THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1870.
LZTZ3HATVZLZ3.
M X V I B W OF NSW M O O K B.
Translating Homer is probably as inno
cent an amusement an scholarly gentlemen
with nothing better to occupy their time can
probably engage in. But the interest in
Homer is, to say the least, limited, and it
looks a little like a waste of good ink and
paper for every person who gets off a new
version of "The Iliad" for the amusement of
leisure hours to rush into print with it,
unless the mere satisfaction of seeing himself
in print is a compensation for the obvious
risk that the books will remain unsold upon
the shelves of the publishers. A translation
of Homer that will represent at once the
letter and spirit of the original, and that will
reproduce the "movement" of the Greek
verse in all its integrity, would doubtless
be welcome, but until such a version ap
pears the translations already before the
public are amply sufficient to give a general
idea of the "tale of Troy divine" as sung by
the blind old bard, and among these Pope's
paraphrase, although it may be the farthest
removed from Homer, is likely to retain its
popularity with the mass of readers. These
remarks are suggested by "The Iliad of
Homer," translated into English verse by W.
G. Caldcleugh, which has just been issued
from the press of J. 1$. Lippincott & Co. "We
are informed that this translation, "the
desultory occupation of a few years, was
written principally for the amusement of the
translator and his friends, and that he makes
no claim to the qualifications necessary for the
success of such an undertaking." This last
proposition is true enough, for while Mr.
Caldcleugh's version is probably faithful
enough so far as it goes, he has succeeded in
turning Homer's poetry into the baldest pos
sible prose, and we have no hesitation in
setting it down as the worst attempt of the
kind that has ever como under our notice.
Messrs. J. B. Lippincott & Go. have also
just published "Only a Girl; or, A Physician
for the Soul," translated from the German of
Vf'ilhelmine von Hillern by Mrs. A. L. Wister.
Mrs. Wister has introduced a number of very
charming German romances to the American
public, and her taste can be relied upon to
select such works as are really worth trans
lating. "Only a Girl" is a more elaborate
performance than anything she has yet at
tempted, and as a story of German life, full
of admirable sketches of character and highly
dramatic incidents, it will be found to amply
repay a perusal.
From the same house we have received
"The Trivate Life of Galileo," published by
Nichols & Noyes, Boston. This book i3 a
compilation, the principal materials for which
have been drawn from the correspondence of
Galileo with his eldest daughter, Sister Maria
Celeste, a nun of the Franciscan convent of
St. Matthew, at Arcetri. This is one of the
most interesting biographical works that has
lately been put before the public, and it sup
plies a great amount of important informa
tion with regard to the career of Galileo, and
throws much light upon the story of his
philosophical investigations and the persecu
tions to which they subjected him. The
affection of Galileo for his daughter, and the
tender care with which she always watched
over his welfare and interested herself in his
great plans, as set forth in their letters, make
a most affecting narrative, and this book will
doubtless attract as much attention in this
country as it has in England, where its publi
cation was considered as one of the literary
events of the season.
Claxton, llemsen & naffelfinger send us,
"The Life of Bismarck," by John George
Louis Hesekiel. Translated by Kenneth
It. H. Mackenzie, F. S. A., F. A. S. L. Pub
lished by Harper & Brothers. Count Bis
marck occupies such a prominent place in the
public attention at the present day as one of
the chief of living statesmen, and the work
he has performed in raising Prussia to the
position of a first-class European power is of
fuch magnitude, and is pregnant with such
: mportant results for the future, that a care
' nlly prepared biography like the present is
mire to find an appreciative audience.' The
author commences with the origin and rise
of the family about the commencement of the
thirteenth century, and in a few brief but
graphio introductory chapters brings its his
tory down to the birth of the present repre
sentative of its greatness. In relating the
story of Count Bismarck's life Herr Hesekiel
writes with an evidently sincere and hearty
admiration for his subject, and a certain
"gushiugness" of style.that suggests in some
degree that adopted by J. S. C. Abbott in his
"Life of Napoleon" will probably suit the
tastes of many readers better than a
more classical severity. This, however, is
really a much better and more reliable
work than Mr. Abbott's remarkable perform
ance, and it may be acceplaJ as a correct if
.somewhat partisan review of Bismarck's
career. A great number of interesting inci
dents of BUmarck'a early life have been col
lected, which add greatly to the value of the
narrative, and in relating the recent event3
that established his fame, the story is told in
f, clear and graphic manner that sets the main
features of the great political manoeuvres by
which the power of Austria was broken and
Prussia made the exponent of the German
idea before the reader in an understandable
shape. The work is illustrated with all the
original German engravings, and the. trans,
lator has added an'.introduction, explanatory
notes, and appendices that greatly increase
its value.
From the same house we have received "A
Memoir ol the Kev. John Scudder, M. D.,"
by Ilev. J. B. Waterbury, D. D. Pabiished
by Harper & Brothers. Dr. Scudder was for
thirty-six years a missionary in India, where
bia labors were Bpread over an immense ter
ritory and where he achieved a success that
fcjbeeS accorded to but few. One of the
secrets of this success was that he was able to
minister, to . the . bodily as well as to the
rpiritmii want of those whom h. sought to
' CcnTtft toChJuti&ity. -Ho wag a jsMlful
pbjRician, and bis medical knowledge was a
power that he wielded with great effect in
carrying out the main objects of his enter
prise. The work before us is a brief sketch
of the life nud labors of Dr. Scudder, and we
commend it to the consideration ' of all who
are interested in missionary work, or in the
career of a really great and good man.
From T. Ell wood Zell, Nos. 17 and 10 S.
Sixth Htreet, we have received parts 17, 18,
1H, and 0 of "Zell's Popular Encyclopedia,"
which brings the work down to page 800 and
the title "Eger." This Encyclopedia is in
tended for popular use, and the design is to
compress as much information as possible
into a small space. The editor, Mr. L. Go
lange, has succeeded admirably in doing this,
and while the majority of the articles are very
brief, they nevertheless contain all the infor
mation that the majority of readers will need.
The more important subjects are treated ex
tensively,and some of the articles contain much
new and valuablo information that is not
given in any othor work of this
class. The very low price of this En
cyclopedia and the manner in which it is
published place it within the reach of every
one, and it is a work that will be a valuable
addition to any library, or to those who can
not afford to buy many books it will be a
library in itself. The illustrations are nume
rous and are introduced whenever they are
needed for the explanation of the text, and in
this, as in all its other features, all the pro
mises made by the publishers at the com
mencement of the enterprise have been more
than carried out.
Van Kostrand'a Eclntie Engineering
Magazine for May presents as usual an inte
resting series of articles from the best foreign
publications. The leading paper in the pre
sent number is a valuable dissertation upon
"The Bessemer Flame Spectrum," by Dr. II.
Wedding, translated by E. F. Enrich.
The Manufacturer and Builder for May
contains a number of valuable practical
papers on matters of art and industry.
Tlie Itritifli Army.
PURCHASING COMMISSIONS THE LAW AND THE
BATES.
From the If. T. World.
In the days of Charles II commissions in
the English army were sold like divers other
State appointments, and from this origin it
passed into a practice that where a captain,
for instance, obtained his majority, the lieute
nant who came into the captaincy paid the
major what he, the major, had paid for it in
his day, the major in turn paying to tha lieutenant-colonel
the price of the majority. The
sums thus demanded being purely arbitrary,
and frequent disagreements as to what they
siiouid be impairing tne good ot the service, a
scale of prices was, after some years, laid
down by the government, and has continued
in force up to this day. By this scale a
young man on entering the British army pay3
for his commission as ensign 14.""(), and then
on Ilia promotion through the grades as
follows:
Lieutenancy, 2.10 additional, or total 700.
Captaincy, 1100 additional, or total 1800.
Majority, 1400 additional, or total 3200.
Lieutenant-colonelcy, lo00 additional, or
total 4.100.
By the operation of this scale, if the lieu-
tenant-oolonel, say, wore promoted, then the
major paid him tho price of the lieutenant
colonelcy, and received in return, from the
senior captain the price of the majority, and
so on down to the ensign, who paid the junior
lieutenant the price of hi lieutenancy, and re
ceived in turn from the new ensign who was
commissioned the price of the ensigncy; by
which system no officer was ever out of
pocket more than the price of his grade, and,
if desirous ot leaving tne service, could make
himself whole by the sale of his commission.
with this as the original scope of the pur
chase system, it came to pass, as money be
came less valuable and wealthy men eagerly
Bought commissions for their sons, than an
additional price, called the "over-regulation,"
was added to the governmental scale. Usage
gradually settled this also into fixed propor
tions, just as Government had prescribed the
regulation scale, and at this time it stands
pretty much as follows: Ensign, 100; lieu
tenant, (i00; captain, 800j and major,
1000..
Now, Mr. Cardwell, the English War Min
ister, or, in the curious British style, Secre
tary of State of War, is no friend to the pur
chase system, and would abolish it; but, this
not being in his power, lately introduced a
bill in Parliament proposing to consolidate
the grades of cornet and ensign with the
junior lieutenancies respectively , on horse
and foot. On this the Gladstone ministry
have just been beaten, the vast social inllu-
ence of the English army being so unitedly
thrown against the measure that Mr. Card
well was forced to withdraw his bill. The
officers argued that while they would not
object to an abolition per se of the purchase
syBtem, whether in whole or in part, yet it
was but fair that, as the Government has for
over two centuries allowed purchase, it
should save them from any loss consequent
upon its abrogation. This being but fair,
and the ministry, which perhaps put the
measure forth as an ad captandum measure
of reform, not caring to take anv new load
on its shoulders, the scheme failed. The in
cident reveals a curious feature in English
polity, and perhaps may indicate that the
ministry finds it safer to disestablish Irish
bishops than to cashier British grenadiers.
The Art of 31ahiti CSoii&s.
None but Chinamen could heretofore make
gongs to perfection. It used to be supposed
that they possessed the secret of mixing the
alloy of TYhicn the clamorous instruments are
formed, or else some means of tempering the
metal to allow of its being beaten into shape,
find afterward hardened to a Bonorous density.
For a genuine gong is brittle; it will crack if
struck with a bard substance, and yet it bears
hammer marks all over it. We do not kno w whe
: ther English musioal instrument-makers have
not fmnnlipd rronas because there is no de-
Ltnand lor them, or because they could not
maie tneni. liut it me xauer, mero ueou uu
longer be a scarcity in the market, for a
French metallurgist has been experimenting
upon the gong and cymbal metals, and has
revealed the Chinese becret, if secret it has
been. The nature of the alloy has long been
known; it consists of eighty parts of copper
to twenty of tin. But the shaping; attempt
to beat this compound into a disk form and it
flies like porcelain. The trick lies in first
heating it, and hammering it while at a dull
red heat; it is then malleable as soft iron;
allow it to cool, and it relapsesjnto friability.
The making of a gong must be tedious work,
thotch, for the thin xuetal will soon eocL and
tbero must be incessant teheatings. A bar-'
barian's patience must be required for the
task. Perhaps it is the labor thus spent upon
gongs that renders them so expensive.
Itllnlitc: in Nevada.
The San Francisco Clironicle gives the fol
lowing facts in relation to mining in Nevada,
which is attracting so much attention at this
time:
"The small amount of capital required for
the erection of smelling works enables men
of small means to undertake it, while the
building of quartz mills of tho name capacity
would cost tens of thousands of dollars, and
could only be built by capitalists. For in
stance, we may assume that fjO000 will con
struct smelting furnaces of a capacity to re
duce thirty tons of ore per day, while the cost
of building a mill of the same capacity would
be $.10,000. There are also some other ad
vantages in favor of smelting over
milling, which we have not
space to particularize. As from two
to three tons of crude ore produce one of
base bullion, the item of freight in seeking a
market is an important one. In this city
there is so little competition among pur
chaser, that but seventy-five per cent, of the
assay value of the silver and 70 to $80 per
ton for the lead is obtained here. The freight
charged by the railroad from Elko is 22 per
ton, and in that proportion from other sta
tions. But a large portion of the base bullion
is shipped direct to New York for a market,
where ninety-five per cent, of the assay is
aid for the silver and $1:10 per ton for the
ead. The freight charged from Elko to New
York is 3-11. The extraction and shipment
of crude ores to this market are also
attracting attention. There is a market in
this city for any quantity of argentiferous
lead and copper ores that is likely to
be sent here. We have firms who receive
consignments of ore, paying freight and
other incidental charges thereon, crush and
sample it, and sell it to the highest bidder
for cash. The charge for this varies from $.1
to 15 per ton, according to quantity and
quality. The ore brings about the following
prices: That assaying $100 per ton in silver
brings .10 per cent, for the silver, beside the
leod and copper; $.'500 ore brings 74 per cent.,
and $000 ore brings 80 per cent. The lead is
worth about $40 per ton, and the copper
brings $2 ".10 per unit for IJ0 per cent, ore, in
creasing or decreasing about 10 cents per
unit, as the percentage is greater or less.
Thus, ore assaying $100 in silver and SO per
cent, in copper will bring $.1G per ton for
the 6ilver and $75 per ton for the copper;
total, $i:il. Silver ore is reckoned at 2000
pounds per ton; lead ore at 2200 pounds, and
copper ore at 2.'J.12 pounds. The railroad
charge for freight is $1(J per ton from Elko,
or $14 from Carlin."
Returns furnished by the London water
companies to the llcgiotrar-Ueneral show that
the averagejdaily supply of water to the London
population during tbe month of February last
amounted to 95,812,088 gallons, of which
48.878,012 gallons were drawn from the Thames
and 4b,'JJ4,i7o irora tne Lea and otber sources.
in tne month of January tne averaire daily sun-
ply from all sources amounted to 04,878,104
gallons.
FURNITURE, ETC.
QHARLES C. C L A Q K,
BEDDING
AND
Cottajyo XPiirnituiro,
No. 11 North. ELEVENTH Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Hair and Husk Maliresses, Feather Beds, Bolsters and
rillows.
BEST QUALITY OF SPRING MATTRE8SKS.
Bedsteads. Bureaus, Washstands, Chairs, Towol Ricks,
Rocking Chaiis, elo.
Pew Cushions, Feathers and Down. Comfortables and
Blankets. 13 16 taths2m
TUCKER'S SPRINGS AND HOWE'S COTS.
RICHMOND & CO..
FIRST-CLASS
FURNITURE WAREROOMS
No. 45 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
EAST SIDB, ABOVE OHESNUT,
PHILADELPHIA
u
fURNITURE
Selling: at Cost
No. 1019 MARKET Street.
4 18 3m G. R. NORTrL
MEDIO AL.
NEW DISCOVERY. ELIXIR J. F. BER-NARD-TONI
STUKNIQUK. ANTI-DYSPEPTIO.
Tbe several observations made b the beet physicians of
tbe Faculte de Paris have proved that the sicknesses
arising from impoverishment of the blood or nervous ex.
hauHtion, viz. : AmMiia, Chlorosis, bympathisme,
PbtbiHio, Diabetes, Albumineria, Bcorbnt, etc, etc., are
radically cured with the ELIXIR J. V. BERNARD.
General Depot A. BKRNAKD, No. 51 CEDAR Street,
ild oor. For aale by all respectable druggists. 8 1 tuthag
ROOFING.
R
EADY ROOFIN G
This Rootins is adapted to all bnildinca. It can be
applied to BXKEP OR FLAT ROOFS
at one-half the expense of tin. It is readily put on old
bhinele Koofs without removing the shingles, thus avoid.
iBK the damaging; of ceilings and furniture while under,
goieg repair. (No gravel used.)
PRKSKRVK YOUR TIN ROOFS WITH WELTOIP
ELASTIC PAINT.
I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs at she
notice. Also, PAINT l'OR bALK by the barrel or gallon
the beat and cheapest in the market WELTON,
I 178 No. 711 IT. NINTH Street Above Ooatea.
THE VATICAN,
AO. 1010 tllLS.M T Street.
Garden Vases, classical designs.
Uarden Vases at all prices.
Garden Vases at It 4 oil.
Uarden Vases at $3 Ml.
Uarden Vases at $4'UU.
Uarden Vases at o (M.
Uarden Vases at 4!rt 00.
UarO en Vases at 7 U0.
Uardeu Vases at SUI.
Uarden Vases at C1U-0U.
Uarden Statuary, Flower Pots, and
Unnirinv Viui. in (tth t VlLnatV.
No decormmn utiiniynha nt nrl beauties of tbe garden
or lawn and at so little expen as a lew Vases tilled
wuu nostrum plants. '' im
WHEELER'S
PATENT STAMP CANCEIERS.
CD WIU STEVENS,
2fto. 41 S. TZXZXID Street,
PHILADELPHIA, 3 31tf
General Agent for Vie Stateof Pennsylvania.
Vewell, landscape and general
X Business Photographer, No. 124 ARCH btreet, has
every facility lor taxing r autographs of Country Beat, in
nrcmt of the State. Merchant, m. nnfu-tn r.r. and im
porters can have samples of goods photographed in the
very uta.ii BLv iiu
LE X AND ER G. CATTELL A CO
. PRODUOB COMMISSION M KKOUABTS.
MO.MMORIU WiLAJLVIU
. Ha S7 NORTH WATFR STREET.
rfliumuau-fij, SMI
EUMB OATTKU.
SHIPPING.
5sv LORILLARD'8 8TKAMSMP LINE
FOB
N K W Y O II I
are now receiving freight at
0 rnli per 100 pennds,
4 rents prr toot, sr L'J rent prr grilles, ehl
INSURANCE , OF 1 TRR CENT.
Extra rstes on eriMll packages Iron, metals, eta.
No receipt or bill of lading eicnw) for less than 80 oenta.
Tbe Line would Call atlnlinn nf murrh.nta vnn.mliv tn
the fact that hereafter the regular shippers by this line
will be charged only 10 ini. inn ik t ..ni. ...
foot, during the winter seasons.
'or further particulars apply to
JOHN F. OHU
J?1ER 1. NORTH WUARVK9.
PIITT.Amrr TJIIT IVnonrtTrlmnvt
.VUT;FN STREET WHARF.
wi iri'irtn i; r it." Mvi,r,il.-, via 11 &-
II
AVAA.,nHTSR,rfri,OT.J,W KANS,
Tho WYOMING will uil ini RlVlKMlll
SA'i
Tl
EA1
TURDAY.MsyH.atHA.M. "
hm KM fl PH 'ill, ill ,! o. ...........
TliniViv M .ii iroro oirmnAU on
Th PIONFER vill' .nil l. iriiuiVMTnv -u .
KIDAY, Msv 80, at 6 A. M. m
i nrougn bins or lading signed, and passage tickets sold
i all noints Month md Yl'.t
to
IllI.I.S i LAM Nr. SK1NFI) AT QUEEN STREET WHAJtr.
WILLIAM I.. JAMF.8, Oenornl Agent.
iW No. South THIRD Street.
',fffi, PHILADELPHIA AND CHARLES
TON STF.AMSUIP LINE.
Thlfi linA 1. now PMnnnuil V, ..II : r. .
Steamships, sailing on THURSDAY of each week:
noniiftn II, rnns.
J. W. RVF.RtIAN. W3 tons.
PROM KTh H.ITS, tii hi tons.
Tne nt Asmshin .f v rvii'liliivii in... mirD w
17. hrhiw Bpruce street, on THURSDAY next, May 13, at
No freight received nor bills of lading signed after 3 P.
I. on day of sailing.
TV,,,.,), hill. l l.ir, .,' .1.
M
Southwest, and i londa ports.
l or freight or pasxasre apply to
WOLOIilt fc APA.1IS, Agents,
No. 2 DOCK Street,
Or to WILLIAM P. OLYDK A UO.
WM. A.jt!OURTRNA V. Agent in Oharisstn. 6 i 'tf
Tm? f TVlTDIinnT A XT TA AT'PIPVU
hTOWN. Inman linn nf Mail Sl.ani.p. Bn.
pointed to sail as follows:
imyot nruKsem, Baturday. May 14, 1 P. M.
City of Cork, via Halltax, Tuesday, Mav 17, 1 P.M.
Oity of IiOmlon, Saturday, May 21, at 10 A. U.
City of Paris. Saturday, May 28. 1 P. M.
City of Kaltimore, via llalifai, Tuesday, May 31, 1 P. M.
And each snoceedinff SainrriR and .ItAm.t. Ttjm&b
from Pier 46, North River.
KA'I'KS OF rADoAUB,
BY TOK Mill. BTKAJCKBI gjUUNO EVERY SUCT7BSA,
Payable in Uold. Par&hla in (Inmnn.
FIRST CABIN $100 I STKKRAUE 3t
To Ixjndon 105 I To London 40
To Paris 116 I To Paris it
PASSAGE BY TtTS TCKIDAY STEAMIB, VTA HALIFAX.
FITtST CABIN, STEERAQK.
Pavahla in (4oM Pa.TM.hl in fInpT.HM
Liverpool. , fW Liverpool ftSn
Halifax au Halifav is
St. John's, N. F.,
St. John's. N. F..
Dy nrancn Bteamar. . . .
Passengers also forwarded to Harm. H.mhnr.. K ram An
Dy nrancn steamer..
to., at reduced rates.
Tickets can ha bought here at moderate rates hv namnm
Wishing to send for their friends.
or farther psxtiotuars appiy aime company's Offloes
JOHN O. DALE, Agent,
No. 15 Kroadway. N. Y.
OrtO O'DONNFLI, A FAULK, Agents.
4B Wo. 4tta CHKSNUT Street. PhiUdelphla,
PT1TT.A T"iTTT PHI A PTPTHrrvvn
tltND NORFOLK 8TKAMKHIP T.INir
itiKOUi.ll FKKIUUT AIR LINE TO THE SOUTH
AND WEST.
INCREASED FACILITIES AND REDUCED RATES
fOll INTO.
Steamers leave every WE ON KS D A V and SATURD AY
at 12 o'clock noon, from FIRST WHARF above MAR
KET Street.
RETURNING, leave RICHMOND MONDAYS and
THURSDAYS, and NORFOLK TUESDAYS and 8A
TURIMY8. No Bills of Lading signed after 12 o'clock on sailing
days.
THROUGH RATES to all points in North and 8outh
Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, connecting at
I'nrtMiioutb, and to Lynchburg, Vs., Tennessee, and tbe
West, via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line nod Richmond
and Danville Railroad.
Freight HAN DLEH BUTONCE. and taken at LOWER
RATF:S THAN ANY OTHER LINK.
No charge for commission, drayage, or any expense of
transfer.
hteainBhips insure at lowest rates.
Freight received daily.
ttate Room accommodations for passengers.
WILLIAM V. OLYDK A CO.,
No. 12 S. WHARVKSand Pier 1 N. WH R VtcS
w. i . rum kh.
POR'I RR, Agent at Richmond and City Point.
ORUWELL A CO., Agents at Norfolk. 6 1
T. P.
ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.
i hk: i.KNERAL TRANSATLANTIC COMPANY'S
MAIL STEAMSHIPS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND
HAVRE, CALLING AT BRHST.
Tho splendid new vessels on this favorite route for the
Continent will sail from Pier No. 60, North river, every
Saturday. prior OF PASSAGE
in gold (including wine),
" TO BUF:ST OR HAVRE.
First Cabin 4140 1 Second Cabin $S5
TO PARIS,
(Including railway tickets, furnished on board),
First Cabin $1461 Second Cabin $85
These steamers do not carry steerage passengers.
Medical attendance free of charge.
American travellers going to or returning from tbe con
tinent of Europe, by taking the steamers of this line avoid
unnecessary risks from transit by English railways and
crossing the channel, besidrs saving time, trouble, and
expense. UFOKiiE MACKENZIE, Agent,
No. 58 BROADWAY, New York.
For passage in Philadelphia apply at Adams Express
Company, to H. L. LEAF,
1 2.4 No. 330 OHKSN UT Street.
NORTH GERMAN LLOYD.
STEAM BETWEEN .YORK AND BRE-
k.KK via SOUTHAMPTON.
Trig Scaxw Steamers of the North German
Lloyd run regularly between New York, Bremen, and
Southampton, carrying tne United States, English, and
Continental mails. .,.- .
FROM BRFMKN EVERY SATURDAY
FROM SOUTHAMPTON EVERY TUKSDAY
FROM NEW YORK EVERY SATURDAY
Vies uf fatmuejrum If me York to Bremen, London, Ham,
and Southampton:
First Cabin, $120; Second Cabin, $71; Steerage, $30,Goid.
From Brmncn to Aw fork:
First Cabin, $1); Second Cabin, $72 ; Steerage. $40,Gold.
Tbese vessels take Freight to London and Hull, for
which through bills of lading are signed.
An experienced surgeon is attached to each vessel.
All letters must pass threugh the Post Omce.
No Bills of Lading bnt those of the Company will be
signed. Bills of Lading will positively not be delivered
be i ore goods are cleared at the Custom House.
Specie taken to Havre, Southampton, and Bremen for
the lowest rates. For freight or Psuff 'apply to
117t
tr.Liivivii j j vr, .
No. 68 IS ROAD Street. N. Y.
T a MATT. TO HAVANA
.,. unf.n tl Aft BTU 1IICUTD III
regularly EVERY THURSDAY at 3 o'clock P. M..
precisely, from Pier No. 4 North River.
MORO CASTLE, Captain R. Adam.
COLUMBIA, Captain E. Van Sice.
EAGLE, Captain M. R. Greene.
For freight or PJ"t? ThVkLER, Jr.. President.
14 No. 6 BOWL1NU GRKKN, New York.
FOR NEW YORK,
via Delaware and Raritan Oanal.
n..7.Vfo knuiumur rut MP ANV
m1T it ,.11.. nfthn linn m-ill comment: load.
in "Vl'lliOUGH1 Wny''ur'TiOURS. v
Gooda forwarded by all the lines goinsoiit of New York
North Fist.or Wost, tree of commission.
Freight, revived jt to. ra.,. &
No. 12 South DELAWARE Avenue.
JAMES HAND, Agent. .
No. 1)9 WALL Street, New York. 3 4S
-j FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELA-
t clP'v- ware and Kariian Canal. ,...
ylrClL.llj. bWlFTSUBK TRANSPORTATION COM-
DESPATCH AND SwVrSURR LINKS,
Leaving daily at 12 M. and 5 P. M.
Thestesm ' propellers of this company will commence
loading on the ih of March.
Ihroughin twenty-four hours. ,mi.a!nn.
firods forwarded to any point free or commissions.
Freiuhts taken on accommodating teima.
Apply to M M BAIRD 4 CO., Agents,
4 W"wJ "guth DELAVVARMAvene..
DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE
STEAM TOW BOAT COMPANY.-Barges
towed betwoeu Philadelphia, Baltimore,
CaeTuVUrace, Delaware City, a nil ""''""K"
VVlLiJAM P- CLYDE cu., Arfeni.
Osptain JOHN LA IHib LIN, Superintendent.
Office, No. 12 South Wharves, Philadelphia. ll
NEW EXPRESS LlXK TO
'Alexandria. Georgetown snd W n,
WKttBm . U., Via ha iiifutt. dir.....
wuu connections at iexauun "r r, ,7
route lor Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxville, Nashville, Dal
ton, and the southwest. , .
Sieauiers leave regularly every Saturday at noon from
tbe first wharf above Market street.
Freight received daily., . . . T vnw no .
No 14 North aid South W HARVES.
A TYLER, Agent at Georgetown : M.
K A CO., AgeU at Alexandria. tit
vnn
ELDRIDG
JET GOODS, NEWEST STYLES. DIXON'S
FINANCIALS
SEVEN PER CENT.
First Mortgage Bonds
OF TBI
InnvIllot Ilnzleton, find Wilkes,
barre ICailrond Company.
At 02 and Accrued Interest
TO BE ADVANCED TO 85, May 15 J,
Clear of all Taxes.
INTKKBST PAYABLE APML AND OCTOBER.
Person1 wishing to make Investments are lnrltcd
to examine the merits of tbese BONDS.
Pamphlets "applied and full Information given j
Sterling & Wildman,
FINANCIAL AGENTS,
No. 110 SOUTH THIltD STREET,
4 13 tf PHILADELPHIA.
Government Bonds and other Securities taken In
xchange for the above at best market rates.
WE OFFER FOR SALE
THE FIIIST M0IIT0A0E KOJiDS
of rni
SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA IRON
AND
RAILROAD COMPANY.
These Bonds run THIRTY YEARS, and pay SEVEN
FBR CENT, interest in gold, clear of all taxes, pajabia
at the First Rational Bank in Philadelphia.
The amount of Bonds issued is Sii-3,000, and are
secured by a First Mortgage on real estate, railroad, and
franchises of the Company the former of whiob cost two
hundred thousand dollars, which has been paid for from
Btock subscriptions, and after the railroad is finished, so
that the products of tha mines oan be brought to market,
it is estimated to be worth 1,000,000.
lhe Railroad connects with tha Cumberland Valley
Railroad about four miles below Ghambersborg, and runs
through a section of tha most fertile part of tha U amber
land Valley.
We sell them at 92 and accrued interest from March L
For further particulars apply to
C. T. YERKE8, Jr., A CO.,
BANKERS,
TO 2 BOUTH THIRD .STREET,
VHIt.ATntT.PTtT A,
00KES;(p.
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, AND
WASHINGTON,
BANKERS
AMD
Dealers in Government Securities.
Special attention given to tne Purchase and Sale of
Bonds and Stocks on Commission, at tne Board of
Brokers In this and otber citieB.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS.
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS.
GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT AND SOLD.
RELIABLE RAILROAD BONDS FOR INVEST
MENT. Pamphlets and full Information given at our office,
No. 1 14 S. TIIIRD Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
418m
E
LLIOTT
O U If If,
BANKERS
I7o. 109 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
DEALERS IN ALL GOVERNMENT SECURI
TIES, GOLD BILLS, ETC.
DRAW BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND ISSUE
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT ON THE
UNION BANS OF LONDON.
ISSUE TRAVELLERS' LETTERS OF CREDIT
ON LONDON AND PARIS, available throughout
Europe.
Will collect all Coupons and Interest free of charge
for parties making their financial arrangements
with na. iMi
QLODW.LVG, IAV1S fc CO.,
No. 48 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
GLENDltlNING, DAVIS & AMORY,
No. 2 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK,
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
Receive deposits subject to check, allow lntereet
on standing and temporary balances, and execute
orders promptly for the purchase and sals of
STOCKS, BONDS and GOLD, In either City.
Direct telegraph communication from Philadelphia
house to New York. 1 8
p O R S A L E,
Williamsport City 6 Per Cert Bands,
FREE OF ALL TAXES.
ALSO,
Philadelphia and Daiby Railroad 7
Per Cent Bonds,
Coupons payable by the Chesnut and Walnut Streets
Railway Company.
These Bonds wlU be sold at a price which wll
make them a very desirable investment.
P. 8. PETERSON & CO.,
No. 39 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
1 so PHILADELPHIA.
Jayl
FINANCIAL.
FIRST MORTGAGE 7 PER CENT.
GOLD BONDS
OF TBI
Central Railroad of Iowa,
At 1G, Frco iVoni Tax.
The amount of Bonds to be Issued Is but 16,t0
per mile, or less than four millions In all.
The recent advance In Governments offers a large
Inducement to Investors to make an Immediate ex.
change lor these Bonds.
Pamphlets, Maps, and full Information may be had
of the Company's advertised agents.
W, B. SIIATTUCK, Treasurer.
After a full examination, we have accepted an
Agency for the sale of the above Firs'. Mortgage
Bonds, and desire to recommend them to our cus
tomers AS A THOROUGHLY SAFE AS WELL A3
PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.
We have no hesitation In saying that, in onr
opinion, the CENTRAL RAILROAD OF IOWA Will
be one of tha most Important and valuable roads In
the West.
Jay Cooko & Co.,
K. V. Clark Ss Co.,
lloAven & Fox,
B 8 tuths6trp li. K. Jamison & Co.
Wilmington and Reading
RAILROAD
Seven Per Cent. Bonds.
FREE OP TAXES.
We are olIerlnR 300.000 of the
Second IMor(rnge llonds of
tills Company
AT 821 AND ACCRUED INTEREST.
Foa the convenience of Investors these Bonds are
Issued In denominations of
$1000s, $3009, and 190s.
The money Is required for the purchase ot add!,
tlonal Rolling Stock and the full equipment of the
Road.
Tbe receipts of the Company on the one-half of
the Road now being operated from CoatcsvlUe to Wll
mlngton are about TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS per
month, which will be more than DOUBLED with the
opening of the other half, over which the large Coal
Trade of the Road must come.
Only SIX MILES are now required to complete
the Road to Blrdsboro, which will be finished by
the middle of the month.
VTVUf H "armTlll IT ft si
WllL. r iilltt 1 .bit cc uu.,
BANKERS,
No. 3G South THIRD Street,
6 6 PHILADELPHIA.
SILVER
On hand and FOR SALE In
amounts and sizes to
SUIT.
DE HAVEN & BRO.,
No. 40 South THIRD Street.
B. E. JAMISON '& CO..
SUCCESSORS TO
F. JP. KELLY te CO, .
BANKERS AND DEALERS IN
Gold, Silver and Government Bonds
At Closest Market Itates,
X. W. Cor. THIRD and CHESNUT Sti.
Special attention given to COMMISSION ORDERS
In New York and Philadelphia Stock Boards, eta;
im
s r jl. -y iu r,
FOE SALE.
C. T. YERKES, Jr., 4 CO.,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
No. 20 South THIRD Street,
it, Philadelphia:
D. C. WHARTON SMITH & CO.,
BANEERS AND BROKERS,
No. 121 SOUTH THIRD BTREET.
Boooeesors to Smith. B ndolph A Oa.
Ivsrr branch of ths soilness will have prompt attantioa
as heretofore.
Quotations of Blocks. Governments, and Gold son.
stantlr received from New York bf-prteKs wire, from oaf
friends. Bdmnnd D Randolph A Oa.