THE DAILY EVBN1NQ TELEGRAPHS-PHILADELPHIA SATURDAY , JULY 36, 1870. oun RULiaioufl colueot. MODERN PREACHING AND MODERN CULTURE. Jlvw far baa the pulpit of to-day lost its bold upon the respect And even the notioe of the most cultivated roindtf Surely no very precise answer can be given to this question; rod yet he must be both deaf and blind who does not know that between these two runs chasm wider than ever before. ' The most Influential literature of this country and of Europe alludes to the pulpit with a clear undertone of dissatisfaction and contempt. . Foliahed and prof eund literary productions oannot be wrought, year out and year in, at the rate of two a week. . Moreover, we are to remember that much of what we call com mon plaoe in sermons is so far from the fact that, in this age of diffused knowledge and cheap books, the best thought of the world is becoming common. Finally, we are not to forgot that a great deal of the dissatisfaction expressed by eduoated men with the manner and matter of modern preaching is only one form in which the revolt of the age against all theology, and indeed gainst all preaching - whatsoever, whether good or bad, finds vent for itself. It is not the sermon, it is Christianity which is objected to. That this is the case is explicitly admitted by the writer in the Spectator ot whom we have spoken. "About the sermon," be says, "I am about to Btate honestly what I believe thousands of men feel secretly. I dislike good sermons just as much as bad. It is not the length, or the feebleness, or the mannerism of the speech which annoys me, as it seems to annoy most men who write about sermons, but the speech itself. I do not want to be lectured, even by a great lec turer. I object to the usual basis of Vie very lest sermon ever delivered in a Christian church " It is only fair, then, to a great and most laborious and devoted profession, to indicate where the trouble really lies. A great many cultivated people at present do not like to hear preaching. "Why? Partly, no doubt, because they already know more than most ministers do, and they can learn nothing by listening. Partly, also, because the sermons are badly constructed, and conveyed in a rhetoric which is "feeble and stilted." Bat chiefly, we think, because muoh of tb,e culti vated mind of this age has become alienated from the old faith, and is throwing itself forth, this way and that, in an agony of be wilderment, baffled energy, and discontent. In this state of things the preacher is made the scapegoat. His faults are harped upon as a rather safer way of finding fault with the religious system under whose sanction he speaks. So far as preaching can be made more thoughtful, learned, eloquent, cordial, per suasive, it is the duty of the preachers to make it so. It is none the less our duty to say that, if every preacher of this age could preach like Paul, preaching would continue to be an impertinence and a bore to those whose minds have swung away from that system of belief which constitutes the basis of all Christian preaching, good or bad. The Independent. SUMMARY OF C1IUHCH NEWS. EPISCOPAL. A lady has given ten thousand dollars for the erection of a chapel for the Episcopal Sea bury Mission in Minnesota, of which Bib hop "Whipple has charge. The Episcopal Convocation of Newark, N. J., contains mote parishes and more clergymen than there are in Kentucky or Indiana, Califor nia or Georgia, Maine or New Hampshire or, indeed, in one-half of the States in the Union. The Church of Santiago, in Thirty-fourth street, New York, organized by twelve Cubans, in 18o5, has now an attendance of nearly 100 persons every Sunday. The services are con ducted in Spanish. Mr. a. G. P. Dodge, of New Tork, has pre sented $100,000 to the theological seminary of the Episcopal church at Alexandria, Vu. Mr. W. II. Acpinwall, of New York, gave before the war 020,000 to the same institution. The late Chester Adams, of Hartford, in hU will, which bas been admitted to probate, be queathed over $100,000 to various charitable and religious societies. Among the beueflcl aries are the Society for the Increase of the Ministry, the Widows' Home, the Parish of Christ's' Church, the Hartford Hospital, Trinity College, and the Domestic and ForeUn Mission Society of the Episcopal Church. The whole estate was believed to be worth $350,000. .. BishoD Whittinerham has offered to present to the Episcopalians of Washington his theologi cal Horary, consisting oi neany tea mousaua volumes, lor the benefit of the church in oerne- tuity, on the sole condition that they provide i tr it a suitable fire-proof building sufficiently large to admit of reasonable increase. This library is of rare value, consisting of several hundred folio volumes, and of editions belonging, in numerous instances, to the fifteenth and sixteenth centu ries. Its value is estimated at $30,000. Keble College, the new member of the Ox ford sisterhood of colleges, has in its charter an ingenious provision to prevent its getting out of the control of the High Church party, which has founded It, and to which Keble belonged in his latter days. Any of the twelve members caa "require" the visitor to remove the other threa from office. It is true that the visitor caa refuse the request; but, as the Archbishop of Canter bury holds that position ex officio, it is not likely that be will often interfere for the protection of a "dangerous ' minority. A report has recently been circulated that the Episcopal Diocesan Couucll for Wisconsin adopted a canon excommunicating communi cants who marry outside their Church coininu- nioBu or wno are married oy any other than a clergyman of the Church. Upon this the Mil waukee American Churchman thus comments: "The above item has been going the round of theeecular press for the space of about a week. It first occurred, we believs, iu a Mil waukee evening paper, whose report of the council was even more ludicrously absurd than such reports usually are. Of course, no such canon was adopted nor even 4eriouly considered by the council, and no person with any know ledge of the Church or a belief in the s'auity of the delegates to the council will believe that H did." FRK8BYTERUN. Rev. James 3L Pierce, Professor of Hebrew in the Auburn Theological Seminary, died, July 12th .of heart disease. The church of r rlnceton, Indiana, of which the Rev. Dr. D. Mc Master is pastor, bas voted, after some discussion, to go into union with the United Presbyterian Church. The vote stood 100 to 14. The Rev. George L. "Wolfe, a young minis ter from Sussex county, Delaware, is nsw set tled at Madison Court Home, Virginia, in a portion of the field made vacant by the removal of the Rev. Dr. Handy to Augusta coun if, Va. x The Education Committee of the Southern Presbyterian Church congratulated the Assem bly that, whereas at tue close of Its war there were but two candidates or the ministry, there re now nearly three hundred, being equal tq nearly one-third cf theroU of ministers. The Rev. C II. Thompson, pastor of colored Presbyterian Church In Newark - vM been made a Doctor of Divinity 7. College of rlttaburg, Ia. The . faJ says:-"Dr. Thompson is one of mos flne, .ilnaf.il nl.vir.m iwintiaitart - ..... J cuuvbigu uiiWiuo w..uv, wiib t&e rests v- terlan denomination in New versey.' At a late meeting oi a..i i v t. formed Presbyterian rvnurett fn New York, a petition from the. Theological Seminary at Allegheny that f urretln's Latin Treatise on Theology ma wchanged for English text book was Votttd down. The theological course Is to be, seven months instead of five, during fotrears. Some months aero the First Presbyterian Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, made out a call, with cordial unanimity, to the Rev. Richard Mcllwalne, of Farmvllle. This invitation to become their pastor Air. Mciiwame ma not see the way onen to accent, and it was not prose cuted further. Within a few weeks past it bas been renewed, and under circumstances which have constrained both himself and his congre gation at Farmvllle to consent to his removal. ine rresnytenan seminary at unicago re ports property in buildings, lands, notes, cash, etc., of $434,000, bringing an income of $13,000. At least $20,000 income is needed, and, besides this, buildings should be put up to accommodate 100 students. The Presbytery oi Chicago has agreed to ask the churches to remember the seminary in Us Jubilee offering by the amount of $100,000, to be made up later to $200,000. Tbey also ask $150,000 for Lake ForeBt Univer sity, to be Increased to $250,000. The aoutnern J resovierxan announces ine death of the venerable missionary, Dr. Kings bury, on the 27th of June. The departure of one whose age was beyond eighty years cannot surprise the (Jnrlstian public, but the close oi such a life cannot fall to awaken solemn reflec tion in the minds of many. Dr. Kingsbury 0ent down as a missionary to the Indians about 1810. For more than filty years be faithfully, quietly, and meekly served his Master in making known to those committed to his care the un searchable riches of Christ. CONGREGATIONAL, John Bertram, Esq., of Salem, Mass., has purchased an estate in that city for $9500, and presented it to the South Congregational Qburoh lor a parsonage. Harvard University has conferred the hono rary degree of LL. D. on the Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, and Knox College the degree of D. D. on Professor J. m. iioppin, oi late college, One of the singular turn-abouts of time is the occupation of the estate of the Congrega tionalist divine, Dr. Nathaniel Emmons, at Franklin, by Dean Academy, the new Universal 1st school, and one of the wealthiest and best appointed schools in the State, It is estimated mat $i,ww,uuo will be necessary to put the various Congregational Theological Seminaries in the country upon their proper foundation. I bey are at Andover, Yale. Bangor, Hartford, Oberlin, and one in California the Pacific Seminary. Something is proposed to be done for them this memorial year. In reply to the charge that Congregational ism is dying out in New England, the Congre' ationaiist shows that since lodi that denomi nation has in Massachusetts added to its force 213 new churches and over 43,000 members. thus nearly doubling its ministry and more than doubling its membership in the last 40 years This is somewhat better than the Increase in the population of the State. ' METHODIST. The Southern Methodist Church now admits persons to membership without the six months' trial. Bishop Brown reports that since the war one hundred thousand souls have been brought within the African MelbodlAt Episcopal Church in nis Episcopal district aione Rev. K. V. Lawrence, pastor of the M. E. on Bab bath afternoon, the 17th Inst., in the bap tistery ol the X lrst Baptist unurcn. $20,000 to the Methodist Mission Institute, at Frank lor t-on-the Maine, uermanv, ana nuuu to the endowment of a Biblical chair at German Wallace College, Ohio. Of Methodist ministers in Germany. Dr, Vail is Consul in Rhenish Bavaria; the He v. G. F. Gettell was Consnl at Carlsruhe, and Is suc ceeded bv Professor W. 11. loung. oi Ublowes lev an University; and the Rev. M. J. Cramer is Consnl at Leipsic. The Rev. Otis Gibson, missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church to the Chinese in California, has purchased a valuable lot in the heart of the Chinese quarter in Francisco, and in a lew months win nave a nouse tor the mis elonary and a school for the Chinamen. The Northern Methodists, at their Chisago Conference, recommended all the churches to preach temperance on the fourth Sabbath of June of each year; while the Southern Metho dist General conference, wmcn met at Memphis, regarded the temperance question as an "out side is ue," that did not concern them. Orange Judd, of New York, has inserted a clause in bis will bequeathing $30,000 for a new professorship at the Wesley au University of Mlddletown. He places the sum at interest, so that the chair may be immediately filled. Added to his gift for the Scientific Hall, this makes his donation to the institution $100,000 within a year. Isaac Rich, of Boston, and Mr. Daniel Drew have increased the interest on their en dowments one per cent., increasing the college Income $2000. . . Mr. A. Minard, who recently completed a fine asylum for orphans at Morrlstown, N. J., has now deeded the building, fully furnished, together with the extensive grounds adjoining, to the Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States, to be used by them for an Orphans' Home. By the deed of transfer, Mr. Minard requires that a preference shall be given to the daughters of foreign missionaries of the Methodist Episcopal Church, whose health or education makes it necessary for them to visit this country; and should those be uot sufficient to fill fie Home, orphan girls from any part of the United States will be admitted. REFORMED. Of the ministers of the German Reformed Church in this country, ISO preach in German and 225 in Englibh. Two citizeus of Fordham, Westchester county, New lork, are to build an $8000 par sonage for the Rev. Mr. Brnsh of the Reformed Church. In addition so their former munificent dona tions to the Gvneral Synod for the benefit of the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, Messrs. James Suydatu aud Gardner A. 8age have subscribed, the former fifty thousand and the latter twenty-five thousand dollars. Mr. Eugene Van Reneeel ter, of Albany, hai followed the noble example of his ancestors, whose names the church will ever veuerate, by giving a subscription of five thousaud dollars. The anniversary of the Orphans' Home at Womelsdorf, Pa., was observed on the 2Ut Inst. The Institution, which is under the patrouage of the Reformed Church, contalus ninety-seven pupils, a majority of whom are soldiers' orphans. It la maintained by liberal contribu tions, and the donations on the diy of the anni versary amounted to $1830. The Treasurer's report shows receipts for tlie pa&t year. $18,531; expenditures, $19,400, of which latter ainouut the balance to current expenses. - About $4000 rema ns to be raised to pay for the property yet FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF BAFI J. WATSON & SO, Of tb UU Arm of EVANS WATSON. FIttK AND BUItOLAIl-PROOP 8 A F E H T O It IC, No. 53 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, I31f A few doors abor hsuat si, PhiUda. L.UMBER. 1870 8PR17CB JOT8T. " SPRl'CB JOIST. - HEMLOCK. HEMLOCK. 1870 1870 S BASON KD CIJCAR PTNE. 8BAHONRD CLKAH PINE. CHOICB PATTKRN PINB. 1870 SPANISH CBDAK, FuK PATTERNS. HKD CEDAR. - . 1870 . Florida Flooring.,! FLOhlDA FLOOR.NW. . CAROLINA FLOORIM., VIHOIN1A FIOOMINO, v DELAWARE FLOORING. . A81I FLOORING. . . , WALNUT FLOORING. FLORIDA STEP BOARDS. RAIL PLANK.' 1870 1 OTA WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 4 Q7A 10 t V WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. lO I U WALNUT BOARDS. WALNUT PLANK. 1870 UNDERTAKERS LUMBER. UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, RED CEDAR. . ' WALNUT AND PINE. 1 1870 1870 SEASONED POPLAR. SEASONED OI1ERRY. 1870 ASn. WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS, HICKORY. 1 QHfi CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 1 Q7A 10 IV CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 10 I U SPANISH CKDAR BOX BOARDS, FOR SALE LOW. 1870 CAROLINA SCANTLING. CAROLINA H. T. BILLS. NORWAY SCANTLING. 1870 1870 CEDAR SHINGLES. -i QA CYPRB8 SHINGLE8. 10 i V MAULE, BROTHER fc CO., Mo. 8000 SOUTH Street. T)AN EL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES. A OOHMON PLANK, ALU THICKNESSES. 1 COMMON BOARD8. 1 and 9 SUE FBOE BOARDS. WHITK PINK FLOORING BOARPS. YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS. IV and 4 X SPRUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES. HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES. PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY, Together with a general assortment of Building Lumber for sale low for cash. . T. W. SMALTZ, 6 81 em No. liia RIDGE Avenue, north of Poplar St,' United States Builders' Mill, FIFTEENTH Street below Market EGLER & BROTHER, PROPRIETORS. 4 89 8m Wood Mouldings, Brackets and General Turning Work, Hacd-rall balusters and Newel Posts. A LARGE ASSORTMENT ALWAYS ON HAND, BUILDING MATERIALS. R. E. THOMAS & CO., ' S1ALXRB IS " " ' Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters WINDOW FRAMES, ETC, K. W. CORNER 0T EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Street! 41312m PHILADELPHIA. FURNACES. Established in 1835. Invariably the greatest nooesa over all competition whenever and wherever exhibited or need in the ' UNITIfr BTATICil. CHARLES WILLIAMS' Patent Golden Eagle Furnaces, Acknowledged by the leading Architects and Builders to be the most powerful and durable Furnaces offered, and f be most prompt, systematic, and largest house in this line of business. HEAVY REDUCTION IS PRICES, and only first-olasa work turned out. No. 1132 and 1131 MARKET Street, PHILADELPHIA. N. B. HFND FOR BOOK AND VENTILATION. OP FACTS ON HEAT ROOFING. PHILADELPHIA Fainting and Roofing Co. TIM ROOFS REPAIRED. All leakages In Roofs warranted to be made per fectly tight. SrBIOERV GUTTA-PERCHA PAINT Will preserve Tin Roofs from Rusting and Leaking, and warranted to stand ten jears without repaint ing. 'i bis Is the only Paint that will not crack or peel off. It la Alaatlo Paint; It expands and contracts with the tin, and leaves no cracks or seams open for water to get through. 1HN FKNCaS PAINTED WITH SPENCER'S PATEaT IRON PaiNT, made expresaly for iron work, warranted not to crack or peel off; will retain Its beantliul gloss for nvejears. . . All work warranted.' - All orders promptly attended to. Address PHILADELPHIA PAINTING AND ROOFING COMPANY, T 14 8m No. 63 N. SIXTH St., Philadelphia. R E A D Y This Roofing la K O adapted O P I N O. to all buildings. Jt can De applied 10 STEEP OR FLAT ROOFS at one-half the expense of tin. It la readily put on old Shingle Roofs without removing the shingles, thus avoiding the damaging of ceilings and furniture while undergoing repel in. (No gravel used.) PRESERVE Y UU TIN ROOFS WITH. WEL TON'S ELASTIC PAINT. I am always prepared to Repair and Paint Roofs at f hort notice. Also, PAINT FOR SALE by the barrel or gallon; the best and cheapest In the market. ' W. A. W ELTON, 8 1T No. Til N. NINTH St.. above Coates. PATENTS. P 8. OFFICIOS FOB PSOOUHINQ Patent in the United States end Fa reign Countries, IORBXBT BUILDIRGB, lit 8. 1'OIJKTU St., IMtilada,, AtD MARBLK BUILDINGS. i: ENlll HI reel, aVtore V, (Opposite U. & Patent Offloe), WASHINGTON, D, 01 H. HOWKON. Solioitof of Patent U HOWSON, 4ttoniey-at-Lw. OomnoniuaUoBa to be adorssssd to tna Principal Ofloee PhiUdelpbia. K'tw S TATE RIGHTS FOR BALE. STATE Riiftits of a valuable In stion jut patented, and for Ibe h L1C IN G, CUT slU, an OHlVFlNO of dried tit. oabbane. elo., r bereby offered for sale. Itiiu aruole of Kraal value t-j proprietors el hotels and reatsuraots, and it should be Introduced Into every fam ly. HraTB klOHINfor- sale. MoOel oan be sees at TiXEGHAfli Oik lOK. VOOfHHH fOW i , eiilNDY A HOFFMAN. wiar COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF ALL numbers, and brands. Tent, Awning, Truuk, and Wagon-cover Duck. Also, Paper Manufac turers' Drier Felts, from thirty la seventy-au incnes, with Paulina, "Kg eTeVmaN, No. 10 cnVHCU Street (f4 MM). WHISKY, WINE, ETCU - KEYSTONE-- PURE WHEAT WHISKY, ' Distilled from the Grain . T. J. HAHTIIT & CO. KEYSTONE DISTILLERY, KORTHWEST CORNER OF TWELFTH and WASHINGTON Sts. 8TOKK, No. 150 North FRONT Street, PHILADELPHIA, FA. To tthom U mop concern All toe leading medical authorities reeeffnire the valas oi diffnsiv stimalanta. ITamenras eminent pbysioiaaa and rail eons night be named who have advocated their employment in the treatment of a large class of disorders. No Dispensary la onstdered eomplet without them. They are preceribed in all pubtto and private hospitals, and administered by all bedside practitioners. But the difficulty has been to obtain - Alcoholic liquors Pure. The pungent aroma rf the fusel oil and biting aeids pre sent in all of them ean be scented as the glass is raised to the lips. The nauseous flavor ef these aetive poisons is perceptible to the palate, and a bnrntn sensation in the stranaoh attests their sxistenee when the noxious draught has gone down. Paralysis, idiocy, Insanity and death are the pernicious fruits of such potations. Medical science asks lor a pore stimulant to nse as a speclflo, which, while it diffuses Itself through the system more rapidly than any other known agsnt, Is brought into direct and active eoatact with the seat of diseas. It is the property of the stimulant to diffuse, and by the aid of its peculiar nutritions component parts to invigorate. r sulate, ooanteract and restore, and it is by the happy union of the principle of activity with the principle of in- vigoraUcn and restoration that enablee a To accomplish beneficial emits. 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 striot personal supervision, the proprietorsof . Keystone Wheat Wlilskj- Are enabled to offer a Pure W falsify Distilled from WHSAT, and, being made from the grain, possesses all its nutritious 4ualUlcs, Andean be relied upon to be siriotly as represented. having been examined thoroughly by the leading analytl oal chemists of this oity, whose certificates of its parity and fitness for medical purposes are appended. We invite elimination, and of any who would convinoe themselves we ask a rigid anal sis. T.J. MARTIN 4 OO, N. B. Notice that the caps and corks are branded with our name to prevent counterfeiting. For sale by all respectable Druggists. Prioe per bottle, $i'6U. Orders sent to No. 150 N. FRONT Street will receive prompt attention. Chemical Lauoiuiort, Nos. 108 and 119 Arch st, PH1I.ADIif.PHIA, March 19, 1870. MtMr$. T. J. Martin it Co., Philadelphia, Pa.: Gentlemen: I have made a careful examination of the Keystone Pore Wheat Whisky, and found it to be a per fectiy pure article, and entirely free from fasel oil and other injurious substances. Its purity and its pleasant and agreeable flavor render it particularly valuable for medicinal purposes. i - r , Yours truly, , F. A.UENTH. Chemical Laboratory, No. 139 Walnut street. Philadelphia, afaroh 17, 1870. Meurt. T. J. Martin it Ooi, Philadelphia, Pa.: Gentlemen: The sample of Keystone Pare Wheat vihisky submitted to me for analysis I find to be purs and, as suoh, I highly recommend it for medicinal pur poses. Respectfully, etc., WM. U. BRUCKNER, Analyt, and Consult. Chemist. Chkmical Laboratory, No. 417 Walnut strest, Philadelphia, April 6, 1870. Memr: T. J. Martin it Co., Philadelphia, Jt.: Gentlemen: I have made an analysis of the sample of Keystone Pure Wheat Whisky sent by yon for examina tion, and find It entirely free from fusel oil or any other deleterious matters, and I consider it applicable to any use fnr which pure whisky may be desired. - 6 18 s tf Respectfully, OHAS. M. CRESSOH. Haiti W lioiesale by FRENCH, ItlCUAItu & Co.. N. W.corner l'KNTU and AI.4RKET cite. QHOiC E T A D L E CLARETS. ALBERT O. ROBERTS, Dealer in Fine Groceries, 11 7f Corner KLEVCNTH and VINE Street QAR8TAIR8 & foCALL, No. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite Sti., IMPORTERS OF Brandies, Winei, Gin, Olive Oil, Etc., WHOLES ALB DEALERS CW PURE RYE WHISKIES. IN BOND AND TAJ PAH. - 89pt w ILLIAM ANDEBbON A CO., DSALKSfl ia Fine Whiskies, So. let North SECOND Street. rniiartaluttfa. GROCERIES. ETO. -0 FAMILIES GOING COUNTRY. TO THE We offer a full stock of the Finest Groceries to Select From, And at tbe LOWEST CASH PRICE. Packe se curely and delivered at any of tne Depota, COUSTH East End Grocery, No. 118 gout! ECONl St., 1 11 teste. BRLOW UHESNUT STREET. Q II O I C E S V Spring Leaf Japanese Tea AND rino Souchong Teas, OF THE FINEST QUALITIES, FOR 8ALS AT JAMES R. WEBB'S, S. . Corner WALNUT and EIGHTH, 81 BtnOiBmrp PHILADELPHIA. c UKING, BACKING, AND SMOKING KtiTaBISHMENT JOHN BOWKKAOO. euR&as of superior BUUAK.l'lIHF.lk HAM), BFVF, and TONQUFS, and dealers in Provisions gmierstly. . W. eornr T W1CNTV-FOUKTH aud BKOV N Streets. t U mthato WATER PURTFIERSI FARSON'S New Patent Water Filter and Purifier Will eBeotnallr oleanae from all IMPURITIES, and re move all fool taste or smsll from water passed throoxh It. - Ia operaUon and for sale at the M ANUPAOTOBT, No KHi DOOK Street, and tr Honae-fnrniaaing Stores lentrall. al PROPOSAL. S. Tr r-r-rr : PROPOSAT! TOR PTAMPKn - JtTTTELOPES AX 11 KWSPAPKR VVKaJ'I'ERS. ' POPT OrTim lKFAHTMieiTg Jxilj 11, 1870, SEALT.D PROPOHALS will be received until IS O'clock M., on the luti dava of August, lVt, for rornisnir(t an ine "ttAn)ri Baviopps"a(i "news paper Wrappers' which this-Department may re quire daring a period of fonr ft) years, commencing on the 1st day of Ortoier, 18T0, viis . A -, ,,, I TAMI'ti,lJ UNVlOUraS. W6. 1. . Note size, 8V by 6 V Inches two qnalltlev. No. . Ordinarv letter size. B 1-1 bv Inchet three qnallties. ' 1 No, a. Foil letter size, 8K' by o.V lncheathre qnalittes. jno. 4. inn letter size, (ior circulars;, angammea on flap, 8H by Inches one quality. ro. n. Kxtnt iuer size, x oy et inones tnree qoalltles. no. a. Kxtra letter size, ox 7 ot mcnes ;ier cir culars.) onfrummed on flap one qualllty. No, 7. onicial size, B 16-16 by 8i inches two quali ties. No. 8. Kxtra omcial size. 4 by 10 v inches one quality. Dijinnu nannrai kh wka fruits. Six and a five-eighths by x inches round cut) vuequajuj. EMBOSSING, WATER-MARKS, PRINTING, MANUFACTURE. All of the above Envelopes and Wrappers must be embossed with postage stamps, of suuh denomina tions, styles, and colon, must have such water marks or otner devices to prevent imitation, and bear such printing and ruling as the Postmaater Oeneral may direct. Tbe envelopes must be made In tbe most thorough manner, equai In every respect to tbe samples furnished to bidders by the Depart ment. The paper muNt be of approved quality, specially manufactured for the purpose - Whenever envelopes are order ot the 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 oost, the contractor to pay all charges for royalty In tne nse of patented inventions for said lined or ruled envelopes. DIES. The dies for embossing the postage stamps on the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed te the satisfaction of the Postmaeter-Oeneral, lu the best style, and they are to be provided, renewed and kept in order at the expense of the contractor The Department reserves tne right of requiring new dies for any stamps, or denominations of stamps not now used, and any changes of dies or colors shall be made without extra charge. Before closing a contract the successful bidder may be required to prepare and submit new dies for the approval of tbe Department. The use of the present dies may or may not be continued. 1 he dies shall be safely and securely kept by the contractor, and should the nse 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. GUM. The envelopes must be thoroughly and perfectly ?;ommed, the gumming on the flap of each (except or circulars) to be put on by hand not less than half an Inch the entire length ; the wrappers to be also hand-gummed not less than three-fourths of an inch In width across tbe end. SECURITY FROM FIRE AND THEFT. . Bidders are notified that the Department will re quire, as a condition ol the contract, that the en velopes and wrappers shall be manufactured and stored In such a manner as to Insure security against loss by fire or theft. Tbe manufactory must at all times be subtect to the Inspection of an agent of the Department, who will require the stipulations of the contract to be faithfully observed. PACKING. All envelopes and wrappers must be banded in parcels of twenty-five, 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 -nltyof 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 than two hundred and fifty each. The boxes are to be wrapped and securely fastened In strong manllla paper, and sealed, so as to Barely bear transportation by mall for delivery to post masters. Vthen two thousand or more envelopes are required to till the 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 plaoed npou eaoh package by the contractor.- Wooden, oases, containing envelopes or wrappers, to be transported by water routes, must be provided with suitable water-proofing;. The whole to be done under the tnBnectlon and direction of an agent of the Department. DELIVERY. The envelopes and wrappers must be famished and delivered with all reasouaole despatch, complete In all respects ready for use. and In such quantities as may be required to till the dally orders of post masters; the deliveries to be made either at the Post Office Department,Washlngton, 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 1 the envelopes and wrappers for which proposals are invited, showing the ditlerent 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 or the sample envelopes and wrapper furnished by the department must be attached to and made part of each 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 parues. - AWAKD 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 the basis of tne number used of the several grades daring the last fiscal year, which was as follows: oie size 1,463,850 Lttter size, first quality 64,467,500 Letter size, second quality 8,856. 7M Letter size, second quality (ungummed). . . . 8,618,000 Kxtra letter size, first quality 6,816,700 Ixtra letter size, second quality (un gummed) 454.000 Official size 668,900 Extra official size 8, loO Newspaper wrappers 4,936,!Ko Total 86,889,600 Within ten days after the contract has 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, exeoute, and deliver, subject to the approval and acceptance of the Postmaster-Gene ra( bonds with good and sufficient sureties ia the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (two, 000) as a forfeiture for tbe 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 mtking appropriations for such necessary objects as have been usually Included In the general appropriation bills without authority of law, and to fix and provide for certain Incidental expenses of tbe departments and offices of the Gov ernment, aud for other purposes," (United Bute Statutes at Large, vol. 6, page 856), approved August 86, 1842, which act provides that in case the con tractor shall fall to comply with the terms of his contraot, "be and bis sureties shall be liable for the fi rfejture specified In such contract as liqui dated damages, to be sued for In the name of tba United stales la any court having jurisdiction thereof." RESERVATIONS. The' Postmaster-General reserves to himself the following rights: L To reject any and all bids, if, in his judgment, tbe Interests of the Government require it. 8. To annul tbe contract whenever the same or any part thereof is offered for sale ror the purpose of speculation ; aud under no circumstances will a trans fer of tre contract be allowed or sanctioned to any party who shall bo. lu 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 shall be a failure to perform faithfully any of lu sti pulations, or In case of a wilful attempt to impose opon the department Envelopes or Wrappers in ferior to sample. - ' 4. If tbe contractor to whom the first award may be made should fall to enter luto agreement and give satisfactory bonds, a herein provided, then the award may e annul ed and the contract let to tliv next low eat responsible bidder, and so on until tberequued agreement and bonds ate executed; a d such next lowest bidder suaU be required to fulfil every stipulation embraced herein as If he were the original party to, whom the contract was awarded. BIps , Should be securely enveloped and sealed, marked "Proposals for Stamped Envelopes and Newspaper Wrappers,' and addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General, Washington, D. O. r JOU.'l A. I CRE9WELL, 18 eod 13t ijritmaster-GeueraL PROPOSAL. DEPARTMENT OF PUBI-IO HIOUWAKS. - - Offics, No, 104 8. Fifth 8trrbt, , Pb ila telfb 1 J nl v 2)1, 1870. I NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED FROPOSAL8 will be received at tfioO'fT Office of the Chief Commlnnlonor ot Highways tif. until 11 o'clock A. M. on MONDAY, Auust l, aj -,r. for the construction of the following three-foot tewers, viz.: on tbe lino of . -WALLACE Street, from FIFTEENTH 1 to1'"'" SIXTEENTH Street; on ' -.-ft In - NORTH Street, from FIFTEENTH, to SIX-;'). ii TEENTH 8treetr on , EIGHTEENTH Street, from SPRING GAR-. , , DEN to attout 100 feet south of the south line of fSREF.N Street: rn '" OXFORD Street, from MASCHER to AMERt-l CAN Street: on , RANDOLPH Street, from GIRARD Avenue to , , THOMPSON Street; on . MORRId Street, from SEVENTH to EIGHT If Street: en " ' ' 8ANSOM Street, from THIRTr-EIGJTTH to THIRTY-SEVENTH, tbence on THIRTY- j, . SEVENTH Street south to WALNUT Street. BEACH Street, from GREEN to COATES Street: on ' ' LAWRENCE Street, from THOMPSON to' ' JEFFERSON Street; on .:; SIXTH Street, from THOMPSON to SUMMIT, north of JEFFER80N Street; on THIRD Street, from CULVERT 8treet to , " SUMMIT, north of George street, and on TWENTY-SECOND Street, from VINE o WOOD Street: on CLAY Street, from tbe sewer In TWELFTH , Street, westward to the angle in said CLAY ... , , . Street; on ' FIFTH Street and YORK Avenue, from"' GREEN to BUTTONWOOD Street; ou M SEVENTH Street from WILLOW to GREEN.! ,,, Street, with such manholes as may be directed by M t. the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. The under-.,,, ' standing to be that tbe sewers herein adver-, ' tieed are to be completed on or before the 8lst day of October, 1870. And tbe contractor! "" shall take bills prepared against the property's 1 ' 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 as so mach ,' cash paid; the balance, as limited by ordi-'1 ' nance, to be paid by tbe city; and the contractor - ' will be required to keep the street and sewerWt' ., In good order for three years after the sewer ia fit.lrhed. .. : " ' When the street is occupied ty a city passen- ' ger railroad track, the sewer shall he constructed " ' alongside of said track In such manner as not to .1 '; obstruct or interfere with the safe passage of tb',; i . cars thereon; and no claim for remuneration i,,', . , shall be paid the contractor by the company" using said track, as specified In Act of Assembly ' approved May 8, 1806. i.rjiirt Each proposal will be accompanied byncerK 'o ti Acute that a bond has bceu filed in the Lav '7 , j Department, as directed by ordinance of May .. 25, 1860. ,; ' If the lowest bidder shall not 1 execute 111 a contract within five dins after the work' ' is awarded, he will be deemed as declining, and i .1 will be held liable on his bond for the differ- , ence between his bid and the next lowest bid der. Specifications may be had 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 deemed satisfactory. , - All bidders may be present at the time and ' place of opening tbe said proposals. No al- lowance will be made for rock excavation, ' except by special contract. MAULON II. DICKINSON, i 7 28 3t Chief Commissioner of Highways. rpO CONTRACTORS AND GUILDERS. 8 BALED L PROPOS A Lb, Indorsed "Proposals for Building a Pobiic School-bouse In tbe Twentieth Ward," will be received by the undersigned at the office, south east corner of SIXTH and A DELPHI Streets, until THURSDAY, August 4, 18T0, at 18 o'clock M., for building a Publlo School-bonne on a lot of ground situate on Eleventh street, below Thompson, Twentieth ward. Said school-bongo to be built ia accordance with the plans of L. 1L Esler, Superiulcndent or School BulldtPBB, to be seen at the omce of the Board of Publlo Education. No bids will be considered unless accompanied by a certificate from tbe Oity Solicitor tnat the provi sions of an ordinance approved May 86, i860, have been complied with. The contract will be awarded only to known mas ter builders. By order of the Committee on Property. U. W. UALUWKLL T !0 S3 26 BOanljl Secretary. TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. SEALED PnOPCSALS. endorsed "Proposals for Building a Publlo School House In the Twenty first Ward," wlil be received by the undersigned, . at the office, southeast corner of SIXTH and A DEL PHI Streets, nntil THURSDAY, August 4. 1870, at 13 o'clock M., for bulldMJir a Pub Ho Sctiool House on a lot or ground situate on Washington street, Mana ynnk, Twenty-first ward. Said School House to be bulit in accordance with the plans or L. H. Esler, Superintendent or School Buildings, to be seen at the omce of the Board of Pobiic Education. Ho bids will be considered unless accompanied by a certificate from the City Solicitor that the provi sions of an ordinance approved May 26. 1660, hive oeen complied with. The contract will be awarded only to known master builders. Bv order of the Committee on Property. H. W. HALLIWELL, T 80 23 26 30 aul 4 Secretary. OITY ORDINANCES. COMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA, Clekk's Office, ) Philadklphia, July 8, 1870. ) In accordance with a resolution adopted by tbe Common Council of the city of Philadelphia on Thursday, the 7th day of July, 1870, t he annexed bill, entitled "An Ordinance to Create. a Loan for a House of Correction," Is hereby published for public information. John Eckstein, ' Clerk of Common Council. AN ORDINANCE To Create a Loan for a Houbo of Correction. - Section 1. The Select and Common Couucil of the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the Mayor of Philadelphia be and he is hereby authorized to borrow, at not less than par, ou ine credit of the city, from time to time, for a Houeo of Correction, five hundred thousand ; 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 1 July, at the office of tbe City Treasurer. Tbe ' principal of (aid loan shall be payable and paid at tbe expiration of thirty years from the dato of the same, and not before, without the conseut of the holders thereof; and tbe certificates therefor, In the usual form of the certificates of city loan, shall be Issued In such amounts as the 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 tbe loan therein mentioned and the interest thereof are payable free from all taxes. Section 2. Whenever any loan shall be made by virtue thereof, there shall be, by force of this ordinance, annually appropriated out of tbe in come ef the corpora' estates an I from the sum raised by taxatic a sum aufiictent to pay tbe interest on said certificates; and the further sum of three-tenths of one per centum on ih par value of such certificates so issued, shall be appropriated quarterly out of ald Income and taxes to a sinking fund, which fund and its ac cumulations are hereby especially pledged for the redemption aud payment of said 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 daily 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 Coroho tlon;" and tbe said Clerk, at tbe stated 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 shall have been made. 7 8 2lt JET GOODS, NKWTtST STYLES, DIXON'S, NoC si ti. L10HT1I Street. .10 !
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