THE DATLT EVEUIlNfl TTSTiROUAPJT PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1870. .THE MENKEN. fteme rBr iJf WetWes -Ha; I Urltln View, . Wky Hhe Deeatue a Artfr. 4 i ' ! H. II. Newell, In the February nuinber of Packard"! Monthly contributesreminiscensei ef,Ah, Isaac Menken, from which we ex tract the following:1 i ' - '- The whole family of Adah Isaaoe. Menken died of consumption father, mother, bro-: ' ther, sister and she herself was subjeet t frequent and terrible ' hemorrhage of ha lungs. One week of rest from tbe stimulating .Vieitetnent afcd eiercise' "of her professioaol business was always enongh to throw her into the lowest reactionary debility, accompanied by ebugb, hemorrhage, and a kind of as'.h-' rustic disease of the heart. Worse than this, ' tfcowever--and the more terrible because hereditary was the ever lowering poril of in sanity. This, like the gentler doom, seemed to hold awful revel in her early home. Her father and mother were both insane at times; one of tier step-fathers attempted to commit suicide while thus afflicted; and she, herself, x while suffering under the premonitory symp toms, spent nearly a year at an asylum in Ohio. 'All through her life the slightest febrile tendency would precipitate the darkest melancholia, and distract her fancy with throngs of ghastly apparitions. If this took place while a storm was raging, physical force l' only could restrain her from rushing forth, ,like Foe, into the driving tempest, and there holding incoherent converse with her dead. (. On the sands at Long Branch, on the dock of r a California steamer, midnight and storm . more than once found her crouching and raving in spasmodic dementia I ' HER BKLIOtOtlS VIEWS. " Writing from Milwaukee, in the summer of 1861, she said: ' "My religion is the Great and Almighty God, creator of all in heaven and earth. What do yon believe in more or less than that? The forms and dogmas of no church cling to roe; but an inborn reverence and eternal be lief in and love of God lift rqy prnying heart in the pnrity of steadfast faith. I can aocept anychurch creed, too, that will not reserve from me the right to open my heart to God as the Father and Maker." It will be noticed that the writer seldom mentions hor profession but to deplore, it; and her several determined efforts to gain a livelihood by other vocations should be ac cepted in her defense. After her failure to gain appreciation as a reader in New York, and equally futile endeavors to support her self wholly by teaching and writing, the ad ditional necessity of such vindication, through the law, as should prove by a divorce that she had been justified in wearing the name of ' one who had publicly repudiated that right, compelled her to seek the playhouse again for . means to that end.- The ubusI routine even there did not avail, and she was driven to . such coarse, masoulino assumptions as "Ma- ' xeppa" and the "French Spy" for the measure of publio patronage commensurate with her r direst needs. That in her better nature there ' was ever a bitter protest against the un womanly work; that she always regarded it as ' the-bar and bane of every aspiration towards honorable rehabilitation, is proved by these .extracts from the letters of four successive years: . (18C1.) "I tried to get the situation of primary teacher in the school at W ,' last week, but failed; not from lack of capability, but merely beoause I am an actress! This hateful name bars me from every congenial ' and honorable position in life; it bars me . from rest and .God; it stands as one of the barriers between yon and me; and yet some body says to me, 'How strange that yon do not love the stage!' " (1802.) "You smile at my idea of entering a convent, but do not write that it is utterly impossible, or against your judgment. I feel that I am very ignorant, and, with all my de spondency, I am thirsty for knowledge, and ambitioui to forget the cramped life I now lead. I wish to purify it for something better. Is there no way ? Of course, I oan work a great deal do any kind of work but serving and could earn my bread a crust would suffice and study to redeem and sanc tify myself. I wish to. be something more and something better than I am now. I have no opportunity to do more than I have done, situated as I now am, wandering about the country, unsettled and ' dissatisfied. I want to begin life again, as it wore; or, rather, by study and religion, build up the old life . worthily to God. I cannot do it on the stae; the world will never permit me. And, then, the surroundings of such a life will drive me mad they are each complete antagonisms to my bettor self. I want to get out into ajmrer atmosphere. I must." Of "Mazeppa" th notorious impersonation which was once her publio glory and her ; private shame: . (18ti3.) "Was it a matter of choice with me to play the character? Waa it not through the noblest impulse of a woman that I did it? Was I not working for my duty, my right, and my honor? Let the motive justify the act. The stage, at the very best, is painful to me more so than words can express; but I know that it is my doom, even until I die; so . Ill try to be patient. Had the manusoript of your 'Modern Stage' been submitted to . ine before publication, I could not have drawn a just pen across one sentence or word in it. That it smites harshly across a hidden chord in my own feelings, does not mar the cer tainty of its truth and the justice of its can dor. (18G1,) "I dreamed, night before last, of playing 'Mazeppa', and of falling from the ' horse, feeling acutely the death-wound, and 1 hearing my own voice moan out a low doath cry; then of darkness and undenuable chaos, . and of waking in a new world. There my ' first thought was to look upon my hand! for ; my wedding-ring, to make heaven sure. I Seemed to hold it in my hand,' broken to pieces! Still again, last night I 'dreamed 1 the . i very same. ' What, oh, what niUHt I think of it? Should it be so willed that I am not sparttd to tho fulfilment of hope, you must detest this abhorrent profession with tenfold the disap probation you now feel for it. i . Never write a line favor ible to any one or anything Con nected With its death-dealing and damning charnel-house, i Leave its criticism to other pens; defile not yours; for you will know j the cause of iuy-death rou will kuow why we t. HOW SHE BECAME AN AOTBRHS: " "I remember my wild unrebtrained child- hood no guiding hand, no reproof, no ad-: ' vice; nothing but praise and worship, j A1-. though a child, I was mistress of the hquse hold.f A thoughtless father God rest his oull who. gave me strange books to reoi, made me the companion of . his restless pur suits. - Can . it bo wondered that my nature assumed a marked Individuality and selfWi. anoe, and lost the gentler graces which gain a pure love for my ex? ; And id those days habits of extravagance wore contracted. Both' my dear parents wore thriftless and thought , ls of the sorrow, My good, tender mother st. 4 . . L . 4 t . ' f 4ft a, -a how it was that h4.rib 8 irper. - Mr f atntn- was reputed wooU'jj,'. bo died we were Try poor. Tlmn 1, a little child,-b.cjktne the strong prop of the ffln.il. . I ouM tbtu'.t; I bad read; I knew Mint my deaf mother ever reflected, and bal never workod. I did ; both. My brother, ten jomh old, I took to a newspaper otfica and obtained for him a position. ' I fouud sewing for iiiy nelf and my mother. I taught tuy little inter to read and write. Oh, what days those were! I think they hnrdned and chilled rce. l'ou know what a dark aide of life the poor have to nee. My heart got cramped and mothered. I did not see anything worth loving in the whole world but my mother 8he nTcr reproved in her eyos I was all that waa good and lovely. " "Knowing but little about actual labor and nothing of economy, we beoamo poorer 'and poorer. I saw my mother cry because we had no bread. About these days I saw, by some chanoe, a theatrical performance. I aked for an en cngement far myself and sister. I had no idea of what we wore to do; but I Haw chil dren npon the stage, and this gave me conrage. Tbe manager offered us seven dollars per week; my mother would not listen to it. lint times became harder with trs; we should have been turned into the streets. Kister and I went to the theatre, and our salary saved us. Even then I attracted attention and was praised. A dancer tanght me his art. I was apt, and soon did well for my family. Although still but a child I obtained the position of second dancer to Madame Monplaisir, and went to Cuba. My brother went to college; my sister learned ninslo. My mother was never so happy as when I was ap plauded and praised. I loved my books all the time: but I saw only a bad side of life. I grew np absorbed in my professional labors, be cause I hated poverty. It made my mother cry. I wanted to work for her, and save, her from care. I did it bravely. I don't regret what I did; my motives were honorable. After some time my grandfather came from France. I left the stage, and studied. He died, and I became restless and returned to my profes sion. Went to Mexico and f!nla. . When I returned, after two years, to my native city, I caused to be published a little volume of poems, called 'Memories,' signed 'Indigena.' This little went brought a new set of people around our house. I was auin praised and petted; wrote for the papers and magazines. I here became acquainted with Mr. , who, as my literary instructor, had a bad influence over my scarcely developed nature. . lie was a spiritualist cold, cynical, and morose. I was ambitious, and he was a help to me. I had but few social advantages and but little education. I mnrried very unhappily. Do mestic troubles and the needs of my family sent me to the stoe again. Mr. was again my advisor. 1 studied, and was suc cessful. Through the influeuco of my friends, more than by actual talent, I became an ac tress of position. All that I could gain was squandered at the "green table." I lost faith in men, and relied more than ever on my weak self. And so things went on. I believed, and I do yet, that my whole past life was a mistake. But who can say that I, a weak, vain, nnguided child, was all in fault?" Early in the antnmn of 18U2 this victim of a misdirected childhood was again wedded, and to a gentleman of New York; tho event being hastened by her circumstances of sud denly critical ill health, and a lack of any living relative or intimate friend in the world upon wnom sne might can lor noip in time or dangerous suffering. It was one of the posi tive provisions and assured practicabilities of this union that, after fulfilling the two or three professional engagements already bind ing her by contract, she should retire forever from the stage; but tho inscrutable provi dence of Almighty God overruled a soheme which had seemed, upon its face, to subserve the holiest cause. Months of the tenderest care and most varied devices, her own unaf fected longing for the tranquillity of a com fortable home, and the blessings of irre proachable opportunities in lifo, were ineffectual to avert a new visitation of that terrible hereditary disease which ever awaited the first cessation of an unloved pursuit to strike her down to the very gates of death. No resources that a guardian af fection could conceive, or the most liberal effort exhaust, were spared to save her from worse than death ibis, compulsion to a remaining ' lite time of taisenooa. Ail was in vain! An incessant lung fever, banishing sleep and giving no rest from the ghastliest fancies and presentiments; frequent arterial hemorrhages, and days of complete prostration, defied the best physicians of two cities, and caused them to declare nnaninionsly that the life of their patient could be prolonged only by her return to the counter-irritating fever and delirium of the theatre! Uod disposes, the sick woman returned to the stage because, as she said, it washer "doom." "We both know, if we choose to acknowledge it," she after wards wrote to her husband, "that the cruel and relentless fiend, consumption, -is' still feeding on my frail life. I am battling it off by this toil and etdtemeut. Hindi I go far away to living utLsery, or shall I come to you and die '(" A sea wjHge being iecomL mended for her further helpj she wont to California in the summer of I sr,;i, and there entered upon' a series of dramatic engage ments which, for linanciul success, were almost unparalleled iu the theatrical history of that Htate. Hbe threw herself into the wildest spirit of tho unblest railing with a seemingly reckless wwtn to a are or cue; and, by tbe very energy oi mis incipient despair, gained a popular following as unprecedented as it was unexpected. i or one tiundieu ptntoimaneo chiefly of ''Naa.t'ppst,V "he revive i t ua sii n or eighteen UionHand dollars in Cold, evury cent of which was devoted to her own t-itl t- siveuse. ,; , .. .. ., . . . , ; From San Francisco the ill-fated ue veut to London, whfie, in "Astl.!y'u," Ootobeii she gave her first European pw-fovmauoe of '.'Mazeppa.", Acton "aft all the world km j. ,her popular, success was mirh a J.o not mly yield her' tb riol:et golden rewards of ;her profession, but also to bii;ig about liar such aristocratic and uturury cour:icr not avou certain royal personnges diadniued to join, An estimable I tdy, resident then in Ku- lund, though a native of tl;e United fitntes, and of honorsMe note in Amoiicau lit eicif.m--', . was one of the few diKintercbtod friend. u tractcd to the actress by her least thcatrii? il qualities, and gave this judgment of her c'.m- racter ia a letter to u frioud ut ho.uo: ::l think she is living s purely as is iossill- to her; but she is, as I jud je, joined to bur art in away to wholly unlit her to he a wit', Her sin is vauity, and yot what tho World supposes it to be. She is not a woman of sensual passion or nature; but she is ab sorbed in the love of hor art, and what it brings her of appreciation and admiration. The loves goodness, but slie -cannot b good in any common way." . . ; any i V. T.. I N ' r - f $ r . The present writer never saw her uuoii the feUige of any theatre, and, consequently, cac- ould buy i ti for hr d,iTllff,'M' wnroT 1 not, show f mv person! fbity Afioaf-ha; intellwitniil hairet)iMUufl her acting may have displayed t msoure for her Such " bril liant, if but temporary," literary frwtdships. ' I'ofihibly they wcroonly part of gtnuivJf pahlio concession to the abstract idea of popular success: and in this cose there were ample proofs, by pscnninry result alono,' of a suo cch not often attuiced by a public performer. In strange, characteristic, ominous contrast with such exulUnt strains of triumph tbe last, are these hopeless, half-insane words, penned by her in April and In May of IHdt;, during her last visit to New York, and while she was yet in the fnll flash of that "success" which destroyed her: , r ..- "Bince my blessed development as a me dium I anl almost constantly under some con trol, and a wild, unsettled spirit (whom you know) has held me back from even the repose of my studio. So saddened, disoouraged, and dejected am I that I doubt everything except God. I doubt myself, I doubt my former convictions, and hesitate painfully over any little supposed good I may have known or felt. In truth, I meet with so little of those things called 'justice,' 'trnth,' 'honor,' and 'good, that 1 cast J( bom out of my world of words as foolish dreams and poetical fancies, not to be thought of in the remotest way while we live in the form. There is something about my unmeaning self which brings out the lie in all I have found in the best book about 'llight and Wrong.' I have to pass my worthless life in learning the old ideal meaning of these two words. They are both very shadowy to roe. I have attached rtyself to the phalanx of the disappointed, the defeated, and the lowly, the sorrowing and the exiled. They receive me, for they know , me; I am one of them. They alone understand roy dnenb, passionate language; they alon answer me tenderly, and believe in me. In their pale ranks only I dare to be myself. I know God and lie knows me. I do not fear Him He is too tender for that. We are only Father and child. He is the friend of all or me. He docs not scorn my weakness or condemn me. I never tremble inIIis presence," So ends the story of Adah Isaacs Menken, as toldby herself. Here is the root from which sprang the little known good, the widely known errors of all her pitiful life. Here is nature's grim commentary upon the successful art, adopting a crown and "Immen sabilis" for its crest and legend. Such a record, given merely from the surface by the public chronicler, might merit only the grave reprobation of the moralist, and, perchance, posfiess a baleful infatuation for the many youthful and ambitious minds that, in their passionate eagerness for the fame and ap plause of exceptional careers, fancy for them selves possibilities of the triumphs without the falls of their exemplars, lint in this reve lation of the breaking heart behind the mot ley; of the- gentler, grander womanhood, tor tured unto death beneath the mocking tinsel roytlty of the player, what else can there be than a life sermon to those of her sex who would seek honor by unsexing themselves an appeal for Christian charity to the censor who would, for the suke of earthly justice, dispute heavenly mercy r "True vtrt ue acts from love, and the great end' At which the nobly aims is to amend ; How, then, do these mistake who arm her laws , ! With rigor oot their own, and hart tno cause i Thej mean to help ; whilst, with a zealut rage, ' i They mako that goddess, whom they'd have cnge Our dearest love, la hideous terror rise 1 . buth mj he honest bat they can't be wise." 1 The friendship here performing its last office for the dead pretends no abstract extenna Hon of those follies which not even tne lni munities of womanhood nor the sanctity of the grave should save from the warning nses of admonishing morality; but, that once tin isned, it would invoke a secondary sentiment, a thought of human pity for a homeless and uncuided sister, wno, if sne erred greatly, also Buffered much. Who can tell what con sciousness of mortal misjndgment, what jus tilied hope of Divine indulgence, spoke m the two words which she gave for her epi taph ? "Thou knowest !" i "We only know that she has gone From God's own band to God's own hand 1" , TRAUIVMANNY Trlal of lh .llarderer of the Klnch Fniully noting scenes i ue ireain nemence. Pauis, Dec. 30. The trial ended to-day, After tno rrocureur-uenerai nad made, a power f ul speech against the prisoner, Maitro Lachaud spoke in uolenseoi 111111, iraupniaun, lie eaia never had a youth like that of other men Gloomv. taciturn, preoccupied with the future. he was beard to say at Kamblay, "If I could only train five hundred thousand francs 1" lie thought of nothing but the means of improving m situation ana mat oi nis iarmiy, ana nis whole mind was perpetually bent on this object He chose the most gloomy novels. There was one for which he had a special predilection, and the man who reads but one novel muat bo a man with one fixed Idea. But in the midst of this mental disorder, one spot In his heart remained pore his love for bis mother, you nave asked that he should shed tears over this affair. You need but to name his mother ! (The accused inv mediately began to weep and sob, but his tears did not seem to excite tbe sympathy of the audi ence. Kome Indies were ncara to say, "What an actor! Traupmann hung bis head and disap peared in the dock.) , Even alter having com nulled tbe crime in tbe forest of Herrcnilug; he thought on his mother aud on bis family w ant ing bread, and before his nigbt be left 100 francs for his mother. , I w Ut not follow M, le Procn-reur-General Into the territrte details of so'ruauy crimes; my defeuio is to enow ibat this man bad accomplices. I mi young niau nan become prey to one of thohu terrible nieutal disorders which render the Individual irrctjponslbte. Ills crime is written hi the "Wandering Jew." j Traupmann has been impressed by tbe e Iode i cf ihe family of Rcnuepont, and tbe robbery of two ruilUou's from them. Men of science all over the world have hud their attention directed ' to this young man. One of litem taid yesterday, "look at biit attitude; look at his arma; there Is oomclhlng of tlto mad bull in him." If, then, there Is to muh of tbu wild Uiau in blni, be is to be muzzled, not put to dcutlt. ( Murmur.) There are several ituiiliiated in tbl crime, and.' the. accused,: for hi pail, is a K'uat crlml niil. lu a pamphlet, which will bo publifbed after this trial, Dr. Amedee llertrand, the colebrnied authority- in , mental disorders, does not ')ion:tute. to say that tliU man U mad. Our ' KiiglUh tcli;hbors have u department in their lunatic asylums set apart for criminal luna tics. There have been three ould-bi regicides lu h.nglaud,' and they were remarried as criminal 1 mm tic... The Kiiiinh i ml ion would have it that men capoblo of ho great a crime ou;j,ht to be considered mad." If," then, you beliovo that ' Tiaui'Uiunu acted aluuc, yoa will certainly :ik j ourselves what wu his responsibility. M. Lachaud referred to a petition recently presented to the Bctiato ou the subject of the penally of death, and contended that it was already Cou ilimned by the general anxiety to hide tbe spec- .uclo ot an exeeutlou irom tno puuiic. Trat,u-a; luann, he coutinscd, had wilttou to him but tbe nuyi before- "It I aiu condunnicu to aeatu I ' ftiull appeal, not to gain tlmo, bat only to afford , to Justice .tho ' opportunity of discovering rjiye uccbinplicob.'.' Iu coni'luwon, bo appealed to i" tbe jury not to award by. Utelr verdict tua ex- tremo penalty.- . . . . . . j r Tbe I't oeldeut began to sum up at 8 P. M. ;TL Humuilutr up lasted an hour aud three-quarter, during which time Traupmann remained seated in hi chair in tbe eiime attitude that he had ntalutained the whole dar. At 845 o'clock the Jury retired to deliberate, and at 9 80 they re tiUrred theC'vurt. aud tlellvered a rerdict ot rtilltyVirf all thf counter On bc.tnij subedit b 1 liad Arijtlilnir to ay, the frlaonef. with a half- bow, ret'lled, ''Nottilnn." After a long dUbe- ration the l..ourt pronmne4 sentence of. death, and tbe audience at'pluuded and clapped bands. Traunmartn a.-V.r mi-- - , 1 . -1 . .. .-..11.1 raluted, and diapiieard, and thus terminated ' I .--if " V Its k'UH7 . UOMtUf DIllLlU, Ibis extraordinary trial. It was remarked dur ing the conrre of tbe proceedings, that the ladles who thronsred the Court made no secret of tbe hatred .with which the prisoner Inspired them, and fremicntlv manifested tbeir feellnsrs in various feminine wave. It is almost ncedles to nay that the neighborhood of the Palais de Jufttlcewas crowded this evenlnir with neonla waiting to hear tbe finding of the jury, and that we rerun waa nailed in the usual manner. DRV GOODS. 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PIIOP08AI.S for the privilege of running Park Dar-risa-es for the year 1M7U from stands nitbin the 3rk tlirooKb ilB entire liniils will be rooeivod at this plUoe, until tbe tint duy of Feliruarji at 10 o'clock A. M. The conditions and stipulations pon which prouomls will be reserved may b aeeii at thla offloe between the hours of V A. H. ani 8 P. M ' - by prder ol the Ooiuniittae on Superintendence) and Polio. .... , , J"VriS.t i i7iuf ;t " Secretary Park CoiuuiiAslon, 1)111 1S I What Is nicer for a Christinas present than fine SINKING OAHARYandA BKAUTIKUL OAtif , V 'i t, t ... Cheaper than any place In tbe elty. ' : : : : ... .. . No. 144 Morth 6IXTH Street, . . lUUIlia . - , .v Odd-Fellows' Hall, ' - W.-A. lIEtVUV. TOHN FARNTJUf CO., COMMISSION MER fJ chants and Manufacturers of Ooneetoga Tiokin, ete, liu. lUi WiAbf" UI fctrwet. Philadaltibia, 41 ml ad 8HIPPINO. '-' LORILLARD'8 STkAMSHIF , - ... urss for , , NEW "T o itirJ I . .. SAILING OR TTTFRDArB, THTJRRDATS. AND flATURDAf 8. AT KOUW. On tsd flr Dmnbtr 1&, tb mt will b 96 uiW nor K lba, 10 cnU par fot, eont COT galloa, hip's .option. . , . AdTiDca ebxfr CMhtd at nffle on ptar. Fralcht foettivod t all tlmi on uwnwd Whurf. - : JOHW F. OHTj, , , . , r Plot 1 NORTH W0ARVK8. It. B. Kztra ntos on until paoks Iron, motel, ta. sta. BPRU1AL ItOTIUB. On and aflor tho 16th of March tbe ratoa by this lint will t reduced to It onnte dot 100 lb., 4 cnt per ft. or 1 cent per (rail., tlilp's option- 9 28 1 i 'V"EHNSTOWB.-Inmil Una of Mail ... "' 7 rntUmM AM A il 4l. jd lows: t.itv of Itrnokhrn. Hton1T. .Tun . A M ' (Ht Of BiMtiin. via ll.llfai. TnU. J.n. 90. 1 If mm. 'itj of AnVn.rp, Ratnnlax. Jn. 8, at 1 P. ML City of lindon, Sattird.r, Feb 5, at A. at. ' Hn, U Halifax. TimmkW, Fob S, et 11 A. M. ih mmca ncotnint navuraajrana alternate ineaday, from I'ior 46, Mot'h Kivor. u i H.H ur r-AKPiAure. T TTTF. HATL STKAMJCB SAULOKt KVRRT SATTmnaV. Favnhle in (Sold- PaTnhl. in tlnmnr. FTllhf OA BIN aiflO I8TKKUA(K . To london KHi I Te Ixindon 40 To Paria 116 To Pari. 47 rAfWAOC l)T THS TVXSVal STKAMKR, VIA R A LIT AX. riHHT CAI1IN. llTCUril. Payable in Uold. Parable la Currency, TiWerpooL.... Halifai 90 I.Wnrpool $90 Halifax U tit. John's, N. F., ) It ftranih RtMtnur . w Bt. John's, If. F., ) vt nrenco ritxamer. ...) i'aawenra also forwarded to Hana. Hamhurs. Bremen. viv., reoncea rnie.. Tickets can be brnivht here at moderate rates by persons tphinff t-o wrnd for thuir friends. Fnr furthMr further part ionlar. apply at tbe (Vrhhast'i Offices. JUHH Q, or to DALE, tint. No. IS HRdiDWAT N. Y- ll'IMWNKM, KAU1K, Airenta, 4 Ho. 4XW1 CH K8NUT Ktraet. Philadelphia . ONLY DIRECT LINE to FRANCE 'jKiZ THF GFWKRAL TRANS ATI, ANTIO fcT't-Tt " COMPANY'S MAII, STKAMSH1PS Kit I V. KKM KF.W YORK AND HAV RE, OALL1NU AT KRR8T. Tbe splendid new vessels on this favorite route for the Continent will sail from Pier No. 60, North river, every oeturuay. . . PRIOR OK PARRAnic. In cold tincludlntt wine). n j , ubias rut navw Flint Cabin $140 1 Second Cabin 815 id r a n in, fTnolndlnar railway tirknts. furnfnhMl nn hosrH.) First Cabin '. .(Uft I Second Cabin SH6 j nse sieimers oo not carry steerage passenaera. Medical attendance free of cbarire. Amerii-sn travellnrs vnin. in or minrninflf from th. eon. tinent of Enropa, by taking the steamors of this line avoid unnecessary risks from transit by Knglish railways and croa.ing lue cnannoi, iicsinns saving time. irouDle, ana ! pense. OKOKOK MAUKKNZIE, Agent, J.,11. tl'l lll,lini' I, n I .I'dW I Hi For nassnee In Phiunlnlnliia. inl at Ailams Kinnni Cempany.to . If. U 1.KAF. , nit no. rai uuisju i ' BUroes. . PHILADELPHIA. RICHMOND. iTr'All NOHKOI.K RTKAHHHIP I.IIWM JWA4THRTJi'1 FRKfUHT AIR UNtt TO CiiLinr, nwuin Ann wkbt. At noon, from, FIRST WHARF above! M ABKET KV BUY HATURDAV. Street. THROUGH RATES to all nnlnta In Knrlh ,nA Rnn,h Carolina via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, ennneoting at j-oriFuiouiu,nu w urncnourg, va., i'nneeee. ana the West, via Virginia and Teunesaee Air Line and Richmond and IJanville Kailroad. Fro sht H AN DLKI) BUT ONOF. and taken at LOWER Rates than any oihkh iJnk. The regularity, aafety,.ed cheapnes. of this route enm mend it to tie puhlio aa the most desirable niediaua for carrying every aeeenpuon oi ireignc No charge for commission, drayage, or any expense of transfer. Steamship tnsnrea ai tne lowest rates. F'reight received oaily. 8 WILLIAM P. OLtTTB A CO , No. 13 WHARVKH and Pier 1 N. WHARVES. W. P. T. P. POKTF.K, Agent at Richmond and City Point. OKOWKLL A CO.. Agenta at Norfolk 1 NORTH GERMAN LLOYD STF.AM BETWRKN NEW YORK AND BRKMRN, VIA HOUTliAMPTttN. H Tub rMiaKw Stkamkrs or Tin Ifiinm Vji.ma lliiyh run regularly Detwenn New York, lire- men, and Houtlianipion, carrying the Unitad State., Eng. linb. and Continental lnMle. FHOM BHHMKN EVERY SATURDAY fROM cOUTHAMPTON EVERY TUESDAY FROM NEW YORK EVERY SATURDAY Jtirtuf lumiyt J'rum Uric I'nrklo Urnnai, London, Havre, ami fhuthnmp' ; First Cabin, $120 ; Second Cabin, 12 ; Bteerago, $S0, Gold. From Hremtn to AVir PY.rfc; First Cabin, $13U ; Second Chill, TJ: Steerage, 40. Gold. These vessels take Freight to Ixindon and Hull, lor which through bill, of lading are signed. An experienced surgeon is attached to earh vessel. ' All letters must puis through the Post Ottico. Nn Bills of Lading but those of the tJompany will be si'gned. Bills of Lading will positively not be delivered bel ore goods are cleared at the Custom House. Bpeoie taken to Havre, .HouthamptoiA, and Bremen at tbe lowest rates. Fur freitnit or passage apply to ' OKLR1CHH A CO., t!7t No. 68 BROAD Street, N. Y. NEW EXPRESS LINE TO ' Alexandria. Georcetown. and Washington. 11 i CI., via Chsapeako and Delaware Canal, with connections at Alexandria from the most direct route for Inchbnrg, Briatoi, Knoxville, Naehvide, Dalton, and the Southwest. Steamer, leave regularly every Saturday at noon from the first wharf above AI arket street. Freight received daily. i x WILLIAM P. OLYDK CO., 1 No. 14 North and South wharves. HYPE A TYLER, Agents, at Georgetown; M. KLDRIDGU CO, Agenta at Alexandria. 6 1 5 0-9 - NOTICE. FOR NEW YORK, VIA ly'Tfr'S Delaware and Raritan Canal, SWIFTS URR goJt.i TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. DJCS Va'I'CH AND SW1FTSURE LINE. The businese of these linos will be resumed on and after the 0th of March, l or freights, which wiU be taken on accommodating terms, apply to W. M. BAIRD A CO., 83 No. iaa South Wharves. FROM CHARLESTON TO yFl' FIXRIDA. VIA SAVANNAH -TItl. WEEKLY LINK. . v?." Tiie following Hte.mAr. will la,.. CL.ntaiuD lor Florida, via Savannah, t hree times a week, attor arrival of tho Now York steamships and the North esstern Railroad train: PILOT BOY (Inland Route), every SUNDAY MORN ING at 8 o'clock. DICTATOR, every TUESDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. CITY POINT, every FRIDAY EVENING at 8 o'clock. 1-hroogb t'ekets to be had of aU Charleston and Savan nah htetiuieuip Line Agencies in New York. J. 11. AIKEN A CO.J ' - ' Agents at Charleston. , x. ii. uiiiiiAitun uu., 14 Agents at Savannah. FOR 8T. THOMAS AND BRA ZIL. -UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL MAIL bTKaMMIIP COMPANV, Ueirulur M.il Stuainei-H suilin. nn th jfciU oi every monin : MliKKiMAOK, Captain Wier. ; ' SOUTH AM KR ICA, CaiUin E. L. Tinklepangh. KOR'l II A M ERICA, Captoin G. B. Slocoiu. f These splendid steameraaail on schedule time, and call at St. Tliomao, Para, Pcruaiubuco, Bohia, and Kio de Janeiro, going and mtursing. . . - , . For engagement, of freietit or pannage apply to - 1 WM. R. GARRISON, Agent, . I 4 ' ' No. II BOWLING GREEN. New York. FOR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT. ntpaniships ot this Line will leave Pier tJtZ?yi.i No. K North River, at o'clock P. M. on DAi tliUA i n. OMtKOE WASHINGTON, Oager. MAHIPOSA. Keinble. Fveiulit taken for St. Louis, Mobile, and Galveston at thtougb rates. Cabin passage, Aftl. i . Ji or paaaage (Unit ana accoud class) or freight apply to . , , , . , . It. B. CROMWELL A CO., 14 No. V WEfiT StreeA I "" ! " 1 " " " ' ! ' 1 ' U. 8. MAIIj TO IUVANA ATI A ft.'TYi'i HI A TT UHU lllillim TST.Ti auillng regularly EVERY TUESDAY at ltsJ2yrfje 8 o'olook P.M., uraoiavly, from Plun No. MiiRO fcASTI B.OapMiin ft. Adam." 'COLUMBIA, Captain K. Vast Hio. " KAGLK, Captain M. B. Uro.no. For freight or paaiM anijly to rt. u. v it I'.i ur.it, ,n., i-rAaitti nut. 14 No. i HOWLING UUlCtiX.Mow York. 0 o R N E X C II A N Q X ' JOliri T. BAILKV, - V. K cornarof AIAKKKT and WATEK BtrMtav Philadelphia. , JJKAI Fit TS UAGH AND BAGGING I Of wvttrv diaarintiAn. for 1 .Grain, Ilour, bait, pnpor-i'hospuate af Uroa, Boa punt. Kto. I ' Ire snd small GUN N Y KAUS eonsUnUr a hasd. . W . . Also, WOOL BAOlUi, - T. B4STOR. I. SfWAnoSF, E A N T U II T moillAIIOIli BHwrifra a yr commixmon MauoMAjrr no. i COKN TIFS BLIP, Now Yora. I No. 18 HOUTH WHAKVErlPhlladalphla, 1 No. 46 W. PHATf HtrMt. Baltunor Wa r proparod to ahlp ever daaonptiun ot Fretjrntl , Philadelphia, New York, Wlunina-ton, and Intermedial points vitb proniptnees and-doepatoh, OaoaJ UoaUaS tWm tna-s fnmiataofl at the bortaat otion, t SAMUEL BMITH A CO., ICb. 4 8. BEVEN1 Mrnt BTKAli AND GAS VITTKBS Al PLUMUKitli. Xvbe, Vituuaa and liraaa Work onau on band. a ii Vk nimmntl attended to. . tmltamT-i"' 1 she for Cvnietery 1 ts farniabsd, 111 aIt. an a. atii.iii 1 1 t PPIOPOSAUS. IJHOPfiHALS KtlK STAMPED KNVEUir-S t ND PotTOrnCttlFHTiiniiT, i January 10, lN70.f 1 Softlrid PrupOPftlg Will received nntll ft I m on tbe lut day of MARCH, wo, f.r fiirnldiiTir an the "Stumped KnvelopeR" and "Newiaper vv'ran. pern" which this Department Way require) dnrlns; a period of lonr years, commencing lnt of July. 1870, yla.: n I A M I ED E.UVtllAl'l'.. No. 1. Kote aifie, ,Tj by t Inches, of wrilt.) parer. . . . N". . Ordinary letter sire, 8 1-1 by B' ine lies, of wliiui, buff, canary, or urmun coiored rper, or In lucb proportion of either aa mny be rci'iiied. No, a. Full letter lr,e (unirnmmcd on flap, fot rlrcnlars), 8v by H incliea, of the name color aa No. , and under a like condition as to tho propor tion of each. , ,, o. 4. Full letter size, ay by Inches, of itms colors ss No. , and uudcr a Ilk ouudltlon as to Us proportion of each. No. B Extra letter Slue (unfrommed on flap, for circulars), M by SV Inrhes, of same oolors ns No. 3, and under a like condition as to the proportion of each. No. ft. Extra letter size, 8 w by V Indies, of same colors ss No, 8, and under a like condition as to the proportion of each. Jso. T. Oillclul slse, 8'f by 6 lnehes, of samr colors as No. 8, snd under a like coualtion a to the proportion of each. No. 8. Extra oillclal size, 4 V by inches, of same colors ss No. i, and under a like oondltlou aa to tno proportion of earn. NEWSPAPk'K WfiAPPKUS, l X tiy8,V Inches, of bun or manillA pnoi-r. " All the sliove envelopes and wtappers to be em housed with postagd stamps of such denominations, styles, and colors, and to hear such printing; on tno fuce, aud to be made In the most thorough manner, of paper of approved qiiall'y, manufactured specially for the pnrpoBe, with mich water marks or other de vices to prevent Imitation as the Postmatiter-Ocneral nisy direct. The envelopes to be thoronfrnly anl perfectly gummed, tb tumuilna on the flap of each (except for circulars) to be put ou not lens than half an Inch, ' In width the enttru length. The wrappers to be) gummed not less than tiiree-fourtha of an Inch la width across the end. All envelopes and wrappers roust be bandod In parcels of twenty-five, and packed .In strong pasteboard or straw boxes, each to contain not less than two hundred and filly of the letter or extra letter size, and one h ami red each of the oril clnl or extra otllciul sl.e, separately. The news paper wrappers to be packed In boxes to contain not lev than two hundred and fifty each. The boxes are to be wrapped and sealed, or sennrely fastened in strong ruauilla paper, so as to safely bear traiiHportaliuu by ma., for delivery to postmasters. Whon two thousand or more enve lopes are required to fill the order of a post master, the straw or pastetioard boxes containing tho same must be packed In strong wooden cases, well strapped with hoop-lrou, 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 be transported by water routes, must be provided with suitable water-proofing. The whole to be done nndcr the Inspection and direction of aa agent of tho liepartmeiiU The envelopes and wrappers must he furnished and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete in all respects, rcauy lor use, ana in sncn iiuautities as may be required to fill the dally orders of post in asurs ; the deliveries to be made either at tho Post Cilice Department, Washington, D. C, or at the otllce of an agent duly authorized to inspect and re ceive the 98iue ; the place of delivery to be at the option of the Postmaster-General, and the cost of delivering as well as all expeuse of pocking, ad- -dressing, labeling, aud water-proofing, to be paid by the contractor. Bidders are notified that the Department will re quire, as a condition of the ooutract ,that the en velopes and wrappers shall be manufactured and stored In such manner as to ensure security against less by tire or theft. The manufactory must at ail times lie subject to the Inspeutlon of an agent of the Department, who will require the stipulation! of the contract to be faithfully observed. 1 he dies for embtvssing the pontage stamps on the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, lu the best stylo, and they are to be provided, renewed, and kept in order at the expense or the contractor. The department reserves the right of requiring new dies for any stamps, or denominations of stamps not now ' used, and any changes of dies or colon shall ba made without extra charge. (Specimens of the stamped envelopes and wrap pers now In use may be seen at any of the principal post ofllces, but those specimens are not to be re garded as the style and quality fixed by the depart- ' nientas a standard for the new contract; bidders are therefore invited to submit samples of other and different qualities -and styles, including the paper proposed as well as the manufactured en velopes, wrappers, and boxes, and make their bids accordingly. Tho contract will be awarded to the bidder whose proposal, although it be not the lowest, Is con sidered most advantageous to the Department,, taking Into account the prices, quality of the sum pics, workmanship, and the suillciency ami ability of the bidder to manufacture and deliver the envelopes and wrappers lu accordance with the terms of this advertisement: and no proposal will bo considered nnless accompanied by a suillolunt aud satisfactory guarantee. The Postmaster-Gene ral also reserves the right to reject any aud all bids. If In his judgment the interests of the Government require It. Before closing a contract the successful bidder may bo required to prepare new dies, and submit Impressions thereof. Tub tnta of tub i-hksknt hiks MAY OR MAT NOT BB C0NTINVKJ1. . . Ponds, with approved aud sufficient sureties, in the sum of $'40,(iiio. will be required for (bo faiihfn 1 performance ot the contract, as required by the seventeenth section of the act of Congress, approved the 2H li of August, 1812, and payments nndcr said contract will bo made quarterly, after proper ad justment of accounts. The postmaster-General reserves to himself the fight to annul tbe contract whenever the same, or buy part thereof, is offered for sale for the purpose of speculation ; and nnder no circumstances will a transfer of the contract be allowed or sanctioned to any party who shall be, in the opinion of the Postrassier-Gerleral, less able to falllll tbe condi tions thereof than the original contractor. The right Is also reserved to anuul the contract for a failure to perform faithfully any ef Its stipulations. The hninbcr of envelopes of aiiTeruut sixes, and of ' wrappers Issued to Postmasters during the ilscal year ended June au, VX9, was as follows, via. : No, 1. Note size 1,114,000. No, a. Ordinary letter - size; (not heretofore used). - ' No. 8. Full letter size, (nngummed, for circulars) 4,lCO,0(IOi .) 0. 4. Pull letter sle T,6T,600. r - Mo. 6. Extra letter size, (uugunimed, for circulars) 848,600, v ...... . ,. - Mao. Extra letter size 4 804,600 ', Ma 7. Oillcial size m,6U. ' : ' No. a Kxtra ofllclal size 1T00. - ' ' Wrappers 8,096,260. j Dl)s should lie securely enveloped and sealed, marked "Proposals for Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers," and addressed tx the Third Assistant Postmaster-General, Post Office Department, Wash ington, D. C i JOIIN A. J. CRESWELL. Ill eodtMl ' - postmaster General. PKOP08AI.8 FOU CANNON, ETC. PURCHASE OF JtlfLEU . SUUKAU'OF OltDNAJJCR, WAVY JJBi'AKTliRNT, " . f .' WASnrNdTON city, January 4, 1870. 1 Sealed l'roposuls for the purchase of 80-pounder aud liO-ponndcr Psrrott Klrtes, with Carriages, Im plemeLts, and Projectiles, now on band in the Xavy Yards at Portsmouth, N. If.; Boston, New york, Philadelphia, Washington, and Norfolk, wril be re ceived at this Bureau antli 18 o'clock noon, January .81, ItflAr i, . in tbe aggregate there are about M0 Guns, Car rlues, and Do.lOT Projectiles. Bchedules la detail of the ai tides at each yard will be furnished on appli cation to Hits Bureau. - ; ..' Bidders will fctaui the number of guns, carriage Implements, and projectiles they desire to puri:hast at each yard separately, specifying the calltira of 'gun, kind of carriage, whether broadside or pivot, and the kind of projectiles. . . ia Tho gons, eU;., will lie delivered at the respec tive navy yards, am! musd; be removed by-the pur chaser or purchasers wltlilu ten days after the ac ccptance of his or their bid. But no deliveries will be made of aaw article nntll the parties pur ha.sliig shall have deposited with the paymaster ol the navy yard the full amount of the purchase money lu each case. ... ; Huny of the guns are new, and all are service able. Bidders will therefore offer accordingly. No) oiler for these articles as old iron or wood will be considered. .. , . , ? i , 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 etrvelop 'Proposals for Purchase of Itlfied cannou, et.t a. LCDunv c si-:. 1 8 ws7t Chief Of Hr,;,nl. gTEVKSO.'V, into. 'Ac-' ViK " i. I l r i .' Ulv&a a 13Ja.BCOND Street . ;i .At
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