Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-29


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 The thorough investigations of the assets of life insurance companies that have beenrecently made in New York, Connecticut, and other states, are killing the weak companies, and strengthening the strong. The business of un- der-bidding and insuring below cost, on the one hand, and of making reckless investments of assets on the other, has been too thoroughly exposed to be longer profitable; and people are looking out for the solid, honestly conducted companies whose solvency a generation hence can be confidently expected. We print to-day the result of the official examination of the New York Life Insurance Company. It is evident that a severer test could not be applied to an insurance company than the careful ap- praisal of all it's assets at their present market value. This test applied to the New York Life Insurance Co. shows a surplus of about $6,OOO 900, or nearly one-ffth of the whole admitted assets of the company which is very creditable in view of the great deprecia- ton since many of the company's investments were made. The table of stocks and bonds is also interesting. A total advance of 10 per cent. over cost price in any list of permanent investments at this time is an evidence of un- usual foresight and sagacity.
 SHIPwREcK OF GOVERNMENT VEssEI--On Saturday morniug the Steam mSloop of War, Huron, was dashed to pieces on the rocks near Oregon Inlet on the North Carolina coast and, of her crew of il officers and 121 men, only four officers and 81 men are now known to have been saved. The cause of the accident is not yet definitely known. It is supposed that not only theship's machinery broke down, but that her sailing gear was also injured so that she could not be kept off the shore
 The Huron was built under Sec. Robeson's regime, and was an iron vessel of about 1000 tons burden. During the investigation made by the Congressional Naval Committee, two years ago, Commander Meade testified that the Huron was "a new ship boilers dan- gerous, fiimsy built, and with slow speed"
 The recent controversy regarding the verac- ity of Charles Sumner is at last settled. It seems that Gen. Grant had been told by Sec. Fish that Mir. Sumner, while chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, had been in the habit of keeping back treaties; and that at the time of his removal, large num- Der of treaties had not been reported by the Committee. Gen. Grant, while abroad, repeat