r " I i NOT HUNO ENOUGH. Home Remarkable) Kaeapm from the Wallow. We do not, as a nation, hang bo many culprits as In bygone years. We may bv-and-by cease to inflict this awful punishment at all. But so lone as the law, and rollglon, and Justice, and ntiKlln ...... , 1 i i i . . fuunv ocuiimt'ui are vuuHiucrei io warraut ine vuuuuunni'o oi nus huuiudi inoae oi reiriDution, so long' onuht there to be no mockery, no mis take, no trickery about it If a man survives mier nangmg, wunotit a proot ot his Innocence accompanying his recovery. It would ha In. finitely better to society (of bis wretched self we say iioiuinn;, mat oe naa not Decn hanged at all; seeing that the sense ol Just punishment would be swallowed up in a kind of pity lor the novelty of his position. Now such things have occurred, sufficiently often to merit attention. Mn have recovered their lives or rather retained life under nearly desperate circumstances iu spite of what seemed to bo a due infliction of the punishment ot death by suspension. Something of this possibility of escape was owing to the m-Hle in which the punishment was usually inflicted; and to many it may probably bo unknown that a change has been mado in recent times in the construction and arrangement of the apparatus for carrylug out the last great penalty of tho law. For something like six hundred years, at any rate, such escapes have from time to time been recorded. In 1264 there was a woman named Iuetta de Balsham condemned to death for col lusion with robbers; she was hanged, aud re mained on the ptbbct (if the records ot the time are to be trusted) no less than three days: nod yet she survived to receive pardon from Henry III. In 1313, Matthew of Kudcrby wot handed for some crime ot whlch he had been convicted : he was cut down, and revived lust betore the body was about to be interred. In 13G3. Walter WynkeDurn was haneed at Leicester; when cut down, hewascarricd in a cart to the cemeteiyof the Holv Sepulchre in that city; he gradually regained sensibility while tee cart was rumbling alonsr, and escaped with life. Similar cases occurred in the tittcenth and sixteenth centuries. The seventeenth century was e.xceptionably full of such Instances. Dr. Plot mentions the atranee lot ot a Swiss, on tho authority of Dr. Obadiuh walker, master ot University College; this man is said to have b en hung no less than thirteen times without losing his life, his windpipe having been converted by disease into a substance almost as hard as bone. ' No iubtance has been so much discussed and written about as that of Anne Green, which took place during the time of the Commonwealth. Judges and physiciaus al.ke referred to it, as atlording illustrations lor or against legal and medical testimony. This poor girl was executed at Marston, in Oxfordshire, on Decembor 14, 1650, lor intanticide, a charge wnicti could only be proved against her by much straining of the law; this severity, and a knowledge ot the wrong eho had sutfeied in other ways, made her an object of much public sympathy. The banging was accompanied by certain coarse and shocking pullings and sinkings oi the body and limbs, which in those days were supposed to Insure more eiTectually the death of the victim, and to lessen the period of suffering. After hanging the usual time, she was cut down, actually tram pled on while prostrate, and iett with the rope uuslacked round her neck. Sne was put Into a coffin, and consigned to the doctors lor dissec tion. To the surprise ol all, when the coffin was opened, the bosom was seen gently to heave; upon which, brutal blows and pressure were brought into requisition. The Incident was too remaikable, however, to remain concealed; and men of superior position took up the matter. Sir William Petty, Dr. Wallis, aud Dr. Clarke, who at that time filled the three offices of Pro fessor of Anatomy, President of Magdalen Col lege, and Vice-Chancellor ot Oxford University, being present at the intended dissection, per ceived that the heaving of the bosom was fol lowed by a sligbt rattling in her throat. "Here upon," said Dr. Plot, "desisting from their former purpose, they presently used means for her recovery by opening a vein, laying her iu a warm bed and using divers remedies respecting her senselessness, head, throat, and chest; inso much that within fourteen hours she began to speak, and the next day talked and prayed heartily. During the time of this her rec ivcr lng, tho otlicers concerned in her execution would needs have had her away aeain to have it completed on her; but by the mediation of the worthy doctors aud some other friends with the then governor of the city, Colonel Kelsev, thera was a guard set upon her to hinder alf further disturbance till he had sued out her pardon from the powers then in being; thousands of people in the meantime coming to see her, and magnifying the lust providence of God in thus asserting her innocence ol murder." It is not stated by Dr. Plot whether the medi cal men, satisfied themselves concerning the caiue. anatomical or physiological, ol her pre servation; but they soueht to ascertain whether there were any peculiar mental phenomena cott nccted with he. recovery. They found that the bait-hour of hanging had left no special impres sion on her memory. "She came to herself as it she had awakened out of a sleep not recov ering the use ot her speech by slow degrees, but in a manner altogether (all at once), beginning to speak where she left otr on the gallows." Among all the printed narratives ot this re markable case there is none that often a clear explanation; and we are left to our surraiBcs on the subject. There was a strong religious bias in tllP nillllio tllinrl at Hint nnrin1. crxA kl ,l ing led to a beliet in the direct interposition of Heaven in Anne Green's lavor. The under graduates of Oxford University viewed the mat ter in another light: they soueht to exercise their wit and poetry on it; and there have been preserved twenty or thirty epigrams written by them, aud siened with their names one of which was "Mr. Christopher Wren." Anne Green, having received a pardon after this strauge resuscitation, retired with her friends to Steeple barton, where she married, had a family, and died in 16;"3. J Somewhat about the same period, one Gor don, a highwayman, was condemned for execu tion. He found means, when his sentenco was no longer doubtful, to ootain the aid of a young surgeon, who, shortly before the execution, fixed a small tube through an opening cut in the windpipe. The artifice failed in lis intended ctlectin this case; the culprit being a very heavv man, drew with too much weight: he breathed for a few minutes, when removed, after hang ing; but did not recover. In 1658 a female ser vant was hanged for some crime at Oxford; she was kept hangina a longer time than usual, pro bably on account of the wonderlul resuscitation ot Anne Green a tew years beiore. She was cut down, and the body allowed to tall to tne pound with much violence, yet she lived; but the severity ol the law insisted upon her under going a 6ecoud and more fatal huntintf. There has, it appears, been a diflerence of opinion among legal authorities concerning this double iDtliction of the sentence. Some contend that it a man is hanged, tnat is enough: it ihe execu tioners do their work clumsily, he ought not to bear the consequences, but ratner snould be given "the benefit ot tuc doubt." On the other hand, it is contended that the sentence nieaus execution, and that, execution means banaing bv the neck until the culprit be dead; so that it hanging tails once, it miwtbo tried again. In 16!)7, one Richard Johnson was hanged at Shrewsbury for murder. For a purpose which he planned while in prisou, fje obtained a promise that his dead body should be laid in a coffin without being stripped. His purpose was detected a little too soon; for life being obser vable in him alter he had hung half an hour, a man was sent up the ladder to examine into the probable cause of this prolonged vitality. It was tound that Johnson had twisted cords around aud under his body, connected with two rings or hooks near his neck; a double shirt, and a periwig without flowing curls, concealed these contrivances. The poor wretch was stripped of his ingenious apparatus, and hanged a second time more effectually. In 1705, a burclar, named John Smith, was hanged at Tyburn; a reprieve came aftor. he had ' been hanpiug about fllteen minutes; he was imme diately cut down, removed to a neiehbonng house, bled by a surtruon, and restored to life. The case of Margaret Dixon was one that ex cited great interest at Edinburgh in 1724. She was hanged lor Infanticide; the body was cut THE DAILY down, placed In aroflin, and removed in a cart to Miisselburph by her friends, with a view to interment in the parish churchyard. Tne jolt ing of the cart, and the admission of air through some injury which the coffin sustained, appear to have combined in resuscitating the woman, for she showed evident signB of lile betore the cart had proceeded ono-third of the distsnce. She was removed, revived, prayed with by a minister, and received back iato the circle of her friend. She lived creditably many yeais afterwards, had a large family, and sold salt about the streets of Edinburgh where she was known, on account of her Btrange escape, as "llnlf-hanged Maggie." William Duell was one of those who bad re vived when almost under tho dissecting knite. This man was hanged for murder, on a gibbet put up at Acton, in 1740. Alter hanging for twenty minutes, the body was cut down and taken to Surgeons' Hall for dissection. The at tendants stripped and washed the body, and the Bureeons prepared for their labor. Just as they were about to begin, however, thev peTceived faint signs of life In him; he eroaned "feebly, and his breathing became gradually more and more perceptible. They bled him, and in the evening he was able to sit up an am. lie was conveyed Dack to prison) but there was too much public excitement to justify the authorities in hanging him again. In two days he recovered his health. Fever and delirium had rendered his memory a blank, and he had lost all recollec tion ot the hanging. It was supposed by the surgeons that a lull flow of blood st the time had enabled his system to resist the tightening of the veins, and to have thus restored him to lite not to liberty, however, for he was attcr wards transported. In 1762 Ewen Macdonald was hanged lor murder. After the body was cut down it was taken to Surgeons' Hall and placed ready for dissection. Tho operating sur geon, having to leave the room for a short time, was surpri-ed on his return to see the man sit ting up. Professing more professional zeal than human'ty, the surgeon took a mallet and killed Macdonald outright, iu order not to be disappointed of an opportunity for dissection. This atrocious case gave rise to much indig nant comment at the time. In 1767, a tailor, named Patrick Redmond, was hanged at Cork lor highway robberv. Alter haniintr In m I him the usual time, the body was cut down and conveyed hastily to the house of an actor named Glover, who found means by friction and fumi gation to revive him. Kedmond had the incre dible audacity to go to the theatre on the same evening, and, to the horror of the audience, pub licly thnnk Glover for haviag saved bis lile." . The present century has not been without Its instances. About fifty years ago, a servant girl was convicted of administering poison to the household ot a farmer, in a fit of passion at some petty injuiy. A lceal doubt having led to a postponement of the execution, the steady de meanor of the eirl led to her being employed as a servant by the jailer at Durham. One morn ing, the governor received, much to bis regret, and to the regret of many of the citizens, an order for the immediate execution of the girl. She was hanged, but the rope broke; and the wretched girl remained crying at the loot of the gallows, while a man hastened off on horse back to leich a new rope. This distressing scene was perhaps scarcely a case in point, so lar as concerns resuscitation after hanging; but it is one of the instances ot deferred exe cutions, which are so bad, because they give ri6e to hopes destined to disappointment. In another instance (mentioned, like the fhrpirnlnp. in JVotes and Queries), a boy of only 13 or 14 was capnaiiy convicted, but respited Indefi nitely on account of his youth. He remained in the jail at Worcester, was tound to be a docile lad, aud became a eencrul favorite both with the jailer and the prisoners; everybody believing win. mo mil mruuii wouia come soon, une day he was plavinar at ball in th vairl. full of nio and elee. when suddenly, to th ut.tpr iinmnv f the jailer and the inmates of the prison, an order arrived, alter many weeks of delay, for the exe cution of the poor lad; and the execution accordingly took place. An instance more in point is that of a man who was executed at Tyburn, and whose apparently dead body was purchased by a surgeon for dissection, and brought to his house. A servant wishing to see the body, stole into the room, and found th man sitting upright on the dissectine table. The sureeon, a Humane man, shipped him off quietly io America, where he amassed a fortune, which in gratitude he bequeathed to his benelactor. Sir Jonah iBarrington. in his "Personal Sketches." mentions the case of me T.n who was hanged for the murder ot Captain OTlaherty. Lanigan survived, by some means which are not pvnliiinpVl. and Wii .Tnnuh oo hi vim at the house of Mr. Lauder in the Temple. He was smuggled ever to Abbeville, where he died many years afterwards in the monastery of La Trappe. Some of these momentous escapes have plainly depended on the imnerfeetinna nt Mm gibbet as compared with the drop. These imper lections led to the abandonment of the one kind ot dread apparatus for the other. Several state ments have been made in the public lournals, lroin time to time, concerning "the last giboet;" but ! many of these are destitute of meining, unless we take into account the exact particu lars of each case. In lH5ti the Examiner said: a tew aays ago (April), the last gibbet erected in England was demolished hv thA employed in making tho extensive docks for the Northeastern Railway Company, at J arrow Slake, on the Tyne." This statement was shortly afterwards disputed; for, later in the same year, a gibbet was still left standing on Ditchling Common, in Sussex. It was known among the surrounding villagers as "Jacob's Post," being named alter a culprit concerning wiioui copy oi verses was long current in the neighborhood, rocordiug, among other things, that At Horsham Gallows he was banged there, The thirty first of August that same year ; And where be did the crime, they took the pains To bring him back, and hang htm up in chains. It has been stated that the last gibbet erected in England was at Saffron Lane, near Leicester, in 1832; it was soon atterwards removed by order of the Secretary of State for Home Affairs. Whatever may the exact dates, however, when the last gibbet was erected, and the last demol ished, it is certain that the drop has been almost, if not quite, substituted lor it in Eucrland In the old f ibbet, the wretched culprit was turned off iioni a lauuuer at a Height which, it was sup posed, would elevate him sufficiently above the ground or platform; whereas the drop consists of a trap-door, which, being suddenly opened by the withdrawal of bolts underneath, causes the whole weieht of the culprit's body to be in an instant at the mrrcy of the nooe. Some of the instances of escape are doubtless attribu table to the careless way in which the priouer was turned off the scatlold, or rather ladder, on which he ascended to the gibbet; some to the in sertion of a tube which might prevent the con striction of the throat; some to the opening of an orifice in the windpipe by an expert surgeon; some Io a natural hardening of the windpipe, which occasionally happens; and some to a steel collar, connected with an elaborate system of braces aud bandages. These varieties offer elucidations of most of the cases of resuscitation that have been recorded. Did Sir Walter Scott relv on his Imagination alone, or was he depending on a real narrative, when he wrote the striking scene of Bonthron's execution in the "Fair Maid of Perth ?" It will be remembered, by the readers ol that novel, that Bonthron received a hint from Dwining, the physician, that an attempt would be made to preserve him lrom any fatal result of the hanging, and that the hangman would be a party to the manoeuvre. The execution took Place, apparently in the usual way, and the hangman remained near the suspended body about half an hour, after which he contrived by a nise to get rid of the assembled multitude. Early next morning, when the populace re turned to enjoy the spectacle of chaining the dead body to a permanent gallows, they were surprised and enriured to see that the bodr had beep removed. At midnight, it afterwards ap peared, throe men had quiety approached the spot) cut down tho body, reanimated the almost stilled wretch, and smuggled him away. One ol them was Dwiulnn, the physician, ami he explained to the other to in what manner Bonthron had been specially prepared to un dergo his execution scatheless. He pointed out that death by hangiug results lrom a compres EVENING TELE-GRAPH. sion of the reins, which drives the blood to the brain Instead of to tho heart, and also that the lungs, owing to the ligature of the cord around the thorax, no longer receiving the need ful supply of air, another cause of sutTocition arises. Ihe problem would be, therefore, how to etlect the hanging bo that neither the veins nor the windpipe should bo too muoU com pressed. Dwining solved this problem thus, as described by himself: "1 get me certain band ages, made of the same Biibstance with your horse-ginbs, having especial care that thev are of a kind which will not shrink on being strained, since that would spoil my experiment. One loop ot thlB Bubstatice la drawn under each loot, and returns up either side of the leg to a cincture wih which it is united; these cinctures are connected by divers straps down the breast and back, in or ler to divide the weight, and there are sundry other conveniences lor easing ionuuv, uu mtj tumi in wis. in straps or ligatures are attached to a broad steel collar, curving outwards, and having a hook or two. Iriendly executioner passes around that part of the machine, Instead of applying it to the bare throat of the patient. Thus, when thrown off from the ladder, the sufferer will find himself suspended, not by the neck, if it please you, but by the steel circle that eupports the loops " l uia ,vv mc yiHUCU, BllU Ull WU1CU U1B wcleht really rests, diminished a little by simi- IRT Ulinnnrtfl Iltint nork awn TK -AiiUo. muufipn uiiitf uoinprt.aeu, ine man Will nTPntVl O a a llna Ol.H Vita m-4.-. fright and novelty ot Bltuat.oD. will flow a tem perately ns Tour.valiencles', when vou stand uo in to irfiir.ii 4a . l ..1 .1 7 I -1 t r - rwnujjB iu vitrn a ut'iu ui uuitlt. PROPOSALS. pKOlUSALS FOR BUILDING A NAVAL JL uvxriiALi Ai rillLiADlvLeHIA, TA. BUBKAU Of MkDlClNK AND SOROKRT, I I KVY Dkfahtmkmt Wa rropo-als will be received at this otlice for the eruc- uun ana construcuou (complete) 01 a ivavat Hos pital at I'hilade ulna. Pisns and specifications of the proposed buildings can be seen at the office ol JohP Me Arthur, Jr., arcfaiteot, ISo. 200 8. Sixth street, Philadelphia, who will afford ail biddoi-s every lnlormatioo necoury to a lull understanding of ihe requirements of the De partment in the matter of the erectun and construe- uuu ui ine Hospital aioreeaid Kach proposal, to be considered, most be gnaran tecd by two responsible persons, certified by the vuntu oioivo iiMrici ituuue, uorney, or collector, or other public ohioer, as to thoir competence and willlDencM to gaaian.ee to the sum ol thut (30) per cent, ol ihe whole amount of tne proposal otft-red, that the biadi r or buluers so guaranteed (should the contract be awarded lum or them) shall, within ten davs of the acceptance of his or their bid, enter into contract with the fcavy Department for the erection and construction of the Uonpital and its appur tenances, and carry through the same to completion, according to the terms oi the bid ana the plans and specifications above mentioned. J'roi OfBisnm.-t state the shortest time required to complete the contiact, with the understand. n that between two or more bids of equal amount, the De port men t will give the preference to that naming the shortest time. l'aymcnts tor the work will be made monthly, as it propresnea, ujion certificate of the architect, stafingits) amount and quality, and that the terms of the con i r net have been complied wnh the Depart ment reservinii twen y (20) per cent, of the whole amount of each oi rt.ficate until the buildings are de livered into its hands, complete and ready for occu pancy, according io the terms ot the contract for the erection and construction of the Naval Hospital and its appurtenances betore mentioned. All the proposals must be addressed to the under sinned, marked "1'roposalB for Naval Hospital at 1 hiladelphia " 1 be proposals will be opened In tbepresenee of ihe bidders, at the JSavy Department, at noon ot Tuesdar, May 22, 1800. Ihe Department reserves to itself the ritrht to reject any or all bids not deemed, by it sailstaotory or to the interests ot the Government . ; 1. J. HOKWITZ. 61tulbs9t . . Chief oj Bureau. COVEBNMENT SALE OK THE JIlLIi Attr T RAILJLOAD AX UKAZUS BAMi'lAOO, JLaAS Quartermaster-General's Ofhcb, 1 Wabhikoton. D. C, April 19, 1868 f The attention ot capitalists BeeKing a profitable investment h invited to this sale. (sealed Proposals will be received at the office of the . Quartermaster-General (Division of lUver and Kail liansportation), at WASHINGTON, D. .:., until the first day of June next, at 12 o'olock M , for the purchase of all tho right, tit1 e, and interest oi ihe United States in and to tho United Sta'es Military Katiroad lrom Brazos Santiago to White's Kanche, lei as. t- lbe sale will Include the entire track and aid ines, buila ings, water stations, tUM-tables, bridges, etc. the rain oad materials and suppl es portaiuing to ihe road, together with the rolling stock, cars, machinery, and other equipment. lbe sale will not Include tho tit'e to the land, which does not belontr to the United States. lhis road is about ten rniic in length, and extends fiom Brazos Santiago to White's Kanche, on the Bio Granoe from this point connection is made by steamer with Brownsville and Alatamoras. This route is the shortest and best for the immense traffio between the Gull of Alt xico and the interior of Southern Texas and Nortbern Mexico, and the communication by rail alone can readily be ex tended to Brownsville. l be load already completed saves thirty miles of d flicult and tortuous navigation. Boats on the river now cbarpe, a is stated, lor freight to Browns vi le, as high as $6 per barrel, and lor passengers $16 each. The road is five-feet guage, good ties T rail, and full-spiked. ilore particular desoriphon of the property can be obtained at tnis office, or at that of tho Chief Quartermaster Military Division ol the Gulf, at New Orleans. : A condition of the sals will be that transportation shall be furnished for all Government troops and supplies, whenever required, at the rates paid by Government at the time to the Now Vork Central Bafroad. The terms of payment accepted will be those considered the ,niout favorab.e . to the oovetn incut, ' 1 en per cent cath, in Government funds, to be paid on acceptance el proposal. The Government reserves the right to rejoof any or all proposals. 1 ropoxais should bo endorsed, "Proposals for pur chase of Brazos Santiago ana Rio Grande Uailroau," and addressed to the Division of Kiver and Hull liantpoitation, Quartermaster General's Otlice, Waehineton, D. C. By older of the Quartermaster Geuerai. ALfcXANDKU BLISS, Brevet Colonul and A. Q. M., in chaw or Fourth Division Q. M. G. O 4 2StH31 T N1TJU) STATES MILJTAUY BAILROADS. U OlfUCK OSf ASSISTANT QUARTEUMASl'KU, ) No 260 G Street, ( Washington, D. C, April 28, 1866 ) Sealed Proposa a will he received at this oflioe, until 12 o'clock M., JtON DAY, May 21, for the pur cnase.lrom tho United btates.of all the I HUN rt OHK for Nineteen S ans of "llowo'a Improved Truss Bridges," consisting ot the Hods, Boll, Plates, and Dowels, suitable tor the different spans, the latter varying in length lrom eighty to one hundred aud lortv-one ftet. 1 be Iron is now stored at the Works of tho Cleve land Boiling Mill Company, Cleveland, Ohio, and will be sold by Ihe pound. A detailed bill of the iron, and the length of the ppaus, may be obtained on application at this effce. Term Cash, In Government funds. 3 he United Mates reserve the right to reject all bids, il not deemed advantageous. Proposals should be endorsed "Proposals lor the Puichftta c- Bridge Iron." , F J. CHILLY. 1 Brevet Major and A Q. M 480-18t . . U.S. Army. s ALE OF A KM Y WAGONS, CniEV QuARTKRJlASTKIt'a Ovvinic. 1 1 . DlOT 09 WABHIHGTON - Wabuikoton. D. O , April i9. 1866 1 Scaled Proposals are invited for the purchase ot 470 AKMY WAGONd, in lots of not less than twenty. five. There wagons are worn, but still serviceable for road ar.d farming purposes. Proposals will be received until 12 M., WEDNES DAY, May1 9. . Payment (in Government funds) will be required upon notification ot acceptance of bid, and prior to (lie delivery of the Wagons. Tho right to reject all bids considered tpo low is nsorved , , These warona are at Lincoln Depot, about on ml'e east of the Capitol, and can be seen bv applying to Colonel Tompkins, the Quartermaster tn charge. Proposals should be signed with ihe bidder's full' name, and give his Post Office addres. endorsed ' Proposals to purcbaae;ArBiy Wagons," and direotod to D. H.BUCKER. . , Tet Mlor-Gen. and Chief Quartormiu.ter, 20 Bit Depot of W ashington. -PHIL ADELPIIIA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 18GG. PROPOSALS. A V Y D E P A B I MEN T, Btbcau o Yabbs and Pocks, I Apni 17. Jwu. Sealed Proposals for each building separately, endorsed "Proposals for repairing build Ings at the horioi Navy Yard." wtil be received at this ofhcB until 12 o'clock M. on the 16th day of May, 1866, at which toc ar the opening of bids will be com menced lor repairing the entrance buildings known In the plan ol the yard as No 19 and 87 1 boat-shed, IS o 20; timber-shed, No. 80) tlmoer-ned, No. 81, and the carpenters' shop, near the dry dock. The offor tor Nos. 19 and 87 will be embraced in one bid, and those lorthe other buildings must be separate. Bidders will be require a to state the amounts for which they wl'l furnish all the materials and com plete each building, aooord.ng to the plans and specifications to be seen at the yard, using such ma ti rials as are on hand for each building, which have been purchased by the Government, as per sohoduies at the Yard. taob bid must be accompanied by good and suffi cient guarantors, approved by an officer ot the Government known to this Liepartment, that the bidder will, If bis offer be acoepted, enter Into con tract to perforin the work bid tor) and the Depart ment reserves the right to acceptor reject any or all of the bids, as the intcrost of the Government may require. Binders are requested to name the time in which they will engage to complete any or all of tne build ings, and it their offer are accepted, they will be held to a faith' ol execution of their contract, under a Inrfeiture In caae ot failure Persons desiring to bid must necessarily visit the yard and examine the present condition of tne works, and can there see ine plans and sptciflcatlons to enable them to bid underxtandingly, POHM OK OS FEU. Tbe undersigned (here insert the name or names composing the firm who bid ) of ( name the town), in the State of (name the State), hereby offor to furnish, under your advertisement dated (date of advertite ment), and subject to ad tbe requirements of the same, all the materials and workmanship neoesnarr lor ihe complete and entire reconstruction of build ing (name ihe building) in tbe Norfolk Navy Yard, according to tht plans and specifications exhibited at. said Yard, for the sum of (write out the amount). And I (or we) engage to have the said work fully completed In days, exo.uslve of Su days and holidays, from the date of the contract. Should my (nr our) offer be accepted, I (or we) request the con tract may be prepared and sent to the Paymaster at (name the place) tor signature and certificate. (Here tbe bidder or bidders and each mombor of the firm to sign h lr oiler ) FORM OF GUAR AN TEE. The undersigned (name ot guarantor) of (name the town), and State of (name the State), and (name of second guarantor, etc), hereby guarantee that the above named (name the bidder or bidder) will, if bis (or thoir) ofier as above be accepted, enter into contract with the United Slates, withlu ten dan alter the receipt ot the contract at the post otfioe named or navy agent designated ; and fn case the said (name the bidoer or bidders) shall fail to enter into contract, we guarantee to make good to the United States the difference between tbe offer of the said (name tbe biddor or biddor) and that which may be accepted. And we hereby declare that neither of us have been defaulters in any contract ptevtcusly made with the Navy Department. (Witness.) (Signature of guarantors.) J certily that the above named (hpre name tho guarantors) are known to me to be good and responsi ble guarantors in this case, and that the above declarations of the guarantors to this oflbr are to the best of my knowledge and boliof, true and reliable. To be signed by the District Judge, A?hicit Attor.' ney, collector. ra master, or some person Known to inw Bureau io De responsiDie. 4 21 sit SALE OI GOVERNMENT LUMBER.. Cdiep Quartermaster's Office, Depot of Washington. 1 WABHIMITOW. 1J ! Matrfl lBfl Sealed Proposals will be received at this Office until MONDAY, May 21. 1866, at 12 o'olock M., ' for the purchase of 843 900 feet of Government Lumber, of the following Bizes and descriptions, 18 000 feet lHnch Oak. 100.0G0 leet 2 inch Oak. 110,000 leet 24 inch Oak. 129,000 feet 8 inch Oak. - 10,000 ieet 8J inch Oak. 73,(00 feet 4 inch Oak. 10,000 feet 6 inch Oak. 10,000 toet 2 inch Hickory. 6 600 feet 8 inch Hickorv . 11,600 feet 4 inch Hictorv. JjS.OCO feet U Inch Ash. 74 500 feet 2 inch Afh. 86,000 feet 8 inch Ash. 20,100 feet 4 inch Ai-h. 0,000 feet 6 inch Ash. , 8,500 feet ) inch Pine. 84 800 feet I inch Pine. 87.000 leet 1 inch Pine. 25,000 feet 4 Inch Popiar. 13.000 feet 1 inch Poplar. The above Is a very superior lot of well-seasoned Lumber, and can bo seen bv applying to Brevet Colonel C. H. Tompkins, Quartermaster in charge at Lincoln Depot, about oue mile east, of the Capitol. BidB will be received for the purchase of ten thou sand feet and upwards. The undersigned reserves the right to reject all the bids should they be con sidered too low. ..... Payment (in Government funds) will be required upon notification ot acceptance ot bids, and prior to the delivery of tbe Lumber, which must be removed within fifteen days after the proposal is accepted. Proposals should be signed with the bidder's full name, and give his post office address, endorsed "Proposals lor the Purchase ot Lumber," and directed to , D. H. RUCKEB, , Brevet Major-Gen. and Ch er Quartermastor, 6 4 14t Depot of Washington. CHIEF QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE Department ojg Virginia, , Richmond, Va., May 2, 1866 f Sealed Proposals will be received at this office until the 15th Inst., at 12 o'olock M., for furnishing the United States Government with the following supplies, vli : -Class 1. 1000 cords merchantable hard wood. Class 2. 20 000 bushels Oats, in sacks. 400 tons prime Timothy Hay, Laled. r CHass u. co tons clean Bye or Wheat Straw, baled. ' Class 4. Stationery, in suoh quantities as may be reouired. including Letter. Foolscan. Folia Pnt Note, Blotting, and I'.uveloue Paper. Envelnn i various sizes), Memorandum 2, 4, and 6 quire Blank iooks, Ink (Arnold's Fluid', and Ink Powder. ,7 ., t Ln.l.MM 117.. -...111.. T . . ' VV Hide, UCB1IUK II HA, UlllB. 01UUI milB, I A) ad iTOn- oils, Office Tape, Erasers, and Paper Folders all to te ot good quality Prmmynla u ill Via fnnriA tnr eupli aIubo mnra nln). and must designate tbe artiole In each clans proposed to be lurmshed. lbe wood, hay, and straw will be subjeot to lnspee r tion on delivery. Samples of the Oats and tbe articles on C.hmn i muKt accompany the proposals. 1 All supplies to be delivered to the United States Quartermasters at Biohmond and Fortress Monroe as ti ey mar be required, free 01 expense to the Gov ernment, to be paid ior on delivery, or as soon them. alter ss funds may bufeceived. mounted Maps reserves the right to roiect any or ali proposal" which may be deemed incompatible wnh ihe interests ol the Governiuont. VtlLLJ&M L, JAMES, Brevet rig.-Gen. and Chiet Quartermaster, 6 5 8t Department ot Virginia GREEN PEA S, GBBEN CORK, 1 ...i r . ' :. I I M ',' ! ' FRESH PEACHES, , ' I i , FRESH TOMATOES, PLUMS, JfTO, AI,13EltT O. ROUEUTS, DEALER IN FINE GROCERIES COB ELEVENTH AJXD VISE ST3, II I3:ES'r I I WX.HATS 7'NORTiiXCity! II j Sixth stX$& , )J FURNITURE. BU Y IP U It N I T U It E . ' at 1 GOULD OO.b 1 ,' OBION DKrOTS . Nos. 37 and 39 N. SECOND Street: ' K Opposite Christ Chnrcbl. And Corner of NINTH and MARKET The largest, cheapest, and best stock 0 FURNITURE Ot every des crtptlon In tb world. I Iv Sp ROSEWOOD, i CHAMBER, AND PARLOU SUITES. AT GEORGE J. HEXKELS', THIRTEENTH AND CliESNUT STREETS, 414 lm 1 rormerljorKo8.8(IOand8ncilEdNCT8t. WALNUT 'CHAMBER AND PAIUiOIt SUITES, Either Polished or Oiled, ' AT GEORGE J. IIENKELS', THIRTEENTH AND CHESNUT STREETS, 4141mj Toimerlyofyos, Sfsi and 811 CHESSUT St. g P R I N G. BEDDING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, HOr-ESALE AND HETAIL,, -AKD MATERIALS VOB THE SAM. BEST QUALITY AND STYLE OF SPRING MATTRESSES. J. S. FULLER, 4 14smtli3m No. 9 h. SEVENTH 8troot. MEDICAL. yox POPULI. WRIGHT'S TAR SYRUP. PRINCIPAL DEPOT, No. 771 Scmtn THIRD Street Trice, $1-00 per Bottle; f 5-00 for half-a-dozen. TtlA TIT) A trar,r a A itilvnna 1 . . . reccmmTmm-tie nof vmS7t couRhs, colds, consumption, wboiiptog-couari. suotted ever, liver complaint, pains iu the breast ronchiUs, Inflammation, and restriction oi air vessels fa tbe luiuaL etc. ! he remedy should be in every family :- : Charles C.-Vi.son, tommy's Yj office. Charles H. Oraflen, Sunday Mercury olhce. Jntnes Kolcn. Jnquirtr oflice William F. Corblt. Associated Press. .rW,h",Rl?:a!1len,er, Fire .AlaBI nd PoHce Tele graph, 1 Hth and tbesnut streets. A Randolph, Front and 1 ombard streets. James W. ferriue No. 1129 Charles street, II. A. Davis No. 323 Uasklil street John YVoodslde. No. 1331 Franklin street. Robert Thompson. No. 1608 Walter street. K. O. Slarcn, No. 626 Fianklln street J Gcbloll. No 731 H. t-econd street. Jobn Heymour. No. fill 8. 1 rout street. Jt. W. Howard, No. 1 Dock street H. C. bartlett No. 27 8. tecon street L. Bates No. 605 Arch street Albert Martin. No. 417 8. Hecond street Mary Caldwell, No lu82 Bansom street - W . 'I nomas. N o. 20 N . Fourth street. T. M. Cartby, No. Iu9 Enroth's alley. George Wi son. No. 236 Eace street. W. F. Brooks, No. 69 North ."econd street M. J. Bassett. No. 119 Canal street 1 8. Heyoiour Bose. Bustleton. Charts Rogers, No. 921 South street 1 B. T. Wellington, second and Quarry streets V. K. Thomas, No. 136 Boutb ixtli street AMIIlam barns. No. 615 South Front street S. S. Kaniord, Opera JMnnager. ,iobn iiaginnls. rear of No. IU North Second street Mrs. 8. K. Cboate, Newark, Del. Mr. William B. Wright. " Sir 1 We take pleasure In recommending yourlTAB SYKUP tof which we have already sold considerable quantities) as a most excellent and efficacious remedy lor the complaints set forth In your printed bill already submitted to the puLllo. As a vratltylng act to suffering b umanlty we wtll cheerfully recommend your prepara tion to ail a filleted with diseases which It is designed to cure. Yours, etc., . DILK9 ft BOy, Druggist. ' ; N, . corner Pine and Sixth streets. For sa'e also at " ; " " 1 JOUNbON, HOTXPWAY COWDEH'S. DYOTT A CO.M. ' A nd all principal Drui gists and Dealers. Tbe subscriber would beg leave farther to say that be is prepared te UU orders and forward tbe Hyrup to any part 01 the country. Persons desiring other lmor mat Ion by mall will inclose a postayo stamp. and answers will be returned as soon aa the exigencies ot business will admit Address j ... . WILLIAM B. WRIGHT, 320 No. 771 B. THIRD htreet Philadelphia, Pa.' IIE OLDEST AND LARGEST SADDLE AND HARNESS MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE COUNTRY. LACEY, MEEKER & CO., No, 1216 CHESNUT STREET, OFFF.R OF THE1B OWS MANUFACTURE BUGGY HARNESS, from , Si2 M to 160 LIGHT BAROUCHE do 60 00 to 350 HEAVY do do 74 00 to 800 F.XPRX88, BRASS MOCNTFD HARNESS 27 Wl to 90 WAGON AND SELF-ADJUSTING 18 00 to 30 STAGE AND TEAM do 30 00 to 80 LADIES' SADDLE, do 12-00 to 150 GENTS' do do 8-00 to 75 Bridles, Mountings, Bits, Rosttts. Horse Covers Biusbes, Combs, Soaps, Blacking. Ladles' and Gents Travelling and Tourist Bags and Backs, Lunch Baskets Dressing and Shirt Cases, Trunk and Valises. 36mrp Mo. 1U1C, C11KSN UT ST. Rj J. WILLIAMS, No. 16 North SIXTH Street, MANUFACTURER OF VENETIAN BLINDS, ! ' AUD WJNDOW SHADES. The largest and finest assortment in the olty at the lowest prices. - - iViamrp ' STORE SHADES MADE AD LETTERED. UNITED S TA TES :' i (BUILDER'SMILL, Nos! 24. 26, and 28 S,' FIFTEENTH St., j rniLADgLrnu. 4 , ; . ESLER & 'BROTHER, y r . WOOD MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, STaIB BALUS TERS, NEWEL POSTS, GENERAL , TURNING, bCBOLL WORK, ETC. J" ' - SHELVING f LA NED TO ORDER. " ' K The largest assortment of Wood Mouldings ill this olty' constantly oh hand. '' ' ''' " c ' 1 1 4 17 8rn fQ TIlUSSEfl, SUPPORTERS, " HRACE8, VfiS and all other Surgical appliances of the most approved rinds, Infinitely superior to all others, at No, 80 North hKVfc.NTH Street. Ladles attended by Mrs. Dr. McCLLHACUAN. Mule dopartuieut by a compe tent surgeon. 1 jj luru GROCERIES. MKAS RFDC'CED TO AT INGRAM'S js. 1 ea Warehouse. No. 43 8. SBCOWD 8 treet. 10ASTFJJ COFFER REDUCKD TO 30 CT atlNUBAAl'S lea Warehoora. No. 48 8 HRCON Mreet. Alf - EFST MILD CO ITER. AT INORAM'3 " ' ' Tea W arebense, No 43 8. 8 K.C'OND Street. 'I EAft AND COPFEK8 AT WIIoLKSALta sir?irlLcf.tt.,t JGKAM'8 Tea Wareb.tue, No. 41 a. -VlZ-ZJr Btteet Try them. fREFN COFFEES FROM 11 TO 28 CT9. A SIMON COLTON & CLARKE. TO FAMILIES RESIDING IN Oi GOINO TO TUB COUNTRV J.ui Jh2tTtol1 ,Pirenase sapollo ol the best ona Ity of m OBockkikh. win find a fu.l aud choice stock of the bet that can be impertoa or pro cureil iroro the New York. Boston or FhUadelphls Wholesl" noei edW'Ul,'O0lli 'a D,lc9 .B!f!JlJr.'u",t,onUp,,La o Packing In the neatest ano mot safe manner pmsib e tloods delivered to any of the depots, express efflcej. orontinthecountry.treeofcbarge. SIMON COLTON A CLARKE, 14 $rpl 8. W. cor. BROAD and WAUSVT. ICE COMPANIES. JOE! ICE I ICE! ICE! ICE INCORPORATED 1864. THOMAS E. C'AH ILL, President. JOHN GOODYEAR, Secretary. HENRY THOMAS, Borerlntendont. COLD SPRING ICE AND COAL COMPANY Dealers in and Shlp;ers of Ice and Coal. We are now prepared to furnish best quality lee arfte or small quantities, to hotels, steamboats, t cream saloons, families, offices, etc, and at the towawt MARKKT BATES. Ice served nAri v in n u i, . the consolidated city, West Philadelphia, Mantua, Rich mond, and Gcrmantown. Your custom and tnfluonj la respectfully solicited Tou can rely on being servwd with a rraE article and ritoupTLT. Send your order to OFFICE, No. 435 WALNUT 8TREET. DEPOTS. 8. W. corner TWELFTH and WILLOW 8treeU. North l'ennsjlvanla Railroad and MASTER Street. LOMBARD aud TWENTY-FIFTH Streets. tint, fctreet Wharf, hchuylklU, 4 73ins J NICKER DOCKER ICE COMPANY. E. P. KERSUOW, A. EUtfT, Wholesale and Retail Dealers. IMPORTERS OF EASTERN ICE. OFFICES AND DEPOTS: Son. 118 and 120 North BKOID Street; WIU.0W STREET WHARF, DELAWARE AVENUE. ' Having secured a lull supply of the best quality ot ICE, are prepared to ftirntsh It throughout tbe entire season, as usual, piomplly, at the lowest market rates. Hotels, Ccnftci loners, and Shipping supplied with targe or smah quantities. Particular attentlcn given to tne delivery ot ICE to Families, Stores, Offices, etc. ItE served dally in West Philadelphia, Mantua, Bloh mond, T loga. and all parts of the city. Y on t older respectlully solicited. 4 14amwrplra REMOVAL! REMOVAL?! OLD DRIVERS' ICE COMPANY, REMOVED FROM N. W. CORNER 8IXTEENTH AND RACE, TO Bread Street, Above Race, East Side. Orders respectlully solicited, and promptly attended to at the lowest market rates. HESS, JOHNSON & DAVIS. OLD DRIVERS' ICE COMPANY. Tbe underslftned, leellng exceeding- thanklul to hla many Ir.crds and customers for their very liberal patron age ztended to him during the last seventeen years aud baring toid his entire inteiest to ME8-RH. IlKhB. JOHNSON 4 DAVIS, Takes pleasure in recommendinir tflem to his tbnnej pa'ons. as they are gentlemen of well-known Integrity' "H'!! ondoobtedly maintain the refutation of tho OLD DRIVEHIS'ICE COMPANY, and tnevervwav act so as to yive entire satisfaction to all who may ktndlr ftyDrtlieni with theircuBtom. Respectully, eto., li'n a. BROVvTJ. RANDALL &( no., PIEIUMERS AND IMPORTERS, No. 1302 CHESNUT Street. Tine English Toilet Soaps, IN GBEAT VARIETY, JU8T RECEIVED. Also, Triple French Extracts and Perfumes. We have constantly on band every variety ot PERFUMERY ASD TOILET REQUISITES. Extracts,. Powders. , Colonies, Pomades, Toilet Waters, Shaving Creams, Coemetiques, Tooth Pastes Brushes, e 1 2 Jm ' SOLDIER!' PHILADELPHIA CITE (MES eENCl I. COMPANY. This Ctu i y has been lormed for the purpose of sunulylns tie Public with reliable, trustworthy men. ready to exocute any orders that may be given to them, viz.. to curry messaues, packages, Lamage, to aQ, part oi tbe city ; to act as guides to strangers, in short,' to b at the disposition of tbe Pmdlo In any emergency, where the services ot a trustworthy man may be ro quired. Every Messenger employed by the Company is re- auired to give ireebold security to the amount of fllty ollars, and the Company will be responsible lor that amount liurusted to their Measeutient. Tne Messengers can also be engaged for a certain time, to ciean cilices, move lurnlture, watob Meruhaur Olee, Mores, bblps and bui diiiL's, dar or nlntit, eio. Tb Company is responsible lor the lalihmi execution ot any order given to a Messenger, also or thesaie. delivery oi Messages, Packages, or Bengalis intiusied to thtm. Especial care has been t: ken to engane none ' but men of good character and with good reierences. and tbe Company leel co'itldsnt that their men may ba relied upon with sstety. ' 1 Tbe Messengers wear a red cap with the number by , wblebeach iiesenger may be identified, and a Badge) with tbe Inscription . BOLIMICBV PUILADELPHIA CITY M EH SENG KB, COMPANY" Each Messenger la lurnlsbed with a printet Table of 1 Charges snd Tickets in place of written receipts. Uia Table showing tne amount the Messenger Is allowed to ebsrge and ihe Ticket tbe payment received tor any particular errand or for a certain time. , Every complaint against a Messenger must be proven by a '1 lcket, and tbe Public are tberetora earnestly re- quea edto insist upon tbe delivery ei a ticket whenever a Messenger Is employed, thereby guarding themselves and tbe I osnpany against fraud. The advantages In- I tended to be procured io the PubUc by tins new ins Itu innare MSPaTCH and SAFti Y la the delivery of ' Messages or small Packages, and facility In procuring , the asalstance ol any number ol men tor any purpose. 'ihe Messenger Corps being formed by itKT(jRSr.I 80I.lHh.KM, tbe Public will certainly assbit these men in their endeavors to earn their livelihood by honest labor at tbe same time promoting tbe comfort and extending- the means oi communication In tuls large city, i bluillor institutions have been In success ul operation. , lor years In all tbe larger (cities ot Europe, In New York and Boston and tbe Company leel satlsiled that tt)tr eitona to lutroduae IntLls city an Institution benetlcial both tn tbe working cTaeis and tbe puhlio geuerai ly ' ' wiu ds apprsemteu ana rewameu ur a iiuarut pauvuage.i I TABI.I OF OHASaBB. I. smile-- Errand' with a II. Work: 1 for - eertala time. 6 Blocks. ...J. 5 cents' H Hour... ......... 20 centa 10 Bloc.....i..l0 ' 1 Hour .....14 18 Blocks .", ilX Hour., ......... .60 " , j SO Blocks 20 M'j Hours ..,.frS 1 Each additional hour 3u eaiit more. 1 '' ' Half day from 1 A. M. to 12 noou, or iroui 1 If, M. to ,, P.M ; ! One day i'ib N. B When more tliau two men ar wanted orders! should be leu at tbe ottlee ol tb Company ou the pre vious eveulag, W. c. WIIITPMAy, Agent. M16trp Offic, No. IU WALUX OUeeU i :i I ,. v I M J ll.l i ' ', . . . ' ' 1 , i . i ,1.1' t . ! i i , i 1 '1 I...' .. I ir "
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