters Agency.
Messrs. Colburn & Howell are agents also
for the Union Insurance Company of Baltl-
more, which has no agency In Boston.
THE AGENCY OF HuGER RAVENEL.
Measrs. Huger & Ravenel have received ad-
vices from the London Assurance Corpora
iion, of which they are agents, notifying them
that the loss of the company In Boston is
small, ''the outside limit being 100000. As.
sets, sls, s,234, ,425, gold." Mr.. q. g. Sands
sends the same firm the following dispatch
from the National Fire Insurance Company of
Baltimore, of which he is secretary:
No loss at Boston. We have but one risk
In South Boston.
THE AGENCY OF W. B. HERIoT & GO.
Messrs. W. B. Heriot & Co., the agents of
the Continental Insurance Company, received
the following kilograms:
The Continental loses less than one-fourth
its assets. Proceed to business.
GEO. T. HOPE, President.
The ContInental's assets amount to 50, ,609,-
SIG 27. Boston losses about $50o,00o. Remain
ing assets, s2,09s, ,52e q.
THE AGENCY OF A. L. TOBIAS.
Mr.. A. L. Tobias, agent OF the Citizens In
surance Company, OF New York, and of the
Imperial Insurance Company, of London, re-
ceved the following dispatches:
NEW YORK, November IL.
With ss5O,00O assets We shall lose s26o,00o