UAWTUORNK IN THE BOSTON CUSTOM-HOUSE.
Kxtrac( From Ills Frtvat Letters.
lkBTQif, July 3, 1S39. I do not moan to im
ply that I am unhappy or discontented; for
this is not the case. My life only is a burden
in the same way that it is to every toilsome
man, and mine is a healthy weariness, such as
needs only a night's Bleep to remove it. But
henceforth forever I shall be entitled to call
the sons of toil my brethren, and shall know
how to sympathize with them; seeing that I
likewise have ruen at the dawn, and borne
the fervor of the midday snn, nor tamed my
heavy fooUteps homeward till eventide. Years
hence, perhaps, the e xperience that my heart
fs acquiring now will llow out in truth and
wiBdum.
AngviBt27. I have been stationed all day
at the end of Long Wharf, and I rather think
that I had the most eligible situation of any
body in lionton. I was aware that it must be
intensely hot in the midst of the city; but
there was only a short space of uncomfortable
heat in my region, half-way towards the centre
cf the harbor; and almost all the time there
was a pure aud delightful breeze, fluttering
and palpitating, sometimes shyly kissing my
brt.w, then dying away, aud then rushing
nj on me in livelier sport, so that I was fain to
seitle my straw hat more tightly upon my
head. Late in the afternoon there was a sunny
shower, which came down so like a benedic-
tiin, that it seemed ungrateful to take shelter
in the cabin or to pnt up an umbrella. Then
tbere was a rainbow, or a large segment of
ore, go exceedingly brilliant, and of such long
endurance, that I almost fancied it was stained
into the sky, au 1 would continue there per
manently. And there were clouds floating all
about, great clouds, and small, of all glorious
and lovely hues (save that imperial crimson
which was revealed to our united gaze so
glorious, indeed, and so lovely, that I had a
fantasy of heaven's being broken into fleecy
fragments, and dispersed through space, with
its blest inhabitants dwelling blissfully upon
those scattered islands.
February 7, lt40. What beautiful weather
this is I beautiful, at least, so fir as sun, sky,
and atmosphere are concerned, though a poor,
wingless biped is sometimes constrained to
wish that he conld raise himself a little above
the earth. llow much mud and mire, how
many pools of unclean water, how many slip-
V pery footsteps, and perchance heavy tumbles,
might be avoided, if we could but tread six
inches above the eruit of this world 1 Physi
cally, we cannot do this ; our bodies cannot ;
but it seems to me that our hearts and minds
may keep themselves above moral mad-puddles
and other discomforts of the soul's path
way. February II I have been measuring coal
all day on board of a black little British
schooner, in a dismal dock at the north end of
the city. Most of the time, I paced the deck to
keep myself warm, for the wind (northeast, I
believe) blew up through the dock as if it had
been the pipe of a pair of bellows. The vessel
lying deep between two wharves, there was
no more delightful prospect on the right hand
amd on the left than the posts and timbers,
half immersed in the water, and covered with
-ice which the rising and falling of successive
tides had left upon them, so that they looked
like immense icicles. Aoross the water, how
ever, not more than half a mile off, appeared
the Bunker 11 ill Monument; and, what inte-
j- rested me considerably more, a church-steeple,
wun tne mai or a ciock upon it, whereby 1 was
enabled to measure the march of the weary
hours. Sometimes I descended into the dirty
little cabin ef the schooner, and warmed my
self by a red hot stove, among biscuit barrels,
pots and kettles, sea-chests, and innumerable
lumber of all sorts my olfactories, meanwhile,
being greatly refreshed by the odor of a pipe
which the captain or some one of his crew
was smoking. But at last came the sunset,
with delicate clouds, and a purple light upon
the islands; and 1 blessed it, because it was
the signal of my release.
February 12. All day long again have I
been engaged in a very black business as
black as a coal and though my face
and , hands have undergone a
.thorough purification, I feel not
altogether fit to hold communion with doves.
Methinks my profession is somewhat akin to
that of a chimney-sweeper; but the latter has
the advantage over me, because, after climb
ing up through the darksome flue of the
chimney, he emerges into the midst of the
gdldt)n air, and sings out his melodies far
over the heads of the whole tribe of weary
earth-plodders. My toil to-day has been cold
and dull enough; nevertheless, I was neither
cold nor dull.
- March 15. I pray that in one year more I
may find some way of escaping from this un
blessed Cnstom House, for it is a very grievous
thraldom. I do detest all offices all, at least,
that are held on a political tonnre. And I
want nothing to do with politicians. Their
hearts wither away, and die out of their
bodies. Their consciences are turned to India
rubber, or to some substance as black as that,
and which will stretoh as much. One thing,
if no more, I have gained by my Custom
lIoune experience to know a politician. It is
a knowledge which no previous thought or
power of sympathy could have taught me, be
cause the animal, or the machine rather, is
not in nature.
March 28. I do think that it is the doom
laid upon me of murdering so many of the
brightest hours of the day at the Custom
House, that makes such havoo with my wits;
for here I am again trying to write worthily,
.... yet with a sense as if all the noblest
part of man had been left out of my composi
tion, or had decayed out of it, since my nature
was given to my own keeping Never
comes any bird of Paradise into that dismal
region. A salt, or even a coal ship, is ten
million times preferable; for there the sky Li
above me, and the fresh breeze around me,
and my thoughts, having hardly anything to
do with my occupation, are as free as air.
Nevertheless, you are not to fancy
that the above paragraph gives a cor
rect idea of my mental aud spiritual state. . . .
It is only once in a while that the image and
desire of a better and happier life makes me
feel the iron of my chain; for, after all, a
human spirit may find no insulnciency of
food fit for it, even in the Custom-House. And
with such materials as these, I do think and
feel and learn things that are worth knowing,
and which I should not know unless I had
learned them there, so that the present por
tion of my life shall not be quite left out of
the sum of my real existenoe It is
good for me, on many accounts, that my life
has had this passage in it. I know much
more than I did a year ago. I have a stronger
sense of power to act as a man amongst men.
I have gained worldly wisdom also that is not
altogether of this world. And when I qnit
this earthly cavern where I am now buried,
nothing will cling to me that ought to be left
behind. Men will not perceive, I trust, by my
look, or the tenor of my thoughts and feeling i,
that 1 have Veeii a Custom House otlloer.
April 7. It appears to me to have bona
the mortt uncomfortable day that ever
was indicted ou poor mortals
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,
Besides the bleak, unkindly air, I bare
been plagued by two sets of coal-chov-ellers
at the same time, and have been obliged
to keep two separate tallies simultaneously.
But I was conscious that all this was merely a
vibion and a fantasy, and that, in reality, I
was not half frozen by the bitter blast, nor
toimented by those grimy coal-heavers, but
that I was basking quietly in the sunshine of
eternity Any sort of bodily and
earthly torment may serve to make us sen
sible that we have a soul that is not within
the jurisdiction of such shadowy demons it
separates the immortal within ns from the
mortal. But the wind has blown my brains
into such confusion that I oannot philosophize
now.
April 10 What a beatiMful
day was yesterday. My spirit rebelled
against being confined in my darksome dun
geon at the Custom House. It seemed a sin,
a murder of tne Joyful young day a
quenching of the sunshine. Nevertheless,
there I was kept a prlpouer till it was too late
to fling myeelf on a gentle wind, and be blown
away into the country When I shall
be again free, I will enjoy all things with tbe
fresh simplicity of a child of five years old. I
shall grow young again, made all over anew.
I will go forth and stand in a summer shower,
and all tbe worldly dust that has collected on
me shall be washed away at once, and my
heart will be like a bank of fresh flowers for
the weary to rest upon, t . . .
C P. M. I went oat to walk about an hoar
ago, and found it very pleasant, though there
was a somewhat cool wind. I went round and
across the Common, and stood on the highest
point of it, where I could see miles and miles
into the country- Blessed be (iod for this
green tract, and the view which it affords,
whereby we poor citizens may be put in mind,
sometimes, that all His earth is not composed
of blocks of brick houses, and of stone or
wooden pavements I Blessed be God for the
sky, too, though the smoke of the city may
somewhat change its aspect; but still it is
better than if each street were covered over
with a roof. There were a good many people
walking on the Mall mechanics apparently,
and shopkeepers' clerks, with their wives;
and boys were rolling on the grass, and I
would have liked to lie down and roll too.
April 30 .... I arose this morning, feeling
more elastic than I have throughout the
winter; for the breathing of the ocean air has
wrought a very beneficial effect What
a beautiful, most beautiful afternoon this
has been 1 It was a real happiness to live.
If I had been merely a vegetable a
hawthorn bush, for instance I must
have been happy in such an air and
sunshine; but having a mind and a soul,
. . . . I enjoyed somewhat more than
mere vegetable happiness The foot
steps of May can be traced upon the islands in
the harbor, and I have been watching the
tints of green upon them, gradually deepen
ing, till now they are almost as beautiful as
they ever can be.
May 19 Lights and shadows are
continually flitting across my inward sky, and
I know neither whence they come nor whither
they go; nor do I inquire too closely into
them. It is dangerous to look too min
utely into such phenomena. It is apt to
create a substance where at first there was
a mere shadow If at any time there
should Eeem to be an expression unin
telligible from one soul to another, it is best
not to strive to interpret it in earthly language,
but to wait for the soul to make itself under
stood; and were we to wait a thousand years,
we need deem it no more time than we can
spare It is not that I have any love
of mystery, but because I abhor it, and be
cause I have often felt that words may be a
thick and darksome veil of mystery between
the soul and the truth which it seeks.
Wretched were we, indeed, if we had no better
means of communicating ourselves, no fairer
garb in which to array our essential being,
than these poor rags and tatters of Babel. Yet
words are not without their use, even for pur
poses of explanation; but merely for explain
ing outward acts and all sorts of external
things, leaving the soul's life and action to
explain itself in its own way.
What a musty disquisition I have scribbled 1
I would not read it over for sixpence.
May 29. Rejoice with me, for I am free from
a load of coal, which has been pressing upon
my shoulders throughout all the hot weather.
I am convinced that Christian's burden con
sisted of coal; and no wonder he felt so muoh
relieved when it fell off, and rolled into the
sepulchre. His load, however, at the utmost,
could not have been more than a few bushels;
whereas mine was exactly one hundred and
thirty-five chaldrons and seven tubs.
May 30 On board my salt vessels
and colliers there are many things happening,
many pictures which in future years, when I
am again busy at the loom of fiction, I could
weave in, but my fancy is rendered so torpid
by my ungenial way of life, that l canuot
sketch off the scenes and portraits that interest
me, and I am forced to trust them to my
memory, with the hope of recalling them at
some more favorable period. For these th ree or
four days I have been observing a little
Mediterranean boy, from Malaga, not moro
than ten or eleven years old, but who is
already a citizen of the world, and seems to
le just as gay and contented on the deok of a
Yankee coal vessel as he could be while play
ing lslde his mother's door. It is really
touching to see how free aud happy he is
how the little fellow takes the whole wide
world for his home and all mankind for his
family. He talks Spanish at least, that is
his Lative tongue; bnt he is also very intelli
gible in Knglixh, aud perhaps he likewise has
t-malteriiigs of the speech of other countries,
whither the winds may have wafted this little
sea-bird, lie is a Catholio, and, yesterday being
Friday, he caught some fish and fried them for
his diuner n sweet oil; aud really they looked
so delicate that I almost wished he
would invite me to partake. Every once in a
while Le undresses himself and leaps over
board, plunging down beneath the waves, as if
the eee.ere as native to him as the earth.
Then L.5r?uus up the rigging of the vessel, as
if he meant to l!y away through the air. I
must remember this little boy, aud perhaps I
may make something more beautiful of him
than these rough and imperfect touches would
promise.
June 11 I could wish that the east
wind would blow every day from 10 o'clock
till 5; for tLere is great refreshment in it
to us poor mortals that toil beneath the sun.
We must not think too unkindly even of the
eastwkd. It is not, pel haps, a wind to be
loved, even in its benignant moods; but there
are seasons when I delight to feel its breath
upon my cheek, though it be never advisable
to throw open my bosom and take it into my
heart, as I would its gciillo sisters of the
South and West. To-day, if I had been ou
tie wharves, the slight chill of au east win i
would have been a bleshing, like the thill
of death to a worll-weary man
But tbis has been one of the idlest days that
I ever spent iu Boston Ia th morn
ing, soon aUer breakfast, I weut to the
Atbenaum gallery; and during the hour or
Iwotbat I etayed, not a single visitor came in.
Borne people were putting up paintings iu one
division of the room; but 1 had the oilier all
to myself. There are two pictures there by
our friend Farah Clarke scenes in Ken
tucky. From the picture gallery I went to the read-ing-rcom
of the Athena-nm, and there rei
the magazines till nearly twelve, thenee to the
Costoiii House, and soon afterward to dinner
with Colonel Hall, then back to the Custom
lb use, but only for a little while. There was
nothing in the world to do, and so, at 2
o'clock, I came home aud lay down, with the
'Faery Qneene" in my hand.
August 21. Last night I slept with a child
of five years old, and had no dreams at all
unless just before it was time to rise, and I
have forgotten what those dreams were. After
I was fairly awake this morning I felt very
bright and airy, and was glad that I had been
ompelled to snatch two additional hours of
existence from annihilation.- The sun's diso
was but half above the ocean's verge when t
ascended the ship's side. These early morning
hours are very lightsome and quiet. Almost the
whole day I have been in the shade, reclining on
a pile of sails, so that the life and spirit ate
not entirely worn out of me The wind
has been east this afternoon perhaps in the
forenoon too and I could not help feeling
refreshed when the gentle chill of its breath
stole over my cheek. I would fain abominate
the east wind, .... but it persists in doing
me kindly offices now apd then. What a per
verse wind it is I Its refreshment is but
another mode of torment.
Salem, October 4. Union Street (Family
Mansion) Here I sit, in my old
accustomed chamber, where I used to sit in
days gone by Here I have written
many tales many that have been burned
to ashes, many that doubtless deserved the
same fate. This claims to be called a hauntel
chamber, for thousands upon thousands of
visions have appeared to me in it; and some
few of them have become visible to the world.
If ever I should have a biographer, he ought
to make great mention of this chamber in my
memoirs, because so much of my lonely youth
was wasted here, and here my mind and char
acter were formed, and here I have been glad
and hopeful, and here I have been despondent.
And here I sat a long, long time, waiting
patiently for the world to know me, and some
times wondering why it did not knew me
sooner, or whether it would ever know me at
all at least, till I were in my grave. And
sometimes it seemed as if I were already in
the grave, with only life enough to be chilled
and benumbed. But oftener I was happy at
least as happy as I then knew how to be, or
was aware of the possibility of being. By-and-by
the world found me out in my lonely
chamber, and called me forth not, indeed,
with a loud roar of acclamation, but rather
with a still, small voice; and forth I went, bat
found nothing in the world that I thought
preferable to my old old solitude till nov.
.... And now I begin to understand why I
was imprisoned so many years in this lonely
chamber, and why I could never break through
the viewless bolts and bars; for if I had
sooner made my escape into the world, I
should have grown hard and rough, and been
covered with earthly dust, and my heart might
have become callous by rude encounters with
the multitude. . . . ; But living in solitude
till the fulness of time was come, I still kept
the dew of my youth and the freshness of my
heart I used to think that I could
imagine all passions, all feelings and states of
the heart and mind ; but how little did I know I
.... Indeed, we are but shadows we are
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most real about us is- bat the thinnest sab
stance of a dream till the heart be touched.
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Omaha. Nnh., Woveniiipr ml, l7.
PROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANSPUIII A I ION.
rea ed Proionsls mill m reccivr-d ai lhs olllre until
1'iM.OD 1 III Iisha Y.the M rlsy or January. Ufit,
fi r tire traimporlsllnn of Mlillnry htipplles during
the year ron.menclna; April I, thus, and ending March
II, IWJ1, 00 Homa No. 1, from Cneyenne, Dakota, or
sin b oilier points as may be determine) upon flur-lna
tl.e ypsr, on the Omaha branch or the Culnn Pacific
Itsllrcarf, west of Cheyenne, 10 such p'" or
opiois as are now or niny he cHiaiillahpd In Urn Ter
nary ol Monlmia, south ol latitude 47 i1'Krpps, In the
?."r't'r-v ol l'"ota, west of IoiikIiiiiIp Kit nKrpps In
the Territory of J.lRho. ent, or lonRluide 114 dmrreps
si (1 In the 'lerrllnrlee ol XJIbIi anil tlradn, urirth of
IMItude 40 degrees, Including, If Decennary, u"uVer
H I.A MtAlrnrl.f W A . ... .
m .7 ir.Diorip during m ypur on
Ridden will Hint the rate per 100 pound, tier ISA
miles at h ch they will transport tne storm In ,-ar-li
i'lHrrh telu' A"u I. aud .ndmg
Rldders should (rive their names In fim as well as
their places oi residence, aud em h proposal should t
scrompanled by a bond In the sum ol tpn Uinn-nrwi
itn.) iK.iinrs, sUnPd by two or more r.-siMnsThle
persons, legally executed slid properly t,inn,1ei( Bl)Rr.
imiiM inH tiial In case a entrant In awarded for the
mute monlloned In the propoal to the imri v urn
'"'T' ih contract will he accepted and entVre.l Into.
Bnd good and sntllciPiit necuniy furnished by shll
Wy In accordance with the terms of this adverilne-
j.eh bidder mnnt be present at the opening ot the
ll rney. Person or be r.;preSOiited by hi at-
bo'nJs coutractor wU1 be r'iulred to give tiSO.Ouu
tsailpfartory evidence of the Inynlty and solvency of
each bidder and person olli-red as security will be re
quired. Proposals must be ludorsod "Proposals for Army
TrHiiporiailon on Route N i, 1," and none will be en
t. rtaiirnl nirlees Iheviully cmnpiy wiM, the reoulre.
nit Ms ol this ad verrlsf menu
Tbe pariy to whom the award Is made mnit be
pri-paied to execute the contract at ouch, ami to give
the required bonus for the liillhrnl perfoimance of
the con ract.
The right to reject any or all bids that may be
olh r. rt Is reserved.
'1 I f contractor nms he In rendlness for service by
Die 1st day ol April, IsiW, ami will b required to have
a place ol bip-lneKn (,r agency at wlilou he may be
i-omniiinieaied with promptly and remilly, fir Rofiie
No. I. at Cheyenne. Dakottt, or at such other point
a may be Indicated as the etariiug puiut of the
route.
Rinuks forms shoving the conditions of the con
tract to be entered Into, can be hd on appl'catl n at
this office, or at the olllceol iheUuartriasier at, New
York, it. Louis. Furl Leavenworth, banta Fe, and
Fort fuelling, and must accompany and he a part
of the proposals.
By order ol the Quartermaster-General.
WILLIAM MYERS,
Brevet Rrlg.-Oen., Chief Quartermaster, Department
ofthePlutte. Li 2 1m
KOTOSAL8 FOB AltMY TiiANSi'OKTA
'HON.
OFrjCK CHIIF QlTARTKHMARTKn,
n. 1
Dkfartmknt or Dakota, J-
FT. Paul M lititpMitir. Nnu in
, 1847.J
Sealed proposals will be received at this nllleo
until li o'clock M., outhe&nb dav of.Jnuuitry, lam.
tor the trannporlallon ot Military Hopplles during the
year commencing April I, puts, and ending March 31,
. on Route No. 4, from dalul Paul. Minn., or alul
Cloud, Minn., by the shortest road or Hue, to such
Posts as are now or may be established In the Htnte
ol Miuuesota and iu that portion of Dakota Territory
lying east of the Missouri river anil buuuded by it,
and from Fort Mevenson, or other designated point
on tbe M iHsourl river, eastward to piesent posts, or
such as may be established east or north of thai river.
In Dakota Territory.
The w.lcbt to be transported on this Route No.
4 shall not exceed ten million pouuda (lo.ouu.ouo
ponnds.)
B ddeni will state the rate per one hundred (loo)
pounds per oue huudred (ion) miles foretell month of
the year beginning April 1, IhW, and ending March 81,
l6V.
Bidders should give their names In full, as well as
their places oi residence, aud each proposal should
bn accompanied by a bond Iu the sum often thousand
dollara, bigiied by two or more respouaihle persons,
guaranteeing thut In case a contract Is awarded for
the route mentioned In the proposal to the party pro
poning, the contract will be accepted and colored In to,
and good and suUicleut secuiltv furnished by said
party lu accordance with the terms of this advertise
nient. '1 he con I ract or will bp required to give bonds la the
sum of one hundred thousand dollars OJi'ii.OoO.)
fc-utlblsctory evidence of Ihe loyally and solvency of
each bidder and penou otlered as security will be
requited.
Pruposalplmust be endorsed "Proposals for Army
Transportation on Route No. 4," and none will he
entertained uuhss they fully comply with the re
quirements ot this advertisement.
The parly to whom an awarn Is made must be pre
pared to execute the contract at once, und to give the
required bunds lor the laithlul performance of the
contract.
The right to reject any and; all bids that maybe
offered Is reserved.
The couiracior uiuat be In readiness for aervlce by
the h-t dv ol April, Puis, and will he required to Have
a place ol biiiluess or agency at whlcii he may be com
municated with promptly and readily lor Route No.
4. at Caliit Paul. Minnesota, Pott tsteveuson, Dakota
'1 erruory, or at hi ch other point us may be Indicated
as the starling point of the route.
Blank forms, snowing th conditions of thecont;
to he entered lino, can be had ou application at this
ol. r e, or at l he ( lllce of the Uuurteriuasier nt New
Yoik, Chicago. Kt. Loul, Fort Leavenworth, Omaha,
and Fort bnelllng, and must accompany and be a
part of the proposals
H. B. HOLABIRD,
LltUt.-Col., Deputy (4. M. Oen.,
Brevet Prig.-Uen. TJ. H. A
11 SO tJ19 Chief Q. M rpartnient of Dakota,
PROPOSALS FOR AUMK TRANSPORTA
TION. Office Chikf Quartkkmastrr,
Fokt LkaVKN wohth. Kaunas, Nov. 15, ISflT.
Sei-lcil proposals will be received at this olllce until
12 o'clock M. the 11th ot JaMiarv, I8it, for tho truns
portatiou of military suppllta (iurim; the year com
mencing April 1, UitiJ, and eudlug March 31, latiJ, ou
the following routes: '
ROUTE NO. 2.
From Fort Barker, Kansiui, Fort Hays, Kansas,
bih) any other point or points that mayjbe designated by
the lili-f Qua i terinaster Department of the Missouri,
ou the Union I'acllic Railroad, E. D to any places
that niny be designated by the shipping Ottlcer, in the
Btate ot Kucsas and Territory of Colorado south ol
latitude 4ii degrees North, and to Fort Union, New
Mexico, or Other depot that may bednniKiiated In thai
Territory, aud to any other points on the route to that
depot.
EOUTE NO, S.
From Fort Cnlon. or such other depot as may ba
established lu the Territory of New Mexico, to any
pouts orstaUous that are or may be established in thut
'J errltoiy, and to such posts or stations as may be de
signated in the Territory of Arizona, aud lu the btate
ol Texas, west of longitude 115 degrees.
ROUTE No. 5.
From such point as may he designated on the Mis
sniiri Paciiic Railroad, eonihweHl Branch or Missouri
Pacific Itullroad.or the Union Pacific Railroad. E. D
to For. Oihson, Indlun Territory, or such oi her point
as may be established as the mllltarv depot lu that
Tirrltory.
The weight to be transported during the year will
not exceed on Route No. 2, M.oijo.ouo pounds; on Rouie
No. 8 s.inju.oiio pounds; aud ou Roule No. 6, 2.0U0.UOU
pounds.
Prop, sals will be made for each route separately.
Blddeis will statu the rate per ltn) pounds per 100
miles at w hich. Ihey will transport the stores in each
mouth of the year, beglunliig April i, ltod. aud eud
luv. Match 81. 1869.
Bidders w ill give their names lu full, as well as
their places of residence, and each proposal miuf be
uccoiijpaiih d by a bond lutuesuiuut leu thousand
(jlO.tco) lollars. duly elected by two or more re
spoiisIolejierHons, 111 legal form aud properly stamped,
guaranteeing that In case the cui tract Is awarded for
the route nicuilont d in the proposal to the pariy pro
posing, It ill be accepted ami entered Into, and good
and iiitliclent security furnished by said party in ac
cordance w ith the terms of this ad vertlsement.
Each I hi fit r must be present at the opening of the
proposals, or he represented by bis attorney.
'J hejronirttctor will he required lo give bonds In tbe
follow iug amounts:
On Route No. , MOO.fnn.
Ou Boule No. 8, fluu.t'OU.
On Route No. a, iiu.lio
rSailafacuiry evn euce ot the loyalty and solvency of
each bidder and person offered us security will be re
quired. I'ii poo ls will be Indorsed "Proposals for Army
Transportation on Roulu No. "2," "8," or "S." as the
c may be, owl none will be mtertaiMtl utile.it tity
cuniply with the TKjulrenienU olhu iutintaaiu:iU.
'J he parly to whom au award Is made must be pre
pared to execute the contract without unnecessary
delay, and to give the required bouds for the ialthful
periormiiuce ol the contract.
ihe light to reject auy aud all bids that maybe
Ollered is reserved.
Hie contractor or eaoil mute must rre in readiness
for service by the istdai'-f April, lsxis. and must have
a place of business t ageucy al which he may be
c-oiiiinuulcaled with readily. For Route Nj. 2 al Fort
Darker, aud such other points un the railroad as may
be designated as the starting jjolutol the route; for
Rome No 8 at yort Union, New Mexico, orsucU oilier
point as may be established as the depot, and for
llouie No, B at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Blank forms showing the conditions ot the contract
to be entered Into for each route can be hud upou ap
plication at this olllce, or at thu ollice of Ihe Quarter
master at New York. Chicago, Bt. IaiiiIs, Bt. Paul,
Fort Leavenworth, Omaha, Denver, O. T and Santa
Fe, aud must accompany and he a part of the pro
Wtte- u R EASToN.
Deputy Quarter master-tier erul,
12SU11 CO. M. Dipt of the Missouri.
piTLER, WEAVER & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
MANILLA A1SD TARRED CORDAGE, CORDS,
TW1KKS, ETC.
No. S3 Not lb. WATER Hi feet, and
No. Zl North DKLA WARE Avenue,
fHlLAPKl.tlllA.
EbVtlN U.FlTIKR, Mini Alt Vr
CofcUAIl F. Cl-OlHlk.
AUCTION SALES.
M
CCLBLI, AND & CO.
At'fTihiV; V "J" '"f ford tOo.).
AUCTIONEERS. No. MIS MAiLEET BlreeL
CLOSINf- SAT.K OF ThKHiroitOF 1 CASES
?5n il01- BKOUANH.ETU.
December M) comn. SfiV&TrW we will sell
hy catsli gup, for ch, is,,, ll.IL " , w, "L
youths' hoots. .Hops. br',g"n5,"l"1,,m"" h"y
w,n,e..' ,.' a,,, .,,,,., . 1,111 morals, eic. a so.
women a, mipses , ana children's wear whih , '
eai ly atlenl Ion of the trails Is cattert. ' "li 2s Ji
JOHN B. MYERS A C(C"ATJCTlONl.',ItS
Nos. 21 and X84 MARKET Sues. &
LARGE PEREMPTORY HALF OF BOOTS nimn-a-BROOANM.
KTCI. .UOHS,
On Tuesday Morn loir,
December tl , at lu o'clock, on four months' crefltt
KXm paekacis boots, shoes, brogans. etc. Il!.4i '
JM. Ol'MMET & SONS, AUCTIONEERS
. No. 6w WALNUT Mrect.
Hold RetnlarBnle of
REAL KtsTATE, KIOCRH, AND RECUR TTTE9 AT
t. L'M l1"!- DELPHI A EXCHANGE.
Handbills ol each property Issued separately.
PHiti catalogues published and circulated, containing
IV. dejcriptuiiis ol property lo be sold, as also a part
lial list or property contained In our Real Eblala Ua.
glitter, and ollered at private sale. xt
Hales advertised daily In all the dally newspapers. .
M
TITOMAS ft SONS. Nnq na jrw u
. K.FUURTU Street. ' '
HANDfOMF. WALNUT FURNITURE.
Ou Moniiav Morning,
At in o deck, at No. inij Urcen aneet. bv cntnlnrne
the entire very superior furniture. Including hand'
some uninut and garnet plusti drawing-room lurnt
Uiri; very mperior walnut chamber suits; ootlaga
chamber suits; handsome walnut, dining-room furiil
tnie; China and glassware; handsome velvet and
Brussels carpels; stair carpets; kitchen furniture,
eic. I2 2tigi
prmerty cillhe Hamilton Rules, constat! ngol Hharp'e
rlilc, wlih ahre bayonets: accrnitrements ror the
s-m : about ouou rounds or fixed ammunition. bai.
f. ll)'''ll.r,Pr,";wil tor the heusiii of l"e Ves
I'lulaoelphla Chl.dreii's Home. 1227 11
rpiioMAs r.iRcn & ro.v, auctioneers
J. AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. No. 11 11
CllEaNUT blreei. rear entrance No. Uuibauboia si,
AUCTION SALE,
On Saturday,
December 2s. IMC, at It o'clock, closlniront sale of
Keltv, Carrlngion A Co.'s slock, al s.oie No. 72 Uhee
mil street, consisting or-
Brocatelles, tcrrys, rep?, satin de lalne, damask-;
elt gain eaioroldered Swiss lac and English Notting
ham curtains, curtain materials, plan i and labia
covers, wli d.iw shades, furolture coverings, and up.
holsterers' trlmminss nt all kinds. Also, three sets
b ck walnut first -class furniture, and oue large mirror
with counseling cornices, 12 29 21
Pale at No. 4M N. Sixth street,
IIOUbEHOLD FURNITURE, ETC.,
On Monday Morning,
At in o'clock, at No. 414 N. Sixth turee. will bs sold.
Ihe Furnlturn of a family declining bousekeeulng.
coinpilalng Brusiels, Ingrain, and Venitlan carpets:
walnut parlor furniture; chamber, dining room, aud
kitcheu furniture.
BALE OF FINE SHEFFIELD SILVER PLATED)
WARE. IVORY HNDt.E TABLE CUfLEKV.
FANCY OOO D. ETC, KTO.
On Monday Morning,
At lot o'clock, and In the evening al 7 o'clock, at th
auction store, No. 1110 Chi snm street, will be sold,
a general assortment of rich Silver Plated Ware.
Ivory handle tablecntlery. and Bohemian g as fancy
goods, etc Catalogues will be ready early on Mon
day. 1217 24
L1PPINCOTT, SON & CO., AUCTIONEERS
No. 240 MARKET Street. Philadelphia. (Premt.
see formerly occupied by Messrs. Pan coast m Was,
hock. Auctioneers.)
UCTION SALE.
Saturday, December 18, 18S7.
At 11 o'clock.
Closing out sale of
HELTY, CARRINOI ON x CO.'S Stock at store.
No. 728CHESNUT Street.
Consisting of
Brocatelles. terrys, reps, sa' In de-laines. damasks.
gauteuibroidered Swiss laces and English Nottingham,
curtains, curtain materials, piano and table cover,
window shades, furniture coverings and upholsterers'
trimmings ol all kinds. Also three sets black walnut
llistelass furniture and large mirror, with connecting
coinicta. . I2 2tt2s
PROPOSALS.
FICB CHItSP QUARTERMASTER
F'IFTII MlITTAKY DI8TKK.T.
N KW llHLUl MM I .ft I mm. la IBftT T
Realeil Proposals are luvued and will be received at
thid ollice until 12 M., January 18, 18bg. for Ihe pur
chase 01 ail the right, title and Interest of tbe United
Slalfsln and to the United States Military Railroad
lrom Brazos t-anltako to White's Kanche, Texas.
The sale will include the entire track aud sidings,
buildings, wiiler slat ons, turntables, etc,, the rail
road materials aad supplies pertaining to the road,
together with the rolling stock.cars, machinery, aud
other fuulpnif nts. as follows;--
6.' miles railroad track.
4 claw bArs, used. 1
2 pinch burs, used. '
Ostutling boxes, used.
20.UU0 pounds railroad chairs, good.
5oo pounds railroad iron, good,
1 locomotive, unserviceable,
1 locomotive und tenner, serviceable. '
1 locomotive bead-light, unserviceable.
14 coupling links, good.
6 pounds car apriogs, good.
12M0 pounds railroad spikes, good,
MO esses ties, good.
2 shackle bars, used.
21 square brasses, good.
7 tlaicars, worn but serviceable.
2 crows'leet, worn.
4 1 a' road frogs aud 8 switch stands, worn.
4 spike mauls, worn.
2 jack screws and levers, worn,
2 turn-tables, worn,
1 fire touts, worn,
2 screw wrenches, worn.
1 hand car, worn.
2 push-car wheels, worn.
I stove, worn.
push car,-worn.
4 band-car wheels, worn.
This sale will not include the title to the land, which
does not belong to the United t a lea, nor to the bridge
over the "Boca Chlcarf'
This roan Is about ten miles In length, nd extends
from Brazos Santiago to White's Rauche, on the Rio
lira tide. From this point connectl n Is made by
learner with Brownsville aud Matamnras.
Ol the ten miles 4 UO-liiO aie washed awuy by a lata
hurrlcui e, 4 li7-lt;0 are In running order, although not
continuous, and about 1 81-100 miles of the material
are burled lu sand.
The route Is the shortest and best for the Immense
trailic between the Ouir of Mexico aud the Interior of
Southern Tex us and Northern Mexico, and the com
munication by rail alone cau readily be extended to
Brownsville.
1 lie rai'road lo White's Handle saves thirty miles
ot dlllieult aud tortuous navigation. The road Is live
lect gauge, good ties, T rail, aud lull spiked.
The properly may be Inspected 011 application to
Captain C. II. lloyt, A. W- M-. Brownsville, Texas,
and an v lulorroatlou desired may be obtained fioni
that olllrer. or from the otiice of tbe Chief Uuarter
master Filth Military District, New Orleans, Lot.
A condition of the sale will be that transportation
shall be furnlnbtd for all Government troops and sup
pi lis. whenever required, at rates nut to exceed thoie)
paid by the United states toother railroad companies
In the Ftllh Military District.
Terms of payment cash, in United States Treasury
'1 he'oovernment reserves the right to reject any or
a 1 bids.
l'roi osals should be Indorsed "Proposals for Brazos
Sin tiago and Rio Oraude Railroad," aud addressed
to the unueistgued at Ihla olllce. j McGOS1QL1!t
Brevet L1eut.-Col. and A. Q. M. U. b. A., lu charge of
olllce. i 1 21 10tr
OROPOSALS FOR FORAGE.
TlirnnT GlTAHTKRMASTKB Oi KICK.
-J
OQle.
Jkh akson V11.LK, Ind., Deu. 18, 1107.
Sealed proposals will be received at this Oulco
until 12 M , January 2, lhliS, for tbe delivery ot a,
three lnoLihs' supply of oaTd and li AY lor this
Lei ot
The Oats must be of the best quality.
1 he Hay must bn of the best qualhy baled Hay.
For sue to be delivered, from time to lime, us re
quired by the otlicrr lu ohaige.
Bids must he made In duplicate, with a copy of
this advertisement attached to each, aud each bid
must be accompanied by the guarantee or two re
sponsible parlies that. In cane the contract Is
awarded to Ihe bidder, good aud sulllcieiit bond
will be glvjen lor the lallliful performance of th
Vunlract. -
Bida 111 he endorsed "Proposals for Forage, and
addi eared to the undersigned. .
The right is reserved to reject anvorall nioa.
Bv order Cf the UuarterinasleM'eueial. Nn,f
Br'evet'Llent -Col. and Q. HzJL-' 1'e'"'t Q'
TTT T T, Tj I A U GRANT,
t. Retlned Nitre. Charcoal. Bto
Dupont'l Ouppow"'"'' y.soa, and Broiua.
W.Baker A JVo YaUew Meud bhealhm
Crocker Ir. tut
Bnlla. njf!j.
" PASTE AND SIZING COMPANY.
T T"i i-aste for Bui-mskers, Bookbinders, Paper
U hPoemakers. Pocket-book Makers.' BUI
r""','LrV'etc. It will not sour. Is cheap aud always
TriS tor use. Refer to J. B. L1plin:mt & Co.. Devar
i We'ler. William Mann, Philadelphia .iiouiter.
,, rT,pr Brothers, A nK-rlcan Tract Society, and oUiera.
tl"1 Agents. I. 'L. CRAOIN CO., No. VOil.
HEBCE blreek
t-Blr- by order of the Hamilton Tilde Company.
SHARP'S ItJFLKH. AM MUN .TlOa" HAlST ETC.
l)ii Monday Evening.
Dec. 80. at 7 o'clock, at the CommNit-Miers' Hall.
I hlriY-s.'xenth mot MrL. .I,-.,,.. r TL!