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THE WAR.
Wo have important news this week from
both Grant and Sherman. The former has
shown the rebels and the whole country that
.he has not been idle in front of Petersburg.
Prom Sherman we have full and interesting
details of (he battle of Peach Tree Creek,
Which resulted in the defeat of the rebpls
Under Hood. The rebels, it is believed un
der Early have made another raid north,
this time into Pennsylvania, and we are
sorry to say, have done much damage. In
the unprovoked burning of Chambersburg,
we think they have shown a harbarism un
equalled in the history of their cruelty during
the war.
GEH. SHERMAN’S ARMY.
Battle of Peach Tree Creek,
Peach Tree Creek is a small but difficult
stream, covet ing Atlanta on the North and
partially on the East. It was near this place
that the first heavy battle occured between
our forces and the enemy alter crossing the
Chattahoochee.
Disposition of our forces.
After crossing the Creek, which was actual
ly completed by the morning of the 20th,
our left, under McPherson, rested on the Au
gusta Railroad, south of Decatur, and about
five miles from Atlanta. The Fourteenth
Corps was on the right, near the
mouthjof Peach Tree Creek. On the left of
the latter Newton’s Division of the Fourth
Corps. A gap then occured in our lines for
three miles, which was covered on the south
bank of the creek by a curtain of pickets
from Newton’s Division. On the left of the
gap was concentrated the rest of our army,
several divisions originally on the right
having bsen moyed.there early on the morn •
ing of the 20th, witli a view to strengthen
that wing, in frontof which the enemy made
numerous feints, as if about to precipitate
his whole army against it. The enemy thus
being, during the morning of the 20th, mas
sed on our left, orders were issued to New
ton, Hooker and Palmer on the right to ad
vance and close the gap of three miles. New
ton, on the left, was ordered to move first,
protecting his left flank by the creek. Suc
cessfully Hooker’s and Palmer’s corps were
to close upon Newton, and establish a new
line as far ub possible in advance of the tren
ches, which they had constructed a half mile
south of Peach Tree Creek immediately after
crossing.
Skirmishing.
! Accordingly, about 1 P. M., Newton de
ployed fivejregiments as skirmishers and,
pushed forward handsomely, driving clouds
of the enemy’s sharp-shooters before them,
and scattering their Bkirmish reserves. By
3 P. M. he had advanced three-fourths of a
mile and carried a prominent ridge in his
front, on which, after sending fresh skirmish
lines forward, he proceeded to establish his
division. His troops unslung knapsacks,
stacked arms, and fell to erecting a rail bar
ricade with a will. Hooker now advanced
from his trenches. Butterfield’s Division,
now commanded by General Ward on the
left, Geary in the centre and 'General Wil
liams on the right. Palmer prepared to ’
close up on Hooker, whenever the latter
should establish his new line. The country
. river which this advance was progressing, is
difficult oreek9,'“Sdu JO pSftraliy ,e
dense undergrowth. In the advance, prison
ers were oaptured at different points along
the line, who unanimously stated that no
considerable body of their troops was nearer
than a mile and a half. They were, beyond
doubt, sent out to be captured for this pur
pose. Not less than three-fourths of the en
tire Rebel army were concealed within,
musket-shot of our skirmishers.
The Battle.
It was about half-past three when the
enemy's skirmishers, advancing as if to re
connoitre, gave notice that something was
impending. Our line had halted longer
than was expected, and just upon the point
Df resuming the advance, when this appear
ance of the Rebels determined Newton to
fernain behind his hastily constructed works
on the hill, and Hooker to march his troops
at once from the lower ground in front of
him, so that he might connect with New
ton's right. The ord6r to advance was
scarcely given, when from the high ground
north of the stream, all Hooker's batteries
and part of Howard’s broke forth in a simil
taneous peal of thunder. The Rebel legions
were pouring forth from the woods beyond
the open fields at the top of the ridge, and
pressing forward, rank behind rank, in start
ling and magnificent array, seemed resolved
to crush at one blow whatever might oppose
them. 1 his spectacle the artillerists upon
the elevated ground north of the creek
could plainly see, but the infantry, climbing
up the hill, on the south, could not. A mo
ment later, and a savage yell upon the left,
followed by the clang and clatter of ten
thousand muskets, announced that New--
ton s Division had been assailed by the foe.
On Newton’s left the enemy did not wait to
push forward a skirmish line, but charged
at once in lines of battle, two and three
deep. Our skirmishers in advance of our
hastily constructed works, were driven in
with the velocity of a whirlwind, and as
they rushed back in disordered haste, came
near throwing into confusion the extreme
right of Newton, and for a moment caused
it to give way.
_ Meantime Brigadier General Geary’s Di
vision of Hooker’s Corps, which was con
;Biderably in advance of both William’s Di
vision on the right, and Ward’s (Butter
field’s) on the left, was struck by the rush
ing storm and temporarily shattered. Both
his- right.and his centre brigades were
pushed from their positions after a short
anii desperate resistance, and hurled-down
Hie hill nearly to the banks'of the creek.
General Ward’s Division was still advancing
up the hill-aide, when the-wary old Ken
•tucKian who at present leads it saw, as he
then supposed, both Geary on his right; and ,
Newton on his left overthrown. He was|
about to detach three or four regiments to
their, assistance when, to his astonishment, |
- the whole scene was changed as if by magic.
'Newton’s line became firm as a rock and* i
-without another sign of wavering, continuedj
-to pour into the Rebel host a steady, unin-'
-terrupted and deadly fire. Even the Btrag
.gler’s _ from his skirmish line were rallied
and did excellent service in a manner I shall
describe presently. At the same time
Geary’s disordered regiment reformed even
under a withering fire from the enemy,
while a couple of his batteries directing
their pieces full at the right flank of the
lines which had driven us back, tore them
in pieoes with a tornado of shot and shell.
The indentation in our lines produced by
the giving way of Geary’s two brigades ’be
came a pit of death, into which hundreds of
maddened Rebels plunged, only to die, or
if&ll wounded and bleeding upon the sod.
jtot another inch did Geary retire, but began
slowly to advance until, when the fisrht
closed, he occupied exactly the same ground
as when it began.
It was just ns General Ward became con
vinced that all was going well with Newton
and Geary, that his own line reached the
edge of the kind of table-line I have described
only to find itself confronted, at a distance
of thirty paces, by the flower of the Rebel
army! . The fearful tumult, that at once
broke forth was such that no man could tell
which portion of it was the roar of musketry,
and which the fierce, indignant, defiant yell
that each host hurled at the other. Both
were surprised. Our men scarcely knew
that the enemy had emerged from the op
posite woods, when they found themselves
full in their presence. The Rebels, disap
pointed elsewhere, supposed -that they had
reached their long-looked-for gap, but found
instead a line of battle and sheet of vindic
tive fire! Both lines instantly charged for
ward, pouring the leaden hail full into each
others’ bosoms. They stood in some places
but fifteen feet apart, and still hurled death
in each others’ faces. They charged again,
and the men intermingled and fought hand
to hand ! In places the lines crossed each
other, and then wheeled around only to re
new the combat, the Rebels facing Atlanta,
the soldiers of tbeUnion Peach Tree Creek!
So intense was the interest among our men
to repel the Rebels in their immediatefront,
that they did not perceive that a small
column had passed around entirely to the
left of Blake, and penetrated the right of
that long line of skirmishers which I have
described as alone holding the huge gap
between Newton and Wood, until they
heard the noise of conflict immediately in
their rear. The Rebels had reached the
Buckhead and Atlanta road. But there
was one man near-by who saw these Rebels
and marked them as doomed. General
Thomas was overlooking the progress of the
fight in the rear of Newton. The moment
he perceived the body of Rebels I have
mentioned, he hastily got together a force
of pioneers from Kimball’s brigade, some of
the straggling skirmishers who had fled be
fore the first rebel onset, and a couple of
pieces of artillery. Taking immediate'per
sonal command of this novel battallion, he
assailed the astonished Rebels, and killed
and captured the whole body.
Complete Defeat of the Enemy.
All along the portion of our line which
we have just reviewed, the noise of battle
continued to resound. At every point the
Rebel battalions seem to have enlarged at
least three times, and thrice the ground was
left' literally covered with their dead and
mangled bodies. Against our single unpro
tected line of battle on Hooker’s front, they
hurled repeatedly two and three; and al
though our loss was here most terrible, yet
that of the Rebels so far exceeded it as to
be almost unexampled ia the history of
warfare. By nightfall the charging squad
rons had been everywhere repulsed, and
driven in confusion and dismay back to
their barricades. When'this consummation
became fully evident, there arose all along
our battle-begrimed ranks, so loud, so'strong,
so exultant, so terrible a eheer, that it mast
have paled the cheeks of guilty traitors even
in the streets and houses of Atlanta.
Losses.
Our losses in this fearful conflict, includ
ing every part of the line, will amount to
about 2500 men, of whom very Jnearly 2000
fell in the fierce struggle on the centre. The
rebel loss in killed, wounded and prisoners,
was not less than 6500. At least one-half
the rebel army was engaged, the prisoners
tßkeDr-Wlouglug- iu'ai '
corps. The fight was a most dismal inaugu
ration of Hood’s new command.
_ Battles of the 20th —
Slafor-GfsfeFftl Thomas, commanding the
Army of the Cumberland, has issued the fol
lowing interesting circular to the army near
Atlanta:
Armt Head-Quarters, July- 2G.—Tlie Ma
jor-General commanding the army congratu
lates the troops upon the brilliant success
attending the Union army in the late battles.
In the battle of the 20th inst., in which the
Twentieth Corps, one Division of the Fourth
Corps, and a part of the Fourteenth Corps
were engaged, the total Union loss was, kil
led, wounded and missing, 753. In front of
the Twentieth Corps there were put out of
fight six thousand Kebels. Five hundred
and sixty-three of the enemy were buried by
our own troops, and the rebels were permit
ted to bury two hundred and fifty of their
dead. The, Second Division of the Corps re
pulsed seven different assaults'of the enemy,
with slight loss to themselves. This fight
must have swelled the number of dead and
buried by the rebels to beyond three hun
dred. We also captured seven stand of
colors. No official report has been received
of the part taken in the battle by the Four
teenth Corps. ,
In the battle of the 22d,--the total loss in
killed, wounded and missing, was three
thousand five hundred, and ten pieces of
artillery. The rebel loss in captured was
three thousand two hundred. The known
dead of the enemy, in front of the Fifteenth
and Sixteenth Corps and one division of
the Seventeenth, was two thousand one
hundred and forty-two. The other divisions
of the Seventeenth Corps repulsed six as
saults of the enemy before they fell back,
which will swell the rebel loss in killed to at
least 3000. The latest report states that we
buried over 3200 rebels in the field. We
captured from the enemy 18 stands of
colors and 5000 stands of arms.
By command of Maj.-Gen. Thomas.
The battle of the 28th was an assault in
force on the Fifteenth Corps, and appears to
have resulted in as complete a defeat of the
rebels as that of the 22d. Six hundred and
forty-two dead rebels were buried: by our
forces after that battle.
General Howard has been assigned to the
command of the Army of the Tennessee, in
place of General McPherson.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
On the-morning of 3oth nit., Gen.
Grant put into execution a plan which he
had been working at for some time for re
moving the largest and most important of
the rebel forts in his front. The news of this
exploit took the majority of the people of
the North by surprise, but the rebel press
indicated more than a week ago their sus
picion of such a purpose on the part of Grant.
Spades and shovels in this instance have
been used to some effect, but in a manner
never before known to the army of the Po
tomac. Lee may be the greatest General of
the age, as some of the Copperhead journals
have frequently asserted, but there are some
things which he has yet to learn from the
modest “mudsill” of Illinois,who commands
the armies of the Union.
Complete accounts have not been received
as we write, but enough is known to show,
that the initial step succeeded, and that
theoretically the movementof G,en .Grant has
achieved a success. Apparently .inactive for
a month, he has been steadily and with rare
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PHTLATH LPBIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1564,
patience, approaching and underreaching
the intricate defenses of Petersburg, content
to endure meanwhile, the imputation of
failure, repeatedly and exultantly made by
the Rebel papers of Richmond and their
Copperhead allies of the north. The secret
has been well kept. Briefly stated, the pur
pose of the movement was to open a gap in
the Rebel defenses by tbcexplosion of amine,
and through it to pour in troops enough to
get possession of the line whereof the de
stroyed battery formed one essential portion.
Explosion of the Mine.
The only concise account that has reached
us of the explosion of the mine in front of
the 9th corps is dated from headquarters of
the army July 30th. It says :
The great event so long anticipated, name
ly, the explosion of the mine unde} tfie
Rebel fort in front of the 9th Army Corps,
came off this morning at 4:40 o'clock.
Picket firing was kept up all night, arid in
fact at the time the match was applied to
the mine, the skirishers were still engaged
on both sides. The volume of dirt thrown
up was immense, and rising over three hun
dred feet in' the air, resembled an imniense
earth fdTmtain more than anything else.
The 9th Corps at once charged the works,
driving the Rebels to their second line of
intrenchments, and taking a number <5
prisoners, some of whom were dug out of the
dirt badly bruised! These Rebel prisoners
state that only about a dozen remain of their
regiment, a South Carolina one. As sobn as
the explosion took place, 120 guns immedi
ately opened on our front, while the
musketry blazed in one continuous line; of
fire along the front of the 9th Corps. The
scene is one long to be remembered
by those who witnessed it. The smoke
from the guns soon obscured the view, and
the first particulars of success were gleaned
from those who came in with the prisoners.
The prisoners say we completely surprised
those in their front, they being mostly asleep
at the time. The prisoners also state that,
there were four guns in the fortification,
which, of course, were buried far out of sight.
One of the prisoners stated that they jrere
busy mining under our works, and that in
two days more they would have been ready
to blow them up. Reports just in say 'ihat
we have possession of the entire first line of
the Rebel works, with a large number of
prisoners. Our lossin theoharge was severe,
as our men had to cross an open field to reach
the Rebels. The troops engaged were the
Bth Corps with the 18th supporting them,
the 2d and sth being in reserve. The firing
is still going on with great fury, consisting
principally of musketry.. Gens. Grant ana
Meade, with all the corps generals, are at
the front, watching the progress of affairs-.
Description of the Mine.
As Grant’s manner of destroying earth
works is somewhat of a novelty in the history
of warfare, we give a description of the
mine. Our men reached the proper place
for the construction of the mine by means
of a tunnel running from our bxterior line
of works to directly under the rebel fort.
The excavation of this tunnel cost much la
bor.
After it was sufficiently evident that a
point directly under the fort was reached the
construction of the mine was commenced.
The angle of-the fort projects towards our
Unoa,.<ui<i~»*,»4oE_±liis Angle the tunnel, di
verged into two galleries, each running as’
near as could ba_ascerlained, under each
side. It wig-- u. - ur.tgntKm-TOtm, a i-» t irojaine
consisc-or eight magazines, placed at infer
vals alon g these branch galleries, so that the
entire length of the fort might blown up, in
place of one spot. Preliminary experiments
were made by Colonel Pleasants with car
tridges of powder, which he inserted in the
earth and ignited by a fuse. He ascertained
that the work of making a breach would be :
more effectually secured by distributing, the
powder instead of putting it in bulk. In,
the latter case the explosion resulted in a
deep and broad crater; in the former in a
wide chasm. Where the cartridges—his
miniature magazine—were not disconnected
by packing, the tendency’ of the explosion
was to find yen t.;%t the first hole. Hence he
resorted to packing between the magazines,
or, as it is technically known, “ tamping."
The magazines are eight in number—four in
either branch gallery, in some cases they
ar^ built in niches, and again right across
the tunnel. They are two by two, and the
explosion will result in four craters, tangent
to or intersecting each other. The explosion
of the magazines will be effected through
tubes of pine wood six inches square, half
filled with powder. These run along the
bottom of the tunnel, and enter the magazine
through openings made for them. Between
each pair of magazines and over the tubing
is the “ tamping” of sand bags and. logs.
The tubes extend only one hundred feet from
the mine, thence they are connected .With
the mouth of the tunnel by fuses,ithe regular
“sure fire," coal mining fuses of Pennsyl
vania being prooured specially for the. pur
pose. Tbequantity of powder used to charge
-the mine was six tons.
Eater advicesfrom Gen. Grant’sarmyslate
that the assault which followed immediately
on the the explosion of the mine was unsuc
cessful, our troops being unable to hold the
works after they had been captured. This
was owing to the failure of the colored
troops to make a charge upon a certain line
of works. Oar loss is estimated at 2 000
killed, wounded and missing.
INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
On the morning of the 28th a rebel force
crossed the Potomac at Williamsport, and
marched directly upon Chambersburg. En
tering that town, they demanded a contri
bution of half a million' dollars. This de
mand, considering the size of the town, vras
simply a pretext for burning the place,
which tbe rebels at once proceeded to do.
The following account will show the charac?
ter of the invaders :
The burning of Chambersburg is described
by fugitives, who reached Harrisburg late on
Saturday night, as having been terrific and
horrible in the extreme.
After McCausl&nd bad taken formal pos
session of the town, he made a proclamation
to the citizens, demanding one hundred
thousand dollars in gold. It was of course
impossible to comply with such a demand, a
demand no doubt made confident of its fail
ure, and sure of its affording a pretext to
execute the premeditated plan for destroy
ing Chambersburg. The fact of the most
valuable portion of the merchandise of the
town having been removed, added to the
rage and disappointment of the rebels, and
when thus inspired, the order was issued to
fire the court-house, town hall and' bank
buildings.
A strong breeze prevailing at the time,
soon cofumuhicated the flames to surround*
The Mine.
The Assault Unsuccessful.
ing buildings. Parties of soldiers, having
sacked several drug and chemical stores,
had manufactured turpentine balls, which
they threw in all directions, thus creating
as many different flames in different locali
ties of the town, which soon united in one
general terrific and devouring conflagration.
Speedily the scene became heart-rending
and appalling, the cracking and roaring of
the flames, as they leaped from house Co
house, the shrieks of terrified women, the
cries of panic-stricken and suffering chil
dren, the pitiful appeals of the old and help
less, as they were heard above the noise of
the conflagration, only served to elicit the
derision of the base wretches who came thus
to Facie and destroy the town.
Everywhere families were rushing from
their homes to find safety in the desolated
fields around Chambersburg. Women could
be seen wildly seeking for children that were
lost, while children were weeping for parents
who could not be found, A gentleman who
communicated these brief factssaysthat the
history of modern warfare contains nothing
to equal the atrocity and unprovoked bar
barity of this burning of Chambersbui-g.
Pursuit of the Raiders,
When General Averill reached Chambers
burg the flames had attained such headway
as to render it impossible for his men to stay
their devouring progress. Hence the word
onward rang along his line, and onward it
was at such a speed as men never before
took.
The rebels hurried over the St. Thomas
'road towards HcConnellsburg, but the rear
of the retreating colhmn could not fail to
distinguish the approach of Averill, so they
were prevented from committing any deeds
of violence to the people of the rich district
through which they passed, and when they
reached McConnellsburg they had neither
time to levy a contribution, light a torch or
kindle a fire, Averill came thundering after
them. He entering at one side of McCon
nellsburg while the invaders left at the other.
It is believed in official circles that the
rebels, after having been severely punished
at McConnellsburgh, pushed on towards
Hancock, where they effected a crossing.
This being so, makes it certain that there
are no rebels at least of the column that
moved from Williamsport last week, now in
the State.
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panies manufacture but one kind of machine each, and
cannot offer this opportunity of selection to their cus
tomers.
•O'Pamphlets containing samples of Sewing, Embroi
dery, Sc., sent free to any address.
Office, 730 Chestnut st M
PHILADELPHIA/
fe29eow
x EADY-MA.DE clothing.
Wanamaker & Brown,
JFint ©lot
Oak Haß,
S. E. cor. Sixths Market.
Custom Department, [
10. 1 South: Sixth Street.
Hesrvharper,
520 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
Dealer in and Manufacturer of
WATCHES, PINE JEWELRY,
SrJLVjBR IfeffjßJg,
AND SUPERIOR PLATED GOODS
AMERICAN BELL CO.,
No, 91 Liberty Street, New York.
ctmTXTXT I AT 20 CENTS PER POUND
STEEL
COMPOSITION
(Apparatus. Old Bells taken
U PT T G ||ets*oontainingpricesf siseA
jD Li Li jj O • “i reoo “ llne hdat!oS
who have them
V «4® r tf^ MBBICAN BELI< company.
INSURE YOUR LIFE
HOME COMPANY.
LlflllMEi MICTMAIY
Walnut Street, S. E. cor. of Fourth.
DTCOME POP. YEAR 1863, OVER
$200,000.
LOSSES PAID DURING THE TEAR AMOUNTING TO
Insurances made upon the Total Abstinence Rates,
the lowest in the world. Also, upon JOINT STOCK
Rates, which are over 20 per cent. lower than Mutua
Rates.
THE TEN-YEAR NON-FORFEITURE PLAN, by
which a person insured can make all his payments in
ten years, and does not forfeit, should not be able to
pay his full TEN years, is now a most popular method
of Insurance.
Insurers upon the MUTUAL SYSTEM in this Com
pany have the additional guarantee of
$250,000
CAPITAL STOCK alt paid Up IN CASH, which, to
gather with CASH ASSETS, now on hand, amount to
OVER 1
The Trustees have made a DIVIDEND on all Mutual
Policies in force December 31,1863, of
of the amount of PREMIUMS received during the
year, which amount is credited to their Policies, and
the Dividend of 1860, upon Policies issued that year is
now payable as the Policies are renewed.
THE AMERICAN IS A HOME COMPANY.
Its Trustees aro welt known citizens in* our midsi
entitling it to more consideration than those whosf
managers reside in distant cities.
Board of Trustees.
Alexander WhiUdin, William J. Howard,
J. Edgar Thomson, Samuel T. Bodine,
George Nugent, John Aikman,
Hon. James Pollock, Charles F. Heazlitt
Albert C. Roberts Hon. Joseph Allison,
P. B. Mingle, Isaac Hazfehurst,
Samuel Work.
ALEXANDER WitILLDIN, President.
SAMUEL WORK, Vice President.
JOHN C. SIMS, Actuary.
JOHN S. \Y ILSON, Secretary and Treasurer. 1
CHARLES G. ROBESON, Asst. Secretary
IS TEH
BEST REMEDY KNOWN
FOE ALL
BILIOUS COMPLAINTS, HICK, HEADACHE,
COSTIYENESS, INDIGESTION. HEART
BURN, SOUR STOMACH, SBA SICKNESS,
Ac. Ac.
Dr. JAMES R. CHILTON, tho Gubat Osemist, says ;
I know its composition, and have no doubt it will
prove most beneficial in those complaints for which it
is recommenced.”
DHPiSIOJfAS iBOYD says: “I strongly eemmend it to
ofth&publi*.”
LUDLOW says: * I can with confi
dence recommend it.”
Dr. GEORGE T. DEXTER says: “In Flatulency,
Heartburn, Costiveness, Sick Headache, Ac- the SELT
ZER APERIENT m my hands has proved indeed a
valuable remedy.”
For other testimonials see pamphlet with each bottli
ANOTAUXUIUu/ ONLY BY
A
278 Kreenwicli Street, We vr York
49- FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS--®#
ENVELOPES! Oil! EIVEISFISI
Paper i paper i paper/
INITIALS I INITIALS! INITIALS
Stamped free of charge,
Stamped free of charge.
Initials stamped on free of charge,
At MAGEE'S, 316 Chestnut street,
At MAGEE'S, 316 Chestnut street
. Between Third and Fourth.
THOMAS CAERICK & CO.,
1905 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
CRACKERS, PILOT AND SHIP BREAD,
SODA, SUGAR And WINE BISCUITS, FIC-NICS,
JUMBLES ant,’ GINGER NUTS,
A. PEE’S, SCOTCH AND PTHER OAHEB.
Cracker in any quantity. Djrders promptly
DENSERVO!
is a moat invaluable, reliable and delightful preparation
FOR THE TEETH AND GUMS.
To a great extent in every case and entirely in many,
it prevents decay of teeth. It also strengthens the
teeth beautifully clean andlhe breath
It is highly recommended by both Doctors and
Dentists, and is believed to be as good a preparation,
for the teeth and gums as science and experience has
ever produced.
Prepared and sold by -
S. T. BEALE, DENTIST, 1
IU3 Chestnut street; Philadelphia,Pa.
49* For sale by Druggists. V ;. iv-
Price SI per Jar.
932-tf
FOR MARKING LINEN, MUSLIN, SILK Ac,
By yean of use has proved itseli
vip ffiisT, aesir paisajAiiaH*,
MOST RELIABLE MARKING INK
Manufactured only by
VA BB AST ft m% 1«
278 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK.
INI YOUB OWN
$62,000.
$BOO,OOO.
FIFTY PER CENT.
In the world.