THE DAILY EVE1S1HG TELEGRAPH -PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1870.
KEGRO PATOIH AND ITS II I'll OH.
Worcohter definee patois to be a rnstic dia
lect. It ha outgrown that meaning. French,
M uroken by the educated clans in Montreal;
tfpanish in the best circles of Chili; Italian in
Genoa; German as you recede from Ilanover;
and even Englirihin the speech of the Chinese
millionaires of Victoria and Han Francittoo
aa compared with the dialect of Paris and
Madrid, Berlin, Home, and Oxford are
patois, bnt snrely they are at the farthest pos
sible remove from the rnHtic. l'atois will hare
more generio meaning when philologists tell
na what in in the organs of speech, or in
the brain behind and above those organs,
that makes English, or any other living
language, always the same in variation and
tone in the articulate sounds of any particular
race brogne in the Irishman, accent in the
educated German, "pigeon Yankee ' in the
Chinaman, or gibberish notjto pnt too final
point npon the word in the native African;
why every Hebrew has a voice inclining to
the nasal, and every Spaniard to the gnttnral?
why there is a burr on the Scotchman's
tongue, and & frog in the throat of the Lon
don alderman? There is a world of know
. ledge in that direction, which science has to
explore and reveal in the future.
In English, as used by the negro, there is
Something decidedly indigenons. His patois
is rnstio. It is also something else. It pos
sesses delicacy. There is no language more
lucid. Emotions flow in a crystal stream
through its simple forms. Meaning is never
obscure Force is never wanting. Shades
of thought are defined. Emphasis rests in its
place. It is, besides, abundantly humorous.
Perhaps this is its characteristic. All over
the wdrld in the slave-pens of Dahomey
and the wife-markot of Algiers, among the
women-thinned plantations of Cuba and
the smuggled wretches on the coast of
Brazil the humorous, in every variety,
crops out in the negro's speech. There is
cither no patois so capable of expressing the
ludicrous, or no people using a patois so
alive to the ridiculous. Nothing was mora
Kanif est during the rebellion. The keenest
wit, the sharpest retorts, severest satire, and
most amusing repartees came from the negro.
What, even of Sydney Smith's,is more playful
in turn of language than this ? "John, asked
an over-zealous chaplain of a "contraband,"
who had jnst begun to enjoy the freedom of
camp life "John, have you found the Lord ?"
"What's dat you ask, massa ?"
"Have you found the Lord, John ?" re
peated the chaplain.
"Bless you, niassa," replied John, 'Vi de
Lordlostt"
Take also the reply of the grey-haired
negro at Centreville, who, after his cabin
and the cabins of his neighbor had all been
appropriated to army use by Worms, the
quartermaster, was asked by a Methodist
class-leader if it was not time, at his age, to
le preparing for another world ?
"Yes, massa," was the response, "tink it
is time, for Cap'n Worms gwying to hab all
dere is in world"
General Michler tells of a conversation he
overheard on going outside his tent during the
'March to the Sea." It was between the
body-servant and cook. Both had come in
late from sermon. The text was from the
loaves-and-fishes miracle. "Can't make out,"
said the latter, "how dat miracle was."
"Flain enough," responded the former.
"Don't you see? Seven thousand loaves and
five thousand fishes divided 'mong twelve
'postles! Miracle was, dey didn't burst"
On the coast of Africa, there is noticeable
the same tendency towards the humorous in
the very interchange of words the negro in
variably makes. "No American sea-captain
ever hired a Sierra-Leone "foreman" to go to
the forest and cut him other than merchant
able wood. The foreman, however, explains
to his laborers that it must be "fat" wood,
not all "fat," as would be the case were huge
trunks of trees required, but "half-fat,"
meaning the larger limbs and younger
growth, well trimmed of branches. Selecting
the wood, he says, "Dis one hab more fat
dan t other.
, If the wind blows fresh, it is called "too
much saucy;" if the milk has not arrived for
breakfast, it is "asleep;" and if a man
f?o.
even for a day, to a distance from home,
"he
lib dere.
As an illustration of this last, take my
friend Mr. Johnson, who brought John, his
faithful Sierra-Leone body servant, home
with him to London. I called at the house
bis card indicated, and was told by John that
Mr. Johnson did not live there. Supposing
I had mistaken the residence, I inquired:
"Can you tell me where he is living ?"
"He lib at Manchester," was the reply.
"Oh, indeed ! at Manchester ! Can you
favor me with his address there ?"
"Me don't know."
"Very disconcerting, very. Pray have you
any idea whether he is likely to be ra London
again?"
"Oh, yes. Dis evening."
"This evening! And where do you think
I am likely to find him ?"
"Oh, you will find him here!"
"Here? Why, I understood you that he
bad left here, and was living at Manchester."
"Yes. Dat is true. But he does not sit
down at Manchester. He sits down here.
When he is at home, he lives here, and, when
be is not at home, he does not live here."
But the Sierra Leone native carries his late
rality still further. A friend once asked a negro
from the Cape if his father were living, to
which he received an affirmative reply,
"Is he very old 1"
"So, so; him ole past mtV Which my
friend could easily believe, a father being
usually older than his son.
"And what does ha do ?"
"Him no do notiuf."
"Oh, he does nothing; does he live with
you?"
"No; him lib in da churchyard."
Probably a sexton, whose office is no sine
cure in Sierra Leone, my friend thought
Still be asked further:
"Does he make graves ?"
"Oh. no," was the reply. "Him lib in de
grave him Ub underground."
In like manner the fowls for dinner lib in
de pot, the sugar libs in the pudding, the hat
libs UDon your hood, the pen with which you
are writing libs in your hand, and your top
coat, when in use. libs upon your back: In
Bhort, the verb "to live' corresponds, in the
Hierra-Leone negro-patois, with our verb "to
be."
The native Liberian is even more literal
than the Sierra-Leone negro. I say native
Liberian, because the American colonists are
among the best specimens of the colored race,
and think and speak correctly. But the native
does neither. He never reasons. Inference
is alien to his nature. The adage, "Obey
orders, if you break owners," he embodies.
It would be useless, for example, to command
' bim to "go and get the saddle." Wherever
the saddle might be, he would stop, though
the groom held the horse waiting at the door,
unless yon added, "and come baok with it."
It would be equally useless to ask to "have
tea served," unless yon added, "and milk and
unur." And then you would have one brought
after the other, unless accompanied by the
request, "all at the same time," or, In their
own language, "go fetch 'em come; both two;
onetime!"
This ratois. barbarous as it seems, is adopted
by every one on the African coast in speak
ing to the natives. its imom is peculiar.
There are no particles. The words are preg
nant with sententious brevity. I here is
something about their very nakedness that
tickles tne fancy, ana no one ever nears me
speech for the first time without laughter.
In reference to something wanted, if at hand,
but not of importance enough to warrant
trouble, a leading Sierra-Leone merchant
said to the native boy he had brought with
him to England:
"No go far make trouble; spose em no
dere; your eye catch 'em; fetch em come;
both two, one time" i. ., "Do not trouble
yourself; but if they are at the place indicated,
and your eye catches them, bring them back
with you."
Their use of the word catch merits notice.
A traveller r.atcftes a town, the sun catches
noon, children catch their ages, and a husband
catches his wife. The word denotes, in their
use of it, relative merit also: "Dis one catch
past t'oder one," meaning, This is better than
tne other.
l'ast," both as verb and adverb, does a
deal of duty: "Him old past you." "Her
handsome pant mark," "Me here dis morning
fast', before," . e., earlier than ever. "No
nab past dat one, . e.t l nave no more
than he.
Even when meaning to be serious, the ludi
crous in tne negro s language is close at
hand. It is seen in the pulpit, listened to in
family prayer, noticed in the government of
children, and struggles to enter into the
angriest contests. To an educated mind, this
quick sight for the ridiculous becomes, in
argument, an effective weapon. At the last
session of tho South Carolina Legislature,
a bill for preventing railroad accidents was
under consideration. Mr. Jacob Filler, the
colored member from Entaw, opposed
its passage. He spoke against
it. ilis vote, at every stage, was
recorded against its passage. Lobbyists were
bribed by his money to work against it. All
would not do. however. The mil was certain
to pass. As a last effort, he resorted to ridi
cule, and, at the moment before the yeas and
nays were ordered, moved and carried an
amendment that, "when two trains noticed
each other approaching a junction, each
should come to a full stop, and that neither
should start till the other had crossed the
point of junction."
Professor Peters, of Hamilton Colloge.went
to Iowa to observe the late eclipse. Having
mounted his instruments, he distributed
among some extemporized assistants the
special work each was to do during
the occultation. To an old negro he com
mitted the oversight of a large poultry-yard,
He was to stand still, remain speechless, keep
his attention undistracted, observe how geese,
turkeys, ducks, and hens were each variously
affected, and report at the conclusion.
"Well, Cato, asked the professor, as the
turn came for the poultry-yard report, "how
was it ?"
"Beats de debbil," said the negro. "When
de dark come, goose squat down, turkey fly
up apple-tree, and chicken run for de nole in
barn. How long you know dis ting was
a-comin', 'feasor 'r"
"More than a year," replied the professor
"Beats de debbil," responded Cato. "Here
you, 'way in New York, knowed a year ago
what dese chick'ns was gwiue to do dis berry
afternoon, and you nebber see de chick'ns afore
nudder."
Many years since, in a country village of
Massachusetts, Koberts, a colored man, on
the ground of haviDg been recently converted
at a protracted meeting, came for a subscrip
tion towards an overcoat, of which he was
sadly in need. A dollar was given him. Old
lloxy, our fat cook, shook her head, but said
nothing. Before spring, Koberts was arrested
and convicted of larceny. When Boxy heard
of it, she exclaimed, "Now, massa, you just
remember dat, and never gib money to any
nigger what gets pious in de winter."
Among the gambling-houses of Washington
is one of humble pretensions, standing on
tne banks of tne canal, it is frequented by
negroes only. Its rules are stringent. A
colored policeman, supposed to be in the
secret, is posted near by. There is rarely
disorder. 1 no croupier is wen Known as a
fellow of infinite jest. Stakes above twenty
five cents are forbidden. Ignorant of this
feature of the play, a Baltimore colored man,
the other night, laid a dollar on the table. It
was not noticed at first, and the game was
going on, when Mr. Brutus caught sight of
the unlawful stake. Stretching himself to his
full height, and looking sternly around, he
exclaimed:
"What's dat? Who put dat dere? Take
dat off dis table ? You s pose a Kosschild own
dis bank t
In the schools for colored children in
Washington a wonderful work is going
on. The school-houses are thronged.
Judicious and capable teaohers have
charge. Attendance is punotual. There could
hardly be more manifest improvement. In
cleanliness, manners, behavior, diligence.
and desire for knowledge, the children com
pare well with any school-children in the city.
A friend and visitor, an officer in the army,
said jocularly to a bright-eyed mulatto i'irl.
the other day, as he was leaving, "Now, be a
good girl, Betsy, and mind that you love your
mother and hate snakes."
The child looked serious for a moment, in
thought of the strange advioe, and then re
plied: "You must not tell that to the little
snakes, for they must love their mothers
too."
During the war loyalty and godliness were
almost synonymous with the native colored
population of the national metropolis. There
was no balf-way standing-place. Secession
was the work of Satan. To falter in belief of
success was to fall from grace. Toleration
towards the Southern people was backsliding.
Men who doubted were prayed for. Men
who denied the faith that the colored man
was to be a freeman were excommunicated.
"Do not go," said a colored preaoher, when a
portion of his flock proposed to settle in a
part of Virginia abandoned by the ltebels;
''you cannot sink a well, nor plant a tree, nor
dig a cellar; nor open a grave, in all dat
place. It is all seoesb. De berry ground is
infected. If you go down one foot, you come
to hell." It is hardly necessary to say that
the project was abandoned. AppUton'$
Journal.
Michigan lust week bad a cbess "tourna
ment" and a State skating "carnival." Do words
mean anvtbintr in these davs ?
Wendell FMlllps.is to deliver tbe eration in
Boston on the Citn ol Marcn, tne centennial an
niversary of the "Boston Massacre."
The Kentucky House of Representatives
has passed a bill substituting imprisonment for
stripes as a punishment for crime. Now what
savs Delaware ?
The Illinois Constitutional Convention bus
been "startled" br a committee's report that the
knives lurulnhed the members of the last Legis
lature cost ttt' apiece.
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Frederick ibuig and Gordomvill Rail
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Franchise a, Railing Stock, Kqnipmenta, Landa and Pre
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facraaftar belong to tha Company. A BINKING KURD
Lab provided, which will rednoeth. principal at tha
debt TWO THIRDS of tha entira amount la admme
lit wuUuHly oflht Bonlt.
Tha Road ia (B miles lonn, connecting Frederioksbam
via Oraag. Court Hoaea, with Oharlottesvilla, whioh la
the point of Jnnot Ion of tha Chesapoaka and Ohio Rail
road to tha Ohio river, and tha extension of tha Orange
aod Alexandria Railroad to Ijnohbur. It forma tha
ahorteet eonnaoting link In tha intern of roads leading ta
tha entire Booth, Boathweit and West to tha PaolSe
Ooeaa. It paaaea through a rich aeotioa of tha Shenaa.
doab Valley, tha local team, of which alona will support
the Road, and it mut command an abundant ahmra of
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TUB WHOLE LENGTH OF
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From Charlottesville to Tidewater by thia route tbe
distance is 40 miles lens than ia Alexandria ; 6 miles loss
than via Richmond and West Point; 134 miles lean thaa
via Norfolk.
A limited amount of these bonds are offered at M.'tf, and
interest from November 4, In currency.
From an examination in person, and also by eompetont
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and satisfactory ; wa have alio had tha work and property
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of which is limited to $16,000 por mile of complete and
equipped road, AS A FIRST-CLASS SECURITY IN
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FIKST MORTGAGE
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Chicago, Danville, and Vin
cenncs Xlailroad.
Total amount to be iHsned $2,500,000
Capital Stock paid in 2,100,000
Estimated Cost of Road (140 miles) 4,500,000
Estimated Earnings per annum... . 2,639,301
Net Earnings per annum 871), 708
Interest on the Loan per annum.
175,000
18,000
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Amount of Bonds per mile of Iload
Amount of Interest per mile
Amount of Net Earning per mile .
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The Bonds follow the completion of the Koad
have the Union Trust Company of New York as their
Official Register and Transfer A Rent and are sold at
present at 6 and accrued interest.
They bear examination and comparison better, It
Is believed, than any other now before the public, In
the axed and unchangeable element of Safety, Se
curity and Profit.
They bear good Interests-Seven per cent. Gold for
forty years and are secured by a blnklng Fnnd, and
First Mortgage npon the road, its outfit, and net in
come, the Franchises, and all present and futuro ac
quired property of the Company.
They depend upon no new or half-settled territory
for business to pay their Interest, but npon an old,
well-settled and productive country assuming that
a railroad built through the heart of such a region
offers better security for both Interest and Principal
than a road to be built through the most highly ex
tolled wilderness or Bparsely settled territory.
This Ballnad possesses special advantages, In
running Into and out of the City of Chicago, aa Im
portant Railroad and Commercial Centre; la run
ning through a line of villages and old farming set
tlements In the richest portion ol tne Stato of Illi
nois ; In running near to deposits of Iron Ore of great
extent and value, and over broad fields of the best
coal In the State which mining Interest are Its
monopoly. And besides tho local and other business
thUB assured, there will be attracted to this road the
considerable traftlo already springing up "from the
Lakes to tho Gulf ;" as with Its Soutuern Connections
ltforms a Trunk Line 45 miles shorter than any other
route from Chicago to Nashville.
These bonds are therefore based npon a Reality,
and a Business that a few years must Inevitable
double and competent Judges say treble In value.
Governments selling while the price la high pay
well If put Into these Bonds, and Trust or Estate
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I'cciet volumes (wnlainiiur then. Laoturea will b for,
wardnd, poet paid, on reoemt oi so oeuta, by addrosaing W.
A. LKARV, Ja.. S. K. Mroarof KXsTU and WALNUT
trtjeblaUlDWfc sat
TOHN lFAKNirM&CoTcO
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JET GOODS. NEWEST STYLES DIXON'S,
No, US. JUWimilrSrw UKsw
PKOP08ALB.
1OPt)SAIfl FOR STAMPED ENVELOPES ANJB
WRAPPERS.
Post Or ncaU.1 auto .Ti ,
Healed Proposals will be recetveii until a p i
on the 1st day of M A UOTI, 1870, for furnlahirw ail
xne "oinmpru mivciopes" mini iNeiSmpr wrap
pers" which this Department may require donna;
perioti or lour Tews, commenoln- lit or Jalv.
1870, vis.:
STAMPED KNVElAiPKS.
No. 1. Note alec. by 4X Inches, of Whlta
paper.
. r. urninary letter size, l-is ny s
lnehea, of vthite. hutr. canary, or cream-
colored paper, or In aucb nronortion of cither aa
may be required.
No. 8. Full letter alr.e nnmmmed on flan, for
rlrcnlara). 8 V by tX Inrhea, of the rarau colors as)
No. , and under a ilk. condition as to the propor
tion of each.
No. 4. Full letter slr.e. IV bv RV Inrhea. of Mama
eolors as Na S, and nuder a like cunditioa as to the
proportion oi earn.
No. 6. Extra letter size (nngnmmert on flap, for
circulars), 8M by Jf Inrhes, of same colors aa No.
S, and ander a like condition as to the proportion l
each. 1
No. s. Extra letter sire, 8M oy e v inches, or anme
colors as No. 2, and uuiltr a like condition as to the
proportion of each.
No. 7. Ofllcial size, 8r by i Inches, of sam
colors as No. 9, and uudvr a like conultiou as to the
othe I
n, of
n ail
proportion ot eacn.
"bo. . Extra oillelal slr.e, IV 1J Inches.
same colors aa No. , and under a like condition
to the proportion of each.
NKWKPAi'kii WRArprrj.
X hy M Inches, of bull or manllla paper. : 3
Ail me aiove envelopes ami wiapptTi t't na era
bossed with post life slumps of such denominations,!
styles, and colors, and to bear snch printing on the I
full. All. I tt ha ...... I, t ) .1 MiMa. (hiiKiltirti m A . .IBM
of paper of approved quality, manufactured specially
for the purpose, with such water marks or other de
vices to prevent Imitation as the Postmaster-General
may airecr.
The envelopes to be thorouKtily and perfect!
(rumnied, the gtininilng on the flap of each (except
for circulars) to b put on not less than half an Inch
in whu ri tne entire lenirtn. The wrunmrs to be
gummed not less thau tnrec-fourtlis of an inch la
WKiiii auruns me cud. a
All enveiopea ami wrappers mast be handed lV
parcels of twenty-five, and packed In strong;
psHteboard or straw boxes, each to contain not leas
than two hundred and liny of the letter or extra J
letter size, anu one nuuurea each of the offi
cial or extra oftlclnl slue, 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 ruanilla paper, so as to safely
bear transportation by mall for uelivery to.
poBtiuastcra. When two thousand or more enve.
lopes are reqnlrcd to till the order of apostmaste:
tho straw or pasteboard boxes coutainlng th
same must be packed in strouir wooden cafles.
well strapped with hoop-iron, and addressed;
but when less than two thousand are required.
proper labels of direction, to be furnished by aa
uncut of the Department, must be placed upon each
packaee ry tne contractor, wooden coses, con
taluliiR envelopes or wrappers to lie transported
by water routes, must be provided with suitable
water-proofing. The whole to be done under
the inspection and direction of an aent of tha
Department.
The envelopes and wrappers mnst be furnished
and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete
in all respects, ready for use, and In such quantities
as may be required lo 1)11 tiie daily orders of post
masters; the deliveries to be made either at the Post
Oillce Department, Washington, I). C, or at the
oillce of an agent duly authorized to inspect and re
ceive the snuie; tho place ef delivery to be at the
option of the I'ostinaster-Ueneral, and tho cost ol
delivering as well as all expense of packing, ad-
dresslng, labeling, and water-proofing, to be paid bj
the contractor.
Bidders are notified that the Department will re.
quire, as a condition of the contract ,that the en
velopes und wrappers shall be manufactured and
stored In snch manner as to ensure security against;
loss by fire or theft. The manufactory must at all
tunes oe auojcci to mo mspevtion or an agent or ins
Department, who will require the stipulations of the
contract to be faithfully observed.
The dies for embossing the postage scamps on tha
envelopes and wrappers are to be executed to the
satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, 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 stamps not now
used,' and any changes of dies or colors shall bo
made without extra charge.
tspeclmens of the stumped envelopes and wrap
pers now In nse may be seen at any of the principal
post otllces, but these specimens are not to be re
garded as the st vie and oualitv fixed bv 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 aa well aa the manufactured en
velopes, wrappers, and boxes, and make their bldai
accoraNigiy. ,
The contract will be awarded to the bidder whose
proposal, although It be not the lowest, is con
sidered most advantageous to tho Department,
taking Into account the prices, quality of the sam
ples, workmanship, and the auillciency and
ability of tbe bidder to manufacture and deliver tha
envelopes and wrappers In accordance with the,
terms of this advciilaement: and no proposal will
be considered unless accompanied by a suillclent
and satisfactory guarantee. The PostiBaater-Uene-
ral also reserves the right to reject any aud all bids,
if In his Judgment the interests of the Government
require It
lietoro closing a contract the successful bidder
may be required to prepare new dies, and submit
Impressions thereof. Trnt una ok tub i-bkhknt diks
MAT Oa MAY NOT BB CONTINUID.
Bonds, with approved and infTlcletit sureties. In,
the stun of 200,000, will be required for thalalthfn
performance or tae contract, as required by tn
seventeenth section or ino act oi congress, approv
the wtn of August, 1H42, ana payments under
contract will be made quarterly, after proper aU
ItiHtment of accounts.
The Postmaster-General reserves to himself the'
right to annul the contract whenever the same, or
any pait thereof, la offered for Bale for the purpose
of speculation; aud under no circumstances will a
transfer of the contract be allowed or sanctioned
to any party who shall be, In the opinion of the
PostuiaHter-General, less able to fulfill the condi-,
tlous thereof than the original contractor. The'
right is also reserved to annul the contract for a
failure to perforin lauhfully any of its stipulations.
Tbe number of envelopes of different size, and of I
wrappers Issued to Postmasters durlnir the fiscal v car'
ended June 80, 1869, was as follows, via. :
No, 1. Note size 1,114,000.
No. S. Ordinary letter size; (not heretofore
used).
Na l. Full letter size, (ungnmmed, for circulars
4,1M,000.
No. 4. Pull letter size 6T,3T,600.
No. 6. Extra letter size, (ungummed, for circulars)
343,600.
No. . Extra letter sire 4,804,800.
Na 1. Ofllcial size 604,Ct0.
No. 8. Extra official size 1700.
Wrappers 8,M)ft,i&o.
Bids should be eeenrely enveloped and sealed.'
marked "Proposals for Htsuiped Envelopes audi
Wrappers," and addresa-d to tne Third Assistant
Postmastvr-tieneral, Post Office Department, Waso
lngton, D. C.
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL,
1 11 eodtMl PoatmaMur General.
PROPOSALS FOR
CANNON, ETC.
PURCHASE Of RIFLED
Burrau or OaoNAMca.
Navt DaPAaruKNT,
Washinotoh Orrr. January 4, 1K70.
K70.I
Sealed I'roposals for the purchase of so-pounder
and 'JO-pounder Parrot t Rifles, with Carriage, Im
plements, and Projectiles, now on band In the Navy
V arils at Portsmouth, N. 11. ; Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Washington, and Norfolk, will be re
ceived at this Bureau until Vi o'clock noon, Janaaxj
81 1870.
in the aggregate there are about 890 Guns, 854 Car
riages, and 86,167 Projectiles. Schedules lo detail ot
the articles at each yard will be furnished on appli
cation to this Bureau.
Bidders will state the number of guns, carriages,'
Implements, and projectiles they desire to purchase
at each yard separately, specifying the cullbre of
gun, kind of carriage, whether broadside or pivot,
and the kind of projectile.
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 ac
ceptance of his or their bid. Bat no deliveries Willi
bo made of any article until tne parties purunaHinjr.
shall have deposited with the paymaster of the navy
yard the foil amount of the purchase money in each
case. I
Many of the guns are new, and all are service.'
ahln. Ttlilriera will therefore offer accordingly. NaP
oner for these articles as old Iron or wood will bo i
considered. 1
The Bureau reserves the right to reject any or all
bids which It may not consider to the interest oi tu
Government to accept. .. .
Proposals should be endorsed on the envelop
Proposals lor Purchase of KMfd Cannon, .etc."
1 8 wsTt Chief ot Bureau.' ;
TiR. M. KLINE CAN
CURE CUTANEOUS
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Kmntinni. Marks on tbe Skin. Ulcere in tha Throat.
Mouth, and Nw, Hore Logs, and Bores of every opnoeiv,
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