THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PIIILADELPIIIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1867. THE XiEW YORK PRESS. EDITORIAL OPINIONS OF THE LEADING JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS. 0opiiM rrr.nY pay for eve.mku TKLEonAiH. Mr. Morrill ou Htftumptlou. Jrrwi the Tribune. lu the intenso excitemout of polities, thought ful men do ,DOt foro-ft nnothcr subject of even nmre importiince ttmu tbo Immediate restoration of the Southern States. Those may stay as they are-not without serious injury to the whole, country, it is true but our finances cannot contiuue at they are, and the alternative is lm provemrnt or ruin. Slates may prosper without representation in Congress, but the business of the country cannot be established upon an irre deemable paper curreney. Wo earnestly hope that the speech of the Hon. Justin 8. Morrill, delivered in the House on Thursday, will con vim e Congress of the necessity of makineiin nieilmte preparation for contraction. Mr. Mor rill's argument is ttiorouaru and irrefutable; we believe the niujoiity of I'onercss admits it, yet tbe DP-t step to enforce its conclusions lim not been taken, and there is danuer that the subject will contiuue to be ucfilected for others ot lnr h'M pressing importance. Mr. Morrill miijht well express a feeling of mortification thai the necessity of contraction tdmiild require t-ober areuniont, or that any one could "espouse the caue of an endless reign of miner currency, of which it takes one dollar and thirty, forty, or fifty cents to buy a dollar in specie.'' The condition of busiuess in tbo Uniied States is suflicieut, without argumeut, to answer the theories of those who believe that the immeufe volume of paper currency i, not more than we need, and that the abundance of such a substitute for specie is a proof of prosperity. We must even buy our iron ships in Europe, because no American can alford to make them. Our manufacturers cannot compete with those of England. A nominal increase of values has unsettled all business and all prices. Toe value of production, of manufacture, of. prodts, of losses, is beyond exact calculation. A shifting standard has madeereu economy difficult, and tbe abundance ot paper discourage honest in dustry and fosters speculation. Even the Gov ernment, in' the esy manufacture of money out of national credit, spends millions of paper with little reference to their value in specie. If ttie country is not in one sense unprosperous, it is in .ppite of the burden of currency, not because of it, atil every month adds to the proof that we can only escape ast evils In the future by resumption ot specie payments and the contraction ot the currency to the legi timate needs ot busiuess. Mr. Morrill's statistics show that the total amount ot piper currency now in u.se, including Jesal-teuders, national hank notes, compound interest notes, ere., is yii3,29t),fi51, or nearly one thousand millions. In 1802 the total of paper currency was but $184,000,000. Can it be contended that business requires such an enor mous increase? The very depreciation of the currency is an answer; its excess diminishes its value, and prices rise as the value sinks. Mr. Morrill shows that the increased production ot gold aud silver is tending to the steady depre ciation of specie itself, while the com ace ot the United States, in comparison with European Maudards, is debased. How, then, does our paper money stand when the standard itself is degraded? A Cuinese nation may tix arbitrary ftaudards, but the Americans, a commercial people, cannot prosper with a currency which is terribly discounted in every market, andevon refined in our own gold States on the Pacific. This excess of paper money is the legacy of the Rebellion; but it is folly to plead the evils of war as an excuse for the blunders ot peace. Resumption should have begun in 1865. That it was not attempted then is all the more reason that it should begin in 1867. and in Mr. Morrill's opinion, ."never shall we have a more auspicious moment to initiate measures for a vigorous retirement of the excess of our paper currency." That opinion is ours also. Wa ought to begin to-day. Credits are not unusually expanded, and the people generally are free from debt. To postpone resumption is to tempt the country into extravagance, and to risk, and, m fact, compel a change of this favorable condition. We know that our paper currency is well based on national credit, and admit the blessings of its uuliorrulty. Tbe danger is In its irredeemable character, and in the excess of issues, mon strously disproportionate to specie ;and business needs. Mr. Morrill, who is certainly a deter mined opponent ot the politics of the Secretary oi tbe Treasury, sustains that great policy of resumption which is the chief held of Mr. McCulloch's administration upon the confidence of ttie people. Politics should not prevent all sound thinkers from urging its immediate adop tion. In offering this unanswerable argument, Mr. Morrill has done the country good service, aud Conaress will be held to a stern responsi bility it it refuses to heed his warnings. The EugllaU aud FreucH Press ou Im ueacliment. From the Timet. The question of tbe President's impeachment 1 elaborately discussed In our late files from Paris and LondoD. Tho way In which it is treated in the more prominent jouanals show9 a great advancement in the knowledge of Ameri can affairs since the time of the late war. We should judge that the public writers abroad have all been busily engaged in studying our Constitution, . institutions,', law?, politics, ideas, aud styles of life. In fact, the discussions, espe cially in the English press, arc very like those Of American politicians. It they differ with each other, it Is on intelligible grounds; aud if they argue, it is with some knowledge of the points in dispute. An hnglish writer from this country some few years ago took occa sion to sneer at the fact that the Con stitution was sold in the streets of this city lor two cents: but we Bhould linusine that the enterprising vendors of that venera ble instrument must nave extended the sphere of their labors to Loudon, and must h ive found a ready market for their wares among the quill-drivers who enlighten the European public ou American politics. The fact gives us nn- mitisated pleasure, while It also saves us from intolerable suffering. It was certainly heart rending as well as mortifying to be compelled to read the London and Pans journals during the continuance of the late war. It was not the incident of their opposition to us and to tho cause of the Union that troubled us, but their dismal Ignorance upon all those matters that furnished prounds lor opiniou, and the fright ful nonchwance with which, on every possible occasion, they made exposure of their ignorance. It they will now take tbe trouble to deal intel ligently with American affairs, their utterances will weigh out their full value even with us, and, moreover, will have an additional and ad ventitious value, from the fact tiiat they are the conclusions of those who are removed from the sceue of tho conflict, and have only a limited Interest lu lis fortunes. In France, both the Imperialist and Liberal journals look on the impeachment movement as being revolutionary in its nature. Touching, as it does, the highest functionary of the Btate aiming, as It does, at his forcible removal from office based, as it is, on grounds so frivo lous, and accompanied by accusations so gross doubtful as seems the issue of the contest, and uncertain as appears the course of events subsequent to it the affair is luexplicible to hem on anv other theory than that of the revolution." As a conscquenoe the gravity of tbo movement is mseerned, and tne resort to such an expedient is on an nanas aeprecaiea. Of course, we should expect tsuch a lournal as Ja Liberie to indulge in high-sounding rhetorle on the subject, pomewhut akin to that of our Impcochere here; but eveu those who are iu- clined totnlk thus (eel that Impeachment marks a crisis beyond which our career must be dubious and unsteady. The protest! ot Le Tempt and La Frew are no lr?s emphatic than that of Iai France, and, in fact, we may say that the organs of all parilei arn unanimous and decided In their remonstrances against the threatened measure. The chief orsans of Knelish thought treat the impCHcliment business as ry lar tne most seri ous and perilous procedure in our political his tory. Nearly all of them, like their French contemporaries, notify to it the word "revolu tion," and look upon ill, origin and pretext, as well as Its probable resnlts, as Indicative of the prevalence of a revolutionary feeling in tho country. The limes, the Fall Mall QazHte, and tbe Saturday Review each regarding the mat ter from tho standpoint of the ruling classes are agreed as to Its character, while tho more respectable of the Liberal organs are. no less Hreuuous in deprecating it as dangerous to the repose ot the country and tho permanence of Iree institutions. Of course, all that they say Hcsinst the measure is based ou the eround upon which it ha been timed, and the objects that are sought by it. In this view, tbo Timet remarks that the "trial of the President will transform the Constitution," and the following sentences which we bring together give the points ot its opinion: "It may bo, and no doubt Is, palling to the domi nant party id Conpross to be thwarted as they have been by one man, but the Constitution gives hint tho power, and it Is of that thov ought to complain. Jt is in tiuth, ibo Constitution, rather thau Mr. Johnson, which is now tho object of assault; it is tbe Constitution, rather than Mr Johnson, which is in dan per. If the articles of bin inipeachment be trulT Uiawn, they will make tho first charge a?ainst Liu that he has used all the powers of his ollioo, and by tho side ot this all his other olfi'im-s aro as noth ing. Let the impeachment be prosecutod with tho determination which is said to inspire its fnanaeors, and its results will be much more portontous than tho mere removal oi Mr. Johnson lrom his place. The 1'ies dency itself will cease to tie what it Haw been, and the balance which now exists upon tho legislative action ot parliamentary majorities will : vanish. W e need not, however, dwod upon i the tutuie j it is euflioiont to note the phase through which the American Constitution appears to bo passing, the clanger that tbe artificial balance of , powers, the checks upon impulsive legislation, the independence of the Executive Government con- ! templatcd by tho loundera ot the Kepublic, will all I be swept away." ! The Pall Mali Gazette points out the lack of i definition in all the accusations asainst Presi- : dent Jobnson. Alter a keen discussion of this point, and after expressing a fear that the judi- ; clal view ot tbe case may oe lost sight of in the excited state of party feeling, it concludes by the utterance of a strong hope that "Ihe Senate will rivo the world one more exam, j pie of the fact which is to oliou overlooked and obscured, that the patsionat external vlolenoeot tho American cliarao er and manners o vol lays and oou- I ce a I b a solid foundation ot good sonso, moderation, and regard tor law which makes itsolt left m tbe long run and on great occasions." i The Saturday Review treats the proposed ini- j peachment at leDgth, and with signal ability. ' It aualyzes the powers of the different branches I of the Government, as set forth in tho Constitu- ! tion, shows the peculiar position which the I President has among the rulers ot States, and : tries to discover his culpability as set forth iu i the various charges brought against him: "1 ho President," it remarks, "stands on a piesent basis ot constitutional riht; whlie Congress is act- 1 ing in formal defiance ot tho Constitution, and I seems inclined, according to the latest accounts, to : set the Consti utiun aside altogether, and to assert I tor itself the omnipotence of a lintish Parliament I the right of altering all laws, whether fundamental or incidental, wnotlier part of the original compact ot Cnion or mere measures ol Congressional legis lation, by a simple majority of both Houses. Tbe charges against him, correctly estimated, amount simply to this that in tho exercise of his executive power he has sot at nought the wishes ot Conureet, and aoted upon his own judgment; that he has carried out his own noho , and not the policy ot a majority oi tho two Houses. And it is plain, not only that an impeach ment on such ground as this would be a gross abuee of a reniedv intended for a very different pur pose, but that it would totally alter tue existing relaiions between the Executive and the Legisla ture, and subvert tho present Constitution of the federal Government. Ihe federal Constitution has explicitly made known the purpose lor which this formidable weapon may be drawn. It was never meant to enable Congress to get rid of a political opponent. Had it been intended that Congress should be able to remove a President for political reasons, a machinery less cumbrous and less cruel would have ueen supplied." There is nothing particularly novel about these view9 of the leading journals of Great Britain, aud we do not quote them as affording auy lipht to our politicians upon constitutional questions. But they indicate the drift of intel ligent European thought upon the most Im portant matter in current American history. And tbey show that what is here only a subject of Congressional frivolltv and partisan aut mosity, is there regarded as ol the gravest national import. Ini)tarhinrut Question In Congress l'lie Conflict lu tbe .Republican Camp From the Herald. If the pobition of President Johnson at this crisis may be aptly compared with that of King Charles I of England, on the eve of Lis surrender to the English Parliament by that of Scotland, or to the dangerous situation of Louis XVI of France, when intercepted in his attempted flight from that distracted country, so will the parallel in each of these remarkable revolutionary epochs apply at this juncture to the Congress of the United States. This body not only stands now in the relation of the famous revolutionary Parliament of England or of the French revolu tionary convention towards the king, but in the chv-biug elements of the dominant party in the Parliament, the Conventlou and Congress, there are some stropg general features ot resemblance. A6 in the Parliament, which finally disposed of rhe unfortunate Charles by bringing him to the block, there were the conservative Presbyte rians aerainst the radical Independents, aiui as the violent Jacobins ot the French Convention, intent upon their schemes of slaughter, had first to dispose of the objections of the more mode rate Girondists before tbey could reach the king, so now the dominant radicals of Congress are confronted by the so-culled conservatives of the republican party against President Johnson's impeachment. How this conlllct in the Republican camp stands at present wo cannot exactly determine. The Judiciary Committee of the House, en gaged in the inquiry upon the charges against Mr. Johnson Taised by Mr. Ashley, is properly very reticent as to its proceedings, and tbe members trenorullv of both Houses have become (.oratwbat'eautioas in the expression ot their opinions, iu view of their probable responsibili ties as members ot the grand jury or as judges nt tbe high court in which they may be called to act in this proleeted impeachment. But still, in the occasional outbreaks of such leading radicals as Sumner, of tho Senate, and in the general drift of the proceedings or tue riouso having any relation to this question, we mm. the strength and nxea purpose oi iua nuwin may be detected, as well as the feeble and tail in resistance of the conservatives. We think it is apparent that, as in the illustrative English Pailiaiuent and French Convention to which we have adverted, the superior force and pres sure of the radicals must prevail. This im peachment has become, too, this nice military question to the Republican party, whether it biiall hazard the demoralization and breaking up ot its forces in attempting to sit down before tbe enemy's stronghold lor a two years' siege and starve hlvn out, or risk the bolder alterna tive of carrying his position by storm. Now, if President Johnson, tho Northern Democracy, and the ruling politicians of the ex cluded States could be brought to realize the advantages offered them with a coalition ou their part to lavor these divisions in the Re publican camp, they would not hesitate in vielding a littlo in order to gain a great deal. They would come over to tho pending Constitu tional amendment as the Northern ultimatum of Southern restoration. But as upon this Issue each of the parties named appears to be In flexibly opposed to a recognition ot the all powerful voice of the North, and as tbe Rebel Slates aud the Northern Democracy seem to depend altogether upon Hercules, to lift, them out of the mud, the prospect is that the radical camp will soon absorb the flouting Republicans of both Houses, and that after the meeting of the new Congress in March the impeachment will be vigorously pushed to tho removal of Mr. Johnson from office. There must be, with out further loss of time, some very powerful diversion in bis favor, in a change of front and a change of base, or the Northern popular c ur rent which has set in so henvily atrnlnst him ennnot be Impeded or turued aside short ot hi removal. As to the sorrowful conclusions of the British aristocratic, journals that this proposed Im peachment involves a despotic exercise of Con cressionai power fatal to individual righu and Hie cause ol liberty, they arc needles appre hensions find sheer nonsense. The impeach ment contemplated is a constitutional proceed, ire, expressly provided in the organization of the Government to meet the continiieucy ol the usurpation by the Executive of the evcluslve powers of Coueress, and a failure ou hi part, from negl'gence or design, to "see the laws laithfully executed." This remedy in Congress may bo traced back to the example of the British House of Commons, resulting from the great revolution, against King James II, of 1C88. The only drawback to the immediate prosecution of this measure lies in the lears of the weak-kneed Republicans in Congress as to its expediency; but by the 4th of March these weak knees will be ttrengthened bv a radical Tubbing from their constituents. We think so, from tbe Northern outside pressure which has already 1 commenced, and because the great strength developed by Congress in the Northern elections of last fall resulted from the bold stand taken by Congress against Mr. Johnson, and from his alarming attitude ot hostility to the rightful authority of Congress. In any event, his impeachment and removal, Instead of pro ducing another civil war or a financial panic, will practically be equivalent to his death or resignation, and nothing more. Ttnure of Fertral Officers Power of Ilemo val. From tht World. When we last saw the bill to regulate the tenure of Federal offices, which has passed the Senate and Is now pending lu the House of Re presentatives, it provided that an officer, com missioned by consent and approval of the Senate, should be liable to removal only for crime, mis conduct in office, incapacity, or disqualification. The bill also provided that such removal should not take place uutil the t'resweut had comnium catcd to the Senate the reasons tor displacing the oflicer, together with ail evidence in his possession relating thereto, and the Senate should assent to the removal. During the re cess of the Senate, the Piesldont is, by the bill, authorized to suspend an officer, substituting an other in his stead temporarily ; but is required within twenty days after the meeting of the Senate to communicate nts action and the evi dence bearing tnereon to that body. If the latter withholds its assent, fheu the officer re moved is thereby restored to his former place. The n'r&t part of the bill, in so far as it is an expression by Congress of the impropriety of making removals from office except lor tbo causes named, may be needful, and certainly can do no harm even if a work of legal supereroga tion. But the last part of the bill, which pro poses to mane Senators legal participants iu the act of removal, and thereby to limit and restrain the power of tbe Executive in such matters, is clearly unconstitutional, inasmuch as tiie power ot removal is a useful incident ot the executive office, and absolutely necessary to the proper discharge of the constitutional functions of the President. We are very far fiom desiring it to be under stood that because we deny tbe legal authority oi tbe Senate to restrain the power of the Exe cutive in this matter of removals, we approve a reckless removal ot faithful, competent, and fit public servants on tue ground ot mere ditler ences ot political opiniou. Such actiou is not democratic in uny sense, no matter if it be E roved that Presidents elected as Democrats ave beeu guilty ot such conduct. We have in a previous article alluded to the great debate ou this subject which took place in the Congress of 1780. Two years after tbut, President Jefferson came into power uuder circumstances of a complete revolution in poli tical parties, which made him almost tbe only person of his views in otlice. His predecessor had totally excluded the Democratic party from public positions. Even tbe army was against Mr. Jetlerson. It was absolutely necessary that such a condition ot things be changed or modi fied, and this brought up the question of re moval in all its aspects. The letters of Mr. Jetiereon, written iu March, 1801, to Governor Giles, to Elbridgc Gerry, to the Attorney-General, and to others, reveal fully what was then the view of the subject taken by the great apos tle of Democracy. He declared that removals should only be made lor cause; aud that proper coue would be "personal misconduct;" "official misconduct;" "negligence;" "incapacity;" "in herent vice in the appointment;" "partisan elec tioneering beyond the iair exercise of the elec tive franchise;" and opposition of heads of de partments to his policy. This wus the Demo cratic law of removals. Some twenty vears after this (May 15, 1S20), Cougress legislated in respect to the term ot office of certain officers, and directed that all district attorneys, collectors, navy agents, re ceivers of public moneys, army paymasters, shall te appointed for four years, but "remova ble irom office at pleasure of the Presideut." The object of this statute of limitatioa, which vacates, every Presidential term, the great mass of the Federal offices, was to place disbursing officers and others every four years under inspection and supervision as to their conduct and accounts, so that the incompetent aud de faulters could be detected and dropped. In the years 1825-26 the subject was again before the Senate, and was referred to a select committee of niue, ot which Messrs. Van Buren, Benton, Macon, and White were members, which reported six bills intended to control and regulate ditlereut branches of rhe public ser vice, and limit somewhat the power of the Executive. In one of these bu!s the dipmissul ot officers by the President was curtailed by requiring the cause of dismission io bo sent to Congress in each case. The section was in these word: "i bat, in all nominations made bv the President to the Senate to till vacancies occasioned bv an ex ercise ot the 1'resldeut s power to remove lrom oliice. the lact of thu removal shall be ttatod to the beuate at the satnu tune that tho nomination Is niaao, u-ilh a statement of the reasons fur which suih ojiftr may have been removeU." Tbe report accompanying the bill was made by Colonel Bemon on behalf of the Committee, but it i, in an intellectual sense, one ol the least creditable of the many public documents written by that remarkable man. The whole pioceediug was undoubtedly intended to pre vent or check the wholesale removals from office which were being made by President Adam?. The bill failed to become a law, aud is only important as containing what Mr. Van Bureu, Colonel Bentou, and other men, mature in public life, thought upon this important sub iect. Looking back figm our present stand point in 18G7, we think all will admit that the deic at of the bill has proved a public calamity, and also that it furnishes to the present Con gress a mode by which the public good can be promoted aud the Constitution pre served in all its sanctity. It will be ob served that the bill of 1825 did nut put toward the claim, now made on behalf of the Senate, that it hud power to peremptorily pre vent executive action, It only provided that when tbe President removed an officer lor whose commission tho assent of the Senate was required, he should accompany tho nomination of a successor "with a statement of tbe reasons for which such officer may have been removed." Is not this the true course to be pursued to day ? Will it not tend to check what was an evil under President Lincoln, and is, doubtles, an evil, to a greater or less extent, under his successor? Is it notj tho duty of legislators, who have taken oath to support the Constitu tion of the Uuited Stales, instead of looking only to partisan purposes, to reliect how they an accomplish needed relorms in public affairs, and at the same time preserve intact the instru ment which tbey are bound by the most bacred obligations to maintain ? FINANCIAL. 7 "3-lOs, . ALL SERIES CONVfcKTtO INTO 5-20s of 1865, January and Julv, WITHOUT CHARGE. BONES DZLIVESID IMMEDIATELY. CE HAVEN &. DROTHER, ,nn So. 40 SOUTH THIRD St. TILLIAM PAINTER & C0.f BANKERS. No. 3G South THIRD St. JUNE, JILV, ud Al'GCST 7-30 CONVERTED INTO FIVE-TWE3TIE3 And the Difference in Market Price Allowed. BOKDS rELlVEBEI IMSlEDIAl EI.T. CU 26 3in 00 lb fc. St I gft, S JeO.SirULft., -tf fSt I.I Zteal.e.U in til and Zi'c.Lci-fj.ti Cu rclLcume, cuuL rn.cmJUe.U. af gficcc cuuL t&cLL QxclLczruieA. ui baJz cities.. ffLccaiuxtS. afi .cuttzS. cuuL tyatifixU. teceuLed cut iljLelaL J) A VIES BIIOTHKRS. 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TJNCALKNDEilED PRINTING PAPfcK. 22.C00 reams of fine Printing Paper, nncab ndered, measuring 24x38 Inches, aud weiKuinit forty-tiye pounds to the ream ot WO sheets. tLAfc-S 2. CALENDERED PllIhTING PAPER. tj(W0 ri ams of superfine calendered Printing Paper, measuring 24x34 inches and weighing fifty-three pound to the ream of 501 sheets. CLASs R. SIZED AND CALENDERED PKINT. INti PA1KK. 1100 reams superfine Printing Paper, bard-aized aud supel-raleudcred, measuring 24x:i2 inches, and weiKlunR lorly-tlve pounds to tbe ream 016W sheets. CLASS 4.-MAP PAPER. MOO roam uperllne map paper, sized and callen deied, of such size as may be required, correspond ing in weight w ith paper measuring 10x24 inches, and weighing twenty-one pouud to tne ream of W) sheets, CLASS 6.-WRIHNO PAPEKS (TO BE OF ANY REQUIRED WEIGHT). 3W0 reams Quarto Poat, lOxltl inches. reams Hatcap, 13x.lG, or 14x17 Inches. )00 r ams Doublo Cap, 16U26, or 17x2i inches. 2000 roams Demy, 10x20 inches. a 00 reams Double Demv, 20x32 inches. 2)QO roams Eoiio Post, 17x22 inches. 2000 reams Double Eollo Post, 22x34 inches. 1000 reams medium 18x23 inches. 1'KjO reams royal, 19x24 inches. &)0 reams super royal, 20x28 inches. 500 reams imperial, 22x31 inches. 5000 reams of any required size not enumerated above, and not exceeding 21x40 inch 's. CLASS 6-PAPER FOR POST OFFICE BLANKS (LM.KNK blZED). 4 TO reams meaunug 22x4 inches, weighing 10 pounds oerream. 1700 reams measuring 20x32 tuclies, weighing 43 pounds per ream. 1200 reams measuring 25x30 inches, weighing 52 pounds per ream. 100 reams measuring 14x19 inches, weighing 22 connds per ream. 400 reams measuring 13x21 iuches, weighing 21 pounds tier ream. Proposals will be received lor the whole quantity or any portion, not less than one thousand reams, of the papers designated in Classes 1 and 2, and tor the whole quantity or any portion ot the papers designated In Classos 6 ana 6, being not less than one-fourth. Samples of the qualities of all the papers, in all the classes, will oe. furnished upon application at this oflioe, and tbe successful bidders wul be required rigidly to conform to the samples furnished. Inch c ass will be considered separately, and be subject to a separate contract, but bidders may offer lor one or more of the classes in the same proposal. No nronosal will Le considered unless accompanied by a guarantee that the Didder or bidders, if his or their proposal shall be accepted, will enter into an obligation, with good and sutlicient sureties, to fur nish tbe articles proposed tor; aud ecb proposal must be accompanied by satisfactory evidenoe that the person or persons making said proposal are manufacturers ot or dealers in the description of paper which he or they propose to furnish. All the paper in tbe several clas. es mu't be de livered at the Government Printing Otlice, in the city of Washington (except Class 6, which must be delivered at Buffalo, K. Y.), in good order, free from ail and every extra cliargo or expense, and subject to tbe inspection, count, weight, and mea surement of the superintendent, and be iu all respects satisfactory. 1 he supplying ol an interior article in any of the classes, er a failure to supply the quantity required at any time, will be considered a violation of the contract Blank proposals will be furnished upon applica tion at (Ms otlice, and no proposal will be considered which does not couiorm exactly therewith. Proposals will be endorsed on tbe envelope "Pro posals for Paper," and addressed, to the Joint Com mittee on Publio Printing, either to the care of Hon. H. B. Anthony, Chairman of the Senate Com mittee on Printing; Hon. A. 11. Laflin, Chairman of tne House Committee on Printing; or C. Wendell, Esq., (superintendent ot tbe Puolio Printing, Wash ington, D. C. Bv direction of tbe Joiut Committee of Congress ou Public Printing. C WENDELL, 1 21 20t Superintendent of Public Pnntiug. Gr O V E R K M K K T SAL E. The property known as the GOVERNMENT TANNERY AND STEAM. SAW MILL, with seventy-five acres ot land, near S AN AN TONIO Texan. Bcrdcd proposals, in duplicate, will be received up to thu first day oi Marco, 1867, lor the purchase of 75 acres of auo, more or less, together witn the buildings erected thereon, and the appurtenances appertaining, that is to say : One Tannery, containing twelve stone lime vats, filtv-two wooden vats, Bevon stone poois, and capabto of tanning 15,000 bides per annum. One Steam Saw Mill, capable ot sawing 3000 feet of lumber daily. Ono mall btone Building. The above property la situated about two miles above ban Antonio, on the ban Antonio river, and the water is conducted to the establishment by a rate ol hewn stone, laid in cement. The land was purchased and improvements made by tho late so-called confederate Government, and are estimated to have cost 150,000 m gold. 1 ho propeity has been under leare tor the year 1860, ai a monthly rent ot $5H), payable in advance. a secured title in fee simple wnl be given by the Uni.ed States Government. Proposals will be marked, "Proposals for Govern ment Tannery and Saw Mid," and addressed to J B. K1DDOO, Bv't Mnj.-Gen. Asst Com'n, Bureau It. and A, L., Galveston, Texas. 1 11 7w TOBOPOhALS FOR CONTINUING DELA- I WARE ivU EAK. WATER. Lmteo States Ekuinebr OrpfCK, JNO.ZUtf SOUTH MX I'll STBKKT, Philadelphia. January 7. 1807. S aled Proposals, in duplicate, with a copy of this auYtitiK-niuut attached to each, wnl be received at thi otlice until the 21st ot February, 1HU7, lor stone to t lie amount ol 807,000 (sixty-sef en thousand dol luis), lor the Delaware Breakwater. 1 lie sioue to be ot tbe hardest and most durable quality ; the delivery to commence on or about the 15i h of May, and to bo completed by the 15th ot scpiember, and ihe weekly delivery to be as nearly as posible uniform. Ot tho total amount of stone, four-fifths are re quired to be in blocks ot not loss than two tons, and one-tilth in blocks ot upwards of oue-lourth of a ton. J be stones will be subject to rigid inspection, and will be received or not, aa the Engineer, or his Bc ut. shall find them to accord, or not, as to quulny and aizo, with ihe above description. Each bid must be guaranteed by two responsible pei sols, whose signatures should be appended to the guarantee, aud who should be certified to as being good and sufficient seouiity, by the United States District Judge, Attorney, or Collector, or otlu r pubdo oflicer, A reservation of ten per centum on partial pay niuuta will be made dm ing the delivery of the sione. Envelopes to be endorsed, "Proposals for Stone for Delaware Breakwater." Bids will be opened at 12 o'clock M.. on THURS DAY, the 21st ot .February, Istii, and bidders are invited to bo present. For lurthur information, apply at this oflioe. C. SEA FORTH STEW ART, 1 8 tutbs 6w Maj. Eng. and Bvt. Lt.-Col, HARD RUBBER ARTIFICIAL I.IMUM. Anna, t.egs, Applianues lor i DelorniltT, eto eio. Tliew) Limbs are, I trsuBierred lrom liia in iorui andnt; are the lluhteat, moat durable, oouitort able. nnripnt. and artlsno substitutes jot luvenieu mer are ii"m'wi iuu doDlmi bv the United States (ioyeru- airut and our principal Hanieons. fatentad Aagust 18 ihwi ur u, 1W. y i. w k CQ No. 639 AKCH Btreet, Philadelphia. Pamphlet free. H27ui UNITED STATES REVENUE STAMPS. Principal Depot. No. aM t'H KiNUT htraou Central Depot Mo. Ill B FIFTH Htreet. one door below Chesnut EU)jll!ied iMi. Revenue Stamps ol aver) . description constaatly on band, la an auioout Ort ors by Mai promptly attended to. PROPOSALS IJKOPOSALS FOK AKlir TEANSPOHfA. ilO.V A RTaHMAflTKR.fi EWKK At. R OrKtCK, 1 VVA81UKUTOW D. c , January lr, 167 f Scaled l'roals will be leceived at thlsoiBc nntil 12 o'clock M., ou the ftUh of February, lHiif, toi tho transportation ot Mintary Supplies, during t'.e year commencing April 1, 1SH7, and euding March 81, IrtOU, on the fol owing routes; KoUlE No. 1. EroniFort McPhemon, NcbrankaTerritorr orsncti pans us mar be dotormlned upon ounn the Tear ou the Omaha hrarch ot the Union l acillo Railroad, wet ot Kurt IV r I'lirrson. or from Vort 1. minim Diikotnli Teiritorv, to such pot or depots as are now or mar be etablisiied ,n the Territory of Ne hraska, wet of longitude 102 dog., in the lenltorr of Montana, south of Ititituoo 40 dog , in the terri tory ol Dukotah, west of longttndo 104 deg., in the lerriiorrol Idaho, loutti ot latitude 4 deg, and east of longitude 114 deg , and in the lerritorios of I tali ai.d Colorado north of latituda 40 deg., in cluding, ii neccssarr. lenver City. KOLl'E No 2. I rom Kort Riley, State ot Kansas, or such polnti js may he determ ned upon during th year on the I nion Pacilio Kailroad, E. D., to auy pot or depot that are now or mav bo establihcd in tbe State of Kansas or In the Ttmtory of Colorado, south of 40 degrees north, and to Fori TJmon, hew Mexico, or other depot ;tnat may be designated in that Ter ritory, and to any other point or points on tin) route, fr ROUTE No. 8. ,,m. ort Uriion or such other depot a mar be established in the Territory of New Mexico, to any posts or stations that are or may be established in that Territory, and to such posta or stations as may be designated in the Territory or Amona, and in the State ol Texas west of longitude l)i degree?. ROUTE No. 4. From 8t. Taul, Minnesota, to snoh posta an ar now or may be established in the Mate ot Minnesota, and in tnat portion ot Dukotah Territory lying east of the Missouri river. The eight to be transported during tho veir will not exceed, on Routo No. T, 30,000,000 pounds; on Route No. 2. 20,000 000 pounds; on Home No. 8, SOCO.OOo pounds; and on Ilaute No. 4, 8,50tf,!WJ pounds. Proposals will be made for eaoh route separately. Bidders will state the rate per 100 pounds per 100 miles, at which they will transport the stores in each month of tbe year, beginning April 1, 1307. and ending March 31, 1808. Didders should giro their names in fall, as well as their places ot residence, and eaoh proposal should be accompanied by a bond in the sum of ten thousand Jf lO.oOO) dollars, signed by two or more responsible peraonx, guaranteeing that In case a contract Is awarded for the route mentioned in the proposal to the party proposing, the contract will be accepted aud entered into, and goed and f utlicitnt security furnished bv said party in accord ance with the terms of this advertisement. The contractor will be required to gi re bonds in the following amounts: On Route No 1, 250,f 00. On Route No. 2, 3),000. On Route No. a 9100,000. On Route No. 4, S60.000. Satisfactory evidence of the loyalty and solvency ot each bidder and person offered aa security wilt be required. Proposals must be endorsed "Proposals for Amy Transportation on Route No. 1, 2, 8, or 4," as tho case may be, and none will be entertained unlet they luily comply with the requirements of this ad vertisement. 'The party to whom an award is made must be pre pared to execute the contract at once, and to give the reqnired bonds lor the faithful performance ot the contract. The right to reject any and all bids that may he offered is reserved. The contractors on each route must be In readi ness lor service by the lt day of Apiii, 1407, and will be required to have a place of business or agency at which he may be communicated with promptly and readily tor Route No. 1 at Omaha, N. T. ; tor Route No. 2 at Fort Riley, Kansas; lor Route No. 8 at Fort Union, New Mexico; for Route No. 4 at 8aint Paul, Minnosota, or at such other point tor eaoh of the several routes as may be indicated as tho starting point of the route. Blank forms showing the conditions ot the con tract to be entered into for each route can be bad ou application at tbis otlice, or at the otlice ot the Quar termaster at New York, Saint Louis, Fort Leaven worth, Omaha, hanta i'e, and Fort Knolling, aud must accompany and be a part of the proposal. By order ot the Quartermaster-Soneral. ll.)tF2 ALEXANDER BLISS, Brevet Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster, U.S.A. WHISKY, BRANDY, WINE, ETC. 0 ALIFORM A WIAE COMPANY WINES, From the Vineyards of Sonoma, Lot Anglos, and Wapa Counties, California, coodut. ing of the following : WIN E BITTEK8, AM't.LlL'A, BHEKUV, ilOC'K. 4,1'SCATf L, CATAWBA, CLAKET, POUT. BitANDf,: CHA&iPAQNE These WINE8 are warranted to be the pure juice o i prape, unsurpassed by anv iu the market, and are big -recuiiuemled tor Suedicliial uud iauiily purposes. FOK HALE BY E. L. CAUFFMAN, AGENT, No. '41 North FOURTH Street I 3 thstu2m PHILADELPHIA QREAT REVOLUTION IN THE l trade of the united states Pure California Champagne, Made and prepared as Ifldone In Franoe, from pure Caifiornla Wine, and taking the place of Imported Champagne. The undersigned would call the attention o. trins Dealers and Hotel Keepers to the following letter, which may give a correct idea of the quality ot their Wloe "t ONTINKKTAL UOIEL, PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26. I860. " JfESBKo. llOLCUKU ii CO. : (.enuen.eu: Having ulven your California Cham pagne a tboiouuh test, we take pleasure In saying Mia we thtuk it tbe best American Wine we have ever used We shall at ouce place It on out bill oi tare. ours truly, J. E. KXNQsiLEY & CO. ' CALL and TKi" OCB CALlf OKMA CHAJUPAfiif BOUCHER fc CO., 11 fl tuthsSm Ho. 3t DET Btreet.New Jork. A. MAYEK, AKent. 710 SAKSOM BL, Philadelphia. JpltEDElUCK IULTZ & .CO.'S IIEST IMPORTATION 40 GALLON PACKAGES GIN. Just arrived and in bond, SO Packages 40 Gallon EX CKLS10H 8UEDAM OIN, which we are now selling the lowest figure. Wa claim to be the FIRST IMPORTERS OF I0RTY GALLON PACKAGES 6HEKUY AND TOUT WIVE. Bole Agents also lor KIVJEKE GAEDRAT A CO. 8 tot. SAC. No. HO WALNUT Street, J U va PHILADELPHIA, UNADULTERATED LIQUORS ONL KICUAHU PtNIsTAN d BTOUE AND VAULT. No. 3tl CHKMNUT HTHKKT Kearlv Opposite the Post OUlce PHILADELPHIA. -Fflmiltessupplled Orders lrom tha Country premntly attended to. 6 313 T OHDAN'S CELEBRATED TONIC ALE t) 'J his truly bealthiul and nutritious beverage, now in use by tbounanUs Invalids and others has estab lished a vharauter lor quality of material and purity of lnauuiactuie which stands unrivalled. It Is recom mended by pliysinlaus ol tills aud other places as a sup, rlor tonio, and requires but a trial to convince the moat skeptical oi lis great oierft To oe bid, wholesale and retail, off .J.JOKDAii.U KEAKBtrwt 11 7 NITED" STATES REVENUE STAMPS. Principal Depot, So. 104 CHKSNCr Street Centr.1 Depot, No. liiUB. FlFI H Street one door below , Chesnut. Kslabllithed lrtti. "" 1 Bevenue Stamps ot every description Constantly on band in any amount. timers by Mall or Express promptly attended to. 4
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