THE DAILY PIVENING TELEGKAril PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1870.
RELIC-WORMir.
We all feel with tincere regret that in Mr.
Ditkens the country has recently lost one of
the most remarkable writers of the present
century. A favorable foreign critic of our
manners spoke villi approbation of the
warmth of public sentiment excited by his
death, and the patriotic pride thus indicated
in the glory of our most popular writor.
Against this we have nothing to say. The
memory of Mr. Dickens is naturally and
rightly Talued by a very large class, and no
thing can be more proper than tnat this
regard should be freely manifested. But with
the general and becoming expressions of re
gret there mingle some manifestations so
grotesque that it is impossible to pass them
over without a moment's notice. We find,
for example, that at a sale of Mr. Dickens'
property a Chinese gong sold for thirty-one
guineas, or about ten times its market
value. Certain silver ladles orna
mented with figures of the heroes of the
Tickwick Tapers" Bold for prices varying
from '23 to ',); from which it appears that
Mr. Pickwick is hold to be just three times
as valuable as "Winkle. The most remark
able price, however, was given for a stuffed
raven, the bird being, as we are toM, the
original; of "Grip" in "UarnabyKurtge," and
Belling in consequence for 1 'JO guineas. The
raven, we are informed, was not a very meri
torious animal himself; and though we must
confess ourselves to be anything but conipo
1 tent judges of the value of stuffed ravens,
we presume that he must have sold for at
least 240 times his natural valuo. Never was
raven bo highly honored before. We should
commend the anecdote to the consideration
of Mr. 13arnum, if that enterprising person
tjtill honors the world with his presence, and
would suggest to him tho propriety of dis
covering the original of Edgar Toe's raven. If
a still more during flight of imgination be
within his powers, perhaps he might discover
the bird of which Shakespeare was thinking
when he talked about the hoarse raven who
croaked the fatal entrance of Duncan. A
search through the farmhouses in the neigh
borhood of tStratford-on-Avon would surely
reveal some venerable bird which may be
supposed to have perched on the hand of the
divine Williams. Meanwhile we should
rather like to know what the fortunate pos
sessor of this animal will do with him. Of
course he will try in some way to get
guineas' worth of pleasure out of his ''inte
resting relic." He hopes, it may be, to be
knowu throughout tho metropolis as tho
fortunate holder of the raven. Tor
eome purposes it may possibly pay
to enjoy such notoriety. There is
the well-known case of the New York hatter,
who made his fortune by giving we forgot
how many dollars for admission to one of
Jenny Lind's concerts. But if he expects the
simple gratification of showing the bird to
his friends, and saying to every fresh visitor,
This is a raven which was doscribed by
Charles Dickens, we will warn him in a
friendly spirit that it is just possible that he
may become something of a bore, and that
rash persons will perhaps be found after a
time to declare that ravens ccscribed by Mr.
Dickens have a singular family resemblance
to those ravens which Mr. Dickens never
described. Meanwhile he had better take
means to identify his precious possession, for
if it is once generally known that a Barnuby
ltudge raven may fetch 120 guineas, the mar
ket will spcodily be glutted with true original
Barnaby Kudge ravens, and possibly the last
vestiges of a highly respectable rase of birds
may be extirpated from the .British islands.
Enough snuff-boxes have been made from
the wood of tho Iioial George to build two or
three nrsl-ralos, and the rope which hung
Palmer is said to have been some where about
& mile in length, if all the fragments .were
genuine. Wo fear that tho mind of (.heboid,
speculator may speedily be bumblod-by"a
wnoie iiock oi spurious lmiuiuous.
The worship of relics is undoubtedly a
common, though a very singular- and irra
tional, phenomenon. Sir Walter Scott, as we
know, had the misfortune to sit upon the
wineglass which his sacred Majesty King
George IV had sanctified with the touch of
his lips (a fate from which tho raven may, .we
will nope, be preserved), and thereby pro
matnrely squelched one relio of which the
market value at tho present day may be esti
mated by the curious. In some cases, in
. deed,- we can partially understand the feel
ing. The writing of a great man may be
characteristic; even the coat which he wore
may incidentally make our knowledge of him
a trifle more vivid; but when it comes to the
great man's raven, we can only wonder
in dumb surprise. Let us, however,
endeavor very shortly te estimate
the true value of this kind of
adoration. What is the state of mind of a
man who thinks that any trifle connected in
any way with one of Mr. Dickens' least popu
lar works deserves to be bought at so extrava
gant a price' Is it the kind of idolatry which
Mr. Dickens would have chosen himself, or
which his friends would desire to bo paid to
him? Or, wo would rather ask, is it a symp
tom that the admiration, though extravagant,
is of a healthy kind, or that it belongs to that
class of sentiment upon which the groat
Barnnm is alone worthy to bestow a name?
The proverbial valet might take an
interest in the shoes which ho has once
blacked for his hero; but tho valet's admira
tion is not generally supposed to be accord
ing to knowledge. In proportion as a people
values its great writers with a discriminating
zeal, or has a predominant desire to advertise
its admiration by ludicrous extravagance, we
may judge in some degree of the value of
popular enthusiasm, and possibly, in some
degree also, of the value of its object. From
this point of view even our raven-purchasing
friend may servo for a few minutes as the
text of some serious reflection.
Now, that Mr. Dickons was a man of extra
ordinary talents is too evident to be repeated.
Nobody ever possessed certain powers in a
higher degree, though whether he possessed
powers of the highest kind is of course an
other question. Nobody again iu this cen
tury, and perhaps no English writer in any
other century, has caused so many hearty
and innocent laughs. Nobody has ever shown
more remarkable powers of observation for
at least the superficial peculiarities of mankind.
The description of America in "Martin Chuz
sdewit," whether we call it a caricature or a
likeness, may be considered as a literary feat
quite nnparalloled in its way, especially when
we remember his very limited opportunities
for collecting the necessary materials. This
indeed is so obvious as to be commonplace.
Whether his work or any large part of it is
destined to occupy a very high place in our
permanent literature, and whether our grand
children will find his hnmor as irresistible as
we have found it in the present generation,
wast be decided by time and by prophetic
critics. Taking Mr. Dickens, however, at the
valuation of his warmest admirers, there is
ecaroely enough at first sight to account for
the grotesque acts of his relic-hunting idola
tors. It may indeed be said of Mr. Dickens,
auDcrkeeaid of Ucorge GreoylUe and the
House of Commons, that he hit the middle
classes of the country between wind and
water. His hnmor and hia pathos were pre
cisely on the level of their capacities; and if
he scarcely appealed to the deeper emotions
of human nature, he struck the notes to
which the feelings of a very numerous body
of mankind most naturally vibrated. But we
do not worship a man because he has made us
laugh very heartily, or even because he has
sometimes caused u to shed rather easy
tears. Belies, it would seem, presuppose a
saint; and the fancy in the minds of ardent
persons is apparently that there was a sort
of inherent virtue in Mr. Dickens which
communicated itself even to his stuffed
ravens, and gave a certain sanctity
expressible, of course, in terms of current
money to the most trivial objects which he
had touched. He is to be reverenced not
merely as tho groat humorist or the graphic
describer of men and manners, but as a pow
erful moral toacher, who helped to spread
the spirit of true religion throughout the
world. We need not remark that the hooiago
which showed itself in buying stuffed ravens
for extravagant sums would bo inappropriate
enough to such a character; but, so far is we
can understand, that was the idea ri . j pre
sent to the minds of these er": . ,.a-ts, t ho
sought to find expression far it after their
own singular fashion.
Is it, then, right or healthy to regard Mr.
Dickens in this light ? Various preachers of
reputation seem to have thought that they
might as well make a little capital out of a
national loss, and turn some of the tide of
emotion to the driving of thoir own wheels.
Various appropriate sermons were preached
with all desirable promptitude, and the asser
tion was made in various forms that Mr.
Dickens was one of the chief teachers of the
day. So far as this is a fine way of saying
that he had provided the public with a great
quantity of thoroughly innocent literature,
nobody of course could dispute his claim to
the title. We may admit, too, that Mr.
Dickens showed a thoroughly kindly nature
in every line that he wrote, and that his
sentiment, if rather too obvious, was honest
and right as far as it went. Yet all this
scarcely entitles a man to the sort of praise
which belongs to great moral reformers. A
man who has sacrilied his life or health or
moans to the elevation of his fellow-creatures
doserves some special gratitude. Mr. Dick
ens, so far as the public is aware, was not
called upon to make any such sacrifices, and
most properly applied his talents to the work
for m hich they were fittest, that of writing
exceedingly amusing novels, and received the
appropriate rewards of admiration and solid
profit. Did he preach any new truths or
throw any special light upon the difficult
problems of the time ? That is what his
most zealous admirers would scarcely claim,
lie attacked certain abuses without always
undeistandiBg them very thoroughly; he
gave utterance to the good commonplace
middle-class sentiment to that kind of doc
trine which ieoplo have in their minds when
they propose to 2rovide a sound Christianity
by cutting out every dogma to which any
particular sect objects, and which may be
defined as the cultivation of "geniality," and
tho avoidance of all the deeper and uioro
melancholy emotions. It was his chief fault
that he played with sentimental situations in
a way that seems to imply an absence of very
profound feeling. lie fails to be truly
pathetic, because we do not seethe agony
wrung out of a strong man by the inevitable
wrongs and sorrows of the world, but the
easy yielding of a nature that rather likes a
little gentle weeping. Mr. Tickwick, with
his love of mankind, stimulated by milk-
ftuncb, is not the most elevated tj pe of phi
anthropy, though it is one which is unfortu
nately prevalent at the present day. In these
respects Mr. Dickens' influence tended
rather towards a softening of the moral fibre
than towards strengthening it. If religious
teaching is to confine itself to producing a
brotherly kindness which at times verges
upon the maudlin, and always shrinks from
strong measures, his teaching would be unim
peachable. No doubt tho tendency to such
doctrine shows as verymiabledisposition.
It is pleasanter to treat social sores with a
nice soft poultice of good feeling than to nse
the surgeon's knife; but the temper of mind
indicated is only too common, without further
prompting; and we are only too apt to be
effeminate without being assured that the
whole duty of man will be summed up in
yielding to our propensity.- If, therefore,
Mr. Dickens was to be taken as a preacher,
we should not hold that his preaohing was of
the kind most wanted. But, at any rate, we
do not feel called upon to fall down and
worship him because he incidentally incul
cated a morality which was harmless and
benevolent; and the preachers who provoke
the comparison, and the relic-hunters who
apparently accept the verdict, do a real injury
to his fame by advancing untenable claims
in its support.
An American preacher has with singularly
good taste discussed tho question whether
Mr. Dickens was a Christian. Upon that
topic, or upon the virtues of his personal
character, we do not feel inclined to spoak;
we are squeamish enough to fancy that such
discussions are blighlly indecorous. We can
only take the morality preached in his publio
works, of which every man is at liberty to
form an opinion. And though wo may admit
it to be perfectly harmless, and to provide a
pleasant stock of maxims for people who wish
to get through the world quietly and easily,
we cannot hold that it was of that stimu
lating and invigorating character which is
most to be desired, or which would entitle its
organ to be considered, as on that account, a
great benefactor of mankind. We rather
feel that it is poor food for the soul of man,
and that the preachers who have identified it
with their own highest aspirations have not
raised our opinion of their insight into tho
wants of the age. Thinking as we do that
Mr. Dickens deserves a high place in litera
ture, we are not prepared to see him placed
on a pedestal appropriate to the great teachers
of mankind, and honored with that kind of
homage. Certainly we don't think that his
raven was worth I'M guineas.
Fisuiko at Thousand Islands. A gossipy
correspondent of the Cincinnati ( kronide
gives an entertaining sketch of the delights
of fishing among the Thousand Islands of the
St. Lawrence. The fishermen here have
splendid boats, supply you with all necessary
tackle, and act as guides to the fishing
grounds, as well m guide you in and out of
the labyrinths of islands that seem hopolessly
complex to the stranger. Tho landlord at
the hotel makes a specialty of fixing up nice
lunches, and the oarsmen agree, before leav
ing the hotel, at what particular island, six or
ten miles away, the jxu ty will meet at 1
o'clock. And lathis point, loaded with bass,
pickerel, and nmkalloiige, we tend about tho
appointed hour. The boalmen are experi
enced cooks, and noon tho lunch is sproa 1,
the coffee boiling, and the odor of frying
pickerel and broiling bass increases the already
vigorous appetites.
The style of fishing here is mostly by troll
ing. Two poles are set, with lines ea:h one
hundred feet long. : These you need not
handle except, when the fish strike them.
The third line of one hundred and twenty
feet from the fetern; you hold in the hand as
you go sailing around the rocks, cliffs, and
shady little bays that every few minutes un
expectedly open to the beholder. 1 have
never had finer fishing or more enjoyed the
scenery than upon the great St, Lawrence.
I have been accustomed to coll the Ohio and
Mississippi river; but the St.' Lawrence,
ranging from eight to ten miles in width,
and from rive to ten times the depth of cither,
neither rising nor falling more than a few
feet from one year's end to the other, makes
either of them but sewers in comparison.
The water is beautifully clear, and at a
depth of ten feet you can see tho white rocks
that mark a large portion of its bottom. It
abounds in fish. Black bass, pickerel, and
muskallonge are kinds mostly captured by the
hook. The muskallonge is thought to be of
the finest flavor; and most sought after by the
fishermen perhaps the more from the idea
that they are a gamier fish, and are more sel
dom caught than others, and require more
careful management after they are hooked to
save them for your string. The largest fish I
caught was a pickerel, which weighed six
and a half pounds. The bass raued from
one to four pounds.
A Newfoundland Fish Sronv. We finl
the following in a letter to the New York
Kctixing JW: One of those glib-tongucd,
stout dames, a well-known "character," noted
for her ready wit and unscrupulous sharpness
in bargain-making, presonted herself one
morning at the door of the late Komin
Catholic Bishop with a Hue salmon iu her
basket. I mny as well say that her name was
Teg Stack for Teg does not care a button
about her name appearing in the pagos of the
Ectniiiy Post. His lordship happened
to be about the entrance, and Teg
plied all her tongue power to induce
the Bishop to purchase hor fish. Her
praises of the "craythur," as she called
the salmon, were loud and profuse. She
begged his lordship to remark its splendid
development of shoulder, but, above all, the
unusual plumpness of the abdominal region,
showing that it must have oome of good stock
and been well brought up. "None o' yir poor
starved things, as thin as a horrin' not fit
for a jintleman's table." When the fish came
to be weighed, it certainly justified Teg's
enlogium; its weight, in fact, quite astonished
his lordship, considering the size of the fish.
Teg got her money and departed in triumph.
Soon after the cook proceeded to operate on
the salmon, and to her horror and amazement
she found its whole interior closely packed
with sniootn, water-worn pebbles, liie im
pious Teg, reckless of consequences in the un
seen hereafter, braving all purgatorial pains
and penalties, had actually cheated his lord
ship the bishop in this barefaced fashion.
Naturally one would have fancied that Peg,
after such a transaction, would be shy of the
"palace" door for some time. But no! II w
lordship saw the audacious Peg the very next
day ascending the steps of his mausion with
another salmon for sale, and apparently as
unconscious of any wrong and as placidly in
nocent as a babe. With a stern countenance
his lordship opened the door himself, and let
loose the floodgates of his wrath upon Teg's
devoted head, reproaching her severely with
her Bhameful dishonesty. But Fog quailed
not before the storm. She held up her bauds
and called upon ail the saints in heaven to
witness her innocenoe, and repudiated the
vile charge made against her. The bishop's
wrath then became terrible, and in stern
tones he demanded to be informed whence
came the four pounds of pebbles with
which tho salmon was stuffed. "Arrah !
shuro, yer lordship ought J to know by this
time," replied the imperturbable Peg, "that
the salmon, the craythurs, always take in
ballast when a gale of wind is risin'; and,
more betoken, doesn't your lordship remem
ber that there was a bad blast of &n easterly
wind the very night before the beauty was
cotched; and ye see he hadn't time to get his
ballast throwed overboard before he was
hooked." The Bishop was a good-natured
man at bottom, and dearly loved a joke. This
was too much for his gravity. He burst into
an uncontrollable fit of laughter; and the in
corrigible Peg saw in a moment that the day
was her own. It is said that she dined that
day sumptuously in the "palase" kitchen; and
many a time afterward did his lordship sot
bis guests in a roar by narrating, in his own
inimitable manner, the story of "Peg Stack
and tne ballasted salmon.
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Y3l alUNDY A HOFFMAN,
COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OP ALL
numbers and brands. Tent, Awning, Trunk,
and Wagon-cover Duck. Also, Paper Alanufao
turers' Drier Felts, from thirty to seventy-sLi
Ibc w!tfl Paallns, Hel'.lDg. 811 Twine, etc
' JOHN W. JSVEUMAN,
Ji :0 CHVK'-'H tf'.rwt iCV Core.),
PROPOSALS.
rROrOKAt-S FOR i BTAMrEH ENVELOPES
AND NEWSPAPER WRATPJIRS.
TOUT OTTIC DKFaRTJIKKT, July 11, 1S70.
SEALED PROPOSALS wiU he received nntll 1
o'clock M., on the nth day of Angus t, 187(1, for
famishing ail the "Stamped Envelope" and "News
paper Wrappers' which this Department may re
quire during a period of four U) years, commencing
on the 1st day of oitobcr, l70, via :
STAMPED ENVELOPES.
No. 1. Note size, i by BJ' inches two qnalltletfe
No. ?. Ordinary letter size, 8 Me by 6. inches
three qualities.
No. 3. Fun letter sIko, tJi by b Inches three
qualities.
No. 4. Full letter slzs (for circulars), ungummed
on flap, ii'j by B v Inches ono quality.
No. &. Extra letter size, i)i by ,', Inches three
qnallties.
No. , Extra letter size, 3)tf by 6' inches (far cir
culars.) ungnmmert on flap one qualllty.
No. J. Oillclal size, S 16-10 by Inches two quali
ties. No. 8. Extra ofllclal size, 4;; by lOJi' inches one
quality.
STAMTED NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS.
Six and a llvo-elghths by 9j inches iround cut)
one quality.
EMEOSSINO, WATER-MARKS, PRINTING,
RL'LINO PAPER HTYLE OF
MANUFACTURE.
All of the aiwvo Envelopes and Wrappers must lie
embassed with postage stamps, of such denomina
tions, stylos, and colors, must have such water
marks or other devices to prevent Imitation, and
bear such printing and rulfng as the Postiuaster
Oeneral mny direct. The envelopes must be made
In the most thorough manner, emai In every respect
to the samples furnished to bidders by the Depart
ment, Tho paper mast bo of approved quality,
specially manufactured for the purpose.
Whenever envelopes are order of the styles known
as "Black-lined-' or "Self-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 tno use of
patented inventions for said lined or ruled
envelopes.
DIES.
The dies for embossing the postage stamps on
tho envelopes and wrappers are to be executed ta
the satisfaction of the Postmaster-i General, lu the
best style, and tliey are to be provided, renewed
and kept in order at the expense of the contractor
The Department reserves the right of requiring new
dies for any stamps, or denominations of stumps
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 tho Department. The use of the
present dies may or may not be continued.
The dies shall be safely and securely kept by tho
contractor, and should tho use of any of them bo
temporarily or permanently discontinued tliey shall
be promptly turned over to the Department, or Its
agent, as tho Fostniaster-Oencral may direct.
SU.M.
The envelopes must bo thoroughly and perfectly
gummed, the gunimlng.on the Cup of each (except
for circulars) to be put on by hand not less than half
an Inch the cntlro length ; the wrappers to bo alHO
hand-gummed not less than three-fourths of an Inch
in wldiii across the end.
SKCL'hITY FROM FIRE AND THEFT.
Bidders are notified that the Department will nv
quire, as a condition of the contract, that the en.
velopes and wrappers shall be manufactured and
stored In such a manner as to Insure security against
loss by Ore or theft.
The manufactory m'.ist at all times be subiect to
tne inspection or an agent or tno Department, who
win require tne supinations oi tao cantract to be
faithfully observed.
PACEJNO.
All envelopes and wrappers must be binded in
Darrein of twcntv-llvf. and narkiM In Kfrnmr niat...
board or straw boxes, securely bound on all tho
eages ana corners witn cotton ana linen cloth, glued
on, each to contain not loss than two hundred and
City of the note and letter sizes, and one hundred
cacti oi me oniciai or extra oillclal size, separately.
The newspaper wrappers to be packed in bxes, to
contain not less than two hundred and fift i-ii.
The boxes are to bo wrapped and securely fastened
In strong manllla paper, and sealed, so as to safely
bear transportation by mall for delivery to post
masters. When two thousand or more envelopes
are required to 1111 tho order of a postmaster, the
straw or pasteboard boxes containing tho same
must bs 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 bo furnished by an agent of the De
partment, must be placed upou each package by the
contractor. Wooden cases, containing envelopes
or wrappers, to bo transported by water routes,
must bo provided with suitable water-prooiing. The
whole to bo done under the inspection and direction
of an agent of the Department. .
DELIVERY.
The envelopes and wrappers must be furnished
and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete
In all respects ready for use, and in such quantities
as may bo required to nil the daily orders of post
masters; the deliveries to be mado either at tho Post
Oillcc Department, Washington, D. C, oratthe ottlee
of an agent duly authorized to Inspect and receive
the same; tho place of delivery to bo at the option
of tho I'ostmaster-Gcneral, and the cost of deliver
ing, as well as all expense of storing, packing, ad
dressing, labelling, und water-proofing to be paid by
the contractor.
SAMPLES.
Specimens of the envelopes and wrappers for
which proposals aro invited, showing the dlil'erent
qualities and colors of pnper required, the cuts,
and style of gumming, with blank forms of bills,
may be had on application to the Third Assistant
Postmaster-Oeneral.
This advertisement and a specimen of the sample
envelopes and wrapper furnished by the department
must be attached io 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 parties.
AWARD AGREEMENT BONDS.
The contract will bo awarded to the lowest re
sponsible bidder for all the envelopes and wrap
pers, the prices to bo calculated on the basis of tne
number used of the several grades during the last
liscal year, which was as follows :
Note size 1,469,250
Letter size, first quality tW.wi.Nx)
Letter size, second quality 6,9Si,7M
Letter size, second quality (ungummed). . . . 3,6i8,ooo
Extra letter size, first qualify 6,sll3,7&o
Extra letter size, second qaality (un
gummed) M,000
Oillclal size M'J.900
Extra oillclal size 3,tue
Newspaper wrappers 4,930,230
Total S0.2S9.500
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 truo intent and meaning, and
shall make, execute, and deliver, subject to tho
approval and acceptance of tho Postmaster-Uene-ral,
bonds with good and suMlclent sureties la the
sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (t'ioo.ooo)
as a forleiture for the faithful performance of said
agreement or contract, according to the pro
visions and subject to the liabilities of the seven
teenth section of an act ef Congress entitled
"An act legalizing and making appropriation for
such necessary objects as have been usually Included
in tho general appropriation bills without authority
of law, and tonx and provide fer certain Incidental
expenses of the departments and onlces of the Gov
ernment, and for other purposes," (United States
Statutes at Large, vol. 5, page 266), approved August
SO, 1S4-4, which act provides that In case the con
tractor shall fall to comply with the terms of his
extract, "ho and his sureties' shall be liable for
the forfeiture specliled in such contract as liqui
dated damages, to be sued for in the name of the
United States iu any court having jurisdiction
thereof.'
RESERVATIONS. -The"
Postmaster-General reserves to liluiael tho
following rights:
1. To reject any and all bids, If, In his Judgment,
tho Interests of the Government require it.
To annul the contract whenever the same or
any part thereof la oitcrod for sale for the purpose of
speculation ; and under no circumstances will atrans
fcr of the contract bo allowed or sanctioned to any
arty who shall bo, In the opinion of the Postmaster
eneral, less ablo to fultlll the conditions thereof
than the original contractor.
8. To annul the contract, if, In Ills Judgment, there
shall be a failure to perform faithfully any of its sti
pulations, or In case of a wilful attempt to impotte
upon the Department Envelopes or Wrappers lu
ferlor to sample.
4. If the contractor to whom the first award may
be made should full to enter iuto agreement and
give sa' sfuctory bonds, us herein provided, then
the award may oe annul cd aud the contract let to
tl.e next loweat responsible bidder, and so on until
the requited agreement and bonds are executed;
urd such next lowest bidder shall bo required to
fulfil every stipulation embraced herein as if he
were the original purty to whom the contract was
awarded. Bjrs .
Should be securely enveloped and sealed, marked
")ropf;sals for Staiupod Envelopes aud Newspaper
Wrappers,'' and addressed to th.j Third Assistant
Postmaster-Oeneral, Washington, D. C.
JoliH A. J. CRK8WELL,
la.ooo" !3t i w-iaaster-oeucral.
PROPOSALS.
TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. KALK
PROPOSALS, Indorsed "Proposals for UnUdlnp
a Pnbllc School-bouse In the Twentieth Ward," will
be received by the undersigned at the office, south
east corner of BIXTH ant ADELPHI ftmets, nntll
THURSDAY, August 4, 1S70, at 19 o'clock M., for
building a Public School-house on a lot of ground
situate on Eleventh street, below Thompson, '
Twentieth ward.
Said school-house to be built In accordance with
the plans of L. H. Es'.er, Superintendent of School
Buildings, to be seen at the otllce of the Board of
Public Education.
No bids will be considered unless accompanied by
a certificate from the i;ity ?ollcltor that the provi
sions of an ordinance approved May vt, ltxJO, have
been complied with.
The contract will be awarded only to known mas
ter builders.
By order of the Committee on Property.
U. W. UALLIWELL
7 80 S3 20 SOaul 4 Secretary.
rpo CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
1 SEALED PROPOSAL, endorsed "Proposals for
Building a Publio School House In the Twenty.
tlrnt Ward," will be received by the undersigned,
at the oilleo, southeast corner of SIXTH and ADEL
PHI Streets, nntll THURSDAY, August 4, 1S70, at
12 o'clock M., for bulldisg a Publio School Iloune on
a lot of uround situate on Washington street, Mana-
Said i
J, i weui v-uiat wjsiu.
aid School House to be built In accordance with
i plans of L. II. Esler, Superintendent of School
thei
Building, to be seen at tho office of the Board of
rumic r.iiucntion.
No bids will be considered unless accompanied by
a certificate from tho City Solicitor that the provi
sions of an ordinance approved May 25, lsoo, have
ocen compiled with. Tln contract will be awarded
only to known master builders.
By order of the Committee on Property.
II. W. HALLIWELL,
7 20 23 20 30 aul 4 Se' retary.
CITY ORDINANCES.
COMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA,
Clerk's Office, )
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, tho
annexed bill, entitled "An Ordinance to Create
a Loon for n House of Correction," is hereby
published for public Information.
Joun Eckstein,
clerk of Common Council.
AN O K DIN AN C E
To Create a Loan for a House of Correction.
Section 1. Tho Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That tho
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 tho
rate of six per cent, per annum, shall be paid
half yearly on tho first days of January and
July, at the ofllce of the City Treasurer. Tho
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 tho usual form of tho certificates of
city loan, shall bo issued in such amounts as tho
lenders may require, but not fr any fractional
fart of ono hundred dollars, or, if required,
n amounts of five hundred or one thousand
dollars; and it shall be expressed in said certifi
cates that the loan therein mentioned and tho
Interest thereof are payablo free from all taxes.
Section 2. Whenever any loan shall be mado
by virtue thereof, there shall be, by force of thla
ordinance, annually appropriated out of the.iu
coino of the corpora estates and from tho
sum raised by taxatiou a sum sufficient 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
the redemption aud payment of said certifi
cates. RESOLUTION TO PUBLISH A LOAN
AV BILL.
Resolved, That tho 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 Correc
tion;" and the said Clerk, at the 6tatcd meeting
of Councils after the expiration of four weekj
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 6hall
Lave been mado. 7 8 24t
WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETC
jXpNlS LAD 0 ALUS & CfT
f DIAMOND DEALERS A JEWELEKS.
It WATCUES, ,inELUI M DlLYItt nAME.
VWATOHES and JEWELRY REPAIRED.
N:r02 Chestnnt St., Phtt.
ladies' and Gents1 Watches,
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED,
Of the most celebrated makers.
TINE VEST CHAINS AND LEONTINE3,
In 14 and ls-karat.
DIAMOND and other Jewelry of the latest designs.
Engagement and Wedding Kings. In lS-karat and
coin.
Solid Silver-Ware for Bridal Presents, Table Cut
lcry, Plated Ware, etc. n s finw
r WILLIAM B. WAUNB A CO..
(YvTV Wholesale Dealers In
ilUi WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
K F. corner 8EVENTU and CHESNL'T Streets,
8 Second floor, and late of No. 86 S. THIRD B5.
CLOCKS.
In vx lB CLOCKS.
MARBLK CLOCKS.
BRONZB CLOCKS.
UOUOOO OLOOKS.
VIENNA REGULATORS.
AMERICAN LOOKS
. W. KINSL-LL,
Wo. 22 KOKTII SIXTH STREET.
WHISKY, WINE, ETO.
QHOiCE TABLE
CLARETS.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
De&ler in Kin CrootriM.
11 T Oornw ELEVENTH and VTNB Btr U. '
QAR8TAIR8 & McCALL,
No. 126 Walnut and 21 Granite Sti.,
IMPORTERS OF
Brandies, Winei, Gin, Olive Oil, Etc,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
PURE RYE WHISKIES.
IN HONP AND TAJ PAID. MM
WILLIAM ANDERSON A CO., DEALERS
TV la ITins WhiaklM,
Ha. I4i North SECOND Btrwt,
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF 8APK
J. WATSON & SON,
10OI tb UU firm of EVANS k WATSON. I n
I T KB AND BURGLAR-PROOF
SAFE S T O It 12,
No. 53 SOUTH FOURTH 8TREET,
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