now rniM) i?
Ho carried my satchel to school,
And me through tho drills carried too;
Could I think wby be hugced me no cloudy?
It 1 couldn't, bow could I ? could you f
Ho told me my eves woro qulto black,
And tho brighten of any ho knew:
I blushed and looked down could I help it?
It I couldn't, how could I ? coujt you?
He lett on my check a warm kiss,
Then off with the lightning speed flew;
If I could I'd have scolded him soundly;
If I couldn't, how could I ? could you?
A TRUE BOHEMIAN.
I'oor Henri Murger, himself a jeune ombre
uu uuiiummn, u.yni m a. l arm nonpitai at toe
early age of thirty-two, writing of literary rain
lU the Preface to hia wonderful Hrnnn. rM In
Tie de Boheme," asserts that the " Vie charmante
w vie lerriuut" oi uobcmianism, with it termi
nations of the Academy, the Hospital, or the
torpue, Is possible only in Pans. We may hope,
lor the sake of our English litteratfurt, that such
now is the case, and that the time has forever
ranged, when, as Thomas Carlyle says, "an
Otway could still die of hunger, not to speak ot
your Inuumprable Scroffginses, whom the lluse
lound stretched beneath a rug, with 'rusty Rrate
uneonseious ot a fire;' stocking nipht-cap, sanded
floor, and all the other escutcheon of cratt time
out of mind the heirlooms ot authorship," the
day when an auther of no mean repute eould
olnt out in warning to acpirants the resnh of a
te-lon devotion to literature:
"In vctchy bed or loathsome dunroon end
Thy idled hie,"
or the ace when a man, nobly frit ted as was Savage,
could remain homeless, and otten without tood,
taudyinir In the busy streets, and writing his pro
ductions, with borrowed pen and ink, upon
scraps of paper picked out of the kennels dur
ing his weary rambles: livinar bv chance, oc.cn.
ionally partaking of a pood meal at the table of
a patron wuen the st.(teot his clothing was such
as to permit him to accept an invitation; and
sleeping, in winter, in dens and holes, with the
profligate and debauched of both sexes; or in
summer, a Pkotel de la belle etoito.
Unfortunately, tho race of "Jacob Tonson's
ragamuffin is not yet extinct, and with
the heart-breaking cry of djing David Gray,
"Ami not worth fifteen pounds?" ringing in
our ears, wc cannot see the golden sands of l'ac
tolus for very tears. 80 far, however, as
regards morality ot life and conversation, we
may accept the dictum or Alexander Smttn, in
'Dreamthorp," that the poets ot our day have
'improved upon their brethren in Johnson's
time, who were, according to Lord Macaulay,
hunted by bail ills, and familiar with spunging
houbes, and who, when ho?pitably euUrtaiued,
were wont to disturb the household of the en
tertainer by roaring for hot punch at 4 o'clock
in the moraine. Murger's pictures of the Bone
mianism of to-day are photographs of the lives
of the majority of the English writers ot the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and
more especially those who lived immedi
ately prior to or contemporary with Shakspeare,
many of whom were adventurers, living as much
upon their wits as by the exercise of tho talent
which they too often prostituted; men who, as
Disraeli the elder sujs, of Amherst, having lost
their own characters, "hastened to reform the
morals and politics ot the nation," writing words
of wisdom and living like fools and knaves,
wearing the Nesua robe of genius, and trailing
the sacred garment through every possible seen
of vice, devoting their pens to the service of
everythine honest and true, and their lives to
tho pursuit of everything vicious and false.
First and foremost in the ranks of such men
stands Kobert Greene, M. A., one of those unfor
tunate beings whose sins may be known by the
Dumber and duration of their" tits ot repentance,
"lleane schollars may have high thoughts
though lowe fortnnes," said he, in one of his
numberless prefaces: but in his cape the low
lortuncs were only the natural results of his
wn lolly. Almost forgotten to-day, Oldys
epeuks ot him as "tho greatest refiner of lan
guage in his time," and it has been suggested by
Charles Knight that the passage in the Midsum
mer SiahVs Dream
"The thrico three Muses mourning for the death
Of learning late deceased in beggary,"
is an allusion to him. If so, the reference may
be considered as a graceful amende honoralite
for the numerous plagiarisms from Greene's
writings, of which Shakespeare had been guilty.
It would appear that tho parents of our Bohe
mian were poor people, natives of Norwich,
where the poet was born about the year 1550. It
is a mystery how they were enabled to afford
their son an education at the University of Cam
bridge, but that they did so is shown by his Mas
ter of Arts degree. lie also went upon the grand
tour," as was usual with the young gentlemen of
that aee, but it may be that the ready wit and
good-lellowship for which he was distinguished
had obtained lor him the patronage and Iriend
ship of young men of high social position, and
who found the means whereby to defray his ex
penses, being in return immortalized as '"wags as
lewd" as himself.
This journey affected all his future life, for
there can be no doubt, judging from his broken
hints aud confessions, that hp brought back
wiih him many evil habits. Shortly alter his
return to England, he married an amiable and
beautiful lady of good lamily and fortune, and,
sad aud strange to say, after the birth of their
first child, he basely and cruelly deserted her,
never returning, although it is evident, lrora
many allusions to her scattered through his
writing?, that he bitterly repented the loolish
act, but he seems to have lacked sufficient moral
courage to return and crave forgiveness. He
had written successfully even when' at college,
but H was not until be had squandered
his wife's fortune that he iciued the
unutterable shoe-black-scrap army of au
thors," and began to write lor daily
bread. From this, in all otherwise gloomy
period of his lite, there shines one gleam of good
ness, inasmuch as it appears that, although he
did not dare to return to his wife, he did not
squander all bis earnings in dissipation, but sent
part or his income to the excelled woman whom
he had deserted. To say that he was dissipated
is only to say that he was a sixteenth century
litterateur; bad he been moral and temperate, ho
would have been a rara avis. Ben Jon&on him
self, and the minor lights by whom he was sur
rounded, fell into the same vice of drinking,
which, atj that time, had attained almost to the
dignity ot a science, the sreat dramatist being
nick-named Canary-bird, on aecouut of his fond
ness for Canary, and tradition has it he used to
get drunk, ai d then go home to bed, '.'and when
he bad thoroughly perspired, then to study."
Drumuiond, ot Hawthorae, savs candidly that
drink was "the element" in which Jonson lived.
Almost without exception the inen about-town
writers of that day wereroysterers and revellers,
or at least whenever they had the means they
were so.
One day they were compulsory anchorites,
and the next they were autre Sybarites. In those
eases where they died in their beds, like Peele,
their deaths were attributable not to the gradual
decay ot nature, but to their vices; iu other
cases they managed like Marlowe to receive a
stab in a brawl about a courtesan. Such dun
driven poets and others who had all their vices
without any spark of gpnius, were Greene's boon
companions, the very tavern-keepers, as he him
self said, making much of him until he was more
in their debt than he ever meant to pay "twenty
nobles thick." Surrounded by drunkards, it
would not have been surprising had his palate
lost its taste tor the lino clear draught of Costa
lian; surrounded by worse characters ot tho
opposite sex it would not have been astonishing
had he failed to see the wondrous calm beauty
dwelling in the divine eyes of Pallas Athene.
Such, however, was not the case. Whatever his
life was, and it scarcely could have been
more nnclean, his writings continued to
be pure, .just as poor Dick Steele, during the
most immoral period of his life, wrote the
"Christian Hero," a religious vol nroo, "which
the contrition ot every morning dictated, and to
which the disorder ot every evening added
another penitential page." Pamphlets, vy,
songs, and poems flowed rapidly from his pen;
but It is impossible to put faith in those of his
detainers, such as the villanous Harvey, who
allude to their immorality, for although many
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of Greene's pieces are lot to us, tho number
still litt is very considerable, and they aauredlv
will not only bear comparison with, but will
stand In favorable contrast to, tho words ot most
of his contemporaries. His own remorseful
confession, too. is equally valueless, and must
have been penned in some monieai of painful
depression, when all bis sins and frailties were
magnliied to bis distempered vision, for In
another place, a "wanton pamphlet," to which
he alludes with regret, is the beantilnl "Phi
lomela," dedicated to that good wotnaa the
Lady Brtdgott Ratcliff, and certainly containing
nothiigunllt for such a virtuous ecntle woman to
read. That there are many sentences in his
writings which would not be allowed to pans un
reproved to-day Is undeniable; but compared
with the effusions of other light writers of bis
time, Greene's books are singular in their free
dom from coarseness. The few blemishes are
not owing, and cannot be traced, to any native
twptirity of imagination, but are attributable in
a great ineasuie to tho laxity of the aee; and it
it as unfair to judge his writings witlioat taking
into consideration the times in which they were
sent forth, as it would be to condemn Fielding
because his characters swear and talk slantr as
naturally and fluently as gentlemen did when
that author portrayed them.
An American writer, alluding to Dryden, who,
tinder different circumstances to thosb by which
Greene was surrounded and Influenced, stooped
to become a parasite, w riting comedies teaming
with licentiousness, says: "Had ho lived in
the reign of George III, he would not have been
more in-moral than Churchill. Had ho lived in
our days his muse would have been as pure as
that ol Campbell." Had Robert Greene lived in
a purer tige, doubtless the few blemishes would
not bo louud in his writings.
Greene's life during the period of his associa
tion with Nash, Marlowe, Peele, and other Bohe
mians, was afterwards deicribed by himself as
the dajs of "an arch play-making poet," whose
purse, "like the sea, sometimes ewell'd, and
anon like the sea fell;" but whose labors were so
well esteemed that "seldom he wanted," al
thoueb he "had shitto of lodeings when in every
Place his hostcsso writ up the wofull remem
brance of him, An tawviresse and his boy, for
they were ever in his noueehold, besides relay
ners in other places." The reference to his
laundress and his boy throws a litrht upon a
dark and intensely painful portion ot his history.
Leading a life so opposed to all that was good
and Iienceful. it became nfcpniarv fnr l.lm tn
employ a strong band of blackguards "to guard
him in danger of arrestes." as savs one of hi
contemporaries. The leader ol this gang was a
noted ruffian named Cutting Ball, who was
aiterwards hung at Tyburn, or as Greene said,
"tmss'd under a tree as round as hull nnri
immortalized bv Nash, who in one of his pieces
threatens an individual that "ballets" fhall be
made of his death, "as there ws of "Cutting
Ball." This man's sister, "a sorry ragged
queene," Grecue took under his protection.
Very little is known of her, save thqt she was
the;motherof his child Fortunatus, Or, as his
enemies ticsienaten 11, vniortunatus, and that
for some years she shared his checkered fortune.
The (child died the year following that of its
lasers uuumeiy ena, ana mere is nn entry of
burial at St. Leonard's Church, "1593. Fortu
natus Green was buryd the same day," the
entry immediately nrecediner it bearing th
date August 12th. The sudden aud disgrace-
iui aeauis 01 so many ot Greene's boon
companions do not annoar to h.ivn n(Tictn,i
him, for his days continued to be spent
with the "lewdest ot the hind." In the
society, however, of such men he appears to
have used all his powers of observation, learn
ing ah their tricks, and studying all their
knavery, slang, and cant. The' knowledge so
acquired afterwards was turned to so ?ood ac
count in an exposure of the doing of that "un
clean generation of vipers," as to render bis life
unsaie. At una period ne appears co have been
oaite friendless, unless aleta
maybe considered friends; and his daily life
w as a round of debauchery, varied by hours of
bitter but unproductive repentance, followed by
nifiuw 01 literary laoor, wuen, witn the fumes of
wine still hanging about him, he wrote sen
tences which would do no 6hame to the most
moral writer ot to-day. The deeper the de
gradation of his life, the brighter aud finer his
ideas appear to have been, and one ran pt!l
understand how poitmant must have been tho re
morse of a mai who knew what was right aud
good, and vet had ant the moral courage to
lollow it. The inconsistency of such a lile of
vice and debauchery with his better nature and
with his deal, is manifest from a code which
he drew up for the proper conduct of life, but
which, alas! he himself was unable to act up
to, embracing as its sentences such as the fol
lowing:. "Let God's worship he thy morning worke. and
his wisdome the direction ot thy day'i labour.
"Bise not without thankoe, nor sleope not without
repentance.
"Of thy wife be wise; make hor thy secretary;
else locke thy thoughts iu tUy hcait; for women are
bldom silent.
"Let thy children's nurture be their richest por
tion ; lor wisdom is more precious than weaitn."
And also from his advice to Philador:
First, serve God; lot him be tho author of all thy
actions. Please him witn prayer and penance, lest
il he frown beconiound all thy lortunos, and ther
labors be like tke drops of ram on a sundy (ronud.
He seorotary to thyself, and Deak no
more to anv privately that thou wouldst have pub
lished openly Be not too prodigal, lor
even they tiiatconsome tbee laugh at thee: nor too
covetous, tor spannr oftentimes is duhonor. . , .
Little talk shows much wisdom ; but hoar what thou
osnst, lor thou host two ears Turne not
to a painted godaesse, but to a pitiiul God."
Careful only to have "a spel in his purse to
conjure up a good cup ot wine with at all
times," as Nash said of him, Greene appears to
put all consideration for tho morrow upon one
side, ltvinir day by day from hand to mouth,
and trusting to the pen which never failed him
until the unsteady hand and trembling lingers
refused any loueer to guide it, to bring hun not
only the means w herewith to purchase food, but
also to support his extravagance. It is, how
ever, ealisfactory to find that although hia
companions, Marlowe, Peele, and Nash, were
more than careless in matters of religion,
(ireene's sins in this respect appear to have
be n more of omission than ol commission.
All his references to the Divine Being
Beem to have been dictated by a true
reverential leeling, and in allusion to Mar'.owe's
plays, he said, "1 could not make my verses get
upon the stage in tragical buskins ....
darhif God out of heaven like that atheist
Tamerlane." K far, however, ah immorality of
lite was concerned, there does not appear to
have been rouel, if any, diflerence. It their
writings differed from each other in dpcree of
purity and morality of sentiment and purpose,
the lives ot the Bohemians ot that day were
wondeilully similar excepting from this
charge, however, Lodge, who, although an
associate, seems to have led a virtuoas and
quiet lile: and Shakespeare, who can scarcely
be considered a Bohemian, and whose onlv con
nectlon with Grene appears to have been the
toundine of As You Like It upon Greene's fiosa
lynde, aud of the Winter's Tale upon his Fanr
cVofta, in the latter of which plays the great
dramatist plagiarized Greene's error of placing
Bohemia upon the sea-coast.
It could not be expected that a life m ade up
of discordant elements could be a prolonged
one. The end soon drew near. In August, 1592,
he was the principal guest at a feast, where he
partooR too freely of pickled herrings and
Bhenish wine, and a severe illness followed. He
Jay at "shoemaker's house near Dowgate:" and,
as is urual with boon companions, found himself
deoerted by those who had sat at his table, lived
at lis expense, laughed at bis w it, and profited
by his wisdom. He remained there a mouth,
none of his old companions visiting him. Nash,
afterwards trying to explain his conduct,
urging in defense that they had not been
very intimate friends, but only "companions
for a carouse or two;" and it 1 extremely
probable that had it not been lor the pititiil
malignity and venomous spite of Harvey,
who bated Greene because the poor Bohemiun
had made seme allusion to the fact of
Harvey's ancestors having been ropemakers,
and who, to suit his cwn base ends, learned
from the landlady, "with tears in her eies, aud
siiihs from a deeper fountaine, for she loved
him dearly." the sad narrative, we should not
1 have had any account of Greene's death. In tho
shoemaker's house, near Powgato, the poor Bo
hemian lay, hi apparel pawned tor a lew shil
lings; gone the guy doublet and hose; gone the
gallant sword; gone every article of clothing
save a ragged shirt. Patient and ponltent, the
successful author, poet, and dramatist prepared
for death, the shoemaker's wile and the mother
of bis child, Fortunatus, watching day and
night, attending to his cry for "a loaming pot
of Malmsey," and almost terrified by his ex
pressions of remorse and woe. In pi pice of the
accustomed oath, piavcrs uch as "0 Lord,
forgive me my manifold offesncs, and in thy
mercy, Lord, pardon them all," issued lrom his
fast paling lips. About nine o'clock in tho
evening ot the day preceding that of his death,
a person called npon him with "commenda
tions" fiom the woman he had deserted,
"wherst he greatly rejoiced," and confessing
that he had deeply wronged her, ex
pressed a wish that they should meet.
Fearing, however, that such would not
be the cafe, he wrote to her: "Sweet
w ife, as ever there was good-will or friendship
between thee and me, see this bearer, my host,
satisfied 01 his debt, I owe him ten pounds, and
but for him 1 had perished in the streets. For
get and forgive my wrongs done unto thee, and
Almtghtie God have mercie upon my soul 1 Fare
well, till we meet in heaven, for on earth thou
shalt never see m more. Thy dying husband,
Bob. Greene." This letter was written upon the
2d of September, 16M2, and upon the following
day he died, the poor shoemaker's wife crown
ing the pnllld brow with a wreath of bay leaves,
and pnying four shillings for a winding-sheet,
and six shillings and lourpence for bis inter
ntcnt. He bnd given her husband a bond, at the
foot of which he had written oneot the most
pathetic notes ot ti e kind in the whole range ot
litcratnie: "Doll. I charge thee by the love ot
our youth and by my soule's rest, that tbou
wilte see this man paide, lor if hee and his wife
bad not succoured mce, I had died in the
streetes. Robert Greene."
With his books and pnper" another letter, ad
dressed to his wife, was lound, in which he ex
prened regret for bavins? r.mde her "a woeful
wife;" ami said, that be was "as voyde of helpe''
in his extremity, as she had been of hope: and
concluded with a sad summary of his sorrows
und ai-phations. "All myVroncrs muster them
selves about me; every evil at once plajues me.
For my contempt of God I am contemned ol
men; tor my swearing aud lorswearir.g no one
will believe me: lormy gluttonv, I suffer hunger;
for my drunkenness, thirst. ' Thus Got hath
cast me downe. that I might be humbled, and
punished me for example of others' sin; nnd
although no suffers me in the world to perish
w ithout 6uccor, jet trust I in the world to come
to tind mercy by the merits of my Saviour, to
whom 1 commend thee, and commit mv soul.
Thy repentant husband, lor his disloyalty, Ro
bert Green." 'cm Bar.
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Heater for Coal Oil Lamps i It prevents the Chimney
from breaking. This we will warrant. Also saves oat
third the oil. Call and see them, they cost but ten eeutl
ha. 201 BACK btreet. Philadelphia. Sample sent to am
part of tie United btates va receipt of 24 ceuU. I lu
MEDICAL.
2 ! EC T II O I A T II Y .
DRS. GALLOWAY & SI1EDD,
THE
SCIENTIFIC
MEDICAL ELECTRICIANS,
Are treating with remarkable success all acuta and
Cbronlc Diseases, at their
ELECTBOPATIIIC INSTITUTION,
No.1230 WALNUT Street
One Door East of Thirteenth Street.
Wo bave been engaged for many years In tha noblo
work of giving health and happiness to thosulTcrmg and
the mulcted. During this time we have treated about
TWEA'TY THOUSAND INVALIDS BufTerlnf from the
various forma of disease, and In almost every case a per
msnent cure has been e flee ted. Many of them, In fact,
bad been given up as Incurable by tbelr physicians. W
bave restored to health, In a few days, thousands of per
onsln this city who had been suffering lrom painful
diseases five, ten, and flitecn years and upwards. At our
Institution we bave cured, and are curing, a class of dis
eases that has baflled tbe medical profession In all agea
of the world.
Dr. WILLIAM WHITE, a gentleman of great expe
rience In tbls successful practice Is associated with Dn.
GALLOWAY A BULDD in this practice. By this
arrangement we bop to be enabled to attend profession
ally to our large practice
REr VKKNt KS.-We refer tbe diseased and otheTS
Interested in our now practice to the toilowlrg wel
Known grntiemen vtno have been treated successtully
by us:
J.KOHGK OBANT, No. Bin Clipsnutstreet.
1LT Dt81LVlK.No 17;i6 Chesntit strict
Cieneral PLKA8DNTON, No. 1 Spruce atreot
m.iur-oeiicrai n,r AMijrrua, U. S- Army.
Hon. DAVID WILMOT, Judge of Court ot
W arhmgton cltv.
Claims
lion, judge cap BOX, New Yortt city.
Ifev l r. M K-HALL. ol Pltfsbuiy, Pa.
KDWIN FOKKEST. the ureal Tragedian.
Pcv. Dr. HALL, ot Philadelphia.
Kev. IMN11L t LAKK. Illinois.
Colonel THOMAS W. SWEENEY, Assessor, Ko. 7lB
W a nut street.
(irOIiGE II. F.ARLE, Attorncy-at-law, Sixth and
Cbesnut streets.
KMaAUEL KEY. Attorney at Law. No. 707 Sansom
8 reet.
1H. GF.OItQE vr. FREED. Lancaster clty.Ponna.
UK. M. 11. WttHVS . Glrard House.
Kl-.V. MR. MALDOUY; Nornstown. Peuna.
AL1U.K1' H. MCOLAY. Ko. 62 William street, New
lots cltv.
C. CUMMTNG", Ptnyvesant street. New York city
H, r. sllVlt'l I EFF, No. 3TU Alarket street.
JOHN al. HI It-'l o ISM Mouth Broad street
G W. MERCHANT, Gcrmantown, Philadelphia.
Consultation ami examinations lice oi charge.
An interesting Circular mailed by addressing
DRS. GALLOWAY, WHITE & SHEDD
8 al smth2mrD No. 1230 WALNUT St.. Phila
DON'T 11 1ST A It K TI1K KUfllUKlt, 133Q.
C II OLE 11 A
DISARMED!!!
Ihe Chief Causes of Pestilence Destroyed.
DR. E. COI RTARET'8 DISINFECTING FLUIDS
secured bv Letters 1 ate jt In the United Ftnten and
France. Prepared sole'y by the ew York Disinfecting
Company, at their Laboratory. Nos. 29H, 300. and af"
HENHY Street, New l ork) .Office, lo. 42 CEDAR
Street
'I his Company organized on a permanent basis witn
Dr. Courterot. the celebrated French chemist. In cuarpe
ol its Laboratory. Is prepared to turnish its Disinffct
ino Flcidr lor Mck rooms, nurseries, urinals water
eioaets. privies, cesspool, sewers, gutters, ships rail
roads . hospitals prisons, and public Institutions of all
kinds, siauMbter-bouses, ofla). and lat-boinnp eHtablish
ments; all kinds of manures (immensely increasing the
value ol the latter to every tanner), and wherever poi
sonous and oMenslve gases exist. These agents are de
ne orizers. antiseptics, antiputrescpnts and disinfectants
In the scientific meaning ot the words. They remove
noxious gases nd odors by chemical principles leaving
In their piaccs heat tyul air; they are dkhtkoyers. and
nor nev-iv uOi ro-ns ol poisonous gases not Injurious
to utensils in whlrh tbey ore used. The attention ot
in '(ileal and sclentlllc men is directed to these disinfec
tants. Attached are testlmon ais In favor of this (treat
discoverv, which, with hundreds of others, can be seen
at 'bet ompauy's office.
Dblatan Hucse. Albany, March 30, 1866 To the
President of the New Yoik Disinfecting Company
Dear Sirs It Is all it Is represented to be We have
made many trials ot t Isiuiectants, but now consider that
we bave lound an article which surpasses alt others as a
remetlv against all had oders. T. ROK8MEL & CO
New Yokk. April 9, 18W4.-TO the President ol the
New ork Disln.ecting Cempany Dear Mr: We pro
nounce it without exception to he the best we bare ever
known, Its eilect upon every matter is ooranlete and
instantaneous. C . A. HTET80N, Astor House.
N . B. These Dislnlectants are used by the scavengers
under the direction ol the Sanltarr Police ot the .Metro!
poiltan Health Department. New York euo-
"OWhLL & '1 HOAI P80N, No 42 CEDAR Bt, N. Y
General and Sole Agents lor the United Htatoa and the
anstlus. to whom all orders should be addressed
For sale by all Druggists and General Dealers in tho
United Mates and Conndas. 6183m
Q O II D I A L
OF THE
BENEDICTINE MONKS
OF THE
AM3E? OF FECAMP
This Cordial, which dates as far back as 1510. Is an
anti-apoplectic tonic, digestive, and of an exqalslte
taste. The salutary Plants which compose H, gathered
on the slopes of tbe hills of Normandy, saturated with
tbe vivifying emanations ot a Northern tea, make It
one ol the best cordials and one ot the most efficient
preventives against epidemic afTectlons.
Of late, the French medical corps has teen almost
unanimous In prescribing Its use to tbe sick, who, by
their Imperfect gastrlo disposition, were more Uablo to
tbe attacks of fevers and cholera.
A. LEGRAND, Sen., Fecamp.
Also, Rue Vivienne, No. 19, Paris.
This Medicine is found at the Wine and Spirit Stores,
Apothecaries. Confectioneries, and Groceries.eto etc., all
over tho world. 42ds4t
D
R.LESSEY'S VEGETABLE PILLS CURB
Dvspeosia. Diarrbo?a. Rheumatism. t,-k H.ri.
a-he. and all derangements of the Liver Thev ri,i-,i
the blood, and mate the skin sett and fair. For sale br
Dr. I.EtsSEY. No illiS N. NINTH. Street, Philadelphia,
and by Druggists general!'.
Cauikv, N. J , September 2. 1866 Or. Lessey Dear
Sir : it gives me great pleasure to add mv testimony Iu
lavor ol your "Vegetable Ller Pnls " 1 had been
ftiicted with deranged condition of the Liver for ten
years, and. during that time, suffer. d Intensely lrom
acrid umcboiges irom stomach and bowels, seriously
piostiating my physical and mental energies for weeks
at a time, so much so that mv lite was despaired of.
Hut, lb oughaklud Providence, I was Introduced to
vou, and by the ue of vour Pills I have been wouder
luliv restored, not having bud au attack ot my old com
plaint or lost a single xahoath service. Tbey act like a
charm Had It not been for them, I have no doubt I
shouid have been laid aside Irom the ministry.
I must aud a tew lines in tavor of vour ' Life Pre
server." or Tgetable Liniment. I have used U for
Erysipelas Scalds and Hums snd Inflammations: it
ore duces remarkable results. I was cured of a verv
boo sore by Its use Many ol my neighbors are using It,
aud It gives universal satisfaction. It mould be in every
bouo. Yours,
V. J. H. STOCKTOV,
4 28tths2m THIRD Btreet Camden. J.
jfVNDALL & CO
PERFUMERS AND IMPORTERS,
No. 1302 CHESNUT Street.
Fine English Toilet Soaps,
IN GREAT VARIETY, JUST RECEIVED.
Alsd, Triple Trench Extracts and Perfume.
W have constantly on hand every variety of
PERFUMERY AND TOILET REQUISITES.
Extracts, Powders, Colognes, Pomades, 1 Toilet
Waters, 6having Creams, CosruetiquM, iTootli raster,
Brushes, etc. II tut
X
GOVERNMENT SALES.
AhMSTANr tjUARtEIlMAis! EK'S OFFICE,
, . . . 1'nir.Ar.r.LPHiA, Mar 17, im
vvni be sold at Public Auction, on account of tho
l nitrd Mates, on tho grounds at West Philadelphia,
on SA I L'RDAY, Way 20, ll-'oe, aalo commonclna- at
10 o'clock A. M., prcciseiv, the Building, etc.,
heretofore known as .tho Battorlee United States
II capital, viz :
63 Pranir Buildings.
8 Beard Vals.
5 lednr Water-Tanks, capacity 24 000 trallons each.
J o. do. do. 100 gallons.
?t ' Ao- rt- 1 800 rallons eaoH.
llron Water-lank, capacity 1,2)0 gallons.
flf W.n-1, do- d0- WO gallons each
6 I ooklnjr Kan pes.
1 Abbott fc Co.'s Coat-Rcale.
1 woodward htesra Pnmp.
I Jlorris. lasjer k Co Bieara-Pump, No. 1.
8 Uonrontal Tubular Rollers
I I pright Bol'er, with Iron cbimnor.
1 1 ag-ta ff 112 feet high.
1 Leve r l'omp j. West's patent).
2 v oodi n W afh-Ironghs.
9 Iron Hoppers.
12 casrs l ipeon Holes and Book-Hacks.
2520 lret Ticket Fence.
46, fA) Bricks, in chimney-stacks and ranrrcs
The Frame Buildings contain about:
40,&9 feet Hemlock and White l ine Hcantllnir.
1S4.047 teot Tongued and Worked Boards
i;'J,r27 lret Flooring Beards.
40X00 feet Rough Boards.
6412 It et Mielvinir.
8tl teot Office Hailing-.
Alio, 8 f entry Boxes.
'J he builtlings wil' be sold separate'y.
Terms ol Sale : Cash, Government fnnds. A do
popitoften (lOirer cent, to bo pain on every accepted
lid; the ba anceto be paid Immediately alter the
sale.
llio Iron and terra cotta pipes to bo sold by the
fooi , more or less as thev ho burled in the (round,
to bo dug up and tho ground tilled in by the por
ch" cor, and by superficial measurement amouut to
1868 lcot ol 4-inch cast-iton water pipe.
174 lett of 2 inch cast-iron water pipe.
6tl 1 et of 2 inch pas t ipe.
76 tet of 3-inch water pipe.
2.'i66 feet ol 10-inch tcrta cotta pipe.
Huns of tho buildings can bo obtained and sche
dule ol tho lots seen upon spplics'ion at this oificc.
The bui dings, fco , must be remove i within thirty
(30) davs from date of salo, and wnl be at the risk ot
the purchasers.
The Market Stroet I'assentrer Railway cars pass
near the Hospital every three t8) minutes.
By order ot
Bit. Brig. Gen. GEO. II CROSWAN,
A. . M. U. s. A.
OliOlidE H, OR11B,
5 li 8t I'apt. A. y M.
SA L K O F STKAM OKI 8T MILL
AT TUB
CAVALRY DlilOT. CilFbtORO, I. C.
VUnrtKMASliK-CiENEllAl.'S OFFICE,
1 meet riTT.inw
LI
W k CtltWilTlv Ik A ..mi IT 1Qt.n
Hr nri'nr nf tha rin.riai,.,.in. r .i
- J " .-iiMiunDici JB1, liit'IU Will
bo sold on the premises, at pullio auction, under
AieQdMCUn tft,,t8,n Ueorre T Browulnjr,
' ' , ' WEDNESDAY, May 23, 18C0,
at o cluck M., the followiDir described publio pro
perly, to Wit:
ONE (1) Is TEAM GRIKDLNU AND FEED
AilLL,
(frame, . with massive gianite foundations), 40 by 80
net, with coal, hav, and engine houses attached, all
constructed ot the very best material, and in the
most suLstnntial manner.
Also, at the somo time and plr.ee, the machinery
and appliances of the mill, con-i.tingot
OKE(t) KAicillSK, OF 100HOK6E 10 WEB,
with cylinder of twenty-two ('11) inches diameter
and twent j-tour (24) inches stroke, set upon a heavy
cast-iron bed-plate, with cold and hot wator pumps
aud heater, and a cast-iron fjy-whxel, with driving,
pulley, of the fame material, ten (10) feet in diamo.
lor and twenty-lonr (24) inches laco, with Judsou's
pnent povernor.
TWO (2) BOILERB. OF 00-UOBSE POWER
EACH,
made of the best boiler iron, flve-slxtecnths (5-16) of
an inch in thickness, live (6) Itot in diameter and
fourteen (14) lect live (5) inches in length; each
loner containing eeventy-six (76) lap-woldod fluos,
each three 1.11 nnd nnn.timrt i 1 1 i,,.i,. . :.... '
with all the requisite opoendnpes.
TEN tlO) I'AIKS OK HERO'S PATENT BUCK-
JulLLio,
constructed of solid French burr millstono, and sot
In heavy, woll-bakuocd Ironies, with hav-cutters,
elevators, and conveyors sufhcioi.t to cut and handle
tbe bay, grain, and prepared teed on the most eco
nomical and labor-saving plan.
The shaftiriff is of finished wrought iron, and the
puiley.s cf cast-iron, faced and balanced, with hanger
and boxos, sufficient to drive ten (10) pairs ot burrs,
etc Ihe main driving belt is ol :our (4)plv rubber
and twenty-lour (24) inches wide. The 'bolts for
driving the mills, otc, are of the best oak-tanned,
patent strttched leather.
The Engine, Boilers, Machinery, and Fixtures of
every description, are of the very be-t materials and
workmanship, and are still in excellent condition
and fine working order, tbe mill having been in ope
ration only about fifteen months.
It deemed advisable by the at.ent ot the Govern
ment on the day of salo, the bui. dings will be sold
separately.
Terms Cash, in Government funds.
Purchasers will be required to remove their
property before tho firet (1st) uay ol July next,
unless otherwise arrangod wit i the owner of the
grounds.
A boat for Gieeboro will leave the Sixth street
whart every hour during tbe day of sale.
Any further information thai may be desired will
be given upon application, in p-rponor by letter, to
Captain GEORcKT. BKOWMNG, Assistant Quar
termaster, Gicsboro, or to this etllco.
JAMES A. EKIN,
Brevet Brigadier-General, In chargo let Division,
Quartermaster-General's Office. 418 6w
PROPOSALS.
C2J.OVEEMENT BALE Ol THE MILITARY
T RAILROAD AT BRAZOS SANTIAGO,
TEXAS.
QUARTETtMASTKB-GENl.UAL'8 OPMCB, I
Wasuikotok. D. c, AprU 19, 1866. 1
The attention oi capitalists seeding a profitable
Investment is invited to this sale.
(Sealed Proposals will be received at the offlco of
the Quartermaster-General (Division of River and
Bail Tiansportation), at WASUlXiil'Ofl, D. C,
until the lirstdayof June next, at 12 o'clock M.,
for the purchase of all the right, title, and interest
ol tho Lnited Stat in and to the United Btates
Military Railroad from Brazo Santiago to White's
Banche, lexas.
Ihe sale will Include the entire track and sid
ings, builoings, water stations, turn-tables, bridges,
eto.. tbe railioad materials and suppl es pertaining
to the road, together with the ioliing stock, cars,
machinery, and other equipment.
Ihe sale will not iuoludlp the title to tbe land,
which ooes not belong to the United States.
Ibis road is about ten mlie in length, and extends
iiom Brazos Santiago to White's Ranche, on the
Bio Granco. From this point connection is made
by steamer with Brownsville and Matamoras.
This routo is tbe shortest and best lor the immense
traflio between the Gulf of Mexico and the Interior
of .Southern Texas and Northern Mexico, and the
communication bv rail alone can readily be ex
tended to Brownsville.
The road already completed saves thirty miles of
difficult and tortuous navigation. Boats on the
river now cliarye, it is stated, it r Irolgut to Browns
vi'le, as high as 96 per barrel, and tor passengers $13
each.
Tho road Is five-loot gringo, good ties, T rail, and
full-spiked.
More particular description of tho property can
be obtained at this otlice, or at that of the Ctuof
Quartermaster Military Division ot the Gulf, at New
Orleans.
A condition of tho sale will be that transportation
shall be lnrnisbed lor all Government troops and
supplies, whenever required, nt the rates paid by
Government at the time to tbe New Vork Central
Baiiroad.
Tbo terms of payment accepted will ts those
considered tbe most larorab e to tho Govern
ment, Ten per cent, cat-h, in Government funds, to be
paid on acceptance et proposal.
The Government reserves ths right to reject any
or all proposals.
Proposals should be endorsed. "Proposals for pur
chase of Brazos Santiago and Bio Grande Baiiroad,'
and addressed to the Division of Biver and Rail
Transportation, Quartermaster Geneiai't Oihee,
Washington, D. C.
By order of the Quartermaster General.
, , ALEXANDER BLISS,
Brevet Colonel and A. Q. M , In charge of Fourth
Division Q. M. G. O. 4 28tM81
QUEEN PEAS,
GBHEN CORK,
FRESH PEACHES,
FRESH TOMATOES, PLDMS, 1
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
DEALER JN FINE GROCERIES,
6 13 4p Cor. ELETEKTU and VLfi Street.
PROPOSALS.
jALE O GOVERNMENT LUMHEB.
Csirr QrARiKRMAPTKR'nOrncit, )
LroT or W siiijinTt)i, . f
o,.i a i. Wnir oTOW, I. C, May 8, 18C1. )
until . IrorOMIlB Wl" ee'd at this Offlcs)
MONDAY, May 21, ItfCO, at 13 o'c'ock M.,
for the purchase of H8WC0 feet of (.overnmont
f 1Le lollowUlK ilet mi descriptions,
18 f ro feet 1 Inch Oak.
lf).0(,0ieet2ir.chOak.
leet 21 inch Oak.
12VUiXMeet8incbOk.
22 ,N"' 8 inch Oak.
10,000 lect 6 inch Oak.
t1 L'1 2 inch Hickory.
1?riei8,nch Hickory.
!.HMrt 4 inch Hicaory.
0 leetJainc-hAsh. '
74 600 loot 2 inch Ah.
&S.UC0 Icet 8 Inch Ash.
20,1 00 feet 4 Inch Ash.
S0.O0O lect 6 inch Ash.
8,fiC0 lect J inch Pine.
84 HO feet I Inch Pine.
87,( ( 0 leet 1 Inch l ine.
2C.00O Icet j inch Pop ar.
18,000 feet I inch Poplar.
The above is a very superior lot or well-seasoned
Lumber, and can be seen bv applying to Brevet
Colonel C. H. iompklns, Quartermattcf in chart-
at Lincoln Depot, about one nitlo east of the
Capitol. .
rtids will be received for the purchase of ten thou
sand let t and upwards. The UDdersignnd reserve
the right to reject all the kids should they bo con
sidered fro low.
Payment (in Government fund") will be required
upon notification ot acceptance ot bida, ana prior
to tho delivery of tho Lumber, which must b
removed within bitten days aitor the proposal ia
accepted.
Proposals shoold bo signed with the bidder's full
name, and give bis poM office address, endorsed
"Proposals lor tho Purchase or Lumber," ana
directed to
D. H. RUCKBR,
Brevet Major-Gen. and Chief Quartermaster,
o 4 14t Depot of Washington.
IBOFOBALS FOR BUILDING A NAVAL,
JiOStTTAL AT PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Bukkau or Mkdk ink AND SURUKItr, I
Navy Department. Wabhinuton, D. C. f
Proposals will be received at tills oihco lor tho ereo
t ion and construction (complote) ot a Aaval Hos
pital at 1 lulaile phta.
Pians and spccillcaiions of tho proposed building
can bo seen at the otlice ot John Me Arthur, Jr.,
architect, No. 209 S. bixth street, Philadelphia, who)
will allord ail biddors every inlormation necessary to
a lull understanding of tho requirenu nts of tho De
partment in the matter ot the erection and construc
tion ot the Hospital aloresaid.
Lac It proposal, to be considered, must, be guaran
teed b two responsible persons, certitied by the
United Mates District Judge, Attorney, or Collector,
or other public oliicer, as to their competence and
willingness to guarantee to the sum ot thutv (!Q)pr
cent, of the whole amount of t0 proposal offered,
that the biodtr or bidders so guaranteed Ishouid tho
contract be awarded him or them) shall, within ten
dajs ol the acceptance of bis or their bid, enter into
contract with the Navv Department for the erection
and construction of the Hospital and its appur
tenances, and carry through the same to completion,
according to the terms ot the bid ana the plans and
specifications above mentioned.
Proposals uiut state the shortest timo required to
complete the contiact, with the understand ng that
betwc en tw o or more bids of equal amount, tho De
partment will give the preference to that naming tbe
shortest time.
Payments tor tho work will be mado monthly, aa
it progresses, upon certificate of the architect.
MatingilH amount and quality, and that the terms of
the contract have been complied with tho Depart
ment reserving twenty (20) per cent, of the whole
amount of each certificate until tho buildings are de
livered into its hands, complete and ready for ocou
pancy, according to the terms ot the contract tor
the erection and construction of tho Naval Hospital
and its appurtenances be I ore mentioned.
All the proposals must be addressed to the under
signed, marked "Proposals for Naval Hospital at
Philadelphia "
1 he proposals will be opened in tho presence of
ibe bidders, at the Navy Department, at noon ot
Tuesduv.Muv 22, 1806.
Tho Department reserves to itaelf the right to
reject any or all bids not deemed by it satisfactory
or to the interests ot the Government.
P. J. HOBWITZ,
6 1 tuthsOt Chief ot Bureau.
GOVERNMENT SALE OF MOLASSES.
Office Depot Commihbart or Subsistkmcb,
WAfiiiNOTON, D. C. May 12, 18tJ6.
Scaled Proposals, iu duplicate, of the lorm fur
nished by tlio undeisignud, will be rooeived at this
Oflico until 12 o'clock M. on THURSDAY, May 81.
lbbt), lor the sale of about
14 6C0 GALLONS OF MOLASSES.
(83 barrels averaging about 42 gallons each, and
479 hall ban-els averaging about 28 gallons each.)
Proposals will not be received tor less than three
(3) barrels or five (5) bait barrels.
All tho packages have been regaugod and re
coopered ; but, if desired by the purchaser, will be '
rcenugt-d by a reliable inspector before their de
livery. It can be seen at the Subsistence Store
house, at Sixth street wbnrf, Washington, D.
C, or samples will be found with tbo lollowlng;
officers:
Bievet Brigadier-General H. F. CLABKE, A, C.
G. S., U. S. A., New I' ork city.
Brevet Brigadier-General C. L. K1LBUBN, A.
C. G. S., U. 8. A , Philadelphia, Pa.
Bievet Brigadier-Gcueial T. WILSON, V. 8. and
Brevet Lieut.. Col, Capt&in and C. S., U. S. A.,
Baltimore, Md.
Or at this offlce.
1'avment in Government funds, about flftv per
cent of which will be required on the acceptance
ol tho bid, and tho remainder bo I ore the delivery
commences.
No bid received from parties w ho have failod to
comply with tbelr contracts.
Bidders are requested to be present at the opening
ot their bids.
All purchases will bo loaded at the Government
wharf, in Washington, D. C, tree of exjieneo.
The usual reservation by the Government in regaitt
to bids will be observed.
G. BELL,
6 16 tuthtGt Major and C. S., U. S. A.
'KLSII BEEF AND VEGETABLES
Navt Department.
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing,
Mav 10. 18lk)
Sealed Proposals, endorsed "Pronosals tor Fresh
Beef and Vegetables," will be received at this Bu
reau until 2 o'clock P. M., on the 22d day of May
instant, lor tbe supply ot 80,000 pounds of FBESll
BEEF, and 80 000 pounds ol IltLSU VEGETA
BLES, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and Station,
aa required. Tbe Beef and Vegetables must be ot
good quality, and the best the market affords, and
euchaiticle must be otTurod for by the pound. Tbo
Keel is to bo in equal proportions, foie and hind
quarters.
Bonds, with approved security, will be required in
one-half the estimated amount of tbe contract, and
twenty per cent, in addition will be withheld from
the amount of each payment to be mado, as collateral
security tor the due petformance ot the contract,
which will, on no account, be paid until it is ruliy
complied with.
Every otTor made must be accompanied by
w ritten guarantee, signed by one or more responsi
ble persons, that tbe bid dor or bidders will, it his or
their bid be accoptcd.trter into an obligation within
five days with good and sufiioient sureties, to fuxnialt
tbe articles proposed.
Ao proposal will be considered unlets accompanies
by such guarantee, and bp satinactory evidence that
the lidder it a regular dealer in the article projjoted,
and haii the licciue required by act of Congress.
1 he Department reserves the right to reject any
proposai not considered advantageous to the Gov
ernment. H. BRIDGES,
6 10 lOt - Chief of-Bureau.
TTNITED STATES MTL1TABY RAILROADS.
U Ovricai o Assistant Quartkrmabtkb, 1
No. 250 G Street, I
Washington, D. C, April 23, 136. )
Sealed Proposals will be reeeived at this offlce.
until 12 o'olock M.. MON DAY, May 21, for the pur
chase.lrom the United Stutes,of all the IRON WORK
lor Nineteen . Spans of "Howe's Improved Truss
Bridges," consisting oi the Bodsk BoJuj, Plates, and
Dowels, suitable for tbe different spans, the latter
varying la length from eighty to- one hundred and
forty-one feet.
The Iron is now stored at tbs Works ot thoCleve-.
land Boiling Mill Company, Cleveland, Ohio, and
will be sold by tbe pound.
A detailed bill of the ironk and tbe length of tha
spans, may be obtained en application at Uiia
otlioe.
Terms Cash, In Government funds.
1 be Untied btates resatve the right to rejeot all
bids, it not deemed advantageous.
Proposals should be endorsed "Proposals lor th
Purchase oi Bridge Iren."
F J. CBILLY.
Vnvt Major and A. Q. M.,
430-134 V,B. Array