'RARIORAQFOLD PdETRY. .
Ih Chm nl It OrlvlH.
It was the opinion of ,Pr. Brown, tho author
ot the 'Tllstorr of the Rise and Progress of
roetry,nM conceited from descriptions srlven
of the entertainment by the Iroquois and II arona
of Father La 8 tan, that the dramatic and Odio
poetry ot the Greeks, with strophe, antlstrophe,
andicpode, or with verse and chorus, wai a
natural growth from the song-dancers of savag
life. Ilia oplalon would have been con8rtned,
if he bad gathered what is now known of the
eong-dfcDcea of other tribes In America, Poly
nesia, and Africa. ..;
The circle was the form most readily taken by
a crowd of lookers on, at an open piece of action,
as it la that taken by children about a street
acrobat, or by men round a boxing match.
But, while our acrobats and boxers answer to
the single dramatis persomt of dramatic poetry,
it is still an open question, whether the chorus
arose from a musician, like the piper, alitor the
drama, or was at first the body of bystaudors.
Dr. Brown thicks that the chorus in lis original
state was, indeed, the audience who surrounded
the narrator or actor, and answered him, at
every pause, with shouts of triumph, approba
tion, or dl"like.
Among the Tones tribe, -in the tlrrio of Captain
Cook, a trained chorus ot many men ws set in
the inidile ol the ring, and played music or sung
words in answer to the performers. It was so
in a performance of twenty women, who sang a
olt air, accompanied with graceful iimb-actijns,
followed by a brisk dance, and wore answered
in the same tone by tho chorus, In another
Tonga sopg-dance, the chorus sang at one time
With the bands ot performers, and at others in
answer, to them; though, in one of the song
dances, the whole b.nly of performers was
divided into two choirs, each with a charagus;
end, alter a match of song between the two
charagi, there was another of strophe:, with
the two sides. In the Kaitlr war danca tho dra
matis persona are chiefs, and their warriors
usually make up the chorus and dance, "with
wooden imitations of their weapons."
In all these song-dances we have the elements
of dramatic and odic poetry the dance as the
poetry of motion, the air as the measure of
time, and the song as the theme of the piece.
We have here also, as in othor cases, enough
to warrant the saying that extremes meet; tor,
after we rise up through the sundry forms of
music, we reach at lust the opera, wliich boars
a near likeness to the song-dance of the savage.
Bo, when we have been brought to the highest
forms ot civilization, we hnd that tho greatest
happiness of princes is found in the pursuit of
hunting; and as high skill w shown by tho
Nimrou of the townless wild, so we are told by
Captain Cook. ttat. in a song-dance of Tonga
men, a charagus delivered his 'song "with an air
so graceful as might put to the blush our most
applauded performers.
A trained chorus must have come into the
song dance of savages at a very early day; for
we find that the time of their turns, and the
measure of their songs and shifting of their
figures are so true that they must be as well
known to the performers as the figures of a
quadrille are known to the best dancers of the
ball-room. Father Lafitan writes that some of
the tongs ot the American tribes were so old
thatolten the siueera did not understand what
they said ; and Mariner tells us that the song
dances of Tonga are of sundry kinds, marked
by different names, some of them witn llaraoan
songs, as clearly requiring to be learned be
forehand as Italian by an English or German
singer.
A note to the Pindar of Bonediclus (1G20) savs,
that the dancers of the lyric song-dance took
one turn (strophe) from right to left, with the
sun, and a return (antlstrophe) from loft to
right, with the planets from West to East, while
the epode was sung in a stationary posture, an
swering to the steadfastness of the earth. Dr.
Brown, however, would not go to the stars for
the turn or return of tho dance, but holds that
the reverse wheel of the antisthrope was "for
the plain reason of preventing Giddiness, which
ariseth from running round in the same circle."
From an insight into these song-dances, we
can understand why music and hardship held
so high a place among men. In many of them,
as in the war dance of the Kaffirs, the dramatis
persona: were kings; and two ot the Tonga
dances are performed only by heads of tribes
and nobles. And, since the songs ot these dances
held forth to the minds ot youth the highest lore
of the time as in the poem of Hesiod, and in
some of those cf the old Scalds of the North or
quickened their minds by patterns of bravery
and generosity, or some kind of great-mluded-ness,
so, while the three graces of the drama,
Dance, Tune, and Song, kept the circle pure as
a school of good training, courage held a high
place in the State. The art was, like man him
self, leaning to lower aims, prona in deterius.
though wise men and bards thomsolves did
their best to preserve it as an instrument of
song; but the more it degenerated, the less
honor had the bard even ot high-aiming song.
Thus, while, in the time of lloel l)da the
social rank ol the bard was near that of the
Kmer. now. when the Muse has so often nan-
dered to the low tastes which she ought to have
refined, the place of the Poet is onlv where na
can hold himself by his birth, his wealth, or
nis earnings.
From the song dance came much of our poetic
word store. A verse versus (verto) answers
to the Greek strophe, or turn in the ring-dance:
a Icot is the measure of one step; and the word
stanza means a stopping, as ac the end of a turn.
So the burden or short chorus of the old song
was, in its urst use, a sort ot answer to tne rinir
singers as its name, indeed, in British, would
ceem to show; the Welsh Byrdon (liyrton) means
the short strain, as an answer to the longer
Btropue.
The burden of the Norse song. "Tho Death
song ot Lodbrock," is llinggom- ver med hiawrui
"We hewed with our swords" on till the last
verse, before which the burden is, "Now let us
cease our song;" which shows that the song of
the king soon became a rote learnt poem, with
Ltoiu me lueuie singer ana cnorus.
If. T.hniitnM tV.A O.lA.Al . U T .1.
earned Icelanders understood.
with him, that the poem was of the kind called
Twl-Savuqtie (Twl-songs) ; and he thinks the pic
ture more interesting if we conceive that Loci
brock armed his warriors, who, animated by
their own share in his victories, strike un at in
tervals, ''We hewed with our swords." the bo-
: luspa, with most of the other old sagas, has a
chorus burden; and so, as I am told bv a Iriond.
: has the Finnish epic, "Ralewala," of which a
; version has been printed In German. And, as
' Mr. Johnston writes, "in the triple chorus ot
Tyrtteus, war-song, lor war use, the infirmities
. oi aee were forgotten by the 8partan veterans.
while they suna to the youths 'We were once
brave voutbs.' " When, in the British school of
song, the bards had been bred to it by years of
. training, tne crowa ot tne ring would he hardly
a match tor them in the epic poem ; and it is not
easy to perceive whether, in the warriors' triplet
(triban mileur), the oldest form of bardio Doetrv
that has come down to us, there was a strain for
a cborus. either trained or untrained.
In the old Druid son? ' Marchwiail Bedu." the
third line of each of the nine verses is a didactic
kind ot burden, which might have been taken
up by the people:
finow on hills with tree-booghs hoar,
Loud ttie whistling etorin-winds roar,
Nature helps na more than lore.
Snow on hllls-and white are all
House root's ; ravens hoarsely call ;
jrroui mucn s eop me rain is small.
Bnow on hills for fish the weir,
Dells are haunted bv tne doer,
Idle for the dead's uie tear.
Whether or not the thorough-bred bar'', who
was forbidden to handle some low kinds of song,
took ua tne. twi song or tne ucaios, ici clear
from old songs of the Welsh, that the cborus
was known in their more homely minstrelsy.
Ar hud v no "Throuirhout the nieht." is the
cborus In an old Welsh soug; as is another bur
den. Hobvderie dando "Swine of the oak-grove
below." To an old English song there hangs this
burden:
"Hal down, hot down, derir, derry down,
All among the leaves to green, Ol"
e first line of which, though In English it
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,
means noth'ng, seems to be, and may bo, the.
burden of a Druid eong:
I I JJai dwicn- Haste, lot ns come,
! llodeuwn He I Lot n oome,
i Dyre, dyr; rfruvn Move on, move on,
Let ns come, ana so forth. .
A teaming for the lime-beating dance shows
Itself in the cane of the old Welsh stafT-minstrel,
who recltod poomi In the halls of the great, and
beat time with his staff. So the Tonus men in
the "Lave" a kind of danceWs singing kept
time with a clanping or motion of the hands;
and Jt Is noteworthy that, by the side of the dra
matic war-dances, the Tonga mon have two
kinds ol dancoless ringing the "Lave," and
also the "Hive'' without even: clapping of
hands. Thus we may believe that the poem for
the circle and the poem for the bench; such as
that of our couplets, and the Welsh "Cywydd."
might have kept their place in Greece or Britain
at the same time, -
In a future article there may be more to add
with rerard to the "Rarlora of Old Poetry,"
with special reference to that succession of
Christian, Latin, and Grook posts who, for seve
ral hundred years,, on the decline of the Roman
Empire and the wide diffusion of ChrUtlanity,
took up Godly themes, Immortalizing the saints
in their Sonus, and exercising a boatlflo influ
ence on thoirday and generation. A. Y. Citizen.
MISCELLANEOUS JOTTINGS.
A Doo-ma A female canine with pups.
Ladles are affecting colored kids for full
dress, especially lavender, mauvo, and yellow.
Artemus Ward is said to have cleared $50,000
by his books an t lectures.
Maximilian has ordered tho building of a
garden near his palace at a cost of $120,000.
The farmers at Raleigh, N. C, have begun
to plough.
Mrs. B. E. Lee sold her farm near Warren
ton, Vo., 800 acres, at $10 per acre.
The Reno, Oil Creek, and Pithole Railroad
is now open to Oil Creek, Pa.
The Bank at Liberty, Missouri, has been
robbed of $72,000 by a party of bushwackers.
The InteUliqencer advocates the establish
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ington. M. Trovon's collection of ono hundred and
fifty pictures has lust been sold at Paris tor
15,01)0.
-A boy in the English county of Sussex has
died of hydrophla trom the neglected bite of a
rat.
C. H. Dnpont ha3 been appointed Chief Jus
tice of Florida, and A. E. Maxwell and J. M.
Baxter associates.
Both branches of the Legislature of Virginia
have passed the bill appropriating $7000 for the
relief ol the University of that State.
Hon. R. 8. Field. Judee of the United States
Court, delivered an eulogy on Abraham Lincoln,
before the New Jersey Legislature, on the Pith.
-General Stephen Elliott, who defended Fort
Sumter, is now aesUtant agent of transportation
on the Augusta branch ol the south Carolina
Railroad.
Since Bancroft's oration the Austrian Minis
ter has declined an introduction to him, and Sir
Frederick Bruce has declined to attend a dinner
party where Mr. Bancroft was invited.
Grtsl and Mario, it is said, both wish to
revisit this country. Grisi is still singing in the
Ersrlieh provinces In concerts, and her voice Is
yet In wonderful preservation.
English papers confirm the report that Pic-
colominl is dangerously 111 witn a malady of the
spine. Her medical advisers do not believe she
can survive many weeks.
Mr. Boncicault is in Paris superintending
the scenery and mechanism ot Arrah-na-Pouue,
a translation of which ts in rehearsal at one of
the Boulevard theatres.
The reports of the ravages of the smallpox
in Buff alo, N. Y., have been exaggerated. There
have net been over two huudred cases, instead
of two thousand, at one time, and the disease is
now on the decrease.
-New Orleans now has n population larger by
slxtv thousand than ever before: Galveston and
other Texan cities are full to overflowing; and
the same ts said of Memphis, Mobile, Monk'o-
mery, Atlanta, and all the towns of the South
west.
Beer, which a few years since was little
known ! in France, except on the 'Rhine, it
now coming into general use in that country.
Cellars have been constructed in several depart
ments in France for the preservation of beer
similar te those in uavaria.
It is announced that M. Albert, formerly
member of the Provisional Government of the
French Republic, is to start for the United
States in April, in order to present to Mr. Lin
coln the gold medal struck in France in com
memoration or her nusoana.
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lurnisbing tne nuDMsieace uepariment witn
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more than twenty-live per cent, of water, and to De
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GOVERNMENT bALE OF SURPLUS HARD
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Wednesdays and Saturdays during tne momn oi
February, for the purchase of surplus GOOD UARj
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All the bread offi-red under this advertisement has
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purchasers to remove stores. Should navigation be
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considered. Proposals to be endorsed on the
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December 2. lHt'A
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United Status, now at Camp Verde, near ban Anto
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mate.
Each envelope containing a bid should be reaiea
and addressed "Colonel C. . Sawtelle, Ohio! Ouar-
termfcster. Military Division of the Gulf, New Or-
leans, ;
lhe uovernment reserves ine ritiuito reject any
bids deemed toe low.
l as merit to be made In United btavs enrrenoy
upon the aoceptanoe ot any proposal and prior to the
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SJ.E OF RUnsi8rKCK STORES AND COM
MlbSART PKOFKKTV.
OrriCB 1KF0T COMMISSABT
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No 401 N. KixtilMth Htrkkt,
pHiLADaLPBiA. 1'a.. February 80. 1SC6
WM be sold at Pnhhe Auction, tor account of
the United Mates, at the Government Storehonse,
Ho. MJi. MXiKLNTU 8-root, on NV h-DMisOAl,
the 8ih day of February, 18R, at 10 o'olock A. M .
tne loiiowing condemned Subsistence Stores and
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B1011IS.S.
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I'latyorm-ecales,
Beam-scalos,
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Tap-borers,
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Vi.ra.
Most ol the above articles are fit for nse. and can
be etm lor two days previous to the sale.
I'aymeut to te made In Oovermuent lunds at time
of sale, and goods to be rc moved as soon as praoti-
can e inoreaiier. iy oraur oi
Oenoral v. L, RILBUKN,
A. C. (i. 8. and Depot Oomtnissarr.
O. BOLTON NEW TON.
2 10 7t Brevet Major ai.d C. S. V.
O SIORE3 Al' ALLA AN DlilA, VA.
CBly QUABlBBMAaiKR'SOFriCa, )
Depot or V ASHiNOTON, (
"Washoton, D. C, February 18, 1808. )
"U'lll be sold at nubiio auction, at ALEXANDRIA.
Ta.. under the direction of Brovct Lieutenant-Colonel
J. ti. C. Lee, A. O. M., on 1UKSDAV, Kobrn-
ary 27. 1WJ6. at 10 o'clock A. M . a larre lot of con
demned Quartermaster's Stores, consisting of:
Dril'e,
Harness.
Adzes,
Saddles,
Halters,
Waron Covors.
Buckets
Drug and Paints,
Horse Mrdioines,
Hammer,
B. 8 Bollows,
Shovels,
Hose,
Hind eail,
l'aullms,
Soda Fountain,
Barrels,
VV indow and Door
Frames,
Doors,
Ladders,
Window Sash,
Anchor,
Sugar Mill,
BroomB,
Portable Forges,
9 Ambulances,
6 Spring VV aeons,
2 Medical Wagons,
1 One-bone Waon,
Rope,
Glass,
Iron,
Copper,
Lead,
Lead Pipe,
Cylinder Brick, eto.
Aucers,
Vises,
Bitst,
Broadaxes,
Cbl.els,
Hammers,
Oriiidstones,
Saws,
Squares,
Chests,
hnlvos,
Burrinc, Folding, Gtroov-
lug, lurning. uiruig,
and Tire- douding Ma
chines: Corn Mihs,
Bnrr llillntonos.
Printing Proes, withTj po
aid font,
Hand Trucks,
Hay ratters,
Hay Press,
Corn 6 be) lor,
tanning Mills,
lenta,
Axes,
Chairs,
Desks,
Moves,
Ovens,
Cots,
Cauldrons,
Ox Yokes,
chains.
lhe s ores mnst do removed Dy tne purcnasor with
in rive days trom the date ot sale.
Toims Cash, in uovernment tunas.
D H.RUCKER,
Brevet Major-Gen. and Chief Quartermaster,
2 17 8t Depot of Washington.
s
1LE ov harness.
A8618TAST QCARTERMABTKtt'8 OFPIOK, I
Philadelphia Dipot, February 21. 18i8 i
Will be sold at Pnblie Auction, at tne United
piates Uovernment Warehouse, Hanover Street
Wharf, Philadelphia, Pa., on WEDNESDAY,
Jebiuary 28, 1890, commencing at 10 o'olock A.
M., the lohowing described HARNESS, Viz. :
7e9 single sets lead-mule barneas. worn.
472 single seta wheol-mu e harness, worn,
42 single sets lead-horse harness, good.
56 single sets wheel-horse harness, good.
50 single sets lead-ambulance harnens, good.
211 single sets wbeel-amoulaaoe harness, worn,
lerirs ol sale Cash, in Govtrnmcnt funds
By order ot
Colonel WILLIAM W. McKIM,
Chief Quart rmastor,
Philadelphia Depot,
HENRY BOWMAN,
2 21 6t Captain and Assistant Quartermaster.
ALE OF SERVICFABLE AND DAMAGED
HOSPITAL PROPEKTI, ETC.
Washington, D. D., i-ebrnary 17. 1866.
Will be sold at publio auction, at the Judiciary
fcouare Warehouses. Fifth and E Streets, in this
city, on FRIDAY, the 23d of February, at 10 o'clock
A. M , a quantity ot serviceable and damaged Hospi
tal Bedding, morning, a do l urnituro. A large
quantity oi Hair ji at ir eases win pe sold.
lerms Lasti in uovernment innas.
Purcharers will be allowed lorty-eight hoars to
remove their property.
219 4t Surgeon U, S. A.. Modtoal Purveyor,
SALE OF NEW HOSPITAL CLOlHINU, BED
DING, ETC.
MEDiOAi, rrjHVKruH i oric, i
WAShikgton, D. C , February 13, 1866. (
An extensive sa i e ot Hospital Clothing, Boddine
etc.. entirely now, and in the origuial boxes and
bales, will be held in this city, at the Judiciary
Kauare Warehouses. Fifth and E streets, back of
City Hall, on THURSDAY, the 8th day of Maroh
next, at JU o ciock a, hl. iud luuuwuiii aruuiea
wnl he ofl'ered for sale, vis :
Khir 40,000
Drawers 20,000
bocks, pairs 20,000
Mippera, pairs w.yuy
l.nnn....: 80.000
Beo-sack zuuuu
Pillow-ticks 10.000
Pillows, Hair 4,000
Towels, nana iuuuu
Tha attention of the trade and tne duduo at large
is called to this sale, as tho goods will be sold In lots
to suit both large and small purchasers. Quantities
as small as one dozen will be sold. Goods will be
delivered to purchasers within (5) days irom tenni
nation ot sa'e.
Turns Can h, in Government runos.
C. SUTHERLAND,
Surgeon and Purveyor, U. 8. A.
C, W. EOTELER, Jr.. Auctioneer. 2 1 Wt
CARPETINGS, &o
C
AltPETINGS.
A LARGE STOCK OF
PHILADELPHIA MANUFAC UBE,
In stoie and constantly receiving,
AT VERT LOW PRICES.
GEORGE W. HII.L.,
2 1 tbstnSm No. 126 North THIRD dtxeet
fl O 8BIP CAPTAINS AND OWNERS. THE
I nnderalarned havinir leased the KEHSISGTON
Rf'RLW DOC K.bei toluionn hla friends and the patruna
ot tbe Dock that be la prepared with Increaaea facilities
to accommodate tnose caving tw vj vm raueu ui
repaired, and being a practical ahlp-carpeuter and
caulker, win give peraoiuu anenwua w w iw
trusted to hlia lor repauv.
l aoiaina er Agenia. ddii varproio, uu uujuu
having veaaeu i repair, an w "; . ,
Uavlna ilm aenucv for the aala of Wetterstedt
Patent Juetallio Compoaltlon" for Copper Paint, for the
pieaervatlon of vesseV bettoma. Air this city, 1 am pre-
pated to inrnlab the .am. eaj"" 'hTSVttt.
Kena'ngton Bcrew Dock,
til DELAWARE Avenue, above LAUBfcL Htreet,
DEIDE8BUEO MACHINE WOEKS,
U orncB,
2)0. 65 . ruOKT BTEEET,
Hll.AUKf.VBlA.
We are prepared to fill enters te any extent oar
well known .
u i riiiiiEity for rnrrov ivu V OOlLEN MILLS.
uicludlug all recent improvements in Oaraliuj, Bpuinum,
nil W Aavlnff.
We invite the attention of mannfhctnrers so ear extea-
11 . ALFBED jOT8 BON.
Al
OUEEN'B NEWS STAND,
W. coruer SEVENTH and CHESS UT Streets,
ALL TUB
DAILT AND WEEKLY PAPKPS.
I'kUlODICALB, Etc,
May be obtained at current rates. a is
FEBRUARY 22, 1860.
j GOVERNMENT SALES.
2ALK OF tiOVEKNMEM 81EAMERS AND
VESSEL EFFECriH.
I DKPOT QnARTHlHIAPTiat'B OFnc. I
j Baltimore, Md.. Feoranry 18. 1868 J
rVlll be sold il llalnrnorM. M rl . nudnr dirnnt.nn nf
Captain A. H. CnmmlngsT A Q M
on itmursdat, marcu i. rsw. AT 10
tTCLOl K A. M .
at the Government wharf, south side of basin, ihrf
following named vessels and other ellecta belonging
to the Government, v a t
J I n. EBCOKr."
fiine-whfwd ilMmnr nf AiQ ii,a. wAiufnn hnll anil
bottom nieta. led: lenatn on deck. 181 fcti breadth
ot beam, 2fl icet; over all, CO leot; draft 6t fot-t ; has
one low-piesaure beam engine; diameter of cylinder,
w uiciiaa; airoxe oi piston, 10 ie-t ; capacity oi cargo,
lo0 barrels. 8he ta In fine running order, and well
found in ail ber outilta.
I THE "MANHATTAN."
Slrie-wtlAAt a-itafTinr nf flIA inni wiuiilnn tinllt
length upon deck. 120 feeti breadth of beam. SS feet!
over all, 66 feet ; depth of bold, 10 foot ; oralt. 7 feet;
has one low-pressure engiaei diameter of orhnder,
bi Inchest siroke ol piston, 9 lent; capacity of eargo,
juw Darrpis. bbe is in good order and well found i
ail her outfits.
THE "J'WN FARRON."
Side-wheel steamer of 814 tona. woodon tinlt t
engtb Upon deck. 1M) feet: beam. M fixttt nvnr all.
42 icet) drpth of hold, 8 toet) draft, I loeti has one
tow-piesiure beam engine; diametor ot eliuder. 8d
inches; stroke of niatun. 8 toet and la wnl) found in
anchors, chains, and genoral outfits.
TUB ' PEIONIC."
Side wheel stesmer oi 818 tons, wooden hull, iron
last ened and nii-talled in 1803; length on dock, 165
leet; breadth ot beam, 26 feet; over all, 40 feet;
depth ot hold, 8 feet; draft, 41 leet; has one low-
pressure beam engine; diameter of cylinder, 84
nenrs; stroke ol plat on, 10 tetl; capacity ot eargo,
00 berrt'ln: hull, engine, and boiler all in good con
dition, aud well found in her outilta.
TI1E "UUGH JENKINS."
Side-wheel ateamor of 80 tnna. wood on hnll. and
bottom wo-ailed; length on dick, 100 foot ; broadth
of beam, 27 leet; over all, 48 toet; dep'n ot hold, 7r
leet; draft, 6 leet; has one low-prossute beam
eng. re; diameter of cylinder, 32 inches; itroke of
piston. 10 leet; capacity of cargo, 1200 barrels;
maenmery in pood condition and vessel well tonnd
in all Lei outfits.
THE "STAR."
Sido-whecl atenmer of 287 40.1 tonsi wooden hnllt
length on deck, 100 icot: breauth of beam. 281 tet:
over all, 66 leet; dopth ol hold, 7 foot; dratt, 6$ feet;
una one iow. pressure ucam engine; diameter or
cylinder, 86 inchea; stroke of piston, 8 feet; capaoity
of cargo 1(X) barrels : vessel in cood ronair and well
lound in all heruutfi'S.
THE BALLCOV."
fiMatk.Vrtifkal ItnaniAa rt UltA a...... mA,. .
aauv v uvva DtvnuiQi v i ait'l IUII0 f ITUUUI'U Hull f
leiigth on deck, 160 feet; brvadth of beam, 16 feet;
over all, 87 feet: dcDth ot hold. 61 feeti draft.
41 feet; has one low-pressure beam engine; diaruoter
of cylinder, inches; stroke of piston, 11 loot
cue naa recently Dion putin most morougn repair,
and is well furnished and fitted np as a staff-boat;
having abundant eneois in all departments ou board
for inuneaiate use.
THE "lOLA."
Side-wheel steamer of 164 7-85 tons wooden hull:
length on dec. 120 test: tirrad'h ot beam. 21 tent:
over all. 88 feet; dopth of hold, 6 feet; ora t, 4 feet;
baa one square low pressure engine; diameter ot
cylinder, 4 Irenes; stroke of piton, 6 feet; capaoity
oi cargo, to Darieis, wen louud in anchors, chains,
tools, eto. ete.
1UK "J A 51 KM JttU MH.."
Screw steamer of 1G8 93-tifi ions, wooden hull:
length on dock, 106 foet; breadth of beam, 22 foet;
depth ot hold, 9 leet; draft, 4 leet; has one high-
pressure engine; diameter of cylinder TS inches:
stroke of piston, 22 inches; capacity of cargo, 1900
barrels. Vessel in good running; order, and well
lound in all her outfits.
THE "CECIL."
Sldf-wheol steamer of 130 tons, woodon hnll. and
bottom metalled ; length on dtck. 126 feet; breadth
ot beam, 18 feet ; over all, 82 feet; dentn of hold, 6
teet: dratt, o leet; has one lo '-pressure beam en
gine; diameter of cylinder, 20 incbos; stroke of
pibion, o root; capacity ot cargo, x,o oarreis ves
sel in good order, and well lound in all her
outfits. .
THE L G. CAN ON."
Screw steamer of 200 tons, iron hnll, built in 1862:
dratt, 6 leet; has one high-pressure engine; diame
ter ol cylinder. 22 inches; siroke of piston, 2 feet.
Vessel in good repair, and well found in ail her
outfits.
THE "IEOINSJDES
Screw steamer or 192 tons: iron hull, shoathod
with wood; length on deck, 126 feet; breadth of
,I.r.r. CQl ...a, ri.nl n .f hn M Kl IaaI, ilr.it Al
leet; naa one nign-pressure engine; aiarauter oi
cvlinoer. z inches! stroke oi piston, z ieet; capa
city of cargo. 1800 barrols. (She bas a new boilor
and engine, rebuilt in 1st, weu louna in ail nor
outfits.
THE "FAHflY GABNO."
Screw steamer of 190 tons, wooden hull; length
on deck, 160 feet; breadth of beam, 26 feot: dpth of
bold. 7 feet: dratt. 7 feet: bas one high-pressure
engine; diameter of cylinder, ii inches; stroke of
piston, 3 teet; rapaoityot earo, 1600 barrels, bbe
is in good running order, and well tonnd in all her
ouints.
THE TIJU "llt.Kt.SS.
Screw tug-boat ot 70 ton, wooden hull; length on
deck. f3 teet: breadth of beam. 16 leet; draft. 9
feet: has one luah-oressnre engine: diameter of
cvnnder. 20 inches: stroke of piston. 20 inches; hull.
engine, and boiler In good o-uer, and vessel well
found in all her outfits.
THE 1UG E TE."
Screw tug-boat of 86 toi.s; length on deck, 60
teet; breadth ot beam, 10 teet; depth of hoid. 6
leet; oratr, 7 leet; baa one h vh-pressure engint ;
diameter ot cylinder, 16J inches ; stroke of piston,
18 inches; en trine and boiler, in good order, and
versel welt founded in all her outuu.
MISCELLANEOUS.
' ONE IRON RL'DDEB.
Made of 21 inoti round iron. 11 feet 8inohes long;
Plated with 816 mob. iron on the back; mado
of tbe best material, and in the moat thorough
manner.
This Rudder was made for stamer L G. Can
non," lot not found necessary for her nee.
Taken from the steamer o R bpauiding." and
now lying at Poole and Hunt's vara, loot of
'J bames btreet, 16 feet 2 inches in longth. 16 feet
6 inches in width, and weighing 78.400 pounds.
This Boiler is incomplete order, and ready for
immediate nse, having been lei airod at a cost of
S7U00, with tbe view ot putting it iu tha steamer
Ben Detord." and not umU. as tbe "Delord'
was sold by the Government beiore its comple
tion. Also, from the Government storehouse, south
side ol the basin :
Superior ( bronomtters,
Marine Glasses,
Metallic Lile-boats,
EiiL-ireers Tools,
bhip hiores,
bb i Furniture,
Manilla Ropea,
Lie , Lte , nto ,
Too naraerous to mention in i tall, some of which
are entirelv new. and all in i-c viceaMe condition
being turnJua stock reserved for offering at final
ale of vpaaela at this DeDOt.
The above named vessels bc-i -heir effoots are only
sold tor want ol further nse v me uovernment.
letma Cash in Governmei t fundi on "av of sale,
to. W Bit ADLE.I,
Colonel, Chief Quaneimaster,
2 19 9t Middle Military Department
IMMEDIATELY AFTER I t-iE ABOVE 8ALE
OH bTKAMERS, WE WILL (SELL STrJAM
JERRY BOAT "BALTISiOl E," S1EAM rRO-
PELLER -THOMAS SWANK," STEAM FRO
PELLLR '"CONGRESo," as loitows:
Tha bteam Ferry Boat ' ISALllktORE." side
wheel double-end terry boat, ct 4U4 tons. Length on
deck, over all , 183 teet 4 inches ; beam, 82 teet ; over
all, el feet; depth of bold, 9 feet 11 Inches: has one
low-preasure beam engine, diameter of oyiindor 82
lnche; stroke of pinion, 9 feel ; draught, 8 feet; buil
in perleot order, iron fastened, aud metalled in 1808;
weil toend in ciiains, anchor, lasts, boats, and life
preservers; engine and boiler also in perleet order,
and now ready for service; with everything on
board that the law requires, having been inspected
by a Government inspector during the laat mouth.
The ateam propeller "IliOMAs IS W ANN," ot 866
tons, wooden hull. Iron iasiened and metalled:
length on deck, 120 feet 8 Inches; beam, 27 feet?
inches I depth of lower bold, 7 ftet 6 indie ; between
decks, 7 leet 11 inches ; dratt, 8 teet 4 inches ; baa one
direct acting low preaaure engine; diameter of cylin
der. 26 inches; stroke of piston 80 inches. Boiler,
machinery, and hull all tn perfect order, and weil
found in anchors, chains, tools, boats, life-preservers,
eto and everything the law requires, with
ber ding, luruiture, and crockory, and cooking nieu
sllslur twenty-four persons; now ready lot sea.
having been fitted up and impeded by a Govern
ment inspector during the laat two months, Capa
city for earrying 2(00 round barrols.
lhe Bteam Propeller "CONG RE?8," of 4C2 tons,
-wooden hull, iron fastened; longth on deck, 180
feet; beam. 26 leot 6 lnohes; depth of lower hold, 11
leet; between decks, 7 feet 8 inches; draught, 9 feet
6 lnohes. Built in 1868 ; bas three mauls, with fore
and alt sails, in good ordor. Hull, engine, and
boiler In perfeot order, and wpll supplied witn
anchors, chains, tool", boats, and lite-preservers.
Capacity for freight, 4000 barrels, having been fitted
up the laat two mouths, with full complement of
bedding, furniture, eroekery, ntenslis for 24 per
sons. Now ready tor sea, aud inspected by a Gov
ernment Inspeotor in the last two months,
v 4DUE0M tc CO,
S 21 H Auctioneer.
GOVERNMENT SALES.
1ANGK GOVERN M KNT BALK OF OCEAN
i AND RIVER NT LAM BH(J, 1 U G 8, 0CHOON
EKS, FERRY-BOATS, E1U. .
i urrioic mias- yuABTrrtMRTtu,, ,
MlLlTABT DlVlBIOH OF TUB GPL
Naw Oblkaks, La., February 7, 1806,
The lollowmg-named vessels bolonnnv to tha
(Jnartei mantel's Department, United MitoaAmy,
will be aoid at Pnblia Anp.tlnn. tn the hlrhMt hiHrinr
on the iWin day of February, 18fi0, at the oflioe ot the
Miiei vjuanermaaier, utiayeue square, no. lis
Camp streets
bicamshin ' Crescent." registered 1219 tons, iron
Vessel.
bloanuOiip "St. Mary." registered 1218 tons. Iron
yesaei.
b eamihip "Clinton." registered 1230 tona. Iroa
leeeeL
bteamahip "Alabama," registered 830 tona.
btoanishio "Ucorge Feabodv." raviaturnd
1018
tons.
Steamship -Convoy," reristered 428 tons.
SuamMnp "Planter," registered 800 tons.
Prop ilr "Connililan." registered ft6 tons.
Propel er "Ptanion," registered 860 tons.
lropeller ' Foot," registered 470 tons.
Propeller "JCxaot," registered 2tA tons.
I'ropollor "Porur," tecisiered 488 tons.
Pro; elk r "lluzzar," registered 450 tons.
Piopelier "Alliance," registered 898 tons.
iron
Tewnei
tiido-whcel towboat "St. Charles'" reglatered MB
tons.
Mde-wheol Steamer "J. W. Hancock." resiateroal
60 tons.
riiae-wheel steamer "Diana," registered 700 tons,
bido-wbeel stoamer 'Col. toaloomb." registered
220 ions.
bids-wheel steamer "Mustang." registered 178
tona
Stern-wheel steamer "Altamont ." roirlaltind SPA
tons.
btcrn-wboel st( amcr "Emma," registered 189 tons,
rstern-wheel steamer "Coionol Unnediiit." rema.
tered 181 tons.
W beoi in leoess stoamor "Tamanllnaa." mriAtnrnd
8C4 ti ns, iron v easel.
w heel in recess steamer "Matamoras," reiristered
384 tona, iron vesael.
Centre-wheel steamer "Coionol Colburn." rnvia.
tcred 126 tona, large railroad tor r -bout.
Centre-wheel steamer "Oeueral Ransom," regis
tered 104 tons, large railroad ferry-boat.
Centre-wheel steamer "KepDer." registered Ta
tons, large railroad ierrv-boat.
1 ug l'erry," registered 166 tona.
Teg "Jennie," registered 14 ton.
Tug "Cleveland." registered 87 tons.
Tug "Belle Darlington," regi-tered 96 long.
Schooner ' Electric," registered 147 tons.
Scnoenor "H D Adams." registered 112 tons.
Schooner "icout," registered 126 tona.
Schooner "Union," registered 98 tons.
Schooner "Winona," registered 117 tons.
Schooner "Annette," roeisterod 186 tons.
Schooner "Highlaudor," registered 810 tona
Model barge "Colonel Mulligan." regmterod 12(1
tons.
three (8) lighters,
tine ll) Hat boat.
Ten (10) small boats.
1 hre (8) barges.
Nine (9) yawls.
A full deeenntion ef tlieso voxels can bo had on in-
plication at the otlice ot Brovet Lioutenant-Colonol
E. S. ALLEN, Assistant QuartormaMer, Tchonpitou
las stieet, New Orleans, and most of thorn can be
seen at this port or vicinity.
J ernis i ash in United Mates eurtency, or audited
transportation vouchers; fifteen (16) per cent, of tha
purchase money to be paid on bidding of eaoh boat,
aud the balance te be paid within eight (8) days there
alter. By order of the Quartermaster-General.
C. G. SAWTELLE,
Colonel and Chief Quartermaster,
2 12 14t Military Division of the Gulf.
SALE OF MEDICINES BELONGING TO THE
MEDKAL DEPARTMENT OK I UK ARMY.
Medical PuavxYou'a Orricn, I
Washihotoh, D. C, February 9, 1806. f
An anotion sale of valuable Medioines no longer
required by tbe Medical Department, U. tt. Army.
will be held In this oity on THURSDAY, the 1st duy
ot Maroh next, and succeeding days, if neoeiSdrv, at
10 o'olock A. M ., at the Warehouses located on Judi
ciary Square, Fifth and E streets, back of the City
Hail.
lhe Modioines are in the original paokages, and.
tbe attention of tbe trade is invited te this aalo,
which will embrace tho following prlnoipal arti
cles, TIZ.
Ether, bniphurio, SCO lbs.,
Alcohol, COO bottles,
Compound Spirits of
Elber, 600 lbs..
Simple cerate. 1000 lbs ,
Chlorofoim, 600 ibs.,
Flnid Fxtrsct ot Buchu,
260 lbs.,
Fluid Extract of Cin-
chono 600 lbs.,
F.uid Extract ot Ipecacu
anha, 260 lbs..
Fluid Kx raot of Rhubarb,
260 lbs..
Dover's Powder, 250 lbs ,.
Cod Liver Oil, 1000 bot
tles, Camphor Pil's, 1000 dox..
Compound CathariicFilla.
8000 dozen,
Opium 1111s, 1000 doaen.
Iodine of Potassium, 201
. lbs.,
Rhobarb, 600 lbs.,
Powdeied Rhubarb, 260
lbs.,
Syiup of Squills, 600 lbs..
Compound Spirits of Lay.
Mass Hyorarg, 260 lbs.,
enoer, duo ids.,
Beside other articles.
Upwards of sixty arto.es of tbe Materia Medico,
in iota similar to the above, will bo offered tor
sale.
Cata'ognea containing a complete list, with full
particulars, will be ready by the 17th inat.
Teimn- Cash, in Goverameut funds.
Five dava will be allowed to purchasers in re
moving their property.
C. SUTHERLAND,
Surgeon U. S. A., Medical Purveyor. ,
C. W. BOTELEK, Ja ,
2 9 17t 1 Auctioneer.
RALE OF CONDEMNED QUARTERMASTER
iHTOlttCS, H'lEAM ENGINE, TELEGRAPH
MATERIAL, ETC.
ClilBV QUARTBBVABTER'B OlflOI, )
Dxpot 09 Wabhimotow, J
Wasridotom, D. C, February Vi, 1866 1
Will be sold at Publio Auction, under the direotioa
oi Brevet Lleutenant-Co'onel James M. Moore, A.
Q. M., at Wai ehouse No. 8, on NEW YORK Avenue,
botweon Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, Wash
ington. D. C on FRIDAY, February 23, 1863, at
10 o'clock A. M.. a large lot of CONDEMNED
QUA Rl ERM AS 1 ER'S SIORES, ETC., consist
ing 01-
Buckets,
Boiieis,
Cots,
Cauldrons,
Ketiles,
Pane, ,
Stoves,
Shovels,
Chairs,
Chests, -
Desks,
Wardrobes,
Lounges,
Letter Pieeses,
Spittoons,
lables,
Window Shades,
Angers,
Chisels,
Fl.es.
liatoheta,
Hammers,
Saws,
W ht-elbarrows,
Gnndstonoa,
Fire Hose,
Ladders,
Paullins,
Pork Barrols,
Gas Generators,
Rags,
Rope,
Trucks.
1 Steam Engine, 00 Di
ploic, belonging to a
Washing Machine, eto. i,
Doors.
Window Frames,
Together with a lot of
I IELEGRAFHIC MATERIAL,
consisting ot
86 Reel Barrows,
40 Beardslee'a Signal Telegraph Instruments, with
Chesis; i
48 Wire Reals, 116 Reel Stands,
69 Gears for do., 40 Reel Handles,
69 Strap for Reel Barrows.
The stores must be removed by the purohasora.
ititbin five days trom date of sale,
lei ins Cash, in Government funds
D. H. RUCEER,
Brevet MaJ.-General and Chief Quartermaster,
213 8t Depot of Washington.
OF ICE Of ASSISTANT QUARTERMASIEB,
Wilmington, Delaware, I
February 12'h, 1866 f
BALE OF SURPLUS GOVERNMENT MULES.
All good and serviceable.
Will be sold, at Publio Auction, at WILMINGTON;
Delaware, on
11 RID AY. the 28d of February,
FRIDAY, the 2d of March,
Two bandied serviceable MULES,
One hundred on each day of sale.
The esneeial attention w purchasers is invited ta
the fact that these Males are large, well paired, and.
In excellent condition, being the surplus team Mule
of Washington Depot.
Animals sold ainvl.
Sales to comaMnce at 10 A. M
Terms Cash In United States currency.
By order ot
Brevet Brif edler General JAMES A. JTK.IN,
In eharge 1st Division Q M.(. O.
C. H. GALLAGHER,
81414t Captain and A. Q. M.
G
OVERNMENT HARNESS AND SADDLES.
ah iimaxaa stock or
BATjDLEB, BU1DI.KH,
. COLIKH. RKIIIS,
llAl'l ERW and OIIATN?,
SHELBY TENTH, WAGON COVERS.
1-OBTABLB FORGKB. KTO. K'lO.
Much of tbla Haraess Is new all Impeded work, and
salted to all kinds of slty, truua, or farm purposes,
Wboleials or Retail.
GREAT BARGAINS.
PITKIN CO..
Ilia Mo. tSi H, MOST BUeet
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