THE DAILY KVEISIISG TELKGKAFIIriIILADELPIIIA.J TilUilSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1870.
IiITS RATUHD.
REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.
TowAH,hy Oforgn tp Townsonrt. Fnb
linhe'd by KUedcs & llalph, "Washington,
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Mr. Townsencl in well known m one of the
wont vigorous and animated, if not one of
- the most profound, among the newspaper
writers of our day. He has fine descriptive
power, and his letters to half tho journals in
the country, dated from nearly every quarter
of the globe, are, in spite of thoir eccentrici
ties, fall of information and excellent enter
tainment. As a poet Mr. Townsend is loss
known than " a correspondent, and the
r- inanner in which his versos have floatod
around in the corners of the papers has not
Conduced to eataWishlng his fame in this
," line of art. In the volume before lis, all, or
all that Mr. Townsend considers worth pre
serving, of these fugitive poems have been
- collected, and tho average of merit is very
inch higher than we had reason to eipoct.
.Tho ordinary duties of a newspaper writer are
not such as are conducive to poetical inspira
tion, and it indicates no ordinary powor in
Mr. Townsend that he has been able to pro
duce verses of as high a grado as the majo-
", jity of those in this volume are. Borne of
the poems do not rise above a graceful com
saonplace, but maay of them have undoubted
, . merit, as the following:-
KISniCOQUILLAS.
Klhicoiiinias ! beau'iful word,
Soft a the river it christens
That drops from the mountain down like a bird,
In trills of natural melody heard,
Baying, to any who listens,
Under the hemlocks or over the willows:
'KMilcoquillas!".
Once, when a boy, I strayed from thy rills,
far In the green AUeghanies,
Adown through the clelts of the wild gray hills
To the golden valley of brooks and mills,
Where tho strong Juniata's rerraiu is:
(Waiting to bear tUee away on his billows)
"Klsliicoquillas!"
Shrill the bald eagle screamed to tear
Thy silvery trout he had taken;
The eyes of tho red fox winked from his lair;
Deep in thy sands were the tracks of tho bear;
By the stag's tall antlers shaken
The boughs of the sycamore murmured to thrill us:
"KishicoquilUis!"
Down the long aisles of beech and oak,
Shyly the deer were graziug;
Cheerily echoed the lumbermen's stroke;
liluely arose their camp-fire's smoke;
Dreamy by distance the song they were raising,
Thou with thy life In tby name seemed to thrill
us:
''Kishicoquillas !"
Called the young quail from tho mossy brake;
The woodcock whirred a-soarlug;
Bang his alarum the rattlcsuakc,
t The cataract climbed tho beard of the lake;
The old red mill tdept a-snoring;
Bending, the cattle drank under thy willows,
"Klshicoqulllas !"
Sweeter thy water than sugar that drips
In the cup of tby maples wounded,
. Sweet as kisses on virgin lips
Thy name, that is music to him who sips,
Koch time -that its prattle is sounded,
Liquid and loving, like thee, to thrill us: '
. "Klshicoqulllas!"
Mr. Townsend'a muse is a roamer like him
self, and the mood of these poems is as varied
as their subject. Many of thani liow not
' nly keen observation and fine appreciation
' of nature, art, and human character, but are
of a finer fibre and a more elevated tone of
thought than would be expected from Mr.
Townsend's prose style. As a thoroughly
American poem, for instance, the following
will repay more than one perusal:
WILD-CAT JUNCTION,
i.
A woman in calico dress, who smokes her pipe
as she sits;
A hairy man, in a slouched hat, who whittles
ana vawns ana spits;
A travelling Jew, asleep by the stove, with his
head on a carpet-bag;
And the wind a-enrsing out ot doors like a child
forsaken hag.
II.
J Two railroads chased across a moor, by a ghastly
lantern's gleam;
The "bob-tail" train gone howling away like
' half of a nightmare dream:
i The naked station caught between, in the junc
tion's iron vice,
,. . And one stark gin-mill over the way, with
Ilooeiers throwing dice. .
in.
I sit in heathen awe, and muse: the night ex
press is late;
. Crunched bloodily.pcrhaps, afar, against some
dawdling freight;
Or down some yielding trestle-bridge shot in
some river's ooze,
To give some wild-cat journalist a bit of morn
ing news. -
.: IV.
God help the brave and sallow folk who farm
this Western waste I
The young men withered with the chills; the
young girls, weary-faced;
The savage children chasing down the lean, lank
geese and pigs;
The gaunt wife scolding her old man, who mopes
. and swears and swigs.
. v.
Bow lone tho cracked and parched world, save
when the trains go by !
How lone the river-beds, so broad, scorched up,
and scooped and dry !
Cow lone the nut, shorn fields of stalks, be
strewn with stump and chunk !
Bow lone the scrubby woods, that know no
satyr but the skunk 1
VI.
All year the hutted homes look down the rutted
roads of slough;
All life, tho stunted shaggy nags, dejected,
- mounch and plough;
! The plank towns, pitched at random, seem to
? their crude spires to say:
. , "O God, it is our destiny and Blavery to pray !"
, t 1 ' VII. "
Hard lines of cunning avarice the strong men's
faces rift,
. And garbs and tables primitive aud desperate
- with thrift, ;
Show life, like all the landscapes, stark . and
starveling as the scope ,
Of souls immortal, by their greed, but Ignorant
of hope 1
viii. !
CtHl midst these bare-legged folks, perhaps,
grew up some wondrous men, .
As grows some silver poplar shaft deep In some
dogwood fen;
Borne Crockett heard his mother sing In yonder
crone's shrill croon, m
In yonder lank-haired giant burns tho soul of
Daniel Boone. ,
IX. . i
Here Lincoln, with his jaundiced face, hoed corn
to buy his shoes; i
. Miraculous intelligence I that he could read the
news, ' . j
"When nee a month the papers came, and ronnd
about to list, .
' The' neighbors cheered to hear how hung some
abolitionist.
X.
lie wore his Hnnday bob-tail coat, when twice a
year, for nut, .
The Judnc came up to lmid the Court (npou the
bench bin hoif),
And in his shirt -tlocvfcs told the law, and spit a
slimy peck,
The while be pm'uI: "lie taken hence and hanged
by the neck." . .
,i i ' ' 1 ' i .
Corn-dodgers dipped lu maplo-jalco ho ate with
thaiikfulnc.fp:
An o-Ktcnk when tho preacher came tho family
to bices;
Ryo coffee with niohwsos swept (ho never used a
fork,
But with his knife, ten months a year, poked
down the salted pork).
' XII.
Still, like old Bunyan's vision, soen o'er Bedford
Prison's gate,
Ho saw out of this poverty tho highways of the
state;
The pilgrimngo of Christendom from bondage to
the light, ,
And slavery's pack fall from the back of lands
that seek the right.
xni. ,
Husks filled his 'belly, but he saw his father's
hoiiao afar.
A shepherd on a lonely moor, he watched the
Master's star.
And not by dainty hands In kid the shackles fell
to rust, -But
warty, horny, were tho palms that made tho
nation just.
xiv.
Still in his homely Hoosier phrase, he talked the
armies on.
The same old puckered face looked out, Colnm
bus-like, for dawn.
We waited for som t courtly Christ to draw the
sting from death,
And, lo, the promised man arose in lowly
, Nazareth !
XV.
O West, take heed that in your wealth your
leaner dreams coine true 1
The hopefulness of all the poor Is delegate to
vou.
Speak 1 from your golden valley vast ! Swear !
by your father s dust.
The West tbat made the Nation free Bhall make
tho Nation just !
The poems in this volume, if they do not
rise to the height of the great masters of
song, are of vastly more merit than the ma
jority of the verses put before the public
every year, and forgotten almost before the
leaves are dry from the press. They show that
the writer is a man of genuine poetical talent,
and excellent as many of them are, they indi
cate abilities that, if not bestowed in another
direction, might have given Mr. Townsond a
high place among the poets of the country.
From Claxton, Itemsen fc HatFelfingor we
have received "The Poetical Works of Alfred
Tennyson," published by Harper &, Brothers.
This is a complete edition of Tennyson's
works, including his recently published "Holy
Grail and Other rooms," which, by tho way,
should have been combined in their proper
order with the "Idyls of the King." The book
is enibelliwhed with three portraits of tho poet
laureate, all of which are remarkable for
being atrociously bad, and by a number of
transfers from some superior designs by Dore,
Millais, nolman Hunt, Itossetti, and other
celebrated artists. The book is nicely bound,
and is certainly cheap at fifty cents.
The same house Hends us "Kitty," an inte
resting novel of. English society, by M.
TSotiium I'.dwartlH. XulHlieu - TLy Harper &
Brothers.
From T. B. l'eterson it Brothers we have
received "Ernest Lin wood," tho fifth volume
of the uniform edition of Mrs. Caroline Leo
Hentz'a works, and their cheap edition of
"David Copperfield," to which attention is
invited apropos of tho drama of Little Em'lif,
now being performed at the Arch Street
Theatre. . ; .
The Transatlantic is tho title of a new
weekly journal of popular reading, the first
number of which has just been issued by L.
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of its conductors is to furnish the public with
a journal of bright, entertaining, and in
structive literature. The initial number pro
mises well for the success of the enterprise,
and if Hie Transatlantic continues as it has
begun, it will doubtless become one of the
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country. It contains thirty-two imperial
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ten cents a number, or $-1 per annum, is cer
tainly low, considering the handsome appear
ance of the paper and the merits of its con
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compared with tlioHe of Great Ilritaln ; and one very
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country. We allude to a class of what Is initially
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vening from which the least Instructed need not
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contains a variety of articles of interest to
the members of tho order.
The December number of Hie Journal of
the Franklin, Institute presents a valuable
list of scientific articles, tho most important
of whioh is the paper of rrofessor Zollner,
entitled "A new spectroscope, with contribu
tions to the spectral analysis of the stars."
From the Central News Company, No.
603 Chesnnt street, we have received "Punch's
Almanac for 1870, and the latest numbers of
Hie CornlUU Magazine; Temple Bar; Punch;
and .Fun. .
From A. Brcntnno, No. 70H Broadway, V,bw
York, we have received "The Era Alm,ia0!c"
for 1870, which" contains n variety 0f valu
tiblo statistics about musical, theatrical
matters.
Turner rii-olhors Bend Tin A? phtottt Jour
naUoi; January 22. ' ' ' j
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KANSAS. " i
The Lawrence Jlonnacrc Unantrell'a Iltoody
Work. i
During all the dark and bloody sconos of
the war, there is to be found none fuller of
nendishness and brutality than the Quantroll
raid and destruction of this town, npon j that
bright and beautiful August morning. I The
malice, vindictiveness and hatred induced by
the Rebellion seems to have tried to spend
itself in that one act. It wns without exouso,
without palliation, and will always be re
garded as a brutal massacre. The town1 was
defenseless, and the citizens attempted
to make no defense. Under suoh cir
cumstances, when nothing could be
gained except the gratification of
revenge and a little booty plundered, the
cold-blooded butchery of nearly two hundred
defenseless men, and the destruction of a
million dollars' worth of property, constitute
a crime at which human nature is shocked,
and at which the Christian civilization of our
age and country may well stand aghast. It
sent a thrill of horror through the hearts of
the loyal people of this country, as well it
might. Qnantrell, with his gang, assembled
on the borders of Kansas and Missouri about
noon on the clay previous to the raid. They
burned a few houses, and killed some citizens
on the way. About ten miles from Lawrence,
between two and three o'clock in the morning
they took a boy and compelled him to guide
them into Lawrence. After the butchery had
ceased, Qnantrell dressed the boy in a new
suit of clothes, gave him a horse, and sent
him home. Arriving at the city, they posted
pickets on the outskirts, planted sentinels
upon Mount Oread, which overlooks the city,
and w hen all was prepared,
"With loud and furious yells,
As if Ocnds had raised the battle-cry of hell,''
they ruhhed upon the town and commenced
their brutal masRacre. Shots were fired at
citizens wherever they appeared, and the
work of burning houses commenced. Massa
chusetts street, the principal business street,
was entirely destroyed, except one business
houKe. The Eldridge House, the finest brick
hotel west of St. Louis, wus burned. But one
public house was saved, the City Hotel. This
Qnantrell placed a guard around and saved,
because he had boarded thero and received
very kind treatment when sick.
1 he incidents of the massacre would till a
volume. One or two will be mentioned. The
women, as a general thing, were not harmed
or insulted. In soi.ie instances thoy were
treated with some measure of deconcy.
One lady, whone husband was absent, they
helped tuke up her carpets and remove her
furniture, but insisted upon burning the
house, as they said such were their ordors.
Others were . treated as might bo expected
from fiends and brutes.
A lady whose husband had been killed
bepged the privilege of retaining his wedding
ring. "No matter," the heartless wretch re
plied, and snatched the souvenir from the
lady's hand, and rode oft'.
Ibe murder of Judge Carpenter, who had
been married about a year, was peculiarly
heartrending. Several sqxiads had ridden up
to his house, and, after robbing him and
plundering his honse, he had, by his bland
manners, persuaded them not to kill hun.
At last enme along a gang into which sovon
more devils had entered, and some of them
commenced firing on him. He was chased
up stairs, a ad from there driven down to the
cellar hfter receiving several wounds. From
there he was driven into the front yard, when
ho was mortally wounded. His wife threw
herself on him to protect him from further
wounds. The heartless fiends walked around
him, looking for a place for still another and
a fatal wound, and, lifting np her arm, fired
so that the ball should pas? through the
Judge's head. ;
One of the brutes asked for a cup of water
from a citizen, nnd as he received it with his
left hand, shot him down dead with his right
hand. t
General Collamore, Mayor of the city, went
into his well to save his life, together with
another citizen. The house was burned down,
and they were smothered to death. A friend
went down into the well to see if the General
was alive. The rope broke, and he, too, was
hauled up a lifeless corpse, making three
dead bodies from one well. . , , 1
At Dr. Griswold's there wire four families.
The house was surrounded and the men were
ordered to come out; and npon being assured
that with their surrender "the town might
fare better, "-they came out. .They had gone
scarcely twenty paces before all were shot.
Mr. Griswold and Mr. Trask, editor of the
Mate Journal, were instantly killed. Mr.
Thorp, State Senator, lived a few hours. Mr.
Baker, though shot through the neck, the
arms, and the lungs, finally recovered, and is
now a member of the wholesale grocery house
of Ilidenour & Baker, and was at that time in
the grocery business,
i General Lane escaped in a cornfield. !
Many escaped by getting into ravines and
skirts of timber.
The whole number known to be killed is
113. Fifty-three lie buried in one trench in
the old cemeter'.
Mr. Speer, editor of the Lawrence Tribune,
lost two sons at the massacre.
"WHO AND WHEKE IS QU ANTT.E1X ?
Qnantrell, the leader of this gang of ruf
fians, is no myth, though the accounts pub
lished about him, and the number of men
who have been arrested and hung for Qnan
trell, might in the future render it quite a
matter of doubt and suspicion whether any
Buch personage ever existed. Qnantrell came
to the Territory of Kansas. in an early day
from Ohio, where he taught school. For a
time he identified himself with the Free State
party, but was alwayB mistrusted by them.
He was a bold, bad man a desperado
and a bandit. He was a sort of
irregular . Confederate leader, a man
thut no discipline could control, and who
could only act with that class of men, out
laws, bandits, and desperadoes, who are a
curse to any army or any cause. He was one
of thoso who "reign in hell" and can never
"serve in heaven. It is believed now that
he is dead: that he went to Texas and there
died of consumption. Another acoount is
that he went to Mexico. He probably is not
living, at least in the United States. This is
the opinion of General Blunt, who followed
him end fought him as far as the Arkansas
river.-Ztf rence (Kansas) llepublican, Janu
ury 1. j
Two hundred ncgroos left Lynchburg, Va..
ou Wednesday, for Uoorgla and Alabama, and
one hundred and fifty on Thursday.
A Minnesota juror addressed a note to the
judge, in which he styled him "Onarable jug."
lie evidently knew he was entitled to a handle
to his name, i i
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LONDON. . '
ESTABLISHED 1S03.
Paid-up Capital and Accumulated Funds,
08,000,000 IN GOLD.
PEEVOST & IIEEBING, Agenti,
8 1 . NO. 107 E. THIRD Street, l'tulauelpnia.
CHA8. M. PREV08T. - CHAS. P. HERRINQ
FURNITURE.
RICHMOND & CO.,
t., FIRST-CLASS J
FURNITURE WAREROOMS,
Ko. 45 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
EAST BIDE. ABOVE CHESNUT,
lieu
PHILADELPHIA.
1)Nlr(KAlK FCK fTAMTKD ENVKIXJl'KS AND
WKA ITERS.
Tmr OrncK Tircartment,
.latuinry 10, 1S70. (
SpRled PropoKalR will be received nntll 8 P. M.
on tho lot dny of MAKCU, IH70, for fiirnlstilim all
the "Stumped KnvelopcH" and "Newspaper Wrap
pers'' wlikli DiIh Depiirtmetit naj require during
a period of four yours, commencing 1st of July,
1870, vie. :
STAMPED ENVELOPES.
No. 1. Note 8H6C, by 4 iuchca, of wtilto
paper. . ,
No. 2. Ordinary ; letter' nl.e, 8 l-ltf by ti'i
Inc hes, of ' white,' buff, rnnarv, or cream
colored paper, or in tucli proportion of cither aa
rony be required. .
No. 3. Full letter size (urifrnmmed on flap, for
clrcnlaiR). 8'.,' by r; lncheB, of tlio same colors as
No. C, and nnder a like condition as to the propor
tion of each.
No. 4. Full letter size, 3X by Btf Inches, of same
colors ns No. 9, and under a like condition as to tbo
proportion of each.
No. B. Extra letter sly.e (ungnmmcd on flnp, for
circulars), 8, by Inches, of same colors ns No.
2, and under a like condition as to the proportion of
each.
No. 8. Extra letter size, 3,V by 6 V Inches, of same
colors as No. S, and under a like condition as to the
proportion of each.
No, 7. Official size, 3;; by 8i Inches, of snmo
colors as Nn. 8, nnd under a like condition aa to the
proportion of each.
No. S. Extra ottlclal size, 4. by 9 Inches, of
same colors as No. 2, and under a like condition as
to the proportion of each.
NEWSPAPER WRAPPETCS,
4 by JJ Inches, of butt or manllla paper.
All the aliove envelopes and wrappers to be em
bossed with postage stamps of such denominations,
Ftyles, and colors, and to bear such printing on tltn
face, and to be made in the moi,t thorough manner,
of paper of, approved quality, manufactuied specially
for the purpose, with such water marks or other de
vices to prevent Imitation as the Postmaster-General
may direct
The envelopes to be thoroughly and perfectly
?:timmed, the gumming on the flap of caeh (except
or circulars) to be put on not less than half an Inch
In width the entire length. The wrappers to be
gummed not less thau three-fourths ol an Inch in
width across tl end.
All envelopes and wrappers must be banded In
parcels of twenty-live, aud packed in strong
pasteboard or straw boxes, each to contain not less
than two hundred and llllyor the letter or extra
letter size, and one hundred each of the oill
clal or extra official size, separately. Tho news
paper wrappers to be packed in boxes to contain
not lens than two hundred and 11 fry each. The
boxes are to be wrapped and sealed, or securely
fastened in strong manllla paper, so as to safely
bear transportation by mail for delivery to
fiostmasters. When two thousand or more envel
opes are required to 1111 tho order of a postmaster,
the fctraw or pasteboard boxes containing the
same must bo packed In strung wooden cases,
well strapped with hoop-Iron, and addressed;
but when less than two thousand are required,
proper labels of direction, to be furnished by an
agent of the Department, must be placed upon each
package by the contractor. Wooden cases, con
taining envelopes or wrappers to bo transported
by water routes, must ho provided with suitable
water-proollug. The whole to be done under
the Inspection and direction of an agent of the
Department.
The envelopes and wrappers must ba furnished
and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete
In all respects, ready for use, and in such quantities
as may be required to 1111 the dully orders of post
masters; the deliveries to be made either at the Post
Oillce Department, Washington, 1). C, or at tlio
oitlce or an agent duly authorized to Inspect and re
ceive the same; the place of delivery to be at the
option of the l'ostniaster-tJencral, and the coat of
delivering aa well as all expense of packing, ad
dressing, labeling, and water-proollug, to be paid by
the contractor.
Didders are notliled that the Department will re
quire, as a conditioner the contract ,that tho en
velopes and wrappers shall be manufactured and
stoted In such maimer nfc to ensure security against
loss by lire or theft. The manufactory must at all
times be subject to the Inspection of an ageut of the
Department, who will require the stipulations of the
contract to be faithfully observed.
The dies for embossing the postage stamps on the
envelopes and wrappers are to be executed to tho
satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, lu the best
style, and they aro to bo provided, renewed, aud
kept in order at the cxpeuse of the contractor. The
department reserves the right of requiring new dies
lor any slumps, or denominations of stamps not now
ustd, and any changes of dies or colors shall bo
made without extra charge.
Specimens of tho stamped envelopes and wrap
pers now lu use may be seen at any of the principal
post offices, but these specimens are not to be re
garded as the style and quality fixed by the depart
ment as a standard for the new contract; bidders
are therefore invited to submit samples of other
and dlllercnt qualities and styles, Including tho
paper proposed as well as tho manufactured en
velopes, wrappers, and boxes, and make their bids
accordingly.
The contract will be awarded to the bidder whoso
proposal, although It be not tho lowest, Is con
sidered most advantageous to the Department,
taking into account the prices, quality of the sam
ples, workmanship, aud the sufficiency and
ability of the bidder to manufacture and deliver tho
envelopes and wrappers In accordance with tho
terms of this advertisement: and no proposal will
bo considered unless accompanied by a sulllclent
and satisfactory guarantee. The Postmaster-Gene-rul
also reserves tho right to reject any and all bids,
If In his judgment the interests of the Government
require IU
Before closing a contract the successful bidder
may be required to prepare new dies, ami submit
Impressions thereof. Tun vse ok tub present runs
MA V OK MAY NOT BK CONTINUEn.
Bonds, with approved and snfflclcnt sureties, in
the sum of 1200,000, will be required for the faithful
performance of the contract, as required by the
seventeenth section of the act of Congress, approved
the tttith of August, 1842, and payments under said
contract will lie made quarterly, after proper ad
justment of accounts.
The Postmaster-General reserves to himself tho
right to annul the contract whenever the same, or
auj pai t thereof, is oflered for sale for the purpose
of speculation ; and under no circumstances will a
transfer of the contract be allowed or sanctioned
to any party who shall be, in tho opinion of the
PoEtnias'ver-General, less able to fiillill the condi
tions thereof than the original contractor. The
right Is also reserved to annul the contract for a'
fuilure to perform faithfully any ef its stipulations.
The number of envelopes of different sizes, and of
wrappers issued to Postmasters during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1H69, was aa follows, viz. :
No, . Note size 1,114,000. ,
No. 2. Ordinary letter size ; (not heretofore
used).
Ns. 8. Fnll letter size, (ungammed, for circulars)
4,180,000. .
No. 4. Full letter Size 67,867,800.
No. 0. Extra letter size, (UDgummed, for circulars)
-843,600.
No. 6. Extra letter size 4.204,500
No. 7. Ofllclal size 604,660.
No. 8. Extra ottlclal size 1700.
Wrappers 8,ruo,25.
ltldB should be securely enveloped and scaled,
marked "Proposals for Stamped Envelopes aia
Wrappers," and addressed to the Third Assistant
Postmaster-Genoral, Post Oillce Department, Wash
ington, D. C. i
. JOHN A. J. CRESWELL, '
1 11 eodtMl PoBtmoster General. '
KOPOSAI.8 FOR PURCHASE OP RIFLED
CANNON, ETC. j
. . Eukeau of Ordnance, ) 1
Navy Dki-artmknt, V t
Washington City, January 4, 187a I
Sealed Proposuls for the purchase of Bo-pouuder
and 20-pounder Parrott Rules, with Carriages, Im
plements, and Projectiles, now on hand In the "avy
Yards at Portsmouth, N. II.; Boston, Now lork,
Philadelphia, Washington, aud Norfolk, will be re
ceived at this Bureau until 12 o'clock noon, January
ai, mo. ;
In the aggregate there are about 890 Grins, 854 Car
riages, and U8, 107 Projectiles. Schedules in detail of
the articles at each yard will be furnished on appli
cation to this Bureau, ,
Didders will state the nnmber of guns, carriages,
' implements, and projectiles they desire to purchase
at each yard separately, specifying the calibre of
gun, kind of carriage, whether broadside or pivot,
and the kind of projectiles.
The guns, etc., will be delivered at the respec
tive navy yards, and must be removed by the pur
chaser or purchasers within ten days after the ao
ceptance of his or their bid. But no deliveries will
be made or any article until the parties purchasing
Shall have deposited with the paymaster of the navy
yard the full amount of the purchase money in eucfe
case. , . (
Many of the guns are new, and all are service
able. Bidders will therefore oiler accordingly. No
oiler for these articles as old Iron or wood will be
considered.
The Bureau reserves the right to reject any or all
bids which It may not consider to the Interest of the
Government to accept.
Proposals should be endorsed on .the envelope
"Proposals or Purchase of Killed ("unnou, etc"
. A. LUDLOW CASE,
18ws7t Chlefof Bureau. '
11U3U No. 13'AB.BifCONDIItrtst.
- ."tr Lomu-viius btramship
lt.'ti 'Jt. lf , . . LIBE FOR
3V 1 W "Y O 11, It.
SAILING ON TUFRPATS. THUR.MUAV8. AND
SATURDAYS.AT NOON.
On snd after Deneintmr 14, ths rates will bs 3.5 conts per
w ids , hi cents per root, or I ocnts por (tulloo, ship's
option.
Advance charg earned at office on pier.
Freight roceltod at all times on covered wharf.
JOHN V. OHL,
Plor Iff NORTH WHARVES.
N. . -Fjtra rates on small ttarkfurM Imn. m.i.i
SPECIAL ROTIOR. -On and after the li.th of March
the rates by this line will bo rc-dnoed to IC cents ror 100
lbs., 4 cents per ft. or I eont par nail., ship's option- 2JS
FOR T,T VP n port t a m i.
f:5rfr $ t'JlFNRTOWW.-Im,n Line of Mail
siPJ.-- i ::Z. " " PPontel to s-.il ss fol-
iily of York, via ilallfnx, TupHar .Inn II 11
Ci. y of Paris. Kalnr.lsy. dannary", IP M 13 noo,fc
l ity of lirnoklyn. Knttinlny, .Inn as, 9 A M-
(Mly of liosti.n, via Halilai, Tawnlay. Jan. Jft, 18 Noon.
Ami rach siirceen'tna' hatarday and'altiir'nate Tuesday,
It A T US OF PARSAOR.
I1T THR MATt. rr:AM:n BAII.IM1 EVKHT SATttnriAT.
Vnynlde hi (ioltl. I'.v.hL i
FTTt Wt t! A K IN I STKe'KAUK . . . ."" ".'.
To Paris, r 1 15 f To Paris 47
'""r " "'xuaaiiai btkamkr, via kai.ivaX.
VIltKT IMltlM
Pnyablo iu UoM.
JjiTWTpOOl..,.,...
llHlitax
St. John's, N. F.,
by Hrancri Ktrinmai
Payable in (Jurrenor
I.ivrrpool ;
.... i
Halitax .....15
I,v v. ...... i. a. ' I 80
Faerenfrnrt also ivrmn
arded
io oavre, tluinliurtf, JJreinon,
wui,'i",?c? He5i'Vll,,it.h.t!' R.1 ,n"l ntet by persons
Tiiiiw il T.n i . jr-ne twtnrsnvs Offices,
JU11N O. DALK, ABPnt, No. 16 IIROADWAY N Y
or In )'1iiikni.im vim .
J No. H! OHKBNUT Stu'eklh'ia.
ONLY DIRECT LINE to FRANCE
is"" TTTir OffVE-n kT uT7 . n . .
Peiii COMPANY. MAIL STKAM.! PS
BKK8T!:tN KVr YORK AN UAVKR. OALLINO AT
icmwi. nu una ravnnte routs for tho
Continent will sail from Pior Jio. o, Morth rivor, ever
Tl,..t. .nil ....-1. .v ....
. ,., , i, PRICK Or PASSAGE
in gold (including wine),
First Cabin d 140 1 Second Cabin. . . . f
a """."-aasj isiinu; im arm, iiinilBDen OH DOflrTl.
Fiwt Cabin M6 Second Cabin .,..$85
Blodical attendance free of charge"
. - K-MiiH u urniiumiDBirom in con
tinent of Kuropo, by taking the fltnnmont of this line avoid
UnnnCftMMarv nalra from r.. I. : i
crowinir ihl ci ini. hr .T5 .ISi-V5?
MnL hi, ,,,.r-i;T..w.':; ::"."""
x.. . i -.v- in aui r, n., AffOQl,
No. (18 BROADWAY, New York.
CrsW iD Phlld'P". PP' t AAani. K.preM
ds!L No. 320 OHKSW&T sfreot.
PIIILADELPIITA, RICnWOND,
:iui soum and wkSt. 1U
, PTMVI 1W1IKUAV,
Ptt ' riilB'r WUAKB" aboVrfMABKET
'I'M rtOUGH H ATES to all points in North and South
Carolina via- Seaboard Air 1 ins Railroad, o.nnootin at
w2: "i?v",,,l,0 '"ch,""-. Vs., Tennessee, and the
d b.,navir..rR;i,?ro 1UnneM8 A" U d
RAVffiN y1 Oi HKHLlN takeD " L0WE
Tbe reanlarity, aufoty,Bd cheapness of this route com
mend it to ti.s public as the must desirable medium for
carrying every description of froiitbt.
Ko charge for coiunmsiun, diayuge, or any expense of
Trflnpiei,
Hteamsbipi Insnied at the lowest rates, .
Freight recoived daily. '
- , o . tIAM P. CLYDK A OO ,
No. 19 . WHARVKS and Pier 1 N. WH AKVf?B
y-p'-rfiKKIS!! K""'d nd Vxtj Point.'
T. P. OBO WLLL A C!.. Agents at Nortolk 6 U
NEW EXPRESS LINE TO
i le,an . ,r' ""IKstowi L,sna Waahinifton, ,
o,,. .i,m. n ' l.7.r.7i": T,"" ynoni, Wlia
z ..u iv.nuui i ouu, uiv moH( aireot route) for
&uthwM?' 40 ' Kno"ille' NMhviile. DaJton'id ti.
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon from
the flint wharf above Market street, -
Freight received daily.
WILLIAM P. OLYBR A OO..
. No. H North and South wharves.
5. iiwiiifj. i utt inkw iUKK, VIA
.?'law,'"'Sn', RlriJin Canal, SWIFTSURK
L- . II 'II "l K I, tlir I lVi l nV.. , r. n ."i'lLJ.
a., .wit. n unir inunjli LLiin,
Tbe business of those lines will be resumed on and after
tho 8th of March, lor freighte, which will be taken OO
accommodating terms, apply to
w. m. n a run a oo.,
"Hi No. 133 South Wharves.
FROM PITART IfSTniu TO.
S SFiJ'rY 8AVANNAH.-TRI-
The following steamers will leave
Ci.uiitjMon tor rlorida, via Ravannnh, three times a week,
after arrival of the Now York steanishius and the North
saetein Katlmad train:
PILOT BOY (InUnd Route), every SUNDAY MORN
IN(i at 8 o'clock.
DICTATUU, every TUESDAY RVKNING at 8 o'clock
CITY POINT, every FRIDAY KVKN1NU at H o'clock.
Vhniugh tickets to be had of all Charleston and Savan
nah Steamahip Lino Agenoius in New York.
J. D. AIKRPT A CO..
Agents at Charleston.
, . I J. GUILMARTIN A CO.,
. 1 Agents at Savannah.
-f-j. FOR ST. THOMAS AND BR-
fti. ufk Z -7llZlTED STATICS AND BRAZIL
ft-, . L-'t. r' -y.a uAU,.lu. xj u . I a. . i
i i i i ...... obouuqni sailing on tuo
jakl ol every month
MKHKIMAUK, Captain Wier.
E.V.V.T1,1, iiM.IK,I.(,' iPn I Tlnklepangh.
NOR'J H AMKRIOA, Captain O. B. SlocoinT
These splendid steamers sail on schedule time, and call
at St. Thomas, Para, Pornambuoo, Bahia, and Kio do
Janeiro, going and returning.
For engagements of fmielit or paanage apply to
VVM R. OAKKbSON, Agent,
Is No. 6 BQWUNO ORKKN. New York.
FOR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT.
H II LT ftDAutlri,'f t w t u
iltdr.
BcSffTj, No. It, North River, at 8 o'clock P. M. oa
DA 1 U K UA It), .
. , OkOhUK WASHINGTON, Gaser. ' ' - .
MARIPOSA, Kemble.
Freight taken for Hu Louis, Mobile, and Galveston at
thicugn rates. Cabin passage, t6M.
. For passage (first and second olass) or froiglit apply to
H. B. CKOMWKLL 4 CO..
14 No, 63 WK8T Street.
Vrr'. u - "Alii ll HAVANA.
ATLANTIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO .
U. 8. MAIL TO HAVANA.
.'j D.KLT a'bng regularly KVERY i UKNDAY at
t-:tuus 8 o'clock P. M., precisely, from Pier No.
mui i ii j.ivor.
MOKO OARTLK, Captain R. Adam. '
COLUMBIA, Captain K. Van Sice.
KAOLK, Captain M. R. Greene.
For freight or patsago apply to
, a H-M, All K J" -1 Prident,
1 No.tBOWLlHU URKKN, New York.
ROOFINQ.
KE A D Y -R 'O O F I N G.
Thia Roofing Is adapted to all boildings. It can
applied to
BTKEP OR FLAT ROOFS
at one-half the eipenas of tin. It is readily pnt on
Shingle Roofs without removing the shingles, thus avotA
ing the damaging of ceilings and fornitors while node
going renBira. (No gravel used.)
PREBKRVK YOUR TIN ROOFS WITH WKLTOiTI
KIJVbTIO PAINT. -I
am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs at short
notice. Also, PA IN T FOR 8 A LK by the barrel or gallon
the best and cheapest in ths market,
W. A. WHLTOW,
817 i Wo. 711 N. NINTH Street, above Ooates.
10 OWNERS. ARCIIITECTS, BUILDERS,
X AND ROOFERS. Roofsl Yes. yes. Every sine and
kind, old or new. At No. 643 N. TH 1 RDStreet, the AM
R1CAN CONCRETE PAINT AND ROOF COMPANY
are selling their celebrated paint for TIN ROOKS, and
for preserving all wood and metals. Also, their solid ootn
plex roof eovering, the best ever offered to the public, with
brushes, cana, buckets, etc., lor the work. Anti-vermin.
Fire, and Water-proof ; Light, Tight, Durable, No oraok.
Ing, pealing, or shrinking. No paper, gravel, orheat. Good
for all climates. Directions given for work, or good work,
men supplied. Care, promptness. oerUintrl One ertcel
Cadi Examine! Judvel
- Agents wanted for Interior eonnttos. ' ' ' "' '
, slfcH JOSEPH LKMPB. Principal.
NEW PUBLICATIONS. .
PHILOSOPHY. OF "M A R fi I A G K.
.r t A. ew Coo'" of Lectures, ss delivered at tne New
York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the auhjeote:
Dow Jo Livo. and What to Live for j Youth, Maturity, and
Old Age; Manhood Generally Reviewed; The Cause ol
Indigention; Flatulence and Nervous Diseases Aooounteol
ror; Marriage Philosophically Considered, etc. a to.
I ocket volumes containing these Leotures will ba for.
warded, post paid, on receipt of 116 cents, by addroneing W.
A. LEARY, Ju.. S. K. corner e FUTH and WALNIJV
Streets. Philadelphia. 8W
. T. EASTOw. . MHiBOk,
VANTON McMAIlOflL
J2j BHWrH0 AffJ VOMMIHKIOM MSUVUANTIf
No. COK.NT1KS SLIP. New York.
No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelpnla
No. 46 W. PKATT Street, Baltimore.
Vfe are prepared to alilp every description of Freight!
Philadelphia, New York, Wilmington, and intermedia.
points with promptness and -despatch. Oanal BoaUaa
bieaiu-lncs faruatisd at ths korUst aeUee. . , t-