TIIE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH". PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH 12, 18GG.
MISCELLANEOUS JOTTIN CS.
Camllle Urso, the violinist, U la Paris.
Savings-banks are rapidly Increasing In Italy.
The latest "Gotham" Idea Is a hearse wholly
white, with cold gilt and silver trimmings.
The shabby lutlo town of Cairo, In Illinois,
has Just been lighted with gasi
Mrs. Longworth (Mrs. Yelverion) Is about to
appear an a public reader.
The Ashevllle (N. C.) News says one-faurth
ef the real estate In that town is offered for sale.
Another cteamer is about to sail from Mo
bile with emigrants to Brazil.
A new piw company has been started at
Savannah, Georgia.
The landlords of St. Louis are inoreaslnc
rents trom 20 to 40 per cont.
Tho Bangor butchew, it is said, can buy
Kentucky beef cattle cheaper thaa they can
purchase those raised and fed la Maine.
Tho President has appointed W. T. Coe
poshall, of Ohio, minister to Ecuador, in place
of F. Ilastaurek, resigned.
The Royal Rnpllga Opera, at Covent Garden
Theatre, was closed suddenly on the night of
the 17th of February, on account of financial
difficulties, and Inability to pay the artists.
Mr. Sotaern ("Lord Dundreary") has sued
the editor of the spiritual Times, an English
Iournal, for libellous publications concerning
lis private life in New York.
A directory of Indianapolis has lust been
completed, and it contain 13,440 names scams t
7860 in 1804. From this the Journal figures out
that the present population of that city is 63,300.
The citizens ol Boost couaty, Missouri, have
resolved to appropriate $200,01)0 for the purpose
of building a railroad to connect with the Norta
Missouri, and $150,000 for three turnpikes.
The catalogue of Andover Theological Bemi
nary for this year gives the numbers as follows:
Resident Licentiate, 15; benior Class, 25; Middle
Clftja, 25; Junior Class, 29; total, 94.
A number of Mormon merchants are in
Ft. Loul laying In their sprinsr stock of goods.
They are accompanied by J. W. Toung, son of
Brigham Young.
The report of Governor Andrew's probable
appointment to a Cabinet position appears! to
have originated from the fact ttat he is a guest
of Montgomery Blair in Washington.
The approaching marriage of the Dnke
a'Ossuua, Mpanish Embassador at St. Petersburg,
with a Princess ot Salm, Is announced. The
Duke is about sixty years old, and served nnder
Espartcro In the latter part of tho Carlist war.
The Democrats of Rhode Island have Issued
a call for a 8: ate Convention, to be held in Pro
vidence, on Wednesday, March 14 instant, to
nominate a State ticket ior tho approaching
election.
A poet in the Nebraska City News concludes
a long poem with the following lines:
'-Well, such is lite. Whom tho rods lore.
Die vounjr. whom thev hate, live and prosper,
And are elected delegates in Congress.
if. From the several teiritorlcs."
Madame Murat, of Tallahassee, Florida, widow
of the late Colonel Archie Murat, and first coueln
of the Emperor of Franee, has received as a gift
from Louis Napoleon a life anaaity of 50,000
francs, in consideration of her losses by the
results of the war.
Dr. Isaiah P. Lynn, a well-known physician
of Chicago, died on the 29th ultimo irotn tne
effects of an overdose ot morphine. Being ill
and in severe pain, he took four grains of mor
phine, which rendered him insensible and re
salted in death.
B Upon a close canvass, it is ascertained that
with a sin el tf exception, every Republican paper.
m Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota takes
ground against President Johnson's veto, and in
iavor ot sustaining Congress. The exception U
the Chicago Journal.
The Diocesan Council of the Episcopal
Church, in south' Carolina met at Charleston,
February 14, and, among other items of busi
ness, resolved to renew their connection with
tho Protestant Episcopal Church of the United
States.
A well-known French artist, Eouvin, has
hanged himself on account of tho distress in
which be and his Inmily had for soaie time been
plunged. It is reported that before committing
the deed he suid that perhaps his death would
give his children the bread he could not give
them while he lived.
The Charleston Courier of Thursday men
tions the clanng tho ship Southern Rights en
the day previous, with the heaviest cargo of the
season, amounting to one hundred and twenty
eight bales Sea Island, two thousand nine hun
dred and twelve bales Upland eotton, weighing
l,272, ,r)5 pounds, and valued at the heavv sum
t $ii07,6bl.
Mr. Paul Badf ord proposes to raise in London
a voluntary benevolent fund for guards, engine
drivers, and stokers on railways, men who daily
risk lite and limb In the public service. lie
suggests that there shall be boxes at railway
stations for contributions towards this benevo
lent fund, ami will not object to such contribu
tions being called "Paul's Pence."
The observance ol Vulentine's Day has not
died out in England, but the newspapers con
demn the vulgarity ot some of the choapor val
entines. The London Telegraph ays that
"judging from many of the specimens exhibited,
one would tnink that the humbler classes in
England took a peculiar delight ii insulting
each other. Pictorial affronts, applicable to
most ages and to either sex, are freely dis
played." Notwithstanding an extraordinary drought
and conscquuut scarcity of water for mining
purposes, the productiveness ot the Australian
gold fields does not appear to have been checked.
The reports from many of the companies show
but little falling oil. The Custom House returns
ot the export of gold since the begiuning of this
year give 1,648,093 ounces. The quantity ex
ported last year was 1,72.,000 ounces.
Concerning the monument to John Bunyan
proposed to be erected in the town of Bedford,
England, the treasurer of the fund has issued a
circular, in which he says that "it is resolved
that the monument shall take the form of large
and handsome schools, to be called 'The Bun
yan Kooms.' The eoit is estimated at nearly
3000. The Duke of Bedford has contributed
25. and about 1200 have been promised by the
first, promoters of tho scheme, before making
any appeal beyond their own circle."
There is great excitement in the department
of the Lower Clarente, France, in consequence
of the suicide of the mayor of one of tho
Tillages, caused by anonymous letters written
by the curute of his district. The mayor's on
attempted to bring an action against the curate,
but none of the criminal courts would take the
charge, iearing the vengeance of the clergy, lie
has now annealed to a civil conrt, and the trial
will probably take place shortly.
Laura Harris, who appeared In New York
under disadvantageous circumstances, seems to
have met with marked favor in Madrid. The
Jitforrna of that place says:
The appearance of Mis Harris, in tho costume
oi the enchanting ana Innocent 'Amina,' produced
a genuine sensation. No one expected suoh youth
and auuh ireshness. The lair artist consenuentlv
awoke the liveliest Interest, especially the moment
an opened her lips and allowed the audience to hear
a voice so cure in character and so ingeniously
candid, that it secmod to belong to some angel who
had descended upon the eartn. remaps our readers
may expect a few I seta eonneoted with the biogra
phy of this new star. Bui what is there to tell con
cerning the existence of only sixteen or seventeen
years M isa Laura H arris comes trout New York,
whence she bring a voiee accustomed to execute the
greatest difficulties, to which it has apparently been
trained by canaries and nightingales. She pos
sesses an expressive countenanoe; eves sparkling
with youth and intelligence; the foot ot an Andala
ian; aud the bonds of a lalry bo moeh lor her
personal appearance, beneath which we bare reason
to believe there exists deeDleehns-.
The pieces In which ah sbone wont were the cava,
tins of the first act, tbe duet with the tenor, the
grand tinale of the second act, ana the rouao at the
ad of tbe opera "
Other baners call her "a musical marvel" and
a "new star." We wonder what terms they will
find to express ineir aamirauon when alias &ei
togglings abroad
CITY ORDINANCES.
KK 8 O L U I 1 O '
Of Bequest to the Legislature.
Resolved, i hat tbe Select and Common Councils of
the City ol Philadelphia do hereby signify their at
proval of the proposed Act of Assembly, entnled
An act supp'ementary to aa act to incorporate the
city ot Philadelphia, authorising- the Improvement
of Broad atrett la aaid city, ' and mosi reapectiuli?
request the General Assembly of Pennsylvania to en
act be tame into a law, aa follows i
"An aot supplementary to an act to incorporate
the city ot Philadelphia, authorizing tbe Improve
ment of Broad street in said city."
W hoieas, for the uses and purpose of the publlo,
and tbe beacfits ana advantages wbich will inuro to
ttiera cy making and iorerer maintaining Brpad
sirect, in tbe city of Philadelphia, tor its en
tire length, as tbe same is now opened or mar
hcrcalter I opened, tbe principal avenue of the said
city, and for keeping and preserving; ih said rtroet
forevjr tree fiera and unobstruotod by railroad tiacks
extending aieng the same, as well a for the purpose
of enaolintr and authorizing- tbe said city to remove
or esuse to bo roinovod all railroad and railway
tracks and other obstructions laid or constructed
alone; tbe tame, aid in impairing its u-es for public
pnrposesas aforesaid.
Section 1 Do tt enacted by the Senate and TIouso
ol Representative of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. In General Assembly met, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of tho same, that the city of
Philadelphia be aad is hereby authorized aud era-
Sewered and required to occupy and appropriate
road atreet, In mo city ol Philadelphia, fonts entire
length, as the same is mow opened or may horeattor
be opened, aad trom curb to curb thereof, except as
beroinaltoe provided, ior thenars and purposes of a
publlo drive, carriage way, street, or arenuo, and to
Improve the said street, or portions thereof, irom
time to time, and in whole or in part with such mods
of pavement, paving, macadamizing, gravelling, or
other l ondway as may, la the Judgment ol tbe (Select
and Common Councils of said city, be best adapted
to and tor the nses and purposes uloreaid, aud tor
that purpose iho said Councils shall have and are
hon ey authorized to enact sach Ordinances or reso
lutions, with such conditions or stipulations as may
require the cost ot said improvements to be paid tor
by the owners of property abutting upon said stroot:
l'rrvided, lhat so muoh of Broad street as lies
I etween Willow and l'nme stroets shall not bo sub
ject to tno operation oi this act for the period of
tbrie years from the passage hereof.
diction 2 1 ho aaid city of Phiadolphia is hereby
antLenzed and empowered and required, for the uses
and purposes aiorcsaid, and to euaole tbe said street
to be so occupied and improved, to take and appro
priate ail tne estate, rignis, imprest, uoerties, vase
Bients, uanohises, and properties, ot, in, to, upon, or
along the aaid street, belonging to or enjoyed by any
private owner, or municipal railroad, or railway
corporation, or corporations thereon or thereupon,
and to take up and remove therefrom Irom time
to time, ail lailroads or railway tracks, or other
obstructions thereupon, except suoh tracks aa
cress aaid street, first causing just compensation
to be patio, or secured to be made, to such
corporation or private owners, out of money volun
tarily subscnbed by the oitizous of said city for
that purpose, and if the laid city cannot agree
with Buch corporation, corporations, or privato own
ers, npon the compensation to be made, or secured to
be made as aiorcsaid, to cause a petition to ba pre
sented or tiled in the Court ot Common l'lcas of tho
said city and county ot Philadelphia, on behalf of
said oity, sotting lortn tbe nature and kind ot such
estate, ntlit interest, liberties, eatouiout, francluso,
or ptopeity, whicu such corporation or private
owner hath, or claim to nave, of, in, upon, or
alone said stroot, and that, by ordinance or
resolution, tbe said city has appropriated the
same ior said public uses and purposes j where
upon the Court shall appoint a Jury ot five freehold
ers, residents otsnidoity, to ascertain and report to
said Court what the compensation such corporation
or private ewuer claiming the same is entitled to, and
.when such report shall oe affirmed by the Court
npon notice to sach corporation, and tho said com
pensation paid, as hereinatter provided, tbe Chief
Commissioner of Hignwajs shall proceed to re
move and take up the railroad or railway tracks or
obstructions irom said street, and the piocoedinus
for tbe ascertainment of suoh compensation or
damage, where not otherwise provided for by this
aot, shall be in accordance with the provisions of
the general ast ol Assembly relating to railroad
cunipamts, approved 19th February, 1849: Provided,
however, that ceiore the said city shall actually ac
quire any such riehts, estato, interest, liberty, ease
ment, and property, or remove irotn said street any
such railroad or railway tracks, tne amount ot com
pensation so agreed to be paid or ascertained by the
Jul y as aforesaid shall be contributed and paid to sueh
corporation entitled to the same out ol money volun
tarily subscribed by tho citizens of said city lor tuat
purpose; and provided, lurtber, that any passenger
railway corporation or corporations wnicn may have
the right under existing laws to ocenpy the whole
or poitions oi Broad street with railroad tracks, and
shad and will within six months a I tor the nassae of
tins act rennquisn anu surrender to toe Common-
wen it n oi l ennsvlvama, anu winch they are hereby
authorized to do, all their rights, franomses, and
easements thereupon or thereon, between Christian
biieot and Columbia avenue, and shall and will
covenant and airreo with the City of Philadelphia for
ana on Dtnaii oi me citizons tncreoi, not to use or
permit to be used upon tholr railway or ranwavs
upon other portions of said si root stoam as the
motive power; tliea, in consideration tberoot, uch
passenger railway corporation or coruoratious shall
be exempt from any appropriation of their corpo-
ruie rictus, iruiiuuiBi-B, nuu t-useuiums aua privilege
upon said Broad street, botween Cbri.-tian street tind
Leapuo Island, aud from Columbia avonuo north
vardly, under the provisions of this section
Section 8. ud tho said eity is hereby authorized
and empowered, tor the n es aud purposes aioresild,
and to enable the said street to be occupied aad
improved, to take and appropriate any and a I right,
tltie, claim, interest, easement, Oertics, pnvi ogea,
or pinpeny which may belong to 'ho Philadelphia
and Heading Railroad Company, or wbich the said
company may nave in any way ot, in, to, upon, or
along said street or any portion tneieot, and tho rail
road belonging to said comaan, and constructed andy
iaia upon earn street, or oi, in, or to any use ot said
rmlread, or any right, title, or claim to tbe mainte
nance and cont nuance of said railroad oy the citv,
and to lemovesuch rarroad tracks trom said street,
nisi causing just compensation to oe inado. or se
cured to be mado, to tire said Philadelphia and
jteaaing liunroaa company, as provided lor in sec
tion 2 of this act: Provided, howtver. that botore
tbe said ctiy shall actually acquire any such right,
tine, ciHiin, miere'i. easeim-m, jiuorueg. nriTtlOL'OS.
property, or uso, or shall remove from said street
anv such railroad or railway track, the amount oi
compensation so agreod to be paid or ascertained by
me jury b niuiufliiiu miii uu ouiitnuuieu and paid
to itie said T hliadelpbia and Heading Kail road
Cempany. out of money voluntarily subscribed by
the citiwca of said city for that purpose.
ocuuuu v. luuk uyvu mo iiupiovemoub oi saiu
street, or any portion tboroof, as provided in the
but section hereof, and in consideration ot the pay
ment ol tho cost thereof by tbe owuors of property
abutting thereupon aa aforesaid, or upou and in
consideration of ttio contributions and payments ot
the moneys agreed to bo paid or asoortainud br a
jury us alorr said, no persou or por?ons, or corpora-
u una ui uiiy kiuu, nor me cay oi I nitaaeipuia, suall
at any time hereafter be authorized or empowered
to looate, lay, construct, or maintain any railroad
or railway tracks, or obstructions prejudicial to the
uses and purpose aloreiaid aloug or upon said street,
or any portion t lie roof (except at tho iuter.-octlou of
streets, and Ior tbe purpose of crossing said Broad
street ) : Provided, nevorthules, that a sinclo or double
track passenger railway, aud which Shalt not ba ued
or operated by Bteam power, may hereaftor bo bu.
thorized by the General Assembly of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, upon the whole or portions
of taid Broad atreet, when an aot or acts for that
purpose shall be approved and reoommonded by aa
ordiunnco of the Select and Common Councils ot said
cnv. and approved bv the Mayor.
Section 6. The Soloct and Common CounoIU of
the city are hereby authorized aud requostod to
enact all ordiuauces or resolutions nocessary and
proper for the carrying into eilbot tne requirements,
provisions, and purposes ot this act, and m like
mannor to require any railway tracks hereafter to
be laid and construe ed upon Broad stroot, to be
done under the direction oi the Chief Engineer of
tbe cald city, in such manner as shall not interfere
with any carriage or roadway or boulevard which
may occupy tbe centro portion of aaid street; and
all acta or parts of acts inconsistent with the terms
and provisions ot this act be and the same are hereby
repetled.
WILLIAM S. STOKLEY,
Tresideut of Common Counoil.
Atlest
liOBEUT BETHKLL,
Assistaut Clerk of Select Council.
JAME8 LYNU,
President of tSoleci Council.
Approved this tenth day - of March, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty
six (A. D. 1806). .
MORION McMICHAEL.
3 12 It Mayor of Philadelphia. '
J)
EAFNEhS. BLINDNESS. AND CATARRH.
J. 1KA ACS. At. 11 . PmiMinriir th Kra uul Var
treats all dlreaws apuerUlnlne to the above Uierubert
with rne utmost aacrem, Texilnionlals irom the most
rename son rues in the olty can be seen at his office, Ho.
8 10 J'JMC fctrteL Tbe Medical Faculty axe Invited to
accompany their paiienU a lie has uu secrets In bis
pruvijuv . AU
rrriE btamp aiikncy, no. sat chksnut
8TA in f B of K VKR Y DKHCKIPTtOV CONBTANTr.T
v- x m. - - m-mwn i, 1111
CITY ORDINANCES.
KB 8 O L U T 1 O M
To Authorize ibe Paving or Footways on Tnl
pohocken and l enn Mrpot. Twenty second Ward.
Resolved, By the Helect and Common Councils of
the City oi Philadelphia, 1 bat tho Chief Commis
sioner of Highways be and he Is hereby authorized
and directed to notify the owners of property front
ing on tbe soothfast side of lnlpobocken street from
Morten atrert to a distance ot nine hundred feet
therefrom ; on the southeast sido of Tuipohooken
s'reet, from Green street to Wsyne avenue; on Pcnn
street frem Chew street to the Germantown Ra-lioad.
And if i hey should refuse or neglect to comply with
said notico, he is hereby authorized to contiact with
a competent person to do the same, upon the condi
tion that the contractor will collect the cost thereof
trom tbe respective owners ot property fronting
thereon. ,
WILLIAM 8. STOKLEY.
President of Common Council.
Attest
JOBH F.CKWSIW,
Clerk oi Common Conneli.
JAMrSLYND,
Treeldont of (Select Council.
Approved ibis tenth day ot Maroh, Anno lAimini
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six (A. i.
1BCG).
I MORTON MoMICHAEL.
8 12 It Mayor ot Philadelphia.
PROPOSALS.
I PROPOSALS fcEALED PROlOSALS, IN
. duplicate, will be received at this office until 12
M., MOSbAT, the 10th day of April, I860, lor the
delivery ot 6000 hoad oi ItEKf CAl i'LEon the hoof,
lor the use of captured Indians. Ibo cattle to be
delivered to the A. C. 8 , for Indians at Fort Sumner,
Mew Mexico.
The tint delivery to be on the 1st day of July. 18GB.
and to consist of (60 head of cattle; the subsequent
deliveries to be in such numbers and at such times
as may be requited by tbe undersigned. -
lao cattle must be from three to five years old,
and muat weigh at least 400 pounds net (their weight
to be ascertained aooordlng to manner laid down in
tbe Hubs. Regulations of 18011), and to oe of the best
marketable qnality. Ao Blags, Bulls, Cows, or
belters will be received.
Whenever, in tbe eninioa of the A. C. S. for In
dians, at Port Sumner, tbe cattle presented do not
lullil the conditions fcere eet form, as many as do
not will be rejected. Ten'por cent, of money due
contractors will bo retained until the contract is ful
filled.
Two responsible persons must sign each hid.
guaranteeing that it the centraot is awarded to the
party or parties therein proposing, they will enter
mto ample bonds tor toe taithlal fulll inent of the
contract, and when tbe parties thus offering as
sureties are unknown to tbe undersigned, their
ability to reimbuise the loss to tne united states,
whioh would accrue in caso of lailure, must tx
attested before a magistrate or other officer em
powered to administer oaths.
Tbe parties to whom this contract la let will be ex
pected to fill the contract themselves anv sub-lotting
ul the contract will be considered as a failure to com
ply with the contract, and the contractor will be held
responsible therefor.
Endorse on the envelope 'Troposa's for Bool
cattle, at i ort Sumnor, jncw aiexico
W. H. BELL.
Captain and C. S. and Brevet Mnlor. (J. s. A.
Office Purchasing and Depot C. 8., District ot New
Mexico, Santa ie, X. M.., February 7, WW. uiuu
AKMY BUTTIES.
CrncB of FuPEnvisiKQ Commissary.
Militaht Division or thb Tknnkshkk,
Nabhyillb, lenn.,
February 21, 18G0.
BLALLU Jt'-KUl USALiS.
which must be ib duplicate, with a copy of this ad
vertisement attached to each, will bo received at this
office until 12 o'clock M.,
THURSDAY. March 15, I860,
for supplying PKESH BEEtf. of good and mar
ketable quality, In equal proportions of lore and
h-nd quarter meat (necks, sbankx, and kidnoy tal
low to be excluded), for issue to the troop and
others supplied by the Government with rations, at
tbe following posts in tho Military Division of Ten
nessee: Atlanta and Macon, Ga., Nashville, Chat
tanooga, Ttiin.; liuntsville, Ala., and at all (posts
nrawing supplies irom tne auove-uameo pests.
Contraot to be in force six months, commencing
on the 1st day of April, 1868, and ending the SOtu
day of September, 1806, or such less time as the
commissary-General oi Subsistence may diroct
The necks of the cattle slaughtered lor beef to he
cut oil' at tne fourth t vertebral Joint, and the breast
tiimmcd down.
'Ibe shanks of foro Quarters to be cut off from
three to lour inches above the knee joint, and of
nino quarters irom six to eignt incuos above tne
flam oi oi or noes joint.
Pavmcnt will be mado monthly, or as early there
after as lunds may be received therefor, mid in
such funds as n ay bo furnished by the United
States.
Separate bids will bo received for each of the
above posts, or one bid may tuolude them all.
JNo bids will be received irom persons who come
nnder the exceptions of the President's Amnesty
Proclamation. Nor will bids in which such persons
are interested, eithes direotly for indiroctlv. be re
ceived, uultse they can produce the pardon of the
President.
Bids from all other persons nnder said Procla
mation must bo accompanied by the Amnesty
uatn.
Proposals must
guarantee, signed
stating that it a
be accompanied by
Lot .r. M.nnnDiKln
a proper
IHV JDCIiVIIDIUlU IfCl OU11-.
, contract is awarded tfioy will
person",
enter bonds for tbe
laitmui imminent ot tno con
tract.
The undersigned reserves the right to reject any
ano an nius ciictcu.
Indorse envelopes "Proposals for Fresh Beef,'
and audnas the came to the undersigned.
M P. SMALL.
Brevet Colonol and C. 8.,
2 26 lGt Nashville, Ttnn.
ESH BEEF AND VEGETABLES
'AVY DEPARTMENT, )
Burbau or pKoviaioss ad Clothino, 5
March 6. 18W1. 1
Sealed Proposals, endorsed "Proposals for Fresh
Beet and Vegetables," will be received at this Bureau
until a o'clock P. M.. on the 16th day ot March
instant, for the supply ot Fifty Thousand pounds of
I'Ul.'tll TITjT-f 17.f... -I'l 1 ...... .1 j n4"
f S.UOAX J ' . . ' U11U 1JLV 1UVUBUIIU JIUUHU- Ul
FRESH VEGETABLES, at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard and Station, as required
1 he Beef and Vegetables mut be of good quality,
ano tne nest rno market auoros, ana eacii arucio
must be out rod lor by tbe pound.
l ne i5eei to be in equal proportions, tore ana uina
quarters.
iionus, wiin approved security, wiu oe requireu iu
one-ball the estucaied amount of the contrast, and
twenty per cent, in addition will be withhold from
tne amount oi eacn payment to oemaae, as conatoiai
security lor the due perlormance of the contract,
which will, on no account, be paid until it isfuliy
complied with.
Every offer made must bo accompanied by a written
.uarantoo, slpucd by one or more responsible per
sons, lhat the bidder or bidders will, il his or their
bid be accepted, enter into an obligation within live
days, with good and sulUcient sureties, to lurnlsu
tho articles nrnnnsed.
Ao proposal will be considered unless accompanied
In such auarantee. and bu sattifactorv evidence that
the bidder it a regular dealer in the articles proposed
and has the lictmxe reauired bv act of Coniress.
The Department reserves the right to reieot anv
proposal not considered advantageous to the Gov
ernment. OOlUl
OVEKNMENT SALE OF SURPLUS II AUD
J BliEAD.
S CBBIBTKKCB OFVICB, U. S. A., )
NO 8 S. GAT STRBKT, I
Baitimorb, Md.. Fotruarv 27. 1808. 1
Scaled Proposals, in duplicate, will be received at
this otlioe until SAl'C UD AY. March 17, 1800, for the
purchase oi surplus iittu iiKfc.AU on nana at tnis
depot
Proposals must state that the oiler is made nnder
advertisement of this date.
I be bread is in boxes vf fifty (50) pounds each. No
Drouosala received lor less than twenty (20) boxes.
Purchases will be delivered on board of transports
without expense to tne purcnaser.
Pavmont reauired in Government funds on notifi
cation of acceptance of bid. Twenty days allowed
purchasers to remove stores.
Proposals to be endorsed on the envelope, "Propo
sals lor Hard Bread," ana auaressea to
. , THOMAS WILSON,
Brevet Lt.-Col. and C. S. U. 8. A..
226 17t Brevet Brig. Gen. Volunteers.
DENTISTRY.
ISAIAH PRICE. DENTIST, GRADUATE OP
rniladeliibla College of Dental Burner?, cuus 186S-4.
lornierly oi w eat CCctiiur, P., having aervea three years
in t He Arm v, liae leeuiuea tne practice ot ma iroiewun
.aixto. 241 xi . r.Lc-v A.r -i oucci, i ijimjciiiui,
lie LI endeavor to aive satisiaotory attention to all wbu
UiBJ ICUUUI HIM UlUltMlUUM W
rrHE COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIATION ORI-
X lnatta the Anaatbetlo use of SPraOl'H OXIDE
GAH lor l'xtractluy Teeth wltliout palu. W K DO SO
ITH til lilKfiL WUitK. Ottlce, No. 1ST WALNUT
btiee , 1 hUadeitihla. uu'
GOVERNMENT SALES.
Atvuf. el.K Ur OMJlfLl yUAKTLR
j MAfcTiR'b RlOREei.
Cmxr QrAaTiBUASTKn's Ovfick, )
1J1POT o Washington, I
WABHiKaTow. 1. C. March 8. 1866. 1
Will be sold at 1 ubno Auction, at Linco'n lemt.
Washington, I). C. under the riirection ef Brevet
Colonel C. fl. Tompkins, O. M.. on JUKDAY.
March 27, J8fi6, at 10 o'clock A. M.. a lsrce lot ot
condemned Cuartcrmaster's Mores, consisting of:
t bens, i vV lioolkarrows,
l)etk, 2M)iba Paints.
Printing Press, and Type.'b' ib. Lead Pipe
Blankets,
13W lbs. scrap t st Ireu,
46.820 lbs. Scrap Wrought
Iron,
80,(M) ibs. Iron Tire,
1030 lbs Scrap Leather,
now,
1KJ0 lbs. Hope,
1000 lbs. Scrap Steel,
46 Ibs. Kino,
25 Anibulauoos,
lUldlrS,
t hairs,
Horse and Yi agf n covers,
Harness,
Feed t roughs,
Halters,
hsddles.
Lines,
Vtavon wheels, iinDS,
and Horlies.
t liugay.
DrngMill,
Anv 1,
Tire Bender,
25 Cans,
8 Slop Carta,
in two-norse wagons,
Portab e torges,
10 two-horse Spring
Smiths' ltel.ows,
Planes,
Saws.
wagons,
3 four-horse Spring
M'agons,
126 "Wheeling" Army
Wagons,
18 Soavenier Wagons,
1 Water Wagon, Kto.
Cauldrons,
f ire and water tioso,
Hydrants,
Bake Ovens,
I'latloim etcafes.
Ihesa ewilt be continuod irom day to day antil
ail the property is sold.
Tbe stores must be removed within five days from
date of sale
Terms Cash, in Government funds.
if. n ituctvr.u,
Brevet Maj.-Gen. and ( lilot Qtiar.ermaster,
8 9 15t Depot of Washington.
SALE OF STEAM BOILEK, FORCE PUMPS,
WA1EH PIPE, ii IKE PLUUa. kTC, com
prising
lUb WalM VY UiiJVO Ai UlliOUUHO, V. V.
QUABTEBM AETXB' GXNKRAL'B OKFIOK, )
Fibst Division, t
WASniwoTOit. b. C. February 28. 18(18 1
Bv order of the Ouartermator- .cneral, there will
he sold on the premises, at publlo au tioa, undor
tbe direction of Captain George T. Browning, Assist
ant uuaitcrmasier,
(in IHURSDAY. April 6. ISCft.
at 12 o'clock M., tho tollowlng described public pro
perty, to ait: .
ONE 6TEAM BOIL&B.
SO feet long and three ieet in diamotcr (with two 13-
inch return hues), made of f inch boiler iron, t 1th
all the necessary appurtenances, including cast-iron
front, gauge cocks, giobe valves, teed pump, smoke
stack, and hood, steam gauge (Asbcrofl'a patent),
grate-bars, pipe, plugs, reducing pieocs, etc, all in
? od order.
WO WOKTH1NGTON S1EAM FORCE PUMPS,
Ko. 6. 18-inch cylinder, U-incu stroke, ij horse power
each, and each capable of pumping aud forcing 100
010 gallons of water per day. Connected with them
are tno requisite vaives, gianus, couplings, oenos,
elbows, double-valve oil cups, e'o. These Pamps
are comparatively new, and in complete working
order.
A large quantity ot wajkk rirti, as toiiows:
5,ibz ieet ti-incn cast-uon w ater ripe.
12,000
S-inch
boo
6(4
2 000
i.eoo
6,000
2-inch wrought-iron
14-incn cast-iron
li-H
-inch
1-inch " "
" 3-Inch " "
lHIRTY Na CAST-IRON FIRE PLUGS,
(Avrcs' patent), with ail the necossary connections,
such as Vs,
iienos,
Stop-cocks,
Elbows,
Four-wav nieces. Etc..
all in excellent condition ; together with
ALL IHt. IUULS, ,TO..
required for making alterations and repairs in water-
pipe, sucn as
l ipe-cuuing juacuwes,
Taps and Dies,
Plyors,
Crabs,
Drills.
Punches,
Caulking Too's, Etc
Terms Cash, in Government lunds.
Deliveries will be made to purchasers on or before
tbe first (1st; day ot May next.
A bout ior Giesboro.will leave the Sixth street
wharf every boui during the day of sale.
Any lortucr inioimatiou mat may oe ooeireu win
be given upon application, iu person, or by letter, to
Captain George T. Browning, A. Q, M., Giesboro,
D. C, or at this office.
J A Mi. a A. tlilN,
Bvt, Brig. ien , in cliarpo,
2 28tal First Div., Q, M (i.O.
s
ALE OK fcEKVfcEA BLE AAD DAMAGED
HObPIlAL PKOPEKIY.
Wasiiinotos. T. C, March 0 18T)8
Will bo sold at pubho auction, on THUUsuAY.
tho 15th day of March next, at Judiciary Square
AVarehouses, back ot City Hall, in this city, a large
quantity oi serviceable and damaged hospital pro
perty, principally consisting ot
rta;r mattrostcs aud pu-.ioweir,
lows.
Gowns,
iAnterns,
Plates,
Bowls,
Mug.
Tin Ware,
Knives and Fort3,
spoons, &c.
Blankets,
Sheets,
Drawers,
Shirts,
Motqulto Nets,
Counterpanes,
suppers.
Socks,
Forty-ewht hours allowed to purchasers to remove
property.
ior ma casn, in uovoruiuoui mmm.
CtJAS. SUlHERLANf.
Surroon U. S. A. Md. Pur.
3-7-Tt C, V BOl tXER, Auot.
OFFICE OF ASSISTANT CU AKIEKSl ASTER,
"Wilwgton, Del.. F'ebruary 12, lSiiO.
BALEOF6C0 SURPLUS GOVERN siENT MULES,
All Good and servicoaDie.
Will be sold at public auction, at Wilmington. Dol
on EVERY FKI DAY during the month ot March,
ONE liUNDKKD MULES.
The etrccial attention of purchasers is invited to
the fact that these atuU s are largo, well paired, and
in excellent condition, being the surplus team aiules
ot W aslniie ton uepot.
Animals sold singly,
sules to coii iuom eat 10 A. M.
Terms Cash, in United States currency.
Bv orderof
2 27 tmbSO Bvt. Brig.-Gen. JAVES A. EK1X
REVENUE STAMPS, REVENUE STAMPS,
Bs. VENUE STAMPS,
.n an ueicriiiiniB,
Ol all dssctlptions, . . . .
Always on hand,
Alwavs on band.
AT FLORENCE BEWINO WACIlIfiH t'O.'M OKKICB,
AT FLORENCE bK W1NO MACHINE CO.'S OFFICE,
0. 6TO CI1KMNUT Ktrcet,
f x0. b'V - union u t cscriei.
One door below Heventti street.
One door below derenth atieet.
Tbe most liberal d'scount allowed. ',
1 he mot liberal discount alluwed.
8 8ILBERMAN & CO., IMPORTERS OF
FANOY GOODS.
No. 13 iV. rOTJHTH Street,
PBILAPBLfBIA.
rertemennalea, Pocket Books. Pones, Travail tngBaga,
Satchels Dressing Cases. Ladlea Companions, writing
Desks, Fortlolioe, Worlt Boxes, jewel o, riioio
irraoh Albums, Opera Glasses, Field Glasses. Spectacles,
Card Cases. China and Gilt Ornamenta, fooket CuUciy,
Razors. Combs, tt rustics, rerlunierv, nuaus, rans, uair
Jiets, Bair Ornamenta, Bteel JeweUy, Jet Goods, Cor
nelian Gooda, Bracelets, KeckJanes, Belt Claspa, Htuds,
bleeve Buttons Hcarf Fins. Hoarf Klurs, Bilk Watch
Guards, Leather Guards, bteel and Plated chains, Watch
Keys, Pliuwl Plus, Violin Strings. Beads ol all kinds,
Dolls. Huhber Balls, Dominoes, Dice. Chessmen Chess
iiA.rd. Hirtiiiniiuin hoards. Having Cards. Poekit
Flasks, Drinking Cups, Tobacco Pipes, Tobaooa Boxei,
Tobacco Pouches. Match Boxes, Pipe Stems, Cisa.
Tubes. Cluar Cases. sisur
f O SHIP CAPTAINS ACF UYVJNttKS. ItlK
I nnderslgned having leaaed the KFNHINGTON
l--C31i.W DOCK , begs lolmorm bia friends aud the patron
01 the Dock that be Is prepared with Increased facilities
to accommodate loose uaviua " w u xviseu ur
repaired, and being a pramlcal ahlpsarpenter and
eauiker, will give personal attention to the vessels en
trusted to him lor repair. vl.
C aptams or Agemi. pum vii,w wjU awiuusw
having vessels to repair, are solicited to call.
Havlne the agency for the sale of "Wettersteai'a
f... .. fiaiim i ...nrmltlou" for Conner Paint, for the
pieservatlon ot vessels' bottome, ftr ibis city, 1 ata Pre-
aied to mruaui tue.am. - j. urrT
1 Kensington etorew Dock,
111 ' DELAWARE Avenao. above LACKEL Htreet,
1EVENLE STAMPS, REVENUE STAMPS,
Xt KKVEMJE BlAiuro,
Of all descrlutlons,
. OI all descrlpitous,
AVways on hand,
Alvtava on hund.
ATFLORFNCHI BFWING MACHINE O.'H OH'KIfF,
AT FLOBEXCK eKWIKO MACH1KK CO. '8 OFFICE,
Ho. 6'i0 CHKhM'T Mtreet,
o. m oiir."Boi nireet.
One door below Seventh street.
One aaor below Beveuib atreet.
The moat liberal discount allowed.
1 he tuost liberal dlecuvut allowed. J ft
GOVERNMENT SALES.
LAKGE SALE OF C.Li AKTEIlMASTEli'S
SIORKS.
CHIEF VfUARTinMASTltR B CIFtlCB,
LiKPOTOJ' VVa8IHGTON.
Wasbinutoh. D. C . March 1. 18S6.
will be sold at lubio Auction, undor tbe direc
tion of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel JAVK-i M.
MCOBE, A. U. Jl., at VVareliouso No. 6, on New
York avraBO, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets, Washington, D. C , on 1UE.-SDAY. March
20 1801, at 10 o'clock A. M a large lot ot Quarter-
mas era stores, consisting ci
19 Ibs. Munatto
jt Toik Barrels,
Acid,
19 Adzes, assorted,
102 gallons Alcohol,
4 Anvils,
- 1535 augers, assorted,
612 Axes, assorted,
80 Broad Axes,
101 Hand Axes,
Hi Palls and Chains,
22 Carpenter s'
Benches,
100 Wood Benches,
8 Wash Boards,
1!) Copper Boilers,
1(9 Dooi Bolts, assor'd
t jv-iiows,
12 Bevols,
lo2le t Leather Belt
ing. SJfeot Rubber Belt-
Ing,
1.2P1 Bits, assorted,
13 Blocks, aa-ortud,
20 Collin Boxes,
8 Wood Boxea,
12 Dredging Boxes,
1 Oraughuug Board,
225 Chatr Bottoms,
125 Cbalr Backs and
Arms,
100 Chair Backs,
108 Chair I-eg-,
3 050 Ctiair Strotcheis,
GOO mitin Chimneys.
SCO Spring Window
tto ts,
P2 Ibs. Borax,
6,C00 Copper Bottoms,
4 Plumb Bobs.
1 000 lbs. Fno Clay,
1 0U0 lbs. Copper,
CC0 Stove Doors,
400 Chairs, assorted,
4'0 F'inlU Desks,
lOOOfllce Desks,'
00 Ittickot Eitrs,
2 KJ Fi es, assorted,
1 t4 Bastard Files,
11 OlK) Lights Glass,
2 000 Saucepan Handles,
1 L"j4 Chisel Handles,
l.f.ll Axe Handles,
2 COO Window Sa-ih,
SK0 gross Sciows, as
sorted, 1 100 Shovels, asserted,
20 OHO Ibs. Sptkoa, ,
1 00) Siove Foot.
2,00!) Ibs Cast Stool,
700 boxes fin,
l,( (o Lamp Tubes,
105 Ca?l Iron iraps,
KO vards Silver Tinsel,
0,836 Papers lacks, as
sorwd, 100 Wheelbarrows,
4 too lbs. Wire,
tO.tOiDbs. Zinc,
C,(Hi0 Escutcheons,
6 Clrculat'g Boilors,
4 Moam nonets,
2 Marking Bruslies.
CS8 Whitewash Bru's,
coy paint urusbes, as
sorted,
S01 Varnish Pruslies,
203 Dust Brushes,
IU Clott ea Brushes.
2 C81 Chisels, aesorted,
25 lbs; French Chalk,
1 C20 Pick hftndies,
25,000 pairs Hinges, as-
asortcd,
63 Cast Iron Hoppers,
25 W0 lbs. Iron, assorted.
1.500 Knot s, assorted,
2 ooo lbs. Lead,
2 926 C lust Locks,
8 600 Cupboard Locks,
400 Wallets,
112.C00 lh. Ot Nails.
16,0(0 Ibs. Wrought Nails
1,000 Fry ing Pans,
2,000 lbs. roueht Pipe,
421 Pianes, aosonod,
250 Tin Pumps, as
sorted,
600 lbs. Iron Rivets,
WO lbs. Rods Wire.
iiOO fables, assorted.
Tbe tale will be continued li om day to day uuitl
all of the property is sold.
The stores mutt be removed within five days from
date of sale
1 era's Cash, in Government funds.
By order of
Brevet Major-Gcncral D IT. RUCKER,
Chief Quartermaster,
Depot of Wa hington.
CHARLrrt 11. TOMPKINS.
8 8 15t Brevet Colonel and Quartermaster.
SALE OF GOVERNMENT RU1LDINOS,
TABLES,
FENCING.
WHARVES, ErO. 1 1 .
AT GIESBORO, D. C.
Qtabtebmabtkk Gesebal's Office, )
f 111: t division,
' WARHrsGTOir, D. V , 1 cbrunry 27, 1866 )
By order of the Quartermaster-General there will
be sold on the premises, at l'ublio Auction, nnder
the direction ot Captain George Z Browning, A Q.
M., commencing on MONDa Y, April 2, 1806, at 10
o'clock A. M., and continuing from tbe same hour
eeoh day tbcreaiter (except WEDNESDAY and
IHURSDAY, April 4 and 6, on which days the Mill
and Water Works will be som). until the whole shall
liavo ocen disposed ol, the lolluwing described pub
lic property, to wit:
Eleven (ll)OFPlCES(lranu): 28x140 (two stories),
10x20, 16x38, two 20x20 (two stories), lox28 (kitchen
adjoining, loxiti), 12x82, loxlti, two 20x20, and
2tx75.
Eigbtv-nine b) LABCKKRS' OUARTERS
(ftame): tevento -lour 16xlb, fourteen 12x11, and
one 10x16, with shed adjoiniuu;. 8x14
ten 10 DWLLLlNUb (frame): 28x50 (two
stories, with back buildings, 12x82), tour 10x21,
lf,v4li lf!vR2. IKxOR mlth i ntt li'.v17 or,H Iwn
knehens adjoining, 9x12 and 10x10), 10x20 (with
Kini) 1lt-vlA VL-vJ Ixkiith flhrwl nLlmntn. lr.vAfll
Nine (U) MEfcS HOUSEM I'rume): 28x100 (two
stories), 16x60 (with wni" 10x20), 28x140 (two
6' ones I, ibxiyu (with addilious. 18x12). 28x140.
28x50 (two stories), 16x50, 10.bl, and 28x40.
Ibirty-two (82) STABLEs (Irame): Twenty-lour
zrxioi, Bix zoxooo, one iixa, una one taxzy (witn
snea auioining, nxooi.
one l hO.'i'H AL siAiii.is (frame), with 5270
lineal itet ot stabliug.
One 1) IM-UINCt STAB1 K (frame . with 6312
hneal Ieet ot stabling
iwtnty (20) BkiLUIAGS f'rtime): ZHzB2, ZHx5.
18x32, 18x31, )6xti6, 10x16, lour 16x60, tour x22,
ztxwa, 2BX13U, zixw, 2xduo, :. :-u, ana iix.n.
Mir.LiuiACi. iios iincat ieet
Ihiitv-lwo (32) VYAlEtt TANKS. 4x10. two loot
deep.
Seventy-eignt (78) m AiNuri.s, u. xirj, throo-and-a-
nai ieet deep.
Twenty (20 CUT-HOUSES.
One (1) BAY Ml ED, 112xbi2
One(l) GRalN HOUSE iiinine): 5Cx2?0.
'J hree (8) WHARVES : one 4)181 souare feet, one
ll.nyj fquare ieet. ana one i- Kiuare ieet.
PLJSt 1JNG, i3.0hO lineal Uet
One 11; Si OhEliOU&E (lruuie): 52x150.
Tno BLACKSMITHS' SLOPS drume): 48x160.
and tuxibo.
One (1) ENGINE UOUSK. 17-32.
The bui'dmgs will be sold singly, and must be re
moved wimin hiUen days.
the builuiLcs will be taken uoirn at tne expense
of purchasers; but tbe lumber will, if desired, ne de
livered by ibe Government, in o of charge for trans
portation, on ibe depot wnuii.
leruis i,uhii. in iiovcrnixioi'. inuus.
A boat for Giesboro wil leave the Sixth street
whari overv hour during the i.uy of Baio.
For lurtber inlermation, i.j ply in person or by
letter to
Captain GEORGE T. BPCAVNING, A. Q M,
Giesboro, V. C,
or to this cflice.
JAMES A. EETN,
Brevet Brignd t i-t-eueral in charge
8 2 Ct Fmt division, Q. M. G. O.
ALE CF GOVERNMENT PROPER.!
AT
MACON. CA.
By direction of the btCl.Ll ARY OF WAR, all
LUUDING MATERIALS,
STEAM ENGINES.
MACHIINFJt Y, TOOLS.
IRON, Ol'PEK, LUMBER,
AKD STORKS OF VAKIOUS KINDS.
which were eoliccted at lu.cm, Ga , by the Con
iederato Government, for ti i erection and perma
nent operation ot a large ain.ory, laboratory, and
aubciiai; ana tuso
TCOLS. MACHINERY, AND MATERIALS
collected from iron works aiu armories in the States
ot Alabama and Georgia, will Lo sold at
PUBLIC AUG .ION.
Among the articles to be to U arc :
9,000 lbs. Copper pigs. .
42,000 lbs. Copper round red
liH.COO lb. Copper bar.
20,( 00 lbs. Copper sheet.
200,f001bs Wrought Iron Lii and rod.
N O tons Pig Iron.
750 tons Cast Iron unserviceable shells,
64,000 lbs. Lead pics,
46,000 lbs. 'Tin block and slice!.
4.000 lbs. Chain crane and mole.
15,000 yards Cloth Cotton, Unglish Serge, oiled
and enamelled.
JK POO lha. Powder.
b'lOOieet Bolting gum tLd leather, assorted
sis- s.
" 200 Machines Drills, riarers. Milling, Screw
cutting. Steam and Inp-baininurs.
Besiaos:
Harness,
85 L'inervlcoable Cannon,
iron and bronze,
Laboratory Store I and
Materials,
Spaio Parts (new) for
fcpriugueid 11 us Ve wand
toll's Revolvers, and
au assortment of
Saddles.
Horse Eauipments.
Infantry and Cavalry Ac-
eoutrements,
Blankets.
Wagon and Gnn Carriage
Irons,
80 broken Gnn Canlages,
PAINTS AND OILS.
Tbe attention oi Northern lu ers is called to this
sale, which is a large one, and of valuable liroporty.
Full printed Catalogues of ihe property to be sold
ean be obtained from the Chiel of Ordnance at
Washington, D. V.. and from the Commanding
Ollieor of tho August Arsenal, Georgia.
. The sale will commence on
WEDNDSDAY, April 4, 1866,
and continue every day mull all the property is
'"lerms Cssh, in United Ftates currency.
D W. FLAGLER,
Captain Ord. Brev. l.t.-Coiouel,
8 2 i2t Com. Augusta Arseual.
' GOVERNMENT SALES.
SALE OF STEAM . GRIST MIHV
at Tna
CAVALRY DEloi, GIESBORO, D. C
QUALTtnlJABltU CiEItKUAL'S OFFICB, )
F'lltST IIVISION, I
WAStiiROTOw, D. C, February 21, m. 1
By order ol the Quarlermasler-Gcneral, there will
bo sold on the premises, at public auction, undor tho
duection o ( aptafn George I. Brown.ng, A. Q.
M., on WEDNfoUAY, April 4, 1806. at twelve
ochick M , the lolfowing dt scribed public property,
ONE (l) STEAM GRINDING AND FEED
MILL,
(irsme, with massive granite foundatlons),40 by 80
feet, with coal, hay, and euglue housea attached, all
const ructed of tbe voryb .st material, and iu tno
moat substantial manner.
A. so, at tbe same timo and place, the machinery
atd appliances ot the null, consisting of
ONE (1) 1NGINE, OF 100 HOUSE POWER,
with ovllnder ot twenty two (22) Inches diameter
and twenty-four (24) inches strove, sot uoon a heavy
cast iron bcd-piate, with cold and hot water pumps
and beater, and a cast iron tie. wheel with drivng
pulleys ot the same materia), ton do) feet in diame
ter aud twenty-lour (21) inches laco, with Judson's
patent governor.
1WO (2) BOILERS, of SIXTY-HORSE POWER
EACH,
made oi thebcst boiler iron, five sixteenths (6 16) of
nu men iu luiufcuess, nve (oi loot in oisutetor, una
onruen (14) leot live (6) inclios iu lenTiii; each
boiler containing sevonty-six (761 lap weldd lluos,
each three (8) and one fourth (!) inches in diameter,
villi nn iiir miuiFiie uiiitMiiisuei,
(IU)l AIK.- Cf ,KKl-iL'.s PATEN V BUCKISO
HAM TUlRli (aO)lNCUE SPRING MILL.
constructed ot solid French burr millstone, and sot
in heavy, well-ba auced frames, with hay cutters,
el valors, and conveyors sullioietit to cut aud handle
the hay, grain and prepared feed on the most eco
nomical ana labor-saving plan.
Tbe (halting is ot flu shed wrought lion, and the
pulleys of cast-iron, laoed and balanced, with
hangers and boxes, tnfllcient to drive ten (lo) psfrs
oi burrs, etc. The main drtving-boit is of toun4
ply rubber, and twontv-tour (24) inches wide. The
bi Its tor driving the mills, etc., are of the best oak-
tanned, patent stretched leather.
'1 lie Engine, Boilers. Machinery, and Fixtures of
every description, are ol the very best materials and
workmanship, and are still in excllont eoudition
and fine working order, the mill having boon in opo
ibuuu umy huuui uucun niontus
If deemed advisable bv tho noert of the Govern.
meut ob tbe day ot sale, the builoings will be sold
sepaiatoly.
jriillO V.BCU, 111 VJ U V CI 11 Illt'U b 1UUU9,
Purchasers villi Le roouired to remove thotr
property before the first (1st) day oi May next,
un ess othetwise arranged with tbe owner of the
giounds.
A boat for Giesboro will leave the Sixth street
wharf every hour during tbe day ot sale.
Any turtner iniormation mat may do aosirea wilt
Fiviu ni'i niMiuii, iu " i nuu vi vj lOllur, IV
Captain GEORGE T. BROWNING, A. U. M., Gios-
ooro, or to tuis omco.
a. rjciiM,
Brevet Brigadier General,
2 20 81t In cbargo First Division Q. M. G. O.
UREAU OF ORDNANCE,
Navy Dupaktvent, )
Washington City, January 18, I860. )
SALE OF SERVICEABLE AND UNSERVICE
ABLE NAVY POWDERS AT THE UNITED
b 1 Al ES NAVY YARD, NORFOLK, VIR
GINIA, There will be sold to the highest bidders, at Pnh-
lio Auction, at ncr n of tbe 16ih day of Maroh, 1866,
in the oflico of tbe Inspector of Ordnance, at the
Norlolk Navy Yard, by sample, five hundred and
thirty four thousand tour hundred and three
(M,ll)pourias oiaavx l ow DRS, as loilows:
coj.ew pounds serviceable.
7,b77 condemned.
19,618 " damaged.
4,618 " compressed.
As only about two hundred and soventt-two thou-
sanu turee hundred and fiity five 1 272,865) pounds of
thiset owdeje are in barrels, purchasers iuut nro-
vit e barrels into which tbe remainder ot thepow-
oeis may oe emptioa irom toe tanas, tor wniona
peiiod 01 thirty i30) days will be allowed, The pow
dor in barrels, however, must be removed within
ten days fiom tbe dav of sale, otherwise they will
revert to tne government.
Terms Cash, in Government lunds: ono-halfthe
purchase money to te deposited at the completion ot
tbe sale, and the remainder before the powders are
removed.
H. A. WISE,
22615t Chiot of Bureau.
UREAU OF ORDNANCE.
Navy Depaktmmt,
Washington t ity, March 2. 1866. J
OF NAVY POWDERS AT THE NAVY
SALE
YARD, BROOKLYN, N. Y.
There will be sold at l'ublio Auction, to the highest
bidders, in the cilice of the Inspector oi Ordinance
oi the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N. Y , at noon, on the
3d day ol April, 1866, lour thousand lour hundred
and ninety-nine (4499) barrels Navy Powders.
These Powders will be sold by sample, iu lots ot
ono hundred, two hundred, and throe hundred
barrels Purchasers to furnish barrels into which
tbe powders may be emptied from the tanks.
'ierms One halt cash in Government lunds, and
tlie remainder on the lemoval of tl o Powder-, for
which a period of ten days will bo allowed. It not
then removed, the Powders will revert to the Govern
ment. IT. A. WISE.
8 8swt41 Chiot of Bureau.
s
ALE
OF MANURE,
QCAItTElilTAPTEU GEEUAL'a OFFICE,
1
r lit st division,
W APniKGTOH, D. C, February 23. 1861
Will be sold at the Cavalry Depot, Gieboro. D.
C, a laigo quantity of stock-yard MANURE, which
will be delivered to purchasers on the ground, or in
larct s or boats to bo provided by them, at lorty (40)
cents per cubio ard.
'1 wo or more Coats (according to size) can be loaded
per day.
'ictus Cash, in Government funds.
By older ol the Quartermaster-General.
JAMES A. EKIN,
Brevet Brleadier-Geneial,
2 27 2ft Iu charge First Division Q. M. G. O.
RAU OF ORDNANCE.
Navy Department. I
Waehihgton City, February 28, I860. )
SALE OF NAVY POWDER8 AT THE NAVY
YARD, PORISMOUTU, N. IT.
Tbeie will be sold lo the highest bidders, at Publlo
Auction, at noon, the 12ih day of April, bv tho
Ordnance Officer at tl e Portsmouth Navy Yard, N,
11 , one hundred and eighty-live thousand nine hun
dred and sfxty-niue (185,909) pounds NAVY TOW
DFR, as follws:
181.600 pounds Cannon Powder.
29 219 " Rifle "
215,150 " Musket
Tlice Powders wiil te divided into lets of ono
htn. 1 red barrel each
terms, one-half cash In Government lunds, and
the remainder on tbe removal of the Powders, lor
vi hich a reasonable time, but not more than thirty
days, will be allowed, the purchasers, however,
to make every exertion to remove the Powders
sooner.
II. A. WISE,
8 1 tbml2t . Cbiof ot Bureau.
SALE OF COVER NMENT CARTS, AMBU
LANCES, AND ARMY WAGONS.
Callig QUARTJtRMABTKH'8 OFFICE, )
Depot or Washimgton. v
Wabbinotok, D. C, Maich 1, 1866. )
Will be sold at Public Auction, under tho diroction
oi lire vet Colonel C. H. Tompkins, Quartermaster
at Lincoln Depot, Washington. D. C, on TUES DAY,
March IS. 1806, at 10 o'clock A. U., tho following
mentioned Government properly, via. :
62 LIGHT CARTS.
100 LIGHT AMBULANCES,
800 ARMY WAG OX8,
which will be sold singly, and must be removed
vi ithin live days irom date of salo.
Terms Cash in Government funds.
By order of Brevet Major-General D. H. Rucker,
Chief Quartermaster, Depot ot Washineton.
CHARLES H. TOMPKINS,
8 2 8t Brevet Colonel and Quartermaster.
LARGE SALE OF ARMY TENTS AND TENT
FLIES. ;
Depot Quabtxbvabteb s Ofvioe, 1
Baltimore, Md., Uarch 6, lHtW.
Will le sold at Pubho Auotion, THURSDAY,
Maroh 3, 1U66. at 10 o'clock A. M , at the Govern
ment storehouse, No. 66 Conway St., Baltimore, Md.
62O0 (more or lees) unserrioeable, worn, ami con
demned Tents and Tent F lies, consisting in part aa
follows :- n8 n Jul Tenti
612 Wall "
, 2757 CommoB "
55 Sibley "
206H Shelter -6xi
Hospital Tent Files.
497 Wall Tent Flies.
Five (6) days allowed for removal of property.
Terms Cash, in Government funds.
ti W. BRADLEY,
Co'onel, Chief Quariermaster,
8 7 13t Middle Militaiy Department.