THE DAILY EVENING,; TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1871,
THE YELLOWSTONE REGION.
SHE OOUNTBT TRAVERSED ST THE NOBTHEItN
TkClTIO BATXROAD A BLOOMINO WILDERNESS
TO BE . OrENKD TJP TO CIVILIZATION THE
SCENERY ALONG THE TELIiOWSTONE BITER
THE CLIMATE THE FERTILITY OT THE COCN
TBT, ETC. ETC.
We ara permitted to make the following
extracts from the private letters of a young
Thiladelphian who visi"l the Territory of
Montana in 18G6, aud, in company with A
party of some two hundred miners, descended
the Yellowstone river with a fleet of Maokl
naw boats, a few miles from its Bource (Yel
lowstone Lake) to its mouth, where it emp
ties into the Missouri river near Fort Union,
the entire distance with its windings being
roughly estimated at one thousand mile.
The scenery along the Yellowstone country
is grand and beautiful. Nature, here, id in
all its primeval glory and magniljenca, just
as the hand of the Almighty created it. All
the readings of wild life in the West that I
have spent many pleasant hours home with,
were here to the fallest extent realized.
After leaving Boseman City ('fifteen houses,
these mountain cities are not very large, you
mu6t know), the second day we entered the
Great Canon of the Yellowstone, find beheld
one of Nature's masterpieces, llow Bier
etadr, the great artist, would have loved to
gaze upon this magnificent scene, which my
poor brain and pen can do so little towards
describing its sublimities!
On the right rose a solid wall of mountain
nine hundred feet in height, while to the left,
and across the beautiful valley some few hun
dred feet wide, where the tall wild grass was
growing most luxuriantly six and seven feet
high, and grove after grove of fine, large
old cottonwooditrees were scattered here aud
there in clumps projected immense, heavy,
-.detached boulders of yellow rock, that
seemed wafting to fall, like an avalanche,
almost at any moment, into the little valley
below. Along the base of this solid wall of
mountain gently glided the Yellowstone,
whose waters here, from the melted snows of
the Wind lliver Mountains, are as vestal,
Fure, and clear as crystal itself, and in fancy
imagined I had discovered the waters of
life and beauty which the famous Ponce de
Leon once sought. Afar oil in the distance,
and forming the background of this grand
picture, rose three distinct spurs of the Wind
lliver Mountains, in all their solemn and
awful grandeur, while the deep blue mist
that partially obscured them seemed to me
as though the hand of the Omnipotent had
drawn himself the veil, to shut out from
mortal view the secrets held within their
rocky bosoms, of days long, long ago ay,
centuries when the mighty heaving and
convulsions of Nature formed them.
You may think, my dear friend, that I am
poetical in this description. I can only say,
in reply, that any one who could gaze stolidly
and indifferently on scenery like what I be
held in this very "fastness of Nature," must
indeed be a stranger to those finer and better
sensibilities that ennoble every human being
whom God has created.
The finest trout fishing in the world can
there be found. All that is necessary to get a
nice mess for your breakfast is to take a short
stroll along the little valley of this graud
canon, and in a very short time you can oaten
enough grasshoppers among the wild grasses
to last you all day for bait. Then cutting a
young willow tree for your fishing pole, yoa
tie the end of your line to if; placing a big fat
grasshopper on your hook, you quietly seep
back a little ways from the edge of the bink,
and hiding your shadow among some of the
willow bushes, throw your line into the clear
pool below. How it makes the blood tingle
through every vein in your body, if you are
an enthusiastic sportsman, to reoeive the gal
vanic jerk of a fine, big two-pound trout, as
he darts with lightning speed away with your
bait. Then the exquisite pleasure of captur
ing the prize, playing with it in the water, and
by a sudden, dexterous jerk, swing him in
triumph out of the stream upon the soft grass
beside you. How beautifully mottled and
speckled are these mountain trout that oome
from the clear waters of the Yellowstone! I
have caught trout in this canon that weighed
near three pounds. The glory and exquisite
beauty and grandeur of this Yellowstone ca
non is something that, once seen, can never
be forgotten. When I first saw it from an
opening gorge in the mountain, whose tops
were covered with everlasting snow, and lit
up by a bright September sun, the scene
made so powerful an impression upon me,
that I stood for a long while looking eagerly
on, with feelings of deep and profound emo
tion. It was a sight to be remembered for a
lifetime.
The incidents witnessed in this adventurous
trip of descending the Yellowstone river in
Mackinaw boats were bo numerous that, had I
the time, would fill a longer letter than pro
bably you wish to read in one day, with many
8th ring details.
Our party consisting of near two hundred
men, mostly miners from Virginia and Ban
nock cities, have the credit of being the
second expedition that ever came down this
river, which is roughly estimated at one thou
sand miles. Not a vestige of civilization did
we encounter along its entire course, with the
exception of one or two solitary huts near an
emigrant trail, which had been hastily put up
by the "Tenderfeet" in orossing their wagons
over Borne of the rough mountain streams
that empty into the river. I have crossed
myself nearly all the tributaries that flow into
the Yellowstone while on the plains last sum
mer, and many a time we were compelled to
jump in these swollen streams and swim
across with our mules and ponies, which
was often attended with great danger to our
lives.
I should have mentioned before this, that in
passing Buffalo rapids on this river we saw
an immense encampment of the Crow la-
dians. Their wicky-ups or tepees were scat
tered along the rooky shore for a long ways,
and we estimated there must have been fully
five thousand Indians. They are considered
friendly to whitesin Montana. Their salutations
of "How ! how ! " which they shouted out to ns
from the shore, and some even rode their
ponies into the river np to the saddle-bows,
could not induce ns to land our boats, for we
were then several hundred miles from the
canon and right in the heart of the Indian re
gion, and we kept constantly on the alert
against any Burpnse or treachery.
The scenery along the route of the Yellow.
Btone is glorious. The heavy forests are in their
very primeval growth on both sides of the
river, and so wild that frequently when we
landed our beats to hunt we were obliged
to use small band-axes to clear our way
through the thick brush and wild grape-vines
that abounded in the greatest profusion,
i along, also, with the spreading b uines of the
red buffalo berries, of which we ate large
quantities.
For nearly four hundred miles this river
seems to run down hill, and many an exciting
hour have we passed in running the many
dangerous rapids which are so numerous on
ile 1'cUowaUUiv. biuue vi tue ridu ar so
appalling that I have seen out rough, hardy
miners stand with firm, compressed lips and
pale faces, watching every motion of oar
boat, as with lightning speed we shot d wa
over these watery chasms, and then, with the
exolamation, "Thank God, boys, we have
passed that one safely," our boats so filled
with water that we bailed out for dear
life.
The Yellowstone is walled in for many
miles with yellow rooks of huge proportions
that overhang in many places this river, and
I was informed by an old miner that its name
was derived from this fact.
This region is the very home of wild game,
I have seen swimming the river, and aloug
the forests that skirt the shores, whole
banks of el& with horns or antlers five and
six feet, in Borne cases; then there were buf
falo, black tail doer, black bears, antelope,
mountain sheep, cnyote and gray wolves whose
melancholy howling at night around our
camps I have a vivid recollection of to the
present day. It was often a very comical
sight to see perched up away off upon some
rocky crag an old mountain goat, with hi
wise-looking beard, benignly gazing upon our
fleet as we prssed down the river. This
would give an opportunity to some of our
crack rifle-shots to try their skill upon, so,
steadying the boat, one of our men would
quietly rise up and, firmly bracing himself,
brinfc hip favorite old "St. Louis Hawkins" to
his shonldev, draw the finest kind of a bead's
eye, and then touch the hair trigger, a shtrp,
quick report, like the crack of a whip, and
then down came the old goat tumbling from
ledge to ledge until finally it rolled down the
shelving beach to our boat where we had
pulled in.
Occasionally we would come to open coun
try along this river, and then we got a full
view of the beautiful valley of the Yellow
stone. It seemed so enticing that some of
our men said they would be almost willing to
stop and go no further, but settle down, build
a ranche, und go to grazing.
A fow days before we reached the Missouri
river we passed through a portion of what
the French Canadian trappers called the
"Mauvais Terres," or in plain English "Bad
Lands." Hera the scenery was very curious
and fantastic. The whole country looked
like it had been calcined by some terrible
volcano everything seemed to have been
burned to a white cinder, and vegetation was
very scanty indeed.
From this point on the river until we
reached Fort Union, near to its mouth, which
fcirpties into the Missouri, we saw large
strata of coal quite frequently: the veins
looked very thick and broad. I have n
doubt it was exoellent bituminous coal,
which some of these days, when this beautiful
portion of the United States is built up, may
be mined profitably.
With the exception of about a day's travel
through these "Mauvais Terres," the entire
trip was through a country filled with as wild
and startling scenerv as the most ardent
lover of Nature oouldhave w ished for. The
climate of Montana is most delightful. Fre
quently, when we shot more wild game than
we needed we cut it up in long, thin strips
and strung it on a long string around our
boat: before night it was almost completely
cured thus we Lad excellent meat for days
ahead it don t spoil in this country. I have
noticed wild oats and barley growing sixteen
feet high with the greatest luxuriance in the
many valleys of this splendid territory finer
country can nowhere be found for grazing
cattle than in Montana, and especially the
Yellowstone region. The grasses oome them
selves, end thup all winter the cattle can wan
der around these valleys and find plenty of
food to live upon.
The small clumps of bright, green, tender
grass, caiJed by the mountaineers "bunch
grass," has the most astonishing effect in
fattening stock. I recollect last summer in
my trip across the plains, after coming out of
the "Alkali country" our mules and ponies
were badly run down in flesh and looked
wretchedly poor and thin. No sooner had we
Btruck this nutritious "bunch grass" than
they at once got fat again, and when we
finally reached Virginia City they looked as
sleek and plump as when we bought them at
Umana, on the Missouri river, in the spring,
A well-known butcher at Virginia City in
formed me that they always selected the
leanest cattle to slaughter there. I have seen
plenty of bullocks out in Montana that they
would be proud to exhibit as prize-cattle in
the Eastern States.
The trail we followod after leaving Fort
Reno, on Fowder river, was "Boseman's
Cut-off," a much shorter route to Virginia
City, Montana, than crossing buinn s Ferry,
way down on the South Platte river in Ne
braska, and going by the way of Salt Lake,
This portion of the oountry from Powder
river, Clear Fork and Tongue rivers, and
along the Yellowstone, is in the very heart of
the Indian hunting ground, and might justly
be called the "garden spot" of Montana
Sometimes in the early morning we would
start ahead of our wagon tram several miles,
and in these truly beautiful valleys whole
herds of wild antelopes, buffaloes, and jaok
rabbits could be seen in large numbers. Oar
boys would get tremendously excited Bouie
times at seeing so much wild game, aud I
own myself that I was similarly affected in
seeing the living reality of what before I had
only read about. The inducements in this
section for grazing cattle are indeed magoid
cent.
The Gallatin valley is the best settled por
tion of Montana, and contains numerous
ranches. This, indeed, is a fine, noble vl
ley, some thirty miles wide, with ranges of
high mountains either side, and one feels in
truth as though he were indeed in "Nature's
free domains" when he enters it. What
grows and ripens to perfection here, the
grains being unusually large and sound. The
crops yield heavily to the ranchmen. Occa
sionally, however, in certain seasons the
grasshoppers are very destructive. I saw twj
splendid dairies in full operation in this val
ley; the butter, which I ate of freely on warm
biscuit (the first square meal sinoe I left
Omaha u4he spriog), was most delicious in
flavor and gclden in color. It brought Home,
times as high as two dollars in go d dust per
pound when sent to Virginia City, and was
quickly disposed of there.
I particularly noticed the complete system
of irrigating this valley by extensive ditching
and conveying water clear from the moun
tains in wooden trough flumes, supported on
high trestles a work of immeuso Ubor for
the few men who originally engaged in tn
enterprise.
If they ever construct a railroad through
this wild couutry, what a place will they make
of this Gallatin valley! Probably it may be
done some of these days; who knows?
The quartz region, a few miles from Vir
ginia City, is most atiundaut ia sureiulioi
tions of the precious metal gold. To qu He
Tom Hood:
'Gold, gold! hard and jello, bright and cold,
(Spumed by the young, but hugged .y me oi l."
The number of miners' "stake claims" are
very thick here; they consist of rough pieoos
of hnnrris, with the pam of th rUim-to.
location, turn bcaxuiga gouoraliy vi tue lode.
I raw many claims where extensive oxcava- !
tim s bad been made, but were abandoned on
an onnt of the want of machinery, and the
c-t and trouble of bringing it there. The
uera of many of these valuable claims are
idy like "Micawber," waiting for something
io turn np," when they will go to work again
earnestly. If ever the shrill whistle of a
locomotive is heard in these mountains, what
an Eldorado this place will be!
I als saw several specimens or tin blos
som, something tbat I believe has never yet
ben discovered in thin conutry, with the
exception of the State of Missouri, where I
have beard it has also been traced. The
United States Government, I have been told,
offers a large bounty to tbe disooverer of a
tin mine. There is pleuty of gold in this
Teriitory. The great difficulty is the means to
work it. It takes a whole season sometimes
to get tbe heavy boilers, etc., np and down
these steep hills of Montana on a pair of old
truck wheels drawn by oxen slow, hard
work, I can assure yon. Along the Yellow
stone country all the numerous mountain
streams that empty into this river, com
mencing with Powder river. Tongue, Big
Horn, Pryor, Clark'B, and llocky Forks, our
boys would frequently try their luck in "pan
ning out, and we always found little pieces
of gold in our frying-pans after "cloaning up."
there was one sweet spot in this Territory
we passed just before reaching "Virginia
City," which let me give you a pijture of.
At the crossing of the "Madison River
Ford" (which, with the Gallatin and Jefferson
are the sources of the Missouri aud are oallod
its three forks), I was delighted with the
exquisite beauty of the scenery around us. Im
aine a broad, smooth stream of water, about
one hundred yards wide, coming through
the canon of two high mountains that loomed
np like two giant sentinels over the peace and
securit of this lonely place, covered with a
thick coating of little cedar trees; while below,
in a Rmall basin-like valley in the shape of a
horse shoe, with the smoke coming out in the
clear blue air, wus a suug log cabin, iuhabited
by an old mountaineer ferryman, who crossed
tbe tenms in his rough Cottonwood boat for
tbe price of two bits (fifty cents, gold dust),
and yon have before you only one of the very
many interesting sights to be seen in the
noble Teriitory of Montana.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Wat
N O T I O F.
office of collector of delinquent
Taxes
No. 11 STATE HOUSE ROW.
The REGISTER OF UNPAID TAXES FOR 1970
ArD PRIOR TEARS having been completed, no
tice Is hereby given that the books are NOW OPEN
for tne payrrent of said TAXES.
Voder tbe provisions of the ACT OF ASSEMBLY
OF MARCH 82, 18T0, proceedings will IMMEDI
AT ELY be commenced for the' COLLECTION OF
SAID TAX, either out of the PERSONAL PRO
PERTY OK REAL ESTATE.
Parties deblring to pay in tbe offlae, and escape
farther trouble and annoyance, can do bo by calling
between 9 A. M. and 8 P. M. dally.
JOHN L. niLL,
Collector of Delinquent Taxes,
No. 1 1 STAT S HOUSB ROW,
8 8 (Second Story)
POSTPONEMKNT OF THE NEXT STATE
CONVENTION.
Tbe following resolutions were passed yesterday
by the State Central Committee:
LlKAJjQOAKTKKS REPUBLICAN
Stats Central Committee,
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 84, 1371.
Resolved, That the time for the meeting of the
hepubllcau Slate Convention be and the same Is
hereby postponed until WEDNESDAY, the 17th. day
of May next, and that tbe delegates who maybe
elected thereto be aud they are hereby requested to
at-senible at the Hall of the House of Represents
tlvefi, Harrlsburg, at 1'2 o'clock noon on said day.
Iksoived, That Malilon 11. Dickinson, Esq., of
Philadelphia, be appoluted chairman of tue State
Central Committee, la place of the Hon. John
Covode, deceased.
Resolved, That the ttcpubllcan Si ate Central Com
mittee heartily endorses tbe action of the Republt
can members of the Legislature In supporting the
hill providing fcr the call of a convention to revise
and emend the Constitution of the State.
R solved, By the Republican State Central Corn
njlttve, that we endorse the action of tbe Phila
delphia members of the committee In opposing
the passage of hills to govern tbe city of Philadel
phia by commissioners to be named by the Legisla
ture.
.8 26 MAHLON H. DICKINSON, Chairman.
rg REDEMPTION OF CIVIL BONDS OF
1500.
State oi c
at.ifoknia, y
DkpatmentJ
ThBArtURY 1)14
Sacramento. February 1, 18IL
Whereas, There Is en this day In the State Trea
sury tbe sum ot twenty-eight thousand (f 29,000) dol
lurs which, under the provisions of an act of the
legislature of said State entitled ."An act to pro
vide lor the paying certain equitable claims against
'he btbte of California, and to contract a funded
debt for that purpose," approved April 80, i860, la
net apart tor the redemption of Civil Honda ;of said
Male, Issued under the provisions of said act, notice
ii. hereby given tbat
8 BALED PROPOSALS
for the surrender of said Bonds will be received at
this Department for the amount above specified
until tbe
IOih DAY OF APRIL, 1371,
ct 11 o'clock A. M.
No bid will be entertained at more than par value,
iio a responsible guarantee must accompany each
proposal, which must be Indorsed "aeaied Proposals
Ir the surrender of Civil Bonds of I860."
bald bonds will be redeemed and Interest paid In
gold and silver coin of the United States, and mast
be surrendered within ten days after the acceptance
of the proposal for their redemption.
A. F. CO RON EL,
8 14eod t4 10 Slate Treasurer.
tzar REDEMPTION OF STATE BONDS.
Stats or California.
Treasury Dkpartmbnt,
ntA
1. i
Sacramento, Feb. 1, 171.
Whereas, there Is oa this day in the State Treasury
tbe cum of two hundred and fifty thousand ($'250,000)
dollars, which, under the provisions of an act of the
legislature of said State, entitled "An Act to pro?
vide for paying certain equitable claims against the
Slate of California, and to contract a funded debt
for tbat purpose," approved April 83, 1867; and also
nnder tbe provisions of an act amendatory of Bald
act, approved April 87, 1660, Is Bet apart for the re
demption of Civil Bonds of said State, Issued under
tbe provisions of Bald first mentioned act, notioe la
hereby given that
SEALED PROPOSALS
for tbe surrender of Bald Bonds will be received at
tbls Department for the amount above specified,
until the
IOTP DAY OF APRIL, A. D. 1871,
at 11 o'clock A. M.
No bids will be entertained at more than par
t alue, snd a responsible guarantee must accompany
each proposal, which must be marked "Sealed Pro
posals for the Redemption of Civil Bonds of 1S57."
t-aid bonds mast be surrendered within tea days
after the acceptance of the proposals for their re-
1.rTtt'n. A f.CD'HlV'I,
14 eod 1 io State Treasurer.
SPEOIAL NOTICES.
1ST
ACADEMY
O F
MUSIC.
THE STAR COURSE OF LECTURES.
DANIEL DOUGFIERTY, ESQ.,
On MONDAY EVENING, March 13.
Subject : '"ORATORY."
JOsll BILLINGS, March 16,
Subject: "NaTKIL HISTORY."
A. Miner GMswold ("The Pat Contributor"). March
80. Oencral Kilpatrlck. March 83. Mrs. Oauy Stao-
um, March 87. Tbe Mendelssohn Quintette Clan of
Poston, March 50.
ADMISSION. 80 CENTS
RESERVED SEATS tfl CENTS Extra
Tickets to anv of the Single Lecture, and to tbe
Concert, for sale at Gould A Fischer's Piano Rooms,
iso. I'UCHUtNiT street, ana ai lue ACADKiUY
on the evenings of the Lectures.
Ticket oroce open nany rrom a. jvl. to r. m.
Doors open at quarter-past I; Lecture at 8. . 8 8
y OFFICH OF TDK PBILKDELPHIA, GER
MANTOWN. AND NORRIaTOWN RAIL
ROAD COMPANY.
Pttil adblphi A, Feb. 13, 1971.
Tre Board of Managers have declared a dividend
of TURKE PER CENT, on the Capital Stock, pay
able, clear of tax, at the OOlce of this Company, No.
12 Philadelphia Exchange, on and arter the 13th of
March next. The transfer books will be closed on
the 2"th lnat., and remain closed until tbe 14th. of
March. A. E. DOUGHERTY,
8 13 m 6t Treasurer.
jbJt TUB UNION FIRE EXTINGUISHER
COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA
Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire
Extinguisher. Always Reliable.
D. T. GAGE,
B 80 U No. US MARKET 8U, General Agent.
NOTICE. CAMDEN AND PHILADEL-
P11IA STEAMBOAT FERRY COMPANY
An election for Directors will be held at the Office
of the Company, foot of FEDERAL Btreet, CAM
PEN, on FRIDAY, the Bist of March Inst., between
the hours of 12 and 8 o'clock P. M.
W. H. GATZMBR, Secretary.
March 7,1871. 7tu3t
r THE ANNUAL M BETING) OF THE
Stockholders of the "EXCELSIOR PRESS
BRICK MANUFACTURING COMPANY" will be
held at their Office, No. 3ii9 WALNUT Street, Phila
delphia, on MONDAY, March 13 (-iecond Monday),
lb7l, at 13 o'clock noon.
"W. D. COMEGYS,
3 3 fw2t Secretary.
r- BATCH ELOR'S HAIR DYE. THIS SPLEN
did Hair Dve is the best In the world, the only
true and perfect Dye. Harmless Reliable Instan
taneous no disappolntraent-no ridiculous tints
"Voea k ttmxtain Lead nor any Vitalic PoUon to in
jvreir,, Hair or Smtem." Invigorates the Hair and
leaves It soft and beautiful ; Black or Brown.
Sold by all Druggists and dealers. Applied at tbe
Factory, No. 16 BOND 8treet, New York. 4 87 mwf5
Bgy THE PENNSYLVANIA FIRE INSUR ANCE
COMPANY. March 6, 1871.
The Directors have this day declared a dividend
of SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS per
Share on the Stock of the Company for the last six
montl.s, which will be paid to the Stockholders or
tliclr tc gal represehtatives after the 16th Instant.
8 7 lot WM. G. CROW ELL, Secretary.
Cjs- INSTEAD OF USING COMMON TOILET
Snap at this season of the year, use "Wrlght'a
Alconated Glycerine Tablet of Solidified Glycerine."
It softens the skin, prevents redness and chapping
by cold, and beautifies the complexion.
For sale by Druggists generally.
R. A . A. "WRIGHT,
1 6 fmw26t No. 624 CBESNUT tit., Phllad'a.
gy- JOUVIN'S KID GLOVE CLEANER
restores soiled gloves equal to new. For sale
by all OrugglBtB and fancy goods dealers. Price 89
cents per bottle. 11 28m wf 8
tQy DR. F. R. THOMAS, No. 911 WALNUT ST,
formerly operator at the Colton Dental Rooms,
devotes his entire practice to extracting teeth with
out pain, with fresh nitrous oxide gas. 11 174
gy- DISPENSARY FOR SKIN DISEASES, NO.
216 S. ELEVENTH Street.
Patients treated gratuitously at this Institution
dally at 11 o'clock. iu
OITY ORDINANCES.
RESOLUTION
To Lay Water Pipe on Dakota and other
streets.
Resolved, Bv tho Select and Common Coun
cils tf the City of Philadelphia, That the Chier
Engineer of the Water Department be and Is
hereby authorized to lay water pipe on the fol
lowing streets, to wit:
Dakota street, from Ninth to Tenth Btreet.
Fifteenth street, from Monument Cemetery to
Susqnebanna avenue.
Sixteenth street, from Norris Btreet to Susque
hanna avenue.
Seventeenth street, from Columbia avenue to
Lamb Tavern Road.
Dlckereon street, from Paesyunk Roai to
Twelfth street.
Ninteenth street, from Washington avenue to
Ellnworth street.
Ellsworth street, from Nineteenth to Twenti
eth etiect.
Alter Btreet, from Nineteenth to Twentieth
street.
Latonia street, from Seventeenth to Eighteenth
street.
Titon street, from Seventeenth to Eighteenth
street.
HENRY HUEIN,
President of Coumon Council.
Attest
Benjamin II. Haines,
Clerk of Select Council.
CHARLES THOMPSON JONES,
President of Select Council pro tem.
Approved this seventh day f March.
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one (A. D. 1871).
DANIEL M. FOX,
3 9 It Mayor of Philadelphia.
AN ORDINANCE
To Make an appropriation to Enclose Cer
tain Properties wiih the Irou lUlliog lately
taken down at Penn Squares.
Section 1. The Select aud Common Conncils
of the city of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
Bum of two thousand ($2000) dollars be and the
eame is hereby appropriated to the Department
of Markets and City Property for the purpose
or enclosing, etc, tne FalrblU Square In the
Nineteenth ward, and the Parade Ground in the
Twenty-Blxth ward, with the Iron railing lately
taken down at Penn Squares, or bo much thereof
as may be necessary for the purpose, and war
rants tor the same Ce drawn by the Commis
sioner of Markets and City Property.
HENRY HUIIN,
President of Common Council.
Attest
Benjamin II. Haines,
Clerk of Select Council.
CHARLES THOMPSON JONES,
President of Select Council, pro tem.
Approved this seventh day of March,
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
Btventy-one (A. D. 1B71).
DANIEL M. FOX,
8 9 It Mavor of Philadelphia.
o
LD OAKS CEMETERY COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA.
This Company Is prepared to sell lots, s.ear of all
encumbrances, on reasonable term. Purchasers caj
Bee plana at the office of the Company,
NO. B18 WALNUT STREET,
or at the Cemetery, where all Information neede
will be cheerfully given.
By giving notice at the office, carriage will meet
persons desirous ot purchasing lots at Tioga Station1
on the Germantown Railroad, and convey them to
the Cemetery and return, free of charge.
ALFRED C. HARMER, President
MARTIN LANDENBERGER, Trea.
MICHAEL NISBET, 8eoy. 10Bwfm6m
J. T. BOSTON. MKAHOM.
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ANTON & raeiriJLiioiw,
bnippiso asd coisurssioa usneaASTa,
ISO. s uojuvimo eur, rtew lorn,
No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia,
No. is W. PRATT STREET, Baltimore.
We are prepared to ship every description Of
Freight to Philadelphia, New York, WUmihgioa, an
Inreriniutiiito po1"''- wtin promntnwia and 1MptolL
tuu 4AMt 4u.a buxuu-uvj l urnuud at the aaoruati
bouoa.
8HIPPINC
rTTTt NATIONAL BTEAMSniP ffTK
MlfiUMt-Steam to and from " " f7.
NEW YORK, LIVERPOOL, AND QUEENSTOWN.
8 teamen sail WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and
SATURDAY.
Cabin, ITS and ise; Steerage, ttt. Exourslon
tickets, good for one year, liberally reduced. Per
sons sending for their friends can obtain tickets
(Steerage) for 839. Tickets to and from Londonderry
am) Glasgow by this favorite route at the same low
currency rates.
Passengers booked to ant) tram London, Paris,
Hamburg, Havre, Bremen, etc., at lowest rates.
Note. The magnificent Ocean Steamships of this
line are among the largest In the world, and are
celebrated for speed, safety, and eomfort. Owing to
reduction, rates are now lis In Cabin and 18 In
steerage cheaper than other Orst-class lines.
For passage, or bank drafts for any amount, paya
ble at Bight In all parte of Great Britain, Ireland,
and in principal cities of Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
France, Germany, and Italy, apply to
WALLER t CO., Agents,
1 IS Xo. 804 WALHUT St., jut above Second.
TUB REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON THE PHI
LADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON STEAM
SHIP LINE are ALON B authorised to Issne throng!1
ollls of lading to Interior points South and West ir
connection with South Carolina Railroad Company,
ALFRED L. TYLER,
Vice-President So. C RR, Co.
. PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN
til MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S RE
GULAR SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO NEW OR
LEANS. La.
The YAZOO will Ball for New Orleans, via Havana,
on Thursday, March 16, at 8 A. M.
Tbe HERCULES will sail from New Orleans, via
Havana, on March
THROUGH BILLS OF LADING at as low rates
as by any other route given to MOBIL K, GALVES
TON. INDIANOLA. ROCKPOKT. LAVACOA. and
BRAZOS, and to all points on the Mississippi river
between New Orleans and St. Louis. Red river
freights reshipped at New Orleans without charge
of commissions.
WEEKLY LINE TO SAVANNAn. GA.
The TON AWANDA will Ball for Savannah on Sat
urday. March 11. at 8 A. M
Tbe WYOMING will sail from Savannah on Sat
urday. March ii.
THROUGH BILLS OF LADINU given to all the
principal towns in Georgia, Alabama, Florida. Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee In con
nection with tbe Central Railroad of Georgia, At
.antic and Gulf Railroad, and Florida steamers, at
Bsiow rates as Dy competing lines.
SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO WILMINGTON, N. C.
Tne fiojsjKU wui sail tor Wilmington on raon
day, March 13, at 6 P. M. Returning, will leave
Wilmington Saturday, March IS.
Connects with tbe Cape Fear River Steamboat
Carolina Railroads, and tbe Wilmington and Man
chester Kauroad to an interior points,
Freights for Columbia, S. C, and Augusta, Oa.,
taken via Wilmington at as low rates as by any
oiner rouie.
Insurance effected when requested by shippers.
Bills of lading signed at Queen street wharf oa or
oeiore aayor sailing.
William L.IAMKM, General Agent,
eis
No. 130 S. THIRD Street.
CLYDE'S STEAM LINES.
sjagBAMuto v 1 1 1 v; a vs a u u'utu v unii v AJJ7
PHILADELPHIA. RICHMOND AND NORFOLK
6TKAM8H1P LINE, THROUGH FREIGHT AIR
LINE TO HIE SOUTH AN 11 YVEhT.
Steamers leave every WEDN RSDAY and 8 ATU 1
DaY "at noon," from FIRST WHARF above MAR
KET Street.
NO bills of lading signed after 12 o'clook on Balling
dnv.
THROUGtf RATES to all points In North and
South Carolina, via Seaboard Air-line Railroad, con
necting at Portsmouth, and at Lyncbburg.Va., Ten
nessee, and the West via Virginia and Tennessee
Air-llne, and Richmond and Danville Railroads.
Freights Handled BUT ONCE and taken at
LOWKK RATES than by any other line.
No charge for commissions, drayage, or any ex
pense ot transfer. Steamships Insure at lowest
rates.
FREIGHTS RECEIVID DAILY.
State-room accommodations for passengers.
WM. P. POHTEh, Agent, Richmond and City
Point. T. P. CROWELL & CO., Agents, Norfolk.
eSfSV PHILADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON
rff.r. LgflTPAMKiiiP LINE.
THURSDAY LINE FOR CHARLESTON,
and all Interior points of South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, etc.. .
The first-class Steamship VIRGINIA, Captain
Hunter, will Ball on Thursday, March 9, at 18
o'clock, noon, from Pier 8, North Wharves, above
Arch Btreet.
Through bills of lading to all principal points in
Sonth Carolina, Georgia, Florida, etc., etc.
Rates of freight as low as by any other route.
For freight or passage apply on the Pier, as above.
WM. A. COURTNEY, Agent In Charleston.
FOR NEW YORK DAILY VIA
DELAWARE AND RARITAN OANAL.
I EXPRESS STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The CHEAPEST and QUICKEST water commu
nication between Philadelphia and New York.
Steamers of this Line will commence loading on
March 9, from first wharf above MARKET Street,
Philadelphia, and foot of WALL Street, New York.
First boat will leave on Saturday, the 11th Instant,
and dally as usual thereaiter.
Goods forwarded by all the lines going ont of New
York North, East, and West, free of commission.
Freight forwarded on accommodating terms.
JAMttS HAND. Agent,
No. 119 WALL Street, New York.
NEW EXPRESS LINE TO ALEX
ANDRIA, GEORGETOWN and Wash
ington. D. C, Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal, connecting with Orange and Alexandria
Railroad.
Steamers leave regularly every SATURDAY at
noon, from First Wharf above MARKET Street.
Freights received dally.
HYDE fc TYLER, Agents, Georgetown, D. C.
M. ELDRIDGE & CO., Agents, Alexandria, Va.
DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE
TOW-BOAT COMPANY.
Jbf Barges towed between Philadelphia,
Balnmure, Havre-de-Urace, Delaware City, and
Intermediate points.
CAPTAIN JOHN LAUGIILIN, Superintendent.
OFFICE, No. 18 South WHARVES,
PHILADELPHIA.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE A CO.,
AGENTS
For all the above lines.
No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia,
where further Information may be obtained. 8 88
FOR NEW YORK, VIA DELAWAR1
and Karl tan Canal.
SWIFT SURE TRANSPORTATIOS
COMPANY.
DESPATCH AND 8WIFTSURB LINES,
Leaving dally at 18 M. and OP. M.
The steam propellers of this company will com
mence loading on the 8th of March.
Through In twenty jfour hours.
Goods forwarded to any point free of commission
Freigha taken on accommodating terms.
Apply to
W IXlLaI -SUB- BL. DJUAU K Agenia,
No. 138 South DELAWARE Avenue.
FOB SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
THE FLORIDA PORTS,
AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
GREAT SOUTHERN FREIGHT AND PASSEN
GER LINE.
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA AND AT
LANTIU ANu GULF RAILROAD.
FOUR STEAMERS A WEEK,
TUESDAYS,
' THURSDAYS,
AND SATURDAYS.
THE STEAMSHIPS
BAN SALVADOR, Captain Nlckerson, from Pier
No. 8 North River.
WM. R. GARRISON, Agent,
No. 0 Bowling Green.
MONTGOMERY, Captain Faircloth, from Pier No.
13 North lUter.
R. LOWDEN, Agent;
No. 3 West street.
LEO, Captain Dearborn, from Pier No. If East
River.
, MURRAY, FERRIS A CO., Agents,
Nos. 61 and 8 South street.
GENERAL BARNES, Captain Mallory, from Pier
No. 8 North River. .
LIVINGSTON, FOX A CO., Agents,
No. 68 Liberty street.
Insurance by this line ONE-HALF PER CENT.
(Superior accommodations for paiaeugers.
Through rates and bills of lading in connection
with the Atlantic and Gulf Freight line. 1 6t
Through rt aud bills of lading la connection
With Central Railroad Of Georgia, to all points.
C. D. OWENS. GKoIf'iR YONuK,
igtLtil. i r I;., I .agent C it. H.,
No. Mi Broadway. No. J9 Dro.v4.vaj.
HIPPINO.
iORXLLARD BTEAMEHD? OOKTAJBT
tOIt HEW TOIIK,
BAILCK3 TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, AND SA
URDAYS AT NOON,
are now receiving freight at winter rates, com
menclng December 88. All goods shipped on an 41
after this date will be charged as agreed upon by
the agents of this company.
INSURANCE ONE-EIGHTH OF ONE PER CENT.'
No bill of lading or receipt signed for leu than
fifty cent, and no Insurance effected for less than
one dollar premium.
For further partloulara and rates apply at Com
pany'f office, Pier 83 East river. New York, or to
JOHN F. OHL,
PIER 19 NORTH WHARVES.
N. a, -Extra rates on small packages Iron, metali
etc, as t
FOR LIVERPOOL AND QUEENS
TOWN. The Hunan Line of Royal Mali '
b learners are appointed to uu aa ioiiowb: .
I City of London, Saturday, March 11. at 9 A. M,
City of Brussels, Saturday. March 18. at 8 P. M.
Cltv of Limerick, via Halifax, Tuesday, March 211
at l p. M.
City of Washington, Saturday. March 85, at 8 A. K.
and each succeeding Saturday ana alternate Tue
day, from pier No. 46 North river.
RATES OF PASSAGE
By Mall Steamer Sailing every Saturday.
Payable In gold. Payable In currency.
First Cabin 17B. Steerage 30
To London - so; To London 83
To Halifax Ml To Halifax 15
Passengers also forwarded to Antwerp, Rotter
dam, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, etc, at reduced
rates.
Tickets can be bought here at moderate ratea by
persons wishing to Bend for their friends.
For further information apply at the company'!
office.
JOHN G. DALE, Agent. No. IB Broadway, N. Y.l
Or to CVDONN KLL A FAULK, Agents,
AO No. 408 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia.
FOR ST. THOMAS AND BRAZIL.
UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL STEAM
6HIP COMPANY.
REGULAR MAIL STEAMERS Bailing on the
83d of every month.
MERRIMACK, Captain Wler.
SOUTH AM H RICA, Captain E. L. Ttnklepaugn.
NORTH AMEK1CA, Captain G. B. Slocum.
These splendid steamers sal on schedule tlme.and
call at St. Thomas, Para, Pernambuco, Bahla, and
Rio de Janeiro, going and returning. For engage,
ments of freight or passage, apply to
WM. H. GARRISON, Agent,
18 lot No . 6 Bowling-green, New York.
HITS
STAR
LINE
OCEANIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S
LINE OF NEW STEAMERS BKTWEKN NEW
YC RK AND LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK
IRELAND. The company's fleet comprises the following mag
nificent full-powered ocean steamships, tne Biz
largest in the world :
OCEANIC. Captain Murray. A RCTIO.
ATLANTIC, Captain Thompson. BALTIC
PACIFIC, Captain Perry. ADRIATIC.
These new vessels have "been designed specially
for the transatlantic trade, and combine speed,
safety, and comfort.
Passenger accommodations unrivalled.
Parties sending for their friends In the old conn
try can now obtain prepaid tickets.
Steerage, (32, currency.
Other rates as low as any first-class line.
For further particulars apply to ISM AY, IMRTE A
CO., No. 10 WATER btreet, Liverpool, and No. 1
EAST INDIA Avenue, LEAD ENH ALL Street.
London: or at the company's offices, No. 19
BROADWAY, New York.
16t J, H, SPARKS, Agent.
THE ANCHOR LINE STEAMERS
Sail every Saturday and alternate Wednesday
to and from Glasgow and Derry.
Passengers booked and forwarded to and from all
railway stations In Great Britain. Ireland, Ger
many, Norway, Sweden, or Denmark and America
as safely, speed-lly, comfortably, and cheaply as by
"EXPRESS" BTEAMKK8.
"EXTRA" STEAKS BS.
IOWA,
TYRIAN,
BRITANNIA,
IOWA,
TYRIAN,
ANGLIA,
AUSTRALIA,
BRITANNIA,
INDIA,
COLUMBIA,
JB.U KOJta.
DKlTAINiNlA.
From Pier 80 Nerth river, New York, at noon.
Rates of Passage. Payable in Currency,
to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Derry :
First cabins, I&6 and 175, according to location.
Cabin excursion tickets (good for twelve monthsV
securing best accommodations, 1130.
Intermediate, f 33; steerage, is.
Certificates, at reduced rates, can be bought here
by those wishing to send for their friends.
Drafts Issued, payable on presentation.
Apply at the company's offices to
HENDERSON BRO!'H 7R,
12 87t No. T BOWLING Qm.KN'.
OORDAOE, ETC.
CORDAGE.
Hanilla, Biial and Tarred Gordagt
At LowMt Ww York Prleas and rrsixhta,
EDWIN EL FITIJEK CO
EMtory. TKHTH BV. and GlIBM ARTOWH Avmu
tore, No. IS . WATER St. and 18 K. DKLAWAJB
Avaaoa.
18iam PHTTiAT.TrT.pTTT
JOHN S. LEB A CO., ROPE AND TWIN
MANUFACTURED.
DEALEBS IN NAVAL STORES,
ANCHORS AND CHAINS,
SHIP CHANDLERY GOODS, ETC.,
Nob. 46 and 48 NORTH WHARVES.
LUMbtK
1Q-71 SPRUCE JOIST. "1QT1
lCWl 8PRUCE JOIST. 1071
HEMLOCK,
HEMLOCK.
1Q7i SEASONED CLEAR PINE. -f Qm-t
10 I 1 SEASONED CIJiAR PINB. J.O I 1
CHOICE PATTERN PINE.
SPANISH CEDAR FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
Q"71 FLORIDA FLOORING. tQTi
10 4 1 FLORIDA FLOORING. 10 1 I
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VIRGINIA FLOCKING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOARDS.
RAIL PLANK. '
1 Q71 WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 1 Qift
J.0 I J. WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. IO I I
WALNUT BOARDS.
WALNUT FLANK.
fQTI UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. -fQTl
IO 4 1 UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. IO 1 1
RED CEDAR.
WALNUT AND PINK.
4Q-71 SEASONED POPLAR. iQ-4
10 41 SEASONED CHERRY. 10 1 1
ASH.
WHITS OAK PLANS AND BOARDS,
HICKORY.
1Q1i CIGAR BOX MAKERS' i QT .
AO I 1 CIGAR BOX MAKERS' 10 I A
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS,
FOR SALE LOW.
1QPJ1 CAROLINA SCANTLING. 4Q7
IO I 1 CAROLINA H. T. BILLS. 10 1
NORWAY SCANTLING.
IOT1 CEDAR 8HINGLE8. lOT.
10 Ii CYPRESS SHINGLK8. 10 I 1
M All LB, BROTH EH CO.,
lit No. aaoo BOUTH Street.
PANEL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES..
COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
1 COMMON BOARDS.
1 and 8 SIOE FENCE BOARDS.
WHITE PINK FLOORING BOARDS.
YELIjOW AND SAP PINB FLOORINGS, IV an
4M bPRUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES.
BUM LOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES.
PLAiTElUNG LATH A SPECIALTY,
Together with a general assortment of Building
Lumber for sale low for cash, T. W. SMALTZ,
11 806m No. 1718 UilHitt Avenue, north or Poplar St
COTTON SAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, OF ALT.
numbers and branda. Tent, Awning Trunk,
and Wagon-cover Duck. Aiao, Papor Manofi
turers' Drier Fclu, from thirty io eventy'2
IrcheB, With Paollna, Belting, bU Twine, eU
Jo W. AVkRXAN,
K& U CHURCH guttt. fflii fcWioti