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THE DAILY. EVENING :. TELEGRAPH PllLADELPIIIA; MONDAY, AUGUST 81870.
TLE MANX JIU'JQ.
A correspondent of the TalZ Ifall Garctte
fives the following fcocount of curious an
cient ceremony in the Me of Man:
Few Englishmen know that, within six
koura eail from the port of Liverpool, the
indent custom of the Ruler, hiu Council,
and the Commons meeting together in the
open air to proclaim the law to the people
standing around is still maintained. The
present constitution, indeed, of the Isle of
Man represents that of its Tentonio conqner
ors with a most remarkable fidelity. The
Lieutenant-Governor is the representative of
the king, and takes an oath "to deal truly
and uprightly between our Sovereign lady the
Qjeen and her people;" "and as indifferently
betwiit party and party as this staff now
etandeth." lie is assisted by two Demesters,
or supremo judges, "who must deem the law
truly as they will answer to the Lord of the
Isle." On their admission to office they
swear that they "will administer the laws
of this ' Isle impartially, and betwixt
party and party as indifferently as the
herring backbone doth lie in the midst
of the fish." This, of course, points to
the trade which from time out of mind has
been the most important in the inland. The
Demesters, together with the Vicar-General,
who represents the Bishop, and other officers
appointed by the Crown, compose the coun
cil. The House of Keys consists of twenty
four "men of the isle" elected by the people,
and corresponds exactly with our House of
Commons, their titlo being derived from
"Kiare as feed," the Mr.nx lor four-and-twenty.
Until recently the vacancies were
tilled r.p by the House, but now the ancient
and more popular usage has been restored in
consequence of a lawsuit. Thus the mo
narchic, aristocratic, and democratic elements
of Government, which Mr. Treeman terms a
common Aryan possession, are represented
in this island; and the three estates of the
realm meet together on the eve of Old Mid
summer day, the .rth of -IrAy, in each year,
to proclaim the laws from the Tyne-wald-mount
to the assembled islanders,
according to the ancient practice of
the Teutonic Thing. It is almost needless to
remark that the mound owe its name to the
Thing which is held in the wald, weald, or
the field. It was my good fortune to have
been present at the Thing or Tynewald-court,
as it is termed, last week, and I now give a
short account of what was to be seen. The
present ceremonies have changed wonder
fully little since the days of Sir John Stanley,
in 1417, and no law becomes valid until pro
claimed in the Tynewald-court. The mound
itself, also, and its surroundings are very in
teresting from an antiquarian point of view,
for they have an important bearing on the
vexed question of the antiquity of similar
remains elsewhere.
"We drove along the road from Douglass
that winds upwards past the little church of
Braddan, between the hills, until after run
ning close under a scarped hill-side, it passes
into the valley of St. John, in which the
church and hamlet of that name and the
Tynewald-mount stand round a umall level
common. This was crowded with country
folk, who had brought horses an! cattle for
uale or who were bent upon pleasure in the
many booths around with visitors impelled
thither by curiosity, and with tha notabilities
who had to take part in the ceremony. The
whole aspect of the scene was that of a fair, as
indeed it really was. For tuo gathering to
gether of people at the Thing had manifestly
Jed to the institution of the fair of St. John.
On the east side of the common is the small
modern cruciform church, with a fragment of
a Kunic inscription on one of its walls; and
from its west door a broad path, with sunk
walls on either side, leads directly to the foot
of the Tynewald-mount, about two hundred
yards away. The latter is covered with
greensward and surrounded with a low
sunken wall, and out into four platforms,
each rising three feet above the other. The
width of the lowest is eiiht feet; of the se
cond six; of the third four, while the top is
sixteen feet across. Steps lead up from the
path to the Bumniit on its eastern side. The
circumfereuce of its base is 214 feet. The
wall surrounding it is modern, but apparently
it is merely a restoration of a much older
utructure, of which the vestiges remained
when T jbertson wrote bia tour in 17'.. On
the wLole, the mount bears so striking re
semblance to a Buddhist tope as would glad
den the heart of Mr. Fergusson.
The ceremony began by the Governor, his
council, and the House of Keys attending
divine service in St. John's Church. After
this was ended, they went in procession down
the path leading to the mound, the company
of soldiers which formed the garrison of the
island keeping back the crowd, and present
ing arms to the Governor. The clergy took
the lead, then came the Vicar-General, the
two Demesters, the bearer of the S word of
State, the Governor, the Clerk of the Rolls,
the Keys, and the Captains of the parishes.
The House of Keys and the captains ranged
themselves on either Bide the steps leading up
to the top of the mound, while the Governor
and his Council proceeded to the top, which
was covered over with a tent, and there the
Governor sat in full uniform with his face
to the east, and the Sword of State held up
before him, while the titles of the laws
passed within the year since last meeting
were proclaimed to the peoplo standing
around, who received them with hurrahs.
Then the Governor, Council, and Keys pro
ceeded to the church, where they signed and
ratified the laws. Such is the mode of pro
cedure now, and considering the change in
the habits of the people and the modes
of thought during the last five hnndred years
&nd more, and the many times that the
island has changed masters, it has not mate
rially been altered sinoe the days of Sir John
Stanley. In his time, according to the "Lex
Scripta"of the Isle of Man, it was as follows:
Our dooghtfull ,lord and gratious. This is the
constitucous of the ouM tyme, the which we have
eon In our dayes, how you shalle be governed upon
your Tjnewald dayes. First, you shall come thither
royally and In your royal arraye, as a klnge ougut to
doe by the prerogatives and royalties of the land of
Man; upon the Tyue wald sitt in a chalre covered
with a royail cloth and tiulshines, and your visage
nnto the east, your sword before you holden wiU
the point upward, your barons sitttnge in tnefr
degree beside you, and your beneOced men and
your demesters sitting before you and your darken
and your own knights, esquires, and yeomen in
wmge aooot you In their degree, and the woitbiest
men in your land to be called in before your denies
eters if they will anke anything of them and to he-ra
the governance of your land and your will, and fie
touinioues to staud without in a circle in lha fol.le.
It ia indeed a remarkable fact that so much
of the form and of the power of the ancient
Thing should have been preserved within the
realm of Great Britain. There is hardly
another place in Europe in which the old
mode of government has been maintained ho
long with so little change.
The Tynewald-mound must Lave beau a
Bacred spot long before the first Thing was
held there in 1577. "Within fifty yards of it
are two tumuli, one of which is ploughed
down, and is now hid beneath the growing
corn. The stone chamber within it yielded
two silver rings, beads of Eastern workman.
diip, and a few bronze ornaments and iron
weapons, which, with the i:epticn of the
last, are in the Jem. via Street Museum. The
silver rings and the Eastern beads point to a
date not so far back as the bronze age, but to
a time when the Fagnn Vikings harried the
shores of the Mediterranean, and returned
laden with the spoils of the South. A second
tumulus, thirty yards to the west, has been
eut through by a road, and in the section
the stone chamber within is admirably
shown, the capstone still resting en the
tabular masses of . rock which compose
the sides. A third tumulus, about half a
mile' off, was explored about ten years ago,
and gave occasion to a very remarkable in
stance of superstition. The disturbance of
the human skeletons in it was considered
very unlucky, and to avert the evil conse
quences of the act, the farmer on whose land
the tumulus stood actually burnt a heifer.
This certainly must be the last case of a burnt
sacrifice being offered in Britain. To this
feeling the remarkable preservation of the
Manx tumuli is due, and I heartily wish a
similar superstition had prevented the ruth
less destruction of . the like monuments in
England. The Tynewald-mound itself is pro
bably, like its fellows, a tumulus over the
grave of some Teutonic chief, Certp'n'y no
more fitting place could be found l . J'ljing
than that which is surroundc '. . y the toixbs
of those heroes who establihhod civil freedom
in Europe. I would advise Mr. Fergusson
to inquire whether these tumuli cannot be
connected with the conquest of the is'and by
H arald the Fairhaired.
Bntnr.s and Grooms at Kiaoat.a. A letter
from Niagara says: June is a favorite month
for Cupid's victims to take the bonds, and so
accustomed have the hotel proprietors be
come to the influx of sribjects for future
divorces daring this month, that they
make many changes in their general
rules and bill of fare for that month whi:h
are, of course, obnoxious to him who has been
through the mill and arrived at that period of
life where roast beef goes farther towards
satisfying one's appetite than a dozen
kisses on the half shell. One veteran
landlord informs us that the expenses
of the hotel business during Brides
Month (Juno) are much less than at any
other time during the season, for, said he,
' 'a little sponge-cake and a few lemon drops
serve as a square meal for a newly-married
couple, and it don't make any difference
whether the waiters are attentive or not,
while one chambermaid can attend to nil bell
calls duriBg the month." What could be more
beautiful than this touching tribute to pure
affection from the lips of the aged landlord ?
But there are a few come here in July that
bear the tell-tale marks of a new wedded
bliss. It is easy to detect them, however, in
spite of the assumed boldness of the bride
groom. I sa-r a couple enter
the vestibule of the Cataract
House last evening, who hoped to escape
the criticism of "bride gazers," but the dis
guise was too thin, and in five minutes both
stood revealed in all their deceitful imagery.
True, there was an absence of white dimity
and feathers, of silk hat and too tight gloves
and boots, the usual signs of fresh victims,
and when the lady snappishly exclaimed,
"Where's my fan, Mr. Glidden ?" the delu
sion seemed complete, for the usual remark
would have been, "George, dear, have you
seen my fan ?" But I was not to be deceived
by appearances, and. stepping to the clerk's
office, awaited the arrival of this traveller
under false pretenses, ne came bold as a
sheep seized the pen, and wrote with a
trembling hand, "Mr. George S. Glidden and
wife, Allemagoolum, Fa."
"Do you wish a suite of rooms ?" said the
urbane clerk, as he turned the Koh-i-noor upon
his shirt bosom so as to blind the unsuspect
ing Glidden with its rays.
"No!" thundered the latter, "I'm married;
one room will do. I've got through paying
for two rooms now."
"All right, sir," said the clerk; "show him
to the bridal chamber next to the divorce
apartment." As he stepped into the elevator
previous to going up to the aforesaid chamber
I heard him say: "I told you so, Emeline;
it was that blasted perfumery you put on my
handkerchief that did it. The minute that
hotel clerk got a sniff at that, ha! says he,
'Patchouly? Show 'em up to the bridal
chamber'; by which we were left to infer that
Fatohouly and bridegrooms are linked to
gether in some mysterious manner known
only to hotel clerks.
Australian Yield of Gold. The mine
ral statistics of Victoria for the year 1KC9
have just been published, and show a falling
off in the yield of gold in the past as com
pared with the previous year of 31C,G5i) oz.,
while the mean number of miners employed
was greater in lbO'J than in 18(J8 by 4407.
These figures can only be accepted as an ap
proximation to the truth. Since the end of
1807 there has been no gold export duty to
collect, and the Custom House returns, which
form almost the only means of ascertaining
the quantity of gold raised, axe now of much
less value than they used to be. With
a view to the testing of these returns,
the Mining Department compares
the results obtained from them with
the figures furnished by the mining survey
ors and mining registrars, "whose informa
tion is derived from the books of the bank
managers on the several gold fields." But
this test does not seem to be of much use,
since the yield of 1803, as ascertained by the
last-mentioned process, exceeds thatgiven in
the customs returns by no less than OU.yi'J
ounces. When we consider how many diffi
culties beset the collection of information
which the public have no inducement to sup
ply, but which there may be strong business
reasons for withholding, it becomes clear that
the information collected by the mining sur
veyors in regard to the yield of gold can be
little better than guesswork, and we shall
therefore accept the Custom House re
turns as the nearer approximation to
the facts of the case. In explanation
of the falling off in the yield last year,
the Secretary of Mines reminds us that the
year 1(1S was remarkable for the large
quantity of gold exported; but a further rea
son is to be found in the eagerly speculative
Fpirit with which mining was pursued during
a portion of last year, which caused much
capital to be locked up in new and uncertain
ventures which would have been more pro
fitably employed in working ground that had
already been explored and proved moderately
remunerative. There is nothing in the fa ;ts
diBchised by the statistic before us to cause
anxiety in regard to the future of. onr great
producing industry. The gros yield in lsd!)
was not much below that of 1KG7, and the
net piotit that accrued was pobably greater,
Finco Ibe cost of prod"i?Mou was lss iu the
later than in the earlier yea. Melbourne
A ryv.
, A dD U'i A new race-course in Oaeid
county was completed the other day, and was
christened ly a trotting match. The event,
of course, drew an immense crowd of rustics,
among whom was a somewhat celebrated
runner from Jikhfield Springs, named But
teri'eld, wLo toceted t-f never fcavirg beta
beaten in a foot race. Between the beats in
the trot, a green-looking countryman proposed
to have a little run,, "jis fer fun." Butter
field and a number of others instantly jumped
at the proposition, and prepared for the en
counter. The countryman stood looking at
the preparations, and when completed, step
ped forward and startled the crowd by
saying, in a strong nasal tone, "I
swow, I blieve 111 put my foot in this
little ' gallop myself." The announcement
that the Yankee intended to run
with Butterfield created considerable amuse
ment, and when be reiterated that he would
beat their favorite for a few dollars, was the
occasion of still more fan. The Yank meant
business, however, and pulling out his wallet,
covered all the bets ftiat were offered, and
even offered odds on himself. The bets being
all made, and the rent of the runners ready,
our hero prepared himself for the contest.
Divesting himself of his linen coat, boiled
shirt, and woollen pants, also his shoes and
stockings, he stood revealed, dressed in nice
silk tights, spiked English racing shoes, and
a handsomely embroidered jacket, and an
nounced himself ready "for the fray." Tho
match commenced, and the rustics saw that
they had caught a Tartar. The way he gbt
away from the poor fellows was a caution,
winning the three heats and all their spare
money, some $o70. By way of soothing their
wounded feelings, he informed them that hia
name was J. W. Cozad, well-known as the
champion runner of the United States. The
inhabitants out that way don't waut to run
any more races. Albany Journal,
How China men Get to America. It may
be interesting to those who are not posted to
kno'v how John Chinamen get here. It is to
be understood, first of all, that the Chinese
who come to America are all poor men. An
indigent Chinaman goes to the official of his
native village or the precinct of tho city in
which he resides, and proposes to mortgage
himself and his family for money with which
to come to America, where he expects to
make his fortune, clear up his affairs, and live
thenceforward in peace, comfort, and pros
perity. It often happens, however, that the
Chinaman does not return at the expiration
of a certain time for which the mortgage
runs, and then the harpies and money-lenders,
into whose hands the business has fallen by
this time, pounce upon the poor Chinaman's
family and sell them into slavery without the
least compunction of conscience. Under
such circumstances do most of the Chinese
who land upon onr shores come. It is not at
all to be wondered at that they do not bring
their families; that they do not settle per
manently, that this tide of emigration is like
none other, in its wonderful ebb and now,
that the world ever saw.
SUMMER RESORTS.
QELMONT HALL,
bCHOOLEY' MOUNTAIN, N. J.,
IS NOW OPEN.
T5iUs favorite resort has been greatly Improved
and enlarges, end offers superior inducements to
those seeking a aealihy, quiet, ani fashionable re
treat for the 8-jraiuer at reduced prices.
1 11 :m P. A. CROWELL, Proprietor.
LAKE GEORGE LAKE HOUSE, CALD
aell, N. V. Best of aocommodauona for families
Mid gectleinec.
Board per day, $3 5); from Jane 1 to July 1, $14 pel
week ; for the season, $i4 to $17'50, scoording to room ; tot
Ifce months of July and August, tU'oO; Aug oat, til.
Open from Jim 1 to Oc to tier J. Addrees
6o2m H. J. ROOK W FIX.
CUITTENAN.GO.
WHITE BULPIi ER SPR1 NG8,
Madison county. N. Y,
First-olse Hotel, w.tb every requisite.
Drawing-room and sleeping-cars from New York, city,
Tia Jlndaon River Railroad at A. M. &nd t P. M , with
ont ctangp. Sesd for clrcnlar. 6 i 2m
C JLP E II A Y.
QONCRES8 HALL)
CAPE MAT, 2s J.,
Opens Jane 1. Close October 1
Mart $xii Simon Eass.er's Orcce6tra, and full
liliitary Baci, of :20 pieces.
TERMS 130 per day June ana September, ti-oo
per day Jn'.y and August.
Tne new wing Is now complete!
Applications for Eooisb, address
415K2t
J. F. CAKE, rropTieto
THE PHILADELPHIA HOUSE.
X CAPE 18I-AND.N. J., '
18 WOW OPEN.
The hoot been trreatly enJUrged and improved, and
.Sen enperior indcceuMtBts to those seeking a quiet and
pleaant borne bv tbe-mde at a moderate price.
Address, K. OKU 'HTUB, No. ftu4 VHK6SUT Street,
or Cape May. 6 16 im
TREMONT HOUBE, CAPE MAY, N. J.
This House is now open for the reception ef traeste.
Rooms can be engaged at. No. 1M3 MOUNT VERNON
Street, uctiljnly 1.
eloam MRS, g. PARKINSOW'JONKS.
MCMAKIN6 ATLANTIC HOTEL,
(JAPE MAY, N.J.
The new Atlantic it now open.
t io wtm 3m JOHN McMAKIN, Proprietor.
0 W. CLOUD'S COTTAGE FOK BOARDEH8
01 FRAMKLIN, opposite Hugnes street, Cape
l!and. 7 81m
ATLAXTIO CITY.
CURF HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
O is now open for the season. , Beside the ad
vantage of location this house enjoys, and ti.e fine
bathing contiguous to it, a railroad has been constructed
since last season to convey guests from the hotel to the
beach. The house has been overhauled and rutitted
throughout, and no tains will be spared to make it, in
ever, l-ft&IdClASS ESTABLISHMENT.
Ull 2m J. FKEAS. Proprietor.
NEPTUNE COTTAGE (LATE MANN'S
COTTAGE PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, rirst honso
below the ilausion House, Atlantic City, is NOW UPKN
to reoeive Uuestc. All old friends heartily welcome, and
Bkw ones also. WKb. JOHN hMlCK,
rill Um Proprietress.
ATLANTIC C1TV. KOSEDALB COTTAGE,
'V VIRGINIA between-Atlantic un'l 1'ajiO.-ave-nu8,
MRS. K. LUMGREN, lormf-rly of THIR
TEENTH and ARCfl, Proprietress. BouM from tli)
to lie per weelu 111 mwsif
MAGV HOUSE, MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE,
Atlantic City, at open the entire year. Situ
ated n-ar tae he-it bathiuir. Has large airy rootng,
with Hprliig be la. Terms .B per we.
ii js tiw GEQK'iK H. MACy, Proprietor.
E N T K A L- II O U 8 E,
ATLANTIC OITV. N. J.. '
is NOW OPK.N ivr the reception of gue-Ut.
1 11 6 LA WLO K A THILL If. Proprietors.
npHE "CHALFONTE," ATLANTIC CITyTn
A. J., is cuw (.pen. Railroad irom the eonse to the
bearh. FL1SUA HOHKH'18.
ti II Jm . Proprietor.
STOVES, RANGES, ETC.
TM1E AMERICAN" HTOVE AND I! OLLO W V A R B
1 COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA,
I HON FOUNDERS,
v.Sui.'ceirSorr to North, C'liase A- North, hliarpe &
Thomson, au-l Edgar L. Thomson,)
Manufacturers of KTOVES, HEATERS, THOM
SONS LONDON KITCHENER, TINNED, ENA
MELLED, AND TON HOLLOW WARE,
FOUNDRY, S-won-l aud Mi.Kla Streets.
Or'i'KJJS, North Second Strett.
FRANKLIN LAWRENCE, Bupernteclent.
EDVAND B, SMITH, Traurer.
JNO. rJXiAK THOMSON,
PreB-'deLi. JAMES IIOEY,
C i7 mwf Cm rn;.-i! Minuter.
HEAL E8TATE AT AUOTION.
TV R U 8
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FREEDOM. IRON AND STEEL COM PANT.
The undersigned, Mort(raee and Trustees under
the mortgage of the FREEDOM IRON AND STSKL
COMPANY, which bears daw February , iSo7,
tinder and pursuant to a request aud notice of
creditors, given under the provisions of the said
mortgage, for default of payment of Interest,
WW sell at publlo sale, at the Philadelphia Ex
change, on TUESDAY, the 7ta day of September,
A. D. 1870, at 13 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, futures, forges, furnaces, grist mill, ore rights,
stationary engines, saw mills, railroads and cars ef
every kind belonging to the said Company gTanted
In mortgage by the said Company to us by the said
mortgage, viz. :
About thirty-nine thousand 39,000) acres of land
InMliTlinand Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania,
on which there are erected extensive steel works,
four () charcoal blast furnaces, and numerous shops
and buildings, to wit:
The property known as the Freedom Iron and
Steel Works, in Mliilln county, Pennsylvania, com
prising two hundred and elghty-nln'j tfho) acres of
0) charcoal blast furnace, Bessemer steel
converting house, hammer shop, rail and plate mill,
steam forge, tyre mUl, water-power bloomery, cast
steel works, foundry and machine shops, old forge,
smith shop, carpenter shop, store with warehouse
attached, mansion house, oillces, 64 dwelling houses,
saw-ralll, llme-klln, stables and other buildings, with
stationery engines, mac!2ery, and fixtures.
Also, the property known as the Greenwood Ore
Bank, in Union township, Mliilln county, containing
91 acres of land, and 20 dwelling houses and stables.
Also, the property known as the Week s Saw Mill,
In the same county, containing 23A2 acres of land,
with mill and all the machinery and appurtenances
thereof. With two small tracts of land m Derry
township, Mnilin county; each containing about one
acre, more or less, respectively known as the Cun.
ningham and Ryan lots, and two small tracts of land,
containing about one acre and oue-fourth or an acre,
respectively, known as tho Hostetter lot, and the
Stroup House and lot, in Union township, Mlillin
county.
Also, about 17,400 acres of unseated lands, in
Mliilln county. ,
Also, the right to take ore on the Muthersbaugh
farm, In Decatur township, aiirtlln county, at a
royalty of 25 cents per ton.
Together with about 907 acres oi land, In Hunting
don county, known as the Greenwood Furnace
tract, with two charcoal blast furnaces, known as
the Greenwood Furnaces, with engines and fixtures,
with mansion house, 17 stables, carpenter shop
blacksmith shop, S2 dwelling houses, oillces' and
store, one grist mill, with Btable and bulldngs 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 oillce
building.
Also, about 17,200 acres of land, In Huntingdon
county (of which 637 acres are seated and partly Im
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 tho bonds of the said Freedom
Iron and Steel Company, amounting to fww.ooo,
with interest from February l, 1S69, secured by the
said mortgage to the trustees, nnder the terms of
which this sale Is made, the said mortgage being a
Drst mortgage on the said property. The terms of
tale of the property above described will be as fol
lows: liwoo 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 aud
place, and nnder the same request and notice of
creditors, all the right, title, and Interest of tho
Trustees, as mortgagees In trust, of, in, and to the
following described properties, viz. :
The property known as the Yoder Farm, In Brown
township. Mlrtlln county, containing 188 acres, 1U
perches, composed of two tracts as follows :
Beginning at stone In road, thence by laud of John
D. Barr, north 53 degrees east, 102 8-10 perches to
stone; thence by land of Joseph B. Zook, north Ui(
degrees west, 202 8-10 perches, to stone ; thence by
land of John Hooley, south 4dx degrees west 101 l-io
perches, to stone ; thence south 44.V degrees east,
190 4-10 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, dcg. west, 67 6-10 perches, to stone ;
thence by land of John Hooley, south 4S deg. west,
79 6-10 perces to stones ; thence by land of David L.
Yoder, south 42 deg. east, 60 8-10 perches, to stone
In road; thence along said road and by land of
Gideon Yoder, north 40 V deg. east, 61 1-10 perches,
to the place of beginning containing thirty-throe
acres and one hundred and twelve perches, net mea
sure. The same being subject to mortgage given to
secure bonds, amounting to f U.73S-34, upon JS00
of which interest Is due from April 1, 1669, and on
balance of said bonds interest ia due from April l,
18CS.
Also, the property known as the Williams farm, aa
follows :
All that certain tract of laud situate In Derry
township, Miillincouuij, Pa,, bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a chesuut, corner of lands of Philip
Marti:, thence by lands of William Henney and
Samuel McManamy, north 37 degrees west, i93
perches, to a hickory; thence by lands of Samue
McManamy, north 17 degrees west, 17 perches;
thence by land of James M. Martin, Bouth 75 de
grees west, 22 perches, to a post; thence by land of
Johnston Slgler, south 67 degrees west, 109 perches
to a hickory ; thence by lands of Peter Towusend s
heirs, Bouth S7 degrees east, 91 perches, to stones;
thence by land of heirs 'of John McDonell, deceased,
aud Mrs. Mcllvain, north 60 degrees east, 93j
perches, to a post; thence by land of Philip Martz,
north degrees east, S9,4 perches, to the place of
beginning containing one hundred and seven acres
and twenty-nine perches of land, and allowance.
lhls property is charged with a mortgage, given
to secure bonds for fi250, with Interest at 6 per
cent, per annum, from November 8, 1808.
Also, the property knowu as the Stroup Ore Bank,
In Union township, Mimin county, containing about
nine acres and eighty-nine perches.
The last named property Is subject to a mortgage
given to secure a bond for 11000, bearing Interest at
the rate of 0 per cent, per annum from July 2
159.
The terms of sale of the last three described
properties will be as follows:
Tv'nty-nve dollars in cash to be paid upon each
when they are respectively struck oif.
Tlie balance of Hie pu -oiidao mouey of each to be
paid in cueh upon the execution of the conveyance
to the purchaser.
W1STAR MORRIS,)
JAM EH T. Vo UNO, V Trustees.
ENOJJJ LEWIS, J
M. THOMAS SONS,
6 27 nith 1&27 Auctioneers.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAPK
J. WATSON & SOff, 7Jff
j KWiUjof its lts arm of EVANS WATSON,
F1KB AND BUKGLAU-rilOOP
B A K 8 T O 11 12,
No. 53 SOUTH FOURTH ETHEET,
Kit A ft-siopors abeCketttrt.FhiU!4,
T E S S' - BALK.
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PROPOSALS.
OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
THIRD D1ST., DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST.
' ; . PHILADKI'Hla, Pa., Aug. 6, 1810.
SEALED rHOrnSAI.S In triplicate will be received
at this office np to U M., on TUESDAY, the sixth day
of Hpptemier, 1870, for setting "Osage Orange"
plants around the following-named National Ceme
teries, In the State of Virginia (for tne purpose of
encloatng the same with secure hedging), viz. :
Richmond National Cemetery.. Richmond, Va,
Fredericksburg " .. Fredericksburg, Va.
Culpepper , ..Culpepper, Va.
Winchester ". ..Winchester, Va.
Staunton " ..Staunton, Va.
Danville " .. Danville, Va.
Poplar Grove ..Petersburg, Va,
Cltv Point ' ..City Point, Va.
.seven Pines ' ..Seven Pines, Va.
Cold Harbor ' " ..Cold Harbor, Vu.
Glendale " " ..Glendale, Va.
Fort Harrison ..Fort Harrison, Va.
Hampton ' . .Hampton, Va.
Yorktown ..Yorktown, Va,
Each proposal must be accompanied by a sufficient
guarantee that In the event of the acceptance of the
proposal the bidder or bidders will enter Into a con
tract for the planting of the hedging.
The tJuartermaBter's Department reserves tho
right to reject any and all bids.
Any additional Information desired by parties
wishing to bid will be furnished upon application to
this oftlce.
Bidders are required to b'nd themselves that If the
plants do not thrive they will renew them for a
period or two years, as they may happen to fail
during that time.
HENRY C. HODGES,
Major and Quartermaster V. S. A., Cnief Quarter
master Third Quartermaster s District, Department
of the East. 8 6 6t
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ASHINGTO N, D. C,
July 27, 1870.
NOTICE PAVING PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
The Commission appointed hy "An Act to Provide
for the Paving of Pennsylvania Avenue," approved
July 8, 1870, Is authorized to select and determine
the best kind of Pavement to be used in paving Penn
sylvania avenue, and to have said thoroughfare
paved therewith from the northwest gate of the
Capitol to the crossing of Fifteenth street, west.
The Commission met and organized In accordance
with the above law, and proceeded to the election of
a President and Secretary. It was decided to invito
all pateptces, owners, or Inventors of any of the
improved pavements, of whatever material com
posed, whether of stone, wood, asphalt, concrete, or
any other kind, to furnish accurate aud detailed
drawings or models, descriptions, specifications, in
cluding the nature of the foundation to be laid, how
packed, aud, in fact, all information as to their con
struction and durability. This information desired
to enable the Commission to t'c ide in the Hrst in
stance upon the general nature of the material to bo
used in paving the avenue, and then to specify the
preference that may bo agreed npon in regard to
some particular method to be adopted. A referenco
te the law (public, N. 144) will give the required
Information as to how the payments for said pave
ment will be made. It is provided therein "That,
the cost of laying bucIi pavement shall not, exceed
the sura of four dollars per square yard." The esti
mated area of said pavement is In the neighborhood
of sixty-five thousand 03,ooo) square yards
All communications in relation to pavements should
be addressed to the Secretary, aca. N. MKJULEIt,
Oillee of Public- Buildings. Grounds, and Works, U.
S. Capitol, WASHINTON, D. C. 7 2l lot
ENQINES, MACHINERY, ETO.
jPPfV PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER
ILiii WORKS. NEAFIE A LEVY, PRACTI
CAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS, MA
CHINISTS, BOILER-MAKERS, BLACKSMITHS,
aDd FOUNDERS, having for many years been iu
successfdl operation, and been exclusively engaged
in building and repairing Marine and River Engines,
high and low pressure, Iron Boilers. Water Tanks.
Propellers, etc. etc., respectfully oner their serviees
to the public as being fully prepared to contract for
engines of all sizess, Marine, River, and Stationary;
having seta of patterns of diiTeient sizes, are pre
pared to execute orders with quick despatch. Every
description of pattern-making made at tne shortest
notice. High and Low Pressure Fine Tubular and
Cylinder Boilers of the best Pennsylvania Charcoal
Iron. Forgings of all size and kinds. Iron and
Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning,
Screw Cutting, and all other work connected
with the above business.
Drawing" and specllcations for all work done
the establishment free of charge, and work gua
ranteed. The subscribers have ample wharf dock-room foi
repairs of boats, where they can He in perfect
safety, and are provided with shears, blocks, fall-,
etc. etc., for raising heavy or light weights.
JACOB C. NEAFIE,
JOHN P. LEVY,
3 155 BEACH and PALMER jitreets.
QJRABD TUBE WORKS AND IRON CO.!
JOHN H. MURPHY, President,
rnn.ADEi.rniA, rA.
MANUFACTURE WROUG11T-IRON PIPE
and Sundries for Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters.
WORKS, TWENTY-THIRD and FILBERT Streets.
Offlce and Warehouse,
41 No-jia N. FIFTII Jtreet
FURNACES. .
Established in 183o.
Invariably the greatest success over all competition
whenever and wherever exhibited or used in tha
UMITKD STATES.
CHARLES WILLIAMS'
Patent Golden Eagle Furnaces,
Acknowledged by the leading Architects and Builders to
be the most powerful and durable Furnaces offered, and
the most prompt, systematic, and largest house in this
line of business.
HEAVY KEDUCTION IN FKICES,
and only first-class work tare ed oat.
Not. 1132 and 1131 MARKET Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
N. B.-BKND FOR BOOK OF FACTS ON HEAT
AND VENTILATION. 633 4m
riUK PRINCIPAL DEPOT
ICR TH1 ikX or
REVENUE STAMPS,
NO. 304 C1IESNUT STREET.
CENTRAL OFFICE, No. H a FIFTII STREET
(Two doors beJow Chesnnt street),
ESTABLISHED 1 8 a .
The sale of Revenue Stamps is still continued at
the Old-Established Agencies.
The stock comprises evvry denomination printed
by the Government, and having at all times a large
supply, we are enabled to till and forward (by Mail or
Express) all orders lmniedlatoly upon receipt, a mat.
ter of great Importance.
United (States Notes, National Bank Notes, Drafts
On Philadelphia, aud Post Ottlce Orders received in
payment.
Any Information regarding the decisions of the
Conunlsaioner of Internal Revenue cheuriully and
gratuitously furnished.
Revenue Stamps printed upon Drafts, Checks, Re
ceipts, etc.
The following rats of commtsbiou are allowed on
Sumps and Stamped Paper:
On 25 and upwards S per cent.
" li " "
300 " "
Address all orders, etc., to
STAMP AGENCY,
NO. 304 CBEiNUT 4'EXET. PHILADELPHIA,
P HOPOSALB.
1)ROPOf AIR FOR BTAMFED ENVELOPES
AND NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS.
roT Or tics PrpartmskT, July 11, If 7a
f HALED PROPOSALS will be received until H
o'clock M., on the llth day of August. 1970. for
furnishing ail the "Stamped Envelopes" and "Newa
pnper Wrappers" Which this Department may re
quire during a period of four (4) years, commencia
on the 1st day of October, 1870, viz :
STAMPED ENVELOPES.
No. 1. Note size, 8X by fi.V Inches two bualV.ieK.
No. it. Ordinary letter size, 8 1-1 by B Inches
three qualities,
No, 3. Fun letter size, 8f by IX inchea-thre '
qualities.
No. 4. Full letter size, (for circulars), unguaiine
on flap, 3',' by B,tf inches one quality.
No. 6. Extra letter size, i)i by e Inches three
qualities.
No. 6, Extra letter size, 3 by Inches (fer cir
culars,) nnaummed on flap one quallity.
No. 7. Oilielal size, 8 15-ia by Inches two onall
tics. No. 9. Extra offlolal size, 4 by I0J4' inches ont
quality.
STAMPED NEWSPAPER WRAPPER.
Six and a five-eighths by 9 Inches ground ii m
one quality.
EMBOSSING, WATER-MARKS, PKINTIN.
RULING PAFEK STYLE OF
MANUFACTURE.
All of the above Envelopes and Wrapper mcstMl
cuibJBsed with postage stamps, of such denomia
tions, styles, and colors, niust have sucn wr
niarks or other devices to prevent imitation, fld
bear such printing and ruling as the Poetmaasr
General may direct. The envelopes must be rode
in the moat thorough manaer, equal In every resect
to tho samples furnished to bidders by the Deprt
ment. The paper must be of approved qusty,
specially manufactured for the purpose.
Whenever envelopts are order of the styles kowtl
as "Black-lined'' or ' Self-ruled,' (lines printei in
side, or ruled on the face), the same shall DVor
nlshed without additional cost, the contictor
to pay all charges for royalty la tne w of
patented inventions for said lined or Died
envelopes.
DIES.
The dies for embossing, the postapo staos on
the envelopes and wrappers are to bo execied i
the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General, u the
best style, and they are to bo provided, reawed)
nnd kept In order at the expense of the conactor
The Department reserves tne right of renaiflgnew
dies for any stamps, or denominations oftamp
not now used, aud any changes of dies O'-'Ojora
shall be made without extra charge.
Before losing a contract the successfubldder
may be required to prepare and submit nc:oa for
the approval of the Department. Tho ug Of th
present dies may or may not be continue L
The dies shall be safely and securely kt by the
contractor, and should the use of any ofhem be
temporarily or permanently discontinued ey shad
be promptly turned over to the Dcpartmit, or iw
agent, as the Postmaster-General may dirt.
GUM.
The envelopes must be thoroughly amperfectly
gummed, the gumming on the flap of ei (except
lor circulars) to be put on by hand not lei than ha;f
an Inch the entire length ; the wrappers be also
hand-gummed not less than three-fourttpf an lucn
in'wldth across the end.
SECURITY FROM FIRE AND TSFT.
Bidders are not! lied that the Dcpartmit wlil re
quire, as a condition of the contract, at the en
velopes and wrappers shall be manut tured and
stored in such a manner as to insure santy against
loss by lire or theft. 7
The manufactory must at all times t iubecl to
the inspection of an agent of the Definiem, who
w ill require the stipulations of the caract to be
faithfully observed. j
PACKING. 1
All envelopes and wrappers must biinded in
parcels of tweuty-Ove, and packed is'rong paste
board or straw boxes, securely bud on all the
euges and corners with cotton and lm cloth, glued
on, each to contain not less than hundred and
fifty of the note and letter sizes, id one hundred
each of the oillcial or extra otllclalizo, separately.
The newspaper wrappers to be pd In boxes, to
contain not less than two hundre and fifty each.
The boxes are to be wrapped andscurely fastened
in strorg manllla paper, and scale 10 as to safely
bear transportation by mall fuellvery to post
masters. When two thousand more envelopes
are required to till the order of postmaster, the
straw or pasteboard boxes coaiuiug the same
must be packed In strong wden cases, well
strapped with hoop-Iron, and acressed ; but when
less than two thousand are reqred, proper labels
of direction, to be furnished by n agent of the De
partment, must be placed upontch package by the
contractor. Wooden cases, ottluing envelopes
or wrappers, to be transport! by water routes,
must be provided with suitabltfater-prooflng. The
whole to be done under the insctlon and d:rectlon
of an agent of the Department
DELIVER.
The envelopes and wrappe nmst be fcrnlshed
and delivered wrh a.'l reasouae despatch, complete
in all respects ready for use, td in such quant.ties
as may be required to till tl dully orders ef post
masters ; the deliveries to be ade either at the Post
Oillce Department, Washingti, D. C, or at the oir.ee
of an agent duly authorized inspect and receive
the same ; the place of dellfy to be at the option
of the Postmaster-General, nd the cost of deliver
ing, as well as all expense ' storing, packing, ad
dressing, labelling, and watproollug to be paid by
the contractor.
SAM PES.
Specimens of the envJpes and wrappers for
which proposals are lnvltl, showing the different
qualities and colors of er required, the cuts,
and style of gumming, vJi blank forms of bids,
may be had on appllcatu to the Third Assistant
'Postmaster-General.
This advertisement and specimen of the sample
envelopes and wrapper unshed by the department
must be attached 10 andiade part of each bid.
GUAi-NTEE.
No proposal will be cisidered unless offered by
a manufacturer of envepes, and accompanied by
a satisfactory guaranterfigned by at least two re
sponsible parties.
AWARD AGtEMENT BONDS.
The contract will bawarded to the lowest re
sponsible bi'ider for i the envelopes and wrap,
pers, the prices to be cculated on the basis or tne
number used of tho seral grades daring tne last
fiscal year, which was follows:
Note size 1,4W,2
Lttter size, first qualit 6n,M1,&M)
Letter size, second qility 8,9ai,76
Letter size, second qility (uugummed).... 3,618,000
Extra letter size, tlrn?ualliy 0,S1B,750
Extra letter size, icond quality un-
gumnied) 4&4.00O
official size &09.90O
Extra ortlcial size...i ,3,l0e
Newspaper wrapper. 4,930,260
Botal 8VW,50O
Within ten dayf after the contract nas oeen
awarded, the sncccsful bidder shall enter Into an
agreement in wrltig with the Postmaster-General
to faithfully observ and keep the terms, conditions,
and requirements et forth in this advertisement,
according to thei true intent aud meaning, and
shall make, execte, and deliver, subject to the
approval and accp'.ance of the Postmaster-General,
bonds with god and sufficient sureties la the
sum of Two lluured Thousand Dollars '1200.000V
as a forfeiture fortte faithful performance of aaid
agreement or itntract, according to the pro
visions and subjet to the liabilities of the seven
teenth section ( an act ef Congress entitled
"An uct legaliziflf and making appropriations for
such necessary ojects as have been usually included
in the general propriatlon bills without authority
of law, and to n. and provide for certain incidental
expenses of theJepartments and onices of the Gov
ernment, aud ft otiier purposes," (United 8tates
Statutes at l.arp, vol. 6, page 26a), approved Angus!
2d, 1M2, which act provides that in case the con
tractor shall all to comply with the terms of bis
contract, "he fia his sureties shall be liable for
the forfeiture ipecllled In such contract as liqui
dated damage), to be sued for in the name of the
United State in any curt having jjnsdiotioa
thereof.' RESERVATIONS.
The; Postnnster-General reserves to himself the
l.Tore Jec'auy and all bids, If, In his judgment,
the interestaof the Government require it.
2. To unnil the contract whenever the same or
any part theeof is oiteied for sale for the purpose of
speculation aud uuderno circumstances will a trans
fer of the contract be llowed or sanctioned to any
party who diall be, in the opinion of the Postmaster
Geueral, lew able to nltlll the conditions thereof
tbau the or glual contactor.
8 To annul the coitract, if, In his judgment, there
shall be a failure to surform faithfully auy of its sti
pulations, or In cas of a wilful attempt to impose
upoMtheDepartnicit Envelopes or Wrappers la-
"Irhcoiuraior to whom the first award may
be made should fl to enter into agreement and
give satisfactory jonds, as herein provided, theo
the award may eoannulied and the contract let to
tUe next lowest reponsible bidder, and so on nntll
the reoulicd aeiiuent and bouris are executed;
ai d such next lwest bidder shall be required to
fulfil every stipilation embraced herein as if ho
v ere the origin party to whom the contract w
awarded. BIDS
Should be surely enveloped and sealed, marked
Proposals fuiStamped Envelopes aud Newspaper
Wrappers," aid addressed to the Third Assistant
rostmaater-(neral.WarngWnja,C.gwEL.
:9eodJ3' iwcmaster-Oenera.