THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, I860. A Poem Irom Hawthorne. Or of the "Suggestions" in Hawthorne's Notes, published in tti last Atlantic Monthly, has been worked up by writer in tne Boston fo.. It is tbat bltil of a stry, whose Incidents tall witbia the gleam of a street lamp and Iti catastrophe simulta neous with lit last expiring I'rim, We shou d not be presumptuous enough to fi.l l inch an oa'liu Mre nnoer Ita stimulation, say the writer: Out of the ale-house. Swablan, Out tn the blinding gleet; This way over the loot bridgo; 'Ware of tho slippery street. Ha Hans, the bluff fire-warden, , , Blowing bis midnight hora Aloft on dim St. Clement's; 'Twero better jou ne'er were born. There Is frenzy In thy senses: There are devils, 5n tliy night: This way over the foot-bndire In the etreak ol Its flickering light. What runs In thy veinv courses f ls't blood, or the chill ol blight T Is't warmth for thy mumbling senses. Out in this fearful night? Out In the fearful midnight, Twcre bettor one's head were clear; lias the glare of this storm-ewept lantern devil's rollick lag leer f Wouldst mock at this watrblight, Swablan, As if 'twere some roystering form? Dost think that a flickering phantom Can brave so dread a storm ? . Out In the fearful midnight A battle ot gust and beam I An angry heaven ab.ive thee; Below, an angry stream. There's a yawning gulf, 0 Swabian, Where tho storm, In its whirling wrath, Una torn from the skeleton timbers The planks in thy trembling path. Out in the fearfnl midnight, Here by tne fitful light, Think ot thv soul's reversion, Thluk of its pristine might. Beware thy one step further, And tho lantern's beckoning leer; There's death In the gliding torrent, There's a brink to the jarring pier. A wail in the fearful midnight; In the ravening tide a splash! The sleet on the lantern rattles But the night has carerned its flash! ALLEGORY WITH A MORAL THE DOINGS OF CAN AND COULD. A PRETTY STOB Y FOR OLD AND YO UNO. BY JEAN ISOEtCW, THE DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH POETESS, AOTIIOEE83 OF "SONGS 0" BEVEN," Etc. ETC Onoe upon a time, Could went out to take a walk oil a winterly morning; he was very much out oi spirits, and he was made more so -by the . necessity under which he lound himself to be frequently repeating hia own name. "Oh, if I could." and "Oh that I were rich and treat, for then I could do so and so." About the tenth time that he said this, Can opened the door of her small house and set out on an errand. She went down a back street and through a poor neighborhood she was not at all a grand personage, not nearly so well dressed, or lodged, or educated, as Could and, in tact, was altogether more humble, both in her own esteem and that of others. She opened her door and went down the street, neither sauntering nor looking about her, for she was in a hurry. All on a sudden, however, this busy little Can stopped and picked up a piece ot orange peel. "A dangerous trick," ho observed, "to throw orange peel about, particularly in frosty weather, and in such a crowded thoroughfare:" and she bustled on till she overtook a tribe ot little chil dren who were scattering it very freely; they had been bargaining for oranges at an open fruit stall, and were eating them as they went along. "Well, it's little enough tbat I have in my power," thought Can, "but I certainly can speak, to inefe cuuaren, ana try to persuade tnein to leave otf strew inar orange peel." Can stopped, "That's a pretty baby that you have in your arms," she said to one of them; "how old is he?" "He's fourteen months old," answered the small nurso, "and he begins to walk; I teach him; he's my brother." J'Poor lutle fellow," said Can, "I hope you are kind to him; you Know it you were to let hiia fall he might never be ablo to walk any more." "I never let him drop," replied the child, "I always take care of my biiby." "And so do 1;" "And so do I," repeated ether shrill voices, and two more babes were thrust up for Can's inspection. "But if you were to slip down yourselves on this nard pnvement, you would oe hurt, and the baby would be hurt in your arms. Look! how can you bo so careless us to throw all this peel about; don't jou know how slippery it it ?" "We always fling it down," says one. "And I never slipped down but once on a piece," remarked another. "But was not that once too often ?" "Yes; I grazed my arm very badly, and broke a cup 1 was carrying." "Well, now suppose you pick up all tho peel you can ilnd; and then go down the streets round about and see how much you can get; and to the one who Duds most, when I come back, I shall give a penny." So, alter making the children promise that they would never commit this fault again, Can went on; and it is a remarkable circumstance, that Just at that very moment, as Could was walking in quite a dih'ereut part of London, he also came to a piece of orange peel which was lying across his path. 4 "What a shame !" he said, as he passed on; "what a disgrace it is to the city authorities, that this piaciice of sowing seed, which springs up into broken bones, cannot be made a punish able offense; there is never a winter that one or more accidents does not arise irom it! If I eould only put It down, how glad I should be ! If, tor instance, I could oiler a bribe to people to abstain from it; or it I could warn or punih; or if I could be placed in a position to legislate for the suppression of tuU and similar bad habits ! But. alas 1 my wishes rise tar above my powers; my philanthropic aspirations can find no" "By your leave," said a tall strong man, with a heavy coal sack on his shoulders. Could, stepping aside, permitted the coal porter to pass him. '"Yes," he continued, iiikiuir ud his soliloquy where it had been in- terniuted. "it is srai.''e that so many anxious wishes for the weltarc of hia species should be Implanted in the breast ol a man who has no means of gratifvina them." 'Ihe noise of a thundering tail, and the rushing down as of a great shower oi stones, inaae uouia turn hastily round. Several people were running together, they Btooped over something on the ground, it was the porter; he had tallen' on the pavement, and the coals lay in heaps about his head; some people were clearing them away, others were trying to raise him. Could advaiced and saw that the man was stunned, for he looked about him with a bewildered expression, and talked incoherently. Could alo observed that a piece oi orange peel was adhering 10 the sole of his shoe. "How sad!" said Could; "now, here is the bitter result of this abuse. If I had been in authority I could have prevented this; how it chafes the spirit to perceive, and be powerless ! Poor fellow ! he Is evidently stunned, and has a broken limb he is lamed, perhaps, for life, l'eople are certainly very active and kind on these occasions: they seem preparing to take him to ihe hospital. Such an accident as this is .enough to wake a man wih he could be a king or a law giver. What the poet says may be true enough: 'Of H the ills that human kind endure, Small it tbat part wbion laws ean eiu-e or care.' And yet I think I could have framed such a law thai this poor fellow might now have been going about his work, instead of being carried to lan guish lor weeks on a sick bed, while his poor lamily are halt starved, and must, perhaps, ro ceive him at last a peevish, broken-spirited crip ple, burden lor lite, instead of a support; aad all because of a pitilul piece of scattered orange peel 1" i ; While Could was still moralizing thus, he got into an omnibus, and soon found himself draw tug near one ot the suburbs of London, taming and winding among rows of new houses with heaps of bricks before them, and tho smell of mortar in their neighborhood; then among rail way excavations and embankments, and at last among neat villas ' and cottages standing in gardens, with herd and there a Hold behind them. Presently thev passed a large buildinc, and Could read upon its front "Temporary Home for Consumptive Patients." "An excellent Institu tion," he thought to hlmselt; "here a poor man or woman can have a lew weeks of good air, good food, and good nursing, tho best thing possible, for setting thera up at leant for a time. I have often thought that these remedial insti tutions do more good, on the whole, than mere hospitals; and II I could afford it, I would rather be the founder of them than of places with more ambitious aims and names. It Is sad to think bow ' much consumption is on the increase among the poor; bad air, and, the heated places where so many of them work, give these win terly blasts a terrible power ovor them. But it is my lot to sigh over their troubles without being able to soiten them. A small competence, a fixed income, which docs no more than pro vide lor my own wants, and procure those simple comforts and relaxations which are ne cessary to me, i," of all things least favorable for the realizing of my aspirations. I cannot gratify my benevolent wishes, though their con btant presence shows how willingly I would, if J could." Ihe omnibus stopped, and a man in clean working clothes inquired whether there was an int-ltfe place. "No, there is not one," said the conductor, and he looked in; most of the passengers were women. "Would any gentleman like to go outside ?" "Like I" thought Could, with a laugh; "who would like in such a wind as this, so searching and wild? Thank heaves, I never take cold; but I don't want a blast like this to air the lining of my paletot, make mypelf acquainted with the pattern of my handkerchief, and chill the very shillings in my waistcoat pocket." "Because," continued the conductor, "If any gentleman would like to go outside, here is a man who has been ill, and would be very glad of a place within." He looked down, as ho spoke, upon the man. whose clothes were not well calculated to defend him against the weather, and who looked sickly, and had a hollow cough. No answer came from within. "I must get outside, then,1 said the man, "for I have not much time for waiting;" so he mounted, and the driver spread part of his own wrapper over bis legs, another passenger having lent a hand to help him up. "Thank you, sir," said the man; "I am but weak; but I'm sorry to give tho trouble." "No trouble, no trouble," answered the out side passenger, and ho muttered to himself, "You are not likely to trouble any one long." 'That's where you come from, I suppose," said the driver, pointing with his whip towards the house for consumptive patient". "Yes," said the man, "1 have been very ill, indeed; but I'm better now, wonderfully better. They say I may last lor years with proper atten tion, and they tell me to be very careful of weather, but what can I do?" "It's very cold and windy for you up here," said the driver. The man shivered, but did not complain; he looked about him with a bright glitter in his eyes, and every time he coughed he declared that he was much better than he had been. Alter tolling you so much about Could, his kind wishes, protects, and aspirations, I am almost "shamed to mention Can to you again; however, I think I will venture, though her aspirations, poor little thine, are very humble ones, and she scarcely knows what a project means. So, you must know that having concluded most of her business, abe entered a shop to pur chase something for her dinner, and while she waited to be served, a child entered, carrying a basket much too heavy for her strength, and having a shawl loidea up on her arm. v hat nave you in your ds-km ?" asKea can. "Potatoes for dinner," said the child. "It's verv heavy for sou." remarked Can. ob serving how she bent under the weight of it. ".Mother's ill, and there's nooody to sto to the shop but me," replied the child, setting it down and blowing her numbed angers. "No wonder vou are cold?' said Can: "why don't you put your shawl on instead of carrying it so i" "It's to big," said the child, In a piteous voice. 'Mother nut a pin In it. and told me to hold it up; but I can't, the basket's so heavy, and I trod on it and fell down." "It's enough to give the child her death of cold," said the mistress of the shjp, "to go crawl ing home in this bitter wind, with nothing on but tnat tnin lroct." "Come," said Can, "I'm not very clover, but, at least, I know how to tie a child's shawl so as not to throw her down." So she mada the little cirl hold out her arms, and, drawing the gar ment closely round her, knotted It securely at the back. "Now, then," she said, having Inquired where she lived, "I am going your way. so lean help you carry your basket." Can and the child went out together, while Could having reached his comfortable home, sat down before the ire and made a great many re flections; be made re Beet Ion on baths and wash house, and wished he could advance their in terests; he made reflections on model prisons and penitentiaries, and wished he could improve thera; he made reflections on the progress of civilization, on the necessity lor some better mode of educating the masses; he thought of the progress of the human mind, and made grand progress in bis benevolent head whereby all the true interests of the race might be ad vanced, and he wished he could carry them into practice: he reflected on poverty, and made cas tles in the air as to how he n'ight mitigate Its severity, and then having in imagination made manv neoule hanDV. he felt that a benevolent disposition was a great blessing, and fell asleep. over the hre. Can only made two things. When she had helped to carry the child's basket, she kindly made her sick mother's bed, and then she went home and made a pudding. Two Hundred Thousand Jlhymsters. In the course of a speech delivered at the Burns' Club annual dinner at Edinburgh re cently. Professor Ma9son, who proposed the toast "The Poets of Scotland." said he had mitde a calculation that probably the British Islauds at the present moment there are two hundred thousand people writing verses. (Laughter.) "I stick to two hundred thousand exactly. cannot give you the data on which I make my calculations, but they satisfied myself at the moment when I made them. And they are not only making versos, but 1 assure you making verses which would have attained a reputation had they been written in the last century. The quantity of verses which is being produced iu Ungusn ana irisn vicarages, in scotch manses, ana in an sorts oi places, is utterly enormous, I do not think that it is any obiectlon to litera ture that it is becoming voluminous, and that it: practitioners are becoming numerous. Perhaps, In some future time, the distinction of a mun will le and he win be pointed out on the streets as a distinguished man tbat he has not written a book." (Laughter.) A Pans letter says that whenover tho Em peror wishes to retain tho memory of anything be Hears in conversation ne make a note ot it on a blank book, which is always on his wiiting desk; be tears out the leaf on which he ha written tho nolo, reads It attentively ana men tears 11 up. PROPOSALS. 0 FiC'fc DEPOT COMMISSARY OF SUB- blSlF.M r-. Washington, 1. C , February 17, 1903. IMU1USAU) nut FLOUK. Sealed Proposals are invited until MONDAY. Feiruary 80, 1806, at 12 o'clock M., lor lurnishing ihe onimmtence Department with . ONE lHOL8ANl (10001 BAKREL8 OF FLOUR. Ibe protioaala wl'l be lor what la known at this dopot as No. 1 and 2 (600 barrels of eacn (trade), and bics will be entertained lor any quantity lew than the whole. Bids mart be in dnplicato, and for each grade on sriarale sheet of paper.. . . ... J be delivery ot the Fiouf to commence within Ave da; a irom the opetilnir ot the bids, and mut be de livered in uch quantities, dally, as the Government may direct, either at the Government warehouse In Georgetown, at the wharves or Railroad .Depot in Washington, D. C. Tie delivery ot all Flour awardod to be eom p'etrd within twenty day from tho acceptance of the bid. Bin's will be received for Flonr to be delivered ia new oak barrels, hcad-Ilned. I'aynient wnl oo ninde in such fundsasthe Govorn nitnt may have for disbursement. . J lie usual Government inspection will be made Jniit before the s -our Is received, and none will be arc pled which is not freh ground and of a superior quality. Government reserves the right to reject any bid for any cauae. - IlidB to be addrctscd to tho nndnrslirned, at No. 223 "tl" street, indorBod "rrupoMl lor Flonr." E. l. BKIDGE3. 2 19 6t . Brevet Major C. S. V. J) R O T OS A L S F O H A O A t OryiCB Scpibvisino Com'rt Gui States,) Ho. 188 JrMA tstreet, S -New Oklxakb, La., February 6, 1SGH. J ' Sealed lropoeaU will be received at tbn ouloo until 12 o'clock M. MOMMY, Feoroary 26, 1800, for lurnlahinr the 8nhlaw)ee Dnnnrunrat with i 80 000 FOUNDS GOOD HAUD SOAP, tote made only trom pood materials, lreo from adulteration and unpleasant odor, to contain no more tiian twenty -tUe per cent, of water, and to De well dried before being packeo). Samples of tue Soap must oe delivered with the Proposals (wmcn are required to be in duplicate), and must bo m neat boxes, lully labelled, and not iu paper parcels. J be whole to be delivered on or before the 80th of March. 1666. JSo bids will bo received without a guarantee from two responsible parties ior tho huthlui fuimmeut of the contract if awarded. 1 be packages to be of White Pino and made neatly. the cof-t ot the same to be included in the price of the article, and each packago to be marked with the contents gross, tare and net weight, the name of the perton luinithing the article, and the date of purcnno. A printed copy ot this advertisement must bo at tached to each bid, and the proposals must be spe cific in complying piecinely with all tho terms. 1 be Heap will ae carelully inspected in sucu a man nei as the Government may direct bo. ore being ac cepted, and compared with tho samples retainod. it must be donverea free of drayage, to the Com missary Storehouse, coiner Thalia and New Levee streets, New Orleans, La., or at such place in this city as may be required ojr the undorstgned. payments te be mauo in ueitinoaies oi inaootea- ne-s. The undersigned reserves the right to rejoct any or all bids offered. Tho Proposals must be enclosed in an enve'one (scaled), addressed to the uc doraj(ned, and endorsed "1'iOiiosais ior soap." a. niiUiiivii ti. 2 1811t Brevet Brig.-Gonerul and aup'r C 8. GOVEIiNMENT SALE OF SURPLUS HAKD BItEAD. SUBSISTS OH OPF1CB, U. . A. J NO. 8 SOUTH (tAY STREKT, t i Baltimore, Mo., January 81, 1806 I Staled Proposals in duplicate will be received at thi office daily, and opened at 12 o'clock M.. on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the month of February, for the purchase of surplus GOOD HAHit lift LAD, on band a this depot. Ibe bread is in boxes of fifty (50) pounds each. All the bread offered nndor this advertisement has I eon careiuliy and thoroughly inspected, each box having been opened, examined and then re-onopered, and no box allowed replaced which did not oome up to the standard lor issue to troops. No proposals received lor less than twenty (20) boxes. Purchases will be delivered on board ot transports without expense to the purchaser. Payment reauired in Government Tonus on notm- callon ot acceptance of bid. Twenty days allowed puiohasers to remove stores. Should navigation be cloned dunngthis time, the time so lost will not be considered. Proposals to be cnaorsea on tne envelope, "Proposals for Hard Bread," and addressed to THOMAS Wli.oON, Erevt. Lt.-Col. and u. s V. b. A., 1812 20 Brevt. Brig. Genl. Vols, ATFICE OF CHIEF QUA E TERM ASTER. V.7 Military Division of the Guit, New Orleans, La., Deoember 2, 1365. Sealed Proposals are Invited and will te received at this ouice until 12 M., juarcn l. isws, tor tno pur chase of sixty-six (08) camels, the property oi the Luitea states, now at camp vcruo, near can auio uio, '1 exas. vids may be maaoiior one or more oi tnese am main. Each envelope containing a hid should be "ealed and addressed "Colonol C. G. Sawtelto, Chief Quar termaster. Military Division of the Gulf, Now Or- leanv. LA." 'Ibe Government reserves the right to rejoct any bids deemed too low. Pa ment to be made in unueu states curronoy nnon the acceptance ot anv proposal and prior to the delivery oi tne cameis to tue sucoesiiui uiuucr, at San Antonio, xexas. J li. BAW ILLLI!;, Colonel and Chief Quartermaster, Military Divi sion oi the Gulf, Brevet Colonel United States Army. DYEING, SCOURING, ETC. XTEW YORK DYEING AND PRINTING J.1 KSTAIsLlallMEN'T, Btaten Island, No. 40 & V THIT I W Ktmat. Tills Company, so long and favorably known in New i orlt tor tue past iony-Mix .years, nave opened aa uuioc as above, tauies anu gentlemen varuieuis ami wear ing apparel of every kind Dyed and Cleaned in tbe mosl pei'tect manner, diuuib anu Bpuiarouiuveu iruui gariuuud wltbotu being uppeu. i DercliuntH liavlng goods of undesirable colors can ha tbeui reu ed in superior style. 129mw;3ia QASI OAS!! OAS!!! REDUCE YOUR GAS BILLS. Stratton's Regulator for Gas Burners, (Fatented November 21, 1865.) It Is a matter of considerable importance to gas con sumers generally, and ol epeciai hnpomnco to all keepers of boiels and large boaming bouson, to have nnh m burners as will admit oi being easily and per- utanently adjusted to suit the special requirements of tne locamy oi entu ububu mm .vi f.i tbe bills leel but little or no Interest in economizing the pus, and sometimes carelessly, or thoughtlessly, turn on twice or thrice as much as would answer their Deeds. Call and examine, or scad your orders to STRATY ON & CO., AT THE FLOKENCE OFFICE, No. 630 CHESNCT Street, Phllada. hctall price, 35 cento each. 212 mwrSm AT QUEEN'S NEWS STAND, XX B. W. corner BtVt a in ana vutciju i streets, All. TUB DAILY AND WEEKLY PA PURS. PJlUIODICALS, Etc., May be obtained at curren rates. Sli rrHE 'STAMP AGENCY," NO. 804 CHESNU1 J HTKKCT. A BOVJS TIIIRD, WILL BE CCrai'li UEI A iiinMurovK, NTAMl'K or lAK T Dr"8CKlPTI03I CONSTANT!, fI III l T 1 u . V V" 1UAII 1111 111 ggp o GOVERNMENT 8ALE3. J)ANIHL II. BUltDETT, j - ' AUCTIONEER. ... ' . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT VESSELS AT AUCTION. BUltDETT, JONES & CO., WILL SELL OK THTJESTJAY, , MAECH .1...1866, AT 12 O'CLOCK, NOON, At the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, By order of the Navy Department, the following- Domed vessels : c-TKAM TUG "MARIGOLD." Length. 88 feett breadth. 19 footi dnDth. 8 foot 8 Indies one vertical engine; diameter ot cylinder. 2S iuobts; stroke of piston, 28 incho) one Hut and roiuia. tuouiar Doner KTF.AH 1TJG "LABURNUM." Length, 100 ieet breadth, 21 feet 8 inches; dpth, feeti diameter of cv'lnder. 82 lncbeai stroke. 2 inches i one boiler, two lurnace. flue and return tubes. Tt.BMS Twenty per cent, on the day of sale, the balance within six days, when tbe vessels must be removed Irom tbe yard. 4 ?z ot v. ti. iEL.Li, commandant. . LAL UF COM)EJlM!.U UUA UTEKUAarEn O 810KE8 AT ALfcXAWDldA, VA. Chief quabibkmastsb's Office, ) Dkpot o Wabhibotow. I WAenii o-roH, 1). C, February 13, 1868. 1 Will be sold at oublto auction, at ALEXANDRIA. Va., nndor the direction of Brevet Lintitenaut-Col-onel J. G.C.Lee, A. Q. II., on 1UMDAY, Febru ary 27, 1866, at 10 o'clock A. M ,a large lot of con demned Quartermaster's Stores, consisting of : lrili Harness. Adzes, Saddle. H altera, Wagon Covers, Buckets Drug and Paints, Horso Medicines, ' Hammer, B. S Bellows, Kbovois, IIoso, Hind Sail, l'aullins, Soda Fountain, Barrels, . W indow and Door Frames, Doors, Ladders, Window Sash, Anchor, sugar Mill, Brooms, Portable Forgos, 9 Ambulances, 6 Spring Wagons, 3 Medical Wagons, 1 One-horse Wauon, Roue, Glass, Ir. n, Coppor, Lead, Lead ripe, Cylinder Brick, oto. A u pei s, V1rc, B'tst, Uroadaxcs, . t. iii. eif, Hammers. Urindetouos, haws, Bquaiee, diesis, Knives, Burring, Folding, Groov ing, .turning, wiring, and Tire-(Sending Ala chines; Corn Miln, Burr alill-stonos, Irinting 11088, with Tj pe ana conr. It arid t rucks, U ay Cutters, Hay Tress, Corn Sboller. Fanning Mills, lents, Axes, Chairs, Desks, -Moves, Ovens, iota, Cauldrons, Ox Yokes, Chains. Ibe stores must be removed by the purchaser with in live days trom the date ot sale. Terms Cash, in uovernment tunas. D H.liUCKER, Brevet Major-Gen, and Chief Quartermaster, 217 8t Depot of Washington. SALE OF MEDIC1KKS BELONGING TO THE AIEDRAL DEPARTMENT OF I UK ARMY, Medical Pdbviyob'b Office, I Washington, D. C, Febiuary 9, 1806. ) An auction sale of valuable Medicines no longer required by tbe Medical Department, U. a. Army, will be hold in this city on THURSDAY, tne 1st day ot March next, and succeeding days, if nece.-s-rv, at lO o'clock A. M ., at the Warehouses located on Judi ciary Square, Fifth and E streets, back ol the City nan. ibe Medicines are In the original packages, and tbe attention of the trade is invited to this sale, which will embrace the following principal arti cles, viz.: Eti cr, t-uipburic, 6C0 lbs.,' Dover's Powder, 250 lbs., Alcohol. t(J0 bottles. Cod Liver Oil, 1000 bot tlos. lomoound bpirits 01 Ether. 5U0 lbs.. Camphor Tills, 1000 doz Simple Cerate, 1000 Iks , Uompounacatnartlcl ills, SO00 dozen, Opium Pills, 1000 dozen. Cblorofoim, 600 lbs., 1 Inid extract ot Buchu, 260 lbs.. lodino of Poiassjum, 200 Fluid Extract of On- lbs., Rhubarb, 600 lbs.. Powdered Rhubarb, 250 lbs.. Sytup of SqaiUs, 600 lbs , Compound bpinu ol Lav- chono. 600 lbs.. Fiuid Extract ot Ipecacu anha, XbU IDS., Flmd Kx ract ol Rhubarb, 2f)0 lbs.. Mass Hjararjr, 250 lbs., enuer, ow ids., . Besides o'ber articles. Upwards of sixty artic.es of the Materia ATedica, in lots similar to the above, will be otTorod tor sale. Cata'oeues containing a complete list, with full particular, will be reaav ty tue ma lnst. i eiiuh euHU. luuuTuruiuuubiuuua, Five dtivs will be allowed to purchasers in ro-' moving tneir property. C. SUTHERLAND, Surgeon U. S. A., Medical Purveyor. C. W. BOIELEK, Jb, , 2 9 17t Auctioneer. QOYERNMENT HARNESS AND SADDLES. AX IMMENSE STOCK OF 8 ADDLES, BliLDLK-4, COLLARS. BJilNS, HAL1ERS and CiiATNS, SHELBY TENTS, WAGON COVEB3, a-ORTABLB FORGES. ETC. E1C. Much of this Harness is new all Inspected work, and suited to all kinds of city, truck, or farm puraases, W holeiale or Retail. GREAT BARGAINS. PITKIN & CO.. 21 lm No. 339 N. fUONT b treet FURNITURE. PITY FURNITURE AT OOULD & OO.'S UNION DEPOTS, Nos. 37 and 39 N. SECOND Street, KOpposlta Christ Church), And Corner of NINTH and MARKET Tbe largest, cheapest, and be f FDBNIT I every dccrlptlon In ihe 2 10 ly TO HOUSEKEEPERS. 1 have alarsesiock ol every variety of Furniture w bleb 1 Will sell at reduced prices, consisting of TLAIN A5D MARBLE TOP COTTAGE BTJIT8 WA-StJT CHAMBER BClTd. . PARLOR 8TJIT8 IN VELVET PLU8H. PARLOR SUITS IN BA1R CLUTU. PARLOR BTJ118 IN REPS. Hdeboards, Extension Tables, Wardrobes Book-cases, ilatue6i.es. Lounges, Etc. Etc. P. r. GUSTINE, I153n. Jt.E. Cor. BtCOSD AND RACE 8T8. No. 1Q04 QHESNUT S1V Have lust received OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA COFFEB. XTHA ENGUBH BREAKFAbI TEA, ' RrPxM MARYLAND U AMS, FIN. I) mtl BEEF AMU 1 OSOTJES. 118 6m THE BTAMP AGENCY, NO. 804 CHESNOT STREET, AROVU.THIKD, WILL BE CONTINUED AS HEKHOFOHB 8TA fifS of EVERY DtfSCBlTTTOW CONSTANTLY ON BAND AND 19 A If AMOUNT. 11 11 av and a yt TEA DBALEBB.l. GOVERNMENT SALES. 8IKA.Y1ER3 AND O YtieKI, 1FKKCIW. . i AitvoT CicAETrnMAfTEn' OiryicB .J od of BALTiMens, Ma. t'entunry 1(1. 18M Will be seld aL Ball mora. V d . unrinr dirnnt o (.attain A.M. Cumtnlnirs, A U M., ' CN THURSO A T, MARCH L 180C. AT 10 1 O'CLOl K A. II.. at tho Government wharf, south side of basin, tbe lollowmcr named teseoii and oibor oCects belonginjc vu tue uevernnicui, v : I UK "EfWUr," Side-wheel steamer of 440 tons, wooden hntl. and bottom Diets. led! lenctn on deck. 181 fe,t i breadth oi beam, 20 ieet; over all, B0 leet ; draft 61 feet) has one low-piessure beam engine; d-ameter of cylinder, vi icciiosi stroke oi p slou, 10 ic-t;caaoity of carro, . 1CM) barrels, She is In line tunning order, and well lound in all lier outllta, . . THE "MANHATTAN," Rlflft.hw(l iiHmnr ttf Aid Inni. WAnffnn tinltf lenth upon deck, 120 feet; broadlh of beam. 85 feet; over all, feet; dei-th or bold. 10 reel; d rait, 7 feet; has one low-pressure enirrei diameter of oylindor, 84 lnol.es; S'roite ot piston, 9 ieet; eapaolty of caro, 1000 barrels, bho is in jrood order and well lound in ail her outfits. THE "J 911 N FARKON." Plde whoel sieamer of S14 ions, wooden hull i leryth neon deck. 1M) froti lenm. 23 feet; over all. 42 ieet; dptb of hold. 8 loot ; draft, 6 foet t has one low-ptesture beam encinr; diameter ot cy linder. 8tJ inches: stroke of. ntston. 8 Ieet and ia well fonnd in anchors, chains, and general outfits. THE rECONIC." Side wbeol steamer of 813 tons, wooden hull, iron fastened arid metalled in 18GS; Ion nth on dook, 155 loet; breadtn of beam, 28 feet; over all, 41) feet; depth ot hord, 8 leet; draft, 4 leet; has oua low irexsure benm enclne; diainvter of cylinder, 84 It'cbes: stroke ot Distnn. It) leet: eansoitv ot curan. 7C0 barrels) hull, eno-ino. and boiler ah in sood eon. dition.tand well found in her on til Is. THE "HUGH JENKINS." Sldo-wheel stesmnr nf ftflfi tin s, wooden nnll. and bottom motnl led; leiiflh on deck, 100 ieet; breadth ot beam, 27 leet ; over all, 48 leet; dep'h. ol bold, 7f lect; draft, 6 leet; has tnu low-prossuie beam cnirne; diameter of cylinder, 82 inches; stroke of plcton 10i feet; capacity of carco, 1200 bariels; maclnrerv in pooo condition and vessel well lound in all bei outfits. the "STAh." bide-wbrel atenmer oi 2R7 42 0.1 tons! wooden hnlli leutrth on deck, 160 ieet ; breouth o beam, 2flj feet; over all, 66 leet; depth ot hold, 7 ieet; droit, 6 foot; has orb low-pressure beam enpine; diameter of cylinder, 86 fnchc; stroke ol piston, 8 feet; capaoitv oi canro. auuu Darrein ; vessel in oou repair and well found in all heroutU s. TBE BAE1 OOS'." - Side-wheel steamer of 2u4 tons; wooden hull; lei alh on deck, 160 feet; b.-arilhoi' beam, 10 ieet; over all, 87 leet; depth ot bold, 6 i feet) droit, 4) foot; bas one low-piwure bourn engine ; dtamotor of cylinder, L9 inches; stroke ol piston, 11 loot fc-he bas recently bren put in must thorough repair, and is wen lurn6bed ana fi tod up as a staff-boat: bavinsr abundant enects in all departments On board for immediate use. THE "IOLAS." Side-wheel steamer of 1C4 7-05 tons wooden hull ; lensrln on decit, 120 feet; l-re.u h ot beam, 21 leet; over all. 88 feet; depth of hold, 6 feet; ora-t, 4 feet; has one square low prsMiro engine; diameter oc cylinder, 84 it chos; stroke of piton, 6 feet; capacity of carco, 400 bariels. Weil lound In anohors, chains, tools, eto. eto. THE "JAMES JEROME." Screw steamer ol lti8 98 C5 tons, wooden hnll; lenfrtli on deck, 106 feet; breuothof benm, 22) foet; oeptb ot hold, 9 leet; draft, 4i ieet; has one iiish pre' sure engine; diameter cl cylinder. 22 inches; stroke of pinton, 22 inches; capacity of cargo, 1900 barrels. Vessel in good tubbing order, and well louud in all her outfits. THE "CECIU" Side-wbeol steamer of 130 tons wooden hull, and bottom metalled : leneth on dck, 125 foot: breadth ol beam, 18 leet ; overall, S2 leet; dent n ot hold, 8 lect i oralt, 6 feet; bas one io-preesure beam en gine; diameter of ovlmder. 20 inches; stroke of pitton, B leet: capacity ol cnmo.ZiA barrels. Vos sel in good ordor, and well found in all her outfits. THE "L. G. CNVON7 Screw steamer of 200 tons, iron hall, built in 1862 : drait, 6 ieet; has one biifh.i rei-sure entrine; diame ter ol cylinder, 22 inches; ttroke of piston, 2 loet. Vessel in good repair, and well found iu all her ouints. THE "IRONS-IDES." fcerew steamer of 192 tons: iron hull, sheathed with wood; length on deck, 125 feet; breadth of beam, 23 ieet coptn oi uoiu, 0 ieet; droit, 4 leet; has one high-pressure en cine; diamoter oi cylinder, 21 inches; stroke oi piston, 2 leet; capa city of eartro. 1800 barrels. Mho bas a new boiler and engine, rebuilt in 1862, well iound in a 1 her out fits. THE "FANNY GARNER." Screw steamer of 100 ton?, wooden bull ; lenirth on deck, 150 leet; breadth of beam, 25 feet; dpth of bold. 7 feet: drait. 7 feet: lias one hisrh-Hressure tnuiiic ; diameter of cylindei, 4 inches; stroke of piston, 2 feet; eapaoity ot cargo, 16(H) barrels. 6 he is in cood running order, and well fonnd in all her outfits. THE TUG "TIGRESS." Screw tnv-boat ot 70 tons, woouen bull; length on deck. C3 leet; breadth of beam. 16 leet; drait. feet; bos one hiph-pressuro engine; dlamotor of cylinder, 20 inches; stroke ol piston, 20 Inches; bull, engine, and boiler In good o-ter, and vessel woli found in all iter outfits. TUE TUG "it ATE." Screw tug-boat of 85 tout-; lenoth on deck, ieet; breadth ot beam, 10 u-et; depth of hoid, 6J icct; arair, 7 loet; bas one n u-n-pressuro engim ; diameter of cjlindor, 1CJ ir.cLon; stroke of piston, 18 inches; endue and bot'or in good order, and vefael well louadcd in all her ouiuu. MISCELLANEOUS. ONE IRON K UDDER, Made of 2 inch round iron, 11 ieet 8 Indies long; plated with 8-16 inch iron on tbe back; made of the best material, and iu the moit thorough manner. This Rudder was made for steamer ' X. G. Can non," tut not found recessary lor her use. OIkE SUBERIOU lL'Ll;LAlt BOILER. Taken from ibe steamer'.-) R. bpauidlug." and now lying at Poole and linnt's yard, foot of 'i names otroet, 16 feet 2 it-uhes in length. 10 foet 6 inches in width, and welgl lug 78,100 pouuds. Ibis Boiler Is in comolulo oidcr, and ready for tn niedlaie use, having been repaired at a cost of $7000, with the view of putting it in thu steamer "Ben Leiora," and not umu, as tne "xuioro' was sold by the Governmunt boiore its couiplo tion. Aiso, from tbe Goverr.n cut storehouse, south side ol the lamn: (superior Cbronometers, Marine Glasses, Metallic Lite-boats, Engh tors' Tools, filiin Stores, blup Furniture. Manilla Kopes, I. c l-.to , -to , Too numerous to mention lii retail, some of which ara entirelv ntw. and all In set vIceaMe condition being surplus stock reserved for ofl'ering at final In of vessels at this Ilepot. 1 be above named vesselx mil ' heir effeots are only gold lor want ot further uso tv I no government, loirua Cash in Governtm r t tunris on "av ot sale Colonel, C lutf Quanei master, 2 10 9t Middlo Military Department, IMMEDIATELY AFTER 'IHE ABOVE SALE O bTEAMERS, WE WILL KELL, STliAM JERRY BOAT "BAETli OLE," 81EAM I'RO- 1'IXLEU ' -THOMAS 8WAXN," t IE Ail 1'RO I'XLLER ' CONGKKKS," M i-illows: The bteam Ferry Boat 15ALIIMOKE," side wheel double-end ferry boat, i-i -iA tons. Length on deck, over all, 133 feet 1 lncl.i i-; beam, 82 leet ; over all, 61 feet; depth of bold, 0 IV ct 11 inches; has one low-pressure beam engine, :.;; meter of cylinder 83 inche; stroke of piston, 9 feet ; draught, 8 feet; bud in perfect order, Iron lastoncU, and metalled in 1808; weil lound in cl ams, anchors, lasts, boats, and life preservers; engine and boikr u 'so in perfect order, and now ready for servlc ; w.th everything on board tbat the law requires, hi ving been inspected by a Government inspector during tho lat month. The steam propeller "THOMAS SWANS," ot 806 tons, wooden bull, iron tokened and metalled; length on deck, 120 feet 0 nc)ies; beam, 27 feet 7 inches i depth ot lower hold 7 leet 6 inches ; between decks, 7 leet 11 inches ; drift, 8 ieet 1 indie ; has one direct acting low pressure eugme; diametor of cylin der, 26 incuts; stroke of pislrui 80 inches. Boiler, machinery, and hull all In per ect order, and well fonnd in anchois, chains, tools, boats, life-preservers, eto , and everything tho law requires, with te ding, furniture, and eroel.ery, and cooking uten tjM fur twenty-four persons; now ready tor sea. laving been fitted up and insocoied by a Govern ment inspector during the last two months. Capa city for carrying 2600 round barrels. Tbe Steam I'ropeller "CONG HE9," ot 172 tons, wooden bull, Iron fastened; length on deck, 130 feet; beam. 25 foet 6 inohes; depth of lower hold. 11 leet; between decks, 7 feet 8 inches ; draught, 9 feot 6 Inches. Built in lri68;bas three masts, with lore and alt sails, in good order. Hull, engine, and boiler in perfeot order, and well supplied with anchors, chains, tool, boats, and llle-pre servers. Capacity for freight, 4000 barrels, having been fitted up the last two months, wltn full coupieruant of bedding, inruiiure, srockery, utensils for 24 per sons. Mow reaov for sea, ana inspected by a uorvi - ADREON & CO., ' 2 21 7t AucUoucers. GOVERNMENT SALES. i 1 AKOH GOVERNMENT HAEK OF 00 RAIT Xi J AN Rl VEH Kl EA M EbH. 1 IJG. HCliOON. AltB, f &KKI-11IM1S, MU . i I'jrricit uhikf viuaktkiimastbr, MlLlTABT DlVIBIPS) or TH UOTI I, Htw OHLIAN8, lA,, February 7. 1806. Tbe lollowiDp.named vessels beloniriiiar to th Cjuaitetmastor's liepartment, Unided HtaV-s Army, will besotd at l'nblio Auction, to the highest bidder, on the 2Htb day of February, 1806, at the onlce ol the Cbiet Quartermaster, Latavetts square, JSo, US. Cmp street: eicamsbip '-ureeoent," registered 1219 tons, iron vessel.- bteamship "St. Mary." registered 1218 tons, irom Teasel. I tyfamifcin "Clinton." registered 12.10 tons. Iran , - - i . . ISienmsbiD "Alabama," registered 630 tons. eteamsbiD "Ueorgo rcabodv." rauivtnrnd 1018 steamship "Convoy," re'lstored 125 tons. &uamhip "1'iauter," registered 8O0 tons. I'tepilei "( orinthlan " registered i6 tons. Tropel er "KUuton," registered 850 tons, l'roreiler Foote." regn-tere 470 tons. I'ropeller "f.xact," regisieied 2t'-5 tons. 1'ropoiler "fortir," iepisier d IHa tous. Bropelk r "Huziar," registered 150 tons. i iopelier Alliance." rciruiiored Bus tons. iro vessel , Side-whtel towboat "St. Charles'" reslstered 658 tons. Hide-wheel steamer "J. W . Hancock." reelstored CZ0 ton. , Kioe-whecl steamer "Diana," registered 700 tons. iSfdO-wbcei Steamer "Col. tiBloomh." reviattrnd 220 tons. Mde-whoel steamer "Mustang." registered 178 tens fctrrn-whoel stiamer "Altamont," registerol 292 tons. Mern-wheel Mf amer "Emma," registered 189 tons. . Meru-wheol sieamer "Co.ouol Bonodiot." roo-is. tered 181 tons. W heel in leoess steamer "Tamaulipas," registered 8C1 1 ns, iron easel. vslicol in recess si earner "Matamora." reiristernd 811 tour, nen vcsnol. leiitrc-w becl steamer "Colonol Coibnrn." ran. tered l'5toiis, lare railroad ferrt-boat. Cdilre-wlieol Siesmer "t.enoral Kansom." reirifl. tered 101 tons, large railroad hrrv-boat. Centre-wheel steamer "Keooor." rearlsteied 70 tons, lariie railroaa lerrv-Loat. lug "1 erry," registrel 165 tons. Tg "Jennie," regi.-tered 11 tous. ' Tug Cleveland," registered 87 tons, lug "Belle bailington," ngi- tered 05 tons. Schooner 4 Electro," rcgtsteied 117 tons. Schooner "11 D Adnms." regixtered 112 tons. Schooner ".cout," registered 126 tons. Schooner "Union," registered 18 tons, techooncr "Winona," registered 117 tons. rcho nor "Annetto," re"istered 135 tons. Schooner "Highlander," registered 310 ton Model barge "Colonol Mullnran.'' registered 12(1 tons. Ihree (3) lighters. . OnelDtlatboat. Ten (10) small boats. Ihree (8i barges. Nine (0) yawls. A lull QOfcnntion of these vessels can be had on an- plicabon at the ollloe ot Brevet Ueutenant-Uolonot E. fci. ALLEN, Assistant Quartermaster, Tchoupitou las stieet, New Orleans, and most of them oon be seen at this port or vicinity. I ernis i ash in United states etinency, or auditod transportation vouchers; fifteen (15) per cent, of the purchase money to be paid on bidding on eaoh boat. and the balance to be paid within eight (8) days there alter. By order of the Quartermaster- uoneraf. C. G. 8AWTELLE, Colonel and Chief Quartermaster, 2 12 lit Military Division of the Gulf. 2ALE OF UBSlSlENCTTsTOREANOXOM- MLSSABY PKOI ERTK. Offick Dktox Commibsaet ov Spmibtknc, f No 401 N. SlZTKKNTH STRKHT, ( rniI.APiii.FuiA, I'a., February 20, 18G8 ) Will be sold at l'ublio Auction, lor account of tho United Mates, at the Government Storehouse. No. 101 N. blXi EENT11 S'reet, on WEDNEaDAY, the 28i h day of February, 1866, at 10 o'clock A. M , the following condemned subsistence btoros and Commissary iioperty: sroREs. 1S16 lbs. Bacon Shoulders 1 1899 lbs. Beans, 8583 lbs. Hard Bread, 850 ibs. Hams lEUfbKlI- Commissary Chests, Runchos, cpring noionces, Liquid Measures, Dry Measures, Faucets, Funnels, Moiassts Gales, icoops, Cleavers, Ha'cbets, . Hammers, Moat-saws, Meat-hooks, Butcher-knives, Butcher-Ptee Is, Tap-borers, Head-raisers, Vines. Adzes, t inlets, Drivers, Huhg-tarteTS, Buug-screws, Meves, Ladles, Bake-pans, 1'an-peels, I auldrons, Grate bars, CoUoemllls, W hutatones, I'lattorm-scales, Boa m -scales, Counter-scales, eto. eto. Most ol the above articles ate fit for use, and can be een ior two uavs previous to the sole. l'ayment to be made in Governmeuc iunds at time of sale, and goods to be removed as soon as practi cal e thereafter. By order ol General C. L. KILBURN, A. C. G. S. and Depot Commissary. G. BOLTON NEWTON, 2 20 7t Brevet Major and C. 8. V. iLE of Harness. ASSISTANT QUASTEBMABTEU'B OFFIOB, I ruiLAPELPHiA Dkpot, February 21. 1868. I Will be sold at Fuhlio Auction, at tne United States Government Warobouso, Hanover Street Wharf, Fhiladelphia, I'a.. oa WEDNESDAY, Febiuary 28, Ibtifi, cuuimouoing at 10 o'clock A. Ji , the loliowiug dttcribid HARNESS, viz.: 7(9 single sets lead-mule harness, worn. 172 singlo sets wbeel-mu e harness, worn. '" 42 single sets kad-1 orse harness, good. 65 single sets wheol-borse harness, good. 10 single sets lead-ambulance haruc.s, good, ill single sets wheel-atnoulance harness, worn, j enrs ot eaie Cash, in Govtrnmcnt fundj, By order ot Colotel WILLIAM W. McKIM, Chief Quart muster, Rhiladnlplna Depot. HENRY BOWMAN, 2 21 Ot Captain and Assistant Quartermaster. SALE OF NEW JiOSlUTAL CL01H1NG, BEB. DING, E1C. M epical Punvr.TOB's Office. WAsniKGTON, D. C , February 13, 1H66. ) An extensive sale ot Host nal Clothing, Bedding, etc., entirely new, and in tho original bozos and bales, will re held in this city, at the Judiciary f- quare Warehouses, Fifth and E streets, back of City Hall, on TULRSDY, the 8th oay of Ma rob. next, at 10 o'c ock A. M. Ihe following, articles will be oilered for sale, viz. ; r-liirie , 10,000 Drawers 20,000 hocks, pain 20,000 bhppers, pairs 80,000 Gowus 80,000 Beasacks 20 000 Tillow-ticks 10000 Billows, Hair 1,000 Towels. Hand 10 000 'Ibe attention of tho trado and the public at largo is called to thii salo, 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 (6) days trom termi nation of sa'e. Teims Ca?b, in GovernmoDt funds. C. SUTHERLAND, Surgeon and Furvoyor, U. 8. A. C. W. BOTELER. Jr.. Auctioneer. 3 11 lot f OFJlCE OF ASSISTANT QUARTERM A81EE, Wilmington, Delaware, I February 12h, 1866 ) SALE OF BUBPLUS GOVERNMENT MULES. All vood and serviceable. Will be sold, at Fublio Auction, at WILMINGTON, De. aware, on FRIDAY, tne 28d of February, FRIDAY, tbe 2d of March, Two bundled serviceable MULES. One hundred on each day of sale. The espeoial attention oi purchasers is invited tft Ihe tact that these Mnies are large, well paired, and in excellent condition, being the surplus team Mules Of Washington Depot. Animals sold singly. Sales to commence at 10 A.M . Terms Cash in United States currency. By order of Brevet Brigadier Goneral JAMES A. EK.IN, In charge 1st Division Q M. V. O. C. U. GALLAGHER, 3 11 lit Captain and A. Q. T3RIDE8BURO MACHINE WORKS, Jj OFFICE, 0. 65 V. VHOST 8TEEET. VmuMLrKu. repared to fill orders to any extent for ear well known . MACHINERY FOB COTTOJT AWT) WOOLLEN MILLS, Including all recent Improvements fa Carulug, Spluuinjh and Weaving. -We invite tbe attention of manufacturers to oar exte Slve works, . I J - AXJBED JI3JK8 8Qa.