Russell’s Self-Defence as a Neutral. Aug. 16. —There are tiro kinds of news which military men can learn from newspapers—that whioh is gleaned by analysis of the contents, the Value of which depends on the materials and the skill of the operator; and direct intelligence, the worth of which is in proportion to its correctness, To toll a general that a work is well built is like acquainting him that Troy was strong. To tell him that such a regiment is in such a place, tririal as it seems, may be of immense use to him if he knows how the divisions and brigades of his enemy are composed. A fort differs from an earthwork as much as an iron-piated frigate from the Trojan horse. But in its way the horse may be made the ruin of Troy. If I wore to state that a fort contained so many guns, and that they bore on such and such points, I might lead my military friend into a fatal error if I did not inform him that there was a ditch with twelve feet water in it outside. If the position of the magazines were indicated to an investing force, it wosld be worth much more than the knowledge of the calibres of the guns, which are soon ascer tained by tangible proofs. There are hundreds of points of this kind on which ignorance requires to be informed as to worth and uselessness. It is necessary to say so, because an outcry has come from the South, I hear, against me, for communicating to the enemy—viz., the North— intelligence which I was enabled to acquire in my capacity as a neutral. Now, let me say, that though I was a neutral, I was the special correspondent of a newspaperpublished a long way off, and that I distinctly stated to every officer whose command I visited, on both sides, that I was going to publish so much of what I saw as ap peared to me likely to interest the readers of the journal I represented. I went so far as to say to more than one, “ Mind! what I write will come back in a month, or sis weeks.” I saw every thing. but I was far from publishing everything. I did more than could have been expected from me, for I did not enter upon details, which would have been far more injurious to the Southerners than the general statements I made in reference to the condition and position of their men and batteries. When I set out to visit the South from Washington hostilities had not commenced, but I felt they were coming, and it appeared to me desirable to visit the South before the hot weather physically set in, and above all, before the hotter weather politically which X apprehended came upon me. It was obvious that, with the coasts blockaded and mails cut Off, it would have been of little use for your correspond ent to have been in the South, unless he had adopted the ingenious expedient of the representa tive of one of your contemporaries, and published his letters in a local paper before he sent them to Lon don. I mode my tour in the South as n neutral, but those who met me will do me the justice to admit that I never concealed my opinion, or simulated those which I did not feel, as my letters afterwardscould have shown. I may claim for myself the credit of having spoken boldly and openly to all men—more than once or twice to the disturbance of the agree able social relations which I held with men who were socially all I could wish, and whose kindness and courtesy—nay, more, whose actual friendship. I shall always remember. And all that time I was undergoing the savage censure of the Northern papers, because I went to the South at all, and saw with my own eyes what they conld notyee, and did not take all their myths as gospel! Very soon after I arrived at Washington 1 was invited to the house of a Cabinet Minister, when I met a very energetic officer of the naval department, who asked me point blank, “In what state are their works at Memphis and Randolph?” I replied, “I enn not answer you, sir. I visited the works as a neutral, usd, as a correspondent of a neutral newspaper in a foreign country, I hove communi cated all I think proper to state on the subject.” Now, at that very moment my letter was on its way to the Times, but, though I made use of considerable detail in describing General Pillow's works, I abstained from much which was learnt in confidence, just as I refrained in the very same letter from stating many matters relating to Cairo, for instance : General Pillow told me in confidence lie had ordered a chain cable from New Orleans to stretch aoross the Mississippi, so as to bring up any steamers under his batteries, and possibly to sink them; but, as I did not see the cable, I did not think it right to mention the circum stance, any more than I did Mr. Benjamin's views as to the law of blockade, Mr. Jefferson Davis’ private remarks, or the little matters which are made known to the man. and not to the news paper correspondent. Now, it must be remembered that all I wrote to England from the Bouth was new; it was intelligence no Northern papers could five; it was notorious that I intended to send it to Ingland. At that time direct intelligence flooded the land with light from the North, and any man could learn how many Tegiments had arrived at Washington, how many guns had been put in posi tion or in the field, as clearly as he knew what Mrs. Lincoln said when she was buying a set of china in New York, or of what pattern the said set was. for all the American world I preserved unbroken silence as to what I saw in the South; till my let ters came back no one knew what Z had seen. If any man living can prove that, before I left New York, I had expressed anything but wonder at the apathy and calm which existed there when my visit took place, or that before I visited the South, or when I was there, I ever said a word in approbation ot slavery, or expresssed an opinion on either side in opposition to that which appears ra ther as a record of impressions than as an opinion, from day to day, as I passed through the country, then I submit to the necessary loss of the confi dence yon have placed in me, and which you have obtained for me In this country. This is no light matter. The character of a newspaper corre spondent may not be of so much worth in America to himself or to the journal he represents that so much type should be used in its vindication, but I am sure you will feel it is due to the paper I repre sent. and to him who hererepresents it, to say so much in reply to scandalous accusations and to imputa tions disgraceful only to those who use them, which have been freely used against me. If, as I had occasion to say once before, General Beaure gard, General Lawton, Colonel Hardee, General Herbert, General Bragg, Mr. Walker (the Secretary of War for the Confederate States), General Pillow, on the one side, or General Prentiss, General McDowell, General Scott, or Mr. Secretary Came ron, on. the other, can accuse me of breach of faith, it will be time for me to show I have never be trayed any confidence or forfeited the claims to trustworthiness which the correspondents of the Times have gained in the Crimea, India, and Italv. I had no theories to maintain—no prejudices to jus tify. I neither believed that the United States re presented the perfection of government or that it was the coup manque of mankind in self-government. I did not think thatslavery was the unforgivable sin, or that it was the reproduction of the system under which the fathers of the primeval world adminis tered their patriarchal rules. As things seemed to me, so I sought to describe them. The husk might be too thick for me to penetrate, but at least I could say what, as it appeared to me, were its color, shape, substance, and nature. Because New York buret into u frenzy when Sumpter was attacked, my letter describing Its apathy was denounced with acrimony on ex post facto grounds; because I| expressed my belief that the Union, as it had been, was gone forever, I was called a shallow observer by writers who are now declaring that un less the will of the people of eleven States is put to the sword the Union is lost; because I depicted, or tried to depict, slavery as I found it to my senses— a cruel, cold, deadly ingratitude to God, and the plantation system as an organized outrage on hu man nature, I have been styled a spy, a traitor (and the Lord knows what besides, because the Southern journals do not circulate here,) and it is asserted I concealed or changed my opinions. “ Contempsi Catalina glados, non pertimescam tuos ?" I shall say no more, nor shall anything tempt me again to make any rejoinder to the at tacks which may, and no doubt will be made upon me, and of the willful malice and persistent falsity of which I have already satisfied my own mind not unreluctantly. PENNSYLVANIA ITEMS. VV. IV. Davis, Esq., editor of the Juniata Sen tinel, has been nominated for Assembly by the People's Party Convention of that connty. At a Union Democratic meeting recently held in Curwensviile, Clearfield county, the following among other resolutions was passed: Resolved, That we believe this Government to be of more value to us and ouv children than any mere party organization; that its principles and their preservation are superior to party creeds or party discipline; and, therefore, no man has a right to pause in his difference with an Administration before he agrees to yield his adhesion to its policy of suppressing a rebellion. Painful Accident.—A few days since the wife of Mr. John 8011, of Greensburg, was thrown from a buggy, and had seven ribs broken, besides re ceiving other injuries. Extensive Bossehv'.—On Monday night the store of James S. Stnrgis, Coultersville, Westmore land county, was entered while the owner was asleep, by two men, who seized him and forcibly robbed him of ?500 in money. Accident at an Obe Bank.— On Monday last a sad accident occurred at the ore bank of Martin Best, near Eberly’s mill, in Lower Allen township, Cumberland county. A mass of about twenty tons of ore fell, burying beneath it a son of Mr.'Best, aged about fourteen years, and killing him in stanUy. A man named Jeremiah Coler was also injured, but not seriously. J®DGE Jordan h&d no opposition at our primary election as candidate for President Judge, lie has the nomination in Montour county, also, which makes him the nominee of the district.— North * wmbtrlaiul Democrat. The Democrats of Venango county have pre sented James Iv. Kerr, Esq., for President Judge of the district, made vacantbythe resignation of lion. J. S. MeCalmont, who has been commissioned a colonel in the army, Col. Wm. H. Blair has been nominated for the State Senate, in the district composed of the coun ties of Centre. Clinton, Lycoming, and Union. Condition and Claims of Indians in the United States.— The committee appointed at a public meeting recently held in Harrisburg, in pursuance of a call by Governor Curtin, and other distinguished citizens, to consider the claims of the American Indian, haye reported the following preamble and resolution: Whereas. It appears that certain designing and evil-di3posed persons have been falsely representing to the Indians on our Western frontiers that the Administration of the General Government at Washington, and the people of the free States, are hostile to the welfare of the Indian race, and are not disposed to preserve inviolate the treaties which have been entered into between the Government of this country and the various Indian tribes, hut intend to withhold from them their respective an nuities and other dues, and ultimately deprive them of the lands secured to them by treaty—all of which is fraudulently and falsely done for the pur pose of inducing them to take up arms against the United States, and join with those who arc now in rebellion against the Government, whereby the frontier settlements may be drenched with the best blood of the people: therefore, Resolved, That the President of the United States he most respectfully requested to issue his proclamation, at an early day, assuring the Turious tribea of the strong sympathy of the Northern people in their welfare, and that-there shall be a just settlement of all their grievances and full and ample protection of their rights; also, that com petent and trustworthy agents be appointed to adjust all difficulties with the various tribes, and in consultation with them devise some acceptable plan for their future welfare, and that the attention of Congress be specially called to the subject at an early period in its next session. CrJLAitOKH in tub Rebez. Armv.— Reliable information has been received of a change in the command of the rebel forces. General A. $. Johnston has been appointed to the chief com mand of the rebels in tne Mississippi valley, to act against General Fremont. The command of the troops before Washington, therefore, devolves upon General Jos. Johnson. General Beauregard taxes command of the main column of this force, and all movements are to be made after a consultation be tween these two generals, both actually, if nol nominally, acting in concert. PROPOSALS. eoposTiTb^Wlm^Wb VESSELS— TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, September i>,1861. The Department will receive proposals, accompanied by model* plnn* and Hpeciflcfltiuns, until 12 o clock MONDAY. oOtli September, 1861, fur the complete con* struction ami equipment of T\\ 0 STEAM SCREW REVENUE VESSELS, of 7f>o tons each, and of THREE STEAM SCREW REVENUE VESSELS, of 600 totiß each, United State* measurement Proposals will only be* considered from successful steamship builders actually engaged in that business, and the name of the marine steam-engine establishment at which the steam machinery is to be made must be stated ami willhavedue weight. The load draft of water of the vessels of 750 tons must not exceed ten (10) feet, and they will he m ined with one rifled pivot gun of 8,000 lbs. weight, two 82-poimiler gunß of 4*2 cwt.j. and one heavy navy 24-pounder howitzer on the top gallant forecastle. The comple ment for each vessel to he 120 persons, carrying provi sions for sixty days, and 2,800 gallons of water in tanks; to be furnished with a condenser for distilling potable water. The vessels to be schooner rigged, with flying gaff top sails, square sail, and yard to set flying. The load draft of water of the vessels of 600 tons must not exceed 8# feet, wul they will be* armed, each, with one rifled pivot-gun of 0,500 lbs. weight, two 32-poundors of 42 cu t., and one light navy 24-pouudcr howitzer on the top«guilant forecastle. The complement for cacli vessel will be ninety-five per sons, carrying provisions for sixty days, and 2,000 gal lons of water in tanks, and to be furnished with a con denser for distilling potable water. The vessels to he schooner rigged, with flying gaff top sails, square sail, anil yard to set flying. # . The propositi must be for the hull, spars, rigging, sails, mid cam its work, must emits, awning'-? hammocks, and bags, boats, anchors, and cables, tanks, casks, binna cles, bells, furniture for cabins and mess rooms, cooking apparatus and utensils complete, steam machinery, spare work, coal hunkers filled with Buck Mountain coal, with all the equipments and outfits of every kind, and in all respects ready to receive her officers, men, provisions, and armament, and at once proceed to sea The armaments, provisions, nautical instruments, and charts only will ho provided by the Government. It is tlcni ruble to have the highest attainable speed, which must be stated in the offer, together with the length of time it can be maintained and the quantity of coal that can be carried in the bunkers for that speed, which should not be less than for ten days of twenty-four hours each. The specifications' must describe fully the material to he need: the manner and size id* fastening; the detail of the size, finish, Mid arrangement of tin- machinery, and of the various equipments and outfit* included in the pro posal. + The plans must lie working drawings from which the vessel and machinery can be built, showing the allot ment of space for accommodations, steam rooms, maga zines, shell rooms, disposition of coal, and convenient stowage must bo provided. It is to be understood that in the contract a guarantee will be inserted of the fulfilment of the condition of draft of water, sprfil, fill*!, natisfactory working of the mu chinery, and otLtr points required, with a forfeiture in case of failure. ' The bidders must state the least time from the signing the contract or acceptance of the proposal within which they will agree to complete the vessels ready for sea, ami deliver them at any ports they may name. The total amount for which they will engage to do all that is re quired in the foregoing advertisement, and to be em braced in their specifications and plans, must be stated, and the bids must be accompanied by the guarantee re quired by law that, if awarded, they will execute the contract. Payments will bo made at. four different intervals as the work progresses, retaining one-fifth (1-5) of the whole amount for ninety (HO) days after the delivery ot the vessel, to repair any defects that may be discovered within that time on trial at sea. The Department reserves the right to accept the pro posals made in conformity with the conditions prescribed which it may consider most to the interests of the Go vernment, and to combine the greatest number of advan tages, and to reject any or all of them nt its option. A competent person will be appointed by the Depart ment to superintend the construction and equipment of each of the vessels. The specifications, plans, and models of parties not ob taining contracts may be withdrawn by them. S. P. CHASE, Secretary of the Treasury. selO-tnthsnlOt Navy Department, • Jlureau of Yards and Docks, Sep. 4. 1861. SEALED PROPOSALS FOR EACH class separately, endorsed ** Proposals for Class No (name the class), for the navy yard at (name the yard V* will be received at this office until noon on the 2d day of October next, for furnishing and delivering at the several navy yards named the materials and articles embraced in printed schedules, which will be furnished on appli cation, and sent by mail, if so requested, to persons de siring to offer to contract for any or all of the classes named therein, by the commandants of the several navy yards, for the classes for the yards under their command, or by the navy agent nearest thereto, or by the bureau for any or nil the yards. To prevent confusion and mistakes in sealing the of fers, no bid will be received which contains classes for more than one yard in one envelope ; and each indi vidual of a firm must sign the bid and contract. Bidders are hereby cautioned and particularly notified that their offers must he in the form hereinafter pre scribed, and be mailed in time to reach their destination before the time expires for receiving them; no bid will be considered which shall be received after the period stated, and no allowance will be made for failures of the mail. To guard against offers being opened before the time appointed, bidders arc requested to endorse on the en velope above the address, and draw a lino under the en dorsement, thus: a Projiosals for Class No. (name the class ) for the Nary Yard at (jiame the yard.)” To the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, 'Washington, D. C. Form of Offer. (Here date the offer.) I, (here insert the name or names composing the firm,) of (name the town,) iutho State of, (name the State,) hereby offer to furnish, under your advertisement dated (date of advertisement,) and subject to all the require ments of the same, and of the printed schedule to which it refers, all the articles embraced in Class No. (name the class) for the navy yard at (name the yard,) according to said schedule, viz: (here paste on the printed class from the schedule, and opposite each article set the price and carry out the amount in the columns for dollars and cents, and foot up the aggregate amount of tho bid for the class,) amounting to (here write the amount in words.) I propose ns my agent (hero name tho agent, if one is required by the schedule) for the supply under the classes miscellaneous, by a non-resident of the place of delivery; and should my offer be accepted, I request tho contract may be prepared and sent to tho navy agent at (name the agency) for signatures and certificate. (Here the bidder and each member of the firm to Btgn.) Form of Guarantee The undersigned (name of guarantor) of (name the town,) and State of (name the State,) and (name of second guarantor, &c.,) hereby undertake that the above named (name the bidder or bidders) will, if his [or their] otfer as above.be accepted, enter into contract with the United States within fifteen days after the date of notice through the tost office of tlie acceptance of his [or tlicir] offer be fore mentioned. Witness: (Signotureofgnttrantors.) I certify that the above named (here name the guaran tors) are known to me to be good and responsible guaran tors in this case. • (Signature.) To be signed by the district judge* district attorney, collector, navy agent, or some purson known to the bu reau to be responsible. N. H. Class Xo. 6. White pine, spruce, juniper, and cypress; class Kb. 9. Gravel and sand; class No. 11, Iron, iron nails, and spikes: class No. 12. Steel; class No. 14. Files; class No. 16. Ship chandlery; class No. 17.-Hardware; class No. IS. Stationery; class No. 23. Belting, packing, and hose; class No. 26. Augers. BOSTON. Class No. 1. Bricks; class No. 2. Stone ; class No. 3. Yellow pine timber; class No. 5. Oak and hart! wood timber and lumber; class No. 6. White pine, spruce, juniper, and cypress ; class No. 7. Lime, hair, and plas ter; class No. 8. Cement; class No. 9. Gravel and sand; class No. 11. Iron, iron spikes, and nails; class No. 12. Steel; class No. 13. Pig-iron ; class No. 15. Paints, oils, and glass ; class No. 17. Hardware. NEW YOKK. Class No. 1. Bricks; class No. 3. Yellow pine timber; class No. 4. Yellow pine lumber; class No. 5. Oak ana hard wood; class No. 6. Whjte pine, spruce, cypress, and juniper; class No. 7. Lime, hair, and plaster ; class No. 8. Cement; class No. 9. Gravel and sand ; class No, 10. Slate: class No. 11. Iron, iron spikes, and nails* class No. 13. Pig-iron; class No. 15. Paints, oils, and glass; class No. 16. Ship chandlery ; class No. 17. Hardware; class No. 23. Belting, packing, and hose; class No. 25. Iron work, &c. PHILADELPHIA Class No. 3. Yellow pine timber ; class No. 5. Oak and Laid wood ; class No. C. White pine, spruce, juniper, nnd cypres s : class No. 11. Iron, iron spikes, and flails: class No. 14. Files : clogs No. 17. Hardware* class No. 23. Belting, packing, and hose; class No. 2d. Augers. WASHINGTON. Class No. 1. Bricks; class No. 5. Oak and hard wood; class No. 6. White pine, spruce, juniper, and cypress; class No. 11. Iron, iron spikes, aid nails; class No. 12. Steel; class No. 14. Files; dais No. 15. Paints, oils, and glats; class No. 16. Sliip chandlery; class No. 17. Hard ware ;_clasß No. 24. Sperm and lubricating oils; class No. 2«. Anthracite coal; class No. 29. Bituminous Cumberland coal. The schedule will state the times within which articles will be required to be delivered; and where the printed schedule is not used, the periods stated iu it for delive ries must be copied in the bids. All the articles which may be contracted for.must be delivered at such place or places, including drayage and cartage to the place where used withiu the navy yards, respectively, for which the offer is made, as may be directed by the commanding officer thereof; and, ail other things being equal, prefe rence will be given to American manufacture. No arti cle will be received after the expiration of the period specified in the schedules for the completion of deliveries, unless specially authorized by the Department. In com puting the classes, the price stated in the column of prices will be'the standard, and the aggregate of the class will be carried out according to the prices stated. It is to be provided in the contract, and to be distinctly understood by the bidders, that the amount and number of articles enumerated in classes headed “ Miscellaneous ” are specified as th eprobable quantity which may bo re quired, as well ns to fix data for determining the lowest bid; but the contractor is to furnish more or less of the said enumerated articles, and in such quantities, and at such times, as the bureau or commandant may require ; such incrensp, however, not to exceed one half of the quantities stated (and requisitions sent through the post office 'shall be deemed sufficient notice) during the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1362; and whether the quantities required bo more or less than those specified, the prices shall remain the same. All the articles under the contract must be of the best quality, delivered in good order, free of all and every charge or expense to the Government, and subject to the inspection, count, weight, cr measurement of the said navy yard, and be in all respects satisfactory to the com mandant thereof. Didders are referred to the yard for plans, specifications, or samples, and any further descrip tion of tho articles. 'When bidders shall bo in doubt as to the precise articles named in the schedule, they will apply to the commanding officer of the navy yard, and not to employees, fov description of the article or articles in doubt, which information the said officer will givo in writing. Contractors for clas&ea headed “ Miscellaneous,” w ho do not reside near the place where tho articles are to be delivered, will be required lo name, in their propo sals, on agent at the city or principal place near the yard of delivery, who may be called upon to deliver ar tirlep, without tfeiiiy, when they shall bo required. Approved sureties, in the full amount of the contract, will be required, and twenty per centum as additional security deducted from each payment until the contract shall have been completed or cancelled, unless otherwise authorized by the Department. On classes of articles headed “Miscellaneous,” to be delivered as required during the fiscal 3 ear, the twenty per centum retained may, at the discretion of the commandant, bo paid quar terly on the first of January, April, Jitlv, and October, when the deliveries have hem s .tisfar-torv, and the balance (eighty jit cmit.i u ill be paid by the respective navy agvuto within thirty Uaya iUicrilio pratijutatiou of bills, in triplicate, duly vouched and approved. No part of the per centum reserved is to lie paid until ail the rejected articles offered under the contract shall have been removed from the yard, unless specially au thorized I»3' the Department. It will be stipulated in the contract that if default shall be made by the parties of the first part in deliver ing till or any of the articles mentioned in any class bid for, of the quality and at the times awl places above pro vided, then, and in that case, the said parties will forfeit oud pay to the United States a sum of money not to exceed twice tho amount of such class; which may hi* recovered, from time to time, according to the art of Congress m that case provided, approved March 3,1843. The sureties must sign the contract, and tlieir respon sibility be certified to by a navy agent, collector, district attorney, or some other person satisfactorily-known to the bureau. It is to be provided in the contract that the bureau fdiall liave the power of annulling the contract, without loss or damage to the Government, in case Congress shall. not have made sufficient, appropriations for the articles namid, or for the completion of works estimated for, and on which this advertisement is based, and shall also have tho power to increase or diminish the quantities named in the classes not headed “Miscellaneous 1 * in the schedule, twenty-five per centum. rcrsouH whose offers shall be accepted wilt be notified by letter through the post office, which notice shall be considered sufficient; and if they do not enter into con tract for the supplies specified within fifteen days from the date of notice from the bureau of tho acceptance of their bid, a contract will be made with some other person or persons, and the guarantors of such defaulting bidders will be held responsible for all delinquencies. All offers not made in strict conformity with this ad vertisement w ill, at tho option of the burettu, be rejected. Those only whose offers may bo accepted will be noti fied, and cojitnivta will be ready for execution as eoon thereafter as may be practicable, *es-|w THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1861. PROPOSALS. Proposals for army baggage WAGONS. QuABTRftMASTKrt GENERAL'S OPPIOB, } WASaiworoK, June 21, 1861. ) Proponalfl are invited for the furnishing of Army Bag gage Wagons. Proposals should state the prices at which they can bo furnished at the place of manufacture, or at Now York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, or Cincinnati, as preferred by the bidders. Tho number which can be made by any bidder within one month after receipt of the order, also the number which he can deliver within ono week. The Wagoua must exactly conform to tho following specifications, and to tlio established, patterns. Six-mule (covered) wagons, of the size and description *B follows, to wit: . The front wheels to be three feet ten inches high, hubs ten inches in diameter, and fourteen and a quarter inches long; hind wheels four feet ton inches high, hubs ten and a quarter inches in diameter, and fourteen and a quar ter inches long: follies two and a half inches wide and two and three-quarter inches deep; cast iron pipe boxes twelve inches long, two and a half inches at the large end and one and Boven-eightha inch at small end; tire two and a half inches wide by five-eighths of an inch thick, fastened with one screw bolt and nut in each (elite; hubs made of gum, the spokes and fellia of the best white oak, free from defects : each wheel to have a sand band and linchpin baud two ana three-quarter inched wide, of No. 8 hand iron, and two driving bands—outside band one and a quarter inch by one-quarter inch tliick, insideband one inch by three-sixteentlis in thickness; tho hind wheels to be made And boxed so that they w ill measure from the In side of the tire to the largo end of the box six and a half inches, and front wheels six and one-eighth inches in a ‘parallel line, and each axle to be three feet eleven and tliree-eigbth inches from the outside of one shoulder washer to the outside of the other, so ns to hare the wagons all to track five feet from centre to centre of the wheels. Axletrees to be made of the best quality refined American iron, two and a half inches square at the shoulder, tapering down to one and a half inch in the middle, with a seven-eighths inch king-bolt hole in each axletree; waßhors and linchpins for each axletree; size of linchpins one inch wide, three-eighths of an inch tliick, with a hole in each end; a wooden stock four and three quarter inches wide ana four inches deep fastened sub* stantiaily to the axletree with clips on the ends and with two bolts, six inches from the middle, and fastened to the hounds and bolster, (the bolster to be%ur feet five inches long, five inches wide, and three and a half deep,) with four half-inch boltß. The tongue to be ten feet eight inches long, four inches wide and three inches thick at front end of the hounds, and two and a quarter inches wide by two and throe auarter inches deep at the front end, and so arranged as to lift up, the front end of it to hang within two feet of the ground when the wagon is standing at rest on a level surface. The front hounds to be six feet two inches long, three inches thick, and four inches wide over axletree, and to retain that width to the back end of the tongue ; jaws of the hounds one foot eight inches long and throe ; inches square at the front end, with a plate of iron two ' and a half inches wide by three eighths of an inch j thick, fastened on top of the hounds over the bock end j of the tongue with one half-inch screw bolt in each j end, and a plate of iron of the same size turned up at j each end one and a half inches to clamp tho front ! hounds together, and fastened on the under side, aud at j front end of hounds, with half inch screw bolt through : each hound, a seven-eighth inch bolt through tongue ! and hounds in the centre of jaws, to secure the tongue i In the “hounds; a plate of iron three inches wide, one i quarter inch thick, and one foot eight inches long, • secured on the inside of jaws of hounds with two rivets, i and a plate of the same dimensions on each side of the j tongue, where the tongue and hounds run together, ] secured in like manner; n brace of seven-eighths of an Inch round iron to extend from under the front axle tree, and take two bolts in front part of the hounds, ! same brace three-quarters of an inch round to continue : to the back part of the hounds, and to be fastened with l two bolts, one near the back end of the hounds, and one through the slider and hounds; a brace over front bolster one and a half inch wide, one-quarter of an inch thick, with a bolt in each end to fasten it to the hounds; the opening between the jaws of the hounds, to receive the tougtte, And four and three-quarter inches in front, and four and a half incließ at the back part of the jaws. The hind bounds four feet two inches long, two and three quarter inches thick, and three inches wide; jaws ■ one foot long where they clasp the coupling pole; the ! bolster four feet five inches long, and five inches wide, I by three inches deep, with steady iron two and a half ! Inches wide, by one-half inch thick, turned up two and : a half inches and fastened on each end with three rirets; ! the bolster stocks and hounds to be secured with four ; half-inch screw bolts, and one half-inch screw bolt 1 through the coupling pole. | The coupling pole nine feet eight inches long, three j Inches deep, and four and a half inches wide affront . end, and two and three-quarter inches wide at back end; distance from the centre of king bolt hole to the centre of the back axletree six feet one inch, and from the ceu- ! tre of king bolt hole to the centre of the mortice in the ; hind end of the pole eight feet nine inches; king bolt one j and a quarter inches diameter, of best refined iron, drawn j down to seven-eighths of an inch where it passes through I the iron axletree; iron plate six inches long, three inches ; wide, and one-eighth of an Inch tliick on the doubletree • and tongue where they rub together; iron plate one and ; a half by one-quarter of an inch on the sliding bar, fas- : tened at each end by a screw bolt through the hounds; j front bolster to have plates above and below eleven : Inches long, three and a half inches wide, and three- 1 eighths of an inch thick, corners drawn out and turned I down on the sides of the bolster, with a nail in each cor- * ner, and four countersunk nails on top; two bands on 1 the hind hounds, two and two and a half inches wide, of ! No. 10 band iron; the rub plate on the coupling pole to ; be eight inches long, one and three-quarters inches wide, { and one quarter of an inch thick. Doubletree tliree feet : ten inches long, singletree two feet eight inches long, all ] wen made of hickory, with an iron ring and clip at each 1 end, the centre clip to he well secured; lead bar and ! stretcher to be three feet two inches long, two and a ! quarter inches wide, and one and a quarter inch thick, i Dead bars, stretchers, and singletrees for six-mule team: j the two eingletreeß for the lead mules to have hookß in j the middle to hook to the end of the fifth chain, the wheel 1 and middle pairs with open rings to attach them to the i doubletree and lead bar j The fifth chain to be ten feet long to the fork; the fork one foot ten inches long, with the. stretcher attached to spread the forks apart: the linkß of the doubletree, stay, and tongue chains* three-eighths of an inch ip diame ter; the forked chain Berea-sixteenth Inch in diameter ; the fifth chain to be seven-sixteenth inch diameter to the fork; the fork to he fire-sixteenth inch-diameter; the links of these and of the lock chains to be not more than two and a quarter inches long. The body to be straight, three feet six inches wide, two feet deep, ten feet long at the bottom, and ten feet six Inches at the top, sloping equally at each end all in the clear or inside; the bed pieces to be two and a half inches wide, and three inches deep; front pieces two inches deep by two and a half inches wide ; tail piece two and a half inches wide and three inches deep * and four inches deep In the middle to rest on the coupling pole; top rail one and a half inch thick by one and seven-eighth inch wide; lower rails one inch thick by one and seven-eighth inch wide; three studs and one rail in front, with a seat on strap lunges to close it up as high as the sides; a box three feet four incheß long, the bottom five inches wide front side, nine and a half inches deep, and eight and a half inches at the top in parallel line to the body all in the clear, to be substantially fastened to the front end of the body, to have an iron strap passing round each end, secured to the head piece and front rail by a rivet in each end of it passing through them, the lid to be fastened to the front rail with two good strap hinges, a strap of five-eighth iron mound the boi a half inch from the top edge, and two straps same size on the lid near the front edge, to prevent the mules from eating the boxes; to have a joint hasp fastened to the middle of the 11a, with a good wooden cleat on the inside, a Btrap of iron on the centre of . the box with a staple passing through it, to fasten the lid to; eight studs and two rails on each side: one bolster fastened to the body, six incheß deep and four inches wide at king bolt hole, iron rod in front and centre, of eleven-sixteonfhß of an Inch round iron, with a head on the top of rail and nut on lower end; iron rod and brace behind, with shoulders on top of tail piece, and nuts on the under side, and a nut on top of rail; a plate two and a half inches wide, of No. 10 band iron on tail piece, across the body; two mortices in tail piece, and hind bar two and a quarter inches wide and one inch thick, to receive pieces three feet feur inches long, to be used as harness bearers; four rivets through each side stud, and two rirets through each front stud, to secure the fining boards, to be of the best quality iron, and riveted on a good bur; one rivet through each end of the rails; floor five eighths of an inch oak boards; sides five-eighths of an inch white pine, tail board three-quarters of an Inch thick, of white pine, to be well cleated with five oak cleats riveted at each end through the tail-board; an iron plate tliree feet eight inches long, two ana a Gnarter inches wide, and three-eighths of an inch thick on the under side of the bed-piece, to extend from the hind end of the body to eight inches in front of the hind bolsters, to be fastened by the rod at the end of the body, by the lateral rod and two three-eighths of an inch Bcrew bolts, one at the forward end of the plate, and the other about equi-distant beteen it and the lateral rod. A half-inch round iron rod or bolt to p&bs diagonally through the rails, between the two hindstuds to and through the bed-piece and plate under it, with a good head on the top and nut and screw at the bottom, to be at the top one foot six incheß from Inside of tail-board, and on the bottom ten inches from the bind rod.' An iron clamp two inches wide, OHO quarter of an inch thick around tho bed-piece, the con* tre bolt to which the lock chain is attached passing through it, to extend seven inches on the inside of the body, the ends, top, and bottom to be secured by two three-eighths inch screw holts, the middle bar at the ends to be flush with the bed-piece on the lower side. Two lock chains secured to the centre bolt of the body one and eleven inches, the other two feet six inches long, to he of three-eighths of an inch round iron : feed trough to he four feet six inches long from out to out, the bottom and ends of oak, the sides of yellow pine, to be eight inches wide at bottom, twelve inches wide at top, and eight and a half inches deep all in the clear, well ironed, with a band of hoop-iron aronnd the top, one around each end and three between the ends, strong and suitable irons to fasten them on the tongue when feeding; good strong chains to be attached to the top rail of the body, secured by a staple with a hook to at tach it to the trough. Six bows of good ash, two inches wide and one-half inch thick, with three staples to confine the ridge pole to its place ; two staples on the body, to secure each ono of tho bows; one ridge pole twelve feet long, One and three-quarters inches wide by five-eighths of an inch thick; the cover to be of the first qnallty cotton duck No. —, fifteen feet long and nine feet eight inches wide, made in the best manner, with four hemp cords on each side, and one throngh each end to close it at both ends; two rings on each end of the body, to dose and secure the ends of the cover; a staple in the lower rail, near the second stud from each end, to fasten the side cords. Tho outside of the body and feed trough to have two good coats of white lead, colored to a blue tint, the inside of them to have two coats of Venetian red paint; the running gear and wheels to have two good coats of Venetian red darkened of a chocolate color, the hub and fellies to be -well pitched, instead or painted, if required. A tar-pot, an extra king bolt, and two extra single trees to he furnished with each wagon, the king bolt and singletrees similar in all respects to those belonging to it. Each side of the body of the wagon to be marked U. 8., and numbered as directed; all other parts to bo let tered U. 8.; the cover, feed box, bolts, linchpins, tar pot, and harness bearers for each wagon to be put up in a strong box, (coopered,) and the contents marked thereon. It is to be distinctly understood that tho wagons are to be £0 constructed that the several parts of any one wagon will agree and exactly fit those of any other, so as to require no numbering or arranging for putting together, and all the material used for tlieir construction to be of the best quality; all the wood thoroughly sea soned, and tho work in all its parts faithfully executed in the best workmanlike manner. The work may be inspected from time to time as it progresses by an officer or agent of the Quartermaster’s Department, and none of it shall be painted until it shall have been inspected and approved by said officer or agent authorized to inspect it* When finished, painted, and accepted by an officer or agent of the Quartermas ter’s Department, and delivered as herein agreed, they shall be paid for. M. G. MEIGS, je2s-tf Quartermaster General U. S. SEALED PROPOSALS are invited till the 20tli day oF September, 1863, for supplying the Army of the Potomac with POTATOES. About 40.000 Imsliels uill he required, in lot* of about. 8,000 bushels per week. The Poliitoes *o be of tin* find quality mul equal in qualityt u the following kinds. Mercers (blue,) Pink Eye, Mercers (white.) The* Potatoes to l*c delivered in Washington, and sub ject to such inspection on delivery as the Subsistence De railment may require, and payment to be made in Trea sury notes, if Government should desire it. The Potatoes to be delivered in good, strong barrels, and each bushel to be estimated iu GO lbs. The bids to he directed to Cupt. A. BECKWITH, C. S., U. S. A., Washington, D. C. sc?-dt2oth A RMY TV AGONS.—Spokes and Hubs for Army Wagons constantly on hand. Address SPROUT, SAUNDERS, & CO., seC«lot Hughesville, Lycoming county, Pa. Tl/TRS. JAMES BETTS’ CELEBRA •iT-L TED SirrOKTEKS FOB LADIES, and the only Supporters under eminent medical patronage. La dies and physicians are respectfully reuuested to call only on Mrs. Betts, at her residence, 1039 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia, (to avoid counterfeits.) Thirty thousand Invalids have been advised by their physicians to use her appliances. ThOße only are genuine bearing the United States copyright, labels on the box, and signatures, and also on Die Supporters, with testimonials. 0018-tuthstt fIOTTON SAIL DUCK and CAN YAB, of all numbers and brands. Baven’a Duct Awning Twills, of all descriptions, for Tents, Awnings, Trunks, and Wagon Covers. Also, Paper Manufacturers* Brier Felts, from 1 to 8 fret Wide. Tarpaulin*, Belting, Ban Twine, Ac. JOHS W. EVEBMAN ft CO., •rt-tt 10S JOSES Alley. INSURANCE COMPANIES. “INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE X STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA—O7FIOE No«. 4 and fi EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, North side of WAL NUT Street, between DOCK and THIRD Streets, Philo* dolptua. INCORPORATED In ITO4—CHARTER PERPETUAL, CAPITAL, .200,000, PROPERTIES OF THE COMPANY, FEBRUARY 1, 1881, *507,094.01. MARINE, FIRE, AND INLAND TRANSPORTA TION INSURANCE. DIRECTORS. Henry D. Sherrerd, Swnnel Grant, Jr., Charles Macalestor, Tobiaa Wagnor, William B, Smith, Thomas B. Wattson, John B. Build, Henry Q. Freeman, William R. White, Charles 8. Lewis, George H. Stuart, George O. Carson, Edward C. Knight. HENRY D. William Habpkr, Beeretai Anthracite insurance COMPANY. Authorized $400,000 CHARTER PERPETNAL. Office No. 811 WALNUT Street, between Third and Fourth Streets, Philadelphia. This Company will insure against loss or damage by Fire, on Buildings, Furniture, and Merchandise gene rally. Also, Marine Insurances on Vessels, Cargoes, and Freights. Inland Insurance to all ports of the Union. DIRECTORS. Joseph Maxfield, John Ketchom, John R. Blnkiston, Wm. F» Dean, J. E. B&um. ESHER, President. . DEAN, Vice President. apS-tf IJIHE RELIANCE Jacob Esher, D. Luther, L. Andenricd, Payie Pearsou? Polar Bioger, JACOB WM, F W. M. Smith, Secretary. GTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, OFFICE No. 30& WALNUT BTBBHT* Insures against LOSS OR DAMAGE BY FIRE, OU Houses? Stores? and other buildings? limited or perpetual, and on Furniture, Goods, Wares, and Mer chandise, in town or country. CASH CAPITAL? *23I,IIO.OO—ASSETS *317,142.04. Which is invested w follows* viz; In first mortgage on city property* worth double the amount .*192,900 00 Pennsylvania Railroad Co.’s 0 per cent first mortgage loan, atpar 6,000 00 Pennsylvania Railroad Co.’s 6 per cent, se cond mortgage loan? (*30,000) 27,900 00 Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad and Canal Co.’s mortgage loan 4,000 00 Ground rent, first-class.*,, 2,462 60 Collateral loans? well secured..,. «... 2,500 OO City of Philadelphia 6 per cent !oad 80,000 00 Allegheny County 6 per cent. Pa. 88. loan. 10,000 00 Commercial Bank stock 6,135 01 Mechanics’ Bank stock 2,812 60 Pennsylvania Railroad Co.’s stock..., 4,000 00 The Reliance Mutual Insurance Co.’s stock. -25,350 00 The County Fire Insurance Co.’s stock 1,050 00 The Deleware M. 8. Insurance Co.’s stock.. 700 00 Union Mutual Insurance Co.’s scrip 380 00 Bills receivable 14,302 74 Book accounts, accrued interest, Ac.. 7,104 65 Cash on hand... 11,544 64 *317,142 04 The Mutual principle, combined with the security of a Stock Capital, entitles the insured to participate in the profits of the Company, without liability for Lossna. Leases promptly adjusted and paid. DIRECTORS. Samuel Bispham, Robert Steen, William Musaer, Benj. W. Tinsley. Marshall Hill, J. Johnson Brown, Charles Leland, Jacob T. Bunting, Smith Bowen, John BissoU, Pittsburg. IM TINGLEY, President Clem Tingl&y, William K. Thompsons Frederick Brown, William Stevenson, John R. Worrell, E. L. Carson, Robert Toland, 6. D. Rosen garten, Charles S. Wood, James S. Woodward, CLEI B. H. Hihchuav, Secretary February 16,1861. rpHE ENTERPRISE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. (FIRE INSURANCE EXCLUSIVELY.) COMPANY’S BUILDING, S. W. CORNER FOURTH AND WALNUT STREETS. DIRECTORS. F. Ratchford Starr, Mordecai L. Dawson, William McKee, Gee. H, Stuart, ETalbro Praaiep. John H. Brown, John M. At-.v00,!, B. A. Fahnestock, Benj T. Tredick, Andrew D. Cash, Henry Wharton, J. L. Erringor. F. RATCHFORD STARR, President. Charles W. Coze, Secretary. felS PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSU RANCE COMPANY, No. 021 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia. CHARTER PERPETUAL. ALL THE PROFITS DIVIDED AMONG THE IN SURED. Insure Lives for short terms or for the whole term of lift} grant Annuties and Endowments; purchase Life Into* rests in Real Estate, and uaho all evutraoto depending on the contingencies of life. They act as Executors, Administrators, Assignees, Trustees, and Guardianß. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY, January 1,1861. Mortgages, ground rents, real estate $322,981 97 United 6tates stocks, Treasury notes, loanß of State of Pennsylvania, city; of Philadel phia, Ac 268,795 84 Premium notes, loans or collaterals, Ac..... 237,694 63 Pennsylvania, North Pennsylvania Rail roads, and County 6 per cent, bonds.,.mi 105,802 60 Bank, insurance, railroad, eanul etocks, Ac* 97,647 49 Cash on hand, agents' balances, Ac., Ac 88,208 14 $1,071,138 02 DANIEL L. MILLER, President. SAMUEL E. STOKES, Vice President John W. Hobnob, Secretary. Delaware mutual safety INSURANCE COMPANY, PHILADELPHIA. Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1831. Office, S. X. corner or THIRD and WALNUT Btreets, PHILADELPHIA, MARINE INSURANCE. On Vessels, f Cargo, > To all Parts of the World. Freight, j INLAND INSURANCES On Goods by Rivers, Canals, Lakes, and Land Carriages, to ail parts of the Union. FIRE INSURANCES On Merchandise generally. On Stores, Dwelling Houses, Ac., Ac. ASSETS OF THE COMPANY, November 1,1860. $lOO,OOO United States five percent. Loan.... $lOO,OOO 00 117,000 United States six per cent. Treasury Notes, (with accrued interest,).... 110,463 81 100,000 Pennsylvania State five per cent Loan 25,070 00 21,000 do. do. six do. d 0... 21,945 00 123,050 Philadelphia City six per cent. Loan 123,203 87 80,000 Tennessee State five per cent. Loan 84,000 00 50,000 Pennsylvania Bailroad 3d mortgage six per cent, bonds • 45,000 00 15,000 300 shares stock Germantown Gas Company, interest and principal guarantied by the City of Philadel phia 15,300 00 5,000 100 shares Pennsylvania Bailroad Company .. 8,900 00 s,ooolooBhares North Pennsylvania Bail road Company.., 900 00 1,200 30 Bhares Philadelphia Ice Boat and Steam Tug Company 1,200 00 250 5 shares Philadelphia and Havre-de- Grace Steam Towboat Company.. 1 250 2 Bhares Philadelphia Exchange Company... 125 00 IjOOO 2 shares Continental Hotel C 0..,. • 500 00 $566,700 par. Cost $547,335 34. Market val, $554,656 71 Bills Receivable, for Insurances made. ...*•• 171,386 42 Bonds and Mortgages...,. 34,500 00 Beal Estate 61,363 85 Balances due at Agencies, Premiums on Ma rine Policies, Interest, and other Debts due the Company 1&1,566 02 Scrip and Stock of sundry Insurance and other Companies. 2,626 60 __ v. j.) In 8auk5.....• u526,6i3 16 C»Bh on hand. > ln j) rOTrer ,,,, ’43585 ■ 39,*» ,1 DIRECTORS. Samuel E. Stokes, J. F. Peniston, Henry Sloan, Edward Darlington, H. Jones Brooke, Spencer McDraine, Thomas C. Hand t Robert Burton, Jacob F« Jones, Jameß B. McFarland, Joshua P. Eyre, John B. Senude, Pittsburg D. T.. Morgan, “ A. B. Berger, “ M MARTIN, President. HAND, Vice President. so!7-tf William Martin* Edmund A. Souder, Theophilug Paulding* John K. Penrose* John C. Davis, James Traquair, William Eyre, Jr,, James C. Hand* William C. Ludwig* Joseph H. Seal* Dr. B. M. Huston, ' George C. Lieper, Hugh Craig, Charles Kelli y, wan ! THOS. | Henry Ltlbobn, Secret*! Fire insurance exclusive ly.—The PENNSYLVANIA FIBE INSUBANOE COMPANY. Incorporated 1826. CHABTEB PEB PETUAL. No. 510 WALNUT Street, opposite Independ ence Square. Thiß Company, favorably known to the community for thirty-six years, continues to insure against Loss or Da mage by Fire, on public or private Buildings, either per manently or for a limited time. Also, on Furniture, stocks of Goods, or Merchandise generally, on liberal terms. ! Their Capital, together with a large Surplus Fund, Is ! Invested in the most careful monner, which enables them : to offer to the insured an undoubted security in the case i of loss. DIRECTORS. Jonathan Patterson, Thomas Bobfns, j Quintin'Campbell, Daniel Smith, Jr., Alexander BenßOn, John Devereux, i William Monteliuß, Thomas Smith. Isaac Hazleliurst, JONATHAN ; William G. Cbowell, Set T?IBE INSURANCE. X* MECHANICS’ INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, No. 138 North SIXTH Street, below Race, Insure Buildings, Goods, and Merchandise gene rally, from Lobs or Damage by Fire. The Company gua ranty to adjust.all Losses promptly, and thereby hope to merit Hie patronage of the public. . DIRECTORS. William Morgan, Francis Cooper, George L. Dougherty, James Martin, Janies Duress, Matthew McAleer, 1 Bernard Rafferty, Thomas J. Hemphill, Thomas Fisher, Francis McManus, FRAN' Bernard Rafferty, Becn American fire insurance COMPANY. Incorporated 1810. CHABTEB PEItrETOAIr. No. 310 W ANNUT Street, atove Third, Philadelphia, Having a large paid-up Capital Stock and Surplus, In* vested in Bound and available Securities, continues to insure on Dwellings, Stores, Furniture, Merchandise, Ves sels in port and their Cargoes, and other Personal Pro perty. All Losses liberally and promptly adjusted. DIRECTORS.. James B. Campbell, Edmund O. Dutilh, Charles W. Poultney, Israel Morris. Thomas R. Maris, John Welsh, Samuel O. Morton, Patrick Brady, John T. Lewis, THOM, AxfcteM S. Crawford, 8e T?XCHANGE INSURANCE COM JCi PANY—Office, No. 409 WALNUT Street. Fire Insurance on Houses, and Merchandise generally, on favorable terms, either Limited or Perpetual. DIBECTOBS. Jeremiah Bonsall, Thomas Marah, John Q. Ginnodo, Charles Thompson, Edward D. Hobertr, James T. Hale,' Samuel I). Smedley, Joshua T. Owen, ■ Beuben 0. Hale, John J. Griffiths. JEREMIAH BONSALL, President. I JOHN Q. GINNODO, Vice President. ! Rioninn Cos, Secretary. JaSI I p bouse, ccueutinu, in part, Mils', i gents , Juki rnildren ,, K cofton, and meriijMMflovP3: j nK * n H bl,t ' lc ffk'ven and mittir- metal, lasting, am?'fancy Inittciif.; C'lil. tupc l.ruifl, .0n,!., briwliiw, jcwlty, i imicy articles, Mack gcioiis, | ALo, wool usd Stella sliaw’.H. wbjte gooils, luce"-.«n- I broideries, veils, Ac. 1 LOOKING-GLASSES, COLOGNE, Ac. | Also, a Full aswrtment of row-wood, mahogany, rtit • and fancy* frame lcwking-glasseH; ’ I Also, un invoice cpS superior colossi*. ' PERFUMERY, FANCY WAPS, Ac. i Also, a full and complete assortment of riujxirfinc login*, fancy no aps, perfumery, Ac. SALE OF AMERICAN ANI> IMPORTED DRY GOODS, EMBROIDERIES MILLINERY GOODS, FLOWERS, Ac., by catalogue. On Wednesday Morning, September 18th. Sale to commence-ofclOo'clock. Embracing a general assortment of ntapln and fancy goods for City retail wile*. Philip ford & ccx, auction eers, Nos. 625 MARKET and' 623 COMMERCE Streets. j LARGE SALE OF 1,600 CASES BOOTS, SHOES, ! BROGANS, Ac. On Thursday Morning, Sept, 10, at 10 o'clock precisely, will l bo sold, by ca talogue, I>soo CASeg boys*, and* youths 1 calf, kip, fimd grain boots ; calf, and kip brogans, Congresß gaiterg, Oxford ties, fatigue dices?, Ac.; women's*. misses’, and children's calf, kip, goat, morocco, and kidy heelnl boots j and shoe*, gaitcro, BlipperH, buskins, Ac. Also, a'large | and desirable assortment of firat-class city-made goods. ( Open for examination, with catalogues, early on * the morning of Hale. T N THE ORPH ANS’ COUKTFOR X TIIE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADEL PHIA. JMate nf SAMVEL A. SDARKS,. Deceased. Notice is hereby given tlmt an appraisement of the personal estate elected to 1.*6 retained by tlse widow' of paid decedent, under the acta of April lBsl* anil April 8* 38olS lias been filed in the said Court,, and Tlmt the (•itinr •will I't rdlom-tt on the FOUIITIi I>AY OF VC TUHEI* NEXT, unless exceptions are filed thereto. FinVAltD \VALN\ Attorney for Petitioner. wl2-tli>*t* Letters testamentary to the Estate of JC'UN DUDLEY, deceased,. having been grouted 1<» (lie undersigned, all persons indebted to said Estate, will please to make paj incut, and all persons liaviniz claims will present them for (settlement to WILLIAM BURNS, 744 PASSYVNK Hood, JOHN GAfr&IN, CIS UNION Street, ' Executors, Or to their Attorney, EDWARD C. QUINN, Esq., M-7-FOt* 611 WALNUT Street, Philadelphia. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICES. TVTOTICE. —The Copartnership hereto ,i_V fore existing undertliefirmof EDWIN W.PAYNE & CO. is this da> dissolved by the withdrawal of Mr. WILKINS. EDWIN W. PAYNE, JOHN M. WILKINS. 7 THE SUBSCRIBER, vlio i« authorize to settle the business of tin* late firm, will continue the sale of SHOE STUFFS and TRIMMINGS at the old stand, 405 ARCH Street, under the firm of E. W. PAYNE A CO. PirrLA.. Sept. 4,15G1. 1861. WEEKLY COMMUNICA TION BY STEAM BETWEEN NEW YOKK AND LIVERPOOL, calling at QUEENS TOWN, (Ireland,) to land and embark passengers and despatches. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam* Bltip Company’s splendid Clyde-built iron screw steam ships are intended to sail as follows: FROM NEW YORK FOB LIVERPOOL. CITY OF NEW YORK, or ) oi CITY OF MANCHESTER...... {Saturdaj, Sept.2l. CITY OF MANCHESTER, or > ~ . c . oa CITY OF NEW YORK \ Saturday, Sept. 28. And every Saturday throughout the year, from PIER No. 44 N. B. RATES OF PASSAGE THROUGH FBOM PHILADELPHIA, Cabin, to Queenstown, or Liverpool.. $75 Do. to London, via Liverpool..... $BO Steerage to Queenstown, or Liverpool $3O Do. to London... $36 Do. Return tickets, available for six montha, from Liverpool $6O Passengers forwarded to Havre, Paris, Hamburg, Bremen, and Antwerp at through rates. Certificates of passage issued from Liverpool to New York $4O Certificates of passage issued from Queenstown to New York . $3O These steamers have superior accommodations for pas sengers, are constructed with watertight compartments, and carry experienced Burgeons. For freigiu, or passage, apply at the office or the Com pany, JOHN G. DALE, Agent, THE BRITISH AND NORTH SSseas AMERICAN BOYAL MAIL STEAM- SHIPS. FROM NEW YOBS TO LIVERPOOL, Chief Cabin Passage .8130 Second Cabin Passage... 76 FROM BOSTON TO LIVERPOOL. Chief Cabin Passage ' *sllB Second Cabin Passage... 60 The ships from New York call at Cork Harbor. The ehips from Boston call at Halifax and Cork Har bor. PERSIA, Capt. Judkins. AFRICA, Capt. Shannon. ARABIA, Capt. J. Stone. CANADA, Capt. J. Leitch. ASIA, Capt. E. G. Lott. AMERICA, Capt. Hockley. AUSTRALASIAN,. NIAGARA, Capt. Hoodie. Capt. Cook. EUROPA, Capt. Anderson. SCOTIA, (now building.) These vessels carry a clear white light at mast-head; green on starboard bow; red on port bow. AFRICA, Shannon, leaves N. York, Wednesday, Aug. 14. EUROPA, Anderson, 41 Boston, Wednesday, Ang. 21. PERSIA, Judkins, 44 N. York, Wednesday, Aug. 28. CANADA, Meodie, 44 Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 4. ASIA, Lott, 14 N. York, Wednesday, Sept. 11. ARABIA, Stone, “ Boston, Wednesday, Sept. 18. AFRICA, Shannon, 44 N.York, Wednesday, Sept. 26. Berths not secured until paid for. An experienced Surgeon on board. The owners of these ships will not be accountable for Gold, Silver, Bullion, Specie, Jewelry, Precious Stones, or Metals, unless bills of ladiug are signed therefor, and the value thereof therein expressed. For freight or pas sage, apply to E. CUNARD, mh4-tf 4 BOWLING GREEN, New York. RAILROAD LINES. SPRING- AR RANGEMENT.—PHILADEL- PHIA, WILMINGTON, AND BALTIMORE RAIL ROAD. On and after MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1881, PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE PHILADELPHIA: For Baltimore at 8.15 A. M., 11.35 A: M., (Express), and 10.50 P.M. For Chester at 5.15 A. SL, 11.85 A. Mm 4.15 and 10.50 P.M. . _ For Wilmington at 8.15 A. M., 11.85 A. M., 4.15 and 10.50 P.M. For New Castle at 8.15 A. M. and 4.15 P. M. For Dover at 8.15 A. M. and 4.15 P. M. For Milford at 8.15 A. M. For Salisbury at 8.15 A. M. TRAINS FOR PHILADELPHIA: Leave Baltimore at 8.30 A. M. (Express), 10.15 A. M. ? and 4.45 P.M. Leave Wilmington at 6.50 aud 11.3& A. M., 1.&0 and 8 P.M. Leave Salisbury at 1.40 P. M. Leave Milford at 4 F. M. Leave Dover at 9.05 A. M. and 5.20 P. M. Leave Keiv Castle at 11 A. M. and 7.20 P. M. Leave Chester at 7.40 A. M<, 12.15, 2.25, and 6.40 P. M. Leave Baltimore for Dover and intermediate stations at 10.15 A.M. Beave Baltimore for Salisbury and intermediate stations at 4.45 A.M. TRAINS FOR BALTIMORE: Leave Chester at 8.45 A. M„ 12.05 and 11.20 P. M. Leave Wilmington at 9.35 A. M., 12.55 P. Mm and 12 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN, with Passenger Car attached,' Leave Philadelphia for Ferryville and intermediate places at 5.30 P. M. Leave Wilmington for Ferryville and intermediate places at 7.15 P. M. Leave Wilmington for Philadelphia and intermediate places at 5 P. M. Leave Havre-de-Grace for Baltimore and intermediate nations at 6.15 A. M. • Leave Baltimore for Havre-de-Grace and intermediate stations at 5 P. M. _ ON SUNDAYS ONLY: At 10.50 from Philadelphia to Baltimore. At 4.45 from Baltimore to Philadelphia. S. M. FELTON, President. I7g—i mmmm elmira route.— 4E£fIES!K»i!pHILADELPHIA AND ELMI- RA RAILROAD. QUICKEST ROUTE to Tamaana, Catawissa, Rupert, Wilkesharre, Scranton, Danville, Milton, Williamsport, Troy, Bahrton, Canton, Elmira, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo, Chicago, Bt* Louis, Milwaukee, and all points North and West. Passenger trains will leave the new Depot of the Phi ladelphia and Reading Railroad, corner BROAD and CALLOWHILL Streets, (Passengers entrance on Cal lowhill street,) daily, (Sundays excepted), for above points, as follows: DAY EXPRESS 8.00 A. M. NIGHT EXPRESS 3.15 P. M. The 8.00 A. M. train connects at Rupert, for Wilkes bftfre, Pittson, Scranton, and oil stations on the LACK* AW ANNA AND BLOOMSBURG RAILROAD. The above trains make direct connections at Elmira with the trains of the New York and Erie, Canandaigua and Niagara Falls, and Buffalo, New York and Erie, and New York Central Railroads, from all points North and West, and the Canadas. Baggage chucked to Elmira, Buffalo, and Suspension Bridge, and all intermediate points. Tickets can be procured at the Philadelphia and El mira Railroad Line’s Ticket Office, northwest corner of SIXTH and CHESTNUT Streets, and at the Passenger Depot, corner THIRTEENTH AND CALLOWHILL. THROUGH EXPRESS FREIGHT TRAIN. Leave the Philadelphia and Reading Depot, Broad and Callowhill streets daily, (Sundays excepted), for all points West and North, at 8 P. M. Freights mußt be delivered before 3 P. M. to insure their going the snme day. , For further information apply at Freight Depot, THIRTEENTH and CALLOWHILL, or to G. T. LEONARD, Agent, Northwest corner SIXTH and CHESTNUT Streets, aplO-tf. Philadelphia. e WEST CHESTER eSfiiiiiii?AKD PHILADELPHIA BAIL- VIA MEDIA. FALL ARRANGEMENT. On and after MONDAY, Sept. 2d, 1861, the trains wfll leave PHILADELPHIA, from the Depot, N. E. corner of EIGHTEENTH and MARKET Streets, at 8 and 10.80 A. M., and 2, 4.30, aud 7 P. M., and will leave the corner of THIRTY-FIRST and MARKET Streets, (West Philadelphia,) at 17 minutes after the starting time ft vm Eighteenth and Market eftwte? Leave PHILADELPHIA at 8 A. M. and 2 P. M. Trains leaving Philadelphia at 8 A. M. and 4.30 P, M. connect at Pennelton with Trains cm the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad for Concord, Keimett, Oxford, Ac. HENRY WOOD, si‘2-tf General Superintendent. fijSjfCgsgßisa PHILADELPHIA RSsEne AND BEADING SAILBOAT CO., (Office 227 South Fourth street.) Philadelphia, April 27,18*1. SEASON TICKETS! On and oner Way 1, iwi, season ticKets will be tewed by tills company for the periods of three, six, nine, and twelve months, not transferable. Season school-tickets may also be had at S 3 per cent discount. These tickets will be sold by the Treasurer at No. 221 South FOURTH Street, where any further information can be obtained. 8. BRADFORD, ap2o-tf Treasurer. W/OAD—SOO lbs. for Bale by ,f WVTHERrLL * BROTHER, i»U, 4T uo4 49 North SECOND Street. IjECIAIj. EDWIN W. PAYNE. rM 0-tilth. SHIPPING. 11l Walnut street, Philadelphia. In Liverpool, to WM. INMAN, Tower Buildings. In Glasgow, to WM. INMAN, 13 Dixon street. will ran as follows ON SUNDAYS. SALES BY AUCTION. THOMAS & SONS, '' '"~~ • Noe. 139 and 141 Sontli FOURTH Btree (Formerly Nos. 67 and 69.) BALE OF HEAL ESTA.TE 24m SEPTEMBER, at the Exchange, IVacriptinns ifcmrJn*. PUBLIC SALKS REAL ESTATE AND STOCKS, AT THE EXCHANGE, EVERY TUESDAY, at U o’ckrffc noon, during Wie biiHir/ete season. ZoJtitjtaA August, only orcaeional sales. HEAL EBTATB AT PRIVATE SALK. <9- We have a large a.loiint of teal estate at inli—i Bale, including every description of city and country pro perty. Printed lists may be had at the Auction Store. Sate at Won. 139 and 141 South Fourth Street. BBPERIf* rURNITUJtE, MENCJS-PtATE HI. SORB, I'IANO-FOJtTKP, BEDS AND BEDDING, BRUSSELS AND OTHER CARPETS, Ac. On Thursday AA 0* o’clock, at the Auction Store, an assortmoat off excellent second-hand furniture, elegant piano-forte*, fine mirrors, carpets, beds and bidding, Ac., from lies declining housekeeping, removed to the store for M* venience of sale. M FITZPATRICK & BROS., . AUCTIONEER, 60* CHESTNUT Street, above Stitii. SALES EVERY EVENING, At 7 o’clock, of hooka, stationery, and fancy goods, watches, jewelry, clocks, silver-plated ware, cutldiy, paintings, musical instruments, Ac. Also, hosier)', dry goods, hoots and shoes, and mer chandise ot even* description. „ ~ *>AY SALKS Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, afe 10 o’clock A. U. PRIVATE SALES. At private sale,.several* large coriHignmento-of watcfaci and jeweky, hooka, stationery, silver-plated-ware, cat~ lery, fancy good&vAo.,-to which is solicited the attenttOD of city and country morohanta and others. Consignments-solicited of all kirife of merchandise, for either public or private sales. Liberal cash advances made on consignments. Out-door sales promptly attended to. TiIIOSES NATHANS, AUCTIONEER -IYJL AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, southeast corner of SIXTH and RACE Streets. AT PRIVATE SALE, AT PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES. The following articles will be sold for less than half tfc* usual Belling price: Fine gold bunting-case,.double-case, and double-bet* tom English patent lever watches, of the most approved and best makers-; fine gold doubie-time English patent lever watches; independent seconds lever watches; 8— gold bunting-case and opem-ioce escapement lover and lepine watches: horizontal and duplex watches: silver bunting-case, double-case, mid double-bottom English patent lever, escapement lever, and lepine watches, of ft* most approved Rnd best makers; double-case and open face silver watches; silver quartier and single-cat* watches; fine gold vest, neck, fob, and fcuard chain*: diamond finger-rings and breast-pins* sets of lino gem jewelry; gold breast-pins, ear-rings, finger-rings, brae*, lets, pencil-caßes, pens, and jewelry of every description,; guns, pistols, musical instruments, piano-fortes, and if* tides generally. MONEY TO LOAN. Honey advanced liberally, for any length of than agreed upon, on gold and sitver plate, diamonds,watches* jewelry, fowling-pieces, musical instruments, dry goadtft clothing, groceries, hardware, cutlery, furniture, bed ding, fancy artiries, and on all articles of value. CONSIGNMENTS AND OUT-DOOR BALES 80LL- Llberal cash advances made on all articles conalgnai for sale. Personal Attention given to all out-door salsa. MACHINERY AND IRON. PENN STEAM ENGINE SB AND BOILER WORKS.-NEAFUA LEVY, PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL ENGI NEERS, MACHINISTS, BOILER-MAKERS, BLACK SMITHS, and FOUNDERS, having, for many yean, been in successful operation, and been exclusively en gaged in building and repairing Marine and River En gines, high and low pressure. Iron Boats, Water Tanks, Propellers, Ac., Ac., respectfully offer their services to the public, as being fully prepared to contract for En gines of all sizes, Marine, River, and Stationary, having sets of patterns of different sizes, »ye prepared to ext ents. orders with quick despatch. Every description off Pattern making made at the shortest notice. High and Low Pressure, Flue, Tubular, and Cylinder Boilers, of the best Pennsylvania charcoal iron. Forgings, of oB sizes and kinds; Iron and Brass Castings, of all de scriptions; Roll Turning, Screw Cutting, and all other work connected with the above business. Drawings and Specifications for all work done at tMr establishment, free of charge, and work guarantied. The subscribers have ample wharf-dock room for re pairs of boars, where they can lie in perfect safety* and are provided with shears, blocks, falls, Ac., Ac., lisr raising heavy or light weights. JACOB C. KEAFIE, JOHN P. LEVY, BEACH and PALMER Street* J. VAUGHAN MERRICK, JOHN E. 00PE, WILLIAM H. MERRICK, HARTLEY MERKIOK, SOUTHWARK FOUNDRY, FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS, PHILADELPHIA. MERRICK A SONS, ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS, Manufacture High and Low Pressure Steam KpgLiW, for land, river, and marine service. Boilers, Gasometers, Tanks, Iron Boats, Ac.; oact ings of all kinds, either iron or brass. Iron-Frame Roofs for Gas Works, Wo shops, Rail road Stations, Ac. Retorts and Gas Machinery of the la fit and motf improved construction. Every description of Plantation Machinery, such at Sugar, Saw, and Grist Mills, Vacuum Pans, Open Sterna Trains, Defecators, Filters, Pumping Engines, Ac. Sole Agents for N. Rillieux’s Patent Sugar Boiling Apparatus: Nosmyth’s Patent Steam Hammer, and Ajs pinwall A tVolsey’a Patent Centrifugal Sugar Draining Machine. aus-tf POINT PLEASANT FOUNDRY, No. 951 BEACH Street, Kensington, Phrlada.— WILLIAM H. TIERS informs his friends that, having purchased the entire stock of Patterns at the abovt Foundry, he is now prepared to receive orders for Bolling, Grist, and Saw-Mill Castings, Soap, Chemical, and House Work, Gearing. Castings made from Rever beratory or Cupola Furnaces, in dry or green sand, o* loam. tnyti-vf COAL. SM. N. HEATON'S • LEHIGH AND LOCUST MOUNTAIN COAL WHARF, 923 North Delaware avenue, above Poplar atreet. Ail Coa! particularly selected and prepared for family "Use. Housekeepers desiring to lay in their winter sup ply will be furnished with a good aud clean article at very reduced prices for cash. Dealers and Manufacturers supplied at wholesale prices. fuiSO-tuth&sSm* EXPRESS COMPANIES, ™ ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, Office 320 CHESTNUT Street, forwards Parcels, Packages, Merchandise, Bank Notes, and Specie, either by its own lines or in connection witn other Express Companies, to all the principal Towns and Cities of the United States BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. “IJIHE PRESS” BOOK AND JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. No. 417 CHESTNUT STREET, PIUXADELPHIA. Tbe attention of the Easiness Community u re spectfully invited to the New Book and Job Print ing Office of The Press, which has been fitted up With New Material, in the most Complete Manner, and is now prepared to execute, in a eatisiaetory 'Style, every variety of Printing: BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CARDS, CHECKS, DRAFTS, BILL HEADS, BILLS OF LADING, LETTER HEADINGS, DEEDS, BONDS, MORTGAGES, CERTIFICATES, BALL TICKETS & PROGRAMMES, POSTERS, HANDBILLS, DRUGGISTS’ LABELS, Gold. Bronze, and Colored. Printing executed in a Superior Manner. MBBCHANTS, MANUFAOTIIBEBS, MECHANICS, LAWYERS, AUCTIONEERS, PUBLIC OFFICERS, BANKS, BAIL- ROAD AND INSURANCE COMPANIES, Ero., Will be supplied with any description of Printing required, at Short Notice and Oil the most AM ftOnabLe Terms. jaSO-tt E. 8. BANDFOBD, General Superintendent CIRCULARS, NOTES, RECEIPTS, PAPER BOOKS, Etc., Etc., Etc.