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THE SURRENDER OF METZ.
From the If. Y. World.
It ia not possible, on the faith of the facta
as yet made public, to arrive at any satisfac
tory conclusions as to the motives by which
Marshal Bazaine has been brought to the
grave atop of surrendering the city of Metz,
and with the city of Metz the last reguUr
arruv of anv size or importance which the
fallen empire had bequeathed to the rising
republio of France. We have been repeatedly
assured by well-informed correspondents
during the past fortnight that Marshal 13a
zaine was actively negotiating on some mys
terious subject with the German headquarters
at Versailles, with the Emperor Napoleon at
Vilhelni8hohe,and the Eoipressat Chiselhurst.
General Napoleon Uoyer, who was with Mar
shal 13&zaine in Mexioo as his chief of staff,
and whose association with his commauder
is not only of old standing but personal and
intimate as well as otticial, was despatched by
him some time ago from Metz, with the con
sent of the German oommanders, on a mis
sion which seems to have embraced a com
plete circuit of all the existing recognized and
unrecognized authorities of France, from the
caged eagle at Gassel to the unchained demo
cracy at Tours. During the performance
of this circuitous embassy by General Boyor,
negotiations have been set on foot by Eng
land, at first with the apparent support of
Austria and Italy, then alone, and now, as
a telegram telegram informs ns, with the re
newed concourse of the governments of
Florence and Vienna, for the purpose of
securing an armistice between the bellige
rent powers. An armistice, on no matter
what terms, would be practically equivalent,
in the actual state of the war, to a peace. It
would be difficult certainly, and there are
many reasons to hope that it might be found
to be impossible, to bring either the German
or the French people back again, after even
a brief suspension of hostilities, to the cruel
and senseless work in which they are now so
disastrously, both for themselves and for
mankind, employed.
There is much reason, however, to believe
that no armistice could now be effected be
tween France and Germany Eave on terms
decidedly unfavorable to the former power.
It is perf ectly true that less than one-sixth of
the territory of 'France has been touched by
the invaders, and not less true that, after
putting forth her utmost strength in the war,
Germany has been unable to keep in the
field, with all her victories, men enough to
do much more than to observe the army just
surrendered at Metz and keep watch and
ward around the greater part of a circle
which encloses Paris. The Pall Mali Gazette,
an English journal of extremely pro-Prussian
sympathies, in a series of carefully prepared
papers on the state of the war in France, has
recently demonstrated this fact. It has
shown that, even after the fall of Strasburg
had set free the Baden troops for active
operations, Germany finds herself absolutely
incapable of getting into France and moving
more than sixty thousand men free to under
take anything more than the sieges of Metz
and of Paris.
But while Germany has not shown herself
able to put forth power enough to subdue
France, she has put forth power enough to
make it vitally important to the reorganiza
tion of the i rench resistance that her forces
should be nailed as long as possible before
the great fortified cities of France. And
nothing but the reorganization of the French
power of resistance cangseoure I' ranee from a
humiliating cession of French territory.
If, then, it should prove to be the case that
Marshal Bazaine has liberated the forces of
Prince Frederic Charles from before Metz,
not in obedience to the sternest military
necessity but in furtherance of any dynastic
or diplomatio schemes, it cannot be denied
that he will be justly subjected to the severest
2 i.i" 1 . 7 i - e i i 1 1
imputations upon ms capacity, 11 not 13 mo
darkest imputations upon his character.
And as nothing has yet been made publio
which would warrant the formation of a de
cisive opinion on this point, it is due to the
Marshal, both as a Boidier and as a French'
man, that foreign observers should await
further developments before making up
a verdict on this particular great event
of the war, bo far as concerns its origin and
determining oauseB. As to its probable in
fluence upon the future course of the struggle
we may speak with more confidence. It is
quite doubtful whether the army of Marshal
Bazaine had not already done for the national
cause by its prolonged defense of Metz at
least as much as could have been expeoted
from it in the open field. The regular army
of France, upon which General Trochu three
years ago pronounced a guarded but distinct
verdict of condemnation, more than justified
a i. : i : . : . v : . , . -
una voruici, iu iuo upeuiug passages 01 mis
dreadful strife. When the empire went to
pieces at Sedan, the imperialized armv went
to pieces with it. Had Marshal Bazaine and
the marshals who were with him in and
around Metz reappeared at the head of their
organized troops in the open field,
it is perhaps quite as probable that
they would have impeded and demoralized as
that they would have assisted and recruited
the new organization of the forces of France.
which has been pushing on with suoh energy
and enthusiasm by the republio under the
inspiration of the aational uprising and In
conformity with the counsels of the single
minded and clear-beaded soldier who has
command at Paris. The true strength of the
military blow struck at the republican causa
by the surreuder of Metz consists less in the
subtraction of Marshal Bazaine and his army
from the French side than in the addition of
Prince Frederick Charles and his army to
me uerman bide 01 tne acoouut. This addi
tion, if we assnms the most
liberal estimates of the best
informed authorities, will bnucr ud the
now inadequate German forces before Paris
to a total of perhaps three hundred thousand
men, and swell the strength of the German
army disposable for further field opera,
tions to perhaps a hundred thousand more
Beyond this point it is utterly unlikely that
any effort can now press the German re
sources far conquest, w nether the French
resources for resistance shall prove in the
end superior to these German resources for
conquest, is a question to be settled not by
the fall of Metz nor by the surrender of the
army of Marshal Bazaine, but by the deter
mination or the indecision of the Govern
ment at Tours, and by the forwardness or
the backwardness of the military organization
going on at Paris under General Trochu. At
this moment there is nothing to warrant the
belief either that the Government at Tours
hesitates upon ita work, or that General
Trochu regards the task which he has under
taken as impracticable.
HYSTERICAL DIPLOMACY.
From the N. T. IVCwne.
The French diplomatio efforts daring ths
lost three months have all failed as com
pletely and quickly as their efforts in the
field. Never, in the history of any great
country, have there been such frantic at
tempt at negotiation as those made by the
special envoys who have hastenod from Paris,
one after another, and visited the different
Governments which it was supposed might be
induced to listen to their appeals. As soon
as war was declared, Prince Napoleon made
his way to Copenhagen, where the Emperor
felt certain of finding an ally in the King of
Denmark. Thence he pushed southward to
Florence, where another ally was certain to
be found in the King of Italy. We believe
he had not got any lurther in his diplomatic
travels when the Imperial Government broke
down, and his attempts at negotiation
came to an abrupt conclusion. As
soon as tue rrovisionai uovernment
was organized it authorized M. Thiers
to hasten on a special iuishiou to all the gov
ernments of Europe He left at ouco for
London, where ho had a brief interview with
the English Foreign Minister; then pushed
for Vienna, where he saw the Austrian For
eign Minister; then for St. Petersburg, where
he met the Russian Foreign Minister, beside
having an unofficial reception by the Czar;
and then left for Florence, where he visited
the King and the ItalianToreign Minister. We
do not know what his instructions were on
leaving Paris, but it is to be presumed that
his authority was as nearly plenipotentiary as
it possibly could be under the circumstances.
Though possessed of ability and experience,
he seems to have succeeded no better in his
diplomatic mission than Prince Napoleon, who
was a pretender and trickster. Then he
turned his attention, where it ought to have
been directed before, to the headquarters of
the enemy. But he no sooner outsins the
safe conduct to Versailles which he solicited
than he indignantly declines it because, for
sooth, it does not grant him permission to
first visit Pans and consult with the Jb rench
authorities there. 'Were there ever such Iui-
practicables as the present diplomatists of
i ranee i1 1 hen, after refusing the courtesy
of the Germans in this ungenerous way, M.
Thiers reconsiders his decision, and we have
now the information that he is on his
way to the Prussian headquarters.
The great dimculty of France in all at
tempts at foreign aegotiation just now is
doubtless the same as Bismarck found in his
attempted negotiations with Jules Favre,
when be demanded what authority the latter
possessed and what guaranteo he could give
ior the carrying out of any terms that might
be agreed upon. Suppose that M. Timrs
offered England, in return for present assist
ance, a new and highly advantageous com
mercial treaty, with a closer alliance of amity
and support, at the close of the war; suppose
he offered Austria the opportunity of ven
geance against the enemy which had humbled
her, and assistance in her schemes of
aggrandizement; suppose he offered
Russia a revision of the Paris treaty; sup
pose he onerea to Italy toe possession of
Rome, which she has just taken on her own
account; the different nations interested,
anxious as they might be to secure their
ends, would find an insurmountable obstacle
in the way of negotiation, in the fact that M.
Thiers could offer no guarantee whatever
that the government hereafter to be estab
lished in France would be either able or
willing to fulfil the terms of the negotiations
to which he was a partner. It is impossible
to form any idea of the government France
will have when the war is over, or of the con
ditions nnder which it may be established,
and therefore it is impossible for any other
government to regulate its present action by
any prospects associated with such an indefi
nite future.
This consideration alone would have been
sufficient to render the mission of M. Thiers
a failure. But we suspect there were other
reasons why all French attempts at negotia
tion were sure to fail after the war had
begun. We suspect that the diplomatic pre
parations of Prussia were as complete as her
military preparations. Austria was quite
aware of the peril she would incur on giving
the least sign of taking sides with France.
Italy was permitted to know that Prussia's
success would imply the Italian occupation of
Rome. Denmark was kept in a wholesome
state of fear. Russia, which was the only
formidable power whose friendship it was
absolutely necessary for Prussia to retain,
was, doubtless, made the object of special
consideration, and of negotiations whose re
sults are yet to be developed. In the pre
sence of such diplomatio preparations as
Prussia appears to have oompleted months
ago, what prospect was there for the success
of any such hysterical diplomacy as that
which the special envoys of France have
been engaged in r
THE PEACE ENTHUSIASTS.
From th N. Y. Hun.
Those amiable enthusiasts, the members of
the Universal Peaoe Union of America, have
issued an appeal to both Prussia and France
to cease fighting and make peaoe. Prussia
is implored to be moderate in her demands
upon France, and especially not to cut off
from Pans, during the siege of that city,
supplies 01 wood ana water, a ranee is couu
selled to submit to any terms Prussia may
impose upon her, rather than lose more of
her children. All nations are exhorted to
abolish their standing armies; and mankind
in general and womankind in particular are
called upon to discountenance military train
ing and organizations, and to pay no mora
taxes for war purposes.
The kindly sentiment which has dictated
this protest against war no one can fail to
respect. So far, too, as any particular war is
commenced or waged without valid grounds,
all right-minded people will join in con
demning the nation, or the party in a nation,
that makes itself responsible for it. The
mistake of the peaoe enthusiasts lies in
assuming tha( all wars are unnecessary or
avoidable, and that rulers could, if they
would, dispense with the instruments for
carrying them on.
Take this very war between France and
Prussia as an example. For years past the
Frenoh have been in the habit of regarding
as rightfully theirs the territory which inter
vened between their boundary and the Rfme,
and have entertained the resolve to get pos
session of it as soon as possible. Prussia,
on the other hand, has been well aware of
the feelings and purposes of the French, and
has made her preparations accordingly. Both
nations firmly believed that their cause was
i'uBt, and circumstances at last brought them
nto collision. Had France been without
an army, she would have been compelled
still longer to be deprived of what she
looked upon as her lawful property. Hal
Prussia been unarmed while her adversary
was armed, she would have had to suffer
what she would have esteemed as spoliation.
A prohibition of hostilities to both alike
would have been virtually a deoision in favor
of Prussia and against France, which would
have only perpetuated the sense of wrong in
the latter, and that of triumph in the former.
The event of the war, so far, has been to
teach France that redress of her original
wrong is impossible; but now come in the
friends of peace, and counsel her to Bubmit
to a new and additional injury the loss of
territory of which she has held undisputed
f)OBsession for two centuries I During our
ate war, when we were advised, for the sake
of peace and the avoidance of further blood
shed, to consent to a dismemberment of the
Union, we indignantly scorned the advice;
and we cannot but admire France for acting
in a similar manner now.
The fact is that there are a great many
worse things in the world than physical
death and suffering, and the destruction of
material wealth. A people that will tamely
allow itself to be wronged without resistance,
does a far greater harm to itself and to the
world than by engaging in war and enoonn
teriDg its evils. Had England abandoned her
captive citizens in Abyssinia to their fate,
she would have been guilty in the sight of
God and man of an infamous neglect of duty.
Her making war on King Theodore to release
his victims was an act of national integrity
for which nhe deserves and will ever receive
the applause of the world. Yet our peace
advocates, to be consistent with their princi
ples, should have been willing to let these
unhappy pirisoners perish at the hands of a
savage; and not only thut, but to peril in the
future the lives and liberty of all who might
fall into n similar danger. So, France may
have been in error in striking for tha Rhine
boundary, or Prussia may now be mistaken
in regarding an accession of territory as es
sential to her future safety; but so long as
they both think their rights are involved,
their duty to their citizens and to posterity
demands that they shall yield only when-
compelled to yield by a force against which it
is useless to contend.
If the advocates of peace really wish to
carry their point, there is but one thing for
them to do; and that is to aid, to the extent
of their ability, in diffusing throughout the
world those principles of j ustice which will
render the employment of force in the redress
of wrongs unnecessary. But bo long as
human nature remains what it is, soldiers and
implements of war will be as universal and
as indispensable as are policemen and sheriffs
and courts and prisons.
THE MAID OF TOURS.
From the N. 1. Times.
The present European war might aptly be
called the war of constant surprises. Not
only have the r rench army and the French
people been repeatedly surprised, in more
senses than one, but we outsiders, the on
lookers, in tlo world's greot t-.eatre, at the
motst stupendous tragedy of modern times,
have found in almost every movement of the
contending forces a fresh subject of amaze
ment. Beginning with the unexpected col
lapse, in a week s campaign, of what was
esteemed the finest army of the most military
nation of the world, this unparalleled con
flict has been a scries of wonders. Here it is
an EmperorJJ within a month of the time ho
had fixed to be in his enemy's capital, sur
rendering to that enemy, with an army
large enough apparently to have held his
tntire empire. There it is a city defended
by half a million of men, successfully be
leaguered by half that number. Again, we
have the spectacle of raw militia fighting like
heroes, while trained troops run of old
men, women, and children taking up arms
Against the common foe, of peasants dying
for their loyalty, and marshals and
princes more than suspected of treason. Add
to these the strange devices for slaughter
and defense the mitrailleuse, which literally
mows dow n a regiment as the sickle reaps a
field of corn, the electrio lights which almost
realize Joshua's famous mandate, the threat
ened Greek fire that brings us back to the
downfall of Constantinople, and that other
mysterious chemical agent which Parisian
science is said to have prepared for its be
siegers, and which will poison the very air
tLey breathe; the inundated fields, that renew
the time when the sturdy Dutch and Flemish
burghers fought with fire and water the cruel
energy of Alva and the chivalrio heroism of
Alexander of Parma; the systematic balloon
service for transportation of mails and pas
sengers; most wonderful of all, the aerial
combats, which recall the Spanish cavalier's
vision of Santiago's cloudy legions looking
at all these startling innovations on the rather
prosaio murderousness of modern warfare,
will not the history of the present strife in
France read like a chapter of old romance?
Apparently but one thing was needed to
set the seal and climax on this congeries of
marvels. 'When Frame was in her sorest
strait once before, deliverance came to her,
not from any of her accomplished knights
and skilful captains, but from the inspired
prowess of a village maiden. And now
when she bids fair to be humbled as Poictiers
and Crecy and Agincourt failed to humble
her, a new Jeanne d'Arc arises to help her.
A young girl of Tours, a late telegram 'tolls
us, has found that on her shoulders the man
tle of the Maid of Orleans has fallen. Her
eloquence is said to be of the most persuasive
character, and her own intense conviction
and enthusiasm infect all whom she addresses.
Recruits are enrolling themselves beneath
her banner by hundreds, and the excite
ment is daily increasing. Before long
we shall doubtless hear that the new Pucelle.
with Bourbaki, let us say, for her Danois, has
led her army forth to break the Prussian
leagues before Paris. Who knows but that
she may repeat the amazing triumph of her
prototype under the walls of Orleans ? Von
Moltke and the Prussian prinoes are certainly
skilful soldiers, but no less so were Bedford
and Salisbury, Fastolfe and Talbot, the fore
most of their time. Yet their prowess and
experience availed nothing against the mis
sion of the warlike maid, and the irresisti
ble enthusiasm of her followers. To be
Bure, the Maid of Tours will have to over
come other obstacles than those which con
fronted her predecessor. German enlighten
ment in the nineteenth century is a very diffe
rent thing from English ignorance ia the
fourteenth, and the needle-gun is no respecter
of "missions." But we are in that state of
exhausted amazement that we are prepared
to expect anything, and perhaps people would
scarcely be surprised if our modern Jeanne
d'Aro should eclipse the fame of the ancient
one, by sending the invacftr whirling back
across the Rhine, and then replacing His
Imperial Majesty on the throne of France.
Let us hope, at least, that the parallel will
not be carried out by the incremation of the
fair warrior.
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Young Men ad Boys, which has been re
moved from No. 110 N. Tenth street, will be opened
on September li in the new and more commodious
buildings Nos. 118 and 114 N. NINTH Street. Neither
effort nor expense has been (.pared In fitting np the
rooms, w niase wis a nrst-ciasa scnooi of the uignest
grade.
A iTeparatory .Department is connected witn tne
school. Parent and students are invited to call
and examine the rooms and consult the Principals
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OEOKUE EASTBURN. A. B..
JOHN U. MOO HE, M. 8.,
Principals.
817tf
n. Y. 1 A IT 1 13 It II ACIIS
ACADEMY. ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS.
No. 1( South TENTH Street.
A Primary. Elementary, and Finishing Senna! for
boys and young men. Tersons Interested In educa
tion are Invited to call and witness the method of
teaching and discipline practised. Circulars at Mr.
warourion s, iso. u cnesnut street, or at the
Academy. Open for visitors from 9 A. M. to 4
1. BL 8 SO
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7DGEHILL SCHOOL
MERCIIANTVILLB, N. J.,
Four Miles from Philadelphia.
Next session begins MONDAY, October 3.
For circulars apply to
8 81 ly Rev. T. W. CATTELL.
"VOUNO MEN'S AND BOYS' ENGLISH. CLASSI
1 CAL AND COM MEhCIAL 1NSVITUTK, No.
I!)u8 MOUNT VLUNON Street. Preparation for
Business or College. Has a I'renaratorv Denrt.mmf
Rev. J. G.SI11NN, A. M., Principal. 13 1 smtu2tn
CHEOARAY INSTITUTE, Nos. 1527 AND
1&2 8PRUCK Street. Philadelphia, will reoDon on
TUfbDAY. September 10. Krenoh is the lanraaffe of the
tatrily, and Is constantly ipoken in the inntitate.
16 wfra fim U U'H KKVILLY. Principal.
HENRY Q. Tni'NDER'S MUSICAL ACADK
luy, No. 1028 TINE Street, Is now open forthe
reception of pupils. See circulars at Music Stores.
Oftlce hours 8 to 9 A. M. and 1 to 8 P. M. 10 11 lrn
WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETC.
-JWIS LADQMUS & CQ
'DIAMOND! HEADERS & JEWELERS.;
WaTtUKS, JKWKIiltY 8M.VRH WAUK.
, WAT0HE8 and JEWELRY REPAIRED.
J?02Che8tnut 8t i"--
BAND BRACELETS
CHAIN BRACELETS.
We have just received a large and beautiful as
sortment of
Gold Band and Chain Bracelet,
Enamelled and engraved, of all sizes, at very low
low prices. New styles constantly received.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY In great variety.
LEWIS LADOMUS & CO.,
6 11 frnws No. 602 CHESNUT Street.
TOWER CLOCKS.
Ho. 22 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
Agent for SI EVENS' PATENT TOWER CLOSSS,
both l'.eruoutoir & Graham Esjapemeut, striking
fconr only, or striking quarters, and repeating hour
on full chime.
Estimates furnished on application either person
ally or by mall. 5 23
t WILLIAM B. WARNE A CO.,
V Wholesale Dealers in
& WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
S. B. corner SEVENTH and CHESNUT Streets.
8 21 Second floor, and late of No. 35 S. THIRD St.
THE FINE ARTS.
ftJEYJ PICTURES.
"THE SPIRIT OF THE MI8T," by T. Buchanan
iteaa.
"ROME," from the Talatlne Bill, by J. O. Montalart,
THE GRAND WORK,
'The AVIiIte Ttlountaln IVotch,"
BY THOMAS HILL
New Eoeers Group. "Comlua to the Parson."
Exquisite Swiss Carvings from Interlaken, at all
prices.
New Chromes. New Engravings.
"The Changed Cross-' "The Wetterhorn," 80x40, the
largest evermaae.
CARLES' GALLERIES.
No. 816 CHESNUT STREET.
ART EXHIBITION.
ON FREE EXHIBITION
AT
CHAS. F. HASELTINE'S GALLERY,
I
No. 1125 CHESNUT STREET,
BRAUN'S FAMOUS PANORAMIC VIEWS Of
Berlin, Potsdam. Charlottenburg, Coblents, Hetdel
berg, Jena, Weimar, Erfurt, Ems, Baden-Baden,
Wetabaden, Brussels, Amsterdam, Waterloo, Liege
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 fortltiea.
tlons, as never befomseen, will be exhibited. 11 10
PROPOSALS.
T'O CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
SEALED PROPOSALS, Indorsed "Propo
sals for Building a Publio Schiol
housc iu the Twenty-fourth Ward," will
be received by the undersigned at tneoitloe, sooth
cant corner of SIXTH and ADELPHI Streets, until
MONDAY, November 7, at 12 o'clock M.,
Ior building a Public School-honse on a lot of
pround situate northeast corner Thirty-eighth and
Storey streets. In the Twenty-fourth ward.
Said school-house to be built In accordance with
the plaBB of L. II. Esler, Superintendent of Scnool
Buildings, to be seen at the cilice of the Bjard or
public Education.
No bids will be considered unless accompanied by
a certificate from tte City Solicitor mat the provl
slous of an ordinance approved May 25, lboO, have
been complied with.
The coutract will be awarded only to known mas
ter builders.
By order of the Committee on Property.
11. W. UALLI WEL.L
10 24 mth5t Secretary.
OCONTR ACTOKSAND BUILDERS SEALED
PROPOSALS, endorsed "Proposals ftr Build
ing a Public Schuol-houae In the Fourteenth Ward,"
will be received by the undersigned, at ttie olllce, S.
K corner of SIXTH and ADKLFH1 Streets, until
MON lAY, November 7, 1S70, at la o'clock M.,
for building a Public School-house on a lot of ground
situate on Wood street, above Eleventh, in the
Fourteenth ward, said school-house to be built ia
accordance with the plans of L. H. Esler, Superin
tendent of School Buildings, to be seen at the oilice
of the Board of Public Education.
No bids will be considered UDless accompanied by
a certificate from the City Solicitor that the provi
sions of an ordinance approved May 25, 1S00, have
been complied with.
The contrac: will be awarded only to known mas
ter builders.
By order of the Committee on Property.
II. W. HALLIWELL,
10 24 ruth&t Secretary.
riX CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
A SEALED PROPOSALS, indorsed "proposals
for building an addition to a Public bchool-iiouse iu
the Ninth ward," will be received by the un
dersigned, at the onice, S. E. corner of SIXTH
and ADEl.PHI Mreets, until MONDAY, Novem
ber 7, at 12 o'clock II., for building an addition to a
Publio School-house, situate on Filbert street,
above Twentieth, in the Ninth ward.
Said addition to be built iu accordance with the
plsus of L. H. Esler, Superintendent of School Build
nigs, to be set n at the oince of the Board of Publio
Education.
No bids will le considered unless accoinpauied by
a certific ate from the City Solicitor that the provi
sions of an ordinance approved May 25, ISoO, have
been complied with. The contract will be awarded
oulv to known iuaiur builders.
By order of the Committee on IJropert v.
U. W.tlALLlWKLL,
10 21 ruth 61 Secretary.
PROPOSALS.
1
ROrOSALS FOR REVENUE STAMP
rROPOSAlS will be received until TUESDAT. tot
Dtst day of Novemter next, at 12 o'clock at noon,
for furnishing complete Revenue stamps, of the fou -lowing
classes, denominations, and sizes lu present
use, aud as hereinafter specified, viz. :
CLASS I.
Adhesive Stamps General and Proprietary, viz:
General One cents, two cents, three cents, fonr
cents, Ave cents, six rents, ten cent, fifteen cents,
twenty cents, twenty-five cents, thirty cents, forty
cents, fifty cents, sixty cnts, seventy cents, one
dollar, one dollnr and thirty cento, one dollar an
fifty cents, one dollar and sixty cents, one dollar and
ninety ceLts, two dollars, two dollars and flftv cents,
three donors, three dollars and fifty cento, Awe dot
lurs, ten dollars, twenty dollars, twenty-five dollars,
fifty dollars, aud two hundred dollars.
Proprietary One cent, two cents, three cents
four cents, and five cents.
OLAS3II.
Beer stamps, hogsheads, barrels, half barrels, third
barrels, quarter barrels, sixth barrels, and eighth
burrels.
CLASS III.
Stamps for d'stllled spirits, tax paid, 10 gallons, so
gallons, 80 gallons, 40 gallons, 60 gallons, 60 gallons,
0 gallons, so gallons, su gallons, loo gallons, lio gal
lons, 120 gallons, and 130 gnl'.ons.
CLASS IV.
Stamps for distilled Bpirtto, "other than tax-paid,"
distillery warehouse, rectified spirits, and wholesale
liquor dealers.
CLASS V.
Tobacco stamps, m pound. 1 nonnrt. 2 nnnnda. t
pounds, 6 pounds, 10 pounds, IB pounds, 20 pounds
Clas 1, to bo gummed, dried, and perforated, and
prepared for issue iu sheets.
Class 2, without gumming and perforation, pr -pared
for Issue In sheets, 20 stamps on a sheet.
tiHHSfi, without guminlug, to be engraved wits
nine coupons nnd one stub at'iched to ech stmiD.
each st.iinp and stub to be numbered In aerial num
bers, ami bound in sook form. Each book to con
tain 150 stainpp, three on a page, and bonk to be ap
propriately lettered and uuuibered. Bidders will
also make proposals for this class of stamps, as
above, Sioo stamps to the book.
i ias 4, without gumming and perforation, each
stamp to havo an engraved stub uttached, slumps
and ftubs to be numbered In serial numbers, and
bound in bock form. Each book to contain 40f
stamps, 4 on a page, and bound, lettered, and num
bered. Class B, X pound to 5 pounds Inclusive, withont
gumming and perforation, to be Issued In sheets, 12
stamps on a sheet.
All the other denominations mentioned, excepting
the 15 pounds, to be engraved with stub attached,
stamps and stubs to numbered Iu serial numbers,
and bound In book form, each book to contain 409
stamps, o stamps on a page, and bound, lettered, and
numi ered. The 15-pound stamps to be as above,
with the addition of nine coupons, attached to each
stamp.
Bios are also asked for the M to B-pounds stamps
Inclusive, to be prepared aud bounl In book form, as
above descrloed, with stubs, but without the coupons.
Specimens of the above-mentioned stamps may be
seen at the oilice of the Commissioner of Internal Re
venue, and sizes and descriptions taken therefrom.
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
oilice of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in
Washington. The cost of dell eery should be gtven,
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 col r to be permanent nnd the other fugi
tive. All the other classes mentioned to be printed
in permanent colors. The additional cost of print
ing a tint upon the stamps printed In one color
should also be slated.
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 epcclmon of
the style of engraving and the quality of paper pro
posed to be furnlshed,-and the accepted bidder, be
fore the final consummation of a contract, will be
required to furnish proof Impressions of the en
gravings of the several kiads aud denominations of
stamps.
1 he contract will require all designs, dies, and
plates to be prepared, and dies and plates to be
kept blight aLd sharp, and that new and additional
designs, dies, and plates shall be made eiiherfor tho
present kinds and denominations of stamps or
others, without charge, at tho pleasure of tho Sucre
tary of the Treasury aud the Commissioner or In
ternnl Revenue, nnd all such designs, dies, and
plates to be the property of and delivered to the
I nlted States Treasury Department, at the termina
tion of the contract, or whenever demanded by said
department. That the stamps shall bo prepared
aud delivered of suoh kinds and denominations, and
in such quantities, and at such times, as the Com
miHsioner of Internal Revenue for the time being
may direct.
A statement of the numbers of stamps Issued dar
ing the fiscal year ending 3)th June, ls70,maybe
seeu at the oilice of the Commissioner.
And that, all measures and precautions which the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue shall deem ne
cessary to take in order to protect the O-overument
agaiiiht fraud or negligence on the part of the con
ti actor or his employes shall be taken at the proper
charge and e.xpeuse of the contractor. No bids will
be considered except from parties who have been,
or are, actually engaged In the business of steel
cngravibg aud printing, aud provided with all the
necessary facilities to execute the work promptly
nnd give the requisite protection to the stamps,
dies, end plates in their possession.
Failles not known to the Department will furnish
proof hs to these points. Bidders will state the time
from the date of the contract, If awarded, when
they will be ready to commence delivering the
Etamps, and their dully capacity for delivery there
alter. Brtis 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 tho bid
is accepted and a contract entered Into, they will
become sureties in such reasonable sum as may be
required by the Government for the faithful perform
ance df Hie contract.
The contract to oe made for not less than one
year nor more than three years, as may be agreed
upon.
Iu awarding the contract the Commissioner re
serves the right to reject any or all proposals in case
it shall appear to be for the interest of the (lovern
me nt to do so.
Proposals should be carefully sealed anil market?
"Proposals for Revenue Stamps," and addressed t
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
C. DELANO,
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
October 10, ls:o.
Approved CE'jEGE S. BOUT WELL,
10 13 12t Secretary.
1)ISOPOSALS FOR SUPPLIE1-U. 8. NAVT
PAYMASTER'S OFFICE, No. 428 CHESNUT
Street.
PlllLAUELFUIA, October 0, 1S70.
Sealed PrepoKa's, endorsed "Prop! sals for Sup
plies, Bureau of Construction," etc., will be received
at this Oilice, until 12 o'clock M., ou Saturday, Nov.
5, for furnitiliiug tho United Stites Navy Depart
ment with the following article, to be of the beat
quality, aud subject to inspection by the Inspecting
Oillcer in the Philadelphia Navy Y'ard, where it
must be delivered, when required, fre'a of expeusc
to tho Government, for which security mast be
givtu:
One Fan Blower, equal to "Alden's patent," with
Siiair, Countershaft, Pull'.es, etc.. lu runnlug order
complete, and to be run one week on trial before
ifcceptance.
For further particulars and time of delivery
apply to tho NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR, Navy Yard.
Blank lorma lor proposals will be furnished at this
Ofllce. A. W. RUSSELL,
10 26 Paymaster I'. .S. Navy.
QUARTERMASTERS OFFICE, U. 8. ARMY'.
v Philadelphia, Pa Oct. 21, 18T0.
Sealed Proposals, In triplicate, will be received at
this Office up to 12 o'clock M. on MONDAY, the 2iia
day of November, 1S70, for the erection of a buiid
ligof wood (oflicers' quartern) at Fort Me Henry.
Mil., according to plans aud specifications which
can bo seen at this omce, Depot Quartermaster's
Oilice, Wasbiugtou, D. C, aud onlce of Captain C.
A. Alligood, Acting Assistant Quartermaster, Balti
more, Md. M ,
The right is reserved to reject any and all bids not
considered to the interest o the public service.
The envelope to be endorsed "Proposal for Build-lea-
at Fort Mclleury, Md.," and addresied to the
undersigned. HEsRY C. HODGES,
Major and Quartermaster U. S. A.,
Chf. (r. Mr. 3d Qr. Mrs. District,
10 28 at Dept. of theEast.
WHISKY, WINE, Era
nARSTAIRS A McCALL,
! Ko. 126 Walnat and 21 Granite ts
j IMPOKTMRS OJT
Brandies, Winet, Gin, 011r Oil, Eta.,
j WIIOLKSALK DKALKKB IN
PURE RYE WHISKIES.
IH BOND ADD TAX PAH). SB tut
TOI1N FARNUM & CO., COMMISSION MER
ft chanta and'Manaactnrr of Oooaaux TtokiOf , at,
a. fed UrUtttNUT (Mtaaa. PUilaAalstua, aba