6 ALEXANDERJ) UAIAS. from the Dublin Vnivertity ltnt. Oor literary nrtghbon on the other ride o Dover's Ptrntt are poccd by a vivacious and mercurial sprit, which frequently- Induces one or oth of these states of mind. A pretty are recipe for destroying or Impairing a healthy mind K to pursue one train of Ideas uninter ruptedly, or to dwell too much on Personal grievances or personal merits. A combination It the two inconveniences-conflicting cares, and an overwrci.iuR senc of his own merits, united to the effects of a tolerably free llfc Bave renderod that prince of French novelists, Alexander DumH9, an eccentric of no small (HtneuBlons. Who arooui? English, or perhaps Frtncu, men of letter., would suy ol a brother in art what Dumas said of Rogr de Beauvoir, lately deceased, who had the misfortune to be born in affluence? 'Had he been poor, he would have composed verses equal to Merj's, comedies equal to Alfred Musset's, or romances equal to mine!" JIad Sir. lickcns' man of business announced before his late tour in America that he would, after every reaJinp, take off his dress-coat. ume a cook's apton and nlfihtcnp, and serve up thoice omelets, ragout", and other de leases to the flifct-clnss puicliasars of tickets, what would the British mid American peopla have thoi.-btof the mental health of the author ol "Hatnaby Uadee?'' Yet such anup'inceinent is made on the p irt or fount Aloutc thristo when his multifarious duties permit. If evervthinc which Alexander rel ites of himself be true, he is perhaps a being set apart in meiifiil HtJd corporeal qualities Eugene de Mirecourt hints that his courage is somewhat (nies-tionable; but no one will believe the U'e jifrer readme the account of his encounter with his savnce do? Mouton. The, do? had tapped the climax of his crimes, and his master had just administered a kick to an untie fended portion of his body which would have put auv other can'iie tavaprn hors de combat. Jsot 60 Mouton (so called fiom his white floece). ' Mouton uttered a low prowl, turned round, regarding me with his bloodshot eyes, recoiled three steps, and sprang at my throat. "Fortunately I hud guessed what was about to happen, and so had time to put, myselt on punrd: . e., at the momeut of his spring I ex tended both hands towards him. My riant baud went into his mouth, my left met his throat. "At the moment, I lelt a pang only to be rompaied wi'-h that felt on the drawing of a toot b, with tbis difference, however, the p-tiu iromtue jaw holds only a second, the pain I ex perienced endured five minutes. "it was Moutou, who was grin ling my hand. ' At the same time I wos squeezing hu throat. "1 was thoroughly sensible of one thing, namely, that, grasping the pharynx, my oulv choice of life was to hold on, squeezing still iiiore vigorously, uatil h s respiration was Mopped. "And that I did. "Luekily my hand, though small. Is firm; w hat it seizes, money excepted, it retains. "It grasped aiid f-qutezed the throat or Mouton eo forcibly tu-t a ra tling was heard. It was rneourasinu: 1 sque.ed more deter niincdlv; the "tattling increased. Finally, col iectiiig my entire btrenglu for a lnt pressure, I jiad the eathi'aciou to dud Mouton's teeth loosing. A second after his mouth opened, and his eves rolled in their orbits. He fell, while I was still pressing his thiuat; out my riL'ht hand was all lacerated." if Intense conceit reu'ieru its possessor more or h3 eccentric, Alexander Dumas mnv be con sidered the prince of the clas. He thus heals one of the chapters of his "tluioire de mes Jsetei:'' ' How I brought home, from Constan tino a vultue, which cost forty thousand francs and the government ten thousand," and thus sublimely enters on the subject. We are obliged to clip, to tome extent, the wings of the nar rative. "Two men, attended by natives and Euro peans, were returuitie lrm BlidaA to Algiers. 'Strange!' sdi one, 'that, this maaniflcent coun try which we are traversing should be so little known. Know you any means of popularizing it!" 'Were I you, minister,' said the other, 'I would pet Dumas to go over this very ground, and write two or three volumes on it. His boot would be sure to be lead, and, out of the three millions of readers, fifty or sixty thousand wohld be deeply interested.' 'It is a good idea,' said the min'ster; 'I'll think over it ' "These two men were M.de Salvady, Minister of Public Instruction, and umy good friend Xavler de Marmier. "One fine morning in September I received an' invitation to dine with the Minister ot ?ublie Instruction. 1 was rather astouUhcd, but nevertheless accepted it. "31. de Salvandy received me in his best manner, showed bis whi'est teeth, an I after dinner, taking my arm, conducted me to thrs garden, and the lollo'inir conversation took rlace: "31y dear poet, you must do me a service.' : " 'A "poet do service to a minister I With a'.t i my heart, if it were only for the novelty of the thing. What istho nature of it?' " 'Have you made jour arrangements for next winter?' " 'Me make arraneements ! I live on a bojiih. like tb Dirtf. Wuile it h calm 1 remain; it it blows I spread my wings, and sail away ou the wind.' " 'Have you any objection to Algeria?' "On the contrary. I was about to start for that couuirv at live in the evening on the 2Gih of July, 1830. But at five in the mormug ap peared in the Montteur the famous ordinances. So ius ead of taking the mail coach I took my musket, and three days after, instead of entering Marseilles, I entered the Louvre.' (Dumas has ever loved the pomp of war, but, we think, has hitherto been innocent ol thedding huuiau blood.) " 'I undertake to devote 10,000 francs to the mission.' "And I shall add four thousand myself. For merly I went ou my journeys, staff in hand; now I drag a whole iaiu'ly after me.' " 'When cn you set oil r " 'When you will. I have two or three stories to finiBh: that will take a fortnight. I have some iaiiway shares to sell, but that can bd doae in an hour.' " 'Hut your Historic Theatre T' " 'It cau be let during my ab-ence.' " But Dumas would make the voyage as a prince, and the minister was obliged to give him full use and possesion of a royal ship of the line to cruise about tn the Mediterranean. The journey and voyntre huviug bueu pub lished soon after lii return, he considerately encaiks: r "My intention Is not to record here the famo is journey through Spain, where people asserted that I went as hisiioarapher to M. le Due de Montpensier, nor the more famous voyage to Africa, which, thank? to M. do Castellaoe, to M. Leon de Malleville, and to M. Lacrosse, male such noise in the Chamber of Deputies. No; I mean here to speak only of the famous vulture, price as above stated." The rest of the narrative can only be given in a contracted form. Ho purchased for twelve francs a prime vulture from a youth of the Bout Woufletaid, an equivalent to the "dons of the Cross Doddle or the Seven Dials," and was well pleaded with his purchase. Jugurtha, named after the amiable Numloiau King, bad only one funir. lie unn H i.itp itt' finders aud toes, or auy other adjuncts of the human body, when tbey came within the domain of his beak. All went well till thej had nan isiui whi wb; " stnra thn h um of embarkation. ti.,..Z r nniivntauot whs to be procured, What, was to be done t The cage might be set on .... riih' Li-mi. but Juaurtha would In that case rip up his floor, and make free with the batr. scalp, ears, auti noe oi uis oearer. ou. tiend him from a pole borne on the shoulders nt two rati vet But fifty Irancs should b3 tuus vnondeii on an animal purchased lor twelve. A bright thought eutered among the other equally bright denizens of the poet's brain. Ha leuctheued the chain with a rope, aud got a special good wand of the cornel tree to use at need. An attempt to get Juc,ui tha out of his ..... vinnid insure thn loss of eves or liuiers to the operator, so Dumas, takiui: the end of the lope lu tne I'.'iv nana, ana ms long coi ut THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, wind In the right, directed two men armed with pickaxes to rtand at opposite sides of the casre, insert the f nds of their tools, and pull away like men. Jaeurlha bsinii lelt at Hourly by the dldoca'lon o hit prison, spread bis wings for flight; but found a living impediment at the end of his rope. Uis next move was a swoop at this impedi ment, but a sound whack ot the twig disap pointed him. He renewed the attack, but another blow again repulsed him, and the third was so little to bis taste that he took the road to the port, directed by the ruling rod of his driver. So tame had be become in a few days that tin would present his head through the Bars of bis new cage to be scratched by the fingers of his judicious and panurgie master. There is one quality allied to M. DumaV vanity, for the sake of which we conld almost foreive an equal amount of a still worse thing, ' namely, pride, in his personal sketches he very rrly speaks ill o any contemporary, and a fund of kindness and eood-natuie Is visible throcgh the txture of all the vagaries of his wonderful selt-romplaeency, Harely has Alexander b 'en a favorite with the powers that be, a circumstance accounted for tn his own lefty, unapproachable stylo. "Compounded of a double clement, aristocra tic and popular; aristocratic by my fattier, popular by my mother, none ever united in a nighcrdegrec in one heart,respectful admiration for what is great, and tender and profound sympathy for the unhappy. I have never spoken so much ol the Napoleou family as when under the junior branch (the Orleans dynasty). I have never sooken so much of the younger branch as under the republic and the empire. 1 worship those whom I have known and loved in misfortune, and I never forget them till they become happy and powerful. "So no falleu prearuets passes before mo with out my saluting it, no merit stretches its hand to me without receiving a grasp, it is when every one seems to have lorgotten those who have passed away, that, like an untimely echo, 1 cry aloud their names; wherefore, I know not. It is the voice of my heart, which breaks forth without reference to my iniud. I have written a thousand Volumes, sixty dramas. Let any one open any of them nt random, at the first page, at the middle, at the end, and he will see that J have always inrulcnted clemency, whether the people were slaves of kings, or kings prisoners of the people As soon as a personage falls I approach him, and stretch out my hand, whether he Is called the Count of Chambord, the Prtnre de Jolnvllle, Louis Napoleon, or Louis Ulaiic. .... Tnus it is that I am a more frequent visitor in prisons than in palaces. Thus it is that 1 have been ihiee times at Ham, once at the Llysee, never at the Tulleries." In the "Histo'iede mes Betes," he relates that, within a week alter the br.'akiug out of the "Forty-eight," he h'ul it, e following letter pub lished in La I'rii&e. If so, and we have no reason for thiowiog doubt on what he says, it proves his diEinteri ste:ines and moral courage to bo greut. Perhao? love of singularity had something to dj in tne matter. He had been a great favorite with t he young princes, though disliked by their father. "To MoNsiEONErn the Puke dk Monti'bkster "Prii.Cc: It I knejv where to find your High ness, it would be wiili my livine voice and in my owu person that 1 would oiler you the ex pression of my giiet lor the great personal mis fortune which bus belulleu you. "I shall never foiffct that during three years, notwithstanding politi. ul dltJerenccs, and con- irary to toe wieu ot ttie kins, wbo wos well aware of my opinions, y u received my visits, and treated me as a i-icnd. '1 boasted cf this tule of friend, Monseieneur, whrp vou abodp in the Tmleties; I claim it now, when you are no loneet in France. "lam certalu, Mons; Igteur, that your High ness has no need of this letter to be assured that my heart was one ot those which was fully yours. "God forbid that I should not preserve, in all its purity, the religion of the tomb, aud tne worship ot exile. "1 have the honor to be, with respect, Mon eelpueur. jour ioyal Hiahntss' most humble and most obed.ent sen ant, "Alex. Dums." Co'onel Desniotilms was sufficiently vaudalic to tader the statue ot the Duke of Orleans, which stood in the court of the Louvre, to be thrown down. Dumas was furious at the wau ton insult thus offered, and wrote to Eniile do Oirardiu a letter which did bis heart credit. He detailed therein the many acts of kindness atd goodness done by the dead priuce, though, as he says, he enpectcd to receive an invitation next morning to go "cut a throat" with the Colonel. Poor Alexander's self-estimation was sorely hurt during his canvass lor a place lu the House ol Deputies by the language used towards him by some Jacks in offitTe, who bad no better name to spare him tnan "Monsieur," or "chat Monsieur," or "that contractor lor feuil letons." However. be had one friend, Moie. de Girardin, who made these "Mes sieurs" smart, if their skins were not as thick as that cf the rhinoceros. if, in her defense of her admiring friend, her piaise flowed over the margin of the just measure, Alexander was not the man to check her liberal hand. Alas for tue uncer tainty of life, the shortness of the reign of kings and queens of literature, and the oblivion wh.ch soon obscures their memories ! Maie. de Girardin (nee Delphme Gay), the beautiful. the gltted, the witty, 6he who mastered the triple octave of grace, Intellect aud vigor, aud who so ably assisted her husband at his edito rial labors in La fresse, passed away iu her prime, ana Mous. knuie ere long consoled himself with a successor. We copy scraps of ner defense ot ner irtetd, wnen addressing tne three supercilious "dogs in office." Sue offers, as an excuse tor some of Dumas' extravagancies, the lire of his lmusmatiou the hot African blood coursing in his veins, aud tue giddiness attendant ou literary j; lory. I would like to see you, u men oi reason, in the midbt of the whirlwind which envelopes him. or the face vou'd wear if auy one came to offer you three Irancs per, line for your weari some scraw is. aii, now nisoifiajuu u uccumc, what superb airs jotru assume, wnat aenriuin would seize on ycu! Be, then, Indulgent for thote errors oi the imagination and those tits of littmy pride which you neitner know nor can comprehend. "The ciowd has no time to read the works of Alexander Duina. it believes that those wh3 wnte much must wire ill, and theretore con cludes that the few It has read are his only good ones. That the ignoiant public thould so judge ai.d speak is not w nderful. but that a young deputy, a man of intellect, sbould join the herd, and attack at the tribunal a man of genius, a man of Europe in reputation, without apprecia ting his literary merit, without rerteeting whether he deserved the nickname of 'contractor for teuilletons,' is uluost Incredible." fche then speuks of her hero's facility of composition, aud thus decauts ou It: "This rapidity of composition re sembles the rapidity of locomotion in railway trains . . . au extreme facdity obtained by the conquest ot immense difficulties. To what do vou owe your rapid passing over long distances? To years of formidable labors, to mill ous fpent on the work, and sown aloug that level hue to myriads of hands employed lor days on days tweep'ng your path. You pass, you are gone; but lor this huw many have watched, surveyed, dug, aud picked how many n-iaus were made aud rejected what psirs, what cares, were endured to afford you this swift and facile passage f So with Alex ander Dumas. Every volume written by him Is the result of immense labors of infinite studies of universal inmrmatlon. Twenty years since Alexander l).imas had not toat facility. His knowledge then was not eu.mil to what it is now. Mnco that time he has learned everything; ho has forgottea no'biug; his memory is astoui-drng, his clauce unerring. He posess in perhcsiou Instinct, experience, recollection he coin pares quickly; be compre hends Involuutaiilv; lie recollects all he has read; he has preserved the most serious pas sages of history, the most trivial memoirs of anennt times; he speaks familiarly of the w-aees of all ii:es aud of all lands; he knows the names of all the urms, the dresses, and the lumiture fashioned Mace the creation of tha world; of ail the dishes, from the black broib. of eparta to the last dish invented by Cureme. If you fpeak ot the choe. he knows the whole I "Diclionnaiie des Cnseuu" better thuu the frlnee of hunteis; of a duel he is more learned than (Jrlsler. . "When other men write, they are stopped every Instant by toma information to be proenred - by a doubt, a Upse of memory, an obstacle of some kind. Ho is s.opped by nothing. Moreover, tbo habit of writing for the stnpe has given him a snrprUIng facility ot composition. Join to this a iparklii g Imagination, a gayety, an exhaustions flow of Ideas, and you will easily comprehend bow, with such resources, a man can obtain in his labors a wouderful rapidity, without sacridclng ability of construction, and without ever injur ing the quality or sterling value of his work. "And Is it surh a umn whom you would call a Atotmrur f Why a Monsieur is an unknown pereonage a man who has never written a good work, who has never performed a noble action, made an eloquent discourse a man whom France lenores, a man of whom Kurope entire has not heard. Certainly M. Dumas is much lets of a marquis (a ridiculous pcrsonaue of French comedy) than M. Three-Star; but M. Three-Stars is much more of a monsieur than Alexander Dumas." Commend us to a true woman of mind when we need a friend! Dumas, like other mea preat and small who Were born In the early part of the present ceu tury, can number at this day but asmailsprink ling of his early associates. He has-lately been called on to write a biographical preface to a posthumous work of au old friend and man of letters, Hogcr de Beauvoir, one who was not driven into the profession by need. It were better for him, perhaps, if he had been; for though bis friend handles his memory tcuderly, it is evident that hi was a life of dissipation. The book to which allusion has been made enters into some amusing particulars of eccen tric chaiHCters known to the author, and forms a volume ot amusing reading. The writer's real name was Roger de Bully; but his uncle (Deputy de Bully) obliged him, when he took to the profession of letters. to w-Bume a new surname. The enforced chango was really a happy one. He was born in Paris, 2stli Kovcmbcr, 180'J, and at an early age im bited a taste for fictions on mediieval subjects. In 1835 he went to Holland, and redded there some time; and in his after works ho intioduced many intcrestirg sketches of the life he wit nessed there, lie married Mad'lle Leocadie Doze, a beautiful and accomplished actress, iu 1840; but the uulou. as in rtiany other similar conditions, was not a happy one. Tue separa tion ot the gifted pair was effected, with much robe, iu 1850; and the husband sought balm for his wounced teelinus by publishing a metrical account of the trial. His wife, a native of Henncbou in Morb hau, Brit'auy, was known in the world of letters. f?he died HOth October, 1859, at the early age of thirty-aeven years and ten dajs. This Is the prosaic side of the matter; lei us look at it from Dumai' poetic point ot view. "At his return irom Spain he fell In love with a beautiful, witty, poetic woman, predestine! by her very name to te loved. There wai penuma love, but with it came gnuiue sorrow. He fancied it one of these passing fancies such as be ban before experienced, but he wns de ceive d. This love, like the tunic of Nessu?, scorched his heart. Irom the moment he bepnu to love her lfo loved no ottier. He loved In r faithful, he loved her lulte, he loved her living, he loved her dead ! "He quilted his house (I' Hotel Pimodan) iu 1845. He would quit I'arif, he would quit France, he would return to America, to Italy, to Spain, go where he bad never been, to San Frauciseo, to Jndia, to China, to New Caledonia. He remaine l, and the man least fitted iu the woill to be a husband wedded a woman the least fitted to be a wiie. How explaiu this? He a cbarmipn; young man, she au adorable young womau !"' Roger de Beauvoir, i his friend says, enjoyed an iron constitution, constant good health (he implies that he abused these gifts), and consoled himself lor the domestic estrange ment, but not in a Christiau or philosophic way. In November, 18U1, when reaching for a Look in bis library, Rue U'cher, he fell, and the results were a spelling of the abdomeu and lege. The most skilful d ictora in Paris were among his Intimate friends. They did all that could be effected by zeal and skill, but for eiphteen mouths the mala Jy wi nt on increasing. At last an operation was deemed necssary, and Dr. Favrot was selected to perform it. But we are unable without Dumub' aid to describe the sequel. "Favrot presented himself before the Invalid with the iesoiutiou come to by the physicians in one hand, and the instrument of torture in the other. Roger felt the irois quarts (three quarters, the instrument), and said he would ra'.her die than undergo the operation. " 'Faith, 1 believe you are right,' said Favrot, who belonged to the skeptic school. " 'Well,' said Roger, 'as there is nothing fur ther to be done iu the operating line, let ua have a glass of champagne together.' " 'Champagne lei it be,' said Favrot, who did not wish 10 annoy his patient. "instead of a glass apiece they emptied two bottlef. ' 'Well,' said Favrot, as they were separating, 'let us embrace, for it is probable we fchall never tee each o'her again lu life." " ' ou hope, then, that my suffering won't be Iodp;.' " '! can promise no more than about twelve hours;' nud the patient and doctor embraced again. ' Farot withdrew. " 'Come to-morrow, at all events,' said Roger. "Certaii ly,' said Favrot, M it were only lrom curiositv.' "And Roger laid himself out on the sofa, to die as comlortably as he could. "Contrary to his expectation, he enjoyed a profound bleep. ' During his sleep a crisis came on. An issue was formed iu his legs. Outflowed the water, aud Roger, ou awakening, found the room inun dated and hinuelf healed. "Neitday Favrot came, expecting to find his patient dend. He knocked, and it was Roger bimself whocpened the door." Poor R ger had fourteen physicians. He en tertained ttieni all at dinner one day, comparing himtclt to the Republic which had sent fourteen armies to march against death. But the enemy had only made a temporary retreat. Wi'h the fogs and Irosts of winter it returned, and for a leng lime the poor man was unable to lie dov.n. He lived on, however, till 2Gth Aupuer, when he was visited by Count O'Haearty (O'Kgherty in the Uxt) and Father Aubert, two of hts early friends. Having re ceived all the teliplous consolatiousin the power of his friends to allord, he died next day, re tailing coiiscioiipness to the latt. Some veises composed by him during bis long malady nie not without their moral: "I had a friend for twenty years, lie w bs tne flower of niy sprlng-tlmo. AU gave place to his mud Joy, The most morose welcomed him. How no drunk ! how be sang ! Laughter was iny friend's name, "Answer me, what, better friend Ttian trial youib ? .Look ou lum. He assumes empire over you, ills eyes spatllng, his vest unbuttoned. ile touched hlH lluie at the dessert, And each one said, 'That Is Laughter.' ' The last supper which I gave, He took my band. 'O, my soil, Adieu !' sld he, 'I go to exile. In Puiis 1 am loved no longer: There are too many lawyers, cunning Creeks, And no one goes to the Vaudeville.' 'Alas, alas I he has quitted me; To biu oaths Le bus been faiae. I remain alone in tny chamber. The boar-frost covers my wludowB. I warm myself with my Journals: He was April, I December, "What! can I have lost him so soon? I've broken my glass In whloli I have so often urunk In bis compmy, (Sometimes 1 make a foible etlort, But my poor laiub soon expires, And my soul la Bgaiu la agony, "For they've taken all the cruel ones My gay ely , my goo ah. aud my touta. Around me climbs tne ivy The Ivy whloli shall one day cover The lowly tomb lu which they'll pice me, Without regret, without prayers," The Women's Medical College of Pennsyl vania has fpened its ninnteenth annual session with a cpuree of forty full-class students. PROPOSALS. A BUY TRANSPORTATION. ClrncB UHitr UmiiriaaMTii 1 Four LiivtxwoiTH ktnsu. leo. s. 1W. J BKAL.KU fltOPe)BAlJ8 will ba rrcuiv.d l lain orbce until 11 o'clock M., Jauunry 20, Ifttt), me TKANBPOHTATION OF JM1LI 1'A KY BUPPLdfert curlDi the Tr commencing April 1, 1SA9, ou the following routes: rropoia a lor route Ha. t will alHOba received by Jtrva( Lileulpoani-Uolonel M. I. Lufldlngion, U. Q M , at SaaU JPe, At., on. 11 tue lime above menllonmt ) KOUTE No. X From soch polou on Hie V'nlun Pacific Railway, R. 1. , is n ay, ourlug the mIMeuoe of tue contract, be denlRiiated by tha Ctdel Uu.rinruiaflier'a 0-nrw nieol ol trie Mir boui I, to auy plnoHi Uiat may be tiesiKiialPO by tbe forwarding o'lluvr Intnebialeaf Kauitaa and Territory of Colorado nouih of lainune 40 degrees norlb; lu such podilons of the mute of Ttsas aud Iudlan Territory as lie norlb or the Cana dian river and west el longitude 17 deBree; aud to Fort TJnlen, New Mexico, or inch other aepot as may be designated la that Territory, and any luter mediate poluis on tbe tuiiie to that deiiou liuidirn will stale the rate per loo pounds per 10U miles at which i bey will transport tbe stores lu eacn montn ol l.'ie year, beginning April 1 'Iff. Separate bun uti i i v'ten and will b en- . , it ., . u i il Irki. j o tuil- to and Iroui iho ml- mr I liJivttt' ifclt-1 lo v ) ' i per 100 pouiid.1 lor tne .i lit t klfci.nij tmt u. lien, a lu me Xore- n . ti x., MARKER . f rsrrr,l.arned. Dodge, L) ou, lteynolds, Oar and. and Uulou au , uu kju Vlwu FOHT HAYH to Forts Doe g(, 1 yun, Kt-j nolo, unrlnnd, and Union, hHOM MIHkIDaN lilt KOK1' W'LLaCJb. to Form 1.x n, Keyuoldn, Uarlana anl L'niun. Tbe tn.iinporm.tiou hurelu advurnzod fur must be wholly by gun. lulorniatiou will be given on application to thin oUice of the dlataucvs between ihe plucen named ahove, and upon auy other poluls rt-gurdiuj; the ser vice herein adverllnfd lor. KOC I'rC NJ, 8. From Fort Union, or nucu other depot as may be etlulillBhtd In the Territory of iSew Mexico, to any ) oris or stations that are or may bd OotaoilHiied in that 'territory, and to such pests or statlous as may be des gnaled lu tbe Terrltury of Ari2. ua aud the btate ot Texas west ol Inbghude lii& dtgrees. The weight to be transported will But exceed on Hciute No. 2, 211,000,010 pouudb; ou ltoute No. 8, lu.Wo.OCO pouuds. JllUUeiB will n-airj luuir lini.:i?a ui iruiueiiwi. auu esch proposal tnml be accompanied by a depoxlt of tOOO ino es or certified ctiec payable to the order oi tbe undersigned), as a guarantee that lu caseaa award Is made to him the bidder Kill accept It and oter Into contract with good and sultlulent security In arcr.rdauee with the terms of this advertlsnmeut; Bald sum lu be forfeited to the Uulied btates Incarw of lalluie by tbe parly to whom the contract may he awarded, to execute In due form sunb contract. Kavb blcder must lie preeent at the opening of the proposal, or be represented by bis attorney. The c -u tractors l'l be rt quired to give bonds on Boule No. 2 lu stirh amounts as shall be lixed by the nndernlgued; on H-mteNo 8, IdO.ooO Hailnlactor evidence of the loyally and solvency or each blduer and peison offered as security will be "pro'lolislsmust te Indorsed "Proposals for Army Transportatlou on - oule M'. 2," or "8." as the ewe n ay be. and none will be eutertaiued unless tbey fully comply with the reiiulieiueuiu of this adver tisement. ..... Hie party to whom an award Is made must be pre rsrtdlo execute the contract wltnunt unnecessary dflny, and to give the required bonds tor (he faithful performance of the ouutract. 7 be right to rel til i'ud all bids that may bd CllereO 1 reserve!, i he cooiracior on eacn route uuiit u iu reauines frr service by tbe 1st day ot April, luiio, and mun have a place of business or agency at wuloli he may be communicated whh readily, at the starting polui or points of hu route. Blank forms, showing the conditions of the on traot to be entered Into for encii ; route, can be has upon at plication to this ollice, either personally or by jeti er, aud must accompany a .d bd a pari of the propcH&ls. . .... , . . Blanks for proposals will be furnished on appli cation. My order of tbe Chief Quartermaster, Military Di vision ef the Missouri, 12 17 1ml I. C. KA8TON, Kep t 1'. M. Gen. TJ. 8. A ., C. U. M., Dep'l Mo. MEDICAL. RIIIQX7MA.XIS3X. fi I U It roiA. Warranted Permanently Cured. Warranted reruianenllj Cured Without Injury to the Sjstcm. Without Iodide, I'otassia, or Colcbicuin By Using Inwardly Oaly OR. FITLER'S GREAT IUIEUMATIC KE3IEDT, For Rheumatism and Neuralyia in ail its forms. Tbe only standard, reliable, positive, Infalllbl per manent cure ever discovered. Il is warranted to con tain nothing hortful or Injurious to tbe system. WA KKANTKD 'IO CUBE OB MONEY RKFU NDB.D WA-EBANTKD TO CTJHK OB MONY EK FUN BED Thonsanda ot Philadelphia references of cares, Fr pared at J.O. 29 SOUTH rOUKTII STREET 8Z2ituthtf BELOW MARKET. CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS. pICTURES FOR TRESENTS. A. So ROB INS OX, NO. 810 CHESNUX Street, Has nst received exquisite apeclmeus ot ART. SUITABLE lull HOLIDAY (Jit To. FINE DBE8DEN "ENAMELS" ON PORCELAIN, iu great variety. 8PLENDM) PAINTED PHOTOGRAPHS, uiciuuiog m numoer oi cuuiue gems. A BUPERB LINE OF CUKCjIOS. A large assortment ot NEW ENUltAVINU, Etc. Also, RICH bl'iLK k'ULtAKa, of eluguul uew palttrus. 816 DRUGS, PAINTS, ETC. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., N, E, Corner or roCUTIi and IJACE St3.t PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUCCIST8. IMPORTERS AND MAUCPACTDRERa Of White Lead and Colored Faints, Putty Yarulbhes, Etc AGENTS FOB THE CELEBRATED FKENC11 ZINC TALMS. DE.ALERH ADD CONHCMERa SUPPLIED Al LQWKHT PRICES FOB CASH. 12 U J H T I-VI M D O W RATTLER. lor Kwelllugs, Cars.hltcainboats, Etc. Prevents Rattling aud Shftttlug ol the Win- rli.ua Vm I lia wtnii or iillutn n jnunu (.. -.no t,. , tuj-h, pieveuta the wluil aud ilum from eu luring. ' uk1Iv RLIuflierl. nrul rniili-u lint, u l.w.i glunce to jude of lis inert!-!. Call ou the Ueuerul Agent, c. p. iiosr:, No. J27 JAISE Street, Between Market and Cbesnut, 12 11 fmw8m rhlladelphla. DB. KKNKELIN, AUTEB A KKSIDENC1 and practice of thirty years at the Northwest corner of Third aud Union atieeis, has laloly re moved to South KLJ4.VEWTH bUeel, between MA.R. KETandCMESNUT. Uis superiority In tbe prompt and perfect core ot all recent, chronic, local, and constitutional aireo lions of a special nature, Is proverbial. Diseases of the skin, appearing In a hnndred dif ferent forms, totally eradicated; mental and physical weakness, and all nervons debilities scientifically and successfully treated. Oflloa hours from I A M, OtF.Ui IRE GUARDS, FOB UTOBE FRONTN, AHTM'SIM, FAC- Patent Wire Ralllng.llron Bedst earls, Ornament WlreWork, Paper Makers' Wires, and every variety Of Wire Work, ruanufaclurtd by n. wALHm nons I uwf No. U iNorta bXXTU JANUARY 11, 18C9. INSURANCE COMPANIES. UNITED SECURITY LIFE INSBKAXOE COMPANY, er PEN NSYLVANIA. OFFICE: S. E. Corner FIFTH and UIESUT Sts., PHILADLPBIA. CAPITAL, - 81,000,000 1) I H E C T o it a. PHILADELPHIA. OI.OROK H. f?TU ART, HKJlvUK W. I HIL1)B, WM. A. Pi) 111 ER, F. A. HRKXKL, WM, V. aicKEAN. THOMAS W. EVANr1. S. H. HOP. "TM ANN, A. J DIU'.Af.U JObEPU PATfKIWJN, VV.U. C. HOUSTON, J. MiI.M, UENRV E. ROOD. NKW yohk. JAMF.M. MORRI ON. Presldett Manhattan Bank JOoEl U bTCAHT, ot J. J. btuarl & Co., Bankers. BOSTON. HON. E. 8. TOBEY, late President Board of Trade CINCINNATI. A. E. CHAMBERLAIN, of Chamberlain it Co. cu ICAOO. L. 7. I.F.ITFR. Of Field, Leltpr C). C. li..bMI'i H, 01 Oeo. V Smith & Brothers, Bankers. IXIl'ISVILLB KV. WILLIAM GARVIN, of Oarvln, Bell 4 Co. ST. LOC1H. JAMff K. YEATMAN, Cashier Merchants' National Luuk. NEW HAMPhBIRB. HON. J. W PATi EltouN, U. B. Senator. BA1.TIMORK. WILLI 1H PRERCOTT SMITH, Buperlnfendent C'liusollObted Railway Line, lie York: to Washington. p. M. bUOEM A KER, of Adsms & Co.'s Express. CHRISTIAN AX. of O. W. Oail ax. IIUM'IM T. .KINO, President Centrnl Savings Bank. GEORGE H. STUART, President. C F. BETT3 Secretary. J. L. LUDLOW, Cousulfing Physician. fob 1 tKHA B.. MedlcM Kxnmluers C. KIUART PATIERSON,rnl,,1)lBl RH HARD LUDLOW, j Counsel. TUu) C'QDjptipy Issues Policies of Life Insurance ut-on all the varioti thai have been proved by tbe experience of Eurojieflu n American com panies to be Bafe, sound, and rilhle, at rates as LOW AND UPON TEllilS AS P4Y9KA8LE AS THOSE OF ANY COMPANY OF LyUAL bTA BIL1TY. All policies are non forfeli vble after the payment two or luo. e anuual premljrcs. 11 13 imvv3mrp N8URE AT IN TI1E il o evi e Fcrk Mutual Life Insurance Co. Jio. 5)21 CIILSNUr St., rhiladelphia. ASSETS, 9S,000,00. CHARTERED BY OUR OWN STATE. MANAGED BY OUR OWN CUIZEN3. LUtSES PROMPIL PAID. POLICIES ISSUED ON VARIOUS PLAS8. Applications may be made al the Home OUiue, anl the Agencies throughout the State, 2 la? JAMEM TllAUt'AlK. PRESIDEN 1 MA31L A,. aiuHlis VICE PRESIDENT JtSit. XV. liOUHIlii A. V. P. and AOIUARY UOHAIlO . StKrHKKH SECRKVAikY JSSUBANCf; COMf AH NORTE AMERICA, No. 232 WALNUT STREET, PHILADA. INCORPORATED 17M. CHARTER PERPETUA1 Marine, luluuu, uuU ire luiturHiice, ASSETS JANUARY 1, 1868, - $2,001,2fj6-72 .OOO.OW) LosbbB Paid in Caaii blnoa iu Organiiatiou. DIRK4JTOR8. Arlhnr O. Com n, George L. Harrison buuuel W. Jones, Francis R. Coue. juun a. iiruwu, Charles lay lor, Ambrose white, William Welsh, Richard D. Wood, S. Morris Wain, John MMAn. Eon ant 11, liotier, Edward a. Hume, T. Charltuu Hanry, Alfred D. Jessup, John P. White, Louis C Madeira, , u . csjjfjriiN, president. Charles Platt, becietary. WILLIAM BUKHLER, Harrlshorf, Pa-, Centra Agent for the Slate of Pennsylvania. lf 1 A-nmnm r. S B U R Y LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. . NEW YORK, LEMUEL BANGS, President. J - I. ' 1 I. I T II. ' I f..... .1 -I . I . . . . EMORY McCLlN lOCiv, Actuary. The Asbnry Company issnes Policies In all theforms In present ue, ou the most liberal ie,uis in respect to iniH, ui.iwwu fiiAiis. resirioLious on occupation ana travel, cumpaliole with safety; loans one-tulrd of fireuiiuuio, ucu umiku Bua manes ait policies aoo uteiy Don-forfelinble. Couuiueucfi.g busluess only In April last. It has bnen receivea wiiu so ixii -u ivor mat its assurauces already amount to ov.;i,ou0,0lr0, aud are rapidly lu. creasing day by day. PENNSYLVANIA AGENCY, JAMES M. LONUACRE, teanaKer. No. IH)4 WAX. IV UT Street, PhllaUelphla. LorM Board of Reference in Philnaelphl: iiiouius 1. 1 KSker. c. flioiris wain. James B Lougacre. Anhur G. Collin, John st. Marls, Wlnlam invli.e, Juhu R. Mrl .-i.rv J. R. Lippiucolt, James Loug, James H tuner. Jdhn A. Wright lt liuiuiain Charles Spencer, a. vv Ul lie, PHffiMX INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. INCORPumaTED ISOi CHARTER PERPETUAL. No. WiLN b'TS.reet, opposite the Exchange This Company Insures from ions or damage by FIR a!, on liberal terms, on buildings, merchandise, furniture etc., lor ilmned periods, and ptrmnueutly ou build. II KB by deposit of prt-minm i. lhe C mi'hiiy has been In actlveoperatlon for more than blXTY YEARS, during which all losses have been promptly aujusted and pall, ' , . LIRtCTORA John L. Hodge, David Lewis. M. U, Mahi uy, Leujamin Ettlng. Johu '1. Lewis, Tuouias H . Powers. VI ililam S. Grart, A, R. McUe iry, Robert W. Learning, laduinr-d Castlllon, D. Clark Whatlou, Samuel Wlloox, Lawrence Lewis, Jr., I Lew i C. Norr.s. JOHN R. WUCH h rttCri, President. SaurBX Wilcox, secretary. s.zoj IKE 1NSUIUNCE EXCLUSIVELY TUB t ENNSV LVANIA FIRai INbURANOfS COM PAN V Incorporated 1626 Charter Perpetual No 610 WALK UT Street, opposite Independence Square This Company, favorably known to the community ftr over tony years, continues to Insure against low or damage by lire on Publlo or Private Bulldinvs either permanently or for a Urn Hod time. Also on Furniture Slocks of Goods, and Merchandise nana, rally, on liberal terms, ' "r Their Capital, together with a large Burping Fund Is invested In the most oarelul manner, which enauiM lueni to offer to U Ins area an undoubted. SHcurUv in the case of loss. " Daniel Smith, Jr., IBTO" John niTHinv Alexander Benson, Iraao HarJehurst, Thomas omllh, Heury Lewis, ,., XhouiM Rooin, lk.nl.1 TI a A r i " . uimngham xwt DANIEL smith! Ja..presller)t, WM. 8. CROW ELL, Secretary. ' QTRICTLY MUTUAL. PROVIDENT LIFE"aND TRUST CO, OF PHILADELPHIA. OFFICE, NO. Ill . FOI'KTH STREET, Organhted 10 promote LIFE ANoURANCE among members ollhjy QJf ,BIEf(fDai Good rlBxiotauy class accwpied. Policies Unued upon approved pians, al tht lowest N1"1 President, SAMUEL R. SHIPLEY. Vice-President, WILLIAM O. IiNnSTRKTIT. ywrrrm c cluary, KOWLAND PARRY, The advahiagc otlexcd by this Cvumij are exevued, i7 INSURANCE COMPANIES. &21,-CHAKTI2U i'EUl'ETUAL. Franklin FlrlPliisuraacc' Co. st kS'AaswaalItA, OFFICJS: o 435 aud 43 tUllSiNUl 8TKLL"I. iWRTS on jamVaBT 1. oimii f- .......-.. A iVh I'tCD SVKI'L VH w...m.-......1, CNSETTLED CLAIMS. INOOMiS FOR 1807 98S.8)i tasoioa-oa, lAKlt 1A0 1 OVEB WO 300,000. Perpetual and Temporary Policies on Litrl Ttrmi DIR EOTOR8, Charltx N. Bancaer, Geoige Falea, Tubian WatuoT A 1 1IWI ClliHi Francis W. Ltwts. M. D.. Thomas Sparss, William S. Grauk Sauiuel Grant, George W Richards, Isaac Lea, (TnARLrTS N. BANOK.ER. President. O&OHuK FaLES, VM;-Preulclent. J AS. W. liiiALLimH.lt, Secretary pro tm. ' Except at Lexington, Kentaagy, this Company ha no Ageucies W est of Putaourg. 114 jarUlMLFlia: lAStKAJiCJL COi'AJliY LONDON. i:ni AKi.iNiii.n lHoa. Paid-up Capital aLd Accumulated Funds, 8,0 0 0,0 0 0 IN GOLD. PKEVONT A- IIEKRIXM AKents, 11 4 8m. No. 107 Booth THIRD Street, Phlla, SHIPPING. ff. f2y LORILLARD'S STKAMSUIP'LINB FOR NEW YORK. Batting Tuesdajs, Tliursdajs, and Patnrrlays at noon. The wlntir rates at which Ifrelght Is nof.' taken Is 20 cents per too pounds, gross. Scents per tool, or 2 cents per gallon, ship's option. The Line Is now prepared to coutrtel for spring rates lower than, by any other uutt , con meclr.gon Match 15, lsjft, Advance charges cht?d au ollice ou Piir. Freight itceheu at all limts on covered wharf. JOHN F. OHL, 2J ib Cm Pier 1 North Wharves. tX'H L1VEU100L AND 0TJEEN8E TON.-ii,u.an Lm i M.,iVJ,.7L't!l?.i kit; fc,.pwiutea to Si.ll as follows: wrs ell 1 OF i-OiMJOiN.bruurUay, December 28, CI t Y OF COnH , 1 Ucsuiiy. December z. Il l V OF BALILMUUE, batuiuby, J.ulHiTJ 2, CITY O' LobiOi, omuruny, Jauuury tl, E'lNA, 'lueu-.J.i- ,a V'fi'.V' $itVELk, Saturday, January Id fti i. kt.cn sui.ct'dliii; Stfc.miiAv aud aiLerniH TueadaV. I f. 1 P, k,i from Pier 43, North Rlvor. KAlto OF PA(S.iorJ jiy tht ll STKAHKB fcAll-lISh KVnUr BAXITKOAV, Payable in Gold. pyuOte lu Currency. FIR!: 1 CAalK 10U ! STEj!, U aU E to LoinU'u HM to Loudou.......... V) to Pi-.ris li to Paris ...... il FAr-tiAbk BY TUK 'lutslui' tVlmka VIA Mi UIJfAX, jrillbl CAIIJN, HTKk.KW. Puy able lu uoiu. l'ftyubia iu currency. I lverpool. 9li 'Liverpool ..f3 lia;ilux... - AHlltX 1 . it. Johu s, N. F I j pt. Johu's, N. F- l on by Rrauch Dk'uiuri.... J ' I y Branch Bieiuiier... w phSbongers alito firwiiiuea to Httvre, HRQiijuig.iire n.en. oic. iu rt dni:i ;1 rules. ineir irienus, ut uiouera.e r.. For lurther Information apply at lhe Compai ur-icts. JOHN G. DAt.1!-, Ageut, WO. 15 BROADWAY, N.Y. UrlO O'DONHr.Ll A iAULK, Ageuls, no. ui irajiui cirtii, fnitauelphla. PHll.Al)riLrHIA, RICHMOND AND iRl:OLE. STEAMbHlv link iii.i,ut;ull HHX.U.1ti.T AIR L1E TO THJJ EVERV SATURDAY, i At noon, from tlRST Vi HARF above MARKET Tiii.OCUH RATES and THROUGH RECEIPTS to an pom ts lu North anu jaouih Carolina, via bea uoi.ru Air Line luinrooU, couuecilhg al Portsmouta m u to Lyuchourg, Va.,T'cuuesiee, aud tae Weal, via Virginia and Teuueasue Jx Line and Richmond aud Dbuvlile Railioua, freight HaNDlED BUT ONCE, and taken al LOW ER RaTES THaN AN Y OIHEU LiNi. The regularity, salety, f.ud cheupuess ol this route commend a to the tuoilo as tue most acslrable me dium lor carrying every description ol ti-e'gul. No charge for ooiLmtsuton, drayage, 01 auy expense Oi trausler. StettmRhins Insured at lowest rate. Freight received daily, V. ALLIAM P. CLYDE dt CO., No. 14 North and South WHARVES. W. P. PORTER, Agent at Rlohmoud ana City Point. T, P. ORO WELL A CO.. Agents at Norfolk. I If 4";V NEW EaPKESS LINE TO ALEXi atWrfeki..anaria, Georgetown, and Washington Xj. v.., la Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, with oon- necllons at Alexauurlu from the most direct routs lor L nchuurg, Bristol, Knoxvllle, NatihvlUe, Daltos and the bouthwesl. Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at BOOH frorn tbe lint wharf awe Market street. Freight received daliy. WM p No. 14 North and bouth Wharves, J. B. DAVIDSON, Agent at Georgetown. M. ELD RIDGE it Co., AgenU at Alexandria, Vf. glnla, (1 yr r" 011CE.-0H NEW lOliK, VIA f XtHJLao blEAMBOAT tXJMPAN V. The Steam Propellers ot this Hue leave DAILY from Urbt wharf ueiuw Uarset street. THROtuH IN 24 HOURS. Goode Airwarded by ail the lines going out of York, Nunb, East, aud West, free of commission, Fteights received al our uhui.1 low rates, WlLLlAil P. CLYDE & CO., Agents, No. 14 . WHARVES, Philadelphlai JAMFS HAND, Agent. V l " 80 No. lis WALL btreut, corner of South, New York r-aAlHtlh FOtt a EW YOH K-SWIFr-SUBl Av'--i-'i tm i iTrauspoi tation Company Despatch a. u evviiL-bure Llues, via Delaware and Rarltan Canal, on and alter tne hth ot March, leaving dally at 12 M. and i P, M connecting wlili all Northern and Eastern lines, For freight, which will be taken on accommodating tern s, apply to WILLIAM M, B41K1)(X)., 1 li No. Ui, S. DELAWARE AVenaaj CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, ETO QOATINC8 I COATINGS 1 JAMES & LEE HO. 11 NOI1TU SECOND HTUKKT, Siyn o the Golden Lamb, AltE NOW KECEITINO NEW 0TTI.ES OF FALL ASU WINTER COATLNfcJS, j TO WHICH II1ET INVITE TUB ATTEIf TION OF HIE TUADE AHI OfflEUi, AT WIIOLENALE AUD BETAIIn 826af STOVES, RANGES, ETC vriTirp tii v. rTNnienoinvnL j Av-. v . u u u i vi u ; would call the attention of the publlo to hut NEWluLlEN EAGLE FURNACK. " "la -w " umiri, It IS SO 01" iruuiu m iu wm. uiwuivuu i iiei i io general favr. belugacimlilnailooof wrought aud cast Iron. 1 la very simple In us construction, and Is perfectly sr. tight; self-cleaning, haylngmo i lpea or drums tors token out and cleaned. It U so arranged with QDruit flues as to produce a larger amount of heat from ha same weight of coal than auy furnnce now in iT The hygiometlo condition ot the air as producedbv my new arrangement ol evaporation will at onoetZ wont irate that it is tl.e ouly Hot Air Furnace Till will pre duce a refutly healthy atmosphere. i 'li oselu want of a complete Honing Apparfua would do well lo call aud examine the Golden Eaii? k. a,UUA1"'K.-i WILLlAMaTl Kos. 1182 auu 1134 MARK KT Street A large BBOrtme.it ot Cooking Raniie.llFi,rPhiirf N. U.-Jobblng of all kluflg promptly done. 6 THOMPSON'3 LONDON KITCIIENh or EUROPEAN RANGE, for families h or rubllo liibtllutions. In 1'WENTY DIFFs?' em sizes. Also. phH.r:.!:.! diudw. Hot-Air Furnsces, Portable Heater,7 LoSS Grates, Flrebosrd tVoves. Bath Boile. Stella I iy