c THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1870. AFFAIRS IN KANSAS. Ft am an Cectumtal Corretpom'nt. Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. t. The colored folks of thia city and State, on the 1st inst., joined in a grand celebration of this im portant day to their race. ' The emanci pation of the negroes in the West Indies and the adoption of the fifteenth amendment were both fittingly commemorated, no fewer than 10,000 persons taking part in the ceremonies. Sena tor Herels graced the occasion with his presence, and Senator Tomeroy and Repre sentative Clarke, together with a number of distinguished citizens, delivered patriotic and eppropriate speeches to the immense gather ing. The scene of their festivities was on Arsenal Hill, overlooking the Missouri river, and the day being cloudy, thus veiling the scorching rays of the sun, the occasion was ftlly enjoyed by all who were present. The politicians are busy in Ihis State now in bringing out their candidates for Congress men. The friends of the Hon. Sidney Clarke are desirous of his re-election, and it is be lieved by a large number of Republicans that bis chances are good. It is not claimed by any that his political rocord is unsullied, his part in the profuse grants to 2ansas railroad companies savoring much more of thrift than of honesty. Rut he is shrewd in tis line of policy, and having seen of late that public opinion has altogether turned against the continuance of this prodigal giving away of the public domain, be now stands firmly upon the rights of the settler, and declares he will favor no more benefactions to unscrupulous corporation?, unless the grants are so hedged in with con uitions that the industrious tiller of the soil f-hall be preserved from the vassalage in which they seek to place him. ne is a man of industry and fair talent, and inasmuch as his nest is already pretty well feathered, per haps on the whole it will be safe to retain Lira. The most prominent candidates in opposition to Clarke are Judge Lowe, of Lion county, and Hon. Jacob Stotler, of Em poria. Yoir readers have probably heard of the murder of Lieutenant-Colonel Euel by Pri vate Slalone, at Fort Leavenworth. The Colonel, while walking towards his quarters in company with his wife, was shot in the breast from behind some brush, and died j-.hortly after. An examination of the tragic occurrence developed the disgraceful fact that a number of his comrades were privy to the assassination, thus showing that Undo Sam either has some very desperate characters in his military service, or else that the deceased officer was very unpopular with his command. The Leavenworth papers make no mention of Colonel Duel's practices with his men: but it is commonly reported that he was addicted to inflicting harsh and unusual modes of punishment, and that more than one man has threatened to shoot him. This Malone, I hear, for some infraction of disci pline, had been secured in a box with his face and neck exposed, which were smeared over with molasses. He was then stood up in the sun all day, a helpless prey to the flies and the stifling heat. Malone swore he would shoot the officer who ordered this punishment, and the next evening be found an opportunity to gratify his revenge. In endeavoring to escape across the river he was fired upon by some men on the Missouri shore, and thus died the fcame death he has visited upon his Colonel. Building is quite a?tive in this city now, and f everal public works are being prosecuted with energy. A substantial wronght-iron bridge, resting upon pneumatic piers, is being built across the river and will be completed next summer. This is designed to give direct con nection with the Eastern lines of travel, and will also form the western terminus of the Chicago and Southwestern Railroad, now in process of construction. The levee is also being graded and carried out into the river bed, to form a site for a commodious union depot, which our increasing railroad travel really demands. Our principal industry so far has been wholesale trade, the dealers west of here find ing better facilities for making purchases than sending to St. Louis or Chicago for their goods. Rut to aid the fortunes of our growing city, an excellent coal mine has just been opened one mile north on the river bank, from which a bituminous gas coal is extracted. This will not only afford our citizens a cheap supply of fuel mined at their very doors, but will enable manufacturers to prosecute their branch of business with a fair return of profit. One large machine works we have had in operation for years, but with the additional facilities afforded by an inexhaustible supply of fuel and extended railroad communications, we may look to see other manufacturing enterprises started, and an industrial community growing up around ns. . The Western country begins to want rain; corn and potatoes will otherwise suffer. Our small grains are all cut, and the yield has been abundant. F. L. The Watering Place Fashions. The feature of the season is the Polonaise, which is made in all sorts of materials to complete every variety of costume. I have mentioned this in preceding letters as likely to be ex ceedingly popular, and the event justifies the prediction. They are properly and most use fully made in linen, the length of a short dress, and are looped np at the side over the skirt so as to display it. The skirt may be of any color or material, but it is generally of black silk, and the sash worn with it is of wide black gros grain ribbon striped iu ltomaB colors. When the Polonaise is worn for travelling it is let down its whole length, and then covers the skirt or dress. The Polonaise is often made in silk, satin, and muslin, ri-hly trimmed end worn over a trained skirt of a different material, or a contrasting color. The sash is always of wide ribbon, fringed en the ends and nicely embroidered in colors. The Polonaise will be very fashionable in cashmere for full wear, and, together with rich silk skirts, will constitute most distin guished walking costumes. French ladies wear cashmere much more than we do, but tie fashionable tendency to liuentss an J so.';- sefs of material peems likely to develop among ns a more jnst appreciation of this exquisite fabric. A few years ngo, when skirts swept the sidewalk, a white dress upon the street was not to be thought of, and as most ladies, especially young ladies, find it convenient to wear in the house dresses than can upon an emergency be ready for the street, white was rarely seen at all, excepting upon babies and sweet simplicity at evening parties. Short dresses have changed all this, however, ns well ns many other things, and white, and its cousin buff, are almost the only summer livery at home and abroad. The change in fashion has made the washer woman a most important personage, and added a now and most lucrative branch to the business, if the operators only knew how to make the most ot it. A public-spirited lady recommends all the women who apply to her lately for assistance to open a laundry, and really there is room for fifty good establish ments of this kind in New York city alone. The French laundries there wash and iron beautifully, but charge enormously from $2 to 10 for a single dress ; $:$ to fi'i for suits-. The publio laundries destroy and lose so much that no one can ever afi ord to patronize them a second time. In the hands of ordi nary washerwomen the linens and cambrics and piques lose all their beauty, and come out pale, faded, stretched the wrong way, ironed up instead of down and down instead of up. If some washerwoman of genius would only open a laundry advertise to wash buff linen in hay water, prints in boiled bran water, colored cambrics in a mixture of salt and beef gall, promise not to ruin clothes of any kind with lime and soda, and do just as she said she would make a fortune. I give the hint free gratis. Will some experienced wo man reduce it to practice? There is not much danger of short dresses going out. At a re cent Queen's "breakfast'' at Windsor all the costumes were new and elegant end tril made short. The Queen herself wore a short dress of black silk, and all the princesses short cos tumes. It will be hardly possible to restore the street trail, in this generation at least. Jennie June. London Er.oxi:i:s. The brokers of the city of London are it highly respectable body of men. They Bre remarkable alike for intelli gence and integrity, for the aiagnitude of their dealings, and for the uprightness of their conduct. Such is the opinion enter tained by their fellow citizens. Yet the posi tion which they occupy in the eye of the law does not correspond with that to which they are entitled. Acts of Parliament of an ex ceptional character enable a broker to be stigmatized as a swindW, without the accuser having a tittle of evidence to produce, and with out the slandered broker being able to brin an action for libel. In the reigns of James L Queen Anne, and G forge III, it was consid ered expedient to give to the Coirt of Alder men certain privileges which have been made the foundation of the jurisdiction now exer cised by that court, and of which the conse quences have been to expose some brokers of high standing to intolerable persecutions What is most galling, and at the seme time most absurd, is tho impunity which brokers in other parts of the kingdom enjoy. Ii is true that the amount of business transacted in London is enormous. There are other cities, however, in whiah the amount is very large, and in these it has not been found that the authority here vested in the Court of Aldermen would, if exercised, m any respect increase me security 01 a creditor or heighten the standard of com mercial morality. The House of Commons will be asked this afternoon to assent to the second reading of a bill for the relief of the London brokers from the grievances of which they justly and naturally complain. The measure has the approval of the most emi nent bankers and respected merchants of the city. It is framed so that any fees now pay able will continue to be paid: thus the result of its passing will not be detrimental to the city's revenues. That Parliament will agree to do this piece of simple justice is hardly doubtful. It woulu 1)6 worse taan ridiculous. by rejecting the- bill, virtually to affirm that antiquated rules having their origin in the Middle Ages must still continue to govern such a body of men as the city of London brokers. London Jscxs, June 22. SUMMER RESORTS. gCLMOHT HALL, SCHOOLEY'S MOUNTAIN, N. J., IS NOW OPEN. Tils favorite reBort has been greasy improved and enlarged, and orers superior lndncencer:: to those seeking a healthy, quiet, and fasfc;onac;e re treat for the summer a: reduced prices. 1 11 lm D. A. CROWELL, Pro-re: CAPE MA y. QONCRESS HALL, CAPE MAY, N. J., Opens June 1. Close October 1 Mark and Simon Hass'.er's Orcstia, and ."ull Military Band, of 120 pieces. TERMS 13'CO per day June and September. 14-00 per day July and August. The new wing is now completed. Applications for Rooms, address 4 15 it J. F. CAKE, Propr:eto pHE PHILADELPHIA HOUSE, .a. . UArn, LPi.an u, n. j.. IS HOW OPEN. Tbs honse been srreatlv enluraed and Improved, and :fiers superior inducemeuts to tkuoe seeking a quiet acd pleasant borne by trie ftea-Vde at a moderate price. Address, KXikltBliiiS, No. 10U4 CHJib.NUr Street, or uanj may, o it jj TREMONT HOUSE, CAPE MAY, N. J. This House is now opeD for the reception of jraests. Roomsean be engaged at. No. 13 MOUitt' VERNON Direel, until UU1J 1, oloimMRS. K. PARKINSON JONES AfcMAKIN'S ATLANTIC HOTEL, urn war, jh.j, The new Atlantic is now open. wlm&n JOHN JIcMAKIN, Proprietor. ATLANTIC CITY. CURE HOUSE, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J I L 1 n. .K . . I . . .i . j " - IAJ T VIVU IV IUQ HMU.i tlC,,Utl IL-V fell ! vantage of location thia bouse enjos, aDd me toe I batuiiif contiguous to it, a railruad has been constructed , since last seaaon to cunve guests from the hotel to toe i neacn. inm nouse Has been overuauiea ana renued , inrouguuat, ana no pains will be spatea to make it, in A iiK&T-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT. 311 2m J. rKKA?, rt-opnetor. ! ATEPTUNE COTTARS. H 4TP. MA VMS COTTAGE), PKNN8YLVANI4 Avenue, 'urttcoite to receive Guests, AU old irienus heartily welcome, and nw f tnt alui L l mu 4 kill Ff LT b U am Froprieueka. TLAMTK" CITY. IUXjEI) E COTTAGE. JY VIKG1MA between Allan: s nd Pa ave- lines, MhS. . LLNGRKN, Hixvwif.j Of T1H K- to js per wets.. llliawstl rTJlE "CIIALFONTE," ATLANTIC CITY, N J., is COW opto-. u.r?i.n tr-.in ti e rrr 'o clt r ft' v. ,.. r Hit!. I ii JlB i V.J..- t'.O FINANCIAL A DESIRABLE Safe Home Investment THE Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad Company OfTer 1,200,000 Ilond. bearing 7 Per Cent. Interest in UoIl, Kecured bj u, First and Only Mortgage. The Bonds are issued ia . SlOOOs, 500 and (200. The Coupons are payable in the city of Philadelphia on the first days of April and October, Free of State and LnCtcd States Taxes. Tho price at present is SO and Accrued Interest in Currency. This Koad, with its connection with thn Pennsylvania Railroad at Lewitrtown, brings tee AEttrccite fJcaJ Tields 7 MILES nearer the Western and Son th western markets. "With thi3 advantage it will control that trade. ThA Lumber Trade, and the immense and valuable deposit of ores in this section, together with the thickly peopled district through which it runs, will secure it a very krge and profitable trade. WJVI. PAINTER & CO., Defers in Government Securities, Ho. S6 South THIRD Street, 6fl-P FEILADELTIUA. JayCoqke&Ox PHILADELPHIA, NEW "XORK, AND WASHINGTON, BANKERS ISO Dealeri In CcTerniteEt Securitiei. Bjec'Ai a-.:ii:icD E'ten to tte Parcbase ana sale of BceCb end Stocfcs cn CcileeIcd, &t tie Hoard o Brotfcre La ttlBane otter cliles. rSTTFXST ALLOWED CH B2POSIT& C0UXCTICF8 KASE ON ALL POINTS. GOLD AND SILVKH EGTJGET AND BOLb. EEUAE1K HA1LKCAD E0ND8 FOR INVEST JSJLST. PaiEpetB E3 tzJ '.ttcizzii.cn given at oor office, No. 1 14 S.TIIIItD Street, FglZAPBUElA. 71831 UNITED STATES SECURITIES Eo-jgbt, Sold and Esctasged cn Most literal Terms. Gr O L J EougH and Sold at Karket Rates. COTJPOKS CASHED Pacific Railroad Eonds BOUGHT AND SOLD. Stocks Ecsght andBoId.cn Commit sion Ooly, Accounts te:c:vea and Interest allowed on Dally Chances, subject to ctecfc at Bight. DE HA YEN & BRO, No. 40 South THIRD Street, cn rniLADELpniA. NOTICE. TO TECBTEES AND EXECUTORS. Tte cheapest investment authorized by law are General Mortgage Ecndt of the Penn sylvania Itailicad Company. . . APPLY TO D. C. WHURTOS SMITH S CO., ZP.fi AMD EKCKKRS, No. 121 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PEIIDELPOIA. IS I Xu V E FOE SALE. C. T. YERKES. Jr., L CO.. TANKERS AND EKOKEHS, No. SO South THIRD Street. FjNANQlAU Wilmington and Reading nAXLXlOAD Seven Per Cent. Donds, FREE OP TAXES. We are ffcrlnf: 9200,000 ot the Second JtlortgngG IBonds ot tills Company AT 821 AND ACCRUED INTEREST. For tte convenience of Investors ttese Bonds are lssned In denominations of 1000s, 9500s, and 100. Tte money Is required for the purchase of addi tional Rolling Stock and tne full equipment of the Koad. The road Is now Dnlshed, and doing a business largely In excess of the anticipations of Its officers. The trade offering necessitates a large additional outlay for rolling s:oclr, to afford full facilities for Its prompt transaction, the present rolling stock not being sufficient to accommodate the trade. WM. PAINTER & CO., BANKERS, No. 36 South THIRD Street, 8 5 PHILADELPHIA. LEHIGH CONVERTIBLE 6 Per Cent. First Mortgage Gold Loan, Free from all Taxes. We offer (or sale $1,750,000 of the Lehigh Goal and Ravi (tat ion CompaDjr1 Dew First Mortgage Six Per Cent. Gold Bonds, free Uom all taxes, tnterost da. March and Sep t ember, at KXCTIITir (00) And interest in currency added to date of purchase. These bonds are of a mortgage loan of $3,000,000. dated October 6, 1809. They have twenty-five (25) rears to ran, and are convertible into stock at par until 1879. Principal and interest payable in gold. They are secured by a first mortgage on 5600 acres of coal lands in the Wyoming Valley, near Wilkesbarrs, at present producing at the rate of 300,000 tons of coal pet annum, witn works in progress which contemplate a large increase at an early period, and also upon valuable Real Eetate in this city. A sinking tund of ten cents per ton upon all coaltaktn from tbe mines for five yesrs, and of fifteen conts per ton tberef ''fr, is estsblished, and The Fidelity Insuranoe, Trust and Safe Deposit I ompany, the Trustees under the mortgage, collect these sums and invest tbein in these Bonds, agreeably to tte provisions of the Trust. For fall particulars copies of the mortgage, etc, apply O. H. BORIS, W. H. HKWBOLD. EON A AERTSEjg JAY COOKE A 00.. DREXEL A CO., E. W. OLABK A GO. 7 11 lm gEVEN PER CENT. First Mortgage Bends or TEM Danville, Ilazleton, and Wilkesa barre ISailroad Company, At 85 and Accrued Interest Clear of all Taxes. INTEEEST PAYABLE APRIL AND OCTOBER. Persons wishing to make Investments are lnvlt X) examine the merits of these BONUS. Pamphlets supplied and full Information given by Sterling & Wildman, FINANCIAL AGENTS, So. 110 SOUTH THIHD STREET, Utf PHILADELPHIA. Government Bonds and other Securities taken Is exchange for .the above at beet market rates. B. K. JAMISON & CO.. SUCCESSORS TO P. JT. KFJiLY &, CO, BANKERS AND DEALERS IN Gold, Silver and Government Bondi At Closest Market Ilatet, H. W. Cor. THIRD and CHESNUT St. Epeclal attention given to COMMISSION orders In New York and PhUadhUt stock Boards, eto, etf. w ' QX:vii:vNixa, iavis & co.t No. 48 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. GlEtlDl'ltiliiG, DAVIS I MM), No. 17 WALL STREET, NEW YORK, BANKERS AND BROKERS. Receive deposits subject to check, ajlow Interest on standing and temporary balances, and execute orders promptly for the purchase and sale of STOCKS, BONDS and GOLD, In either elty. Direct telegraph communication from Philadelphia house toNewYorfc j gLLIOTT U X U IV ft BANKERS No. 109 SOUTH THIRD STREET, DXALKKS IU ALL GOVERNMENT SSCTJRI T1EJ3, GOLD BILLS, ETC DRAW BILLS 07 KXiHANQB AND I8SDS CiiKiiEP.OIAL LETTERS Of CREDIT OH TB.J UNION BANK OW LONDON. IbSr TKAVELLKR8' LETTERS OP CREDIT ON LONDON AND PARIS, available throughout Europe. WU collect aU Coupons and Interest free of charge for parties mailt g their financial arrangements mats. PROPOSALS. OmCH OP CHIRP QUARTERMASTER, THIRD D1ST., DEPARTMENT OFTUE EAST. PniT,AiKrniA, Pa., Aug. 6, 1S70. SEALED TROPOSA I,S In trinllenSrj will he received at this office op to 12 M., on Ti:Ksl)A Y,the sixth flay of September, 1S70, for settlnir, "Osae Granite"' pianis aronna tno jouowinfr-nanx'd National ceme teries, In the State of Virginia (for tne purpose of pdciobihi? me mmo wun secure neiiRtnsr), via. : Richmond National Cemetery.. Richmond, Va. Fredcricksburg " .. Fredericksburg, Va. Culpepper " " ..Culpepper, Va. wtnenester " " ..Winchester, Va. Staunton " M ..Staunton, Va. Danville ..Danville, Va. Poplar (Jrove " " .. Petersburg, Ve rity Point ' " ..City Point, Va. Seven Pines " " ..Seven Pines. Va. Cold Harbor " " ..Cold Harbor. Va, (Jlendale " ..Ulendale, Va. Fort Harrison " " ..Fort Harrison, Va, Hampton " " ..Hampton, Va. Yorktown " " ..Yorktown, Va. Each proposal must be accompanied by a smllclent guarantee that In $he event of the acceptance of the proposal the bidder or bidders will enter Into a con tract for the planting of the hedtrtnpr. The Quartermaster's Department reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Any additional Information desired by parties wishing to bid will be furnished upon application to thlsoiilce. Bidders are required to bind themselves that If the plants do not thrive they will renew them for a period of two years, as they may happen to fail during that time. HENRY O. HODO.ES, Major and Quartermaster V. S. A., Chief Quarter master Third Quartermaster's District, Department of the East. 8A6t w A S II I N G T O N, D. C, July 27, 1S70. NOTICE PAVING PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. The Commission appointed by "An Act to Provide for the Paving of Pennsylvania Avenuo." annroved July 8, 1870, is authorized to select and determine the best kind of Pavement to bo used in paving Penn sylvania avenue, and to have said thoroughfare paved therewith Trom 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 invite all patentees, owners, or Inventors of any of the Improved pavements, of whatever material com posed, whether of stone, wood, asphalt, coucretc, or any ouier Kino, to iurmsn accurate and detailed drawings or models, descriptions, sncciiications. in cluding the nature of the foundation to be laid, how packed, and, in fact, all Information as to their con struction and durability. This Information is desired to enable tho Commission to c'eclde In the tirst In stance upon the general nature of the material to be used In paving the avenue, and then to specify the preference that may be agreed upon In regard to some particular method to be adopted. A reference to the law (public, N. 144) will give the required Information as to how tho payments for said pave ment will be made. It Is provided therein "That the cost of laying such pavement shall not exceed the sum of four dollars per square yard." The esti mated area of said pavement is in the neighborhood of sixty-five thousand (05,000) square yards All communications in relation to pavements should be addressed to the Secretary, (len. N. MICH LEU, Oflice of Public Buildings, Grounds, and Works, U. P. uapilOl, WASUl.NTUiN, U. C 7 23 ENQINEI, MACHINERY, ETO. -ffvFfta PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER r.T.ft:UJ ivnu if x v. x vi v. & LEVY. PRACTI CAL AD Til I'XmETICAIj ENGINEERS, MA CHINISTS. BOILER-MAKERS. BLACKSMITHS. and FOUNDERS, having for many years been iu successful 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 oirer their serviees to the public as being fully prepared to contract for engines of all sizess, Marine, River, and Stationary; having sets of patterns of ditreient 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 aoove Business. Drawings and specifications for all work done the establishment free of charge, and work gua ranteea. The subscribers have ample wharf dock-room foi repairs of boats, where they can lie In perfect safety, and are provided with shears, blocks, fallr, etc. etc., lor rinsing ueuvv it uuui wuiguiB. JACOB C. NEAFIE, JOHN P. LEVY, 3 155 BEACI1 and PALMER Streets. iOIRARD 1UBE WORKS AND IRON CO., JOHN H. MURPnY, President, PHILADELPHIA, PA. MANUFACTURE WROUGI1T-IRON PIPE' and Sundries for Plumbers, Gas and Steam Fitters. WORKS, TWENTY-THIRD and FILBERT Streets. Office and Warehouse, 4 1 No. i'l N. FIFTLT Street. FURNACES. Established in 1835. Invariably the greatest snccess over all competition whenever and wherever exhibited or nsed in the UNITKD STATES. CHARLES WILLIAMS' Patent Golden Eagle Furnaces, Acknowledged by the leading Architects and Builders to be the most powerf at and durable Furnaces offered, and the most prompt, systematic, and largest house in thia line of business. HEAVY REDUCTION IN PRICES, and only Brut-class work turned out. Noi. 1132 and 1131 MARKET Street, PHILADELPHIA. N. B.-FND FOR BOOK OF FACTS ON HEAT AND VENTILATION. 6234m mill PRINCIPAL DEPOT FOB TBS BALI Of REVENUE STAMPS, NO. 304 CHESNCT STREET. CENTRAL OFFICE, No. 106 8. FIFTH STREET (Two doors below Chesnnt street), ESTABLISHED 18S3. The sale of Revenne Stamps is Btlll continued at the old-Established Agencies. The stock comprises every denomination printed by the Government, and having at all times a large supply, we are enabled to fill and forward (by Mail or Express) all orders Immediately upon receipt, a mat ter of great Importance. United States Notes, National Bank Notes, Drafts on Philadelphia, and Post OUlce Orders received la payment. . . . Any Information regarding the decisions of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue cheerfully and gratuitously furnished. Revenue Stamps printed upon Drafts, Checks, Re ceipts, etc The following rates of commission are allowed on Stan. p and Stumped paper: On ttband upwards B per cent. . iJO " 3 300 " " Address aU orders, etc., to STAMP AGENCY, No. 80s CHZSSUT ''.HEET. PHILADELPHIA. PROPOSALS. 11ROPOSAI.S FOR STAMPED ENVELOPES AND NEWSPAPER WRAPPERS. Post Officw Pkpartmbnt, July 11, 1570. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received until 12 o'clock M., on the 11th day of August; 1870, for rornisnirg an tne "Btampea Envelopes 'and "News paper Wrappers" which this Department may re quire during a period of four (4) years, commencing on tho 1st day of October, 1S70, vis:-. DTaMrKU KIN VrSIAH BS. No. 1. Note stBe, 8 by fV Inches two qualities!. No. S. Ordinary letter size. 8 1-ls bv & inches- three qualltles- jno. a. mi letter size, b( Dy ex mcnes three qualities. mo. 4. mil letter size, (for circulars), nnirummed on flap, 8' by Bj$ inches one quality. iso. a. .extra tetter size, stf ty s incnes tnree qualities. no. . rsxira letter size, bj$ Dy e?; incnes (fer cir culars,) nngummed on flap one quallity. No. 7. Official size, 8 16-16 by 8 inches two quali ties. . No. 8. Extra otiielal size, ii by 10 v inches one quality. BiAui cu nanarai iin KArri.KS. Six and a five-eighths by 8V Inches iroundjl'J . one quality. EMBOSSING, WATER-MARKS. PRINTING, KULINU fAt'fcil STYLE OP MANUFACTURE. All of the above Envelopes and Wrappers must be embjssed wiih postage stamps, of such denomina tions, styles, and colors, must have such water marks or other devices to prevent imitation, and bear such printing and ruling as the Postmaster General may direct. The envelopes must be made in the most thorough nmn.ier, equal in every respect to the samples furnished to bidders by the Depart ment. The paper must bo of approved qjallty, specially niHiiiifui'tured for tho purpose. Whenever envelopis are order or 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 cost, the contractor to pay all charges for royn.ty In the use or patented inventions for said lined or ruled envelopes. DIES. The dies for embossing the postage stamps oti the envelopes and wrappers are to be executed t the satisfaction cf the Postmaster-General, In the best style, and they are to be provided, renewed) and kept in order at tho 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 clmnges of dies or coiors 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.1 The use of the present dies mny or may not be continued. The dies shnll be safely and securely kept by the contractor, and should tho use of any of them be temporarily or permanently discontinued they shall be promptly turned over to the Department, or ltd agent, as the Postmaster-General may direct. GUM. The envelopes most be thoroughly and perfectly gummed, the gumming on the flap of each (except for circulars) to be put on by hand not less than hair an Inch the entire length ; the wrapper to be also hand-gummed not lens than three-fourths of an iaoo In width across the end. SECURITY FROM FIRE AND THEFT. Bidders are notiiied that the Department will re quire, as a condition of the contract, that the en velopes and wrappers shall bo manufactured and stored in such a manner as to Insure security against loss by fire or theft. The manufactory must at all times be subject to the inspection of an agent of the Department, who will require the stipulations of tho contract to be) faithfully observed. PACKING. All envelopes and wrappers mnst bo banded In parcels of twenty-live, and packed in strong paste board or straw boxes, securely bound on ail the edges and corners with cotton and linen cloth, glued on, each to contain not less than two hundred and lllty of the note and letter sizes, aud one hundred each of the official or extra official size, separately. The newspaper wrappers to bo packed in boxes, to contain not less than two hundred and fifty each. The boxes are to be wrapped and securely fastened In Btrong manllla paper, and sealed, so as to safely bear transportation by mall for delivery to post masters. W hen two thousand or more envelopes are required to 1111 the order of a postmaster, the straw or pasteboard boxes containing the same must be packed In strong wooden cases, well strapped with lioop-lron, and addressed; but when less than two thousand are required, proper labels of direction, to be furnished by an agent of the De partment, must be placed upon each package by the contractor. Wooden cases, containing envelopes or wrappers, to be transported by water routes, must be provided with suitable water-proofing. The w hole to be done under the luspectlou 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 be required to nil the dally orders of post masters; the deliveries to be made either at the Post Office Department, Washington, D. C, or at the office of an agent duly authorized to Inspect and receive the same ; the place of delivery to be at the option of the Postmaster-General, aud the cost of deliver ing, as well as all expense of storing, packing, ad dressing, labelling, and watcr-prooiiug to be paid by the contractor. SAMPLES. Specimens of the envelopes and wrappers for which proposals aro invited, showing the different qualities and colors of paper required, the cuts, aud style of gumming, with blank lorms of bids, may be had on application to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General. This advertisement and a specimen of the sample envelopes and wrapper furnished by the department must be attached 10 and made part of each bid. GUARANTEE. Noproposalwill .be considered unless offered by a manufacturer of envelopes, and accompanied by fteBiisiacwij sai,,nw oigucu v icitst two re sponsible parties. A WARD AGREEMENT BO The contract will be awarded to the lowest re sponsible biuder for all the envelopes and wrap pers, the prices to be calculated on the basis of tae number used of the several grades during the last liscal year, which was as follows: Mote size 1.46S.250 Letter size, first quality 6J,4j7,8eO Letter size, second quality 8,9ft5,75 Letter size, second quality (ungummcd).... 3,n6,0v0 Extra letter size, first quality 6,S1&,JW Extra letter size, second quality (un- gumnied) 454,000 Official size &69.90O Extra official size 3,100 Newspaper wrappers 4,93i,250 Total StS,2S9,50O Within ten days after the contract nas oeen awarded, the successful bidder shall enter into an agreement in writing with the Postmaster-General to faithfully obwerve and keep the terms, conditions, and requirements set forth In this advertisement, according to their true intent and meaning, and shall make, execute, and deliver, subject to the approval and acceptance of the Postmaster-General, bonds with good and sufficient sureties in the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars i20o,000) as a forfeiture 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 of Congress entitled "An act legalizing and making appropriations for such necessary objects as have been usually lneludeJ In the general appropriation bills without authority of law, and to fix aud provide for certain Incidental expenses of the departments and offices of the Gov ernment, and for other purposes," (United State Statutes at Large, vol. 6, page 256), approved August So, 1842, which act provides that iu case the con tractor shall fail to comply with the terms of his contract, "he ana his sureties shall be liable for the forfeiture Bpeciiied in such contract as liqui dated damages, to be sued for In the name of toe United States in any court having jurisdiction therer'" RESERVATIONS. The Postmaster-General reserves to iilmself the following rights: L To reject auy and all bids, If, In his Judgment, the interests of the Government require lr 8. To annul the contract whenever the same or any part thereof is otlered for sale for the purpose or speculation ; and under no circumstances will a trans fer of the contract be allowed or sanctioned to any party who shall be, in the opinion of the Postmaster General, less able to f ulffil the conditions thereof than the original contractor. 8. To annul the contract, If, In his judgment, thera shall be a failure to perform faithfully any of its sti pulations, or in case of a wilful attempt to impose upon the Department Envelopes or Wrappers in ferior to sample. 4. If the contractor to whom the first award may be made should fall to enter into agreement and give satisfactory bonds, as herein provided, then the award mav oe annul. ed and the contract let to tUe next lowest responsible bidder, and so on until therequued sBiccinent and bonds are executed; ard such next lowest bidder shall be required to InlOl every stipulation embraced herein as If he were the original party to whom the contract was awarded. bids Should be secnrely euveloped and sealed, marked "Proposals for Stamped Envelopes aud Newspaper Wrappers," and addressed to the Third Assistant Postmaster-General, Washington, D. O. JOHN A. J. CRESWELL, U.eod 13t .ros unaster-GeneraL
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