THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1869. BABISM. A New Religion In EaMcrn Al i. from 7,tW$ rfular Encyclopedia. ' BnbiHm is the name of a new religion sprang tip in EBHtcrn Asia within the lant few yoaw, and which, having taken considerable hold of the more intelligent of the Persian people, has further developed itself in other countries of the East. Its tenets are spreading day by day over Turkey and India. Its pure morality. Mid the antagonism it offers to the enervated doctrines of Mohammedanism, Me worthy of attracting attention. Hpeidnng for ourselves, wo believe that Hubism will eventually super sede the doctrine of the Koran, and largely contribute to the future civilization of the East. ' liabism is not Christianity, certainly, but it inny, perhaps, be considered a groat step towards it; and it is from this dual point f view that we give to the history of a reli gion, till now comparatively unknown in our 'country, a more extended space than is accorded lo those other theological matters with which almost every one is, or easily may be mado, acquainted. In J843 there lived at Shiraz, in Persia, a young man, about eighteen years of ago, named llirza-Ali-lIohainmed. His parents pos sessed some fortune, and from after events it is supposed that Mirza-Ali was not brought tip without education. While still very young, he undertook a pilgrimage to Mecca, in which holy city it is probable that his mind first gave room to religious impressions in consistent with the orthodox Mohammedan faith, and where he also conceived the design of supplanting it by the substitution of an other and more progressive religion. On his return, he communicated the particulars of his pilgrimage, and also a first commentary on the Sovrut of the Koran, called Joseph, to a select assembly of persons at Shiraz. An im mense impression was thereby created, and throngs of literary and religious people crowded to hear the discourses of Ali-Moham-med. In these he did not directly attack the doctrines of Islamism, but founded his themes generally on the sad, irreligious, and deplora ble condition of humanity at large. Certain allusions, however, adroitly intro duced here and there in his declamations which were so vaguely broached as not to disturb and irritate religious prejudices on the one hand, while they Mattered self-esteem on the other caused his teachings to assume an increasing attractiveness. Day by day now hearers came, and went away adherents to the new religious system. His fame spread all over Persia. The profoundly solemn and im pressive nature of these scenes l&oved all who took part therein, and even those Mus sulmans most bigoted in their own faith, spoke of them with a kind of awe. They unanimously confessed that the eloquence of Ali-Mohammed was both brilliant and con vincing, and such as to be but faiutly realized by those who had not listened to it. Ali Mohammed now assumed a religious title of apostleship. He declared himself to be the Bab, i. c., the dor, by which it was alone possible to reach the presence of God. Later on, he assumed another title, but to the heterodox he is only known by his former one. The orthodox Mussulmans, at the instigation of the clergy, were disposed to put a summary end to the propagation of Babism; but upon reflection, the Shah, fearing to excite an insurrection, and, perhaps, in himself secretly favoring the new doctrine, adopted a temporizing policy. Converts then prodigiously increased, and the Bub, upon giving a more explicit account of himself, affirmed that he was not the Bab, as he had at first believed, or, in other words, the door to the knowledge and presence of God, but that be was the Point,, i. e, the generator of truth, a divine apparition, an embodied, mani festation of omni)otenee; and it was as the "Point" that his followers bestowed on him the name of Ilezret-e-Ala, or Sublime Hi'h ness Moullah Housscin-Mohanimcd the most venerated of the eighteen disciples of the young prophet, and. to whom his adver saries themselves accord the possession of Vast knowledge and great energy of character was sent to Ispahan, and afterwards to Kasan, where he made many converts. The Bab (we will follow the giving this title to Ali-Mohammed, according to the common use) also sent out two other missionaries in differ ent directions. The first of these was Hadji Mohammed-Ali-Balfouroushy, esteemed as a saint among the Babists, and who was certainly a very learned man, equally remarkable for his purity of life and devotional character. The se cond missionary sent out was a woman, perhaps the most interesting personification of the new religion. She was named originally Zerryn Tadji, the "Crown of Gold," but she is known under the surnames of Gourret-Oul-Ayn, the Consolation of the Eyes, and Hezret-e-Taherah, Her High nets the Pure. Hadji Moullah, her father, was a distinguished legist, and had married her at an early age to her cousin Moullah. Both Mussulmans and Babists agree in extolling the extraordinary beauty of this young female, and it seems in contestable that her mind and character were even more remarkable than her personal charms. It . was in the bosom of her own family that she first heard the Bat) and his doctrines spoken of. She opened a corres pondence with him, and very speedily became the confidante and advocate of all his ideas. JShe espoused publicly the new faith she had awakened to, and spoke, not only against polygamy, but also against the use of the veil, appearing at the same time in public places with an uncovered face, to the" great scandal f her relatives and of all true Moslems; but, on the other hand, evoking the applause of the numerous people who participated in her religious enthusiusm, and whose numbers had been greatly augmented by her own example. At last, tired out by the importunities of hor father and her husband, she quitted her home, and consecrated herself entirely to the apoetolio duties which the Bab had confided to her. After this, her theological fame became greatly increased, and such was the estimate she had formed of her own impersonification that one day, it is said, the Moullah Moliamined-Ali-Balfouroushy having turned himself towards the Mohammedan Kiblah (see this name), for praying, Gourret-oul-Ayn took him by the arm and said to him, "No ! it is I whom you ought to worship; I am the Kiblah 1" The purity of Luis singular woman was never doubted, even by the most fanatio of the Moslems. The death of the sovereign, Mo hammed Shah, was an inauspicious event for the Babists. .His successor, Nasreddin Shah, seemed at once inclined to extirpate the new religion; and, contrary to the counsel of the Bab, some of his followers rose in insurrec tion . against the Persian government. The suppression of this revolt severely taxed the power of the executive, but in the end it was crushed, attended with all the treachery and cruelty so characteristic of Eastern countries. Babism, however, more than survived this blow) it sprung up into new and re doubled life, ' and the number of its followers so increased that Persia be came full of them. Convinced that the cause of this evil was the Bab himself, as being the author of the new doctrines which had occasioned such discord throughout the empire, the Government resolved to got rid of him, akiough he had kept himsclt aloof from the insurrection, and it was impossible to find the smallest proof of its having met with eitlver bis incitement or approval. The Uab was-ROOordingly lodged in prison, where ho endured his captivity with the Courage of a martyr, spending his hours in prayer or meditation. His tranquillity of mind was unalterable. All who approached him were vanquished, in spite of themselves, by the ineffable charm of his face, his manner, and his conversation. Even his very guards were, not quit exempt from this1 weakness. He knew his death to bo near, and spoke of it fre quently as an idea that was not only fami liar, but welcome to him. After a confine ment of eighteen months, he was sliacklod with chains, and, surrounded by a strong escort, conducted to Tabriz, there to appear before the Chief Minister of State, to gether with two of his disciples, who had voluntarily shared his imprisonment, Seyd Housscin and Moullah Mohammed-Ali, the latter belonging to a family of rich and honored merchants in Tabriz. When before his judges, the Bub was interrogated by one of them respecting the traditions of the Prophet and of the Lnaums, and, according to the. evidence of spectators, triumphantly re futed both the arguments of his adversary, and the exposition of the cardinal principles of the Moslem creed, as there discussed. From this it would rppear that the Itoyal Com mission came off second best in the encoun ter. They, nt all events, deemed it injudi cious to enter into further controversy, which might be dangerous; and as the Bab refused, when proposed to him, to return to the faith of Islam, they announced to him that ho was about to die. In Persia, the carrying out of a capi tal sentence does not involve much delay or ceremony. But, in this instance, the policy of the executive was directed to the taking away of his life openly, in order to'gain the important Btep of convincing the public of his veritable death, and thereby cutting down any pretext for agitation. The Bab and his two disciples were, accordingly, strongly ironed, and conducted on foot through all the streets of the town to tho place of execution. Tho Moslems, masters of the day, thronged tho streets, abusing the prisoners both by reviling and striking them about the hood and faco, and when a stone, flung by a boy, struck the Bab or one of his fellow-sufferers, soldiers and mob, alike, burst out laughing. Seyd-IIoussein, too weak for such a martyr dom, fell upon his knees and supplicated for pardon. He was commanded to curse the Bab, and he cursed him accordingly. He was required to spit in the face of his master, and he obediently ki at; after which ho was set free. The other disciple,' being both young and rich, it was believed that it would be easy to obtain from him a renunciation of his heresy: but even tho sight of his wife and young children, who were brought before him, did not shake his courage, and ho only requested to die before his master. The two martyrs were then suspended at some feet off the ground by cords passed beneath thoir arms, and in the presence of an immense mob they were fired at by the soldiers. Tho disciple was killed instantaneously, but tho Bab remained untouched. The cord which sustained him in the air was cut by a ball: ho ' dropped on his feet, and instinctively commenced to flee, but he was pursued, and mortally stabbed without littering a groan, A. D. 1850. In stead of their chief's death discouraging the Babists, it, on the contrary, exasperated them to such a pitch that they have ever since be come irreconcilable enemies to the Persian dynasty. An assembly of the leaders of tho sect was held at Teheran, and a new Bab, the actual chief of Babism, was not elected, so to speak, but recognized as such from exterior blgns and certain moral faculties, which in him gave a divine indication of his right to the succession of the Bab. He, like his pre decessor, was also a young man, being a youth of sixteen, named Mirza-Yahara, son of Mirza Bonzong-Nonry, Vizier of Iman-Werdy-Mirza, Governor of Teheran. He took the titlo of "Hezret-e-Ezel,"' or Eternal Highness. After his nomination, he left tho capital, and went from town to town to escape from the se verity of the Government, and adjured his followers to attempt no new insur rection, declaring authoritatively that the time for ' engaging with material arms was not yet come. In 1852, an attempt by three Babists to assassinate the Shah, led tho way to new arrests, and consequent penalties of death. Among the persons thus arrested was Gourret-oul-Ayn, the Consolation of the Eyes. Being of high rank, she was treated at first with some consideration, and conducted to the governor's house, who gave her into the custody of his wife. A few days after wards she was conducted to Niaveran, and in presence of the princes, great officers of state, prisoners, and the general public, she was asked with gentleness and courtesy to declare that she did not belong to the new sect. But instead of complying with this request she broke into an eloquent profession of faith to God, and to the Bab. She was sent back to Teheran, and having been veiled against her will, she was placod upon a pile of straw in order to be burned alive; but before firing the funeral pi!e, the executioner suffo cated her so completely with her own gar ments that her corpse only was left to be con sumed. All the other prisoners, men, women, and children, went to execution with equal courage, singing, amid the inconceivable torment of a torture heightened with tho ut most cruelty: "In trath, we belong to God, and we go back to Hi:u." This sacrificial day gave to Babism more secret adherents than a long period of doctrinal teaching would have done. Since the events of 12, Babism has every day made immense progress; but now, in obedience to tho command of their present chief, tho Babists conceal their reli gious faith, deny it on occasion, and whan it becomes necessary, are ready to declare that the Bab was a myth and an impostor. This systeinatio dissimulation, however, is perhapi fraught with more alarm to tho Government than qn open revolt would excite. In the latter case, it would be possible to count its ene mies, and confroul ilium. As it is, it sees, it knows, it can realize nothing. The execu tive dares not make inquiries, fearing to find more parties implicate! than it could well deal with, and, still more, perhaps discover them in places where it would rather not. Tho prevailing opinion is, that the Babists are numerous in all grades of society, and in all the religious sects of the empiroj excepting tho Jvossayrys R11j the Christians. Tho edu cated and upper classes, and those skilled iu the literature and sciences of tho country, are more particularly suspected. The quiescence of the new sect is but apparent. Its profes sors write considerably, and their works which are widely but secretly circulated. nr read with avidity and gusto, and furnish new I polemical weapons against .the , Moslem. - Atrain. the "Eternal Highness, ami ithosn apostles who have survived the! original BnV,' !'Lthe members possessing iii common the pro follow out their programme with eealqua. per- ; phetio aJfUituvt It is this: The Bab suffers severance, and are continually making many converts. .Latterly, the supremo chief, when solicited to inaugurate a fresh and overt struggle, is reported to have answered, as before, hat the time was not yet coma. Thus, we Jiave presented to us the bona fide existence if a new religion, foundod by a mere youth, which in a space of five years ( 1 14 7-18.12) has become disseminated through out Persia, and acquired innumerable votaries! In five year a nation of from ten to twelve millions of gieople, occupying a territory which ancieniJy owned a population of fifty millions, a nation without newspapers, tho great propaganda of modern ideas which has not yet a postal iystetn, nor even a good pub lie road has locn permeated through all its Earts by the spirit of a religious belief, which as in all places numerous partisans among Jho orthodox clergy, the rich and the learned; of tho laymen, the most fanatio Mos lems, tho softs, and tho philosophers; and lastly, as a remarkable and perhaps unique fact, even Jews in grat numbers havo been inspired by the new revelation. Tho only, two religious denominations that have till now kept themselves apart from tho gene ral movement are the Nossayrys, a sect com posed of tho most ignorant class of the people; and tho Christians, of whom it would be better not to speak. In the abject state to which tho Christian, both clerical and secular, has been reduced in Persia, it would bo desirable for the honor of tho faith which he stains, to see him disappear altogether from that country. Tho rapid expansion of Babit-m is certainly an extraordinary fact, and it appears the more so if we consider that, in the first Bab's lifetime, very many of tho pro fessors of the new religion, even among its most convinced and devoted sectaries, never personally knew their prophet, and do not seem to have conceived it of vital importance to receive his instructions orally. The suc cess of Babism must therefore be looked for in a study of its doctrines, and their compara tive superiority over Mohammedanism. InlSlt?, Ali Mohammed, the Bab, digested his tenet s in a book to which he gave tho name of Biyyan the Exposition), that is to say, an elucidation of all that it is important to know. It is from this work that we shall endeavor to give a succinct idea, or rationale, of tho theory of Babism, setting aside all its mystical forms, adapted to Oriental taste, but which possess no interest for us. "There is but oue God, immutable, eternal; Ho is without a fellow." This is the Mussulman formula, but with a different meaning. By it tho Moslems under stand that Christ is not God, and that the divine essence, concentrated in itself, is an absolute unity; whereas, Babism means only that there are not two distinct Gods; and it is easy to see that it conceives divine unity as a thing wry different from a self-concentrated individuality. tfod is essentially Creator because lie is tho Life, because He expands it, and that the only method of expanding life is to create. All the attributes of excellence that we may imagine belong to God; but, in tho act of creating, He makes use of only sevon of them, viz., strength, power, volition, ac tion, condescension, glory, and revelation. God may, at His will, either partially or wholly communicate His attributes without diminution of His divinity, but that which emanates from Him cannot convey the small est portion of tho Divine emanation; and this is the difference between God and His crea ture. But the creature, who is not God, from not possessing tho plenitude of His attributes, and, above all, that of expansion, is not, nevertheless, entirely separate from God, from whom' he came, because "these is nothing out of Him" and God says Himself, "In truth, O my creature, thou art Myself!" and further, "all that Which has tho name of a thing is a part of the creation, anp there is nothing intermediate between that thing and Me;" so that all which exists, all possessing a shape, all that bears a name, is in God, emanate! from Him, bu t inferior to Him, less powerful and less complete, a mere accidental being that has position only in time and space, "At the day of the last judgment everything will be annihilated, save the divine nature. " That is to say, all the imperfections resulting from the fact of emanation, or separation, although but temporary, from tho pure essence and it is in this that we must look for the cause of wrong-doing in this world shall disappear in the day of the last judgment, and God will draw unto Him all that which is from Him. From this brief analysis, it results that the God of Babism is not a new personification of the Almighty, but rather tho God of the Chaldtean and Alexandrian schools of philo sophy, of the Mystics, and, in short, of all the varieties of Oriental religious speculation. He is not the God of the Pentateuch, but He is veritably the God of the Gemara and the Tal mud; not Him that Islamism has endeavored to define from its deduc tions from Moses and Christ; but,' un doubtedly, Ho is the God of all the philosophers, and critics produced by the Islamitio schools. Babism has done nothing more than drawn this God out of pafit ob scurity, and restore and present Him. But this has been performed in a manner not wanting in amplitude and strength. The Bab did not assert that he was introducing a new conception of the Divinity, as the only true one, nor that he was able to give a full and entire definition of tho Creator. Ho said that ho; himself, was a new step to the knowledge of the divine nature; that all prophets have said more than their predecessors were enti tled to do; that his mission was to bo more complete and extended than that of Moham med, who had been more realistic in his apos tleship than Jesus, who, in his time, had sur passed all his predecessors. But tho Bab adds that we ought not to flatter ourselves with the idea of a possible advancement into tho knowledge of God; for He will remain unknown till the day of tho last judg ment. Consequently, to devote one's life to this chimera is not the aim that man ought to propose to himself. To obey God, to love Him, to aspire to Him, Jhee things are those which he ought to do, instead of trying to penetrate into mysteries incon sistent with his human state. God will never aslrfor an account of our endeavors at know ledge in that matter; therefore, it behoves man to-direct his mind and moral strength to other and moro fruitful subjects. That which is unveiled of futurity is enough for the want of every period. Now and this is one of the most original features of the new creed the Bab, while being the prophet for this tim3, I and all-powerful as he may bo, is, in reality, only a part, and not tho whole of the actual prophetizing entity. Tho cabalistio number of Babism is 19; and the unity of the pro- ' phecy requires ID personal manifestations, of which the Hah is tlie 1 otiit. lhese 18 mani festations, which, with the Bab, will consti tute" the prophetic number, are not inferior to him, because no relations of superiority and inferiority exist in the nature of God; but they have other and lesser things to accom plish; wherefore he is the 1'oint, . e. the centre, apex, or light of the new ' prophecy.- - Now, what is tho meet . produced . by i death , ainom? martyrdom, whereupon the essence of pro phecy departing from him is transfused into the spirit of one of the remaining prophets, who therefore, in 1U turn, become the Toint,," and so preserves the unity intact. After the death of tho first Bab the power of the 1'oint, in tho unity of 19, was trans mitted to the Eternal Hiyhiuss. Wo now come to tho last important feature of Babism, which is, that the Bab, and the unity of which he is the Point, do not, in themselves, con stitute a definite revelation; and tho founder of Babism has been very anxious to make this clearly known. ' The Biyyan, being the Holy Book par txcdlenrr, ought necessarily to be constituted in tho divine number; or, m other words, in tho number 1!). Therefore, on this principle, it is divided into 19 dis tinct unities or chapters, which are again snb-dividod, each into 19 paragraphs. Of these 19 unities, 11 only have been written by the Bab, tho 8 rem lin ing being left for the true and great revelator, who will complete tho doctrine, and to whom tho Bab is what John tho Baptist mat to Christ. Tho Bab's own doctrine is merely transitional, serving to prepare men for what will come later; it opens the way, it is tenta tive, but it is not conclusive. For instance, tho Bab abolishes the Kiblah, or mode of turning to a certain point of the horizon, adopted by both Moslems and Jews, when praying; aud it can be surmised that neither Mecca nor Jerusalem has any particular devotional attraction for the Babists. But he does not substitute a new Kiblah in place of the one he has abol ished, and declares that in this matter he has nothing to command, it being a question which the future revelator will himself decide upon. Marriage is considered by Ali Mo hammed as a thing of the highest importance, not from the Mohammedan point of view, which considers it merely with regard to tho propagation of descendants, but takingaloftier sight, tho reformer's aim is to constitute family ties, the great desideratum of Asiatic society, 'where iliey exist only in exceptional cases. Upon a man being first married, the Bab will tolerate his taking a second wife, but he does not urge or command the so doing; on tho contrary, such is his manifest repug nance to polygamy, that Babists hesitate to tise tho toleration permitted them concerning a duality of wives. Concubinage is absolutely forbidden. Tho Bab has taken another step to wards civilizing the East.by forbidding divorce, which is the greatest social disease of tho Persian people. Tho facility for discarding a wife at any moment, and under the most trifling pretext, has done even moro than polygamy for degrading women, and has so depraved society as to make a true and lasting union almost an impossibility. It is, indeed, in Persia, a rare occurrence to find a woman of twenty-two to twenty-four years of age, who has not already had two or three hus bands. 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Real Fstate...... 8i,.Kl-(0 liills receivalilo for mi'.ir.ince made 32J,4K'(tl Balances due at agencies, premiums on marina r'H '".. accrued interest, and otticr debts duo t.,e company : Stock and scrip of sundry corporations, j3l5rt, Fctiiimtod value Cush in bank ijlht,liV,l t Cathm drawer 41X65 1,81300 1W.5H3-73 M,47,3u7'tM Thoninsn. Hand, ilnhn C. Dims, lumps C. Hnnd, '1 beophlhis Paulding, Joseph H. Seal, Hugh Crniir, John H. Penrose. Jiic.b P. Jones, Jnme Traquuir, F.dniud I', rlinlon, H. Ji.nes lirook'j. James li. McFarland Friward Fa'ourcade, PntECrnns). I Kdmund A. Scmdor, itvimuel !. Stokes, ll"nry Slosn, Willinm V. l.udwlg, jCeorge (t. l.oiper, lileiiiy C. Dnllott, Jr., i.lohn 1) Tuvli.r. (Jenrge W. lioi nadnu, William li K.mlt.m Jacob Riegel, Sucucer Mollvnine, l. T. Morgan, Pittsburg, John H. Seiuple. " a u ajoenua r. r yre, THOU Ai I ' UlUlt T.-lnf JOHN C. DAVIS, Vioe-Preaideut. HFNRY I.YI.BURN, Secretary. HENRY HALL, Assistant Secrotnry. 10 S 1829. OHAKTER PERPETUAL. Franilin Fire Insurance Company OF riIII-I)ELPHIA. Office, Nob. 435 and 437 CHESNTJT St. Assets oaJa 1,1809, $2,677,31213 CAPITAL ACCRUKD SURPLUS... PREMIUMS TJKSFTTI.FD CLAIMS, S 10Q,QOVOO l,t.s;l,5.sJO l,il,jsi;Ji.i INOOMR FOR tSUft, :l0,00tt. Losses5aiisiuC3ffl,over$5,530OSB - Perpetual and Temper i) I otioi on Liberal Term. The Company also i- ia Policies on Rents of Building of all kind. Ground Lents, and Mortgago. DIRECTORS. A If SKt. Alfred O. Baker, oaniuei rnnt, George W. Richard, Isaac Lea. Thomas Spark, William 8. Grunt, Thomas S. Ellis. ' George ij'uie. Gustavus S. Benson. ALFRED G. UAK.F.R, President. G1COUGK FALKS, Vioo-Preaident, tifl twr uittiu'i'l-u c . THEODOKKJi. RKG1CR, Assistant 8eoretary. 89 A s BURY LITE INSURANCE COMPANY. No. 201 BROADWAY, corner READE Street, Now York. CASH CAPITAL. lou.ooo $L,U00 deposited with the State of New York as soounty for policy holders. LEMUEL BANGS, Presldont. ' . GEORGE ELLIOTT, Vice-President and Secretary. EMORY M.JI.LNTOCK, Actuary. A. E. M. PURDY, M. D Medical Kxamlnor. BKKEHKNCES IIT PEUMIHHION. Thoma T. Tasker.l John M. Maris, J. B. Lippinoott, Charm Z?cer, William Divine, ' James ling, John A. Wright, S. Murri Wain, James Hunter, ' Arthur G. Collin, John 11 McC'reary, E. H. Woruo. In the character of its Directors, economy of manage ment, reasonableness of rates, PARTNERSHIP PLAN OF DECLARING DIVIDENDS, no restriction in female lives, and absolute non-forfeiture of all policies, and no restriction of travel after the lirst year, the ASBCRY pre sents a combination of advantages offered by no other company. Policiea issued in every form, and a, loan of one-third made when desired. Special advantages offered to clergymen. lor ail further information address JAMES M. LONGAORE, . Manager for Pennsylvania and Delaware. Office. No. 8.13 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. FORM AN P. HOLLINSHHAD, Special Agent. 4 165 STR I C T L Y M UTUAL. Provident Life and Trust Co. OF PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE, No. 1U S. FOURTH STREET. Organized to promote LIFE INSURANCE among members of the Society of Friends. Good risks of any class accepted Policies Issued oa approved plans, at tne lowest rates. President. SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY, Vice-President, WILLIAM C. LONGSTltKTH, Actuary, ROWLAND PARRY. The advantages oilered by thia Company are un excelled, ii l 27 J N s u k at" if "o m e, IN TBI Penn Mutual Life Insurance COMPANY. NO. 921 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. ASSETS, $2,000,000. It IIAUTLUED BY OL'lt OWN STATE. MANAGED BY OUtt OWN CITIZENS. LOSSES PROMPTLY PAID. POLICIES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLANS. Applications may be made at the Home Omce, and at tne Agencies throughout the Btate. U 18 JA!IFH TRAOT7AIR SA.lll LI, K. STOKES JOHN W. IlOKNOIt i llOltATIO K. STEPHEN'S. PRESIDENT ... VICE-PRESIDENT . V. P. and ACTUARY SKURETARV HPIIE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY 1 OK PHILADELPHIA. Office S. W. Corner FOURTH and WALNUT Street. 1'IIiE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY. PEKPKTUAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSUED. Caish Capital m'Juu.OUOlM Cash AasoU, May, '''j',1 HALF A MILLION DiREOTORS. F. Ratchford Starr, J. Livingston Errlnger, Jumes L. Claghorn, Nalhro Fruzler. John M. At wood, llenjamin T. Trodick, (ieoigo II. Stuart, ' John H, Itrown. wiuiain n. tloulton, Charle Whenler, Tlioina H. Montgomery, Jamoa Aertsen. This Company insures only first-class risks, takifig no specially hazardous risk whatever, such as faotoriua, mill, etc. K. R A TOH TOR D STARR. President. THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President AUIAMifcU W. WlHTta, Secretary. 2 6j ipnfENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF J. PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED lo4 CHARTER PERPETUAL. No. 224 W ALN UT Street, opposite th Eichang. Till Company insure from loo oc damage by FIRE, ea liberal term, on building, merchandise, furniture, etc., for limited periods, and permanently on buildings by deposit of premiums. The Company lix been in active operation for more than SIXTY YEARS, during which ail luasu bar been promptly adjuatod aud paid. . . John L. Hodge, ltovid Lewi. M. r. Aiauouy, John T. I-ewis, V illiam S. Crant, Rolurt W. learning, I. . ' I - L 111, . .. Roujamin Ettlng, Thomas II. Powsr, A. H. Mi Usury, Kdmund ( 'astiHon, Sauiuul Wiicoa, Lsaivltc LttttK, Jr JOHN H. WUC1LERJI.K, Pxeident; Lewis C. no ,bcjtfUu7. , - INSURANOC. rrIIE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE A COMPANY. , ,J.T,nC.n.';,:',, -'haHor rn'lnl. ll' Stroet, opposite Indnpnlonoe Hmtiire This I ompatiy, famral.ly known to tin. omiuniiity for orer forty fears, continue tomnr agsintt loss or dnmiura by Are on PuMie or Prlvato Bin idings, ritner permatmntly or for a limited time. A Iso on Furniture, 8lois of Ooods. nd Merchandise generally, on liberal tsnn. i , Their Capital, toget her with a largo Surplus Fund, 1 hi. TeMed In the most careful manner, which ennhlns them to offer to the insured an undoubted security lu tho uaa of ioSS. r . WRKfTOn. ' i I- Daniel Smith, Jr., John Dnrorans, : t Alexander Henon, I Thoma Smith. . . Itsac Hnrlehnrnt, Henry Lola, ' Thomas Robins. J. (itlhtvtham Fell. '1 Daniel HvM.wk..lr. . ' , t DANIEL SMITH, Jh President. WM. O. nROWKM,, Secrwuiy. B8u$ r fWICE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY PhnsVeVh!!"1,11 AM W ALNUT Incorporated 17M. Chartor ParpotnaL , . Capital, tJM,000. asset WtMflM MARINE, INLAND, AND ITRK INSURANCflL' over tao.oue,ooo lossfs rm since rrs OROAii. IZATION. . DIItEcTona. .h, 0!.'mn. I'rancl Tt. Oopa, John A. Frown, Cliark Tsylor, At hrone M hif, N illiam WeUh, R. Morris Wain, F lward 11. Trottan 1. Charlton Henry,' ' A It red 1). Jitsuu. John P. Wuito, Ionia O. Madoira. Charle V. Oiuhmaa. donn Mason, A H r'HT-R 0. COFFIN. Prddnt ' " .., Ml,,ll1f!l PLAW. Vic.Ke?,dent. piPERIAL FIKK INSUKANCS CO, LONDON. ' ESTABLISHED 1N03. i Paid-tip Capital and Accumulated Funds; 1 8,000,000 i iv gold! PREVOST & HERRING, Agents, I 8 4 No. 107 8. TI1LRB Street, Philadelphia.' CIIArt. M. PRKVOST. CHAS. P. HERRJNQ LUMBER. 18G9 SPRUCE JOIST. BPRUCE JOIST. HEMLOCK. HEMLOCK. 186$) 1869 SEASONED CLEAR PINE. I860 SEASONED CLEAR PINC. SPANISU CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS. RED t.EDR. tlHIMUK r A r I r. K Z I'l.NK. 1869 FLORIDA FLOORING. FLORIDA FLOOINW. CAROLINA FLOOR I ISO. VIRCJINIA FLOORINU. DELAWARE KLOOKlNii. ASH FLOORING. WALNUT FLOORING. FLORIDA STEP HOARDS. HAIL PLANK. 1869 1869 1869 WALNUT LDS. AND PLANK. 1 Dfk WALNUT F MS. AND PL.VNi. lOUl WALNUT BOARDS. W ALNUT PLANK. , UNDERTAKERS7 Ll'VJ?FR. 1QPf. UNDERTAKERS' LUM Bit it. AOOU P.F.D CEDAR. WALNUT AND PINK. ' 1869 vv SEASONED POPLAR. SEASONED CHIiRR V. ASH. 1869 HITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS. HICKORY. ie(tO CIGAR BOX MAKERS' lOr'A lOUt OIOARTIOX VAKEIIS 100i7 SPANISH CEDAR KOX BOARDS. , i FORSALE LOW. 1 CAROLINA SCANTLING. AOUt CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. NORWAY SCANTLING. 1869 1869 CEDAR SHINGLES: ToTjo CYPRESS SHINOLES. lOOl MAULK. BHOTHKR A OO., No. iluOO SOUTH Street. ESLER & BROTHER'S U. S. BUILDERS' MILL, ( .i . r Ncs. 24, 26 and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St. We offer thi season to the trad a larger and mora superior (took of "Wood Kouldings, Brackets, Balusters Newell Posts, Etc. . . The stock Is made from careful selection of Michigan Lumber, from Ihe mill direct, and wo Invite builders and contractors to examina it before purchasing elsewhere. Turning and Scroll Work in all Its varieties. t69ra U M B E It U N DE It . GOV E R. ALWAYS DRY. WATSON & CILLINGHAM. 3 29 No. 921 RICHMOND Btreet. 7ANEL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES A 1COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES. .i COMMON BOArtDS 1 nd S SiUK FENCE HOARDS. xrx,x t lU?7r?lSlk FLOORING BOARDS, 4PRE,8STfAf&S1OR1NG8' "d HEM LOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES. PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY. Togethor with genorI assortment of Building Lumber, for sale low for cash. T. W. 8MALTZ. 8 25 m FIFTEENTH and STILES Street. A BA It K BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. For Bale, THE STOCK, FIXTURES, AND GOOD WILL of a FIRST-CLASS BOOK, STATIONERY, AND NEWS DEPOT, having the AGENCY OF ALL THE PHILADELPHIA and New York Daily Papers, Wei'kllua, etc., and selling about ONE THOUSAND PAPERS DAILY, also doing an EXTENSIVE 8TA-. TIONERY, BLANK BOOK, LITHOGRAPHING, PRINTING, WALL PAPER AND WINDOW MADE TRADE, SO SURE A BUSINESS woulit; not have been relinquished bat that tho proprietor has engagements abroad. The most unexceptiona ble referencea can bo given to some of the best houses in 'Philadelphia. A hundsorae three-story brick dwelling houso is attached to the store, the luT nlture of which can purchased very reasonable, or the building will be disposed of, if desired, HAV ING BEEN ESTABLISHED THIRTEEN YEARS, AND THE CLOSEST ATTENTION PAID TO PT,' THE ORDER PORTION ALONE OF THE TRADE IS A GOOD BUSINESS IN ITSELF. Apply to JOHN GREIG, 1J Cheater, Pa. PATENTS. QFFICE FOR PKOCUMNQ PATENTS, FORREST BUILDINGS, NO. 119 S. FOUltTII STREET, PHILA., I And Marble Buildings, No, 460 SEVENTH Street, opposite U. B. Patent Office, Washington, D. 0. II. 1IOWSON, ' Solicitor of Patent, .0. liowsoisr, Attorney at Law. Communications to be addressed to the Principal Office, Philadelphia. 6IIm " ' GROCERIES AND PRO VISIONS. ; U I O II A E L. MEAG1IKK & CO' No. 823 South SIXTEENTH Street, , Wholesale and Ketall Dealer in PROVISIONS. ' i UXBTJUIS, AMD BAND CLAMS, FOB FAMILY U83 TERRAPINS tl PER DOZEN. S8 STATE K1C,HT3 FOR SALE. STATE Rights of a valuable Invention Jut patented, and for the SLICING, C I T UNO, and OU1PP1NO of dried beef, eabbage, etc, are horebp oiiered for sals. It is an artiola of great value to proprietors of hotels and restanrants, and it shvald h Introduced into every familv h i A I M liH.HlS for sale. Model can b seea at TKLKC1KAPU 01 HCi, COOP R'tt POINT. N ,1. HO M UflDY A HOFFMAH
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