THK DAILY KVKN1KG TE1 JIG R Aril FII I LA DELPHI A , TUESDAY, MAKCH 1, 1870.
T11K 'MAHCII KACJAZINKS.
TIIH OVIIII.A Ml."
From the Ceniral News Compwiy, No. .0.
hcsnnt street, we have received the March
morjiber of Tin Overland Monthly, whitsh has
ilia following lint of articles: "Trail-making
in the Oregon Monntninn," "Not Yet,"
"Among the Islands,'' "The Romance of a
Trunk," "On the Lower California Coast"
"In Xto," "Daisy," "Camp-life in Arizona,"
"Of and In Guatemala," "JJritish Columbia,"
"Tom Tiddler's Ground," "Chiquita," "The
Lesson of George Toabody's Life," "An Ari
ona Legend," "lirown of Calaveras," "Cur
xent Literature."
From the paper entitled "On the Lower
California Coast" we quote the following
prospecting anecdote:
Soon after the first whaling vessels visited
the lagoons, two ships, which had arrived
early from the north, were lying quietly at
bountiful productions of the bay, and re
lieving themselves from the confined and
monotonous life on board by making excxr
nions on shore among the rugged peaks of
Margarita Island, or through the estuaries
that thread the northern shore. Sometimes
during those ramblos, one who had the
curiosity to see the top of the island, after a
fatiguing climb, paused to rest, and take a
survey of the objects around him. Knocking
about in the debris, he chanced to pick np
what he believed to be the "precious gold
itself," and hastening back to the ship made
known the discovery to his captain. A seoond
expedition to the place developed the sup
posed gold deposits more fully, and a largo
number of the specimens were brought to
the ships and examined by the two captains
and their officers, who pronounced them to
be "pure gold, sure enough."
One of the two ships was among the largest
and best-appointed in the whole i'aeific fleet,
and the captain of high reputation, not only
as a successful whaling-master but a man of
much shrewdness. His judgment generally
bore great weight with his brother captains.
His decision was listened to with willing ears,
when he addressed all hands in this wise:
"Yes, men, this is the real stuff. Now we
will go to work and get as much of it as we
wish, and let them catch 'devil-fish that
want to. There is powder for blasting in the
magazine, iron and all the other materials on
board to get up quite a set of mining imple
ments; a forge with plenty of coal, and a good
blacksmith into the bargain; so the sooner we
are at it the better." Immediate preparations
were made to commence mining. It was now
an admitted fact that all hands were to dicr
fold and become immensely rich. But the
question arose, "Who is going to dig gold on
the one-hundredth or two-hundredth lay?"
This was a serious matter, and fully discussed
at night in the blinding darkness of the fore
castle; for Captain L never permitted a
light to be burned forward after the regular
hours.
After due deliberation, all the crew came
to the firm conclusion that "they would not
dig gold on a lay: one of their number had
discovered it, and really they had a better
claim to the mine than the officers." "But,"
said they, "we are willing to allow the 'old
man' a good price for his 'grub,' the use of
his tools, and will charter his ship, if he savs
so, to take us and our 'rhino' home." So, it
was agreed that all hands should go aft and
let the captain know what was up,
as soon as they should be "turned
to" in the morning. "But, who is to be
spokesman ?" asked one. All pitched on Jim
Dow, who, however, declared that he had
'rather go a devil-fishing than face the old
man and do the talking."
After some delay, one of their number
volunteered to be spokesman. At the ap
pointed time in the morning the crew as
sembled aft and asked to see the captain.
He soon made his appearance, and every one
could see by his determined look that it was
po time to bandy words. Their speaker
respectfully informed him that "the crew
thought it was hardly a fair thing to dig gold
ofl a lay,"
4 'Tied 1 you don't!" replied the cap
tain. "You're a pretty set of fellows ! If you
go to cutting your flukes out here, I'll send
the whole posse of you a whaling, and a
precious little good will this gold do you when
the veyage is up ! You're a set of stupids,
from beginning to end I Way, I'll give any
of you !f50,000 for your share and what
more do you want Go
forward; I won't
hear another word from you !"
The command was promptly obeyed, and
fioon the order came to "turn to," which wa?
obeyed likewise. Night came again, and,
when all had gathered in the forecastle, the
new speculation was the engrossing topic of
conversation. Jack Dow said, "As for my part,
I think the matter stands about like this:
we've got the 'old man' and 50,000 on one
side sure, and devil-fish, stoven boats, and a
greasy job on the other, and I goes in for
the side what's got the spondulics."
This speech satisfied all present, and the
next day everything went on cheerfully. Drills,
crow-bars, and other mining tools were made
as fast as willing hand could work, and any
f the ship's whaling implements that could be
turned to account were immediately appropri
ated to the new adventure. A kind of
knapsack was made of heavy canvas, for
each man to transport the precious metal
from the mine to the ship, and this sackful,
delivered on board, was the "stint" of each
ne daily.
Every succeeding morning, as the sun rose
over the dark peaks of the island, might have
been seen a train of men slowly plodding up
the steeps, with the white sacks to their
backs; and before the close of the day, singly
or in squads, they returned to the ship and
deposited their treasure in the strong casks
that had been originally designed to recoive
the swimming treasures of the deep.
In the meantime, Captain L , anxious
about the genuine quality of the metal, de
spatched a party, with specimens, to one of
the gulf ports, where there was an assayer.
A few weeks elapsed before his return; bat
the sanguine miners, in their oxcitement, not
doubting the true worth of the ore, went on
brisklv with their work. In due time, how
ever, the messenger returned with the report
that "it was nothing but iron pyrites!" This
intelligence fell with crushing despair on the
whole party.
What a fall from rich gentlemen of leisure,
which they already had been in their own
anticipations, to poor Jacks on board a
whaler! All felt chagrined: some affecting to
laugh it off, others remarking that "the old
man had got sold once in his life." But one
of their number replied that "all hands might
as well own up that they had been sold as
well as the captain. There is not one of us,"
said he, "but has got more or less of the stuff
stowed away in a sly corner, expecting to play
sharp with the old man on the lay business."
ttuch, indeed, was the fact, many having ap
propriated chok- nuggets to private benefit,
Bereting Ibrm in bngs between the timbers
of the vesocl, while others hid thwr coveted
treasures in their beds, or carried them con
stantly nbont their persons.
The following inoriiiu. al! hands were
called, and ordered to "wake a muster
aft," and the whole ship's company im
moilintely assembled about the quarter-dock.
The captain at last made his appearance. A
long silence ensued, when, raising both
hands, ho exclaimed: "If any man evor
divulges anything about this here
scrape, I'll be the death of him, and
haunt him in purgatory! And, mind
yon, there has got to be some oil taken
this season, or else you'll see some cedar
split ! The whales are already in the bay, and
the sooner we are at it the better."
Thus ended the gold mining on Margarita
Island.
It is but justice to state, however, that this
captain and his crew of amateur miners made
the most successful "season" of any on the
coast.
1U K1LI) AX I) RESURRECTED.
A V oct or Perform the Hole of ".Inllrt"
Cheat Jnetlre, Id Hurled noil Keenrrretrd.
Every one at all familiar with the history
of Kansas at an early day will remember Dr.
John Doy, whose conflicts with the pro
slavery party, and whose exploits in connec
tion with the underground railroad, while the
iniquitous Fugitive Slave law was in foroo,
made him extensively notorious. It will be
remembered that, having removed to Battle
creek, Michigan, he was arrested on the
charge of procuring an abortion, and thereby
causing the death of the woman who sought
his services. On this charge he was found
guilty, and sentenced to a long term of con
finement in the State Prison. As he was
found dead in his bed one morning, under
circumstances which strongly pointed to poi
son as the cause of his death, it was gene
rally supposed that he resorted to suicide to
ward off tho disgrace which would result from
his imprisonment. At all events he was
buried, and, as usual, almost forgotten.
Now comes the romantic portion of his his
tory. A gentleman whose statements are
considered entirely reliable called at our
office yesterday, and showed us a lotter pur
porting to come from a daughter of this same
Doy, dated from some town in Ohio. From
this letter it seems that, though legally dead,
he is still living, and at present is in Eng
land. The letter stated that he had sent for
one daughter, who was already with him, and
that the rest of the family were making ar
rangements to follow immediately.
The circumstances of his resurrection from
the grave are stated somewhat as follows:
Having formed a collusion with some friends,
he took a large dose of morphia, and when
found in the niorning the vital foroes were
apparently extinct. As he was considered
dead, of course no objections were raised to
his body being restored to his family.
This being done, in order to carry out the
deception, a coffin wos procured and regular
funeral services held, the body being com
mitted to what all supposed to be its final
resting-place. When everything was over his
grave was opened, the body removed, and by
the application of powerful remedies soon
restored to its normal condition. Prudence
of course required that he should leave a
country where he was no longer . safe, and
accordingly he went to England, his former
home.
This story seems to savor more of romance
than of reality, but if our account should
prove correct, and we have great confidence
in the reliability of our information, it will
bo another illustration of the truth of the old
adage, "Truth is stranger than fiction."
Luicrcnce (Kansas) Journal.
Foreign Literary Item.
The fourth volume of M. Lanfrcy's Hi6tory
of the First Napoleon is juet finished.
M. Garcin do Tansy has issued the opening
lecture of his course on Hindustani (Urdu and
Hindi), at the special Imperial School of Living
Oriental Languages.
The edition of Chaucer's Astrolabe by Mr.
Skeat, announced for the Early English Text
Society this year, is to have a rival in another
edition by a Mr. Brae, of Leeds.
The French Academy will proceed, on the
7th of April, to fill up the scats vacant by the
deaths of MM. de Lamartiue and Suinte-Bcuve.
The date for filling up those vacant by the
deaths of the Due de Broglie and M. do Fongor
ville has not yet been fixed.
The first three volumes of Prof. Jowett't
tianelution of the "Dialogues" of Plato are ex
pected to appear in the course of the present,
year. Professor Jowett is also preparing an
edition of the text of "The Republic," with
English notes.
Hans Breitmann's Anglo-Dutch (or Dutch
Euglinh) dialect is to be discussed before the
British Philological Society In June, by Prof. 8.
8. Haldemann, of Columbia, in a paper written
to form part of Mr. Alexander J. Ellis' History
of English Pronunciation, some of the phases of
which this modern dialect illustrates.
The Jievue Critique pruUes a cheap little
Lexicon of the German words taken from the
Greek, by Dr. E. Laubert, and wants a Franch
philologist to do a like work tor France of
course excluding the million coinages of sci
ence. Whv shouldn't we have an English book
of the kind ?
The indefatigable Dantophilist of Bologna,
the Cavalier Professor Luciano Scarabulli, is
proceeding at a railroad ispeed with tho printing
of tho codici of the Divina Comrucdia, which he
has taken in hand. With the Codieo Frammcn
tarlo ho has already got as far as the Ninth
Canto of the Purgatory; and the sheets of tho
"Danto del XX," as ho calls the edition con
taining the readings of twenty codici, arc pass
ing at an express rate through the press; they
have reached the Thirteenth Canto of the In
ferno. As If these labors were not enough to
occupy him, such is tho zeal and activity of the
learned Professor that ho is also bringing out
an unedited work by the famous Bolardo, Count
of Kcandiano, which has hitherto been singu
larly neglected. It is a translation of the ''De
Viris Illustribua" of Cornelius Nepos. This he
is printing along with the Latin text, and the
best specimens from other translators are added
by way of con'rast with the magnificent render
ing, as the Professor calls it, of the author of
"Orlando lununorato." The work will lo dedi
cated to the Prince Thomas, whose mother, the
Duchess of Genoa, Is better pleased that her sou
should receive the dedication of a book than
that he should accept the offer of a crown.
The epistolary literature of Germany has
been enriched by a valuablo addition tho Cor
respondence of L'hland, the poet, with Baron
von Lasslierg, the most original and enthusiastic
lover ot Old German literature. Living, formerly,
at EpplBhausen, inThurgau aud later (from is: Hi
to is-Vi. the vear of his death'), in his old castle
ot Mcersburg, on the Lake Constance, Baron
Lafsbcrg hacf brought together one of tho fluost
collections of rare old books and manuscripts
everoosseKsed bra Dnvato man in Germany: and
it was his pride and pleasure to commuuluate his
treasures (which, after his decease, were pur
chased by Prince Furstenberg for his library at
Donaueschingcn) to friends for their literary
Durnoses. His baronial hall, a Merovingian
structure, and once theTabode of Conradin, the
last of the liohenstauten, was thrown open
with noble hospitality to his fellow-an
tiquaries, and an extensive correspondence
with each and all of them, as well as
a constant wandering to and fro of manuscripts
and transcripts of manuscripts, went on. '1 be
Grlnims, ccnecte, Lacnmaun, von Mcuseuacii,
Wttchernagei, the late Kicnara cieasDy, 01 Ice
landic fame, and others entered here as truest
but, before all, Ludwig Uhlaud was a frequent
and welcome visitor of the worthy knight's.
The letters of the two eminent men having been
collected and arranged by their common friend,
Professor Fraox 1'foiffer, they have now. aftor
PfellTer's recent death, been edited by another
friend, Professor Wagner, of Vienna. The
book, a handsome volume, with the portraits of
Lassberg, l'hland, and Pfeiffcr (and a biography
of the latter by Professor Uartscb), has just ap
peared at Vienna, and, besides being highly
instructive as to Old (ierinan matters in general,
serves to lllus'.rate, In a charming way, the cor
dial intercourse and tho patriarchal habits of
that amiable literary group in the farthest south
west of Germany.
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Alinu ritiar,
Thomas Sparks,
William S. Urant,
Thomas . Elint,
f;tiatMVn H k.nlAn
Oeorge Fales,
ALFRED fj KAKKH. I
T a mm w w a t0! J ALKS, V ice-President.
JAMES W. MoALLlhTkR, Secretary.
TH1.UDURK M. RKOER. Asai.tant Secretary. 3 I9j
THE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE CO. OF
, PHILADELPHIA.
Office 8. J . corner of FOURTH and WALNUT Streets.
- J'J,S.,?ANSl:RA0K EXCLUSIVELY.
?515PK?. tiA1',ANU TERM POLICIES ISSUED.
CASH Capital (paid op in full) 8J00,0O0D0
Caah Aaaets, Jan. 1, N70 83-4,3(13-13
- - , . . DIRECTUM 8,
P. RatchJord Starr, , J. Livingston Rrrlncar.
Nalhro r racier, I James L Clanhom,
John M. A I wood, Wm. G. Bouiton,
Ben j. T. Tred ick, ' Charles Wheeler,
(Jeorse H. Stuart, Thomas 1L Montgomery,
j?oWd niiTsr-
JACOB E. PKTERSOal, Assistant Secretary
PAME INSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 809 CHESNUT Street
INCORPORATED 1866. CHARTER PERPETUAL,
CAPITAL, t,000.
nR INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.
Insures acaicst Loss or Damace by Fire either by Pat.
petual or Temporary Policies.
. . DUUtfJTOKH:
Charles Kiohardson, Hobert Pearos,
William H. Itbawn.
William M. Seytart.
John i' Smith,
Nathan liillea.
tlutin iveaeier, air
Edward B. Orna,
Charles Stokes,
John W. KvermaOt
Mordecai Buxby,
Ueorta A. W est,
CHARLES RICHARDSON. President.
WILLIAM H. RUAWN, Vloe-Presldent,
WrtXIAMI L Blanchabd. Secretary, 7 jug
rVHE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSURANCE
X w COMPANY.
Incorporated lti6 Charter Perpetual.
Ne. (10 WALNUT Street, opposite Independence Sonar
This Company, favorably known to the common! i fo
over forty years, continues to insure asainst loea or dam.
atte by tire on Publio or Private BuildinKsJeither norma,
nentlyorfora limited time. Also on Furniture, Ntouka
of Goods, and Merchandise ajenerelly. an liberal terms.
Their Capital, together with a Urge Surplus Fund, ia
Invested tn the moat careful manner, which enables them
to ofier to too insured as undoubted seoariU la ias ease
Daniel Smith. Jr..
John Drfvereux,
Thomas Smith, !
lianrv Lewia.
I Alexander Benson,
; xnawi uaaienursu
J, tiillinahaes TalL
1 laniitl Huttiwi 1.
DANIEL SMITH. JB.. President.
CROWKLL, beeratary. M
WM. O.
INSUR NOfc.
g E C O N D AN a UAL) STATEMENT
OP TBI
"National life Insurance Company
OF TIIIl IT. S. A.,"
For the Year Kndtox Derrinbrr 31, 1S69.
rnrsiPKWT,
CLARENCE U. CLARE.
CBAJBMAJf riH AWCK fOMMITTBB,
JAY COOKE.
viot-ruFsirmuT,
HENRY D. tOOKE, E. A. ROLLINS.
BKCRKTART AND AOTAKV,
EMERSON W. FEET.
Mimical. niRRcroR.
FRANCIS U. SMITH, M. V.
ASPISTAHT sfSPICAL PIRROTOR,
J. KW1NG HEARS, M. D.
Capital Stock paid in full...$ 1,000,000
Premlnro rewired dnrlnp; the tort. . . . s32,803-03
Interest received from Investments' and
Id come from all other sources 104,339-OS
1037,142-1 1
EXPENDITURE.
Life losses, paid and surrendered poll
clei 144,428-12
V. S. and State Taxe b,d-iJ
Commissions to Agents, salaries, medi
cal examinations, advertising, or lut
ing, atatlonery, etc etc IV.MO-oo
$4U,0i-o
ASSETS JANUARY 1. ISIO.
United States and State Loans, Honda
ami Mortgages, and Loans on Collate
ral Security $1,100,537'12
Deferred Premiums and cash in hands of
Agents 172,142-93
Cash on hand and In bank 10,Mia-fi(J
Accrued Interest and all other Assets. .. 113,961 6
3 198tntll6t l,4oo,o0o-29
.A. S B U K Y
LIFE INSURANCE CO,, N. Y.
Number of Policies issued by the five largest New Tork
Companies during the first years ef their existence :
MUTUAL (23 months) 1092
NEW KOBE (18 months) 101
Manhattan -...(a months) 953
KNICKERBOCKER. .. (20 months) 669
EQUITABLE. (IT months) wsd
During the SI months of Its existence the
ASBURY
HAS ISSUED 2600 POLICIES,
INSURING NEARLY $6,000,000.
Reliable Canvassing Agents wanted throughout the
country.
JAM KB M. LOJJGAORR.
V anajrer for Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Offloe. No. V WALNUT Street, Philadelphia.
8AMUKL POWERS, Special Agent. 4 Irtj
, .
QRCAT WESTERN
Mutual Life Insurance Co.
OF NEW TORK.
EDWIN E. SIMPSON, MANAGER,
Xo, 513 WALNUT 8t., Phllada.
All the good, equitable and liberal features of the beet
Life Insurance Companies are guaranteed to the policy
holders of this Company. (l aa atuthim
Liberal arrangements made with cempetent agents.
JMFEBIAIi KIKE LNSTJ11AJNCB CO.
LONDON.
ESTABLISHED 1S03.
Fald-np Capital and Accumulated Fnnda,
$8,000,000 IN GrOJL,X.
FEEY0ST & HERRING, Agent,
14
iso. iu( b. -liuni) utroet, rniiaueipma.
CHAB. M. PREV08T.
CHA8. P. HERRLVO
CROOERIE 8A N O PROVI S I O N S.
M
IOHAEL MEAGIIElt & CO.,
No. 223 Bonth SIXTEENTH Street,
wnoiesaie and Retail Dealers In
PROVISIONS, OY6TER8 AND TERRAPINS.
Stabler's Extra Canned CORN.
" " " PKA8.
" M - PKAOIIE&
Maryland Canned TOMATOKS.
Extra Canned ASPARAGUS. 33
IIAI.XI1NG'S lilDIXIOIVS
OF
THE HOLY BIBLE.
FAM1LT, PULPIT, AND PnOTOGRAPH BIBLE 9,
roa
WEDDING AND BIRTHDAY PRESENTS.
ALSO, PRESENTATION BIBLES FOR
CHURCnES,
CLEKGTMEN,
SOCIETIES AND
TEACIIEIIS, EI C
New and snperb assortment, bound In Rich Levant
Turkey Morocco, Paneled and Ornamental designs,
equal to tbe London and Oxford editions, at less than
hair their prices.
No. 326 CHESNUT Street.
STRENGTH, BEAUTY, CHEAPNESS COMBINED!
HARDING'S PATENT CHAIN-BACK
PHOTOGRAPH ALBLMS.
For Wedding, Holiday, or Birthday Presents, these
Albums are particularly adapted.
The book trado and dealers a fancy articles will
And the most extensive assortment of Photograph
Albums in the country, and superior to any hereto
fore mode. For great strength, durability, and
cheapness, Harding's Patent Chuln-back Albums aro
unrivalled. Purchasers will And It greatly to tholr
advantage to examine these new Hues or goods be
lore making np their orders lor stock.
Also, a large and splendid assortment of new styles
of Photograph Albums made In the usual manner.
No. 320 CHESNUT Street,
Philadelphia.
CORN EXCHANGE
BAG MAIfUFAOTORY,
. JOHN T. BA1LKY, "
1 . K. corner of MARKET end WATER Street,
Philadelphia.
PEALFR IN BAUJj AND B AGG1NQ
Of every description, for
Grain, Flour, Salt, Super-Phosphate. ot lima. Boa
Dust, Kto,
Large and small GTJNN V BAU8 constantly on hand,
IK Aiso,WOOL atACKA
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF 8 A KB
REMOVAL.
PARREL, HERRING & CO.
HAVE REMOVED FROM
jo. oho 1ii:mi;t ntrt
No. HOT- CIIICHISUT Ht.,
PHILADELPHIA.
Fire and Burglar-Proof Safes
(WITH DRY FILLING.)
HERRING, FARREL k SHERMAN, New York.
HERRING A CO., Chicago.
HERRING, FARREL A CO., New Orleans. S BtT
iwssw. t WATHON . HnW
11 A 0nn ot JtVAJvo WATSOn,
FIRE AND BUBOLAB-rBOOV
B A F 13 H T O II 11
NO. 63 80UTH FOURTH STREET,
1 815 A few doors above Obasnnt at Pbilal
COOPS FOR THE LADIES.
QltASD 0 1 iw-vinf OP
JPIClCJ FASIIKKVN
Imported Paper I'nttern,
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 187a
The old established and only reliable Paper Patten
Dreee and Cloak Making Emporium.
Dresses made to fit with ease and elegance in M hoars
notice,
MBS. M. A. BINDER'S recent visit to Paris enable
her to receive Fashions, Trimmings and Fancy Uood
superior to anything in this oountry.
New in design. Moderate in price.
A perfect system of Dress Onttinf taught.
Catting, Basting, Pinking.
Fashion Books and Coffering Machines for aale.
Sets ot Patterns for Merchants and Drees Makers no
ready, at
MRS. Mm A. BINDER'S,
HOI,
N. W. Corner Eleventh and Chesnnt.
Carefully note the name and number, to avoid being
deceived. 1 4 etuthj
CLOTHS, OASSIMERES, ETO.
JAMES & HUBER.
Successors to JAMES A LEE,
Io. 11 rVortls SECOND Street,
Sign of the Golden Lamb,
Are now closing oat their entire stock of
"W inter Goods,
Consisting Of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, TEST
INGS, etc., of the best makes and finest texture,
which they are selling far below Importers' prices,
preparatory to tho reception or their SPRING STOCK
OF GOODS. 3 83 mwi
NE VVJ3 U BLIO AT ION 8.'
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAOK
A New Course of Lectures, as delivered at the New
York Museum of Anatomy, embracing the subjects
How to Live, and What to Live for; Youth, Maturity, and
Old Age; Manhood Oenerallr Reviewed t The Cause ot
Indigestion : Flatulence and Nervous Diseasee Aoooonted
For: Marriage Philosophically Considered, eto. eto.
Pocket volumes containing these Leotnree will be for.
warded, post paid, on reoeipt of X oente, by addressing W,
A. LKARY. Jh.. 8. K. comer of FU'IH and WALNUT
8 treats. Phtlsdelphia. tH
OENT.'S FURNISHING COOPS.
pATENT SHOULDER-SB All
SHIRT MANUFACTORY,
AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE,
PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWER '
made from measnrement at very short notice.
AU other articles or GENTLEMEN'S DRES
GOODS la full variety.
WINCHESTER A CO.,
11 No. 706 CHESNUT Street.
fjy H S PK1N CIPAL DEPOT
rOH TBB 6 ALB OP
REVENUE STAMPS
No. 804 CHESNUT STREET.
CENTRAL OFFICE, NO. 106 & FIFTH STREET
(Two doors below Chesnut street),
ESTABLISHED 186S.
The sale or Revenue Stamps Is still continued at
the Old-Eatabllshed Agcnclce.
The stock comprises every denomination printed
by tbe Government, and having at all times a large
supply, we are enabled to fill and forward (by Mall
or Express) all orders, Immediately upon receipt, a
matter of great Importance.
United States Notes, National Bank Notes, Drarts
on Philadelphia, and Post Office Orders received ln
payment.
Any information regarding the decisions of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue cheerfully aud
gratuitously furnUhed.
Revenue Stamps printed apon Drafts, Check
Receipts, eta
The following rates of commission are allowed
Stamps and Stamped Paper;
On 'X and upwards. 1 per
100 " s "
800 "
Address all orders, etc., to
STAMP AGENCY,
No. 804 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA.
rpO ALL WANTING FARMS IN A LOCAL
lty Exempt from Fevers, and Lung Complain t.
To Farmers, Horticulturists, Mechanics, Capi
talists, Gentlemen or Leisure, Invalids, and
all wanting a homestead In a climate or un
surpassed salubrity, exempt from tite rlgors
of a Northern winter, and In close connec
tion with the commercial centres of the South. Few
lr any sections offer such a combination of Induce
ments as the town or Aiken, S. 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 la
tho vicinity of Aiken, especially fruit, cereals, cotton,
corn, vegetables, etc, Including extracts front
letters of distinguished visitors, correspondents,
action of town councils Inviting emigrants, ete , to
which Is added a descriptive list of property for sale.
Including improved farms, orchards, vineyards,
water powers, kaolin deposits, unimproved Uu Is,
and town residence For sale by K. J. c. WOOD,
Real Estate Agent, Aiken, 8. C. The book will be
sent by mall on receipt of price, 60 cent. Addrcxa
J. C. DERBY, Publisher, P. O. Box No. 1439, New
YorX, until 1st of February, after that date a
Alien, 8. C 117 3ui