THE DAILY FVEKJKG TIXEGE A FIX rillL APE LPHI A, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1870. TRINTINO IN CHINA. Every newly ascertained fact renpectino printing has an importance for the world; and although the proven of the art in China is entirely unconnected, we believe, with it progress in Europe, it in interesting to know what the OrientulH had Already done in the way of tho multiplication of works of art at a time when monks in the Went were toiling at the reproduction of manuscript. Klaproth, in his troatine on the Compass IfemoirtturUtlioitAHolemyn that tho first rise of wooden blocks for printing dates from the middle of the tenth century of the Chris tian era. He says: "Under the reign of Ming-tsong, of the dynasty of the later Thang, in the second of the years Tehang-hing rJ32 A. D.), the Minwters Fong-tao and li-yu proposed to the Academy Koue-tseu-kien to revise the nine King, or canonical books, and to cause them to be engraved 'on blocks in order that they might be printed and sold. The Emperor adopted the proposition: but it waa not nntil the time of the Emperor Thai tou, of the dynasty of the latter Tcheoa, in the second of the years Kouang-chun '.)''! A. D.), that the engraving of the King was ac complished. They were then published and distributed throughout all the cantons of the empire." The same author adds: "Print ing, originating in China, might have been known in Europe l.r0 years before it waa discovered there if Europeans could have read and studied the Persian historians; for the method employed by the Chinese is pretty clearly explained by theDjemma'a el-tewarikh of Kachid-eddin, who completed his immense work about the year 1310 A. D." The subject baa again come before the world through the labors of M. Stanislas J alien and M. Paul Champion, a chemist, who has spent some time in China in order to compare the industries of that country with the accounts found in native works, and to give the European world a practical and sci entific aocount of the methods there em ployed. Their work is entitled "Industries Anciennes et Modernes de l'Empire Chinois, par M. Stanislas Julien, accompagnees de Notices par M. Paul Champion," etc. (Paris, Lacroii). MM. Julien and Champion go beyond M. Klaproth, and say that Europeans might have known printing H60 years before they did had they been in relation with China a few years before the commencement of the seventh century. With the process then known, im perfect as it was, it would have been possible to reproduce, at small cost, the master-works of Greek and Horn an antiquity, and to have preserved a great number from the loss that is now irreparable. If this be true, engraving on wood for the reproduction of text and drawings in China is infinitely more ancient than hus been hith erto believed. The proofs are numerous. In the Chinese Encyclopedia, "Ke-tchi-king-youen," book xxxix, fol. 2, is the following passage: "In tho eighth day of the twelfth month of the thirteenth year of the reign of "Wen-ti, founder of the dynasty of the Soui (.593 A. D.), it was decreed that all drawings and texts in use should be collected and en graved on wood in order to be published." "This," adds the Chinese author, "was the commencement of printing by means of wooden blocks; and it will be seen that it oc curred long before the epoch of Fong-ing-wang or Fong-tao, by whom it ia said to have been invented about the year 932 A. D." , According to a Chinese encyclopaedia, enti tled "Po-t'ong-pien-lan," book xxi, fol. 10, which cites an earlier work, called "Pi-tsong," printing with wooden blocks commenced in the reign of the Soui as early as 581 A. D., advanced sensibly under the Thang (018 to SK)4 A. v.), increased rapidly under tne five petty dynasties (907 to 900), and reached its full development under the dynasty of the Song, between 9G0 and 1278. Now, supposing that the Chinese authors quoted did not all draw upon their imagination for the facts in question, this is startling evidence. Another Chinese writer, who lived in the middle of the eleventh century of our era, says positively that tne invention or printing by means of wooden blocks dates back full 400 years be fore the time of Fong-ing-wang, to whom many Chinese writers, and Europeans after them, have attributed it. It appears, indeed. that it was already known and in use before the year 693: for in that year the Emperor ordered certain things to be printed with out anything being said about the art being new. Between the invention of wooden blooka for printing and that of movable types came printing from stone an invention believed to be unknown hitherto to the missionaries and iavanta af Europe. Aa early as the middle of the second century of the Christian era, it was the custom in China to engrave ancient texts on stone tablets in order to guard against the errors that crept in through the carelessness or ignorance of soribes, In the biography of Tsai-yong, in the annals of the latter Han, is the following passage: "In the fourth year of the period Ai-ping (175 A. V.), luai-yong presented a memorial to the emperor, praying him to cause the text of the six canonical books to be revised, corrected, and settled; it was subsequently written by the memorialist him- BAli, in red characters on stone tablets, and able artists were employed to cut away all the blank portion of tne stone, leaving the char actors in relief. These tables were placed without the doors of the grand college, and tne literati or ail ages went daily to consult these tablets in order to correct their copies oi the precious books. VI course, there was originally notning in tnese tablets more connected with printing than the Egyptian obelisks or the Damietta stone. Their ob ject was simply the preservation of the saored writings. Towards the end of the Thang dynasty, about tne year u A. v., tne idea of using tones for reproduction arose, and texts were cut for this purpose, with the characters re vrged. In this case the proceeding was the opposite of the former, the characters were incised, hwd, consequently, the printing was white on a Mack ground. The practice of . printing from Wooden blocks had. it H.ama either never been largely practised or had fallen into disuse, for v.ou-yang-Bieon, in his iircuuiiHogicui iruttwrw, ou.tied "Tsi-kou-lo. 4 uunug mo iuuV)l whicn arose alter tne extinction oi Thang I ' i ""- "i je lmpe- r rim tviuui ami poHHesuuu mmsuji manuscripts ana paintings inclosed n.re lie appropriated the envelopes and ru. ; leanx, which were of gold, studded witn I nMAInnfl HtnnAO llllt laff. Mia flAmitnAnfa mVtAvi. 1 he found them; and thus the autograph manu scripts of the most eminent men of the Wei and Tain dynasties, whioh the Emperors hud , preserved with religious care, were loat or , ' tell into unworthy hauda. But this accident, like so many others, was prodnMive of im portant results, for in the eleventh iuQth of the thirteenth year of the Ghun-hoa perio.i (992 A. D.) the Emperor Thai-teong decreed that all the manuscripts which could be re covered by purchase or otherwise should be engraved on stone and printed. The mode employed at that time was, after the stgus was inked to lay the pnperupon it and pass 1 the hand over the back of the sheet; at pre sent the Chinese use a brush for the same purpose, and thus produce far more perfect impressions. No record seems to nave been lound oi tne manuscripts thus reproduced; but in tao cyclopaedia entitled "Tchi-pou-tso-tch'ai" is embodied a worK in two books, in wmcu is a minute description of all the antique inscrip tions and autographs of celebrated men re produced in the manner described, that to to say, in white on a black gronnd, between the years 1143 and 1243 of the Christian era. . 'ine practice oi printing irora woouon blocks seems to have been abandoned for a time, for we are told that from the period when Fong-ing-wang printed the Ave books of the King on stone, that process was adopted for the publication of all legal and h istorical works. We now arrive at another step in the de velopment of printing. In the period King Li, between 1011 and 1049 A. D., acoording to the book last quoted, a blacksmith, named Pi-ching, invented a method of printing witn what were called ho-pan, or blocks composed of type. This word "ho-pan" is used at the present day in the imperial printing office at Fekin for the forms used in that establish ment. The method adopted by Pi-ching is thus described: He made use of fine adhe sive clay, which he formed into small regular cakes as thin as the pieces of money culled Thsien, and on these he engraved the charac ters most frequently in use; and these types he burned in fire to harden them. A sheet of iron was plaoed upon a table, and covered with a coat of very fusible id as tic composed of resin, wax and lime; an iron form, witn vertical divisions to form columns, according to the Chinese mode of writing from the top to the bottom of the page, was laid upon the pre pared iron plate and kept in position by the mastic; the types were then arranged close to each other in the columns, and when the whole of these were filled the form was car ried to the fire, in order to soften the cement, then returned to the table, when the types were forced into the mastio uniformly by means of a fiat piece of wood, precisely like the planer in use for a similar purpose at the present day, and the face of the type was as equal as that of an engraved block of wood or stone. Two forms were used at the same time, so that as soon as a sufficient number of impressions had been taken from one page of type another was ready to complete the sheet, which then, as now, in Chinese print ing contained only two pages of printed matter and both on the same side, the sheet being folded in half with the double edge outwards for binding. Pi-ching multiplied his types sometimes to the extent of twenty; and the duplicates not in use we're kept carefully wrapped up in paper. The types were classed according to the tonic arrangement; and each class had its own particular case. When a character oc curred that had not been previously prepared, a type was engraved, and, being dried by means of a straw nre, could be used imme diately. The reasons given for the inventor not having used wooden types are, that the tissue of wood is hard in one place and soft in another, and that when wetted it becomes uneven; and further, that, when once in con tact with the cement, wooden types oould not easily be removed, whereas with terra-cotta types, the moment the form was done with and the iron plate warmed, they could be swept off with the hand without a particle of tne mastio or even a stain remaining upon tneir surfaces. wnen fi-cning died, nis companions, or partners, inherited his types, and preserved them with great care; but the invention fell out of use. And this is not surprising, when we consider the nature of the Chinese lan guage, for, in order to be able to print all kinds of works, it would have been necessary to have 10G cases, that being the number of sounds in the tonio arrangement. It was easier and more expeditious to paste the text down on the surface of a block, and cut out the whites with a graver, as is practised at the present day. From the death of Pi-obing down to a comparatively recent date, the Chinese seem to have adhered constantly to this system of block-printing, but using for superior work oopper-plates instead of wood. It was not until after 1GG2 that another change took place. In the reign of the Em. peror Khang-hi certain missionaries, who en joyed credit with that monarch, induced him to cause L'.),uou movable types in copper to be engraved, which were nsed for printing collection of ancient works, which formed C0O0 volumes, in 4to. This edition is admi rably printed, and some of the works com. posing it are to be found in European libra ries, borne years afterwards these types were all melted, and it took a century to replace them. In the year 1773, the Emperor Khien-long decreed that 10,412 of the most important works in the Chinese language snould be en. graved on wood and printed at the cost of the State, but the Minister of Finance, Kin kien, seeing the enormous number of blocks that would be required and the immense ex pense that would be incurred, sucoeeded in persuading the Emperor to adopt the system of movable tvnes. and submitted models of those required, arranged on sixteen plates and accompanied by all the necessary instruc tions for the cutting of tne dies, tne striking of the matrices, the founding of tne type and the composition. , sition was adopted, ordered to be printed, tive and raisonne, The ministerial propo- and tne works were A catalogue, descrip published by imperial the formidable title order and bearing of "Sse-kou-thsionen-chou-taoag-mo-ti-yao," gives a full aocount of the above mentioned works, and nils 120 vols. Svo. This catalogue, which is to be found in the liibliotneque 1m periale of Paris, also oontams a narrative of the undertaking. The result of the decree was the establish nient in the Palace of Pekin of an edifice known as the Woa-ing-tien, in which a con aiderable number of works were printed every year by means of movable types, which re- ceivea irom tne emperor nimieu, it is saia, the elegant appellation ot tsiutohin, or assembled pearls. The editions there printed are of remarkable beauty. Unfortunately, the establishment ha recently been burned down. ... The official .report which precedes one of these editions records a f?t which may serve as a hint to Europeans. Our ttei punches and copper matnoes are exceedingly costly and liable to rust and oxidution. uTie tLiubse - ve escaped both these exils by cnttinsr their r""ne8, ot ratner aies, m uuc-s;rtuu uru woou, 0O8t 0f which is between a nan. penny anb penny per type, and produce their matrices t- . Vinrlnf rjnraUiii:.thHHA are afterwards baO from them are oast mo vypon ui mix mtivj jead aQa 2jo0, BOino- times mixed with silve. The Justification of matrices composed of such ruaterial wvuia . ""r",'1 matter, on ac count of the snnuaung in vne nlv - t ;tju1 miilh tvnes thUS produced nrhi. 4 i V 10 arifth tnttM.... a " feet regnianiT. "-Tfs niu Jitt4 191 B1U Ji 'Vw' might be found all-efflciont for largo and spe cial character". Such is the history of the revolutions whicn the art of multiplying documents has under gone in China during some twelve centuries. At the present dny, printing by means of movable types is making its way gradually in that country, and probably beiore long too use of wooden blocks will be discontinued. Many important works have issued from pri vate presses; amongst others, "Wout-hsien-heou-pien," a treatise on the military art, in twenty-four volumes; "Li-tai-ti-li-yan-pien," a tonio dictionary of the names of towns, in sixteen volumes, 4to; llai-koue-thou-tcni, a descriptive geography of the globe, from Chi nese and European souroes, in twenty vol umes, 4to. These editions are far from rival ling those of the imperial press, but they are well executed, and more correct than those obtained from wooden blocks, as the Chinese printers, in using movable types, have natu rally adopted the European ana American system of proofs and revises. Tlie City of Hook. There is something touching in the terms in which the printers of Leipsio, in the year 1G40, expressed their intention to celebrate the bi-centenary of the invention of printing. Germany was then in the depths of woe and t . a u - rri.:-i 1 aovBBiauon on account oi mo j.uitijr-joni War. but nevertheless they resolved to have a jubilee, "to thank Qod for this benefit, and in friendly talk to take a drink and frugal meal in stillness." Leipsio, though always an lm- Eortant citadel of the book trade, did not, ewever, enjoy its present metropolitan dig nity till the year 17G5, when Nicolai and a few other leading booksellers agreed on ac count vi certain vexatious jublmuhuub bh Frankfort to remove the central mart from that place. At the same time they laid the bnsis of a booksellers' association at Leipsio, which, not successful for a time, was after wards, in 1825, consolidated and ex tended, and now numbers about 1000 members. The handsome builong oaued the Booksellers' Exchange, opened in 183G, is the financial headquarters of this associa tion. Here, at the time of the great fairs, especially of the Easter fair, a lively spectacle may be witnessed. Hundreds of booksellers throng the great hall disoussing and dissemi nating literary intelligence, while in the lesser hall counters are laid out displaying speci mens of new works in German and foreign literature. The strictly financial business, which used to be the chief motive for the re union, is now managed through the medium of the "commissioners,'' and the principals themselves thereby obtain more time for the cultivation of sooial and other amusements on the occasion of their periodical visits than in former days. The "commissioners" in the Leipsio book trade are an institution of great importance. They are the general agents for distant firms. At the Great Easter Fair the commissioner receives or disburses the requi site Bums on behalf of his employers. It is stated that in 18G7 as many as 130,000 cwt. of books were despatched from Leipsio, and probably as many came in. Since then the number has considerably increased. As to the amount of actual publishing work done in lieipsic, we learn, from the German statistical account before us, that it amounts to about one-sixth of that done in all Germany, including Prussia and Austria. Thus in icon twelve thousand works were published in Germany (4300 was the number for England in the same year); of these about 2000 would be the number emanating from Leipsio. Berlin stands next to Leipsio in publishing importance, and claims about one- eighth of the annual contributions to (Jerman literature, in the number of newspapers and journals published, Berlin exceeds Leip sic; this is natural considering the political importance of the former as the Prussian capital. All the branches of industry auxiliary to the making of books flourish in Ijeipsio. f orty-seven printing establishment now exist in Leipsio and its suburbs, employing 1000 journeymen, 300 apprentices, and 450 women. Within the last ten years, too, there bsB been a great improvement in the book binding trade. Leipsic is the principal centre for musical publications, not only in Germany, but throughout the musical world. There are twenty-nine publishers in this department, of which the firm of Breitkopt and Hartel stands highest. Iloder's, which is the greatest house for musical note engraving, keeps 140 persons at work, ine second-hand or "antiquarian business is very important. There are six leading second-hand firms, well known far beyond the limits of Germany, to each of which appertain immense warehouses, shelter ing something like a million volumes. The classed catalogues issued by these six firms form a feature of great interest in the literary world. Leipsio counts at the present time about 258 bookselling firms, having connection with 3500 bouses out of Le ipsio. The personal staff they employ amounts to from 800 to 900 persons. There are two other institutions connected with the trade which deserve mention, and whioh are localized in the precincts of this Booksellers' Exchange. These are: 1, the school for booksellers' apprentices, which was attended by seventy-nine scholars last year. It is designed to give scientific and technical training appropriate to the objects of the trade. 2. The business post office of the Leipsio book trade a chef d'aucre of practical organization and unremitting ac tivity. r0 ALL WANTING FARMS IN A LOCAL lty Exempt from Fevers and Lung Complaints. To Farmers, Horticulturists, Mechanics, Capitalists, Gentlemen of Leisure, Invalids, and all wanting a homestead In a climate of unsurpassed salubrity, exempt from the rigors of a Northern winter, and In close connection with the commercial centres of the South. Few if any sections offer such a combi nation of Inducements as the town of Aiken, 8. C, and its vicinity for a desirable and permanent home, A pamphlet of 84 pages now ready, containing a description of the climate, soils, and the nature of the products In the vicinity of Aiken, especially fruit, cereals, cotton, corn, vegetables, etc., in cluding extracts from letters of distinguished visi tors, correspondents, action of town councils in viting emigrants, etc., to which is added a descrip tive, list of property for sale, including unproved jfiuBis, oi cfwda, vineyards, water powers, kaolin deposits, ii un proved lands, and town residences. For sale ' 71 7. C. WOOD, Heal Estate Agent, I Aiken, 8. r ' T' o bo it will be sent by mall on . - I ".km T I YhVLk a!Y, ;! U39, New York, until 1st OI Pel S.C U 118M. PROPOSALS. 1HC)PfiSAT.S Toil 8TAHXKD ENVELOPES AND WKAITEKS. roBT Omci PlPAKTHWtfT, January 10, ism f Sealed Proposals will be received until 8 P. M. on the 1st lajr of MAKC1I, 18T0, for furnlshlnff all the "Stamped Envelopes" and "Nowspaner Wrap pers" which this Department may require during a period of four years, commencing 1st of July, 1870, viz.: KTAMl'JCJJ KNVJbOFK.S. No. 1. Kote sizo, ili by v inches, of White paper. no. v. woinary letter sire, s l-io ny o colored paper, or in such proportion of either aa No. 8. Full letter size (unarnmmed on flan, for circulars). 8 V by b Inches, of the same colors as no. v, ana nnuer a lite condition as to tne propor tion of esch. No. 4. Fall letter slxe. 8V bv 6W inches, of same colors as Na S, and under a like condition as to the proportion or eacn. No. B. Extra letter size (nnffnmraed on flan, for circulars), 8 by x inches, of same colors as No. S, and nnder a like condition as to the proportion of each. No. 8. Extra letter size. 8 v br V Inches, of same colors as No. 8, and under a like condition as to the proportion or eacn. Na 7. OMcial size, by Inches, of same colors as No. and under a like condition as to the proportion of each. No. & Extra oinclal slr.e, 4V by X Inches, of lame colors as No. 8, and nnder a like condition as to the proportion of each. NKWSPAl'KH WRAPPERS. X by 9tf Inches, of butt or manllla paper. au iiiu aoove envelopes ana wrappers to d em boFned with postage stamps of such denominations, styles, and colors, and to bear snch printing on the face, and to be made in the most thorough manner, of p8per of approved quality, manufactured specially ior vne pnrpose, wun sucn water marks or otner de vices to prevent Imitation as the Postmaster-Ueneral may direct The envelopes to be thorontrhlv and oerfectlv gammed, the gumming on the flap of each (except for circulars) to be put on not less than half an Inch In width the entire length. The wrappers to be gummed not leas than twee-fourths of an inch in wium across tne end. All envelopes aud wrappers mast be banded In parcels of twenty-live, and packed In strong pasteboard or straw boxes, each to contain not less than two hundred and tlftv of the letter or extra letter size, and one hundred each of the du ctal or extra official size, separately. The news paper wrappers to be packed In boxes to contain not less than two hundred and fifty each. The boxes are to be wrapped and sealed, or securely fastened In strong manllla paper, bo as to safely bear transportation by mail for delivery to f)ostmasters. When two thousand or more enve opes are required to till the order of a postmaster, the straw or pasteboard boxes containing the same must be packed In strong 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 be transported by water routes, must be provided with suitable water-proofing. The whole to be done under the Inspection and direction of an agent of the Department. 'l ne envelopes and wrappers mast oe rarntsnea and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete in all respects, ready for use, and in such quantities as may be required to fill the dally orders of post masters ; the deliveries to be made either at the Post Oillce Department, Washington, D. C, or at the office of au agent duly authorized to Inspect and re ceive the same; the place ef delivery to be at the option of the Postmaster-General, and the coat of delivering as well as all expense of packing, ad dressing, labeling, and water-proofing, to be paid by me contractor. Bidders are notified that the Department will re quire, as a condition of the contract .that the en velopes and wrappers shall be manufactured and stored In such manner as to ensure security against loss by lire or theft. The manufactory must at all times be subject to the Inspection of an agent of the Department, wno win require tne stipulations oi the contract to be faithfully observed. The dies for embossing the postage scamps on the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed to the satisfaction of the l'ostmaster-Oeneral, In the best style, and they are to be provided, renewed, and kept in order at the expense of the contractor. The department reserves the right of requiring new dies for any stamps, or denominations of Btatnps not now nsed, and any changes of dies or colors shall be maae wunout extra cnarge. Specimens of the stamped envelopes and wrap pers now In use may be seen at any of the principal post omceB. nut tnese specimens are not to De re garded as the style and duality nxed by the depart ment as 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. The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose proposal, although It be not the lowest, Is con sidered most advantageous to tne Department, . taking Into account the prices, quality of the sam ples, workmanship, and the sufficiency and ability of the bidder to manufacture and deliver the envelopes and wrappers in accordance with the terms of this advertisement: and no proposal will be considered unless accompanied by a sufficient and satisfactory guarantee. The Postmaster-Gene ral also reserves the right to reject any and all bids. If In his Judgment the interests of the Government require iw Before closing a contract the successful bidder may be required to prepare new dies, and submit impressions thereof. Thb ubb of tus rasbKNT diss MAY OK MAT MOT BB COMTIKUBO. Bonds, with approved and sufficient sureties. In the sum of 1200,000, will be required for the faithful performance of the contract, as required bv the seventeenth section of the act of Congress, approved tne xutu oi August, iwi, ana payments under said contract wui ue mace quarterly, alter proper aa. iustment of accounts. The Postmaster-General reserves to himself the right to annul the contract whenever the same, or any part tnereor, is onerea ior saie ior tne 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 Postmaster-General, less able to fulfill the condi tions thereof than the original contractor. The right Is aUo reserved to annul the contract for a failure to perform faithfully any ef Its stipulations. The number of envelopes of different sizes, and of wrappers issued to Postmasters during the fiscal year euueu uune ou, ioov, waa as luuuwo, via.: No. 1. Note aire 1.114.O00. No. a. Ordinary letter size; (not heretofore nsed). No. S. Fall letter size, (nngummed, for circulars) 4.1DU.WU. No. 4. Foil letter size 6T.8oT.W0. Na B. Extra letter size, (ungummed, for circulars) No, . Extra letter size 4,204,600. Na 7. Official size 604,660. Na 8. Extra official size 1T0O, WraDPera 8.686.260. Bids should be securely enveloped and sealed. marked "Proposals for bumped .Envelopes and Wrappers," and addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General, Post Office Department, Wash' ington, ja v. JOHN A. J. CRESWELL, 1 11 eodtHl Postmaster General. THOP08AL8 FOR PURCHASE OF RIFLED X CANNON, ETC. BUKBIU OF ORDNANCB. Navt Dbfaktmbnt, Washington city, January 4, 1870, 870.1 Sealed Proposals for the purchase of BO-pounder and itu-pounder Parrott Rules, with Carriages. Im plements, and Projectiles, now on hand lu the Navy Yards at Portsmouth, N. Ii. ; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and Norfolk, will be re ceived at tms Bureau unw it o'ciocs. noon, January 01, 1B1U. In the aggregate there are about 890 Guns. 864 Car. rlages, and le,16T Projectiles. Schedules in detail of the articles at each yard will be furnished on appli cation to tills uureau. Bidders will state the number of guns, carriages. lmDlements. and projectiles they desire to nurchase at each yard separately, specifying the calibre of gun, kind oi carnage, wneuier Droauaiue or pivot, and the kind of DroiectUea. The guns, etc, will be delivered at the respec tive navy yards, and mast be removed by the pur chaser or purchasers within ten days after the ac ceptance of his or their bid. But no deliveries will be made of any article nnttt the parties purchasing shall have deposited with the paymaster of the navy yard tlie full amount of the purchase money In eacn case. Many of the guns are new, and all are service able. Bidders will therefore offer accordingly. No oner for these articles as old iron or wood will be considered. - The Bureau reserves the right to rejoot any or all bids which It may not consider to the interest of tlie Government to accept. Proposals should be endorsed on the envelope "proposals ior riuxusBe ui xiuinu uium, tm , A. LUDLOW CASK, 1 8 wsTt 1 w '' -'J Chief of Bureau. TB M. KLINE CAN CURT! CUTANEOUS XJ Kinptlona, Markaon U).Dkln, Uloaraln tha Throat, Unuih a lift Niim. Hura IAffl. aud Bnrea of avnrv AonoMiv. bla auaravtw. Otfioa, No. 8 S. ELEVENTH, bolweoa Uuvauut ana atari iuhw PROPOSALS. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR nun vnvfrinta nw rrtniin mm.Tirn riitLAriKi.rniA, Jan. IT, 1RT0. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received for the following work and materials required in the execu tion of tho WALNUT 8trcct portion of the PUBLIC BUILDING8, to wit: For all the excavations, Including the trenches for the foundations. The price to be stated per cubic yard, which la to cover all digging, hauling away the surplus earth, and cutting down and re moving whatever trees may come in the way of the excavations, without extra measurement or allow ance. For taking down the terrace wall, cleaning the bricks, and piling them op adjacent to the buildings, taking down the iron railings, the gate piers, the coping of the wall and the steps, and depositing them on the grounds, and removing all the rubbish occasioned by the same. The price for this portion of the work to be stated in grot. For concreting the entire foundation of the build ings with small broken stone, and cement, mortar, and grout, in conformity with the specifications. The depth of the concrete to be three feet, and the lateral dimensions to conform to the plans. Tho price to be stated per cnbio foot, and to Include all materials and labor. For furnishing and delivering large-size building stone, the price to be stated per perch of 21 cnbio feet, measured In the walls. Also, for select build ing stone, averaging 8 by 6 feet, and from 13 to 18 inches thick ; the price for the same to be stated per cubic foot, delivered on the ground. For building all the cellar walls, and the outside walls of the basement story, as high as the level line of the pavement, according to the plans and specifications. The price to be stated per perch of 83 cubic feet, laid in the walls, without extra mea surement, and to include all labor and all materials except stone. The contract or contracts will be awarded to the best and the lowest bidder or bidders, who will be required to give approved security for tho faithful performance of the same. The plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the Architect, Mr. JOHN McAUTilUR, Jr., No. 806 S. SIXTH Street The proposals to be sealed and endorsed "Pro posals for Publlo Buildings," and addressed to JAMES V. WATSON, Chairman of the Committee on Contracts, and to be left at the office of the Com missioners of Publlo Buildings, in the new Court House, SIXTH Street, below Chesnut, on the 14th day of February next ensuing, between the hours of 11 and 13 o'clock A. M., at which time the bids will be opened, In the presence of such bidders as may wish to attend. By order of the Committee on Contracts. 1 19wfm lit II. C. PUG1I, Secretary. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF FAIRMOUNT PARK, No. 224 S. FIFTH Street, Philadelphia, Jan. 17, 1870. PROPOSALS for the privilege of rnnnlng Park Car riages for the year 1870 from it&nds within the Park through its entire limits will be received at tbis office nntil the first day of February, 1870, at 10 o'clock A. M. The conditions and stipulations upon which proposals wlU be received may be seen at this office betweon the honra of 9 A. M. ana 3 P. M. By order of the Committee on Superintendence and Police. DAVID F. FOLEY, 117mwfTt Secretary Park Commission. rVFFICE OF TnE SOUTH STREET BRIDGE VS COMMIbSION, No. 224 S. FIFTH Street. PhiToASKlphia. Jan. 17. 1870. Sealed Prooosala for erect lne a bridne over the river Schuylkill at houth street will be received at tbe omoe of tne uommiMion, in tne Department oi enrveys, fln.x: B. FIrTH HUeet. nntil 12 o'olock M. of tbe FlKST DAY nip uinnu turn f . i. Mnno.M..in - ,. iron drawbridge, witn Murphy's mod ideation of tbe Pratt truss. To nave caat-non piece in river.iana stone abut ments, with approaches of retaining walls; arches of brick, and iron I girdem, as described in tbe specifica tion. The entire length of structure to be 24 IW feet, tbe truss spans to be lwo f est each, with pivot draw, giving an opening oi n reel on eacn sure. ine proposal to De ior an aggregata Die, to Da ac companied by . a bond with two approved sureties to an amount of $50,000. Fifteen per cent, to be retained as the work proceeds, nntil tbe same, inclusive of the S60,000 noted in bond, shall amount to fifteen per cent, ef tbe contract prioe, after which the current esti mates will be paid in full. Plans may tie seen and specifications obtained at the othee of the Commission on and after the 2UtU in stant. MOSES A. DROPSIE, 1 26tnf6t President of the Commission. BLANK BOOKS. Important to Book-keepers. JUST PUBLISHED, THE "CATCII-WOIID" LEDGER INDEX. (COPYRIGHT SECURED). Book-keepers and all others having to use an Index will find this a very valuable book. By using tbe "Catch-word" Index, It will not only save time and eyesight, bnt the finding of a name quickly Is a mathematical certainty. 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