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TUB. 'DAILY EVENING TELEGRAFHFIIILADELPIII A, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1870.
LITER ATUHI1.
JiJPFJiW Of oVJJW BOOKS.
"The Life of Charles Dickens," by R.
Bhelton Mackenzie, which has just been
ironed by T. B. reteraon A Brothers, is a very
different Btyle of book from the performance
by George Augustas ' Sala which we noticed
few days ago. The life of a writer of books
is seldom eventful, and the chief charm of a'
well-prepared biography of such a man as
Charles Dicjkens will be in its anecdotes and
literary and personal gossip. For the prepa
ration of such a work as this there are few
men better qtialified than Dr. Mackenzie, who
is known as a first-class anecdotist, and
whose acquaintance with the literary men of
Great Britain and America for the last two
or three generations has provided him with a
plentiful stock of padding of the very first
quality. That Dr. Mackenzie's padding
is often not much
to the more solid
that come under
we have only to refer to
manner in which he edited
if , any inferior
literary matters
his attention,
the really superb
the "Noctes Am-
brosianre," where the notes certainly give an
additional spice to a text that is more Shake
spearian than anything outside of Shake
speare. With regard to the Life of Dickens"
before us we are not able to bestow unquali
fied praise. The materials have probably
been in the author's hands for an indefinite
length of time, and the subject maturely
considered; but the book has been put to
gether in too much of a hurry to make it
a model specimen of biographical writing.
No one is probably better aware of the de
fects of the work than Dr. Mackenzie him
self; and taking it' at the valuation he most
likely puts upon it as a literary effort, we
find it a very satisfactory account of the
literary career of Mr. Dickens, with proba
bly moBt, if not all, the particulars of his.
private life that the public have any right
to be acquainted with. A few extracts will
give our readers a better idea of the quality
of the book than any description of onrs
could do:
Lord Jeffrey, erst so formidable, as editor
of the Edinburgh Review, and a great reader
and admirer of Dickens, wrote to him some
years after the "Old Curiosity Shop" was
published, Raying: "How funny that besoin
of yours for midnight rambling on city streets,
and how curious that Macaulay should have
the same taste or fancy. I wish I had
time to discuss the grounds and extent of
my preference of your soft and tender char
acters to his humorous and grotesque; but I
can only say now, that I am as far as possi
ble from undervaluing the merit, and even
the charm, of the latter; only it is a lower and
more imitable style. I have always thought
Qoilp and SwiveUer great marvels of art; and
yet I should have admired the last far less
had it not been for his redeeming gratitude
to the Marchioness, and that inimitable con
valescent repast, with his hand locked in hers,
and her tears of delight. If you will only
own that you are prouder of that scene than
any of his antecedent fantasticols, I shall be
Battened with the conformity of our judg
ments." In a subsequent letter he wrote:
"I do not consider Quilp or Dick SwiveUer as
at all out of nature."
After a uhort visit to Richmond Mr. Dick
ens went to Baltimore Via Washington, and
wrote a hasty note to Irving, hoping he
would join him at Baltimore, adding, " What
pleasure I have had in seeing and talking
with you I will not attempt to say. I shall
never forget it as long as I live. What would
I give if we could have but a quiet week
together ! Spain is a lazy place, and its cli
mate an indolent one. But if you ever have
leisure under its sunny skies to think of a
man who loves you, and holds communion
with your spirit oftener, perhaps, than any
other person alive leisure from iistlessness I
mean and will write to me in London, you
will cive me an inexpressible amount of
pleasure."
Irving (ltd meet him at Baltimore, in a
letter (Washington, fith February, 1818), Mr.
Dickens thus mentions the fact to Mr. Lan-
man: "Your reference to my dear friend,
Washington Irving, renews the vivid
impressions reawakened in my mind at
Baltimore but the other day. I saw his fine
face for the last time in that city. He came
there from New York to pass a day or two
with me before I went westward; and they
were made among the most memorable of my
life by his delightful fancy and genial humor,
Borne unknown admirer of his books and
mine sent to tne Hotel a most enormous
mint-julep, wreathed with flowers. We sat,
one on either side of it, with great solemnity
(it filled a . respectable-sized round
taoiey, out tne solemnity was
of very short duration. It was quite an
enchanted julep, and carried us among in
numerable people and places that we both
knew. The julep held out far into the night,
and my memory never saw him afterwards
otherwise than as bending over it with his
straw with an attempted air of gravity (after
some anecdote involving some wonderfully
droll and delicate observation of character ),
and then, as his eye caught mine, melting
into that cultivating laugh of his, which was
the brightest and best I have ever heard."
The enchanted julep was a gift from the
proprietor of uuy a Hotel, lialtimore.- and.
"having held out far into the night," must have
been on a magnificent scale, at first large
enough for Gos and Magog, were they alive.
to have become mellow upon. George Cruik
shank or II. L. Stevens no inferior artist
should dare to attempt it might win ad
ditional f ame by sketching the two authors,
so much akin in genius and geniality, imbib
ing the cenerouu, mellifluous nnid from a
pitcher which, like the magio purse of Fortu
natua, seemed always lull I
Dickens who can doubt it ? would have
doubly enjoyed the nectarious julep had he
known that, in the masque of "Comun" by
John Milton, a good receipt for making it
was given more than two centuries back. The
hero, son of Bacchus, is first described as .
Offering to every weary traveller
Ilia orient liquor in a crystal glass,
To quench the drouth of Phuubua.
and then offers it to the lady, thus addressing
her:
And first, behold this cordial Julep here,
That flames and dances la his crjtttal bounds,
With spirit of balm and fragrant Byrops mixed:
Not that Nepenthes, which die wife of Thone
In Egypt gave to Jove-born Heleoa.
In of such power to stir up joy m this,
To life so friendly, or so cool to thirst.
The identical name, "Julep," is mentioned,
then the ingredients the balm, or mint,
which gives the flavor; the spirits; the "fra
j;rant syrop," so palpably denoting the sac
charine element; mixed up in, and imbibed
from, a "crystal glass;" and, to crown all, the
unmistakable addition of ice, which makes
the -mixture not only "to life wo friendly,"
but "so cool to thirst" that it would actually
"quench the drouth of rhoebus." However
Milton's tastes mav have deteriorated la old
age, when he had fallen upon evil days, his
early propensities were evidently genial, if
not hilarious. At the age of twenty-three,
when he wrote the exquisite poem of
"L' Allegro," he exclaims,
ITBsta thee, nymphs, and bring with the t
Jest, and ytntthful jollity.
Even in "Faradise Lost," whioh is a serious
poem, Milton was unable to refrain from an
allusion to mixed liquors, for he mentioned in
the most express terms being "bound for the
pert of Negus."
Mr. Dickens acknowledged the receipt of
the Julep in the following letter, which is
carefully and proudly preserved at Gay's,
South Seventh street, Philadelphia :
Barncm'b Hotku 23(1 March. 1848. My Pear Sir:
I am truly obliged to you for the beautiful and de
licious mint Julep you have so kindly sent me. It is
quite a mercy that I Knew wnat it was. i nave
tasted It, but await further proceedings until the
arrival of Washington Irving, whom I expect to
dine with me ffe-a-fcte,anl who will help me to drink
your health. With many thanKs to you,
Dtar sir, laiioiunv yours, ..
Charles D:jsbn3.
Guy, Esquire ,
I have been informed that Diokens.origin-
ally intended to carry out the promise of his
title (Oliver Twist; or, 17ie Parish Boy'b
Progress), and to trace the life, struggles, and
successes of wnat Alias uraaaon caus "a
clod" to locate him in Kent, the 'county best
beloved by himself, at all times, and to intro
duce hop-picking, and other picturesque rural-
ties. He changed his purpose, as we all know,
and brought him to .London. George Uruik
shank told me how this was done.
In London,! was intimate with the brothers
Cruikshank, Robert and George, but more
particularly with the latter. In 1847, having
called upon him one day at his house fit then
was in Mvdleton Terrace, rentonviiie ), l naa
to wait while he was finishing an etching for
which a printer's boy was waiting. To while
away the time, I gladly complied with his
suggestion that I should look over a portfolio
crowded with etchings, proofs, and drawings,
which lay upon the sofa. Among these,
carelessly tied together in a wrap of brown
paper, was a series of some twenty-nve
to thirty drawings, very carefully
finished, through most of which
were carried the well-known portraits
of Fagin, Bill Sikes and his dog,
Nancy, the Artful Dodger, and . Master
Charles 13ates all well-known to tne readers
of "Oliver Twist" and many others who were
not introduced. There was no mistake about
it, and when Cruikshank turned round, his
work finished, I said as much. He told me
that it had long been in his mind to show the
life of a London thief by a series of drawings,
engraved by himself, in. which, without a
single line of letter-press, the story would be
strikingly and clearly told.- "Dickens," he
continued, "dropped in one day just
as yon have done, and, while waiting
until I could speak with him, took
up that identical portfolio and ferreted
out that bundle or drawings. wnen
he came to that one which represented Fagin
in the condemned cell, he silently studied it
for half an hour, and told me that he was
tempted to change the whole plot of his story;
not to carry Uliver Twist tnrougn adventures
in the country, but to take him up into the
imOYCO UCU lit uuuuuu, ouwff wuav tuuii mo
was, and bring Oliver safely through it with
out sin or shame. I consented to let him
write up to as many of the designs as he
thought would suit his purpose; and that was
the way in which Fagin, Sikes, and Nancy
were created. My drawings suggested them,
rather than his strong individuality suggested
my drawings."
It has been stated by Mr. juaynew tnat
when Cruikshank was designing Fagin in the
Condemned Cell, he made various attempts
to produce the required effect of terror,
hatred, and despair, but did not succeed until
one morning as he was sitting up in bed,
gnawing his nails, as he used to do when he
found himself at a nonplus, he caught a view
of his own face reflected in a pier-glass oppo
site, and, jumping out of bed on the mo
ment, went to work on his sketch. He had
got the position and expression he wanted.
Old Weller, in "The Posthumous Papers of
The Pickwick Club," reminds one very much
of the admirable sketch of the stage coach
man, with great bulk and curiously-mottled
face, in Washington Irving s "bketch Hook.
In other words, for I am not accusing Boz of
committing plagiary upon Geoffrey Crayon,
both authors drew from tne same special
genus now extinct. The plethorio stage
coachman, who drove four-in-hand, cnanged
horses every ten miles, and took a glass of
ale at each change, has been swept away by
railwayism, just as the Indiana have been
driven farther and farther west by the irresisti
ble progress of civilization, and are now
nearly extinct. When I first travelled through
England, forty years ago, just before railway
ism was begun, nearly every stage-coach bad
a Jehu of this class.
I believe that Old Weller was drawn from
an original, who used to "work" a stage coach
between London and Portsmouth, and had a
brother on . the same line. They passed by
each other every day, for many years, with
out any opportunity of exchanging words a
mutual smile and knowing elevation of the
whip elbow being their only salute. When
one of these rotund brothers of the whip died,
the other took it to heart, and followed him in
a month. This last was Dickens' man. Per
haps Dickens may have travelled with him 1
did, before steam became omnipotent. Mrs.
Warner, the tragic actress, experienced an act of
kindness from this coachman, whioh she related
to Dickena soon after it occurred, and it may
have influenced his coachman in "Piokwick."
Before her marriage, Mrs. Warner, who
paid a professional visit to the United States
in 1852, was Miss Huddart, very much re
spected, on and off the boards. Her father
had been an oinoer in the British army, and
she always travelled under his escort. He
was known, along the road, as "The
Captain," and she was familiarly
spoken of . as "Polly Huddart."
Onco upon a time, Bhe was travelling,
with her father, to begin a short star season
at Portsmouth or Plymouth. Every one on
that road knew father and daughter and the
bulky coachman. When he saw their names
en his "way-bill," he took care that the favo
rite box-Beat, portion of his own vehicular
throne, should be reserved for the lady, who
was apt to get sick when an inside passenger,
and was accuHtomed, by special favor, to take
her seat on the outside, with the coachman.
Courteous and conversational as this lady
always was, and extremely handsome in these
distant days, she had become an especial
favorite with this particular "whip."
On the occasion I refer to, when the last
stage, say twelve miles distant from their
place of destination, was reached, it was dis
covered that Captain Huddart had suddenly
died in the coach, his daughter then being on
it. Of course this caused considerable
social commotion, and the corpse was taken
Into Ihe fnn, to aw'aif inquiry from a coro
ner's lnquost. Poor Miss Huddart was sitting 1
in the great parlor of the country inn,
almost paralyzed by the sad and sudden
shock, when the old coachman came into the
room, and, Beeing her unaware of his' pre
sence, said, as softly as his gruff voice would
allow, "The coachman, Miss." Believing
that he had come to her for his fee, and
gTeatly annoyed at being so intruded upon at
such a time, she took out her purse, pushed
it over to bim, as he stood by the table, and
said in an angry tone, "Help yourself!"
This he declined doing, but, while he
was diving 'Into the deep abysm of his
breeches-pocket, in quest, as it seemed, of a
huge pocket-book, plethorio as himself, husk
ily uttered the words, "You mistake me, Misa
Huddart. All I came to say was that player
people don't always have as much money as
they need, and that, in this sad fix, it will be
very unkind if you don't allow me, who have
known you so long on the road, to let yon
have whatever you may want. There's a
hundred pound, or so, in this pocket-book,
and if more's wanted towards burying of the
old gentleman, I shall bring it with me to
morrow morning, wnen l come bacK tnis
same way." Then pushing a bundle of bank
notes into the poor young lady's hand, he
waddled out of the room as fast as possible.
Next day and for several succeeding days,
he again paid half a minute's visit to the
afflicted and suddenly orphaned daughter,
and, after the funeral, had gTeat pride in
giving her as heretofore the box-seat with
himself. She had great difficulty in coaxing
him to take back the money he had placed at
her disposal, but, hearing that Bhe was to
have a benefit at the theatre, he purchased
box-tickets to a large amount, which he forced
upon the passengers whom he drove, telling
them the tragic story of the Captain's death,
and invariably answering, whenever re
minded that the person whom he
wished to purchase a ticket was going from
the place where the lady's benefit was to be
given, that "so much the better, as there
would be the more room for the towns
people." Miss Huddart was persuaded that
Dickens, whom she had known from his
school days, and to whom she had particularly
described this benevolent stage cachman,
probably had some remembranoe of him
when he drew and developed the character of
Old Weller.
The book is embellished by a new portrait
of Mr. Dickens, and it contains a number of
uncollected pieces that have never been in
cluded in any of the editions of his writings.
From Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger
we have received of the recent publications of
Harper & Brothers, "True to Herself," an
interesting novel of English life, by F. W.
Robinson; and a .pamphlet compilation by
Horace E. Dresser, containing the United
States Internal Revenue and Tariff laws,
passed July 13th, 1870, together with the act
imposing taxes on distilled spirits and tobacco
and for other purposes, which was approved
July 20, 18G8, and such other acts or parts of
acts relating to internal revenue as are now
in effect. This pamphlet shows at a glance
exactly what Internal Revenue and Tariff
laws are now in force, and its value as a work
of ready' reference needs no demonstration.
Its utility is increased by tables of taxes, a
copious analytical index, and full sectional
notes. i
"The Women of Israel" in two volumes,
concludes Appleton's handsome library edi
tion of Grace Aguilar s writings. This work
is a series of sketches of the prominent
heroines of Jewish history from Eve to the
fall of Jerusalem and the present time. Misa
Aguilar, herself a daughter of Israel,' was
peculiarly well qualified to write such a work
as this, and it may be commended as one of
the most interesting and edifying of its class.
Porter and Coates send us the above-named
work and also "Coningsby," one of Mr. Dis
raeli's early extravagances, published by D.
Appleton & Co.; and "Jfetronel, a very
pleasantly written love-story by the talented
daughter of Captain Maryatt, which bears the
imprint of Loring.
The 38th part of "Zell's Popular Enoy-
pedia" brings the work down to the title
"Mayence." This encyclopedia is the cheapest
work of the kind ever published; . and as by
discreet compression the editor has been able
to set a vast amount of information into a
very small space,' it. is well worthy of the
attention of those who
cannot afford to buy
many books.
The Kttxo Era is Indignant because the Gov
ernor of Texas has appointed two colored men
to fill aldermanic chairs in one of the counties
of that State. The Era, at the same time,
claims to be a friend to the colored people.
Consistency is a jewel that is very often tram
pled upon.
In looking over the last will and testament
of the late Mr. John Bates, formerly a wealthy
citizen of Cincinnati, we find that he has left
one of his brothers-in-law a "promise of 42000,
The old gentleman was determined to have his
joke, even at the risk of disappointing the ex
pectatlons of a friend.
A buxom young lady of Pekin, 111., a few
days since, secured a divorce from her third
husband, and in (seven hours later had started
on a bridal tour to the East with her fourth hus
band. The most remarkable circumstance con
nected with the matter is that the courting, pro
posal, and marriage of No. 4 were accomplished
within the time stated.
A school commissioner of Troy, in addition
to having injured the bead of brother commis
sioner during a tree uguiai a recent board meet
ing, is now accused of naving deserted the part
ner ox ms joys ana sorrows in oraer to take up
his residence with one less worthy. The Trojans
feel themselves a good deal scandalized in con
sequence of the matter.
A male child is reported to have been re-
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of hair three Inches In length, covering that part
of the head which, in females, ia usually occu
pied by the chignon. The hair on the remainder
of the head is short, thin, and very liirht in
color. The father's hair ia red, and the mother's
brown.
An attorney of New Orleans has commenced
an action ior lioei against me aeieaaant m a
case recently argued by him, in consequence of
words spoken and subsequently printed in the
newspapers, lie looks for damages la the sum
of 50. The very modesty of the demand haa
attracted a good deal of attention to the cae.
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FREEDOM IRON AND STEEL COM PANT.
The undersigned, Mortgagees and Trustees under
the mortgage of the FREEDOM IRON AND 8TB EL
COMPANY, whicft bsars date Febrnary 1,-1867,
tinder and pursuant to a request and notice of
creditors, given under the provisions or the said
mortgage, for default of payment of Interest,
Will sell at pabllo sale, at the Philadelphia Ex
change, on TUESDAY, the 87U day or September,
A. D. 1870, at 12 o'clock noon, by
H. 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, fixtures, forges, furnaces, grist mill, ore rights,
stationary engines, saw mtllB, railroads and cars ef
every kind belonging to the said Company granted
In mortgage by the said Company to us by the said
mortgage, viz. :
About thirty-nine thousand (39,ooo) acres of land
In Mifflin and Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania,
on which there are erected extensive steel works,
four (4) charcoal blast furnaces, and numerous shops
and buildings, to wit:
The property known as the Freedom Iron and
Steel Works, In MlfTUn county, Pennsylvania, com
prising two hundred and eighty-nine (289) acres of
land-
One (l) charcoal blast furnace,, Bessemer steel
converting house, hammer shop, rail and plate mill,
steam forge, tyre mill, water-power bloomery, cast
steel works, foundry and machine shops, old forge,
smith shop, carpenter shop, store with warehouse
attached, mansion house, offices, 64 dwelling houses,
saw-mill, lime-kiln, stables and other buildings, with
stationery engines, machtery, and fixtures.
Also, the property known as the Greenwodd Ore
Bank, In Union townBhlp, Mifflin 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 2352 acres of land,
with mill and all the machinery and appurtenances
thereof. With two small tracts of land in Derry
township, Mini In county, each containing about one
acre, more or less, respectively known as the Cun
ningham and Kyan lots, and two small tracts or land,
containing about one acre and one-fourth of an acre,
respectively, known as tne uostetter lot, and the
Stroup House and lot, In Union township, Mirllin
county.
Also, about 17,400 acres of unseated lands, In
Mifflin county.
Also, the right to take ore on the Muthersbaugh
farm, In Decatur township, Mifflin county, at a
royalty of 28 cents per ton. ,
Together with about 907 acres of 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, 62 dwelling houses, offlces and
store, one grist mill, with stable and bulldngs of
every description, railroad and ore cars.
Also, the property known as the Monroe Furnice,
In Barre township, Huntingdon county, containing
about 179 acres of land, with nine dwelling-houses,
stables, carpenter shop, smith shop, store and office
building.
Also, about 17,200 acres of land, In Huntingdon
connty (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, m payment of the bonds of the said Freedom
Iron and - Steel Company, amounting to 1500,000,
with Interest from February 1, 1869, secured by the
said mortgage to the trustees, under the terms of
which this sale Is made, the said mortgage being a
first mortgage on the said property. The terms of
tale of the property above described will be as fol
lows:
tsooo In cash, to be paid when the property Is
struck oft 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 and
place, and nnder the same request and notice of
creditors, all the right, title, and Interest of the
Trustees, as mortgagees In trust, of, in, and to the
following described properties, viz. :
The property known as the Yoder Farm, In Brown
township. Mifflin county, containing 183 acres, 124
perches, composed of two tracts as follows:
Beginning at stone in road, thence by land of John
D. Barr, north 63 degrees east, 102 8-10 perches to
stone; thence by land of Joseph B. Zook, north 44.V
degrees west, 202 9-10 perches, to stone ; thence by
land of John Hooley, south &)( degrees west'102 1-10
perches, to stone ; thence south 4JK degrees east,
190 6-10 perches, to the place of beginning contain.
lng 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 4jtf deg. west, 67 8-10 perches, to stone;
thence by land of John Hooley, south 4$ deg. west;
79 6-10 perces to stones ; thence by land of David L.
Yoder, south 42,v deg. east, 66 8-10 perches, to stone
In road; thence along said road and by land of
Gideon Yoder, north 46V deg. east, 81 1-10 perches,
to the place of beginning containing thirty-three
acres and one hundred and twelve perches, net mea
sure. '
The same being subject, to mortgage given to
secure bonds, amounting to f 11,733-34, upon 3Soo
of which Interest la due from April l, 1369, and on
balance of said bonds Interest is due from April 1,
1868.
Also, the property known as the Williams farm, as
follows: .
All that certain tract of land situate in Derry
township, Mifflin county, Pa., bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a chesnut, corner of lands or Philip
Martz, thence by lands of William Henney and
Samuel McManamy, north 87 degrees west, L93K
perches, to a hickory; thence by lands of Saniue
McManamy, north 17 degrees west, 17 perches;
thence by land of James M. Martin, Bouth 78 de
grees west, 22 perches, to a post; thence by land of
Johnston blgler, south 87 degrees west, 169 perches
to a hickory ; thence by lands of Peter Townsend s
heirs, south 87 degrees east, 91 perches, to stones
thence by land of heirs of John McDonell, deceased,
and Mrs. Mcllvain, north 60 degrees east, 9sj
perches, to a post; thence by land of Philip Martz,
north 70 degrees east, 69 perches, to the place of
beginning containing one hundred and seven acres
and twenty-nine perches or land, and allowance.
lhis property is charged with a mortgage, given
to secure bonds for 11250, with Interest at 6 per
cent, per annum, from November 8, 1868.
Also, the property known as the Stroup Ore Bank,
In Union township, Mifflin county, containing about
nine acres and eighty-nine perches.
The last named property is subject to a mortgage
given to secure a bond for 1000, bearing Interest at
the rate or 6 per cent, per annum from July 28,
lb68.
The terms or sale or the last three described
properties will be as follows:
Twenty-five dollars la cash to be paid upon each
when they are respectively struck off.
The balance of the purcnase money of each to be
paid in cah upon the execution of the conveyance
to tne puicaabi'r.
WI8TAH MORRIS,)
JAMES T. YOUWU, Trustees.
E-NOUtf LEWIS, )
AL T110MA8 & 80NS,
27mtbtS27 Auctioneers.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF 8AFB
rp. J. WATSON & BON,
Kjjof the late firm Ot EVANS A WATSON,
FIRB AND BUROIiAK-PROOF
HATE H T O II 12,
No. 53 SOUTH FOUBTII STREET,
I3H A few doors abflte Cbeesat tt. Fhilada.
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PROPOSALS.
I)ROFOSALS FOH MATERIA! TO BK StfP
TLIED TO TUB WAVY YARDS UNOKR TUB
( lOONIZANCB OF THE BUREAU OF CONSTRUC
TION AND REPAIR.
NAVT DKr-AWTSlKKT,)
. - BUt! OFCOKBTRf pnOM A1D R8P4IR,
' - - WAPnwoTO!, D. U. July 14, i70. ) ,
BKALED PROPOSALS to furnish Timber and
other materials fof the Navy for the fiscal vear end
ing June 30, 1871, will be received at this Bureau
until 12 o'clock M. of the 15th of August next, at
which time the proposals will be opened.
. The proposals must be addressed to the Chief of
the Bureau of Construction and Repair, Navy De
partment, Washington, and must be Indorsed 'Pro
posals for Timber, etc, for the Navy," that they may
be distinguished from other busineRS letters.
Printed schedules for such classes as parties deal
In and intend to bid for, together with instructions
to bidders, giving the forms of proposals of guarantee,
and of certificate or guarantors, with printed tonus
or offer, will be rurnislied to such persons as desire
to bid, on application to the Commandants or the
respective Navy Yards, an4 those or all the yards
on application to the Bureau.
The Uommandant or each Navy Yard and the pur
chasing paymaster for each station will have a copy
or the schedules or the other yards, lor examination
only, in order that persons who Intend to bid may
judge whether it is desirable to make application for
any or the classes or those yards. .
The proposals must )e for the whole or a class, and
all applications for information or for the examina
tion of samples must be made to the commandants
of the respective yards.
The proposal must ire accompanied by a certificate
from the Collector of Internal Revenue for the dl
trict in which the bidder resides, that he has a license
to deal in the article's for which he proposes ; and,
by direction of the Department, bid or offers will be
received only from parties who are bona fide dealers in.
or manufacturer! of, the articles they offer to furninh.
The gusrantors must be certified by the Assessor of
internal nevcnue ior tne uistrict m wnioh they re
side. The contract will be awarded to the person who
makes the loweBt bid and gives the guarantee re
quired by law, the Navy Department, however, re
serving tne ngnt 10 reject the lowest bid, or any
which it may deem exorbitant.
Sureties in the full amount will be required to a im
the contract, and their responsibility must be certl
fled to the satisfaction of the Navy Department
As additional security twenty per centum will ba
withheld from the amount or the bills until the son
tracts shall have been completed, and eiirhtr nnr
centum of the amount of each bill, approved in tri
plicate by the Commandant of tne respective yards,
win oe paiu uj uie i-ajmamer 01 me station desig
nated in the contract within ten davs alter the war
rant for the same shall have been passed bv the
Secretary or the Treasury. - .
The classes of this Bureau are numbered and de
signated as follows :
No. 1, White Oak Logs; No. 8, White Oak Curved
Timber; No. 4, White Oak Plank; No. 7. Yellow Pine
Logs; No. 8, Yellow Pine Beams; No. 9, Yellow Pine
Mast Timber; No. 11, White Pine Logs: No. 12.
White Pine Mast Timber; No. 13, Whtte l'lne Plank,
Boards; No. 18, Whtte Ash, Elm, Beech; No, 10,
White Ash Oars; No. 17, Hickory; No. 18, Black
Walnut, Mahogany, Maple, Cherry ; No. 20, Locust
Treenails; No. 22, Cypress, Cedar; No. 23, Black
Spruce; No. 24, White Oak Staves and Headings;
No. 20, j-ignumvitsc; jno. bu, ingot Copper; No. 32,
Wrought Iron, round and square; Na 33, Wrought
Iron, Hat; No. 84, Iron, plate; No. 35, Steel; No. 87,
Iron Spikes; No. 38, Iron Wrought Nails; No. 3,
Iron Cut Nails; No. 42, Lead, pipe, sheet; No.
43 Vno - Ko. di. Tin f Nn JS Snhlor- fjn a ri-n
Hinges, nous, 01 orass ana iron j jno. 4!), Screws, of
Itmiua anil Irnn M Vlloa Kn K1 Aiummi vn ten
Tools lor ship stores ; No. 83, Tools ror use in vard
and shopB ; No. 84, Hardware ; No. 66, White Lead ;
No. 67, Zinc Paints; No 88, Colored Paints, dryers:
11 Ut uv, iiiueccu vu t nv. uu, . m uiau, opiribS 1 TirneU-
tine; No. 63, Sperm and Lard Oil; No. 64, Tallow,
Soap; No. C8, Glass; No. 69, Brushes; No. 70, Dry
Goods tor npholstering; No. 71, Stationery; No. 73,
snip unanaiery; no. 44, agios; o. 75, Kestn, Pitch,
Crude Turpentine: No. 77. Beltlnsr. Packlnir: N.7a.
Leather, pump rigging, lacing; No. 60, Junk; No. 88,
Charcoal.
The lollowlng are the classes, by the numbers, re
quired ai mc icoict;uc nnv r-jaius :
HUB. o, 10, iu, iii in, in, 02, 00: OO, 0, 4, 48, 4'J,
mn ft. KO K ki! KQ dCA HO AQ C( ft t -. 1
A . 1 .K IA 1 T .0 Oil on AO n n n j . .
W' 01 m' CUAiobX
NOB. 7, 13, IB, 16, 13. 22, 24, 28, 32, 83, 34, 88, 87, 38,
89. 42. 43. 44. 48. 49. 60. 81. 62. 63. 84. 86. 87. fW. KO. An.
OO, O, VO, W, U, L, jj(J Y '
NOS. 1. 7. 9. 13. 13, 16. 17. 18. 23. 24. 2S. 82. 33. 84. 37
tjy. rt. ta. , 4. ij. ov, oi. o-t. oj. 04. on. di. bs. fi'J. fill
63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73. 74, 78, 77, 80, 68.
PHILADELPHIA.
NOB. 4, 7, 9, 13, IS, 18, 82, 33, 48. 71.
WASHINGTON.
NOB. 1, 3, 7..11, 12, 13. 17. 18. 20. 22, 23. 30. 32. 33. 34.
88, 87, 89, 42, 44, 48, 43, 49, 60, 61, 63, 84, 67, 88, 69, 60,
63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74. 77, 78, 88.
NOS. 1, 13, 15, 18, 23, 20. 32. 83. 39. 42. 44. 43. 49. 60. 63.
04, DI, DO, ov, ov, eo. D4, OS, III, II, IJ, (I, n.
JttAKJS IS L A INI).
Nos. IB, 18, 32, 83, 84. 85. 88. 39. 42. 43. 44. 48. 49. B0.
61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 60, 64, 68, 69, 10, 71, 73, 74, 77,
ENGINEER OFFICE FOR HARBOR DEFENSES,
UNION BANK BUILDING,
BALTIMORE, MD.
sealed ijiui'U8aus, in duplicate, will be re-
ceived at this Office until 12 o'clock noon of the 12th
day or September next ensuing, ror the removal or
the rollowlng "OBSTRUCTIONS" rrom the Channel
or James River, Virginia, below Richmond, viz. :
At WARWICK BAR, about five miles below Rich.
mend, wreck of three (3) small schooners, 60, 60 and
60 tons, old measurement.
At DRURY'S BLUFF, about seven miles below
Richmond, wreck or Iron-clad ram Fredericksburg,
sunk with armor, guns, etc., on board ; iron gunboat
Raleigh, 150 tons, old measurement, sunk with guns,
etc., on board ; war steamer Jamestown, wooden,
1200 tons, sunk with guns, etc, on board; steamer
Curtis Peck, 450 tons, old measurement; schooners
Wythe, 800 tons; Roach, 225 tons; brig, 175 tons,
anu a smau senooner- oi aooui w or iuu ions, name
unknown. AIho, 18 or 20 cribs or timber and atone,
pnch 84 feet seuare. averatrinsr 18 feet hiirh.
At TRENTS, or GRAVEYARD REACH, about
ten miles below Richmond, wreck of schooner Oai-
lego, 250 wdb, old measurement ; wreok of pilot boat
Plume,' 87 tons, old measurement.
jjClfw niit i- vs v Auiiin) uwu m uncuiij ixx itrj
from Richmond, 87 to 40 piles, part of remains of
old military uruige.
PropopalB will be received for the removal of all
the obstructions named above, or a portion, but sin
gle bids are preierreu ior tne entire removal or all
tnn niiiirncuonB ai eacu nuiin as named aoove.
Each proposal must state the time within whfch
the work will be finished, and the method or man
ner or removal proposed at each point, whether by
blasting or otherwise.
Some of the wrecks are of considerable value,
and It Is expected that the privilege tt raising them
will either be paid for by the contractors In money
to the United States, or that their material will be
taken In compensation ror removing other wrecks
whii'li are wortniess.
. The rightls reserved to reject any or all bids ror
am reanon deemen snmcieni uy me uuiierHipnea.
Proposals will oe openeu ai i-ao r. oi cue vtin
day of September next ensuing, in presence of such
bidders as mav choose to attend.
Forms of proposals to be had on application at
this office. -
Proposals must bo In duplicate, endorsed "Propo
sals for Removing Obstructions in Jame River,"
each accompanied by a printed copy oi turn adver
tisement, and autiretseu to
H Col. WM. P. CRAIGHILL,
Union Bank Building.
8 11 6t Baltimore, Aid.
rKFlCE
OF CHIEF OUARTERMASTEK,
yj
THIRD D1ST., DEI'ARTM tCNT OK THE EAST.
PHII.iDKl'HIA. Pa.. Aug. 6. Is70.
kit AT.t-n PROPOSALS in triplicate will be received
at this ottice np to 12 M. , on T U ESI) A Y.the sixth day
nt Mntj.mhM. 1K70. for settinK "Usaife Orange"
plants around tne louowing naiueu xnuuouhi ceme
teries, In the State of Virginia (for tne purpose of
enclosing the same with secure neugmg), viz. :
Kicnmoua iMaiioDiu ceiucici..ii'uujjuu, a.
Fredericksburg
. . Fredericksburg, Va
Culpepper
Winchester . .
fctauntou
Danville
poplar urove
Oitj Point
Seven Pines
Cold Harbor
Glrnriale
Vort Harrison
Hampton
..cuipepper, va.
..Winchester, Va,
..Staunton, Va.
..Danville, Va.
..Petersburg, Va.
..Citv 1'oiul Va.
..Seven 1'iues, Va
,.Cold Harbor, va.
..Olendaie. Va.
..Fort Harrison, Va.
..Hampton, va.
.Vorktown
..Yorktowa, Va.
vai'h nrnnnaai mux the accompanied bv asutneient
puaraltee that in the event of the acoeptaooe of the
proposal the bidder or bidders will eujer Into a con
tract for the planting of the hedgins. .
Th i)nartrmanier8 Uepartmeut reserves the
rlirl.i in rewt anv mill all bids.
Any additional information deBlred hv parties
wlnhingr to bid will be furnished upon application to
ifidders'sre required to Mnd themselves that tr the
plants do not thrive they will re uew them for a
trirxi of two vears, as they uuy happen to fill
oumg that urn. HENRY O. HODGES.
uoisir and Quartermaster U. IS. A., Chief ouarier-
mmier Third tiuaileruiafcter s District, Department
f the Ki.nl. os vi.
FINANCIAL,
Wilmington and Reading
6 even Per Cent. Bonds,
V FREE OF TAXES.
We are eAterlng $900,000 of the
Becond mortgage llonds oi
this Company
AT 82 J AND ACCRUED INTEREST.
For the convenience of Investors these Bonds art
lBsned in denominations of
10008, f 500s, ana lOOs.
The money is required ror the purchase or addl.
tlonal Rolling Stock and the full equipment of the.
Road. it.
The road is now finished, and doing a business
largely in excess of the anticipations of Its officer h
The trade offering necessitates a large additional
ontlay for rolling stock, to afford rail facilities for Its
prompt transaction, the present rolling stock not
being sufficient to accommodate the trade, ,
WH. PAINTER & CO.,
BANKERS,
No. 3G South THIRD Otroot.
6 B
PHILADSLPHIA.
LE111GH CONVERTIBLE
6 Per Cent First Mortgage Gold Loan,
Free from all Taxes.
W offer for sals $1,750,000 of the LhlKh Ooal and Nt1'
ration Company's nw First Martf&je Six Per Cent Gold
Bonds, freadom all taxes, interest do. March and Bsp
Umber, at
NINETY (00)
And Interest in cnrrenci added to date of poxnhaaib
These bonds are or a mart as. loan of K3.ooo.oon. 4.tA
October 6, WS. Thej have twenty-nve (26) rear to ma.
and are convertible into stock at par until 1878. Principal
and interest payable in gold.
They are secured by a first mortgage on 5800 acres of
coal lands in tne Wyoming Valley, near Wilkesbarre, at
present producing at tee rate of 3UU,ouo tons of ooal pet
annnm, with works in progress which contemplate a large)
Inorease at an early period, and also npon Valuable Heal
Estate In tbis city.
A sinking fund of ten cents per ton npon all ooal taken.
from the mines for fire years, and of fifteen oents per ton
thereafter, is established, and The Fidelity Insorano
Trnst and Safe Deposit Company, the Trustees nnder the
mortgage, collect these sums and invest them in these
Bonds, agreeably to the provisions of the Trnst.
For in U particulars eopies of the mortgage, ate., apply
to
O. A H. BORIS,
W- H. NKWBOLD. SON AERTSS1I
JAY OOOKJE A OO-
DREXHLAOO..
E. W. OLARK A CXI. 7 11 1m
gEVEM PER CENT.
First Mortgage Bonds
or rum
turrille, Ilazlcton, and Wilkes
barre Railroad Company,
At 85 and Accrued Interest
Clear of all Taxes.
INTEREST PAYABLE APRIL AND OCTOBER,
Persons wishing to make Investments are lnrlt
yO examine the merits of these BONDS.
Pamphlets f applied and f nil information gives by
Sterling & Vildman,
FINANCIAL AGENTS,
f .
Ho. 110 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
l!tt . PHILADELPHIA.
Government Bonds and other Securities taken is
exchange for the above at best market rates.
B. K. JAMISON & CO..
BCCCKSSORS TO
JP. JT. KELLY Sz CO,
BANKERS AND DEALERS VH
Gold, Silver and Government Send
. At Closeit market Slates,
IT. W. Cor. THIRD and CHESNUT SU.
Bneclal attention given to COMMISSION ORDERS
In New York and PhUadhla stock Boards, etc,
to. Mi
QUCTVDIIVNirva, DAVIS A CO.J
Ko. 48 BOUTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
dlENDlNNIHG, DAVIS & AUORT,
ffo. 17 WALL 8T11EET, NEW YORK,'
BANKERS AND BROKERS.'
Receive deposits subject to check, allow Interest
on standing and temporary balances, and execute
orders promptly for the purchase and salt) of
STOCKS, BONDS and GOLD, In either city. '
Direct telegraph communication from Philadelphia
bouse to New York ia
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LL I O T T
DVR2V
BANKERS
Ko. 109 SOUTH THIRD STREET, '
.......'.
DEALERS IX ALL GOVERNMENT SBCUSS
TIES, GOLD BILLS, ETC 1 . .
DRAW BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND IS8UK
COMMERCIAL LETTERS Of CREDIT OH THK
UNION BANK OF LONDON. '
UUE TRAVELLERS' LETTERS OF CREDIT
ON LONDON AND PARIS, available throughout
Europe,
Will collect all Con pons and Interest free of ckargt
for parties making their financial arrangements
With us. 'Mi