The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-01

THE NEW CoDE. The proclamation of the President,
directing the in which the Revised Code shall be
submitted to the citizens of the District Of Columbia for
their approval rejection is based upon the following
portion of the of Congress approved March s. 1855
10y which the code has been framed
'And when the said code shall be printed and dstrib
uted, the President of the United States SHALL by his
proclamation appoint time and places in the said Dis
trict for taking the of the citizens thereof for
against the adoption of the said code and he shall
judges to be selected who shall preside at such election
and he shall provide and proclaim the mode and rules of
conducting the same, provided every free white male cit
en OF the United States above the age of twentyone
years. who has resided in the said District for year
preceding said election, shall he permitted to
thcreat and the result of said election shall be reported
to the said President and the same with the said CODE
be by him reported to Congress- and when ratified and
approved by the same he SHALL by his proclamation de-
clare it to be force from the day of the date thereof as
the law OF the sad District of Columbia and the same,
when proclaimed shall thereafter be- and remain
SUCH without any further act proceedings to that effect
States ~
THR WAsnIxGroS THEArRH will be opened, II is now
thought on Monday next, 1t will be elegantly decora-
ted, twelve cutgass chandeliers hanging from brackets
around the dress circle ntersperscd with statuces of
4Eschyus Sophoces Shakespeare Moliere, Roscius Tma
Edmund Kean and Rachel The proscenum will be or
side with OF flowers from which will spring Moor
sh arch The act dropcurtans will represent the histo
ny of the Drama. Ihe first shows Thcsps in his cart
exhibiting the first form of comedy in Greek village in
Arcadia some years before Christ The second shows
the Lsnaion Temple Of Bacchus, at Athens, during
the first representation Of Promethens Bound, the first
tragedy Of the father of the Greek stage hschyus The
third drop exhibits the Drama after it had died
in the Dark Ages aud reviyng, in the form of pan
tomime in Italy. Thus fair in calabran vii
lage with Pochnco, Perrot, and the buos and mines
OF the year 500 The fourth and last drop shows the in
terror of the Globe Theatre in London during the first rep
resentation of Hamlet at the where Hamlet meets
the ghost at "a remote part Of the battlements We
especially pleased to learn that the house will be comfort
ably warmed when the weather may require it. The cold
on wnt~- night in the old theatre enough to drive
away all who did NOT i~ney being frost-bitten.
A HAPPY New YrAR.--Standing upon the threshold
of the year eighteen hundred and fifty eight cordially
tender to readers the compliments of the season. and
wish them many happy returns of the day. The year
that has just passed away has Witnessed many memora
hlc events and its later months have been clouded by
commercial diasters but the honor of beloved
try has been nobly sustained and her government has
been wisely administered Civilization has been extend
cd into the western wilderness the labors the hus
banmen have been blessed by generous abundance our
sails whten every sea, and country enjoys enva-
BILE position among the nations of the earth
This metropolis has been unusually favored during the
past year by freedom from pestilence, and by greater
share Of prosperity than has fallen to the lot of other
communities. The President long familiar with it's po-
sition and its wants. has recommended it to the vor
BILE consideration of Congress- and doubt not that the
conclusion of the present year will find it far advanced
the highway Of prosperity as becomes the metropolis of
a free and powerful nation.
PHILBRIcK il in readiness for his New Year customers
He has Just received from his main branch store New
York city, large additions to his splendid stock of books
and ewery The books he will sell at very moderate
prices while the ewery viii be distributed gratis to each
Of his customers.
Now is exactly the time TO cali at the Gift Bookstore,
No 476 Pennsy avenue next east United States
Hotel. o
The WEATHER yesterday pleasant and almost spring
like tempting large array of promenaders abroad
enjoy it. We trust that it will be pleasant to-day
when crowds of citizens and of strangers will wish to
visit the Executive Mansion and pay their respects to the
Chief Magistrate.
The SMALL rox.-It is stated upon the authority of
the health commissioner that there have been but twelve
cases of small pox within the limits Of the city and that
there only four cases Of which is GONZALES
cent.