THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 18GG. s v A Poem iy O. VF. Holmes. The subjoined poem by Oliver W. Holmes was sent by huu to toe Harvard Club In New York, to be read at thetr "Reception" held on Friday evening at Dclinoulco's: She to whose faithful breast each child I dear Bran the far murmur ol youi voioes meeting, An, sweetest music to Iior loving ear I And sends a moher's groetiug. When first enroled her radiant form she drosaed, Iruin nan the pear that on her foronoau glistened; Freedom tier message to the yn-gin vet, And the wool wor d listened. Wliat e' r she gave yon learning, icienco art Stu d irom the mystfo tie whose leave are letters, One gilt excelled irum all, a manly heart rtvd Irom an eartoly tetters. Cnard well the pearl ot Harvard, all too white or tlio ooarae hands to clulon mat Day and barter, Conquer w ibFieeooui in bor Hie long tlut, Or Ian her Lou e martr. MISCELLANEOUS JOTTINGS. A butcher was frozen to death on Thursday, while baling cattle, three miles from Chicago. The Ribel Generals Bucknor and Heall, who have beer in Chicago lor several weeks, have returned South. It m reported by way of Brownsville, that Manuel Ruiz has goue over to Manouliau, and denounced Juarez as a usurper, i Carl Sihurz has been appointed editor of tho now rtdical paper that is to appear in De troit next month. During his stay in Paris, the Kin? of Portuanl made MM, Rossini and Verdi grand oilic-rs of the Cross i the Svrl. A dairhter of Mary Howltt Is preparing tor the press "A Year in Sweden with l'redcrika ' Bremer." Count Zsmoyskl, whoso name was promi nent in connection with tho Polish insurrec tion, die! in London recently, at the ago of ' sixty-sewn. The rand prize ot 00,000 In the lottery annually diawn at Madrid has this year been gained tv a rich Havana merchant, who held tickets to tbe value of ilGUO. The ling of the Belgians, it is said, intends in finnr.l lirn.flplfl. in pinnlnt.lnn nf i.hn Muoiia 1 with aristic treasures a point on which his I lather vb very ludilltrent, i I Comiodore Vanderbilt has alreaJy en 1' caged roens at Rye Beach for tbe next season. jj and Is balding private stables there lor his Genenl R. Clay Crawford, the Bagdad filll butter, weported to have escaped Irom the fort whore h-was confined. Ilii confederate has been libeated on parole. The bsiness men in Nashville have Initiated a movemut to organize a Petroleum Board in that city,nita a view to develop the oil and other uiilstrial interests in Tennessee. Senatr Doolittlc has caused the Govern ment aderttrini? to be transferred from the Milwaukl SerUine:, radical, to the Wisconsin, conservatve. . A wiow lady named Pottier has just died nt Breveden France, in her one hundred and ourth ytr. She retained her faculties to he lust. Tho 9-Lonia Republican savs thnt within a few day single transportation company in that city has ade engagements of freight to the extent ot Uree millions ot pounds lor Montana Territory lone. The freight will be moved by steam boa as eoon as navigation opens, to the mouth ot lusele Shoal, on tho Missouri river, and theny by wagons to Virginia City, and other poiis in the territory. At thUnlted States Arsenal at Watertown, Massacuutts, three hundred and sixty nion are Etui cngagi in inc manuiacture ot iron gun car riages, oi le Rodman pattern, designed tor the thorough iming of the forts ot our coast Irom tho bordslof Maine to the chores of California and Oiegc The carriages are chiefly lor guns ot ten or 'ieen-inch bore, aud at present orders arc on hid ior oue hundred and City. A let-r Irom Kehl mentions, as a proof of the good:eling which prevails among the differ ent religns communities in the duchy of Baden, that ou B occasion of a Jewish lestival, a few days bac at Mupgenstrnm, near Rastadt, the eyagogiwas voluntarily decorated by a num ber of Cistian Icllow-townsmen, and during the serv a Catholic priest, bes des other per sons of rers religious forms of worship, was present. The m press Eugenie has made another seneationn tbe fashionable world. A Paris coirespo:ent of the Word writes: "A terrible rumor w;circulating yesterday in the saloons. Crinolines in danger. Neither the Empress nor her lies of houor wore it at the dinner on Monday ube Tulleries. You here see the con sequence)! that reform at the court which, if it becoitu d, will completely destroy unhappy crinoliue The an Francisco Bulletin describes a cotton tcory recently established across the Bay at (klaud. It is capable of producing one vbouud two hundred and eighty yards ot cloihi day. The State Legislature has olTcred lite premiums for the encouragement of cottonuanulHCturing, and the JiulleOn be lieves tli Sit no distant day California will raise her owrcotion and manuiacture all that is needed ttdomestic use. A noble Innovation of an Eastern custom is thus nsd by the Opinions Nalionateot Paris: "A sinilar incident marked the second ball at the Tu-ries. The wile of Sayfet-Pacha, the Ambassar ot the Porte, appeared In a Euro pean cosine, with her face uncovered. She is perhaps le first Turkish lady that has thus cpenly d.ardcd the national prcludiceo of her countryvmen. She wore an elogant Parisian toilet, andanced several mazurkas with perleet grace andisttnetton." Immiiately upon tho passage of tho act of .maricipion in fliiHtoun, us j,egnature organ izeu the lite Board of Immigration, to open the way rl invito the industrious and enter prising c other States to come to Missouri. Governor'letchcr issued an official address, which, vi many interesting fucU about the State, t.ttctcd atteution; and an immteratlon commend upon the close of tne war, reaching in six utths irom titty to eighty thousand persons. io have come to make thoir homes In the State, f jv revimir aoir nnzp-nirot. ior ,uu a Blue. A ,! J , 1' T 0 A'nj. . ' T iuui ymuictt! inicagouu weuneguay, uetween ' a Boston id Chieaso animal. The tight lasted two hounnd a half, resulting in several tights amomi llbrutal snuctators. the killinar ot th 4'hicDgo e, and the death of the victor In a few hourrom the horrible iniuries received in the coute. The result is thus summed up: iwq aogauiea, three men stabbed, two nouses gutted. Ic horses stolen, one landlord robbed, sundry pkets picked, and $10,000 gambled away uu o ugui. 1 GeonSand recentlv wroto to Victor IIuco to anuotte A urora, ,r Jollow: the birth or her grand-daughter namesake. M. Hugo replied as I x Ccttiouoe Aurora qui luit Vit a point dans notr ciel sombre; NA DC deux nous sommes lanuit, Vu etes i'astre et je suit i'ombre. Tbe puifit of which, in English, is as follows: "THIS s we Aurora comes upon our dark-sky We two athe night. You are tbe Btar, and I t am the Cuuesg." , ) Hon. i A.- P. Campbell, Judge of the Fifth Judicial Eriet of Mississippi, has recently de livered anaporlanl decision relative to the ap urcntice It. A ebild of a freed woman was, at ! liis own rtiest. apprenticed by the Probate I i Court to ati.en ot Attain county. His mother I j objected, tbiug bim to reuiain with her, ind upon her u-euentation a writ of habeas coivus 1 for bis m;ery was granted. Tbe case comlni liefore Jud Campbell be decided the action of J (he Court i be illegul, and ordered tbe boy to ; be relume to his mother, on the ground that : by the lawif Die State "the mother of a fatluir ! less child its natural guardian, aud entitled to J I itH ctihtod servicep. and earniags until itl J naiilority,- a may obtain possession by liubeua ' corpus, utidiay lawfully contract for its ser vice to uiticr for a period not to exceed its minority." i The monuments on the tombs of the Prus stan and Austrian soldiers who (ell during the first and second SchleswiT-Holfltcin wars are to be Inaugurated respectively on tho lfith of April, the anniversary ol tho victory of Eckenforde, and on the 18th ol Apillltttie anniversary of Duppel. ' . ,, Beer, which a few tears since, was little known m France, except' on the Rhine, Is now rowing ni0 general use. Collars similar to thone of Bavaria have been constructed (a seve ral departments in France ior tbe preservation of beer. CITY ORDINANCES. AN ORDINANCE To l'.oif nl all uromances now existing for the 1 bj mmt ot Bunntlps ot V oluntvers. hectlon 1 1 he bclcoi and Common Couneili ot tlie Cit of I'uilaue.puia do ordain, That a'ter the pas Mire ot tn; otilinatice all Bounty Ordlnanoee and all ordmancrs aud parts ot ordinance heretofore enacted awarduiir, promising, or antnonzlng the rajtnent of Bounties to Volunteers, be and the aine I hereby repealed. It betne, however, cxpres-ly declsred as the Intention ot the Councils that nothing herein contained shall ever be deemed, takon, or ronnttued as in any manner repealiue, afleoithr, or linpairiuf the validity ot any ordinance creating loana or ol any of the fad loans. W1LIJAM S; PTOKLEY, President oi Common Council. Attcot . BESJAMIlf H. Haihks, Llorkot feoioot Council. JAME.i LTND. President of Select Council. Approved this twentv-eihtli day of February, Anno Jioiiiinl one thousand eight hundred and Bixn-six (A. i. 18U6). MORTON MoMTHAEf,, 8 2 It Mayor of l'lulaclolphia. AN ORDINANCE lo Hake an Appropriation out of the Girard K'tato lor the pun.o-e therein montloned . . Si ol Ion 1. 1 he Select and Common Councils ot the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the sum ot six hundred and lorty-llve dollars be and the same is hi re ut appropriated out ot tho income ot the fund appropriated under the tweuty-xecond Item of the will of eiephen Girard for the Improvomaut of the eastern front ot tbe oily ol Philadelphia. For dredcinir docks on tbe north and south . rides of Girard wharf, oeoupied or A G. Cattcll & Company, six hundred and loity- five collars 043-00 WILLIAM 8. SIOKXEJC, President ot Common Council. Attest Benjamin H. DTaines, Clerk of Solwct council JAMES LYND, President oi Scloct Council. Approved this twenty-eitrntn dov of Kobrnary, Anno Domini ofie thouiunu eight huudrod and sixty -six (A. 1). 1SU). MORTON McMICHAEL, 8 3 It Mayor ot I'hiiade phla. 1 1 E S OL UTION J. Relative to the School Cepartment. Wheieas, Tbe Councils ot the city of Philadelphia, in order to carry on the city ctovemnient eupport tbe public schoo's, eto , have been obliged to impose most onerous taxes on their fellow citizens; And wheieas, The Controllers t toe Publlo Schools, without the approval of C'ojnci s, hare ap plied to the Leeislature for authority to set aside and divert fiom the seneral treasurr a portion of tho re ceipts of the taxes, so that the School Departmont may obtain an advantage over others wi so ia vored ! And whereas, This policy, it followed no by the other departments, win nave tne eHoci so lrutor awav the pub'io lunds, aud to create as many dis tinct treasurios as there shall be departmemis so fa vored j therefore i Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils ot (he City of Philadelphia, lhat those Councils do earnestly protest against said legislation, and do re finest our Senators . and Keort eontativos at Harris- burg to vote aeamst the passage ot the same, and that tli Ciorks of Councils sand a copy her o! to each ot tho Senators and Representatives of this Commonwealth. WILLIAM 8 STOKLEY, President of Comniou Couuoil. Attest ' Benjamin II. Haines, t Clork oi select Council. i james lynd. . 1 President of hulect Couuoil. Approved this tveniy-eiuhth day ot February, Anuo Domini one ttiuusand eight huudrod aud Blxty-nx (A. L). 1806). muHiujJi iio3itt;iiAi.u, 8 2 It i Mayor of Philadelphia. li ESOLUTION X Appiovlnrtne huretlos of Jacob W. Colladay lor tho Liection ot the new court House Resolved. iSy tho Select ana Common Councils of theUty ol Philadelphia, That William Y. Colladay and I harlo 1) COiladay are herebv approved as sureties of Jacob W. Colladay in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, ior tbe erection and construction by the said Jacob W. Colladay of the new Court House authorized by the ordinance entitled 'An Ordinance to I rovide for the Erection ot a new Court House on Independence qnare, south of Chesnut stioet." approved December 80, Ikoo. ao- cordinr to the terms ot his proposal, and the con tract drawn pursuant thereto; and the said contract alo is hereby approved, and toe aiayor isauiuonzuo to exscute the game on tobait ot tuo city. WILLIAM S. tsrOHLbX, President of Common Council. Attest Benjamin H Haines, Clerk oi Select Council, j JAMES LYND, President oi Select Council. Approved this twonty-oiehth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight Hundred and sixty-six (A. D. loGC). 8 2 It j Mayor of Philadolphia. ESOLUTION To Authorize Joseph Harrison, Jr., to Lay Certain Rails. Resolved. Bv'the Select and Common Councils of the City of Phiiaaelpuia, lhat the consent ot the ciiy ot Philadelphia is hereby riven to Joseph Har rison, jr.. and he is Hereby authorized to lav a rail road track ltom bis boiler works, on the west side ot Gi ay's Ferry road, across Gray's Forry road to connect With the Pennsylvania Railroai: Provided, That raid rails shall bo laid ia a manner Batisiaotory to the Chief Engineer and Surveyor of the city of Philadelphia, and shall conform to tho established grade 01 the street in which tuey are laid. WILLIAM H. STOKLEY, President oi Common Council. Attest . Benjamin II. Haines, , . Clerk of Select Council. JAMES LYND, President oi SeloctX'ouucil. Approved this twenty-eighth day of February. Anno Domini one thousaua eight, hundred aud sixty-six (A. D. 1306). t MORTON McMTCHAEL, 8 2 It Mayor ot Philadolphia. 7 ESOLUTION At V Relative to But of Peter S, Du Ponocau, Esq. Is tbe ity of Philadelphia, That the present of the bust or our late eminent leiiow-oiiizen, retor lu t'onccau. Efci.. be irratetuliv accepted, and placsd in the Hull ot jndeptnaence; and that the thanks ot Councils bo tenoerod to tne donor. Miss uarosono; and that the Clerks of i ou noils sngross aud send her a copy or this resolution , 4 WILLIAM S. STOKLEY, President of Common Council. Attest Besjamik II. Haines, Clerk oi beiect Council. . JAMES LTND, President of Select Council. Approved tbil twenty-elfrlnb day of February, Anno i K uitnl one thousand eight hundred and sixty- six (A. t loeoj. , MORTON McMICIIAEL, 8 2 It Mayor oi Philadelphia. TlESOLUTION IV Iteuealine a Resolution of Instruction to the CitT Solleitcr. Whereas. The Pbiladelpbla. Cermantown, and Norrislown lU'lroad Company have, in accordance with an ordinance approved January 29 1806 placed flagmen at the crossings ot tne streets tnurein desig nated! theielore Iteaolved. rlv tne Ro'oot and Common Couucils of tbe City of Philadelphia. That the resolution of Councils passed January 18, 188, directum the City Solicitor to proceed axainst tbe said Company, is hereby repeated. WILLIAM S. STOKLEY, President of Common Council. Attest ! , KOBKUT BliTUlCI.L, ' j Astisuut Clork of Select Council. i JAVIES LYND, ! President of He net Couuoil. Approved this twcrty-eiixlub dav of February, Anno Ikiin nl one thousand etirut hundred aud sixty -six (A. lbOOI. i MORTON McVICHAEL. 8'il: .Miij or oi Phl'adeli'bla. CITY ORDINANCES. aN ORDINANCE J I o Improve Morwich liarket Plane. ' Section 1. I he beieot ano Common Conno'ls of tLe City ot Philadelphia do ordain, That the Chief Commissioner ot Highways be and he ia hereby direcud io lake oharire ot. and to caase to be pro perly paved, the open places at the intersection of xsew atarsot and cauowuiii streets, Known as JMor Wich Market Place, in thft.Klevontk Ward. WILLIAM J. 81 OK LEY, President of Common Council. Attest Robert Btwli,, Assistant C erk 0' Se'ect Counoll. jAMf-8 LYD, President of Select Council.' Approved this twenty -olelitn day ot Ket.ruary, Anno Doii.lul one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six (A D.lbW). MORION McMICIIAEL, , 8 2 It Mayor of Philadelphia. PROPOSALS. 1 PROPOSAL . bEALED PROPOSALS, IN diiiiicate. will be received at this olllce until 12 M , MO.NDA T. the lOta nay of April. 1800, tor tho delivery ot 0000 bead ot UKEC CAU'LEon the hoof, tor the use ot captured Indians. Ibe cattle to be oelivered to tbe A. c 8 , for Indians at Port Sumner, New Mexico. 1 he first delivery to be on the lit day of July, 1800, and to consist ot COO head of catt e: the subsoqueut deliveries to be in such numbers and at such times as may be required by tne nndersifrued. Ihe eatt e must be from three to live years old. and must weigh at least 400 pounds net (their weight to be ascertaineo aooorain? to manner laid down in tl.olsubs RcKuationsot 1808), and to oe of tho bust, niaiketable quality. No Stags, Bulls, Cows, or heiiers will bu received. Whenever, in the opinion of the A. C. S. lor In dians, at Fort Sumner, tne cattle presented do not lului the conditions I ere set form, as many as do not will be rejected. Ten per cent of monov duo contractors will bu retained until the contract is ful filled. t, Iwo responsible porsons must sign each bid, guaranteeing that it the contract Is awarded to tho party or parties therein proposing, they will enter into ample bonds ior tne taitliiul fulti mont of the contract, and whon tho parties thus offering as sureties are unknown to tne undersigned, their ability to reimbu se the loss to tne United States, which would accrue in case of failure, must be attested belore a magistiate or other nicer em cowered to administer oaths. The pai ties to v bom this contract Is let will be ex- picted to fill i be contract thi msol ves anv sub-letting of the contract will be considered as a lailure to com ply wtth the contract, and tbe oou.ractor will be held respons.oie tneretor. Lndorse 'on tbo envelope 'Troposa's for Beol Caitlv, at Fort Sumner, New Mexioo " Captain and C. S and Brevet viator, U. S. A. OClco 1 uichasug and Depot C. S , District of New Mexico, fcauia He, Is. M., r ebruary 7, 1800. U l M Y S U P P I E S. Office of PcrtRViBiNO Commipsabt, iliLiTAB y Division of the Iknnksskb, jMABHTii-i k, icnn , February 81, 1800. SEALED PROPOSALS. . which must bo in duplicate, with a copy of this ad vertisement attached to each, will bo received at this oflice until 12 o'o ock M., I BUR.-DAY. March T6, 18C6, for Bupplyiatt HitSH BEEK. of good and mar ketable quality, in equal proportions of tore and b nd quarter meat (necks, suank-, and kidney tal low to be excluded), tor issue to tbe troops ana others supplied by the Government with ra-ions, at tne iouowicr posts in tne military Division ot Ten nessee: Atlanta and Macon, Ga., Nashville, Cbat- tanooea, Inn ; Hnntevilie, Ala., and at all posts drawing sui piles irom tbe above-named pests. contract to be in lorce six mouths, oommeneing on the 1st day of Apr 1, 1860, and ending the 80tn dav of September, 1800, or such less time as tbe Commissary-General o Subsistence may direct. Ihe necks of the cattle slaughtered lor beef to be cut off at Uie fourth .vertebral joint, aud the breast tiimmed down. jhe shanks of fore o Darters to be cut off from three to tour inches above the knee joint, and of hind quarters Horn six to eight inches above the gamuiei or nocx joint. i ay men i win pe maae iuoiuiiiy, or as eany iuere- after a.x lunds may be received therclor, and in such lunds as nay be f'urnibhed by tbe United States. Separate bids will be received for each of tho above posts, or one bid may include them all. bids will be received irom persons who come uiider the exceptions of the President's Amnesty Proclamation. lor will bids in which such persons are interested, eithes directly Cor Indirectly, bo re ceived, unitse tney can produce cue pardon oi tne President Bids Irom all other persons under said Procla mation must be accompanied by the Amnesty Out n. J roposals must be accompanied by a proper guarantee, signed by two responsible person. stating that it a contract is awarded they will enter bonds lor the iaitmui luiuiment ot uiu con tract. 1 ho undersigned reserves tho right to reject any and a 1 bias ciiereo. Indorse envelopes "Proposals tor Fresh lieet," and aucn as tho same to tne undersigned. M 1'. SMALL, Brevet Colonel and C. 8., 2 10 ICt Nashville, Ttnn. GOVERNMENT SALE OF SURPLUS BARD VJf BREAD. SrjBSISTKKCS UFFICK, V. a. A., No 8 H. Gat Street, a Battimobk, Md.. Fe- ruarv 27. 1866. Cl V I . l J.,.Un4n ....11 l.n -. . ..... .1 this ofhoe nntU SAIL' RD AY, March 17. 1800, lor th i purchase of surplus HARD BREAD on hand at this depot . . . w . - Proposals must state, that the oiler is made under adveriisement of this date. The bread is in boxes of fifty ( 60) pounds each. ' No proposals received lor less than twenty (20) boxes. Purchases will be delivered oa board ot transports withont exi ense to the purcbasor. Patment reouired in Government funds on notifi cation ot acceptance of bid. Twenty aua allowed imrciiuBrrB iu remove Bturtw. Proposals to be endorsed on the envelope, "Propo sals lor Lard .Bread," and addressed to ItlUUAB WIUSUK, Brevet Lt.-Col. and C. S. U. 8 A., 2617t BievetBtig. Gen. Volunteers. INTERNAL REVENUE. TJ Nil ED STATES REVENUE STAMPS UNITED STATES REVENUE STAMfS. PRINCIPAL DEPOT, No. liO-t CI1ESNIJT STliEET, CENTRAL DErOT, No. 103 S. F1FTIJ STltEET, I (One door below Chesnut.) tSTABLISUED 1802. REVENUE STAMP3 of every description con stantly on band, and in any amount., Orders by Mail or Express promptly attended to. United States Notes, Drafts on Philadelphia or New York, or Curront funds recelvod In pay ment, ...... Particular attention paid to small orders. Ihe decisions of the Commission can be oonsulted, and any iuformatiom'segardin the law cboerlully given. ' ' The following rotes of discount are allowed: On all orders or f 25, two per cont discount. On all orders of 8100, tbreo per cent, discount. On all orders of $300, four per cent, disoount. AH orders should be sent to . HARD I II OS STAMP AGENCY No. 304 Chesnut Street, pitn.ADti.pniA. GOVERNMENT SALES. CALK OF GOVERNMENT O 1ABLK. buildino , I t .Blind at. - wharves, Ere. AT GIESBORO, D.C. Quauteum ASTicR-GnNKR al's Omen, ) i FlK-T LlVISION, . I VTahinoton. D. C . February S7. 1806 By order of the luarterinaster-Ueneral there will be sold on the premises, at Publio Auotion, under the direction ot Captain Ueorse Z Drowning, A Q. M., commencing on MOM DAI , April 2, 1800, at 10 o'clock A M , and continuing from the same hour each day thcrealier (except WEDNESDAY and i HCKsuA Y. A nut 4 and 6. on which davs the Mill and Water Works will be soul). Until the whole shall have been dpoed or, the following described pua- lio piopertv, to wit: i t.if veu (ll)UM1 ice- (irarae)i iiexjw(iwoBioneg), 10x20, lCxbS two 20x20 (iwo stnes), lox28 (kitchen adjoining. 10x10), 12x82,- 16x16, two 20x20, and 2tx76 EmhtT-nlne (89) LABORERS' QUARTBRS (fiauie): eeventi-iour 18x18. fourteen 12x14, and one 10x10. with shed adjoining, 8x14 len (10) DA ELLIJi oB (lrameli ZSx50 (two stoiies, with tack buildings, Mxsz). tour lUxUl, 16X4C, 16x82, 16x38 (wits wins 10x17 and two kitchens aojolmos, 8x12 and 10x10). 10x20 (witu wng lrixl4), 24x24 (with si ed acjoimns, 16x40) Aine (9) ME3 UOLSES itrame); 28x190 (two stones), 16x00 (with Win 10x20 . 2xl40 (two s ones), 18x130 (with additions, 10x12), 28x140, 8xoU two sioilesi, inxWJ. ipxbi, and 28x40. 1 h itt-two iB2) s l AJ3LE3 itrame): Twentv-tour 2Bx4fa2. six 28xtJt,6, one Hxo2. and one 18x21) iwiih shed ariioiniur, mxoui. une(l) uo. i'ii L SI AULK (frame), with 6270 lineal iret ot staliltng. One (1) leUlG STABLE (frame), with 6312 bneal net ot BtHblinir leniv(20)RUIt.DINGS (Irame): 28x32. 28x61. 18x82, 18x81. 16x66, 10x10, lour 16x60, tour 9x22, Ztxsjz 2hxHU, 21x48, Aoxoou, zuxzo, and lix.lt. HUKLiDlAte. S768 lineal teet Ibirtt-two (32) WAlElt TANKS. 4xlC. two toot aeep eventT-c'sut (78) r AiNteti-us, mxio, tnree-sud-a- ba f ft-et deep. Iwenty (20 OU r-HOUSKH. One (1) BAY SHED, 112x812 One HIGH a IIS HOUSE (irame): 60x220. 1 hree (3) WHARVE t one 40,181 siuare leot. one n.itsy square leet. ano one znw square icet. EEJNt DSG, 2JJ.98U li.PHl leet One ll. Hi Oh FliOUK (frame): 62x163 To Bl ACKuMlf Ho' SuOPS (trume): 48x100, and coxiw. One (1) ENGINE HOUSE. 17x82. i iie bui dings win pe soia sinaiy, ana must do re moved wimtn lit teen davs Ihe buildings will be taken down at the expense of purchasers ; out tbe lumber will, if desired, tie de livered by the Governmont, free of charge lor trans portation, on ne depot wnari. terms casn. in uovornment itinas. A boat for Giesboro wilt loave tbe Sixth street wharf everv hour during the dav of sa,e. lor imther information, apply in person or by letter to Captain GEOKGE T. BKOWHIEW, A. Q M., Giesboro, D. C , or to this office. JAMES A. EKIN, Brevet Brieadier-weneral in charire 8 2 lOt First Division, Q. M. G. O. 'ALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AT MACON. GA. By direction of tbe SECRE1ARY OF WAR, all tie BUILDINO MATERIALS, tolEAJJ EiNblA KS. MACHINERY. TOOLS. 1KOM, COPPER, LUMBER, and storks of various kindh. which were oollected at Maoon, tea, by the Con federate Government, for the ereotion and perma nent operat.on of a large armory, laboratory, and aiscnai ; ano aiso T4)OL8, MACHINERY, AND MATERIALS oollected from iron works and armories in tne States of Alabama aud Georgia, will be sold at ru licit; Acciium. Among tho articles to be sold are: 9.000 ibs. Conner Mrs. 42,000 Its. Copper round rod. 88,t00 lis. Coppor bar. 20.000 lbs. Copper sheet. 200,000 lbs Wrought Iron bar and rod. niu tons iig lion. 760 tons Cast Iron unserviceable sholls. 64.000 lbs. Lead nips 46,000 Iks, Tin block and shoot. d turn ltu l hntn ernnn nnrl caDlfl. 15.000 yards Cloth cotton. English Serge, ollod and enamelled. 82 000 lbs. Pnwder. 8X00 leet iieitinff gum and leatiier, assorted sizes. 200 Machines Drills. Planers. Millintr, Screw- cuttiug, Steam and irip-bamnicrs. .Besides : Harness, 36 Unserviceable Cannon, lrnn and hrnnza. MidUlts, Horse Equipmerts. Laboratory btorei and lulontry ana Cavalry Ac- Materials, cotitrenients. Snare Patts (new) for Blankets. Springtie d Muskets and Colt's Revolvers, and Wagon and Gun Caniage Iron, Pfl hroken Gun Caniages. an assortment of PAIN Its AN1 OLL.S. Tho attention ot JNortbern timers Is called to this ooln Kbnh ih lurufi one. and ef valuable urouertv. Full punted catalogues oi iue propurir io oe torn r-nn be obtained irom lue cuiei oi vronanue at Washington, D. C- and from the Comnauding Ofticcr ot the Angusta ArsuuaU Ueorgia. The sale will commence on WEMJiDSDAY. April 4. 1866. and continue every day until an the property is so'd. . lerms Cash, in United Mates enrrency. ... D W. FLACaLER, . Captain Ord. Brev. Ct.-Cotouel, 8 2i2t Cora. Augusta Arsenal, s ALE OF tOVERNMENT CARTS, AMEU- i.AfiCFB, A.MJ AKJlt WAUO.XH. C'HIHF QUARTltKMASTB'a OFVIOE, UKPOTOF WASniMOTON ur..: rk r, . , n l- 1 n 1 Will be sold at Publio Auction, under the direction Of Krevet Colonel C H. Tompkins, Quartermaster at Lincoln Depot. Washington, jj. c.,on T u,suai , starch 13. lbtio, at iu o'ciock a. v., tne lonowmg- nientioned uovernment property, vis. : IA 11U11I UAIiiS, loo light ambulances, HflO ARMY . W AGtlNH. which will! be sold singly, and must bo removed within live days irom date ot sate. terms cash in uovernment lunos. Bv order of Brevet Major-benpral D. H. Rocker, -! . . - a, WB.hin.,An ' VU1UI UMITIJUHICI, VOVv, VI , , Br.i.ii.i,.,.. U11A1(L It. lUJttl 8 2 8t Brevet Colonel and Quartermaster. O m t i 0 HAJIOT ACWBia Of LOOKING-GLASS, PORTRAIT, PHOTOGRAPH, AND PICTURE Fit AMES, AND GILT MOULDINGS ls'o. 929 ARC II STREET, . rniLADELpniA. PAINTINGS, AND A GREAT VARIETY OF ENGRAVINGS ON HAND. . OLD: WORK RECILT EQUAL TO NEW. M 4 1EVENUE STAMPS, REVENUE STAMPS, Xi ' KaVKUCE STAMPS, Of all descriptions, .... - Ot ail d.MCjipilom, ' , , , . . - 1 Always on hand, Alwayg on bumt. AT FLORENCE FEWINO V API11N CO.'rt OKKICE, AT 'LOKtJitK SKAI.NU M A( HI N E CO.'U OfrlCli, . , o. Wtl CIlKhNP I' Htreet, f Ko. tl HK.NNPT Htrwt. On door b ow peveatb miect. ue iloor below nerenlb snoot. The most lllieral otcount a'lowud. '1 lie uioii llU-ru. tliceoitut allowed. 5 GOVERNMENT SALfcS. A N I K L 1L IiUUDETT, AUCTIONEER. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT VESSELS AT AUCTION. IHJHDETT, JONES & CO., . ! WILL SELL ON TUESDAY, MAUCH 6, 1866, , AT 12 O'CLOCK, NOON, At the Biookly it Navy Yard, Brooklyn, By order of the Navv Department, the following- named vensels : f-TEAM TUO "MARIGOLD." Lenrtb. 88 leet: breadth. 1J feel i dentil. 8 toot 8 Inches; one vertical envine; diameter oi cylinder. 20 incut sj siroxe oi piston, 20 incni; oue nueasa retuin tubular boiler STEAM 1UO "LABURNUM." Lencrtb, 100 leet i bieatlth. 21 leet 8 inches: dnth. 0 feet; diau.eKT of cv Under, 82 inches; stroke, 82 inches; one boiler, two lurnaoos, flue and return tubes. TERMS Twenty per cont. on the dar of salo. the balance within six das, when the vessels must be removed from the yard. 8 1 4t C. II. BELL, Commandant. GOVERNMENT VESSEL AND BAROE4. AseiRTABT QUABTERMASTSn'S OfTIOF, I 1'iiiLAin.i.PuiA Ukpot. March 1. 180(1. 1 Will be sold at Putilic Auction, at tho Hulled States Govertnieiit Wharf, HANOVER, Street, Delaware Avenue, Philadoiplila, Pa., on FRIDAY?, Ala rib 9 1800, commencing at 10 o'clock A, M., tho iohowiuf namea vesgois ana narros: MEAll EEKKY IKANSI OUI "WELLES." lonnase. RH.r, ti,nn! Innirth. lKfi lntt hmm )R tcet; deptu, 7 10 12 feet; hiirh pressure eugine. Mr.ati&H "uci!.tjt.A." Tonnatre. 96 82-05 tons: leuirth. 108 foot: bean. 10 6-12 loot ; depth, 6 712 feet : low pressuro engine. BAKUE 'DtL.l, I A." Tonnaco, 121 21-05 tons: lencth. 100 2-10 fBet; beam, 17 6-10 loot; depth, 7 8-10 feet DAKbll "JALr J! Jl Aa C. WAKNEK " lonnaee. 128 48 D6 tons: leninh. 99 9-10 loot: boam. 17 6-10 leet j depth. 7 6-10 feet. llAlitjE -JUSUUA ZI41MEKMAN." Tontauo. 186 18 95 ions: louath. 100 foot: beam. 17 6-10 feet ; depth, 8 2-10 leet. H411UIS '-dMUM " Tonnaso. 127 81-06 tons : lennlh. 93 3 10 teet : beam. 17 7-10 teet .; depth, 8 8 10 leet. HAnu hi "W. II. fLAIT" Tonnare. 89 62-1U0 tons: loncth. 92 7-10 foot: beam.. 17 1 10 leet) rtepih, 6 7-10 ftet. BAKtiK "ArN MCL ArFEKI." Tonnaire. Ill 7-10 tons: lenirth. 100 feet: beam. 17 8-10 leei ; depth, 7 7-10 teet. i ne aoove vessels aud barires lie at uanayer street wbart, where they may be examined. terms ot bale cash, in uorei unieut tunos. By oruer of Colonel WI1L1AU W. MoKIlI. Cbiet Quartermaster Philadelphia Depot. jLiUJVKl UUVVJUAt, 8 1 Ot , Captaiu and A. y. M. SALE OF STEAM BOILER, FORCE PUMPS, WAlEtt PIPE, i; IRE PLLUa, JLTO., com- enfing xtiZi wAiui wuvaa si GIESBORO, D. C. QUABTEBif ASTER-GlNERAL'S OFFICE, ) FlBBT UlVIBIOS, Wabhihoton, 1. O., February 26, 1806 ) Br order ot the Quartcrmaaterx cneral, there wlU be sold on the premises, at publio auction, under the direction of Captain Georgo T, Browning, Assist ant uuaiterroasrer. On THURSDAY. April 6. 1866. at 12 o'clock M., tbe following described publio pro perty, to wit: , OSE STEAM BOILiR, x SO feet long and tnree teet in diaim ter (with two 12- lnch return nues), made oi i men boner iron, witn all the necessary appurtenances, including cast-Iron front, gauge cocks, g.obe valves, leed pump, smoke stack, and hood, steam gauge (Asbcrolt s patent), grate-bars, pipe, plugs, reducing pieces, eto , all in frod order. WO WORTHiNGTON STEAM FORCE PUMPS, No. 0, 18-incb cylindor, 9-mch stroke, 26 horse power each, and eacn capable ot pumping and lorotng tuu OtO gallons of water per day. Connected with them are the requisite valves, glands, couplings, bends. elbows, double-valve oil oups, etc. These Pumps are comparatively new, aud in complete working order. A large quantity of WA1EK PIPE as follows: 6,ia icet c-incn cast-lion water ripe. 12.000 ' 8-inch 800 " 2-inoh wrougbt-iron " 664 " 14-mcb cast-iron A 2 000 " l-incn " ,t 1,000 " 1-inch " " . 6 000 " 'j-luch " " THIRTY-WNK CAST-IRON FIRE PLUOS. (Ay res' patent), with ail the necessary connections, such as 1 s, llends, Stop-cocks, Elbows, Four-wav ploccs. Etc., all in excellent condition ; together with AM, llili, 1 UUL8, t-TO.. required for making alterations ana repairs in water til e, such as . j lpe-curtin? juacniues, Taps and Dies, . flyers, . Crabs, , , Drills, Punches, -Caulking Tools, Etc Terms Cash, in Government lumts. Deliveries will bo made to purchasers on or before the first (lsti dav ot Mav next. A boat for Gietboro will leave the Sixth stroet whart everv hour during the dav of sale. Any lvrtbcr intoimauon tnat may do uosireo win be given upon application, in porsou, or by letter, to Captain George T. Browmug, A. Q. fll., uiesooro, v, c, or at ims snico, ., JAMES A. EKIN, ' 15 vt. Brig. (en., in charge, 2 28ta4 ; . Jiir3tDiv.Q.M GtO. s ALE OF COAL. Assistant QuAnTKRMABu.R's Office, ' PnlLADKLPnlA Dbpot. ! - 1 Fcbmarv 27. 1806. Will be sold at Publio Auction, on the grounds of the MOWER HOaPlTAL, Chesnut Hill, near Phila delplua, Pa., on WEDNESDAY, March 7, TStW, commencing at 11 o clock A. M.. - TAV O HLMDRED AM) THIRI'X TIIREE (233) TOfcS OF ANTURACI 1 h. ftlOVti COAL. Cars leave the Depot, M. E. corner of ftintn and Green strtets, at 10 o'clock A M. Terms Cash in Government funds. By wdcr ol Colonel WILLIAM W. McKIM, Chief Quartermaster, Philadelphia Depot. HENRY BOWMAN, 2 23 Ct ' Captain and Astistaut Quartermaster. s A Ll E O F MANURE Quartermaster General's Office, FIRST JJIVIMIOH, tbi.nr.,n ih i i.-. i ...... .n in lona I, BniDUlVfl, I, V.i f VUlMt, Ml, AUUI J Will be sold at the Cavalry Depot, Gieborc. D C, a large quantity of stock-yard MAN IRE, which will be delivered to purchasers on tbe ground, or in barges or boats te be provided by them, at forty (40j cents per cuuio yard. Iwo or wore boats (according to size) can be loaded per day. 'lernis Cash, in Government funds. By order ot the Quartermaster-General. . James a. ekin, ' j Brevet Brlgadler-Genoial, 2 27 20t 'In charge 'First Division Q. M. Q. O, 1 "VFFICE OF ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER, j wilmimuton, uoi., neoruary u, I8tie. SALE OF 500 MKPLCtt GOVERN MENT MUCE3 AU uood und berviceable. Will be sold at public auotion, at Wilmington, Del. onEVfeRX f lilUAl during tbe month oi Marcu, UMS nUAlKLU llbLKS, The especial attention of purchasers is invited to tbe fact that these Mules are large, well paired, and in excellent condition, being the surplus toainAlules of Washington Depot. , Animals sold singly. ' hales to Comiaeuceat 10 A. M. ' ' Terms Cash, in United Mates currency. Bv orderof 3 27 tmhJIO ", Bvt. Brig.-Oen. JAMES A. EKI.1. AT Q 8. W. UEEN'S NEWS STAND,. eonier BEVFKTil and CHtHN VT HUeets, ALL THI DAILY A Nil WEEKLY PAl'tBH-: ' MAGAZINE. 1'h.lilODICALS, Etc., Slav be obtained at curren inte. 2 11 GOVERNIVJENT 8ALES. SA LE OF STEAM ' AT THI UR18T MILL CAVALRY DEPOT, (iiESBOKO, D. 0., QDAUTS.UMAS1KH (.KBKUAL'S UVVIUR, .1. I1UT DIVISION. Wasrihoton. D. C . February 21. Sv Order ot tne Oii&rtnrm&jler-t.eneral. there will be sold on the piemises, at public auotion, uutlrr the , diiectiun nl ( aiitain fieorse 1. brown. oe, Tk. y. M., on W'EDNEmAY, April 4. 1800. at twelve o'olooa M , the lohowmir. d sor.bed, publio property, tOWIti ONU (1) STEAM J (.RINDIKG AND PEKD MILX,, flrame, with massive pranite foundations), 40 by 80 leet, with coal, hay, and euirlne houses. afneued, all constructed of lso veryb.st material, and in tne meat substantial manner. A.so, at tne same timo and place, the maohinory and appliances ol the null, consisting ot OMi(i) INUl.NK, OF 100 HOKaK POWER, with cylinder ot twenty two (22) inches diameter and twenty-tour (24) Inches strove, set boon a heavy cast iron Led-piaie, with cold and hot water pumps aud healer, and a ca-t irou tlv-wooel. with dnv n pulleys ot the same material, ton (10) foot in diamn- , ter ami twenty-lour 124) inches taoe, with Judson's patent eovernor. IWO (2) RulLERS, of SIXTY-HORSE POWER EACH, made of tho'best bolles iron, fire-sixteenths (5 10) of an inch In thickness, five () leei ia dianieior, and -loururn (14) Icet live, (b)- inches in h-nnh; oaofe bol.er coiitauiuig (oveaty-six (itil p-weldd flue, each three (8; and one fourth (finches in diameter,-' with all the reon,ite Bvrx'nai. 1EH (10)1 A I R. -it IF h hUVn l'ATFN T BUCK-ISO- 11 AM 1 H lit J i (WD 1KI HK KPKINWMII-I.-I, Constructed ot solid French burr millstone,- and met In heavy, weil-ba auced lrams. with hay cutters, eh yaurs and conveyors sullioient to cat aud haudlo the hay, grain and prepared tesd on the most eco nomical and labor-saving plan Ihe shafting is ol tin sued wrought iion, and the pulleys of cast-iron, luot-d aud balauoed, with banners and boxes. lurScient to drive ten (10) pairs - ot burrn, etc. Tho mam drivlna be t is of tour i4l ply rubber, and twentv-tour (24) Inches wide. The bMts tot driving the mills, etc., are of the host oak- tanned, patent streiched leather. Ihe tnvire, lloilei-s, Alacuiuery, and F zturos of every description, aro ot tho very bust materials and workmanship, and are still In exc llent condition, and tluo working order, the mill having boon iu ope ration oniy about, tuteen months ii deemed advisable by the agent ot tne uovorn ment on the day ot sale, the builomgs will be sold separately 'terms cssn, in uovornment funds. Purchasers i Till be .required to remove, tholr property belore the first Ut). .day .ot . May next, unless otbot wise arranged with the ownor of the rounds. A boat for Giesboro will loavo the Sixth stroot haif everv hour during tbe day ot sale. Anv further Intormation that may be desired will te given upon appl-cetion, in person or by loiter, to Captaiu UEORCE T RltO WNlNOr, A. U. M Gies- hot o, or to this ofhoe. ...... . ISHtS A. xavixH, brevet RrjRadier beneral, 2 20 81t In charge First Division Q. M O. O. AI-E OF CONDEMSED QUARTKliMASTER S I ORES A 1 GlEsBuRO, D- C, Quartilk.masteu-uenkual s Office . , ) . First Divisioif. I Washihotok, D. C February 23, 1806 1 Will be sold atGlEbBORO. D. C. at Publio Auo tion. under the direction of Captain Goorre T. Browning, A. Q. M., on WEDNESDAY, March 7. iij, at iu o'ciock a. si , a mrgo lot ot condemned CCAKIFKilASlEK'S SlOKKd. consisting of: HorsesbooK. Riding and Cart Saddles, MsuillaRope, r-crap Iron, Beusteacs, Benches, Coflee Boilers, i in cops, Knives and Forks, Ladles, Camp Kettles, Uutou Ovens, Dish panr, WetB-pauB, Tin Plates, xseck-atraps, Mircingies, 1 Foui-horse AmVulanoes, Aimy rtagoiu. four-horse, Wavons, two-horse, Iron Wator-wagous, Whips, Padlocks, Butties, Shoeing-boxos, Punches, Files, Hammers. Coalscuttles, larner-knives, Pincers, bpoons, Cooking and Heating Moves. itasps, xongs, Whitewash Brushes, Giindstoues and 1? ramea, Picks, Lanterns, ' I'lout hs, Rakes, Sbovois, Kpades, ' Wheelbarrows, Biidle-bits, Tire Iron, Chain. ricrap Leather, Coal Oil Bartels. eto. eto. Blaakets, liritues, Horse Brushes, Currycombs, . hacdio uiaukets, Buckets, CBSks, Horse collars, Head Halters, Au.bulunoe tlarnesa, Four-norse Harness (sets), Hay-racks, Lines. Maitinpales, Tbe s-oics must be removed by the purchaser with in five days from the day ot sale. Ihe horeeeboes. roue, and scrap iron win. it de sired, le delivered by the Government, free of charge lor transportation, on tue oepotwuart. Tciins -cash, in Government lunos. A boat tor Giesboro wi l leave the Sixth street v. hart every hour during tho day of salo. Brevet Brigadior-tyoneral, 27 7t' In Chargo Firt-t Division, Q. M. G. O. " ' r-T, : 1 B U R E A U OF ORDNANC E NAVT HKPARTS'KNT, Wabhixston City, January 18, 1866, j SALE OF SERVICEABLE AND UNSERVICE ABLE, NAVY PUWDERS At' THE UN1IED MATES NAVY YaRD, NORFOLK, VIR GINIA. 1 ' There will be sold to the highest bidders, at Tub Iio Auction at nron of the 16th dav of March, 18u6, hi the ollico ot the Inspector ol Ordnance, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, by sampU, five hundred and tbiriytour tnoufanu rour nunoreo and tnree (E34,4l8)pounds ol NAVY POWDERS, as loilows: , o02,800 pounds serviceable. 7,677 j " condemned. 10,618 " damaged. 1 4,018 " compressed. i. As only about two hundred aud seventy-two tliou- saua tnree hundred and tiny-five t272,866) pounds of tin se rowdmi are in barrels, purchasers munt pro v it e barrels1 into wlnoh tbe rema'nder ot the pow ders may be emptied from the tanks,' tor which a period ot thirty (U0) days will be allowed, The pow der In barrels, however must tie removed within ten days fiom the dar of sale, otherwise they will tevert to the Government. 'Jerms Caslwin Government funds; one-half the puieliaie money td t e deposited at the completion ot tliesalo. and the remainder before the powders are riniovea. '.1... . . TJ A DTTCV 2 26 lot, ' Chief of Bureau. SALE OF NEW HOSPITAL CLOTHING, BED DING, ETC. &1EDIOAL PTRVKYOH'S OFPIOB. - 1 Washinotom, D. C , February 18, 1806. i ' An extensive saie oi Hospital Clothing, Bedding, etc, entirely new, and in the original boxes and bales, will be held in this city, at tbe Judiciary hquare Warehouses, Fifth aud E streets, back of City Hall, on THURSDAY, the 8th day of March next, at 10 o'o ock A.M. 'Ibe following articles will be oilered lor sale, vis : hhirti..i,.J.. 40.000 Hrawers 20,000 tocks, pairs 20,000 Slippers, pairs 80,000 Gowns...:.... 30,000 Boo-sacks....' 20 000 Pillow-tlcka..1.. V 10,000 Pillows, Hair 4,000 Towels, Hand 10 000 'Ihe attention of the trade and the publlo at largo is called to this sale, as the goods will be sold in lots to suit both large aad small purchasers. Quantities as small as one dozen will be sold. Goods will be delivered to purchasers within (6) days trom termi nation of sale. Terms Cane, in uovernment moan. C. SUTHERLAND, - Surgeon and Purveyor, U. S. A. CW. BOTELER. Jr., Auctioneer. 2 14 lot : . r , ' ? y f 1 ' ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 ' ' T D H 1 A U O ri ORDNANCE. I i Navt Department, I . , ', " "WABjiraOTOW Cu t, February 28, 1803. ) SALE OF NAVY POWDERS AT THE NAVY ' YARD, FORiSMOUTH, N. U. There will be sold te the highest bidders, at Publio Auction, at noon, the, 12lh day of April, br the Ordnance Officer at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, N. II , one hundred and elghty-dve thousand nine bun, dred and sixty-nine (186,i0!) poumU-NAV Y POW DER, as foil ws: . i i . . ' 181,600 pounds Cannon Powder, i . : i 20 210 , " Ride , " - - 26,RM) " Musket " There Powders will be divided into lots of oue hundred barrels each lerins, one-hall rash in Government funds, and tke remainder on the removal of the Powders, tor which reasonable time, but not more thau thirty days, will bo allowed, the purchasers, however, te make every exertion to remove the Powders sooner. n. A. WISE,- 31lniil2t Clnut ot Bureau.
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