THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1870.
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THE MAX IN THE IRON MASK.
Innrimerable as hare been the theories
broached from time to time in regard to the
t once renowned and obscure mortal known
popularly as the Man in the Iron Mask, they
hare always contradicted each other and
themselves so freqnently and no flatly, that
the appearance of a work calculated to set the
question finally at rest may be fairly viewed
as a subjeot for congratulation. M. Marias
Topin, the author of the volume in question,
after fully investigating the claims of the
various persons, in turn suspected of being
the mysterious prisoner, and disposing of
those claims, proceeds to set forth his own
theory, supported, for the most part, by
minute and irrefragable evidence, or, failing
such direct evidence, by arguments and in
ferences of singular cogency.
Following the example of Tlutarch in his
"Life of Demetrius Poliorcetes," M. Topin
begins his hero's life by referring to his
death. We shall tread in his footsteps, and
relate the circumstances as derived by M.
Topin from Dujonca's contemporary manu
script account of the prisoners in the Bastile.
On the afternoon of the 18th ef September,
1678, the Sieur de St. Mars, who had lately
been promoted from the governorship of the
Islands of Ste. Marguerite, off the coast of
Provence, to that of the Bastile, arrived at
his new post, attended by an armed escort.
He had travelled in a litter, in which, and by
his side, sat a prisoner, whose face was hidden
by a black velvet mask. During the whole of
their long journey St. Mars had not for a
moment lost sight of his charge; it was re
marked that at meals the prisoner was made
to sit with his back to the light, that he was
forbidden even then to doff his mask, and that
at night St. Mars slept by his side with loaded
pistols within easy reach. Monsieur Topin
adds, that at Palteau, a ehateau belonging to
St. Mars, where the party halted, a tradition
f the mysterious prisoner's passage has been
handed down from father to son, and still
exists among the peasantry.
Five years afterwards, at nightfall on Tues
day, the 20th of November, 1703, a small
knot of men hurried across the drawbridge of
the Bastile to the cemetery of St. Paul's
Church. The prisoner from Provence hod
fallen ill on the preceding Sunday. On the
Monday the almoner of the Bastile had been
called in, and had barely had time to shrive
the dying man. In the register of the church
the corpse was inscribed under the name of
J&archialy. At the Bastile he had been
known as "the prisoner from Provence."
Absolute secrecy was maintained on the sub-
i'ect in the Bastile; its officers, however, had
sarnt the particulars from Dnjonca, and, in
eonrse of time, repeated them to their suc
cessors; thus it happened that the inmates of
the i prison still knew of this mystery
of mysteries, when, in the first half
f the eighteenth century,, a number of
men. of letters were confined there in suc
cession. They, too, learnt the appalling tale,
and lost no time in publishing it to the
world; conjecture was of course rife, and
numberless versions of the story succeeded
each other. One difficulty, however, lay at
the root of them all for it was admitted by
all hands that the captive, so jealously
watched and hidden, must needs have been a
man of importance; yet no known person of
weight sufficient to warrant such precautions
bad, within memory of man, disappeared
from the stage of publio affairs in Europe,
The story, as told by M. Topin, opens about
the year 1C7G. The prestige of Louis X IV
was as yet unimpaired by the reverses which
clouded the close of his career. At no time,
in fact, had he cherished more ambitions
schemes, and at none did they seem more
likely to succeed. Yielding to the fatal at
traction which has so often induced French
rulers to interfere in the affairs of Italy, he
was casting about for the best and surest
means of obtaining a solid and permanent
footing in that country. The state of Italy,
divided inte petty States, with a people sunk
in sloth and corruption, Governments timid
and venal, and princes weak and dissolute,
invited the interference of powerful and
scheming neighbors.
Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy, had
lately died, leaving as his successor that very
Duke of Savoy who was destined to exercise
n the affairs of Europe an influence so vast,
o disproportionate to the size of his realm,
and so baneful to the interests of Louis. As
yet, however, this Duke was a mere child.
left under the guardianship of his mother,
and the Government of Piedmont held a far
inferior position; for the Duchess, by nature
weak and vacillating, was rendered all the
more so, perhaps, from her position as the
ruler of a small State at the very
threshold of a mighty neighbor, and
aa an inexperienoed .woman environed
by astute, unscrupulous, and often hostile
atatesmen. Louis was already master of the
fortress of Pignerol, and it was argued that
if he were able to secure the possession of
that of Casale, Piedmont, lying as it does be
tween these twostrongholds, would be wholly
at his mercy; thus he would acquire at once a
means and a motive for interference in Italy,
leading not improbably 'to French predomi
nance in that country, if not in the end to
downright conquest. Casale was the capital
of the MarquoBate of Montferrat, a de
pendency of the Duchy of Mantna. That
Dachy was governed by Charles IV of the
House of Gonzaga, a frivolous and needy
Prince, who passed most of his
time in the gambling-houses of Venice,
was always in difficulties, and likely to be at
the beck of the highest bidder. The rivals
f France in Italy were, as usual in those
days, the Spaniards and Imperialists, and the
atmost circumspection was requisite to baffle
their vigilance if the scheme of acquiring
Casale were seriously entertained. In the
Abbe d'Estrades, his Ambassador at Venice,
the King of France possessed a fitting tool
for the work in hand, for that functionary
was ef a restless and ambitious turn, and
bent on pushing his own fortunes in further
ing those of his master, by some bold and
successful stroke. The purchase of Casale
seemed to d'Estrades perfectly feasible, and
be was not long in settling on the person
most likely to meet his overtures on the sub
ject in a friendly spirit.
Count Matthioly, the man whom d'Estrades
selected for the purpose, had been Secretary
ef State to the Duke of Miutiu's predecesnor,
bad wormed himself into the confidence of
his present master, and was straining every
nerve to regain the office which he hud onoe
held. Like d'Estrades himself, therefore, he
was bent on rendering his master some nigaal
service, such as would be likely to eutuil the
attainment of his own wishes; and he well
knew that he could do the Duke no greater
favor than by supplying him with mouey,
and thus pandering to his pleasures aad his
vices. No two men, therefore, seemed better
qualified under the circumstances to briug
the nueution to the issue aesirea ty lae
French Government than
the negotiators
whom we have described
Before, however, directly attacking Mat
thioly on the subject, the wary Frenchman
sent one Giuliani, a contributor to a news-
paper, wno, owing to bib occupation, enmu
well move anom me country wnnoui exciting
snppioion, to wAtch and to sound him at Ve
rona, uinliani was not long in ascertaining
Matthloly's avendon to the Spaniards,
from whom he had never been able to
obtain more than empty promises, and the two
soon came to an understanding; the Duke of
Mantua was as easily persuaded, and a meet
ing was accordingly agreed upon between him
and d'Estrades. It was arranged that this
meeting should take plaoe at Venice during
the carnival, when every one, including even
the Doge, the Senators, and the Papal Nunoio,
went abroad masked, and there seemed, there
fore, no possibility of suspioion attaching to
the plotters. Thus, strangely enougn, tms
long and eventful negotiation began as it
ended, in a masquerade; but little coma me
unhappy Matthioly have divined in what sort
of masquing it would terminate 1
The Duke of Mantna ana a jstraaes met on
the 13th March, 1C78, as if by chance, in the
open street at midnight after a ball, and there,
in disguise, safely discussed the prelimina
ries. In the following month of October,
Matthioly and Giuliani, after success
fully eluding the vigilance of foreign
spies, and pretenaing a journey to
Switzerland, started for Paris, where they
signed a treaty, the conditions of which were
the following: lat. xnattne jjuko oi jyiantua
should admit French troops into Casale.
2d. That he should be appointed Commander-
in-Chief of any army which Louis might send
into Italy; and 3d. That when the provisions
of the treaty were carried out, a sum of
100,000 crowns should be paid to him.
On the signature of the treaty, Matthioly
was received in a private audience by l-iouis
XIV. lie was treated with the most iattering
marks of distinction; in memory of his jour
ney, the King offered him a valuable dia
mond, and a sum or 40U double louis, and
further promised that, on the ratification of the
treaty, a much larger sum snouid be paid to
him, that his son should be appointed page at
the French Court, and that his brother
should receive a valuable living.
Never, as M. Topin observes, had any In
trigue been morelskilf ullv devised, nor had a
fairer prospect of success. The powers with
whose interests the scheme clashed were still
in utter ignorance of its existence, the con
tracting parties fully agreed in every point,
and the negotiators on both sides, to ail ap
pearance, equally interested sn its fulfilment.
Notwithstanding this, it is an undoubted
fact that two months after Matthioly's jour
ney to Paris, all the governments interested
in the failure of the project namely, those
of Turin, Madrid, Vienna, and Venice were
fully informed of every particular; and they
were so owing to the fact that they had at
various times received detailed statements on
the subject from the principal scent in the
intrigue. Count Matthioly himself.
Ilia motive for this conduct it is, indeed,
bard to guess. M. Topin supposes that.
although willing in the first instance to sell
his country to France, Matthioly may perhaps
afterwards have had qualms ot conscience,
and, moved by a tardy patriotism, may have
wished to undo his own work by betraying
the plot while it was yet time. This con
jecture, we own, seems to rest on no solid
foundation. In the first place, patriotism was
not in vogue among the Italian statesmen of
those days. (Secondly, the state ot an airs in
the Peninsula was such, that in withdrawing
his country from the clutches of one spoiler
he must have known that he was merely
placiDg her at the mercy of another; for Italy's
chains were then so firmly riveted that a
change in her condition implied no more than
a change of jailers, and thus she would pass
from the tyranny and cupidity of one foreigner
to those of another,
"Pcr servlr sempre, o vincltrlce 0 vlnta."
Less improbable does it seem that the
urgent wants of the rapacious and needy
gamester whom he served obliged Matthioly
to sell his secret to any one likely to pay
for it. and in some such reason as this
we must find the key to bis strange,
reckless, and suicidal conduct. To what
extent he was his master a atne damnee, may
easily be gathered from the foregoing; that
Via ir nnt fnllv trust his master we mav ner-
ceive from the fact that he withheld from him
the original doonments touching the negotia
tions and Kept them concealed; that in tne
end he was sacrificed to his master's exi
gencies as well as to Louis' resentment, we
can not well doubt, even if we do not attach
importance to the facts that Charles and Louis
were afterwards fully reconciled, and that the
sudden illness and death of Matthioly in the
Bastile coincided somewhat ominously with
the Duke of Mantua's visit to Paris. Distrust
of each other, moreover, was an element
which, among negotiators constituted as they
muBt have been, was likely to enter largely
into the incentives which determined their
conduct; for it must be recollected that Louis,
who, as regards common honor and honesty,
appears of all parties to the least disadvantage
on the occasion, had himself not scrupled to
break almost every internati onal engagement
into which he hod entered; that his character.
therefore, for good faith can hardly have
stood high from the manner in which he had
observed the stipulations of the treaties of
the Pyrenees and of Aix.
The Duchess of Savoy was the first person
whom Matthioly informed of his dealings
with France. On the 31st of December
that is, just twenty-three days after the signa
ture of the treaty she received from Matthi
oly all the original documents oonnected
with the negotiation, of which ihe kept
copies. Fully alive to the fact that of all
Italian governments her own had most to
fear from Louis' resentment, and concluding
that the other governments interested had
been equally apprifed, she hastened to in
form him of what was passing. lie was
thunderstruck on receiving those tidings,
whioh reached him in February, 1G71), for all
the arrangements made for the seizure of
Casale were in full progress. Baron d'Asfeld
bad started for Venice, empowered to ex
change the ratifications of the treaty
Troops had been seoretly assembled
at Briancon, ready to march at a
moment's notice. Catinat himself, who at
that time only held the rank of brigadier, but
was already known as a distinguished omcer,
was hurried off under eseort in the disguise
of a prisoner to Pignerol, where he sojourned
under a false name; everything, in snore,
was ready, when the signal for action was
unexpectedly delayed, owing to the nnuo
countable treachery of Matthioly.
Meanwhile that arch-deoeiver perceiving
the fruitlessness, as far as he was himself
concerned, of his overtures to the Duchess of
Savoy, had lost no time in informing the
Governments of Vienna, Venice, and Madrid
of the whole matter, and had thus rendered
! success on the part of France an impossibility,
: The king, on the other hand, ignorant as he
was of these further disclosures, did not as
vet lone all hope of carrying his point; think-
I ing Matthioly's conduct might be only a be
ginning OI treacuery no lb were, no uiu uut
even anpriseiu ntrades or tne state oi tne
case, and trusted that all might yet be well
D'Estrades, who bod been moved from the
legation at Venice to that of Turin, con
tinued. In tne meantime, to meet witn
evasive and unsatisfactory replies to his over
tures from the Mantuan Government; the
negotiations were delayed by them on the
flimsiest pretexts. Perplexing intelligence of
the least reassuring nature continued to reach
d'Estrades from various parts of Italy, till an
event of no little significance occurred which
confirmed his worst suspicions. Baron d'As
feld, on bis way to Increa to exchange ratifi
cations with Matthioly, had been arrested by
the Spanish Governor of the Milanese, and
was kept a close prisoner. Louis, however,
did not as yet wholly lose heart, and Catinat
received orders to take the place of d'Asfeld.
Still travelling under a feigned name, he and
St. Mars, the Governor of Pignerol, likewise
in disguise, made their way to the appointed
rendezvous, where Matthioly was to have met
them, witheut, however, finding him
there. After various misadventures, during
which they narrowly escaped capture, they
were glad to make good their retreat to Pig-
. ... . - 1 1 1 . 1.
nerol, witnout, oi course, onnging orck wita
them the deed oi cession, tne obtaining or
which had been the object of their errand.
From that moment all doubt of Matthioly s
treachery vanished from d'Estrades' mind,
and he was the first to propose a plan for cap
turing the traitor. Matthioly still attempted
to amuse d'Estrades with sham nego
tiations, but the latter had by this time fully
ascertained that the arrest of d'Asfeld was due
to Matthioly, and that Matthioly still with
held the original documents from the Duke
of Mantua. D'Estrades, however, did not
cease to negotiate with Malthioly, using, how
ever, the utmost care not to let him know
bow fully informed he was of his perfidy. He
accordingly sent Giuliani to him, saying that
if the Duke of Mantua were still of the same
mind as regards Casale, the King of Prance
would be quite willing to continue the nego
tiation for the surrender of the fortress.
Matthioly complained that he had spent all
the money at his command in bribes at
the Court of Mantua, with a view to
bringing about the result desired by
the King of France. D'Estrades there
upon promised that be should be paid
certain sums by Uatinat, who had been en
trusted with them by the King, his master.
So greedy for money was Matthioly that he
eagerly pressed d'Estrades to lose no time in
bringing about a meeting with Catinat, and
Tuesday, the 2d of May, was the day ap
pointed. do wholly lulled were his suspicions, so
dead was he to all sense of his danger, that
he seemed stricken with a mental blindness
fully as strange as his former shrewdness,
and burned heedlessly on to a doom which
will make him a by-word for all that is ab
jectly and irrecoverably wretched in this life.
The Abbe d'Estrades tells, with no little com
placency, how completely he duped and en
snared his victim, how he called for him at
six in the morning on the appointed day, and
carried him in his own carnugo towards the
place or meeting; now tne rams hud so
swollen the River Guisicla that it had
broken part of the bridge they went to cross;
bow Matthioly helped with his own hands to
repair the damage, and worked zealously on
till the bridge was passable on foot; and how
they then left the carriage and hurried for
ward through muddy lanes to the place of
assignation, mere tney tound uatinat await
ing them; he managed matters so well that
no one appeared on the spot but
himself ; be showed them into a
neighboring house where they could confer
unobserved; bere d'Estrades gradually led
Matthioly on to confess what he had heard
bim say some days berore, namely, that he
bad in bis possession all the original docu
ments connected with the negotiations. Mat
thioly added that the Duke of Mantua had
often attempted, but in vain, to obtain them,
that be only possessed copies, and that the
originals were in the care of bis (Matthioly's)
wile in a nunnery at liologna. At this stage
of the conference d'Estrades judged it best to
retire, and as soon as he had left, Matthioly's
arrest was effected without the least dim
culty.
Among, the papers round on the captive
those emanating from the Court of Versailles
were not included; but on being threatened
with torture and death the unhappy man
confessed that they were in Padua, stowed
away in a place known to his rather alone.
lie was then made to write a letter by dicta
tion to his father, in no way alluding to his
present state, but begging him to make the
papers over to uiuliam, tne bearer of the
letter. The elder Matthioly, wholly ignorant
of the fact that Giuliani was in renoh pay,
unsuspectingly handed to hita the precious
documents, which d'Estrades lost no time in
forwarding to Versailles.
On learning Matthioly s arrest, Louis seems
to have behaved with characteristic presenoe
of mind: instantly abandoning all thought of
acquiring Casale, he recalled tne troops col
lacier! At Briancon. neremDtorilv deinanrlarl
and easily obtained the release of d'Asfeld by
the bpanish Government, and caused a re
port to be spread that Matthioly was dead.
"II faudro," wrote Louis to d'Estrades, il
faudra que personne ne sache ce que cet
honcme est devenu." The order was strictly
obeyed. The unhappy mans family dis
persed in silence and sorrow. In their pedi
gree the date or Alattmoiys death is left
blank. His wife, the widow of a man who
was destined to survive her, retired broken
hearted to the very convent whither seven
teen years before Matthioly bad come to wed
her; bis father dragged on a wretched exist
ence for some years longer at Padua, not
knowing whether to bewail the death of a be-
loved son. or sun to ueneve bis existence,
Harrowing as this state of doubt must have
been to them, none of his kindred dared to
set on foot inquiries whioh were almost cer
tain to be fruitless and might possibly have
been dangerous. M. Topin traces Matthioly
to Pignerol, to the islands or Me. Marguerite
and finally, as we nave seen, to tne lsastue
In the despatches addressed Dy tne .t rench
Government to Matthioly's gaolers, he is after
a time no longer mentioned by name, and is
known by the pseudonym of "Le Sieur de
Lestang; and M. Topin shows that the name
of Marchialy, under which his funeral was
entered in the register of St. Paul's Church,
was a mere corruption of the name Matthioly
very likely to ocour in a foreign coun
try, and at a time when proper names were
gelled with a carelessness unknown in these
duys.
Thus was Louis XIV revenged on the first
man who hud ever thwarted him in one of his
great designs. His success, indeed, in punish
ing the culprit was in its way as complete as
hud been the failure to compass the object of
Lis intrigues. This very success, however,
has left a blot upon his fame as in
delible as any which uttaohes to that of the
other actors in this detestable episode, from
which Catinat 's name alone emerges unsullied.
We feel, in fact, that in dealiug with this
whole matter we have been dwelling, as it
were, in a tainted atmosphere; for the hand
of time which lifts so many veils has seldom
revealed a scene of fraud, chicane, and re
lentless tyranny at onoe so nauseous and so
appalling. Let ns hope that such depravity
biuoiig the fort mint of mankind is henceforth
an impossibility; let us hope that the present
generation have a better right than the Pha
risee of the Gospel to rejoice that they are
not like unto these men. (lornhiU Magatin.
OITY ORDINANCES.
COUNCIL OF PI1ILADEL-
y-s phia.
Clerk's Oftict".
Philadelphia, March 25, 1870.
In accordance with a resolution adoptee
the Common Council of the City of Phlladel-
lila. on Thnrtrtav thn IwArtu.funrth An-v nf
March, 1870. the annexed bill, entitled ''An
Ordinance to authorize a loan for the erection
of a bridge across the river Pcbuylklll at Fair
mount," Is hereby published for public infor
mation. JOnN ECKSTEIN,
Clerk of Common Council.
ANx
ORDINANCE
10 Authorize a Loan for the Krectlon of a
Bridge acroes the River Schuylkill at Fair
mount. Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the city of Philadelphia do ordain, lnat the
Mayor of Philadelphia be and he is hereby au
thorized to borrow, at not less than par, on the
credit of the city corporation, from time to
time, inch turns of money as may be necessary
to pay for the construction and erection of a
bridge over the river Schuylkill at Fairmount,
not exceeding in the whole the sum of seven
hundred tboucnnd dollars, for which interest
not to exceed the rate of six per cent, per an
num snail ne paid, ball-yeariv, on the first days
of January and July, at the office of the City
Treasurer.
The principal of said loan shall be payable
and paid at the expiration of thirty years from
the date of the tame, and not before, without
the consent of the holders thereof; and certifi
cates therefor, in the usual form of certificates
of city loan, shall be issued in such amounts as
the lenders may require, but not for any frac
tional part of one hundred dollars, or, if re
quired, in amounts of five hundred or one thou
sand dollars; and it shall be expressed in said
certificates that the said loan therein mentioned,
and the interest thereof, are payable free from
all taxes.
Section 2. whenever any loan shall be made
by virtue thereof, there shall be, by force of this
ordinance, annually appropriated, out of the
Income of the corporate estates and from the
sum raised by taxation, a sum sufficient to pay
the interest on said certificates; and the fur
ther sum of three-tenths of one per centum on
the par value oi such certificates so issued,
snail be appropriated quarterly out or said in
come and taxes to a sinking fund, which fund
and its accumulations are hereby especially
pledged for the redemption and payment of said
certmcaies.
T?ESOLUTION TO PUBLISH A LOAN
BILL.
Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Coun
cil be authorized to publish in two daily news
papers of this city, dully for two weeks, the
ordinance presented to the Common Council ou
Thursday, March 24, 1870, entitled "An ordi
nance to authorize a loan for the erection of a
bridge across the river Schuylkill at Fair-
mount." And the said clerk, at the stated meet
ing of Councils, after the expiration of four
weeks from the first day of said publication.
shall present to this Council one of each of
said newspapers for every day in which the
came shall be made. 3 20 24t
QOMMON COUNCIL
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Clbhk s Office.
Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1870.
In accordance with a Resolution adoDted by
the Common Council of the City of Philadel
phia, on Thursday, the third day of February,
ioiv, tne annexcu dui, enuuea
AN ORDINANCE
To create a loan for the building of a bridge
nvo tlia 1 iTii finhnvllrlll nf Vi e t win,
and for the payment of ground rents and
mortgages," is hereby published for public in-
lorniauon.
JOHN ECK8TEIN,
Clerk of Common Council.
AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A LOAN
FOR THE BUILDING OF A BRIDGE
OVER THE RIVER SCHUYLKILL AT SOUTH
STREET, AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF
GROUND RENTS AND MORTGAGES.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain. That
the Mayor of Philadelphia be and he is hereby
authorized to borrow, at not less than par, on
the credit of the city, from time to time, one
million five hundred thousand dollars, to be ap
plied as follows, viz.: First. For the building
of a bridge over the River Schuylkill at 8outh
street, eight hundred thousand dollars. Second.
For the payment of ground rents and mort
gages, seven hundred thousand dollars, for
which interest not to exceed the rate of six
per cent, per annum shall be paid half
yearly on the first days of January and
July, at the office of the City Treasurer.
The principal of the said loan shall
be payable and paid at the expiration of thirty
voa,a fi-sm tViA Aata tt ilia mama oni tint f tm
without the consent of the holders thereof; and
the certincates tbereior, in tne usual torm ox the
certificates ot the City Loan, shall be issued in
such amounts as the lenders may require, bnt
not for any fractional part of one hundred or
one thousand dollars; and It shall be expressed in
said certincates tnat tne loan tnerein mentioned.
and the Interest thereof, are payable free from all
taxes.
Section 2. Whenever any loan shall be made
by virtne thereof, there shall be, by force of
this ordinance, annually appropriated out of
the income of the corporate estates, and from
the sum raised by taxation, a sum suincient to
pay the interest on said certificates; and the
further sum of three-tenths of one per centum
on the par value of such certificates so issued
shall be aDDrooriated ouarterlv out of said in
come and taxes to a sinking fund, which fund
and its accumulations are hereby especially
pledged for the redemption and payment of said
coruscates.
RESOLUTION TO PUBLISH A LOAN
BILL.
Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Council
be authorized to publleli in two daily news
papers of this city, daily for four weeks, the
ordinance presented to Common Council on
Thursday, February 3, 1870, entitled "An ordi
nance to create a loan lor tne building oi a
bridge over the river Schuylkill, at South street.
and for the payment of ground-rents and mort
gages." And the said Clerk, at the stated meet
ing of Councils after said publication, shall pre
sent to tms council one ot eacn oi said news
papers for every day in which the same shall
have been made. 8 25 241
DIVORCES.
ABSOLUTE DIVORCES LEGALLY OB
Uinad in New York, Indiana, Illinois, and othsr
BUtan, (or peraons from any tttate or Country, legal Tory
where; desertion, drankenneaa, non aopport, etc., mil-
cient cause: no publicity: no cuarxe nam aivoroe ob
Address, huubb, Attorney,
8 11 3m No. 78 NASSAU Street. New York Uity
M
KR1CK A BOMB
BOUTHWARK FOUNDRY,
NO, 430 WASHINGTON AVENTJB, Philadelphia,
WILLIAM WRIGHT'S PATENT VARIABLB
CUT-OFF STEAM ENGINE,
Regulated by the Governor.
MERRICK'S SAFETY HOISTING MACHINE,
Patented June, ibss.
DAVID JOY'S
PATENT VALVELK88 STEAM HAMMER
RM. WB8TONT
PATENT SELF-CENTERING, SKLF-BALANCTNQ
AX V
HYDRO EXTRACTOR,
For Cotton or Woolen Manufacturers, t io Hurt
I. TAO(iHA AUEBJUCX. WttXUM U. feDEUUOK.
XITILLIAM ANDERSON A GO., DEALERS
' M li Worth BEOOFID Btreaa.
Hitlaa.1i irfl
a awassvrasr'srensj Pfj
INSURANCE.
DELAWARE MUTUAL BAKKTY INSURANCE
COMPANY. Incorporated by the Legislature
of Pennsylvania, 1830.
Office southeast corner of THIRD and WALNUT
Street, riwalelpnia.
MARINE INSURANCES
On Vessels, Cargo and Freight to all parts of the
worm.
INLAND INSURANCES
On goods by river, canal, lake and land carriage to
an pruts oi tne union.
F1RK INSURANCES
On Merchandise generally; on Stores, Dwellings,
A1UUHOB,
ABBOTS OF THE COMPANY
November 1, 10A&.
MO,000 United States Five Per Cent
Loan, ten-fortlcs T1 8. 000-00
100,000 United States Six Per Cent.
Lorb (lawful money) 107,700-00
60,000 United States Six Per Cent.
Loan, 1881 0.000-00
800,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per
Cent, Loan BIMOODO
900,000 City of Philadelphia Six Per
cent. Loan (exempt from
tax) 900.WC-00
100,000 State of New Jersey Six Per
Cent. Loan 109,000-00
90,000 Pennsylvania Railroad First
Mortgage Six Per Cent.
Bonds 19,450-00
96,000 Pennsylvania Railroad Se
cond mortgage Six per Cent.
Bonds t3,6-0
90,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail
road Mortgage Six Per
Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania
Railroad guarantee) 90,000-00
80,000 State of Tennessee Five Per
Cent Loan 16,0000
7,000 btate of Tennessee Six Per
Cent Loan 4,970-00
19,600 Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, 9N) shares stock 14,000-00
6,000 North Pennsylvania Rail
road Company. 100 Shares
stock 8,900-00
10,000 Philadelphia and Southern
Mall Steamship Com
pany, 80 shares stock 7,000 -00
948,900 Loans on Bond and Moru
5a Re, first liens on City
Toperuos 948,900-00
11,231,400 Par. Market value, 11,865,870-00
Cost tl.910.2a-ST.
Real Estate s ,ooo-oo
Bills Receivable for Insurances made... 9a3,700-75
AHuoutxB uuv Bt Agencies :
Premiums on Marine Policies, Accrued
ikihl ana outer aeois aue tne com-
canv afinoT4fl
tlons, 14708. Estimated value 9,740-90
jbbu in cwu 168,818-89
Cash In Drawer 979-84
109,89114
11,869,100-04
DIRECTORS.
Thomnfl n. nui
Samuel S. Stokes,
William (4. Boulton,
Edward Darlington,
John C Davis,
Krimnnil A HnnA
Theophllus Paulding,
u. uuues orooKe,
Edward L&fnnrrjula.
irouicB i ritqaau,
nenry eioan,
Henrr C. lWlnt. J
Jacob Riegel,
Jacob P. Jones,
James R. McParland.
James C. Hand,
William C. Ludwlg,
Joshua P. Eyre,
uoscpn ii. ueai,
llnoh Pmltr
Hpencer Mcllvain,
J. B. Semple, Pittsburg,
A. B. Berger, Pittsburg,
D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg
John D. Taylor,
George W. Bernadou,
William Cl Rnnnton.
thumab c HAND, President
TTTTVT?V T.VT.BI UN Bni.n '
HKNRY BALL Assistant Secretary. 1 1
INSURANCE COMPANY
or
NORTH AMERICA.
Jakuaby 1, 1870.
Charter Perpetual.
Incorporated 1704.
CAPITAL. 8300,000
AHsETS, S2,7S3,581
Loaaes paid since organisation.... 823,000,000
Keeelpu of Pre ml n ma, 1869.. ..81,991,83743
Interest from InveatmenU, 69. 114,69674
84,106,33419
.81f033,3S6-S4
Laaaes paid, 1869..
Statement of the Assets,
Vint Mortiracea on City Proaerty
United SutM Government and other Loan
766.4M
M.708
Bonds
Railroad, Bank and Canal Stock.
Dash in Bank and tlffloa
847,(30
83,668
831,844
90,867
Loana en Collateral Security
ttotea Keceirable, nostly Maiine Premium. ..
Accrued Interest
Premium in ooarae of taanamiaeiea. .
Unsettled Marine Premium
86,198
100,900
8U.0O0
Real Estate, Offloo oi Oomponj, Philadelphia. .
84,783,331
- DXBEOTOK8.
Armor tt.
bumuei Vf.Ja tea,
John A. Bro a.
Edward U. Trotter,
Edward 8. Clarke,
unaries rayio.
Ambrose White, I Alfred i. Jwup,
Villiam Welsh LowsO. Mulsal
B. Morris Wain, I Oharlee W. C ashman.
jonn asaaon, I -jiement A. Grlaaan.
mwi. tum iiwi.ii ""-n rrircmo,
ARTHUB O. OOrriN, President
CHAKLK8 PLATO. VloePreeident.
Matthias Matais, Secretary.
O. H. Emu, Aaaiatsnt Secretary. 3 4
PAME INSURANCE COMPANY,
Ho. 809 CUESNUT Street.
INCORPORATED 1868. OHARTIB PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL S300.0UO.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insnnoe.agairst Loss or Dam Mrs by Fire either by Per.
yviuM wr Avuiiwrary rouoies.
, , , L J DIRECTORS.
Charles Richardson. . Robert Paama.
William H.Kbawn, John Kessier, Jr..
William M. Seyfert, Kdward B. Orne,
John P. Smith, Charles Stokes,
hathan Hilles, John W. K verm an,
George A. West, Mordeoai Buzby.
CHARLES RICHARDSON, President.
WILLIAM H. HUAWN, Vloe-Preaidtnt.
'Wru.lAMS I. B lam chard, Secretary. 7
rpHE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
uumrASi.
TnoorDorated 1K2A- iti.rt.. TAmn.i
No. BIO WALNUT Street.
A uib vuuijsu, itujui KDUWD IO 11)0 UOmniUDlLf lOt
over forty years, continue to in-or against loss or dam
mite by fire on Pnblio or Private Huildinm. it.hss n..
nentlyorfor a limited time. Also on Furniture, iStucka
01 vjwu-s, emu flioiwusums" ffeneraiiy, on iiooral trma,
fnveflted in the moet careful manner, which enable them
iuir vsuiuiii wiKDiUBr wilii m. imrum Ntirttinai rfnnrt
tu uubi iaj uifj luiuirju an unauoDua sutmirit v in ttt su
Daniel Bm.th. Jr..
DIRECTORS.
John DflVAmiTiv-
Alexander Kenton,
lnaao Haelehurat,
Thomas 8mithv
nunry ivewta.
luuoiaa atwomuBj
tS.!oI ri.A "'om reu,
DANIEL SMITIli Jb President.
WM. O. OEOWELL. Secretary. 8 ab
rpUE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
-a rHIUADKLPHIA.
Office B.W. corner ot KOUKTH and WALNUT Streets
PlTf-lP lTIT A I. INItTI-DU UlT KIIDU V DVTnn
OABU Capital (paid np in full) $jU,ou)-00
i -..ot., --Dik,ii6: w,aJ-;
F. Ratchford BUtr, , J. Livingston Krrinter
Nalbro Vrazier, James L. Olashorn
John M. A twood. I Wm . Q. BoulEon.
Benj. T. Tredick, Charles Wheeler,
George H. Btnart, . Thomas II. Montgomery,
John H. Brown, James M. Aertaen.
F. RATOxIFORD STARK, President
THOMAS H. MONTGOMERY. Vice President
ALEX. W. WI8TKR. Secretary.
JACOB K. PETERSON. Assistant Secretary.
fMPBlUAIi
FIKB INSUIiANCa
GO.
LONDON.
K8TABUMIKD 1803.
Fsld-np Capital and Aooumolated Ponds,
08,000,000 1 1ST GOLD,
PEEV0ST & HEBBDrO, Agents,
H No. 10T & THIRD Street, PhJiadalpbUk,
CHA8. M. PRBVOOTi CHAS. P. ggHHTHa
J. T. aUSTOW. aTVAHOl.
OASTOlf 91 e 91 A II O If.
No. a. OOKN TIK8 SLIP. New York.
No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia,
Mo. it W. PRATT Street, Baltimore,
We are prepared to ablp erery desoription of FreVrh to
Philadelphia, New York, Wilmlnstoa, and Intermediate
points with promptness and deep boh. Canal UeAU aad
IHesinflaiUwieheM USsiwlaWttee
INSURANCE.
1820 C11ARTElt pEKpETUAL.
franllin Fire Insurance Conpy
Or PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Uos. 435 and 437 CHESNTJT Bf.
Assets Jan. I,,701$2(825,73 161
OA PITA X, S Wfl
ACCRUED SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS... .a,4Jo,TU t7
INCOMK FOR 1840,
losses paid in lav,
I44.9U0 L
Stuv.vuu.
Losses paid since 1829 over $5,500.QQO
Perpstnal and Temporary Policies en Liberal Terms.
Tha (tamtisnv aliwi inanes noliciea noon the UmntM ni all
knds of rluilriinir, Oronna Kent, and Morir,
fha "FKANkllN' baa no DISPUTED CLAIM.
DIRECTORS.
Alfred O. Baker.
Ksmnel Grant,
Oeorge W. Rioharda,
Isaac Lea.
Thomas Sparks,
William S. Grant,
Thomas 8. Rills,
f ln4avTi. fl. HnnaOH.
tieorse t ales,
ALFRED n. HAKKR. President.
. GKOKOR FA LK8.V toe-President.
JAMF8 W. McALI.IKTK R, Secretary.
THKODORK M. RKUKR, Assistant Secretary. 1 109
P I R E ASSOCIATION.
INCORPORATED MARCH 87, 1830.
OFFICE,
HO. 84 NORTH FIFTH BTREET
INSURE
BUILD 3 HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
AND
MERCHANDISE GENERALLY,
From Loss by Fire (in the City of Philadelphia entyX
AH0HT8, JANUARY 1, 18?0, 81,574,7 3 35.
THUHTKEH,
WW. H. HAMILTON,
JOHN CARKOW,
GF.ORGK I. YOUNG,
CHARLES P. BOWER,
JK8HK LIGHTFOOT,
ROB'P. SHOKMAKRR,
FITTER ARMHKUSTEH,
SAMUEL BPARrlAWK,
PETKR WILLIAMSON,
JOSEPH E. SOHKLL.
WM. H. HAMILTON. President.
SAMUEL BPARHAWK, Vioe-President,
WILLIAM T. BUTLER,
Secretarr.
V B TJ 3Et Y
LIFE INSURANCE CO,, N. Y.
Number of Policies lssned by ths fire tartest New York
Companies daring ths first years of their existenoe
MUTUAL (23 montbs) 1097,
Maw YORK (18 months! lost
Manhattan (iTmonthH) 953
KNICRERliOCKER...(VOuiODths)
EQUITABLE. (17 months) 86ff
Daring the 81 month of tu existence the
ASBURY
HAS ISSUED 2600 POLICIES,
IN8TJEINQ NEARLY 16,000,000.
Reliable Oaaraasing Afents wasted thronchont the 1
oa" ...,..
MlBlMT for Pennmlvanlav .nil TktlatwaM.
Office. No. MWALNUT Street. Philips! nhia.
8AMCKL POWERS, Special Aeni M
WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETO.
WIS UDOMJJS & co7
OHMOXD DEALERS & JEWELERS.
I WiTCoIs, ilnlLsi a BILf la waks.
WATOHES and JEWELBT BE? AIRED.
j"03 Chestnut St.,
asssw
Ladies' and Gents' Watches
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED,
Of the most celebrated makers.
FINE VEST CHAINS AND LEONTLNE9
In 14 and 18 kara.
DIAMOND and other Jewelry of the latest dssims.
nascemsnt sad Weddlnc Rinss, In 18-karat and ooin.
Bolid Silver-Ware, for Bridal Presents. Table Ontlery,
Plated Ware, etc Utfmw .
QENUINE OROIDE
GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES,
12. f IS. $30.
We are now eslllns nor Watahea at retail 9m
wholesale prices, $12 and upwards, all in hontins
.cases. Ueotlemen's and Ladies' sizes, warrantad
good timers as ths best, ooetins ten times as mooo.
unsuiBAitu uanrsiiitv.
Sand for circular, tioods aent O. O. D.
Customers can axamins before pa) ing, by paying eipreaf
shargea each way.
JAMES GERARD & CO.,
No. 85 NASSAU STREET (UP STAIRS),
8mwf NEW YORK.
RICH JEWELRY
J O II IN It Ii2 IV N A. P3
DIAMOND DEALER AND JBWELLSB,
NO. IS SOUTH EIGHTH STREET,
8 1 mwl ttmrp ' PHILADELPHIA.
WILLIAM B. WARNS A CO
Wholesale Dealers in
WATCH KM AND JEWELRY.
corner nkvkntu and GHKHNLJT MraaS
8 1 Heoond floor, and late of No. ft S. THIRD St,
CLOCKS.
TOWER CLOCKS. i
marble clocks.
bronze clocks. '
oouoou olouk8.
Vienna regulators,
american clocks.
a. W. RUSSELL.,
No. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET.
WANTS.
pared to furnish all classes with constant ampli
auent at home, the whole of the time or for the atxl
momenta. Boainess new. light, and profitable. Perso
of either sex easily earn from bio. to Co per eTening, anil
proportional sum by devoting their whols time to the.
basinees. Beys sad gir.s earn neurit a. much se mM
That all who see this notice may send their address, and.
test the bnaineea, we make this unparalleled offer : Tw
snob, as are not well aa Li sued, ws will send $1 to pay for)
the trouble of writing, hull partioalars, a valnabls am-l
pis, wojon wiu oo to eommeooe work on, and a eopy or
a" A. t'txtplr, lAtf&rif Cotnpamtm one of the largest e&4
beet family newspapers published all sent free oy mail a
jvaauer, u tot wan. permanent, prontAble Work, addrat
B. O. ALLEN A CO., August, mains. l id UrT
PROPOSALS.
N
OTICS
TO
CONTRACTORS.
one Western Maryland Kallroad Company having-
secured the aid of the city of Baltimore, wUl aoou.
be In funds sufficient to complete the road fro ail
Pipe Creek Bridge to ITaeorgtown. and will receive)
Proposals until 9th April for all the nnflnlBhed Gra-I
ding and Brld ging on the uncompleted section, thu
work on which has been suspended ror a year.
Payments made in cash for all work done.
The work on thetQraduatlon, Masonry, and SnperJ
structure of Bridges will amount to about S'iOO.ooo.
For all Information as to the present condition of
the work to be done, apply to
W. BOLLMAN, President,
8MW No. U N. 110LL1DAY Street.