THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1870.
6
THE FREKCfl SE5A.TE.
Wotnetlilng About Itft lli-tnrT, Const I tallca anal
fanrllana. ....
In view of the present agitation in Paris
oyer the proposition of the Emperor to ma
terially modify the powers and privileges of
the Benate, the following from the PaU Mali
(luutle will be read with interest:
So many changes have come over France
dnring the last few months that people were
not astonished to Bee the Senate suddenly
bestir itself and eviace a zealous interest in
public affairs a real which has ended in
nailing upon the Assembly more attention
than it possibly desired. A year ago a busy
Senate would have been a novelty, for it was
a maxim carefully inculcated npon the angnst
assembly by Government, and religiously ac
cepted as a postulate by the nation at largo,
that the last subject to which any well-regulated
Senate ought to turn its thoughts is that
of publio business or, indeed, for that mat
ter, acy other business than that duly chalked
out for it by the discriminating wisdom of
Ministers. Had it not been for the :!0,000f.
which every Senator was in the habit
of receiving each year in quar
terly instalments, there were few
Frenchmen who would have thought it worth
while to remember that their country was
blessed with an Upper Assembly at all. Bat
as:S0,(KK)f. multiplied by 1203, COO.OOOf., the
senatorial institution was one of those bless
ings that make themselves felt; aud this oc
casionally induced some adventurous spirits
to cross over to the left bank of the Seine,
and try to discover what sort of a political
body it could be that consumed so much
money and made so little noise. There was
something of a holy mystery about the assem
bly. It held its sittings in an old historical
palace associated with gloomy memo
ries of ltichelien, the Terror of when
it had served as a prison the trials of Ney,
of Polignac, end of Louis Napoleon; the
suicide of the Duke de Choisebrraslin, the
"Corduroy lectures" of '48, and many other
events equally dismal and distressing. - Ail
these sittings were private. Once or twice a
week but oftener once . than ( twice a
few broughams and coaches would
rumble up the Hue de Tournon
and roll slowly under the archway of M iria
de Medici's mansion, bearing ex-cabinet
ministers, ex-prefects, ex-generals, aud ex
judges, with here and there an arohbiskop.
They all had a kind of family likeness, aud
the -same uncomfortably conscious look of
being shelved; the liveliest were the arch
bishops, who, if report said truly, spoke ruueb.
the loudest when they got inside. Now and
thon when the venerable procession of Ex-es
had terminated, one or two quicker
broughams would rattle up with solemn per
sonages discernible through the '-window..
These were ministers, very sleek and well-to-do,
come down to make belief to explain
things which nobody there wanted to know,
and to titillate the venerable Ex-es by talk of
independence, patriotism, disinterestedness,
and other properties quite useless as times
went, as well as dangerous. Nobody was ad
mitted to the privilege of hearing or seeing
what went on within the ancient walls; but
if one liked to go on the morrow there was a
verger to show one the session-room where
the Senators had been debating the preced
ing day. This was better than nothing. The
room was very Bumptuous and imposing; in
deed, it is doubtful whether the Bight of so
much green and gold and such fine empty
benches did not leave a more striking im
pression . than could have been gathered by
the spectacle of M. liouher at the tribune
and the whole hundred and twenty Senators
applauding Lis utterances with both hands.
Kesides, if a visitor was imaginative it was
not very difficult to conjure up a senatorial
(sitting, speeches, applause, and all the
verger was communicative and gave one help
if needful. There, on the first tier of the
amphitheatre to the right of the President's
seat, sat the cardinal archbishops in their
scarlet robes, and a little farther off Mon
aeigneur Darboy, not yet a cardinal though
anxious to bo, and attired more humbly in a
violet cassock. Towards the centre a clump
of field-marshals, all gold lace, moustache, and
loyal sentiments. Next them the admirals;
above them and in the shade of the
hemicycle the group of fallen Ministers, pen
tsive and mournful; in a corner tha seat
whence the famous Marquis de Boissy used
to prophesy the invasion of England; in an
opposite corner the bench whence M. Sainte
Beuve started up on a memorable occasion to
make his chivalrous defense of Ernest Kenan;
lacing these seats and overlooking the arm
chair of the President, an array of silent
htatues representing legal worthies of the
past. It was to the shades of these worthies
that senators run short of inspiration were in
the habit of appealing by abrupt apostrophes.
As there were no journalists in the tribunes
to titter, "it was allowable to explain now and
then: "Messieurs, j'invoquo ces grands
honimcs dont la sogesse preside a nos delibe
rations." Or this, at the moment of voting,
with an elegant wave of the hand aloft:
"Messieurs, n'oubliez point quo ces six sap;cs
vous contemplent." Nowadays it is not sure
how far this figure of rhetoric would succeed;
those journalists respect nothing.
The French Senate is the fifth assembly of
the kind that has been instituted since the
He volution. Previously to 1 "'. there vera
some Peers, but as their main privilege cou
Bisted in holding their tongues until th?y
were asked to speak, it can scarcely be sai l
that their functions were either onerous to
themselves or very important to the country.
During the Constituent debates of 17'.'0-1
the question ns to whether there should be
two Chambers or one was of all the knotty
points of the time that which gave rise to the
longest discussions. Mirabeau, who.ia opinions
iluctuated, ended by becoming a partisan o
the English system; but ho was in a minority.
The intractable spirit of the nobles h id irri
tated the revolutionary legislators, and it was
eventually decided that there should be b-it
a tingle assembly. After the fall of Kobus
pierie, however, the subject was started
again, and by the almost unaniuii'ii
consent of the Convention tho prin
ciple of two Chambers was adopted in t'ta
Constitution of the Year III. Since that tuna
(17'J.r.), and with the exception of tho Kepi')
liean interval of 16 is to K2, Franco his
continued to have two legislative assemblies.
The first Upper Honno was called "Lo Co:i
seil des Ancient," and was essentially, as its
name inched, a square-toed body. It was
composed of two hundred and fifty members,
who were obliged to be more than forty yo ns
of ago, und cither married or widowers. Tho
council elected the five directors, revised
or rejected the decisions of the Council of
the Five Hundred, and possessed tho some
what singular privilego of being able to
transfer the residence of the latter from Paris
to any other town. The place of meeting of
the Ancients was at the Tuileries; they wore no
uniform, but h& a silver medal tied to their
button-holes by a piece of tri-eolored ribbon;
they were renewable by thirds every year, the
electors being member! of the Lower House.
After ft few jeans' existence, after tho Dila
tory was merged into the Consulate, the
Council of the Ancients loft behind them the
reputation of having accomplished an incre
dible amount of talking and of doing nothing
a reputation whioh was amply shared by
the other Council, that of the Five Hundred.
It is difficult to establish the balanoe of
power vsry nioely between rival assemblies.
The two Couucils nnder the Directory has
been perpetually at loggerheads, and it was
doubtless to obviato any recurrence of this
that Bonaparte, in his Constitution of the
Year VIII, deoidod that the Senate siionld
Lave the Corps Legislatif and Tribunal en
tirely nnder its control. The number of sena
tors was origijally sixty. They were self
elected for lite from a list of candidates sub
mitted to tLcm by the Consuls and the Corps
Legislatif. They received a salary of 2.r,()()0
froncs, and their prerogatives were to appoint
the Consuls and Judges of Appeal, and to elect,
prorogue, and dissolve tho Corps Legislatif
and Tribunal. Under the empire tho number
of senators was raised to 137, and their sala
ries increased to a(!,000 francs. Moreover, as
it was considered advisable that thoy should
Lave a comely look on Btate occasions, a rich
attire was given them, consisting of gold-laced
coat, satin breeches, mantlo of violet velvet
embroidered with gold bees, and black velvet
bat with white feathers. In exchange for
these Bumptuous clothes the Senate gene
rously parted with its independence, and cried
"Yes, with the utmost spirit, to all that the
emperor suggested. It was not till 1814, when
the dispenser of past favors had nothing more
to give, that the members of the august body
discovered suddenly Low absurd a thing it was
to be a'raid. Nothing was ever more brave or
noble than their conduct at this juncture. It
did credit to human nature in the first place,
and in the next set a happy precedent
to all subsequent assemblies who should be
in doubt as to how to act in puzzling contin
gencies. To the Imperial Senate succeeded
the Ilonse of Peers, the members of which
were hereditary from 181" to 18:51, and ap
pointed for life from 18:31 to 1818. Although
the equality principles of 1798 had struck
sufficiently deep roots in tho minds of most
Frenchmen, yet the House of Peers of the
Restoration was by no means an unpopular
assembly. All the viudictiveness, intoler
ance, and reactionary energy of the Royalists
found refuge in the lower House, not in the
Upper. The Peers more than once gave proof
of real independence by resisting the mea
sures of the Villele Ministry, and it was not
until the close of Charles X's reign, when
liberal tendencies seemed to be getting tho
upper hand in the Chamber of Deputies, that
the Peers took fright and abetted that series
of well-contrived schemes that eventually
landed the Bourbon dynasty at Goritz. Under
Louis Philippe the Upper House was but a
pale copy of its predecessor. The Peers still
kept to the blue aud gold uniform which
Louis XVIII Lad devised, and pretended to
believe themselves the first power in the
State. But nobody talked about them. It
seemed to be tacitly understood that, think
as they might, the Peers would always vote
ns they were told; bo that, excepting when M.
Victor Hugo or some other famous member
was going to speak, the debates excited only
the same kind of somnolent interest as the
sittings of the Academie Francaise.
When the imperial regime succeeded for
the second time to tho republic, the idea of
an Upper House recruited among all the great
men ("illustrations") of the empire found
general favor. Unluckily, nowever, at tlie
beginning of 1852 nil the great men of France
were either under lock and key or in exile. It
was impossible to find a great man able and
willing to sit in the new Assembly. To be
sure, there were plenty of persons who occu
pied eminent positions in their own esteem,
and to whom '!0,000 francs a year and the
title of Senator offered seductions not to be
resisted. But when these hud been called
into requisition, on the crust and crumb
principle, they failed to impress tha
country with any very vivid sense of
their grandeur, and from the earliest days
of its existence the Senate took rank in
publio opinion somewhat, on the same level
with that estimable assembly which voted the
seasoning of Tiberius' turbot. To make mut
ters more humiliating, the Senators at first
Lad nothing to do. Their mission, as stated
on paper, was the safe-guarding of the Con
stitution; but as a Constitution does not run
dangers every day of the week, the "great
men" would have been at their wits' end for
employment Lad not the expedient been re
sorted to of making them the recipients of
public petitions. The French are prolific in
petitions. There1 fieems to be a whole class of
persons whose chief occupation is to elaborate
fantastic requests, and to drop them into the
letter box of the Luxembourg. The senators go
through the form of reading these documents,
draw up reports on them, and on Bet days
unanimously oonsign them to tho waste paper
basket. This is unexciting work, but up to
8('0 it was the only pastime tho Senators had.
If by any evil chance there Lad been a dearth
of petitions in the land, tho first assembly of
the empire would Lave been reduced to the
distressing necessity of pocketing their sala
ries without earning them. Since 18i0, how
ever, thero haj beeu a series of changes, the
privileges conceded to the Senate keeping
pace with those obtained by the Corps Legis
latif. In 18i() cauio the right of voting an
address in answer to the speech froui tho
! throne; in 18GG tho right of suspending for a
twelvemonth luws passed in the Lower Housn;
in 18(17 tho right of interpellation; aud ia
18C.ll the right of initiative. All these pre
rogatives vkerenccepted at the hands of Govern
ment with perfect docility, though without
enthusiasm. Tho Senate felt no special de
sire for the prerogatives. It had never asked
for them, nor would ever Lave been likely to
do so; indeed, it had often, in the good
times, five or six years ngo, denounced tho
greatt-r number of them, as superfluous,
fraught with danger, and tending to anarchy.
But what Ciesar wills tho Senate wills. It is
no dihpraise of tho French Upper House that
it hns always, with admirable deference, sacri
ficed the petty vanities of personal convic
tion to the loyal desire of remaining on good
terms with the sovereign. And thero can be
no doubt that his Majesty's newly expressed
desires as to its moditieation will be auoentei
-.v i ' i. i - ;
with little murmuring.
eYin IBoim WJlIi line iirl.
'I'Le eulrmiee into society may be said to
tfclie I'Uico immediutcly after lioyhool hui
paHFed awiiy; yet a multitude tuke their imtiii
tive before thoir beards are proseutaUo, It
is a great trial either for a tender or a riper
njje. For bu overgrown" Loy to go ta a door,
knowing well thut thero aro a dozou pirlu
inside, titd knock or ring, with un ahauliitu
ctitr.inty thut in a fow moments all eyes will
be upon Lim, la a severe tent of courajjo. To
f;o btfore tLpHe girls and make the tour of
the room without Btqijjhig on their toes, and
sit down aud dirposo of his handa without
puttirg them in his pockets, is an achieve
ment which few boys can boast. If a boy
can go so far as to measure off ten yards of
tape with one of the 0'ilijt and cut it off at
each end, he may stand a chance to pass a
pleasant evening. Lot him not natter bim-
felf that the trials of tho evening are over.
Then comes the breaking up. Tho der girls
don their hoods and put on thoir shawls, and
look so Rsncy and mischievous, so unimprcs
Bible and independent, as if they did not wish
anybody to go home with them. Then comas
tho pinch, and the boy who has the most
pluck goes np to the prettiest girl in the
ro m, with Lis tongue clinging to the roof of
Lis mouth, and crooking out his elbow,
Btimraers out the words, "Shall I Ree yon
Lou e ?" She touches her fingHr on his arm,
and they walk Lome, feeling as awkward as
two goslings.
SHIPPING.
FOR CHARLESTON, S. C,
yrL-?IkThe Soutn and Southwest,
and Florida Ports.
THE STEAMSHIP
T. W. SVKK3IA.IV,
CAPr. HINCKLEY,
WILL LKAVE PIEU 17, BELOW SPRUCE ST.,
On Thursday, April 14, at 4 P. II.
Comfortable accommodations for Passengers.
1 hiough J'ossaee Tickets and Mils or Lulln? U-
sncd In connection with the Mouth Carolina hallroad
to all points Sonth and Southwest, and with steamers
to Florida ports.
Insurance by this line ONE TIALP PEIl CENT.
Goods forwarded free of commission.
Bills of lading furnished and signed at the oitlce.
For freight or passage apply to
SOUD&R ADAMS, Agent,
DOCK bTKEET WHARF, or to
WM. P. CLYDE A CO..
4 11 fit 18 fcOTJTH WHARVES.
LOJRILLARD'S STEAMSHIP
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NEW
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ars now receiving freight at
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a n uts per toot, or 1-9 rem per gallon, ship
OPUou.
Kxtra rates on small paokaees iron, metal a. eta.
No receipt or bill of Iodine aimed for leaa than fin nnt
The Line.wou'd call attention of merchant generally to
tho fact that hereafter the regular ahippera by this line
win no cnarged only 10 cents per 100 lbs., or i cent pet
rooi, miring me winter seasons.
For furthsr particulars apply to
JOHN F. OHL,
8 2S PIKR 19. NORTH WHARVES.
OK LIVERPOOL AND
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2?f fcvr 'Viftr P'eamers are appointed to sail a lot
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City of Baltimore, ia Halifax, Tuesday, April 19, 8 A. M
CJnyof Washington, Knturday, April u3, ll! Noon.
Hty of Kronklyn, Saturday, April an, at 1 P. !
Cityf New York. Tia Halifax. Tnmrfa. M ., a. I P rw
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KATKS OF PAKSAUR.
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by ISrnnuh Steamer.
if
bt. John's, N. F., j '
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LnuKKASKD PAGIIL'lIKS AND REDUCED RATH8
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Portsmouth, and to Lynchburg, Va Tennessee and the
Nocbanrefor oommieaion, dray age, or any eipsnse of
Kteamsbips Insure at lowest rates.
Freight received dAily.
Btate Room accommodations for pansenrers.
WILUAM P. OLVDIC OO
No. IBS. WHARVKS and Pier 1 N. WHARVES.
rTjONLY DIRECT LINE to FRANCB
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1 , , , PRIOI?i OF PAS8AGH
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First Cabin "to 'p ABecoud Cabin $81
(Including railway tickets, furnished on board.)
First Cabin $145 I Sacoud Cabin 48
J Uee ateanirrs do not carry steeruKe pasHenirers.
AHuiiou! ultenilance free of churKe.
Ann.riciin travellers going to or returning from theilJi
(mi nt of Kar.e, by taking the steumersof this linetJl
uuueeeBsary nnks from transit by KukI.su roilwaysta
crowing Use channel, besides savinc time, tronblo, and e
penue. GK.OKOK MACKKNZ1K, Agent,
No. 58 BROADWAY, New York.
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Crm idiiy, to " " ' H. U LEAP,
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fer vvi.',. 8AVANNAU.-TM.
adLuL'iiljf 1 he foil'mini; stenmers will leave
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after irrm ot the New York steamships and the Nort
eastern Railroad train'
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DK TA'i'l.lt, evory TUPHDA Y RVKNINO at 8 o'clock.
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TnoMoam Pinpellers of thU company wiil couunono
loaning on tlio 8th 01 March.
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Goods iorw;uded to any poii t free of commissions.
1 n iylitg taken on accouiuiudittuiij leriua.
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the Drat whart ahnve Market street.
FfMrfUt received daily.
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No. U North and Soutb wharves.
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bpecial attention is called to tho
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AND OP
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OFFICE.
N. "W. corner 8event,h and Chcsuut 8t.
PHILADKLPHIA.
WILLIAM M.8KYFERT, President.
LAURENCE MYERS,
Vice Preticlont.
R. W. DORPIILEY,
becrotary.
WILLIAM L. HIRST,
Counsel.
D. HAYF8 AGNF.W, M. D.,
Medical Director.
DUtECTOI'.S.
Wm. M Snyfnrt,
Laurence Myers,
J. M. Mvo'S,
Wm. B. McManus.
Wm. B. Reaney,
F.dward Samuel,
II. P. Muirheid.
Clayton MoMichael. 4!)tim
1829 CUARTER PERPETUAL.
Frantliii Fire Insurance Compaiiy
OF PHILADELPHIA.
Office, Nos. 435 and437 CHESNTJT St.
Assets Jan. 170, $2,825,73 1 "67
CAPITAL
AliCRU FD SURPLUS AND PREMIUMS..
.$400,000110
.2,426.731-67
INCOME FOR 18i0,
LOSSXS PAID IN im,
Lcsst spailsincs 1829 over $5,5QO,Qco
Ferpetual and Temporary Policies on Liberal Terms.
The Compuny also isHues iMilicies upon tbe Rontsof all
k'nds of luiloince, tirounu Rents, and Mm-t.iraefi,
the "FRANKLIN" baa no DlBfUlliD ClALiL
ninKin'ORS.
Alfred O. Bckor.
A urea ruler,
Tbnmas Sparks,
William S. Grant,
Thomas S. Kllis,
Faniuel tlrttnt,
tievrge W. Richards,
George h ales.
ALFRKD G. BAKKK. President.
OFOKGK FALKS, Vice-l'residont.
.TAMFS W. Mc ALLISTI' It, Secretary.
1 liKODOKJC M. KtClCK, Assistant Secretary. 3 l?i
P I B B A8SOCIATI
O N.
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INCORPORATED MARCH 17, 1820.
OFFICE,
HO. 31 NORTH FIFTH STREET
INSURE
BUlLDjr3 HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, AND
MERCHANDISE GENERALLY,
Frcm Loss by Fire (In the City of Philadelphia only).
AStsKIS, JANUARY 1, 1S70, SI, 574,7 J4-J5.
TRUHTEBa.
WM. H. HAMILTON,
JOHN CAlvKOW,
GF.ORGK I. YOUNG,
JOH. R. LYNDALL,
LFV1 P. COATS.
CHARLES P. BOWER.
JUSSK L1UHTFOOT,
ROB'P. SHOKVIAKKR,
PtilKR ARRIBRUSTER,
M. H. DICKINSON.
SAMUEL SPAEHAWK.
n ii n tt i f r. i r,n tt ,
JOSEPH K. SOHKLU
PF.TK.R WLULIAiiSON,
WM. H. HAMILTON, President.
SAMUEL SPARHAWK, Vice-President,
WILLIAM T. BUTLEB,
Secretary.
8H
JAME INSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 809 CHESNUT Street,
INCORPORATED li. CHARTS R PERPETUAL.
CAPITAL 8200,000.
FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insurance.aguirnt Loss or Damage by Fire either by Per
petual or Temporary Polioiea.
D1RECTOK8.
Charles Richardson, Robert Pearoe,
V illiam H. Bbawn, John Kesaler, Jr.,
Wiiliiiru M. Seyiert, Edward B. Oi-ne,
John 1'. binith, . Charles Htnkes,
Nathan Hi lies, - John W. Kverman,
George A. West, Mordeoai Buzby.
CHARLES RICHARDSON, President.
. WILLIAM II. RU AWN, Vice-President
Wiixiams I. Blancitard, Secretary. 7 2
EDUCATIONAL.
JAW SO H O O L OF
HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
Cambridge, Mass.
Second Term 1W!V 7U begins 21rt Fobrnary, 1870.
INSTRUCTOR!) AND 'JOl'tCS.
Nathaniel Holmes, A.M., Koynll Proieor. Domeetl
Kelationa, Eguily 1'luuding, und Kviduuce.
Chrisioiiher O. Lnnirdell, A M., Dane Proiessor. Nego-
tiulile I'aperend Panuerbhip.
Charles S. Biadley, LL, D Lec'.njor. Law of Real Pro-
lerty.
FtlBinud H. Bennett, A. M., Lecturer. Criminal Law
V) ills, and AUunnibiratiou.
John O. Ouy, Jr., A. M., Ijeotnror. Jarisprudonoe of
tho United MtuBnd bankruptvv.
Tbe iDBtrnction is by leclureH, most courts, exercises In
written and orul diecuadion oi lcal subjocts, and prepara
tion of pluudmgs.
Tbe library la one of the most complete la toe United
Ktutes,and in some diipurtmi-nts unncinullcd ; it nnw coiu-
.ribes about 16,000 volumes, and aduilions are constantly
omff nmae,
'the foes ure tH per term, and $25 for one half or any
smaller trartiou of a term. No extra charties.
l'or admisHion to the school, cutalogns, oiroulars. or
any imorniation.addroai J. A. L. WUl i'J'ixK,
2 Registrar.
JDGEHILL SCHOOL,
MERCIIANTVILLE. N. J.
FOUR MILKS FROM PHILADKLPHIA,
NEXT CESSION BKCIN3 APRIL 4.
For Circulars apply to
8 21 tf T. W. OATTELL.
QROCER I E S A N O PH Oyi8ONB
M
IOIIAEL) MEAGUEK & CO.,
No. 223 Bouth SIXTEENTH Street,
Wholesale und Retail Dealers In
PROVISIONS, OYSTERS AND TERRAPINS,
but ler's Kxtra Caunod CORN.
" " PKA8.
- " PKAOUES.
Maryland Canned TOM A TO US. -Extra
Canned AiSPARAGUS.
CEInT.'S FIJRNiH!NO coops.
p A T 12 U T iSUOULU tili-H tXAld
BUmr MANCPACTOKY..
Ai;S3 GBWTLEMKIx'S FUKNlsjUlNQ STOKJ.
FE1JF2CTI.Y nTila SHUiT3 AND DKAWSi 3
made rovu aicta'j repeat ut very i.;;ort n.l!cf.
All other .i:t'.i' a OiiMTLKJlKS'S URES3
GOODti in full vAnet?,
WINCHESTER (XJ.,
1X9 No. 'ibfl JHFi4X0T Hirertt,
c
O R N
E X C HANG S
BAG MANUFACTORY,
JOHN T. BAIIJfY. '
u of M A RKrr and WATH
R. R. eornerof MA RKrr and WATER Street.
Philadelphia.
DEALER IN BAGS AND BAGGINQ
Of every daaoription, lot
Grain, Floor, Salt, Super-PhoaohaU of Urn, Boa
tiOMt. KtU.
Irgaa
m
small GUNNY BAGS constantly I
Aiao, WOOL iAtlxUi.
' INSUHANOk.
DRI.AWAHB MUTUAL. HAFKTY 1NS5TRANCB
COMPANY. Incorporated j the Lirlsitiire
of Pennsylvania, 1336.
Office southeast corner of TIITP.O and WALNUT
Streols, Plillmli'lnhla.
MA RINK INMJKANCM
On Vessels, Cargo and FrHgut to all parts of the
world.
INLAND INSURANCES
JD gvKitlR bj river, canal, lake and land carriage to
all parts of th Viilon.
FIRK INSUUANCr'8
Mcrchnndlie
generally; on
Stores, Dwelling,
XIOUWJB, OH,
ASPET8 OF TUB COMPANY
November 1, 1R.
I200.HW) United States Five Per Cent.
Uu.n, teu-fortlcH 2io,00000
100,000 Unltld States Six Per CeuU
Ixian (lawful luoney) 10T,T5000
60,000 United States Six f er Cent.
Loan, 1H81 60,00000
100,000 State of Pennsylvania Six Per
CenU Lo:in 13,Wi000
WO.OOO City of Philadelphia Six Per
Cent. Loan (exempt from
tax) H),92800
100,000 Btate of Now Jersey Six Per
Cent. Lonu 1112,000 AO
DO.OOO Pennsylvania Railroad Flint
Mortgage Six Per Ceui.
Bonds t,4.i0O0
80,000 Pnnimvlvanla Railroad Se
cond mortgage Six per Cent.
bonds 3,6'J3O0
96,000 Western Pennsylvania Rail
road Mtirtgaee Six Per
Cent. Bonds (Pennsylvania
Railroad guarantee) 0,00000
80,000 State of Tennessee Flj Per
Cent Loan 16,000 -00
1,000 btate of Tennessee Six Per
Cent. Loan 4,37000
19,800 Pennsylvania rtalrroad Com
pany, sso shares stock 14,000-00
6,000 North Pennsylvania Hall
road Company, loo shares
stock B.W0-0C
10,000 Philadelphia and Southern
Mail Hteamshtp Corn
pan v, 80 shares stock T,fi0000
441,900 Loans on Bond and Mort
esire, first liens on City
Properties 148,900 -00
11,231,400 Far. Market value, l,2rs6,inooo
Coat, l,216,62i-27.
Real Estate rMS,ooo oo
bills Uecelvable fur Insurances made... 323,70070
L'alances due at Agencies:
Premiums on Marine Policies, Aooroed.
Interest, and other debts due the Com
pany M,097D0
Stork, Scrip, etc.. of Sundry Coroora-
tlons, t47(. Estimated valuo 9,740-20
iron in xanK 168,B18'88
Cash In Drawer 07224
169,29114
11,862,100-04
DIRECTORS.
Thomas C. Hand,
Kamuel E. Stokes,
William ii. liouiton,
Kttward Darlington,
II. Jones Drooke,
Edward Lafoarcade,
Jacob Illeirel.
UUUU I '. XiHVlB,
F.dmnnd A. tSondcr,
Theophllns Paulding,
James '1 raqualr,
Henry Sloan,
Henry C. Dallett, Jr.,
James C. Hand,
William C. Ludwlg,
Josepli 11. Seal,
UukIi Cralp,
John D. Taylor,
4eorgo W. lieruadon,
(Jacob P. Jones,
.tames ts. Mcraiiana,
Josbaa P. Eyre,
fpencer Mcilvaln,
J. H. Hemple, Pltwbnrg,
A. H. Merger, Plttsbarg,
D. T. Morgan, Pittsburg
Wuiiam c Houston.
THO.IAS C. nAND, rresMertt.
t,,, T,JOU:N HA Vis, Vice-iTesideut.
MENTJY XiTLBUl-a?, Secretary.
HiSUyUALL Assistant Secretary. 11
IIJSXJUAITCE C0MPAIH
or
WORTH AMERICA.
Javuabt I, 1870.
Chiirter Perpetual.
Iucorpornted 17!) I.
CAPITAL. 8500,00r
ASSfETH Si,7S3,5Sl
IjOmmcs paid slave orKaDlzatloa....8':i,000,000
Kecrlpte of Premiums, IMiil.... 81,99 1,8:1743
Interest from Invest meute, (0. ll t,UtMi'74
S4,10(,S:tll
Lossee pnld, 1869 -l,0;I5,3S0 l
Statement of the Assets.
First Mortgsjies on City Property (766,450
United Htates Government and other Loan
Bonds 1,123,848
Bailroad, Bank and Canal Stocks 65,708
Cash in Bank and Uffioe 947 621)
Loans en Collateral beourity 32,658
Votes Receivable, mostly Mai ins Premiums. .. 821,1)44
A oorued Interest ., 20,357
Premiums in oonrse of transmlssiea M 85,UI8
Unsettled Marino Premiums 10u,90u
Koal Estate, Olnoe of Company, Philadelphia. . 8U.0U0
DIRECTORS.
Francis R. Oope,
M. Kdward II. Tntlj.
Arthur O.
Samuel W.Ja Me.
John A. Broil o,
Cbaries Taylor,
Ambrose Mhite,
William Welsh,
S. Morris VVain,
John Mason,
George L. ilarrlson,
Kdward 8. Clarke,
T. Charlton Ilenry,
Alfred D. Jessup,
LooisO. Madeira,
Charles W. Casnman,
Clement A. Grisoom,
William brockio.
ARTHUR G. COFFIN, President
CUAULKS PLA'f r, Vloe-President.
MaTCBtAS Mabis, Secretary.
C. H. Rkevfb, Ashistant hocretary. a 4
.V' S B XJ JK, Y
LIFE INSURANCE CO,, ll Y.
Knmber of Polioies irsned by tbe five largost New Tork
Companies during the first years of their existence:
MUTUAL
NivW UKK
M iNHAITaN
KMCKKKBOCKEU.
..(23 months)
,.(18 mouths
. .07 months)
...1091
...WM
.. r3
... 69
CM nionihH).
.(17 months).
tyUiTABLiv. ..
foe
Durirg the 21 months of Its existence the
HAS ISSUED 2G00 TOLICIES,
INSURING NEARLY 18,000,000.
Reliable
ooautry.
Oanvussinc Agent wanted throughout the
JAMES M. LONGAOKK,
jnnnaper lor I'ennayivania and Delaware.
OffCB, No. Hi,-J WALNUT btreet, PUiadelDhia.
BAMLKL PUW KR8, Soeoial Agent. jg
nrHE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
X COMPANY.
Incorporated lt-25 Charter Perpetual,
No fflo 'WALN'U 1' btreet, opposite Indnpondence Square.
This Company, favorably known to the community for
over tort ytars, continues to insure against loss or dam
ngo by biu on Publio or Private Huildiniis, either penna
nt ntiy or tor a limited time. AUo on l-'arniture, btouks
of (ioods, and Merchandise renorally, on liberal tonus.
'i'neir Capital, tonather with a large (Surplus Fun. I, Is
Invented in the most careful mnnnor, which enables thm
to rlter to the iiisuied an undoubted security in the caae
of loss.
DrnKCTORfL
Daniel Smith, Jr.
John Poveroni,
1'boiiias timith,
IL'tirv l.tiwiB,
J l.illi .l...... v.n
Alexander lit. (.son,
no Hazlchui-bt,
'Xnuuias ituuiuH,
i-,....ll n.M .1.-1. ;
,m,1iA5K'' SMlTu Jit., President.
O. CROWELL, (Secretary. a Al
WM.
rpHE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
1 Pllll ADKI.PHIA.
Cilice S. W. corner of KOUKTIlund VVA LNTTT Streets
l fhKlN6UHASt:KKXul.USIV KI.Y.
PKPPKTUAI, ANDTKKM POLKJIKS iliSUKn.
CAKii Capital (paid up in full) $-J M,.iuu'00
Cash Aaerte, Jitn J. IIS70 l,iu.V I
, . o DiUKCTulLS.
P. Putchford Stair, 1 J. Livingston Errinuor
Nulliro rnir.i6r, 'James L. Cl.itthorn,
Jtilin M. A twocd. Win. ii. Huuiton,
Kunj. T. Treilick, 'Charles Vv bonier,
(iriirse. II tSluart, I'l'iionius 11. Montgomery,
Johu II llniwn, 'James SI. Aertsen.
V. KA'ICHKOBI RTAKK, President.
THOMAS 11 Mo.Vl iiUMKHY, Vice-President.
AI 1CX. v. VlsTKK, Socretary.
JACOB K. PKI K'ltSON, Assistant Secretary.
I
J5VKUIAL FIKB INSUltANOB OO.
LONDON,
IHTAlUJHIJKl) 1S0J.
Pald-np Capitol and Aocnmulated Fonda,
88,000,000 XJS GOLD.
PREV0ST & EISRDSrO, Agenti,
1 41 No, 101 a T1URD Street, Philadelphia.
CEA& H. rBXTOSTi C1IA8, p, bxrbumi
OITV ORDINANCES.
COUNCIL OF PlULADi'L-
I'HIA.
Clkrk's f'Fricn,
riTlLADFI.rillA, March S, LS70.C
In accordance with a resolution adopted br
the C'oniinon Council of the City of 1'hlladol
I'liia on Thurday, the twenty-fourth day of
March, 1870, the annexed bill, entitled 'An
Ordinance to authorize a loan for the oreetlon
f a bridge across tho river fchuylklll at Fair
mount," is hereby published for public iDfor
inatioii. JOHN ECKSTEIN,
Clerk of Common Council.
A'-r
ORDINANCE
To Authorize a l.oun for the Erection of o
lirlOiie serous the Klver rjchuylklll at Falr
tnouiit. Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of tlio city of l'lilladi'luliia do ordain, that the
Major oi Philadelphia be and he is hereby au
thorized to borrow, at not less than par, on the
credit of the city corporation, from time tr
time, such sums of money ivs may be necessary
to pay for tho construction and erection of a.
bridge over tho river Schuylkill at Kairinount,
not exceeding In the whole the sum of seven
hundred thoupand dollars, for which Interest
not to exceed tho rate of six per cent, per an
num shall bo paid, half-yearlv, on the first days
of January und July, at the ottlce of the City
Treasurer.
The principal of snld loan shall be payable
and paid at tho expiration of thirty years from
the date of the same, and not before, without
the confcnt of the holders thereof; and certifi
cates therefor, in the nual form of certificates
of city loan, shall be Issued In such amounts as
tho lenders may require, but not for any frac
tional part of one bnndred dollars, or, If re
quired, In amounts of live huudred or one thou
sand dollars; and it shall be expressed In said
certificates that tbe (aid loan therein mentioned,
and the Interest thereof, are payable free from
all taxes.
Section 3. Whenever any loan shall bo made
by virtue thereof, there shall be, bv force of thi
ordinance, annually appropriated, out of the
Income of the corporate estates and from the
sum raised by taxation, a sum sutlicieut to pay
the interest on said certillcates; aud tho fur- -ther
sum of three-tenths of one per centum on
the par value of such certificates so issued,
shall be appropriated quarterly 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 ,
certificates.
RESOLUTION TJ PUBLISH A LOAN
13ILL.
Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Coun
cil be authorized to publish lu two dally news
papers of this city, daily for two weeks, the
ordinance presented to the Common Council on
Thursday, March 24, 170, entitled "An ordi
nance to authorize) a loan for the erection of a
bridue 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 tbe first dav of said publication,
shall present to this Council one of each of
said newspapers for every day in which the
sumo shall be made. 3 l 21t
COMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA.
Clekk's Officr,
Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1870.
In accordance with a Uesolutiou adopted by
the Common Council of tho City of Phlladel
I'bia, on Thursday, the third day of February,
lS'tl), the annexed bill, entitled
"AN ORDINANCE
To create a loan for the huildlug of a bridge
over the Klver Schuylkill, at South street,
and for the payment of ground rents and
mortijnpes," is hereby publibhed for public in
formation. '
JOHN ECKSTEIN,
Clerk of Conimou Council.
AN ORDINANCE. TO CREATE A LOAN
FOR THE BUILDING OF A BRIDGE
OVER THE K1VEU SCHUYLKILL ATSOUTH
SThEET, 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 aud he is hereby
authorized to borrow, at not less than par, on
the credit of the city, from time to time, one
million live hundred thousand dollars, to be ap
plied as follows, viz.: First. For the building
of a bridge over tbe River bchuylkiil at South
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.
Tbe principal of tho said loan shall
be payable and paid at tbe expiration of thirty
years from tbe date of the same, and not before,
without the consent of the holders there - f; ana
the certificates therefor, in the usual form of tho
certificates ot the City Loan, shall be issued in
such amounts as the lenders may require, but
not for any fractional part of one huudred or
odo thousand dollars; and it shall be expressed in
said certificates that the loan therein mentioned,
and the interest thereof, ure payable free from ali
taxes.
Section 2. Whenever any loan shall bo made
by virtue thereof, there shall be, by force ot
this ordinance, annually appropriated out of
the income of the corporate estates, and from
tho sum raised by taxation, a sum sulllclent to
pay the interest on said certificates; aud the
further 6um of three-tenths of oue per centum
ou the par value of such certificates bo Issued
shall be appropriated quarterly out of said in
come and taxes to a sinking 'fund, which fund
and its accumulations are hereby especially
pledced for tho redemption and payment of said
certificates.
RESOLUTION
BILL.
TO PUBLISH A LOAN
Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Council
be authorized to publit-h iu two daily news
papers of this city, dully for four weeks, tho
ordinance presented to Common Council on
Thursday, February 3, 1870, entitled "An ordi
nance to create a loan for the buiMlnj'of a
bridfre over the river Schuylkill, at South street,
and lor the payment of ground-rents and mort
gages." And the said Clerk at the stated meet
ing of Couucils after said publication, shall pre
eeut to this Council one of each of said news
papers for every day in which tho same shall
have been made. 8i25 24t
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE
E
L.
FAEXIEL, HEBEING & CO
IIAVB REMOVED FROM
rto. 2 C'lIESXUT Street
Tf)
No. 807 CHESNUT
PUILAUflLPUlA.
Fire end Burglar-Proof Safes
(WITH DHY FILLING.)
HKliKlNH, FAKREL A KHERMAN.New York.
BKKKIMi CO., Chicago.
IlKhhU. FAhlUL A CO., New Orleana.
9tS
J. WATSON & BON,
ZZyOt UU Una of EVANS WATSOK.Iijj
F1JIEAND BURLAJi-lltOO
HATE S T O It 13
NO. 63 BOUTH FOURTH BT11BET,
BU A I s doors abovs Ohaanat si.. Pbilal
TOHN FAKNUM A CO.,
COMMISSION MXK,
xr enaoH ana ss anarsotwrars of Tnnaslinns TMktna. at.
Ho. lbs UUJCttJNUX ttUsi t-hilMUlvWaT
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