THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPHw-PHlLADELPIIlA, WEDNESDAY JULY 27, 1870. LITERATURE. JiZVlLW OF .Vri BOOKS. rorter it Coates" send us the following Jecont publications of D. Appletou &, Co.! The sixth and seventh volume of Appleton's Cheap and elegant library edition of Grace Agnilar's writings contain "The Days of Broce," the last and in many respects the XfiOfit mature and artistic work of the gifted authoress. In this as in other of her histori cal studies Miss Auilar shows the rare fa culty of throwing herself into the very heart Cf her subject, and her romantic imagination has added something to the romance of most picturesque' period of history. The studies of female character in "The Days of Bruce," as in all of Miss Aguilar's works, are of the highest order of excellence, and such refined analysis as is shown in her portraits of "Isabella of Buchan," "Isoline," and "Agnes" are sufficient to stamp her as a lite rary artist of raro endowments. Julia Kavanagh, like Grace Aguilar, is a fcovclifct who hRS held her own with readers of refined taste in spite of the Miss Braddons, the "Onidas," and all the other female apos tles of sensationalism who have gained the public ear sinee Bhe achieved fame. "Sylvia," which Is issued as one of "Appleton's Library of Choice Novels," is a story that those who are familiar with the merits of "Daisy Burns," "Graeo Lee," "Nathalie," "JRachel Gray," and other of Miss Kavanagh 's writ ings, will be certain to secure for mental en tertainment at the seaside, among the moun tains, or wherever weary humanity may flee for rest or recreation during the heated term. To those who are not acquainted with this writers singular merits, w.e recommend this charming utory as one of the most attractive among the multitude of works of fiction that are being issued from the press almost daily. "Miriam Alroy" and "The Fall of Iskan der," which are published in one volume by Messrs. Appleton, are a couple of Mr. Disraeli's early stories, and are in his most extravagant vein. These performances would long since have been forgotten if Mr. Disraeli had not achieved a reputation as a politician, and if read at all at this day, they will be read, like "Lothair," out of curiosity, and not because of any remarkable merit in them selves. Mr. Disraeli was a long time in living down the peculiar literary reputation that he gained by his early attempts in the eld of fiction, and he probably feels himself strong enough now to defy criticism, or else he would not have taken measures to again attract publio attention to them. The novels of Mr. Dieraeli are not to be commended as works of art, certainly, but they are not with out interest as literary curiosities, and as proofs that the writing of indifferent fiction does not incapacitate a man from becoming a very respeotable statesman. "Married in Haste" is a new novel by Mrs. Ann S. Stephens which has just been issued by T. B. Peterson & Brothers. Mrs. Stephens is a graphic writer, and her stories icay always be relied upon to contain an inte resting plot and well-sketched characters. As a popular story-writer she has a deservedly high reputation, and we predict for "Married in Haste" a cordial reception from the large circle of her admirers. . "Forgiven at Last," by Jeannette It. Ila dermann, publibhed by J. B. Lippincott &Co., is, we imagine, a first effort at novel-writing. There are abundant crudities that show the cnpractiHed hand, but the story is one of real interest. The plot is carried out in a satis factory manner, and some of the characters are delineated with much ability. The de fects of the story appear to be those of inex perience, and it shows sufficient ability to lead bb to expect . something of a higher equality from the same pen in the future. "Lean 'Nora," published by Peter E. Abel, is a burlesque translation, by Henry C. Lnkens, of Burger s ballad of "Leonore." In his preface Mr. Lukens Btates that his ob ject in publishing this translation is to direct the attention "of savans and scholars to the exhaustive research and literary merit" of a 'variorum Leonore," by his brother, Charles J. Lukens, which will contain all the different versions of the ballad and a commentary thereupon. We noticed some time ago speci mens of Mr. Charles J. Lukens' translations from Burger, and found them to possess un usual merit, and as among literary men espe cially Burger s "Leonore is held in highest! mation, a "variorum edition sucn as is proposed will probably receive a fair amount of attention.. We do not, hewever, see the necessity for the travesty cow before us, which impresses us as a weak imitation of "Hans Breitmann." Mr. Lukens has sue ceeded in imitating the movement of hit ori ginal, but as his parody is not very funny, we cannot hold out hopes that it will achieve a marked success with the reading public As a specimen of book-making the volume is entitled to the highest praise: the paper is creamy,- the printing is elegant a rivulet of type meandering through a meadow of mar ginand the binding is tas'ef ul, all of which, however, seems like a sad waste of good ma terials. Monthly number 37 of "Zell's Popular Encyclopedia" bringsthe work down to the title "Malpighiaceie." This encyclopedia is rapidly approaching completion, , and we again re ' eommend those of our readers who desire to secure a really valuable work of reference at a small cost to subscribe at onee. No other work of the kind published will furnish the same amount of information at anything like the eame price. John Campbell, No. 740 Sansom street, sends us Nob. 5 and G of Vincent's "History of Delaware." This interesting and valuable historical monograph has reached the point when the English and the Dutch and Swedes .were contending for the supremacy on the Delaware. Mr. Vincent's work displays much patient research and much literary ability. It will be an .important contribution to our tietorical literane. Porter A Co&tW send tfce euteenth monthly part of Appleton't Journal, contain ing the weekly numbers for July. From Morris Frank, No.Gl'J Walnut street, wo have received the August number of The Technologist, which contains a great variety of interesting articles on engineering, manu facturing, and building subjects. From T. R. Callender, northwest corner of Third and Walnut streets, we have received the latest number of Tfte Qraphie, which, among other attractions, contains an admi rable description of the Oberammergan pas sion play, with an illustration representing the theatre and portraits of the actors who personate "Christ" and "Judas." Mr. Callender also sends us "Man and Wife," by Wilkie Collins. This is conceded to be one of the author's very best perform ances, and, independently of its admirable exposition of the evils attending the British marriage system, it is entitled to the regards ef novel-readers as an intensely interesting romance. THE AUGUST MAO Z I Xi. "PUTNAM'S." The contents of the Aucust number of I'utnam's Magazine are as follows: ' "Love in Fiji My Early Life Among the Cannibals," II, edited by T. M. Coan, M. D.; A Summer Song," Ada W. Adams; "Yacht ing," Sidney Hyde; "James Russell Lowell'' (a sonnet), John H. Euwer; "The Life Mag net," A. Augustus Adee; "Can an Inebriate Conquer Himself?" F. H. Norton; "Our Ear liest Annalist," Prof. G. W. Green; "Music in Nature," Professor Scheie de Vere; VA Woman's Right: VIII. Paul's Wooing Mrs. Mallane's Strategy," Mrs. M. C. Ames; "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep," Mrs. F. Barrow; "An Arctic Aurora, and Other Matters in Si beria," George Kennan; "Madame La Fayette and her Mother," Miss S. F. Cooper; "The Constitutional Crisis in England," Professor Goldwin Smith; "Brevities: Making Ice by Steam," James Finn; "Editorial Notes;'' '.'Literature at Home;" "Literature, Art, and Science Abroad." From Pieessor Scheie do Vere's paper on "Musio in Nature" we' take the following reference to the power of music: The ancients comprehended under the term of musio the harmonious order of all things, and hence included, besides the music of our day, dancing, poetry, and even the sciences. I he great philosophers of Greece, hence, saw musio in the whole system of the universe, and bequeathed thus to posterity tne mystic views of a Harmony ot tne spheres and the musio of the Cosmos, which was long tne favorite theme of mediaeval writers, re vived through the agency of Swedenborg, and will probably long survive, in spite of otur better knowledge of the true nature of celes tial bodies. Although music is exclusively man's prerogative the songs of angels can not be of the same nature, though miracles may make them audible to human ears Nature was here also his first teacher. The singing of birds and the thousand sounds of lifeless nature led, no doubt, at an early period, to efforts at imitation. Diodorus repeats the popular lagand which ojtorihea the invention of flutes to the ingenuity of a shepherd, who had listened with delight to the whispering of the wind in the reeds of a lake. Stiing instruments followed probably soon, and may, plausibly enough, have begun with the hollow shell of a tortoise, over which, accidentally, a string was stretched tightly. The Bible tells us, in like manner, of Jubal, the jubilant, the musician, "the father of all such as handle the harp and the organ," who was descended from Cain through his parents Lamech and Adah a fact which has led many a stern Puritan and dreamy fanatic to attribute all manner of evil effects to the cultivation of arts, and espe cially of music. The origin of musio is thus naturally lost in the dark night of man's earliest history; but the effects it has ever produced en his mind have also been noticed from time im memorial. Unlike modern writers, who see in musio the only one, pure art, which cannot, by any ingenuity and craft of men, be em ployed for vile or mean purposes, Plato fan cied that certain notes called forth pride and low passions, while others stimulated the nobler affections. He went so far in his ap prehensions on this score, that he feared a reform in music might lead to a revolution in the State, nnconsoious of the dangers with whioh, if his fears were well founded, the au fcor of the "musio of the future" would have threatened Europe. The Greeks, at all events, gave a practical form to their views on the subject, for all their laws and regulations, as well as their legends and traditions, were carefully put in verse and set to musio, so that they could be publicly recited by the agency of numerous choirs, with instrumental accompaniment. The chosen people ob served the same custom, mainly for the pur pose of thus mailing abstract dogmas attrac tive, and impressing them, at the same time, more forcibly on the minds of the hearers. It is questionable whether the same happy effect may be expected from the recent attempt, by one of our native artists, to arrange the Con stitution of the United States in the form of a symphony. The fundamental idea of the aneients in regard to the power of musio was this: that the human soul had been created in perfect harmony; that this harmony was more or less destroyed by its contact with earthly life, and that music alone had the divine power to restore its pristine purity and perfection. Modern theories, on the contrary, look upon musio as the language of angels and sinless beings, with whom man dwelt before he was sent into this wicked world, and teach that a few strains and faint echoes still linger in his mind, which he tries to utter by means of the beau tiful art. All nations, however, agree upon the almost magio power indwelling in music. Now it enables Orpheus to tame the wild beasts of the forest and to induce rocks and mighty trees to join in merry dance, and now it enables Amphion to build the walls of Thebes, the stones following willingly the impulse given by the sounds of his lyre. In one age musio thus builds cities; in another it casts down the walls of Jericho. In distant Finland the god Wainamonen strikes his cithern, and the waves of the sea grow calm, the trees wave their branches in time with his strains, the bears remain motionless in the forests, and at last the god him self is ao deeply moved that he sheds a tor rent of tears, which instantly change into pearls, imiia is lull of extravagant myths connected with the power of musio, not over men only, but over the gods themselves, and speaks of a famous singer, whose charms were bo potent, that once, when he recited a sons dedicated to Night, the sun hid itself. and deep darkness spread around him as far as his voice if acted. At other times musio inflames or soothes 1 the passions of men. David's harp ealmed the storm in Saul's fierce heart, and the great tenor, Farinelli, conquered the tempests in the bosom of King Philip V of Spain. A famous musician could rouse Alexander the Great to madness by the mere style of his performance, and calm him again by returning to the manner of the Lydians; and Terpander quelled a rebellion in Sparta promprly by singing some verses, accompa nied by his cithern. A German author, who quotes this anecdote, naively suggests that the police of his native land had perhaps bet ter be armed with flutes and guitars here after, instead of their massive and dangerous clubs. The ancient poem of the Gudrun, one of the noblest songs ever sung by men of our race, praises the power of an old sea-king, Haraud, whose voice had such magio power that, when he sang, the wild beasts in the woods came forth, and the birds in the trees ceased their carols, in order to listen. One of the Pro vencal troubadours made good use of the mysterious power inherent in music. He was travelling through a dark forest, when sud denly a band of robbers rushed forth, dragged him from his horse, took his money, stripped him of his clothing, and at last pro posed to murder bin in cold bio xl. Then Peter of Chateauneuf begged them at least to let him sing one more favorite song before be must die. The robbers consented, and he sang, accompanying himself with the cithern, a song which he improvised on the spot; it touched them so deeply 'that they gave him his life, returned him his property, and dis missed him with great admiration and reve rence. More familiar is the stery of the rat-catcher, who, in the year 4J0, appeared in Hameln, in Saxony, and offered, for a slight compensa tion, to rid the town of the countless rats with which it was infested. The inhabitants willingly agreed to his terms. The stranger then drew a flute from his bag, and played upon his uncouth instrument a quaint melody; immediately the rats came out from all the houses and barns, and rushed into a river near by, where they were drowned. When he had made an end of them all he demanded his pay, but the avaricious and dishonest citizens refused to pay him more than a very small sum. lie made no reply, but on the next day he came, drew another uncouth fife from his bag, and began to play. Imme diately all the children in town between four and twelve years came forth from their houses and followed him through the streets, out of town, to the foot of a mountain, and there the fifer and his followers disappeared forever. The parents wept and waited, but all was in vain. But we need not go back to the days of an tiquity, or ancient legends, to find examples of the magic power of music. Everybody has heard of the llanz desVaches, which mokes the ehildren of Switzerland homesick unto death when they hear it in foreign lands, and led so many of the old Swiss Guard of the Bourbons in France to commit suicide, that at last the playing of the air by military bands had to be strictly prohibited. Nor must we forget the importance which all great generals attach to the effect of good musio on their men, so that even the present ruler of France has been compelled to rein state the regimental bands which, in a mo ment of economical zeal, had been partly abolished. Few men are insensible to the inflnfinr of quick, lively musio; it drives the blood faster through the veins, and rouses the most Bluggish heart. Shakespeare called even the drum the great maker of courage, and history has more than is flattering to our race to tell of the blood shed by men acting under the impulse given by the Marseillaise. Nevertheless, not all men are equally susceptible to the charms of music; but, where it is not, as often must be the case, purely the fault of the ear, it draws upon the unlucky man in popular estimation, at least, the well-known stigma that The man that hath no musio In himself, Nor Is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is lit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. St. Augustine, from whom more Christian charity might have been expected, aocounts such insensible persons accursed; but the example of great and otherwise richly. endowed men has taught us . to seek the explanation rather in some organie defect. It is even a question, whether too great susceptibility is not, perhaps, the more serious misfortune. Some persons cannot hear certain notes, or, at least, certain melodies, without being moved to tears; and even the health of others has been affected by one or the other instrument. Rousseau speaks of a lady who never heard musio without having hysterics, and a well known composer was cured of a dangerous fever by being forced to play some of his own compositions. The physicians of insane asy- 1 1 1 . r fir il- - - a mum . pre juuy laminar wuu me eueuis oi music on their unfortunate patients, and employ it largely in their efforts to calm the more excitable sufferers. In the Middle Ages a number of diseases were considerad curable by musio, including stupidity. Ooca sionally this opinion rested upon mere stuper- Btition, as when Batisto Porta seriously states that a flute of hellebore cured dropsy, and one of poplar wood was good for rheu matism; but when we are told that St. Vitus' dance can be cured, perhaps homoeopathically, by dancing-music, there is at least a grain of truth in the popular fancy. The air pre scribed in such cases is generally the Taran tella a name derived from the poisonous spider, whose bite was in. olden; times believed to be the cause of the terrible disease. When the latter was epidemic in Italy, bands of musicians would wan der up and down the peninsula, offering their services to the afflicted: now both the disease and the method of curing it have nearly fal len into oblivion. The influence which music has on us is mainly exercised through the nervous system; hence children, with their delicate, excitable nerves, are more easily impressed by it, lulled to sleep by a simple lullaby, or fright ened to death by a sudden cry. Montaigne's father appreciated this so folly, that he ordered his son to be awakened in the morn ing by pleasing music, hoping thus to pre pare his mind for the day's work with cheer fulness and clearness. But grown men are not less open to the happy influences of music; a hearty song, a rhythmic beating of the drum, or a ciear clancinc- of trumpets, are treat helDS on long, weary march, as even keeping step re lieves the fatigue considerably. Workmen hoisting heavy weights, and sailors raising the anchor, sing to ease their task; and the negvo, in the cornfield or Hhe sugar-mill, is never happy unless he can shout his favorite melodies. T7i American Exchangt and liecieto has an interesting variety of articles on scien tiiic, artistic, industrial, and commercial sub jects. The Little Cvrporal for August is filled with interesting reading matter for the young folks. The August number ef The Nurtcry, with its pictures, short stories, and verses, will afford an unlimited amount of entertain mentto the youngest readers. - 1 - PERSONAL.. N OT1CE RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL LIMBS. War Dkpartment. PARTMENT, ) HL'S OFFK'R, -, JulT IS, 1S70.) dCRGkON-UENER Washington ConorcM having provided, by acta an Droved Jane 17, June 30, and July 11, 1670, for the reissue every nve years oi Arunciai Limits, or tne value tnereor m money, to officer, soldiers, seamen and marines who have lost limbs In the service of the United States, the following instructions are published for the bencflt of those Interested. Applications should be made direct to the Surgeon- General, from whose office the necessary blanks will be furnished on request. Upon applications for limns in Kind, orders will be given by the Surgeon-General, upon any manufac turer selected, who shall first have filed a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, with two sureties, to furnish good and satisfactory limbs, withoutextra charge to the soldier, and make good all defects of material or workmanship without additional charge, subject In all cases to the inspection of such persons as me surgeon-venerai may designate. isiana lornia of bonds will be furnished by this office. Transportation to and from the place of fitting the limb will also be farnlBhed upou a written request addressed to the Surgeon-General. Applications for commutation will be certified by the surgeon-General, and transmitted to the Com missioner of Tensions for payment, through the local penston agents. 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It is easily operated, neat in appearance) and will not injure the hair, as there is no heat required, nor any metallio substance used to run er break tiie hair Manufactured onlj, and for sale wheleaale and retail, by McMillan & co., 1 23 6m No. 63 North FRONT Street, Philadelphia, Sold at all ry oods. Trimminc and Notion Stores. y. i. EA8TOW. 1. VV1BA. E i AHTUn VI C M A II O if, BBirriNO and coifMisniorr mmkcbaa tx t fuivudillrd fit IB M 1 w " No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia, tin dk W. PRATT treetJ kimora. We are prepared tr P every dbourTpuon of Freight t) Philadelphia, New York, Wilmington, and intermediate pomu wild promptnew ana ouo. Kaaai atoata aJKJ BLaaaa-tnce furmaaea at me anon, t aatioe. ALEXANDER G. OATTELL A CO. J-V FKODUUB UUMMIBBIUN MKKUUAMJB, No. MNORXH WUARVJU AND Wo. I NORTH WATFR STEER, AUUXSMM O, CarUe XLUAI CaTOU, PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR STAMPED ENVELOPES AND NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS. roPT Officii Dkfartmkkt, July 11, 1870. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received nntll H o'clock M., on the 11th days of August, 1S70, for fornishiDg ail the "Stamped Envelopes'' and "News paper Wrappers" which this Department may re quire during a period of four (4) years, commencing on the 1st dav of Octoier, 1S70, viz: STAMPED ENVELOPES. No. 1. Note size, t by t Inches two quallticH. No. 8. Ordinary letter size, 3 1-18 by Btf inches three qualities. No. a. Full letter size, 8,' by Btf inches three qualities. No. 4. Full letter size, (for circulars), nngummert on flap, 8 by 6)$ inches one quality. No. B. Extra letter size, 8 by t inches three qualities. No. 6. Extra letter size, 3jtf by 6',' inches (fer cir culars,) nngummed on flap one qualilty. Na 7. Oillclal size, 3 15-16 by 8; inches two quali ties. No. 8. Extra official size, iji by 10,V inches one quality. STAMPED NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS. ' Six and a five-eighths by 9)i Inches (round cut) one quality. EM1508SINO, WATER-MARKS, PRINTING, RULING PAPEK STYLE OF MANUFACTURE. All of the above Envelopes and Wrappers must bo embossed with postage stamps, of such denomina tions, styles, and colors, must have such water marks or other devices to prevent imitation, and bear such printing and ruling as the Postmaster. General may direct. The envelopes must be made in the most thorough nianaer, equal in every respect to the samples furnished to bidders by the Depart ment. The paper must be of approved quality, Bin-Liuiijf uiuuuiuciurcu iui u ic purpuMe. Whenever envelop s are order of the styles known as "Black-lined"' or "Self-ruled," (lines printed in side, or ruled on the face), the same shall d fur nished without additional cost, the contractor to pay all charges for royalty In the use- or patented inventions for said lined or ruled envelopes. The dies for embossing the postage stamps on the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed t the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, lu the best style, and they are to be provided, renewed and kept in order at the expense of the contractor The Department reserves the right of requiring new aies ior any Biamps, or denominations or stamps not now used, and any changes of dies or colors shall be made without extra charge. Before closing a contract the successful bidder may be required to prepare and submit new dies for the approval of the Department. The use of the present dies may or may not be continued. The dies shall be safely and securelv kent bv the contractor, and should the use of any or them be temporarily or permanently discontinued they shall be promptly turned over to the Department, or its agent, as tne rosimasier-uenerai may direct. GUM. The envelopes must be thoroughly and perfectly gummed, the gumming on the flap of each (except for circulars) to be put on by hand not less thau half an men me entire lengtn ; tne wrappers to oe also hand-gummed not less than three-fourths of an inch in wiutn across tne end. SECURITY FROM FIRE AND THEFT. Bidders are not i lied that the Department will re quire, as a condition of the contract, that the en velopes and wrappers shall be manufactured and stored in such a manner as to insure security against loss by Are or theft The manufactory must at all times be subiect to the inspection of an agent of the Department, who will require the stipulations of the .contract to be faithfully observed. PACKING. All envelopes and wrappers must be banded in parcels of twenty-five, and packed in stronir paste board or straw boxes, securely bound ou all the eciges ana corners witn cotton and linen cloth, glued on, each to contain not less than two hundred and fifty of the note and letter sizes, and one hundred each of the oillclal or extra otneial size, separately. The newspaper wrappers to be packed in boxes, to contain not less than two hundred and fifty each. The boxes are to be wrapped and securely fastened in otrnti r martlHa asA a tifl oaalAl as a a A flrk flH iu pui vug uiniiiiia (juivi aaa uiurjU) aj u liU DaIUlJ bear transportation by mail for delivery to post masters. When two thousand or more envelopes are required to nu ui uruer oi a postmaster, I lie straw or pasteboard boxes containing the same must be packed in strong wooden cases, well strapped with hoop-iron, and addressed; but when less than two thousand are renulred. nroper label of direction, to be furnished by an agent of the De partment, must be placed upon each package by the contractor. Wooden cases, containing envelopes or wrappers, to be transported by water routes, must be provided with suitable water-prooilng. The whole to be done under the inspection and direction oi an agent, oi tne department. DELIVERY. The envelopes and wrappers must be furnished and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete m an reBpecis reaaj ior line, ana in sucu quantities as may be required to fill the dally orders of post masters ; the deliveries to be made either at the Post Oclce Department, Washington, D. C, or at the oillce or an agent amy autnorizea to inspect and receive the same; the place of delivery to be at the option oi tne rosimasier-uenerai, anu tne cost oi deliver ing, as well as all expense of storing, packlmr. ad. dressing, labelling, and water-proonng to be paid by SAMPLES. Specimens of the envelopes and wrappers for Which proposals are invited, showing the different qualities ana colors or paper required, the cuts, and style of gumming, with blank forms of bids. may be had on application to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General. This advertisement and a specimen of the sample envelopes and wrapper furnished by the department must oe attacnea to ana mane part oi eacn Did. GUARANTEE. No proposal will be considered unless offered bv a manufacturer of envelopes, and accompanied by a satisiactory guarantee signed oy at least two re sponsible parties. AWARD AGREEMENT BONDS. ' The contract will be awarded to the lowest re sponsible bidder for all the envelopes and wiarv pers, the prices to be calculated on the basis of the number used of the several grades during the last fiscal year, which was as follows : Note Size 1,463,250 Letter size, first quality 60,4C7,ooo Letter size, second quality 8,95d, 760 Letter size, second quality (ungumrned).... 3,6i8,ooo Extra letter size, first quality 6,810,700 Extra letter size, second quality (un gumrned) 454,000 Official size 5tUt,900 Extra ortlcial size 3,lu0 Newspaper wrappers 4,93o,260 Total .; 86,2S9,o00 Within ten days after the contract has oeuu awarded, the successful bidder shall enter into an agreement in writing with the Postmaster-General to faithfully observe and keep the terms, conditions, and requirements set forth in this advertisement, according to their true intent and meaning, aud shall make, execute, and deliver, subject to the approval and acceptance of the Postmaster-General, bonds with good and sufficient sureties iu the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (200,uu0) as a forfeiture for the faithful performance of said agreement or contract,- according to the pro visions and subject to the liabilities of the seven teenth section of an act ef Congress entitled "An act legalizing and making appropriations for such necessary objects as have been usually included in the general ' appropriation bills without authority of law, and to fix and provide fer certain Incidental expenses of the departments and oinces of the Gov ernment, and for other purposes," (United States Statutes at Large, vol. 5, page '256), approved August 26, 1S42, which act provides that in case the con tractor shall fall to comply with the terms of bis contract, "he ana bis sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture specified in such contract as liqui dated damages, to be sued for in the name of tba United Stales in any court having jurisdiction thereof." RESERVATIONS.' The! Postmaster-General reserves to himself the following rights: ' ' 1. To reject any and all bids, if, in his judgment, the interests of the Government require It. a. To annul the contract whenever the same or any part thereof is otTered for sale for the purpose of speculation ; and under nocircumstancea will a trans fer of the contract be allowed or sanctioned to any party who shall be, in the opinion of the Postmaster General, less able to fulfill the conditions thereof than the original contractor. 8 To annul the contract, if, in his Judgment, there shall be a failure to perform faithfully any of its sti pnlations. or in case of a wilful attempt to Impose n pon the Department Envelopes or Wrappers In ferior to sample. 4 IS the contractor to whom the first award may be made should fall to enter into agreement and give satisfactory bonds, as herein provided, then the award may oe annulled and the contract let to tiie next lowest responsible bidder, and so on until the requited agiecment and bond are executed; acd such next lowest bidder snail be required to fulfil every stipulation embraced herein as If he were the original party to whom the contract was warded. . Should be securely enveloped aud sealed, marked "Proposals for Stamped Envelopes and Newspaper Wrappers," and addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General. WngwnDC li eod 19t jMimasier-GeueraL WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETO. 'vivas UDOMUSA CO. 'DIAMOND DEALERS & JEWELERS.) WATCHES, iZWILHI A SILVER W1RK. .WATCHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED, 0gChestnnt St., PMlv Ladies' and Gents' -Watches, AMERICAN AND IMrORTED, Of the most celebrated makers. FINK VEST CHAINS AND LEONTINES, In 14 and 19-karau DIAMOND and other Jewelry of the latest designs. Engagement and Wedding Rings, In IS-karat and coin. Solid Sllver-Ware for Bridal Presents, Table Cut lery, Plated Ware, etc. llOfmw) WILLIAM B. WARNE A CO., Wholesale Dealers in WATCHES AND JEWELRY. S. E. corner SEVENTH and CHESNUT Stos. 3 Second floor, and lute of No. 30 S. THIRD St. CLOCKS. . rOWKB OTOOK8. UABBLK CLOCKS. BRONZB CLOCKS. OOUOOO CLOCKS. VIENNA H KGUI ATOR& AMF.RIOAJi LOCK . W. UUSSUDL, . No. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET. CITY ORDINANCES. COMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA. Clerk's Office, ) Philadelphia, July 8, 1870. f In accordance with a resolution adopted by the Common Council of the city of Philadelphia on Thursday, the 7th day of July, 1870, the annexed bill, entitled "An Ordinance to Create a Loan for a House of Correction," Is hereby published for public information. John Eckstein, Clerk of Common Council. AN ORDINANCE To Create a Loan for a House of Correction. Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the Citv of Philadelphia do ordain, That the Mayor of Philadelphia bo and he Is hereby authorized to borrow, at not less than par, on the credit of the city, from time to time, for a House of Correction, five 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 tho 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 same, and not before, without the consent of the holders thereof;, and the certificates therefor, in the usual form of the certificates ol city loan, shall be issued In such amounts as the lenders may require, bntnot for av,-fractional fiart of one hundred dollars, or, if required n amounts of five hundred or one thousand dollars; and it shall be expressed in said certifi cates that the loan therein mentioned and the interest thereof are payable free from all taxes. Section 2. Whenever any loan shall be mado by virtue thereof, there shall be, by force of this ordinance, annually appropriated out of the.ln come of the corporre estates and from the sum raised by taxation a sum sufficient to pay the interest on said certificates; and the further sum of three-tenths of one per centum oa the par value of such certificates so issued, shall be appropriated quarterly out of said income and taxes to a sinking fund, which fund and its ac cumulations are hereby especially pledged far the redemption aud payment of said certifi cates. RESOLUTION TO PUBLISH A LOA2I BILL. Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Coun cil be authorized to publish in two daily news papers of this city dally for four weeks, the ordinance presented to the Common Council on Thursday, July 7, 1870, entitled "An ordi nance to create a loan for a House of Correc tion;" and the said Clerk, at the 6tated meeting of Councils after the expiration of four weeks from the first day of said publication, shall pre sent to this Council one of each of said aews- Eapers for every day in which the eame shall ave been made. 7 8 34t LEOAL NOTICES. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR TUB EASTERN DISTRICT Of 1'ENNSYLVANIA. WILLIAM 1L BAKER and THOMAS FARLEY, copartners, late trading as Baker Is Farley, having petitioned for their discbarge, a meeting of creditors will be held on the 29th day of July, 1870, at 3 o'clock P. AL, before Register WILLIAM McMICHAEL, Esq., at No. 419 WALNUT Street, In the city of Phi ladelphia, that the examination of the bankrupts may be finished and any business of meeting re quired by sections 27 or 28 of the act of Congress transacted. The Register will certify whether the bankrupts have conformed to their duty. A bearing will also he had on WEDNESDAY, the loth day of August, 1870, before the Court at Phila delphia, at 10 o'clock A. M., when parties Interested may show cause against the discharge. Attested by the Clerk and Register, in the name of the Judge, nnder seal of the Court. 7 IS w3t INSTATE OF WILLIAM J. ROBERTS, DE li CEASED Letters Testameutary upon the estate of WILLIAM J. ROBERTS, deceased, having been granted to the subscribers, ail persons Indebted to the same will make payment, and those having claims will present the same without delay, to EDWIN KOBKKTS, "l .. . No. 608 MARKET Street, lFv...t JOHN K. MLHPUY, I executors, GERMANTOWN, Or to their Attorney, JOHN ROBERTS, tt 29 W6t No. 128 S. SIXTH Street. CLOTHS, OA88IMERES. ETO. QLOTH NOUQE. JAMES A HUBER, No. 11 North NLtO.Kl) Street, Sign of the Golden Lamb, Aie w receiving a large and splendid assortment of new stylet of FANCY CASSIMERE8 And standard makes of DOESKINS, CLOTHS and COATINGS, 3 33 mwa AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. STOVES, RANGES, ETQ. THE AMERICAN STOVE AND HOLLOW WARE COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA, IRON FOUNDERS, (Successors to North, Chase & North, Siiarpe & Thomson, and Edgar L. Thomson,) Manufacturers of STOVES, HEATERS, THOM SON'S LONDON KITCHENER, TINNED, EN.V MELLED, AND TON HOLLO WW ARE. FOUNDRY, Second and Mlrttln Streets. OFFICE, 209 Nortfc Second Street. FRANKLIN LAWRENCE, Superintendent. EDMUND B. SMITH, Treasurer. JNO. EDGAR THOMSON, President. JAMES HOEY, 6 27 mwf 6m ' General Manager. t Com Exchange Bag Manufactory JOHN T. BAILEY, K. E. Cor. WATER and MARKET SU ROPB AND rWIWK.BAGS and BAGOIHO.Io Hour. 8lt,8upr-Phosuhatof Lima, Hoc Dart, Ktv lrns ud smAii (jVS f" Y BAGS oouuUi OB bud. " Atao. WOOL EAOMA COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OP ALL numbers and brands. Tent, Awning, Trunk, and Wagon-cover Duck. Also, Paper Manufac turers' Drier Felts, from thirty to seveuty-sH inches, with Paulina, Belting, Hall Twine, etc. JOHN W. EVERMAN, No. 10 CHURCH Street (Cu Store).
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