THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH P1IILAPEI;?HIA. FRIDAT, MARCH 17, 1871.
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REVIEW OF NEW B00K8.
"The Descent of Man, aud Selection in
KeJation to Sex," by Charles Darwin, M. A.,
F. It. S., etc., published by D. Appleton &
Co., is a continuation of the subject which
the author broached some years ago in his
'Origin of Species," and which has serve! to
excite controversies of the most violent de
scription in both sciontifio and theological
circles. ' The theory Botnewhat hesitatingly
advanced in Mr. Darwin's first work, that
man is descended from a lower type by means
of natural selection, is, in the volume before
us, insisted upon and supported by an
elaborate array of facts. Mr. Darwin con
tcnds not oiily that man is descended from a
lower type, but that all animal nature has had
its origin in a very limited number
of forms. Indeed, if we accept Mr. Darwin's
theory as correct, and go back far enough
with our investigations, it is not improbable
we may find our original anoestor to have
been an oyster, and that some of us are daily
in the habit of swallowing a dozen or so of
our cousins, some degrees removed, from the
half-shell, with pepper-sauce accompaniment.
Facts are facts, however; and if we are really
descended from a primitive oyster, or, to
bring the matter down to a later, although
still remote date, from the gorilla, it will be
necessary to reconoile ourselves to the rela
tionship, however uncomplimentary it may
be to our pride. Indeed, a respectable, well
behaved gorilla, if any such there be, might
be converted into a more promising member
of society than some of the humans
with whom we are acquainted, and might put
to shame some of his presumably more intel
lectual relatives. Mr. Darwin's theories with
regard to natural selection have been adopted
by many of the scientific men of the present
day, and the arguments and faots contained
in the volume before us will tend to confirm
the believers in Darwinism, even if they do
not convert its opponents. Whatever opin
ions may be held with regard to Mr. Darwin's
theory, it is certainly one of great interest;
and his new work is worthy of the attention
of Btudents of natural history and others, if
only for the sake of the remarkable array of
facts which the author brings forward t sup
port his position. The second part of the
volume before us is devoted to the considera
tion of the curious subject of sexual selec
tion, which will be further discussed in a
eeoond volume now in preparation. Ileceived
from Porter & Coates.
Forter & Coates also send us of the
recent publications of D. Appleton & Co. a
well-written and entertaining narrative of a
trip across the American continent by way of
the Pacific Railroad, by W. F. Rae. The book
is entitled "Westward by Bail; r, The New
Iloute to the East," and is made up of a
series of letters to the London Daily News,
largely rewritten and augmented by the addi
tion of new matter. Mr. llae evidently made
a rapid trip through the United States, and
Lis observations could not be otherwise than
superficial; but this book proves him to have
been wide awake, intelligent, and anxious to
obtain reliable information. It is written in a
more unprejudiced vein than is usual with
the productions of bold Britons who attempt
30 describe Americanisms; and if it contains
nothing very new or startling, it at least has
the merit of being readable and entertaining.
The following reference to the feeling in this
country towards England seems to indicate
that Mr. Ilae's experience was different from
that of Mr. Thomas Hughos, who declared
that while he was individually received with
the greatest cordiality, he nevertheless found
a universal sentiment of dislike, if not of hos
tility, to England as a nation:
"Nothing gratified me more than the feeling of
kindliness towards the Old Country which I found
pervading the American people. The bitter ami
undying animosity about which much has been
written exists on paper only, or In the distempered
minds or Irreconcilable Fenians. In this particular
the press is not a faithful exponent of the public
Beutimcnt. A disposition to construe In the worst
sense all the actions of the United Kingdom, and to
discredit her on every occasion and in ever; imagi
nable way, is certainly the characteristic of the
press of New York. 1 believe this to be mere sound
and fury, wholly devoid of significance. It Is the
relic of a traditionary policy, rather than the token
of a living and active hostility. To find a parallel to
It, we have not far to seek. Long after the English
people were on a footing of amliy with the French,
the tone of the pren8 towards France was little more
friendly and complimentary than tn the days when
it was the bud fashion to style Frenchmen our
hereditary foes. The change In public opinion has
now been responded to by the press of England,
while that of France, reluctant to allow old jealous
ies to subside Into oblivion, still harps on the imagi
nary plots and intrigues ot perhdlous Albion."
Englishmen commit a fatal error when they
try to convince themselves that the press on
this subject does not express the prevailing
sentiments of the people of the United States.
"Fun Better than Physio; r, Everybody's
Life Preserver," by W. V. Hall, M. D., pub
lished by II. N. McKinney &, Co., No. 1G
North Seventh (street, is a series of brief
maxims with regard to the best method of
preserving health, many of which contain
much sound sense and not a few much non
sense. Dr. Ilall is well known as the editor
of HaU's Journal of Health, and as an inde
fatigable rider of certain hobbies, and his
reader will do well to exercise a little of their
own native common Bense before accepting
bis maxims as gospel truth. The work be
fore us contains many things that are to the
point, and that will be found of praotical use
to all classes of present or prospective suffer
ers; and if there is not much wisdom in some
of his suggestions, they at least have the merit
of being harm'ess.
"Cruel as the Grave," by Mrs. E. D. E.
N. Sonthworth, published by T. B. Peterson
& Brothers, is a story in which the pepper
and spice are as lavishly used as in any of the
previous performances of the same pen. The
admirers of Mrs. Sonthworth will find "Cruel
as the Grave" abundantly entertaining.
From the Central News Company, No.
K05 Chesnut street, we have received the
latest numbers of AU the Year Hound, The
CornUU Magazine, Temple Mar, Punch, and
Fun.
From W. S. Turner we have received
Applcton'i Journal, Every Saturduy, and the
following new magazines:
The April number of The Transatlantic
contains an admirable series of short stories
selected from the best English periodicals.
A good short story is something that every
reader can enjoy, and The 2'ransatlantic
Always contains the best there are going.
Arthur's Lady 's Home Magazine for April
contains several pleasing illustrations, fashion
plates, eto., and an interesting variety of
reading matter.
Ihe Children' Hour for April has abun
dant entertainment for the yoang people in
the shape of pretty pictures and readable
stories and sketches.
The Lady' Friend, for April contains a
variety of illustrations of the latest novelties
in feminine attire, and a series of literary
contributions which are up to the usual stan
dard of excellence.
Mr. Turner also sends us The Miners'
Journal Coal Statistical Register for 1871.
This valuable compilation gives the statistics
of the coal trade for 1870, with the prospects
of the trade in 1871, a history of the causes
of the great suspension of 1870, an abstraot
of the report of the mine inspectors, and
much other interesting information.
MYSTERIES OF E VEIt Y-DA Y LIFE.
The ingenious and delightful author of the
"Miseries of Human Life" left his task but
half accomplished. They have multiplied
since in fresh and unlooked-for variety; and
a pleasant chapter or two may be written on
the Bubject hereafter. At the present mo
ment I am desirous of acquiring information
upon certain every-day occurrences, rather
than of enlarging on the various forms of
so-called accident that are attached ap
parently even to my very nomencla
ture; for my name is Hassard, and might
much more properly be called Certainty, if at
all designed to symbolize the constancy of
Fortune's freaks with my social status.
There are few things that have not happened
to me; indeed, I doubt if there are any more
odds and ends left in Nature's curio3ity-box
now to happen; of late, too, things have
rather given over happening, and the few
that have turned up were old happens
slightly refurbished with fresh materials of
worriment.
Philosophers are proverbially skin-deep
only; as a prominent instance of which I may
remark, in relation to the present subject,
that the inquiring mind which, some time
since, led the writer of "Two o'clock in the
morning" to investigate the causes why, at
that particular hour, the clock ticked un
usually loud, the wardrobe creaked and the
bed-room door opened of itself, might have
still farther extended its researches
with advantage into the ' mysteries of
every-day life. I should like, for instance, to
have had a chapter explaining what becomes
of all the pins; and calling attention to the
fact, that for one pin ever picked up by the
thriftiest old maid, at the least a thousand go
the way of all pins, whatever that may be.
Talk of the source of the Nile, or the dis
tance of the fixed stars here is a mystery
which comes home to us all; yet at the pre
sent moment is as far as ever from being
cleared up. Inquire from the intelligent
gentleman who presides over the great pin
manufactory at Gloucester; he will tell you
nobody knows; and very glad he is nobody
does know where all the millions of pins an
nually turned out there go to, else they might
some day all turn up again, to the great detri
ment of Messrs. Kerby, Beard, and Kerby,
and'other partners in the prickly trade. It
has indeed been snggested that inasmuch
as needles have been known to enter the
hand and come out of the foot of human
beings, so pins find their way from- the snr
fase to the centre of the earth; which, if so,
must at the present time be pretty full of
them. Without entering on the merits of this
theory, it is one, though not a very satisfac
tory, way of accounting for the disappear
ance, by hundreds of millions annually, of
objects which can neither melt nor wear out.
I shall not stop now to inquire why bread al
ways falls on the buttered side, especially
where the carpet beneath is fluffy and well
adapted to adhere; that is a clear case of
awkwardness having its own reward, and one
that follows much more quickly than is to be
found in the apocryphal case of virtue so
placed. But I should like to know why it
is that, on the few occasions in my life
when I have been obliged to breakfast in bed,
the mere introduction of a harmless oup of tea
into the room should immediately cause that
bed to be full of crumbs? Any one who
has had the gritty experience in question will
testify to the fact, as also to the desperate
efforts immediately made to get rid of the in
truders, and to the inevitable result; viz.,
that the clothes are all got rid of, the crumbs
alone remaining, to give a lively sense of a
night passed upon a gravel-walk.
In like manner, I Bhould desire some hints
as to the origin of what may be called the
inevitable tack or small nail, with a flat head
which, by extreme dexterity, stands erect
thereon, point upwards, at my bedside, when
ever I chance to get up to light a candle at
night, and receives my foot as I descend? No
amount of previous sweeping will insure
against the intrusion of this piquant object.
I should be obliged too by having my scien
tific aspirations gratified, as to why eolipses
of the sun or moon are always visible with
particular advantage in all the uninhabitable
parts of the earth, and rarely, if ever, in a
country where there is anybody to see them?
I put it to any person possessed of an alma
nao and common sense, whether Central
Africa, Cochin China, the Carpathian Moun
tains, and the South Pacific Ocean have not
for ages enjoyed an undisturbed monopoly of
astronomical phenomena, to the utter
exclusion of all parts of the world
where anybody dwells. Once more
coming to terrestrial subjects; as a matter of
speculation, it would be interesting to asoar
tain the relations between dust-carts and
rain whether the advent of dust-carts pro
duces rain, or that of rain produces the dust
carts. It has been a subject of contention
in alpine regions whether the snow pro
duces the cold, or the cold produces the snow;
and after severe rheumatio attacks by parties
in their zeal for discovery, muoh is found
to be said on both Bides. I am a particularly
cartful person; it is therefore very mysteri
ous to me by what 'means varieties of fluffy
subbtances get into the corners of nearly
everything I possess as, for instance, my
ink-bottle, which appears to geuerate
small rags of its own aocord; and the pockets
of my waistcoats, which seem to possess the
property of producing an unfailing supply
of soft cottony deposits, for the sole purpose
of getting into my watch-key. I shall es
teem it a favor if any one will clear up to
me that lingual mystery concerning the un
fortunate letter h as pronounced in the ver
nacular by a large portion of our fellow-subjects.
I could indeed understand its being
nnpronounced, therefore always left out;
or its being an especially inviting aspirate, I
therefore always put in; but why the rule
of wrong should be so unexceptionally
adopted, as often under circumstances of ex
treme difficulty to cause the pronunciation of
the unhappy consonant where it does not
exist, and the omission of it where it does, is
a mystery that has cost me years of fruitless
investigation, and gives me almost a 'eadAache
to think of. The favorite eockneyism of the
Weller school, the substitution of v for to, and
to for c, has become comparatively extinct, so
ceases to trouble me.
Will any one account to me for a phe
nomenon of daily, I may almost say hourly,
occurrence, viz., the manner in which in
animate objects get themselves out of the
way the moment there is a 'demand for their
services? This applies to evervthina;; the
very pen with which I wrote the foregoing
passage has sui proprio motu got from my
study-table into the next room, and is found
upon my dressing-glass, near which I have
not been since nine this morning! If I am
going from home for a few days, my clothes
all seem to be aware of the intention, and
hide themselves in places where they never
were before; my papers usually most regu
lar in arrangement of a sudden beceme
topsy-turvy; a Love-ditty gets into an Essay
on chemistry, and a Christmas tale into
the British Constitution. For the faoulty
of jnmbling themselves together in inex
tricable confusion, however, on these
occasions, and at the shortest moment, com
mend me to the keys: they beat all. Tae
scissors you have just laid down may indeed
be found in a book you have not opened for
months; the razor you shaved with this morn
ing, in a drawer locked up last summer; and
your gloves and card-case have seized the
opportunity of getting into the deepest cor
ner of a portmanteau you don't intend open
ing till yonr journey's end days he nee. But
all these are nothing to the kej-s; there
they are, a bunch stuck together in
a manner that defies all attempts
at extrication; the large keys have got into
the small one; the small ones, webs, pipes,
rings, and all spontaneously intermingled
with a complexity of entanglement that
Hours of perseverance would not have en
abled one to achieve. I would like, too, to
be informed what it is that takes possession
of my pens. I am most particular about
them; yet L constantly And their nibs in
one of two conditions either the form of
a letter V split-up, to the feathers; or as
snarp, and, for the purposes of writing, as
ufitlnl, as a skewer.
Why, again, do two left-hand gloves al
ways find their way into the pocket of my
evening-coat, and in the effort to accommo
date myself to circumstances, cause me to
appear as though I had paralysis in the right ?
The alternative to this, disaster is the fate by
which I meet a rural friend of warm
temperament, who grasps me fervently
by the hand, bursting my glove up the
back, whilst the button hits the opposite
wall. I stop not to inquire why all your
'swell' friends meet yon when you don't want
them, and never when you do. This is
simply the contrariety of human nature. But
I should like to know why an individual
be it man or woman with whom for ages
I may not have corresponded, invariably
is seized wun a lit of writing to me at the
same moment as I break silence to him or
her, our two letters crossing each other
witn an exactness no pains could insure ?
lias any one, I would ask, ever yet taken
up what he thought was the poker, that he
did not find it was the shovel ? or was a pair
of bellows or tongs ever yet found in any inn
or lodging-house ' When was that enormous
stock of hair-cloth sofas and chairs con
structed, which abound in every one of the
said inns or lodgings ? and why are the
cushions invariably loose, and their pad
ding composed of shingle ? Who grew
the worsted flowers that flourish there ? and
what fish ever inhabited those brown shells
now devoted to earwigs ? Why is No. UK)
the only room ever vacant at any hotel when
I arrive en garcon, although there is not the
slightest evidence of there being any other
traveller in the house? But why, O why,
do things and people all get astray that you
do want; and why are those always -en evi
dence that you don't, and even they disap
pear when at last their presence would for
once be desirable? And why don't things
happen yes, happen that's it (my belief
is, every tiling happens, and life is passed in a
chronic condition of toss-up) why. I ask.
don't things happen just the reverse way of
what they do ? And then another thing would
happen; and that is, that I shouldn't have
written this article; and you would have lost
a great opportunity of improving your mind
and enlarging your understanding ! Adieu.
LOOKING CLASSES, ETO.
JAMES S. EARLE & GOH8.
No. 810 CHESNUT STREET,
Have reduced the prices of ALL THEIR
Chromos 25 Per Cent.
This Includes
ALL CHHOMOS PUBLISHED,
AMERICAN AND OTHERS. .
FRAMES of every character equally as cheap.
CROOERIES, ETO.
JONDON BROWN STOUT AND
SCOTCn ALE,
In glass and stone, by the cask or dozen.
ALBERT O. ROBERTS,
Dealer In Fine Groceries,
11 T Corner ELEVENTH and VINE StJ.
QLD OAKS
CEMETERY COMPANY
OF PHILADELPHIA.
This Company la prepared to sell lots, .ear of all
encumbrances, on reasonable term. Purchasers caj
ee plans at the office of tae Company,
NO. 618 WALNUT STREET,
Or at the Cemetery, where all Information neede
will be cheerfully given.
By giving notice at the office, carriages will meet
persons desirous of purchasing lots at Tioga Station'
on the Germantown Railroad, and convey them to
the Cemetery and return, free of charge.
ALFRED C. HARMER, President.
MARTIN LANDENBERGER, Treat,
MICHAEL, NISBKT, Sea'y. 10 5wfm6OI
COTTON. M IDDLINQ FAIR AND MIDDLING
Gulfs, Alabama and Upland, samples, cjeaa
stain, etc., for sale by
WILLIAM If. Q REINER,
1 20 xm Wo. io chesnct Bireew
PROPOSALS.
TINTED STATES ENGINEEti OFFICE, BAL-
Fatkttb Street, ksab Charlies,
Third Story Union Hank. Building,
March 1, 1&71.
Tropoea's are Invited for dredging in the channel
below Fort Carroll leading to this city. Proposals,
to be sialti and in duplicate, endorted on outside, and
accompanied by a copy of this advertisement, will
oe received until noon or 1st day of APRIL, 1871,
and will be opened In ten minutes thereafter, In the
presence of such bidders as may wish to be present.
About 75,ooo cnblo yards, more or less, to bo re
moved. Length of liaal of material averages about
two miles, The object Is to attain a depth of 23 feet
at mean low wattr. The tide rises about one foot
and one-half. Proposals will state kind of machinery
to be used; average quantity tn cubic yards to be
rtmoved dally ; price per cubto yard, including ex
cavation, removal, and deposit. Material to bo
measured in dumping scows.
The right to reject any bid Is reserved.
For Or a of Proposals and any desired Information
to be bad on application at this otllce.
WILLIAM P. CRAIGHILL,
32 Major of Engineers U. S. A.
OFFICE OF PURCHASING AND DEPOT COI
MISSAhY, No. 2')8 S. FOURTH Street,
Room No. H.
Sr. Lons, March 2, 1971.
SEALED PROPOSALS, in duplicate, win bo re
ceived at this oflice until la o'clock M., MON I) VY,
April 3. 1SI1, for furnishing the Subsistence Depart
ment U. H. a. :
t fi pounds mess pork.
4n,0no pounds of bacon clear sides.
lSl.ooo pound of double extra flour.
13,000 pounds of hard bread,
ll.ooo pounds of corn meal kiln dried,
jft.ooo pounds of beans white navy.
6,000 pounds of split pea.-.
4,M0 pounds of rice Carolina,
coo pounds of hominy.
1 7,000 pounds of green Kli cOTec.
l.ooo pounds of Kio coffee roasted.
0. 000 pounds of brown sugar.
1. f.oO gallons of wfcisky vinegar.
3,( oo pounds of candles adamantine.
8,ooo pounds of extra family soap.
J7,r.00 ponnns of salr.
r.oo pounds of pepper black.
4,500 pounds of hams sugar-cured.
17,000 pounds of choice family flour.
8,5 0 pounds of dried apples.
too pounds of dried peaches,
l,8oo pounds of raisins.
176 gallons of pickled encumbers.
50 gallons of pickled onions.
875 gallons of sauerkraut.
333 dozen cans or milk.
8,200 ponnds of lard.
7,ooo pounds of butter.
1.000 Dounds of cheese.
Infoimatlon as to kind of package1', condition.
etc. etc., can be obtained on application at this
OlliCP. j. d. rri.?iiv."ir.i,
8l3t Captain, U. S., U. S. A,
TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
SEALED PROPOSALS, Indorsed "Propo
sals ior Bnuciing a ruonc isonooi
house in the Tweutv-seventh Ward." will
be received by the undersigned at tne otllce, south
east corner oi siA. ru una a Uniterm streets, until
irui'Utn.v v, v. n, lcn n t 111 n.unir .r
for bulldiug a Public School-honse on a lot of
ground situate on the corner of Thirty-eighth and
btirnce streets, in tne Twenty-sevenm warn.
Said school-house to be- built in accordance with
the plans of L. II. Esler. Superintendent of Scnool
ulldlngs, to be seen at the otllce of the Bwd of
Public Education,
No bills will bo considered unless accompanied by
a certincate from ice uity solicitor mat tne provi
sions of an ordinance approved May 25, 1SU0, have
Deen compiieo wun,
The contract will be awarded only to known mas
ter builders.
By order of the Committee on Property.
H. W. HALLIWELL
3 11 lfl 18 23 Secretary,
fRANKFORD
ARSENAL, OFFICE A. C. S.
Philadelphia, Pa.,
March 15, 1871.
PEALED PROPOSALS In duplicate will be re
ceived at this ollice until 12 M., April 15, 1871, for
furnishing the fresh beef required by the Subsist
ence Department, U. S. A., at this station daring
the two mouths commencing May 1, 1871. Informa
tion as to conditions, qunlity of beef, payments, eto.,
can oe ouiumea uv upr-iicauuu w
WILLIAM PRINCB,
315Ct First Lieut. Ord., A. C. f.
OITY ORDINANCES.
AN ORDINANCE
J.. To Empower the Mayor to Enter into a
Contract wun parties for the Taking ud. Kill
ing, and Removing of Dogs found Running at
.Large in me city.
Section 1. The Select and Common Councils
of the city of Philadelphia do ordain. That the
Mayor Ehall, if in bis opinion the same shall be
to the advantage and benefit of the citizens, im
mediately after the passage of this ordinance,
enter Into a contract with the Women's Branch
of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, or any other society or parties, for the
taking np, killing, and removing all dogs found
running at large in the city without a good
eafe wire muzzle on, euilicicnt to prevent them,
from biting, and a metallic or leather collar
around their necks at least one and a quarter
inches wide, with the owner's name legibly in
scribed thereon. Buch dogs without muzzle and
collar on being hereby declared nuisances.
Provided, The contract bo entered into shall
not at anytime exceed the amount appropriated
by Councils for tbat purpose.
"Section 2. It e ball be the duty of the Mayor,
in the month of December of each year here
after, providing the appropriation for the
taking up, killing, and removing dogs for the
succeeding year has been made, to enter into
a contract with some society or parties for the
taking up, killing, and removing all dogs
found running at large in the city the succeed
ing year.
Section 3. And should the appropriation not
be made until the year the same is to be used,
he ehall, as soon as the same shall be made for
that year, enter into a contract with the above
named society, or other parties, in accordance
with the provisions of the first section of this
ordinance, for the taking up, killing, and re
moving all dogs found running at large in the
city during the year for which the appropria
tion is made.
Provided, The Mayor shall at all times have
the power to revoke the contract if the con
tractor or contractors do not comply with
their part to the Mayor's satisfaction. And
warrants for the payment of the same shall be
drawn by the Mayor in conformity with exist
ing ordinances, all ordinances to the contrary
hereof notwithstanding.
IIENDY IIUHN.
Fre6ident of Common Council.
Attest
Abraham Stewart,
Assistant Clerk of Common Council.
SAMUEL W. CATTELL,
President of Select Council.
Approved the eleventh day of March,
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
seventy (A. D. 1S70.)
DANIEL M. FOX,
' Mayor of Philadelphia.
JEROHANT8' F U N D .
This Institution was Incorporated by the Legis
lature of PennsylanialnlSM, its benign object being
to furnish relief to indigent Merchants of the City of
Philadelphia, especially such as are aged aad lntlrm.
The claims upon th Fund are so numerous that tha
appropriations for the relief of Its beneficiaries a"e
already In excess or the regular income, and it is
with the hope of enlisting more general sympatiy
and aid In sustaining this excellent charity that t le
managers make this appeal to our citizens. Cuirrl
butions received by either of the underslgued. Life
Membership, M. Annual Membership, S.
MANAGERS.
Thomas Robins.
John Mason,
A'llllara tiu turnings,
Wm. U. Bacon,
Edward L. Clarke.
T.hn W-ilah
William C. Ludwlg,
Arthur G. Collin,
James C, Hand, '
Edmund A. Souder,
Samuel E. Stokes,
Venjaman Orne,
James B. McFurland,
Edward C. Knight,
Thomas C. Hand,
J. V. Williamson,
A. J. Derbyshire,
John D. Taylor,
lilchard ooti,
John 11. Atwoan.
WILLIAM H. BAOOV. Treasurer,
8 23 t-
No. 817 W ALN UT Street.
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Hangers and Coupling, bpoeda calculated,
ShalUHtf and Gearing arranged.
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B 9 mi No. II S. E1UUTKENTU Street.
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STKAMSHIP COMPANY.
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sailing regularly every SATURDAY, are among the
largest In the world, and famous fur the degree of
safety, comfort, and spd attained.
CABIN KATES, CURRENCY,
75 and C5. F irst clnaa Excursion Tlokets, gool for
twelve ninths, liso. Early application must be
made In order to secure a choice of state-rooms.
STEERAGE RATES, CURRENCY,
Outward, fas. Prepaid, a. Tickets to and from
Londonderry and (Jhapgow at the same low rates.
Perons visiting the old country, or Bonding for thutr
friends should remember that these steerage rates
are S3 cheaper than several oth?r Hoes.
Bank drafts issued for any amoum.at lowest rates,
payable on demand In all parr of England, Ireland,
Scotland, Wales, and the Continent or Europe.
Apply to WALLER A CO., Agents,
1 A'o. 804 WA LXUT fit., jtutt above Second.
jfiTfr FDR LIVERPOOL, AND oUKbTnT
&&;iTOWN. The Inraan Line of Royal Mai,
Stoiners are appointed to sail as follows:
Ulty of Brussels, Saturdnv. March 13. at 8 P. M.
Citv or Limerick, via Halifax, Tuesday, March 21
at i p. M.
City of London, Saturday. March 29. at 9 A. M,
City of WflsMszton, Haturaay, April 1, at H P. M.
and each succeea'xg Saturday and alternate Tues
day, from pier No. 45 North river.
RATE-8 OF PASSAGE
By Mall Steamer Sailing eveTy Saturdiy.
Payable in gold. Payable In uuireucy.
First Cabin 75 Steerage 30
To London 60l To London B
To Halirax 8ol To HallTax 18
jrasienpra also rorwarded to Antwerp. Rotter
dam, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, eto., at reduced
rats.
Tickets can be bought here at moderate rates by
persons wishing to send Tor their friends.
For further Information apply at the company's
office.
JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 13 Broadway, N. Y.l
ur loiuiu.-M.-vr.t.i, faulk, Agents,
B No. 408 CHESNUT Street. Philadelphia,
ff3TrF LORLLXiARD STEAMSHIP OOMPAK Y
BAILING TUESDAYS, THCRSDA1S, AND SAT
URDAYS AT NOON.
INSURANCE ONE-EIOHTH OF ONE PER CENT.
No bill or lading or receipt sigued tor less than
fifty cents, and no insurance euected for less than
one dollar premium.
For further particulars and rates apply at Com
pany's office, Pier 83 East river, Now York, or to
JOHN F. OHt
PIER 18 NORTH WHARVES.
17. a. Extra rates on small packages Iron, motaUt
rpHB REGULAR STEAMSHIPS ON TUB PHI-
JL LAUELrLtlA AL CUAKLKSTON STEAM-
BHir link are alc-jN1 authorized to issue throngC
ollls or ladlcg to Interior points South and West lr
connection witn soutn Carolina ttauroed company.
ALFRED L. TYLEK,
Vice-President So. O. RR. Co.
vWTi PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTITER'W
3&m2MA1L STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S RE
GULAR SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO NEW OR
LEANS. La.
The -JUNIATA will sail for New Orleans, via Ha
vana, on , April , at 8 A. M.
The YAZOO will soil from New Orleans, via Ha
vana, on M-ircn .
THROUGH BILLS OF LADTNQ at as low rates
as bv anv other route given to MOBILE. GALVES
TON, 1NDIANOLA, ROCKPORT, LAVACOA, and
BRAZOS, and to all points on the Mississippi river
between New Orleans and St. Louis. Red river
freights reshlpped at New Orleans without charge
Ol COIUIUUSBIUUS.
WEEKLY LINE TO SAVANNAn. GA.
The WYOMING will Ball for Savannah on Satur
day, March 18, at 8 A. M.
The tonawanda will sail from Savannah on
Saturday, At arc n is.
THROUGH BILLS Off LADINO given to all the
principal towns In Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee in con
nection with the Central Railroad of Georgia, At
.antlc and Gulf Railroad, and Florida steamers, at
SEMI-MONTHLY LINE TO WILMINGTON, N. C.
xne riurijicit wui sau ior wumingcon on Satur
day, March vtft, at 6 A. M. Returning, will leave
Wilmington Sunday, April 8.
Connects with the Oape Fear River Steamboat
Company, the Wllmlogtou and Weldon and North
Carolina Railroads, and the Wilmington and Man
chester Railroad to U interior points.
Freights for Columbia, 8. C, and Augusta, Ga.,
taken via Wilmington at as low rates as by any
other route.
Insurance effected when requested by shippers.
Bills of lading signed at Queen street wharf oa or
before day of sailing.
WLLLlAif L. JAMES, General Agent,
818 No. 130 S. THIRD Street.
17OR SAVANNAH. G HOfiOI A
THE FIX)RIDA PORTS,
AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.
GREAT SOUTHERN FREIGHT AND PASSEN
GER LINE.
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF GEORGIA AND AT
LANTIO ANl GULF RAILROAD.
FOUR STEAMERS A WEEK,
TUESDAYS,
THURSDAYS,
AND SATURDAYS.
TnE STEAMSHIPS
8AN SALVADOR, Captain Nickerson, from Pier
No. 8 North River.
WM. R. GARRISON, Ag-ent,
No. 5 Bowling Green.
MONTGOMERY, Captain Faircloth, from Pier No.
13 North River.
R. LOWDEN, Agent,
No. 83 WeBt street.
LEO, Captain Dearborn, from Pier No, 18 East
River.
MURRAY, FERRIS k CO., Agents,
Nob. Cl and 62 South street
GENERAL BARNES, Captain Mallory. from Pier
No. a North River.
L1YINOSTON, FOX & CO., Agents,
No. 89 Liberty street.
Insurance by this line ONB-HALF PER CENT.
Superior accommodations for passengers.
Through rates and bills of lading fa connection
With the Atlantic and Gulf Freight line. 1 et
Through rates and bills of lading In connection
with Central Railroad of Georgia, to all points.
C.D.OWENS, I GEORGE YONGE,
Agent A . A O. R. R., Agent O. R. R.,
No. 828 Broadway. No. 408 Broadway.
mf w x nan tuna, VIA i J r. I , y A1VS
.fii'f and Rati tan CanalT
.m. SWIFT SURB TRANSPORTATION
Xnj' Wt XT IT VUTT Til TxnT . ... . . .
COMPANY.
DESPATCH AND SWIFTSURB LINES,
Leaving dally at 18 M. and 6 P. AL
The Steam propellers of this company will com
Bience loading on the 8th ot March.
Tbrongh in twentyjfour hours.
Goods rorwarded to any point free of commission
Freights taken on accommodating terms.
Apply to
WILLIAM M. BAIRD k CO., Agents,
) No. 138 South DELAWARE Avenue.
17OR ST. THOMAS AND BRAZIL,
UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL STEAM
SHIP COMPANY.
REGULAR MALL STEAMERS tailing on the
23d of every month.
MERRIMACK, Captain Wier.
SOUTH AMERICA, Captain E. L. Tlnklepaagh.
NORTH AMERICA, Captain G. B. Slocurn.
These splendid steamers sail on schedule time.and
call at St. Thomas, Para, Pvruaiubuco, Bahla, and
Rio de Janeiro, going and returniug. For engage
rnenta of freight or passage, apply to
WM. R. GARRISON, Agent,
18 lot No . 5 Bowling-green, New York.
w
HITS
STAR
LINE
OCEANIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'8
LINE OF NEW STEAMERS BETWEEN NEW
YORK AND LIVERPOOL, CALLING AT CORK,
IRELAND.
The company's fleet comprises the following mag
nificent full-powered ocean steamships, the uix
largest In the world :
OCEAN 1C, captain M urray. A RC'TIC.
ATLANTIC, Captain Thompson. BALTIC.
PACIFIC, Captain Perry. ADRIATIC.
These new vessels have been designed specially
for the transatlantic trade, and combine speed,
safety, and comfoit.
Passenger accommodations unrivalled.
Pai ties sending fur their ineuus in. the old coun
try can now obtain prepaid tickets.
fctferaee, t-i2, enrreucy.
Other rates as low as any flrst-class line.
For rurtuer particulars apply to 1.SM AY, IMKIB
., No. 10 WATER fctreet, Liverpool, and No. 1
EAST INDIA Avenue, LEADEMiALL Street,
Inuuon: or at the coinpuny'H oUIcok, Na 18
BROADWAY, New York. .
16t J. , SPARKS, Agent.
SHIPPING.
itfK CLYDE'S 8TBAM LINE 8.-4
PlliLADRLPlUA. RICHMOND AND NORFOLK
STEAMSHIP LINE, THROUGH FREIGHT AJR-
LINiC TO HIK fcUUTH AND V KM,
Steamers leave every W EDNB8DA Y and FATTJR
DAY "at noon," from FIRST WHARF above MAR
htr ptreet.
No buls of lading signed after 13 o'clock on aalllnri
aav.
THROUGH RATES to all points In Noun an
Sontb Carolina, via Seaboard Alr-llne Railroad, eon
netting at Portsmouth, and at Lynchburg, Va Ten
nessee, and the West via Virginia and Tennessee
Alr-llne. and Richmond and Danville Railroads.
Freights HANDLED BUT ONCE and taken
LOWER RATES than by any other line.
No charge for commissions, dray iae. or any ex
peDse of transfer. Steamships Insure at lowes
rules.
FREIGHTS RECEIVID DAILY.
State-room accommodations for oaosenirers.
WM. P. FOHTF.K, Agent, Richmond and ClH
z'Oinr. t. r. uitunnui w,, Agents, morion.
.fipp rniLADELPHIA AND CHARLESTON
SlaiSw.--PlllLAUELPHlA and CHARLESTON
STEAM Ml IP LINE.
THURSDAY LINE FOR CHARLESTON".
and all Interior points of South Carolina, Georgia!
r KTIUU, riv. I
The Dret-clsss Steamship VIRGINIA, Captalr
Hunter, will sail on Thursday, March i23, at 1
O clock, noon, from Pier 8, Norm Wharves, above
Arch street.
Through bills or lading to all principal point! ii
couid Carolina, ueorgm, riuriuo, etc., eic.
Rates or frelKht as low as by any other route. '
For fretpht or pa'pas-e spply on the Pier, as above
WM. A. COURTNEY, Agent in Charleston. J
FOR NEW YORK DAILY VTAf
h DELAWARE AND KARITAN OANAfJ
tta KX PRESS 8TE AM If OAT COMPANY?!
The CHEAPEST and QUICKEST water commnJ
Dicauou Devwecu rnuaueipma ana New York.
Steamers leave DAILY from first wharf below
MARKET Strctt, Philadelphia, audloot of WALL
THROUGH IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Goods forwurded by all the lines running out o
New York North, East, and West, free of commission
Freight received drily and forwarded on acconirno
dating terms.
JAMHS HAND, Agent,
No. 118 WALL Street, New Yorfc.'
mf NEW EXPRESS LIME TO ALEY
VHr?f ANURIA, GEORGE TOWN and Wash
tmiLcM ineton, D. C, Chesapeake and Delawarr
Canal, connecting with Orange and Alexandria
Railroad. 7
Steamers leave regularly every SATURDAY ati
noon, from I'irsi wnarr above MAltKET Street.
Freights received dally.
HYDE & TYLER, Agents, Georgetown, D. C.
M. ELD1UDGE CO., Agents, Alexandria, Va.
DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE!
TOW-BOAT COMPANY.
J Barges towed between Philadelphia
oaiuwure, navre-ue-virace, Leiaware city, an
Intermediate points.
CAPTAIN JOHN LAUGHLIN, Superintendent
or icu., jno. soutn whakvki.
PHILADELPHIA.
WILLIAM P. CLYDE & CO.,
AGENTS
For all the above lines.
No. 18 SOUTH WHARVES, Philadelphia.
where further Information may be obtained, a 29
'run, Aiiviivxv hi n a o i tt a m ri it
X Sail every Saturday and alternate Wedneadaj
to and from Glasgow and Deny. J
Passengers booked and forwarded to and from allf
FnUvaT btaf.lrtrta In flt-aot Tli-tfnfn l.nlnn.1 rinmA
many, Norway, Sweden, or Denmark and America
as saieiy, speeu-uy, comfortably, and cheaply as by
BUJr umer ruuiti ur nun.
"JSXPKE89" BTEAJH.B3.
"EXTT.A" STXAXBBa,
IOWA,
TYRIAN,
BRITANNIA,
IOWA,
TYRIAN,
ANGLIA,
AUSTRALIA,
BRITANNIA,
INDIA,
COLUMBIA,
UK1TANNIA.
From Pier so Nerth river, New York, at noon.
Rates or Passage, Payable In Currency,
to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Derry :
First cabins, $69 and $78, according to location. ' '
Cabin excursion tickets (good for twelve months),
securing best accommodations, $130. ,
Intermediate, $33; steerage, $28.
Certificates, at reduced rates, can be bought hero
by those wishing to send for their friends.
Drafts Issued, payable on presentation.
Apply at the company's offices to
HENDERSON BROTHERS,
12 27t No. T BOWLING GREEN.
OORDAQE, ETO.
CORDAGE.
STanilla, Sisal and Tarred Gordagt
At Lowest New York Price and Frefhti
IDWIM H. FITXICR CO
factory. TENTH St. and OXRMANTOW9 Avsnu)
tors. Ho. S3 H, WATER St. and 81 S. DELAWAS
Amu,
l12m PEILADBLPHLi
JOHN S. LER 4. CO., ROPE AND TWIK
MANl FACTUREKS.
DEALERS IN NAVAL STORES.
ANCHORS AND CHAINS,
SHIP CHANDLERY GOODS, ETC..
Nos. 46 and 48 NORTH WHARVES.
LUMUbH
1871
SPRUCB JOIST.
8PRUOS JOIST.
HEMLOCK
HEMLOCK.
1871
1871
jjBASONED CLEAR PINE. 1071
tjr- aovii sax VliOiAn X I IN tV M
ClUrtfrc PATTWRM NIMH!
SPANISH CEDAR. FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
1871
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLORIDA FLOORING. .
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VIRGINIA FLOORING;
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOARDS.
KAIL PLANK,
1871
1Q71 WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. 1 Qnt
lO I 1 WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK. iOfl
WALNUT BOARDS.
WALNUT PLANK.
1871
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER, nm
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER. lOfl
WALNUT AND PINS.
BEASONED POPLAR. f oT1
SEASONED CHERRY. lO 1 1
1871
ASH.
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS.
HICKORY. .
1 QT 1 CIGAR BOX MAKFF.V iOrf ,
10 I 1 CIGAR BOX MAKERS' lOll
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS.
FOR BALE LOW. ' " ' '.
1 0171 CAROLINA SCANTLING. -t nm
10 i 1 CAROLINA H. T. BILLS. lO 1 1 '
NORWAY SCANTLING. - '
1871
CEDAR SHINGLES. lOTI
CYPRESS SHINGLES. IOfl;
lit No. 8000 SOUTH Street -
PANEL PLANK. ALL THICKNESSEa-J
COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESS!!
1 COMMON BOARDS.
1 ard 8 EIDE FENCE B0ARD8.
- WHITE PIN E FLOORING BO ARBS,
YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORLNG3, lit 134
(U SPRUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES.
HEMIiOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES.
PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY,
Together with a general assortment of Building
Lumber for sale low for cash. T. W. SMALTZ,
11 80 6m No. ma ridge A venue, north of Poplar St
PATENT.
TJNITED STATES PATENT OFFJC&
Wasbikoton, D. O.j Jan. 1, ISiV
On the petition of lMNIBL S. N1PPKS, of Upper
Merlon Townsuip, Pennsylvania, administrator of
Albert S. Nippes, deceased, praying for the exten
sion of a patent granted to the sold Albert S. Nlppes,
on the 8101- any ot April, 1867, for an improvement la 1
Grinding fcfaws:
Ills ordered that the testimony In the case be
closed on the iist duy of March next, that the '
time for Cling arguments and the Examiner's report
bo limited to the Slat day of March next, and that
aid petition be heard on the 6th day or April nexrt.
Any person may oppose this extension.
SAMUEL A. DUNCAN,
8 10 80t Acting Commissioner or Patent'
'TOHAl?NUM A CO., COMMISSION MERJ
1 1 ehD nd Wnnfotorr-of Gooeatom TUklnAeta
S. SU jii L Ji lifnt, ffeWiwUa. tout