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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
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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