THE DAILY EVENING mtGlUHl. PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 18GG. c L1TEIIATITKE. 11KVIKW Oi' N15W BOOKS. Pflix Holt, rn Radical. By (Joorae Eliot. Harper A Brother. Philadelphia Aeents: J. B. Lippincott A i'A., and . W. I'itchcr. Felix Holt W emphatically the sensation, both In this country aud in (Irent Britain. There ka appeared no Action for years which has pro duced such a profound Impression, to which wore attention has bnen attracts 1, of which More has been written; and there has bar 11 y 'vcr been a book on the merits of which tbere U bo freneral a unanimity of opinion. All Join in pronouncing it a novel of undoubted power, of a style at i nee the most difficult, yet the mo-t finixhed known to literature, and to write which required superior nbil.ty. We will, therefore, be understood when we devoto considerable ppace to its examination. (Jeoree Eliot first appenred before the rea l ingorld in "Adam Bcde," issued some eight years since. From the moment of its nopear nee she took a foremost place anions the novel iBts ot the day. She Inaugurated a new sell )ol of fiction, a school which arose lust in timo to save all novels from pros'-ripiion. The renter was sick of the sentimentality of the works of Byron and Scott; he was disgusted with the too broad humor of the imi'iitorsof Fielding and Smollet', while the sensational, never In much repute, had deceuerated into nothinu but elaborate loot-notes to the 'Ncwente Calendar." We feci uohesita ion in savin? that Mrs. Lewis Is the savior of the novel. Had she not ap peared, we would have been di-gusted, because of th" excellence of Dickens and Thackeray, with all their lallacies, and eithT have ful leu Into the stupid propriety of frollope, or thrown ourselves into the arms of the questionable Mrs. Wood and Miss Braddon. But "Adam Be 1c" prevented Buch a necessity, and introduced a style ol fiction as legitimate as the most standard works of history, aud as exquisite as the woiks of Sir Walter Scott, when tirst they took England by storm. In George Eliot's writings we have a series of personal sketches, each distinct, yet each si blended as to form a group having relative position, and woven together by the thread ot events. Each character has an exact importance in the book. Tiiere is no sudden introduction of a new hero, who, ufter attracting attention for a while, disappears utterly, to make place for another with whom the reider is unac quainted. We start with a certain set of per sonages; we follow them throughout the work. We see those whose outlines are boldly marked, and have more nieiit because -of their being in the background. In iact, as the Hound Table enthusiastically observes, Mrs. 51. Lewis resem bles Shakespeare in her ,)o.ver of delineation. It is lrom this characteristic action ou the pari of each of the members ol tne dramatis personal that we feel not only an interest, even and con sistent throughout, b it nlo an admiration lor George Eliot above all other writers. Wc here ghe an outline of the plot. In ordi nary novels, we would hesitate to give the plot, lest we should destroy the reader's interest. But no such Iceling influence "Felix Holt." Whoever reads the work in order to be absorbed with thi dramatic ellecr, had better close it at once. Whoever seeks to real a novel at once artistie and adhering closely to characteristic delinea tion, let him read it with care, and he will not find bis at'.ention flagging because we give an outline of tho story. Harold Tian-ome, h"ir to Transonic Court, Treb.v-Mapnu, in Loanitdiirc, returns in his thirty-tilth 3 ear lrom the East, whither ,n a younger son he had goue to make his fortune; and happening back at the eve of the general flection which lol o.cd cloe upon the it dorm bill, resolves to stand as radical candidate 10 the county. But a canvass, especially where a vigorous opposition is anticipated, requires the udjunctof a skilful agent; and Harold there lore keeps in check the investigation he i.s eager to make inio the mauaqeiueut ot the ianilly estate by Matthew Jermyn, his mother'.-. jolicitor, because this legal gentleman appears to be the man most available for clectitnieenu'.r purposes. Meanwhile the political excitement is thickening. Philip Debairy is the Tory candi date of Treoy-Magna. Tlu; Whig interest, In the mining quarter of Sproxtou, has its repre tcntative in Mr. Garstin. Tuere are question able meetings at Chubb's tavern, in the coal district, where Johnson, a Tiuiuome sub agent, is at work stirring up the mate rials lor a riot. There are also consulta tions, public and private, in the county town, in which Churchmen and Dissenters freely nunele, while among tho latter lew are more iuicrested than the Rev. Mr. Lyon, of Chapel Yard. To his quiet home, full of indignation at the sham arguments of the hustings, comes Felix Holt, son of the quack doctor, who ha flung his lather's piescriptious out of the win c'.ow, and resolves to support his widowed mother by watchmaking and teaching school, rather than live longer ou the sale of cheating compounds. Thither comes also Mistress lljlr, with querulous complaints of her son's folly; while in and out ot the dinsry little tenement we catch stray g':in:pses ot the joyous child-like beauty of Esther, the pastor's daughter. Thip lovelv girl, so ditlercnt in her naive way and lady-like carriage from all her homely sur roundings, puzzles Felix, aggravates him, and finally leads him into attempting to infuse more ol seriousness into her nature. There is, in fact, a mjster.y about Esther. The quaint Dissenting minister had had 0110 romance. A Frenchwoman who, years before, bad crosvd tho Channel in .-parch of the father ot her child lost in the vicissitudes of the con tinental war cn iucej to fall under the good man's care, and on news of the death of her hus band in London, was induce d out of gratitude, if not from positive lining, to marry her kind prottclor. She also had pa-sed away, and Mr. Lyon, removing to Treby-Magnn, retrained lrom disclosing lo Esther, v. hose love daily became more necessary, that which he could not but believe would paralvze all that was Instinctive and naturul in her affection. The secret, how ever, was not destined to be preserved. The chance loss of a Ijcket, by the valet ot young Debarry, led, by a ch iin of events not unknown In Teal li'e, to the discovery that Esther was tho daughter cf Christian Byclill'e, and therefore heli ess by reversion to Transonic Court. Lawyer Jermyn is the first to get hold of this fact, and, concealing names, employs it as a check tw Harold's disaereeable investigations intj old accounts. We find at this ciis's that Mrs. Trawoiue, a cold and haughty womuu, witu come great sorrow weighing on her, exhibits a palnfnl anxiety to prevent any rupture between tho two. The election meanwhile goes wrong. Felix Holt, while endeavoring to prevent a dhnserous riot, accidentally causes the death ot m kino' officer, and is arreted as a leader of the mob. The last ot the elder branch of the Trim somes is also killed In tho tumult, and tho pro perty must pas lrom the younger branch, if an heir of the Bjcliffes survives. Wbll Jermyn ;is pressing this circumstance on Harold's atten tion, the latter, tnrough another source, learns the etory of Esther; and, after a family con sultation, Miss Byclill'e is invited to Transome Court. Here a few weeks pass joyously away, and a vague rumor floats along the countryside that the half-century-old difficulty between By $liflO and Transome is to meet a peaceful solu tion in marriage. When, however, the day of trial of Felix Holt cornea round, the aspect of things changes. There had grown up between Esther and the young radical an all'cction which, though ob scured by circumstances, now manifested itsclt In ardent love. Miss Byclitfe employed all her inlluencc with IIxroM to secure his acquittal. She even presented herself in iho witness-box, to the surprise of every one; and when the verdict of guilty was pronounced, It uni her earnestness w hich led the country gentlemen ot all parties to unite in forwarding to Government a petition for pardon. Transome, who had acted unsuspi ciously throughout, and still believed that Mi 8 Byclill'e was iree, sought ber hand only to be refused. The sequel is In part a painful one. Harold, unmindful of bis mother's entreaties, was relentleso in his conduct towards Jermyn, when the latter, stung by insults uud the dread ol a legal inqui-itiou, retorted before a crowd ot the gentry with an open avowal of what had hitherto been a doubtful scandal. The lawyer with whom he had quarrelled was his own father! The gloom of this cruel discovery is only partly lighted up by the generous renuncia tion by Miss Byclitfe of all claims on the estate. Harold Transome, of course, , quits Trcby-Magna for the continent, and Esther marries Felix Holt. From this synopsis it will be seen that there is nothingiu its plot of sufficient excitement to warrant the attention it is attracting, or ac count for the unusual lavor being bestowed. It is because of the nice blending of tne char acters, their consistency, their rational conver sation and rational actions, that wo read of them as though they were ral acquaintances, and leel as though they were indeed familiar to our sight. We can picture each one, and under stand their train of thought. It is too often wc feel called upon to complain of a woik in which sufficient care has not been bestowed upon the style. But the reverse is the fault with Felix Holt. We have cause to regret that such an elaborate revision was made and such studied sentences secured. It gives to some parts a e tilted appearance, which may be mistaken tor affectation. This is particularly noticeable in the opening chapters. The utmost elaboration is resorted to, so much so, indeed, that perspicuity is often sacrificed to sound, tor instance, we are at a loss to understand the following sentence, describing a country view: "But everywhere the bushy hedcerows wasted the laud with their straggling ' beauty, shiouded the grassy borders ot the pastures with eai-kined hazels, and t ssed their long blackberry blanches on the corn lields. Per haps they were white with -May, or started with pale pink doir-roscs; perhaps the urchins were already uniting among them, or eacheriug the pleLtebus crabs, it was woith the journey only to see these hedgerows, tie liberal homes of unmarketable beauty of the purple-blossomed rub.t -beiried nightshade, of the wild convolvu lus climbing and spreading in tendrilled strength till it made a great cortnin of pale-ereen hearts and w lute trumpets, ol tho many tubed honey suckle, which, in its most delicate fragrance, hid a charm move subtle and penetrating than beauty. Kwnitit were wjmcr the hcdL'ero vs showed their coral, the scarlet haws, the deep cniiifcon hips, with lingering brou leaves to make a resting place lor the jewels of the boar frost. Such tiedeerows weie o'ten as tnll as the laborers' cottages dotted along 1 tie lane-, or clustered into a small hu'iilet, their little dingy windows telling, like thiek-lilmou eyes, of nothing but darkness witnin." Now what does all this mean ? What is such a hedcerow as is here de-cribed ? Let u? pic ture it according to the description. It would bo a bushy beauty, abounding with the follow ing rdauts, which the reader may never have seen growing luxuriantly together without the hand of man inteit'eriug hazels, blackberries, corn, dog-roses, nut-bearing trees, crab apples, ruby-berried nightshade, convolvulus, honey suckle, and scarlet haws. Really, we should "Hidge we were in some botanical garden, and not within an uncultivated field of old England. Then, again, what is meant by the "dingy window?" ot the hedge rows, w hich, "like thick-filmed eyes," told ' of nothing but darkness within?" A few such sentences would be too exhuusting, a piu.de. We are thankful there are few such. From this it vi ill be seen what we mean by ovcr-elaborat ion. Too much care bud been bestowed, and that the success of the work was niort dear to the author's heart is proved by her leaving Eng land to escape the critics. Surely, after such u welcome, she may return and fear no adverse criticism. We do not intend to particularize the charac ters. Of them ull, we think that Harold Tran some is probably the most distinct, not except ing Felix himself. Felix had one fata! peculiarity, aud that was un undying antipathy to collars or cravats. When we consider the developments in regard to paper collars, we do not wonder at Felix if be had a desire to leave his neck bcautilullv bare. As, ho a ever, the scene is laid thirty-five years ago, wc fear it must be im puted to eccentricity rather than discernment. But theu he was a radical, aud radicals do not wear collars. There Is a radical Philadelphia Copperhead who, probably having read the putfol "Felix Holt," years ago abjured collars, and to this day testities his admiration for tne exeat unterrltied by a sublime disregard of all care for his giraffe-like throat. Bui we have already extended our review loo far to undertake to call attention to tho many though miuor beauties with which tho work is thickly strewn. We can conclude by endorsing tho words of Blackwood, for July, which ends u complimentary review with tne statement that the temptation In n notice of such a book is to transfer half of it in the shape of extracts into its own page. To discuss its merits is like expatiating to a friend upon the curious flavor of a particular vintage of which you are fortu nate enough to possess a dozen or so. You may have the consummate luumiient of a connoisseur, and powers of description ttiat mitrht make your own fortune as a novelist; but you will five your listener a much clearer nation ot what the wine is like by setting a bottle before blui, LITERARY NOTES. --THarkirooFs Magtmne for July contains very little to Interest roadcrs on this side ot the Atlantic. The indomitable Von Borcke has dis appeared from its pages, but his place Is worthily supplied by fomeboov bo writes ol "The Prin ciples and Issues ot the American StTngirle," in the insolent and dishonest spirit tor which Miackuoo'J's has long been notorious in its treat ment of American affair. There is a paper on "Westminster School;" one on "The Panic in tne City ;" and one on "1 he Collapse" of the Rn-itMill-Gladstone ministry; a review of "Felix Unit;" a song cullod "What 8hall We Do for Coal?;" continuation" of "Sir Brook Fossbrooke" and "Cornelius O'Dowd;" aud the firt part ot a new serial uovel, "Miiia Malatka, the Story of a Maiden of Prague," of which it would be unfair to pronounce un opinion without a linger acquaintance. Pe Ilo'rfs Review, published at Nashville rnd New Ynrk, has reached this month tho second number of the second volume since its resuscitation. It is devoted mainly to the Glori fication and material improvement ol the South; but with its essays on variousqnesttons touching Southern agriculture and commerce, and remi niscences ot the war, it mingles literary articles ol average merit, on subjects not always of the most recent interest. The Au&ust number con tains a paper, by R. J. Barnwell, on "Tho Tournament" in general, w ith particular reier enee to a nieetma ot ladies and centlcroen last May at Memphis where an attempt was ma le "to revive the time-honorcd custom in our own coiiLtry." D. Appleton & Co. have published a new work on chess, written by Miron J. Hazel tine, chess editor of tne New York Clipper, aud con nected editorially with otherchess publications. It contains a full collection of games played by the most famous champions, which are ex plained by notes. The book outiht to have a general ciiculation among the devotees of chese. A devotional manual entitled "The Name above Every Name," prepared by the Htv. Samuel Cutler, has been published In a small but neatly printed volume. It contains devo tional and practical meditations for every week in tho year, ith a text for every dav 111 the year, on the Scriptural titles of our Saviour. The first volume of a history m French of the late civil war, written by Ferdinand Le compte, late a lieutenant-colonel In our army, is published at Paris. The work will give to French readers not only a reusonably accurate view of the events of the war, but, as well, an explanation 01 the causes which led to it, and the conditions under which it was fought. A. S. Barnes & Co. have published a "Bible Reader," consisting of judicious selections from the Scriptures, adapted lor reading in families aud schools. Tlie Modern Revolution In Stylo. "But perhaps the most wonderful revolution iu literatme has taken place with recard to our language, nud the use ot it The chances above mentioned occurred in a natural, or at least, an ordinary course of fashion, tor letters yield to fashion as well as dress yields to it. It would serve a man very little nowadays to give Ins days and niuhts to the study of Addi-on, and it would serve him less to nnike his intellectual whitebaits converse in the tone of the whales in the liamhhr. In the w ig peiiod you should have a model, or rather there were one or two models, and you should ape, measure, and mau aee exactly according to them. This would bo a good plan if the models were perfect. Wc can understand, for example, how such models could be fct up iu France with the authority of the Academicians; but we have no Academy in England. Our luneuarre has managed to wax, and kick, and gmw strong without the least care or nursing. We can point to writers whose periods tail with as graceful a cadence as those ot Cicero, and to writers whose sentences are as close and as premium as those of Livy. Cou sulerinu' that, save 'Johnson's Dictionary' (a slnale-hand w ork), we have had no exact reiiiser ol our wealth in words, and no means by which their shades and colors could be sorted, we linve reason to be proud. "Still, we nic not out, ol dnuerer. We take extraordinary freedom with our language. We scarcely giv'o it lair play. What havoc Mr. Carl) lo has made w ith it, and for how many sms ol o'hers in this connection ha he 10 answer! Raw German recruits, French dandy phrases, words even with Latin jackets and Saxon trews, so to speak, marching like 'FalstatlV reeimcnt through his books, and you u-e 'blasphemous to the eternal verities,' or something equally crimi nal and unusual, it you do not con.prehen I the ludicrous collection. Wo eoniess. if such a stjle were deluuct, we should not regret it. Mr. Carl.lc is a man of gerius, and his whima lorni but a part ot him: his imita tors arc mostly blockheads, uud the air of Mr. Curly le's barbaric strains is all the can p ok 'up. Tlie author ot the Latter day Pamphlets' has one di"ciile. however, ol w hom he tuny be vain. There b. the plainest cviooncc in 'Utir Mutual Friend' that Mr. Dickens has been touched with the 'eternal verities.' This is not surprising when we bear iu mind the peculiar characteristics of Mr. Dickens' g- uius, and his habit of regarding the protcsquo side ot emotion, just as Mr. t'arlyle does the grotesque side of thinking, it is natu ral, then, that they should approximate on the giouno of language. Both aim at a mvstical point, and both endeavoring lor striking situa tions, come now and again within hail of each other. "Perhaps the most perfect style for precision, perspicacity, and ease, ot our time, is to be toiiiid in the works 01 Mr. John Stuart Mill. It is wonderful bow clearly he conveys an idea which you senmly know to be new until you have mastered it. Nor is thip style devoid of orna ment. If jou hold up n glass ot spnug water to the light you can see the prismntic olors in it, though the water be pure and pellucid a3 crystal. If jou read Mr. Mill's sentences a second or third time, the colors and the beauty ol the language untold, but it tirst does its business perlecilv. Mr. Herbert Spencer follows close alter Mr. Mill, and, venturiug into more lemote quarters, deserves great credit tor the absence ol that muddy profundity which philo sophers of'en try to pass for wisdom. "Alter all, we must concede that a writer who wants to introduce a novel notion must often go round about in order to bring it to us; and these notions multiply lasicr than the means ot expressing them. A simple idea may bo In cluseo 111 a simple word, but an idea may involve a complex proposition outside it-elf add lately bom, so lately born aud so suddenly that there is a difficulty in hudiug swaddling clothes tor it. Johnson tells us, 'It will be found, in tho pro grebs ot learning, that in all nations the first writer-, are simple, and that every age im pioves in elegance. A saturated iuielleet soon becomes fastidious; and knowledge finds no will.ng reception till it is recommended b art ticial diction.' A Saturated intellect' Is Johnsonese for a well-stored mind, aud the doc tor wants to say. iu his native toneue. that plain words 011W suit plain people, and that ou must have 'arUneial diction' lor educated tolk. 'Arti ficial diction,' otherwise book-Kngiish. has been wisely discountenanced, and should not be re.-ortcd to save, as we bclore remarked, where the originality ot view necessitates an original combination of words or a placing ot them in an original light. What changes our language has yet to undergo, whe her llanite'. will appear as obsolete as the ilife of liith, whethr Mr. TciiLvson will be ("one for a t haucer was, are speculations arising out of our subject, but which, at present, we must leave here. We do believe. Low ever, that a service would be ren dered to our literature by reducing it to some suit of order or method, and that a due con sideration of the dead st v les would be a httiug prelace lor the work." London Header, Rail Cars Heated Without Fibk. Thev use on the Prussian railroads a heat geupraor, which consists of a cone of wood eoverei with hemp and placed wltbm a cono of copper, the whole being Inclosed in a metallic vessel, through which air heated by motion is conveyed into the car. The movement of the axles imparls motion to the cone, and the motion of the latter heats the air surrounding tt, raising it to a tem perature of 70 deg. Fahrenheit in ten minutes. 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Applicants tor admission will be examined from the 1st to tlie 1Mb oi AUKUSi. on prcscutiux themselves lo the President . at Bethlehem or on the opening dav. Circulars KivliiK terms, eic . may be bud by uim VliiR to Messrs. . H BC'JLEH & CO.. No. 1M1 H. FOUR I'M Street. Philadelphia, or toUEMU cOPPi-.E, President, Bethlehem, Pa. 7 I3u 15 CII E U A R A Y INSTITUTE. ENGLISH AND FRENCH. Hoarding and day pupils. Noh. and 1520 Sl'KCCE Street, will reopen on 'i Hl"RsD. . sieuteuiber 20. French Is the lanea'afce ol Ihe family, uud is constantly spoken In the Institute. Primary I eparttcent. $60 per annum. Day Schnh.rs per annum KU. Day Boarding 1'upi.i, azuO. MADAME UEBVILLY, 6 22 lmw4m Principal. MISCELLANEOUS. TpITLEK, WEAVER & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords Twines, Etc., No. 23 Nonh WATER Ntieet and No. Zi North DELAWARE Aveuue, f U1LAPEU-U1A. EbWlNll.FlTLF.lt, MlCtlAEL WKAVP.R, CONBAD F CLOTUlhk. Hi QKO n oeTl o wman, CAKPKNTKll AND LilJIJ.DEK, No. 232 CARTER Street And No. HI DOCK Street. Mae nine WoU and AlMlwrhiiillng promptly attende to 8 C O K N K X C H a N G B j hao manufactory: J O UN T. B A 1 L E V O REMOVED To N. E. corner of JIAithKl and WATER Btree f, I ul tidal ihia, DEALERS IN l.Al.b AND BM1UINU oi every ueseiliitiou. lor Cialn, Flour, Halt, ttupei Pnophate ot Lime, Roue lHlht, Flo. Tame and small C.UNNY BAGS canstantly on baud Also, WOOL BACK--. John T. JBaiily. James Cascadew. ALEXANDKK if. CATTK I.L V C O. PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, So. 26 NORTH WHAUVES, NO. ifl NORTHAWATKH STREET, PU1LADELPU1A. J ALEXANDER 0. CATTkLL, ELIJAH Q. CATTKIJ. COTTON AND FLAX HAIL DUCK AND CANT AS, ol nil numbers nd brauils. Tent Awning-, Trunk and W afcuu-t oer Duck. Also Paper Manuiaeturers' Drier Felta. rroio one to mvs tieiwule: Paulina. Pelting, Hull Twin, etc. JOllN W. KVKKMAN A Co., 3 US No IviJuN E3' Alley. WILLIAM 8 . GRANT, COMUlfcMOH MERCHANT, NO. 33 8. D ELA WARS A uue, Philadelphia, AGkxr urn Parent's Oanpowa'er.Reilntd Nitre, Charcoal, EM. , W. ftaker A Co 's hocolato. o oi., and brum a, doner Uros. at Go.'i Yelkiw Mvtal bhtalhiiig, Bolts, audNaUa. 1M INTERNAL REVENUE. TJNI1ID kTATLS REVENUE $TAMPJ PRINCIPAL LEPOT, No. 004 ClIESNUT Street. CENTRAL DhPOT. No. 103 South FIFTH Street, ONE TiOtiR BELOW CHESNOT. BETABL1B11ED 1862. Kcvenne Stamps of every description constantly on baud in any amount. Orders by Mail or Express promptly attended to. United States Kotos, Drafts on l'biladolpbia, or New Totk, or current funds received in payment. Particular attention paid to small orders. Tho decisions of the Commission can be consulted, and any information regarding tho law cheerfully ftiven. The following rates ot discount areal'owcd: ON ALL ORDKRS OK 825, TWO l'EB CUM. DISCOUNT ON ALL OBDEBSOF 5100, THREE VEH CENT, DISCOUNT. ON ALL OKDtnS OF 8300, FOUR I'tR CENT. DISCOUNT. All orders should bo sent to the STAMP AGENCY, No. 304 C1IESNUT Street, 8 3 PHILADELPHIA. SHIPPING. e STKAM TO I. VkltPMOr. OALLIXO nu lie 1IIUIUI1 Ltiue, sailinit m.i (,-K i, carrvinu the L'nitod Mates maid, lll'YUF ltO.-lu.s1' taiuruuv UKU8tll 'l I'l Y 1F MAN( HerilER"....WenesJrty, Auu, IS "t 11Y OF LONDON" Mitunlav. Aunu-it IX "CITY F Dll.LIN" Wednesday, august tl "EDIMIUEUU"... Saturday AuKusiM ui u eai h succet dinit Miturdny and W ednesduy, at uuuii, irom x ler iho 44 iorin river RA1 I OF P K8AOE Hy the mail steamer sailing every Saturday. Flist ( ahln !)n oto rnu'e $3(1 . 10 i.oiKien ys ioLocUou . J4 lo lans 1U' 'io Paris PAYABLE IN COLD, rapsaso hy the U edm-sd v steamers : First cahln, liU; steerutie, 35. Payable Iu United Sia.es cur re i ley Passengers a so forwarded to Havre, Ilambarg, Bro u eu, eic , ai moneratu rates. Mceri.e pBs...e lrom Liverpool or Qucenstown, 3U. golA. r ihe ei.uiva et i lek ts can be bouuitt hero hy perons emnnc tor tlielr lnciids For itirther luioimauou apply at the Coinnanv's oil ees. ,!On. O DA I F, Avont 6 1 No. HI WALNLT etrect, Phi.uda. ffTfiS ElASilLL'S ASSA(iB OFFICE 1 LINE OF 81 Ham . Rs ' IhERMA." "COI.LaBIA, MC.., hUiA,' "INDIA. ' ' CALEDONIA." ' 1 ItiTANNIA," Ptet m to L1VERI OOL LONDONDERRY, BELFAKT, DUBLIN NEWLY, I OilK, A-D lILaKUOIV. BATE OF Pa SAtiK PAYABLE iN 1AI EE CI aHENCV. CABINS t'JO $81, and7t M'EtUAUE 3i I Hi PAID t Eh IU. ATr-.H Issued for bringing out pi.aftDutrs trom tne abov points at lOVh RTES 1I1AN ANY O'lHERUlKB Alfo. to and lrom ALL .-1AI10NS ON IBP 1RINU RAILWAYS. P I- Ei'lAL N 01 ICE 1'asMPgeis wl 1 tuke partlculit no kc tl iit 1 1 o Anchor I me" " ihe oun .me iruiitinH tnifcUKli ilikets at tl.e above rates fiom fhiiadeluhiu t, the i (, i lit- iiMMd i.lovc. iilQ that the undi rsixueu is ttie only Ui Iv auihorhed Agcni in t Ul nU. ipiua Apply to W. A Hi..lll,L, Sole Agent lor' AN' HOtt LINE " 1 15 No. 211 WALNUT btroeU Itr.liULAK LINE FDR HART. FORD. CONN., direct, via tne DELA- l..il. Al IfAUIiAn Tne steun.er f E V AD i, Cap. am Urumley. now loading at Hi setuua nhart fbeve Ai tltEi.T street, wih leave as abi.vc on Till USD Y next. August 9. Freight taken on accommodating terms Apply to WILLI A1U M. BAlhD di CO.. agents, 863t No IW1 8o uth W H A K V 1. S r i0R Nfc-VV YOhK.-PllILADliL. ahliaai i i 'i i 1 n deipha bteum Propeller Coniuany Do b. t.L mi insure Lines via ie,tware aud Ruriuui ( unai. li uvli f dm y at 12 M and ft p, u connecting with ull Northnu ii Ml lunirn lint s. 1-orlieii.hi which wi i be taken opon accommodating teims, aiply to WIILIAM M, iiilUIu tu., Sib No. 8 DELAWARE venuu ri 0 SHIP CAPTAINS AND OWNERS. TUB J. biiceriaigiied bavmg .east-u the REN81NU.ON K ItEW Dot K,beg ioIii orm his Ii lenus and ihe patron, ol ibe I'ock tba ht la repkred with increaseo laol itiei to accon luodnte those having vrsse s to be raised or repaired Bi d being a prac leal ship-carpenter and cuuiker. nil give pers. nal aiteutlou to the vessels en trusieu to bin or rt pairs taitahis or Agints ship i aroen ers, and ldachlnt.su ba Ing leefels io ripalr are solicited to cal. HuMng ibe agency for he aa.e of Wetiersiedt', l'ultni .Viciallic i ompositloii" oi t opper Paint for the pietervalion of vestels' ho toms lor this city. 1 atu pre paled to .urnlsb tbesamt on mvor.b e tennx JOHN H. HAMUITT, Kens nglon eciew Dock, 1 1$ DELAWARE Avenue, abi ra WUREL Street saddles and harness. t;iie oldest and largest SADDLE AND HARNESS MANUJ'ACTURINO ESTABLISHMENT IN TI1U COUNTRY. LACEI, SIaTeKEK & CO., Ko. 1216 CHESNUT STREET, OFFER OF THEIR OWN MANUFACTURE I PI COY HAliNEfS, lrom to to 1M LIGHT BAROl'CUK do 60 00 to to HEAV1 do do 75.0 to Ms EXI'ltl 8S, BRASS MOUN'lED II A UN EhS 27 Ml to 90 ftACON AND OELF-AL JUSTING 15 i to Ij 81 AOE AND1EAM do 30 00 to ftt LADlEb SADDLE, do 12 00 to 181 GENTS do do g-oO to 7 llrlules, liountlngs, Bits, Kosttts. hure Covers PiUhbes, Co rubs, reap Blacking Ladles' and Ceuu Travelling and Tourist Bugs and tacks, Luncb Baskets 1 n ig ana Shirt ( aces Irutiks and Valise iOtmrp ro. lwiO Cllli.tXM UT HT. H A It NESS. A. LAKGE LOT OF NEW U. B. WAGON HAR M88, 2, 4, and 6 horse. Also, parts ol HAR-N.K.t-8, 8AL-DLE8, COLLARS, HALTERS eto , lought at the recent Government sales to be sold at a great sacrifice Whoiesaio or Retail, Tsarother with our usual awortuieut ot BADDLhh Y AND SADDLERY HARD WARE. "WILLIAM S.HANSELL & SONS, 2 1 Hi. Ill MARKET Street. GOVERNMENT SALES. EltGhArtl MAIKHIAL3 AT ATJCTION. CBlkf QUAfcl'kBMASTER OFFICE, ) btrvt c WAHHihrow. J 'A'ASH.NU'lOM, U. ., Auust6,l?98.l W III lie SO'd at . til,. in un inn under the riin.nitmit oi Brtvf Lientei aiit Co onel James M Moore, Av s-siuli Luaiti muster, at aruiouee on U s'reet. mar U nei sireit, VVashinton. on TnUltS DAY, Aifost 80 a- 10 A. l , tho 10 lowing; reie ipu I aterials, (to : 22 l ea a-le ' m nal 85 000 pounds Wire Iron. le iaiaph Instruments 6t$ mi.ee In-u ated lcle- and Cases. erann Wire. 4 liiaidalcj's lustra K'U iee lor Wire. 4a Reel Stands, small jlOiCev Stands o. ntie. '1 I'l at form Scale. 199 Insulators, b ock. 1 Coal tSiove, itn i ipo. 23 'ool Boxes. 4t u I Hoels. mei is. 12 Ajfctl. IU Ciowbsts. 4 ut;H'g 1' icrs. !i Dial Ilaiidlo. 10 i tmuu rs. 7 thler . 8 I ruinng Knives. 6 I arao Xeei (Mam's. 18 r-mall Keo Mattis Rui her Cement Harks. 8 Ho demur Acid Holt es 6 V ui t t Sleeves, Si in. 6 Lai ae Gear. 6 - n ail Gear. 8 l.li ps. 72 Notices and Strap. 2-8 lumbieis lor liaitery 24' I otous ( tips. Ib2(13r oi A. o. d )lla 73 Ein.itT Heels. 67 Kee -Slanos. 1(1 Reel Stands, delivery. fl Reel liaudlcs 3 a.ools Coiior Wire, No 23. 5 spoo Copper Wire, No. 80 7 pounds Gutta Teroba (in i-hte ) 117 Irou Spikes. 81 lusn ated Bending 8crea. 90 Ifuliluir T? nir. 111 on ips, lit 02. A. tuns. 0. d. Platlua BO cells I'orta'rlB Flnlrl ' eiecrapn liaiterr. 8 lues lor Grove Bat tery. SCO tn.uuds Hrrcurr. Jut&uoui.ds N ti o Acid. 6 taiLov Sul'jhnnc AC'd 4i 0 i outu.s Nails, 40o l d Olid i!)(0 Itsu'aiors, Dratkel. 6 Empty Mercury Flasks iroui, witn screw Wrenches, Screw Driv ers, Hi nit LainDS, Sol der ng lrous, etc. to EO'piy 1 ai boys Tunis Cai-h, in Goveinmeut lunds leu da swill be cruu,ed purchasers in which to remove ibeir poods. D n. RUCKER. Bvt. II oj. Gen and Chief Quartermaster, 8 7 19t Depot ot W aslnngton, D. C. SblSTAN T C.IUR I ERM ASTER'S OFFICE, 1 HiLAphLi'iiiA, la., Auitust 8, 1800. LARGE SALE OF GOVERHMENT HARNESS. R llNu SADDLES, ETC. Will be sold at l'ubno Auction, at ti e United States (.0 tti ment Warehouse, HA MOVER Mreet wharf, lhnaoeip a. l'a on .-A1LUHAY Aucust lata, ai a EDNlbDAY, AuvUst2Jd 18ttQ. oomtnenoiu ontachol tne Oa, a specified atlOo'cock A. M., in itts io edit piirctia-ers. large quauutiosof the lollow Hi dcscrlued Haines,, eto , vizi Lead Ambuiaucu liaiucas, io aired, sots of. Lead lule Harness worn, sou ot. v btel Mule Hainess, worn, seta of. W beeilAmbmance Uarn. as, worn, acts of. Moc leiluu . aoules worn Co la re, a sotted (Mu.o ana Horso), worn. V aeon III idles, n um. Wagon tadtiles worn. ad liaitersana . hains, worn. fieek S taps ana Cl ams, woru. All i hia ii arness is made ol the best ma'eriali, strong and ecivi. eabe ami was ciroiunv luspooted when pine ,a-ed hy ho Government, and is now o d eckuso tho war is ended, aud is no louver heeded lor ti e army hailroadn. Passenger Railroads, and Express Com panies, Uaiiutnciurois, Fanners and Harness Deal rs aie respvctlullv i v.ted to attoud tin-, sale. Such auopi.oilui.if will Dm occur a turn It is probably ti o iast laree lot. ol Government Harness thai will I e sola in this city, and will not bring a ylhinn 1-ke i s tiue va ue Aiucli mi.uey may be mado by puicnacers igoiJiur and disposing of tno same in the VA cs' ana eisewhe'e Terms ofalk (ash in Government funds, a di posit of tMentv-fivo per cout to be paid on tverv a x-eptro bid, the balance tvithin twenty-four hou a ti 1 the Bn e. Ail ai tick s purchased must be removod within two tlas lioin date oi sale 11- ordei of Bievet BriBadier-Uerernl O. H. CI? 0s MAN, Assis aut CjusriermRHter-Goueral. GEORGE K OKilE, 8 7 lit Bvt. Major and Assis aut Uuartorm-tor. OALEol UN11ED 8IAIES MiLITARY RAIL O LOAD l-LOl'ER . Y. Office of Abbt Q Si U. S. Mil. R. R. L 1 Ao. 2o G street. Washington, 1) c;., Augusts, 1806 vll' be sold ul Lil.blic auction at Alnxmiilna. Va on llil HslMV, August, 23, the ba.auce of Lnneil -tans in nan Railr- ad 1 roperty mumming; ou hand at thai jyltico, consistiur in part as fol low f : livo second-o affl serviceable Locomotive Engines, Noriib& Sou, Lui oeis; gau"0, 4 teot 8J niches. One 1 enntr Tiuck iwo small 'ruck cars Oijti bundled pairs etc uud band Car VV hoels on' ax if. Seveiity tons "l"ltai'road Iron (15 lbs. to tho laid , iiean i ew; iliteen Siovos; t vo lit eon-ton lij diaulic Jacks, aud tin tons unserviceable Kail road iron. (5) I wi nly five tons Wroucrht and Cast Scrap In u secon -band Rui road bpikes, chairs, Rubbor Loops, bioud Axes, Maun, 1'iatform aud Counter .caleB. Luiiierns, Ouis Desks, Tub.es, aud a va riety ol t tlii-r articles; also, N:ii. Fiame Buiiuings iaus to c nimeuco at 10 o'clock A. M., at the Mlhmry Rai road Wharf, whoro tti" Locomotives, liuilread Iron, and Car heels are stored The lal i ce of tb articles will bo sod at the Railroad Supply store, near the Oiaupo and Alexandria, Dtpoi. Will be fo'd at Tit's burp;, Pa., at elovon o'clock: A. M ,on IUKuDai, Aufiit28, Eleven pew box ( arB, live b et puace; rennock & Co., Keniiblt tquure, Chester oouuty, l'euna., buih era. Terms Cosh, In Govornmont lunds. Any lurther imorn a'iun re ative to the property w ii be lutu.sbtd on ai piicutlon at this otlico. v Y. J. CRI LLY, v 8 7 8w Bvt. Major and A. Q. AI , U. S. Army. T LMHER FOR WAk.OJX-MAh.ERS AT AUt Lj 1JOA. Chisv Qua bteum ahtkr'8 Office, ) DiPOT OF V AB111NGTON, ( W ABniMJTON D C, Aucust 2 18. Will be gold ai Jtubi o Auction, under ibe direction ol Brevet Liigan ei -General C. 11. Tompkins, Q. M. Id A., ouWEDNE DAV, August 22, at LIN COLN DI I O I , commencing; at 10 A. M., the lollow ipg oescribeu lun er: About 80 KO ieel 2 inch Onk Plank. ' f,0,OUO feel 2 " " ' " 11010,1 lcet8 " " " 7 W)o lec-t 8J " " tO OCO ice 4 " " " lOutO leu 6 " u n " 16 0COIectli " Ash Plank. t)0 000 leet 4 " " " " 20 000 t t" 6 " " " 10 100 .oet 2 Hiciory Flank. " 5 0o0lefci8 ' ' " " 8 0UH leei 4 " " " " 20 0, 0 feet j) " Pop'ar Boards. This (a e is wel wonhv t e attention ot Carrlage malieis, as tin is a superior lotot well, seasoned lumber. It will be oil -red iu lota of 1000 loot, wita the pr vi'epe ol 10,000 (cet leiuis t ocu m tiuverument funds. t-ucctslul indai r will be required to remove their tuicliOM-s i bm limen dava u-om day oi sule. I. 11. RUtKEit, Brevet Major Gen. and Chil Quartermaster, 8 3 lot Depot of Washington, A VCHOV SALE OF GOVERNMENT PRO 1'EUlx. On WEDJJE-DAY, August 15, I860, commenclni? atlOo'eh ck A M . wi'l bo sold at public auo ion, ul ibe tiovenim nt Warenouse, coruor of EIRSX treet and the LEVKE Lomsvillu, Kontnokv-, a aiv lotot ( L 1 HLNG CAMt and GAURUOX 1CUII AGE, cousIdIiuk in part of: t46 Great Coats. 8U40 t auteens. ei.6 Grea, Coat Straps, I b74 Camp K"ttlos, 88 pis Inti 1 lOMsers, I wn vie-s raus, ,5420 xii-lter lents, lull Ull TentB, eipisoi'id " 27 llaiii.el Shirts, Ul pis Drawers, (6b WooUeu Bluiikela, 20 Rubi er " 178 Ktib'r Tent Ponchos, 8il6 K. apiscks. 715 Common lents, lliHi Wall lents. 677 " " flios, 11 Slblev Tonta, IV 1 Hospital lents, 207 " " flieg. L8'8 H- vei sacks, lernis Cash in United States Currency. I'ro erty to be removed on day of sule, at risk of pn' chaser. Hy order of Colonel B. C. Rn'horford, Depot Qnarb t master. J H BELCHER. 8 8 lOt nptaln and A. CJ M. FOR SALE STATE AND COUNTY RIGHTS oi pi well t u'l Fateut Wind Ouard and Alt lira er lm Coal Oil Laronat li prevents ilia Chluiua.vs -lrom break lug. Tols we will oairant Also saves an. -t lilrd tl e ell. Ca'l and see thrm they cost but ten eeula Mo. 2(9 RACE 6reet I'hlladelphla Sample sent to au let i tValt- Htatea on receipt of 24 csuui. tl PARASOLS AT $1-25, $1'.10. f 175, AND ' 1 ti. SUk Bun TJoibreHaa, lt0, al f.O, ! 7.1. 18wlaj X.lia.ZlUBTU Htr. . :
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