THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHIL ADELP111 A, THURSDAY , OCTOBER 13, 1870.
ALEX 1 DUE DUMAS FERE.
Th rai Ramnaeer la IIU Old Aae nia
flnaner t MvUs and Warklnjt-Illa Literary
Tastes, E te.
A correspondent of the New York Trtbune
gives the following interesting account of a
recent visit of Alexandre Duniaa the elder to
Madrid:
In the spring of this year Alexandre
Dumas, the father, came dawn to Madrid to
collect material for his work entitled "The
Fast, Present and Future of the Revolution in
Spain." It is rare that a French feuilletoniste
knows anything outside of the Boulevard des ,
Italiens, but this veteran romancer used to
bring to the discussion of historical subjects
a profound and thorough ignorance of the
matters treated, which put to shame the
sketchy misinformation of his frivolous imi
tators. He came to Spain, utterly ignorant
of the history, the language, the custome of
the people, in write in some six weeks the
story and intrigues and incidents of a life
time, which have resulted in the destruction
of the Bourbon dynasty in the Peninsula.
He was so absurdly lacking in the commonest
knowledge of current events, that he ad
dressed a letter to Don Cruz Ochoa, the fiery
CarliBt shoulder-hitter of the Cortes, on a
matter of literary inquiry, mistaking him for
Don Eugenio do Ochoa, the famous scholar
and academician exactly as if you should
write to ask Senator Wilson to expound his
true meaning in a contested point of the
'Noctes Anibrosiame."
There were more especial reasons why Du
mas should have thought twice before coming
down to Madrid to write history at a hand
gallop. He has said, in an unfortunately
spiritual hour, that Africa began at the Pyre
nees, and the Castilian heart never forgave
him. He also carried the curse of Canaan on
his face and hair, and a nation of slave
holders could not receive him without embar
rassment. - Still, he had many friends in Madrid, and
Mr. and Mrs. Percy gave him the use of their
beautiful rose-colored quinta in the suburbs,
where the old man set up his tabernacle,
working by day, and dining in the evening in
his own sybaritic style.
I was invited to meet him one evening at
the house of Senor Ochoa who delighted to
honor the old romancer, after Damas had as
certained that there more Ochoas than one in
Spain. I found a brilliant company of lite
rary and artistic people and some few of the
aristocracy who yielded sufficiently to the
spirit of the age to read novels. But to my
dismay, when I asked for the lion, I was in
formed by the genial savant who entertained
us, that he had gone off to bed immediately
after feeding. But the next night I was more
fortunate. The tenor Tamberlik was singing
at the opera for something's benefit and
everybody went. In the first entr'acte I
noticed that the whole audience was facing
one way. I followed the general stare and
saw the author of "Monte Cristo." I recog
nized him instantly, not from his portraits, but
from Nadar's grotesque caricature, which is
more like him than himself. There was such
a preposterous stock of white wool covering
the enormous red face, with the broad humor
ous negro smile that ran over the counte
nance from the thick lips, such a tremendous
breadth of shoulder and depth of chest, so
ponderous a stomaoh and trunk supported on
thin legs that bent with their burden, that no
one regarded him seriously. They seemed to
think that outlandish figure was the get-up,
not the person, of Alexandre Dumas. The
whole house stared at him, with all their eyes
and lorgnettes, and chattered with as
brutal an unreserve as an English or
American crowd would have exhibited
which is not usual in a Latin
country. The veteran did not seem to mind
them. He spoke from time to time to the
ladies in the box, with a faint light of the old
gallantry shining through his heavy face.
Sometimes, when the still glorious voice of
Tamberlik seemed to burn through the
vail that age has cast over it, and soar up to
that electrical climax of the ut de poitrine, I
could see in the kindling eye of the old ro
mancer a sign of the sympathy that existed
between the two battered and life-worn giants
of art. But usually he was sunk in sluggish
re very, or peacefully snoring in that sweet
sleep of age and childhood, with which nature
kindly soothes and guards the weakness of
our beginning and our end.
1 was so interested in mm that evening
mat i readily accepted Air. ferry s Kind in
vitation to call with him at the quinta. It
stood just outside the barrio Salamanca, to
the left of the bull-ring, on that hot. arid
plateau, where the sunshine drives ail pedes
trians into tne scanty snadow of tne walls,
n seems iiue cnangmg your latitude witn a
thought, when you open the rickety gate and
Btep into the cool, lush, fragrant garden, it
is full of winding walks and heavy tufts of
veraure, arbors, and wayward vines, and a
little way back stands the old farm-house,
completely buried in clambering roses. We
found Dumas in a delicious summer-house in
the garden. His niece, an exquisitely pretty
and winsome school girl, as innooent and
modest as school girls are in those effete and
degenerate lands, sat near him, and opposite
JUim at tne rustic table was Carolina Coronado,
il . O 1 4.
Dumas began talking at onoe about his
work. He did not get on very well, he said;
be could not accomplish more than ten
printed pages per day; the Spanish was hard
to read, and lie Had eitner to consult the dic
tionary or guess at the meaning of the words;
both these processes took time. We listened
with amusement, and Madame Coronado with
horror, at this novel exposition of the histo
rian's method. I asked him how he disposed
ot His day. "i rise late aoout ten 1 break.
fast. I work until four. I then indulge in
the debaucn of a walK in tne garden. I dine,
and 11 Madame is so good as to bring ner car
nace 1 take tne air in tne rrado. l come
back and go chastely to bed." He was in the
"habit of sleeping fourteen hours out of the
twenty-four. His dinners were gastronomic
phenomena. He prepared them himself. He
sat at the head of hia table, in his shirt
sleeves, and left his guests, after each course,
to superintend tne presentation or tne next,
-He renewed his youth at the dinner table,
All the verve and wit of old times came back
to him then. But from coffee to bed-time he
was little more than a mummy, that serves
only to remind us of a princely past.
, He was goiBg out for his drive when I en
tered the garden, and they kindly forced me
to take the fourth seat. As we drove down
the Prado to the Paseo de Atocha, the strange
figure of Dumas attracted universal attention,
He always carried a Gibus opera hat in his
band, and his busby white wool gave an ap
Tearance of extraordinary size to his head.
lie spoke hardly a word during the first half
.hour, answering all questions at random, and
'only seeming to listen when his pretty nieoe
epoke to him. He seemed lost in reveries of
the time when he was a gay youth with
clear brain and hot blood, and the voice of
this lovely girl appeared to find its way easily
tbroiich tli rliiil "r v ib kev of iiienrinrv.
air, he became more chatty and sociable. A
remark made by Madame Coronado in regard
to the opposition of the church to "spiritual
circles" attracted his attention. He. said
very earnestly:
"Messieurs les Cures are wrong. They
should be glad of any evidence that goes to
prove the immortality ot the soul." He
turned to me to ask about these manifesta
tions in America. In the course of the con
versation which ensued I urged him to visit
America to observe for himself the remarka
ble developments now making in the spiritual
and material life of the people.
He looked steadily at me for a moment,
then taking a tuft of his snow-white wool in
his fingers, he said:
"And this?"
I thought of Revels, and replied,
"It would make you Senator."
He looked dazed for a moment. He had
not heard of emancipation. He had but a
vague idea of the war. This is not uncom
mon in France. Dumas, the younger, in his
powerful novel "L'Affaire Clemenoeau," in
troduces a young Bostonian named Andre
Minati, who amuses himself by attending the
flogging of bis father s slaves.
"Ehbienl he Rigtaed. "inis has come
too late for me. When I was young, it kept
me away from America. And now I am old."
"An, Mr. Dumas, said JUadarne, "you
grow younger every day. now do you
manage it ?
A spark of the old exquisite wit brightened
in the eye of Dumas, as he answered,
"Dame! j y mets te temps. (I give all my
time to it.)
We spoke of his son, and asked what he
was doing in these years of silence. The old
gentleman answered with some reserve, "He
never speaks to me, or consults witn me, as
to anything he is doing, and for this he gives
a reason full of courtesy and charm. He says
he reverences my judgment so highly that if
criticized his work he would be discouraged
and destroy it." In reply to a remark of a
more personal character, he said, with a cyni
cism which was deliriously French,
"There is one great din erence between my
son and me. I love the ladies, and he does
not; which accounts for his being married,
while I am a bachelor."
It was evident that he did not greatly ad
mire the productions of his son. His robust
and eminently practical mind saw no merit
in those painfully elaborate analyses of char
acter in which the younger Dumas so delights.
To the elder it seemed absurd that a man
should waste two years on a volume he would
have produced in a week. And when it was
finished it was a small affair no fighting, no
intrigue, and no nonest, square loving of the
old-fashioaed kind nothing but curious dig
ging and delving into the useless mysteries of
the heart of man.
"Balzac set the bad example which has
carried away Monsieur mon JUs and other
clever lads. Everybody who writes seems to
think it necessary now to indulge in these
labors of moral vivisection to pick a heart
in pieces with the pen."
"Were you intimate with Balzac r
"No," with energy. "Nobody was intimate
with him. He was cold, greedy, and selfish.
I do not deny his great genius. But he made
a bad use of it. He is the apostle of disgust
and despair. He preaches the gospel of hol-
lowness and hopelessness. He leaves a bad
taste in your mouth,
l et ne is called tne l rencn anakespeare.
"(Test bete ca. Shakespeare is great, gene
rons, and cordial, lie breatb.es tne air witn
full lungs. In the great romances of Balzac
there is nothing to breathe but miasms. You
in America you have a great and a hearty
genius, Monsieur i enimore. wnat lire, wnat
air, what movement in those Leather Stock
mg books! 'Tne i'raine, it is tne finest
poetical conception of the age. It is enough
to make one believe in tne immortality of the
soul.
This was the second time he had referred
to immortality the doctrine consolatrice of
Robespierre as a relief at once desirable and
difficult.
He seemed to have heard of no American
writer but Cooper, whom he, like most
Frenchmen, called Fenimore. He had never
heard the name of Hawthorne mentioned,
gave him the "Scarlet Letter," which he said
he would be delighted to read; but I have pn
vate information that the custom-house pre
face cast him into a deep and refreshing
slumber, as often as it was attacked, and so
he never became acquainted with Hester
Prynne. If he had, she would have amused
him very little. To his taste there was too
little wickedness to spice so much remorse.
After tne ice was broken ne thawed very
rapidly, and soon became very communica
tive in regard to his own writings. He said
he could not bear to read his own novels,
especially the serious ones. His publishers
wanted him, at one time, to write a sequel to
"Monte Cristo, and he began to read the
romance to Bee what was to be done about it,
but gave it up at the end of the first volume,
and wrote the sequel, trusting to luck. He
said he excepted one work from the general
rule, "Les Trois Mousquetaires. "This,
be said, frankly, "nas always remained a
model for myself. I have read it over many
times, and never witnout pront.
This romance owes its title not to the
author, but the' publisher. Dumas called it
"Orthos, Porthos and Aramis; but the
readers of the feuilleton complained that the
name was too classical and promised nothing,
so that the publisher changed the name to
"The Three Guardsmen," to the consterna
tion of Dumas, who reminded him, when it
was too late, that there were four fighting
men in that story.
In a few weeks the untiring old man had
covered his allotted portion of stationery with
the most appalling mass of trash, and had
gone back to Paris serenely to superintend
the publication of his history. I have never
heard of its being printed. Perhaps it never
will be. His imperial colleague, as he once
wittily 6tyled Napoleon, has pied many forms
since the summer opened, and Moltke has
been making history so fast that even the
lightning-like pen of the greatest of story
tellers fails in competition.
THE DIAMOND LAND.
Wonderful Dlncoveriea mt Jewel la Mouth
Africa Tne Urrauia of SMubad wore than
KeallEed
A correspondent of the New York World,
writing from Port Natal, Africa, tells this mar
vellous story:
Having travelled more than six hundred miles
we Dually reached Kruman at the bead ot tbe
river by that name tbe dwelling place of the
great Chief Mahuro, and principal trading-post,
where the tusks of hundreds of elephants and
the plumages of thousands of ostriches' are
annually exchanged for gold and light valua
bles from more civilized countries. When I first
availed myself of tbe chief's hospitality, I found
at least fifty females assembled at his place.
Tbey were decked all over with' ornaments, but
the t.nly article of clothing they wore was a
short garment made of sheep-skin, which set
loosely about their bodies. The womeu
are all very small but beautiful in form,
while the men are tall and sinewy resembling
xt-rv much the American" Ii'di. The f-f
These wr r. all taking their ease at the chief's
cabin, 'i ueir rounded limbs were decorated
with ms" f rings of different metals and various
colors. Many of the rings were made of the
Ivory "iclr countrymen had sold to the Eng
lish, bad brought It back m presents, cut
outai 'I shaped by the manufacturer. In some
of tb- e ornaments there were actually diamond
settles that would exchange for bogs full of
guineas.
With theee evidences of future success, I re
solved to leave the trying company and start
out at once for the diamond regions. On the
fifth day, while we were crossing a sandy plain
on the right bank of the Vaal, I picked up a
shining pebble, which I now have In my posses
sion, and wnicn i expect to get ai least i.wu ior
when I determine to part with it. We pro
ceeded in a two-wheeled cart, drawn by a mule.
until we reached tne ease of tne mountain, ana
then continued our journey on foot. I could
net wait to go the longer, but much easier,
route. As our informants had assured us, we
came in sight of swarms of men, women, and
children, all at work at various places near tne
river. It was not long before I was among
them, eager to buy all the claims I could lay
my hands on.
since my connection witu tne business, i nave
often heard the story relating how it was first
discovered that diamonds existed at all in this
country. The story agrees wherever it is heard,
and I think must therefore be true. Some
traders were returning towards the coast with a
large quantity of feathers, etc., when they over
took some children playing by the side of a
small stream. One of them, a young girl, had
a pebble in her band, playing with It, and a
friendly smauser (trader) asked permission to
look at it. The girl gave it to him, and though
not a connoisseur, he thought the pebble was a
rare gem of some kind, and took it to the port
witn mm, wiiere it was examined oy tne rrencu
Consul, who pronounced it a diamond worth
.tllOUU.'
The next valuable stone coming from the
diamond country was one found in the posses
sion of a heathen Kail re, who kept It as a l.umiy
charm. He was first oltcred A 1000 for It, hut
refused to part with it for that, for although ho
bad no idea about its intrinsic value he was
shrewd enough to know that It must be a rare
thing or the Englishmen would not be so eager
to get it. The next time the same trading party
came along they offered 44000 for the diamond,
which was accepted. The traders disposed of
the gem for 10,000, and it has since been cut at
Amsterdam and is now valued at 4.40,000.
All my expectations have been more than
realized since I arrived in the diamond country.
1 nave not stumbled over diamond pebbles, as
some might infer from what I write, but I have
done the next thing to picking up whole for
tunes off the ground. A few weeks ago 1 wit
nessed the destruction of several huts for the
diamonds in the mud walls. The huts of the
natives are all plastered up inside with a com
position made principally of sand taken out of
the bottom of the rivers.
Soon after the excitement began, when all
eyes were alert, it was discovered that in many
instances the earth walls were studded with
sparkling diamonds. A general raid was at
once begun on all the huts standing along the
banks of the streams, the walls torn down and
dissolved in water, after which the diamonds
were taken out whole. So far as mv observa
tion has gone, however, no hut has been dis
mantled without the ewner being well remune
rated. The gems taken in this way will probably
amount to $2,000,000 in value.
The places where the work of digging is now
most actively going on is along the banks of the
urange river irom Aiiwai to uariep station,
and on the Vaal from above Plattburg to the
junction with the Orange, including a district
about as large as the State of Massachusetts.
From present appearances I should judge that
tbe supply of diamonds would never be ex
bausted, as they are turning up thicker every
day as fast as miners arrive and go to work.
A regular code of laws has been adopted, and is
now enforced by a vigilance committee, livery
one who goes to the mining region with a
little capital to start with and a determination
to work is sure to gel rich In a short time.
On my way to Port Natal I passed two days
at Bloemfonteln, the present capital of the
Transvaal Republic, and had the good fortune
to witness a state reception given by President
Brandt, ou wnicn occasion i was invited, witn
several other Americans, to be present. It
seemed to have been gotten up for the almost
express purpose of giving the Vaal river dia
monds a regular display. Some of the "court'
ladies present appeared to be almost loaded
down with diamonds. They also wore the
richest materials in dresses, and the brilliant
diamonds were shown oil to their greatest ad
vantage when contrasted with the dark com
plexlons of some of the distinguished female
icuests from the adjoining States. One lady in
particular made a special display ot tne pre
clous jewels. Her dark hair was rolled and
puffed, and fairly studded with brilliants. She
wore ring clusters outside of her white kids, and
gold bracelets with galaxies of starry gems. On her
bosom she wore a single brilliant valued at
11.000. This precious ere in. set asrainst
background of black point lace, shone forth with
tne metre of V enus as sue sometimes appears
through an opening in a heavy bank of clouds,
with a cold, dark sky beyond. Tbe heavy
flounces of her dress were looped up all ronnd
and fastened with clusters of the same precious
jewels. As she passed across the room and
turned around the piei cing rays would shoot
continually from the dark folds, positively daz
zling to the eyes of a spectator. The handle of
her fan even glittered with small trems. A per
son might have walked behind her in the crowd
and plucked whole fortunes from her person by
the handful.
I urn told that a full set of South African dia
monds has been presented to Queen Vlctorla,and
it is also said that the trunks of the Empress
Eugenie, who I hear is a fugitive, contain
another costly set of tbe same kind of jewels.
The Fatb of a Traitor. A French paper
has the following: "A French captain in
disguise, who had escaped from Sedan, was
making a frugal repast in a small cabaret not
far from the frontier, when be observed a
butcher from Montmedy come in, and shortly
afterwards a Prussian officer. The two en
tered an adjoining room, but through a crack
in the door the French captain saw the Prus
sian officer taking notes in his book, and give
to the butcher some gold pieces. The cap
tain wrote a few lines on a slip of paper, paid
his bill, and waited at the door of his cabaret
until he saw the Prussian officer and the
butcher separated and moved away in oppo
site directions. He hurried after the latter,
and overtook him. 'My friend,' he said, 'I
think you came from Montmedy 'r' 'Yes,'
said the butcher. 'I live . there, and have
come to look for cattle; but there are none to
be had; the troops have eaten everything.'
'So tbst,' said the captain, 'you would not be
sorry to make a little money in what is not
your regular business. I understand that.
Here is a note which I wish to have sent to
the commandant of Montmedy. If you will
take charge of it I give you iiO francs, and
Eromise you as much for the reply.' The
utcher, well pleased, undertook the commis
sion, and handed the note to the commandant
as soon as he had re tched Montmedy. The
commandant read tbe note, called for a cor-
Eoral and four men, who conducted the
utcher behind one of tbe rampart walls,
whence the sound of firiDg was speedily
heard. The French captain, before proceed
ing to Paris by way of Lille, watched the pro
ceedings of the Prussian officer, who came
regularly twice a day to the place, and waited
an hour each time, returning afterward to
Sedan."
A Tetroit, Michigan, lady, was recently sur
prised wilh tbe gift of a valuable setof diamonds
from her Quaker aunt aud godmother. They
were accompanied with the following epistle:
' Tt"- m'- r;il tiero convenient, Ci'.b --ir.?, in
REAL ESTATE AT AUOTION.
N
Bf vlrtne and in execution ot the do wera contains
In a Mortgage executed by
THE CENTRAL PASSENGER RAILWA1
COMPANY
of the city ef Philadelphia, bearing date d
eighteenth day of April, 1863, and recorded In the
oinee ior recording aeeas ana mortgages for the
city and county of Philadelphia, In Mortgage Book
A. C. II., No. 50, page 405, etc., the undersigned
Trustees named In said mortgage
WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION,
at the MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE, la the cityol
Philadelphia, by
MESSRS. THOMAS A SONS, Auctioneers,
at 19 o'clock M., on TUESDAY, the eighteenth day
of October, A. D. 1570, the property described In and
conveyed by the said mortgage, to wit:
mo. i. aji moBe two contiguous lots or pieces or
ground, with the buildings and improvements
thereon erected, Bituate on the east side of Broad
street, In the cliy of Philadelphia, one of them be
ginning at me distance or nineteen reet seven
inches and five-eighths southward from the southeast
corner of the sala Broad and Coates streets; thence
extending eastward at right angles with said Broad
street eighty-eight feet one Inch and a half to ground
now or late of Samuel Miller; thence sou thwart
along said ground, and at right angles with sate
Coates street, seventy-two feet to the northeast cor
ner of an alley, two feet six inches In width,
leading southward into Penn street; thence west
ward vroBHlng said alley and along the lot of ground
hereinafter described and at right angles with said
Broad 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 Kent
of I?o, silver money.
No. 8. The other of them situate at the northeast
corner of the said Broad street and Penn street,
containing in front or breadth pn the said Broad
Btreet eighteen feet, and In length or depth east
ward along the north line of said Penn street seventy-lour
teetand two Inches, and on the line of said
lot parallel with said l'enn Street seventy-six feet
five inches and three-fourths of an Inch to said two
feet six inches wide alley. Subject to ground rent
of T2, silver money.
Mo. 3. All that certain lot or piece of ground be
ginning at the S. K 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 lech; tnence northward, at
right angles with said Coates street, nine 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.
Mo. 4. Four Steam Dummy Cars, twenty feet long
by nine feet two Inches wide, with all the necessary
steam machinery, seven-inch cylinder, wtth ten-Inch
stroke of piston, with heating pipes, &c Bach will
seat thirty passengers, and has power sufficient to
draw two extra cars.
Notb. These cars are now In the custody of
Messrs. Grice fc 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 ol
July, 1870, amounted to tooo.
INo. 5. The whole road, plank road, and railway of
tbe said Tbe Central Passenger Railway Company
of the city of Philadelphia, and all their land. (not
Included in Nob. 1, 8, and 3,) roadway, railway, rails,
rights of way, stations, toll houses, aud other super
structures, depots, depot greunds and other real
estate, buildings and Improvements whatsoever.and
all and singular the corporate privileges and fran
chises connected with said company and plans road
anrallway, and relating thereto, and all the tolls,
tnctfme, Issues, and profits to accrue from the same
or any part thereof belonging to said company, and
generally all the tenements.heredltaraents and fran
chises of the said company. And also all the cars of
every kind (not included In No. 4,) machinery, tools,
lmplcmentfl,and materials connected with the proper
equipment, operating and conducting of said road,
plans road, and railway : and all the personal pro
perty of every kind and description belonging to the
said company.
Together with all the streets, ways, alleys, pas
sag s, waters, water-courses, easements, franchises,
rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments ana ap
purtenances whatsoever, unto any of the above
mentioned premises and estates belonging and ap
pertaining, and the reversions and remainders,
rents, 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 eqnlty 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 on Fllty Dollars, unless the price Is
IesB than that sum, when the whole sum bid shall
be paid.
w. Im Bi.ii Ar rr.n, I
813 6U
W. W. LONG8TRETH, I
Trustees.
EDUCATIONAL..
TTALLOWELL SELECT HIGH SCHOOL FOR
X lourg Utn and Boys, which has been re
moved from No. 110 N. Tenth street, will be opened
on September 12 In the new and more commodious
buildings Nob. 112 and 114 N. NINTH Street. Neither
etiort nor expense has been spared m fitting up the
rooms, te make this a first-class school of the highest
grade.
A Preparatory Department Is connected with the
school, i'areuis ana giuaenis are mviiea to can
and examine the rooms and consult the Principals
from 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. after August 16.
GEORGE EAbTBURN, A. B.,
JOHN G. MOORE, M. S.,
817tf Principals.
T1RIMARY AND PREPARATORY DEPART-
J. MKNT OF KLOBY ACADEMY FOR BOYrt,
No. 1415 LOCUST Street (First floor).
rin. vsm.Yia ..-.,11 nnlll,it.iH orlth lama nil i.
2. tllu j.'wiua, nvn . v u I'iiu iv , nivu iuiu uiai"
ground attached. Full corps of Instructors. Early
application desirable. For further particulars of tills
department, apply to MISS . IL COMLY, at the
School rooms.
REFERENCES:
Jay Cooke, Esq., B. B. Comegys, II. C. Lea, Dr.
William Hunt, Dr. E. Wilson, John Wanamaler,
and others. 10 4 tf
HY. LAUDEKIIACII'S
ACADEMY, ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS,
No. 108 feouth TKNTH Street.
A Primary, Elementary, and Finishing School for
boys and voung men. Persons interested in educa
tion are invited to call and witness the method of
teaching and discipline practised. Circulars at Mr.
Warburton's, No. 430 Chesuut street, or at the
Academy. Open for visitors from 9 A. M. to 4
1'. M. 8 20
rDGEHILL SCHOOL
MERCHANTVILLE, N. J.,
Four Miles from Philadelphia.
Next session begins MONDAY, October 3.
For circulars apply to
3 211y Rev. T. W. CATTELL.
T IENRY O.
THUNDEKS MUSICAL ACADK-
11.
my, No. 1028 PINK Street, Is now open for the
reception of papus. bee circulars at .music stores.
Office hours 8 to 9 A. M. and 1 to 3 P. M.10ll lnV
MISS JJKNNIE T. BECK, TEACHER OF THE
PIANO-FORTE, No. T46 FLORIDA Street,
win resume Der auues &eptemoer l. 10 in
THE CLASSICAL INSTITUTE, DKAN STREET,
above Spruce.wul be re-opened September 5th.
s 24 2m J w. rAiKi.a, a. u rnncipai.
STEAMED OYSTERS!
HALF PECK FOR 23 CENTS.
Large stews and Panned 85 cents
Saddle rock Koast 50
The finest Quality of Bait and Fresh Oysters in the
sneu.
TRIPE AND OY8TEHS,
BROILED OYSTERS.
FH1KD OYSTERS.
Especial attention given to STEAMED OYSTER).
jr. I.. I.UACII,
OYSTER PLANTER AND DEALER,
N. E. Corner NINTH and CHE8NDT Streets.
Eating bar supplied with all tbe delicacies of the
season. v matuu
ROQFINO.
READY ROOFIN G
This Roofing la adapted to all buildings, it
ran be applied to
' F KTKRP OR FLAT ROOFS
at one-half the expense of tin. it la readily put on
old Shingle Roola without removing the shingles,
thus avoiding the damaging of ceilings and furnitors
while nndergolng repairs. (No gravel used.)
PRESERVE Yt UK TIN ROOFS WITU W EL
TON'S ELASTIO FAINT.
I am alwavs prepared to Repair and Paint Roofi
at sliort notice!. Also, PAINT FOR BALE by the
barrel or railon: the bet and cheapest In tti
mark-'..
W. A. Wtrr-TYIN.
PROPOSALS.
JJROroSALS FOR REVENUE STAMPS.
PROPOSALS will be received until TUESDAY, the
(list day of November next, at 19 o'clock at noon,
for furnishing complete Revenue stamps, of the fol
lowing classes, denominations, and sizes In present
use, aud as hereinafter specified, viz. :
CLASS I.
Adhesive Stamps General and Proprietary, viz:
Oeneral One cents, two cents, three cents, four
cents, five cents, six cents, ten cents, fifteen cents,
twenty cents, twenty-five cents, thirty cents, forty
cents, fifty cents, Bixty cents, seventy cents, one
dollar, one dollar and thirty cents, one dollar and
fifty cents, one dollar and sixty cents, one dollar and
nloety cents, two dollars, two dollars and fifty cents,
three dollars, three dollars and fifty cents, five dol
lars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars,
fifty dollars, and two hundred dollars.
Proprietary One cent, two cents, three cents,
four cents, and five cents.
OLASS II.
Beer stamps, hogsheads, barrels, half barrels, third
barrels, quarter barrels, Blxta barrels, and eighth
barrels.
CLASS nr.
Stamps for distilled spirits, tax paid, 10 gallons, 20
gallons, 80 gallons, 40 gallons, 60 gallons, 60 gallons,
iv KujiouB, mi gauons, vu gallons, iou gallons, no gal
lons, 120 gallons, and i:to gallons.
CLASS IV.
Stamps for distilled spirits, "other than tax-paid."
distillery warehouse, rectified spirits, and wholesale
liquor dealers.
CLASS V.
Tobacco stamps, f pound, .1 pound, 2 pounds, 3
pounds, 5 pounds, 10 pounds, 15 pounds, 20 pou mis,
21 pounds, 22 pounds, 40 pounds, and 60 pouuds.
Clas 1, to be gummed, dried, and perforated, and
prepared lor Issue In sheets.
Class 2, without gumming and perforation, pre
pared for issue in sheets, 20 stamps on a sheet.
Class 8, without gumming, to be engraved with
nine coupons and one stub attached to each stamp,
eacn stamp ami stub to be numbered In serial num
bers, and bound in book form. Kach boon in con
tain M stamps, three on a page, and book to be ap
propriately lettered and numbered. Bidders will
alBo make proposals for this class of stamps, aa
above, 800 stamps to the book.
clafcs 4, without gumming and perforation, each
stamp to have an engraved stub attached, stamps
and btubs to bo numbered in Berlal numbers, aud
bound in book form. Each book to contain 400
stamps, 4 on a page, and bound, lettered, and num
bered. tilass B, i pound to 5 pounds Inclusive, without
gumming and perforation, to be Issued in sheets, 12
Btamps on a sheet.
All the other denominations mentioned, excepting
the 15 pouuds, to be engraved with stub attached,
stamps and stubs to numbered In Berial numbers,
and bound in book form, each book to contain 400
stamps, 5 stamps on a page, and bound, lettered, and
numbered. 1 he 15-pound stamps to be as above,
with tne addition of nine coupons, attached to each
stamp.
Bids are also asked for the )4 to 6- pounds Btamps
Inclusive, to be prepared and boun 1 In book form, as
above described, with stubs, but without the cou
pons. Specimens of the above-mentioned stamps may be
seen at the oilice of the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, and sizes and descriptions taken there
from. Bidders will state the price per thousand stamps.
separately, inclusive and exclusive of paper, de
liverable at their place of business, and also at the
cilice of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in
Washington. Tbe cost of delivery Bhould be given,
both Inclusive and exclusive of the cost of packing
and boxing. Bids will be made separately for print
ing in one and two colors. Stamps of class 1, the
principal colir to be permanent and the other fugi
tive, ah tne otner classes mentioned ts be printed
in permanent colors. The additional cost of print
ing a tln.t upon the stamps printed in one color
should also be stated.
Bidders will state in their bids the mode of print
ing proposed by them, whether plate printing or
surface printing.
Each bid to be Accompanied with a specimen of
the style of engraving and the quality of paper pro
posed to be furnished, aud the accepted bidder, be
fore the final consummation of a contract, will be
required to furnish proof Impressions of tbe en
gravings of the several kinds and denominations of
stamps, irr,., esaa - zea crS'
'1 he contract will require all designs, dies, and
plates to be prepared, and dies and plates to be
kept bright aud sharp, and that new and additional
designs, dies, and plates shall be made either for the
present klBds and denominations of stamps or
others, without charge, at the pleasure of the Secre
tary of the Treasury and the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, and all such designs, dies, and
plates to be the property of and delivered to the
United States Treasury Department, at the termina
tion of the contract, or whenever demanded by said
department. That the stamps shall be prepared
aud delivered of such kinds and denominations, and
lu such nuantitieB, and at such times, as the com.
misHlonc r of Internal Revenue for the time being
may uuecu
A statement of the numbers of stamps issued dur.
ing the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1870, may be
seen at the olllce of tbe Commissioner.
And that all measures and precautions which the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall deem ne
cessary to take in order to proteot the Government
against fraud or negligence on the part of the con
tractor or bis employes shall be taken at the proper
charge and expense of the contractor. No bids will
be considered except irom parties who have been,
or are. actually engaged in the business of steel
engraving and printing, and provided with all the
becessary facilities to execute the work promptly
ana give tue requiMio pruwcwiu 10 mo stamps,
d les. and nlates in their possession.
Parties not known to the Department will furnish
proof as to tliese points. Bidders will state the time
Irom the date of the contract, If awarded, when
they will be ready to commence delivering the
stamps, ana meir aauj capacity ior aeiivery mere
after.
Bids may be made for any one class of stamps
mentioned In this notice, or for all.
Each bid must be accompanied by a guarantee of
at least two responsible persons that, in case tbe bid
Is accepted aud a contract entered Into, they will
become sureties In such reasonable sum as may be
requireu Dy tne uoverumeui ior tne iaitnim perform
aDce of the contract.
The contract to be made for not less than one
year nor more than three years, as may be agreed
nnon.
In awarding the contract the Commissioner re
serves the right to reject any or all proposals in case
it snail appear to De ior tne interest oi tne uovern
ruent to do so.
Proposals should be carefully sealed and marked
"l'roposals for Revenue Stamps," and addressed to
the uoniuiitssiuuer ui xmuruai iieveuue.
C. DELANO,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
October 10, 1870.
Approved GEORGE S. BOUTWELL,
10 13 12t Secretary.
NOTICE SEALED PROPOSALS. INDORSED
l'roposals for fnriiislung Randall's Elocution
and Lawrence's Speaker to the Board of Public
Education will be received at the olllce, southeast
corner of Slxtn and Aoeinni, addressed to the uu
derslgned, until THURSDAY, October 13, lh'o, at
12 o'clock M. Said proposals must state the price
and quality, ana De accompanieu Dy a sample or said
books.
By order of the Committee on Supplies.
II. W. HALLIWELL,
10 T f mth 3t Secretary.
ENQ4NES. MACHINERY, ETO.
rftWR. PENN STEAM ENGINE AND BOILER
2Jiii WORKS. NEAFIE 4 LEVY, PRACTI-
CUINIST8, BOILER-MAKERS, BLACKSMITHS,
and FOUNDERS, having for many years been In
successful operation, and! been exclusively engaged
In building aud repairing Marine ana reiver unginea,
hio-h and low pressure. Iron Boilers, Water Tanks.
Propeller. etc etc respectfully oirer their services
to the public as being fully prepared to contract for
engines of all slzess, Marine, River, and Stationary;
having sets of pa items of diileient sizes, are pre
pared to execute orders with quick despatch. Every
description of pattern-making made at the shortest
notice. High and Low Pressure Fine Tubular and
Cylinder Boilers of the best Pennsylvania Charcoal
Iron. Forgings of all size and kinds. Iron and
Brass Castings of all descriptions. Roll Turning,
xrew Cutting, and- all other work connected
with the above business.
Drawlnirs and specifications for all work done
the establishment free of charge, and work gua
ranteed. ,
Tim subscribers have ample wharf dock-room foi
renalrs of boats, where they can lie In p Tteoi
saftty. and are provided with shears, blocks, falir
etc. etc., for raising heavy oMlght weighs.
JOHN P. LUVY,
g ir,$ BEACH and PALMER Streets.
1RAKD TVBE WORKS , AND IRON CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA,
Manufacture Plain and Oalvanlzed
until UHT-IKUN PIPE
and Sundries for Gas and Steam Fitters, Plumbers,
AlaCUlUlSIS, iiaillDIT mam m, im acuucis, ciu.
WOKKS.
TWENTY-THIRD AN l F1LHERT HTRESTS.
OFK1CE AND WAREHOUSE,
6 1 No. 42 N. FIFTH bThEET.
PROPOSALS.
PROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANSPORTATION
IN TEXAS.
ilbadquarturs department of tlxab,
Chief opartbrmastsr's Ofkicr.
V
Austin, Texas, epu i. ihtb.
Sealed Proposals, in triplicate, will be received at
this office until 12 M., on THURSDAY, the 1st day
OI j'ecemner, imio, ior tne
TRANSPORTATION OF ARMY SUPPLIES
from the 1st day of January, 1871, to the 81st day Of
December, 1871, on the following routes, via. :
ROUTE NO. 8 (ByWatsr).
From the wharf at Brazos Santiago, Texas, to
Fort Brown, Texas, and
From Fort Brown, Texas, to Ringgold Barracks;
Texas ; per 100 pounds for whole distance between each
point.
Proposals will also state the rates at which bid
dors propose to transport to or from each of the
above named points, officers and enlisted men Wlta
their suthorlzed allowance of baggage.
ROUTE No. 8.
From Ringgold Barracks, Texas, to Fort Mcintosh,
lexss.
ROUTE NO. 4.
From Indlanola, Texas, or the termlnns of the
Mexican Gulf Railroad to San Antonio, Texas.
KUli C 0. D.
From San Antonio, Texas, to
Fort Mcintosh, Texas.
Fort Duncan, Texas.
Fort Clark, Texas.
Fort McKavett, Texas.
Fort Concho, Texas.
Fort Stockton, Texas.
Fort Davis, Texas.
Fort OrltUn, Texas
Fort Richardson, Texas.
And any posts that may be hereafter established
In Northwest Texas, south of Red river.
Posts west of Fort Davis will be supplied by Gov
ernment teams.
ROUTE NO. 6.
From the Ship's Tackle at Galveston. Texas, to
Brcmond, Texas, or the terminus of the Texas Cen
tral Railroad.
ROUTE NO. T.
From Bremond. Texas, or the terminus of the
Texas Central Railroad, to
rort uriiuu, Texas.
Fort Richardson, Texas.
Aud any posts that may be hereafter established
south of Red ltlver In Northwestern Texas.
The transportation to be furnished exclusively bp
htrrne or mule teams
Except In cases of emergency, this service may be
performed by one train per month.
Returning trains will transport supplies from point
to point ou the direct route of return towards the
Initial point, or to any point or points beyond the
first point ol destination, at contract rates; and
should trains be sent from their original point of
destination to another point empty, half the contract
rates shall be allowed, for the distance travelled
empty, on the amount of stores to oe transported,,
and lull rates for the distance travelled after load
lng.
Bidders will state the rate per 100 pounds per 100
miles at which they will transport supplies, which
will Include the transportation of supplies accom
panying the movement of troops.
Each bid must be accompanied by a guarantee of
at least two responsible persons (whose responsi
bility must be certified by the clerk of a Court of
Record) that the bidder is competent to carry out
tbe contract if awarded to him; and the residence
and post office address of each bidder and guarantor
must be Btated.
The amount of bond required from the contractor
for each route will be thirty thousand (30,000) dol
lars. Forms ol contract may be seen at the Quarter,
master's oil We at Galveston, Indlanola, San Antonio.
Rlnggoid Barracks, Brownsville, Fort Mcintosh, and)
at this oillce.
The Government reserves the right to use its own
means of transportation for this service when,
deemed advisable to do so, and to reject any, or
all bids offered. '
Any further information will be promptly fur
nished on application In person or by letter to this
olllce. Proposals must be plainly endorsed on the en
velope :
"Proposals for Army Transportation on Route
No "
and addressed to the undersigned.
By order of Brevet Major-General Reynolds, Com
manding Department.
JAMES A. EKIN,
Deputy Quartermaster-General, U. S. Army, Chief
Q. M. Dept. of Texas. 10 6 lot
LUMBbRi
1870
fPRUCE JOIST.
PRUCE JOIST.
HEMLOCK.
HEMLOCK.
1870
inni SEASONED CLEAR PINK. -QrrV
10 I U 8EASONED CLEAR PINE. 10 4 V
CHOICE PATTERN PINE.
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
1870
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLORIDA FLOORING.
CAROLINA FLOORING.
. VIRGINIA FLOORING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOARDS.
RAIL PLANK.
1870
t QAWALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 1 Q7l
10 i V WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 10 i V
WALNUT BOARDS.
WALNUT PLANK.
1 U7A UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. 1 DiTV
10 IV UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. 10 I V
RED CEDAR.
WALNUT AND PINE.
ifml SEASONED POPLAR. 1 Q7A.
10 4 U SEASONED CHERRY. 10 4 V
ASH,
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS,
HICKORY.
1870
C16AR BOX MAKERS'
CIGAR BOX MAKERS'
1870
SPAN Dill CEDAR BOX BOARDS,
r Ufi DALuli iaj w.
1870
CAROLINA SCANTLING.
CAROLINA H. T. SILLS.
NORWAY SCANTLING.
1870
1870
CEDAR SHINGLES. - QFTA,
CYPRESS SHINGLES. 1041
MAULE, BROTHER fc CO.,
No. 2500 SOUTH Street
IIS
IJANEL PLANK. ALL THICKNESSES.
COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
1 COMMON BOARDS.
1 and 8 SIDE FENCE BOARDS.
WniTE PINE FLOORING BOARDS.
YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS, ltf an
4V SPRUCE JOIST, AIX SIZES.
HEMLOCK JJOIST, ALL SIZES.
PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY.
Together with a general assortment of Building
Lumber for sale low for cash. T. W. SMALTZ,
6 81 6m No. 1718 RIDGE Avenue, north of Poplar St.
United States Builders' Mi!!,
FIFTEENTH Street, Below Market.
E8LER & BROTHER,
PROPRIETORS.
Wood Mouldings, Brackets and General Turning
Work, Hand-rail Balusters and Newel Posts. 9 1 Sea
A LARGE ASSORTMENT ALWAYS ON HAN IX
BUILDING MATERIALS.
R. R. THOMAS & CO.,
piAuaa ix
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters1
WINDOW FRAMES, ETC, .
M. w. OOBKIB Ot
EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Streets
PATENT.
STATE RIGHT8 FOR SALE. STATE RIGHTS
of a valuable Invention lust patented, and fof
tbe SLICING, CUTTING, and CHIPPING of drie
beef, cabbage, etc., are hereby offered for sale. It
Is an article of great value to proprietors of hotel
and restaurants, aud It should be Introduced Into
every family. STATE BIGHTS FOR SALE.
Model can be seen at TELEGRAPH OFF1UJS
COOPER'S POINT, N. J
1 87tf MTJNDY fc HOFFMAN.
Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory,
JOHN T. DAILEY,
N. . Cor. WATER and MARKET SU
HOPB AND TWINE, BAG8 and BAGGING, for
Grain, Flour, bait, Super-Phosphate of Lime, Bout
Dust, Etc.
1 ,rpo sp-sii r.rvw VKGS "onrtan'iV oq.