THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDA1 f JULY 20, 1870. srin.iT or mn rxuass. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals Upon Current Topics Compiled Every Day for the Evening Telegraph. TELF AND TIETY. From the ti. Y. Tribune. Everybody bns heard of the good and shrewd deacon who informed his brethren (in meeting assembled) that he was as sure of the existence of a Deity as of the existence of flour in the city; and of that he was sure, since he had just received 500 barrels prime Howard Street, which he was ready to Bell, at wholesale or retail, upon the most reason able terms. We reckon this story a sort of irreverent "Joe" invented by the scoffer; yet we find in the Worcestershire (England) Advertiser a veritable advertisement as relishing in its way as the celebrated Worces tershire hauce. In this, Edward Hicks, No. 27 Friar street, Worcester, invites "his Christian friends" to inspect his "large assort ment of boots and shoes." He expresses a desire for "the Divine blessing upon his dili gence in business," and promises, if he can sell boots and shoes enough, "to devote a portion of his time - to gratuitous mission work. Kepairs neatly exeouted. Bespoke orders punctually attended to, eto. etc." Now, we should like to ask the reader, as we have asked ourselves, what there is in an adver tisement like this which should make the irreverent sneer and the reverent-judicious grieve, as they assuredly will? It is perfectly possible that this shoe-seller may be sincere, and that he desires to sell a great many shoes in order that he may be able to distribute a great many tracts in Worcester. Why should we doubt the veritable devotion of good Sir. nicks? Why suspect him of using his piety as a puff? Yet nothing can be more certain than that nine-tenths of those who may read this advertisement will declare Mr. Hicks to be bat a worldly wise hypocrite of a cordwainer. Probably a good deal of the disagreeable feeling to which such an announcement may give rise may be safely attributed to its pal- table violation of the laws of good taste, len with no loudly-professed religion of their own may yet be offended by anything which diminishes their respect for the religion of others; for, however indifferent they may be npon the point of personal piety, they are not indifferent to the dignity of human nature. They fail to see the connection between the selling of shoes and the salvation of souls between faith and filthy lucre. For the tem ple, pure and nndefiled, they may have a sort of reverence, albeit they never pass its por tals; and they may not exactly approve its conversion into a house of merchandise. But the incongruity, perhaps the decep tion, goes further still. Mr. Hicks invites "Christians" to come and buy his boots and fchoes. Now, this would be perfectly right if Christians wore uniformly a particular kind of boot, whether calf, cowhide, box-toe, or round-toe. But this not being the case, there is no reason why Christians, as such, should be invited to buy, unless all the profits of their buying are to be devoted "to gratuitous mission work." But it mustjbe remembered that Mr. Hicks, excellent man though he be, must eat, and so must Mrs. Hicks and the little Hickses. Moreover, this devotee of a tradesman solicits the patronage of the wicked, or fas he phrases it) "the public generally." His goodness, therefore, enables him, through the prosperity of his shop, not only to distribute tracts and occasionally preach, but also to pay his notes, keep his stock good, support his family, and perhaps lay by a good bit ol money (or a day ox rain. The world may be a wicked world, but of this kind of piety, the piety which literally pays, the world always has been and will be sus picious. Nor have men who thus, either through interest or carelessness, mix the sacred and the secular, any right to complain of outside criticism. If they will bring the sacred ves sels into the market-place they must not be surprised if the general populace shall pro ceed to test the soundness of the metal. We do not believe that any rational human being ever looked upon any form of real religion without a feeling of respect; and to this feeling an exhibition of self-seeking, hvpocriay, and cant is grievously offen sive. If this were an ordinarv matter. carpers might properly be told to mind their own business; but, as it concerns the spiritual culture of the whole race, pious puffery is their business, and cannot be otherwise. Of this there is overmuch, even in our own beautiful land. Gentlemen of the clerical profession are continually be trayed into giving a semi-official sanction (in the literal meaning of - the word; to books, medicines, piano-fortes, Bewing-machines, taelodeons, and all manner of merchandise matters of which the "Ileverend" before their names by no means makes them infallible judges. If they will but calmly consider the matter they will see that the respect of the unrighteous is precisely what they cannot afford to dispense with. QUESTIONS AT STAKE IN THE WAR, From the K. F. Times. Those who suppose that the war between France and Prussia is solely the fruit of the Emperor Napoleon's ambition can have paid but little attention to the recent history of Prussia. The cable tells us that the London Times said on Monday, "France, without a shadow of excuse or justification, plunges Europe into a war of which no living person may see tne end. The first part of this sen- tence may answer the purposes of partisan 1 1 . . A !i 1 a T T 1 . 1 1 i , biup, uui ii is not Historically true, me latter part of the sentence, although con taining only an opinion, is worth more consideration. The probability increases every nour tnat tnis win be a war of colossal magnitude. It is said that the United States cannot possibly be drawn into it, but how can there be any certainty of that? A mis understanding with regard to any American vessel, intercepted on the high seas by a belligerent power, might compel us to take an attitude which would end in war. At present we have, unquestionably, a better prospect of peace before us than any great power on the face of the earth. We. might do a trade unequalled in our history we might. rer. haps, reinstate our foreign commerce at a single stroke if the policy of Congress had only left the hands of our ship-builders and mercnania iree. If the sympathies of the American neoDia are at present with Prussia, that is no reason why we should wilfully blind ourselves to the incontestable facts of history in referenoe to this contest. France, as we have already shown, had many temptations to provoke an issue wun tr russia; dui wnen it is assumed that Prussia is an Inoffensive power, which lias been goaded into war by wanton insults. without doing anything to provoke the sus picion or enmity of France, her true position is entirely falsified. No living man would be bo mucn amused with this theory as Count Bismarck, the guiding prinoinle of whose life seems now to be, Jiectere $i nequeo superos, Acntrorua moveoo. we talk of inconsist encies in statesmen, but the world has never seen so remarkable an instanoo of a man reversing all his professions as it witnesses in the cane of Bismarck. In 18.0 be made a speech avowing that the mis sion of Prussia was to subordinate herse'f to Austria. Ten years afterwards he warned Aus tria that she must finally abandon her old po sition in Germany. In 18(14 Prussia led Aus tria into the war against Denmark, and man aged to absorb all the advantages of the enterprise. That little interlude is partly for gotten now, but the transactions associated with it are little to the credit of other powers besides Prussia. England sympathized with Denmark, and all but positively pledged its assistance to her. lucre can be no doubt nut Denmark went into the war counting upon this assistance. It never came-3-Donuiark was crushed and Austria betrayed. The King of Prussia nnd tue emperor 01 Austria agreed to divide the Elbe duchies between them at the famous meeting where the Convention of Gastein was drawn up. All this time Austria was merely being used by Prussia as a cat's-paw. Bismarck, with the proverbial zeal of a new convert, had taken up tne grand idea ot a isortu uerman Confederation, and resolved that no price would be too high to pay for it. Since the time of Frederick the Great the policy of Truftia has been to suppress weaker States or place its feudatories on vacant thrones. The story of the lulte dncuies and ot uano ver illustrates the first tendency, and the recent intrigue with Prim is an example of the second. But Bismarck's intention to render Prussia the dictator of Germany was first so little appreciated by the people, espe cially when they saw it involved a war with Austria, that he was probably the most un popular man in the country. When ho was shot at, in May, 18G0, the sympathies of his countrymen were entirely with the assassin. It was different after the war. Bismarck was received in Berlin with more than royal honors, but no man knew better than he that his work was only half done. France could not look unmoved upon the supremacy acquired by ner daring rival. M. Edgar Quinot wrote, in 18C.7: "Will not France often and often awake from her sleep, thinking she hears the step of her giant neighbor i Or, supposing she were to fall asleep without taking prudential measures, would not this be the sign of a deadly relaxation ? And what a temptation then for Germany to take advantage of it ! In all these cases our danger is equally great. But what could France do at this period? She had no weapon which she could oppose to the needle-gun of Prussia, and the exaui- Ele of Austria had shown how mad was the ope of winning battles with an inferior arm. The hosts of Austria fell like corn beneath the sickle, while the Prussian troops were comparatively unscathed. Austria had made the fatal mistake of underrating her rival. The saying attributed to Prince Schwarzon berg "Ilfaut avUir la Prusse cFabord pour cn suite la demour whether really uttered or not, expressed the sentiments prevailing at Vienna, and the result was that Austria was herself almost destroyed. The Emperor Napoleon could not tight, but he could prepare to fight. Prussia, so far from moderating her aims, seemed clearly to be enlarging them, lier next move was to place a feudatory upon the throne of Spam. Napoleon saw that the hour had corde for Btrikmg the blow. If he has been ambi tious, can any one pretend that Prussia has not also been guided by that fatal passion? Is the "aggressiveness ' all on the side of Napoleon? This is not a question to be de cided by sympathies, but by a regard for the records of history. These two great powers have been striving to gain the mastery in Europe for years past. BismarcK undoubt edlv seemed to be winning the game. If France and Prussia could now be left aloao to fight out their own quarrel, the world would look on, not indeed witn indiuerence, but with comparative calmness. Of this, however, we have no guarantee. Any accident the temporary invasion of Belgium might draw England into the vortex, and events might occur which would at once and irrevocably change the current of modern history. It is absolutely certain that the present war, even if its area is not enlarged, will materially change the position of the contestants. If Napoleon failed, he would disappear from the throne of 1' ranee, while King William J would probably emerge as Emperor of Ger many. If Prussia is compelled to treat for peace, the loss of her Rhenish provinces would probably not be the ultimate measure of her humiliation. TJIE SITUATION AND ITS COMPLICA TIONS. From the K. Y. Herald. France's demand that the South German States should declare forthwith their relations to the belligerent powers seems to be fully answered by the fact that a son of the King of Prussia has gone to Munich to take command of the forces of the South German States, These States have hitherto aereed to such re lations with Prussia that, while they have an independent existence during peaoe, they furnish a contingent to her armies in case of war. This arrangement was one of the first facts following the triumph of Prussia in 1800, which opened the eyes of France to the folly of which she had been guilty in standing stui while Prussia destroyed the Germanic char acter of Austria. JNow this arrangement comes into the foreground as a point of pn mary importance, since it presents all Ger many as opposed to i ranee, and converts from neutral territory the whole line of the Rhine from Bale to the Main. From observations made in Paris it would also appear that there is no satisfactory certainty about the neu trality at the other extremity of the frontier It is noted that the men in command of the Belgian frontier forces are both personally inimical to the French Government, and that one of them is not a stranger to the influence of the anti-French intrigues of Prussia. They are therefore the sort of men who might net be slow to take any steps that would compel France to invade Belgian territory; and if France should do this behold the de claration from England "Any violation of Belgian territory ends England s neutrality." Now such a declaration is likely to insure ia Belgium conduct that will compel England to come into the struggle; for the anti-Napoleonic sentiment is very earnest among the Bel gians, and they would rejoice to see England onoe more arrayed among the armed oppo nents of France. Thus it is possible that instead of the military operations being con. fined at the frontier to that narrow zone in which French and Prussian territory meet, and the flanks of either power being covered by neutral territory, the theatre of operations may include both the Black Forest .and the Low Countries. The movements of troops already indicate an extension of the theatre of war. Hitherto attention has been confined to the irregular triangle formed by the Moselle, the Saar, and the line of railroad from Metz, nearly east to Manheim, which passes the frontier at Saar brack. Nearly the whole Franco-Prasaian frontier is within this triangle, and if Prussia had secured her "wait till the 20th of July" j before any movements had been made she would probably have met France here, and we should have had a battle ou the Saar, per haps not far from Saarlouis. But Prussia was not ready, and thence, indeed, the only operation yet reported mat, namely, at Forbach, also' within the above triangle. Foibach is the first Btation from Saarbruck, on the line of rail between Saarbruck and Metz, and because Prus sia was not ready to meet Franco in force, and because it was apprehended that France might at once, using the rail, ocoupy the Rhine, a small force was bent forward to destroy the road at Forbach, on French soil. Thus the Prussians really delivorod the first blow, and this or the unreadiness of France has enabled them to occupy Saarbruck before the advance of the French even to the fron tier. The despatch which informs us of the occupation of Snarbruck by the Prussian troops gives no intimation of their force; but from the fact that tho movement of throo bodies is reported two on the frontier and one behind, in Hesse-Darmstadt it seems safo to infer tLat there is to be a considerable con centration of Prussian troops where Franco directly threatens by her concentration at Metz. The next Sadowa mav lie, therefore, ia tho space included between the Rhine and Mo selle and a lino from Metz to Strasburg. Ros tadt, where the troops furnished by Baden are now in camp, is on the Kluue, a hundred miles below Strnrbnrg; and doubtless the other parts cf the South German contingent, of which the Prussian Prince Frederick Charles takes command, are in motion to wards a point not far distant from that. With all this concentration towards the same dis trict a battle there becomes hourly imminent, for a battle seems just here a necessary pre liminary to any other operation, since no I tench army could invade Prussia on aline within this theatre and leave an un whipped Prussian nrmy in its rear, nor a Prussian army imade France and leave the French forces in its rear. But a great battle one involving a largo proportion of the armies of eitLer power fought to a decisive result in this theatre ol war, leaves the territory of tho vanquished open, and may, therefore, decido tho w ar. Ani this, at least in Europe, seems to be the tendency of the modern system of warfare to make the issue of a single great battle conclusive of national differences. THE UNENGAGED POWERS. From the A. 1'. World. Out of the swarm of stories which the cable daily sends us it is perhaps desirable that we should disengage clearly the things concerning which we have absolutely no authentic intelligence from Europe. Of the action of the Soutu German States nothing is yet positively known save that they have not yet taken the field in support of Prussia. Of Holland and Belgium nothing is vet positively known, save that Holland has de clined to receive military aid from Prussia, or, in other words, to invite a French occu pation of Luxembourg as the necessary pre ventive of a Prussian return to that most im portant fortress now held as a neutral point by the troops of the Netherlands under Prince Henry, brother of King William III. Of Austria nothing is yet positively known save that she has ordered the formation of a strong camp of observation on her north western frontiers, and that Hungary declares for France in the event of a Russian or Eng lish interference on the Prussian side. Of Russia nothing at all is yet positively known. The condition of the empire inter nally and in respect to her finances is such as to make it quite certain that Russia will never be led, and can only with difficulty be driven, to take part in the war. Of Sweden and Denmark nothing is yet positively known, save that Denmark ardently desires war with Prussia, and that Sweden has proclaimed her neutrality. For this Sweden has excellent special reasons. In the first place her commercial marine may expect great employment during the suspen sion of the North German commerce by sea ; and, in the second place, Sweden, almost alone in Northern and Central Europe, this year enjoys the prospect of a magnidcent harvest. She has the same luck in this par ticular which she profited by so handsomely in tne nrst year of tne (Jrimean struggle. Of Italy nothing is yet positively known, save that she is carrying on negotiations actively at Paris with an object easily to be divined but not yet avowed. Italy greatly desires the completion at the earliest possible moment of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, and the commencement at the earliest possible mo ment of the road over the St. Gothard. Of England nothing is yet positively known, save that her Government, after ear nestly supporting the demands of the Duke of Gramont, as bitterly denounces the steps taken to enforce those demands, and that Bernal Osborne declared the Gov ernment unable to put 50,000 men into the field. Of Spain nothing is yet positively known, save that the Regent is so thoroughly recon ciled to the loss of a possible Prussian king that he has begged the Cortes not to take the trouble of convening to discuss it. FURNITURhi RICHMOND ft CO., FIRST-CLASS FURNITURE WAREROOMS Ro. 45 SOUTH SECOND STREET. CAST BIDS, ABOVE GHESNTJT. 6 II PHILADELPHIA FURNITURE Selling at Cost, rto, 4 is 8m 1019 MARKET Street. G. R. NORTH. LEOAL NOTIOES. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. WILLIAM 1L BAKER and THOMAS FARLEY, copartners, late trading as Baker & Farley, having petitioned for their discharge, a meeting of creditors will be held on the 2'JtH day of July, ls70, at 3 o'clock P. M., before Register WILLIAM McMICHAEL, Esq., at No. 419 WALNUT Street, In the city of Phi ladelphia, that tne examination of the bankrupts may be finished and any business of meeting re quired by sections 27 or 29 of the act or Congress transacted. The Register will certify whether the bankrupts have conformed to their duty. A hearing will also be had on WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of Angust, 1870, before the Court at Phila delphia, at it) o'clock A. M., when parties Interested may show canse against the discharge. Attested by the Clerk and Register, In the name of the Judge, under seal of the Court. T 13 w3t INSTATE OP WILLIAM J. ROBERTS, DE 1 CEASED Letters Testamentary upon the estate of WILLIAM J. ROBERTS, deceased, having been granted to the subscribers, all persons Indebted to the bauie will make payment, and those having claims will present the same without delay, to EDWIN ROBERTS, 1 jno. com iH auk. ht street, !, JOHN K. MURPHY, Executors, r GERMANTOWN, Or to their Attorney, JOHN KOBERTS. 6 9 wot' No, m s. SIXTH Street. 6PEOIAL NOTIOES. Bvw- NOUCIi IS I1KHRISY GIVEN TH4.T AN application will be made at the nest meeting of tJio General Assembly of tho -Common wealth of renneyivauia for the Incorporation of a Hank, In ac cordance with the lows of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THIS IMUDESBUR HANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thou sand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to 11 vehuud red thousand dollnrs. OFFICE OF THE PHILADELPHIA ANDRKADINO RAILROAD OO., No 8i7 South I OURTU Street. pHiLADtt.rmA, June 23, 1870. KOTICE. In accordance with the terms of the lease and contract betweon the Kaat Pennsylvania Railroad Oo. and the Philadelphia and ReadioR Railroad Oo., dated May 19, 1W, the Philadelphia nnd Reading Railroad Oo. will pity at their office, No. 827 South FOURTH at., Phila delphia, on and after the l'.th day of JULY, 1970, a divi dend of tl'GOper share, clear of all taiea, to the atock holdert of the Fast PennKylvama Railroad Co., at they sball atand registered on the book of the said East Penn nvlTdnla Railroad Co. on the 1st da of .Till v. 1S70. All orders for dividends must be witnessed and stamped. S BRADFORD, Treasurer. Note. The transfer books of tho East Pennsylvania Railroad 1,0. will be oloaed on July 1 and reopened on duly ii, ibiu. I1KNRY O.JONES. 6 221m Treasurer East Pennsylvania Railroad Oo. t&t- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN " application will be made at the next meeting of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of a Bank. In ac cordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE BULLS UK AD HANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thou sand dollars, with the right to increase the same to live hundred thousand dollars. C7 PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL w ROAD COMPANY, Offlce No. 827 S. FOURTH Street, Philadelphia, .Tones?, 1ST0. The Trnnsfer Hooks of this Company will be closed on the 7th of July next acd. reopened on Wednes day, juiy iu. A Dividend of FIVE PER CENT, has been de clared on the Preferred and Common Stock, clear of" National nnd Mate taxes, pavabie in cash on and alter the 2id of July next to the holders thereof as thev stand registered on the books of the Company Ht the close of business on the 7tli July next. All payable at this otllce. All orders for dividends must be witnessed and Stamped. ti. BRADFORD, 6 29 Ira Treasurer. ks- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting or the General Assembly 01 tne commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a Hank, in ac cordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE AMERICAN EXCHANGE HANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with the right to increase tne same 10 one minion aonars. tr THE UNION FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire Extinguisher. Always Reliable. D. T. GAGE, 6 80 tf No. 113 MARKET St., General Agent. Bgy- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of a Bank, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER BAN K, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hun dred thousand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to five hundred thousand dollars. EST TREGO'S TEABERRY TOOTHWASIL It Is the most pleasant, cheapest and best dentifrice extant, warranted free irom injurious ingredients. it preserves ana nitens me t eetn ! Invigorates and Soothes the Gums! Purities and Perfumes the Breath ! Prevents Accumulation of Tartar I Cleanses and Purifies Artificial Teeth! Is a Superior Article for Children! Sold by all druggists and dentists. A. M. WILSON. Druggist. Proprietor, 3 2 10m Cor. NINTH AND FILBERT Stat Plulada. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of tho General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Tor the incorporation of a Bank, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE NATIONAL BANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thou sand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to one million dollars. BATCIIELOR'S HAIR DYE. THIS splendid Hair Drei a tbe best in the woJld. Harm less, reliable, instantaneous, does not oeotain lead, nor any vitalic poison to produce paralysis or death. Aroid the Taunted and delnsive preparations boasting virtue they do not Dossoas. The venuine W. A. Katoneior s ilair Dye has bad thirty years untarnished reputation to up hold its integrity as the only Perfect Hair Dye Black or isrown. sold by all jjroefcuta, Appuea at o. i huhu Street. New York 27mwfi f6V- HEADQUARTERS FOR EXTRACTING leetn witn rresn rutrous-uxiae uas. Absolutely no pain. Dr. F. K. THOMAS, formerly operator at the Cotton Dental Kooms, devotes his entire practice to tbe painless extraction of teeth. Offloe, No. ilU WALNUT street. 19t ROOFING. PHILADELPHIA Painting and Hoofing Co. TIN KOOFS REPAIRED. All leakages In Roofs warranted to be made per- lectiy tignt. SPENCER'S GUTTA-PERCHA PAINT Will nrcserve Tin Roofs from Rusting and Leaking. and warranted to stand ten years without repaint ing. This Is the only Paint that will not crack or peel off. It Is Elastic Paint; it expands and contracts with the tin, and leaves no cracks or seams open for water to get through. IRON FENCES PAINTED WITH SPENCER'S PATENT IRON PAINT, made expressly for iron work, warranted not to crack or peel oil; will retain Its beautiful gloss for nve years. All work warranted. All orders promptly attended to. Address PHILADELPHIA PAINTING AND ROOFING! COMPANY, 1 14 8m No. 63 N. SIXTH St, Philadelphia. READY ROOFIN G This Roofing la adapted to all buildings, it can be applied to VV STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS at one-half the expense of tin. it Is readily put on old Shingle Roofs without removing the slifnirles. thus avoiding the damaging of ceilings and furniture while nnderizolnir renairs. (No travel used. PRESERVE YOUR TIN ROOFS WITH W EL TON'S ELASTIC) PAINT. I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs at short notice. Also. PAINT FOR SALE by the barrel or gallon: the best and cheapest In the market, W. A. WELTON. 8 IT! No. Til N. NINTH St., above Coates, CLOTHS, OAS SIM EKES, ETO. n L O T H HOUSE. JAMEO A HUQER, No. 11 North SECONU Street, Sign of the Golden Lamb, Are w receiving a large and splendid assortment of new styles of FANCY 0ASSIMERE3 And standard makes of DOESKINS, CLOTHS and COATINGS, 3 83 mws AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. WHISKY, WINE, ETO. GAR8TAIR8 & McCALL, No. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite Sti., IMPORTERS OF Brandies, Winei, Gin, Olive Oil, Etc., WHOLESALE DBALEBS IN PURE RYE WHISKIES. IW BOND AND TAX PAID. 88 gpl WILLIAM ANDERSON A CO., DEALERS II in inn. T rr, iZl las North BKOORD Btraaa. PuiladalotJa. -OHN FARNUM & CO., COMMISSION MER- 91 ohaota andlManafaotaiars or Uonsato Twain', ato. Co. ao3 UlULfia U 1 ft, fBumaiyma. 1 un PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR NAVAL MATERIAL. Navy Dkpartmbkt. 4 Bcbkau of Equipment ani RucRttTiNO, .inir 11. l-wu. SEALF.D PROPOSALS to furnish material for the Navy for the fiscal year ending June 8, 1911, will be received at tnis juireau until 10 o clock A. m. 01 me Mh of August next, at which time the proposals will be opened. The proposals must ne an'tressea to tne "uniei 01 the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, Navy Pepartmeiit, Washington,"' and must be indorsed 'Proposals tor fliatenais lor tne rsavy," that tney may be dtsl'ngulshed from other business letters. Printed schedules for any class together with in structions to bidders, giving the forms of proposal. of guarantee, and of certificates of guarantors, will be lurntshed to stu n persons as aestre to out on ap plication to the commandants or tne respective navy yards, and those of all the yards en application to the Bureau. The Commandant of each navy yard and the pur chasing Paymaster of each station will have a copy of the schedules or the other yards, for examination only, in order that persons who Intend to bid may judge whether it is desirable to make application for any of the classes of those yards. '1 he proposals must be for the wnoie or a class, and all applications for information or for the ex amination of samples must be made to the Com mandants of the respective yards. Tho proposals must be accompanied by a certifi cate from the Collector of Internal Revenue for the district tn which, the bidder resides that he has a license to deal in the artlcics for which he proposes, nnd he must further show that he is a manufacturer of or a regular dealer in tho articles which he otters to eupplv. The guarantors must be certified by the Assessor 01 internui ltevcnue for tne district in which they reside. The contract will be awarded to tho person who makes the lowest bid nnd gives the guarantee re quired by law, tho Navy Department, however, reserving tne rignt to reject tne lowest 01a or any which It mav deem exorbitant. Sureties in the full amount will be required to sign the contract, and their responsibility must lw certified to the satisfaction of the Navy Department. AS additional security, twenty per centum will be withheld from the amount or the bills until tne con tract shall have been completed, and eighty per centum of the it mount of each bill, approved in triplicate by iho Commandant of the respective yards, will tie paid by the Paymaster of the station designated In the contract In funds or certificates, at the option of the Government, within ten days iftcr tne warrant for the same shall have been passed by the Secretary of the Treasury. rne classes 01 mis nureau are numoereu ana ob signated as follows: No. 1 Flax Canvas, etc. :Xo. 13 Soap and Tallow. No. 2 Cotton C'anvas.t'te. No. 14 Ox hides for rope. jno. s cotton HnmmocK :so. ia Brushes. Bag and Cot sruir. iNo. 10 Ship Chandlery. No. 4 Iron and Steel. No. B Galley Iron. !No. U Tar and Tar Oil. 'No. is Stationery. No. I Chain Iron. No. 8 Hardware. No. 9 Cooking Utensils, No. 11 Tin and Zinc. No. 19 Dry Goods, I No. 20 Firewood I coal. 1N0. 21 Sand. and No. 12 Leather. 1 CUARLE8TO JSA X 1 Alt LI. Clauses Nos. 2, 8, 4, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, IB, 16, 17, IS, 20. U UUU IVLlli !l Ei VY ill l IV. Classes Nos, 1, 2, 3, S, 9, 12, 13, IS, IS, 17, 13, 19, 20, 81. 1111 LAUf.ljrlll A, Classes Nos. 2, 8. 12, m, 17, is, i, 20. WASHINGTON. Classes Nos. 2, 4, 5. C, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, IS, 20. NORFOLK. Classes Nos. 2, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Classes Nos. 2. 8. 12. 13. 16. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21. 712tu4w 1)ROPOSALS FOR CLOTHING AND CLOTHING MATERIALS. Navy Departmsnt, Bureau of Provisions and clothing, July l, isro, i. Sealed Proposals, indorsed "Proposals for Cloth !nir." will be received at this Bureau until 2 o'clock P. M, on the 8th day of July, 1810, for the supply of me iouowmg ariicius, ,vi,. : cu.uuo yards Dark Blue Flannel. 10,000 yards Blue Nankin. 10,000 yards Barnsley Sheeting. 25,000 pairs Woollen Socks. 8,000 pairs Calf Shoes. 4,000 pairs Kip Shoes. The above-mentioned articles must be delivered at the Navy Yard, New York, within ninety days from the date of contract, and must conform to navy standard, and be equal in all respects to tne samples at the several Navy Y ards, and must pass the usual inspection. The t lannei must be an wool, twiuea, and wooi dyed with pure indigo, and must be in pieces of about fifty yards in length, twenty-seven Inches wide, weighing nve ana one-nan ounces per yard. and to have a list on each edge of four white woollen threads woven in the whole length of the piece; the pieces to be roiled separately without cloth boards; and no piece to have a less average weight than five and four-tenths ounces per yard. The quality and color of the flannel to be equal to the samples at the Beverai inspections. The Nankin must also be pure lnuigo-dyeo. fT'li .. Ll.nntnn ....... I. frr f- m nn.nn J 1IU DIJCCLiU)f 111 11 Q b uo IICu IIUIU VUtkUU, C 1) 1 1 1 J incites in wiittn, weignmg iweive ounces ana tnirtv one one-hnndredths per yard, texture 4 by 4 to 1-16 men. The Shoes must be delivered in boxes made of seasoned white pine, planed and tongued and grooved; sides, top, and bottom live-eighth inch thick, and the ends one inch thick : the sides to be nailed to the bottom, and the top to be secured by not less tnan ten one ana tnree-iourtn men screws. one screw at each end of the box, to be counter sunk one quarter inch by one and one-quarter inch in diameter. The sizes of the Socfs and Shoes must conform to the schedule to be supplied by the Inspector at New York. Bonds, with approved security, will be required in one-quarter the estimated amount or tne contract. and twenty per cent, in audition win oe witiineia from the amount of each payment as collateral security for the dae performance of the contract. which reservation win not ue paid until tne contract is ruuy compnea wun. Every oifer must be accompanied by a written rnnrantee. Rimed bv one or more resnonaible ner sons, that the bidder or bidders will, if his or their bid be accepted, enter into an obligation within five days, with good and sufllcient sureties, to furnish tne articles proposea. No proposals will be considered unless accompa nied bv such suarantee. nor from anu parties who are nut bona fide mawifacturerH of or regular dealers in the articles they ofter to furnUh, in conformity with the second section of the Joint resolution ap proved march a, lseit: The Dcnartmcnt reserves the right to reject any nronosals unless the responsibility of the guarantors is certified to by the Assessor of Internal Revenue for the district In which they reside; and unless the license required by act of Congress Is furnished with tbe proposal, as well as to reject any proposal not considered advantageous to tne oovernmeuu E. T. DJ. NN, 7 8 ftuSt Chief of Bureau. riX CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. SEALED 1. PROPOSALS, indorsed "Proposals for Building a Public School-house in the Twentieth Ward," will be received by the undersigned at the otllce, south east corner of SIXTH and A DELPHI Streets, until THURSDAY, August 4, 1870, at 12 o'clock M., for building a public scnooi-nouse on a lot or ground situate on .Eleventh street, below Thompson, Twentieth ward. Said school-house to be built In accordance with the pluns of L. 1L Esler, Superintendent of School Buildings, to be seen at the oitlce of the Board of Puhllc Education. No bids will be considered unless accompanied by a certificate from the City Solicitor tnat the provi slous of an ordinance approved May 25, lsoo, have been compneu wun. The contract will be awarded only to known mas ter builders. By order of the Committee on Property. H. W. UALL1WELL 7 20 23 20 SQaul 4 Secretary. mo CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS A. SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed "Proposals for Building a Public School House in tne Twenty, first Ward." will be received bv the undersigned. at the oilice, southeast corner of SIXTH and ADEL- PUI Streets, until THLKSDAX, August 4, isu, at li o'clock M., for building a Public School Hoase ou a lot of ground situate on Washington street, Mana- yunk, Twenty-tirst ward. Said School House to be built In accordance with thn niana of I.. II. Esler. Superintendent of School ituildinus. to be seen at the otilce of the Board of Public Education. . , . . No bids will be considered unless accompanied by a nortin.-ata frnm rha Citv Solicitor that the provi sion of n ordinance approved May 25, l-m, have been comnlied with. The contract wUl be awarded only to known master builders. By order of the committee JSJWklu T SO 83 86 80 aul 4 Secretary, PIAN08. ALBRECHT, fjvf RIEKKS A SCHMIDT, M AM KACTUK1K8 OF FIRST-CLASS PIANO-FORTES. Full guarantee and moderate prices. I8i WAKEIiOOJlS, No. sioa: ARCH Street, PROPOSALS. IjROPOSAT.S FOR STAMPED ENVELOPES AND NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS. , Tost Offfcb Bur artmrnt, July 11, lfTO. - SEALED PROPOSALS will be received until II O'clock M., on the 11th days of August, 1S70, for furnishing all the "Stamped Envelopes" and "News paper Wrappers" which this Department may re quire during a period of four (4) years, commencing on the 1st dav of October, 1S7, viz: STAMPED ENVELOPES. No. 1. Note size, 2? by Bif Inches two qualities. No. 8. Ordinary letter size, 8 1-18 by Inches three qualities. ' " No. a. Full letter size, by B,v Inches three qualities. No. 4. Full letter size, (for circulars), ungummed on flap, S5, by 6 Inches one quality. No. 5. Extra letter size, 6)4 by Inches three qualities. No. 6. Extra letter size, 8)tf by 6, Inches (fer cir culars,) uuguniiiicd on flap one qualtitv. No. 7. Oillcial size, 3 15-16 by s;( inches two quali ties. No. 8. Extra official size, if, by 10.V Inches one quality. STAMPED NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS. Six and a five-eighths by t Inches (round cut) one quality. EMBOSSING, WATER-MARKS, PRINTING, RULING PAPER STYLE OF MANUFACTURE. All of tbe above Envelopes and Wrappers must be cmbissed with postage stamps, of such denomina tions, styles, and colors, must have such water marks or other devices to prevent Imitation, and bear such printing and ruling as the Postmaster General may direct. The envelopes must be made in i ne most tnorougn manner, equal in every respect to the samples furnished to bidders by the Depart ment. The paper must be of approved quality, specially manufactured for the purpose. v ncnever envelop a are oraer of trie styles Known as "Black-lined" or "Self-ruled," (lines printed In side, or ruled on the face), the same shall oe fur nished without additional cost, the contractor to pay all charges for royalty la the use of patented inventions for said lined or ruled envelopes. The dies for embossing the postage stamps on the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed te the satisfaction cf the Postmaster-General, lu the best style, and they are to be provided, renewed, and kept in order at tne expense or the contractor. The Department reserves tne right of requiring new dies lor any stamps, or denominations or stamps not now used, and any changes of dies or colors shall be made without extra charge. lie i ore ciosinar a contract the successful bidder may be required to prepare and submit new dies for the approval of the Department. The use of the present flies may or may not oe continued. 'l ne dies snau ne safety ana securely kept or the contractor, and should the use of any of them be temporarily or permanently discontinued they shall be promptly turned over to the Department, or its agent, as the Postmaster-General may direct. UtM, The envelopes must be thoroughly and perfectly gummed, the gumming on the flap of each (except lor circulars) to oe put on if nana not less than nail an inch the entire length ; the wrappers to be also hand-gummed not less than three-fourths of an Inch In width across the end. SECUhlTY FROM FIRE AND THEFT. Bidders are notified that the Department will re quire, as a condition of the contract, that the en velopes ana wrappers snau oe manufactured and stored in such a manner as to Insure security against loss by lire or theft. The manufactory must at an times oe suo ect to the inspection of an agent of the Department, who will require the stipulations of the contract to be faithfully observed. All envelopes and wrappers must be banded in parcels of twenty-live, and packed In strong paste board or straw boxes, securely bound on all the edges and corners with cotton and linen cloth, glued on, each to contain not less than two hundred and City of the note and letter sizes, and one hundred each of the otllclal or extra otliclal size, separately. The newspaper wrappers to be packed In boxes, to contain not less than two hundred and fifty each. The boxes are to be wrapped and securely fastened in Btrovg manllla paper, and sealed, so as to safely bear transportation by mall for delivery to post masters. W hen two thousand or more envelopes are required to nil tho 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 De partment, must be placed upon each package by the contractor. Wooden cases, containing 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. DELIVERY. Tbe envelopes and wrappers must be furnished and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete in all respects ready for use, and in such quantities as may be required to till the daily orders of post masters; the deliveries to be made either at the Post Otllce Department, Washington, D. C, or at the office of an agent duly authorized to Inspect and receive the same ; the place of delivery to be at the option of the Postmaster-General, and the cost of deliver ing, as well as all expense of storing, packing, ad dressing, labelling, and water-proofing to be paid by the contractor. SAMPLES. Specimens of the envelopes and wrappers for which proposals are Invited, showing the different qualities and colors of paper required, the cuts, and style of gumming, with blank forms of bids, may be had on application to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General. This advertisement and a specimen of the sample envelopes and wrapper furnished by the department must be attached to and made part of eaclt bid. GUARANTEE. No proposal will be considered unless offered by a manufacturer of envelopes, and accompanied by a satisfactory guarantee signed by at least two re sponsible parties. AWARD AGREEMENT BONDS. The contract will be awarded to the lowest re sponsible bidder for all the envelopes and wrap pers, the prices to be calculated on tbe basis of the number used of the several grades during the last fiscal year, which was as follows: Note size 1,463,250 Lttter size, first quality 60,407,500 Letter size, second quality 8,956,750 Letter size, second quality (ungummed).... 8,618,000 Extra letter Bize, first qualUy 6,815,750 ixtra letter size, second quality (un gummed) 454,000 Oillcial Bize 669,900 Extra oillcial size 8,luo Newspaper wrappers. 4,936,250 Total 86,889,500 Within ten days after the contract nas oeen awarded, the successful bidder shall enter into an agreement In writing with the Postmaster-General to faithfully observe and keep the terms, conditions, and requirements set forth In this advertisement, according to their true intent and meaning, and shall make, execute, and deliver, subject to the approval and acceptance of the Postmaster-General, bonds with good and sufllcient sureties la the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (f20o.0tx) as a forfeiture for the faithful performance of said agreement or contract, according to the pro visions and subject to the liabilities of the seven teenth section of an act ef Congress entitled "An act legalizing and making appropriations for such necessary objects as have been usually Included in the general appropriation bills without authority of law, and to tlx and provide fer certain incidental expenses of the departments and ortices of the Gov ernment, and for other purposes," (United States Statutes at Large, vol. 6, page 266), approved August 26, 1542, which act provides that lu case the con tractor shall fail to comply with the terms of bis contract, "he ana his sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture specified In such contract as liqui dated dumugeB, te be sued for in the name of the United States in any court having Jurisdiction thereof." RESERVATIONS. Tbe Postmaster-General reserves to himself the following rights: 1. To reject any and all bids, If, in his judgment, tbe Interests of the Government require It. 8. To annul the contract whenever the same or any part thereof la offered for sale for the purpose of speculation ; and under no clrcumstauces will a trans fer of tbe contract be allowed or sanctioned to any party who shall be, In the opinion of the Postmaster General, less able to fulfill the conditions thereof than the original contractor. 8 To annul the contract, if, In his judgment, there Bball be a failure to perform faithfully any of its sti pulations, or in case of a wilful attempt to Impose upon the Department Envelopes or Wrappers in ferior to sample. 4. If the contractor to whom the first award may be made should fall to enter Into agreement and give satisfactory bonds, as herein provided, then the award may be annulled and the contract let to tUe next low ekt responsible bidder, and so on until the requited agreement and bonds aie exeouted; acd such next lowest bidder shall be required to fulfil every stipulation embraced herein as if he were the original party to whom the contract was awarded. KDS Should be securely enveloped and scaled, marked "Proposals for Stamped Envelopes and Newspaper Wrappers," and addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General. CRCESWELL. 18 eod 13t Postmaster-General.
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