6 cnnss gossip. die of the reputed origins of r.hoss Is that it was expressly lnventod lor the purpose of teaching a youthful rtrcpot that alnfr,aitr all, although of connte the mottimportaDt pcrsonago in the realm, is still able to effect little or nothing without the ABfiptance and support of hi sub ject!. The Indian onjre who thus undertook the duties of reformer of royalty and professor of cheHB, improved the occasion both to convey tbcr truths and lender bccchs to the presence cusior. Ii cbcpB at the outett wrved im le'ton and blho aa an opportunity of communication be tween great pemmnpes and those below them, it has subtequcntly not l ss frequently answered the same purpose of introduction. When noble Ebbeson went to Ilobcmia to seek a wife for bii master, Kin Valdemar, of Denmark, they dressed the I'rinccts In blue silk, and led her into the great hall. They then brought the chess-board and the table of massive gold, that the noole Ebbeson might play w ith the Princess and converse with her alone. At the third move they were agreed; noble Ebbeeon had won a pood wile tor hi Kinp. Ferdinand and Miranda's game, in the Temwf, had much the same sort of character, with the pieitsant difference, however, of love rauliintr in person instead ol by proxy: Miranda. Bwret lurd, vou nlay W; ialse. Ferdinand No, my defrost love, I would not fir the world. M i ami a. Yes, lor a (core of kingdonis you should wrangle, And I would cull it fair play. A similar desire for semi-official Mc a-te!cx with gentlemen nttu'-hed to ner (knnl inignt be one rensou of -our Qurpn Elizabeth's fondues for chess. She even lliiic 1 by inoaim of chc-sincu; as when she sent Sir Cliuries iilount, ufterivurls I)ke of lievonshire, a tcoldcn che.-sinan, and lhat the queen, which be wore with a red favor, anil w h ch caused the Larl of Eex to remark, with affected contempt, "I nereoive now tout every tool will have bis lavor." Ths consequence was that Hir Charles challenged him. Tlioy fought in Marybone 1'nrk, where Essex was dis armed and wounded in the thigh. In Westei n Europe the game of chess is played by two adversaries only, aud never, like domi noes, cribbnge, and some other games, by one against one or by two partners atrainst two, at pleasure. Hut the Kussinus have a chessboard lor four players at once, who play two nguinst two. The nicn for this chessboard aro also more numerous than ours. Chess is supposed to be an Imitation of war. Phrenologists tell us that the faculty denotpd by the organ of Locality gives what is called coup d'all, and judgment of the capabilities of ground. It is necessary to the military draughtsman, and is of great importance to a general. Dr. Gall mentions that he had observed the organ large in distinguished chess-players; and he conceived their talent to consist in the faculty of clearly mastering a great number of possible positions of the men. The squares of the chessboard, amounting to sixty-four, constitute a very remarkable num ber. It is not divisible, in any way. by an v odd numbers, but is divisible by multiples of two, and by two itself, until unity is reached at last. It is both a square number and a cubo number: it is also both the square of a cube number, and the cube ot a square number. For it is the cube of four, which is the square of two; and it is the square of eight, which is tho cube of two: twice two are four, and twice four are eiirht, and four times four are sixteen, and tour times six teen, sixty-four. Chess has been played on a regal scale, with living men, in appropriate costume, on a natural fighting-ground a lawn conveiled into a chess board by paring the grass for the scuares of white, or on a floor prepared for tho 'purpose. Pon Juan, of Austiia, used one of tbe halls iu his palace as a chessboard, tbe different squares being represented by pavements of black and white marble, while disguised boldiers acted as tbe men. At chess each player has sixteen men, occu pying at the outset the two rows of squares nearest to each player, and consequently leav ing the four inteimcdiate rows (consisting alto gether ot thirty-two squares) vacunt and open for the conflict. The chessmen are of two classes. Eight pawns, pions, pioneers, or com mon soldiers, alike iu form, occupy the second row from the player; while eight principal pieces, of different name, shape, aud power, are ranged behind them. The positions ot the pieces on the board are noteworthy, because they are not exactly the same for both players. It makes some difference, in tho earliest niovs, whether you are in the habit of playing black or white. The chessboard is placed between the players in such a way that each has a white corner square to his richt. Tin- cestles occupy tbe cor ner squares. Tne name and signification ol the castle have curiously varied. In the middle ages it was rol-h, from the name of the fabulous Arab bird which fetched Siobad the sailor hW diamonds. The Italians converted this into rocca, signifying also a rock, or a fortress, whence the French naturally called it a tour. But the operation known as "casthug.'Mn which the rokh pastes over the kh.g, is evidently a much more appropiiate act to be performed by a bird than by a fortress. On the Chinese chess.- board the castles are called tche, or chariots of war. The Icelanders replace the castles by little captains, which the schoolboys naraecenturions. They have swords by their sides, and their cheeks are swollen, as it" they blew iu the horn which they hold in both hands. The castle moves perpendicularly and horizontally, up or down, to tne rnrhl or to the left. Its value is estimated as equal to five pawn. Next to the castles, on the same row, stand the two knights, and after them, in the same way, the two bishop?. Of all the pieces on the chessboard the knight is the only one whose movements have never been modified; they are also the moBt singular aud original, resembling those of none of the other. He goes from his own square to the second from bim of an opposite color, passing tho square directly betore, behind, or on either side ot him, to the one diagonally situated either to the ripht or tne left of it. In doing tb's, he only is at hbcity to leap over either bis own pieces or a his i adversary's. Ihe sole condition re quisite is that the square to which he moves be vacant or oecupied by an enemy's piece. The peculiarity of the knight s move has civen rise to a curious problem, whose origin is lost in that convenient hiding place, tne night of aie. Tbe knight's problem consists In making him move to every one of the squares of the chess board without alighting on the same square twice. Two thousand years aso the Brahmins had a way of doing it, which they seem to have kept a secret known only to their own caste, transmitting it from generation to generation. Modern travellers in the Indian Peniusula have seen the teat performed by priests, who refused to communicate the clue to their method. About tbe middle of the last century the question at tracted the attention, of the leerried; and in 17");) the Berlin Academy ot Sciences offered a prize of 160 for the best treatise ou the subject. Since that date many have been the solutions given, some even overcoming an increase ot the original difficulty; thus the Abbe Dtirand aud ne fcSolvyus, or Slyvons, ma le the knight start trom any indicated square, to tiniFh on any other indicated square of the opposite color to the tirst. The latter author demonstrated mathe matically that there xi:'t 20,1 different ways of resolving the kuiehts problem. Troupenai made the knight traverse the chessboard in fvo series of moves; tho tirst series completely over running the thirty-two lower squares; the second series the thirty-two upper ones. Morever, at the sixty-fourth square the knight is exactly within a move of the tirst. Van der Monde also gave a solution w ith a like termination. We give three cities to this chequered laby rinth, in order somewhat to satisfy our readers' ruriocily. In the first, the knight starts from tbe square numbered 1, then to 2, then to 3, and so on, till he arrives at 04, the square con THE DAILY EVENING IELEGKaHI. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, tiguous to that travels: from which he set out on his 42 9 44 i 9 i 40 21 ( 46 7 la 1& TT 63"62 11 l"8i2T28"lT IT "ei" niT'lTi "29" "2T IT vi 7T "aTfT u "To "so T TT 1 "fiTlIT IT T "60l17 80 In the secoiid, Moivre's, he pursue a different course, finishing on a square remote from his starting point: , 84 1 41) 1 2 11 ! 36 39 14 1 iiri'KTiiTiiriiri'iTi'irj 40 I 48 1 83 I (2 : 67 I 88 I 2ft I 2 ) 13 j ' 9 20 i &1 i 64 68 I ttl ! 41 26 i 82 "47l"68"i"61,"66"i 63 ! 14 8 ID j 8j65(Z2(H "5! 27 42 I 46 j3T6irr 21) 4 15 l 7 I 18 I 45 i 80 I 6 I 10 I 43 I 28 ! It is evident that both these solutions can be commenced lrom any one of the tour comer squares ol tbe chessboard. Ihe third, and the most ingcniius, was pub lished by Euler, the a lcorat' d mathematician, in 1760, It is performed as tollows: 42 . 67 44 9 ,40 21 43 "7 " j f Id 41-58 45 i 8 3D 20 ! 1 12 I 43 . 60 61 i 22 i 59 6 ;"47! ' 63 54 11 . 80 ' 25 28 19 !j ; f2 1.13 i2 27 CO 23 . 43 jo! ; 3 04 31 24 29 2li 87 "liT 14 S3 2 51 16 85 4 .49 I 1 I 52 15 31 3 E0 17 "&T This set of moves has the signal merit of re turning on it; elt, or being endless. At square til the knlaht is within a move ol equaio I. With the rou i? well impressed on jour memory, you niny make the kuigiit start lloni any indicated squaie on the chessboard. Suppose square 2$ to be fixed on; you have only to move to square 29, and so on till square 27 be reached, when the board will have been completely traversed. The piece which we call bishop is named bv the Fiench fori, meaning thereby not "madman," but tool, jester, or buffoon, as appears, amonust other proofs, lrom a chess masquerade danced before Ht-nry IV, in 1607. "The order thereof was this: Two men, masked, spread a great cloih chessboard, whose squaieswere red and w hite, each about a loot and a half in width. "After that the violins sounded, and two dressed in Spanish costume. c:ich with a loni wand in their hand, entered ditneing a bald of a grave measure, and then placed themselves each on a camp-stool on opposite sides of the hall. When they were seated, to another air (if halct entered the eieht carnaiion-coiored pawns. They were little children, who danced very prettily, and who performed amongst themselves a bakl of sundry and diverse figure". At the last tigure each took rank on bis square. The eight white pawns had also their own proper balrt, differing in airs, steps, and figures. These took their places straieht in l"ont of the others. The four rocs made their entry, and, niter several tiirurc, stationed themselves behind the pawns, each on his proper square. In like manner the knights danced their entry, and ranged themselves in their places. Also the fools, aimed with baubles and buckler" in hand, with a certain torm of combats and different figures, betook themselves into their squares." The Abbe Itomain, in his poem on chcs, says: "Au jea d'echecs tons Ics reupls ontmis Leg aniiaaux cummui.i dans lour nays: L'Arabe y amut le leger dromuduire. Et l'lndien t'olephant; quant a nous, l'euplo lulut, nuns y muttons den to us " "Amone their chessmen, nations have put the animal6 common in their country. The Arab takes the Iiaht dromedary, and the Indian the dephnnt; as for us, a comical people, we employ fools." Vida, in hi6 Latin pnero, "Scacchia Indus,' which has been greatly admired, culls the bishops sagitliiin juveum, archers, a title very suitable to their diagonal movements. Among Charlemagne's chessmen, preserved in Ihe Abbey ot S1. Denis, the bishop was represented as about to let an arrow fly. m , Turk'sh and Arabian chessmen, in obedient tc religious scruples, never imitate the forms of men or animals. The Abbe Todcrini saw a set made of oriental agate, enriched with gold. In Persia he found a creator tolerance of graven ..mages on chessboards. An elephant (our castle) lu:d two men on bis baeif ; and the kins was en shrined, as it were, in an elaborate kiosk, belve dere, or bov cr. Loudun ilockly. Observations Upon Wine. From a rcadaule article in the Cincinnati Com mercial on wine, we extract: The precise origin ot the Catawba grape is not known, although it is supposed to derive its name lrom the Cataw ha river, in North Carolina. It was first brought proniuiently into notice about torty years siucp, by Major John Adlum, a well-kuon American wine-grower, who found it iu the garden of a Cerman, near Washington, D. V. The most cele brated grape now grown in North Carolina is not the Catawba, but the Scuppernong. The yield ol this variety is prodigious, and it is said that 2UH0 10 I'.OOO gallons ol wine per acre have been made iroui it. This sounds rather apocry phal, when it is considered that the average yield ot the vineviirds ot France (the most pro lific w ine country in the world) does not exceed 2U0 gallons per acre that, in this .iciuity, it is au uncommonly hue vineyard which yields H00 gallons ot Catawba wine to the acre. Dr. Mosher givts Buncombe county, North Carolina, as the oiifin ot our Catawba: but we never supposed anything halt so good could have come lrom Buncombe, which we should rather credit with such stories as the above about the yield of the Scuppernong. There are over ore hundred varieties of Ame rican grapes, the most f which are of little value tor cultivation. The kinds chiefly grown in the West are ihe Catawba, Cape, Isabella, Herbeinont, and Missouri, the tortner being by far the niott vulueble and successful, and, in fact, tbe only one grown on a large scale for wine. Our wne is quite distinct in character from any of Earopemi oriirin, having a peculiar musky flavor, which is displeasing to mauy when firBt tasted, thoueb. preferred by some, aud, alter long ufc, relished by mof-t w ine-driukers. The California red wines have become, of late years, somewhat noMl, but they are, in character, less pure and whole.-oiue than the wiues of Ohio. The American w ines are none of them rich iu alcohol, containing, in ta'H, the smallest per centage of spirit oi any w ine in tbe world. The following table now shows the relative percent age of alcohol in tome of the principal w ines in Use: Vet cent, of Alcuhul. Port Wine 23 Aimlciru 22 Cherry 20 Knrruady 20 Claret. 13 Catawba 9 to 11 Ihe white Khinc wines, hawever, must be ex cepted lrom the abuvc statement, as tucy contain from eight to ten per cent, of alcohol. A voiinp niiin mimed Julius Merritt, ot Cam bria, Michigan, ace dentally shot himself on Fri day night, while Mowing into the muzzle of his gun. The charge passed into his mouth and out of the back of his bead, killing him in stantly. Mr. I-link, a neighbor, aced about sixty years, who was sent for to come to Mer ritt's, s to oxen-cine by the occurrence that he dropped read at the gate just before he racbtU tbe sen t ct the accident j PnOPOSALS. jMHEAClTE COAL FOR THE NAVT, Navt Di"4TMnr, ) ErjRtAC o Eqcipmhut and Krcruitinci, J , December 2fl, lWVi. I Pealed Proposals for fnrnihlrjr Anthraoite ( oal for the Navy, to te delivered flnrinr the balance of the flscsi jtar ending 8th June. 1866. will be re eivod at this buroaa until 10 o'clock A. M 23d Jauuaiy. 1866. Tim so proposals mast be endomsd "rroponals for Anthraoite Coal lor Htemners." that tliey may be aictinpuithed lrom other business letters I he Oder most be lor tho delivery of 60(0 tons, ot 2240 ponnan. I I e ci al mast be of tln t est Bnck Monntain or Black lieuth. or ol a kind equal to them In all ro. spects, lor ihe purpose intendi!, which eqnnhtT will he deipimiTtco bv a Itoard appoiMcd tr the Secre tary ol th Navy afti r tlie reception ol tho bids. Ihe name of the coal proposed to be lurnished must le stated in tho oflur. It fa to be delivered in lunps of nitable size tor naval steamer", clean, ot uniform qnanty, solocted frrelrom impurities, nnn ixed, of which the con tractor will I e required to InrnfMi inch evidence as will he tatisfactorr, ard bo subject to such inspec tion as to quality and quantity aa the Department may dliect 'Ihe coal muai, in ah respects, be satls lnctery lo the nippector or mrnectorsto be appointed by tho tnreau, who will have the rlht of peremptory rejection. Tho coal is to he delivered on boa' d vessels, at nch plnce in the port of New York an may be desia. nated by the Bureau, and in such quantitit and at snch timet as. In tho opinion of the Bureau, tho exipft iK of the service may require; commencing when t lie vrrrel is reported readv to receive earj?o; furiimhltif, il dmandcd otieithan lOOOtnnsper day, to be i1intiiLiucd to card vessel, as moy be di rected, until the loading is eompletod. In the ease of failure to deliver the cat In proper qnanntv, of the prntirr qna'Py, and at the proper lime and place, the bureau will reserve in the con tract tl e rieht to purcl ase forthwith, at tti coo tiEdor's ripk and cxpee-e. that which may seem ntccpenrv to supply the oeticipncy. Artv rkniurruire or other charges to Which Ihe Ksvy l ei nrtnienl mur be subjected from do'av In tho promt t de ivery of the coal by the contractors wi l le d;'Jiicied from tluir bills. 1 he j rice must be tor the conl delivered on toird tpjhiIh, on the terms and conditions above sia'td at tho contiacior's r if 1; and expense, and without cxtin ci nrcc ol anv klrd. Ihe (flcr. as nqimpd bv 'aw. must be accoirpa ni it 1 y a wiittcu juiithiiteo, sicned bv one or more responsible persons, to the elli ct that they under take tl at the bidder or bidders will, if his orthpir bid leaeceptdl. f ntfr n. to obturation, ar. snch tune nsmny be prcsclbid bv tho Bureau, with good and ftiilxiect securities, to lun.ish the supplies pro. posed. Jio proposition will be considered unless aecom pnnieo bv snch jrunrantee; and the liennrtiiient re. ri ves ihe richt to reject nil ti e oilers, if considered to lo to the inteie-t of tho si'rvico to do so. Iwo or more sureties each in a fum equal to tho amount spccithd to be paid will ho required to siFii tie coiitrnct, and their responsibility will bo certilled bv a United States District Jiidce. C'nitod Stntis liislrict Attorney, Collector, or Kavy Airont. As additional and collateral security, twenty par rent, will be witl held from tho amount of all pay mi nts, which reservation is not to be paid, except by authority ot tlie erretary of the Navy, until tho contract shall have been in ail respects compiled with; and the remaining eighty per cent, or other s n eunt that rrny I e due uron each bill, will, when a propt r certificate is lurnis hod by the inspector, and tho bill approved by tho Bureau, be paid by such navy Bp uts as tho contractor niav name, wilhin ton days atiertLe warrants lor the same shall have becu passed bv fie Secretary ol tho Treasury. It w ill be stipulated in the contract that if deta-ilt be made in iho delivery of the conl In the quan tity or the quality, and at the p ace and timo di r'ctedby the burenii then, and in that case, tho contractor and l is sureties will lorleit and pay to the Li ited Slates, ns liquidated damages, a sum of money not ixcceding twice tho contract price, which may bo recovered from time to time, accord ing to the act or acts of Congiess in that caeo pro vided. ' Biddi rs whose pronorals Bhall be accepted, and nom other, will bo notified, and, as early as prac ticable, a contract will bo tram-mitted to them, which tin y will be required to execute within ton daysallPi its receipt at the ptst ollice or navy agency named by them. J fe form of offer, guarantee, and certificate id here with iilven: KORM OF OlFFfiK. I (or we), or , Mate ot , hereby agree to furnish and oelivi thousand Ions of an- thraeiic coal tor steamers' use, at , at tho rate of per ton ol 2240 ponnds, amounting to dohurs, the whoie in coi loimilv with the provisions and terms of tho adveifw icont ot the 20ih nay of Urcemher, 1806, lrom tho Kavy Department, and lieu unto appended Should my (or ourl offer !bo accepted. I (or wo) request to bp inarmed at , and ibat th cos tract rrny be forwarded to tor signatures aud ceriitican s. (I ace.) (Signed) A. B. (La.e) FOI5M OF GUARANTEE. We, the undMsigiied residents oi , in the Stuteol , and of , in the St ito of , hero bv jrintly and severally covenant with tho Unned States, and guarunteo that iu case tho fore going biu of le accepted. will, within len oays alier the receipt of the contract at , exci ule the same, with eood and sullicieut sureues lor the elivtr.v of tlio antt.racito coal proposed, ir comp itmeo with tho terms ol tho advertiie'inent ol the 2iith Uec- mber, 18(15, hereto aptientled, and undet which it was made; and iu otsnihesaid shal' tail to enter into tho conl met aforesaid, wo guaran tee to make good lho dilleieuco between tho oiler ol tl.e said , and that wuicli may be accepted. Witness, (Signed), C. D. (llace) E.p, (Hate) 1 hereby crtily that, to the lest of my knowledge arabehcl, tne above-named guuiaulors, aud are i;ood and suilicient. (t-igncd), G. II. To fco signed by the t'nifed States District -udgo, United States District Aitoruey, Collector, or .Navy Agent. 122tu4t ASSISTANT G.UAIilEHMASTER'8 OFFICE. 1 liiLAMLCiiiA Dti-oT, Junuary t), lWirt. Sealed Troponins will be received at this Ollico until 12 o'clock M., SATURDAY, January 13, 1800, lor tLo delivery at tho United States btorohoue, lianover street wharf. 1'hilade phia, properly packed and leady for transportation the following UcrcriLed Quarter matter's Stored, viz.: H O l'aiut Blushes, lrom 4 to 6 O. best Clinton's, 26 t. arMsb Biuthea, aborted, lest Clinton's. ytC'oal Oil Lamps, JS'o. 2, bonr, lor ollico desks. It 0 Lamp Chimneys, coal oil, Mo. 2. 1()0 do. do. do., io. 2). 1(1 dokeu Lamp Wicks, do , 1 j inch wide. 10 grocs Wicks, Nos. 1 and 2. 8 gross "Wicks, 1 inch whlo. 1,810 pounds Manilla Hope, i inch wide, for Wagon Covers. 2 dozen Chamois Skms. bli barrels Coal Oil, in very best barrels. 10 lands Sperm Oil, in voiy best barrels. 6 gallons t usior Od. 10,110 pouiuls While .Load, in oil, Lewis', In 25, 50, anu 100-i ouiid kegs. 2 000 pound l'titty, iu 2u0-pouud kegs. l.CCO pcuiuig Venetian lied, in oil, in 3, 6, and 10 pound caiu. 4(0 pounds Chrome Yellow, in oil, In 8, 5, aud Id pound caiu. 800 pouuiis l atent Dryer, in oil, in 3, 5, and 10 pound cans. 5 barrels Spirits of Turpentine in tight and best barrels. 2 pounds rulvenzed I'uinlco Stone. 2 Luno s Japan Drying, Lexr Thrptutiue. 1 pron one-pi und Tucking Itott es. - gns two-otiud l acking Butties. 2 giOcB l an e l!ott;o Corks. 2 pioss Vial Corks. All ol the above-named articles to I e of the best quality, and to bo subject to inspection. feamplch of the ai helm bid lor must be delivered at the li.itcd Mate Warehouse, llANOVii.lt STittLT W1IAKK, twcutyiour hours previous to ihe opening ol the bidB. Bidders will please state tho time or dolivory of article.) bid lor. Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible ersoiis, whoso sigi aiuros must bo appended to the guarantee, and ceititied to as hem if good and sufli eient secuiily tor tho amount involved, by the United Mates District Judge, Attorney, Collector, or oi lit r public officer. The right is reserved to reject any bid doomod too hifch, and no bid from a delimiting contruoior will le received. All propesa's to 1 o made out on the regular lorms, which win be furnished on application at thisotiice. By order ot Colonel V), W. McKIM. . hief Quarter ma-sier, l'hiludo phia Depot. HENRY KOWllAW, 1 10 ot Captain aud A. Q. M. N JEW MUSIC STORE. -WILLIAM II 1 BOSIR CO . i- . JIMCHE8KUT Ntrtet. nralen Id Auierlon aod Foreign Music; Pianos, Melo. fleons.snd Musioal IustrumcnUof a 1 kinds i . a suite rtcrjuulu of buius cututly on Loud. 1113iu PROPOSALS. '1 JtKARUKY DEPARrjaKNT, OFFICE LIUIU X ilOUSK 1 OAHD. Wasiihotoii Citt, Jannary 0, 18G. Fealod Froposaia win be reepivedat this olDce nntil 1 o'e ork 1. M., on FRIDAY, ttho9ih day of lebiuary, lblid, for supplying the Lignt-Dotie luda Dhshmcnt with sixty ihousand gallons of the best quality Dure fV inter Strained Oil, either lrd or Sperm, to be divined into tour lots, and to be de livered at the times nndormoutioned, alongside of ihe Government supply vessels, or at tho warououso or other place of deposit, to be doslgnatpd by the Inspecting Ofllcrr, or other ant' prized agont of tho Light-home Hoard, in strong, tight, iron-bound, we.i-mado casks, tuitable lor shipping, in good order, ot a capacity raca ol from fifty to eighty mllons not to exceed tho Utter. Tho O.l may be de ivcred at Boston or Npw York, at tbe option of the bidders, Ihe i lace or dohvtry in each caso must bs dis tinct y ftatrd in the tuna, anu wil. be embraced in tbe con ti acts. The lour lots will be delivered is follows, viz. : Lot Ho. 1. Fifteon thonsand (15,0 si) gallons on the 2a day ol April, 1B86, or as soon thereafter as tbe proper teats and gauging ean be completed. LotKo. 2. Filtoen thousand (16,10) gallons on the 10th day ot April. 1K06, or as soon thernaltcr as the proper testa aud gauging can bo eomplotod. Lot o. 8. Fifteen thousand (16,000) gallons on tho 1st day of June, 1866, or as soon thereafter as tlie pro per tests and gauging can be comple ed. Lot. No. 4. Kb teen thousand (16,000) gallon on the 1st day of August, IBM, or as booh ttiereaitcr as tbe pro ur tots and gauging can be completed. Separato proposals will be reooivnd at thesamo time lor COCO gallons of Colza or Lard Oil, to be de livered ns above supnlafed, at Detroit, Michigan, on the Ut dav nl May. 1800 No bid will bo considered unlets Item a manufac turer ol the article. Ix o part of the Oil proposed for and to be embraced in tho contracts uuder tins adver'iscment will bo accepted, received, or paid tor, until it shall have been proved, to the entire aat.staction ot tho person or vcrsi ns charged with its examination, tost, aud inspection, to le ol the best quilitv pore xViuter S lamed Oil. and iree from mixture with other or mierior oi s and admteratious. I be usual meat s lor determining the character and qua ily cl tlio oieiiii.Ui wiil be employed, viz : spo ntlo tiavlty, burning, the amount of rusiuuiim. aud any oiler proper tests to arrive at correct conclu sions that niav be deemed necessary. lie Lurd O.l will bo subjected to special tests, and will le rejected unless louud to be, in regard to burn ing and fluidity uodtr redue.ion of temperature, aud iu every other respect equal to that of the standard adopted by the lleaid, oi which a sample will bo lur nished on application t tho Light house Engineer at ISoMon, Masi-aehusetts. The casks must be guaged, under the direction aud pei soi a; supervision of thu Inspecting Officer, b a custom house or other legally auihonzod aud sworn gamier, accoiding to the l ulled States standard, and must be marked and accepted belore thoy are re moved tiom the collar or warehouse of tho contrac tor. Ihe tcmi.crati.ro of tho Oil will bo accurately noted, aud the meat-oi oinents rciuced to the staudard temperature ot 60 deg. Fahrenheit, by tables pro pared lor the purpose. 1 reposals will bo received and considered for each lot separately, or lor all ot tho bus, at the option of the bidder; but no bid will be considered for a less quantity thau that spooilied as one iot, to be de livered at one time and placo. Each bid ninst a'atn explicitly, written out in full, tho kind of oil ofTorod, whet' er Sperm, Laid, or Colza, the ratn per gadon, the number ol tlio lot or lots bid tor, and the placo of delivcty, conforming to this advertisement. - Bid suba itted by different mom bora oi tho same firm or copartnership will not bo considered. The Light-house Hoard, under tho authority of the Deparment, reserves the right to reject any bid, al though it may be tho lowest, lor other considera tions than tho price. IS o bid will lo considered for any other kind or description ol oil than those specially called lor in this advertisement. A bond, with security to tho satisfaction of the Depart mint, iu a penalty oqtml to one-fourth of the amount of each cuutiact mudo under tbeso pro posals, will be required of each contractor, con uitioiicd lor tho laithinl performance ot the contract, to be executed within ten days alter tho acceptance of the lid. Each offer must be accompanied by a written guar antee, signed bv one or more responsible persons, and known to the Depanment as such, or certified by a United ISfatcs district indue, attorney, navy agent,or collector ol tbe customs, to the e fleet that, if tho bid bo accepted, tho bidder will duly exoruie a contract in good laith, according to the provisions and terms of this advertisement, within ten days a It or accept ance; and that in cane the said party otfonug shall fail to enter into the contract as aforesaid, he or they guarantee to ninko good the difference bttweon tho oiler of the said arty and the next lowest biddor. All bids must be sealed and endorsed ' l'roposals tor 011 lor Lht-houses," and then placed in another envelope, ard rbroctod, prepaid, to tho Secretary ot thp Lighr-hoii?e Hoard, tVashington Citv. All bids will be opened, publicly, at tne hour and on tho dav specified. laj ments will be made for the aovsral lots of oil within thirty daj a alter they shall have been re ceived by Ihe United States. H v order of tho I.ight-houso Hoard. 1 11 25t ANDREW A. IIAUWOOD, Secretary. Ol FK E OF THE DEI'OT QUARTERMASTER" ioai Leavknwouth, Kansas, I December 19, 1S05. J riiorosALs for army transportation. Sealed Proposals will bo recoived at tuis otlioe uuul 12 o'cioek ou the 81st day of January, 1800, lor the J rausportatioii ot Anlitary Supplies during the year lJ-'tJO, op the lollowiug routes; liou'lK Kq.,1. From Forts Leavenworth, Laramie, aud Kney, und oilier depots that may boustubiished during the above year ou the west ban of tho Mis souri rivi r, north ol Fort Ltaveuworth and south of latitude 42 degrees north, to any posts or stations that ure oi may be established in tho Territories or NeLrnn, Dacoiah, Idaho, aud Utah, south ot lati tude 41 uegr-cs north, ana east oi longitude 111 do. greesxyesf; and in tho Territory of Colorado north cl 40 degrees north. Ladders to state tho rate per 100 pounds per 100 miles at which they will trans port saiu stoics in each of the mouths lrom April to September inc usivo, oi the ear 1800. litL'TK Iso. 2 F'lom I'orts Leavenworlh and Rilcv, in the state of Kansas, aud the town of Kan sas, in the State of .Missouri, to any posts or stations that are or may be established in tho Siato ot Kan sas, er in tho Territory ol Colon-do, south of lati tude 40 degrees north, drawing supplies lrom Fort Leuvenxvorth ; and to Fort Union, N. M., or other depot that may bo desiguatedin that Territory, to F ort Gar and, and to any other point or points on the route, liidders to stato tho rato per 100 pounds per ToO nines at which thoy will transport said stores in each ol tho months lioin April to September in clusive, el tho year 18C0. Route No. 3. From Fort Union or such other depot as may be established in tho Territory of New Mexico, to any isists or stations that are or may be established in that Territory, and to such po.-ts or stations as may be 'cmguujicd in tlio Territory of Arizona and State of Texas, west of longitude 105 degrees wost bidders to stato Iho rate per 100 pounds per 100 miles at which they wnl trauspurt said stores iu each of tho months noui Juno to No ve mber inclusive, of tho year 1800. The weight to bo transported each yeai-witl not exceed 10,000,1,00 pounds ou Kouto No. 1, 1 ',000,000 pounds on Kouto No. 2, aud 0,000,000 pouuda on Route No. 3 No additional percentage will bo paid for the transportation ol bacon, lard, bread, pino lumber, shingiPS. or any other stoics. ladders should give their names in full, as well as their places of rosidenco, and each proposal should le accompanied by a bond in tho sum of ten thou sand dollars, Bignod by two or more rosponsiblo persons, guaranteeing that, iu case a contract is warned for the roir.e mcntiom d iu tiio proposal to tho parties proposing, tlio contract will bd acoepted and entered into, and gone! und sullicieut security lurnished by said part as, in acooruuuoe with the terms of this advert semcut. T he Qinount of bonds icquircd lrom tho contrac tors will bo as follows: On Route No. 1 $100,000 " " 2 200,0o0 " " 8 00.000 Satisfactory evidence of tho loyahy aud solvency ol each I iduer aud pel eon ottered as security will bo equued. 1 1 ero: als miiBt be indorsed : 1 reposals lor Army Transportation on Route No. 1,' '2 ' or '3 ' " as the case may be, and none will be entertained unless they fully comply with all the ro Cjiiireiiieiits of this advertisement. fames to whom awards are made must be pro pared to execute contracts at once, and to give tho required bonds lor tho laitbiui perlormuuco of tho Ruine. Contracts will bo mado subject to tho approval of the Ouarteimafter-Opueral ; but tho ricrht is reserved lo reject any or all bids thut may bo oll'jrcd. Contractors must bo in radimes for service by the let day of April, 1800 and thoy will be required to havo a placo oi business or agon at or in l no vlci nitr of forts Lcuvonworth nil Union, and oihoi depots that may be esiublislmd. at which thoy may b communicated with promptly and readily. By ordoi ol tho QuartoruiasUjr Clouorni. J. A 1'OfTER 12 12 S3 Colonel and Chief Quartermaster. TTWY. STAMP AGENCY", NO. 304 CHFSNOT J Bl KKET, A HOVE Till Hi, WILL BE CONTItfUkD "mffi oKVtRY PKRCRITTION CONST VTf-T ON UAhl ASD IK AH t AA10C.NT. 11 IS JANUARY 11 18CG. MARSHAL'S SALES. MRFjriAL'8 RALK.BY VIRTUE OF A writ of sale by the Hub. John Cadwatader, Judge cl the D strict Court ol the liuUe4 States lor the Eastern District of rennsylvanfa, to u;dirpeted, will be sold at public ale, to Ihe highest tod bent hldrter. for cah on the premise. S. K. corn prof Bit OA D and WALLACK Streets, on 1 UURS DA I, the 18th day ol Jannary, A. D. 180fl, at 12 O'clock M. : ' . 85 barrels Smoking Tobacco. t ; ' 1 Roger Steam Rollor. 2 Rogor Uottlm? llaohines. l Koeer I'ress. 1 Stram Engine and Gauge. 1 I'lattorm Scale 2 lines Shafting and Belting. 1 DrcFslng Table. 1 tin Can. 1 Hox aud Tools. 2 Stoves. T Emp'y Parrels. 8 Empty Half Parrels. 1 barrel pure Yara ; 1 bale, CO pounds. 4 box L qaorice 1 aete. 1 lot Stems. 1 Vice. 1 Tress and Rnxe. 1 Drayton Maehtnp. 1 Drying Apparatus (pipes), lCofloo ihll. 1 Scae. 6 Sievea. 1 I a bio. 1 racking Table and contents, P half barrels t hewing lot acco. 26 Iba. l'ulverized Luinorioe 9 cases and 4 lbs kil ikinick.J 124 Il ls. Smoking Tobacco. 6 bMs., part In il. Stems ot Tobacco. 17 bbls. Sipm Tobacco. 8 half bbls , part full, Chewing lot acco, 262 lbs. ba!ed lobacco. i lb'. Morta 2t0 It a. I broken Stems. Empty Barrel. 2 cases Stom Pmokinc. 1 lot Drvlng Frames and Racks, 1 let Steam I'ipcs. 2 Shovols. 1 Fork. 1 Stove. 1 ream large Wrapping Taper. 20 mptv Hall Barrels 10,672 11 s. Smoking Tobacco. 1 case Dusi r Hmrts. 1 hhd. Leal Tobacco, with sample, No. 6fi BHJ5 1 hhd. Leal Tobacco, with sample, No. 21 47' 1 hhd. Leaf Tobacco, with sample, No. 20 8R2. 1 hhd. Leaf Tobacco, with sample, No. 65 987 1 hhd. l.cat Tobacco. No. 68,401. ' ' 1 hhd. p'craps, No 68 277. J hhd. Uaf Tobacco, No. 62 2S2. 1 hhd. Leaf Tobacco, No. 71 679. 1 hhd. lat Tobacco, No. 68.009. lblid Leaf Tob'ioco, No. 63 204. 1 hhd. Leaf Tobacco, No. 70,623. 4 hbd. Leaf Tobacco, No. 68 4(KV 1 hhd. Leaf Tobacco, No 63008. 1 hhd lxaf Tobacco, No. 60,761. 1 hhd. Scraps. 10 hhd. Sterna. 8 R., No. 211, 20(1, 205, 198, 212. j r 108. 201, 208. SW. 212. 2(10 pounds Scraps. 200 pounds Stems. 10') Staves 1 Lot Samples. 1 Elevator. 2 Hoisting boxes. 2 Casing boards. 1 Drying apparatus. 79 barrels Smok'ng Totacco. 1 Df sk. drawers and can's. 1 1'air Scales. 1 t-iBfe. 3 Chairs. 1 Move. 1 Iron Hat Rack. 1 liCtter Press. 821 lbs. Heartsease Smoking Tobacco. 260 Iba. r-kating Club do do 277 lbs. I'ure Yara do do 1 Steam Boiler. 1 Shalting and Belt. 2 Grindstones. 3 Cases Seed Leaf Tobacco, 629, 08, 560. 1 Lot coal one ton. 1 Horse. 1 Fusiness Wagon. 1 Sot Harness. 1 ttraw Cutler 2 Buckets, and other small ar'iclcs V. C ELLMAKER, United States Marshal, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. rhlladolphla. January 2. 1860. 1 8wfm8t MARSHALL SALE. BY VIRTUE OFA writ of sale, by the Hon JOHN CADWAL ADER, Judge of the District Court of the United Htates in and for the Kasicrn District of Pennsylvania, tome directed, will be sold at public sale to the highest and best bidder, for cash, at Powell Heigpr & Co 'a store. No. 17 N Front street, at 12 o'clock M. on FRIDAY, the 19th day ol January. 18UH. TWKN1Y THOUSAND CIGAItJ, packed in one tenth boxes. yt P- 0 TTXMAKEK. , Pl. ?r,,11a, for Tastern District ot I'eJina. Philadelphia. January 8, lB6tt. 1 4 fhstubt FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES 'pIE FIRE IN CIIESXUT STREET Letter frcm "Wells, Fargo & Co. SllVio SAVED IN HERRING'S rATNT SAFE. rniLADRLruiA, January 2, 186B. SlEssns. Fabiifx, Hr.KiiiNO & Co. Gentlemen : We have Just opened our Safe, eno of your manufacture, which passed through the destructive fire In Cbesnut street, last night. The Safe was In our office, No. 61)7, which building was entirely destroyed. The Sa'e was In a warm place, as you may well suppose, and was red hoi when taken out of tho embers. We are well satisfied n 1th the result of this trial, and rind our books, papers, and some ten thousand dollars In money almost as per fect as when put in tbe Hafc. .Nothing Is Injured, It we except the leather bindings of tho books, which aro fcteauitd; the money and papers areas good as ever. Truly yours, WELLS, FARCJO & CO., Per J. H.COOK, Agent. The abeve Safe can be Been at our store. FAREEL, HERRING & CO., 1 1 Mo. 629 CHE 91s UT t-TBEET. ANOTHER, TK8T HEERISO'S FIBE-PRCOT SAFES. THE TIERT OHDEAL FASHED TRIUMPHANTLY The Herring hale I'se d In the office of onr warehouses, destroyed by the disasUoua Ure ot the msbt of the nth insiunt, v as subjected to as intense heat aa probably any sate will ever be subjected In any dre go Intense thut the brass knobs and mounting of the exterior 01 Hume were melted off and the whole surface scaled and blistered aa If it bad been In a furnace, aud yet when opened the contents books and papers weie iound to be entire aud uninjured This Hale Is now on exhibition In onr warehouse on Seventh street, wl b the books and papers still remain mg In It just as it was when taken from tbe ruins. Mrfr cliHiits. PunkeiB, and others Interested In the protection ot their hooks and papers are Invited to coll andu amine it. J. P. BAi THOLOXV, A tent tor Herring's Ha'ea, 1 1 No f88 SEVENTH St.. Wasblnuton. 1. O WEATHER STRIPS. R O W N E ' S METALLIC WEATHER STRIPS AUD WINDOW BANDS ritEVENT BATTLING OS1 SASH, A nd totullv exclude Dust, Noise, and Odor in summer, as well aa Cold, Wind, and Bain In winter, lrom uoora and windows of every description, without Interfering with their lice ae at all times. WARRANTED dOOD FOR FIVE YEARS, For Chcnlara, with Price List, itelereutes, Ltc, eddrcti the Metallic Weather (Strip Company. DAVID II. LOSEY, Sole Aoent, II 23thstii2m No. 38 S. FIFTH STREET, Fhllada. O W E N HOUSE, LATE "WABKHAM'S HOTEL." ON TUB I EI'ROPKAN PLAN. ADJOININO WILI,ABl'8 I10TIL, WAHllItllON, 1). O. 12Wlm THOMAB P JACKH, Proprietor. J. L. CAPEN, PHRENOLOGIST, 8U0 . eersor lo Fowler, WeUa Co., oivea written and verbal description of character with Charts, daily, at- liaiumiin Xe. 29 8. TENTH Btreeb financial: U, .'8 JSU-U Kl'f lisS a - A SPECIALTY. SMITH, RANDOLPH & CO., BANKERS & BROKERS, 16 S. THIRD ST., 3 NASSAU ST., I FHlLADELFniA. ' NEW YOKK. STOCKS " AND GOLD BOUGHT AND SOLD OX COMMISSION. IIIEIIEST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. 1 a STOCK BROKER, No. 39 S. THIRD STREET, (ROOM No. 4).' Government, State, and Other Loan: and Stocks Bought and Sold on Commission. BTECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO H GOVERNMENT SECURITIES! II A 11 V E K, D U II X E Y & C O., BANKERS, STOCK A2D EXCHANGE BROKERS, No. 55 S. THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Stocks and Loam bonsrht and sold on Commission, I nennent Bank Notes, Coin, Etc., bought and sold. Special attention paid to the purchase and sale of Oil Stocks. Deposits received, and Interest allowed, as per agreement. 12 1 8m 5'20s- 7"30s, WANTED. IDE HAVEN fe BROTHER l-T ito. 40 S. THIKD STBIET. gMITII, llANDOLm & CO., No. 18 S. THIRD STREET, Bankers and. Brokers. Specie, Blocks, Quartermasters' Yanehert and Checks, aad all Goveraaieat BeeuriUei Boaght and Bold. i.io STOVES RANGES, &o. C U L V E R S New Patent Deep Sand-Joint HOT-AIR FURNACE. RANGES OFALL SIZES. Also, Phlegar's New Low Pressure Steam Heating Apoaratus. yon BALK ST 641r CHARLES WILLIAMS, ' No. 1132 MARKET STREET. LIQUORS. CHESNUT GROVE WHISKY. MEKIT ALWAYS ITS OWJf REWARD. An article poseaaslBg Merit will always conquer preju dice, abuse, villfleatton, aud aught that envjr, hatred, or malice can impose upon IL CHESNUT CROVE WHISKY Is a strong evidence of tbe fact Decried by numbers for what simply If Its merits were known and appre ciatedit could not tall to become popular other tnlnga less so In proportion. There is no stimulant giving evl dense of so much, purity as to produce certificates from such highly respectable parties as Uessrs. Booth, Gar ret, and Camao, of Philadelphia ; L. B. Chilton, Mew York ; and Dr. A. L. H ayes, Boston. For Nervous Debility, and all diseases requiring a pure, mild stimulant, there is nothing like It. For sale by bottle, demijohn, or barrel, at 11 MO- i3ij5 N. THIRD STREET. NATHANS &.SONS, IMPORTERS OP OP BRANDIES, WINES, GINS, Etc. No. 19 N. FRONT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. MOSES NATHANS, HOKACK A. NATHANS, OKLANDO D. NATHANS. B 20 ly nunrraovoBiB or LOOKING-GLASS, ' PORTRAIT, PHOTOGRAPH, AND PICTURE FRAMES, AND GILT MOULDINGS' No. 929 ARC II STREET, rniLADELKlIA. ' PAINTINGS, AND A GREAT VARIETY OF ENGRAVINGS ON II AND, OLD WORK RECILT EQUAL TO NEW. 11 A 4m B RIDESBUBG MACIIINK WORKS, JfO. M J. FHOKT 8TKEET, ruiL.lri.rtl!.. We are prepared to nil orders to any extent for our well ti own MACHINERY FOB COTTON AKD WOOLLEW MILLS, Including all recent lmproveuieuM la Caralug, Bpiiialua. and W eavlog. We invite the attention of manufacturers to our utsa afe works. 1 1 ALFBED JESK8
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