JiUliULARS.
Trom the Galaxy for August,
Burglary of the good, old-fashioned, Jack
Eheppard school lias almost gone out of date.
The modern, new-fangled, patent safes, double-
larred Jocks ana bolts, the safetr-deposit com
panies, and other obstacles which h
thrown in the way of burglars, render the
pursuit Oi that protession more dangerous than
. lucrative. Other means bv which to obtain
other people's property by force have come in
TOgue, and the "jimmy" and "dark-lantern"
professors are considered behind the age.
There are, nevertheless, still a very conside
rable number of professional burglars on the
"Sheppard lay," as it is termed, who enter
buildings by force, and forcibly break into
afes or other places where valuables
are kept. They are organized into
gangs, each gang consisting of three or
four members, and among these will almost
always be found an Englishman, who is the
ruling spirit. In these days of numerous
policemen and vigilant night watchmen, it
requires a degree of energy, intelligence,
strategy, and patience to accomplibh a remu
nerative burglary, which is found in but com
paratively few individuals. Plenty there are
who will smash a door or break a window for
the purpose of stealing a case of boots, an arm
full of dry goods, or similar small amounts;
but the number of those who plan and execute
the bold and extensive burglaries which occa
sionally startle the community, and destroy
confidence in iron safes and vaults of solid
masonry, is exceedingly limited. The bur
glars who do this work the bank burglars
make a specialty of that particular branch of
the profession, and would feel insulted if
classed among ordinary, house-breakers. As
experience, patience, and superior intelligence
are required to insure success in this branch,
it follows that the oldest and most skilful
workers in the profession are among them.
The celebrated Concord Hank robbery, per
petrated but a few months ago, will serve to
show one of the modes by which felonies of
thii character are committed. A gang of four
curgiars, resiaiug in iew lorK, ranting as
"A 1" on the records in the detective office,
and of which an Englishman was the chief,
were idly watching lor a remunerative open
ing. This bank had long been "spotted", by
them as an institution oll'ering peculiar in
ducements for business transactions, and they
resolved to open an account with it.
A shrewd young Englishman belonging to
the gang was accordingly despatched to Con
cord for the purpose of reconnoitring the
premises. Arriving there, he put up at
the best hotel in the place, registering
himself by a convenient alias, and assumed
all the airs of a "distinguished arrival."
He remained in the place over a
week, during which time he contrived to have
Borne business at the bank, and visited it seve
ral times. During these visits he not only
took a thorough survey of the premises, but
managed to secure wax impressions of the
locks to the doors, and also to the safe. Re
turning to New York, another of the gang,
skilled in such matters, manufactured from
these wax impressions a set of skeleton keys,
Which, provided they fitted the various locks,
would give the burglars access to the very
heart of the money vault. By the time every
thing was in readiness, a mouth had been con
sumed and upwards of f 1000 expended by the
gang on the enterprise.
On a certain day, their arrangements having
been all completed, the four burglars started
for Concord. When within fifteen miles of
their destination they left the train, and hiring
private conveyance, drove to Concord by did'e
xent routes, reaching there after dark. Pro
ceeding directly to the bank, the skeleton keys
were brought into requisition, and the outer
door soon yielded to their application. Two of
the burglars then entered the bank, while the
others remained on guard outside to give
warning in case of the approach of any inquisi
tive person. The Bkeleton keys worked admi
rably, a few passes of a file only being required
to make them fit the locks for which they were
intended. The vaults were soon reached and
entered, when the money and securities of the
value of half a million of dollars were at the
disposal of the enterprising "screwsmeu," as
those who work with skeleton keys are styled.
This "swag" secured, the burglars departed,
slosing and locking all doors behind them, and
laving everything, to all appearances, undis
irbed. Private conveyances were again
ought into requisition, and the burglars,
ih for himself, left Concord, and did not
9t again until after their arrival in New
k.
'ie actual time consumed in "cracking"
Concord "crib" did not exceed one hour,
rfect were all the arrangements, and so
.etly and skilfully was it done, that for a
long time after it was discovered the im
pression prevailed that it was perpetrated by
residents of the place who were familiar with
premises. The successful burglars imme
diately disposed of the available funds they
bad isecured, but the securities were not so
easily negotiated. Expert detectives were at
once engaged to trace up the stolen property,
and a large reward was offered for its recovery.
The officers soon succeeded in ascertaining to
a moral certainty who were the perpetrators
of the burglary, but could get no legal proof.
The only thing left for them to do was to nego
tiate for the return of the securities. An
agent of the burglars and the detectives, at
the instigation of the bank officers, eventually
made an arrangement by which the bank re
covered its securities and the purloiners of
them were made the richer by a bonus of
Several thousand dollars.
VJiile skeleton keys are the main reliance
r burglars in the prosecution of their nefa
rious designs, there are locks which refuse to
yield to these shadowy appliances. Some in
ventive Yankee concocted a lock for safes and
vault which has no keyhole or if it has one
It U not to be found by the uninitiated. Of
our isui.h aUurd locks as these cannot be
w7w.5.i wjiu BKeieion Keys nor "puffed"
with fcuopowW. Uut burglars are not to be
u)tu:iiM by even the cutest Yankee. To
overcome these no-keyholed and other obsti
DaU Ux.kn, they have invented what thev
trm a "hydraulic ram," by means of which
they can extemporize unlimited kwyholes in the
most obdurate fcafe. This is an instrument of
fifteen or twenty tons' power, constructed so
lightly as to be easily handled by two men. It
is supplied with a small bit for boring through
iron, and a powerful screw. A hole having
been drilled in the safe, a strong steel plate,
provided with a female screw, is then, by
means of clamps, fastened over it, forming a
solid Bhoulder for the screw, which is to do
the work required. The screw having been
fnKertttd in the TiLattt. the nower n flr.nliuil
the screw gradually works its way from the
jrum iu vue utu a. ui me cum, jjrenMea against
the heavy plates which it finds, there until, by
the continued working of the machine, the safe
is burst asunder, and its conteut subject to
tie caprice ft burglars.
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is by the use of gunpowder, which, having
been poured into the keyhole, is lgnit.-d by
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Tumuli bursts tlifl look, to the great delight
of burglars, and occasionally it brings a polao-
man ir. na nrlilll. IB Tint HO lleft(ailt fOf
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the "Peter-puflers." All safes are cailt-l
"Peters," and those who explode tkoni With
gunpowder are called "Peter-pufTwrB."
Hank burglars are the Stile of the profession,
and do not associate to any great extent with
ordinary housebreakers and rough worker.
They are lithe, active men, taking pride in
their profession, and sparing no pains to secure
a successful issue to their enterprises. A
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operating wherever a pood oonnriiinitv niWa
frequently travelling thousands of miles to
- cruujt a enu mat, promises well. They set
little value on time, but having once resolved
to rob a certain place, they will watch it for
months, if necessary, until the proper moment
arrives for the blow to be struck. Th.-r are
exceedingly wary and fertile in invention.
When the ordinary means of executing their
burglarious designs (ail, they resort to strategy.
A gang of these burglars desiring to reach
the vaults of a bank in this city, uud their
keys bavin? failed to rir them Access to it.
they rented the adjoining premises ami set up
ciouung store, receiving ttieir stock in trade
as a temporary loan from a receiver of stolen
goods. For three months they carried on au
apparently legitimate business. At the
end of that time it Was discovered nn
morninc that th lank hA 1 man mitral irk Ilia
amount of several hundred thousand dollars.
An investigation revealed the fact that the ap
parently innocent clothinc dealers hnA run a
tunnel underneath tlm i
their premises to the basement of the bank
building, and by this means had reached the
vault. The locks to this had then been blown
open with gunpowder, the valuables secured,
and a retreat etlected bv vrav of iha t
The goods had also been removed from the
clothing store, and the wily dealers had lied,
leavinir no trace behind sava tb trmnal .liotr
had excavated, and which they could not
varry wnu mem conveniently.
liurclars who succeed in effecti'mr tlion of
fensive robberies run but little risk of being
prosecuxea even n tney are lound out, for the
simple reason that the pecuniary loss which
their conviction Would entail ntmn t.lioir trin-
tims would be too treat.. A
therefore, usually effected, by which, for a
good, round bonus, the burglars surrender
such ' valuable papers or securities as they
cannot readily dispose of in any other man
ner. This is compounding a felony, certainly,
an offense for which the coudoner might be
imprisoned. Put who is there among us will
ing to sacrifice his fortune for the sake of
sending a thief to the State prison ? This class
of burglars, when caught in the act of com
mitting their depredations, do not hesitate to
use, with deadly intent, the weapons with
which they are always provided. When once
entered upon an undertaking, they would not
scruple at murder to insure success. Y'et the
most trivial circumstance the barking of a
dog, or an unexpected light displayed at a
window will deter them for the time from
commencing their enterprise.
Housebreakers are a distinct class of depre
dators, differing essentially from bank burglars.
They are mostly young Irishmen, rough and
uneducated, too lazy to earn an honest living,
and possess brutal instincts and vagabond
habits. These "rough workers," as they are
termed, spend but little time in preparing for
their nefarious transactions, but will dash
haphazard at a store or dwelling, breaking
and smashing as circumstances require. They
possess little of that skill and delicacy which
characterize the bank burglars. Sometimes a
gang take the trouble to make arrangements
for the robbery of a Btore that promises to pay
well, but usually they depend upon the
observations they have made while loitering
about the streets. Peyond ascertaining the
best mode of getting in and out, they pay
little attention to the premises they propose
to despoil, trusting to luck for all the rest. If
it be a store upon which their covetous eyes
have fallen, one of their number will
watch it for a day or two to learn the habits
of the occupants. Then at night the gang
will proceed to the place and open a door
with skeleton keys, or with a short crowbar,
called a "jimmy," pry open a shutter and
thus obtain an entrance. Once inside, to fill a
bag with rich silks, laces, or other goods, occu
pies but a few moments. Confederates watch
outside to give the alarm if danger threatens.
When the desired plunder has been secured,
word is passed to those outside to that effect,
a wagon dashes out of a side street, the
"swag'? is thrown in, the wagon drives off,
and the burglars depart in different direc
tions. Burglars always, if possible, avoid carry
ing their plunder through the streets at night.
Policemen are naturally suspicious, and in
clined to be inquisitive. Many a professor of
the "jimmy school," on being halted by an
officer, has preferred to drop his "swag," and
run away, to answering the official's inperti
nent questions. In this city, where it is
required of every policeman while walkint? his
beat at night to try every door on his post at
least twice, to examine carefully each house,
to peer into basements and to explore back
yards and alleyways, it requires considerable
strategy and finesse to commit an extensive
burglary. To break into a place is easy
enough; to get out again, and carry off a large
amount of property belonging to somebody
else, without being caught at it, is a feat more
difficult of accomplishment. Policemen who
have a proper regard for their $1200 a year are
compelled to be vigilant. Should a burglary
be committed upon the post, for the safety of
which any one of them is responsible, the offi
cer is forthwith arraigned for trial before the
Police Commissioners, charged with neglect of
duty in not knowing something about the
robbery, and hid position and salary are at
on ce placed in jeopardy.
It has transpired in several instances at
these trials of policemen that a spy, acting
with a gang of burglars, had followed him
over his entire beat, and no sooner had
he passed a given point than the bur
glars broke into tne premises, the
doors of which the officer had just
tried and found secure, liefore he would
get around to the place again the deed had
been accomplished, and the birds of prey were
flown. A few weeks since an officer saw a man
at night trying to force open a store window.
On the approach of the officer he lied, through
several back-yards, clambering over three or
four fences which he encountered, and paying
no attention to the officer's orders for him to
halt. At length the officer fired two shots at
him from his revolver, both of which took
eflect in the body of the fugitive, and brought
mm to the ground. When the officer came up
i? vm jLe founi he waa mortally wounded,
lie lived long enough, however, to admit that
he was a burglar by profession, that he had
a i 4i m , ln Ule Penitentiary, and justi
fied the officer iu killing him. Another, who
n a wholesale dry goods store, rather than be
taken by the officers, ascended to the roof of
the gur-sterj building, eliUlfttvl
Jumped to thn paTeiuent below.. , H
tnfcen tip In a horribly mangled condi
tion, ut but unconrciouH, and conveyed to
the hofpital. When com 1 insness returned,
h refiued to give his puma or any account of
bimreK, excpt that he bad but reoebtly
arrived in ice" cltr, having been In priH.m iu
another t-'tate previously. After his death,
which' occurred within a week, it was ascer
tained that h was the only brother of ode of
our prominnt city officials. . '
A favorite rune of honnebreakers is to brenk
out of a place instead of into it. This Is done
by one of the gng contriving, during the
business hours of tlie day, to secrete himself
In tome rung corner of the premises, and at
a given pignut at night to open the way for
his confederates to enter. The opportunities
for practising this species of burglary, though
comparatively few. do douit times occur.
There are iu all largn cities great nnniN-rs
of juvenile vgabonili ho are ready to com
mit any Fpecie of triine, from pilfering apples
from a tn et titan 1 to highway roblwry. The
tenement-houses of New Yotk, occupied by
the outscouriiigs of the four quarters of the
globe, are tpe lally prolific of theso young
depredators. Many of these are expert house
breakers, who beftow their attention more
particularly upou dwelling which aie tempo
rarily beieft of occupants, or which are in
course of erection. They are organized into
gangs of from six to t u, tlie apes of the mem
bers of eai h gang ranging from seven to
eighteen years. They are the boys who loiter
about the street corners, shabbily dressed,
swearing, drinking, scullling, and insulting
passers in the daytime, and iu the evening
performing their more criminal work. The
gangs are orgauized to "work" particular
neighborhoods, and they speedily become
familiar with every dwelling-house, store,
manufactory, and workshop in their district.
Their richest harvest is made in the summer,
when vacant houses are to be found iu every
block. A gang of juveniles, having anxiously
watched the summer Hitting from the houses
in the district of which it has burglarious
charge, prepare to "go through" the dwellings
of the absentees. Armed with skeleton keys
and other implements of their trade, the juve
niles assemble at night by instalments iu the
vicinity of the house selected for initiating
their enterprise. If the skeleton keys obtain
them admission, well and good; if not, they
reRort to the back-yard, where they are less
liable to be observed. They are sure to gain
an entrance in someway by forcing shutters,
or breakinar windows, or olimhiiKr ien ea mill
walls to the second-story windows. Some
times me Emanest ot tlieir number is crowded
throuch a fan-licht or
shoved down the coal-hole; one of them once
inside, the doors are opened for the remainder.
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j no uouse in meir possession, tney ransack it
from top to bottom, carrying off amli 'cht
as they desire, and in some instances return-
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lug iiigni uuernigm.
Two summers apo a riolicemnn nVIU nn i.in
post at night near St. John's Park, saw a light
Dumiug mrougu lue suuuerg oi a awelling
house, which he knew to have been closed by
its owner whiln ha miRt inntud Trill. I, la
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at the sea-shore. The officer obtained assist
ance, took the responsibility of forcing the
door, and proceeded to an investigation of the
premises. In the dining-room everything wa3
lountt in the greatest disorder. A table, loaded
with dishes and the remains of a hearty meal,
occupied the centre of the room, while the
floor was covered with broken trunks, wearing
apparel, and a conglomerate mass of house
hold goods. From cellar to garret the house
had been rnmranfed wl.ilu nn 4Via mnf 41.
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juvenile thieves were discovered hiding behind
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mo mimuojo. jli, was ascertained mat tnese
bovs. the oldest of wham
teen, belonged to a gang consisting of seven.
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iiuu iiittfc iur two weeKS mey naa xuade
this Louse their headquarters. Two other
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had entered them by passing over the roofs of
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ma imorveuiug uweinngs ana iorcing tne
scuttles. Thes two Ti
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have been robbed in a manner similar to the
nrst. vvnatever plunder they fancied, had
been taken away and converted into cash
through the medium of those receivers of
Stolen COOds who find a nrntif in
from a penny whistle to a grand piano.
Every professional burr. lap of nainni arm
has a mistress, and she not unfrequentlv cou-
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niouieu vo me geuerm iuna Dy ner dexterity
in criminal pursuits. Some of them are pick
pockets, others Klionliftara and siMiana on,. nf
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that still more degraded class to whom virtue
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uuu cuusuiy are unKnown. more lrequently
they are the deceived victims of their lovers,
taken from among the poor working girls of
our large manufactories. Sometimes the
burglar finds his Bweetheart among the nurses
or the chambermaid n. wlm
in the home circle, and often, when Bridget
nays uer --cousin-- is visiting in tne Kitchen,
she would sncnlr TYl CiVQ nmioif lw warn din.
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to sayx that her burglarious lover was
taking observations preparatory to paying
your domicile a nocturnal visit, with
a "single eye" to the spoons. Bur
glars' mistresses frequently render valua
ble assistance to their lords hvrii tmOQ.nT rf
their Stolen Property. Womnn am Tiatiimllv
shrewd at a bargain, and a pretty "moll" will
nucruw uui ui me receiver a oetter price lor
goods than could the burglar himself. Some
times they are used to "pipe" a place, the
robbery of which is contemplated, to ascertain
the habits and customs of the occupants of
the premised. Tha famaa oov a rni
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rally considered equal to the responsibility of
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needing a uecret, out a purgiar's "mou" will
suiler almost any punishment rather thau
betray the tranir to nrhich clia mill Imp
lover belong. Jealousy will sometimes
cause them to do ' this, but when it
does repentance sneedilv f..ll own tliA lmtrnvnl
and the Woman will then contradict
herself to such an extent as to deprive her
testimony of all weight. Burglars are, as a
rule, brutal in their instincts, and consequently
rough in the treatment of the women who are
so devoted to them. These women are often
faithful to their lovers, but the lovers are
always inconstancy personified.
Several years ago, at a little town near Pro
vidence, Tvhode Island, the captain of a schooner
quarrelled with his wife in such a public
manner as to be overheard by his neighbors.
A few hours later, he hastily proceeded to
Providence, went on board of his schooner,
and sailed for Virginia. Previous to sailing
upon his voyage, he purchased in Providence
two barrels of lime. Two days later, some
children gathering berries in the woods near
the captain's house were attracted by the
singular movements of a dog which accom
panied them. On proceeding to the spot
where he was barking violently and scratching
up the earth, they were horrified at discovering
the dead body of a woman partially covered
with dirt and lime. The frightened childreu
soon alarmed the neighborhood, and some
gentlemen, visiting the place indicated, re
moved the body from the ground and cleared
it of the lime, which had evidently been
sprinkled over it for the purpose of hastening
decomposition. The body was identified as
that of the captain's wife, her mother and sis
ter swearing positively to certain peculiar
marks upon it. There was no doubt but the
wotoaa h, btrcn, fguiiy jauraered, wad, under i
the circumstances, it was natural that the
hni-hnDd should be suspected of the crime.
liii.-rU were made at once to secure hia arrest,
and the police authorities of iNew York having
reVli it? l,7 telegraph, the captain Vas
apprehended ou board his own schooner iu tl,
Lower Lay. He was taken immediately to hU
home and there committed to prison, '5
with the murder of his wife WlV he ll
milted having quarrelled with he-, nd havh. J
depar ed hastily thereafter h'' dejiid T Lfi
knowledge of the manner , ' !
her death II ... . by which she met
cwnd 1t at ft 7 mallr indicte,i y
f. s havWpuv i6eSn' 'nistanoe of
body wec,.trlin,M iuKfounl Pou the
am ,-'fiLIn8 heavily against him.
wL'f.i ""J5 Wn in, rri8on a number of
Wfeks the release of the unfortunate captain
was effected ln a manner quite as astounding
as it was unexpected. This was nothing less
thau the return, in propria t-ersonw,, of the
woman who was supposed to have been mnr
dered the captain's llesh-and-blood wife. The
mother and sister who had so positively iden
tified the body of the murdered woman as that
of their relative were as much astounded a3
rejoiced, the neighbors were nonplussed, and
the captive captain was delichted at tuincr Anna
more restored to lilerty. The woman ex
plained her disappearance by saying that,
immediately after the quarrel with her hus
band and his flight, she had departed on a visit
to some friends in New Hampshire, and had
notlxard the particulars of her untimely
taking oil and me arrest or ner husband for
murder. The question then arose, Who was
the woman who had been so mysteriously
murdered, and whose body had been found in
the woods f After the lapse of five years, this
question was satisfactorily answered by a
noted burglar, who was in the custody of the
detectives of this city, lie stated that the
woman whose body was found in the woods
was the "moll" of au expert English burglar
named Collins, who had since died in State
prison. Having been irritated beyond en
durance by the ill-treatment and inconstancy
of her lover, she had, in a moment of passion,
threatened to Itetray the gang to which he
belonged. As the gang had just at that time
been engaged in transactions of a more than
ordinarily serious nature, and fearing that she
would keep her word, they had effectually
silenced her tongue by administering poison
to her, from the effects of which she (lied.
The frequency with which burglaries are
perpetrated, and the amount of property
feloniously acquired thereby, would naturally
lead to the U-lief that the profession is a lucra
tive one. This is by no means the case. In
the first place, the market is overstocked with
burglars, and there is not sufficient employ
ment for all of them. Then the property they
may become possessed of cannot be disposed
of openly, but must be transferred to a re
ceiver, and he it is who makes the large pro
fits. A gang of burglars having, for instance,
robbed a utore of ten or fifteen thousand dol
lars' worth of silks in a single night, would
seem to have done a profitable business. But
these goods must be converted into cash, and
this can only be done "at an immense sacri
fice." Of course the police are looking for
those same goods, and consequently they can
not be offered in this market. They are there
fore turned over to a receiver, who will pro
bably give the burglars two or three
thousand dollars for the entire lot. Burelars.
in thus disposing of their plunder, do
not consider so much the value of the goods as
they do the time, trouble, and expense they
have been to in getting them, and the diffi
culty in disposing of them. The receiver.
having purchased such a lot of goods, ships .
them to hia agents in different cities, where
mey wm soon after be placarded "just re
ceived from auction," or "immeuse reduction
in silk goods." Large quantities of burglars'
"swag" are disposed of at auction by wholly
innocent persons, who receive them from dis
tant cities, with orders to sell. Burglars find
no difficulty in disposing of whatever they
accumulate, there being receivers who are
ready to purchase anything, from a jack-kuife
to Government securities; but where the goods
offered are likely to occasion trouble in con
verting into cash, the burglar must be con
tent to accept whatever the receiver may oiler.
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PAKIAJK KL'JTti IN KKHS.
bldebiwrda, Kxiousloo Tithlea, Wardrobea, Boo
Cfttu., MilrMa, IxHitiAjea, ale ttlc. -
r. t-. ucftTixE,
81 . K, corner BK.COND and RACK Hirtwf.
ESTABLISHED U'J5.
A. S. ROBINSON,
French Plate Looking-Glassca,
EKGKAVIKUH, PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, KTU
Manufacturer of all kinds of
LOOUINti-ULAMI, POKTKAIT, AND PIC
No. OlO OI1KSNUT 8THI5KT
THIRD EOOR ABOVE THE fc'ONTINKN TAX
PHUJADKIiPHIA H'H
mnvFKf rath 1
PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE
lTlrT-'TrTTtT I'll
annmvn, wavwjb .,
I you want HQ extra Awulng vry cheap, let on
awning niHker. take tlie uietutura, aurt uiaktt It rrom
li.lof lfcHJ liomilul tentit, UtlWy imrcliau' d by u.
many ol wlilcti are entirely new, and 01 tlie hbi is
ounce duck. Alao. Uovemuieul Kaiblle. and HurntM
of all kuida.etc, uoveruujoul' ,,TKm a o).
K Km Nnn. Kfl and gttO Nor FUONT (Street.
GAIIDNER & FLEMING,
COACH MAKERS,
mo. iti4 fcouTii rirrii mtkket.
New and r-eeond-hontl U&rrlageH for sale. Tar
tlfulnr attention rwld to reiinlrhis. 58'u
gLATE MANTELS.
BLATE MANTELS are Dnenrpaaed lor Durability
Beauty, treugth, and G'beapueaa,
WLA1R MANTKIiB. and m.u Work Generall
Wade to order.
J. B. KIM ES A CO.,
AUGUST 12, 1867.
INSTRUCTION.
C3EAT RATIONAL TELEGRAPHIC AKD
C.OMMI.IU IAI. INMTITCTB,
NO. 710 ARCH STRKKT, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Tlie mr tliorotiKb and complete BITsINKhs CXIIi
IiKOK IN THE ilTY. Under lliu management of
tliorouRljly competent and experienced In.iructors, 11
now oilers tlie hmt jneilltlen lor obtaining a
PKAtMTCAL BUHlNKHtt KUUCATION.
Dally liiKirnctKiu given In Penmat ahip, Mtne
tuatica, Book-kerpms, and Telrgraplilug,
AC'IUAii MUslNrJ-H
In conducted upon an entirely new yntem, and one
whirb cannot bo mirpaseed by tbat ol any other col lexe
In Hie country, MiiclenlB are taught to be ne f-rellaiit
and direful, yet tl at attention la ronntantly given
wlik h elleciunlly pre ven in a waste of time aud tue
frequent occurrence of error.
hUCCKhtil HltCKf-bll BUCCEASIM
we have now In actual altendnnce nearly ONK
I1UN)RED BTUDKNTS, who will testify to tbocom
pleteneNa of our conrae, and at tbe anion lime repre
sent the confidence placed In ua by the public during
the lent three nontlii. hurrex la no loncer doubllul.
MKIU'MANTH, AND BUblN MEN in general
will iind it to their advantage to call noon ua for ready
and reliable Clerka and Huok-keeper.t we mnke no
IniHrepreseiitatlons. The TKLMI KA PH IO DEPART.
M EN 1' 1b nnder the control of Mr. Park tiprlng. who,
aa a moat complete and thorutixb operator, Is unquali
fiedly encloreed by the entire corpa of managers of the
M. esiern Union Teletrraphlo line at tl e malu olllc In
tnlaclty. ISee clrculura now ont. Twnty-three Inairu
menu couatantly in operation. Tbe best Teachers
!Iw?y,5.,n. attendance. The LAD1EH' DEPART.
f't-is I la tbe finest ln the country; over tweuty-llve
I'Bdi'' nre now In attendance.
. )N1,1DENCK-We will refund the entire charge
oi tuition to auy pupil who may be diaNatiailed wltb
laiLi. '."'"n.Bfl,r hM given two weeka taltblul
labor in either Department.
Commercial Course f ( Teieeraphio Course .fi
PAWWT-n 0-,"WH H. TAYLOR, Preeident.
fARKEK SPRINu. Vlce-Preeldenu i 11 mwltim
WANTS.
ANTED,.
AGENT! IN EVERY CITY A3UD TOWN
IN
remfijlvania and Southern Hew Jersey,
FCR TUB
D R O O K L Y N
LITE INSTJEAKCICOMPAWY
OF NEW YORK
A If o, a few good SOLICITOUS for Philadelphia.
Cell or address
E. D. COLTON,
GENERAL AGENT, .
UcJ MO. 37 HEitJT NTBEUT,
jgOOK AGENTS IN LUCK AT LAST.
The crisis la panned. The hour has come to lift the
Veil of Becresy which has hitherto enveloped theinner
history of the great civil war, and this la dune by oiler
lug: to the public General L. C. Baker's
"HISTORY OF THE SECRET SERVICE."
For thrilling Interest this book transcends all the
romances ol a thounaudy ears, and conclusively prove
that "truth Is stranger than fiction."
Agents are clearing from 2uo to 300 per month,
which we can prove to any doubting applicant. A
few more can obtain agencies iu territory yet unoccu
pied. Address
P. GARRETT A COH
NO. TO CUEHJiUT STREET,
?2tf PHILADELPHIA.
WANTED FOR THE U. S. MARINE
Corps, able-bodied MEN. Recruits, must be
able-bodied, young, unmarried men. They will be
employed In the Government Navy-yards ana ln
Ships of War on foielgn stations, for further Infor
mation apply to
JAMES LEWIS,
Captain and Kecruitlug OlUcer,
UDfmwtf No. 811 H.EAOaT bweeU
GROCERIES, ETC.
THE
" EXCELSIOR" HAMS,
SELECTED FROM THE BEST CORHT-FED
livuia. AltK OF STANDARD BEPDT1.
XlVfll AMD TIIK BEST IM TUB
WOKL1),
J. H. MICHENER & CO.
UEKERAl. PROVISION DEALERS, AN 11
t-1 'tA llSI v' THE CELEBRATED
XCELSIO It"
MlVAB-CCJiED IIABIS, TONUITES, AND
BEEE,
Nos. 142 and 144 N. FUONT Street.
Konefreiiulne unless branded "J. lLM.dc Co., EX
O-LfalOK." '
The Justly celebrated "EXCHL810R" HAMS are
uurru uf a. ji. ai. s to, tin a style peculiar to theru.
aeiws), ejpreMsly for FAMILY VHEi are of delicious
flavor; free from the uupleaaant taste of talt, and art
rououuced by cpicurut superior to auy now ollered
or aale. B ill finwain
N E w
SMCKFl) AKD SPICED SAUIOtf,
T OF THE 6EA80N.
ALUItT C. RORERTS,
Iieuler n Fine Groceries,
U 75a Corner ELEVENTH and VINE Sts.
jatakese rowenoxa. tea,
:THE FINEtiT QUALITY IMPORTED,
Emperor and other fine chop OOLONGS.
New crop YfeUNG UYIsON and GUNPOWDEJ
and genuine CH CLAN TEA.
Fur sale by the package or retail, at
J AMEN U. WEBB'S,
Corner WALNUT and EIGHTH Hta.
MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETC.
fjfiO U R N I HC MILLINERY.
ALWAYS ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT 09
MOTJIXISIjNO 1JONNETS,
AT KO. 001 WALNUT STREET.
827 6m MAD'LLE KEOCH.
HOOP SKIRTS.
HO II O O P SKIRTS, rtQQ
Ua-O IIUPK INK' "OWN makkm OajO
., PRICKS KbiDt'CKDIII
1 snoros u uiuili iiletuture to announce to our
numerous patrons ana tie publlo, Hint Iu coime.
qiiriireira siikbi decline In iloop bklrt material
toiirtlier witu our Incieaoed lociiiui-e lor ujnuuiw
lurnnt, and a strict adherence lu BUYING and
r-KLUNU for t'AMI, we aie enabled to oiler all our
JlhUV 1 1,1. KKATIlI) llGOr- bKIK'lW at Kh
fll l'L ll Ulili i. v. Ami fi iii klil.1 in ..
i v . . . . li IV in. miu vm. p.iim wilt HIWMyN.afl
bereioiore, be found lu every rcupect more deairnble.
lluop t-iklrt lu the iA.aiket, while our anaurtiutiut 1
UlieiialleU.
A io, constantly roelvlng from New York and th
Fanteru Matt lull lines ollow prlci d .skirl, at very
low prlren; amoiiK w liicli is a lot of Plaiu bklrts at
M.u li.tlnu ..... -ui IL i ?.
"'i w.r.'o,wii.i .rIIMAatxA-i mint wt
sprlniia, l uk
r-kirut uiade to order, altered, and repaired. Vhole
ale and retail, at li e l'liilntiolpliia Iloop hklrl Em-
I V.i i lHAlll ll i. . I...I w..i. M
r" ....... . ... , jo Aiivil i1 rr i . iinun covi-iiin,
I" uj rp HJL1.IAM THuPKINS.
CORN RXCIIA
HAG MAMIfilTOKV.
NOB
JOHN 1. B A 1 ii E Y tk 0 O.,
kyovau TO
N. E. Comer of AlAKHEi aud WATER Streets,
rMHiiMleipbia.
DEALERS IN UAUH A SO BAGGING '
Al avt.rv lent'rintJon. lr
Grain, Flour, bait, huper-I'lioaphal of Lime, Bone
1mui. r.iv..
Larc and small GUN N . iialm unntaully on hand.
"J1 Alao, ViOOJU 6Ai li
PROPOSALS.
I'miAniciii'iiiA Hkpot, v
T Cil'HTKHMASI'F.K'S UKFl(jE i
NO. Ilo.) OlKArtl) Ktrkft, .'
I August 10, 1W7.
FOKAOIi. -jv '
Assist.,
i
Srnlrd 1'rorosnln will l-received RttbiHOm
ni.til 12o'clock Mi, Tl'KWDAY, August uo i-i.7
for fntnlnhliiu this Iiepot Vlth Koroirs'fora
period of alx (ti) niontliH. comnienclim Hoptem
l r 1, lff7, aDd I'lidlug IheiJlliUuy ofKebruarl"
incltiHlvp, vlr. : .. i:
CUUiN, UAin, mai, act 11 STKAW
forlliouaeof aulmalH lu tbe publlo servlceat
tuts tlt pot. or at any other locinity within sixty
((H)) miles of llio City of 1'hllndelphla, whenr
Ulitrtd. mm
All grain to b of the best quality. OaUaJ
potinda to the buohfl; Corn, 5(j ooimus to ttu
biiHliol; Hoy, ft the best quality l'ennsylvauu
THiiodiv; btraw.lo be of Itye, of the best qui.
litv. AU subject to Inspection prior to delivery
rropoHBla will state ilce per Hundred pounji
for lluy tnl SI raw, and per bushel forCorn am
tints, delivered at places of consumption u
audi quuntitlea and at audi times as mnybt
ordeud. (The prlco to be Btuted both In wortii
and fluures.) , -
STATIONERY.
Healed Troposals will also be received at tiiu
Oll.ee until Vi o'clocK M., TUKSDAY, Auga,
W, 1H07, for fumihblng this Liepot with au
tlonery, for a period of one (1) year, oom,
meuclD Bepteiuber 1, 1807, and endluj; the 31s
dy olAURust, ljd, IncluMlve, viis.: ...
J'ollo I'ost I'aper, to weigh not less than 8
pounds to roam; Legal Cap Paper, to weigh net
lets than lu pounds to ream; Cap I'aper, Plait
and ltuled, to weltli not less than 14 pounds U
ream; Letter Paper, Plain and Ruled, to welgl
not 1 ms tban 12 pounds to ream; Note "Paper
Plain and Ruled, to weigh not less tban 1
pounds to ream; Envelope Paper, to weigh no
jt'Hg man iu pouuua lu ituiu; vuluiuull rrinilm
Vnnnr- Whltn r.lotllnir Hour,! al.n I'll l 7
Cap Copying Iiooks; Mlr.e, 10x11; 750 pasn
le . tuiiKfl 1 Hixr. raii
uiuuk noons, s to iz quires, uemi, nuir-bound
patent baoks, RiiNslan corners. Blank Books,)
to 6 quires, Uxl3 half roan, 20 sheets to qnlre.
Metuorandum nooks, deiul, 8vo., llubli, a
leaves. , . ,
Arnold's Fluid, Writing and Copying; Black
Ink, ,Davld's;, Carmine Ink:, "David'H," 4-oi
bottles, glass atoppers; Inkstands, gla&s, as
sorted sized; I'enFiolders, assorted: Steel Peni
"Glllott's." 202, 303, 404, 004; Steel Pens, "Harri.
sou and ijradiord's," 14, lo, 20, and 605; Lead
Pencils, "raber's," Nob. 2 and 3; Paper Kast. ni
ers. "Hamilton's" and "BoyntonV" omc
Tape, rolls, No. 23, 100 yards to roll; Order Files,
ahsorted, as per sample; Healing Wax, "best
specie bank;" Wafers. 4-oz. boxes; India Rub
ber, "Faber's Improved Artist's;" Rubber Ink
Eraser, "Faber's;" Mucilage, 4 oz., 8-oz., and
quart bottles; Gum Bunds, assorted size
erasers, "wosienuoini's;" French Violet
Copying Ink. t
Allot the above-named articles to bo of the
best quality and to be subject to Inspection.
Kami lea of the articles of Stationery bid for
must be delivered at this ofilee twenty.four
(24) hours previous to the opening of the bids.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon
sible persons, whose signatures must be ap.
pended to the bid, and certified to as being
good and sufficient security for the amount li
volved, by tbe United Slates District Judge.
Attorney, Collector, or other publlo oillcer.
Blank forms for bids can be bad on applica
tion at this office, and bidders are requested to
be present at tbe opening of the same.
The right is reserved to reject any bid deemed
too high, and no bid from a defaulting con
tractor will be received.
Endorse envelopes, "Proposals forForageand
Stationery," respectively.
By order or
Brevet MaJ.-Gen. G. H. CROSMAN,
Asst. Quartermaster-Gen. U. 8. A.
. , HENRY W. JANES,
Captain and Asst. Quartermaster,
8108t Brevet Major U. 8. A.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE DES MOINES
RAPIDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
TJ. 8. Enoinjceh'b Office,
Davknpokt, Iowa, July 24, l(j&7. j
Sealed nronncalu n Hnnn . n . ' .
celved at this office until 12 M., WEDNESDAY.
Sentember 4. 1KU7. forfiipftuoti.ici.h .u. .f
COllBtl UClinir thn nmhian Irmont ni.ll .
T . u. v. u H n mi vi iu.
Canal for the Improvement of tbe navigation
Rapids. ,
The ('arifll InthaahAniTiy 1 f
, ,7. 1 . 1 n "vv.... DVDU MIJvA UUUf
" ) " juug.exieuuirjg irom Nashville to
".i iuwo. xuv wiuiu ai. iue water surface
jnsiue me canal to be 300 (three hundred) feet
ln embankment, anil '2TM it
fifty ) leet ln excavation, and in inxo mo,u.
5 (five) feet deep. All the material excavated
from the prism of tbe canal to be used ln build
ing the embankment. The latter throughout
I,eutei P8?1 lne distance will be ibout
800 (three hundred) ieet from the Iowa shore
Where rock excavation occurs, the bottom of
the canal will have a slope of lk (one and one
half ) inches to the mile. Tbe embankment is
to be built of earth clay and rock; to be 10 (tenl
feet wide on top. including the rip-rap cover
lDg; to be 2 (two) feet above hlgh-water mark,
wnh i slopes of IU (one and one-half) base to i
(one) vertical The average thickness of the
rip-rap protection to be 2 (two aud one-half)
feet on the river side, 2 (two) feet ou the canal
side, and 1 (one) foot on lop. ,. "'""
All propositions must state tbe price at which
each and every kind of work specified ln the
proposal is to be done, and no bid will be con
sidered that Is not definite in this respect.
I he Government reserves the rlgUt to rejeot
any and all bids. J
A printed copy of this advertisement must be
attucued to each proposal. ,
Each bid must contain a written or printed
guarantee signed by two responsible persons.
Blanks for proposals of the form required,
with form of. guarantee, will be furnished at
this office on application.
The price or prices in the contract will be con
sidered as including the expense of furnishing
all the materials and performing all the work
according to the plans and specifications exhi
bited at the letting.
.oT,bi?SUre COBt of lh cAJial Is estimated at
82,068,846 (two million slxty-el.ht thousand
three hundred and forty-five). Theamouut an
proprlatf d by Congress is 8700,000 (seven hun
dred thousand dollars) the contract can only
be made to cover this amount. ;
Fifteen (15) per cent, of the amount of any
work done or materials furnished, at the con
tract price thereof, will be reserved until the
whole work which Is the subject of contract
shall be entirely completed. , .
Persons desiring further Information can
obtain tbe same by calllnir at thia ninon hA
maps, plans, specifications, ana form of nn.
tract can be consulted.
PrODOSalH inilMt ha nl1eoeuAr1 n Ova
l-v.v.. . v,.,v.v VVI 111! UUUHI-
Slirnei. anrl shniiWI hn ti,i,liuii,i i-.. -
, ' -r- -7 ... v.. .1 vi vi. v. . 1 yitran,ia JUT
work on the Improvement of th Des Moines
A.iMAJlua. II W I liNIIN
. Lleut.-Col. 85th Infantry,
7 80 4w BvfMajor-General U.a Army.
INTERNAL REVENUE' '
REVENUE STAMPS
FOR BALE AT THK . '
(
PRINCIPAL AGENCY, ;
NO. 57 MlllH TJIIIIO STREET, PHIL
A LIBERAL DISCOUNT ALLOWED.
Orderslor Stamped Checks received, and deilvered
wltb despatch
Orders by msll or impress promptly attended to.
7 291m
JACOB E. KIUCiWAT.
TAMES TV PV1MQ .nv, . , ,
KoruISS: ..hV.Vl":;??: ? W " ' auentioa , of
ami H Ak LY,""'" wlH"tonornuKiiK.s' tkoui
A.v..ADntJO OUN3 altered to
lTwt ratear 10 be' "". '6
PP. W. B. THE PET OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
m r w u
Fvrvf1U8'i,,,ATI';KT WINliOW IMHVEW.
imr. ,1 -""-"-frruiiiiiu uav nieui 10 llitir snut-,uer""e,i'"''J-faililiinetl
rlblMtns. Prli.
1 , " f'T pair. bulU everyuer, sua
A.Cliii
weigh not. jestt man li t) pounus 10 ream.'
Wlnte Knvelopes; Blue, 8x8', 4x1), 4Mxinw
C-J xl). letter Envelopes, white; size, 3,x5U
Letter Convinsr Hooks: slr.e. 0x11:' 7.10 runa.
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