6 A QUEEN'S CONFESSION. I'm failing, wanting, (tying, Without plaint or moan, Life's enchantments all around me, And the world my own. . Throned aloft in rugal splendors, , rihould not lift be nwevt ? With a crown upon my forehead, A kingdom at my feet. Every day, adoring suppliants In my presence bend: Every day, fresh throngs of suitors For my grace contend. "Wondrous fair," they call me, "fairest;" "Envy of all eyes;" I am sick at heart at listening To their flatteries. What avail the pomp and lustre Of my grand estate, "When my woman's heart amidst it Dwelleth desolate f All men's love to me is worthless, Save the love of one 1 Who could see the stars with vision Dazzled by the sun ? Kiphtand day his image haunts me; While I sleep or wake; Little dreams he of the anguish Sutfered for his sake. From his sires no borrowed glory Mending with his own, All unrivalled 'mid the famous lie stands first alone t His the greatness of a spirit Gentle, firm, and free; Grace and goodness are his titles, Manhood his degree. Were I but the lowliest maiden, Loveliest in my land, But to do him daily service Stoop to kiss his hand! Sundered are we; by the false world, Far as Kast from West; Woman's heart, what dost thou, beating In a royal breast? And so far I seem above him, While so low I lie, In the dust the merest abject Mock'd with majesty. Oh, the cruel weight of glory, Crushing out my life; The fair semblance glozing over The fierce inward strife 1 Scarce the first peal shall have sounded Of his bridal bell, Than its merry tones shall mingle With my funeral knell. Woman's life is love. A woman, If of love denied, Found a kingdom all too narrow" For my heart and died 1 "THE LEG 13US1NESS." From the Galaxy for A ugust. I hasten to assure the reader who pauses over the title of thia paper curiously, that it does not relate to anybody's patent appli ances for providing artificial legs for poor sol diers and sailors who have accidentally lost those limbs. It relates to a phase of the dramatic art. The "leg business," as known to managers, players, and dramatists, is the same thing that is known to the outer world as the "naked drama." Two classes of "female" performers are associated with the naked drama, so called. The first are a legitimate branch of the theatrical profession, and in their way are as truly artists as are musicians or actors who use their intellects. They are the ballet dancers. The theatre as legitimately deals in xnusio and dancing as it does in tragedy or comedy. Hence, the ballet is and always ha3 fceen as freely recognized by the most cultured peoples (when they approve of the theatre at all) as any other feature of the mimio world. For the dancers of the legitimate ballet I who know them as a class well have a thorough respect. They are a hard-working, ill-paid body of women, not unfrequently the sole support of entire families, and their moral characters are not one whit alTected by their line of business. The admiring public who sees the pretty pic ture they make on the stage, little knows the physical fatigue which these poor girls encoun ter in return for a few dollars a week salary from the manager, and an illiberal judgment at the hands of the audience. Few men work so hard as the ballet-girl the coryphee, who, by half-past eight in the morning, is at the theatre, clad in gauze and silk webbiug, prac tising Dirouettes, entrechats, the toe torture, and other inquisitorial exercises. I have seen these girls practise from nine o'clock in the morning until half past twelve, almost without cessation, then take a hurried lunch. sometimes eating it while Ktandintr shiverintr in their thin ' clothinc in a draughty space behind the "flota mil in bfin their labor acrain at t " 'J - c (J half-past one, and so continue till five. This is for the matinee performance; at half-past Beven that of the night commences, Unisuing, perhaps, at eleven. Ihen come undressing, re-dressing, folding, and laying away their Btago paraphernalia; for, even if not nuturally tidy (and tidiness ia the rule with them the exceptions rare), these girls must, for econo my's sake, be careful of their clothing. And go, long after midnight, the tired creatures, often laden with heavy bundles, creep list lessly into street cars, to be stared at by rude men, or, still worse, drag home through the deserted streets, alone aul unprotected, at the risk of being mistaken for traviatas of the lowest grade. With the dancer who has passed the thrysa lis ballet-girl stage, and is now a full-lledgud, liutterlly premiere, with her name large-letterod In the bills, and her engagement-papers Stamped and signed at the lawyer's, the road is not so stony. There are still briers in her path, undoubtedly; prim respectability shrinks from her contact, and the thorns of Puritanism openly lacerate her tender Mesh. I am far from placing the ballet-girl in the game rank with an intellectual player; but there are grades of quality in all fields. She is a dancer, and loves dancing as an art. That pose into which she now throws herself with such abandon is not a vile pandering to the taste of those giggling nien in the orchestra etalls, but is an etfort which, to her idea, is as loving a tribute to a beloved art as a painter's dearest pencil-touch is to hi in. I have seen these women burst into tears on leaving the stage because they had observed men laughing among themselves, rolling their eyes about, and evidently making un worthy comments on the pretty creature be fore them, whose whole soul, and whose whole body, too, was for the hour lovingly given over to Terpsichore. "It is thn, who are bad, 6aid Mademoiselle B. to me the other night; "it is not we." Those mon who have impure thoughts are the persons on whom censure from ftll-W. Ppoa tta devotees of aa ar which the dancers love and embody to the best of their ability, ami without any more idea of Impurity because of the drwfl, which is both the conventional and the only practicable one, than sculptors or painters have when they tiss the female figure ns a medium to convey their ideas of poetry to the outside world. Hut there is one pet of exponents of the "naked drama" on whom I am willing to Join with the general public in launching every 'possible invective of censuro and reproach.. I mean those women who are "neither fish, flesh, nor fowl," of the theatrical creation, who are neither actrespes, dancers, pantomimists, nor ba! let-girls, but who enjoy a celebrity more widely npread than any of these all legiti mate artists in their way could hope to attain. It is unpleasant to mention names; it is disagreeable and even dangerous to do so; but when such women as Cora Pearl, Vestvali, Menken, Kate Fisher, and their like, aro insolent enough to invade the stage, and involve in the obloquy which falls on them hundreds of pure and good women, it is time for even the most tolerant critic to express disapprobation. Whatever the private character of these women may be however good, however bad we are Justified from their public exhibitions in denouncing them ns shameless and unworthy. It is true, they make more money than any other class of "performers;" more money than the poetic Fdwin Booth; infinitely more than the intellectual E. L. Davenport. Stifle consci ence, honor, and decency, and mere money moking is easy work. These women are not devotees of any art. With the exception of Vestvali a failure on everv lvric staee. both in Europe and America they do not act, dance, sine, or mime: but thev linliit them. pelves in a way which is attractive to an in delicate taste, and their inefficiency in other regards is overlooked. With the public lies the power to correct this evil. And yet some of these women, even thoso of the class I have just mentioned, have aspira tions for higher thincs. The last ulav which I prepared lor the stage had for its heroine a woman of tender feelings, holy passions, such as every author loves to paint. After its pro duction I had many applicants for the pur chase of copies, as it was not known that the actress who originally played the piece had Obtained the exclusive right to its production. Among the applicants was a person whose name is thoroughly associated with the Ja zippa, Dick Turpin, Jack tihrppard school, and none other. I was astonished that such a woman fchould care for sin h a part. What sympathy had the J hnrh Spu with a heroine tearful. suffering, and self-denying? What was the chastening influence, of anguish and re pentance to Jack bheppard and his jolly pals who "fake away" so obstreperously in the burden of the chorus and the pockets of the unwary? I could not help expressing my astonishment at this seeming inconsistency to a person who was acquainted with my appli cant, lor l was not. "Well, you see," replied he, referring to her familiarly by her petit nom, '.Leo nates the leg business a3 much as any body, but, bless you, nothing else pays nowa days; so what can she do?" Ihe "leg business" is a business which re quires legs. That these should be naturally symmetrical is desirable, but not indispen sable, for the art of padding has reached such perfection that nature has almost been dis tanced, and stands, blushing at her own in completeness, in the background. New York can boast some artistic "paddera," and if you are curious to know where they live, what their prices are. etc.. you can co to any green-room and find their business cards stuck about in the frames of the looking glasses, in the joints of the ga3 burners, and sometimes lying on the top of the sacred cast-case itself. Strange to say, however, that Holy of Holies, the city of Philadelphia, bears oil' the palm in the pad-making art. Thus the New Jersey railways are fre quently enriched by the precious freight of penitential Mazeppas, going on pilgrim ages to the padding Mecca. It is generally supposed that padding is only employed in the enlarging and beautifying of the calf of the leg, but this is a mistake. Such little inaccuracies as knock-knees and bow-legs, trilling errata in nature's original edition, remarkable for their frequency in the human family, especially in those misguided members of it who have rashly chosen the stage as a vocation, are nimbly rectified by the pad- prolessor. I saw a letter irom one of these the other day, which may be worth producing here for the sake of its ludicrousness. That it is a genuine document, I pledge my word. It ran thus : PlIILADELFfA. Mam: Them tites Is finished your nees will be all O K when you get them on. Bad lluers is all plaid out now they will caust 9 dollei. It would seem that the nine dollars capital, a couple of yards of white muslin, and the outer "tites" are all that is required of the followers of the Mazeppa school. Of personal beauty, they have often little; of intellectu ality, of comprehension, of grace, genius, poetry, less; and of talent, none. When the part they portray calls for the speaking of words, we lift our hands in blank astonish ment that any creature with audacity enough to assume such a position, can have so little ability to fill it. The money the Mazeppas make is some thing quite astonishing. Ten thousand dollars "share" for a month's engagement was paid, but a short time ago, to one of the most at tractive of the "French Spies." In less than two months after, she was obliged to borrow money to pay her hotel bill. "Easy come, easy go," is a proverb which must have been made for these women. It is not strange, per haps, that they should have implicit luith in the potency of King Greenback, and oiler him with little delicacy to gain that always-desirod end Haltering comments in the newspapers I have an editorial friend, of an extremely conscientious turn of mind, who was coolly asked by a Mazeppa if he would not take up the cudgels of criticism lor her, as against another local paper, at the same time drawing from her pocket an immense roll of bills, and asking him to "take what he wanted." He complied with her request; for he wanted nothinir that savored of bribery, ami he took "what he wanted." Theie are those who understand rather bet ter the delicate ait of administering the critic- douceur. One such, on coming to iNew iork for the first time, hearing that to mollify Mug gins was indispensable to her success, sat down, after much deliberation, and mailed him a black letter, or blackmailed him a white letter, inclosing a fifty dollar bill, and a trans parent cloak for bribery in the shape ot a re- queht that he would send her one stanza of song of his own brilliant composition (he hav ing never written a line of verse in his life). leavii g the subject, air. metre, and sentiment open to his diiicrimiuatintr judgment. The lift v dollar bill was never heard of more, bn the four lines of tender thought which tol lowed, were sent to her address: Ant" know a bunk" (note). Conic, love, come, where the rose blow, n ml the impels tuna tlieir radiant hair, i A 1 ere i lie zi iivrs sigh to the far-oir zones, ,i,d the sheping seas swell on the air. I. llow'n that? , If the stage could but bo rid of the Mazeppa courge, there in no reason why it ehoulcl tt form as good a channel for gifted and intelli reut young women to gaiua livelihood by honest exertion as any other. Openings for women are few enough, as governesses, aui scboolmiptresfes, and uliirtmakers, and hoop skirt drudges will testily. Hut worse slavery than any of thc-o, or even than that of the factory-girls in the Lowell mills, is the thral dom of. waiting to be married to have one's board and lodging paid. A woman should have her destiny in her own hands as com pletely as a man has his, and the first boon that should be vouchsafed her is the happy knowledge that, before she lies down at night, f-he may really thank her Maker, Rnd not her husband, for having given her this day her daily bread. " The ftage, even in its poorest- n&ul del ailments, will permit tins; and there fore 1 cannot feel that 1 am wrong in advoca ting its adoption by honest-minded, well behaved, and intelligent young women. The drama, for good or bad, is an immense power. I agree with Jiarry Cornwall when he says there is nothing in light literature so powerful, and that there is a greater scope for excellence in this than in any other branch of literature. "For it ought to embody the genius oratory with the poetic spirit; the soaring of the lyric with epic majesty; the sentiment of ronian' e; the music of song; the strength and indignation of satire; with the moral that should belong to all." It is for the people to determine whether tliiH shall be. If thev will but five their an im port to this species of dramatic entertainment, there is little iloui't that earnest eilorts to lur- sh such will be made. Hut the major ity will always triumph. An American manager could scarcely be an American, if with him the god-like voice were not that of the mass. It shall be as Mr. Mass says. Either ballet, or heroic verse; the "leg busi ness" or the brain business; and the paid money will indicate the made choice. Do not expect more self-denying virtue from Boxlettei of the theatre than from Stoxiobber of Wall street. Loth want money, and both will "make" it. 1 am far from being the apologist of the manager, be it understood. The same pology can be made for the Mazeppas them selves. The whole thine is in the last decree isreputable. but the only remedy lies in making the tide of public opinion set against it as 1 believe it ultimately will. Olive Louan. SUMMER RESORTS. 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The decision, of the I oniuiis.ioN can be conauitea, and aujr mjornjtivU KaMduif Utt law IcuowluUj firta mm JNSU P. ANC E C 0 PA , N i S. pvTLAWAKb. .ULit-'ni, sai-mj ltlL J HAM . tU.i'Ai V, iUb.,rpoiieU y llie L u- latiire ot Pennsylvania. !'. Office, 8. E. corner of 1 H1RD an d Vi A LNCT Streets MAKTNF, IIl. KANCfl". Vessels. carK'-'. and treicnt, lo ail psrisot thewoild. Il 1X11 I V I ' 11 A 1 ' 1'S on tio'di by river, canal, Istte, and land carriage, to all part ot in i '"on. FI itK ICUANCES On merchsndle ireneraliy. n Stores, Uweillug Jlouses.etO ASWKTS OF Til K COMPANY, Novinaier 1. ! '. luo.oei oi mines o I or t.eov jymu, IV1...... 12u,(KiO Cn'i' ut-iatea 6 Per Ceni. Loan, l.vil 2i,iiX t'nited Males 7 s-10 1'er Cent. Loan. Treasury No:es 12o,t0 City of Philadelphia Per Cent. Loan (exeuir'ki) M.OOO State of feunsylvania I Per Cent. loan M.0O0 Hale of Pennsylvania 6 Per I ent. Loan RO.OHO Biatn at New Jersey tsix Per Cent, Ian. M 20.COO Pennsylvania Railroad, 1st JilortKaKe, Blx Per Cent. IlOIKlH 25,800 PeniiRj ivanla Railroad, '2.1 MortuaRe, Ml Per Cent, Bonos o,ipO Western i'enuny Ivania Kail road Wji per Cent. Homls (l ennsylvaula Railroad Kua- rameeij oO.onofciate ol 'l eunesaee Fie Per , ,J, Cent. Loan 7,uou biate ot 'ieunessee fcllx Per t eni. Loai 15W) 8l Khiires 8toclt df'tierTuBU- " 0s Company (piltie.ipal and Interest auurauietd by 7 lm i Clty "r lh!WlphlH) , 750 l i.i Hliares Bloi-k of Pennsvlva Lsllroad Company 2o Mi s?.ylXB"la KHllrn Company. Ai.fXK)gii M.ares buck of Phlla.lel Plna and fciouttiera Mall io- iw. '""""hlp Company is.i.80. I oars on llond ami Mortgaite. la' Lleus on City Property..-. ll.W5.0oo par. Market value.." 114,H.ill tKi 136,51 0'W 211.&00-00 m.Kftl'M) B4,7U(l,O0 44.H2t.-00 B0.750"00 O4,2o0-O0 0,750-Ue 18,111(1-00 4O'O0 15,0(10-0 8.9.W00 10.000-00 19S.9O0-0II 1,I70,'SO'75 88,HOU'00 27,837-20 Real Ketate............. ... Rilis receivable for' lusuraiicc made Balance due at atfe'iicies.' pre miums on Marine Policies, Accrued interest, and other debis due to the Company tcrlp and Stock of sundry Insu rnuce and other Oonipaules, ?."il"8. Pjitimated value Cesh in Hunk ,fsll,lo''28 Caih In Lrawer 447-14 88,a23-s0 2,3O-O0 41,MO'0li l,u7,:i2!l Thls being a new enterprise, the Par "w assoUJeU no w.c &unr&tiL value. 1 homas (.;. liand. Ham pel K blokes, Henry iuau, William u. iiuulton, Kdward Karlurglou. Jn. Jones l.rooke, Kdwaid Lalourcade, J icob P. Jones, jmes K. McFarland, .lu.-liuu p. pyre, l em er Af cllv alii, I. H. eiuple, Pittsburg, A. ii lleI(;i r. " I). 'L. Alom'an, " '.4eoii,e W. lu ri.'ftrdou. otiu C. LaviB, Fdmund A. bonder, lueoiihllus Paulding, Johu K. I'eurose, Jauies Ti tuinalr, Henry C. Lallelt, Jr., James C. llann, V liliam C. Ludwit, Joseph it. beal, OeoriieO. Lclper, Hutth I ruin, Johu 1). 'laylor, Jacob Kitgii, THOMAS C. II AN l, Prosldent. JulIN c. IvVit Hfnry Ltlhi'Kn, Secretary. Vice Preideul. 18 1829 UKARTFR PEJIPKTUAI,. Fiankiin Fire ii.surauec Co. OF 1UILA1ELPU1A. OFFICE! SOS. 485 ASl 487 CTUAMJT NTUE1.T. ASSETS OS JANUARY 1, 1U7, 9,133.146-13. t apital ............... ...,W'Wi Accruea burpius tMii,7i w Preiuiums.... ............. l,2U6.4il2'15 O btTTLKI) CLAlild. IN COilK FOB 1M, 27.il-ia IJio.llOC. LOKMES1 PAID S1MCE OVER 93.5UO.UUO. Perpetual and Temporary policies on Liberal Terms DIULCTOKS. I narlesN. Banckeri Ueorce Falea, Uuoitiu w ugner, baniuel (irant (ieorifeW, Kichardt Allied Fitler, Francis W. Lewis, Ji. 1), Peter iicCall, Thomas bparka. Isaac Lea, CHAKLJUi N. BANCKKK. President. OPOKOH. FALF.H, Vice-President, J. W. ilcALLlbT2.lv. (secretary pro tout. L31 tl231 JAKIi A LIFE POLICY IN XHE BROOKLYN LIIE IKSUEANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK. OFFICE: E. 13. COLTOH, CiEMEBAL AOEMT. PliOVlDtM' LliE AND TKUbT COilPANY OF fUlLdhKLfhU, No. Ill boulh X ULX.'lit btieet, INCOitPOttATlvlJ Hd ilOtiTaHal, 156. CAPl'l AL, tlon.OWi, PAIO 1JS. Insurance ou Lives, by Yearly premiums; or by 8. 10 or iu year premiums, Nou-iorieiture. A u unities granted ou lavurable teima. 'lei m Policies, Chiiuieu's F.nUowmeuts. 'lb is C ompany, while giving the insured the security Of a paid-up Capital, wltl divide the entile, pi oil La ol the Lite business among It policy holders, iloneys received at Interest, and paid on demand. Authorized by charier lo execute t rusts, aud to act as F.xecutor or Administrator, Assignee orUuaruiun, aud in other hduciary capacities, uuder appululmeuc ol any Court of this Commonwealth, or any pursuit or persons, or bodies politic or corporate. 1IIKLC1UUK. BAMCELK.SUIPLLY, , II tMRT HAINKS, JObH LA H. llOKKla, T. VV lbTAK llUOWN, ItlLllAliL WOOD, V. C. LONUbtUKTH, K1CHA1U) CAUBCltV, fcVILI.lAM. HACJtiOt, I llAltLFJS f . Ct.l-FIN. 8AM UKL K. bHlPLJiY. ltOWLAJND PAKRY, PreMdeut. Actuary, WM. C. LONGbTLLl 11, Vice President. TUOMAb VVloTAK. M. L J. JU. TOWN8END. 77) Medical i.xaminer. Legal Adviser. Lj-lltfi INbLKANCK H.XCLLVS1VELY. THE JD PFNb YLVAN1A FJKH. lNbUKANCK COM PANY Incorporated ma Charter Perpetual No, bin WALNUT blieet, opposite iudepeudeuce bquare. This Company, laoralny known lo llie community tor over forty years, continues to insure against loss or damage by tire on Public or Private. Buildings, either permaueutiy or for a limited time. Also, on p uruiture, blocks of Goods, and Merchandise gene rally, ou liberal terms. '1 heir Capital, together with a lares wurplua Fund, Is invested in the most careiul mauui r, which euablea them lo olli-r to the lusured au undoubted security in the caac of losa, . UIKKCTOHS. Daniel Smith, Jr., John Peverenx. Alexander Lemon, Thuuias bmilh, Henry Lewis, J. Oilllnuiiaiii Fell. J suae liaxienurni, Thomas itobbtus, jjauiei riauoocic, Jr. LAN ILL b.M IT II, Ja President, Wtr.T.lAM O. Cbiih ki.l. Hecreiary. Hii P II (F.N IX IN8UKANUE COMPANY OF PltlLACKLPHlA. INCOKPOHATF1) 18U4-CHARTKB PFHPKTTJAL, No. 2-4 WALNUT btreet, opposite the Kxchaiige. In audition to MAKI.NK aud IX LAND i.NnUlt ANCK, this Company lusuros Irom loss or daimt,-s by F1KK tor liberal terms ou buildings, merchandise, lurmtiire, etc , lor limited periods, and permaueutiy ou buildings, by del osilol premium. The Company has been in active operation for mora tbau (SIXTY YKA K-S, during which all lueses have been promptly adjusted and paid, IHUhl TO Hi. John L. Hodge, i Jjwrence Lewis, Jr. hi. B. Mahony. liavld Lewis. Joiiu T. Lewis, William 8. Orant, Kobert W. Learning-, I). Clark Wharton, Itenjamin Kttlnr. Th(mus II. Powers, A. U, alcHenry, Ftliuuiid Castlllon, batnuei vv ucox, t.ouis k morris. JOHN WTJCAt KKKIL PrtUnL Bauvh, WlCvJti bwetry Yir'AMtS. K U R A f 4 C F COMPANY WORTH AMERICA. .. it nil';, No. WAi.Ni i r., Philadelphia N(tKPOKATP.D 17M. I IIAKTKR 1'KnPKTUAX AI'lTAl., 500,UU. KHHtoT. JAKI AKI , 17, 1.7SI7S InSIIKIS M Air I fX E, I THAKsr IAJIIM Rlitia"MB, hiaacTon". ' Arl . ir U. Cottlii, eorgL, UarrtMoo. bauiuel W. Jones, Johu A. Brown, Charies '1 ay lor, A uibrose W bite, pn hard 1. Wood, W IlliHin VV elsh, b. Morris Vt alii, Francis K. Coimv Klward 11. T roller, Knward b. Clark, William CunimiriKs, T. Charltou Uenry? Allreil 1). Jmhsuu, John P. White. Johu Maaun, Louis C. Madeira. ARTHUR O. COFFIN, President ( imtu.km PtATT.becrelaiy. u. ii i.iaM HLFJlLKlt. Harrlsbnre. Pa,. Oentra Ageutior tliehtateof Penntylvanln. 1161 Q.1RAKD 1'IRE AND MARINE INSIJHANCK COMPANY, (No. 030) K. K. COR. CH1.SJNUT AfiL SUVJiiMTU BTB. PlllL.M'kl.l'BIA. CAPITA I. AM Sl lll-LI S OVm S0,004I in4k.ue h ism, ioa. fca4. Losses Paid aud Accrued In let, 17.000 tf which amonnt net K remain nnpnida. thlsdauj f liiMKO v ol properly lias ueen succewsiuuy insureq by tln ompiiuy In thirieeu years, aud JiJght Hun dred Lossua by Fire promptly paid, t D1HF.CTORS. 1 homas raveu bllas Y erkea, Jr., Alired b, i.iileit, N. 8 Lawrence, Charles I. Dupunt, Henry F. Keuuey, Futm.iu Hhe)pard 'I homss MacAellar, John Mu nli e. John Ml. laghorn Josctih Klantt. M. I). 'i HOMAs HAVEN, President A. . GILLETT, Ice-Presldenu tainml JAW Kb B. ALVORD, 8ecreta. ENGINES, MACHINERY, ETC -rfrfr-x 1 K N N bTEAJI ENGINE AN1 K ,' i ..BOi Lh.lt WOUM.O.-NKAF1K A LKVY. 1 Uac I ILAL ANJJ THLOUF.T1CAL KNUlNKKittj. M lAtll LNlb'lb, LOlLhiK - MAJiKJhls, MLACK B.dlliio, and fOlMii.KS, uaviug lor many years oueu in successlui operation, aud been exclusive! p eLKi'keU in builuing aud repaiihig Marine aud Klver Knglnes, hiKh aud iow-pretaure, Iron Boilers, Watei Tanks, Propellers, etc. etc., respectfully oiler their Services to the public as being luliy prepared to con tract tor engines of all si.es, Marine, Klver, and stationary; havlugsetsol putlerns of oltlereut bl, are inepured to executu orders with quick despatch. Avery description ot patteru-mnklng made at tits bhortest notice. JllKh and Low-pressure Flue, 'tubular, and cylinder oll rs, oi the beet Pennsyl vania cuarcoal iron. PorgiiiKSof all sixes aud kinds: lion and Brais Castings ot ail descriptions; KolJ i uriiliig, bciew CuttiiiK, and ail other work connected with liie above busiuess. Lrawliifc aud specihcatlons for all work son at the esiaoltshmeut free ol cuargo, aud work guar. v.uU'ed. 'the suOscriricTs have ample wharf-dock room ftx n puirs ol bouts, where Ihey can he lu peneel safety ,.ud are proviued with slieurs, blocks, tails, eta. eta, tor raising havy or light weihu. Id COB C. NKAFia. Jim n p 1 . ! u v 8 211 BKACH aud rALMtH (Streets. J. VAL'UUiN MliltitICK, WILLIAM HMJiflJXK iOMS It. COPlt. SOL'lllWAEK FOLMItY, FIFTH ASD W ABHINUTON btreets, PHlLAOKl.PHlA. MLKK1CK OL bON8. ALNCilNKF.KH ANL MAClilNISl-h, i manufacture High and Low Pressure fctteam KnElnea ;oi La no, ltiver, aud Marine Service. Louera, Cianotoeters, Tanks, Iron Boats, 8 to. Caatiuhb ot all kinds, either Iron or brass. Iron P rame Koois tor Oas Works, Workshops, and Kail road blat Ions, etc Keiorts aud Oas Machinery, of the latest and most improved construction. i-vexy deacniillou ot Plantation Machinery, and bugar, Saw, aud Grist Mills, Vacuuxu Pans, Open h Irani Trains, Lefecalora, Fillers, Pumpiug Jia giues, etc. bole Agents for N. Billeui's Patent Bugar Bolllnc Apparatus, Nesinyib's Patent bteam Hammer, ana Aspinwall t Woolsey's Patent Centrifugal bugar Draining Machine. CM B I V E ti'h V K (J A1ACHLNJB W0KK8 OFFICk, No, 66 N. FltONT UTRKST, miLAOlCLf HIA. We are prepared to tlli orders to any extent for oar well-known MACHLNKRY FOR COTTON AND WOOLLEN MILLS, Including all recent Improvements In Carding, Spin ning, and Weaving. - We invite the attention ot manufacturers to oar ex tensive worts. H ALFRED JKNKii A BOW, FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES C. L. MAISER. MAKCrACTUBKB OV ( FIBE IMD IlIJUULABPBOOr SAFES, ; LOCKfcmTII, KELL-nANUEU, AND HEALEB1N BV1LI HAKDWAKE, Bj MO. 4H BACK NTItKKT, A LAEGE ASSORTMENT OF FIRE and Burular-proof 8AFK8 on band, with Inside doors. Dwelling -house bales, free from damunesa. Prices low. C. UANNENFWHUEK, 5 No. 4Z4 VLNK btreet PROPOSALS, IMPROVEMENT OP THE DES MOTNE3 KAPID8 OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVEB. U. S. Enuin mat's Okkick, Davkni-okt, Iowa, July 21, lhCT.f Sealed proposals, In duplicate, will be re ceived at thin ofllce ontll Yl M., WEDNESDAY, September 4,1807, lor excavating the prima ana Iwuol. uviiuk .no cujunu.iuvub WHU OI luO iCnrial lor the Improvement of the navigation . f . V I II I.I ... . . . L . I . . . mo iujD.iDoii uvDi hi, tut) ijes laoiueti Rapids. The Canal Is to be about 7V (seven and one hull) miles lonff. extending from Nashville to Keoknk, Iowa. The width at the water surface Inside the canal to be 800 (three hundred) feet lu embankment, and 2M (two hundred and fifty; leet In excavation, and In low water to be 5 (live) feet deep. All the material excavated from the prism ot the canal to be used la build Ing the embankment. The latter throughout the greater part of the distance will be about 300 (three hundred) feet from the Iowa shore. Where rock excavation occurs, the bottom oi the canal will have a slope of (one aud one half) Inches to the mile. The embankment la to be built of earth clay and rock; to be 10 (ten) feet wide on lop. Including the rip-rap cover lng; to be 2 (two) feet above high-water mark, with slopes of Z (one and one-half) base to i (one) vertical. The average thickness of the rip-rap protection to be (two aud one-half) fcetou the river side, 2 (two) feet on the canal bide, and 1 (uue) foot ou top. AU propositions must state the prJceat which eachuud every klud of work specified In . the; propot-ul is to be done, aud no bid will be con sldeied that ia not definite In this respect. : The Government reserves the right to reject any anil all bids. , si. A printed copy of this advertisement must ba attached to eueu proposal. . - " Each bid in us t contain a written or prin ted guarantee slKued by two responsible persons. 1 Ianks for proposals of the form required. ?!.Viu4!!.rm0' K"Hrunte. Will be furnished at this ofllce on application. The price or prices in the contract will be con- PTseTi'?Uf-riwr?'",t,mithe c,anal estimated at thieehnn 2 J1,"0." 5Xy-eIslit lliousand tiiiee ntimired and forty-tive). TiinHmonnt n. propriaUd by Cor. a Wis 7ub.ofiO Iseveu htm- v.f. lo,covt'i tl'is amount. wrewt'iJi. (15) ,)er ctllU i l Uie amount of any work done or materials furnished at the otm- wZ ffi V. be vedH utuirthe Stall ten.WvV:.,".,?.,'ulJuot of slinll be entirely coiiinlm..,! obtain . ? .Blrl,U8 t"rlhor Information can ml n l?UebLcn"ln atthltt ollice. where tract, r.? 1 BPe'n-uiious, una form ol con it act can be consulted. sluneJiT.'l '?UHl. .b.u "iJ'fed to the nnder w?!t..f should be eudorsud "Pr..Kals for Vu..7i .i lhe improvement of the Ues Molnsa 1,aI,ldM- J. It. WILSON, ,M. A Lleut.-Col. 86th Infantry, 7 80 4Yf 5yf Majgr-Uenerui U. . AiiXT ltil!rirttv.t
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