THE DAILY NG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1869. 6 The Laws ol Japaa. frovx the rail Malt Gazette, Until lately little or nothing was known tn Europe of the political system of Japan. On this subjeot the practioe of its Government has invariably been to thwart investigation and mystify inquirers. And so suoceaatul has this policy been in keeping even the best Informed amongst ns In ignoranoe as to the primary constitution of government in the country, that np to within the last lew years it was tiniversally believed that two emperors divided the throne of Japan one living in tnystio Beolnsion and exercising mysterious powers, whom we called "Spiritual;" the other, the Tycoon, in whose hands was believed to rest the supreme temporal sovereignty of the em pire. Although we are at present better in formed, we ytt know very little. One of the greatest dillicultia3 our diplo matists have had to encounter in Japan has l,een to aonnire a knowledge of those myste rious Laws of Gongensama to which Japanese offloials bo often refer as containing the basis of their political system, and in which they rrofesa to find precedents for any line of con duct they may choose to alopt. These laws, variously called the Legacy of Ij7. e Laws of Uongensama, and the a of Japan, were framed by lyeyas, a celebrated Tyo Jon, the founder of the family of the Tycoon of our own day. Iyeyas lived in the beginning of the seventeenth century, anfl after Mb death was deified under the title of Gongensama. Many attempts to gain possession of this im portant code hsve been made, at last eaocess fallv manuscript copies have now been ob tained, and one or two have lately found their way to Europe. These laws consist of one hundred sections, and display throughout how thoroughly feudal is the Japanese system of government, how muoh the power of the sword is respected, how little regarded are the people. The laws begin by claim ing exemption from the gaze of all but official eyes. "This manuBoript may not I seen by any but the Gorojiu (Council of State at Yeddo), who, profoundly secreting it even when in the precincts of the offloial resi dence in order to conceal it from the sight of ethers, shall reflect upon and reoord it in their hearts." After a few recommendations to the praotice of self-denial In the performance of duties, the providing "for the widower, the widow, the orphan, and the lone," and the cultivation of purity of heart, they prooeed to the estimate of the revenue of the empire. "The whole amount of the revenue of the Empire of Japan is 28,190,000 kokus of rloe (each koku eauals 513 bushels). Of this 20,000,000 is to te divided among the daimios (nobles) and shomios, who render faithful ser vice; and the remaining 8,190.000 kokus form the public revenue, which should provide for the protection of the Einporer and for keep ing in subjection the barbarians of the four coasts." The writer next holds up to admiration certain vassals who have Buffered "their bones to be ground to powder and their flesh to be chopped up" in hi9 cause; and enacts that "in what way soever their poste rity my offend, for anything less than actual treason their estates may not be confiscated." . Then the principles of government are ex pounded: "To assist the people is to give peace to the empire. Let my pos terity hold fast this principle." "The people are the foundation of the empire." Upon these very liberal dicta follow laws of an ob stinately conservative nature. "Iu absence of precedent, forbid the making of new ground, new water courses, and so forth, and the framing of any new measures of what kind soever. Know that disturbances always arise from such innovations. It is forbidden to alter a faulty regulation if, through inadvertency, it has baen allowed to remain In force during fifty years." Iiy a subsequent law the di alios and fihoinios of the fudai (hereditary vassal) and tozsma (baronial) classes, who do not hold Official appointments, are divided into two sections. One of these is to reside" at Yeddo until relieved by the other. Those on duty are entrusted with the care of the castle and the outer enclosures. "They should lend assistance in repairing damages, in the ereo tion of new buildings, in extinguishing fire, and so on." When relieved, they are ordered to make "a tour of inspection into the prosperity or adversity of the population of their territories." Then follow rules for the seleotion of magistrates of the civil and criminal courts, who "are the rellectors of the mode of government. Those who are invested with this office should be chosen from a class of men who are upright and pure, distin guished for charity and benevolenoe. Onoe every month one of the Gorojiu should be sent, unexpectedly, to inquire into their mode of administration : or the Shgun should himself go unex pectedly and investigate and decide the case on hand." This watchful system is no dead letter; it is sharply felt by officials of every grade. The rewards of virtue which the magistrate may bestow, the punishments of vice he may inflict, are next enumerated, the latter list exhibiting strange refinements in cruelty, the terminal words "and bo on" giving officials the power to apply any supple mentary torture they may happen to fancy. TheBe punishments are 1st, branding; 2i, Splitting the nse; 3d, banishment; 4th, trans portation; 5th, strangulation; tith, imprison ment; 7th, decapitation and exposure of the head; 8th, cruoifixion and transfixion; 9;h burning; - 10th,' decapitation; "and so on." But the infliction of the severe punishments of tying a criminal's legs to two oxen and driving them in different directions, and of boiling in oil, Is not within the power of the Bhogun '. e. Tycoon, and is, therefore, we presume, a prerogative of the Emperor. After reading this list of penalties we are not sur prised to learn that "a girded iword is the living, soul of a samurai i. e. an offi cer of the military classes. In case of a samurai forgetting his sword, act aa is appointed; it-may not be overlooked." We are not told the punishment due for this offense, but we may safely assume that it is not a light one. Further on we are informed of the uses to which these swords may be ap plied. "Samurais are the masters of the four olasseB. Agriculturists, artisans, and mer chants may not behave in a rude manner to wards samurais." The term for a rude man is"other than expected fellow;" and a samurai la not to be interfered with in cutting down a fellow who has behaved to him in a manner "other than is expected." But should two men of equal rank fight and wound one an other with "sharp instruments," they are considered culpable, and "should be judgei according to the severity of the wounds in fiieted." The rale of procedure on suoh oooa sions is to arrest the criminal party; "but at times," it la signifloantly added, "it may not be expedient to trace him." The maintenance of the standing army is made to devolve on the governments of the different provinces. Each province is com pelled to furnish soldiers In proportion to the auantitv of rloe grown within its boundaries, whether on publio or private properties. 'For 1000 kokus of rloe 6 cavalrymen may be required; for 10,000, 50 men; for ou.uuu, 260 ua; for 100,000, 500 men; for 200,000 awv men. One thousand horsemen lorm an rmy. and 30OO form three com date armies. 'The oommander-ln-ohtef takes command of the whole. The second in oommand takes command of two armies. The third in com mand Is the leader of one army." The writer next proceeds to ly down the laws regulating domestio relationohlp. "he married state is the great relation of mankind. One should not live alone after sixteen years of age, but should procure a mediator and perform the ceremony of matrimonial alllanoe. The tame kindred, however, may not Inter marry." As an Inducement to early marriages we are told that "when a line of descendants is prolonged, the foreheads of ancestors ex pand. A childless man should make provision by the adoption of a child to ensure the succession of the family estate. The family estate of a person dying without male issue and without having adopted a son is forfeited, without any regard to his rela tions or connections." Conjugal iafldelity on the part of women of the lower classes is a crime on which the writer, as far as the State is concerned, would be Inclined to look merci fully; although he gives full power to the injured huBband to slay his wife and her se duoer. But in order, we presume, to avoid collusion on the husband's part, it is declared that if he slay one of them and spare the other, his guilt "is the same as that of the nnrighteons persons." But, adds the law giver, "men and women of the mili tary class are expected to know better than to occasion disturbance by violating existing regulations, and suoh a one breaking tbem f lewc trill mg r illicit intercourse shall te punished &. 6noe and" without de liberation." Concubinage is sanctioned within certain limits, but the wife is always supreme, and holds the position towards a concubine of a lord towards his vassal. The Emperor has twelve concubines. Princes may have eight. Officers of the higher class may have five mistresees. A samurai may have two handmaids. But below this rank of life such indulgences must cease. As in China, bo in Japan, the persons of masters and fathers are considered sacred, and any wrong inllioted on them may be amply revenged without Incur ring the penalty of the law. This right is granted in these words: "A person harboring such vengeance" ('. e., for Injury done to master or father) "shall notify the same iu writing to the criminal court; and no check or hindrance may be offered to his carry ing out his desire within the period allowed for that purpose." The harmony that should exist between lord and vassal is much insisted on. The writer says that this harmony "has been likened to that existing between water and fish;" and he asks, ' Ought it not to be so f If the golden rule, 'Io not nnto others that which you would not have others do to you,' be bo firmly grafted in the heart as not to be lost sight of for a moment, the force of exam ple will induce interiors to conform to this virtuous teaohing." lie fears, however, that other means than example may be necessary to induce inferiors to walk in the way they should go, and bo enjoins fearful penalties for insubordination. "The guilt of a vassal mur dering his suzerain is the same in principle as that of an arch-traitor to the Emperor. His immediate companions, his relations, all even to his most distant connections, shall be cut off and mowed down, root and fibre. The guilt of a vassal only lifting his hand against his master, even though he does not assassi nate him, is the same." As a warding against wives meddling in their husbands' business the writer says, "When a wife occupies herBelt with outside affairs it is a pre-evidence of ruin to the house; it is as when a hen is afflicted with a propensity to crow at morn, and an aiiliction , of which every samurai should beware." From such matters the writer turns to pro vincial regulations. lie says, "Iu the revo lutions of nature, countries, houses, mountains,-' rivers, and ferries become damaged and ruined, and considerable ontlay is requisite to put them in repair. A part of such expenses Is to be borne by the neighboring province, in proportion to the number of kokus it produces. This tax is calltd 'provincial thank-tribute.' " Next the roads and fields have his care, and he ordains that, "includ ing the trees on either side," the great sea road "should have a uniform width of 120 feet;" cross-roads and horse roads are to be 30 feet wide, footpaths 6 feet, and by-paths 3, feet. "Dwellings shall not be erected on ground under cultivation by husbandmen, as the growth of bamboos and trees round the walls is prejudicial to the crops. If the boughs of large trees in the immediate neighborhood of villages in which the houses are built oonseoutively become so large as to interfere with the drying of grain, or to in terrupt the payment of annual tribute, in the first place the branches shall be cut off, and if that is not sufficient the whole tree shall be cut down." The regulations for the preservation of order on the roads are striot and emphatic. "There are sixteen guard-houses established . on the main roads and by-roads of the districts and provinoes in order to prevent man or woman disturbing the publio peace. -" i tie superintendence of these should be entrusted to a samurai of the Fadai class of ancient lineage, without regard, however, to his wealth, lie shall see that the rules written for their regulation are properly car ried out. under oertain circumstances, not even a needle should be permitted to pass; but on ordinary oooaslons horses and vehioles may go through." As may be imagined from the tenor of these laws, the persona of members of the Imperial lamuy are considered sacred, and a death amongst them ranks as a publio misfortune. "The departure from life of the Emperor, the Imperial sire, the Imperial spouse, or any of the Imperial blood relations, are oooasions of profound darkness, and great and ominous calamity for the whole empire. In high an tiquity on such occasions the eight sounds were sunnressed within the four seas and all kinds of festivals were observed in silence. When an occasion of publie mourn ing arises, a fixed term of mourning should be appointed during which every instrument that emits a sound of what kind Boever shall cease." Further on we are informed that evilly dis posed men are prevented from following more dangerous pursuits by the establishment in towns of Louses for "women of pleasure;" ?,M,,B,.h0weTer' writer also de- J 4 y?r7 y necessary U, which, if forcibly abolished, men of unrighteous principle would become like ravelled thread." After various regulations as to the title rank and suites of the different daimios, he 'orders that at the expiration of their term of duty at the capital, as mentioned above, eaoh daimio according to hia rank shall present offerings to the Council of Bute; those in re oeipt of a "revenue of 10,000 kokus and up wards shall give the price of a horse in gold " those In "receipt of less than 10,000 kokus the prloe of a horse in silver." On the occa sion of foreigners landing in the country every means is to be taken to Inspire them with awe at the wealth and strength ef the Govern ment. "According to circumstances they shall be treated with commiseration and benevolence, or with dignified reserve. In all oases s guard shall be placed on board their ililrj for thalr- restraint.' I We have so space to enlarge further on these celebrated laws, and we confess we Wy tLein down with a alight feeling of die- i appointment; for though they are of great in terest, yet the extreme jealousy with wuiou they have been guarded fostered the belief that they contained the more secret clues to politioal action Id Jnpan. Some such feeling appears to have ooenrred to their author ou laying down his pen; for he say, "Lit not future generations be induced to ridicule me as having the heart of a venerable old grand mother." Her Hnjeaty's Theatre." From the London Timet. "What is now called 'Iler Majesty's' was the first theatre built for the performance of Italian opera in England, and it was began by Sir John Vanbmgn, on its present site, iu 1703, and finished in 1705. It was not, how ever, till 1710 that Italian operas were wholly acted theretill Handel's liinaldo was first performed by Italian singers as a commercial speculation. The new house was a failure, and in 1720 George I headed a subscription of XDO.OOO, with a small gift towards its main tenance. In less than two seasons Ebers, the then lessee, lost 44,000 in his efforts to make it pay. Such a result is not surprising when we see what he had really to pay first of all. For one season there was 15,000 a year rent; for expenses there were: Opera, 8600; ballet, 10,000; orchestra, 3200; scene-painting and wardrobes, 5300; lighting, 130; "llillee, 2CO0; servants, 400; military guard at the doors, 150; fittings of the King's box, 700, etc. With such outgoings it is no wonder there was a loss. At last, in 1789, the King's Theatre, a3 it was then called, was burnt to the ground; and though nothing was Baved, not very much was lost by its destruc tion, for the theatre, as a theatre, was ill built, ill-nourished, and ill-managed. "Another arose upon its rums, built by Novolsielski, who was among the first to in troduce the horseshoe form of auditorium. The first stone was laid by the Earl of Buck inghamshire. Under the stone were laid guinea, half-guinea, seven, five, and one shil ling coins. All these, though not laid in a bottle, as is usual now, were found during the building of the new theatre to be as bright and fresh as when they came from the mint. In 1820 the exterior of this new building was al tered by Nash and Ripton. The ground on which the late theatre stood is crown pro perty, the lease ef which, held by a private individual, has still more than forty years to run. The old theatre had many faults. Its stage was too small; its means of ingress and egress were lamentably deficient. Only one narrow wooden stair communicated with the amphitheatre, gallery, and side slips, and it is not too much to Bay that, had the fire which at last destroyed it in less than an hour occurred when the house was full, some four hundred or five hundred people must almost inevitably have lost their lives. "The new theatre, though smaller in the auditorium, is in every way finer, better, and more convenient than the old. The length of the space at the disposal of Mr. Lee was one hundred and sixty-six feet, and its width one hundred and forty-six feet. This has been utilized to the utmost. The stage is now fifty-one feet deep, ninety-five feet wide, and seventy-one feet high as large as the largest stages yet built, either here or abroad. Twelve feet below this stage is a mezzanine floor, and the total depth below the stage ex tends to nearly thirty feet, where the drums are placed for hoisting the scenery. It is not intended to have the usual sliding scenes on the stage at all. They are nearly all, if not entirely, to be what are technically called 'cloths' that is, soenes not painted on frame work, but on loose canvas, with heavy rollers at the ends to keep them firm and stiff in their places when lowered. The advantage of this plan is that it does away with the noise and bustle and laber of scene-shifting, the scene being merely raised up or lowered be neath the Btage like an ordinary curtain. "The Bide scenes, too, as they are called, are not intended to be run in the ordinary wooden grooves, which constantly occasion embarrassment and delay. These scenes will simply be taken down twelve feet below the stage into the mezzanine floor, and then run in grooves without requiring support from above. Every part of the stage, though made in the firmest manner, is, in fact, movable, and can be adapted in a few minutes to the most urgent requirements ef a great scenio opera. The house is built in a horse-shoe curve, seventy feet deep from the curtain by fifty-six feet wide in the middle. The seats will be wide enongh to accommodate even the utmost amplitude of fashionable toilets, and sufficient space will be given to Allow every one to sit with ease. The staltf; altogether, will accommodate about six hundred visitors. There are four tiers of boxes in front of the stage, and four tiers and an additional half tier at either side. "The boxes are mush larger than of old. They have about six feet frontage, with heights according to the line of seven and a half feet and nine feet, with depths varying from seven feet to twelve feet. All the tiers of boxes are Bo built that there is no need of columns for the support of any part, and the Sartitions between them are so arranged that uring the winter season they can be removed in the course ef a day or so, and almoBt the whole of the curve formed into the unbroken baloony of a dress cirole. The plan on which the boxes have been thus constructed to do away with great supporting pillars is very simple. From the outer walls a series of wrought-iron brackets have been built out, radiating towards the centre. These, midway from the wall, are supported by a series of powerful cast-iron columns whioh extend from the basement to the roof. The broad passages between these iron columns and the walls are filled np on the inner theatre side with fireproof walls and lofty arohed fireproof roofs overhead. Then mere is a auuuut ure proof passage round every tier of boxes from top to bottom. The weight of the boxes themselves is carried on that part of the braoaets or cantalevers which project beyond these columns, and these are strong enough not only to bear the weight of the usual four visitors in a box, but enough literally to support the box if It were filled with bricks or stone. "There are two great staircases between fire-proof walls, which pass upwards to the very roof of the building, and whioh would suffice to empty it in caBe of alarm in less than five minutes; the grand stairoase is equally protected, so is the crush-room, and the saloons and retiring rooms specially devoted to the use of ladies. Beneath the wooden flooring of the pit all is built in strong lire proof arches, while the Btage Itself Is cut off from the body of the theatre by a stout brlok wall, which rises behind the woodwork to almost a level with the footlights. No work shops are allowed over the ceiling at all, where there Is only a wide ventilator to take off the heated air. There Is an admirable system of ventilation, by whioh an ample ourrent of dry air, not warm, is let into and made to circu late aU over the theatre, and pass out by the ventilator in the roof. , . "The cost of the whole building will be 'under fifty thousand pounds." 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Real Estate 86,000 00 Bills receivable for Insurance made 822,4tto'9 Balances due at agencies, premiums on marine policies, accrued inter est, and other debts due the com pany . io.m-so Btock and scrip of sundry corpora tions, J.'iir. Estimated value 1,81300 Cash in bank Jllfl 150 08 Casta in drawer 418'65 w - 116,50378 11,647,307 -80 DIBECTOES Tnomns O. Hand. Edmund A, Bonder. Bamael K. Blokes, James C. Hand, Theopbllns Paulding, Joseph H. Beal, Hugh Craig, John K. Penrose, Jacob P. Jones, James Traqualr, Edward Darlington, 11. Jones Brooke, James B. McFarland, Wllltam U. Ludwlg, George G. Lelper, John , Taylor, George W. Bernadou, William G. Boulton, Jacob Klegel. ipenoer Mcilvalne, U. T. Morgan.PlttBburg John B. Hemple, " A. B. Berger, " jixiwaru Laiouruuue, Joshua P. Fy re, A HOMABO ajn u, President. JOHN O. DAVIS, Vice-President HENRY LYLBURN, Secretary. "ouluouu HENRY BALL. Assistant Secretary. 10 8 "AFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY Or isuuitt Aai.iiiiu.tJA, jno. 232 WALNUT Direct, ruiittucijuia. Incorporated 17 i. Charter Perpetual. Capital. $500,000. "f0""1 Assets 93,350,000 MAiUftE, IIS LAND, AMDF1UE INSURANCE. OVEK $20,000,000 LOSSES PAID SINCE ITU ORGANIZATION. . BISECTORS. Arthur G. Coffin, George L. Harrison. Samuel W. Joupm vun-iH it vu. U f U AA W TV AA i Charles Taylor, Ambrose White, Edward H. Trotter. Edward S. Clarke, T. Charlton Henry, Richard JD. Wood, Alfred D, Jessup. W imam w etsa, John P. White. B. Morris Wain, Louis O. Madeira, John Mason, Charles W. Cushmen. 5T5P&rCOKFIN- indent. OHARLEd PLATT, Vice President. Matthias Mauiu, Secretary. aij I PIKE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY TH I fENNBYLVAJNLA FlHifi lNBOBANUM COM ".SHfE0""6"1 UB-Chart? Per7eVual-No (10 W AU UT btreet, opposite Independence buuari This Company, favorably known lo the oomiuunl t? for over tony yearn, oontiunes to Insure against lou or damage by lire ou Publio or Private JBulldinaa either permanently or for a Urn lied time. Aura on furniture. Blocks of Oooda, and Kerckaudl. can, rally, ou liberal term., , aeua- Tuelr Capital, together with a larre Bnrplnt Pnnd la inveatea in the most o&retul m anner, whioh eiiabln, them to offer to the hutued an undoubted aeoariiv i Daniel Bmlth, Jr., i John Devereturj Alexander Bensoa, I Thomas Huilih, laao ilarlehurat, I Henry iwlaT Xhotna. ltoMj B Lo&XD reU JDANIKL bAUTH. Jx.JPIetloenl, WM. 0. CKOWiLL, secretary t3 STRICTLY MUTUAL. PROVIDENT LIFElND TRUST CO. OP PHILAD AlL f HIA. OFFICE. KO. Ill (9. FOUUT1I STKEJffx, Orgauiaml to fttiiuuM AJjr xiNoL'KANCJW aauiua members ol the bOCJETY OP PRIKRDa. 0ood risks of any claaa acoepied. Policies iaaued upon approved plant, at lAt Igwau Prealdenl. BAMTJUL H, biUPLKT. Vloe-Prealdenl, WILLIAM C. LOftudTSUTO. Actuary. hOWLA-ND AMT, The advantages oflered bj this Company are zcelied, fi7 PHtENIX INSURANCE COJ1PAKY . OP PHILADELPHIA. LNCOKPUKATJiU 1SU4 OHABTKB PKRPETUAI ISo. m WALK te'T Street, opponite the JtcuancaT This Company Insure, irum ioas or damage by i Finai, on liberal terms, on bulletin merchandise, furniture, etc, lor limned perloda, and permanently ou build l2ia by depoalt of premium i. The Company has been in activeoperatlon for mora than felXTY VILAIui, during whiou all lowea hav. been promptly adjunted aud paiA, John L. Hodge, David Lewla. M. if. Mauouy, Jobu T. Lewis, William a Grant, Kobert W. Learning, Benjamin letting. Thomas H . Powers. A. K. McHeury, Almuud Caatlllon, V. Clark Whanon Lawrence Lewis, Jr., Lewis e. Norrla. ioHN R WDClLEJiSat. President. oamnei wuoox. Bamcki. Wilcox, ttecretary. y&jj THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OP PHILADELPHIA. Olilce South west Cur. PUUKTH and WALNUT St. I IKE .IMSCKAISCE EXCLUSIVELY. PERPETUAL AND TEKM POLICIES IfMOED, Cash Capital MU..A00.UUU-a Cash Asset. January 1, lHt9 fl,Ui A W inw. ....... ...... DLBJtCTORH. T. Re ten ford Btarr, J. LlVlDKston Errlnear. James L. Ctaghorn, Wm. to. Bouliun, Charles Wheeler, Thus. II. Montgomery, John V. Atwoad, BenJ, T. Tredlck, George II. btuart. jonn it. Drown ..IU JJXt Awisau. n.ures Onlv tlnit-Rliuia rlak. taklnc james M. A.nueu. no specially hasaidous risks whatever, suoh as facto ries, mills, etc P. KaTCHFORD BTARR President TH OS. H. MONTGOMERY Vice-President. Al-VX. W. WlwTitB, Secretary. til IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. ; LONDON. i ESTABLISHED 1SOS. I Fald-np Capital and Accumulated Funds, $8,000,000 IN GOLD. ! PKEYOST dc lIERKIKa.AKenU, I ' No. 107 Bouts THIRD Btreet, Phllada. OHAH. M. PREVOBT. CHA. P. HKRRLW3 TV B. KINKELIN, APTEB A RESIDENC1 I J and nrwttlra of thirty IMII at the Horlhwaas ooraer of Third and union street., bas Lately re moved to Benin ELKVJU1TH Btreet, between KAJfc KKT and CHfejBNUT. M HI. superiority In th. Prompt and perfect our. oj all recent, chronic, local, and constitutional aife Ilea, of a special nature. Is proverbuU. Disease, of th. .kin, appearing In a hundred dif fer t forma, totally eradicated; mental and phvsloal weakaaa., and all nervous debilities scientifically and aoooeas nil ly USM0R. 0lhot avuuii (run I to IP. as! INSURANCE. 1G29.C1URTER TEIIPETUAI. Mil Fire Insurance Comjaij OF PHILADELPHIA! OlSce, Kob. 435 and 437 CHES5UT Street. Assets on Jan. 1,1869, $2,677,37213 CAPITAL Of) ,(M)0-OO Alt hi J".i HoarLit). l'lUMitftia. TJNSETTLKT) CLAIMS, INCOME FO mrjo. Losses raid since 1829,over$5,500,OOa Perretual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms. The Company aio liwoes Polities on Renti of BulldlDgs of all kinds. Ground Kent, and Mortgages, Alfred ft. Ttnfrav Paruuel flrant, Ueoige W. Richards, Innao Lea, IhomaB Hparku, A ill t,u r itw.. William H. u,.nt Thomas H. Kills. fli.Bna a r. . Ueorge iales. u.n..Hn K., nHHIIUD, UKihMK PALkS, VIce-PrtsldeDt, JP.W. McALlI IKn,tforetarr. WM. UllKEN, Asdstant Secretary. S3 R A L. FAME FIRE INSURANCE C0I5PANY lias KenioTCd to Ken Office. No. 809 CHE8NUT Street. W. I. DLAKC1IAKD, 816 12b BSCRETARY. STOVES, RANGES, ETC. NOTICE, THE UN D E RfS I O N R Tl " would call the attention of the publio to htm .fKrm ISEWtaOLLEN EAULEI'UKNAtJK. - ZSB This 1. an eutirelv new healvr. It la ' structed aa te at once commend ltselt to general lavori ' being a combination of wrought aud cast Iron. It Is Very simple In Its construction, aud Is perfectly alr ' tight; .elf-cleaniug, hav'inttuo Pipes or drums to ba taken out and cleaned. It fs a a arranged with uprlghl ' Hues as to produce a luriei" i.mount of heat from the same weight of coal than any furnace now In use. The bygiomello condition of the air as produoed by my new arrangement ol evaporation will at once de. momtrate that It Is the only Hot Air furnace that Vtll, fivuut, a. yvtviMij unitiiujr aiujunlliere. TbcH Iu want of a complete Healing Apparatus would do well to call and examine the Ouldeu Kaslaw KOS. 1132 and UH MARK KT Btreet, A large assortment of Cooking Ranges, Fire-board Stoves, Low Down Urates, Ventilators, etc, always N. B. Jobbing of all kinds promptly doss. io THOMPSON'S LONDON KITCHENER; or EUROPEAN ivAfiuE, far families, hotels, or public lnmitullons. in TWENTY DIV.VKR. ;ENT 81EH. Also, Philadelphia Ransea. Bot-AU Puruacea, Portable Heaters, Low-dowa ' Orates, Flreboard Btoves, Bath Rellers, Slew-hole Plates, Pollers, Cooking Htoves, etc,, wholesale and retail, by the alujer THoMpsoN llSGwfmRm No. 26N.BECOtfOiitreet, ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETO, fff?U PN5 BTEAJtt XNGINB fANfl SjUsaJaZ BOILER WORE B.-NE API K LUVY fcVA01, Ai-U THEORETICAL MS totSK tCRKI MACHLNIhl. BOILER-MAKERS, Bi AVKi feMIXHa, and POTJIKR8, havluglor many AitJ been In sncoessful operation, aud been exolmlvelJ engaged In building aud repairing Marine and River I nk- ues, high aud low-prewure. Iron Roller., Watra lank., Propellers, eto. etc, respectfully offer their services to the publio as being fully prepared to con. tract for engine, of all alsea, Marine. River, and Stationary; having sHs of pattern, of different else, are prepared to execute orders with quick despatah. Every description of pattern-making made at th. shortest notice. High aud Low-psewnr. Pin. Tubular and Cylinder Boiler., ot the best Pennsvlva. nla charcoal Iron. Porglng. or all slaea and kind lrou and li.a Cattiuga ef ail deacriptlous. Roil turning. Screw Cutting, and all ether work connect! with the above buslneea. Drawings and speclilcatlons for all work dona as tbeeaubllahment free of ebarge, and work guar an- The subscribers have ample wharf-dock room 'toa repairs of boats, where they cf lie lo perfect saaiv aud are provided with shears, blocks, falls, etc aii lor raUiig; haavy or UrM woigha. " AOOB O. WEAPTJW JuHNP.UVr", I II rVaat'H sad PALALER Streets, VAceHJr ujxirx, ruAu a. uzwax COCTinVAKK tVt.ViMV riFTS AXL D WA6iLL!iw I03 Mwa rx it. .l'jsxx '., 1-N 5 a av.uTx tsrrs, naAarw4u it a itu Lw rubuaa Xastsn tor Land. Kcv, fO " Mm iiMiwt. ttAMMuwa, t'iut.u, Liv aloaia. MO. t aaii vl a-i kb,ux, ijv r cM. Irou JTtm. Kjvaj, WI. Workshops, Ud Ktftox aaa dt VwkijMrj, M UM la last aad most tuit-rvrwa Kvwrjr dwnv;vM I ptani:ha M acaivsry , alad iajr, Jaw, aud tri4 ataia. Vaoowna Pans, OU 8tai Iraiast lMjawc., JfUtaNca, Paotpmc, Mm giuos, etc . bole AgwoM t K. Buieox Pateat luiar BoIUbs Ap;araiD, Kmyib ttut 8iam lluumu, aad AsplBwail Wociaey. Pataal Caatrtoicai burag Dralalag Machlaea. iu CITY ORDINANCES. AN ORDINANCE To Grant a Certain Privilege to the Uer xuantown Passenger Hallway Company. Section 1. The Helect and Common Coanclis of the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the Oermantown Passenger Railway Company is hereby authorized and permitted to use salt on that portion of tueir tracks lying north of the junction of Oermantown avenue and lHaruond street; and all ordinances, so far as tbey are lucoii.Uteut herewith, he and the tame are hereby repealed. LOUI3 WAGNER. President pro tern, of Common Couucll. Attest Benjamin n. Hainks, Clerk of Beleot Council. WILLIAM B. BTOKLEY, , President of Beleot Council. Office of tbb Clebks of J Puilabjelpbia. Maroh IU. 189. This certlflts that the foregoing- ordiaanoe. entitled "An Ordinance to Oram a Certain. Privilege to the Oermantown Passenger Hall way Company," was returned by the Mayor to the Beleot Council on the sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty Dine, without his approval, and lha said ordinance having been reconsidered, was passed by the Beleot Council ou the eighteenth day of Maroh, A. D. 1HUW, agree, ably to the aotof Assembly in suoh ease mada and provided, by the following vote: Yeas. IU; nays, t. ' And the said ordinance, together with the objections of the Mayor, having been sent to the Common Council for their consideration, was passed by that body on the eighteenth day of March, A. D. 1SUD, pursuant to law. by the following vote:-Yea. St; nays, 15. Wherefore, the said ordinance having been pasted agreeably to the provisions of toe aot of Assembly in suoh cases made and provided, and Is now a law in frill foroe and virtue, In like manner as If the Mayor of the said city of Philadelphia bad Blgued It. a 1 Attest John Eckstein, ... . Clerk.of Common Council. Attest Pjenjamin Jl. Hainxs, Clerk of Beleot Council. 823 It COTIOH 8AIL DUCat AND CANVA8, OW all numbers and brands, Tent, AWnlcs, aad Wagon-Cover Duck. Abo, Paper Manufacturers Drier Pelta, fronl Uiarty tnchea tesevauly-alx Indies wide, Paullb, Ret hi g. bail Xwhae. ate John w. evekmani 101 CliURCil BUeeAm awesV
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