THE DAALl EVENING TELEGIlAril PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AU(iUST 17, 18(9. MAX MULL Kir$ "1MU-VEDA." Max Mullor'H long-cxjioctod translation of Iho snored hymns of tho lirnhinins has at length Ix-on published in London by Trubner A. Co. Tho Snturddi ,' ci'i u gives Iho fol lowing notice of tho work: Tho popular expositor of tho Soioneo of Lnii;uno here returns to his lirst field, that in which his earliest honors wore gained, and in which also ho laid the foundations of that general knowledge of the strneturo and con nection of languages for which ho is now famous. Tho hymns of tho "llig-Vcda," if not tho oldest, are certainly among the oldest, writ ings known to mankind. " The era of their production cannot ho settled, and it is pro liaMe, nay, almost certain, that their com position was the work of long periods, per haps even of many centui ies. Tims much nt least is known' of their antiquity. Hint live or six centuries huforo tho Christian rn their language and their grammar had heroine so ohso'i te that critical treatises, known by tho title of pniix.i.n.tx, were required to explain and illustrate their construction and signification. They thus go hack to, or nicy even precede, the very il.nvn of history, and so they present to us some of Iho earliest outpourings of the human mind. Hince tho period of the prii'ixnUititx their contents Lave been guarded with tho most ncrupnlous care, and "the text of the Veda is licit or authenticated and supported by a more perfect tipptirnliix rritirns than tho" text of any Greek or Latin author." The importance, then, of these productions, as illustrating tho early history of man, the development of thought, and the formation and al'tinity of languages, cannot be overrated. lint what are tho Vedas. and the Jiig-Ve 1 1 in particular? The ordinary answer is, "The sacred books of tho Jlrahmins," and this is true: but how much does if cover? The Vedas are four in number, but the Kig is the great original, tho fountain from which the contents of tho others have boon drawn and moulded into different forms for liturgical and sacrificial purposes. Tho Vedas, then, are the sacred books of tho l.rahmins: hut it must not therefore bo concluded they arc tho Scriptures of tho Hindoos, their laws and authorities in matters of religion. So distant is Iho period when these hymns were com posed, so manifold have been tho changes which have come over Hindoo thought and feeling, that though some faint traces may bo found in them of institutions which now exist, and of ceremonies still observed, tho Hindoo religion of tin: pres. : t time contains but very little that can be referred to (hose writklgs which are confessedly its basis. It is not (liilicult to trace the progress of (his divergence, through a suc cession of diiferent schools of thought, and through various classes of writings. From ago to ago tho differences have grown wider and wider, until at length i! has come to this pass, that the great objects of .Hindu worship are deities unknown to the Vedas: and al though verses from these ancient books arc still used at sacrifices and in ceremonies, they are recited by priests who have learned them orally, or from ritualistic manuals, but who have no real understanding of tht-ir lan guage and moaning, and no kuowlodgo of the books from which they are derived. Some few learned JSrahmins are to bo found, hero and there, who have made (ho Vedas their study, and have acquired a more or less ex tensive knowledge of their language and im port; but they are few and fur between, bear ing perhaps a not much greater proportion to the whole than Sanskrit scholars do to tho educated classes of England. These facts load us up to tho otherwise startling statement that the Vedas are now more generally and far better understood in Europe than they are in India. A brief con sideration of the circumstances by which this result has been achieved will sufficiently ac count for it. 'When a knowledge of tho San skrit language, and of tho vast literary trea sures which it contains, Jirsl broke upon the mind of Europe towards tho close of the last century, great were the expectations excited, and active were tho efforts made to obtain copies of the Vedas those books which in quiring philosophers hoped would unveil many of the mysteries of religion, and prove the futility of much that was commonly believed But they were not easily obtained. Iho few Jlrahmins who had a knowledge of them had also a reverence for them, a reverence which was only exceeded by tho awe of those who, being ignorant of their contents, looked upon them with superstition-) fear, and dreaded tho imprecations passed upon tho man who should disclose thorn. Homo time thus elapsed before copies were obtained, and such was the mystery attaching to them that one of tho Jesuit missionaries in India endeavored to improve the op portunity, and pave tho way for Chris tianity, by forging a Sanskrit work to 'which, he gave the name of the second or Yajur-Veda; and which, lieing translated into French, under the title L Eznur Vtdum, de ceived' Voltaire. Colebrooke, a Company's civilian, one of tho earliest but one of tho most profound Sanskrit scholars that Europe has produced, first gavo an insight into their iiniure by an essay which ho published in tho Aaidtic JlrxKirclnx. In is:ss Hosen published the text, with a translation of tho lirst of tho eight books of tho Kig-Veda, and a few years afterwards tho Court of Directors undertook the publication of tho whole text of tho llig, togetker with the commentary of Sayaua, its greatest native exponent. Tho preparation of this work was entrusted to Dr. Max Mullor, and iu IS l! he brought out the first portion, a portly quarto volume; three others have fid lowed, and two more remain to bo published. Amide materials have thus been supplied for tho study of this important work, and it may bo fairly said that knowledge has advanced as rapidly as the materials for study has been mirmlied. Soon after tho first volume of tho text was published tho late Trolessor "Wilson under took the work of translation, and in ls.-.O his first volume appeared. At tho tinio of his death threo volumes had been published, and a fourth has since been brought out, edited Cowell. of Cambridtro. A trans lation of a largo portion of tho Kig is thus Leforo tho world, and besides tho earlier translation of Koseu there is a French trans- lation of a portion by Langlois, and a German one bv lienfpv. all indcuendent of each othor. It inav. therefore, be asked, what need there is vet of another version ? Tho question is one which it is not difficult to answer. Pro fessor "Wilson's knowledge had boon acquired in India by study with i'undits, and ho had in conseouence a irealer resnect for native commentators than is folt among tho scholars ot Europe. lie took for his guide tho Indian Eustathius, rayaiia, ami his translation gives the inter pretation put upon tho text by that commen tator. Who, then, was this scholar, and what is his authority? Sayana was a scholar of great repute who lived in the south of India in the fourteenth century. Jie was thus juit ft modern writer, very far removed from the age in which tho Vedas were compiled, and thoroughly imbued with tho principles and feelings of modern Hinduism. Profes sor Wilson held that Sayana "undoubtedly had a knowledge of his text far beyond tho pretensions of any European scholar, and must have boon in possession, either through his own learning or that of his assistants, of all the interpretations which hud been per petuated by traditional teaching from tho earliest times.'' Whatever may bo the weight attached to these opinions and that there is some weight in them will be readily admitted still it was im possible that Sayana. or any othor man, in his position, could have approached tho study of these volumes freo from all feel ing and prejudice in respect of tho religion in which ho had been bred, and of which these writings were held to bo tho origin. That institutions of a later date did warp his judgment we shall presently have occasion to show. J rot essor Mullor admits that fsayana s commentary was a xni' rntt h"h for a scholar like study of the Uig-Veda," in which opinion he is far more favorable to the scholiast than some other Euro ican critics: but he goes on to say that '"Sayana in many eases (each'S us how the Veda ought not to be. ralher than how it ought to be, understood." Tho bias with which Sayana approached his text will bo sufii' ieiiily indicated by one example. In the Vedas mention is made of live sort s or classes of no ii, and the commentator unhesitatingly understands this as referring to the four great castes of Hindus, and a filth coin rising tho barbarians. The germ of the great institution of caste may lurk in this aUnsioii to the various "sorts of men,'' hut nothing is to bo found in the hymns which distinctly indicates the ex istence of a recognized division of castes. The author of the present volume sums up the merits of former translations very shortly in the following words: "Tl:ai of Sayana (Wilson's represoiiM the tradi tion of India ;'that of l.n njjlois is 1 lie insreiiioiis hut llioroiiirhh uin i i t i ;-1 (juos-work of a man of t :i si ; that nf llein'ev is the lewleriiijr ol a scholar, Who tun eai'i'liilly worked out the history of sumo words. Oat who assigns lo el'ier words cither the traditional ineainntr recorded li.v sayana, or a conjectural meaii iur which, however, woiild not always stand the test ot an iiiterooiiiiariso!i of all passages in which these words occur.'' 1 lo then goes on: 'It may sound self-contrailictory, if, alter con fcKsiiisr the help which I have derived from these translations, I venture to call tn.v own the lirsl trans lation of tin' lloir-Vedu. Tin; word translation, how ever, has many mciihin'rs. I mean li.v trinslailon not a mere iciolei liii; of the hymns of the jr- Vila, into Knclisli, French, or Herman, tint, a full account ot the reasons which justify the translator in assln Inu such a power to such a word, and such a meau u! to such a sentence. I mean ly translation a real ilecil he! iliir ' a 1 1'ti nt'f '! nt fan nr if such an expression may be used. Without sncli a pro-eej-s, without ii riiuniiijr commentary, a mere trans lation of the hymns hit the lSrahmins will never lead to any solid resu'ts." The hymns of which tho Hig-Vodrt consist arc generally short, and are addressed to tho great powers of nature to Iudra, tho god of the firmament, to Eire, the Sun, tho Moon: and, as regards tho latter, they are more espe cially devoted to tin? praiso of the s'wf, or moon-plant, the, juice of which plays a promi nent part in many of tho Vedie hymns. This juice was probably fermented and formed into an cxhillarating or intoxicating boverago which was held in very high esteem. Tho total number of hymns in tho Kig-Veda is about mi't). Their composition was without doubt tho work of many men, and of long lerious of tune. J hey bear evident marks ol laving been handed down by tradition and, although thev were collected and arranged in their present form long before our era, some centuries must have passed be fore they wore brought together by tho sago who, from his perform ance ol this work, is called ttixii, tho com piler. Tho language of tho hymns, besides being archaic, is very involved and elliptical, abounding with epithets of which it is dilli cult to see the force, and with metaphors and comparisons which arc by no means obvious. It "teems with words which require a justili- cation. Iho hymns consequently demand, as Mr. Mullcr observes, a similar treatment to that bestowed upon tho interpretation of ancient inscriptions a careful collection of all grammatical forms, and a thorough com parison of all passages in which tho same word occurs. Tho metro of tho hymns is n very important guide to tho correct reading of the text, but this presents so many appa rent anomalies, that several critics have en deavored to explain its rules, and Mr. Mullor devotes many pages of his preface to set forth and illustrate his own opinions on tho matter. After working for more than twenty years on the publication of tho text, Mr. Mullo now endeavors to reap a little of tho fruit of his labors, and presents tho world with a translation of certain portions of tho Vedic hymns. This, his first volume, consists of a part of the hymns addressed to the Jf'trntx, or htorm-goas. lie oriugs to me wont a iuu acquaintance with the traditional interpreta tion of Indian scholars, a mastery of compa rative grammar, a mind alive to all points of resemblance in mythology, and an industry which has no doubt performed that laborious work of inter-comparison of which wo have spoken above. Uut for all this ho says, with the modest diffidence of a true scholar, "my work is a mere contribution towards a better understanding of tho Vodio hymns, and though I may give in tho main a right render ing of tho sense of the Vedic poets, I feel convinced that on many points my transla tion is liable to correction, and will sooner or later be replaced by a more satisfactory one." It is time, however, that wo took somo no tice of tho hymns upon which this vast labor has been expended, and endeavored to give some idea of their character and stylo. First, then, tho reader must not expect to find in them much poetry of an agreeable or elevated character, anything that for a moment can bear comparison with tho Psalms. As more literary productions, apart from their archaic value, wo doubt if any man could bo found to read them. Snatches of poetry may here and there bo found; a grand and elevated tone mixed with the most familiar and, to modern taste, most ignoble and unsuitable allusions. The mere reading of some of thorn conveys Iho impression that they are not fully under stood, and sets tho mind inquiring as to the meaning which may lio concealed in them. The following hymn, addressed to Agni, tho God of Eire, and the Marutus, or the Storm gods, is one of the most readable in the pres ent volume: "1. Thou art culled forth to this fair saerillco for a draught of milk ; Willi the niuruts conic hither, U At-'ni! No trod Indeed, no mortal, Is liovond tho might of thee, the mighty one; with tlio Maruts, etc. etc. "3. Tlicy w ho know of the irivut sky, tho Vtsve Devas without uuile; with tho Maruts, etc. M. The wild ones who shir their song, Ulicou iiucru'ole by loree; with the Maruts, etc. "6. They who ure brilliant, of awhil shape, powerful, und devourers of Joes; with the Maruts, ' '"(! They who In henven aro enthroned as gods, In the l'iplit of the firmament ; with the Maruts, etc. "7. They who toss tho clouds across tho surging sea" with tho Murutscomu hither, etc. '-s. They who shoot witli their darts across the sea with inil-'ht; with the Maruts, etc. 09 1 pour out to thee for the early draught sweet juice of Soma ; with the Moruts, etc." Among the notes appeuded to this hymn are tlio following ' Verso 7. That parnttta (mountain) Is used in tho prime of loud, without, any further explanation, Is clear from many passiur'-s. hs "J'hon. India, hast rut this (fr'iit broad cloud to pieces wit 11 It.hy lightning. Wo actually find two similes mixed up together, such ns 'the udder of t lie cloud.' in tho Kddutootlie hicks, ciild to have been fashioned out of Ytnlr's bones, are supposed to bo intended for clouds. In did Norse kittl-kr melius both cloud and rock-nav the Knglifh word c'aiirf Itself has heeu Identified' wit li the Anglo-Saxon clvu, rock." To this it may bo added that tho mountains in tho sky is an imago familiar to most people. On tho same verso there is another and more interesting note: 'Whether tin! surging of the sen is to bo taken for the sen or ior tho nir depends on tue view which we take of the earliest eosniograpliv or the Vedic Itishis snvanu explains, 'Tlie.v who make the clouds go and stu the watery sen.' u ilson remai KS that tic ln:lu 1 nee of the winds upon the sea, alluded to in this and the following verse. Indicates more familiarity with the ocean than we should have expected Irom the traditional inland position of the early Hindus mid it has therefore been supposed that, even ill passages like our own, stww'ra was meant for the sky. the waters above the firmament. IWt although there are passages in the Kig-Veda whe'r moc'icw may be taken to mean welkin, this word shows, in by far the linger number or passages, the clear nvanimr of 1 eean. '1 here is one famous passage which proves that lheedii' poets who were supposed to have known the upper courses onlvoMlio rivers of the Punjab, luid billowed the greatest and most sacred ol 1 lieir rivers, the .scoxmh, as tar as the Indian i ci aa. It is well known that, 11s earlv as the coni fM.Mtionol the laws of the .t.oirt.'.i Vns possib'vas rally as the composition of I lie tii'tra 011 wiii'ii Ihi se metrical laws aro based, the river s,tnt--nti: had changed Its course, mid the place, where that rivei disappeared underground was called iv.ct -((, the loss. . . . It is very curious thai while In the later Sanskrit literature the disappearance ol the ,s .israti in the desert, is a fact familiar to every writer, no mention or It should occur durlii" the whole of the Ve.lie period, ami it is still more curious thai in one of tlu! hymns of the Kig-Veda wc should have a distinct statement that the .v.iravw fell into tin' si a: '.Mono among all rivers SuntsraH listened. .' I'.o ;!..(. mil'-. tlU.m lllC HHH'illllilll l till- 111 Mit.' Here we see Sammim used clearly in the sense or the sea, the Indian sea. and wo have at the same tune a new indication of the distance which separates tin- Vedie age imm that of the later Sanskrit litera ture. Though It may not lit: possible to determine by geological evidence the time of theehauges which modified the southern area ol the Punjab, and caused the sttrtisntti to disappear in the desert, still tho fact minims that the loss of the Sanini'i is later than the Vedic ago, and that at that tune the waters of the Ktintsruli reached the sea. " I believe it can be proved I hat in the Vedic. age tho Nurmniii was a river ns large -as the Kiillej, t hai It, was the last of the rivers of the Punjab, mid therefore the iron gate, or the real frontier against the rest of India. At present the Sm-nxrati is so small a river that the epithets applied to the Sn;i;t'i 111 tile Veda have become unite Inapplicable to it. The Vedic JUi-ln's, though acquainted wlih numerous rivers, in cluding the Indus and (ianges, call the Strtfrti the niolhei'of rivers, and in the verse above quoted we have, as lar as I can judge, conclusive evidence that, the old .sm-iixrvt; reached In its course the Indian Sea, cither by itself, or united with the Indus." It would bo premature at. present to pro nounce any opinion on the success of this translation. That honest, sagacious, and per severing labor has been bestowed upon the interpretation of these ancient hymns every candid reader will cheerfully acknowledge: that many obstacles have been swept away, many dilliculties overcome, is plain!" appa rent. No one, however, can bo more fully impressed with tho belief that much yet re mains to be done than tho author appears to be. I lis closing words deserve to bo quoted: 'f know I shall seem to some to have been too timid in retaining whatever can possibly be retained in the traditional text 01 these ancient hymns, while others will look upon the eiiienda'ioiis wiii'-h I have suggested ns nnimrdonablo lemerity. Let everything be weighed in the just scales or argument. 'Those who argue for victory and not tor truth can have 110 hearing in our court. There is too niucti serious work to be done to allow time for wrangling or abuse. Any dictionary will supplv strong words to those who condescend to such warlare, but strong arguments require honest labor, sound judgment, and, above all, a genuine love of truth." 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( Will lie ottered at public auction, in this city, at Judiciary Snuare Depot, E street, between Fourth and Fifth streets, on WEDNESDAY, the lsth day or August, at 10 A. M., a large assortment of Hospital Furniture and Appliances, among which will bo round the following, viz. : tllxiOTin Basins, 8000 Iron Dedsteads, 3000 Deir Dowels, 900 Leather Buckets, 600 Wooden Duckets, 19,000 Tin Cups, 52500 Deir Dishes, assorted; ls.uoo Knives and Forks, each; 21 km) Litters, 300 Dell' Pitchers, 40110 Deir Plates, SuO Delf Tea-pots, fl'i.i Salt-cellars, 1200 Razors and Strops, lwio Spittoons, ld.OOJ Tablespoons, 0000 Teaspoons, 50 Mess Chests, miO Rubber Cushions, 6000 yards Gutta-percha Cloth, 2000 Gutta-percha Bed-covers, and a large variety of other articles, embracing Funnels, Corkscrews, Dippers, Gridirons, Lanterns, Scales and Weights (shop), Slates and Pencils, Bedside-tables, Sick ehairs, Cots, Horse-litters, Coil'ee-mills, Tin Tum blers, etc., etc. With a small exception the above articles are new. Catalogues with full particulars furnished upon ap plication. Terms cash, in Government funds only ; 25 per cent, deposit required at time of sale, and all pur chases to be removed within live days. CHARLES SUTHEWLAND, Assistant Medical Purveyor, Brevet Colonel United States Army. 8 13 it R M L. MESSRS. HEELER & FENNEM0RE, PHOTOGRAPHERS, NO. 5 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET, Respectfully announeo that on July 1, 1R69, they will open to the public their now and splendid rnoToanArii galleries, No. 820 ARCH St., Philadelphia, Wnere,'with greatly Increased facilities for transact ing their business, under the flrm;of KEELER, SUD DaICDS U FLNNEMOHE, .they Will bo ploaod to welcome ail wts may fuvur them with a cml. 1 1 wJur.y AMU8EMENTS. K C II T It E K T T II E A T K E. KUII.UANT OVI lil LOW IN?i IIOCSKS NFCHTLY. I'oMtivrlj U p Invi work, riMnnirni'ing .MONDAY MV KN I Mi. Aitfir lit, find cr'nt inning pvrry rihl thirmtf tlm work. I !ll'T' If ,''t !l ('. Ot I 'C fulfil 'MX Vli'UIV. A llH.NHHtTS . 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Mrppt . Mri. I' ll lei Wiilcot ..Mm W A. I 'liMuiirl .. .Mr. Ilecil I'.m, pit, I.ii lie Noll Y"Ai.n:s (late millkk's) wintei; i;ai;m x.,. 7.i, r-: m ,,i:;,; vinkstwi. I II t ( . It A Ml I t It I s 1 Ki( i V. f iritii 1 1 I mi riimrly r( tlm I, It A It , K K (! II llh.N, .,,ri:ii.iid M Rrwit i M'enp l .1 A l l Ml A I . Kit. nt it v. in c. nl.m.,1 ion w.in i I, AMI l.".s din HIM , A a, Mis, I, IK AN J'J'I'vTv. ' ,,,""r!" rAI-t;v At t l i'.NMIlN and I I iM.Mi ar ti.a alx.fo mentioned l,luc. Ail'iii"-mii frno. llltf SUMMER RESORT?. QURF H O U S ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., win. in: oi'tN i nth. si:PTi:ni:i:it .. TKRMS MOUKKATK. 1'or rocme, tcrrr.s, 4c, address THOMAS FAKLRT, Proprietor. Onrl Senti' Tarlor Orcheatra boa been eniiaKed for the ionaon. M 1 Im T H c vv H I T E HOUSE, AT ATLASTIO CITY, N. J., located on Stassncbimotts avenue, ia now opoa for tbo ro-ci-ption of visitorB. Tho butbiiiR ouposits tho Lonso is INSI'Hl'ASKKl), ANI THE I1ATHKUH AHK SKl'fltK KIIOM iAMii:it liv the "SA1KTY 1 XOATs" ekcmminu tub BATI11NO OHOINOS! Apply to 7'Jfmwim WII.UAM WMITKIintTSK. T IGUTIIOLSE COTTAGE. ATLANTIC -I J CITY. .IDNAtl NVIIOI ION, l'mprictor. I lie nuiht dcniLiililo Incatinn on tbu iluud, boinit tha ncurcst pcnnl to tlm surf. (iucsts (,r ilic bi us.i will leave tbo curs at thi t'nitod States Hotel. Nn K,a. 7 In mi JOHN M" E T Z.a iNLivr nofsr, ATLANTIC t i l Y. N'KW JKKSF.Y. T'urest tn-HtutK nf l.inunrM. 7 'J J-n DENNIS COTTACE. ATLANTIC CTiT, N. j". (.MIOniliAN AVKNTKi, I ularced to dntil lo nt fo.mtr tapaeiij. if now open lor tbo reception ol KUuaia. , JOSIOPU li. r.O'rrov. . " 1,11 I'roiinutor. AIEIU. HANTS' HOTEL. CAl'E MAY. N. .1." J.'! Thisd.-lier.tt'iiliy l,c.-to'l hotel ia NOW OPF.N for Hie a-:.Min, wlmre tlio und.TMKUod, as lioretmoro, will do volo ilia nuule uncrKiuB lo tbo comfort oi bis Hue-' WILLIAM .M ' SO.V. h-s-m l'ri.pr.otor. HERMAN lIOL."?E. CAl'E MA V, . ,.Z ,. od eiiciMc r us cm now lio b:id at. I ;i Mieniun ll.mse. Spnn buds. I eniis !" to $Ih perivcek. h " '-'t rLlt--t'UilA U.. IViiprietors. HCiVI E LIFE I NS U RA G E 0 M P Afi OK .'EU" YORK, WALT Kit S. GRIITTTU, Frusirtont. A solid, eafo, and reliable Company. Assets over two million dollars (t J.uuo.i.w), most soaurely invested, und iaM.y lucrcusini;. A .HU.MItEKNIJfl OK OVICIt lU.OOU. l'orsons contemplating nrsnrance on tluiir lives are in vited to examine tno literuiuto ot tba tjuuipuny, wbieli n:ay be bad at tbo Philadelphia ollica, Southwest coiLer of ' I-'OL'KTII and f.IKltARY Kt roots. tiatbstu:;ra 1J. Ii. MSI, Kit. (icnrrnl Attent. W1 R E VJ o n k. GALVANIZED and Painted WIRE GUARDS, store fronts and windows, fur factory ami wiireliouH windows, tor churches und cellar windows. IRON and M IRE RAILINGS, for balconies, odlcefl cemetery and garden fences. I.liieral allowance made to Contractors. Ilnlidera. ctid Carpenters. All orders tilled with promiituesf and work guaranteed. HOEEllT WOOD & CO., 7 3 stnt'.i",m No. 113 RIDfiE Avenue, Phlln. PATENTS. p A T E N T OFFICE. PATENTS PROCURED IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. Inventors wishing to take out Letters Patent for New Inventions me advised to cou.siilt. with C. II. EVANS, N. W. corner of FOURTH and WALNUT Streets, Philadelphia, whose facilities for prosecuting cases lief ore the Patent Oillce are unsui -pusned by any other upency. Circulars containing full informs tion to inventors can be had on application. Model? mude secretly. v. ii. i:i'A, 3 4thstnJ N. W. Cor. FOURTH and WALNUT. STATE RIGHTS FOR BALE. 8TATB Rights of a valuable Invention jnst patented, and foi the SLICING, UL'TTINU, und OHU'PINU ol dried bnef, cabhare, etc., are hereby otlnred for sale. H l an artiola of aroat value to propriotors of hotels and restaurants, and it i-tioutj be introduced into every family. NTATH KKillTS female. Model can he seen at 1'iiLKUHAPiI OKHCK, COOPKK'S FOUNT, N. J. 6 2Ttr M1INDV1 HOFFMAN. FOR SALE. FOR SALE OR TO RENT. tiKRMANTOWN. five minutes' walk . vr Station, two neat and comfortable House on WAYNE Street, below Manheiui, suitable for a small and cc&teel family, wilh all tbo modern conveniences, Has, water, ratiKo, heater, etc. Rent, $5(H) per aunum. Apply to JACOB KAUI'P, No. 77 WISTKR Street. Uerrnantown, PosseMiion at once. "" li is tf .... - - -. . . ...i., in,' .ii i ur.j Hi ixjjoiy I,''ii;k, ,',wi"!linf threo-story donble hack build provuments, and in eiceltuutordor. Waaowned and buill by the late lieury ilernncer, duceased. of Ibevory liosl materials and workmanship. Immediate possession, Agent at bouse from Li to 2 o'clock daily. 0 7 u uk, mo. o.h iiiAin nireet, above Mroen : nuuinrn i,n. TO RENT. FURNISHED HOUSE, No. aOt. MICE Micct, (Jermantowii, to rent from October 1 until May L Apply on the premises, or bj lottor, to WILLIAM II. W Kit 15, " ,,; 1'" Ni.2".7S. I'OUItTH Street. m fiERV ANTtHVN WfMV'T'vn1 r it,. Mhji A larv-e, modern-ouilt bouse, tenant-houae. ooaoh. EJuSe. and hve acres of land, handsomely laid cat lki and garden ; within two minutes' walk of Dui-s ljin tion. Apply to JAKMNJ'KONU s iTttuS" c O R N EXCHANGE EAO lit ANI'h'ArTnrtv JOHN T. KAILKY, N. E. corner of MARK FT and WATKR Streeta, DFALFR IN KAOS ANi BAGGJNU I if .1 i ., , ,., Of every descripti, for Grain, tloar, halt, buper-Phiwpbat of Lima, Bonti large and (mall GUNN Y KAG8 constantly 00 hand. 2aJi A lap. WOOL SA kS. DK. KINKEL1N CAnTsCONSULTJU) OH ail dtseaae of a carta! n fpftMllA (MMtbwwkl j. .)ii,4-ttvtttiueu
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