The evening telegraph. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, September 19, 1870, FIFTH EDITION, Page 6, Image 6

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    THE DAILY" EVEINING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1870.
AFFAIRS LY A'.iX i.H
1T1AU CATTLB Til APE CATTLE MARKETS IS
ABBXINE AND BAXTER BPRINOS LEAVENWORTH
TO TARE A HAND THE PROHRERfl OF PACK
ISO WESTWARD STATE NOMINATIONS.
From Our Own Corrtupondent.
Leavenworth, Sept. V 1870. Perhaps
the most important interest in this State at
the present time is the Texan oattle trale.
For years past Texas has sought every market
in the world for her surplus cattle. Thon
lands are driven annually to California, Colo
rado, and the Northern States, and now that
an outlet is found in Kansas, it is estimate 1
that over half a million beeves are driven in
one rear into this State alone. The number
of stock raised in Texas is almost incredible.
Some stock-raisers in Western Texas own as
many as 20,000 head. The labor of marking
and branding seems to be the sole expense
they entail upon their owners. When we
consider that Texas is larger than Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa put to
gether, and is almost one boundless prairie,
covered the year round with the most luxu
riant gross, and that iti soil is as productive
as the Mississippi bottom, come conception
may be formed of its capacity to produce beef
cattle.
To attract this profitable business is the
object of several rival cities in this State.
Abeline, on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, has
been established as a centre of the Texan
catt'e trade, and extensive stock-yards are
built there for the sale and shipping of oattle.
At this time there are 50,000 head pasturing
on the vast ranges which surround this great
cattle emporium. Thither resort buyers from
all the Eastern markets, and sixty car loads
per diem are Bhipped over the Kansas Pacific
Railroad. In addition to Abeline, various
growing towns above this line, Brookville,
Salina, Solomon City, are also doing a con
siderable share of the same kind of business.
On the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad,
which runs southward from Junction City,
Council Grove has grown to be an extensive
shipping point.
But since the extension of the Missouri
River, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad to the
border of the Indian Territory at Baxter
Springs, a dangerous rival to overcome in the
cattle trade has sprung up. Only four months
have elapsed since the whistle of the locomo
tive first sounded in that border settlement,
and already an amount of business has con
centrated there which speaks well for its fu
ture prospects. Up to September 1st 15,000
head had been shipped to Kansas City, and
there are now at least 30,000 beeves grazing
on the Indian lands, or within a radius of
twenty miles. A company has been organ
ized for shipping purposes, and extensive
stock yards are being built for the prosecu
tion of the business.
A lively interest is felt by the citizens of
Leavenworth in this rapidly extending busi
ness, and an effort will shortly be made to
have a share in its profits. Work is being
actively prosecuted on the Chicago and South
western Railroad, and a largo force of work
men are engaged laying the substructure of
the Kansas and Missouri bridge. On the
completion of these important works, a more
direct communication with Chicago and the
Eastern lines of traffic will be opened from
this city than any possessed by Kansas City;
and then a branch line extending from
Leavenworth to Omaha, on the Missouri
River, Fort Scott, and Gulf Railroad, a dis
tance of thirty miles, will give this city direct
access to Baxter Springs, and thus open up a
branch of business the future of which defies
all calculation.
An interesting fact in connection with the
cattle trade is the continued progress west
ward of the packing business. Twenty years
ago, when New York, Ohio, Kentucky, and
other Central States raised the bulk of the
cattle consumed in this country, the principal
packing points were Buffalo, Cincinnati,
Louisville, and some other cities on the Ohio
river. But on the building of the Illinois
Central Railroad an immense tide of popula
tion flowed into that State, and the vast
prairies of Illinois in a few years pastured nu
merous herds of beeves, thou
sands of which were annually
driven to Chicago for slaughter. But
recent tables show that the packing industry
has suffered a fearful decline in that city, the
number of beeves packed in Chicago in the
fall of 1864 reaching to 92,459, while the
nnmberf packed last fall had fallen to ll,9ti3
bead. This large decrease is to be attributed
to the establishment of large packing-houses
in Kansas, as the tendency of this business is
to follow closely upon the source of supply.
In Leavenworth we have four considerable
packing establishments, one of which, owned
by Ryan & Whitaker, from Cincinnati, have
a slaughter-house and stock-yards adjoining
the track of the Missouri River Railroad,
which are as complete in their appointments
for the various processes of slaughtering,
cutting, packing, and rendering as any simi
lar establishment in the country. Another pack
ing firm, D. Kinnear & Co., also do an
extensive business, and have commenced
their fall work of hog slaughtering and paok
ing already. I am not able to give your read
ers the figures of the pork packing done in
this city; but, notwithstanding that the busi
ness is in its infancy, it has already attained
astonishing proportions. The demand for
cut meats pressing upon us from the mining
region in Colorado and the rural districts
surrounding keeps constantly in advance of
the supply. The theory advanced by a num
ber of writers that corn raising in Kansas can
never be profitable, as the State is too remote
from an Eastern market, would seem to be
disproved by facts. Our farmers are devot
ing considerable attention to hog raising,
end a number fchow cornrnendablft enterprise
in procuring and breeding from the choicest
kinds. With the Government purchasing
supplies for its numerous military posts, and
the tens of thousands of fresh comers to be
fed for at least a year, and orders coming in
from river towns and remote settlements
hundreds of miles away, it is easy to see that
this interest will admit of indefinite expan
sion, and that the farmer can do better than
rive away two bushels of his grain to get the
iiiid buitttl to m&rktt.
REZOaYlLLE.
Prt ailed Aeronnt h fatarmtn of Si. Prlrnt
A (Muff (Mllcet's Mketrh.
The Berlin (Ann. 8t ) Correspondence of the London
Timtn writ.cn as follows:
To till up the outline of the battle of Rezonvllle, 1
transmit some detailed accounts we have received
from the front. As they will speak for themselves,
I refrain from adding no much m a word of com
ment. The first of the subjoined letters refers to
the part of the 4th Brigade of the Onards, consisting
of the Infantry regiments "Emperor Francis-' and
"jueen Augusta," look In the battle. The writer Is a
staff officer, and the portion of his graphic sketch 1
am going to lay before your readers describes the
storming of St. Prlvat, on the right flank of the
French: "St. Prlvat Is a vlllnge on a steep and
lofty cliff, which commands the ground for many
miles around. The vlllHge has many stone buildings
of considerable height,whlch offer the most valuable
facilities for defensive purposes. Both Its position
and its houses had been turned to excellent account
by the enemy. On this towering height the French
felt the more secure, as the ground all aronnd is
perfectly bare. lUvIng so stationed themselves that
the attacking party wonld bo unavoidably exposed
to the full effect of their guns as soon as It could be
descried in the distance, they thought they had dono
enough, and might confidently await coming events.
Our artlllerv. consisting of at first nine, aad after
wards eleven batteries, under the command of
General Prince Hohenlohe, began the attack. To
wards four o'clock that is, after an Incessant can
nonade of three hours, the enemy's guns were silen
ced by our battcries.wncti ine uuantry were ord-rcd
to advance. Jt was essential to come to c'.oae quar
ters before dark, because the enemy might
otherwise have effected his retreat without any very
serious losses, and forced another bittle upon us the
dny after. Ateo'eloek our brigade, which formed
the first line of the assaulting p.nty, left, the ravine
in which It had sought shelter so long, and ranr.jhed
against St. Prlvat. No oner did the enemy notice
our marcn man ne opened lire upon us it was tne
most destructive quick lire you can imagine. After
a few minutes we had numbers of our comrades
lyltg on the ground, and the nearer we proceeded
the greater oecame our losses. Nor had we tne satis
faction of retaliating upon our advors tries. Sta
tioned as they were behind houses and walls, or
crouching In ditches, they were perfectly Invisible
to us and could not have been fired at eveu If
we had had time to reciprocate their com
Diimcnts. The 1st and 2d Brigades on our left
fared no better. All the generals and staff
officers were on horseback in front of
the attacking party, and after a short time were
either snot or na tneir norses Killed under them.
The enemy's lire was Itke a hall-storm of lead, ex
tending over a distance of at least lw) paces in frout
of the hills. The noise It made perfectly drowned
our commanns, ana tne smoke rendered it lrapos
stble lor our men to handle their weapons with anv
thing like a chance of success. Yet the Uu.ir.N
iievcr nesitateu ior a moment on they went,
strewiDg the ground with their dca 1 and wounded,
determined to conquer or to succumb. Long before
we had reached the enemy our losses attained
snch tremendous proportions that the Prince of
Wnrtemberg, the commander of the (J.iards, give
orders to halt untll'tlic Saxons had made some im
pression on the right wiug of the hostile position.
This and another engagement of our artillery, who
were again sent to the front and resumed operations
against the solid masonry of the village, delayed our
progress for some time. At lost the vlllnge began to
burn, and we had some hopes of belBg able to pene
trate through the shower of missiles which were
still falling as fast and thick as ever. At 6 we re
sumed the charge. The enemy, though his Hank had
been turned by this time by the Saxons, still fought
with desperate valr, and defended every single
house in the place. Within fifteen minutes we dis
lodged him entirely, when his ranks suddenly broke,
and the whole mass, which had made so long anil
obstinate a resistance, all at once fled In confusion
towards Metz. But the cost of victory this time
damped our joy In It. Nearly all the officers In our
brigade were either dead or wounded. The rank and
file bad likewise supplied a frightful quota of casual
ties, Every one of us lamented the death of a rela
tion, a filend, or an acquaintance. We had certainly
succeeded In Intercepting the enemy on his march to
the capital, but we had done so at almost too great a
sacrifice. We passed the night on the battle-field, a
good many of us sleeping In the tents which the
enemy had left behind him when taking to a pre
cipitate flight. Wonderful luxuries and comforts
we discovered In the tents of the French officers.
Beds and chairs and rockers and curtains and car
pets adorned the temporary abodes of these refined
Reutlemen. Even perfumery belonged to their in
dispensables, and there was certainly no want of
looking-glasses. What a contrast to us, who sleep
on the bare ground, our generals lying down with
the rest, whenever we cannot find shelter In a vil
lage ! When we looked at the French tents and the
numerous imptdimtnta contained in them, we quite
understood why the French cannot march so rapidly
as we do. But, to give them their due, they fought
well while under cover. As long as they kept behind
walls their conduct etait lout ce qui pent etredcxire.
As to assuming the offensive and coming to close
quarters, they never thought of It. They
are brave soldiers, and slaughtered us In the most
terrific manner; jet there Is no denying that they
have lost the elan that formerly distinguished them,
and place greater confidence in a ditch and a long
range gun than in anything else. The day after the
battle was a most melancholy one. We spent It In
burying thedead, and while we were heaping corpses
upon corpses our bands played the old beautiful
chorale, "Jesus meine Zuverslcht." As we stood
around the pits we had dug In the ground, and
looked at the dead lying at our feet in silent
rows, there were few among us who did not feel
the tears coursing down their checks. No
one that sits quietly at home and reads the
reports from the battle-fields la the papers can have
the faintest Idea of what the horrors of war really
are. Life and limb, treasure and property, alike
melt away In the furnace of battle. Eternal dis
grace to the infamous wretches who have conjured
up all this misery 1 Towards 9 o'clock our friends
the faxons passed the improvised cemetery. Cheer
ful and good-natured as ever, they marched to a
spirited tune tlfat broke strangely upon our ears,
but they had awakened the musical propensities of
some of our men, and hymns and national anthems
filled the rest of the evening."
NOTES OF THE WAN.
THE GARDE MOBILB AT VITKV.
The Journal dt la Marnt of August SO says:
sVery pad news has been received respecting the
Gardes Mobiles at Vitry. It appears that at lirat It
had been Intended to defend Vltry, but when the
PiusslaiiB were approaching It was determined to
send off to Chateau Thierry the battalion of Gardes
Mobiles which bad been formed from the young men
of the arrondlssements of Vltry and Ste. Menenould.
.At the same time the guns on the ramparts were
Bplked and cast Into the fosse. The Prussians, al
ways kept well acquainted by their spies of wnat is
going on among us, obtained a hint or this, and sud
denly made their appearance before the town. In
stead ef remaining united and compact, the battalion
oi uarues Mounts uispersed. one portion, of which
we have not hitherto received any precise
Intelligence, appeared disposed to follow
the road originally prescribed for them,
but another portion, of which the
men came from the Ste. Menehould, attempted to
return to their arrondlssement. on their way thither
they were attacked by a body of Prussian troops.
The Mobiles threw themselves Into the woods to
escape from the onslaught of tte cavalry, some of
whom they killed, but the enemy's Infantry drove
them out, and they were again attacked by the cav
alry. A frightful scene eusued. cruthed by num
bers, short of ammunition, and little accustomed to
the use of arms, the Mobiles offered to become pri
soners. The Prussians, however, refused to recog
nize them as soldiers, and continued to massacre
them. Alieady some fifty had been killed and
wounded, when some persons succeeded lu proving
to the Prussian commander, by the written order of
route, that the men he was attacking were really
soldiers. The surrender was then accepted, aad the
wounded were removed to Ste. Menehould."
ECKNES IN 1'ARIS.
A Tarls correspondent says drilling goes on con
stantly. At the Tuileries to-day 1 witnessed a large
body of the youngbters being put through their exer
cises. The Instructors gave their commands in the
most conhiderate and even polite tone of voice, while
the men In tne ranks begged each other's pardon for
any casual awkwardness lu a stvle somewhat dif
ferent from the fashion in which Sergeant Kite and
hispupii.or Private Jones and Private Smith respect
ively act upon an English parade ground.
A whole regiment that seems to have had a long
march of it bus down to rest on the flags of the
Hue lvlenne. They are gazed upon with admiring
Interest from the windows and balconies, while
several persons stoop down to shake hauds ami
fraternize with them. In the Place Vcndoiue, the
soul ler-loungers again swarm as thickly as bees.
Toys are prepared for children to suit the times. I
have Been Cieruians made to be knocked down with
a stick, and a representation of a fort stormed and
carried by Zouaves, who could be moved to the
attack with a handle, the machinery simultaneously
causing the Prussians to fall back and disappear
before the victorious Frenchmen. A hoarse rat
tling Inside was meant, I suppose, to imitate the
roar of artillery. The print shops, of course, are gay
with pictorial successes of France over Crermany. 1
never saw any one buying a caricature either comic
or serious of the occasion. People stare at theiu
ard pats on. Businws lu the music shops is equally
dull. We are not lu the humor for singing just now.
Business everywhere Is almost at a standstill. The
gnu shops end Innumerable admirers, and 1 should
trunk a fair supply of customers. Revolvers are
largely purchased, and I wonder we do not hear of
accidents. The better class of restaurants are coin
vwi:ve:y deserted.
AT ST. MARIS ACX mBNtr.
A correspondent at 8t. Marie sun oneors u ves
the following graphic account of scenes recent) v
witnessed at mat place. "Almost every noose in
this village Is a hospital, and wals, doors, and win
dows are pierced witn snot. I'russians ana rrencn
lie side by side, and almost at the moment 1 was
offering a cigar at one bedside the soul of Its occu
pant departed. In the girdcus stiff and ghattly
bodies lie waiting for sepulture, and their nation
ality could onlv be guessed by the gtean coa. thrown
over them. After about an hour and a half we
moved on to St. Trivat, the spot where the most
violent struggle occurred. The church and houses
arc nearly all destroyed.
"Picture to yourself a vast plain, terminating to
wards the horizon In verdant woods and luxuriant
and undulating pasture. In the midst, a heap of
blackened ruins, a farm hut, the Insignificance of
which has saved it from total destruction. Gardens
trodden do an, trees torn with shot, all aronnd burst
ing graves, rudely-coostrncted crosses, remains of
bivouacs, dead horses, broktn tumbrils, arms, sha
koes. uniforms, ammunition barrels, in front of
crumbling walls which a few days since enclosed
contented homes, sitting on bare stones in mute
agony of deep despair poor women, to whom nothing
is left but the memory of a past. May God
save England from such a scene as this! Here,
In company with Mr. Herbert, I visited all the
wounded, and to every one 1 gave a cigar and a lump
of chocolate. This last was greatly appreciated,
and the gratitude of the recipients afforded me some
of the happiest moments 1 have ever experienced.
In one place were lying crowded together a number
of men, not one of whom bat had lost an arm or a
leir. In manv cases bolh. I must protest to vou. ami
I shall not cease to do It as long as I remain near the
theatre of war, that the statement which is every
day made to the effect that personal assistance is
not required Is false; and I will treat in the sanvj
manner the statement that the French wounded
are treated with the same consideration as the Prus
sians." TUK KMrEROn'S "FIXED ideas."
The Berlin correspondent of the Cologne (,'r:fv,
commenting on the Emperor Napoleon's propensity
for "flxed Ideas,'' which lead lain Into fatal mis
takts, says:
"In the Mexican expedition he was Influenced not
onlv by the known desire of playing a part as head
of the Latin race on the ottnr side of the Atlintlc, J
and at the same time of weakening the I nited
States, but by another notion. In the obstinate be
lief thai In one way or another he should become
roaster of Belgium, he wished the childless Maxi
milian to adopt the Belgian royal family, which,
strange ss it sounds, was to be transported to
Mexico. That the Bclgiaa railway affair, subse
quently, was more serious than many people
at, the time believed the recent
official revelations of Prussia have shown.
It is certainly knowD, moreover, fiat while
that dispute was pending at the beginning of last
year there was serious talk In French oillolal circles
of the occupation of Belgium. The War Minister,
Marshal Kiel, even repaired to Maubeuge In order
to Inspect the Belgian frontier. The thing waa then
abandoned, or rather postponed, partly because
England and Prussia were distrusted, partly because
France was still less ready for war tlian a few
months ago. Rouher and Nlel were not quite so
llghthcartedss the Parliamentary Ministry of the ltd
of January. All this comes from a good source,
and It should be pondered, especially at Brussels.
The Belgian press should at length learn to under
stand that Belgium's neutrality Is Infinitely hotter
Insured by ajstrongtlermany thanyjnaper treaties '
THE FINE ARTS.
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AT
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No. 816 CHESNUT STREET,
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AT
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Ypres, Rotterdam, Utrecht, etc. etc
A complete set of the Berlin Museums, and Interior
views of all the rooms In the various royal palaces
of Prussia.
Particular attention Is drawn to the fact that In a
few days loo views on the Rhine and its fortiQca
tlons, as never before seen, will be exhibited. 11 10
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JAMES & HUDER,
No. 11 Hortlt SECOND Street,
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Are w receiving a large and splendid assortment
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And standard makes of DOESKINS, CLOTHS and
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CENT.'S FURNISHING GOODS.
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AND GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE.
PERFECTLY FITTING SHIRTS AND DRAWERS
made from measurement at very short notice.
All other articles of GENTLEMEN'S DRESS
uuuds in iuu variety.
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rp II E
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STANDS WITHOUT A RIVAL
For Heating Churches, Schools, Public Halls, and
Dwellings.
Call and see certificates.
C, J. TYXIk&L,!?,
No. 145 S. SECOND Street.
A large assortment of beautiful Stoves, Heaters,
and Ranges. Jobbing promptly attended to.
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AND
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AIIUKEIK G. Cimtu ZlUAB ClTTIlb
REAL ES1AIE AT AUCTION.
8 8 1 G N & K 8' S A LB.
FSTATB OP THE
FREEDOM IKON AM) STEEL COMPANY.
The underpinned, assignees In trust for the benefit
of the creditors of the Freedom Iron and fcteel
Company, will sell at public auction, at the office of
tne company, in ierry townsnip, Mitnin county
Pennsylvania, on
8DAY. the 20th dav of Sen-
tt-mbcr, A. D. 170, at 13 o'clock, nooitfTie following
property of the said company, com"i'
ihlrtv-nine thousand i.so.ono) acres fir l
'onfpriBing a omit
Cf land tn Midi in
and Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania, on which
there are erected extensive steel works, three (3)
charcoal blai-t fnrnaces In nse and one (1) disused,
with numerous shops and buildings.
The assignees propose to sell at the same time and
place:
lhe property known as the Yoder farm, tn Brown
township,.M!iniB county, containing 151 acres and
124 perches.
Also, the property known as the Williams farm,
In Derry townMiip, Miillin county, containing 101
acres and 29 perches.
A detailed description of all - the above properties
will be found In an advertisement in this paper of an
Intended sale of the eume property by wistar Mor
ris, James T. Young, and Enoch Lewis, trustees.
The foregoing properties will oe sold In one parcel
or lot, subject to the payment of the mortgages now
existing against the properly.
One of t hem bearing date February 1, ISrtT, given
to Wlstar Morn?, James T. Young, and Enoch
Lewis, in trust, to sccum bonds of the comnaov. nav-
able on February 1, l8t7, with Interest thereon at G
per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, on th
Uisi uays oi AuguM nui ceiiruary.
The principal or wnicn tieot is swu.uwi. and on
above interest was paid up to the first day ol Feb
ruary,
The other Mortgage Is dated December 1. iscs.
held by Heury Wlnsor, Wistar .Morris, and E. C.
Biddle, In trust, to secure bonds of the company,
payable on the 1st day of December, 18S3, with in
terest thereon at 6 per cent, per aunum, payable
semi-annuany, on me ist, iiiys oi .nine aai Decem
ber; on tins tnerc is riue ior principal jaoo.uoo, with
Interest from December 1, lsio.
But the purchasers will be nt liberty to insert a
clause In their deed, excluding any personal lia
bility lor the debts thus secured, HDd agreeing to no
more tnun a recognition mat sucn mortgages exist
and are liens.
About 4or,(.no bushels of charcoal, about lono tons
of iron ore, about WOO tons of cinder, about 31, out)
cords of wood cut for coaling, a quantity of lime
stone, together with a large quantity of material in
various stages oi manniaciure.
Also one nunoreo ana two uu maies and nine
teen (19) horses with wagons and harness complete.
Also, v.i4'A604 i"s. steel ingots.
41 tons warm blast scrap iron.
17,SS!1 lbs. plow plate, trimmed.
244.014 lbs. round and snure Iron and steel buggi
tire, sl igh steel, rail webs and bottoms, etc.
6 I9.".s-i4ij tons sieei rons.
10 13M-2240 " " " ends.
105 steel Ingots atLochicl Iron Works, Harrisburg,
weighing 00,772 lbs., hammered.
G9J steel uicois at jcnnsiown, wcigiung ss.,iba
lbs., not hammered.
o tons castings.
4 tons scrap.
Also, an assortment of dry goods, boots and shoos.
groceries, provisions and drugs, suitable for a manu
facturing establishment, in store at Forge Works,
In Derry tonship, MHllln county, and In store at
Oreenwood Furnaces, Huntingdon county.
The whole or tne above described personal pro
perty will be ottered in one parcel, and If a siutlcient
price, in the judgment of the assignees, Is not
offered, they will be withdrawn and sold in separate
parcels, ns may be decided upon.
TERMS OF SALE.
The purchasers of the real estate will be reqnlre t
to pay at the time of the salo One Thousand (iwiu)
Dollars,if thebid amounts to so much, and any balance
in HOdays, aud they will be required to prepare and
stamp the deed to be signed by the assignees.
The purchasers o the personal property will be
required to pay at je time of signing the memoran
dum, when the property Is struck down, $1000, aad
within thirty days the balance of the purchase
money, reserving, however, what will be the pro
bable amount of the dividend to which the purcha
sers, as creditors, will be entitled, less 10 per cent.,
and on their giving approved security, to pay
in on reasonable notice, from time to time, any
part or parts of such residue as may be required by
the assignees In their judgment, and the purchasers
will be required to pay, in addition to the amount, of
their bid, the debt due for wood leave, forthe wood
cut and bought by them, amounting to about fiooo.
JAMBS S. BIDDLE,
CHAULBS McCRKA,
Assignees of the Freedom Iron and Steel Company.
Philadelphia, August 20, 1870. 8 22 nun 9t
LUMBfcR.
1870
SPRUCE JOIST.
SPRUCE JOIST.
HEMLOCK.
HEMLOCK.
1870
iQTA SEASONED CLEAR PINE. 1 Q-7A
10 i) SEASONED CLEAR PINK. 10 i U
CHOICE PATTERN PINK.
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
1870
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLOKIDA FLOORING.
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VIRGINIA F LOOKING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOARDS.
KAIL PLANK.
1870
1 QI7AWALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. -I Q7A
10 I V WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK.10 t) U
WALNUT BOARDS.
WALNUT PLANK.
"f 07A UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER.
10 I V UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER.
RED CEDAR.
WALNUT AND PINE.
1870
1870
SEASONED POPLAR.
SEASONED CHERRY.
ASH.
1870
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS,
HICKORY.
IQ17A CIGAR BOX MAKERS' iQwft
10 I U CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 10 I U
(SPANISH CEDAR BOX HOARDS,
FOR SALE LOW.
IQA CAROLINA SCANTLING. 1 OTA
10 I V CAROLINA H. T. KILLS. 10 I U
NORWAY SCANTLING.
1870
CEDAR SHINGLES. 1 QWA
CYPRESS SHINGLES. 10 I U
AlAUUU, liKUTlitlt CO.,
No. 2600 SOUTH Street.
ns
"OANEL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
X COMJUO.N iL,A.M4, ALL TllICKWabSES.
1 COMMON BOARDS.
1 and 8 SIDE FENCE BOARDS.
WHITE PINE FLOORING BOARHS.
YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS, IV and
4 SPRUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES.
HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES.
PLASTERING LATH A SPECLLTY,
Together with a general assortment of Building
Lumber for sale low for cash. T. W. 8MALTZ,
6316m No. 1715 RIDGE Avenue, north of Poplar St.
United States Builders' Mill,
FIFTEENTH Street, Below Market.
ESLER & BROTHER.
PROPRIETORS.
Wood Mouldings, Brackets and General Turning
Work, Hand-rail Balusters and Newel Posts. 9 1 3m
A LARGE ASSORTMENT ALWAYS ON HAND.
BUILDING MATERIALS.
E. E. THOMAS & CO.,
DIALERS IK
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters
WINDOW FRAMES, ETC.,
m. w. coBNia or
EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Street!
4 13 um PHILADELPHIA
CROCERIES, ETO.
yillTK PKESE1WING JJUA.NDY,
PURE CIDER AND WINE VINEGAR,
GREEN GINGER, MUSTARD SEED, SPIUES, ETC.
All the requisites for preserving and pickling pur
poses. ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
IMlr to Fine Groceries
uil Corntr ELEVENTH and VINR Street
AlBRELLAlB CHEAPEST INTrlgCITY".
J DLTGN'Bi " . alujiiU but! UiUi
REAL. EST ATK AT AUCTION.
TICK.
By vrtre and In execution oi the powers contained
In a Mortgage executed by
TI3E CENTRAL TASSENOER RAILWAY
COMPANY
of the nty of Philadelphia, bearing date of
f Ighteenth day of April, 1KC3, and recorded tn the
oftice for tecordlng deeds and mortgages for the
city and county or Philadelphia, In Mortgago Book
A. C. II. , No. trt, pave 46A, etc., the undersigned
Trustees named in said mortgage
W ILL SELL AT TUBLIO AUCTION,
at the MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, In the city of
Philadelphia, by
MESSES, THOMAS &, SONS, Auctioneers,
at 18 o'clock M., on TUESDAY, the eighteenth diy
of October, A. D. 1370, the property described In and
conveyed by the said mortgage, to wit:
No. 1. All those two contiguous lots or pieces of
ground, with the bulldlugs and improvements
thereon erected, situate on the eaat side of Broad
street, in theciiy 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 angles with said Broai?
street tighty-eight feet ODe Inch and a half to ground
now or late of Samuel Miller; thence southward
long sold ground, and at right angles wttli said
Coates street, seventy-two feet to the northeast cor
ner or an alley, two feet six Inches In width,
leading southward Into Penn street; theuce west
ward crossing said a) ley and along the lot of ground
hereinafter described and at right angles wiin said
Broad street, seventy-nlno feet to the east side of
the said Broad street; and thence northward alorg
the east line of said Broad street seventv-two feet to
the place of beginning. Subject to a Ground Rent
of 2fc0, silver money.
No. 8. The other of them situate at the northeast
corner of the said Broad street and Peon 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 l'enn street Beven-ty-lonr
feet and two Inches, and on the Hue of said
lot. parallel with said Penn street seventy-six feet
Dve inches and tnree-iouriDS of an men to said two
feet six inches wide alley. Subject to ground rent
of V'i, silver money.
Iso. s. Ail mat certain 101 or piece oi ground oe
glnnlDg at the S. E. corner or Contes street and Broad
street, tner.ce extending soutnwara a:ong tne saia
Broad street nineteen feet seven Inches and five-
eighths of an Inch; thence eastward eighty feet one
lncn ana one-nan or an ir.cn; inence nortnwaru, at
right angles with said Coates street, nine feet to the
south side of Coates street, and theuce westward
along the south Bide of said Coates street ninety feet
to the place of beginning.
Ia 4. tour a team Dummy vjars, twenty reel long
by nine feet two Inches wide, with all the necessary
steam machinery, seven-inch cylinder, with ten-inch
stroke of piston, with heaving pipes, &c. Each will
scat thirty passengers, and has power suillcient to
draw two extra cais.
Note. These cars are now in the custody of
Messrs. Grice k 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 iwu.
No. 6. The whole road, niankroad, and railway of
the said The Central Passenger Railway Company
of the city of Philadelphia, ana an tneir land (not,
Included in Nos. 1, 2, and 8,) roadway, railway, raus,
riizhts of wav. stations, toll houses, aud other supnr-
stiiictures, depots, depot greunds and other real
estate, buildings and improvements wnatsoever.an'i
all and singular the corporate privileges and fran
chlses coDiiectei with said company aud plank road
an railway, and relating thereto, ana an tne tons,
Income, Issues, and prouts to accrue from the same
or any part thereof belonging to said company, and
eenerallv all the tenements.hereditaments and fran
chises of the said company. And also all the cars of
every kind (not included In No. 4,) machinery, tools,
unpit mentf,ana materials connected wua uie proper
eauinment. ODeratinir and conducting of said road.
plank road, and railway; and all the personal pro
perty oi every Kinu auu acaenpuuu umuugiug to iae
said company.
Toarether with all the streets, ways, alleys, pas
sngf b, waters, water-courses, easements, franchises,
rights, iiDerucs, privileges, nereouameuis ana ap
nurtenances whatsoever, unto any of the above-
mentioned premises and estates belonging and ap
pertaining, ana tne reversions ana remainders,
rents, Issues, and profits thereof, and all the estate,
right, title, Interest, property, claim, and demand of
every rature 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 time the pro
perty is struck off Filty Dollars, unless the price is
less than that sum, when the whole sum bid shall
be paid.
W. L. SCnAFFEH,
W. W. LONGbTRETH,
Trustees.
613 Clt
PROPOSALS.
1JKOPOSAL8 TOR COAL AND KINDLING
WOOD.
DuroT Quartermaster's Officb,
Washington, D. C , August 83, Ls70.
MCA LEI) PROPOSALS will be received ai tills
ottlce until 12 J!., September 23, 1B70, from re
sponsible parties, to ket'p on hand and deliver as re
quired at the various otliccs and oillcers' quarters In
this city and at Fort Whipple, Va., three hundred
and twenty-two Si'i) cords of Kindling Wood and
nine hundred and ninety-live (995) tons of merchant
able White Ash or other anthracite coal or si.e as
may be called for, free from slate and dust or dirt,
anil to weigh 2240 pounds to the ton, as follows:
At Fort Whipple, Va., about 40.000 pounds.
To be delivered on orders at various points In this
cltv about 2,188,800 pounds.
Separate proposals will also bo received for the
delivery of the entire amount at the Government
Corral, corner of Nineteenth and N streets.
Guarantees signed by two responsible sureties for
a sum equal to two-thirds of the amount of each bid
will be required of each bidder that he will, If suc
cessful, execute a contract lu accordance with the
requirements herein set forth, within six days after
the award is made.
The fuel will be inspected, weighed, and measured
by an Inspector as provided by recent act of Con
press, aid payment will be made monthly for
quantity received, If In funds, or as soon thereafter
as funds are provided for the purpose, on the certifi
cate of the inspector and receipt of parties to whom
delivery has been ordered.
Should the contractor fall to furnish the kind and
quantity of wood contracted for, It will be pur
chased In open market and difference In cost charged
to him.
The right Is reserved to reject any or all bids not
deemed advantageous to the Government.
Proposals will be addressed to the undcrslgued,
plainly marked "Proposals for Fuel." Didders are
luviteu to be present at ttie opening.
WILLIAM MYERS.
Hvt. Brig.-Oeneral U. S. A.,
Depot tuartermaster.
9 13 at
1)ROPOSALS FOR FRESH BEEF,
Oti'iuc of A. C. S., Frank ford Arsenal,)
September 16th, 1870.
Scaled Proposals, in duplicate, will berecelvea by
the undersigned, at this Ortlee, until la M., October
l.Mh, 1870, for furnishing the troops stationed at
Frank ford Arsenal with Fresh Beef, of a good mar
ketable quality, In equal proportions of fore and
hind quarters, excluding necks, shauks, and kidney
tallow ; the beef to be delivered free of cost to the
troops. In such quantities aud on such days as
may be from time to time required by the proper
authority, and the contract to continue In force six
months, or such less time as the Commissary Gen
eral shall direct, and subject to his approval, com
mencing on the 1st of November, 1870.
I'pon the acceptance of the offer, security and
bond tn the sum of six hundred dollars will bo re
quired for the faithful performance of the contract.
1 he right to reject any or all bids which may not
be deemed to the interest of the Government to
accept Is reserved.
Dids to be endorsed on the envelope "Proposals
for Fresh Beef."
WILLIAM PRINCE,
9 IB t 1st Lt. Ord., A. C. S.
STOVES, RANCES, ETO.
riMlE AMERICAN STOVE AND HOLLO V WA R 1
J. COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA,
IRON FOUNDERS,
(Successors to North. Chase k. North, Sharpe &
Thomson, and Edgar L. Thomson,)
Manufacturers Of STOVES, HEATERS, THOM
SON'S LONDON KITCHENER, TINNED, ENA
MELLED, AND TON HOLLOW WARE.
FOUNDRY, Second and Mlfllln Streets.
OFFICE, 209 North Second Street
FRANKLIN LAWRENCE, Superintendent.
EDMUND 13. SMITU, Treasurer.
JKO. EDGAR THOMSON,
President. JAMES ITOE-Y,
6 27 mwf 6ni General Manager.
C OTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF ALI
numbers and brands. Tent, Awning, Trunk
and Wtt-on-cover Duck. Also, Paper Mannfao
turers' Drier Felta, from thirty to aeventj-aU
Inches, witn Paullns, Belting, Ball Twine, eta
JOHN W. EVKRMAN,
110. 10 CHURCH Street (Cltf btortnl,
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION.
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FREEDOM IRON AND BTEEL COMPANY.
The nnderslgned, Mortgagees and Trustees under
the mortgage of the FREEDOM IRON AND STEEL
COMPANY, which bsaro date February 1, 1867,
nnder and pursuant to a request and notice of
creditors, given nnder the provisions of the laid
mortgage, for default of payment of Interest,
Will sell at publlo sale, at the Philadelphia Sx
change, on TUESDAY, the S7& day of September,
A. D. 1670, at 13 o'clock noon, by
M. THOMAS & SONS, Auctioneers.
All the lands, tenements, hereditaments, and real
estate of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situate
and beiDg 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 mills, railroads and cars ef
every kind belonging to the said Company granted
In mortgage by the said Company to ns by the said
mortgage, viz. :
About thirty-nine thousand (39,000) acres of land
In Mifflin and Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania,
on which there are erected extensive steelworks,
four (4) charcoal blast furnaces, and numerous shops
and buildings, to wit:
The property known as the Freedom Iron and
Steel Works, In Mlfllln county, Pennsylvania, com
prising two hundred and eighty-nine (2S9) 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 bouse, offices, 64 dwelling houses,
saw-mill, limo-klln, stables and other buildings, wlta
stationery engines, maclUnery, and fixtures.
Also, the property known as the Greenwood Ore
Bank, in Union township, MlfTlln 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 Ryan lota, and two small tracts of land,
containing about one acre and one-fourth of an acre,
respectively, known as the Hostetter lot, and the
Stronp House and lot, in Union township, Mifflin,
county.
Also, about 17,400 acres of unseated lands, la
MlfTlln county.
Also, the right to take ore on the Mutherabaugh,
farm, In Decatur township, Mifflin county, at a
royalty of 26 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,wlth engines and fixtures,
with mansion house, IT stables, carpenter shop,
blacksmith shop, 82 dwelling houses, offices and
store, one grist mill, with stable and balldngs of
every description, railroad and ore cars.
Also, the property known as the Monroe Furnace;
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
county (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, in payment of the bonds of the said Freedom
Iron and Steel Company, amounting to (500,000,
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
sale of the property above described will be as fol
lows: 12000 In cash, to be paid when the property Is
struck off. 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 under 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, tn Brown
township. Milllin county, containing 158 acres, 124
perches, composed of two tracts as follows:
Beginning at stone In road, thence by land of John
D. Burr, north 53 degrees east, 102 8-10 perches to
stone ; thence by land of Joseph B. Zook, north 44
degrees west, 202 3-10 perches, to stone ; thence by
land of John llooley, south 46 degrees west 102 1-10
perches, to stone ; thence south 44 degrees east,
190 6-10 perches, to the place of beginning contain
ing 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 op said
road, north 44 X deg. west, 67 6-10 perches, to stone ;
thence by laud of John Ueoley, south 4S deg. west,
79 6-10 perccs to stones ; thence by land of Davld-L.
Yoder, south 42i deg. east, 66 8-10 perches, to stone
in road; thence along said road and by land of
Gideon Y'oder, north 40, 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 gtvea to
secure bonds, amounting to f 11,738-34, npon 13300
of which Interest Is due from April 1, 1869, and on
balance of said bonds Interest la due from April 1,
1668.
Also, the property known as the Williams farm, as
follows :
All that certain tract of land situate In Derry
township, MiiU In county, Pa,, bounded and described!
as follows:
Beginning at a chesnnt, corner of lands of Philip
Mar tz, theuce by lauds of William Uenney and
Samuel McMauamy, north 87 degrees west, t93f
perches, to a hickory; thence by lands of Samue
McMauamy, north 17 degrees west, 17 perches;
thence by land of James M. Martin, south 75 de
grees west, 22 perches, to a poBt; thence by land oX
Johnston Sigler, south 67 degrees west, 169 perches;
to a hickory ; thence by lauds of Peter Townsend s
heirs, south 37 degrees east, 91 perches, to stones ;
thence by land of heirs of John McDoneli, deceased,
and Mrs. Mcllvaln, north 60 degrees east, 9S
perches, to a post; thence by land of Philip Marts,
ntrth 70.K degrees east, 69 perches, to the place of
beginning containing one hundred and seven acres
and twenty-nine perches of land, and allowance.
1 his property is charged with a mortgage, given
to secure tpnds for iVKQt with Interest at 4 per
cent, per annum, from November 8, 1603.
Also, the property known as the Stronp Ore Bank,
In Union township, Mifflin county, containing about
nine acres and elghty-nii. j perches.
The last named property Is subject to a mortgage
given to secure a bond for 1000, bearing Interest at
the rate of 6 per cent, per annum from July 23,
1S68.
The terms of sale of the last three described
properties will be as follows:
Twenty-five dollars In cash to be paid upon eacn
when they are respectively struck off.
The balance of the purchase money of each to be
paid In cash upon the execution of the conveyance
to the purchaser.
WI6TAR MORRIS,)
JAMES T. YOUNG, V Trustees.
ENOCH LEWIS, )
M. THOMAS k SONS,
6 STjruth tP27 Auctioneers.
FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAfrfJ
rrrm J. WATSON A SOtf,
IKM) I . . !
IWjJOf th. Ut. firm of EVANS WATSON, " j
FIRE AND BURGLAR-PROOP
8 A F 1 STORE,
No. 53 SOUTH FOURTH STREET,
214 A i ( U)T ChMtait U Fhuadai