IS TBE WORLD UOVNDf "We bope our readers will not think us de mented for asking the aboTe question; bat Mr. John Hampden (or "Parallax") ha re cently backed his opinion to the contrary by a ram of five hundred poands; and an inter oetihg experiment has taken place. This gentleman, in 1605; publinbed a book to prot e that the earth is a plane, without motion, and unaccompanied by anything in the firmament anologous to itself. The whole question tarns on the convexity of water, for if the earth is a globe, and twenty-five thousand miles in circumference, the snrfaoe of all standing water niuet have a certain degree of convexity; every part must be an aro of a circle, rising at the rate of about eight inches per mile; and in every succeeding mile, eight inches multiplied by the square of the din-' tance. Mr. Hampden nays he tried the fol lowing experiment: In the. Old Bedford Canal, Cnmbridgshire, a boat - and flag were directed to sail from Weluey Bridge, and remain at' 'Welche's Dnm, six miles distant. Mr. Ilamp den, with a telescope, placed himself in the water as a bather, with his eye not exceeding eight inches above the surface. The nag and the boat down to the water's edge were clearly visible throughout the whole distance, so that he concluded if the surface of the water bad risen as above mentioned, he could not have seen the boat at all. We have neither the space nor the inclination to follow Mr. Hampden in the far-fetched theories con tained in bis volume Suffice it to say that this gentleman offered to stake five hundred pounds on his theory; and Mr. A. 11. Wallace accepted the challenge, offering, in like manner, to stake five hundred pounds upon the issue, and agreeing to "prove the con vexity or curvature of the surface of a canal, river, or lake." The Bpot chosen was that portion of the Old Bedford Canal between Old Bedford Bridge and Welney Bridge, a distance of six miles in a straight line. The experiment came off March fi, 1870; and an oblong signal, six feet by three, was E laced on Old Bedford Bridge, its centre eing thirteen feet four inches above the water. At three miles' distance along the canal (we quote from the report of Mr. Car penter, Mr. Hampuen's referee), a staff was erected, having a red diso of wood one foot in diameter affixed to it, the centre of which was also thirteen feet four inches above the water; and on Welney Bridge, three miles farther, a third signal was placed, reaching the top of the bridge, thirteen feet four inches likewise abovo the water. The obser vations were made by means of a large tele scope (four-inch object-glass), and also by means of a fiixteen-inch Troughton level, placed in tho same position and height above the water as the large achromatic. On the centre signal-staff there was a red disc, which was allowed to remain nine feet four inches above tho water, or four feet lower than the other. Now the result was, that in each of these observations, one taken from Welney Bridge, and the other from Old Bedford Bridge, with the large achromatic telescope, the two discs of the central staff appeared in each case above the other bridge, showing that the signal-staff in the centre was higher, and thus proving the convexity of the water. Similar results appeared with the telescope of a sixteen-inch Troughton level, placed in the same position. The umpires, of course, could not agree, and the editor of the Field was called in as referee. He decided that Mr. Wallace, by means of the experiment agreed on, has proved to ' his satisfaction the "curvature to and fro" of the Bedf 3rd Canal to the extent of five feet more or Ighs. He therefore paid Mr. Wallace the one thou sand pounds that had been lodged at Coutts' Bank. Mr. Wallace, in a letter to the Field (April 2, 1870), commenting on Mr. Carpenter's re marks in his report, says that that gentleman objects to the value of the view in the large telescope "because it showed but two points, when a comparison had to be instituted be tween three;" but he omits to state that the telescope itself was placed accurately at the third point, just as was the spirit-level tele scope to the view shown by which he makes do objection. The views from both extremi ties of the six miles agreeing so closely, both prove the very great acouracy of the level used; and that it may be depended upon to show that the surface of water does really sink below the true level line in a continually increasing degree as the distance is greater; but the proof of convexity in no way depends on this aocuracy, as it was shown still better by the large telescope without a spirit-level. The curvature shown by the large telescope is about five and a-half feet at the middle signal, three miles distant; equal to eleven feet, if measured at the farther signal; and the depression below the cross-hair or true level line being, according to Mr. Carpenter, an equal amount, makes twenty-two feet in all, leaving less than two feet for refraction to bring it to the full theoretical amount, which is something less than twenty-four feet. The three points deviated in a vertical direction very nearly as much as is required by the assumed . dimensions of the earth, so that we may conclude that the level telescope line is a tangent to a circle, approxi mately the circle of the earth. Mr. Vernon says, if the telescope in this experiment had been laid exactly at right angles to a plumb line dropped from its centre, it would have been found that the surface of the water three miles off was six feet, and at six miles twenty-four feet, lower than the water at the spot whero the observation was made. Homer considered the world as flat. Mr. Gladstone, in his "Studies of Homer and the Homeric Age," states that in Homer's esti mation the form of the world was not circu lar, but oval, having a shorter diameter from . east to west than from north to south. In the map he gives it is in the form of a par allelogram with rounded edges, like the oblong shield then in use. The merit of the discovery of the tpheiical form of the earth is due to the Pythagoreans, who came to the conclusion from astronomical observations; but it is uncertain whether Pythagoras was himself aware of this truth. It was not re ceived generally in Greece until the age of Plato. The Arabs speculated on the Bpheri cal form of the globe, and the caliph Alma- moun, in 614 A. D., ordered the measure ment of a degree in the plains of Mesopota mia, which, at a much later period, wa-s imi tated by Bnellius in Holland, and Norwood in England. The length of degrees.of the meridian in different latitudes gives the form and size of the earth. Eleven arcs have been measured in Europe, one in the Andes, two in the East Indies. No two of these yielded the same result, showing the slightly irregular form of the earth. Mrs. Bomerrille, ia her -"Physical Geography," points out that the dip or depression of the horizon is, in rouad numbers, a fathom for every three miles of diutanoe; that is to say, an object a fathom or six feet high would be Lid by the curvature tf the eartk at the distance of three miles. Since the dip increases as the square, a bill one hundred fathoms high would be hid t the distance of ten miles. Another THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1C, 1870. Jl'JL. - -' mode of determining the form of the earth is by the oscillations of the pendulum. Its descent, and consequently its oscillations, are accelerated in proportion to the force of gravitation, which increases from the equator to the poles. Experiments have been made at various places, but no two sets give exactly the same results. The method employed for measuring arcs of the meridian, and that of deducing the form of tho earth from the oscillations of the penil il ium, are given in the sixth section of Mrs. Komerville's "Connection of the Physical Sciences," eighth edition. Of course, all this will be nonsense to "Parallax;" but we may be well content to leave the matter in the hands ' of all thinking men. Cftfiinbera Journal. . A New Motive Power. Emile Lamm, a Erenchman, has introduced to the world a new motive power in the shape of ammonia. This alkaline gaa is composed of three parts of hydrogen to two of nitro gen, and is produced in large quantities by many decaying vegetable and animal sub stances', giving them their odor. It used to be produced by the distillation of horn Bhav ings, and hence gained the popular name of hartshorn. A most important quality of this gas is the facility with which it is absorbed by water. In this vehicle it returns to the earth to nourish vegetation, after having been exhaled by decaying substances, and the same characteristic renders it available as a motive power. The density of the gas is half that of air and of ammoniated water one quarter less than of pure water. The vapor at a beat of (JO degrees exerts a pressure of 100 pounds to the square inch, while water, to give an equivalent in steam, must be raised to 325 degrees. With the same heat, ammonia requires about three times as much room for expansion as steam. This gas has no action upon any of the metals except cop per, and on account of the low temperature required will not wear our machinery out like steam. Speaking of its application to horse cars (on which it has been triodj, a writer in the Engineering anil Mining Journal says: Its cheapness, when compared with steam, is owing to the fact that one steam engine, if it could be made to propel one hundred cars with ease, would be much cheaper than one hundred steam engines, each requiring a separate fire and an engineer, beside the regular conductor of the car; but the case is far different with ammonia, as a single engi neer at the station can superintend the sup plying of two hundred cars with liquefied ammonia in sumcient quantity to run any distance within the limits of a large city, by means of a single fire under the stationary boiler in which the ammonincal gas is lique fied. Further, liquefied ammonia can be compared, if I may be permitted the expres sion, to a bottled-up power, which can remain in a reservoir for months or even years, and be transported anywhere in any desirable quantity; and then, at once, without any further preparation, can be used for any pur pose desired; and by the simplo turning of a faucet can be made to act as powerfully as when first liquefied. The estimated cost of constructing and erecting machinery neces sary to propel twenty-five street cars by am monia is $23,500. The cost per day of main taining liquefying process at station, and charging twenty-five cars, each car making seventy-two miles per day, is estimated at 2.i. Ihe percentage of loss in ammoniaoal gas at the Louisiana Ice Manufacturing Com pany for one year amounts to 25 per cent. Well-paid Women. The New York corre spondent of the Boston Pout writes: Workingwomen as a class, that is, shop girls, stere-girls, etc, are not, of course, so well paid as men, but some receive very good salaries nevertheless. Female telegraphers, for instance, are paid from $15 to $20 a week. A nrst-class sewing-maching operator can earn $15 a week, though the majority do not earn more than half that. Good female teachers in private and public schools get from $000 to $1000 a year. The better class of dress makers and forewomen in sewing establish ments average $800 or $i)00 a year, and some receive as much as $1200. There are several women employed ,as book-keepers at salaries of from $1G to $20 a week, and their places are just as secure as those of men. But all these women have had to learn their business thoroughly. Most of them count enough years to be considered old maids from twenty-eight to forty but they have not fiven up the hope of getting husbands. And can say, from observation, that those who do get husbands make excellent wives. There is no giddiness about them and very little extravagances and the moment they settle over a household they make everything tidy and comfortable and keep it so. I don't know any class of women more desirable as wives for men who want agreeable homes and a chance to save something for a rainy day than the "old maids" of thirty, or there about, wkp have responsible positions as employee? in stores and workshops. There are several hundred women in New York who earn more money every year than an equal nnmber of fairly qualified men, and they do not have to work very hard either. But what they do they do well, having learned their calling thoroughly and drilled them selves into system." Canning Tubtle. El Senor Scooffey, as the Mexicans call him, has set np at Guay mas, in Lower California, a turtle factory, where by a patent process green turtle is pre pared for the market so as to keep for any length of time, and survive any amount of transportation. Until recently no such method had been discovered, but the recent arrival in San Francisco of forty dozen hermetically sealed cans, containing each about two and a half pounds of fresh green turtle, in admira ble condition; showed that the experiment had been at last brought to a satisfactory conclusion. Each can contains enough condensed turtle for soup for from six to eight persons according . to the degree of richness , desired. Turtle, as they now come, are as cattle that have been driven many a weary mile, without water or food, to a distant market; the rich fat on which the reptile prides himself when at home is absorbed to meet the requirements of his wasting system, and he becomes lean, flabby, and as an article of food or a table delicacy worthless. Here, right where he waddles lazily out of the sea to bask in the sunshine and enjoy all the contrasts of temperature at his command by continually redipping and basking, hcooffy puts an end to bis amusement, hauls him out of his shell, boils him down and labels him. In the manufactory are four large boilers of a opa city .of .from sixty to beventy-five gallons each, underneath each' being an eoouoiuical fninace for burning wood. Outside is the slaughtering and cleaning yard. Hundreds aud hundreds of tenants have been ejected from their houses, and their abandoned tenements lay round in melancholy heaps. When the turtle has been chopped np and thoroughly cleaned it ia pat in the boilers, with i proper proportion of spices and water, and heat applied, and then there goes np from the simmering caldron an odor such as only a London Alderman or the Lord Mayor of Dublin can properly appreciate. The turtles are caught by the natives out in the deep water, at about noon, or in the hot tent time of the day, when the top of the reptile's shell may be seen just peering over the snrface of the water as the waves go swashing over it. The men go out in their boats and pnddle cautiously Op to their prey, and with a swift, strong blow of a short lance or harpoon, pierce his shell and secure him. The line attached to the harpoon is made fast and the straggling and dumbly remon strating turtle is towed ashore and laid on his back in the slaughter-yard. SUMMER RESORTS. CAPE MA Y. CONGRESS HALL, CAPE MAY, N. J., Opens Jnne 1. Clowes October 1 Mark and Simon Hassler's Orchestra, and full Military Band, of 120 pieces. TERMS 130 per day June and September. 14-00 per day .July and August. The new wing Is now completed. Applications for Rooms, address 416 Ut J. F. CAKE, Proprietor TlfcMAKlN'S ATLANITO HOTEL CAPE MAY. Rebuilt sine the late fire and read; for irn.Bt Open daring the rear. Is directly on tba Be shore, with the bast bathing beach of tbe (Jape. Terms, for the summer, $3 50 per day and $21 per week Ooach from depot free. No Bar. B 84 tnthnSm JOHN McM AKIN, Proprietor. rpjIE COLUMBIA HOUSE, AT CAPE MAY, 19 J again under the management of GEu RUE J. BOLT uN, who is also proprietor of Bolton's Hotel, at Ilarrtsburg, Pa. 7 99tnth23t ATLANTIC CITY. UNITED STATES HOTEL, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., 18 NOW OPEN. Eeduction of Twenty Per Cent. In the Price of Board. Mosio under the direction of Professor M. F. Aledo. Terms, $20 per week. Persona desiring to engage rooms will address. BROWN A WOKLPP15B, Proprietors, No. 837 RICHMOND Street, Philadelphia, K thvtolm 6 art dim 7 26 thstulm THE "CHALFONTE," ATLANTIC CITY, N J., is now open. Railroad from the house to the bearh. EL1SHA ROBKKTS. ti 11 3m Proprietor. WATOHES. JEWELRY, ETO. CLOCKS. TOWER CLOCKS. MARBLE CLOCBS. BRONZE CLOCKS. COUCOU CLOCK8. VIENNA REGULATORS. AMERICAN CLOCKS. . Ko. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET. WILLIAM B. WARNE A CO., Wholesale Dealers in ttt i rrnn i vik TL'tirrr 13V WAX. ii r-.o Ail mj u .c w n. ii . u d Ctf17PVPtI An1 PllrCMfT'P Cfoaato Fi, ji, UCl fail x ii etui vuuonui kjntttoj 3 251 Second floor, and late of No. 85 S. THIRD St. f-URNITURE, ETO. HOVER'S Celebrated Patent Sofa Bedstead Is now being made and sold in large numbers bothin trance and Kngland. Can be had only at the manufao tory. i his piece of Inrnitare is in tbe form of a handsome PaKLOR SO If A, jet in one minute, without unscrewing or detaching in any way, it can be extended into a beau tiful FRENCH BEDSTEAD, with Spring Hair Mattress complete. It baa tbe convenience of a Bureau for holding, is easily managed, and it ia impossible for it to get out of order. This Sofa Bedstead requires no props, hinges, feet, or ropes to support it when extended, as all other sofa beds and loanges have, wbiob are all very unsafe and liable to get out of repair, but the BMstead is formed by simply turning out the ends or closing them whan the hofa is wanted. The price is about tbe same as a lounge. An examination of this novel invention is solicited. H. F. HOVER, 684 toftim No. 230 South SECOND Street. Philadag FURNACES. Established in 1835. Invariably tbe greatest success over all competition whenever and wherever exhibited or used in tba UNITED STATES. CHARLES WILLIAMS' Patent Golden Eagle Furnaces, Acknowledged by the leading Architects and Builders to be the most powerful and durable Furnaces offered, and the moat prompt, systematic, and largest house ia this line of business. HEAVY REDUCTION IN PRICES, and only firet-elass work turned out Ncs. 1132 and 1131 MARKET Street, PHILADELPHIA. N. B BFND FOR BOOK OF FACTS ON HKAT AND VENTILATION. 6224a FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFE J. WATSON & SON, Of the late firm of EVANS WATSON, FIRK AND BURGLAR-PROOF SAFE STORE, No. 53 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, I3U A fsw doors abovo Cbaanat at. Philada. PATENT8. C" TATE RIGHTS FOR S ALE. STATE BIGHTS O of a valuable Invention just patented. aud for the SLICING. CUTTING, and CHIPPING of dried beef, cabbage, etc., are hereby offered for sale. It is an article or great vaiue to proprietors 01 noiem and restaurantB. and it should be introduced Into everv fainllv. STATE RIGHTS FOR SALE. Model can "be seen at TELEGRAPH OFFICE, COOPER'S POINT, N. J. 1 87tf MUNDY A HOFFMAN, Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory JOHN T. BAILEY, XT. 35. Cor. WATEEt and MARKET St. ROPB AND TW1WR. BAGS and BAGGING, for 1 lour, halt, fcuoor Ptaoapaaie of Lima, Bono Dost, Eta, Largo aud small GUNNY BAGS oouataaUf en band. I A.lao. WOOL COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF ALL yj numbers and brands. Tent, Awulng, Truuk, and Wagon-cover Duck. Also, Paper Manufac turers' Drier Felts, from thirty to seventy-ell Riches, Wllfl raumia, jjemng. omi i wuie, eto. JOHN W. KVERMAN, HO. 10 CHURCH Street (CUj Stores). MNANOIAL, AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT! 10 Ter Cent, First Xvlortgage Land Grant Bonds ' or rrrt Portage Lake and Lake 8nperior Ship Canal Company, At 13 and Accrued Interest Coupon- payable January and July at Ocean Bank, New York. Secured by mortgage of the CVNAL, Its tolls, franchises, and EQUIPMENTS, and K),000 ACRES of very valuable and carefully selected IRON, COPPER, PINE, 'AND OTHER TIMBER LANDS, Wosth at the lo west estimate five to eight times the amount of tbe mortgage. Whole lKue 9.1O0,O00v Of which a balance of only flGO.ooo remains unsold. This Ship Canal after five years labor and an ex penditure of nearly a million of do.lars, besides nearly ha.f a million mare for machinery and equip ments is nearly finished, and will be entirely com pleted the present season. The tolls on the present commerce of Lake Supe rior would not only pay the Interest on these bonds, but large dividends also to the Stockholders. This trade will be increased immensely next season when the grain from the great wheat-producing regions of Minnesota shall pass by this route (as It neces sarlly must) to the seaboard, by way of the railroad from St. Taul to Duluth, now just completed. Send for maps and circulars. For sale at 95 and accrued interest by B. K. JAMISON S CO., Bankers, COR. THIRD AND CIIESNUT ST3. 8 6tf PHILADELPHIA. LAKE SHORE AND MICHIGAN SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY SEVEN CUNT. Consolidated Mortgage Sinking rung tumas. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railwav Company, for the purpose of providing for the pay meut of its several mortgage debts as they become aue, nas executed a mortgage to ttio union TTUHt company, of New York, as Trustee, upon the whole of its Railroad and branches, payable on the lirat day of July, In the year one thousaud nine hundred. roi'row bu.nus or jiuoo each wui be Uaued, with Interest at Seven per centnm per annum, paya ble semi-annually, on the first day of January and July, In each year, and REGISTERED BONUS of liooo, S5H00, and tlo,ooOeach, without coupons, with interest at aeven per centum per annum, payable qnarterly, on the first day of January, April, July, and October, in each year, principal and Interest payable at the office of the Union Trust Company in Slew York-. We call the attention of investors especially to this class of REGISTERED BONDS, which, on account of the SECURITY AFFORDED AGAINST LOSS BY ROBBKH I, U IKifi, OK OTHERWISE, AND THE PAYMENT OF QUARTERLY INTEREST, oifer an investment peculiarly desirable. A limited amount of these bonds can be purchased at 07)4, and accrued interest, upon application to ROBINSON, CHASE & CO., NO. 18 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK. 8 8 lm Application may be made to Messrs. GLENDENNING. DAVIS A CO., Philadelphia, QEVEN PER CENT. BONDS At 75, Interest Regularly Paid. WE OFFER FOR SALE $GO,000 SOUTH MOUNTAIN IRON AUD RAILROAD CO. SEVE PER Cl.T. II4IMt At 75 and Accmed Interest, SECURED BY IT MILES OF RAILROAD, Finished and doing good business, and about 23,000 acres of coal and iron ore land situated In Cumber land Valley, Pa. B. K. JAMISON & CO., N. W. Cor. THIRD and CHESNUT Streets, 7 27 tf Philadelphia, Pa. p O R SAL E, Six. Per Cent Loan of the City of Williamiport, Pennsylvania, FEES 07 ALL TAXES, At 85, and Accrued Interest. These Bonds are made absolutely secure by act of Legislature compelling the city to levy(samcient tax to pay Interest ana principal. P. 8. PETERSON & CO., No. 39 SOUTH THIRD STREET, M PHILADELPHIA. B. E. JAMISON & CO.. SUCCESSORS TO i I. F. KELLY te CO BANKERS AND DEALERS VA Gold, Silver and Government Bonds At Closest Market Bates. If. W. Cor. THIRD and CHESNUT St. special attention given to COMMISSION ORDERS in New York and f tuiaa"vnl Stock Boards, eto to. m ELLIOTT U D U If IV BANKERS 1 KO, 109 SOUTH THIRD BTRSJST, DEALERS in ALL GOVERN 15 EST 8 ECU EI X1ES, GOLD BILLS, ETC DRAW BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND ISSUS COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT ON T0.9 UNION BANK OF LONDON. ISSC1 . TRAVELLERS' LETTERS OF CHKD1T ON LONDON AND PARIS, available Uronghoal Europe. Will oollect all Coupons and Interest free of chart for parties inaiUng Uadr franclal arrangenieat witnt ,m FINANCIAL Wilmington' and Reading RAILROAD Seven Per Cent. Bonds, FREE OP TAXES. We are lterlng t3OO,000 of the Second 91ortKce Hondsot this Company AT 82$ AND ACCRUED INTEREST. For the convenience of Investors t teas Bonds axe Issued In denomlBatiom of IOOOb, tSOOs, and 100. The money Is required tor the purchase of addi tional Rolling Stock and the full equipment of tbe Road. The road is now finished, and doing a business largely in excess of the anticipations of Its officers. The trade offering necessitates a large additional Outlay for rolling s.ocfc, to afford full facilities for its prompt transaction, tbe present toiling stock not belcg Euihcicnt to accomniodate the trade. WI, PAINTEE & CO., BANKERS. No. 3G South THIRD Street, B B PHILADELPHIA. EVEN PER CENT. First Mortgage Bonds of Tta IanTllle, Ilaxleton, and Wilkc. barre Itailroad tloinpany, At 85 and Accrued Interest Clear of all Taxes. INTEREST PAYABLE APRIL AND OCTOBER. Persona wishing to make Investments are Invlt A examine the merits of these BONDS. , P&mphieia nppliod and full lnformutlou given by Sterling & Wildman, FINANCIAL AGENTS, Ko. 110 SOUTH THIRD STREET, 19 tf PHILADELPHIA. Government Bonds and other Securities taken ic exchange for the above at best market rates. & I JL. "V JB .it FOE SALE. C. T. YERKES, Jr., & CD., BANKERS AND BROKERS, No. 20 8outh THIRD Qtroot. M PHILADELPHIA,' QKJBIIIIVnilO,IAVIS Sc CO., No. 48 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. GlENDINNING, DAVIS S AMORY, No. 17 WALL STREET, 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 sale of STOCKS, BONDS and GOLD, in either city. Direct telegraph communication from Philadelphia house to New Yok. 1 CORDAGE, ETO. WEAVER & CO., HOPE JIAAUFACrillUiUS AND suir cifAmL.i:iis, No. 29 North WATER Street and No. SS North WHARVES, Philadelphia. ROPE AT LOWEST BOSTON AND NEW YORK PRICES. 1 CORDAGE. Manilla, Biial and Tarred Cordage At Lowast New York Prioes and Freights. EDWIN H. FITLKtt dc CO., . Faotorr.TKHTHBt. and GERMANTOWM Avana. 8 tors. No. S3 U, WATER Bt and 22 N DELAWARE vena. OHIPPINU PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S RKOU. U. bKMl-MOriXlULx XOHlt 1U MKW , US. T V a NR. Ix Tb. YAZOO will sail for N.w Orleans direct, on Taes Aij August 23. at 8 A. M. To. UKRCULKS will sail from New Orleaas, direct oa lllKOUGH BILUS OF LADING at a. low rates a. by any other root, given to Mobile, Ualveston, Induuwla, La vaooa.and Braco.,and to all points on tbe Miaaissippi river between New Orleans and til. Louis. Keo) Uiver Ireiuu reahipped at flew urieana wunoot oaarg. u oauuniaaiwaa. T - a: i J a aii u m j aw am U. XJi Th. WYOMING will sail for Savannah oa Bator 'ION AMANDA will sail from Savannan oa Bator day, Auirnnt 20. TUKOUOH BILLS OF LADING (riven to all theprin. otpal towns in ueoriria, A intuitu a, norma, jHissiaalppi, Iiouisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee in connection wfth the Central Hailroad of Ueoricia, Atlantic and tiulf Bail, road, and Florida ateamera, at a low rate, ao by ooinpeung lines. BEMi monthly link to Wilmington, n. o. ni : ii . i . io.i . MH MJ .. -J .. j ui e luiicnn win sail low TV iiiiiiiiiwm w triuniuaj, August 17, at A. M. Keluiniu.. will leave Wilmington Wednesday, August Connects witn tne Cap. Knar River Steamboat Com. party, tbe Wilmington and Weldon and NorlU Osrolina Railroad a, and I lie Wiluunctoa ana aaanoneaw ttaiiroaa te all interior points. ireitbts for Columbia. 8. O., and Aognata, Ga., taken ia V ilmiuKton. at as low rates aa by any oi lier route. Insurance en ecien w uipvr. mm of Ulir. aimed at Uneea street wnarf on or beiure da ofaaihnc. , , . w , llura i . . 6 If No. IM booth TtllKil fewest. DBLaWAKE AND CHESAPEAKE Jl LUuurm towed between PUUatltilpUiA, COM f AN V. baiuiiiore, liavre-de-Grace, Delaware Citj, aim iu- ii miiJi 1 1 ut a nfitnta. teruiedutia points. I1UIB. itytau v nTVnu a rxr i . niLLi.un X V ... A ' i. A V . , AgOUbe. Captain JOHN LA UGH LIN, Superintendent. Office, No. Ii South maxvea KtUadelphia. 4 lit w SHIPPING. roil TKXA.fi POUTS. TUB RTKaMSniP YAZOO "WILL SAIL FOR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT, ON TUESDAY, August S3, at 8 A. M. Through Mils of lartinr plven in connection with Morgan's lines from New Orleans to Mobile, Galves ton, Indiannla, Lavarea, and Brazoe, at as low rate! as by any other route. Through bills of lading also given to' nil points on the MiMiwitppl river between New Orleans and St. ) on la, in connection with the 8U Loals and New Or leans Packet Compsnv. or farther Informat Ion apply to ' . WILLIAM L. JAMES, General Agent, No. 180 Sooth TM1RD Street. 8 IB St fpft LORILLARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOR NKW TOltK, SAILING EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY, ore now recrlvlnjf freight at 11 FIVE CENTS PER 100 POUNDS, TWO CENTS PER FOOT, OR 1HLF CENT PER GALLON, HI HP'S OPTION. INSURANCE OSE-EIOHTn OF ONE PER CENT. Extra rates on small partes pes iron, nietalR, etc No receipt or bill of lading slenud for lesstaan fifty crnts. NOrlCE On and aftr September IB rates br this Company will be 10 cents per loo pounds or 4 cents per loot, ship's option: and regular shippers by this lino will only he charcod the abovo rate all winter. winter rotes commencing uecemoer in. For farthet particulars apply to JOHN F. OHL, USt llttl IK JUS1I1 WUAKVJ&3, - I rpiIE REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON TnE PHI I LADKLPH1A AND CHARLESTON STEAM. 81UP LINE are ALONE authorized to Umie through bills of ladiig to interior points Son th and West lo connection with South Carolina Railroad company. ALFRED L, TYLER, ice-resident So. C. RR. Co. PHILADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAMSHIP LINE. '1 Iiih line is no,w composed of the foUowinir flrst- class Steamships, sailing; from PIEll 17, below Sprnce street, on FRIDAY of each weefc tat 3 A. M. . ' . . ASH LAN u, viu rons, captain urowen. , J. W. EVER MAN, 0 tons, Captain HUiekley SALVOR, 600 tons, Captain Ashcrofu UUUtsT, 1870. J. W. Everman, Friday, August 5. Salvor, Friday, Anirust 13. J. W. Evcrman, Friday, August 19. Salvor, Friday, August 20. Through bills of lading given to Columbia, S. C, the Interior of Georgia, and all points South and Southwest. Freights forwarded with promptness and despatch. Rates as low as by any other route. Insurance one-half per cent., effected at the office In hrst-closs companies. No freight received nor bills of lading signed after 3 P. M. on day of saillnpr. SOUDEtt & ADAMS, Agent, No. 8 DoCK Street, Or WILLIAM. P. CLYDE & CO., No. 12 S. WHARVES. WILLIAM A. COURTENAY, Agent in Charles ton. a 2-t FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEERS TOWN Intuan Line of Roval Mail bteauitrs are appointed to sail as follows: City of Brussels, Saturday, August 20, at 12 M. ' City of Baltimore (via Halifax), Tuesday, August 23, at 1 P. M. City of Washington, Saturday, August 27, at 2 P. M. City of Paris, Saturday, September 3, at 11 M. and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tues day, from pier No. 45 North river. RATES OF PASSAGE. Payable In gold. Payable in currency. First Cabin 175 Steerage ...30 To Louden t0j To London 36 To Pars 90 To Paris 88 To Halifax 20' To Halifax 15 Passengers aiso forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bremen, etc., at reduced rates. Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by persons wishing to Bend for tnelr friends. For further information apply at the company's office. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 15 Broadway, N. Y. : Or to O'DON N ELL & FAULK, Agents, 4 5 ' No. 402 CHKSNUT Street. Philadelphia. FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWARE and Rarltun CanaL S W 1 F T S U R E TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURE LINES, l eaving daily at 12 M. and 5 P. M. The steam propellers of this company will com mence loading on the 8th of March. Through In twenty-four honrs. Goods forwarded to any point free of commissions. Freights taken on accommodating terms. Apply to WILLIAM M. BAIRD & CO., Agents, 4 No. 1K2 Sooth DELAWARE Avenue. PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND, ND NORFOLK BTKAMSHIP f.lNl THROUGH i HEIGHT ALR LINE TO TUK SOUX INCREASED FACILITIES AND REDUCED RATES Steamers leave every W K DN KKD AY and S A TURD AT at M o'clock noon, iron FIRST WHARF abov. MAE. KKT btreet. RKTL'KNING, leave RICHMOND MONDAYS and THURSDAYS, and NORiOLK. TUESDAYS and SA. TURVAYS. . J, , .,..., w No Billa of Lading signed after 12 .'clock oa sailing duROUGH RATES to all points la North and Booth Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, connecting at Portanioutb, and to Lynchburg, Va., Tennessee, and tbe Veet. via Virginia and Tennessee Air Lin. and Riohmond WFrei2rHA NLEO BUTONOK, and tak.o at LOWER RAT& THAN AN V OIHKR LINK. No obarx. for oontmiBsien, drayace, or any eipsns. el 'bteamstaipa insure st lowest ratea. Vveinht. received daily. at.tl itooin aocotninoiiations for passensera. ptat.MomaoMiiu.vv.ILL1AM OLf1JK 4 oa 1 No. 138. WHARVhSaudPierlN. WUAKVRS. W P. POK'l KR, A Kent at Richmond and City Point. T, P. PRO WELL A CO., Agents at Norloik. 61 FOR NEW YORK, via Delaware and Raritan Canal. EXPKKns STEAMBOAT COMPANY. 'i ne bicara Propellers of the line will oommenoe loadinp on tbe 8th instant, leaving daily as usual, TU HOUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. Goods forwarded by all the lines goiug out of Ne York, North, East, or West, free of commission. Freights received at low rates. WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.. Agents,'. No. 12 S. DELAWARE Avenue JAMES n AND, Agent, No. 119 WALL btreet. New Yorfc. 3 4 NEWlEXPRESS LINE TO A LEX AN tjl-1?-j.'dna, Georgetown, and Washington, JP5L1ti c vla Chesapeake and Delaware lauai, with connections at Alexandria from the most direct route for Lynchburg, Brlniol, Knoxvllle, Naahvlile, Dalton, and the Southwest. Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon torn the first wharf aixjve Market street. Freight received dally. - WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., No. 14 North and South WHARVES. nYDE A TYLER, Agents at Georgetown; M. ELD Rl DUE A CO., Agents at Alexandria. 1 ENGINES. MACHINERY, ETO. K PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER ivOKKS.-NKAFIE A LEVY, PRACTI CAL AND THEORETICAL ENGINEERS, MA CHINISTS, BOILER-MAKERS, BLACKSMITHS, and FOUNDERS, having for many years been la successfdl operation, and been executively engaged In building and repairing Marine and River Engines, high and low pressure, Iron Boilers, Water Tanks, Propellers, etc. etc., respectfully oner their services to the public as being fully prepared to contract for engines of all sizess, Mamie, River, and Stationary ; having seta of patu-rns of dliieient 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. Forglngs of all size and kinds. Iron and Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Taming, Screw Cutting, an4 other work connected with tbe atove buaiiit'ks. Drawings end Mpeciticattons for all work done the establishment tree of charge, and work gua ranteed. , , The subscribers have ample wharf dojk-room for repairs of lts. wneie they can lie ia perfect aafaty, and are provided with shears, blocks, fall, etc. etc.. for r,is., ticav, or light juti.- r. lu. i. Sir, PEACH and PALMEK Street. IRAKD TUBE WORKS AND IRON CO., V M JOHN H. MURPHY, President, , ran adei.puia, pa. MANUFACTURE WROUGHT-IROS PIPS' and Sundries for Plumbers, Gas and Steam Filters. WORKS, TWENTY-THIRD and FILBERT Streets. Office and Warehouse, - 41 No. ii N KlFTn Street
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