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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1870.
FRANCE IN 1814.
II w the AIMeo Eatered Part.
Although the "Spanish nicer," as Napoleon
Bonaparte himself termed the Peninsular
War, tie questionably napped hia militarj
strength to a considerable extent, hia down
fall and the capture of Paris are more directly
traceable to the disastrous campaign in Rus
sia. Of an army of more than half a million
of men, not one-tenth part surviving the hor
rors of the retreat from Moscow, retreated
through Prussian territory, pursued by the
victorious Russians, in the spring of 1813.
This bad the ultimate effect of emancipating
Frussia from the control of France. Since
the battle of Jena Prussia had suffered every
indignity at the hands of her conqueror. Her
territory had been divided. Thetirst requi
sition of money imposed upon her after her
great defeat, amounting to 130,000,000, hai
been vigorously and mercilessly enforced.
The vast armies of Napoleon had been quar
tered upon and marched across her fertile
valleys and had devoured and destroyed the
accumulations and means of subsistence of
large sections of the country, utterly im
poverishing the unfortunate inhabitants.
The people had begun to doubt the wisdom
of their king in submitting to a despotism
which already inflicted greater exactions upon
its forced allies than injuries upon its open
foes. Upon the expectation that a rebellion
against the alliance and yoke of France would
be attempted, the people of Frussia hailed
the occupation of Berlin by the Russians,
regarding the latter as deliverers from
French oppression ; and throughout
Prussia, with an outburst of patriotic ardor,
the people flew to arms. A coldness was
manifested by Napoleon toward the King of
Frussia because of this attitude of the sub
jects of the latter; Napoleon did not believe
in the expressions of good faith on the part
of King William, and alienated the King's
friendship by the expression of his suspi
cions. The King took offense at last, and
thus was precipitated a treaty between Prus
sia and Ilussia that formed the nucleus of
that Great Alliance which, when ultimately
cemented by defeats as well as victories,
clustering the armies of all Europe upon
French soil, broke the power of France and
destroyed the empire of Napoleon.
The battle of Leipsio, itself a victory con
sequent upon the growth of the alliance, may
be regarded in some respects as the nut step
of the advance of the allieB upon Paris. Tho
battle of Hanan, which followed a few days
after that of Leipsic, was the last battle fought
by Napoleon beyond the llhine. The cam
paign which thereafter ensued in the early
months of 1811 when the armies on either
side of the Rhine had enjoyed short rest and
recuperation in winter quarters, has many
features in common with the present war, as
well in the locality of the operations as in
the probable ultimate results. To trace
in detail the various steps by which
principally during the year 1813 the .Great
Alliance was formed, would require the narra
tion of the entire history of Europe daring
one of her most eventful years. Suffice it
that the gravitating force which attracted the
nations to the alliance grew with its accre
tions, and to Prussia and Russia there were
eventually added Sweden and Austria; Ba
varia and the other German States, even
Saxony, being forced in; Naples and Denmark
yielded to a species of necessity, while its
numbers were swelled by the Spanish, Por
tuguese, Dutch and English, the last bring
ing, in addition to numbers, the "sinews of
war."
The plan of that campaign, like that of the
present year, consisted in the advance of
three armies upon France. The "grand
army"' under Prince Schwartzenberg, 250,000
strong, advanced through Switzerland (with
the permission of that State; by the passes of
the Jura Mountains into France. Blucher's
"Army of Silesia," 140,000 strong, moved by
way of Mayence, merely blockading that
town, into the "Champagne country." Berna
dotte had the "Army of the North," 175,000
strong, and passing through Flanders, was to
besiege Antwerp, reduce the Low Countries
or secure their alliance, and enter France
from the extreme north. Tho grand army
and Blucher's army of Silesia crossed the
Rhine in December, 1813. The principal
portion of the grand army swept with a wide
front through Lorraine, its extreme right
wing in its movement touching or lapping
the southern edge of the path which in the
present war has been selected by the army of
the Crown Prince after the defeat of Mao
Mahon at Woerth, and thus passed into the
plains of Burgundy, .endangering the city of
Lyons. Blucher's army left large detach
ments to mask or reduce Metz, Soar Louis,
Thionville, and Luxemburg, and pushed his
advanced forces to Vitry and St. Dizier.
Napoleon was prompt in providing to meet
the impending dangers. lie left an Empress
Regent and an infant son in Paris, and went
forward on the 25th of January to the head
quarters of his army at Chalons. The next
day he advanced to Vitry, and on the follow
ing morning, resuming his march, he met and
defeated a portion of Blucher's forces at St.
D zier, cutting in two Blucher's army, whose
Lead quarters had at the time advanced beyond,
about 28 miles southwest, to Brienne. The
next day Blucher narrowly .escaped being
crushed by the sudden onset of the forces
which Napoleon hurried to Brienne. By the
1st of February Schwartzenberg and Blucher
had joined their forces. In the battles of
Brienne and La Rothiere, Napoleon was for
the first time defeated on the soil of France,
and retreated to Troy eg.
Instead of promptly pursuing Napoleon,
the allies, who were embarrassed about the
subsistence of such large forces, divided their
armies again. Prince Schwartzenberg in a
leisurely way for it was winter, and the
roads were in a frightful condition started
for Troyes. Blucher directed his forces to.
ward a point about half way on the road from
Chalons to Paris. Napoleon left a snnll force
as a feint of defense at Troyes to serve as a
soare-crow to Schwartzenberg, and, by a
forced march over a rugged district, struck
Blucher's forces on their road to the river
Marne, defeating them in detail at Cham.
aubert, Montmirail, and Vauohauips in a
ocality from thirty to thirty-three miles west
of Chalons. Meanwhile Schwartzenberg
marched slowly into Troyes, thence to No
gent, Bray, and Montereau, sweeping every
thing south of Paris, and producing great
alarm in that capital. Napoleon, spurred by
the exigency, marched his foroes westward
between the Seine and the Marne, au l
striking the flank of Schwa rtze a berg's ai
ance alcng the former river, defeated de
tachment after detachment in detiil, until
Schwartzenberg became thoroughly alrinl,
asked an armistice, and retreated buck to
Troyes. The battle of Monterean, iu whioh
the Prince of Wurtemberg was defeated, ws
the last battle Napoleon ever won; but far a
while hie star was in the ascendant, aul in
the councils of the Allies a retreat beyoaJ
the Rhine was under consideration. .
Kortb," which had not met with ancoesa at
-Antwerp, added its weight to the allied forces
operating in France. Its advanced guard,
under Winzengerode and Bulow, directed
their march towards Paris, passing through
what is now the Department of the Nord,
capturing in their coarse, with extraordinary
rapidity, the cities of Avesnes, Laon, Sois
sons, and Rheims, and opened communica
tion with Blucher at Chalons, who waa busy
recuperating his shattered foroes. Bat the
proposed retreat of the gTand army required
Blucher's presence at Troyes with Schwartz
enberg. The grand army retreated beyond
Chaumont on the way to Langres, but, for
tunately, it was decided at a council of war to
liberate Blucher from their movements, and
to permit his army to co-operate with that
portion of the army of the North which had
advanced into France. Blucher was to follow
the River Marne; Schwartzenberg, if he ad
vanced again, the Seine. This measure
turned the scale of success.
Napoleon followed Blucher, who started
for the same point, between Chalons and
Paris, on the road to which he had before
been so unfortunate. But this time he got
to the right bank of the Marne, at Meant;
and when the Emperor reached its left bank
at that place, it was but to find hi bridges
demolished and the rear gn u I the army
of Silesia fast disappear! a over the distant
hills. Blucher had hoard of hia approach
while Napoleon was yet at Sezzanne, and suc
ceeded in reaching Soissons in safety. A
series of battles and severe engage
ments between Napoleon's forces and
Blucher's army of Silesia, reinforced
by the large detachments of the army of the
North under Winzengerode and Bulow, took
place in the vicinity of Laon, Soissons, and
Rheims. Separately these battles were inde
cisive, but they continually weakened Napo
leon, lie was, moreover, in perpetual fear
of the advance of Schwartzenberg with the
grand army, which, returning from its pro
posed retreat, passed again through Troyes.
At length he found it necessary to cross the
Marne to meet it. After an indecisive en
gagement at Arcis-sur-Aube, Napoleon under
took to get behind Schwartzenberg and strike
his line of communications in the rear.
This movement of Napoleon threw open
the road to Paris by way of Sezanne to the
grand army of Schwartzenberg, and they
seized the Advantage. Blucher came down
from the north at the same time, to strike a
large portion of Napoleon's army that was
marching to join him in his endeavor to
strike the rear of the grand army. This part
of Napoleon's army was met and utterly de
feated at Fere Champenoise, and its broken
fragments fled to Paris. The allies crossed
the Marne near Meaux on the 28th ilarch,
there completing the union of the three
armies, and on the morning of 30th March,
1814, appeared before the barriers of Paris.
The citizen-soldiers of Paris were of little
value for defense, as Napoleon had never
allowed them the use of arms. Such forces
as could be collected were hurried to the front
outside the city. Active fighting commenced
before daylight, and a tremendous battle
took place, in which the allies, according to
some statements, lost no less than eighteen
thousand men. At length the vast forces of
the allies began to be collected upon the hills
surrounding the town. They formed a cres
cent of six miles around the north and east
Bides of Paris, the extremities on either side
touching the Marne and the Seine. The
French army, convexly curved within this
crescent, fought in vain against overwhelm
ing numbers, and were forced back about
noon upon the city, withdrawing within the
barriers only when the order to stop firing
was given, preparatory to capitulation. The
hills overlooking Paris were now densely
crowded with the victors, while three hun
dred pieces of cannon were ready, as the
Russians expressed it, to make "Father Paris
pay for Mother Moscow."
In accordance with the instructions left by
Napoleon, in the event of such a disaster,
the Empress and her infant son left the city,
taking the road to Rambouillet. The inhabi
tants of Paris were plunged into sadness by
her departure. Strange to say, when the
city had capitulated they prepared to receive
the conquerors with aoclamation. A crowd
insulted or destroyed the busts and monu
ments of Napoleon I, and endeavored unsuc
cessfully with a rope to pull down his statue
from the column in the Place Vendome.
Failing in the latter undertaking, they
wrapped it in a sheet in order, said Napo
leon, on hearing of it, "that I might not look
upon their baseness." The Emperor Alex
ander afterwards felt obliged to issue a pro
clamation to stop the demolition of the monu
ments of Napoleon.
The next morning, the Allies, entering in
procession, found the streets thronged, the
windows and housetops crowded with the
citizens anxious to witness the great military
spectacle. No effort had been spared to give
the "pomp and ciroumstance of glorious
war" to the occasion as far as the Allies were
concerned. Uniforms had been brought by
the household troops of the Emperor of Rus
sia, kept clean and dry in their knapsacks,
with the expectation of making a display on
this occasion, and these were carefully put in
order. Of course, the sovereigns themselves
were decked out with unusual care. Paris,
ever alive to the elegance of a spectacle, went
into raptures over the magnificence dis
played, and applauded the victorious host,
and especially the monarchs, with the wildest
enthusiasm. The Emperor Alexander had on
his arm a white scarf, which he had pre
viously worn as a distinctive badge in battle.
The King of Prussia rode at his right, and
Trinoe Schwartzenberg on his left, a brilliant
staff following them.
A group of "loyalists," who since morning
had been perambulating the streets of Paris
with a white banner, met the sovereigns
with enthusiastic cries of " Vive Louis Dix
huitieme! Vice Alexandre! Vice OuiUaume"
Large numbers of elegantly-dressed ladies
waved their handkerchiefs in welcome, as
one of their countrymen says, "with the
Eassionate vivacity of their sex," from the
otels in the finest quarters of the city. In
the Boulevard de la Madeleine, people step
ped up and respectfully kissed the trappings
of the horses, sabres, and the
boots of the sovereigns. Fifty thousand
chosen troops of the Silesian and grand
armies, with their trains of artillery, made
the bulk of the procession. Nothing was
more remarked than the admirable state of
good order and equipment of the men
and horses. ( The procession entered
by the gate and crossed the Faubourg of St.
Mai tin, made the circuit of half of Paris by
the interior boulevards, and halted in the
Champs Ely sees, where the Cossacks bi
vouacked for the night. During -the next
day, Aprd 1, Talleyrand called together the
Senate. The day following, the Senate re
ceived the Emperor Alexander, and on the 3d
April passed decrees for a provisional gov
ernment and dethroning the Emperor, who,
witht.nt an army, and almost without attend
ants, had reached FouUinebleau too late, if
indeed it had been possible under any cir
cumstances, to save his capital. In the for
mal treaty with Napoleon which the allies
made a few days afterward, upon his signing
an abdication renouncing the empire of
France and thn kingdom of Italy for himself
and his descendants, it is noticeable that he
was nevertheless permitted to retain the title
of Emperor.
Destruction op Mabie Antoinette's Cell
is the Goncterokrie. The publio mind eve
rywhere has been sooooupieu with the excite
ment consequent upon the Franco-Prussian
war, that but little attention has been given
to an inoident which, in quieter times, would
challenge the interest of all acquainted with
the history of the French revolution. The
rison of Marie Antoinette, which has so
ong been a sort of Mecca for those who
deplored her sad fate, is no more. Reoently
great changes and improvements have been
effected in the old prison of the Concier
gerie at Paris, and the cell in which
she was confined until her exeoution, aa
well as those which were occupied by
Madame Roland, St. Just, Dauton,
and Robespierre, have been demolished
and the whole site converted into a large
and airy hall. Many who read this will re
member the dark, damp room where the
"Widow Capet," as she was then called,
passed those awful seventy-six days which
preceded her execution. Total want of pri
vaoy during this period was added to her
other miseries. Her bed consisted of a rotten
mattress laid upon the floor and covered with
a filthy quilt, only concealed from the sight
of her keepers by a screen placed before it:
And from behind it she could hear night and
day the continual opening and closing of cell
doors, since the outer door of the room in
which she was thus lodged, in such disgust
ing company, was ever open. And she was
forced to listen to the howlings, and cursings,
and the obscene songs of the worst of crimi
nals, and the horrible jargon of the low
women and the taunts and loud oaths of
drunken gendarmes, only a few steps from
her, and in the same room! In that room, on
tbelfithof October, 1793, after returning
from the Palais de Justice, where she hail so
courageously listened to her own death war
rant, she wrote to her sister-in-law, Madame
Elizabeth, that sad, sweet letter full of no
bleness that seems almost miraculous under
the circumstances which has become his
torical. Certainly nothing more Christ-like
has ever been written than that passage in
which she adjures her son never to harbor
thoughts of vengeance against the mur
derers of his parents. This letter, which
is engraved under her monument in the
Chapel Expiatone, and which has been read
there by thousands of eyes that could hardly
see for tears, was not made public for twenty
years after her death. It was kept profoundly
secret by Robespierre, lest the perusal of it
should heighten the pity which was felt for
Ser fate, and increase the aversion in
spired by her executioners. When, in 181 fi,
France came under the Bourbon rule, this
cell was made a chapel, where a few candles
were alwoys dimly burning. Its walls were
hung with three somewhat mediocre paintings
by Pajon and Drolling, one of which repre
sented her praying in her cell the evening be
fore her exeoution. The other two also de
picted scenes from her prison-life. And Louis
XVIII himself composed the satin inscription
graven upon a tablet of black marble, Bet into
the wall of the room and which tells the story
of her wrongs.
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MPROVEMENT OF THE SCHUYLKILL
. RIVER.
UNimn Status Knoinkbr Office,")
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Sealed Proposals, In duplicate, with a copy of this
advertisement attached to each, will be received at
this Otllce until 12 o'clock M of MONDAY, the 10th
day of October, 1870, for clearing the channel of the
Schuylkill river at Its mouth, at Gibson's Point, and
above to the Chesnnt Street Bridge.
The channel is to be dredged at the places named to
obtain a width of one hundred and fifty (150) feet, and
a depth of eighteen (18) feet at mean low water. The
material to be removed Is mostly sand. It must be
disposed of In conformity with the regulations of the
Board of Port Wardens.
The amount to be excavated Is about 40,000 cnblc
yards. Proposals will state the price per cubic yard
measured in the scows, and the time of commencing
and completing the work.
A deduction of ten (10) per centum on partial pay
ments will be made until the completion of the
work.
No contract will be entered Into for working after
the 80th of June. 1S7L
Blank forms for proposals will be furnished by this
Ottlce, and any other information practicable to
give.
The right is reserved to reject any and all bids.
Proposals must be addressed to the undersigned,
and endorsed on the envelope "Proposals for Dredg
ing the Schuylkill River."
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COMMANDANT'S OFFICE, UNITED STATES
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SEALED PROPOhALS, endorsed "Proposals for
repairs and embankments," and addressed to the
undersigned, for repairing and strengthening about
M0 lineal rods of the embankments atLeague Island,
will be received at this ottlce till lti o'clock noon, on
WEDNESDAY, the 14th day of September, 1870, at
which time bids will be opened and bidders are In
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Bidders will be particular to state the price per
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In accordance with the specifications, and also at
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U, 1870, at 10 o'clock A. Si., a large amount of
Clothing, Camp and Garrison Equipage, and, (Quar
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Amongst the articles to be sold are 18,000 blanket
(woollen), and 80,000 knit nhirfs. Also pants, jackets,
overcoats, etc., etc.
Printed catalogues can be obtained on application
at this Office.
Terms of sale 10 per cent, down, remainder on
delivery. STEWART VAN VLIET,
Deputy Quartermaster General,
8 8 6t Brevet Major Oeneral U. S. Army.
f IRE AND BUROLAR PROOF 8APB
aws. J. WATSON A RCttr.
I&jIljOf ths laU firm of EVANS A WATSON. "
FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOF
SAFE STORE,
No. 63 SOUTH FOURTH 8TREET,
811 A fsw doors abovs Chasnst si., Fbllada.
Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory.
JOHN T. DAILCY,
N. XL Cor. WATER and MARKET Sta
ROPH AND TWIN, BAGS and BAGQINO. lot
Grain, Flour, Salt, Super-Phosphate of Lime, Bont
Last, Sto.
large hed small GUNNY BAGS constantly on
land. Alto, V OVL bA'MH.
REAL EST&TK AT AUOTION.
N
O T I C K.
By virtue and In execution of the newprs contAinnd
In a Mortgage executed by
THE CENTRAL PASSENGER RAILWAY
COMPANY
of the city ef Philadelphia, bearing date
eighteenth day of April, 1803, and recorded In th
omce for recording deeds and mortgages for tha
city and oonnty of Philadelphia, In Mortgage Book
A. C. II., No. r, pse 465, etc, the undersigned
Trustees named In said mortgage
WILL SELL AT PUBLIO AUCTION,
at the MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, In the cltr of
Philadelphia, by
MESSRS. THOMAS SONS, Auctioneers,
at H o'clock M., on TUESDAY, the eighteenth day
of October, A. D. 1870, the property described In and
conveyed by the said mortgage, to wit:
No. l. All those two contiguous lota or pieces of
ground, with the buildings and Improvements
thereon erected, situate on the east side of Broad
street, In the city of Philadelphia, one of them be
ginning at the distance of nineteen feet seven
Inches and five-eighths southward from the southeast
corner of the said Broad and Coates streets ; thence
extending eastward at right ariRles with said Broad
street eighty-eight feet one inch and a half to ground
now or late ol Samuel Miller; thence southward
along said gronnd, and at right angles with said
Coates street, seveuty-two feet to the northeast cor
ner of an alley, two feet six Inches in width,
leading southward Into Penn street; thence west
ward crossing said alley and along the lot of gronnd
hereinafter described and at right angles with said
Bread street, seventy-nine feet to the east side of
the said Broad street : and thence northward along
the east line of said Broad street seventy-two feet to
the place of beginning. Subject to a Ground Rent
of 'iao, silver money.
No. 8. The other or them situate at the northeast
corner of the said Broad street and Penn street,
containing In front or breadth on the said Broad
street eighteen feet, and in length or depth east
ward along the north line of said Penn street seven-ty-fonr
feet and two Inches, and on t he line of said
lot parallel with said Penn street seventy-six feet
Uve Inches and three-fourths of an Inch to said two
feet six Inches wide alley. Subject to ground rent
of 73, silver money.
No. 8. All that certain lot or piece of ground be
ginning at the S. E. corner of Coates street and Broad
street, thenco extending southward along the said
Broad street nineteen feet seven Inches and five
eighths of an inch ; thence eastward eighty feet one
Inch and one-half of an itch; tnence northward, at
right angles with said Coates street, ntne feet to the
south side of Coates street, and thence westward
along the south side of said Coates street ninety feet
to the place of beginning.
No. 4. Four Steam Dummy Oars, twenty feet long
by nine feet two Inches wide, with all the necessary
steam machinery, seven-inch cylinder, with ten-Inch
stroke of piston, with heating pipes, &c Each will
seat thirty passengers, and has power sufficient to
draw two extra cars.
Notb. These cars are bow In the custody of
Messrs. Grice A Long, at Trenton, New Jersey,
where they can be seen. The sale of them Is made
subject to a lien for rent, which on the first day of
July, 1870. amounted to tooo.
No. B. The whole road, plank road, and railway or
the said The Central Passenger Railway Company
of the city of Philadelphia, and all their land (not
Included In Nob. 1, 2, and 8,) roadway, railway, rails,
rights of way, stations, toll houses, and other super
structures, depots, depot grennds and other real
estate, buildings and Improvements whatsoeverand
all and singular the corporate privileges and fran
chises connected with said company and plank road
an railway, and relating thereto, and all the tolls,
Income, Issues, and protlts to accrue from the same
or any part thereof belonging to said company, and
generally all the tenements.hcredltamenta and fran
chises of the said company. And also all the ears of
every kind (not Included In No. 4,) machinery, tools,
lropltments,and materials connected with the proper
equipment, operating and conducting of said road,
plank road, and railway : and all the personal pro
perty pt every kind and description belonging to the
said company.
Together with all the streets, ways, alleys, pas
sngf s, waters, water-conrses, easemeuta, franchises,
rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments ana ap
purtenances whatsoever, onto any of the above
mentioned premises and estates belonging and ap
pertaining, and the reversions and remainders,
rente,' issues, and profits thereof, and all the estate,
right, title, Interest, property, claim, and demand of
every nature and kind whatsoever of the said Com
pany, as well at law as In equity of, In, and to the
same and every part and parcel thereof.
TERMS OF SALE.
The properties will be sold In parcels as numbered.
On each bid there shall be paid at the tune the pro
perty Is struck oil Filty Dollars, nnless the price Is
less than that sum, when tho whole sum bid snail
be paid. t
813 61t
W. W. LONGSTR KTH, j Trnstees.
PROPOSALS.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
Office, No. 104 S. Fifth Street, 1
Philadelphia, Sept. 9, 1870. )
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEALED PROPOSALS will bo received at the
OOicc of the Commissioner of Highways until
13 o'clock M. on MONDAY, 13th Instant, for
the construction of sewers on the line of Frank
lin street, from the sewer on Race street to a
point four hundred and seventy feet north of
Race street, and on Fifteenth street, from South
Penn Square to the south side of Chesnut street;
said sewers to be constructed of bricks, circular
in form, with a clear inside diameter of three
feet, with such manholes as may be directed by
the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. The under
standing to be that the 6ewers herein adver
tised are to be completed on or before the 30th
day of November, 1870. And the contractor
shall take bills prepared against the property
fronting on said sewer to the amount of one
dollar and fifty cents for each lineal foot of
front on each side of the street as so much
ca6h paid; the balance, as limited by ordi
nance, to be paid by the city; and the contractor
will be required to keep the street and sewer
In good order for three years after the sewer is
finished.
When the street is occupied by a city passen
ger railroad track, the sewer shall e constructed
alongside of said track in such manner as not to
obstruct or interfere with the f.ifo passage of the
cars thereon; and no claim for remuneration
shall be paid the contractor by the company
using said track, as specified in Act of Assembly
approved May 8, I8ki.
Each proposal will be accompanied by a cer
tificate that a bond has been tiled in the Law
Department, as directed by ordinance of May
25, lfeOO.
If the lowest bidder shall not execute
a contract within five days after the work
is awarded, be will be deemed as declining, and
will be held liable on bis bond for the differ
ence between his bid and the next lowest bid
der. Specifications may be had at the De
partment of Surveys, which will be strictly
adhered to. The Department of Highways re
serves the right to reject all bids not deemed
satisfactory.
All bidders may bo present at the time and
Jjlace of opening the 6aid proposals. No al
owance will bo made for rock excavation,
except by special contract.
MAHLON H. DICKINSON,
9 9 3t Chief Commissioner of Highways.
SHIPPING.
?ff LORILLARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY
FOIt NEW YORK,
SAILING EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, ANI
SATURDAY,
are now leceivlng freight at
FIVE CENTS PER 100 POUNDS, TWO OENTfc
PER FOOT, OR IIALF CENT PER GALLON,
HHP'S OPTION.
INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT
Extra rates on small packages iron, metals, eta
No receipt or bill of lading signed for less tuao
DftT cents.
NOTICE On and after September IB rates by this
Company will be 10 ce nts per Uu pounds or 4 cents
fier lout, ship's option ; and regular shippers by this
ine will only be charged the attove rate oil wiutar.
Wlnttr rates commencing Dect tuber (6. For funnel
particulars apply to JOHN F. ou v
8t PIER l-JNO-tTU WHARVfii
ulUWAKE AND CHESPKKB
STKAM Tdtt'lliliT niMfiuv
iltiarKea towed between PliiUJelnh'iit
Baltimore, Uavre-de-Grace, Delaware City, and In
termediate points.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO., Agents.
Captain JOHN LA UGH LIN, SuptTintendent.
Cilice, No. 12 South V.larvea y.L'adelphla. 4 lit
SHIPPING.
$m FOR TEXAS PORTO.
The Hteamalilp Ilerculc
WILL BAIL FOR NEW ORLEANS DIRE7T ON
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IT, at 8 A.M.
Through bills of lading given In connection with
Morgan's lines from New Orleans to MOBILE, GAL
VESTON, IND1ANOLA, LAVACOA, and BRAZOS'
at as low rates as by any other route.
Through bills or lading also given to all points on
the Mississippi river between New Orleans and St.
Louis, in connection wlih the St. Louis and New Or
leans Packet Company.
For farther Information arply to
WILLIAM L. JAMES,
Oeneral Agent,
No. 180 South TQIRD Btrcet.
910 6t
FOR I.IVTCRPnOT. ivn (H'ri-.m
I . ..VA n nnnl n fc n .11 -uw. .
City of Brooklyn. Saturday, Sept. IT, at 10 A. M.
Ktna (via Halifax), Tuesday, Sept 20, at 1 P. M.
, City of Brussels, Saturday, September if, at S P. M
City of Wastilngton, Saturday, Oclt. 1, at 10 A. M.
and each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tues
day, from pier No. 4ft North river.
. : RATES OF PASSAGE.
FayaMe In gold. Payable in currency.
First Cabin ITS Steerage tar.
To Londan 801 To London 85
To Par's 90 To Paris 8
To Halifax 80 To Halifax 15.
Passengers also forwarded to Havre. Hamburg
Bremen, etc, at reduced rates.
, Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates b
persons wishing to send for their friends.
For further Information apply at the company's-
Office.
JOHN O. DALE, Agent. No. 15 Broadway. N. Y. 1
Or to O'DONNELL St FAULK, Agents,
' 46 No. 0 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia,
HE REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON THE PHI.
LADELPU1A AND CHARLESTON STEAM.
SHIP LINE are ALONE authorized to issue through
bills of ladirg to Interior points South and West la
connection with South Carolina Railroad Com nan v.
m ALFRED L. TYLKK, '
Vice-President So. c. rr, Co. , ,
ZfffTK PHILADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON
STEAMSHIP LINE. .
'Ihis line is now composed of the following first. -class
Steamships, sailing from PIER 17, below i
Spruce street, on FRIDAY of each week kat 8
ASHLAND, 800 tons, Captain CrowcM.
J. W. EVERMAN, 699 tons, Captain Hlncklev
SALVOR, 600 tons, Captain AshcrofU
SEPTEMBER, 1870.
J. W. Everman, Friday, Sept. 3.
Salvor, Friday, Sept. 9.
J. W. Everman, Friday, Sept. 18.
Salvor, Friday, Sept. Si
J. W. Everman, Friday, Sept. 3d.
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 first-class companies.
No freight received nor bills of lading signed on
day of sailing.
SOUDER A ADAMS, Agents,
No. 8 Dock Street.
Or WILLIAM. P. CLYDE A CO.,
No. H a WHARVES.
WILLIAM A. COURTENAY, Agent In Charles
ton. g 84
efff PHILADELPHIA AND 8OUTHKRN
SUUUUteMAIL 8TRAM8HIP COMPANY'S REGU.
LAK bUMl-MONXHLY LINK TO NKW OB.
LKANS, La.
The HERCULES will sail for New Orleans direot. oa
Saturday September 17, at S A. M. rwrc, aa
The YAZOO will sail from New OtImd, Tin Havana,
on FricUjr, BeptemberB.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADINGS M low rates as b
any other route Riven to Mobile, U&lTeeton, Indianole, V-?
Tcc, and Brazos, and to all points on the MimiasippiriTeT
between New Orleans and Bt. Louis. Ked Kiver freights
resnipped at New Orleans without charge of MmminT
WEKKLY LINE TO SAVANNAH. OA
The WYOMING will sad or Savannah on Satur.
day, September 17, at 8 A. M.
The TONAWAMDAwill sail from Savannah on Satur-
day, September 17.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING riven to all theprln.
eipal towns in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi.
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee in oonneotion witii
the Central Railroad of Georgia, Atlantio and Golf Rail. '
road, and Florida steamers, at as low rates as br oompeiin
lines.
SEMI MONTHLY LINK TO WILMINGTON. N. O
The PIONEER will sail for Wilmington en Friday.
September 18. at 6 A. M. Retaining, will leave WUmin
toi Friday, Beptembor 93.
Connects with the Oape Fear River Steamboat Oom.
pany, the Wilminf ton and Weldon and North Carolina
Railroads, and the Wilmington and Manohester Railroad
te all interior points.
Freights for Oolumbia, 8. O., and Augusta, Oa., taken)
via Wilmington, at as low rates aa by any other route.
Insuranoe effected when requested by shippers. Bill
of lading signed at Queen street wharf on er before day
of sailing. yflLLIAM L. JAMES, Oeneral Agent
6 15 No. 130 South THIRD Street
PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND.
.AND NORFOLK STEAMSHIP T.ivbT
THROUGH FREIGHT ALR LINK TO THE SOUTH
LMJRKA6KD FAOIXITIES AND REDUCED RATES '
Steamers leave every WKDNF.SDAYand SATURDAY
at 12 o'olook noon, from FIRST WHARF above MAR.
KKT Street.
RETURNING, leave RICHMOND MONDAYS and
THURSDAYS, and NORFOLK. TUESDAYS and SA
No 11 ills of Lading signed after 13 o'olook oa sailing
dHROUGH RATES to all points in North and South
Carolina, via Seaboard Air Line Railroad, eonneoting at
Portsmouth, and to Lynohburg, Vs., Tennessee, and tna
Weet, via Virginia and Tennessee Air Line and Richmond
"FrShrHArLHD BUTONOE, and taken at LOWIB
RATES THAN ANS OTHER lLnK.
No charge for commission, draysge, or any expense of
"beamshlpt insure at lowest rates.
Freight received daily.
State -wTLlI'am'pTWd'S A OO ,
No. IS 8. WHARVES and Pier 1 N. WHARVES.
W. P. POR'l ER. Agent at Richmond and Oiu Point
T. P. CKOWKLL A CO., Agents at Norfolk. U
FOR NEW YOR
via Delaware and Rarltan Canal.
EXPRKfsS STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
'1 he b team Propellers of the line will commence
loading on the 6th instant, leaving dally as usual.
THROUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Goods forwarded by all the lines going out of Ne
York, North, East, or West, free ot commission.
Freights received at low rates.
WILL1AM P. CLYDE A CO.. Agents,
No. 13 S. DELAWARE Avenue.
JAMES HAND, Agent,
No. 119 WALL Street, New York. 8 4
FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWARE
and Rarltan Canal.
SWIFT SURE TRANSPORTATION
DESPATCH AND BWIFTSURE LINES,
Leaving daily at 19 M. and 6 P.M.
The steam propellers of this company will com
mence load Id g on the 8th of March.
Through In twenty-fonr hours.
Goods forwarded to any point free of commission.
Freights taken on accommodating terms.
Apply to
WILLIAM M. BAIRD A CO., Agents,
4 No. 139 Bonth DELAWARE Avenue.
mmm NEW EXPRESS LINE TO A LEX AN 1
f4rVflrla, Georgetown, and Washington,
aii mi 1 ii a D. C, via Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal, with connections at Alexandria from th
most direct route for Lynchburg, Bristol, Knoxvllle,
Nashville, Dalton, and the Southwest
Steamers leave regularly every Saturday at noon
'roiu the first wharf above Market street.
Freight received dally.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE & CO.,
No. 14 North and South WHARVES.
nYDE A TYLER, Agents at Georgetown; M.
ELDRIDUE A CO., Agents at Alexandria. 41
OORDAOE, ETO.
WEAVER & CO.,
BOPli MANlIFACTUUEUg
AMD
CIIAtfUIEUS,
No. S9 North WATER Street and
No. 39 North. WHARVES, Philadelphia.
ROPE AT LOWEST BOSTON AND NEW YORF
PRICES.
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CORDACE.
tfaolllsv, Elial and Tarred Cor dag t
At Lowsst New York Prioee and Freight
JtDVVJN II. FITLEtt eV DO
factory, TRUTH Bt and GERMANTOWB A vena,
Store. Wo. S3 H, WATER Bt aad 23 N DKLAWAAk)
AvOBB.