Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1868 — Correspondence. [ARTICLE]

Correspondence.

CHICAGo’fOURESI’fWDENfE. . GrtUd Truh-uskt LMspW y-rllor.r H*tlrokda—•The Vrr» vl, «l>r M lu.l ■- irp—imnicuienli—Trade—A ' NSW rtatura-Life Inauranre- Globe Mutual l.lff luaurauce l'#iu|ia»y-01* Hull— Kd win Booth,*?. " Chicago, Nov. 9,lßßß.—The jubilation over the election of General Granl) to the Presidency, last Thursday evening, exceeded anything us Ahakiiul otisr known, in lllihiagii or the West. The Tanner organizations were out in their gldTy, bearing tafcnty thousand torches. All the bonds of thu city wertHUa gaged to furnish music, and ijiorii were Hispluys of fireworks, more or Has brilliant, on allUui principal street*.—Wabash Avenue, was illuminated throughout, as were the Court HoasejTrihune lijrildinge and nngay privaloTueldcneetr. The banners, mottoes and devices were gotten up with much taste and skill, and many 6f them wore very significant and amusing, and involved much labor and Ono large wagon, decorated with wreaths, evergreens, flaps and plumes, contained a hamlaonie young lady dressed as the Gutidoss oflj.ilicrtj', surround-:. eU by twelve other beautiful young Ihiliph droHsod In white, with pink and" bine Sashes, and with wreaths on Hat.ir,heads,' each carrying a Hag otr which was inscribed “Grant and Colfax.” The number of spectators was 'incredibly large, and the •ctiodrs, shouts and laughter which r Ait the air, as some now or striking device appeared, or some fa von to company of Tannom passed by, seem slill to ring in my gars. And though it was nominally 5 partiZiiii celebration, yet it oalled out,almost the entire Democratic rank and fllo, iqajiy of Whom seemed to enjoy the pageant ana participate in the rejoicing as heartily as the Bepubliasini. Everything was orderly, the best feeling prevailed throughout ‘the vast niqUitudee, and a strauger to our language and polities would not ha Vo Supposed it to ho a party demonstration. Tlio grace With which the mass Of Democrats hero accept their defeat is creditable to them. THE TUNNEL is progressing to completion rapidly. Tho oast seotion Is finished, 1 with the river flowing over It. The water is shut olf from tho west section - by"H enflfcr dam, and the contractors say tho whole w6rk will ho c -mploted by the first of Jauuary. " HOUSE RAILROADS. :/! Tho greatest puhhc nhhanoe»Ji\ Chicago are tho horse railroads, the proprietors caring nothing for-the interests oj’ the public, and seeking only to pul money in thoir pockets. Having obtained valuable franchises under promise to serve the public, they proceed to servo theniMelves at the expense of tlio public. Tho ears at most hours of the duy and till Into into the night are crammed with three times ns many passengers hk can obtain seats, thirty to thirty-five often standing oh the 4 tout and-rear platforms. Tbey-ttoctl to ruu twice as many cars now do to acctTmuiodate their present passengers, and many now C alk who would nde if they could lie accommodated with seats. The indignation of the people along Iho line of thoso railroads at the managers is very strong, and they Will probably ask tho interference of the Legislature in their behalf, at the coming session.

THE TRESS AND THE MINISTRY, are at loggerheads on the subject of the Drama and the Opera. The Ministerial Union at a recent meeting, denounced both the Theatre and the Oupera ae places of amusement, and resolved to wage open war upon them in their pulpits and i>y all ministerial mettiorts. Tho l'ress replies sharply in exleitso, and the fight waxes hot, “Peregrin* Fickle," —said to he one of tho Tribune stall —has served up the Ministerial, Union in a Erettv strong pickle, which, r presume, must a.ve shocked the conservative tastes of the members. of that snored body. For tlioy t-ro accustomed to talking to others—not to being talked to, and “P. IV talk's to them just as thu’ were,human and not divine-. While tho niiuisters were discussing Hnmpty Dmiipty'dKid the Opt ra—l believe lliey hail not got as far as tho halhl— tiie ceiling overhead fell upon the taolo followed by a baptisms 1 wluiw.nyw.hcreripcm-they broke fur homy and find incontinently without ndjoumliij?,. “Peregrine" wonders that the whole house had not tumbled upon them when a liev, Dr. uttered and repeated tlio ihumuer, that Hnmpty Dumpfy was worse than anything over soon in I’aria or Egypt. He thinks the Doctor must.be pretty familiar with the dark spots in ParTs and Egypt, or "ignorant of Humt ty Dumpty as givon to loose statement—perhaps a little of all these. •A—-———-AMUSEMENTS. Hnmpty Dumpty has been running at the Opera House all the Week despite tho protest of the ministers, and tho Kiching’s Opera troupe la-gin a season here to-night. Midsummer Night's Dream is continued at McVicker’s another week, and tho “The Laftca“shire Lass”—T. Jd. Byron's now play; at Wood’s Museum. A now attraetlon has been introduced into thq museum, from iho Paris Exhibition, showing tho wonders of mechanical genius, in the shape of singing birds, rope-dancers, musical animals, monkey conjurors and Turkish fortune-tellers.— Small and grown up children are equally delighted with thcmT . y TRADE, as usual, wao dull during oloetion week, liut tlio bear comhjnaliou in Wall street has broken on the reported reissue, by Secretary McCullough, of tlireo per cents,'and redeemed but. uueanceled greenbacks, after ruining a large number of speculators. As ono result some “lame duoks” hero have gono into hospital for the winter, and will require careful nursing to bring them out m good condition iu the spring.' A NEW FEATURE. nm • r. . i . n /u • . v <

Tliero is one of the head-centre 'of trade, but tho chief insurance oompauios of the country make it their headquarters for the Northwest, and radiating from the Cfiarmbor of Commerce and Court House Square, as a commeu centro, tho various offices of Fire, Lifo, Marine, ami Accident Insurance Companies aro conspicuous. Ttnr benefits of insurance on prepertv aro so well known, And the necessity of it toLusinoss mon is so urgent, that no prudent man will long neglect iti. The advantages of • life. insuu*ncu did not attract public attention and public favor as oarlyns insurance 61 property, though both are based on similar princinleq. But this Bubject has, been discussed so thoroughly within Iho last few yoats, and life insurance tables bavo boon ooustrrtoted on so solid a basis, that tho business approximates, in oertainty, to the exact sciences. Given, the annua] rate of mortality and the rato of interest for a series of years, aud tho rate of premium on life insiiraneo follows by.mathematical law. ' There aro less contifipmerus in life than in fire insurance. For tho rates of mortality have been determined by statistical tables, kept in a great numbor of places, in , the Old World and in tho New, oovoring a long . series ofyoars. And the rates of insurance have been made to conform to well established la wa. 8o that tho Of thedhil* ure of Life Insnrartco Companies, is the dishonesty of the managers, ami in the case of the prominent companies this is so prevented, by chocks and safeguards, that it is next to impossible for them to fail. There is no safer form of investment, and no Buror mode of securing'to one’s family or friends, beyond Contingency, a definite 6um, to bo paid at his death or at the end of a term of years, than by a poltey qf life Insurance. Not only is it the part or wisdom, but, in the caso of a largo class, it is a positive moral duty for them to raako such provision for those dependent on them. V ■ ■ , . Life Insurance' recognizes the Christian laVof society, and mutual dependence, in opposition to tho infernal law, “Devil toko the' hindmosi.” And there is no longer any question among welt informed persona, as to the expediency of Life Insnrauco, or the duty of all to avail themselves of its boneflts, who have not already made nmpje provision for the future support of their families. And the appreciation ortlris truth is shown !>v tho nunvber and prosperous condition of Life Insurance Companies. The most striking example of this success —outstripping its competitors hy a king stride—is the

OLOBK KtTTUAL LIFE INHUBANCE COMP&IVT,of New York, organized June, IBM. .with fenu FmuOiav—fbo oldest anfi ablest life insurance a<lvocal* in thta country, and the originator of the uon-forfeltiug system—as President, and an able *1,500,000. It has made three dividends to its pol-tcy-hotaors, amounting to I W,«W, and hatted 18.WtOpoUoics isjverlng *Brt,ooo,WW,hn amount *t bn nines" surpassing that of uny company in (ha flrat four yean of ita existence. The- tait-n' potnts of Its excelatorship aro: J '■ 1- Caek prtmivoa. 2. Nun-fwritable policia. After three, or more, annual payments tlft insured reoelVes a proprirtlonalc amount of full, paid insurance, jif the-.- tail to pay further annual pteniinme, thus saving what they have paid. • A Stock, or nimMliiciplxtina rata, at. redone cl gsjpfirfjl. tho “ Bh JU the m- *- r*s Return Premium plan, by arhlch all nrrminms paid Will be returned, in (Kdiflos-to tbs amount ot tho poltey. A Probability Endowment Amrance—nn entirely new system-prsaaniqd for the first time to tho pnbtic hy thw Company, wearing the largest amount ofsmoney toy ine smallest sum invested in i • jpOsicy. D. & bonds with file Inanraneo Department of New

■—yi *- y. W™ We feel jimtlfted, then, iu Out t» * economy, ehlllljr end fnuoccee In the numiu.,.' atiMKr. vefcmi growth, »». teg. paly in. mperlor nuirtta, BUI tno qnirv oiKccrmttent of tho people, who always apprecltts live lowtUnttom, and can; Indiana. Illinois. IVlarourlu, lowa and *eb. fcra*ka, ar.' Mesar*. Mi Ktndley. k Lockwood. lona and tavdiAWTknoa-n In Insnmioe me* bitlm Wu to whom applications for npeucle* can be mods,, tlielr >iflhs-. OrlmUl Building, 124 I.a Halle afreet riilohgot Among the Osnrral Agents, we are phae! ed to notice Itev. O. A. Willard, of Appleton, WU. constn; Ilavidsou u beck, Piihui|ito, Iowa; Clarks S Partari Maukalo, and Cspt John P. Macy, Bell,, Platne, .Mluin-euta. —t-ci* boij. r ’ ~ ,r - Is to.perforni hew this Wi«k, Edwin Booth nv-xt week, and lute In tin- month Pa repo and qw echuk. v< Two Arcs of small account occurred here yenter--4u)-ianniin«—s.