THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER .21, 1870 OE Oil OE MA CD ON A LD. ' Tho "coming man" in tbe field of fiction . is believed to be George MaoDonald, and aa his writings are beginning to largely engage the Attention of the reading publio, the fol lowing critical nolioe of hia works by Samuel "W. Duffield will be read with interest: In something lens than three years we have become acquainted with a new name in lite rature. It has drifted to us across the Allan tic, and with it has come a vague hint of a personality whereof in future we may know more. The works of this hand and brain are mainly in a poetical prose, with an occasional rlapHO into verse. Ilis books sell largely, and he is better known as "the author of Annals of a Qniet Neighborhood " than aa George MacDonald. Lately he appears among us as the editor of Good Worth for the Young , always, however, forgetting the prefix "Kev.," and carrying that balancing "LL.D." as "the draigon" of his own liobert Falconer carried tho weight which steadied her in mid-air. . Wo hear of him as a tall man, of earnest demeanor and shaggy beard, proclaiming now and then in clear and forcible speech his own peculiar doctrines of "rightoousness, temperance, and judgment to come." Ho is reputed to havo the ear of his atulience on these rare ooca BiouH, and certainly, if the humanity of his books is a test, he deserves it. Asferbrclc as 'Thantabtes, a Faery Ro mance," his imaginative Rtylo Beenis to have begun. "Within and Without," a poem of about tho same date, shows more deliberate thought perhaps more metaphysics than poitry. But these two books, which were at the beginning of his fame (if indeed he had no share in the composition of "The Green lland, a Short Yarn"), have been entirely dis placed to American readers by other and more mature productions. FirHt, we had as reprints "Aleo Forbes of Howglpn," and "Guild Court, a London Story." To those succeeded the importation of "Tho Disciple and Other Poems," another volume entitled "Unspoken Sermons," and the "Annuls of a Quiet Neighborhood," with its sequel, "The Seaboard Parish." Next came "David Elginbrod" and "liobert Fal coner," both reprints; and current literature was at the same date re freshed by a series of articles on the "Miracles of Our Lord," in the Sunday Mi.ratiiie, and by "Itanald Bannerman's Boyhood," and "At the Back of the North Wind," in Good Words for the Young. In attendance upon these, Mr. MacDonald sent forth a volume of the Sunday Library, uniform with Charles Kingsley's "Hermits" and Miss Yonge's "Pupils of St. John the Divine," which was styled "England's Anti phon." It is a most important contribution to our knowledge of the sing9rs and songs of the English Church. In all these books there is a vein of con sistent, fresh, original thought, often ex pressed in language extremely apt and power ful. It tends towards the religious at all times, and particularly it tends to that blunt plainness as to hypocrisy and cant and sham of every kind in which our dear departed masters Thackeray and Dickens took the lead. But to compare Mr. MacDonald with either, or with both, would be unfair. He has not the same elements in him. He can not, if he would, write in their light, easy, man-of-the-world style, which, like Saladin's scimetar, cuts deep and to the quick. As his is now a considerable place among us, I have thought that a resume of his me thod and writings might aid in a fuller appre ciation cf the man's actual talent not to say his genius of a certain sort. His novels are, with one exception, Scotch in scene, and with a great deal of the dialect about them. Their central figure is much the same a bay, who, while a hearty, active lad, nevertheless has his fancies and his thoughts. This lino fellow's life possesses many points of humor especially in "Aleo Forbis" and introduces scenes and pictures which are at times simply exquisite. This education of the hero evolves the resthetio from its lurking-place within him. A female presence casts a halo of protecting beauty and goodce&s over his path. He has stalwart male iriends adherents of the cast-iron theology of the North, or else scapegraces of a droll and facetious turn, in whom he detects the good beneath the bad. He generally befriends or finds in tho horizon of his career some for saken boy, of a curious devotedness. Rela tives or near friends, of the pure Soottish type, are around him, who, like Falconer's grandmother, have warm hearts under bosoms calmly cold. And, as nearly as words can achieve it, we have a process of photography going on from the day we set eyes upon our principal actor until he goes off the stage, with the closing of the book. SjFor all this, Mr. MacDonald's abundant observation, fruitful fancy, and thorough sym pathy nt mm excellently well. Leaving out such eccentrio persons as Count llalko, in "David Elginbrod," who practises mesmerism and electrical bewilderments, his characters stick to common facts, and invest ordinary tbmgs witn the charm 01 spicy conversation and a minuteness which never degenerates into tedious recapitulation. Wit sparkles in the speech of Cosmo Cupples as naturally as a'brook laucbs in the sun, and you may be profoundly sure that the talk will ripple freshly up whenever any obstruction appears in tne channel. The books are of their own kind. They are professedly of high intention the later ones, by which I do not mean our latest it prints, being the best. One cannot read th m without being stimulated to something nobler and purer, for they may honeBtly be called both. They are a mine of original and quaint similitudes, and their deep perceptions of human nature are certainly remarkable To have realized some of the scenes as he ha, Mr. MacDonald must have known the student-hf e of Aberdeen, and the boy-life of a little bcotcu town, mature, from smallest to largest, must have been carefully under his notice. And in the worm, so wide a it n to all of us, he has Been the little nower grow up in a life, or the great storm sweep over it. This is notably the case in the "Aunala of a Qniet Neighborhood," and its sequel, the latter being by no means tbe best. Here he is shown as a close pathologist. Diioa.se of mind and disease of body, as influencing or off-setting each other, he has acutely studied. As a matter of art, the London Spectator was right when it called this application of know ledge in this book "something wonderful." The sentences sometimes are like tho solilo quy of one thinking aloud upon creation, chaos, and infinity. And of cour.se, as this is trom the clergyman's standpoint, Mr. Mil lion aid is freer, more catural, and (except in "Aleo Forbes") more successful here than anywhere tho. On the whole, Mr. George MicDondald is a power already, and will soon be a greater one. If we fully agree with him, we shall prow euthusiubtio over his earnest defense of his ideas. If we differ from him, it will be With the rc-tp ct due to au honorable opp v rti.t wLi hits hard, and wh-jai it tLill and bruin 8 to mitt. Let it stand to his credit that in an age of loose literature he is like Boott and Dickens and Thaokeray, pure minded. He writes better English (because more imaginative and loftier) than Charles lieade, or any of that ilk. And while Wilkie CollinB outdoes him in plot,he outdoes Wil kie Collins and the rest of the plotters in de licacy and sweetness of tonob. But it is already too plain that (unless he gets more leisure) the work which he has done, and which the world has on its bookshelves, will be the bent of his doing. Should George MacDonald rise hereafter above this present point, high and good as it is, he will merit and receive distinguished praise. And, as a man hardly at the entrance of middle-life, there is no reason why this should not be. Ilis hand has not lost its cunning, and his eye is still undimmed. DR. MACKENZIE'S "LIFE OF DICKE.VS." The "Life of Charles Dickens," by R. Shel ton Mackenzie, LL.D., published by T. B. Peterson & Brothers, is the best biography of the deceased novelist that has yet appeared either in the United States or in England, and we are glad to be able to announoe that it is meeting with an extensive sale. The November number of Uarpcr's Magazine has the following appreciative notice of this work: There is no American author, we hardly know any English author, whom we would Booner select to write a biography of Charles Dickens than Dr. Shelton Mackenzie. For over half a century he has lived in familiar fellowship with the litcra ti of his time. He has that peculiar cost of mind which seizes upon significant incidents, treasures them up, and, as needed, reproduces them. He is, too, a literary critic professionally so and al though his criticisms are not and do not as sume to be profound, they are pervaded by a personality, a sympathetic appreciation of the writer's aim and spirit, a knowledge, in short, of the man, which is, in some sense, the first condition of either accurate or interesting criticism. His critical writings, like his conversational, are always lively, entertain ing,unecdotical. His "Life of Charles Dickens" (T. B. Peterson & Bros.) might almost be termed reminiscences. It contains, of course, a great deal we all knew before. The birth, the parentage, the first captivation of the publio by "Pickwick," the order in which the subsequent Btories followed each other, their literary qualities and characteris tics; in all this thore is nothing with which the newspapers nave not already- familiarized ns. Of tie great novelist s in terior life and character, of what he was in his family and with his children, what in society and in religious conviction and asso ciation, what not merely as an author, but as a man, it tells us but little. Of that unfor tunate but still inexplicable separation be tween himself and his wife it gives us really no information, except the scanty and un satisfying information anorded long since by Charles Dickens' publio card. But of the novelist as a novelist; of his habits of mind and methods of composition; of the ourrent criticism of his day; of the praise and blame which his succeeding works provoked from the critics and the public; and especially of the sources from which Dickens obtained his power, Dr. Mackenzie tells ns a good deal. One secret of Dickens success lay, doubtless, in the fact that he made real characters sit for the portraits which he drew, albeit he ideal ized them in the drawing. 1ms we knew be fore; but we did not know how to detect the originals beneath the disguise. T his, in the most entertaining chapter of. the book, Dr. Mackenzie explains to ns. Tony Weller was a coachman who used to drive between London and Portsmouth. Traoy Tupman a certain Mr. Winters was a well-known habitue of Hyde Park. The "fat boy" existed in veri table flesh and blood, the servant of a gate keeper in Essex, between London aud Chelmsford. Mrs. Ann Ellis, who kept an eating-house in Doctors' Commons, sat for the portrait of Mrs. Bardell. Mr. Justice Stareleigh was hardly a caricature of Sir Stephen (iaselee. ihe publication of "Unver Twist," with its Bharply-cut portraiture of Mr. Fane, police magistrate, resulted in the removal of A. S. Laing, Esq., from the office which, by his brutality, he disgraced, and from which no previous pressure had sufficed to eject him. All the world knew that the Cheeryble Brothers were tho shadows of the Brothers Urant, ootton spinners and caiioo printers near Manchester; but.it is a new revelation that the characteristics of Mrs. John Dickens, Charles' mother, are unmis takable m good, poor, doting, foolish Mrs. Nickleby ; while traits less ami able, yet that awaken the friendly feeling more akin to pity than contempt, in Micawber and Turveydrop, were borrowed from his father, who struggled throughout life in perpetual financial difficulty like the one, but, like the other, never railed to main tain the dignity of his deportment. Mr. Bncket, the detective, passes for Inspector Field, under whose protecting escort the great author made more than one tour of the wretched regions he so graphically described The rascally but accomplished Mr. Julius Slinkton, whose crimes in "Hunted Down" surpass belief, is the exact fao simile of Thomas Urimths Wainwright, the story ot whose incredible crimes, penned by Mr. Dickens himself, forms one of the papers which help to swell Dr. Mackenzie s volume to its goodly size of four Lundrod and eighty four pages. Dr. Mackenzie has not altogether done himself justice. The publio demand a good book now, rather than a better book by-acd-by. And Dr. Mackenzie, writing to supply the demand, has not permitted him self the necessary time to collect his materia! or to arrange what he had collected. His whole book, begun, it is said, on the 11th of June, was finished on the 2i5d of July. But though it is probablo that some more elabo rate and thoroughly digested biography wil supplant his work in the future, it is certain that for the present want there is no biogra phy more entertaining, and probably noue more accurate, than that which Dr. Shelton Mackenzie has given to the American publio, EXPLORATION OF THE W1UTE NILE The distinguished African explorer, Sir Samuel Baker, has sent a letter to Sir Ro derick Mnrchison describing his expedition tip to the 15th Jane last, and giving an inter esting acoount of the present condition of the White Nile. Previous to his departure from Khartum, he had been assured that the Great White Nile had ceased to be a navigable river. It appeared that the floating rafts of marsh vegetation which, in lsoo, caused an ob struction in the river between the mouths of the Ghazal and Giraffe tributaries, having been neglected by the Khartum authorities. had increased so much as to form now an im penetrable barrier. The vast masses of float ing islands continually brought down by the stream Lad produced a new district many luiles in extent, beneath which llows the cur rent of the liver, lne bUve traders, tbu bLut out fxcia direct coiuuumcatiou w.ih th field of thtir enttrpriae, had, however, dia covered a passage to the river beyond the barri-r by the Bahr-Giraffe, which proved therefore tone an arm of the Nile, instead of r.u independent stream like the Sobat. In having Khartum with his flotilla. Sir Samuel resolved to ascend by this newly-dis- coerea passage. He entered the lower mouth of the Giraffe on the 17th February, iu north latitude nine degrees twenty-six minutes. The water was ten feet deep, and the current about three and a half miles an hour, with a breadth, from bank to back, of about Bixty yards. I . A I . A! 1 1. - ' . . . - At inai iime iuo nvcr wan aooiit nve leet below the high-WBter mark of the flood sea son. The stream was winding, and had a mean course from the southwest. Four Biuall granitic hills formed good landmarks in the boundless flats within fifteen miles of the junction, and fine forests bordered tho river for about thirty miles, diversified by plains of extremely fertile soil. As the expedition pro ceeded tbe woods ci.ased altogether, and the Bteamers depended on the supply of fuel stored in the vessels in tow. At a distance of about one hundred and eighty miles np the Giraffe the dry laud dis appeared, aud they sailed through a boundless luHrsh; the river narrowed, the current diminished, and at length progress was stopped altogether by a deuse gro vth of high grass. This was in latitude 7 degrees 47 minutes 4G seconds, and two hundred aud seventy-two miles by dead reckoning from the mouth. As the guides assured him that a passage really existed through this to the main Nile, Sir Samuel set one thousand men to work to cut a channel through the obstruction; and, after thirty-two diys' labor, a canal eight miles long was made, but only to iiud the stream beyond too shallow to float his steamers. He compared the marsh grass to sugar cane in thickness and toughness: and the tangled confusion of deoaying vegetation beneath it, to a depth of live or six feet, resembled a mixture of fashing nets, ropes, mud sailors, Bwabs, sponges, and oanes, all compressed together in a nrm mass, beneath which the water was from ten to twelve feet deep; whild grass, about nine feet hiizb, covered the sur face as far as the eye could reach from tbe mast-head. In the clear river, beyond the obstruction, dry laud appeared on either bank, and forests within two miles. Herds of antelopes and buffaloes were on the plains, and the rifles secured a supply of meat, which was much needed. From the point where the vessels grounded, Sir Samuel proceeded, with Lieutenant Baker, in a small rowing-boat, hoping to find deep water further ahead, but he found the river impassable, and concluded that the Giraffe was only practicable during the season of flood. The whoW flotilla of thirty-four vessels turned back the way they had come, and as the rainy season had set in, putting an end to further progress, he esta blished the equipment, from which he wrote, at Towfikeeya, near the junction of the Giraffe with the Nile. He intended to re main here till November, and then, with all his force of two thousand men, cut a passage through the obstruction in the main river, on his way to Gondokoro. He spoke cheer fully of his prospects; his stores were all safely warehoused, and all his men in fair health. Since his settlement at Towfikeeya he bad liberated three hundred and five slaves, who were being carried down the river by slave dealers; half of them the property of the Turkish Governor of one of the Nile settlements. FIR EA N D BUR O L. A R PROOF 3 A F E MARVIN'S SAFES. She Best Quality! She Lowest Prices! The Largest Assortment! Fire-proof. . , Burglar-oroof. MARVIN'S CHROME IRON SPHERICAL Burglar Safe Will resist all BURGLAR'S IMPLEMENTS for any length of time, Please send for catalogue. MARVIN & CO., No. 721 CnESNUff Street, (MASONIC HALL,) PHILADELPHIA. 865 Broadway, N. Y 103 Bank St., Cleveland, Ohio. A number of Second-hand Safes, of different makes and size, for sale VHH Y LOW. Safes, Machinery, etc.. moved aud.holated promptly and careiully, at reasonable rates. 11 7 fmwSia EDUCATIONAL. HALLOWELL SELECT HIGH SCHOOL FOR Young Men aid Boys, which has been re moved from No. llu N. Tenth street, will be opened on September 12 lathe new and more commodious buildings Nos. 112 aud 114 N. NIN1 II Street Neither eUbrt nor expense has been spared lu fitting up the rooms, to make this a first-class school of tho highest giade. A Preparatory Department is connected with th school. Parents and students are Invited to call aud examine the rooms and consult the Principals from 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. niter August 1. GKOKUU- EASTBURN, A. B., JOHN U. MOORE, H. 8., 8V7tf PriuclpalB. UV . LAUD K It El V J II 8 ACADEMY, ASSEMBLY UUlLDINGS, No. 108 South TKN.TH Street. A Primary, Elementary, aud Finishing School for OCT s and young men. Persons Interested la educa tion are Invited to rail and witness the method of teachirg and discipline practised. Circulars at Mr. Warburu n's, No. 430 Chesnut street, or at the Ac.Kitmy. Open for visitors from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. 8 20 P D Q E U I L L SCHOOL WERCHANTVILLB, N. J., Four Miles rrotu Philadelphia. Next session begins MONDAY, October 8. 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TJODGERB & WOSTENUOLM'8 POCKET - KNIVES, pearl aud Stag handles, and beautiful finish ; Rodgeis', and Wade It Butchers liafcors, and the celebrated Le coultre Puzor; Ladies' Scissors, in cases, of the finest quality ; Rodgers' Table Cutlery, Carvers and Forks, fcazor Strops, Cork Screws, etc. Ear In sirunientci. to tM tnt hcartnjr, of the most ap rriVC'i tt:-t:uci:6r. at P. ilADEJUA-S, K 0.118 TENTH Street, below CUesnuU PROPOSALS. IJROPCSAL8 FOR ARMY TRANSPORTATION IN TEXAS. IlKADOCABTKBS DKPAKTMIT OT TlXaft. CniSF QUAKTBHMASTER'S OFFICB, " 879.) AUSTIN. TeXftH. Hoot. 15. 1870. I ni" ii j iiijnirnin. t-. ,'ii.;f,f(-, nm ifq rcCVIVcfl Ht this office until 12 M., on THURSDAY, the 1st day of I nii'pr. 110, lor the TRANSPORTATION OF ARMY SUPPLIES from tie Jut day of January, 1871, to the Stst day of December, T71, on the following routes, viz. : ROUTE NO. 2 (BY Watbk). From the whnrf at Brazua Santiago, Texas', to Fort Brown, T-xas, and From Fort Brown, Texas, to Ringgold Barracks, Teas; pir 100 pounds for uhole dMance between each I'topoMtB will also state the rates at which bidden- propose to transport to or from each of the atxive i. timed points, otlluent and enlisted men with th'. lr euthoilred allowance of baggage. ROUTE NO. 8. Frfirn Ringgold Barracks, Texas, to Fort MclntOBh, i exus. ROUTE NO. 4. From Indtanols, Texas, or the terminus of the Mexican Gull Raiiroai to Sun Antonio, Texas. route no. o. Ftom tfiu Aiitonio, 'J txas, to Fort MclnloHh, Texas. Fort I tiucan, Texas. Fort ClMik, 'le8s. Fort Mc Ravel t, Texas. Kott (iiincho, Texas. Fort Stockton, Texas. Fott Davis, Tex is. Foil Gnllin, Texas. Fort Kiciiurdhon. Texas. And noy posts that maybe hereafter established In Northwest Texiis, south of Red river. Posts west of Fort Davis will be supplied by Gov ernment teams. ROUTE No. 6. From the Ship's Tackle at Galveston, Texas, to Brcmonti, Texas, or the termluus of the Texas Cen tral Ra'lroad. ROUTE No. T. From Bremon, Tcxhb, or the terminus of the Texas Central Railroad, to Fort uiiilin, Texas. Fort Richarosoti, Texas. And any posts that may be hereafter established south of Rtl River iu Northwestern Texas. The transportation to be furuisUed exclusively by horxe or trams Except In cases of emergeucy, this service may be periormed by one train rx i mouth. Returning' trains will transport supplies from point to point on thedlrtct rou'oof return towards the initial point, or to any point or points beyond the rjrst point oi destination, at coutract rates; and should tran s be sent from their original point of rtet-tiniitiou to another point empty, half the coutract rates shall tie allotted, for the distance travelled B.ali.il tw, I a m J.t. - 111 i , . tn pty, on the Hmouutof stores to ne transported, ami lull rates lor the distance travelled after load ing. Bi bidders will state the rate per 100 pounds per loo milt s at wnicn tney win transport supplies, waicn will ii elude the transportation of supplies accom psujliig the movement oi troops. Euch Mil must be accompanied by a guarantee of at least two responsible persons (whose responsi bility mum be certltied by the clerk of aOourtof Record) that the bidder Is competent to carry oat the coutrart if awHrded to hint; and the residence and post ofllce address of each bidder and guarantor must be stated. The amount of bond required from the contractor f"r each route will ue thirty thousand (30,000) dol lars. Forms ot contract may be seen at tho Qnarfccr 111(11)1 VI O I'lllV II VU1V.DI-VSU) llUUl'l' ' hJ(U i.tl llJLA its. Rmggoid barracks, Brownsville, Fort Mcintosh, and at Hub olHce. The Government reserves the right to nse Its own means of transportation for this service when deemed advisable to do so, and to reject any, or ail mi's otiereu. Anv further Information will be DromDtlv fnr. Llshed on application In person or by letter to this cfllce. Proposals must bo plainly endorsed on the en velope: "Proposals for Army Transportation on Route No " and addrt ssed to the nnderslgned. By order of Brevet Major-General Reynolds, Com' mandibg Department. JAMES A EKIN, Deputy Quartermaster-General, U. S. Army, chief ll. M. Dept. of Texas. in 5 lftt E VM IMC ITT niTPTPF. PfiT TT A RROR J ff.K V XI W j AlVllliJAlAI V w. -.. -rv- u a, KJAJf BALTIMORE, Md., Oct. 20, 18T0. SEALED PROPOSALS, In duplicate, will be re. ceived at this ortlce until 12 o'clock noon of the 31st day of October next ensuing, for the removal of the following "OBSTRUCTIONS" from the Channel of James river, virgluta, below Kichiuond, viz.: At WARWK K BAR, about live tullns below Rich mond, wrecks or three schooners, go, 60, and 80 tons. At. DRURV'S BLUFF, about seven miles below Richmoi d, wreck of iron-clad ram Fredericksburg, fcunk with ornior, guns, etc. on board; Iron gunboat Raleigh, 160 tons; steamer Jamestown (wooden), 1vi;o tons, sunk with guns on board; steamer Curtis Feck, 4fio tons; Bciiooners wytne. Roach, 800 and 225 tons; brig, ITS tons; and a schooner of 80 or 100 tons, mime unknown; also is or 20 cribs of timber and stone, eacn about 22 reel square, averaging 18 feel deep. At TRENT'S, or GRAVE-YARD REACH, ten miles below Richmond, wreck of G.tllego," 250 ions; wrech oi piiui-wmv --riuuie, n ions. Below A1KENS, or VAHINA, aoiit, twenty in lies from Richmond, 3T to 40 piles, remains of old bridge. Proposals will be received for the removal of all the obstructions named above, or a portion but Bingle olds are preferred for entire removal of all obstructions at each point, as named above; or to give a channel at Urury's 6 It. jr 250. wide and 18 few t deep at low water, near rignt bank or river, and fcMire removal s above at other points. Each p'oposal must state time within which the work will be llnlslied, and the method or manner of removal proposed, whether by blasting or other w ite. Some of the wrecks mav be of considerable value, and the bids will state what sum of monov. if an v. tn addition to the material removed, will be demanded ror tne work done. The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids for am reason deemed suillcieut by the undersigned. Proposals will be opened at 1 P. M. or the atst day or October next ensuing, lu presence of such bidders as may chooBe to attend. Forms of proposals to be had at this ofllce. hEALFP SEPARATE PROPOSALS, In dupli. late, will also be received at tho same time, for the excavation of earth required to reopen "Dutch dap Canal," according to plans, etc., in this oitlce, in volving removal of about M.oou cubic yard of earto. sonic above aud some below water; none to be carried over one-quarter mile. Price per yard, measured either In cut or embankment, to be given. Proposals must bs In "Duplicate," endorsed "Pro posals for removing distinctions In James River, and for opening Dutch Gap Oaual," each accompa nied by a pruiud copy of this advertisement, and addressed to ' COL. WM. P CRAIGHILL, Union Bank building, 10 20 6t Baltimore, Md. U" N1TED STATES ENGINEER OFFICE, HO. 2ua S. FIFTH Street. Philadelphia, Oct 21, 1S70. Sealed Proposals, In duplicate, with a copy of this advertisement attached to ench, will be received at tlilal litre until 12 o'clock M. of MuNDAY, the 21st day of November, ls70, for materials aud labor "for repairing the Stone Piers belonging to the United StateB in the harbor of New Castle, Delaware. " Separate proposals must be made for each class of material and labor. Materials will be required as follows: CLASS I. About 1800 lineal feet of heuiblock timber for crib work. CLAS3 II. About 1B00 ponnds Iron bolts and spikes for crib work, and 250 pounds cast Iron dowels for securing face stone. CLASS m. Sufficient stone to do the repairs (both face atone and rubble) are on hand at the piers, except angle stone, which will be ottered for by the cubic loot. Labor la required as follows: CLASS I. Repairs to crib work and putting down a platform for stone superstructure. CLASS II. CnttlLg dovetail Joints and dowel holes to the face stones on baud, and putting ail the stone aa required, both face stones aud Oiling, In place. Proposals for funiithing timber will be by the lineal foot; for bolts, spikes, aud dowels by the pound; tor labor ou timber, by tbe llueal foot In place, Including care of timber aud lrou delivered; for cutting Btoue for each header and for eicli stretcher; for seitihg face stones, tor the lot: for putting rubble lu place, per perch of 23 cubto feet. All materials and labor to be of the best quality, subject to inspection, and rejection if not approved, A deduction of ten (10) per centum to be made on partial pujmeuts. Envelopes to be endorsed "proposals for repairing tbe Sti lie Piers belonging to Hie United States iu the haibor of New Castle, Delaware." For blank forma for prlo'ti ami further lufor niuMop. Ii quire at tMs oillce, where pla.ts sal draw ii'gs or the woi k can be bueu. J. D. KUUiZ, 10 ie Ct Lleatcnant-CoiouU of Engineers. PROPOSALS. I PROPOSALS FOR REVENUB STAMPS. PROroSAI S will b received ontU TUESDAY, the Hut dsy of November next, at 19 e'clock at noon, for furnishing complete Revenue stamps, of the fol lowing classes, denominations, and sizes In present use, and as hereinafter specified, viz. : ILASU 1. Adhesive stamps General and Proprietary, via: Gene'al One cents, two cents, three cents, four cents, Ave cents, six cents, ten cents, fifteen cents, twenty rents, twenty-ae cents, thirty cents, forty cents, Bfty cents, sixty cents, seventy cents, one uoimr, una oonur ana inirry cents, one dollar ana fifty cents, one dollar and sixty cents, one dollar and ninety cents, two dollars, two dollars and fifty cents three dollars, three dollars and fifty cent, five dol- inin, iru uuunin, int uij uuiuni, iwenty-nvo dollars, CftT dollars, and two hundred dollars. Proprietary One cent, two cents, three cents, four cents, and live cents - ULASill. Beor stamps, hocsheads. barrels, half barrels, third barrels, quarter barrels, sixth barrels, and eighth barrels. CLASS III. Stamps for d'stllled spirits, tax natd. 10 irallonq. so fallons, 80 gallons, 40 gallons, 50 gallons, 60 gallons, 0 gallons, 8 gallons, un gaHons, luo gallons, l io gal- luur, iiu gtuiuus, ttuu uu ini:ons, CLASS IV. Stamps for distilled spirits, "other than tax-paid," dh-tlliery warehouse, rectified spirits, and wholesale liquor dealers. CLASS V Tobacco stamps, X pound,' 1 pound, 2 pounds, 8 pounds, 6 pounds, 10 pounds, 16 pounds, 20 pounds, 21 pounds, 22 pounds, 40 pounds, and 60 pounds. Class 1, to be gummed, dried, and perforated, and prepared for Issue In sheets. ( lass 2, without gumming and perforation, pro pared for Issue in sheets, 20 stamps on a sheet. Class 8, without gumming, to be engraved with nine coupons and one stub attached to each stamp, each Btanip and stub to be numoered In serial num bers, and bound in book form. Kach book to con tain l&o stamps, three ou a page, and bonk to be ap propriately lettered aud numbered. Bidders wid sIbo make proposals for this class of stamps, aa above, 800 stamps to the book. 1 lata 4, without gumming and perforation, each str.nip to have an engraved stub attached, stamps and etubs to be numbered in serial numbers, and bound In book form. Each book to contain 4K) stamps, 4 on a page, and bound, lettered, and num bered. Mass 6, X pound to 5 pounds Inclusive, without gnmmtng and perforation, to be Issued In sheets, 12 stamps ou a sheet. All the other denominations mentioned, excepting the 15 pounds, to be ennraved with stub attached, stamps and stubs to numbered in serial numbers, and bound in book form, each book to contain 400 stamps, 6 stamps on a page, aud bound, lettered, and nunn ered. The 15-pouud stamps to be as above, with tne addition of nine coupons, attached to each stamp. Bios are also asked for the M to 6-pounds stamps inclusive, to be prepared and bound in book form, as above described, with stubs, but without the cou pons. Specimens of the above-mentioned stamps may be seen at the ofllce of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and sizes sad descriptions taken there irom. Bidders will state the price per thousand stamps, separately, Inclusive and exclusive of paper, de liverable at their place of business, and also at the olllce of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue In 'WHshlDgtou. Tbe cost of delivery should be given, both inclusive and exclusive of the cost of packing and boxing. Bids will be made separately for print ing In one and two colors. Stamps of Class 1, tho principal coi r to be permauent and the other fugi tive. All the other classes mentioned to be Drinted in permanent colors. The additional cost of print ing a tint npon the stamps printed In one color slioulil also be stated. Bidders will state in their bids the mode of print ing proposed by them, whether plate printing or sunace priming. Each bid to be accompanied with a specimen of th style of engraving aud the quality of paper pro posed 10 ne lurnisneu, ana tne accepted Didder, De fore the final consummation of a contract, will be required to furnish proof impressions of the en gravings of the several kluds and denominations of stamps. 1 he contract will require all designs, dies, and plates to be prepared, and dies and nlatcs to be kept bright and sharp, and that new aud additional designs, dies, and plates shall be made either for the present kinds and denominations of stamps or others, without charge, at tbe pleasure of the Secre tary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of lu ternal Revenue, and all such designs, dies, and plates to be the property of aud delivered to the United States Treasury Department, at tho termina tion of the contract, or whenever demanded by said department. That the stamps shall be prepared and delivered of such kinds and denominations, and in such quantities, and at such times, as the Com missioner of Internal Revenue for the time being wuy uirecu A statement ot the numbers of stamps Issued dur lngthe liscol year ending 3' ih June, 1870, maybe setn at the ortlce of the Commissioner. Aad that all measures and precautions which the Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall deem ne cessary to take in order to protect the Government against fraud or negligence on the part or tho con tractor or his employes stiall be t.iken at the proper charge and expense of the contractor. No bids will be considered except irom parties wno have been, or are, actually engaged In the business of steel engraving and printing, and provided with all the iiecessaty faculties to execute tne work promptly and give the requisite protection to the stamps, 0 ies, and plates in their possession. Parties not known to the Department will furnish proof as to these points. Bidders will state the time from the date of the contract, If awarded, when they will be ready to commence delivering the stamps, ana tneir aauy capacity lor delivery there alter. Bids may be made for any one class of stamps meniioneu iu 1111s nonce, or iur an. Each bid must be accompanied by a guarantee of at least two responsible persons that. In case the bid Is accepted and a coutract entered Into, they will become sureties In ruch reasonable sum as may be required ry tne uovernment ror tne iaitniuiperrorm.' ance of tbe contract. The contract to be made ror not less than one year nor more than three years, as may be agreed unon. In awarding the contract the Commissioner re serves the right to reject any or all proposals in ease it shall appear to no for tne interest or the Govern ment to 00 so. Proposals should be carefully sealed and marked "Proposals for Revenue Stamps," and addressed to the Commissioner Of internal Kevenuo. C. DELANO, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. October 10, 1870. Approved GEORGB S. BOUTWELL, 10 13 12t Secretary. 8HIPPINU. mm T.TVTCRPnnr. iNn orrtrn-xra irOWN. lnman Line of Royal Mail bieanjers are appointed to sail es follows : itv of Brussels, Saturday, Oct. 29. at 10 A. M. Etua (via Halifax), Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 12 noon. City of Washington, aiuroay, Nov. 6. at 8 P. M. Citv of Paris, Saturday, Oct, li, at 8 A. M. and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tues day, from pier No. 45 North river. KATES OF PASSAGE. Pay able In gold. Pav able In currency. First Cabin 17 Steerage 13 IU LAJUUfJU .......... To Paris bU to Loudon 80 1 To Paris 83 20 To Halifax in To Halifax. Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bremen, etc. at reduced rates. Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by persons wishing to send ror tneir friends. For further information apply at the company's omce. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 15 Broadway, N. Y. I UrtOU UUJNZStl.1. 61 D AULK, AgdUtS, 4 B No. 402 C11ESN UT Street. Ptria lelpUla. PHILADELPHIA, RI CHMOND iwn Nouimi.ir ktviuuuid rrvw THROUGH FUEIUUT ADA LINK TO T11K SOUTH A K Lf W K ST INCREASED FAOLUTIK8 AND REDUCED BATEi Steamer leave .mr WFPN KSDAYand SATURDAY at li o'clock uoon, from FIRST WUAKF above MA K. KKT1 liN INO, leav. RICHMOND MONDAYS and THURSDAYS, ana AUlLxulUx UolAitt and SA TITK-lliVB No Uilia oi Lading sicnad after U o'olook on saiUna HROUUH RATES to all points in North and Booth Carolina, via Seaboard Air Uu. Railroad, onneotina' at I orlBUiouth, and to Lf nuhburtr, V., Tuuneawe, aud tne mim Vii...ini. .nd TntinniMnil Air Ijna&n4 Riuhraawl "A&StHA NuW'BUTONOBj and Uk . IX) WEB RATK8 THAN ANY OTUEH-lLvK. Ko chars fur oowmiaaiun, drajiaa, or any expne Of "toliuaWp lnenr at lowest rates, f 1 unimi eeuommod atioot for paaMngem. No. 12 8. WUAKVKonud Pior 1 N. WHAHVtA W P. 11'lil KR, Agent at kictuuond and Cilj l'oint, T. P. CKUWKLL A CO., Agent at Norfolk. tltf DELAWARE AND CfTESAPKAKB I fW- . STEAM. TOW BOAT COM PAN V iZlLJt Barges towed between PlUlad'jIpUia, Baltimore, lUvre-de-Grace, Delaware City, aud tn Wrnieiljite points. Nullum p. clydb a m, Agent l!.plai joi-i N LAluaLliX, buueriutniMieul Guice, i0. IS Souta VlUffes PiUdclpal 4 11 j SHIPPING. gpECIAL NOTICE TO SHIPPERS VIA SAVANNAH", GA. p. FREIGHT WILL BE FORWARDED !VyWllu uur iiBucw ucoynvu vj baa uiuwi on the Wt STERN AND ATLANTA, MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON, ALABAMA AND CHAT TANOOGA, HOME, 8 ELM A, ROME AND DAL TON, SELMA AND MERIDIAN, VIOK8BURGr AND MERIDIAN, MOBILE AND OniO, NEW ORLEANS, JACKSON AND GREAT NORTH ERN RAILROADS, all Landings on the COOSA RIVER. Through Bills of Lading given, and rates guaran tied to all points In the South and Southwest. WILLIAM L. JAMES, General Agent, 10 17 tf No. 130 Sonth THIRD Street. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE PHILADEL PHIA AND SOUTHERN MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY will not receive freight for Texas porta. WILLIAM L. JAMES, 9 28 Oeneral Agent. THE REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON THE PHI LADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM SHIP LINK are ALOM B authorised to Issue throngtt bills of ladlig to interior points Sonth and West la connection with South Carolina Railroad Company. ALFRED L. TYLER, Vice. President So. C RR. Co, PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN ytt.UAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S RRQIT1 ,AK bKMI-MOKTliLY LINK TO NKW iU- Tbe YAZOO will aall fori New Orleans direct, on Tneedar, November I. at 8 A. M. Th. JCNIATa. will sail from New Orleans, Ti Ha vana, on , October - . I rJKOUOH Bll l.H OF LADING at as low rates as by ny other route given to Mobile, and to all point on the MiwiK'ippi rivet between New Orleans and St. Loui. Bed River freipbU rejuippad at New Orleans without charge of oemmiuiocs VFFKLY LINE TO SAVANNAH. G A. rThs TONAWANDA will sail ror Savannah on Bator. dy, October , at 8 A. M. Tbe WYOMING will sail from SaTann&n on Bator day, October 22. THROUGH BILLS OF LADING riven to all theprtn. olpal town in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Missmippi, louisiana, Arkaneas, and Tennessee In connection witlj tbe Uentral Rnilro&d of Ueorsia, Atlantio and Onlf Rail road, and Florida teain.r, at a low rates a by oompetinf lines. BKMI MONTHLY LINK TO WILMINGTON. N. O. Tho PIONEER will sail for Wilmington on Saturday, October Sr.i. at ti A. M. Returning, will leave Wilming ton Ha'nrday, November 6. Connect with the Cap. Fear River Steamboat Oom. pny, the W llminj ton and Weldon and North Carolina Railroads, and the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad to ell interior points. Freight for Colombia, S. O., and Angnsta, Oa., taken via Wilmington, at as low rate a by any ether ronte. Inraranc. effocted when requested by (nippers. Bills of lading signed at Queen street wharf on or before daff of aailino. WILLIAM L. JAMES, General Agent, a 19 No. UU Sonth T 11 1 RDStreat. LORILLARD STEAMSHIP OOMPAiT? lOll NI2W YORK, SAILING EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY. BATES TEN CENTS PER 108 POUNDS, FOUR CENlt PER CUBIC FOOT. ONE CENT PER GALLON. SHIP'S OPTION. INSURANCE BY THIS LINE ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT. Extra rates on small packages iron, metals, etc. No receipt or bill of lading signed for less than fifty cents. floods forwarded to all points free of commissions. Through bills of lading given to Wilmington, N. U., by the steamers of this line leaving New York tri weekly. : For further particulars apply to JOHN F. onL. PIER 19 NORTH WHARVES. N. B. The regular shippers by this line will be charged the above rates all winter. Winter rates commence December IB. 8 8 FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWARE and Rarttan CanaL iSWIFTSURE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. DESPATCH AND SW1FTSURE LINES, Leaving dally at 12 M. and sr. M. The steam propellers of this company will con mence loading on the 8th tf March. Through In twenty-four hours. Goods lorwarded to any point free of commission Freights taken on accommodating terms. Apply to WILLIAM M. BAIRD & CO., Agents', 4 i13a South DELAWARE Avenue. FOR NKW YORK, via Delaware and Rarltan Canal. EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANY. '1 ne b team Propellers of the line will commence loading on the 8th instant, leaving dally as usual. THROUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Goods forwaroed by all the lines going out of Na York, North, East, or West, free of commission. Freights received at low rates. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., Agents, No. 13 & DELAWARE Avenue. JAMES ITAND, Agent, No. ll WALL Street, New York. 8 4 NEW EXPRESS LINE TO ALEX AN idrla, Georgetown, and Washington, u. u., via cncsapeaKO ana ueiaware Canal, with connections at Alexandria from tho most direct ronte for Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxvllle, Nashville, Dalton, and the Southwest. Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon torn the first wharf above Market street. Freight received dally. WILLIAM P. CLYDE h CO.. No. 14 North and South WHARVES. HYDB k TYLER, Agents at Georgetown; M. ELDR1DGB & CO., Agents at Alexandria. 1 OORDAOE, ETO. WEAVER & CO., BOPJG MANVFACTUBEIIB AND CHIP CIIAItOLililXS, No. 89 North WATER street and No. 88 North WHARVES, Philadelphia, ROPE AT LOWEST BOSTON AND NEW YOR5 PRICES. 41 CORDAGE. ElanLUa, Liial and Tarred Gordago At Lowest Raw York Prioes and Ft sights. EUIVIN EL FITLEK eV CO Factory, TENTH Et. sad GERMANTOWH AvenBa,' Store, No. 83 WATER Bt and 83 H DELAWARE Avanaa. 4 is 13m PHILADELPHIA LEGAL. NOTICES. IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OK PHILADELPHIA. Entate of MARCUS CAUFFMAN, deceased. The Audit ir iippoiuted by the Court to audit, settle, and adjust the tlret account of ISABELLA CAUFF MAN. MEYFR GNS, and WOLF STEPPACIIER. Fxecutors of the last will and testament of MARCUS CAUFFMAN, deceased, and to report distribution of the balance in the hands of the accountants, will meet the parties interested for the purpose of his ap pointment on THURSDAY, November 8. A. D. 1S70. at 4 o'clock P. M., at his orace, No. 33 South THIRD Strett, In the city of Philadelphia. SAMUEL WAGNER, Jr., lOlawfrntst Auditor. ROOFINQ. E A D Y R O O F I N G. This Rooong la adapted to all buildings, it can be applied to STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS at one-half the expense of tin. It Is readily trot on old Shingle Roots without removing the shingles, thus avoiding the damaging of ceilings and furniture while undergoing repairs. (No gravel used.) PRESERVE Yi'UH TIN ROOFS WITH WIL TON'S ELASTIC PAINT. I am always prepaied to Repair and Paint Roofs at short notice. Also, PAINT FOR SALE by the barrel or gallon; the beet and cheapest In ta market. W. A. W ELTON, ITS No. TT1 N. NINTH St.. above OoateA, J. T. BABTOK. MHaHON. I AKi'ON & McMAIIO, SntPPIXG AND COilMTSSfOX MSRCHAXTS, io. s t titivi ie njuir, iew xorn, No. 1 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia. No. 45 W. PRATT STREET, Baltimore. We are prepared to ship every de.scriDtion of Fretpht to Plii adi'lph!a, Now York. W'lNili zion, and lr;'i mifdijtii points v. liU p"-oinilr.i'9s an l despatch. CJ.ii: Lvi'.S iil-iLlCAX-tcjs farnic i Al lliV. boUoe.
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