TflE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH f H 1L ADELPH1 A , THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1870,
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Lrjk-VENwonTB, Kansas, July 20, ie70.
Terhaps a few words from this flourishing
State may not be uninteresting to your read
ers. At a time of commercial depression
like the present, when eyery large city has
its thousands of unemployed workmen and
other thousands of the trading class hardly
making a living, the only escape for
these people from inevitable poverty is to
eoek some place where there is a wider field
for their labor, and whore competition ia not
present to crush them helplessly to the earth.
Eut it is well, when in such a position, to
bear in mind the old proverb, "Oat of the
frying-pan into the lire;" for when a man
has spent his little means in removing
Ids family to a distant region, in the
tope- of bottcring bis condition, and then
finds that his industry is not adapted to the
locality he has selected, that man's mistake is
indeed ft serious one. I have long thought
that Horace Greeley's indiscriminating advice
to all his nnprosperous readers to go Wett,
and thus escape the tyranny of landlord and
employer, is ppt, if followed to any great
t-xtent, to inflict as serious evils upon many
individuals as are those whioh he designs
them to escape. Such a resort may certainly
tend to relieve tho dense pressure of crowded
cities, but I submit whether this end might
not be attained in some easier way than tho
pc-psible sacrifice of the health, comfort, and
isef alness of those who are led to follow such
advice.
I live in Kansas, and therefore can speak
if the advantages offered by this State to
tbofso removing from localities further east.
Since the completion of the Pacific Ilailroad
r.nd the opening of the Kansas Pacific branch
to Sheridan, an immense influx of settlers
has been pouring into the "West; and as Kan
fAS offers the advantages of cheap lands,
fertile soil, and favorable seasons, this State
fceems to be attracting the largest share of
settlement. Any person travelling westward
ever any of the trunk lines connecting with
the Last cannot but be struck with the
constant tide of population, composed of all
liationalities, which is flowing in this direc
tion. And as but few of these persons
return, it is fair to presume that the large
majority become absorbed in some industry,
Mid, either for better or for worse, make this
region their permanent home.
It should be borne in mind by all
who propose removing West . that
"hired labor" is not in demand here.
We have no concentration of capital.
Our principal industries are agriculture and
commerce: we have no large workshops to
absorb those who look solely to capital for
?urrort. There is some mechanical work
pursued, it is true. The thousands who come
here every season require homes to live in,
clothing to cover them, and articles for
domestic use; and to supply these wants
affords employment to a number of mechanics.
Eut the work is all done in a primitive way.
We have no heavy contractors who
keep - a force of hundreds of men
at work during tho building season. If a set
tler buys a piece of land, his first object is to
put a house upon it. Bat this is only a
slight structure. He comes with limited
means, and has forty ways for every dollar he
possesses. Pioneer settlers cannot study
comfort or elegance: they have to be
content with the gratification of their
simplest wants. In building a house,
then, he procures material from Chi
cago, for pine lumber does not grow in this
State, through the factorship of some local
dealer; then procuring the assistance of some
rough framer, who can cut a mortice and
tenon, he, with some neighboring settler,
knocks a habitation together that will with
stand the prairie winds aud keep out the
fervors of the sun's rays.
Now, a city mechanic, no matter what hi
occupation, if ho is only handy in the use of
tools, can come to this or any other Western
State with perfect safety, providing he has a
few hundred dollars to make provision for his
family before he seeks to follow his busi
ness. He can get a piece of railroad land,
forty or eighty acres, at a price ranging from
rive to ten dollars per acre, payable in nve
years, and put a chonp house upon it. Tie
can then break a few acres of prairie and plant
it with seed-corn, reserving a patch for a
vegetable garden. Thus, with a cow and a
few hens, he is relieved from the dire neae-
sitv of waiting on Saturday night for his
week's wages, and has also achieved his de
liverance from the exactions of the landlord.
In all communities we Had that the earliest
settlers are those who have grown wealthy by
the enhancement of property: and in
a State like Kansas, where popula
tion is pouring in so rapidly, values
increase in such a ratio that a homestead
upon which little else than a few years' indus
try has been expended becomes eventually a
handsome property to shield a man in his de
clining years.
But it is an error in political economy to
tfcke a mechanic from a business where his
industry is useful to the community
uhi put him to farming, in which pur
rait he is uubkilled and for whioh he may
cever acquire a taste. Nor is such an en
forced change of occupation necessary here.
Communities are springing up almost daily.
We have many villages now containiog
feeveral hundred inhabitants where a year
ago there was unbroken prairie. Surrounded
with such rapid ' developments, no man
teed be idle: he can surely
adapt Lis. mechanical skill to some
pursuit that will be in demand among hid
teighbors. It would perhaps be hard to dis-
tinctly stale how one-half of our villuge
population live; that is, what particular pur
tuits they follow. But ell appear to live in
abundance and ease. The pressure of a
!tnse city population does not weigh upon
tbem, and mch ocerous conditions are
lot imposed upon the Western in
habitant as tre inflicted upon
licse vtLo (5rugg!e to support their families
in the cro. fed Bast. Where a man is saved
from the payment of rent, and does not have
to wit into hia pocket for every trifling arti-
cIq that appears upon his table, ten hours
labor a day ia not the necessity of hia life,
and the curse imposed upon our first parents
seems relieved of the worst of its Beverity.
These general statements will serve to
show your readers of the less affluent class
that although Kansas cannot offer them the
inducements of high wages and certain em
ployment, still an assured means of living is
in store for them if they can only bring
means to make a start and will not be in too
great haste to get rich. F. L.
C1UCKE1S.
THEIR INVASION OF NEVADA WHENCE THEY
COME AT WniTHER BOUND.
The Territorial Enterprise, of Virginia
City, Nevada, on June 2J)thJ said: The State
has been invaded by crickets. Vast armies
of them have entered the eastern portion of
the State. A week ago the advanced guard
of the devastating horde poured down upon
Elko, and as they swept past with their silent
tramp, the people stood appalled at their
numbers. The Elko Independent does not
trace their course eastward, . but they evi
dently come from Utah, the home of the
cricket, grasshopper, and polygamous Mormon,
and are. endeavoring to cut or eat their way
through to the green valleys of the Truckee.
They are destructive on vegetation, and their
advance should bo stopped by some means.
As the malarious marshes of the Ganges
seem to be tho home of the cholera,
so does Utah appear to be the birth-place of
the cricket and grasshopper -plagues of the
Great Basin. For the past eight or ten years,
if not longer, that territory had been sorely
afflicted with grasshoppers, and it has soma
times seemed that the Saints would be com
pelled to yield their e!k Au4 pastures to
these innumerable and remorseless destroy
ers. The cricket pest, however, has been
less severe, and from the habits of this in
sect, we do not apprehend that the present
invasion will prove very destructive. They
sometimes appear in prodigious numbers,
but they travel slowly, and their advance is
easily stopped. In 18.10, for a distance of
twenty or twenty-five miles, in Utah, the
whole face of the country was so densely cov
ered with crickets large, fat, clumsy, wingless
fellows that the wheels of the emigrant's
wagon became almost clogged with the
crushed carcasses of these insects. As their
course could easily be traced, it was manifest
that thpy had not travelled far, and winter
probably overtook them before they swept
over a very wide scope of the country. They
advance steadily, however, and multiply a
hundred and fifty fold each year. Hence,
crickets, now that they have entered the
State, may bo expected for some years to
come.
The Niivtioited Heuttiulon or Pi e-oxNtence.
F rout the A. 1". A at ion,
A writer in the London. Practitioner has
something very interesting to say in regard to
a curious sensation which most of oar readers
nave leit, ana wicu it tney neiieve wnat is
said by the writer, they will not be pleased to
feel again, lhe sensation in question is thus
described by Coleridge:
"01 1 o er my brain does that strange fancy
roll
Which makes the present (while the flush
doth last)
Seem a mere semblance of some unknown
past,
Mixed with such feelings as perplex the soul
Self-questioned in her sleep; and some have
said
We lived ere yet this yoke of flesh we wore."
Tennyson, also, among a great many other
poets, ancient and modem, refers to it:
"Aloreover, sometning is or seems
That touches me with mystic gleams
Like glimpses of forgotten dreams
"Of something felt like something here;
Of something done I know not where;
Such as no language may declare."
And Dickens, in "David Copperfield," regards
the sensation as one common to all men:
"We have all some experience of a feeling
which comes over us occasionally of what
we are saying and doing having been said or
done before, in a remote time of our having
been surrounded dim ages ago by the same
faces, objects, and circumstances of our
knowing perfectly well what will be said
next, as if we suddenly remembered it."
This description is either fuller than that
of the two poets, r else it is a description of
a considerably stronger sensation than that
which they had experienced. The Vraiti-
tioner's correspondent says that he had been
from boyhood familiar with the feeling, but
that it never came so frequently nor with
such intensity as a year or bo ago, just pre
viously to a fit of epilepsy, which disease
then, for the first time, attacked him. He has
since had but few recurrences of the feeling,
but on two of the few occasions it was followed
within twenty-four hours by an epileptic
seizure. There seems to the writer, then, apart
from all the pretty things that philosophers
and poets have made out of tins experience,
that it has for its chief interest a therapeutic
interest. The sonsation of prc-exibtence, or
whatever it may be called, ought, he thinks,
"to be regarded as showing disturbance of
brain function," and he doubts if its recogni
tion and removal might not prevent mu
more important disorders. He suggests, too.
that "inquiry in cases of epilepsy may detect a
sometning ot this sort put aside as not bein
of sufficient consequence to speak of, and yet
in truth being a lniuiimized form of petit ma'.,
warning to precautions against a larger
seizure." The chief precaution he would
take is cessation from work done. It would
be curious to know if Mr. Dickens, by whom
mis sensation seems to nave ' been reit so
often and so vividly, and who died, it is said,
of overwork, had experience of it in the laU
tr days of bis life. r
Pr.EtmAN Ladies. A Lima correspondent
of the Rochester Union says: "We will visit
the family of one of Lima s aristocracy the
father, a leading Senator and formerly Minis.
ter of War under Prado; the lovely daughters,
patterns of fashion, models of beauty, and of
the very tkte of Ldrxia society, wa open one
of the many pliBS doors and find ourselves
in an inner hall, the door set ia
mosaic marble; a little Cholo
boy, asleep on a mat, comes to us, ani,
presenting our card, we are ushered across
the hall, tlirough other ground-glass tloori",
into the drawing-room. Here we sit ia
French chairs or sofas of gilt and yellow satin
upholstery, until the senora or mother enter.
She comes in smoking if no later thuu two V.
M., and with her I l.ik Kilk tkirr, and bar
ru8gmi5'eut hair braidd don her bk in.
long plaits. Kbe mny wear a sic j ia
of red or bine cashmere. Advancing to yo i,
bhe lemoves her cigar (spits on the carput
although it is a white velvet tapestry ground),
and folds you in both hands to her ma
trcrJy bos'-m, putting yo-ir heud-on her
shoulder and patting you softly on the
back. If you are a young man yon at first
feel embarrassed, but her perfect suavity of
manner soon Bets you at ease. Clapping her
bands, a servant brings in native fruits and a
bottle of native wine, and you are expected
to partake of some of them. If the daughter
delays in coming she opens the piano and
plays you some of those old national dances,
brilliant yet sad, minor yet so exciting,
that our lamented Gottschalk so admirably
imitated in "Ojoa Creoltos, etc. The daugh
ters never keep you long, but appear in white
wrappers and hair braided as the mother. ' If
yon converse, they can speak a little French
(some of them), but their knowledge of history
and geography is all confined to Peru. . They
know nothing else, believe in nothing else, and
can seldom more than read and write. Yet
while they maintain "that other lands may
be beautiful, but give me Peru other cities
famous and great, but I care for none but
Lima," you are charmed by their polished
manner, the hearty embrace they give you
on entering, the reception and welcome they
bestow upon yen, the hospitality and absence
of apology, and the charming freedom and
innocence of their address. They all play
(from ear mostly) and well, without
urging. They danco most gracefully and
naturally as possible, and they urge you
to repeat your call or visit, with the most
sincere expressions of pleasure at your com
ing. The soft, languid black eyes, the clear
olive complexion, the straight black hair all
growing upon their heada in such wonderful
profusion the liquid, Spanish accent, the
perfeet ease of their manner, all
servo to fascinate you, and you fail
to observe that they are perfectly illite
rate and ignorant; that their hands are often
dingy, though covered with diamonds; and
that the tiny foot, peeping from the trailing
white wrapper, has often no stocking (or a very
dirty one), and a torn old slipper."
PROPOSALS.
I PROPOSALS FOR .CONSTRUCTION OP A
SIDE-WHEEL, SVEA-MER OP WOOD FOR
REVENUE MARINE SERVICE.
Treasury Department,
Washington, D. O., Jane l, 1870. j
Separate Sealed Proposals will be received at
this Department until 12 o'clock FRIDAY, July 29,
1870, lor building one side-wheel steamer, of wood,
of 259 tons (O. SI.), for the revenue marine service
for the Pacific coast, to be delivered at the port of
San Francisco.
Sleasurements for tonnage to be according to the
old Custom House rule, taking the length on load
line from forward part of stem to after part of stern
post, breadth of beam moulded, and depth from
under part of deck to top of ceiling.
General specillcatlons for the above vessel will be
furnished bidders on application at Custom House
at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
San Francisco.
A guaranteed speed oi twelve knots on a trial
course of a mile, and eleven knots for six consecu
tive hours, will be required.
Favorable consideration will be given to bids In
accordance with the rate speed guaranteed in
excess o the rate above stip' Jated.
The work will be carried on under the personal
supervision of an agent the Treasury Depart
ment, and all facilities ru be afforded him for
Inspecting the material and workmanship. Such
parts of either as are not In accordance with the
drawings and speelilcatlons will be rejected, and
mast be made good by the contractor.
No bid will be considered for this vessel except
from parties regularly engaged in shipbuilding.
The Department reserves the right to reject ;any
and all bids.
Each bid must be accompanied by a written guar
antee signed oytne bidder and competent surety
(certified to be such by some officer known to the
Department), in the sum of twenty thousand dollars
($'20,000), that In the event of tbe acceptance of such
bid the necessary contract will be entered Into
within ten days after notice Is given by the Depart
ment that the bid has been accepted.
The bid should state the sum for which such ves
sel will be completed and delivered as aforesaid.
Seven months from the time of signing the con
tract will be allowed for tbe completion of the
vessel. ;
A copy of the plans and specifications must be en
closed with the bid as evidence as to the object of
the proposal.
All proposals must be signed, sealed, and endorsed
"Proposals for Revenue Steamer," and enclosed in
an envelope addressed to Secretary of the Treasury,
Washington, D. C.
Any bidder may be present and witness the open
ing of the bids.
Bidders will be required to furnish with their bids
a general plan and elevation showing the internal
arrangement, with a view to obtain the best dispo
sition of the several parts.
Parties whose bids are accepted will be required
to furnish acceptable models with detailed specifica
tions before closing contracts.
The vessel must be built according to American
Lloyd's specifications for A No. 1 wooden vessels
for nine years. GEORGE S, BOUTWELL,
6 7 2awl6t Secretary of the TreasWl
TJIIOPOSALS FOR THE C ONSTRUCTION OP A
J STEAM PItOPiiLLER FOK TUB REVENUE
MARINE.
Treasury Department,
Washington, d. C, July 1, 1870. -'
The bids for the construction of au Iron Steam
Propeller of SAO tons, opened in this Department
June 30, being considered exorbitant, separate
sealed proposals will be received at th's department
until 12 o'clock on FRIDAY. 29th July. 1S70. for tlio
construction of a Steam Propeller of wood, of 350
tons.
General plans, conditions, and specifications can
be obtained from the Collectors of Customs at Port
land, lie , Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and
Baltimore. - . .
Kcnewed proposals are also Invited for the same
steamer of ikon, upon the same plans, conditions.
and specifications as were Issued June 1. No bids
will be considered except from parties regularly en
caged in snip-uuuuing.
1 he Dt paitnient reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
GEORGE S. BOUTWELL,
7 1 II 14 18 21 26 28 Secretary of the Treasury.
T
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PRINCIPAL DJS POT
FOR IBB SALE OF
K E V E N . U J5 8 .T A M
NO. 304 CHESNTJT STREET.
CENT1UL' OFFICE, NO. 106 8, FIFTH SThJIT
Two doors below Chesnut street),
ESTABLISHED 1 8 a.
The sale of Revenue Stamps Is still contained at
the Old-EstaUibhed Agenoice.
The stock comprises every denomination printed
by the Government, and having at all tunes a large
supply, we arc enabled to fill and forward (by Mall
or Express) all orders, Immediately upon receipt, a
matter of great importance. .
United sutes Notes, National Bank Notes, Drafts
on Philadelphia, and Post Office Orders received in
payment.
Any information regarding the decisions Of the
Cnnnui.tttkiiK'r of Internal Revenue cheerfully and
ymruiiouely furnished. - -
L'evenue Stamps printed apon Drafts, Cfceel
Receipts, etc. " ' - .
T.'io following fi)Te of eoiumisiion are allowed
Stump t;d Sliili'lM d Paper:
(.Hi f.'OoLd i.puards. Sper
1 loo " 3 M
0 "
Addretsi'.; era, etc., to
STAMP AGENCY,
No, SC4 CHLiNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
FURNACES.
Established in 1835.
Invariably tbe greatest success erer all competition
vtbeoever and wbererar eihibited or nsed ia tha
UNITED STATES.
CHARLES WILLIAMS'
Patent Golden Eagle Furnaces,
Acknowledged by tbe leading Architect and Builder to
be tbe moet powerful and durabW Furnace offered, and
tbe noet prompt, lyetomatio, and largest bout in this
line of business.
BEAVY REDUCTION IS PRICES,
and m! first-class work turned out.
Nof. 1132 and 1131 MARKET Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
N. B.-SFND FOR BOOK OF FACTS ON HEAT
AND VENTILATION. 0 23 4t
RICHMOND & CO..
FIRST-CLASS
FURNITURE WAREROOHS
Ho. 45 SOUTH SECOND STREET,
SA8T SID. ABOVB OHK8NTJT.
11 PHILADELPHIA
PATENTS.
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8.
OFFICES FOR FBOOCRISQ
Patent La the United States and Ty
reign Countries,
FORRBST BUILDINGS,
119 . FOUHTII St., I'lillada.,
AKD MARBLE BUILDINGS,
flEYEItTll Street, above F,
(Oppoeit U. 8. Patent Offloa),
WASHINGTON, D. a
H. BOW60N, Solicitor of PUnU
O. BOWSON, Attorney-at-Law,
0omOTtt!cUl to b ddreeed to tha Principal O float
Philadelphia. lUmwa
STATE RIGHTS FOR SALE. 8TATR
Righti of a valaabla Invention jurt patented, and for
the BLIOINU, CUTTING, and CHIPPING of dried beef,
cabbage, etc., are hereby offered for aale. It is an artiolt
of (Teat value to proprietors of hotels and restaurants,
and it should be introduced into every family. STATS
RIGHTS for sale. Model onn be seen at TELEGRAPH
OFFICE, COOPER'S POINT, N.J.
MM MUNDT A HOFFMAN.
ROOFING.
PHILADELPHIA
Painting and Hoofing Co.
TIN ROOFS REPAIRED.
All leakages In Roofs warranted to be made per
fectly tight.
SPENCER S GUTTA-PERCHA PAINT
Will preserve Tin Roofs from Rusting and Leaking,
and warranted to stand ten years without repaluo-
lDf his 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.
mi SaunfiQ T A IWTPTl TfTTTTT OTtW rtTJTt a
PATENT IRON FAINT, made expressly for iron
work, warranted not to crack or peel oh"; will retain
its beautiful gloss for five years.
All work warranted.
All orders promptly attended to. Address
PHILADELPHIA PAINTING AND R00FIN9
COMPANY,
7 14 3m No. 63 N. SIXTH St, Philadelphla.
READY ROOFIN G
This Roofing is adapted to all buildings. It
can be applied to
at one-half the expense of tin. It is readily pnt on
old Shingle Koofs without removing the shingles,
thus avoiding the damaging or ceilings and f urniture
while undergoing repairs. (No gravel nsed.)
PRESERVE YoUtt TIN ROOFS WITH WEL-
TOM S ELAST1U PAUNT.
I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs
at short notice. Also, PAINT FOlt SALE by the
barrel or gallon; the best and cheapest in the
market.
W. A. WESTON,
2 17! No. Til N. NINTH St.. above Coates.
CITY ORDINANCES.
COMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA,
Clerk's Office, 1
Philadelphia, July 8, 1870. (
In accordance with a resolution adopted by
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 Loan for a House ot Correction," Is hereby
published for public information.
. John Eckstein,
Clerk of Common Council.
A?0
ORDINANCE
To Create a Loan for a House of Correction.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the Citv of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
Mayor of Philadelphia be and he is hereby
authorized to borrow, at not less than par, on
the credit of the city, from time to time, for a
House of Correction, five hundred thousand
dollars, for which interest, not to exceed tbe
rate of six per cent, per annum, shall be paid
half vearlv on the Bret days ot January and
July, at the office of the City Treasurer. The
principal of said loan shall be payable and paid
at the expiration of thirty years from the date
of the same, and not before, without the consent
of the holders thereof; and the certificates
therefor, in the usual form of the certificates of
city loan, shall be issued in such amounts as tbe
lenders may require, but not for any fractional
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 mentioned and the
interest thereof are parable free from all taxes
Cectlon 2. Whenever any loan shall be made
by virtue thereof, there shall be, by force of tkte
ordinance, annually appropriated out ot the in
come of the corporr't) estates and from the
sum raised bv taxatiou a sum sutllcient to pay
the Interest oa 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 fund, which fund and Its ac
cumulations are hereby especially pledged for
. r . a - J " A a
me redemption aua payu-eut vi t.u ceruu
cates.
-pESOLTJTION TO PUBLISH A LOAN
AV BILL.
Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Coun
cil be authorized to publish in two daily news'
papers of this city daily for four weeks, the
ordinance presented to the Common Council
on Thursday, July 7, 1870, entitled "An ordl
nance to create a loan for a lIoute of Correc
tion;" and the said Clerk, at the atated meeting
of Councils after tho expiration of four weeki
from the riret day of 6aid publication, shall pre
sent to this Council one of each of said news
papers for every day in which the same 6kaU
Lave been made. 7 8 2lt
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFI
J. WATSON & BOS,
iOf it lfct firm oi A WATSON,
-riEK AND BUKGLAU-PItOOF
f& A. J? 22 H T O It 12,
No. 53 EOUTH FOURTH BTltEET,
3 21) A fe door fcbcv t.it Ffc.-lfcC.
hi EAL E8TAT E AT AUOTION.
'RUST E K 8'
ESTATE
BALE.
OF TBS
FREEDOM IRON AND STEEL COM PANT.
The undersigned, Mortgagees and Trustees under
the mortgage of the FREEDOM IRON AND STEEL
COMPANY, whlrta bears date February l, isT,
under and pursuant to a request and notice of
creditors, given under the provisions of the said
mortgage, for default of payment of Interest,
Will sell at publlo sale, at the Philadelphia Ex
change, on TUESDAY, the STta day of September,
A. D. 1670, at 19 o'clock noon, by
M. THOMAS & SONS, Auctioneers.
All the lands, tenements, hereditaments, and real
estate of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situate
and being of the said Freedom Iron and Steel Com
pany, and all the buildings, machine shops, machi
nery, fixtures, forges, furnaces, grist mill, ore rights,
stationary engines, saw mills, railroads and cars f
every kind belonging to the said Company granted
In mortgage by the said Company to as by the said
mortgage, viz. :
About thirty-nine thousand (30,000) acres of land
In Mini in and Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania,
on which there are erected extensive steel works,
four (4) charcoal blast furnaces, and numerous shops
and buildings, to wit:
The property known as the Freedom Iron and
Steel Works, In Mlfllin county, Pennsylvania, com
prising two hundred and eighty-nine (289) acres of
land.
One (1) charcoal blast furnace, Bessemer steel
converting house, hammer shop, rail and plate mill,
steam rorge, tyre mm, water-power bloomery, cast-
steel works, foundry and machine shops, old forge,
smith shop, carpenter shop, store with warehous
attached, mansion house, offices, 64 dwelling houses
saw-mill, lime-kiln, stables and other buildings, with
stationery engines, machery, and fixtures.
Also, tne property known as the Greenwood Ore
Bank, in Union township, Mifflin couuty, containing
si acres oi iani, ana so dwelling houses and stables.
Also, the property known as the Week"s Saw Mill,
in the same county, containing 2353 acres of land,
with mill and all the machinery and appurtenances
thereof. With two small tracts of land In Derrv
township, Mlfllin county, each containing about one
acre, more or less, respectively known as the Cuh-
ningham and Ryan lots, and two small tracts of laud,
containing about one acre and one-fourth of an acre,
respectively, known as the uostctter lot, and the
stroup House and lot, in Union township, Mldliu
county.
Also, about 17,400 acres of unseated lands, In
Mlfllin county.
Also, the right U take ore on the Muthersbaugh
rarro, in uecaiur lownsnip, Muuin county, at a
royalty of 25 cents per ton.
Together with about 907 acres of land, In Hunting
don county, known as the Greenwood Furnace
tract, with two charcoal blast furnaces, known as
the Greenwood Furnaces,wlth engines and fixtures,
with mansion house, 17 stables, carpenter shoo.
blacksmith Sliop, 62 dwelling houses, o diced and
store, one grist mill, with stable and bulldogs of
every description, railroad and ore cars.
Also, the property known as the Monroe Furnace,
in Barre township, Huntingdon county, containing
about 179 acres of land, with nine dwelling-houses.
stables, carpenter shop, smith shop, store and oftloo
building.
Also, about 17,200 acres of land, In Huntingdon
county (of which 637 acres are seated and partly iiu
proved). Together with all and singular the corpo
rate rights, privileges, and franchises of the said
Company.
The foregoing properties will be sold- In one parcel
or lot, in payment of the bonds of the said Freedom
Iron and Steel Company, amounting to f500,ooo,
with interest from February 1, IStfO, secured by tbe
said mortgage to the trustees, under the terms of
which this sale is made, the said mortgage being a
first mortgage on the said property. The terms of
sale of the property above described will be as fol
lows:
12000 in cash, to be paid when the property is
struck off. The balance te be paid in cash upon the
execution of the deed to the purchaser.
The Trustees will also sell at the same time and
place, and under the same request and notice of
creditors, all the right, title, and Interest of the
Trustees, as mortgagees in trust, of, In, and to tbe
following described properties, viz.
The property known as the Yoder Farm, in Brown
township, Miiilln county, containing lt8 acres, 124
perches, composed of two tracts as follows :
Beginning at stone In road, thence by land of John
D. Harr, north 53 degrees east, 102 5-10 perches to
stone ; thence by land of Joseph B. Zook, north 41 V
degrees west, 202 3-10 perches, to stone ; thence by
land of John Hooley, south 46 degrees west 102 l-io
perches, to stone; tlienee south 44.4 degrees east,
190 6-10 perches, to the place of beginning contain
ing one hundred and twenty-five acres and twelve
perches net measure.
Also all that other certain tract of land adjoining
above, beginning at stone In road, thence up said
road, north 44,v deg. west, 67 C-10 perches, to stone ;
thence by laud of John llooley, south 45' deg. west,
79 6-10 perces to stones ; thence by land of David L.
Yoder, south ii deg. east, CO 8-10 perches, to stout)
in road; thence along said road and by land of
Gideon Yoder, north 4G,V deg. east?, 61 1-10 perches,
to the place of beginning containing thlity-tlirco
acres and one hundred ana twelve perches; net mea
sure. 1
The same being subject to mortgage given to
secure ,-bonds, amounting to tU, 73S-34, upou f tsoo
of which interest is due from April 1, iscj, aud ou
balance of said bonds interest is due from April l,
1608.
Also, the property known as tbe Williams farm, as
follows :
All that certain tract of land situate In Derry
township, Mifflin county, Pa., bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a chesnut, corner of lands of Philip
Martz, thence by lands of William Uenney aud
Samuel McManamy, north 37 degrees west,
perches, to a hickory;-thence by lands of Sam ue
McManamy, north 17 degrees west, 17 porches;
thence by land of James M. Martin, south 75 de
grees west, 22 perches, to a post; thence by land of
Johnston Sigler, south 67 degrees west, 169 pcrche
to a hickory ; thence by lands of Peter Townsend's
heirs, south 37 degrees east, 91 perches, to stones ;
thence by land of heirs of John McDonell, deceased,
and Mrs. Mcllvaln, north 60 degrees east, 9Stf
perches, to a post; thence by land of Philip Martz,
north 70tf degrees east, 69 perches, to the place of
beginning containing one hundrud and seven acrei
and twenty-nine perches of laud, aud allowance.
Ihis property is charged with a mortgage, given
to secure bonds for f 1250, with interest at 6 per
cent, per annum, from November s, lses.
Also, the property known as the Stroup Ore Bank,
in Union township, Mlfllin county, containing about
nixe acres and elgbty-nine perches.
The laht named property is subject to a mortgage
gives to secure a bond for 1 1000, bearing Interest at
the rate of 0 per cent, per annum from July 23,
1608.
The terms of sale of the last three described
properties will be as follows:
Twenty-five dollars la cash to be paid upon each
whn they are respectively struck off.
The balance of the purchase money of each to be
pal 1 in cash upon the execution of the conveyance
WI8TAR MORRIS.!
JAMES T. YuUNU.i-Trustees.
ENOCH LEWIS, j
M. THOMAS 4 SONS,
e 27 mth tS27
Auctioneers.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN. AT
THE OUT
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HAH DM 1 UK U 1 HAT 1 Hid PKOMltiKO BOUNI V
MlbT NOW Hit PAID. W tri prepared to ol'iun it
fir evrj soldier wiiu eclud icf JuIt 1m1, lur
vtt bttu r be it-rved 'or a tiiiyr t or ii ug lime.
II ik deurnbla to ba lbs kolttiar't diehr(c, but tba
bcuDty c,n La tbttiuod wa.ru lue dutcuvtttt it lust or
cunct b L.d. No wvl.eotion, do cburea.
Calloi.onor wntj to the Uenerail Ci I Agency,
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PROPOSALS.
IJROPOSALS TOR MATERIALS TO BE SUP
PLIED TO TUB NAVY YARDS UNDER THE
COGNIZANCE OP THE BUREAU OF COSSTRUC
TION AND REPAIR. -
It ATT DKrARTJISKT, I
BCB4t7 OT COKflTRrCTIOW AUD RKTAIR, V
Washington, d. U July 14, wo. )
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish Timber and
other materials for the Navy for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 171, will be received at th'.s Bureau
until li o'clock M. of the 15th of August next, at
VTIIU;U L1U1Q LUC pmH)RBIS Will UQ UPCUl.
i ne proposals must be addressed to tne Chief or
the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy De
partment, Washington, and must be indorsed ''Pro
posals for Timber, etc , for the Navy," tha; they may
be distinguished from other business letters.
rrintea scnenuies ror sucn classes as parties deal
In and Intend to bid for. together with instrotiona
to btdders,glv!ng the forms of proposals of gnarantce,
and of certificate of guarantors, with printed forms
of oiler, will be furnished to such persons as desire
to bid, on application to the Commandants of the
respective Navy Yards, and those of all the yards
on application to the Bureau.
The Commandant or each Navy Yard and the pur
chasing paymaster for each station will fcave a copy
of the schedules of the other yards, lor examination
only, in order that persons who Intend to bid may
judge whether ft is desirable to make application for
any or ine classes oi mose yarns.
Tne proposals must be for the wnoie of a c.ass. and
all pj.il:atlons for information or for the examina
tion or samples must be made to the commandants
of the respective yards.
j ue iroK)sai must tie accompanied oy a conincate
from the collector of Internal Revenue for the dis
trict in which the bidder resides, that he has a license
to deal In the articles for which ho proposes ; aiwt,
61 direction of the bcpattmtnt, bid or offers will be
received oiihj from parties wio are bona 'lat dealer in,
(T vianvfacturerH of, the article they c'p'er to furnish.
The miarsntors must be certliled by tlio Assessor of
internal Revenue for the district in wni :hthey re
side. The contract will be awarded to the cerson who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee re
quired by law. the Navy Department, however, re
serving the right to reject the lowest Did, or any
which It may deem exorbitant.
Sureties in tTWnii amount will b reoi red to s'pn
the contract, ami their responsibility must; be ccrtl-
liea to tne satisfaction or the Navy Oppartment.
as additional security twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount of the bills nuv.l the son-
tracts shall have been completed, and eighty per
centum of the amount of each bin, approved In tri
plicate oy tne uoramannant oi tne respective yards,
will be paid by tho Paymaster of the station desig
nated In the contract within ten days at'er the war
rant for the same shall have beeu pushed by the
Brcreiary oi ine i rciitiury.
The classes oi tnis iiureau are numbered and de
signated as follows:
No. 1. White Oak Loars: No. 3. White "as carved
Timber: No. 4, White Oak Plank; No. 7, Yellow Fine
I.obs: No. 8. Yellow Pine Beams: No. 9. Yellow Pine
Mast Timber; No. 11, White Pine Logs; No. 12,
White Pine Mast Timber: No. 13, White Tine Plank,
Boards; No. 15. white ash, uira, ueoch; no. io,
White Ash oars; No. 17, Hickory; No. 18, Black
Walnut, Mahogany, Maple, Cherry; No. 20, Locust
Treenails; No. 22. Cypress, Cedar; No. 23, Black
Spruce; No. 24, winte oak staves and Headings;
No. 25, l.lgnumvit;e ; No. 80, Ingot Copper; No. 32,
Wrought Iron, round and square; No. 3J, Wrought
Iron, Hat; No. 34, Iron, plate; No. 3r, Steei; No. 37,
lion Spikes; No. 88, Iron Wrought Nails; No. 89,
Iron Cut Nails; No. 42, Lead, pip, sheet; No.
4ii, Zinc; No. 44, Tin; No. 45, Solder; No. 48, Locks,
Hinges, Holts, of brass and Iron; No. 49, Screws, or
brass and iron; No. 60, Files; No. 51, Augers; No. 62.
Tools lor ship stores ; No. 53, Tools for use in yard
and shops; No. 54, Hardware; No. N5. White Lead;
No. 67, Zinc Paints; No 68, Colored Pa nts, dryers;
No. 69, Linseed Oil; No. 60, Varnish, Spirits Turpen
tine; No. 03, Sperm and Lard Oil; No. 01, Tallow,
Soap; No. 6 Glass; No. 69, Brushes; No. 70, Dry
Goods lor upholstering; No. 71, Stationery; No. 73,
Ship Chandlery; No. 74, Acids; No. 75, Resin, Pitch,
Crude Turpentine; No. 77, Belting, Packing; No.7,
Leather, pump rigging, lacing; No. 80, Junk ; No. 88,
Unarcoai.
The following are tne classes, oy tne Euraoers. re
quired at the respective navy-yards:
KP1TERY.
Nos. 9, 13, 15, 1C, 17, 18. it, 32, 33, H5, 39, 44, i 49,
60, 61, 53, 64, 56, Jj'lLOWN 8' 5"
NOS. 7, 13, 15, 10, 18. 22, 24, 25, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37. 3S,
39, 42, 43, 44, iS, 49, 80, 51, 62, 63, 64, 60, 67, 68, 59, 60,
0o, 64, 68, 09, 70, 71, 73. 74, 75, 77, 78, 88.
unuuniii.ii
NOS. 1, 7, 9. 13, 15. 10, 17. 18. 2. 24. 25. 32, 3.1, 34, 37,
39, 42, 4:1, 44, 4S, 49, 60, 61, 62, 83, 84, 66, 87, 68, 69, 00,
63, 04, 08, 09, 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 80, 68.
N08. 4, 7, 9, 13, 15, 18, 82, 33, 48, 71.
WASHINGTON.
Nos. 1, 3, 7, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 80, 22, 23, 30, Zl, 33, 34,
35, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 61, 53, 54, 67, 68, 69, 60,
63, 64, 66, 69, 70, 71, 73. 74. 77, 78, 68.
NORFOLK.
NOS. 1. 13. 16. 18, 2i. 25. 32. 33, 39, 42, 44, 4S, 49. 50. 53.
54, 67, 68, 89, 60, 63. 64, 69, 70, 71, 73, 77, 78.
MARE ISLAND.
NOS. 15,M8, ?.2, 33, 34, 35, 88, 39, 42, 43. 44. 48, 49, 50,
51, 83, 64, 60, 57, 68, 60, 64, 63, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77,
86, 69. 714law4w
"PROPOSALS FOB NAVAL MATERIAL,
Navy Dwartment,
artmej;t, )
id rkckititing, v
Julyll, 1870. j
Bureau of equipment an
SEALED PROPOSALS to furnish material for the
Navy for the tical year ending June 30, 1871, will be
received at this Bureau until 10 o'clock A. M. of the
6th of August next, at which time the Droposals will
be opened.
The proposals must be addressed to the "Chief of
the Bureau of Kqulpment and RecruH'.ng, Navy
Department, Washington, " and must he indorsed
"Proposals for Materials for the Navy," that they
may be dist'iigulshed from other business letters.
Printed schednlcs for any class, together with in
structions fo bidders, giving the forms of proposal,
of guarantee, and of certificates of guarantors, will
be lumished to sucn person as desire to bid on ap
plication to the command ints of tho respective
navy yards, and those ot all the yards on application
to the Bureau.
The commandant of each navy yard and the pur
chasing Paymaster of each fetation will have a copy
of the schedules of the other yards, for examination
only, in order that, persons who intend ;o bid may
judge whether it is desirable to make application for
any of the classes of those yards.
The proposals must be for the wlio'.e of a class,
and all applications for information or for the ex
amination of fancies inubt be mad to tee Com
mandants of the respective yards.
The proposals must be accompanied by a certifi
cate from the Collector of Internal Revenue for the
district in which the bidder resides ttut & has a
license to deal iu the artlc.es for which he proposes,
and he must further thow that he is a manufacturer
of or a regular dealer In the articles wh: ;h he offers
to supply. The guarantors must be certXed by the
Assessor of Internal Revenue for the district la which
they reside.
Tbe contract will be awarded to the person who
makes the lowest bid and gives the guarantee re
quired by law, the Navy Department, however,
reserving the right to reject the lowe: o.d or any
which It mav deem exormtuut.
Sureties in the full amount will b5 required to
sign the contract, and their responsibiliry must be
certified to tho tatlsfaction of the Navy Dapar:ment. .
As additional security, twenty per centum will be
withheld from the amount of the bills uutil the con
tract shall have been completed, aud eighty per
centum of the amount of each bill, approved in
triplicate by tho Commandant of tho respective
yards, will be paid by tne Paymaster of the station
designated In the contract In funds or eertlnoates,
at the option of the Government, witiiin ten days
after the warrant for the same shall have been
passed by tha Secretary of the Treasury.
Tne classes ol this Bureau arc numbered and de
signated as follows:
No. l Flsx Canvas, etc No. 13 Soap and Tallow.
o. 2 Cotton cauvus.etc. ;No..l4 Ox hides for rope.
No. 8 Cotton Baiutuock,.o. is Lrusncs.
Bhit snd Cot srarf.
! No. 10 Ship cnandlery.
No. 4 Iron and Steel.
No. 6 (.alley lion.
No, 7 l ha!n Iron.
No. 8 Hardware.
No. 9 cooking Utensils.
No. 11 Tin and Ziuc.
No. 17 Tar and Tar Oil
No. IS stationery.
No. 19 Dry Goous.
No. 20 Firewood
i coal.
,No. 21 Sand.
and
Na 12 HiYaKI.ESTOWN NAVY YARD.
Classes Nos. 2, a, 4, 8, 9, li, 13, U, 15, 10, If,
18' iU BROOKLYN, NEW YOPK.
C SbC8.Nts. 2, 3, 8, 9, H 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 19,
20 21
' ' PHILADELPHIA.
ClaEsesNoe. a, 8, li, R 17, 16, is, 20.
WASHINGTON.
Clas?es Nos. 2, 4. 5, 0, 7, 6, llv12, 13, 10, 17, 13, 20.
NORFOLK.
Classes Nos. 2, 3. 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 10, 17, IS, 19, 20.
. PORTSMOUTH, N. li.
Classes NVs. 6, 12, 13, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21. 71itu4w
TMPORTANT TO PARENTS. MOTHERS
X ml lutlierb who&a nui were lost ia the war, or who
died ltr uiclnuv;" "f disease oontructed ia toe service,
s jenlH.'ed lo l'CXl'JjS, il in any wy dependent upon
tuir enf iur turpoif. We reoominend all who tbinlc
ibej iiierjti;lc(l to cil oa UOUEHl' S. IE AO UK A CO.,
Ko. loi S. tih Is 1 II fctreet, wbo will pro. ire lor them
v,rM.ii i r hi y :'.r.c i nation, fio ot charge, roUuvs
'fai-k l'y. iMt-.iMiit. Prize Mum-y. ete.
rvNi"feOLL)lEKS AND SAILORS AND THEIR
X. HKIHS. Advu-esnd information gives tree. If yon
bsveauy kind oi cl'iu against lue Ciovtimmeut of 1 1
edited fctates, write to or call at odcs auon H. 1,
l.FAOt'K d CO., tiie Gecaral Collection Agency, ,
hi fa. bhYNi SuetL