The evening telegraph. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, October 20, 1866, FOURTH EDITION, Page 7, Image 7

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    A HAMULI HOUND II IK ROYAL
ARSENAL.
A flu. it time aj?o I was sitting over a pro
longed breakfast at my dub In St. JarmV, help
ing my diRestton with the morning paper, wuou
my eye was attt acted by a grand doflcriptton of
the vlnit to Woolwich ot none distinguished
foreign princes, whj were the "lions" of the
season, pro (cm.
There was the usual grand review, and Intri
cate manoeuvring, helped out, I have no doubt,
by clouds of smoke. Ccnoral This took the
command, ably assisted by Captain That, with
half a dozen letters after bis name. Splendid
sight 1 eallopinsc of hoise artillery ! firing of big
guns! tbou-aud of spectators ! and so on, fol
lowed by a ewcll lunch at tho H. A. mess, and
afterwards a '-minute Inspection'' (tnat was the
term) ol the Royal Arsenal.
Now, I bad oiien wished to see the wonderful
machinery, and the other attractions of that
remarkable place; and, curiously cnoub, I had
that yery mornirg lecelvcd a most pressing In
vitation from my old College chum, Bob ,
now quartered at Woolwich, to pay him a visit
for that very purpose, mid, as ho expressed
himself, "to the tning entirely." He liegijed
mo to lose no lime, as ho was about to retire
from the service, but to take tne one o'clock
train from London Hridiie that very day. No
thing loth, after a good lunch to prepare me for
the labors before me, I took my ticket for the
Arsenal 8tatlon, by the North' Kent rail wav,
and was &oon look in? down chimneys arid
flawing through many unpleasnnt odors, seated
n a not over-comfoitable carriage.
The open co'intiy we never readied; and all
the way down the line the natives seo'iicd to be
busily engaged in bricks and n.ortar, as If Lou
don were not lame enough, and no time should
be lost in doub ing its size. Arrived at my des
tination, I iuh rny spruce military iriond,
- whewe warm gTettioc was rather too much lor
my lavender kios, the pipe-day from his regi
mental gloves leaving a very decided mark upon
them.
(Query, why do military men still so delieht
In pipe-clay 'can no substitute be found ior
that obnoxious dust?)
As we emerged from the station, a stream
of men and boys were all hurrying tn one
direction; these were the workmen going back
to the Arsenal alter their dinner. We joined the
crowd, which was Increasing every moment
srom every by-street, liko a river making its
way to the sea; and proceeding in the direction
ot a bell which was loudly ringing-, we found
ourselves in a wide open square, covered by a
mass ot human beings, steering lor a pair of
large iron gates. Loud cries from itinerant
venders of apples, nuts, etc., rang through the
air; and aiy friend seizin me by the arm, we
were carried by the throng throueh the gate
way, and emerged almost breathless on
the other side. Here we paused to re
cover. Bob arraneed his uniform, aud aereed
with mo that another time, perhaps, it would
be better to ecter either belore or alter the
workmen.
We saw the crowd Inside diverp;lnar in opposite
directions, taking the various roads which led
to their several workshops; and, whilst waiting
for the men to commence their work, Bob gave
me the history ot the spot upon which we stood.
"Long, lone ago. a dense iorest extended
from Shooter's Hill down to the river, close
to the ' fishing hamlet of Woolwich, part ot
which was, bv some ancient speculator, turned
Into a rabbit-warren (the street close by is still
railed Warren Lane), and no one seems to have
had any idea as to its future greatness till the
year 1716, when a sad accident occurred at the
Royal Cannon Foundry at Mooretields, in Lon
don. Somo captured French guns were being
melted down and recast; and a abort time previ
ous to the lurnace bung tapped, a Swiss German
officer named Schalch saw thatthe moulds were
damp, and infomied the superintendent of
it: he was, - however, only laughed at for his
pains ; but the metal on entering the moulds
was blown in every direction; the building was
destroyed, and several of those present per
ished at the time. Schalch was now inquired
for by the Government, and requested to select
a site lor a new foundry further from town;
aud he pitched upon the Warren, at Woolwich.
Suitable buildings were soon erected, and the
successtul Schalch placed In charge, where he
remained lor many years. Such was
the beginning of the Royal Arsenal,
which has gradually grown so as to cover
300 acies of ground, and to cive employment to
6000 nien and boyp, agisted by the iabors of
upwards of 100 steam-encrines. It was the Cri
mean war, however, which extended the
Arsenal to its present size. Economy had re
duced our warlike stores to the lowest possible
ebb, and tberetore, when the emergency arose,
the augmentation was all the greater, and
15,000 men and boys worked day and night to
supply the missiles for Sebastopol.
"Mr. Gladstone has now brougbtthe numbers
down to barely 5000, many ot whom are pen
sioned solah rs. They arc a well-conducted and
orderly body of men, never having a strike or
combination against tbeir employers, and earn
ing good average wasres, mostly by plce-work.
Tney are drawn from all parts of the country:
the common laborers being principally Irian,
and the more skilled artisans Scotch. Tliey are
obliged to be under forty years of age before
their admission, and are kept very strictly down
- to certain rules and regulations. For instance,
s man may absent himself from his work lor
twenty hours in a month, without any fault
being found with htm; but if he takes
mote he is liable to be discharged. They
lave fifty-six working hours in the week;
and when from pressure of bniness these
are extended, they receive half as much pay
again for the overtime. During the Crimean
war. they olten worked throughout two nights
in the week in adoiiion to tho uual day labor,
"Aa soon as a man le engaged, three metal
tickets, with a number upon each.are given htm.
The hrst one havin? enly tils number upon it;
the second one mark additional; the third two
marks; so, on coming to his work at six In the
morniug, he leaves his tirst ticket: on his re
turn alter breakfast, the second; after dinner,
the thiid; and before going home at nieht a boy
comes round and restores hi three tickets
again.
"Ibe ticket-clerk keeps a record ofeachman;
ann in this manner a late-comer, or an absentee
is easily detected."
By this time there were only a few stragglers
to pe seen; we followed the direetiou of the
larger stream, and saw them pouring through a
doorway into their factory, each man deposit
ing, at a little pay-wicket, the aforesaid ticket.
We first looked into an old-fashioned building,
the delight of our friend Schalch, nianv yeirs
ago (where the brass guns were cast' before
Armstrong was heard of); and a beautiful sight
it must have been to see the bronze metal pnur
Ing and seething into the upright moulds,
changing its color every minute ! Now, alas!
the glory ot this building 1 departed. Brass
has given way to steel, and nothintr but a few
insignificant castings mark the spot so much
esteemed in bygone days.
Passing on to the next doovway which was
opened to us by a one-armed pcrtci ) this other
arm having been severed by a shell in the
irenches of Sibahtopol ), we entered a lane
There were lathes lor about 600 men, driven by
two large engines; many of these, however,
were at this time unoccupied.
A small bidc-rrom flrwt attracted our atten
tion, where lead was being mode into coil.',
ready -for tho bullet-machine in the large fac
tory. This machine took the leaden rope, bit
it into small pieces about an inch longsqueezad
them Into chape, and rifle bullets made their
appearance tn a little box on the floor. In this
manner, 80,000 bullets a day were made for the
Eobeld i trie. The men worked hard indeed,
losing no time, as they were paid by the piece.
Thoir wages niicbt averaire twenty-five shillings
a week; mereJaborers receiving their fourteen
hillings and upwards, and artisans thirty shil
lings and more.
As we sauntered down tb room, some
'Were busy drilling shot and shpll, whih
others were makinu metal fuzes of all kindi to
explode them. We alio 'noticed at the end
of the room several small c utting lathes, which
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH" TJUPLE SHEET. PHlXDELPniA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 18GC.
were led by boys with long sticks of boxwood.
Ihese were soon ca'en up; and as n quantity of
shavings appealed the only result, 1 was won
dering what had become of all the wood, when
n boy pulled open a drawer liom underneath,
nearly full ol little plugs, which fit into the
Knueld rifle buliet, to Impiovc its practice..
There were about twenty of these machines,
and the boy said he tuouirbt they could make a
million and a half in a week.
Bob explained to me that 1h Royal Arsenal
was divided into three manufacturing departs
ments j, p., Laboratory, Gun, and Carriage
each prcs.ded over by an ofllcer of the Royal
Artillery. There was alo the Stotc Department,
which occupied a large space, and employed
many hands.
Everywhere we came across fire-plugs and
boxes on wheels, housed uuder Fcarlet colored
tarpaulin. We were told that there was au
abundant supply of water alweys, at a pressure
of 100 lbs. to the Inch, and so cilecttve were the
precautions taken, that no serious fire had ever
occurred.
Escaping from the dreadful whirl of these
numberless w heels, we mounted some outside
stairs, and entered the powder-barrel factory.
It was most imereetinn to see tho wood, which
wns already cut into proper lengths, placed in a
circular drum-shaped saw, the teeth of which
formed it into staves. The round tops and
.bottoms were made in another lathe; and then,
by hvdraulic pressure, these different parts
were all compressed into a pcrlect barrel, ready
to receive the hoops, which were easily ham
mered on aiierwards. The workman at the
principal machine said he could put a barrel
together in four minutes.
We now retraced our step?, and crossed over
the road to the paper factory, a very warm aud
steamy place, coutaining large tauks full of
pulp. This was sucked by exhaustion upon
metal fingers, already supplied With woollen
glove?; and alter being dried by steam, on
extracting the glove, the paper cartridire was
found complete, and ready to receive its bullet.
L'i'-etatrs we found boys busy at tnis opera
tion, t. e placing a bullet in each paper cae,
nnd tying it up to receive the powder, which Is
kept in sheds in a remote part of the Arsenal,
far away from the workshops. Hero were alsj
the copper cap machines, supplied by boys with
long bunds of pure copper, which wete drawn
Into the machine, and there cut Into crosses by
punches; they then fell into a die, which
doubled them up into the well-known
s I) ape (it scarcely took a moment)), and
the finished caps weie dropping out more
rapidly than you could count tbcni. Boys
aio Renin employed to tU them into a perforated
metal tray, and this is banded over to a eeiate
looking old workman, who has charge of tho
dangerous composition wtih which they are
filled. How careluliy he ladle3 a bare
handful of this while powder into a little
wooden bowl, placing himself inside a railed off
space, which encloses his machine ! Down goes
the tray ot empty cups beneath a silver-looking
plate, pcrloratcd with small holes, under each
of which 1 es a cap; a small wooden spade then
spreads the composition on the topmost plate,
filling up ench orltice, and every sur
plus grain is most scrupulously returned to
the bowls, winch are locked up as belore. By
means of a eentle screw, the tray of caps
is now t-lowly lowered and removed to a
neighboring machine, where each cap is sub
jected to a pressure of 800 lbs. (one exploded
during this operation, and startled me not a
little); a coating of shellac gives the finishing
touch, rendering tueni impervious t'j moisture.
An accident once occurred at another ot these
cap-blling machines from some unexplained
cause; as the workman was ladling up the sur
plus composition, it suddenly exploded, driving
the fragments of his machine In every direction,
aud taking off, at the same time, three lingers of
the unfortunate man's baud, besides burning him
dreadfully In the face. No one else was
injured in the factory; but had not the rules for
using so little of this dangerous ingredient been
strictly carried out, many lives would have fallen
a sacrifice.
Gladly leering this heated atmophere, we
took the road to old Father Thame. He was
as airly as ever, despite the main dralnago, and
a seething mass rau past us on its way to the
sea. Tho river side presented a busy scene.
Large cranes lined the wUole lengtn of the
wharf wall, many of them busily "engaged in
loading aud unloading the barges aud small
steamers which lay alongside. Near these cranes
is a long iron-roofed shed, under whose protecting
care lay a number of guns, warlike stores, etc.,
labelled for different parts of our extended
empire. Gun carriages tor Portsmouth and
Malta, tin cases for Gibraltar, shot and shell for
New Zealand, old guns from Lelih Fort, new
ones for Hong Kong and Canada, and heaps of
rusty shot and shell irora Corfu and Zante.
At the back of this shed are millions of can
non balls, piled one above the Cher in pyra
niidical heaps, round shot lor guns, larger ones
still for mortars and the more impudent-looking
Armstrongs, ready for any einerire.ucv. Bo'o
said thel'generally kept three million of these
little things, in case they might be wanted iu a
hurry.
The round shot are brought do vn to the shore
tor exportation on a raised kind .of railway,
along which they are rolled by men placed at
various intervals. . '
In the centre of thu wharf is a Ion? pier,
shaped like the loiter T, which reaches lnr into
the river; the larger ships were lying hen,
having their stores brought to them by truc.ts
running on a tramway. So convenient is this pier
ior landing and embarking from at all stages of
tbe tide, that not only do the soldiers of the gar
rison make use ot it but royalty itself often
graces it with its presence.
W e now turned oil' to the rlerht, aud stood facing
an enormous mortar, certainly fifteen leet
high; It wo large shells, evidently belonging to
it. weie lying at its base. Bob explained to me
that this was one of the once famous mortars
constructed by Mr. Mallet, which were to re
duce Sebastopol to ashes In a few days; the
6hells, weighing 3000 lbs., and louded with a
chergeof400 lbs. ot powder, were tolly for
miles and to burst on falling like a small iiiln,,
carrying death and destruction in every direc
tion. The drawings and plaus of this monster
were lhid before the sciemiiic committee lor
Droving inventions; they shook their wie
heads, and said it was altogether wrong in
principle, and would never unswer. Govern
ment, however, had made up their minds to trive
fhem a trial, and thev weie ordered; but, alas !
w hen tired, they would come to pieces and tucse
large e hells could not be made to bo as fir as a
common mortar. These experiments must havi
cost the nation some 20,000, and the mortars
themselves never left Woolwich. Close to this
useless glnnt were some curious guns captun i
in tbe late Chinese war; they were lined inside
with twi ought-iron tubs "Just what we aro
doing now to our old guns," said Bob, "to try
and make them strong enough to bear rilling."
Their wheel tires were studded with luree
headed nails, which made one think how painful
it would be to be run over by them !
More of poor John Chinaman's spoils were
scattered rtround us. Largo bronze guns,
covered" with tea-chesi-look ing inscription, and
embellished-with drawings of hutturllies sta"8.
and storks!
A few yards further were two Russian guns
upon their iron carriages, just as they were
lound In tho Redan on that memorable morn
ing. No wonder the poor thiacs were left
behind ! They were almost battered to piece-i
by our shot, which had cut great irroovcs in
them, aud even entered their very mouths.
A solemn shade passed over Bob's counte
nance, and sad memories of a bygotie day wore
roused by the sight of these nov silent
foes. 1 kuew ho had borne his part on
that fatal morning which brought sorrow
and grief to many a fond heart at home, and
had been present when so many of his tormer
comrades were laid side bv side beneath the
eat th works of that great Redan.
We now entered a large buildine close by
the harness stoie filled with piles upon piies
of horses' shoes, saddles, eun aud cavalry har
ness, and such like; the roof was garnished with
pendant curb chains looking like a steel drapery,
aud everything was order and neatness per
sonltkid., Here were 20,000 sets of artillery
harness, and any number of cavalry saddle and
bridles. How muuy largo rooms we passed
through, all full to the celling, I don't know,
but they seemed endless. Astonished at these
vast supplies, I asked Bob if we had any other
arsenal.
"Ibis Is ti uly the only one," said he, "for the
Portsmouth Aiscnal Is but an insiuniflcantairnir,
and, would you bolieve it? though the country
is now so busily engaged Jortiiyingall be dock
yards, this mo-t Important place is left all but
defenf-eless;, there Is nothing whatever to pie
vent the enemy commit up the river Thames
with thPiremnll Mod-plate I steamers and firing
Woolwich, Hnd then we should be in a ptctty
niefg. There would not be tune to move ono
tiliicth of the stores row accumulated here, and
all the valuable machinery and workshops would
loll a piey to the tl nines. There are certainly
tortiCcntious at Sheerness, but the ships need
not go near thpra; the Thames is wide enoueh
to let small steamers pass on tho other Bide, and
the batteries at (iraveend and Tilbury are not
worth much, while there are none w hatevcr at
Woolwich."
Wo found In one of these ftores a very curious
gun in the shape ot a fish; H had formerly be
longed to the lute King of Delh', was captured
when the place fell durine the Indian mutiny,
and afterwards ploccd in the Arsenal by the late
Lord Canning. It certainly seemed more orna
mental than useful.
Close by were wooden mules with little guns
sfiapped upon tbeir backs, angry looking var
mints! they are liht and bandy little things
though, and capable of much mischief.
Other mile were provided with ambulances
for carrying the sick aud wounded, consisting of
a kind oi pannier on each sidejof the animal, or
else mere rtretchcrs, which doubled up and
turmed a soi t of arm-chair. Bob told me these
were not so much used in the Crimea ns watrons
wiih trays, upon which tho poor fellows were
luid, and pulled in and out like drawers; they
were more comfortable for tho worst cases than
ttose on the bucks ol animals, which, from the
perpetual jolting, shako the sutlerer most pain
fully. Other dummy mules were carrying miniature
fbrEcs, other boxes of horseshoes; intact, every
thing that would be rcqnired lor mountain
warfare.
On leaving these immense stores, we wended
our way once more ulong the river wall, nod on
reaching the end, my guide remarked that we
were approaching the cemetery, In which were
deposited the remains ot those who had been
destroyed by accident.
Wondenug why the poor fellows had not been
decently Interred in the churchyard, I inquired
whether tbe ground was consecrated? He
laughed most heartily, "Oh, dear, no I it's tha
guns I'm talking about," Sure cnouuh, they
were all laid out in regular rows, their broken
limbs reverently placed together; and it was
curious to notice how tney had nearly alt burst
in the same way. One piece of the gun Hies for
ward, another "back wurds, and the sldei sepa
rate laterally. Some ot these accidents had
.been fatal to the gunners employed: but, as the
Armstrong eun does not burst, Dut only opens
out at the joinings, it is hoped these calamities
will cease. Many of these old guns, however,
had been burst on purpose for expenment.
Close upon the cemetery I saw six huge
breech-loading euns; the great round breech
was m:ide to slide back, and theu, the charge
beinor instrted. it was closed up aerain. "These
are Yankee swindles," said Bob,"ior in the time
ol the Crimean war. a cute Yankee came over
with a small model of a breech-loading gun
which was to do wonders; our Government,
anxious to get holdol anything that would floor
Sebastopol, bought the patent, and ordered six
uuns from the inventor. They were to throw a
shot ten inches Jn diameter, and the Yankee was
to have so much per pound weleht for them;
but the speeitication was not carefully enough
worded; our people expected them to weigh
about three tons, so you may fancy their as'on
tshment when these monsters arrived at Wool
wich, weighing some seventeen tons each. Of
course they could not be moved, much less
used, and there they are just as they left the
ship ! I wonder our people did not try to resell
them to the Yankees when their Jittlc war brosc
out."
We continued our route, and arrived at tho
eun-field. Thirty thousand smooth-bores were
lying in long rows upon railway iron; consider
ing how mau.y of them must now be useless, it
is no wonder ttiat many ot tho baea of the
lamp-posta in Woolwich are nothing but old
guns.
Workmen were putting new louch-hole3 into
some, and examining thelnsldo ot others, to see
whether they were fit for use. In a corner
rested some ancient relics of the deep-old iron
nuns wbieh bad been Dabed up some time bact
from tbe briny. Tbey belonged, when new, to
the Mary Ixose, lost In the days of tho eighth
Harry. Ihcy seemed mere pigmies to the plants
by which they were surrounded; and ttie
thought struck me that even these very mon
sters, at 6ome future day, might be mere play
things as compared to later inventions.
My attention was now directed to a range of
workshops, iu which such a clatter of bauuing
and thumping was going on, accompanied
by clouds ot smoke and steam, tnat I
did not like to venture In. These were
the head-quarters ot the groat Aru)3troner,
whote name, not long ago known scarcely be
yond Newcastle, has sow become n household
word to ninny nations. Bob surprised mo by
Raying that so great was the secret of this inven
tion when it was first brought out, that even
the gallant artillery geueral who then com
manded at Woolwich was not allowed to wit
ness the process of manufacture. He and his
staff were one day actually seen waiting outside
this veiy workshop, while some foreign princes
who happened to be provided with a special
order from our Government were admitted, and
hud everything explained to them. But toe
whole thiug is well known to everybody now.
It is supposed that other nations do not manu
lacture them, either because they think they
haveabttter gun of their own, or that tney
have not the machinery or mechanics to make
them.
Outride the factory, men were busy unloading
wagons filled with bars of tough lookinu iron"
about twelve feet long nnd'twd inches broad;
ins.de, these bars were joined together by weld
ing, then placed in an oven till red hot, acd
afterwards drawn out and wound like a rope
lound an iron drum, thus forming a coil of.
metal. A Rule further, we saw this coil in iu
secoud stage; H had been ncrain heated in a fur
nace, and the Naiinyth hammer was now forcing
the uon into one mass, till it became a cylinder
of unbroken metal; two of these cvlinders were
then hammered together, and so" on ttil the
rough gun was complete.
I must not, however, omit to mention one of
the centre coils, to which were attached the
arms or trunnions which support the gun upon
its carriage. The hammeriug of this mass was
conouctcd in another foundry; and when wo ar
rived it had already been well beaten, and was
just about to issue once more from Us furnace for
another weldlue. A long Iron bar, as n handle,
was fastened to it ; and on opening the
lurnace duor, there it lay ; so white with
heat, "we could scarcely look at it. Twenty
men now teized tho " bur, a crane was
set to work, and the glowing metal, emerging
from its den, was carefully laid down upon its
iron Led, under the most ponderous ham aier I
had ever seen; it came down with a crash t'i at
made the ground tremble under our foot, and is
so powerful that it is capable of striking a blow
of two hundred tone, notwithstanding which it
can be mannered with snch delicacy as to crack
u nut without brulsiuur the kernel.
It is said thutone thousand tons of dirterent
materia were laid down to form a foundation
fcr ire bed, but the soil bdus marshy, the tto
lnulous motion 1b felt at a great distance.
At tho tirst blow we were covered with sparks,
wbit.h, however, becanio lewer as the uioial
cooled; tho heat found a refuge In tho twenty
workmen, l'oor fellows! how they poispircd,
aii'i how exhausted they were when, after a
E.ood luimmering, our friend was returned to his
den for another heating.
. Half cooked and hall stunned, I followed Rob
ttiiouch many otnor i'Hctoria where these gnus
weie belui; turned and rilled and drilled. I do
not, however, remember much about them, ex-"
eppt that I brought away with me a beautiful
loiur curl, which nad been culled, not from the
locks ot tbe chief eugineer, but from the pa'e of
a brawny Armbiroug who was being Vauttnirized
down to his proper bize by a steel chisel, which
st i:ck to tho helpless creature like a leech, und
liom which there was no escape.
How pretty the baby Armsirougs were as I
saw them, spick and pao In the flnlshing-room,
where men with delicate hand and accurate
vision were glvinsr them the last touches prior
to their bein? removed to the provimz butt !
The largo ones are tested by brine oil a bor of
Iron weighing one thousand pounds, and ii tbey
stand tbe lest of such an explosion ten times
without injury, they are considered fit for t.se.
We low turned our hacks on gun' aud our
(noes towards shot and shell. Small fcwasrons
filled with old iron, lumps of chalk,
etc., weie being emptied into a fur
nace, and a irrunt of delight, accompauied
by yellow-bluish flames Issuii.g Irom its mouth,
told us how theso delicacies had been appre
ciated. On the oilier side of this furnace a man crept
up, and with a long iron rod removed the clay
Hopper, and outpoured tho molien metal, like
fiery soup, into an iron caldron, which was
wheeled oil when lull and replaged by another.
From theie the moulds were filled, ond after a
1-hort interval for coulincr, they were taken out
side, where pale-laced men wuh bare arms and
flannel gloves removed the rivets and tossed out
the red-hot shot into the sand to cool.
These men had numerous scars upon their
aims, and said it was t0 hot and weakening to
protect them by wearing flannel sleeves; but not
long neo an olliccr had recommended them to
use whitening for their burns, and it had suc
ceeded so well that they uow kept a boxful
always ready lor use, and plastered it over tho
wound directly after tho accident.
As wo pasi-ed out of this factory we admired
the btautbnl metal gates, and then wrmttu our
way ihtoiuh immense piles of timber, we
reached the sawing mills. As we approached,
the noise was deafenlne, and a steel wheel,
covered with sharp teeth, and revolving at a
marvellous rate, rose from t-ome underground
habitation, and made its way towards a goodly
oi.k ljing on the ground; quickly It passed
through it, cuttmtr it in two parts
in as many minutes. The severed
block was then laid upon a move
able frame, which conveyed it under scveu or
tight upright saws, and these, when set to work,
very soon disposed of the noble stem, dividing
it into eiaht or nine stout planks. Alas! there
was no one to cry "Woodman, spare that tree."
Close by is the wheel factory, where the dif
ferent parts of the wheels ate cut out by ma
cLinery and then pressed together.
In the adjoining yard we lound a Turkish
tombstone, with Its cunons characters written
in gold upon a blab of granite, the top of which
had been shaped into a fez and colored tcarlet.
Bob told me how the poor Turks lost theu torn b
stonis, piincipally during the night, in the Cri
mean war time, aid many ot them may now bo
seen erected as tiophies in English garden?.
By this time I was getting very tired, and de
clare d thai I must give in; but Bob would not
bear ol my going away without seeinir the car
riage factory, which we had not yet visited.
Here were all kuids of canlaorcs in different
stases of manulacture cairiasrea for guns
aud pontoons, wagons for bread, wagoui
lor wouuded, wacona for stores, carts
lor shot and shell, etc., etc. My eye was
attracted by two old-fashioned looking little
guns, which bore this inecription: "These euns
and catriages were made in the Roval Arsenal,
H82. and were presented by King 'Ge re III.
iu 1792, to the Einpetor of China, and delivered
by tho Ambassador Lord Macartney. They
weie afterwards captured in the Emperors
Palace In Tekin In 1800, and returned to the
Royal Arsenal after an abtence in a
tropical climate of sixtj-nine years, pet
it ctly sound and good in every respect." Thus
giviug no mean testimony to tho durability of
the work turned out in these Government estab
lishments. V e took a look also at the large model-room
belonging to this department, where there was
a model (teal size) ot a ship-mortar, the same
kind os the so which burst so dreadfully at tho
bombardment of Sweaborg. There was
also a block of elm which had been sawn
in two, and in tho centre was a cavity con
taining a btid's nest wKh two eggs in it, one a
tomtit's, the other a sparrow's: they must nave
been tbeie nearly a hundied years, judging by
the ape ot the tree.
I paused lor a moment to ask what wa4 the
cost of these vast establishments. Bob did not
know the cost of tho Arsenal alone, but tho
estimates last year lor manufacturing depart
ments and materials at home and abroad came
to about a million aud a half. It was
more the year before, but fjpmo thousand
workmen had been dismissed, thus enabling the
Government to reduce our income tax a penny
in the pound, while, on the other baud, miiny
lamilles of thoso poor artisans had beeu sub
jected to drcadlul privations before they could
find woik elsewhere. These men are only enti
tled to pension alter ten years' service, when
they may obtain one-sixtieth of their wages,
and alter twenty yoars one-sixth, and so on. In
a case ol accidental death, the lauily would
receive a bonus fioin tho War Office according
to rt.nk.
- It was now time for us to take our departure
We pa9:ed by tho small hospital where cases of
accidents are Tecclved and attended to, and on
reaching the main gates we stopped to examine
the beautiful Maltese gun BtanJiut; there as it to
defend the entrauce, It was captured at Malta,
and is neatly twenty feet in iengiL Oa the run
itself is engraved tho archanirel St.' Mk'Uael
spearing Satun. w ho is falling hiiekn.-i-ta n,i
on the carriage, St. Paul shaking off tno venom
ous serpent into the names. Th inri,,n
stated that the gun was made by the Knights of
iii tn iw au iuc .y uur xou 4.
At this moment the clock struck six. We had
actually been four hours eoing round.
Once more the great bell rang; again hun
dicds issued from every quarter and poured in
an enormous stream through the gates.
A row of policemen lormed across the outlet,
allowing the crowd of men and boys to filter
throuch them, and tapping such of thera on the
-houldcr as they thoueht looked suspiciously
bulky or had laige coats or bundles. The se
lected one at once diverged from the stream,
and entered a tide-door, where he was searched
by the police to see if he had anything belong
ing to Government in his possession.
Stnctasthis search is, the pilfering is very
considerable. It is easy enouah lor a man to
place a few copper nails in his hair, and if he
did this every time he left his wort, the Gov
ernment would have lost no small sum of money
at the end of the year.
Right glad was I to find myself once more
stated in tho train. Tho indefatigable Bob was
os neshas ever. Ho told me that although I
had visited but a part of the vast establish
ment, yet I should still carry away with mo a
pietty good idea ol the whole; and I thought so
too. London Society.
FIPJANCIAL.
J) A VIES & BHOTI1KRS,
No. 225 DOCK Street,
UANKKKS AND BltOItKKS,
liVy ASD BELL
fSIIIli STATES BOXDS, 1381s, 8 2fli, 10 I'M.
VSI1ED 8TAlE7S-tei, ALU 18SC1S.
CEKTIFICATES of indebtedness.
.Mercantile l'apcr, and Loans on Collatoiala negotiated,
stocks Kout'lit and Sold on Commission. 1 SI
5-20 coupons,
ETJE NOVEMBER 1, BOUGHT BY
STERLING, LANE & CO.,
INKERS,
OCtfCp
No. 110 South 1HIKD Street.
fHO AHCH PTREET. OAS FIXTURE
JIZi Oil AMDEL1EKS. B0ZE STATt'ARY. KTO.
VAKK1KK & CO. would tea ptctlully direct Uie utton
th u t! UiclJ Irl' nds, and the nubile t'enorui'v, to ttieli
lmge ana elcuant upnortmcnt ot Oah KlJrrt' R r. s.
I II A KIIEL1KKH. HI..1 IlkMMrmUI. uhom.K
, AH 8. "ihoHe wiping liuiidacine aud tuuruugulj
DadeCcods, at very reasonable prices will tlnd ft to
ti elr uuVLUtafce to(ive us a call boioro purchasing eise-
N.rii.-Boild or tarnished nxtuiee renntsued wiih
.pcclalcw, .nd.trtaaouabl.prleo..Al.K.IBK. CQ
RAILROAD LINES.
TJ E A V I N O K A I L R O AD.
J-V (.KKAT IRUhK INK.
iJIOM riIILAlEl,llilA To TUB INTEItrrtR OF
11NN81LVAMA, TDK 8(111; 1 1,K It!,, MKiQUK
IIAM.A. tXJMltFKI.AMt AND W VOAIINd VAl,
IIH. THE JSUU'lll, OliTUWEHr, AND lUB
tINIA8.
V IN ILK AKUAKGFMKS.TOF PA88E NOF.R TRAINS,
C OllCT 8. lHMi,
LravlTpthe Company a I-pot. at TIlIItTEENTrt and
C.W.I.orwiILL btitcta, Philadelphia, at the fohowlng
liuura :
WOBNIKO t (f OMMODATIOX,
At 7'30 A. At , tor JtcHclnx aud uifmicoiKie Stations.
XHinnttiR, leaves hearting at ti-30 K. M., airivlHg fn
riulautiiuia at B OP M.
MORNIN'O EXHtE"8,
At SMfl A. M.,tir henlnf, Lvl arn-n, HiTtwfr, Pot'a
vllli', I'mivrove, THiimoiiia, Hunhury, WUIUmsort,
Hm ra, Ki.ttieMer. N.aga.n Falls, Ilullalo, alcntown,
WilkcLane, rutaou, uu, CaiUMe, Chambersburg,
liimf ix'o n, etc. eto.
1 Ms train connects at REATiISO with East Pennsvl
vania hailrcad trains f r Aiknto n eic .and the Lebanon
aly train for HamshnrK. eto , at POUT Ci IN TON
!tn Catawlpsa Kal roac trains for Williamsburg, Lock
llawn, F.ltnlra. etc ; a' HAHKIHU1KU with N irtnern
Cectial CtiLlxrlnud Vailey, and beni vlcill and 8u'iie-
i "in iruij nr aurinnuiuenaua, v nuaouport, XoiK,
(.b.mL'Citlmig. I'lnenw o etc.
Ar . KltNOON EXPRESS
Leavea PMIaiolpbia at 8ilflp. 11., for Rep dins Potts
vllle, Ila'rihlnira, etc, conned ng with Heading aud
Columbia Rallicart trnlns lot L'oltiniMa, eo
It K. A III Kl 1 AffdMhtnitATIIlV
Leaves Rcailnft at A. At., flopping at all way sta
ijiis, nnlvti g aj i lladolph, a at V 40 A. Af.
KeturniiiK, leaves t-liiixiciiihia i iin ii u iiniri,i
Keat.ing at 7 IV, p. At. --
'J'rniiia lor Philadelphia leave irarrlsntirK it 8 lft A. M.,
jno Poiitvillo ot. b-4fi A. M , arrKlnntn PH.Indelpliia at
lbOP. At, Al.eiroon nams leave HarrisliurK at ViO P.
M., P .ttfivllle at !M6 P.M.. arriving in Hiiin,i..i,.i,i. of
6 46P.M.
nAnmswrQ ACCOMMonmoN
Leaves Iitading ai 7 to A. Al., and llitrillnrg at 4 ID V.
At. Ccniu ctmg at Heating lib. At' ornoon Aocommo
diitlon touth at 6 u0 P. Al., arrivliig iu I'liliadvliii.i& at SI 10
P. At.
Alarket train, with pssaenger car attached, leavoa Phlla
Sin his at li 45 noon tor Heading and all wav ttstloai.
I tavts Koaitlnn at U :i0 A. Al . and KownlniUoirn at li JO
P. M loi Philadelphia and all way ala Ions
All 'he all. vo tran s iun dady, MmCaa exempted.
fui (Jay truna leave Pi ttMillc atfOO A. M and Plilla
(tc'ph a at 8 15 P. Al Leave PnlndelphH f0r Koidhig at
8 CO A.M., rei timing from Heading at 4 2P. Al.
t'HEiVIEtt VAILEY KAILUOAI).
Passengers lr D.iwnlt gton and Intermediate polcts
tat e tl e 7 M and 8Tft A. Al. and 4 30 P. Ai. tialns (Tom
Pnlla lelphla, returning from Dunuliigtowa at 7x0 A. Al.
ami 1 2.n toon.
hW YOhK. EXPRESS FOR riTTSBCRQ AND TBE
WEtT
It aves Ke w York at 7 and i A. At ar d 8-00 P. M., passing
Bi nding at 1 t'ftana 11 63 A. Al and 14H P. M., and con
necting at Ilairtaoura with l'eiinxvlvanta and Northern
Cviitial Railroad expiess trains (or fiiuuurg, Chicago,
W'iihamapcrt.Elnilra. Baltimore, etc.
Returning, express train leaves liHnlsbiirg on arrival of
tlitt term lvai.ia exp'ens liom Pittsburg, at 3 and V 05 A.
Al. and Wlfi H. Al,, passing Heading at4'4il and 10 M A.
Al., and 11 HOP Al.and arriving Iu New York at 10 A M.
and 2 45 P. AI. Sleeping enrs accompany theso trains
through between Jersey City and Plitaburg, without
change.
A uinll train for New York leaves Harrtsburg at 2-10 P.
Al. Mali train for Ilsrrtabtirg ! aves Now York at 12 M.
8. BIYLKIIX VALLEY BAUKOAll.
Trains leave Pottvillc at 7 and 11-30 A. M and 715 V.
M , return, ng liom Tatuaitua at 7 30 A. Al. and 140 and
4 15 p. Ai.
Ht'lIV YLKILL AND SCBIJI EHAXNA RAILROAD.
Trains leave Auburn at 7 60 a. Al. (or Plnegrove and
Ilamtburp, aud 160 P li.fcr Plnegrove and Iramont,
ri turning Irom Harnsbuix at 310 p. Al., aud from Tre-
uioiii ui i on a. JU. ami - r iu.
TtL'KE'1'4.
Through first-class tickets and etnlrrant tickets to all
the piinctpal points In the North and W est and Camilla.
1 lie following tickets aie obtainable only at the ollico of
8 PRAI)i OHl, Treasurer, No. Til 8. FOURTH fttreet,
Philadelphia, ot ot Ct. A. MCOLLS, Geneial Superluteud
oout, Reudiiig :
COMMUTATION TICKETS.
At 23 percent, discount, between any points desired, for
Innulicb aud Arms.
ATIIiFACE TICKETS.
Good for 2OT0 mlies boiwcen a 1 points, &2 S0 each, for
families ana firms
fEASON TICKETS.
For three, tlx, nine, or twelve months, for holders only,
to all pulnts.at rtOLCi d rates
CLfclttlYAIEN
Residing on the lino ot the toad will be furnished cards
eutitluig themselves ami wives to tickets at t all' tare.
EXCLUSION T1CKM8
From Pblladclphii to principal atatl ns, pood for Satur
day, hunCay, and Alnnday, at rxinred tac, to be bad only
hi tr e Tlckbt oUtce, atllllKTEENTil and CALLO Willi. 1,
Bluets.
FRRIOHT.
floods of all icfcrl.tioi.B forwarded to all the above
points from, the Conipuni 'a Fiolght Depot, BUOaD aud
WILLOW bb ceta,
FREIOIIT TR VlNfl
Leave Philadelphia dully at 6 WS A. M , 12'45 noon, and
tl P AI., lor Heuoing, Lebanon, llttrrbbuig, Poti.sviilo,
Port Clinton, and all points forward.
AlAILtt
Closo at the Philadelphia c ott Oftlce for all places cn tho
roud ai d lis branches at 0 A. AI., and for tno prlnclail
tations ouly at ii'l'i P. At. 8 u
PHILADELPHIA, OEUJIANTOWN,
AMD
U JVJH1 J3 I U W nAIL.JiUW.
On aud a'ter WEi)N KsD A V, May lli, 180G,
Fult GEliMANTOWN.
Leave Philadelphia (!, 7, 8, , Hi, 11, li A.M.,1, 2, 310,
IW. 4. S. 6, 6,7, 8, U. 10, II. Pi P. At.
Leave (Jermantowr. , 7, Hi , 8, 8 V0, V, 10, II, U A.M..
1. 2, 8, 4, ,6, tjj . 7,8, (. 10, II P. AI.
Jh8-:'1 ' tinm.andSJIs nndMJ up trains will not
Blopoull.oucruuiutown Brancu
,, ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia 910 A.M., 3, 5, 8, Vi'i P. M.
Leave Cieimantown 8 A. Af ., 1.4, 8!;, ui' V u
.H'-V L 1 1UI'h BMLHOaD
una "lF . ai 1 p C' ' MV 18 A- 3l W 7-
Leave Chesnut Hill 710 minutes, S, 0 (0, 11-40 V M
MO, 8 , b it, 40. 8 40 and 10 40 minutes P. AI. '
OS hl NJAYS.
Leave Philadelphia in minutes A At., 2, 5, and 8 P. AT.
Leave Chesnut Hill 7 40 minutes A. XL., l-i'10,0'40, aud
9'2o minutes P. M. '
10K CUNKIIOHOCKFN ATfD NORRISTOYVN. '
Leave Philadelphia (i, 8 a-'iminutea, 11 16 A.M., li,2!i
4. Ji 6X , C.'a, B'06 minutes, and li.'i P. AI.
tJLHveorrlatowiie, 7, 7-40,9,11 A. X.,VS, 4J, 6.V,
lho, 5JS T. ?r- trninwlll stop nt School Laim.YvTssa
lil(U, Ahiliuj utik, fitting Kin, a..i! UoiulioUoekun only.
Letvc riillndelplilit ! A M , aH, 4, and Vi P. it.
Leave NotriMown 7 A, Ai., 1, fi , and P. VI.
01t MANAVUNK.
. J', J u"'!f yi. minutes, 11 0.-. A.Sf , 13',
LtavoAluiiaytmkt)J,7,8a0,t)f, ll,'iA.M.,2, .-.,6.Y,
ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Philadelphia ! A. AI., Si,, 4. and )i P. Af.
Leave Jdunaynnk 'X A. M.,1, fl, and P. M.
. 8. WILSON, (ieneral Kuperiiitcnclent,
LcpotNINXH and UltEKN istreais,
-NJOHTII V KK N SY L VAM A RAIUtOAU-
Hepor. T1IIKD Street, above Thompson.
rr 11E1 fil.tllEM.liOYLthTOWN, M.U-CIi
r or lit. i ni.tllEM, liOt LthTOWN, M VUCH CHUNK
EASlON.Wll.LlAMSPOltT.Hnd WlLKKSHARut-
..At A. JJ. (Express), tor Bethlehem, Alioutown
Aiitiicn i oiina, nazieiou, tvilllamsport, and WiJkesburtc.
reaching FaMon at 4i P. Al. '
At fi l.'i P. Al for lteth'.eliein, Allentown Srauch Chunk
For DojlcMewn at K-3,i A Al., S ;I0 and 4-15 P. AI.
xvii TTuui!iKln nl iu A. JV1. and 11 P. u
VerLantdaie at ti 15 P. Al.
White cars ol (he Second and Third Streets Line City
Pubhtnger Cars run direct to the di fot.
IIIAINS IKK PHILADELPHIA.
Leave Bclliielitin at 6'20 A. AI. and Vi"i) Noon, and u 16
Leave Ttoy'estown at -40 A.M., 3-15 and i 30 P. Al.
Lent e I. untou e at u 00 A. Al
Leuvu Fort Washington at 10-J0 A. At., and 2 15 T. Af.
ON SUNDAYS.
Philadelphia for Hothlchoui at D A. Af .
Philadelphia for Doyle.-town at 2-.I0 P. At.
iMivlcmown lor Philadelphia at 7 2n A. AI.
lit tlilelitm lor Philadelphia at 4 50 P. Al.
jiihiubii iicaeis musi uo procured at tno ticket oil ces.
Tlllkll hll.aiil n III. LU L. .
.1,1. uunil v. DUCtll.
ol ELLIS CLARK, At'Cnt
PHILADELPHIA AND ERIK KAIL-
) .BOA J). 1 hia r-rmt linn iriworKt. tia Vn-ti.
ern and Northwest Coin tics of 1'enntjlvftnla totheOtv
otErteon I.akeKiio It lius beeu JeuseU ami is operated
c.T tur i cnilBjMllIll llUlirOrlU I UIUl)lt)l f.
T1A1E OF PASSKKUElt TRAINS AT PIIILADELPHIA
... Arrive tnattvaj-dltric Mail Traill, 7 A.ii. ; Erie Express
train. IP. Al. '
t ' 1ttVf ) MB8tw"rJErlc Mn"' " P M-i Elie Express
PiiKsenuer cars run through on tne Erie Mall and Express
tra'tis both ways between Philadelphia n-id Erie.
NEW YORK CONNECTION.
Leave New ork at ! A. At., arrlte at Erie 9 30 A. M.
Leave Erie at 4'4i P. AL, arrive at New York 4-iO P. .W.
J legant Sleeping Cars on all the night trains.
1 or Infnriiiation recpeeting p iorg'r busliies, apply at
r timer THIRTIETH artl JIAIiKET Streets, Phi
And Airfreight bttainess, ol the Company's Agonts, S. P..
Kii.gstoii. Jr., ctrner Thirteenth aud Market streets,
l'liiiai:ella; J. W. Pevnolda, Erie; William Drown,
.UcUN C. H K., Haltiiuore.
II. II HOUS'l TN, iluneral Frelglit Agent, Phlla.
II. W.(iWYNNEIt,(ieniraITicketAguiit.Phila. '
A. L. TYLER, Oeiieral Blip., Williamport.
WEST JKRSKY RAILROAD LINES, FROM
foot of AIaRKET Street (Upper Ferry), couimeiic
int MONDAY, hfileinber -Jl, 1MW.
I.EAVB PHILADELPHIA AS FOLtOWS:
Frr Jlildgeton, baletu, Alillvllle, and all Intermediate
station, at 8 A Af. Alull , 3 30 P. AT, Pasbcnger.
J or Woodbury, 8 A. Al 8 30 and 6 P. Al.
Fi r Cupe Alnv, at .T: o P. Al.
ItL I U UN I Nil TRAINS LEAVE
Woodbury at 7'I5 and 810 A, Ai., ami -6t p, Al.
Lnilgeicn at 7 0i A. M. and 3 30 P. AI. Fteitjilt, 6 33
Nalim at 50 A. M. and 3 P. AI. Freight, 5-4S P M ;
Allllvllleato-.iAA.Al.aiidHOHP.M. Freight, 10 t M.
Cape Mav at 11 45 A. A4.. Passenuer ami kr-ui,. '
I'reight will bo received at Second Covered Wharf
below Walnut street, from H'dO A. Al. until 6-00 P. Af.
'1 lint received before 7T0 A. Al. will go thiougli the tame
day.
Freight Delivery. Ko. M 8. TtF.LAWARE Avenue.
rii J. VAN KENStiELoXU, Superiuteudvut.
RAILROAD LINES.
"oSS'l"?- . (Mondays xeeDtI).W'
ion, News.! fciVto1? x2h0p,.IM?.1 i'howr "lag-
race, AberdinM"5" o"h't, Pen vvlile Havre de
St. mtrei s RuiT ' "Jmair, JMagnuha, fchase's at
W -y At nil It aln at Sirs M o.. . .
Palt'nioie.atoppmnat allroiiol", ( ! "nrt "xcpted). for
deli Ina ard llaitunore. r"!"-ar tns botwo.n PbJI-
Do aaie Itallioad Train am A M ro.,..j
ft r l-rli rtva Ani e. Miir.nd, and Int.rine, .i.
ATI AtAAtltAtll
F.xrress Train at II & A. m. i .."' "tations.
"
Paitininreatia Washington ,,UJ c. opted), for
Ixpress Train at X P. Al. (Sundays exct,to,n f, t,.,
tliiitun and Waahington. stooping I'tflhnater Ai.SILSS"
W dmii gton, (.ewnrk. Elktou, Nortneast. rTi'
Havre-de orare. Aberdeen, Perryman's, kdjewool Itl?'
noha.CiinsesaiiaHterniuer'sUiin.
Night Express at 11 p. A4., for DalUmore and Wash
itiutt,n. losff nrrrs by Post from Ital Imore for Fortress Moat
roe, KoTloik, City tuint, and Richmond, will take the U 4
A. Al . train.
WII.AIINOTON ArrOHMOTirN TRAILS,
Stopping at all Stations between Philadelphia and Wil
I11I111.1011. Leavo Philadelphia at 9 A.Ar , IJ-.V, 4 30. 0, and II .10 P.
At. The 4 ii0 P. At. train o nntcts with Delitwate Railroad
lor Harrlrgion mid imeiun mate siat.ona.
Leave Wilmlntton at 6 So, 7 16. aud 9'SO A. M ,4 an4
;) P.M. Tl.e 7-15 A. Al. train will not stop at stations
between Chester nd Philadelphia,
Iran-is for Aew Castlo leave 1'lilladopUla at 9 A.AC.
'30andflp M.
. THBOUtlH TBAINS FROM BALTIMORE.
Leave M!m i.Mon st 11 A M , 4 1 and 10 P. M.
CHUM Eli FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Leave Cheater at 7 28 7-55, 10 14 and 11 40 A. Bf., ,
K'10, 7ll, and 10 :6 V M.
FROM HA LTD.. ORE TO PHrLAnELPHIA.
i.eavo naitim.K! A. Al , Va hiali, V"JH A.
As..
' i" " ' r. ai , txpress. u no r, Ai., Express.
P. Al., Express.
8.
TRAIN 4 FOB ItALTIMORK!.
I eavc Cbester t 4 49 and 8 oi a. Al , and X J
Leave Yt ilniliiKton at r i3 nnd il : A. M., an
r r.lgl t'lialiu with I'aa.cnger Cais attach
18 P. M.
and 4 15 P. AC.
as follows :A llniltigtnn, er,r Htrryvl le and in aims.il.ti
at ,.. ll i
D,,..,.ij ... v., . . jiuiiimu, ur tiavre-ae-)raoe anal
Iniernieoiate atatlnns at 4 15 e. AI. Perrjvip fur W li
mit gton an t into in diate sta Ions at 4 20 A At., connect
ing at Winungton with 7 15 A M train for Philadelphia,
hi NDAY TRAINS.
Express Tra'n at 415 A. AL, lor Baltimore and Wash
ington, Mnpi lug at Chester, Wl mlng'cii, xt-wark, Klkton,
Nortniast. Perry vlllo Havre-do trace. Aberdeen, Perrj
man'a, Alagnoliit.Chate s and B'cmuier'a Run
i: lit Express, II P. AI . 0 r Itn Itimore ami Washington.
Accon nidation Train ut 11-30 P. Al. for rVilniingtou and
inUrmcdlnte stations.
KAL'l lAlORE FOR PHILADELPHIA.
Leave Italilnnie at 8 ih P. Al , stoppug at Havre-ele).
Crace, Perrjvilie, atia Wilmington Alio slops at Elkton
and Newark (to tske passengers I'orPnlladclpiila and leave
paisengers flora Waahington ot lialt mote), and Cheater to
leute passengers from llaltlmora or Washington
Accommodation Train from Wilmington lor Philadelphia
and Intei mediate stations at 6 -ill P. Al
4 18 11. F.KEKNEY, Suporlntcnlont.
FQU IIMV YORK. THE CAMDEN AND
Amboy and Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Com
pany's Lines.
FROAI PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK
and Way Places, from Walnut Street Wharf, wilt leave aa
isllovt s, viz. : FAUK.
At 5 A. M , via Camdeu acd Amlioy, Accommoda
tion )2-)S
At 8 A Al., via Camden and Jersey City Express...., 3 00
m -t r. -ii., via i iiinotn ana Ainooy bxpruas s-wi
At 6 P.M., via Lamden and Auiboy Accommodation
and Imigiant 1st class J J(l
At 0 P. Ai , via Camden and Auiuuy Accommodation
f- and Emigrant, 2d cla I SO
Al 8 A. Al.,ii and 5 P. AL, for Mount Hollv, Ewansville,
Peniberlon, and Vlucentown. At b A. M. and 3 P. Al.
for 1 reel i.ld.
At 5 acd 10 A. Al , 12 M., 4, S, 6, and 11'30 P. Af. for Flsli
House, Palmyra, Rivcrton, Pronreas, Delanco, Beverly.
Etlgi water, builingttn, Fl Tetice, Birdcntown, etc.
Hie 10A. AI. and 4 P. AI. lines run direct through to
1 renton.
LINES FROAI KENSINGTON DEPOT WILL LEAVE
At 11 A. AI., 4-3", (i-45 P.A1., and li P. Al (Night), via
Kensington and Jersey City Express Lines, fure $3-00.
The ti 45 P. Al. Line will tun daily. Ail othera Sundays
excepted.
At 7 3o und 11 A. M , 3, 4 80, 5, and 6 45 P. AI. and Mid
night, for Hrktoi, Trenton, o'c.
Al 7 and 10-15 . AI , li AI ,8,4.S,and 6 P. At., for Corn
weli'e, Toiretd.lc, Holmeoburg, Ttt'ony, Wlsnlnnmiug-,
lirldcsl nig, and Franktord, and nt 10 In A. M for itria
tol, Schenck's, Edulngton, aud 8 P. At, for llolmtsburg
at.il intermediate stations.
At 7 30 A. Al. nnd 8-30 t. M , for Niagara Falls, Buffalo.
Dunkirk. Canundalgua, Elinlia. Iihiica. Owei, ltoches
ter. Dinuhamton, etawego, Hyraou.o, (treat Ueoel.
Alontioto. v ilkeabanet bcranton, Mroudsburg, Water
(lap, uelvtdere, Eaaton, Livmbi rtvillo, Fiemlngton, eteT
The3'30P.M Line connects d rect with the train leav
ing Easton tor Alauch Chunk, Allentown, Bothlehetn.o o.
At 5 P. Al. for Laiubertvllle and intermediate s'atiotis.
JuiieLJtlHO. VJLLI Al lijMltAgeiit.
'LiElNNSYLVAMA CiNlIUL RaILRuadT
JT , fcXJAlAiiR AhBAMiFMEM'. r
The Trains oi He PenDS)ivaula Central Railroad
leave tbe Tibet, at Ibinj -tirst and Alarket streets,
which Is reached by tlio cars ot the Alarket Street Pa!sw
etivcr Railway, tunning 10 and from the Depot. That
lart car leavea Fioci sirett about 80 minutes nrloi
to the departure ot each Tiain.
On Kuiidajs Care leave Eleven h and Alarket
stieeta 4 mlno tea before ihedepaittue of each Trains.
Maun'tt liaggage t xpreas will ca i for ni eleiive?
Pagjnge at tho Depot Orcers left, at the Office s
631 cheuut street, will teceive at'culion, '
IBAlNS WiAVB IlkPOT. vis. t
Mall Tram , 4.(ln
. " ' mwUIUIIAIHUIIU, I O. I.. ........
Faat Lido and Erie txpreapt
Fairitburg Accoiimouatlon "
Lantanter Acciu niooa'loD
I'aoll Accommodation No i
1 l.tfliurth ant1 Erie Aial 5
Pntili Atenioioftdation, No 8
r Uiluifu.pbia Ixpicsat ,
TRAINS AlilllVE AT BlifoT,
...atll-Ort
..atliwo tjf.
at 2 39 P. At
...at 4 (id "
..at 8-09 h
,..at 100 h
..utlnti u
..allno
vig. i
at 12-40 A. If
at 710
at 8 20
, at 900
at li 40 J H
at 110
at i 10
at 5-60
at 7-811
at O'AO "
t inctnnati txpresst
Hillatle phia Exprcwf
I'aoll AccoiniuoUutlon, No. 1
t oluuibiaTruio
I tiiicnster 'Iruin
Fast Line
Puu;l Accommodation, No, If
Duy Fxpreaa
i'uoli Acconmiodatlon, No. 3
Harrlfburg Acconmiodatlon...,
uitry, except sattiruuv. t Datlv.
t iialiv, except
lnv.
IlilinnlllK throuah Irom l'llllail1ilna tn IMitahnrot-
and Erie without charge oi cars. . .
fcupdaj Accch.lnoi.".:!l;r T:::ufor Pnoll and internifj
d.uicatiilioiis leave fhllade phlu nt 91)0 A. M ant 7 a
v. Al., rttuinlng leave Paoll at tt 50 a. m sDd 4-60 p u
' A irt n'r,; OFFICE
Ia Ioi-a No.6?iciieanut stTeiT where Ttcae- ll
a) imuc'nt points mav be procure, ai d rtill iuin?,r"
Uon given tj- JOHN V. A LLEN , Ticket Agon t. nn'
u Alio at hir, .jtat ana y.
An Fn,lgr,n,T,.in,nn1fteV,uXtPo,
lull partlcumra aa to late aud accommodations arVnl. tl
ERANCTSFUaK.
The Pent ,,... n.i,..A J:JM. tV.f K Street
limit their
r reaponHiDiiiiy to one Huntlreel Do.Iara ha
I Uaegage i exceeding that amount in val
value. Al
will be at
contract.
.... u t,.uu, u cta raxen Dy tpeciat
8 lit
TTEEIflHT LINES I OH NEW YOBKANH
JJ all the r-tstlotisonlhc CAA1DEN and AM BOY fiwf
connecting Kjl rotda. lNChtASEI) LesFaTCU
'ilih CA.VlDEli AND AMDOY RilLliOAlV ANT
TltANSI'OKiATlOV COMPANY 1 KIT HIT LIN K
for New vrk yih leuve W A LNUT Street Wharf t
o'clock P M. daily (Sundays excepted) WS,rr rt
FieleTit muft be delivered before 4 o'clock, to be or
w aided tbe ei.me day. ' " " "r
Returning, the above lines will leave iTewTorkatt
noun, and t aud a P. M vn
Ereighi ior Tienton. I'tineeton, Kingston, New Bruna
wick, and a I pomta on tho Camden ana Amhov R7ir
road i also, o.uhe Be.T Ucre. Delaware and Fleming.
Ion. the New rtey, the ricehold andjameabura auS
the Burlington aud Mount Holly Railroads, received
and lorwaided up to 1 P. At.
'J be lielvlilcre De aware Ilellroad connects at Phillip,
burg with tbe Lehlrh Valley Railroad, and at Ataoun
kaclmtik with all points ob the Da'auare, Lackawanuav
aud Western Hal rortd, forwarding to .yracune, BultaUu
and other points In Western New York
'Hie New Jersey Railroad connects at Elizabeth wit
tbe New Jersey central Railroad, and at Newark wltkt
the Morna ancf Essex Railroad.
A slip memorandum, tpeciiying the marks and num
bcia, ehlpprra, aud coi.sif nees, must. In every inatauce,
bo sent with each load oi goods, or no receipt will be
"'if.'lt. Increased larl'lttei have been made for the
tranaportation ot live stock. Drovers are invited to try
tbe route. W hen stock is lurniahed In quantities ot twa
carloads or more, it will be delivered at the foot of For
tieth street near the Drove Yard, or at pier No. 1.
North River, as the shippers may designate at the time
ollfhipuicnt.
' Fol terms, or other information , apply to
WALTER FREEAi AN, Fiwifht Agent.
No. 226 1. DELAWA-RE Avenue, PnUaooiuhia
ORAN (IE AND A LT:X ANDFl A B A ILROAD.3
On and alter MONDAY, February 12. two dal.j
trains will run between Waubfuton and L'nchbunr,
poimectlnu at Cnriimnvl in ulih Vlrvinla Ceutral Rail
road traius to and Irom Rlcbt'ond as lullows :
M ML iei
Nave Waahlncton naiir (Sunday exepted), at 8 44
A. M , and arilve at Lynchburg at P. M.
Leave Lrncliburgaf 1 a. an. anu amraai nsimng.
ton at 28 P. U. rna - . , w
Leave Washiiurton daily (including Snnday) at 6 05 P
M, and arrive at Lynchbutg at 00 A M
i.eav 1 vnehtiurg at t au p. AL and arrive at Washlna
t0Folh8tranlkto8 flose connection at Lynohbnrg
foi all polta South and Southwest, aud at WashUig:oi
N.ir and Nortbweut.
or.."r17.... .I..nm run attactiA tn th. ...!.
ti irBI-11"- r v u'HUi m . o.
it ,., mail la attractive. Dot on v tor tea m.minnattla
acctiuimotlatlons, but lor the fact that It paaaea the now
if" v iwii.i ami nuu, AlattsMMB. in
Rappalmuuock, Cnlpopor. Orange, and
place ot imperishable inteioat la tha
l irdonavlile.
Hilar mil
1IIU.
brougb tickets to all
nnints goiith and HoutBweav
mav be had In Boston. New York, Philadelphia, a4
Baltimore ana at the oftlcea; nt the road in Wahintori
or Alexandria w. H- MoOAFFEKTY,
Ueoeral Bupr.luUudtBt.