THE DAILY KVEK1KG TEIEOKATO rJHLADELrill A WEDNESDAY, 'FEBKuAkY 'fa. 1870.
Till: MAKl'H MAdAZINHS.
"ri'TN
rrmi) Taiiitr A .'. we receive the
Murch mimlur ;f. J'ii!nu:,.'9 .tA.'i a; (, which
bun the following tnMe "J" content
"Tho Hour Hunt," a nKetch of life in Swe
tlorj, from the MS. if our SwediHh contribu
tor; "School Pays nt he Knerod Heart," by 11
dell.; ".Rrowler'B Defalcation," A. Webster,
Jr.; "Babel in the Midst of Us," George
Vakcman;,,Skctchon in Color" iv, Elizabeth
Kilhnm; "Is Death rninfnl" E. P. BnfVet, M.
1).; "Concerning Charlotte" iii, Author of
"Ktill-J-ifo in 1'ariH;" "Onr Trip to Egypt an
OneHtfl of the Viceroy,' at the opening of the
Hnca Canal, Elisoo Hadus ( representing Put
nam'$ Mayazint); "A Wotuana Wiles," L.
V. Jennison; "American, ami Some of
their Characteristics,'' T. M. Coan, M. D.;
"The 'Subvented' Church and the Circum
vented Churches," Author of "Our Esta
blished Church;" "Table-Talk," Charlton T.
Lewis; "Bryant's Translation of Homer;"
"Literature at Home," It. H. Stoddard;
"Literature, Science, and Art Abroad," Bay
ard Taylor; "Current Events," F. B. Per
kins; "Publishers' Programme," note by the
new editor, Parke Godwin.
From the article entitled "I Death Pain
ful '(" we quote the following upon a subject
in which everybody is interested:
If we find that pain has a useful object to
servo, and that that object is accomplished
before death occurs, is not the inference a
proper one that sutt'ering then ceases ? The
object of pain is purely benevolent to warn
us of danger, and to force us to take measures
to avert it. If there is any exception to the
rulo, it is comprehended in the curse pro
nounced upon woman. 'Without pain to
direct attention to the fact, half of our dis
eases would be undetected; and without it to
force us to take rest, which is the great anti
dote, many more of them would go on to a
fatal termination. It is the burglar-alarm to
wft-n us when our premises are invaded. It
is not an essential of disease, nor one of the
elements of danger, as is so often thought;
but its duty is to give the signal so long as
danger exists. It disappears simultaneously
with the termination of the disease. It some
times disappears while the disease continues,
but then its departure is ominous of evil. It
has gone, not because it has accomplished its
object, but bocause it has failed to do so. The
disease has triumphed in some particular part,
and death of that portion is occurring, and
suffering ceases because it can no longer
be of use. Have we not a right to rea
son that, as it is in a part, so it will be
in the whole ? Is it not likely, reason
ing from analogy, thnt all suffering
bhould cease when it is certain that death of
th whole must take place 'i Perhaps this
cessation of suffering takes plaee only a few
moments before death, too late for any signal
to that effect from the patient; but that it
often does occur, we know from the gratoful
confession of many a sufferer; and is it not
contrary to all reason to suppose that, after it
once has ceased, it will make a useless onset
again at the very last moment '(
Iteasons such as these are certainly a suffi
cient reply to morely a popular prejudice, of
long standing though it may have been. But
facts also tend to contain the position that
ban been taken.
An instance coming under the personal
observation of the writer is to the point.
B r, a clerk in a store in Now Haven, in
formed one of his brethren behind the coun
ter that he intended to go into the collar and
hang himself, and accordingly started. His
friend, after a short time, had occasion also
to descend, as B well knew would be the
case; and, to his surprise, found the unfortu
nate clerk suspended the neck, and appa
rently dead. To cut the rope and convey
him to the counter above was the work of
only a few moments. There, after the vigo
rous manipulations of physicians for about
twenty minutes, he revived, but was informed
by his medical attendants that three minutes
longer in the peculiar position in which he
had been found would have terminated his
period of service with his employers. After
he had sufficiently recovered, he told his
tale, and with enough of the fear of death,
just escaped, before his eyes, to ensure its
veracity. He had no intention of committing
suicide, but, with the noose about the chin,
while standing upon an almost invisible sup
port, he intended, as a grim joke, to present
the appearance of hanging to the clerk who
was shortly to descend to the cellar. Un
fortunately for his plan, the support on
which he was standing fell from be
neath his feet, the noose slipped below
the chin, and he actually was suspended
by the neck. Now comes that which
may be of interest by way of argument. At
first he experienced decided discomfort from
the pressure of the rope, and a difficulty of
breathing; but soon all pain either ceased, or
was unnoticed in his efforts to escape. He
first attempted to lift himself by grasping the
rope above his head, but failed. Thinking
of a pair of scissors in his vest-pocket, he
next attempted to cut the rope; but, while
working vigorously in this way, his vision
failed, his grasp upon the cutting instrument
relaxed, and he heard it drop to the floor, and
consciousness was gone, until it returned as
he was lying upon the counter. Here we
have the unvarnished tale of one who, to all
practical purposes, had experienced the de
lights of hanging. It can be assumed that
he never would have experienced more pain
if he had remained hanging until dead; for
sensation and consciousness had gone, and,
as their disappearance depended on a certain
condition produced by the pressure of the
rope, it is fair to presume that they would
have remained absent so long as that pressure
continued. His pain was not great, and by
no means the imagined pain of the dying
moment, for that moment did not occur; and
it actually decreased and disappeared as death
was approaching. The contortions and con
vulsions which are supposed to indicate suoh
horrible suffering, and which he may have
been the subject of before he was discovered,
took place, if at all, only after his loss
of consciousness; for he controlled the
movements of the muscles of the arm up to
that tim. That which, to the spectator,
would have appeared the time of greatest
torture, was to him a period of complete obli
vion. In manv instances, persons have been re
covered from drowning who have remained
in the water after all consciousness was gone,
and so long that hours may have elapsed
before any signs of life could be discovered.
They invariably tell the same tale. They say
that the sense of duuger, the instinctive
dread of death, the first feelings of suffoca
tion, are not pleasant; but they do not
expatiate at all upon the great pain even
f these preliminary phenomena. This stage
passes by, and then comes another period,
when, instead of the horrors they are expected
to relate of the approach of death, they only
tell of the scenes of their bygone life passing
in rapid reviow, with vivid distinctness, be
fore their mental vision of the experience of
' years crowded, as it were, in a few moitum,
o an completely to absorb their attention.
They spenk of delightful visions, leantiful
phantasms, nnd musical murmuring sounds;
and these fascinations aro the last of
their recollections, until the rough methods
of restorikg consciousness remind them
of the fact that tlioy are still in a world
of trouble. Now, vho can pretend that they
have net experienced all that is to be met
with in the act of dying? It is not only im
probable, but impossible, that it should bo
otherwise. That stage of semi-consciousness,
of loss of sensation, of dreamy review, of
beautiful visions, results from a certain con
dition of the brain a congestion, perhaps
which always occurs, and must ocour, in cases
in which oxygon is not suppliod to the lungs;
and therefore,in evory case of death by suffoca
tion, in whatever form. As the cause continues
and increases in intensity, so must the effect.
As the air is more and more entirely ex
cluded from the lungs, so must the loss
of sensation and consciousness become
more and more complete, until both are
gone; and they can never return so long
as the cause of their removal remains at
work.
Such, then, are not the pains, but the plea
sures, of dying. The pain, we assume to be
preliminary to death, and mostly tho consti
tuent of what has boon called the first stage.
It may be produced by the tedious wasting of
the chronic, or the fierce onset of the acute
disease, by the bullet, the knife, or the rope.
"Many are the wars that leail
To his grim cave, all dismal ; yet to tho sense
More terrible at the entrance than within."
But when nature begins to yield the
struggle with her antagonist, then we
assume that pain begins to subside.
This period we call the second stage, and,
short though it may be, wo assume that it
exists, and, in it, little or no pain. Now the
brain, either deprived of its wonted supply of
blood, or furnished with blood poisonous for
want of air, allows sonsation to bocomo
blunted, and, not equal to the task of con
nected thought, originates those delirious
fancies which furnish 'the delight of opium
eating and intoxication. This may be said
with truth, for tho physical effects of opium,
alcohol, and chloroform upon the brain are
tho same as those produced by sufl'ocation.
In all these cases, oxygen is deficient in the
blood. In this stage of semi-delirinra occur
occasionally those bright visions of angels
and of spirits of departed friends, nnd those
sounds of B.veot music from which surround
ing friends are wont to solace themselves
with brighter hopes for the departed. In
certain temperaments the visions aro of an
opposite character, as is also somotimes the
case in intoxication from other causes. In
this stage the dying person appears to be
rapidly sinking, for tho most part uncon
scious of his surroundings, unwilling to be
aroused from his delightful trance, but ex
hibiting by his countenance but little of what
is passing in his mind. In the third stage,
if it occurs, we assume that consciousness
and sensation are entirely gone; that the
convulsions are only the automatic move
ments of an animal organization after its spi
ritual organization has left, and that, there
fore, the act of dying is not painful.
A story is told of a certain criminal who
had experienced all tho legal formalities of a
death upon the gallows. He had been sus
pended by the neck, and was pronounced
dead in due form by tho physicians. His
apparently inanimate body found its way, as
is sometimes the case, to a neighboring dis
secting-room. There, in the midst of in.
cipiont anatomists and future surgeons.
stimulated by the .first few pricks of the
scalpel, to their utter surprise and in
die-nation, he returned to life. His
subsequent conduct might be regarded
as peculiar under the circumstances. Instead
of expressing delight at his resurrectionas
might have been expecteu, he poured a
shower of imprecations on the heads of those
surrouEding him for arousing him from such
a pleasant trance as he had experienced. Thi
anecdote may serve as an illustration of some
things that have been said, though its truth
is not vouched for. In respect to credibility,
it may be classified with another,
which relates how Peter the Great
sailed across the Dead Sea in a
lead coffin, carrying his head under his arm
The man evidently had never been dead; for,
judging from his protanity, ana what we
knew of his antecedents, the temperature of
his post-mortem abode would have been such
as to have made the cooler atmosphere of a
dissecting-room highly desirable
Leaving the anecdote just related out of
consideration, we infer, from all that has
been said, that the convulsive efforts of the
criminal undergoing execution on the gallows,
upon which newspaper reporters dilate as an
evidence or extreme su tiering and as an
argument against capital punishment, and
from which the spectators estimate the pre
cise amount of torture the victim is under
going, take place either when the poor wretch
is incomplete oblivion of all his surroundings,
or in that state of delirious dreaming and free
dom from sensation which would make the idea
of "dancing upon a tight rope" not entirely
incompatible with his mental condition. The
shock of the sudden drop, in ordinary cases
of death upon the gallows, is probably severe
enough to stupefy the victim; and insensi
bility from this cause occupies the first stage,
otherwise one or sensation ana conscious'
ness. Before sensibility has had time to re
turn, he is in the second stage, the period of
visions and hallucination, and this is all he
experiences, whatever convulsions his frame
may be undergoing. These convulsions do
not occur, if a certain portion of the
spinal cord near the base of the brain
is iniured if that, which which is popularly
supposed to be fracture of the neck, takes
place. When this occurs all motion is pre
vented, and tho man not only dies, but the
muscles are deprived of the power of giving
any indication of what is going on, or any evi
deuce of Buffering, if we suppose convulsive
movements indicate suffering. The class of
a certain professor already mentioned have
often witnessed the surprising precision and
celerity with which he thrusts his sharp steel
point to the vital portion of the
spinal cord, in physiological ex
penments upon some of the canine
tribe. The animal would hardly have time
for a squeak, but would be motionless and
dead, apparently, without dying. Mr. Bergh
would have been delighted to discover that
bo sudden a death w as possible; as would
perhaps also be any unfortunate dog who,
chained to the leg of the professorial table
was awaiting his turn to become the victim to
science.
It is likely that that process, not of dying,
but of approaching death, is most painful
which most prolongs the first stage, in which
nature is struggling to maintain her foot
hold. Therefore that which has long been
regarded a a fact, is indeed true, that cruel
fixion is one of the most painful modes by
which death can be produced; for the first
stage, which, in this method, is one of excru
dating pain, is very mucn prolonged.
A favorite mode of committing suicide in
France is to go to sleep in a small room
Laving no means of ventilation, in which
there is a fire of slowly-burning charcoal.
The air gradually becomes so impure that it
cannot furnish the lungs with the amount of
oxygen requisite to support life, and death
occurs as lrom annotation; but so gradual is
the process that any discomfort the victim
mav experience is not sufficient to waken
bim, and the dreams of death become com
mingled with those of a sleep which never
terminates.
It is when nature is struggling to re
sist the approach or death that there is
pain. In death from old age there is
no such struggle. Nature yields, be
cause the time to do so has come. The
machine has been actually worn out, and it is
not necessary to rudely break it by violence.
There is, then, no first stage, unless the whole
Seriod of life may be so called; but tho
reamy, quiet, second stage creopa over the
aged person, and, without any appearance of
pain he sinks to his rest. As affording
some countenance to what wo have at
tempted to prove, we are glad to quote
the words of an eminent medical author
and teacher of Edinburgh, Dr. "W. Aitken:
Death by extreme old age may
be considered, in many Instances, as the de
sirable end or a long-continued, and, per
bops, a drcory journey. The sufferer appears
to fall asleep, as he mignt do alter severe
fatigue. Tho long and weary journey of life
ib thus olten brougnt to a close with little ap
parent derangement of the ordinary mental
powers; the final scene is often brief, and the
phenomena of dying are almost impercep
tible. The senses fail as if sleep were about
to supervene; the perceptions become gra
dually more and more obtuse, and, by degrees,
the aged man seems to pass into his final
slumber. We scarce can tell the precise in
stant at which the solemn change from life
to death has been completed. Sensation
fails first, then voluntary motion; but
the powers of involuntary muscular
contraction, under the excitement of
some external stimulus, may continue
for some time longer to be freely expressed.
1 he blood generally ceases hrst to be pro
pelled to the extremities. The pulsations of
the heart become loss and less efficient. Tho
blood fails to complete its circuit, so that the
feet and hands become cold as the blood
leaves thorn, and the decline of temperature
gradually advances to the central parts.
"lhus far the act of dying seems to be as
painless as f idling asleep; and those who have
recovered after apparent death from drown
ing, and after sonsation has been totally lost,
assert that they have experienced no pain.
What is called significantly the agony of
death, may therefore be presumed to be
purely automatic, and therefore nnfclt. Tho
mind, doubtless, at that solemn moment,
may be absorbed with that instantaneous
review of impressions made upon
the brain in bygone times, and
which are said to present themselves with
such overwhelmingpover, vividness, and foroe,
that, in the words of Montaigne, 'we appear
to lose, with little anxiety, the consciousness
of light and of ourselves. At such a time.
the vivid impressions of a life well spent must
constitute that cuthanaaia that happy death
to be desired by all.
" 'You shall go home directly, Lo Fevre,'
said my uncle Toby, "to my house, and we'll
send for a doctor to see what s the matter,
and we 11 have an apothecary, and the corpo
rai snail be your nurse; and 1 11 be your ser
vant, Lo Fevre.'
"The blood and spirits of Le Fevre, which
wore waring cold and slow within him, and
were retreating to their last citadel, the heart,
rallied back; the film forsook his eyes for a
moment; he looked up wistfully in my uncle
Toby's face, then cast a look upon his boy
and that ligament, line as it was, was never
broken.
"Nature instantly ebbed again; the film
returned to its place; tho pulse fluttered
stopped went on throbbed stopped again
moved stopped shall I go on t No.
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Dealer in every Description of Fine Groceries,
1175
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INSURANCE.
DELAWARE MUTUAL RAFKTY INHURASC K
COMPANY. I neorporated by the Legislature
of Pennsylvania, 1S36.
Office southeast comer of TTfTRD and WALNUT
mreets, rnuaoeipnia,
MARIN K INHI KANUKS
On Vessels, Cargo and Freight to all parts of the
worm.
INLAND 1N.SIRANCKS
On goods by river, canal, lake and laud carriage to
All purtfl oi inn i nion.
KIKE INSURANCES
On Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings,
Aiouacs, eta.
ASSETS OF TIIK COMPANY
November 1, 1H08.
200.000 United States Flvo Pur Cont,
Loan, ten-forties 2ie,000 U0
100,000 United Mates Six Per Cent.
Loan (lawful ruonoy) 107,760-00
60,000 United suites Six mt Cent.
Ixan, 1H81 60,000"00
100,000 Bute of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent. Loan 813,950-00
8D0.000 City of Philadelphia Six Per
Cent. Loan (exempt from
tax) 800,9281)6
100,000 State of Now Jersey Six Per
Cent. Loan 102,000-00
20,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Klrst
Mortgage Six Per Cent.
Bonds 19,460-00
2r,,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Se
cond mortgago Six per Cent.
Bonds 83,828-00
25,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail
road Mortgago blx Per
Cent Bonds (Pennsylvania
Railroad guarantee) 20,000-00
Sn.000 State of Te uuessee Five Per
Cent. Loan 18,000"00
7,000 htato of Tennessee Six Per
Cent. Loan 4,270-00
12.MM) Pcmtnylvanla Railroad Com
pany, 8no shares stock 14,000 -00
6,000 North Pennsjlvanla Rail
road Company, 100 shares
stock 8,900-00
10.000 Philadelphia, and Southern
Mall Nteanmhlp Com
pany, 60 shares stock 7,600-00
240,900 Loans on Bond and Mort
gage, flrst liens on City
Properties 248,900-00
11,231,400 Par. Market value, Il,2W,270-OO
Cost. ll.sin.oM-sT.
Real Fstate 86,000-00
Bills Receivable for Insurances made. . . 823,100-75
himi:vh tiue hi, svfrcncies : .
Premiums on Murine Policies, Accrued
interest, auu otuer acuta due tho Com
pany S.V09T-9fi
Stoek, Scrip, etc., of Sundry Corpora-
Mnnn J .rt I "..., . . i r . n
iiuun, fiiiu. JUIUJIIULVU VUlUe
1 I. 1 .1 .
I HHI1 1U JUI1K IGH.BIR'KH
Cash In Drawer 972-24
109,29114
11,852,100-04
TiTPrrTvna
Thomas C. Hand, .Samuel E. Stokes,
John C DiivIh.
William 4. Rnultin.
Edmund A. Bonder,
Theonhlliifl Vnnlilmir
Ktlward Darlington,
II. Jones Kronkn.
James Traqualr,
Edward Lafourcade,
nenry moan,
Henry C. Dailett, Jr.,
James C. Hand,
William C. Ludwlg,
Joseph H. Seal,
Hugh Craig,
John D. Taylor,
(ieorore W. Itemndon.
jacoD Kicgei,
Jacob P. Jones,
James B. MoParland,
.InHhna I tfvra
i Spencer Mcllvaln,
J. B. Semple, Pittsburg,
A. VI. Uttrtrtir Pltfahnrcr
D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg.
William C. TlniiHtfin. I
THOMAS C. nAND, President.
JOHN C. DAVIS, Vlce-x-resident.
nENRY LYLBURN, Secretary.
UKNRY BALL Assistant Secretary. 1 1
JNSURANCE
COMPANY
OF NORTH
AMKK1UA.
INCORPORATED 1794.
CHARTER PUKPKTUAXk
ftiYKI.OUO'Oa
CAPITAL ,
ASSETS ,
Looses piiid since organization..,
Receipts of Premftiui, '6!
Interest from investments, lift!).
2.7N),51lD0
23,UU0,0iK)'(XI
1.WI.KI743
114,oT74
$2,1M),K34I!)
. l.WMBti'M
Losses paid, 186!, Jan. 1, 1870. . .
STATEMENT OF THE ASSETS.
First Mortgages on City Property J766,4oODO
United States Uovei'sment ana other Loan
Bands......... 1,133,R46(W
Railroad, Bank, and Canal Stocks 66,704'UO
Cash in Bank and Offioe.. 247,i)sJ(l oO
Ioans on Collateral Security 82.RWU0
Notes Receivable, mostly Marine Premiums. . &11,W44'00
Accrued Interest... . 3QJihV00
Premiums in course of transmission fto.luS'OU
Unsettled Marine Premiums 100.9UO OO
Real Estate, Omoo of Company, Philadelphia. Su.uuU'UU
c, a,783BlU0
Artnur H. Coffin.
Samuel W. Jones,
John A. Krown.
Charles Taylrr,
Ambrose White,
William Welsh,
S. Morris Wain,
John Mason,
Geo. L. Harrison,
xrixtlMJ 1 vxvrj.
rsnois K. cope,
Edward 11. Trotter,
Edward 8. Clarke,
T. Charlton Henry,
Alfred D. Jessap,
Louis O. Madeira,
Chas. W. Oushraan,
Clement A. Uriscom,
William Brockie.
!
ARTHUR O. COEFIN, President.
CHARLES PLAIT, Vioe-Pres'U
Matthias Mabir, Secretary.
O. 11. Rkkvkb, Assistant Secretory.
810J
1 GOO CHARTER PERPETUAL.
1870.
FranBln Fire Insurance Company
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and 437 CHESNUT St.
Assets Jan. 17032,825. 73 167
CAPITAL f400,0O(V0O
BLKi-l.ua AINU r-KH.AllUMB....,ti),7i d7
INCOME FOR I8i0,
tHlO.OUO.
LOS8F.8 PAID IN 1869,
Lcssespaiisinc6l829 over $5,500,000
Perpntnal and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
The Company also issues poliuios upon ibe Rents of all
amus or nuiiniugs. v.rouna items, ana mortgages.
The "1RAKK.LIN" has no IHtSPUTED CLAIM.
DIRKOTOR8.
Alfred G. Baker,
A urea ritier,
Tbnuias Sparks,
William H. Ilrant,
Thomas 8. Kills,
f iutavus 8. lienaon.
rtaiuuel itrsnc,
Leo ix e W. Kiounrde,
Isaac Lra.
George kales,
AT.FFKT) a. HAKKR. President.
tilCUKUK FALJC8, Vice-President
JAMES W. McALI.IS'i hR. Secretary.
TUKOUUKK M. KEG Kit, Asaittant Seoretary. 3 1PJ
rpilE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
J- f-HIJ.ADKl.r-MlA.
Office S. W. corner of feoUHTH- and WALNUT Street.
PFRPHTCAL AND TERM POLICIES ISSITKD.
OAbU Capital (paid op in full) giluu.uuo'OO
Caah Aaaela, Jan. 1. INTO 8344,305 M3
DlHKCTUKn.
F. Ratchford Starr, J. Liinon Frringer,
Nalbro brazier, I James L. Ohmhorn,
John M. A I wood, j Win. O. Rnulton,
ItenJ. T. Trediok, i Charles Wheeler,
(ieorfie H. Stnart, iO nomas U. Montgomery,
Juha II. Brown. 'James M. Aertaeo.
. RATCHFORD STARR. President.
THOMAS II. MONTGOMERY, Vice-President
AIjKX. W. WINTER, Keoretary.
JACOB R. FETKRfcOai, Assistant Secretary
T? AME INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 809 CHESNUT Street
lA'OORPORATEO 1868. CHARTER PERPETUAL,
CAPITAL wauu.ouo.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insure against Loss or Damage by Fire either by Per
petnal or Temporary fouctea.
UIBIMJIV'1"
Charles Richardson,
Kooert f earee,
John KesslerTjr..
Edward B. Orne.
Charles Stokes,
John W. Kvermao.
Mordeoai Biizbs.
William H. Hiiawn,
William M. beylert,
John i. Kiuith,
Nathan Uillea.
U auras A. West,
CHARLES RIOUAROSON. President
WILLIAM IL RUAWN, Vloe-Presid.nl.
Wntuva L BLANcniBD. Secretary. 7 jjj
rpHE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
Incorporated ltti Charter Perpetual.
Ko. BIO WALNUT titreet opposite Independence Sonar.
'J'hia Company, favorably known to the oomm unity for
oer fony yeais. oontmuea to insure against lose or dam
skc by tire on Pphlip or Private BuiliEnjtaJeither perma
nently or for a liniitod time. Also on inrnituro. Stocks
Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund. Is
in tha most careful manner, whinh nhl .h.
to oOur te the insured an undoubted seouitf la lb ease
,0- piBSOI kS.
Paaiel Smith. Jr., John Devereuc,
Alexander lienaun, Thomas Smith,
Iaae Healehurst, Henry Lewie, i
Thomas Hotuns, J. Oiliinaham Fell.
nU Haddock. Jr. '
ia iri1i,AfillKL KMH. J., President
WM. i. CROW ELL. bverelan.
INSURANOfc.
A -B U R Y
LIFE INSURANCE CO , N. Y.
Nsmber of Policies issrrsd by the fire largmrt New York
Companies during the first years ef thetr existence:
MUTUAL (23 months) low
Mtw runK (isniontns) iiim
MANHATTAN i7 months) nr.
KNICKERBOCKER. .. (" months) 69
EtjUlTAHLK (IT months) SSS
During the 81 months of its existence the
ASDURY
HAS ISSUED 2609 POLICIES,
INSURING NEARLY $8,000,000.
Reliable Canvassing Agents wanted throughout the
conniry.
Manager for Pennsylvania and Dataware.
Office, No. 'i WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
SAMUEL POWERS, Speoial Agent 4 !
MTEIIIAXj FIIIE INSURANCE CO.
LONDON.
ESTA B IJHIIED 1803.
Pnld-np Capital and Accumulated Funds,
08,000,000 I IN GOLD.
PREV0ST & HERRING, Agent,
tit No. 10T & THIRD Street, PMladolpUla,
CHAR. M. PRKVOST CHAS. P. HK71RTNO
DRUQ8, PAINTS, FTO.
JOJIEIIT jmOUMAKIZIt &, CO.,
N. E. Corner FOURTH and RACE St.,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS,
Importers and Manufacturers of
WHITS LEAD AND COLORED PAINTS, FUTTY,
VARNISHES, ETC.
AGENTS FOR TUK CELEBRATED FRENCH
ZINC FAINTS.
Dealers and consnmcri supplied at lotvcat prices
for cash. - 19 4
III. 31RSIIJLX,
DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST.
AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN i
PAINTS, OILS. GLASS. AND
PATENT MEDICINES,
Nos. 1301 and 1303MABKET St,
to 81 thstnfca
8EWINQ MACHINES.
THE NEW PAR-HAM
IS UNDOUBTEDLY
THE STRONGEST AND LIGHTEST,
The Best and Most Perfect Finished.
-
Its movements aa Speed; and as Light as any ot tier
Machine.
It uses a Straight Needle,
Waking a tight Lock-Stitch
Taat cannot be Unravelled.
Perfectly fair upon botu sides
t has the nqyr. Needle-Jiolde.r
No springing or bending of the Needle
In changlnor from coarse to line.
. Thereby .avoiding an dropped or
missed eutcnes.
It nfeB the celebrated Shuttle Carrier.
No Race or Groove employed.
No Soiling or Oiling or tbe Thread.
No Friction or Wearing of the Shuttle
THE LARGEST PIECE OF WORK WILL PAi S
UNDER IT.
IT WILL SEW THE FINEST AND MOST DELI
CATE FABRIC WITHOUT THE USE OF PAPER
UNDERNEATH. . i
IT WILL 8EW THE HEAVIEST BEAVER CLOTH
OR LINEN DUCK WITH LINEN THREAD, MAR
SEILLES, PIQUE AND ENGLISH LA STINGS, PAbS
OVER SEAMS OR TURN CORNERS PERFECTLY
IT WILL' HEM, FELL, BRAID, CORD, QUILT
TUCK AND GATHER.
THE PAR HAM COMPANY'S
NEW
Family Sewing Machine
IS FULLY WARRANTED IN EVERY PARTICUI AR
SOLD ON EAST TERMS.
Office and Salesroom,
No. 704 CIIES3VXJX St.,
1 W PHILADELPHIA
WANTS.
TO THE WORKING CLASS.-We are now pre
pared to furnish all classes with constant employ
ment at home, the whole of the time or for tbe spare
moments, business new, light, and profitable. Person
of either sex essily earn from 60o. to tb per eTening, and a
proportional auin by devoting their whole time to tbe
business. Boys and gir s earn nearly aa much times,
That all who see this notice may send thoir address, and
test the business, we niske this uniarailolod otlor: To
snob as are not well eatintied, we will send 1 to pay for
the trouble of writing, iull particulars, a valnahTeaam.
pie, which will do to oommeaue work on, and a eouy of
77is 'e0jilc'& Literary Companion on of the largest and
best family newspapers publishad alt aent free Dy mail.
Reader, if too want permanont, profitable work, address
K. (). ALLKN JO., Aiurasta. Maine. I It) tun
OROO ERIE 8AN D PR OVJSIO N S .
M
ICIIAEL. MEAGHER & CO.,
No. 823 South SIXTEENTH Street,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
PROVISIONS, OYSTKR8 ANJJ THRRAPINS,
Buhler's Katra Canned OOKN.
" PKAIs.
" " PKAOIIKS.
Maryland Canned TOMATO KS.
Kxtra Canned AHPAKAUUS. St
M I S S 1 C K A SONS
SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY,
NO. 430 WASHINGTON AVENUE, Philadelphia.
WILLIAM WRIGHT'S PATENT VARIABLE
CUT-OFF STEAM ENGINE,
Regulated by the Governor.
MERRICK'S SAFETY HOISTING MACHINE,
Patented June, 1S0&
DAVID JOY'S
PATENT YALVELESS STEAM HAMMER
D. M. WESTON'S
PATENT SELF-CENTERING, SELF-BALANCING
CENTRIFUGAL SUGAR-DRAINING MACHINE.
AND
nYDRO EXTRACTOR.
For Cotton or Woolen Manufacturer! T 10 nwf
I. VATJOHAX 1TKUBICE. WOXUM U. BEBaauuz.
total . cora.
0
OBN EXCHANGE
BAOMAiroFAOTORS-.
II. . eor.es Ju AaWkT WATER Bteert
DKAXFB IN BAUS AND BAGGING
Of every daseripuon, iw
Grain. Flow. bait. e I'KO Una. Boa
dseeription, for
Unas. 1
Kto.
BAGS
Ire and small GUNNY BAl;8 oonstanUj on hand.
Aieo, WOOL KAOaUl
PROPOSALS.
rROPOHAl,H FOR STAMPED ENVELOPES AND
L WKAJTElta.
Tost Omci Dsraieniiirr.
, . January 10, 1ST0. f
Sealed PTfmosalS will b nvelved until a P. m.
rm the 1st day of MARCH, 1870, for furnishing ail
the "8Ump.f Envelopes" and "Newspaper wrap,
pers" which this Department may require during
1820 via, yearSt commencing 1st of July,
STAMPER ETtVEIAJFES.
No. L Note also. iU bt V Inches, of ertilta
paper. - -
No. l Ordinary letter itise. 8 b Br
InrhrS, Of whttn. hnir rjtnarr. ttr nam-
colored paper, or in such proportion of either aa
may oe required.
No. 8. Kull letter Rise (nnirrirnmed " flap, lor
circulars), 8 V by rtf Inches, of the same colors aa
No. 8, and under a like condition aa to tho propor
tion of each.
No. 4. Full letter size, 8y y B)f inches, of same
colors as No. S, and under a like condition aa to tho
proportion of each.
No. 8. Extra letter sire (ungmnmed on flap, for
Circulars), M by 6 Inches, of same colors as No,
8, and under a like condition aa to the proportion of
each.
No. . Kxtra letter size, 8jtf by e V inched, of aama
colors as No. a, and under a like condition aa to the
proportion ol each.
No. 7. Ofllclal size, 8? by 8J lnchog, of asms
colors as No. 9, and under a like condition as to tha
proportion of each.
No. ft Extra oillclal size. V by 9Ji inches, of
same colors as No. 2, and under a llko condition aa
to the proportion of each.
NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS,
6 by 9)4 Inches, of bull or manllla papef.
All the ahovo envelopes and witrppcni to be. em
bossed with post (i(io stamp of such denominations,
styles, and colors, and to bear such priming on tlm
face, and to be msde In the most thorouch manner,
of paper of approved quality, manufactured specially
for the purpose, with such water marks or other de
Vices to prevent Imitation as tbe Poslmasler-Ucneral
may direct.
The envelope to be thoroughly and perfectly
gummed, the gumming on the nap of each (except
for circularn) to l put on not less limn half an inch
In width the cntiro length. The wrappers to be
gummed not less than three-fourths ot an inch In
width across the end.
All envelopes and wrappers must be banded In
parcels of twenty-five, aud packed In strong
pasteboard or straw boxes, each to contain not Iohs
than two hundred aud fifty of the letter or extra
letter size, and one hundred each of the oill
clal or extra oillclal size, separately. The news
paper wrappers to be packed In boxes to coutaln
not less than two hundred and fifty each. Tho
boxes aro to be wrapped and sealed, or securely
faatcued In strong manllla paper, so as to safely
bear transportation by mail for delivery to
ftoBtmastcri. When two thousand or more eOve
opua are required to till the order of a postmaster,
tho straw or pasteboard boxes containing the
same must be packed In strong wooden canes,
well strapped with hoop-Iron, and addressed;
but when less thau two thousand are required,
proper lubels of direction, to be furumhed by an
agent of the Department, moet be placed upon each
package by tho contractor. Wooden cases, con
taining envelopes or wrappers to be transported
by water routes, must be provided with suitablo
water-proollng. The whole to be done under
the inspection and direction of an agent of tha
Department.
The envelopes and wrappers mnst bo furnished
and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete
In all respects, ready for use, and iu such quantities
as may be required to fill the datly orders or post
masters ; the deliveries to lie made either ut the Post
Otllce Department, WaHhlngton, D. C, or at the
oltlce of au agcut duly authorized to inspect aud re
ceive tho saiue ; the place of delivery to bo at tha
option of the Postmaater-Qcneral, and the cost of
delivering aa well as all expeuse of packing, ad
dressing, labeling, aud water-proollng, to bo paid by
the contractor.
Bidders are notified that tho Department will re
quire, aa a condition of the contract ,that tiie en
velopes and wrappers shall be nianulacturcd and
stored In such manner as to ensure security against
loss by tiro or theft. The manufactory must at all
times ho subject to the Inspection of an agent of the
Department, who will require the stipulations of the
contract to be lalthfully observed.
The dies for embossing the postage stamps on tha
envelopes and wrappers aro to bo executed to the
satisfaction of the roBtmaxter-Ocneral, In the best
Btjie. and tbey are to be provided, reuewed, and
kept In order at tho expense of the contractor. Tha
department reserves the right of requiring new dies
for any stamps, or denominations of stamps not now
used, and any changes of dies or colors shall be
made without extra charge.
Specimens of the stamped envelopes and wrap
pers now in use may be seen at any of the principal
post ofllces. but these specimens are not to be re
garded as the style and quality axed by tbe depart
ment as a standard for the new contract; bidders
are therefore invited to submit samples of other
and dlirereut qualities and styles, Including the
paper proposed aa well aa the manufactured en
velopes, wrappers, and boxes, and make their bids
accordingly.
The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose
proposal, although it be not the lowest, la con
sidered most advantageous to the Department,
taking Into account the prices, quality of tha sam
ples, workmanship, and the sufficiency and
ability of the bidder to manufacture and deliver the
envelopes and wrappers In accordance with the
terms of this advertisement: and no proposal will
be considered unless accompanied by a suillclent
and satisfactory guarantee. The Postmaster-General
also reserves the right to relect any and all bids,
If In his Judgment the interest of the Government
require It.
Before closing a contract the successful bidder
may be required to prepare new il'es, and submit
Impressions thereof. Tim u."B of tub 1'Iikskni: dim
DAY OK MAY MOT BR CONTINUED.
Bonds, with approved and sufficient sureties, In
the sum of tioo,ooo, will be required for the faithful
performance or the contract, aa required by the
seventeenth section of the act of Congress, approved
the iOth of August, 1642, aud payments under Bald
contract will be made quarterly, after proper ad
justment of accounts.
The PoHtniaiter-General reserves to himself tha
right to annul the contract whenever the same, or
any pait thereof, Is otlcred for sale for tho purpose
of speculation ; and under no circumstances will a
transfer ol the contract be allowed or sanctioned
to auy party who shall be. in tho opinion of the
Postmaster-General, less able to fuliill the condi
tions thereof than the original contractor. The
right Is also reserved to annul the contract for a
failure to perform faithfully auy of lta stipulations.
The number of envelopes of dillerent sizes, and of
wrappers Issued to Postmasters during the fiscal year
ended Juno 80, lt9, was as follows, viz. :
No, 1. Note size 1,114,000.
No. 2. Ordinary letter alze; (not heretofore
used).
No 8. Full letter size, (ungummed, for circulars)
4,1d0,000.
o. 4. Full letter size 7,8CT,BOO.
No. 6. Extra letter slzo, (ungummed, for clrcalaral
843,000.
No. 6. Extra letter size 4.204,600.
No. T. Oillciul sly.e o04,6S0.
No. & Extra otnclal bIzo 1700.
Wrappers 8,696,260.
Bids should be secareiy enveloped and sealed,
marked "Proposals for stamped Envelopes and
Wrappers," and addresn-d to the Third AKamtuul
Postmaster-General, Post Office Department, W abh.
lngton, D. O.
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL,
1 11 eodlMl Postmaster General.
pROPOSALS FOR STREET CTX.VMXG.
SEALED PROPOSALS will oe received at the
otllce of the BOAHD OK HEALTH, K W. corner
of SIXTH and SANSOM Street, rniiadolphia, until
12 o'clock noon on the 2ith day of February, lsio,
for cleaning and keeping thoroughly clean at all
times from the 1st day of MAIM 11, 1b70, to the 81 st
day of DKCEMilElt, 1S71, all the paved streets,
alleys, courts, Inlets, market houses, gutters, gut
ters under railroad crossing, gutters of unpaved
streets, and all other pubho highways, and tho im
mediate removal of all liith aud dirt therefrom, after
the same has been collected together; also, the
removal of ashes aud tho collection aud burial of all
dead animals embraced within the following dig.
trlcts, viz.
First. That part of the city lying north of ALLE
GHENY Avenue, known as Bridesburg and Frank
ford ; to be termed the Twentieth dUtiict.
Second. That part of the city known as MANA
Yl'NK; to be termed the Tweuty-tirst district.
Bids must le for separate districts, naming tha
number of the district.
The Board reserves the right to reject any and all
bids; also tho right to award contract for ono dis
trict only.
Warrants for the payment or said contrao.g will
be drawn In conformity with section 6 of tho Act or
Assembly approved March IS, 1S69.
Envelopes Inclosing proposals must be Indorsed
"Proposals for street ( leaning," etc.," naming the
number of the district bid for.
E. WARD, President.
Cbas. B. Barrbtt, Secretary. a in ot
8TOVE8. RANGES, ETO.
THOMSON'S LONDON KITCI1KNFJ
or KUROPKAN RANOK, for families, hotels, l
I public Institutions, in TWKN'f If lIP'KKKin
-fil.li.H. A lso. Puiladeluhia Ranges. Hut-Air ha
naoee. Portable Heaters, Low-down Urates, Jtireboart
Stoves, bath Boilers, Stew-hole Plates, boilers, Ouukuaa
B.a.eu... wholes and 'l&ffiV'tf
11 m Ke. N. SKOONi) treat.
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