THE DAILY EVENING-TELEGRAM PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1870. oriuiT or inn rnnso. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals upon Current Topics Compiled Every Day for the Evening Telegraph. HOW WILL THE WAH AFFECT US? From tht S. Y. Times. Nothing v ill in the end be gained by re fusing to it cognize the almost certain effects of European war npon the public credit, the finances, and the business interests of this count ty. It is well to look upon the bright side of tbinys as frequently and as long as possible; but we shall probably rind ourselves in a belter condition, after six months' foreign hostilities, if we acknowledge plainly the inconveniences and embarrassments we shall meanwhile encounter. The first popular impression was that the United States might gain much, and could lose little, from the conflict between France and Prussia. "We shall not suffer a bit," was the hasty judgment of a well-known Wall street philosopher, when tho imminenoe of war ceased to be doubtful; and we believe that the opinion he expressed is still gene rally entertained. "We shall get high prices for all the breadstuff's we export; there will be a large demand for American arms; and when Congress discards the blundering self ishness of our navigation laws, we may hope to acquire the largest share of the worlds carrying trade." Such is the gist of the argument which many people have aocepted as con clusive. They have not paused to reflect that thebest of thcte possibilities that referring to the carrying trade presupposes liberal legis lation, and that unless public opinion speedily compels the Congressional majority to throw the monopolists and their ideas overboard, the golden opportunity will pass unimproved. Nor have they attached sufficient importance to the fact that the demand for our bread stuff's, at the prices anticipated, is in part conditional upon the expansion of the war area, bo long as the contest in confined to France and Prussia, the legitimate effect npon the American market will be comparatively slight. The great granaries of Europe must be rendered inaccessible before the expected re sult is realized here; and that, again, implies that Russia and other leading powers will be active participators in the struggle. We Bee, then, that the advantages which may be gained by this country are few in number, and in their nature contingent upon occurrences that are yet uncertain. On the other hand, the very contingencies which are relied upon to produce us solid advantages are those which will inflict upon us the most serious evils. Thus, the general and pro tracted war which will materially enrich our grain-growers and grain-merchants, and fur nish an unparalleled chance for building up a colossal and prosperous shipping interest, will quickly operate adversely in other directions. The gain on our bread stuff's will be well-nigh counteracted by losses on cotton, and by the Btoppage of the petroleum and other branches of trade. The exceptional activity in some lines of business will be counterbalanced by stagna tion and depression in others. . The customs revenue will Buffer. And we may make up our minds to meet financial and business dis turbance as a consequence of a large return of bonds from Europe, a rise in the gold premium, and an extensive unsettlement of values corresponding to the fresh deprecia tion of our currency. There can be no escape from the penalties which at a time like this are sure tofollow an inconvertible currency and a heavy debt, controlled to a very large extent by foreign creditors. The former circumstance exposes ns to evils which, on a gold basis, would be much less formidable; the latter places our credit and our financial safety, iu some de gree, at the mercy of peoples whom a general war would precipitate into the gravest of all financial difficulties. Were hopes and wishes the bases of reasoning, we might rest assured that European investors would not send back securities so remunerative and so solid as our own. We might insist that they are too shrewd to exchange United States bonds, yielding a high rate of interest, for the bonds of any European Government engulfed in the un cretainties of a conflict of which no man knows the cud. Cut experience is a better guide thiin hypothesis. And the brief expe rience we have had since France issued its declaiation cf war proves sufficiently what may be expected when the dimensions of the strife grow larger, and its dangers are, more correctly understood. Whether at Frankfort or London, United States bonds have been the first to fall, and their fall has been heaviest. At Frankfort there is literally no market for them; at London their decline is out of all proportion to that borne by English consols or frencn rentes. An effect upon prices at once so startling and so im mediate should dispel a delusion which many among us have cherished, and should induce ns to prepare for the heavy return of bonds which must follow their continued de preciation in foreign markets. Had we got back to Bnecie payments, even this return, though embarassing, would not necessarily be disastrous. Our people took the bonds when they were issued, and will doubtless be able to absorb them anew. But the re turn of Government bonds now means the export of cold to pay for them; and the ex port of large amounts of gold means a farther depreciation in the value of greenbacks. Talk as we may try as we may to explain away the anpleasant prospect this is what toe re turn of bonds in plies. Nor is this all. There are vast sums of railroad and other American securities, apart from Government bonds, which, being held abroad, must closely sympathize with the declining price of five-twenties. With these bonds we have been for some years aooas. tomed to adjust commercial balances. We have discharged current European indebted neas with obligations which will now be forced upon the market. Of these securities not a few represent new railroad enterprises which have no place in the Wall street list; and these, we assume, must remain where they are. Others will follow in the track of the Government bonds. And any excess of imports over exports must be paid in ooin in stead of bonds, so swelling the source of disturbance and difficulty in the gold market of this country. In still another manner shall we be incon vemenced. mere are railroad and other en terprises whose early proseoution is contin gent npon ability to float their bonds in Europe. Some of them are meritorious and of great importance. Against these the door of hope is meanwhile closed. While the war lasts their chance of obtaining the assistance thev need is gone. The fact may not suggest additional financial difficulty, but it unq'ies tionably involves the stoppage of works that are associated with the process of national development. We offer these considerations not as ex cuses for panic, but as incentives to great rantion on the part of financiers and busi ness men, and especially on the part of the Secretary of the Treasury. - There is yet nothing before us whioh we may not hope to overcome. Our ability to tide over the diffi culty, however, is dependent upon a candid appreciation of impending events, and a financial policy which shall render official theories subordinate to strong and inevitable facts. WAR IN NORTH CAROLINA. From the K. Y. World. j Not from native North Carolinians alone, but from officers of the Northern army esta blished since the war in that once free and always true and gallant old commonwealth, we receive the most startling and, for every honest and fair-minded American citizen, most humiliating accounts of tho brutal des potism fastened upon the "old North State" by its "loyal" Governor Holden. This person, to whom the imbecile admin istration at Washington have practically abandoned that absolute control of the lives and liberties of the people of North Carolina which was taken from them by the Federal sword, has organized and is now organizing a military force by which he proposes to per petuate his ill-gotten and worse-employed authority, nis soldiers are forced or bribed from the peaceful pursuits of honest citizen bhip, put under the command of irresponsi ble and, for the most part, imported ruffians, and sent right and left throughout the State to browbeat its inhabitants and to dominate its politics. r The columns of the press have borne repeated wit ness of late to the outrageous and intolerable tyranny of this petty radical prince. This witness no man of character has ventured to impugn. It is of record and unquestioned that one of the satellites of IJolden, a scoundrel whose name of Kirk re calls the darkest days of the prostration of English freedom at the feet of the Stuarts, has flung back the writ of habeas corpus into the faces of the judges who have dared to issue it; that he has seized and imprisoned free citizers of America without a pretence or a proffer of any charge against them; that he lives, he with his forces, at free quarters upon an industrious people, like so many German lanzknefht of the middle ages upon the burghers of Italy or of Flanders. For all these things who cares ? While they are disgracing the nineteenth century and the boasted triumph of free institutions in the New World, the Chief Magistrate of the Union which they make a delusion and a tnare is smoking the weed of ineptitude in the halls of indolence at Long Branch. The members of his Cabinet are discharging their minds of all serious responsibilities whatever this one in the Blue Mountains of Vir ginia and that one among the fluid or the four-footed delights of Saratoga. The ulula ting Radicals, as men who are conscious of a vested interest in torrid penal regions in evitable but as yet unvisited, disdain the fer vent beats of July, and come together, pas sionate and perspiring, to denounce the "usurper of the French throne, the butcher of republican Frenchmen, and the persistent disturber of the peace of Europe Suppose all this to be as true and temperate as it is noisy and nonsensical. What interest have we in the "usurper of the French throne," in "republican Frenchmen," or in the peace of Europe, at all comparable to our interest in the American usurper ot State authority in North Carolina, in the American butcher of republican Americans, or in the persistent American disturbers of the peace of the United btates r WHY THEY DONT BEGIN. From the y. Y. Sun. A great deal of disappointment has been expressed at the apparent slowness of the French and Prussians to begin the active fighting of the war. This shows that people have entertained very tmreasonable expecta tions. It is not yet three weeks since the dis turbances in connection with the nomination of Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern to the Spanish throne commenced, and already a great battle is looked for, and its absence made the ground for doubting whether there will be war at all. In order to fight a great battle, it is first necessary to get great armies upon the terri tory where the fighting is to take place. This requires time. No matter how thorough the preparations of the combatants may have been, tfcey cannot place tneir forces at once at the scene of action. If, as is reported, the French purpose to assemble three hun dred thousand men between Strasburg and Thionville, it is hardly possible that the task should be completed before tne first of August; and even that rapidity of movement will be something without precedent. The Prussians on their side are no doubt using all possible diligence; but it will be many days before a Prussian army can be drawn up in line of battle opposite to a French army, and the dread signal for the contest between the two be given. In 1859 preparations for the war between France and Austria were making as early as January, but not a blow was struok till May. In ltfGO Austria and Prussia began to put their armies on a war footing in March; but, though they moved with unexampled celerity, the battle of Sadowa was not fought till July. Let nobody, therefore, imagine that because we do not receive the news of great battles immediately, there is to be no war. The war is certain and inevitable, lhe battles will be few, and they will be fought at times which cannot be determined beforehand, lhe ex clusion of Belgium from the territory in which the armies can manoeuvre, and the limitation of it to the narrow expanse between Switzerland and the Belgian frontier, will confine operations to a narrower space than has been opened to any previous war between France and Germany. But even this com paratively limited range will suffice for com bats that will put the families of two great nations into mourning, and will stain one of the most fertile portions of Europe with human blood. Let us not be impatient for the awful con ffict to begin. As there is always a pause before a great tempest is let loose, it is only fitting that there should be a pause before this pandemonium of death and fire is un chained upon Europe. THE STORY OF GEORGE HARRIS. From tht A". Y. Tr ibune. We cave yesterday a curious history of the aotual facts and characters out of which grew 'Uncle Tom s Cabin. They are chiefly in teresting as furnishing one of those odd examples of the development of national events and revolutions, by chance, in them selves both commonplace and trivial, which occnr sometimes as if to call our attention sharply to the Divine Prevision underlying the ordinary everv-day routine or our lives, The oiigmil George Harris was but one 01 a thousand nameless slaves who ran through on the underground railroad to Canada. His story is inferior to most of the others in dramatio interest, yet it furnished the germ of Mrs. Stowe's book, and this book, although when critically judged it is not equal in power to some of her others which are comparatively unknown, was without doubt oue ot the in citing , causes of the war which set f res over four millions of slaves. We urge npon the more intelligent of the colored people the propriety of collecting now such histories as this of Lewis Clarko, and any others which will paint in imperishable colors for them the picture of slavery and the slave as he was. The natural impulse since the war with the whites of the North has been to put it and its cause out of eight as quickly as possible. They fought, driven by a savage nqcepsity; with their own flesh and blood; and that necessity overcome, they have no mind to go book and pick over the details of the loathsome quarrel. They would be glad if the sunshine and quick-growing grain would bide now and always their brother s blood and their own which cry against each other from the ground. Nor would we have the histories kept as a record of guilt laid up against the slaveholder. Of a Jdead sin no memorial. Beside that Christian consideration, there is the plain one of common sense, that it would be unfair to hold them responsible for that error out of the belief in which they are rapidly growing. In ten years from now, slavery could by no possibility form a part of the Constitution of a Southern State. So quickly do the morals, the opinions, and the sentiment of a people alter and adapt them selves to the actual necessity of their present life. Nothing changes the creed of a corpo rate body so fast as expediency. In 1858 we saw a mulatto slave arrested when crossing the Ohio river and taken into the streets of a border town on the Southern side. She had her baby in ber arms, with which she had travelled on foot two hundred miles, only to see the strip of free soil on the other side of the river, and to be dragged back into slavery again. The citi zens turned out to help drive her through the streets, and when some woman would have given her a cup of water out of charity, drove her back from her with insults. The same town, its interests being with the North, three years afterwards, was foremost in the Union cause, and now is eager to give suffrage, and that with the heartiest good will, not only to black men but to black women. The wind is driving the great cur rents with this straw. Free labor, mutual trade, and immigration will make the nightmare tales of the cruelties of slavery appear fabulous in the eyes of the next generation of whites at the South, and it pertaps is as well it should be so. But if the descendants of slaves would furnish the surest incentive to ambition to their own children, they will suffer not one of these records of heroism among themselves to fall to the ground. "It may be good for a man," ns says the prophet, "to remember that he had borne the yoke in his youth," provided be can also remember that he risked life and all that made life dear to rid himself of the yoke. If the colored people of this country desire a stronger bond to make them a nation they can find it in the names of the men and women who first testified in torture and death to the price at which they held their chance of freedom. Let them not forget to carry these household gods with them from generation to generation, lest they learn to wear their liberty lightly, forgetting its worth. At the recent closing exercises of the Anti-Slavery Society in Pennsylvania, some reference was made to a record that had been kept for many years by the agent of the underground railroad in Philadelphia, him self the son of a slave, and a man of remark able intelligence and probity. To that office, under the care of the leading Pennsylvanian t riends, came from every part of the in every disguise, maimed and negroes South, scarred, in boxes and bales alive sometimes, to draw the free breath they had never known dead sometimes, in sight of land. No tragedy could surpass in elements of dramatio horror the simple facts as stated by the agent; the covert notice, given by telegram, that goods were to be looked for; the watching for the train; its delays when life hungupon an hour, upon the chance overturn of the box by a careless porter; its conveyal to the office; the two or three men and women at night with locked doors, standing with bated breath while the boards were knocked off, not know ing whether a free man would come out among them or a dead lump ot matter on which man could wreak his brutal malice no longer. Brothers met in this room that had never seen each other's faces; mothers came here for tidings of the children that had been taken from them long years ago, not knowing whether they were living or dead. We sincerely hope that the promise made of the publication of this especial record will be fulfilled, and that all such histories may be preserved now while they can be taken down freshly from the lips of eye-witnesses. To the most indifferent reader they would prove full of a strange interest, and pregnant with a noble meaning. But to the future descendant of these men they will have a value only to be appreciated when they are lost beyond recall. SPECIAL. NOTICES. 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 MAHKET BANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of fifty thousand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to five nunureu tnousana uouars. s om gj- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ror tne incorporation or a uauK, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA BANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of live hundred thousand dollars, with the right to increase the same to tea mllllion dollars. tf PHILADELPHIA AND READING RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Olttce No. MI S. FOURTH Street, Philadelphia, June 89, 1ST0. DIVIDEND NOTICE. The Transfer Books of this Company will be closed on the 7th of July next and reopened on Wednes day, Julv 120. A Dividend of FIVE PER CENT, has been de clared on the Preferred and Common Stock, clear of National and State taxes, pavable In cash on and after the vi'id of July next to the holders thereof aa they stand registered on the books of the Company at the close of business on the 7th July next. All payauie at mis omen. All orders for dividends must be witnessed and Stamped. 8. BRADFORD, 6 8 lm Treasurer. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AX AP plication will be made at the next meeting.of the General Assembly of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Incorporation, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, of the SAVINGS AND DEPOSIT BANK OF MANA YVNK, to be located In the Twenty-third ward of Philadelphia, with a capital of fifty thousand dol lars, with the right to Increase the same to one hun dred thousand dollars. I X soin NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN w 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 lawa of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE ANTHRACITE BANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of live hundred thou sand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to two million dollars. HEADQUARTERS FOR EXTRACTING Tatith with (rash Nitraos-Oxida Uu Abeolatale no pain. Dr. . R. THOMAS, tenner l operator M th Ooltoo tents! KHiroa. tvotae hia entire nrantioa to the iiaiuiwa M,WMIUUU Ol tee lit. VtwMi at O 4 SPEOIAL NOTICES. r THE UNION FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMTAN OF PHILADELPHIA, " Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire Extinguisher. Always Reliable. D. T. QAGB, 6 80 tf No. 115 MARKKT St., General Agent. NOTICE IS IIKRKDY GIVEN THAT AX application will be naile at the next meeting of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the lnacryration of a HanK, in ae coidauce with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE MANAYVNK BANK, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of two hundred thou sand dollar, with the riRht to Increase the sme to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. T S som gy- NOTICE IS HFKEBY GIVES THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Incorporation of a Hank, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE SOCT1IWAHK BANKING COMPANY, to be located at Philadelphia, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to one million dollars. TUEGOS TEABEHKY TOOTIIWASII. It Is the most pleasant, cheapest and best dentifrice extant. Warranted free from Injurious Ingredients. It Preserves and Whiteus the Teeth! Invigorates and Soothes the Gums I Furliles and P rfnmes the Breath ! Prevents Accumulation ef Tartar! Cleanses and Purifies Artificial Teeth! Is a Superior Article for Children! Sold by all druggists and dentists. A. M. WILSON, Druggist, Proprietor, 8 8 10m Cor. NINTH AND FILBERT feta, Phliada. Sy- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the (ieneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a Bank, in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth, to be entitled TUB IKON BaNK, to be located at Phi ladelphia, with a rapttal of one hundred thousand dollars, with the right to Increase the same to one million dollars. Bf- THE IMPERISHABLE PERFL'ME ! AS A rule, the perfumes now In use have no perma nency. An hour or two alter their use there Is no trace of perfume left. How dillerent Is the result succeeding the use of MURRAY & LANMAN'S FLORIDA WATER ! Days after its application the handkerchief exhales a most delightful, delicate, ana agreeable fragrance. 8 l tutnss BiSW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN application will be made at the next meeting of the General ABserubly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the incorporation of a Bank, in accordance with the laws ot the Commonwealth, to be entitled THE KE1 STONE STATE BANK, to be treated at Philadelphia, with a capital or two hun dred and fifty thousand dollars, with the right to increase the same to live hundred thousand dollars. WHISKY, WINE, ETQ. KEYSTONE PURE WHEAT WHISKY, Distilled from the Grain BT T. J. MARTIN & CO. KEYSTONE DISTILLERY, NORTHWEST CORNER OF TWELFTH and WASHINGTON St s. STORE, So. 150 North FRONT Street, Pfl IL ADELPHI A, PA. To triom it may concern: All the leading medical authorities recognize the value of diffusive stimulants. Numerous eminent physicians and surgeons might be named who have advocated their employment in the treatment of a large class of elisor lorn. No Dispensary is considered complete without thorn. They are preeoribed in all public and private hospitals, and administered by all bedside practitioners. But the difficulty baa been to obtain Alcoholic Liquors Pure. The pungent aroma of the fusel oil and biting acids pre aent in all of them can be scented as the glass is raisel to the lips. The nauseous flavor of these active poisons is perceptible to the palate, and a burning sensation in the stomach attests their existence when the noxious draught has gone down. Paralysis, idiocy, insanity and death are the pernicioua fruits of such potations. Medical science asks lor a pure stimulant to use as a pecitio, which, while it diffuses itself through the system more rapidly than any other known agent, is brought into direct and active oontact with the seat of dissass. It is the property of the stimulant to diffuse, and by the aid of its peculiar nutritious component parts to invigoruto, regulate, counteract and restore, and it is by the happy union of the principle of activity with the principle of vigoration and restoration that onables a lI?ltl2 WHISKY To accomplish beneficial results. Having great experience in the distilling of Whiskies, and the largest and best equipped establishment of its kind in the country, supplied with the latest improve ments in apparatus for cleansing Whisky of fusel oil and other impurities, and by strict personal supervision, the proprietors of Keyfctone Wheat Whisky Are enabled to offer a lure Wliily Distilled from WI1ILAT, and, being made from the grain, possesses all its NutritiouM Qualities, And can be relied upon to be strictly as represented, having been examined thoroughly by the leading analyti cal chemists of this city, whose certificates ol its purity and fitness for medical purpof.es are appended. We invite examination, and of any who would convince themselves we ask rigid analysis. T.J. MARTIN & OO. N. B. Notice that the caps and corks are brandod with our name to prevent counterfeiting. For sale by all respectable Druggists, Price per bottle, l 60. Orders sent to No. 150 N. FRONT Street will receive prompt attention. Chemical Laboraiory, Noa. 108 and 112 Aroh st., PHILADELPHIA, March 19, 1870. Jfjr. T. J. Martin it Co., Philadelphia, l"a.: Gentlemen: I have made a careful examination of the Keystone Pure Wheat Whisky, and found it to be a per fectly pure article, and entirely free from fosel oil and other injurious substances. Its purity and its pleasant and agreeable flavor render it particularly valuable for medicinal purposes. Yours truly, F. A.GENTH. Chemical Laboiiatohy, No. 13S Walnut street. Philadelphia, March 17, 1870. ili.si.ri. T. J. Martin t Co., Philadelphia, i"u..- Gentlemen: The sample of Keystone Pure Wheat Wliuky submitted to me for analysis I find to be pure and, as such, I highly recommend it for medioinal pur poses. Beopectfully, etc, WM. U. BRUCKNER, Analyt. and Consult. Chemist. Chemical Laboratory. No. 417 Walnut street. Philadelphia, April 5, 1870. Meter: T. J. Martin it Co., Philadelphia, l"a.: Centlemen : I have made an analysis of the sample of Keystone Pure Wheat Whisky sent by you for examina tion, and find it entirely free from fusel oil or any other deletericua matters, and I consider it applicable to any nse for which pur whisky may be desired. 6 18 s tf Respectfully, CliAS. M. CRESSON. gU Wholesale by FRENCH, ItlCHA KD.H & Co., N.W. earner TKNT11 and MARKET Hta. QAR8TAIR8 A McCALL, No. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite Sta, IMPORTERS OF Brandies, Winea, Gin, Olive 011, Etc., WHOLESALE DEALKBS III PURE RYE WHISKIES. 1H BOND AND TAX PAID. M8pt WILLIAM ANDERSON A CO., DXALXK8 1 1 la Vinn WUakiaa, x IV) North BSOOrTD Street, rnlladalvoia, A VOID QUACKS. A VICTIM OP EARLY IN- J.XC discretion, causing nervous debility, premature decay, ttc., having tnea in vain every aavenisea re medy, baa discovered a simple means of sell-cure, n iiii h ho Bond free to his fel.'nw-aaffercrj. J. 1C. I It EE YES, Uo. 18 Nassau St., N.Y. Clt. 6 wtutlu 131 PROPOSALS. IiKOroSATS FOH STAMPED ENVELOPES AND NEWSPAPBK WRAPPERS. - Post Officii Dbfaftmisnt, July 11, 1870. SEALED. PROPOSALS will be received untu U o'clock M., on the Uth dayi of AiiRimt, 1370, for furnishing ail the "Stamped Envelofcs"and "News paper Wrappers" which this Department my re quire during a period of four (4) years, coramenclny' on the 1st day of October, 1S70, viz: STAMPED ENVELOPES. No. 1. Note size, i by r Inches two qualttlov. No. S. Ordinary letter size, 8 1-18 by ex Inches three qualities. No. 8. Full letter size, 8; by Btf Inches three qualities. No. 4. Full letter size, (for circulars), ungummed on flap, bv By inches one quality. No.fi. Extra letter size, 3 by tfi Inches three qualities. No. 6. Extra letter Bize, 8tf by 6'i inches (fer cir culars,) uneuinnied on flap one quaility. No. i. Oillcial size, 8 1M6 by SJi Inches two quali ties. No. 8. Extra official size. 4? by 10V Inches one quality. HTAniruu rsnwhr-Arr it wkai'I'jsks. Six and a Dve-eighths by inches (round cut) one quality. EMBOSSINO, WATEK-MABKS, PRINTING, KLLIfl. FA rr.K STYLE OF MANLFACTL'KK. All of the alove Envelopes and Wrappers must be embossed with postage stamps, of Buch denomina tions, style, and colors, must have such water marks or citlu r at vices to prevent lmiution, and lear Mich printing and ruling as the rotUuinxter Ocucral niBv direct. The envelopes must be made iu lhe most thorough monger, enuai in every respect to the samples furnished to bidders by the Depart ment. The paper must be or approved quality, specially manufactured for the purpose. ncnever enveiopts are order or tne styles Known as "Dlack-llned or "Seir-ruled," (lines printed in side, or ruled on the face), the same shall ne fur nished without additional cost, the contractor to pay all charges for royalty in the use of patented luventious lor said lined or ruled envelopes. mo. The dies for embossing the postage stamps on the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed to the siitlsluctlon tf the PostmasttT-Oeneral, iu the best style, and they are to be provided, renewed and kept in order at the expense of the contractor The Department reserves the right of requiring ne dies lor any stamps, or denominations or stamps not now ut ed, and any changes of dies or colors shall be made without extra charge. Derore closing a contract tne successful bidder may be required to prepare and submit uew dies for tne approval oi tne Department, rue use or the present dies may or may not be continued. '1 ne cues snail oe saieiy ana securely Kepi oy ine contractor, and should the use of any of then be temporarily or permanently discontinued they shall be promptly turned over to tne Dopartrncnt, or its ajeut, as the Postmaster-tJenerai may direct. The envelopes must be thoroughly and nerfectlv gummed, the gumming on the flap of each (except lor circulars) to be put on by hand not less than half an Inch the entire length ; the wrappers to be also himd-gummed not less than three-fourths or an Inch in width across the end. SEClhlTY FROM FIRE AND THEFT. 1 llldders are notified that the Department will re quite, as a condition of the contract, that the en velopes ana wrappers snau ne manufactured and stored in such a manner as to insure security against loss ny nre or ineii. The manufactory must at all times be subject to the inspection of an agent of the Department, who will require tne stipulations oi tne contract to be faithfully observed. rAt;ii.tj. All envelopes and wrappers must be bauded in parcels of twenty-rive, and packed iu strong paste board or straw boxes, securely bound on all the edges and corners with cotton aud linen cloth, glued on, eacn to contain not ices man two nunarea and fifty of the note and letter sizes and one hundred each of the official or extra official size, separately. The newspaper wrappers to be packed in bixes, to contain not less tnan two nunarea ana nrtr each. The boxes are to be wrapped and securely fattened in sirorg manuia paper, ana sealed, so as to Barely bear transportation bv mall for tlellvcrv to nost- masteis. When two thousand or more envelopes are required to nil tne oruer or a postmaster, tne straw or pastenoara Doxes containing tne 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 or the Department. 1 1 1. I t 17 1.' I J V The envelopes and wrappers must be furnished and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete in an respects reaay ior use. ana in sucn quantities as nmv be requirea to nil tne aiiuy orders or nost masters; the deliveries to be made either at the Post Office 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 ontion of the Postmaster-General, and the cost of deliver ing, as wen as ail expense or storing, packing, ad dressing, labelling, and water-proofing to be paid by tne contractor. BAftlPLbSS. Specimens of the envelopes and wrappers for which proposals are Invited, showing the diiTcrcnt qualities und colors of paper required, the cuts. and style oi gumming, witn DiauK lorrns oi mas. mav be had on application to the Third Assistant Fostruaster-Generat. Tbis advertisement ana a specimen or the samnle envelopes and wrapper furnished by the department must be attacuea to ana maae pari oi eacn bid. I 'IT 11)1 MTlf If No proposal will be considered unless offered by a manufacturer of envelopes, and accompanied by a satisfactory guarantee signed oy at least two re sponsible parties. AWARD AGREEMENT BOND3. The contract will be awarded to the lowest re. sponsible bidder ror an tne envelopes and wrap pers, tne prices to ue cuicuiuieu uu me uasis oi me number used of the several grades during tne last fiscal vear. whicn was as roiiows: Note size 1,488,850 Letter size, first quality 6U,4UT,!o Letter size, second quality 8,95o,Tr0 Letter size, second quality (uugummed).... 8,6i8,ooo Extra letter size, first qoalky 8,815,750 Extra letter size, second quality (un- gummed) 4M,000 Official size 669,900 Extta official size 8,lo0 Newspaper wrappers 4,936,250 Total 80,239,500 Within ten days after tiie contract nas been awarded, the successful bidder shall enter into an agreement In writing with the Postmaster-General to faithfully observe and keep the terms, conditions, ami renuirements set forth In this advertisement. according to their true intent and meaning, and shall make, execute, and deliver, subject to the annroval and acceptance of the Postmaster-Gene' ral. bonds w ith good and sufficient sureties in the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (oo,oooi as a forfeiture for the faithful performance of said agreement or contract, according to the pro visions and sub ect to the liabilities oi tne seven teenth section of an act of Congress entitled "An act legalizing and m iking appropriations for such necessary objects as have been usually Included in the general appropriation bills without authority of law, and to fix aud provide fer certain Incidental exnenses of the departments and offices of the Gov ernment, and for other purposes," (United States Statutes at Large, vol. 6, page 260), approved August 20, 1842, which act provides that in case the con tractor shall fail to comply with the terms of his contract, "he ana his sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture specified In such contract as llqui dated damages, to be sued for In the name of ths I nited States in any court having jurisdiction thereof." RESERVATIONS. The' Postmaster-General reserves to himself the fniinwino- null La: 1. To reject any and all bids, if, in his judgment, the interests or tne uovernmeui requu e u 2. To annul the contract whenever the same . anv rt thereof is offered for sale for the purpose angulation : and under no circumstances will atrann fr nf ttiB lumtract 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 tne original coutraiiiui. -a " i'n annJi the contract If. In his ndgrnont, th ' ai.sii h a failure to perforin faithfully any of its I .- .ni.ti.m. nr in case of a wilful attempt to itna - npon the Department Envelopes or Wrappers In 1 if the contractor to whom the first award may be made should fall to enter iuto agreement aud a-tintaetor bonds, as herein provided, then the award may be annulled aud the contract let to .i -.u nMm fut responsible bidder, and so on until the reqnucd tgiccment and bonds ate executed; or,i such next lowest bidder shall be required to or fnitti everv stipulation emnracea nerein as u no u.ro the orlirlual party to whom the contract was warded. Should be securely enveloped and sealed, marked 'Propcsals lor (Stamped Envelopes and Newspaper Wrappers," and addressed to the Third Assistant 1'ostmaBter-Geueral, Washington, D. C. J'JUN A. J. CEE3XCLL. II eod 13t Postraadter-Gttaeral. PROPOSALS. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS . Omen, No. 104 8. Fifth j3trrb.x, I ruiLADELrHia, July 21, 1870. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received vW Is Ofliee of the Chief Commissioner oL Highways until 11 o'clock A. M. on MONDAY, 25th Inst., for the construction of a sewer or the line of Amber street, from the soulhwest fnrb-Une of Bctterly street, to oonnect with the sower in Sergeant street. And on the northwest side oi Girard avenue, from Vienna street to the south west curb-line of Montgomery a venue j ' Said eewers to be constructed with brick, circular in shape, with a clear Inside diameter of three feet, , with fnrh manholes as may be directed by the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. The under standing to be that the sewers herein adver tised are to be completed on or before the 30th day of September, 18T0. And the contractor fhall take bills prepared against the property fronting on said sewer to the amount of one dollar and fifty cents for each lineal foot of front on each side of the street ns so much cash paid; the balance, as limited by ordi nance, to be paid by the city; and the contractor will be required to keep the street and sewer in pood order for three years after the sewer la finished. When the street is occupied by a city passen ger railroad track, the sewer shall be constructed alongside of said track iu such manner as not to obi-truct or Interfere with the safe passage of the cats thereon: and no claim tor remuneration shall be paid the contractor br the company Ufrlng said track, as specified in Act of Assembly approved May 8, ISiW. tacn proposal win ue accompanied bv a cer tificate that a bond fans been filed In the Law Department, as directed bv ordinance of May 25th, I860. If the lowest bidder shall not exe cute a contract within live days after the work is awarded, he will be deemed as declining, and will be held liable on bis bond for the differ ence between his bid and the next lowest bid der. Specifications may be bad at the De partment of Surveys, which will be strictly adhered to. The Department of Highways re serves the right to reject all bids not f eemed satisfactory. All bidders may be present at the tune and place of opening the said proposals. No al lowance will be made for rock excavations, except by special contract. MAULUJN 11. DDJKIN3UN, 21 St Chief Commissioner of Highways. ri-'O CONTRACTORS AND HOLDERS SEALED 1 PROPOSAL, Indorsed "Proposals for Building a Public School-hotiBe In the Twentteth Ward," will be rtceivea oy tne unacrsignea at tneoiiice. south east corner of SIXTH and ADKLPHI Streets, until Till USD AY", August 4, 1810, at 12 o'clock M.. for building a Public School-honse on a lot of ground situate on Eleventh street, below Thompson, Twentieth ward. Said school-house to be bnllt in accordance with the plans of L. 1L Ksler, Superintendent of School liuiidings, to be seen at the office or tne lioard of Public Lducatlon. No bids will be consldeted unless accompanied bv a certificate from the City Solicitor that the provi sions of an ordinance approved May 25, 1800, have been compl'ed with. The contract wui ne awaraea oniy to Known mas ter builders. By order of the Committee on Property. IT Wr HAIIIWCTr T SO 23 20 30aul 4 l . lliL Uul ' " i. -.1. Secretary. TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. SEALED PROPOSALS, endorsed "Propesals for Building a Public School House in the Tweuty. first Ward," will be received by tho undersigned. at the office, southeast comer of SIXTH and ADEL PHI Streets, uutii Tilt ksiai, August 4, istu, at 12 o'clock M., for building a Publlo School Ho lse on a lot of ground situate on Washington street, Mana unV, Twenty-first ward. Said School House to be bulit in accordance with the plans of L. II. Esler, Superintendent of School Buildings, to ne seen at tne omce oi tne uoaru oi I none luiucnnoD. No bills will be considered unless accompanied by a certificate from the City Solicitor that the provi sions of an ordinance approved May 25, 100, have been complied with. Tho contract will be awarded only to known master buuaers. By oruer oi tne tjoinmiiiee on rropeny. II. W. I1ALL1WELL, T 20 23 20 30 aul 4 Secretary. PITY ORDINANCES. COMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA, Clerk's Office. I Philadelphia, July 8, 1870. f In accordance with a resolution adopted bv the Common Council of the city of Philadelphia on Thursday, the 7th day of July, 1870, the annexed bill, entitled "An Ordinance to Create a Lean for a House ol correction, U hereby published for public information. JOHN Jit'KSTEIX, Clerk of Common Council. N ORDINANCE : To Create a Loan for a nouse of Correction. Section 1. The Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the Mayor of Philadelphia be and he la hereby authorized to borrow, at not less than par, ou the credit of the city, from time to time, for a llouee of correction, nve nundred tnousana dollars, for which interest, not to exceed the rate of six per cent, per annum, shall be paid half yearly on the first days of January and July, at the ofliee oi the City Treasurer. The principal of 6aid loan snail ue payable ana paia at the expiration of thirty years from the date of the fame, and not before, without the consent of the holders thereof; ana tne certincaies therefor, in the usual form of the certificates of city loan, shall be Issued In such amounts as the lenders may require, out not ior any iraccionai part of one hundred dollars, or, If required. In amounts of five hundred or one thousand dollars; and it shall be expressed in said certifi cates that the loan therein mcntlODea ana the interest thereof are payable free from all taxes. tectiona. w bene ver any loan snau do maae by virtue thereof, there shall be, by force of this ordinance, annually appropriated out of the In come of the corporate estates and from the emn raised by taxation a sum 6uQlcient to pay the interest on said certificates; and the further sum of three-tenths of one per centum on the par value of such certificates so issued, shall be appropriated quarterly out of said income and taxes to a sinking fuod, which fund and its ac cumulations are hereby especially pledged for the redemption' aud payment of 6aid certifi cates. RESOLUTION TO PUBLISH A LOAN BILL. Resolved. That the Clerk of Common Coun cil be authorized to publish In two daily news papers of this city dally for four weeks, the ordinance presented to the Common Council on Thursday, July 7, 1870, entitled "An ordi nance to create a loan for a House of Correc-. tion:" and the said Clerk, at the atatea meeting of Councils after the expiration of four weeks from the first day of said publication, shall pre sent to this Council one of each of said news papers for every day in which the same 6liall have been made. 7 8 24t PATENTS. B N 8. OFFICES FOB F&OOURLNfj . Patent in the United States and Fty reign Countries, ... lOBBKIT BUILDIHQB, - lift U. FOIJKT11 St., Phliada., APD MARBLE BUILDIHG8, SKI'EUVTJl Street, abore F (OppotiU U. 8. Patent Offloa), WASHINGTON, D. CI id. UOWSON, Solicitor of Pataats. O. HOWSON, Atlornaj-at-Law. , OommaolcaUona to b addraaaad to th Priooipal 00M Philadelphia. , tOmws CTATE RIGHTS FOH SALE. STATE 0 Right of a valoabla Invention Just patentad, and loa th, SLIDING, CUri'IKO, ana OHIPPlNo of driad bwf. oabbajia, aio., ara bwbr ofivrad for aat. It ia aa nrtiola 01 creat valua to proprialora not la and raatauraot aucfit should be Introduced into eer l.mllr. SfaTa V Hi in s U t aul M'Vl n be aeon at TELKCrilAP4 Ol tun. OOVM 4 QOFFMAK.
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