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'WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER It 1865.
OUR TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT.
Twin Atchison to Denver—The First
Experience or Frontier Dire—Atent -
Nen and Its Popnlation—A Fatly-
Equipped Freighter's Train—The Pro•
fits—The Riska—Long and Tedious
Delays—lndian Attacks—Overland
"Mall Coaches—The Similarity of the
'Country to that of Lancaster Conn•
iv—Mutinous Teamsters Lancaster
Station—Runtinalt Station—The Rick
apoo Reservation—A Good Meal.
{,pedal Correspondence of 'The Press.]
Or TILL l'itiMe, September 26,1865.
We arrived at Atchison at about nine o'clock
last night, having been delayed by a detention
.or the train from Weston. On arriving at the
3E913014i, We found the ferry-boat had ceased
warming for the night, and we were compelled
to cross the riverin a skiff. Crawling over. logs
to gain an entrance into, as well as to effect a
3anding from, this frail bark, we felt that we
were taking a Short but not disagreeable les
son in one of the experiences of frontier life.
TUN TRH' TO ATCHISON
Eastern readers, who contemplate making a
trip to the mining regions, will be interested
In the fact that, by the route we travelled to
Atchison, the trip is made in three days and
a half, twelve hours of which were consumed
in a stoppage at Chicago, making the act=
time consumed, by travel three days. The
truing of the Platte Country Railroad get into
Atchison at about 734 A. M. each morning, and
there connect with the overland stage lines,
as its coaches leave Atchison at about 8 A. M.,
and always wait for the arrival of the Eastern
unit. The schedule time of the overland man
from Atchison to Denver is live days anti four
"bows, and this time is rarely or ever ex.
!seeded when the roads are in good order.
This makes the trip from Philadelphia to
Denver practicable in eight days and sixteen
lours, The line is now considered perfectly
safe, no intidon attacks havipg recently been
made. The distance front Atehisint to Denver
Spy the stage route is 653 miles ; from Atchison
Dhiladelphia about 1,300 miles. The popula
tion of Atchison is about 5,000, and it is a flour
ishing and enterprising town. Previous to the
organization of Kansas as a Territory, in 1854, it
was known only as an Indian tradinmost.
FREIGUTERS , TRAINS
A. town plot was laid out immediately after
ifle territorial government was organized,
and its projectors Were chiefly Missourians.
By the public spirit displayed by its citizens
in projecting important railway Imes, its pre
sent connection with the East Via the Platte
Country and Hannibal and St.,lb.Railroad, and
the natural advantages it possesses, it has be
come one of the most important points of de
parture for the great trains which convey ma
chinery, merchandise, supplies and emigrants
from the East,to the mining Territories and
States—the other leading and outfitting towns
being Nebraska City and Leavenworth. I
scarcely know how to convey an adequate
idea of this important inland commerce of
America. A regular freighter's train, fully
equipped, 6511313th of twentyAix wagons, capa
ble of hauling 6,1200 pounds of freight each
(which is the ordinary load), and each team is
drawn by six yoke of oxen, making 312 oxen to
each full train. Then, there are trains of dou
ble this size, many much smaller, and nume
rous emigrant parties, consisting of only one
for two wagons each. A gentleman, who•re
cently made a trip from Denver to
Atchison informs me that during his journey
a careful estimate was made of the trains
passing westward, and it resulted in the con
elusion that trains numerous enough to oc
cupy one hundred and seventy-five miles of
the whole route of six hundred and fifty-three
Miles were passed, allowing seventy feet to
each team. This would make thirteen thon
g-mud one hundred and twenty-five wagons, or
about five hundred full trains. The amount
of travel on the road at that time was unusu
ally large, however, as many (fovea:intent
mule-trains were then proceeding westward,
as well as many emigrants. The transporta
tion for the Government alone, to its frontier
posts, furnishes an immense business. One
firm at Leavenworth contracted to deliver,
25,000,000 rounds of corn, ROM': PrOVisions,
munitions and other supplies to the forts on
the route we are travelling, and on the Santa
Te road. The fulfilment of this contract would
require one thousand eight hundred and thir
ty-three teams, allowing them to make two
trips each during the season. Of course, much
of the work was done by subcontractors.
Freights last spring were about twelve cents
a pound from Atchison to Denver, and fifteen
cents to the mountains above. They are now
About ten cents to Denver and twelve-and
g-half cents to the mountains. You will
readily see, from this brief outline sketch,
one great cause s of the vitality of the
/13IINS t rtuiqrApitnik i tuRiVielVireio
own a train, or at least a fraction of one, that
is to be kept plying between the distant ter
ritories and the frontier towns. Stock-raisers
get good prices for their cattle to be used as
exen (and this is doubtless one of the rea-
Sons why the high price of beef has so long
bten sustained) ; merchants reap profits by
furnishing supplies, hotels are crowded With
people arriving from the East, and activity
is infused into every department of business
life. The profits of the freighters are often
Very great, and a large capital is invested in
this business. Bat they have many risks to
encounter. Long and tedious delays occur
frequently from the bad condition of the
roads, and the almost impassable boggy
ditches formed by little ravines. They often
generally subsist during the winter at the
eastern or western ends Of the main line, but
sometimes they are overtaken by storms so
piercing, that, as often happens, they are in
bad condition, they all perish. Then, again,
there' are occasional Indian attacks, which
are usually repelled bythe brave teamsters,
but sometimes result in the loss of all the
stock, or even in the total destruction of the
*rain and the massacre of its protectors.
LEAVING ATCHISON
At nine o'clock this morning we left Atchi-
Son, in one of Ben Holiday's overland mail
coaches. They are drawn by four horses, and
average about six miles per hour. They are
of the regular Concord pattern, with three
comfortably-cushioned seats, and similar in
appearance and accommodations to the best
Style Of stage coaches formerly used on first.
class stage routes in the East, or the hotel
coaches of Philadelphia. We soon emerged
from the limits of Atchison, and had a fair
view of the open country. It spreads out for
many miles in a series of undulations, very
much like the best portion of Lancaster comi
ty. No flat and no perfectly level land is to be
seen anywhere. The main road was, at most
places, even wider than a broad turnpike in
the East, always affording room for two teams
to pass each other, and often room enough
for four or even six to travel abreast. It
is a very good natural read, with the ex•
ception that in some of the lowest points
deep holes are cut, which, being tilled with
gum, tax the patience of teamsters fearfully,
and occasionally call for the exercise of con
siderable ingenuity on the part of our stage
driver. We saw one team which had fourteen
yoke or twenty-eight oxen attached to it to
draw it over one of these bad places, but this
extra exertion was occasioned in part by the
stupidity of the driver, as he discovered after
he had mastered the difficulty, that his wheels
lad been locked during the passage of this mi
niature nuldcon. We also saw one aban
doned wagon fast in the mire, the tongue
having been broken, and we met a small party
11)1 mutinous teamsters returning to Atchison—
a violation of engagement, which no doubt
compelled the master of the train to return
there to engage new assistants. The men who
act as masters of trains bear the same relation
to their little moving caravans that the cap
tain of a merchantman does to his vessel and
crew, and they are generally brave, reliable
and energetic. The drivers are often inatten
tive and negligent, and sometimes rough and
dangerous characters. A good many Mexi
cans, and some of our wildest Americans, be
long to this class.
LANCASTER.
Thirteen years ago there was scarcely a sin
gle house this side of Atchison, but now there
is quite a large number of well-cultivated
farms, producing large crops, bomg well
fenced, flaying tolerably good \buildings, and
vecasionally limn-Wittig young orchards. The
first station we reacbed is called Lancaster,
and in front of the house is an old-fashioned,
tall, tavern signpost, with that word inscribed
In bright letters on a blue ground, the whole
scene looking much like an ordinary view
in Lancaster county with this important
exception, however, that more than three
fourths of the land in view remained
nnenclosed and uncultivated, like some huge
common. It is on this great scope of vacant
Lana, with its inexhaustible crop of grass,
- that the ox-trains are all fed, and as the
.drivers carry their provisions with them, no
toll is exacted or paid on the road for the en
tertainment Of man or beast, unless it is givpn
to the =riche men for spirits, extraaccommo
dations or supplies. Lancaster Station is
Merely a place to change horses. At such
places the stage company has built neat pine'
board stables for the accommodation of its
horses, and at the home stations, about fifty
)niles apart, comfortable small frame houses
are erected, where meals are supplied. In
the vicinity of the second station we passed a
portion Of the nickapoo - reservation. Off to
the right a tolerably largo two-storied house
was pointed out as the Kickapoo mission,
'whirl is under the Charge of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and which has been
.quite successful in introducing civiliza
tion among the Kiekapoos. They num
ber only about two hundred, are nearly
all half-breeds, and own about twenty square
miles of excellent land in this region. We saw
Same fields they had fenced and cultivated in
tolerably good style, and cabins and stables of
their construction which looked like the
buildings on pear farms in the East. As I was
'writing the above in the coach -.two of these
Indians passed on horseback, looking like
tolerably substantial farmers, with faces
tinged with a bronze hue. One of them is
named Sweet Tobacco, and he has many ac
quaintances in this region. Rich as the Rieke
poOsafe in landed possessions, they are f or
timately or unfortunately debarred from fits",
_ •
posing of them by the foresight of the Govern
inentockfeh holds the land in trust, and as
t hey still retain ,some of the improvident pro
, , ensities of their race, they arc often reduced
to Short rations and almost to absolute want.
At the Summit station we stopped for dinner,
:mtl I got .leeidedly the best meal I have had
;ince i left home. There was an : abun
dance of food cooked in the best peal
ble manner, and served up in a neat style.
The bill of fare consisted of first-rate. roast
beef. a sort of beef pot-pie, excellent boiled
potatoes, pickled red beets, good bread, and
fair 011tter, - withverygood apple and pumpkin
pie for dessert, and plenty of pure fresh milk.
From this point we have seen few settlements,
except an occasional Indian farm and a house
now and then along the line of the road. The
broad, rolling prairie stretches out far as the
eye can reach on every side, with its teeming
fertility and grand capacities for benefiting
the human race awaiting the touch of the skil
ful husbandman, who soon must come, as much
of the land we see is included in the grant to
the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railway Com
pany, which is to run along this line to Fort
Kearny. We shall not reach the northern bor
ders of Kansas until to-morrow; and the fine
•
district upon which my eyes have been feast
ing is all included in the boundaries of that
State. Noo - timber is in sight anywhere except
along the borders of the streams; the ground
is growing More level, but is still beautifully
undulating 5 and here, on themagnificent prai
ries, some forty-five miles out on our inland
ocean trip, I close this letter. J. L. R.
The Prairie Chickens—Buffalos—Ante.
lopes,dack•Rabbits and Prairie Dogs
—Wild Turkeys—Emigrant Partleis-.
Encamped for the Night—Seneca,
liansas—Passing into Nebraska—The
Prairies on Fire—The Wild FlOwers—
The Otoes and Pawnees•
[Special Correspondence of The Press.)
ON•THE PRAIRIES, Septepaber 27,18d5
'I mailed my letter of yesterday at Log
Chain, a station and post office, forty-nine
miles from Atchison. Passitig along the
road little flocks of prairie chickens grew
more and more common until 'the sports
man of our party could no longer resist
the temptation of firing occasionally from
the coach or securing - Ji short _halt. Three
fine young hens were soon killed, We
have seen no other game as yet, except
small birds, and, I am told, it is not like.
ly we will find any buffalos on our route,
although immense .herds are even now feed
ing at points west and southwest of our line
of travel. We will, probably, see some ante
lopes, AOIE-rabbits, and pass the burrows of
the prairie dogs. There is a popular opinion
that in these warrens or towns, as they are
commonly called, prairie dogs, owls, and
rattle-snakes form a sort of natural "happy
family," and live together in the utmost har
mony. It is a well-known fact that they are
all seen entering and emerging from holes in
close proximity to each other. A gentian:lin
who has observed the habits of these settle
ments carefully informs me that he has often
seen teamsters fill up their holes with water,
and that in every instance different animals
were driven out of different holes—one hole
sending forth prairie dogs, another owls (or
hawks?) and another rattlesnakes. He has
also seen these birds prey upon the young
dogs, and has arrived at the conclusion that
the prairie dogs are driven out of a portion of
theirholol3,but that they never willingly share
their homes with the owls and snakes. We
saw this morning at one of the stage stations
a One specimen of a tame elk, tied with a hal
ter, by the side of a large bay-Staek. lie had
a magnificent pair of horns, anq accepted our
caresses kindly. One of our party had seen
two trained elk harnessed to a wagon, on a
farm In Missouri, and he expressed the opinion
that, if captured when young, they would be
as easily and completely domesticated as the
reindeer. A short distance back I saw a hun
ter returning from a piece of timber-land
which skirted a small stream, with a fine wild
turkey on his back. In the prairie-grass on
either side I am told prairie -wolves often lie
concealed, and when, as occasionally happens,
an ox or horse falls dead on the road, his car
cass is soon consumed by these ravenous crea
tures. When I was at Leavenworth and
Weston I saw a handbill widely distributed
calling upon one hundred young and enter
prising men to join a party to proceed to the
buffalo country to drive a large herd (some
•0,000, I think) to the States—and pointing out
immense profits would accrue to all who
participated in the enterprise, which was to
be a sort of a joint-stock concern. The scheme,
however, was considered impracticable, and
at all events, was abandoned. One young man
whom I heard commenting on it declared that
it was infinitely more probable that ten thou.
sand buffaloes would drive one leindred men
into their wild haunts than that one hundred
Mee. would drive the buffaloes to the East.
THE WAGON TRAINS
Continuing our journey yesterday after
noon, as the sun sank below the horizon,
bounded by the unbroken and Comparatively
level prairie on every side, the scene was truly
ma g nin V. ent iiiFininl e cir gtoadt
above it - formed into a thousand shaped, bear
lug a close resemblance to an indented.shore
and towering mountains. We passdi several
trains that had already corralled, which Coll
sista in arranging their teams In the shape of
a V, rather as the letter is sometimes written
than as it is printed, as the open. ends curve
slightly inward, The oxen are turned loose to
graze upon the prairie; the wagons are so
arranged as to form a sort of barricade, and,
in case of attack, the teamsters, who are all
armed, rally so menially in defence of the car.
ral that the Indians are generally repulsed.
We also passed occasionally emigrant parties
halting for the night. Sometimes the family,
occupying a single wagon, encamped atone,
About 8 o'clock last evening we crossed the
Nimehaw, a stream about fifteen feet wide.
I was surprised and delighted to hear the
driver blow the old-fashioned stage-horn in
the most approved style. It was the signal to
the station we were approacbing—Seneca--to
prepare supper. We soon arrived there, and
somewhat to our amazement found it to be
quite a flourishing town, with a population of
about six hundred. It is the county-seat of
iciumbaw county, Kansas, and nagaseaag a
court-house,jall, a weeklynewspaper, lawyers
county-officers and politicians, and all the
other appliances of civilization. The hotel is
a neat and substantial two-story frame build
ing, and while we were eating an excellent
supper in the dining-room the piano was being
played in an adjacent parlor. This is sixty
miles above Atchison. This morning we
passed into Nebraska, the dividing line
being a short distance this side cof the
Pig Eine, a considerable stream which
we crossed before day-break. Settlements
beyond that point are extremely rare, except
in the immediate vicinity of the stage stations.
We are travelling to-day through the wild
prairies, with a line breeze blowing frOm the
west that closely resembles a sea breeze, to
temper the hot sun, At one point on our
route the prairies were on fire in two direc
tions, but the grass is too low and too green
to cause any considerable conflagration. No
burning flame Is perceptible, and we behild
only large clouds of smoke and blackened
wastes in their rear, As we see dark moving
spots on the horizon, which, by tbe aid
of our glasses, we were enabed to define
'as distant buffaloes, we conjectured that the
fires have been built by Indians to keep the
buffaloes off the line of our road, by destroy
ing the pastures adjacent to it. Since I have
given such a prosaic picture Of a prairie on
fire, you will be partially prepared for the he
terodox statement that I have scarcely seen,
anywhere on the prairie, a flower or collection
of wild flowers more beautiful or striking
than the brilliant weeds which grow on some
neglected Eastern fields. It is but just to say,
however, that the season is now too far ad
vanced to form a fair idea of its floral beauty,
as nearly all its fine flowers have withered.
D3l4HBli.
We have just Stopped for dinner, at about
three P. M., at ThompBOn'S Station, one hun
dred and fifty-four miles from Atchison.
Ear as the eye can reach, the broad and
almost level prarie bounds the horizon, not a
tree and not a habitation, except the log
station-house being in sight. A very excel
lent dinner was prepared, the price of the
meal being here as at all other stations we
have passed, one dollar. Two young women
were waiting on the passengers, and in re
sponse to the questions whether they were
not lonesome and afraid of the Indians, they
replied „ Oh, no, we see people enough on the
road, and the ()toes and Pawnees (who live on
either side of them) are friendly, and when
they come here we like to talk to them, which
we can do in their own language." At
several of the most remote settlements we have
passed we have seen mowing and raking ma
chines which are used in cutting and collect
ing hay, that we see piled in immense stacks,
at many points on the line, to feed stock this
winter. Leaving Thompson, we approached
the Little Blue, a stream that has been wind
ing along to the south for a considerable dis
tance, who Valley enclosing it is quite pie
=vague and beautiful, and forms an agree
able variety to'the unbroken prairie, that had
become somewhat monotonous. A few light
patches, pointed out on the land by the road
side, are pronounced alkali, the first I have
seen on the road. J, L. It.
On the Plains—Fort Kearney—A Paw
nee Indian in the National Pniform 4 -
The Troops—The Appearance or the
Housea—lndian Barbarißes—Hostile
Indians—What the People Say—The
Other Side of the Question How
the Savages Live—What is Bone in
Case of an 'Attack on the Stage
Coaches—The Traveillers—The Denver
Cl/nth The Enormous Travel—The
Land Dry and Sandy—Pr.eftwitows
against Attack —The Stations De
lightful Weather—Beeent Fights of
the Indians with the Troops of Gen.
Conner, Col. Walker and Vol. Coles—
The War Conducted in the Mountain
Reglons-ahe Indians Worsted—Their
Total Loss in Three Weeks Thirteen
Hundred—Alkali Station Saeked—A
good Bed for a Railway—The Beau
ties of Sunrise on the Plains—An Al
kali Lake—The Water.
[Special Correspondence of The Press.]
ON THE PLAINS, WEST Or, FORT KEARNEY,
Saturastain 28, 1865.
I banded my letter of yesterday to the driver
of the coach going east, who promised to mail
it, I (We tildt3" On tke plains," instead "9n
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER '11,::1865.
the prairies," because some forty or fifty
taloa east of Fort Kearney, the a oil gradually
changes from a deep Wank loam,pn which the
grass was growing redundantly, to the heigth
Of from one to three or four feet, to a light
sandy soil, Sparsely covered with &ass, little
or none of which is taller than-the grass of an
Eastern pasture-ficld, upon which defile have
been grazing all summer.
During most of last night we continued , to
skirt the valley of the Little Blue, but towards
morning approached the " divide, ,, as the com
paratively elevated plain which separates
the waters of the Little Blue and tho South
Platte is called. The course of the latter is
distinctly marked by a narrow belt of timber
lying north of us, which first Came in vievias we
approached Fort Kearney, where we arrived
at about 9 A. M., and we are to follow the
course of this stream during the remainder of
Our journey to Denver, sometimes approach
ing quite near to its bed and at other peiiods
remaining a few miles distant.
FORT KRARNRY
Fort Kearney is two hundred and fifty-three
mike from Atchison, and the journey to that
point consumed forty-eight hours. As we all
slept pretty well last night, and tolerably well
the night before, and as the weather has been
fine, with a refreshing iffeeze blowing con
stantly from the west, very similar in its
character and its effects on the systemto a
sea-breeze, we suffer very little from fatigue—
certainly not more than forty-eight hourS ,
Eastern railway travel, in the' ordinary pas_
senger cars, would produce. Tnore are seve
ral large Government buildings here, and
stores of hay, grain, ete. The guard pacing up
and down the road to protect the latter was a
Pawnee Indian, in Government uniform, about
one hundred (Or thereabout) of that tribe being
regular soldiers of ourarmy, and efficient ones.
too, especially in all campaigns against the
Cheyennes, who are their hereditary enemies.
The other troops stationed on tins line for its
protection are two regiments of former rebels,
and some Kansas and Nebraska soldiers. Be
side the Government buildings, there are
probably thirty or forty houses at Fort Near
110Y, a considerable number of which are adobe
(pronounced a-do-bee) structures, and have
a tolerably comfortable appearance. They
are formed simply of the sod out from the sur
face of the soil, in pieces of uniform size, say
about two feet long, eight inches wide, and
one foot deep, the light grass on the sod varie
gating Vheir appearance as lines of mortar di'
versify the aspect of a brick house. The roof
is formed of similar material, a few rails,
rough boards, or logs being used to support it,
and even the log houses generally have adobe
roofs. Where the adobe houses are carefully
built they bear a resemblance to stone dwell
ings, constructed of dark stones of tutiform
size, and look very substantial. They are
generally only one story in height. Some
possess the luxury of a window-fraing and
glass and others do not. it is only the soft
adjacent to low grounds that are used, as they
aro firm, moist and compact.
TUN LINN OF TAKVF.L
At Fort Kearney all the main lines of travel
and the team routes from the East now con. -
verge, and in the future the Eastern ISranches
Of the Pacific Railway leading to Omaha,
Atchison, Kansas City, and other 'points are
to unite there. Trains are not permitted to
travel west from Fort Kearney until teams are
collected together sufficiently numerous to
muster fifty men, who are deemed powerful
enough to protect themselves against any In
dian attack likely to be made. At Fort ,
Kearney the guard for the first time assumed
protection of the coach—two mounted troopers
proceeding in front and two following us. It is
their duty to warn us of the approach of the
savages, and to assist in our defence if an
attack is made. The country we passed
through last night along the banks of the
Little Blue, WAS formerly considered quite'
dangerous. Last year the Ruinous committed
some fearful barbarities there, murdering the
settlers, carrying two women into captivity,
attacking the stage coaches, running off the
Stock of the line, and gaining for a short
period undisputed possession of the main
road and country adjacent, but they were soon
driven back. Last spring Or summer one Or
two attacks on coaches were made in the same
region, which is one of the few districts that
afford good natural facilities for Indian war
fare, As they can conceal themselves behinq
the timber skirting the Little Blue, near the
road. Recently the escort has been removed
from the line east of Fort Kearney, and it is
now considered quite safe.
13. f PIATikl.!
Although i have said little about the Indiang
in my previous letters, Z have been by no
means unmindful of their existence, nor of
the fact that we are journeying through the
domains of hostile tribes. Their move
ments, history, barbarities, manners, in
tentions, and destiny, form the current
staple of conversation, precisely as the war
for the Union Was talked of in the East
before the surrender of General Lee. r. have
'embraced every opportunity offered by our
hurried trip to learn the views of stage-agents,
train-masters and settlers, who feel as much
their comfortable Eastern dwellings. There
Ts mach diversity of opinion in regard to the
policy that should be pursued, and the precise
facts relating to the present " situation."
THE DIFFERENT TRIBES
Most of the Sioux, Cheyennes and Arapahoes
(pronounced Soos, Shians and liapahoes) have
been driven off from this line to the north
west, by General Connor, and recently badly
whipped by him, losing a considerable num
ber of warriors and ponies. It is supposed
they will soon sue for peace, and they may be
represented in the council to be held at Bluff
creek on the 4th of October. It is not impro.
bable that they may endeavor to retreat to
the buffalo country south of our road, and
thus cross the route we are travelling. The
fact that the war of the rebellion is over, and
that treaties have already been effected with
many hostile and semi-hostile tribes, will
naturally accelerate the termination of the
present war. One portion of the people cry
out lustily for the immediate extermination
of the whole Indian race. They point to
their treachery, their barbarous treatment of
captives, shocking mutilations of the bodies
of white men, and the constant dangers to
which the lines of travel and frontier settlers
are exposed. Another *class say that to exter
minate the Indians at once would be not Only
barbarous but Impraeticable g that the demand
for extermination is stimulated by specula
tors, contractors, and other parties who wish
to compel the Government to spend large
BUMS of money in this region; and that each
treaty produces at least temporary security,
during the prevalence of which the settle
ments are so much strengthened that they
soon become self-protecting,while the Indians
gradually diminish in number, and eventually
become semi-civilized, like the lllckapoos,
Otoes and Pawnees, through whose reserver
tions we have already passed. Before the pre
sent war broke out Indians were constantly
passing along the route we are travelling,
trdding with, begging, and occasionally pilfer
ing from the emigrants and teamsters. They
ire9nently complained that the white men
were travelling through Indian land, killing.
Indian game, burning Indian wood, drinking
Indian water, with stock consuming Indian
graso r and by their inroads making Indians
very poor (they convey the idea of poverty by
rubbing the fingers of the left hand backwards
froM the nails), while the white men were
very rich. They seemed to think that pre
sents or provisions were due as a sort of toll,
and occasionally threatened violence if their
demands were not complied with. Bat a sack
of flour (which, like sugar and coffee, they
highly prize), and some beef, generally paeilled
them. They necessarily lead very precarious
lives, often suffer much from hunger and cold,
and are no doubt impelled to some of their at
tacks by absolute want, as starving wolves
sometimes run clown a horse. Many of Okra
are armed with carbines, guns or revolvers,
- which they have acquired during a series of
years from white men, but as they are pro
bably short of ammunition now, most of their
recent attacks are made with arrows, which
they handle very ski/fully, It often occurs
that outrages are committed by rash and
bloodthirsty young savages against the wishes
of the tribe to which they belong; but for such
offences they are sometimes punished, and
even expelled by their associates.
ATTACK ON THE STAGE. COACHES
The stage-coaches are not often attacked,
considering the length of their route and the
number of their trips. In nearly every in
stance the assailants have been baffled or re
pelled. Notice of the approach of the Indians is
generally given by the guards,who are mounted
on good horses and armed with a carbine and
two revolvers. The driver hurries with all speed
to the adjacent station, where other troops
arc ready to assist in a defensive battle. If
hard pressed, he sometimes drives into the
open entrance of a corral. The passengers
and drivers are all armed of course. We have
each one or two revolvers, and several of our
party also carry repeating rifles and shot
guns. In case of an actual conflict, it general
ly assumes the shape of a young fight, each
Party blazing away as rapidly as possible, the
Indians approaching to within fifty yards of
the coach, or even closer. When the stage
horses are erippled or killed by the In
diem, and flight becomes impossible, a
barricade is made of the stage-coach and
mail-bags, and, as the. red skins love
plunder potter than bullets, they are
generally compelled to beat a retreat. As I
'write we are popping at the Spread Eagle, a
poet-office tbirty-flve 'relies west of Fort irear
ney,, and about one hundred and fifty miles
east of Julesburg. A guard here informs us
that as' the Eastern coach was leaving Jules
burg in the evening three or four days ago it
was fired into by the Indians. The driver ha- .
niediately returned to that town, and a party
of soldiers were sent in pursuit of the enemy,
The next morning the stage proceeded east,
as usual, and no harm was done. I have not
heard yet of a single instance in which any
passengers in the coach were killed by In
dians, although a few have been, slightly
wounded. We have just taken dinner at Plain
Creek station, a very fair meal, for which, as
at Fort ifearney, we paid $1.50; but Oonsidering
the distance over which supplies must be
hauled and the abundanee furnished, this
charge is reasonable and just. A short dis
tance east of Plum Creek, a train was attacked
last year, and 11 men connected with it were
.killed. They were all buried in one common
grave near the road. A light occurred here
about the same time between fifty mounted
Americans going to the East and several hun
dred Indians, in which the latter, after
a protracted battle, were defeat* with con
siderable loss, the white* Only 104Ing two DIM
About a hundred miles west, after a severe
battle, PM Indian and white man wve found,
lying side by side, who, in a hand to-hand en
counter, had grasped each other's scalp
locks and each killed his adversary with , a
Unite. A short distance oast of Plum. aticak
Station an adobe fort has been erected. The
main structure is about six feet high, about
one hundred and fifty feet long, and sixty feet
wide. Two log.eabins, affording quarters to
about one hundred soldiers stationed there,
are erected within the enclosure. As we
advance westward we still find occasional
ranches, or adobe houses, whose -inhabitants
are generally traders, who supply some of the
wants of the trains, or, in time of peace, of the
Indians, and we regularly pass the stations of
the stage line. We have seen a few antelopes
a short distance from the roadside to-day.
We are now, at 5.10 P. M., approaching Wil
low Island Station, 304 miles from Atchison.
L,
THE CITY.
THE ELECTION YESTERDAY.
The election yesterday passed off with un
usual Quiet. No disturbance was reported, if
we except a slight altercation which Occurred
as, a delegation from the Seventh ward was
passing The Age office, about half-past ten
o'clock last night. They carried a transpa
rency with their majority, "WO," upon it, A
number of those in line carried lanterns.
They were attacked at The Age office by a
crowd assembled there, and some of those
carrying lanterns need them pretty freely as
clubs. The result was a few broken heads,
but no.other serious damage, •
AT THE GLOBE HOTEL,
which is the Democratic headquarters, a large
crowd assembled, and the returns were read
therefrom. The great unwashed were very
enthusiastic in the early part of the night.
The Eighteenth ward was announced to have
given 417 majority for Fox. This of course,
was received with prolonged cheering.' It was,
howeveri soon ascertained that the Eighteenth
ward had given a Union majority of WI The
ardor soon died out, and the enthusiasts re
tired for parts unhnown.
AT THE . A6E OFFICE
Early in the evening, a orowd of men eel•
looted in front of The Age office, when large
Democratic gains were announced. About
half-past ten o'clock an attack was made on a.
delegation from tke Seventh ward, which car
ried a transparency arrhoiladiaig a great Union
victory in that ward. Several of the jubilant
" Cops , ' received broken heads, but no serious
injury was inflicted. The Age office closed a
few minutes after 11 o'clock • the publishing
and editorial rooms being in darkness shortly
after that time showed that they had aban-
doned the contest at that early hour. ' '
AT. THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTER ROOM
the returns were read, and also announced on
transparencies prepared for the purpose, in a
lantern placed at the third-story window. The
transparendy with the vote upon it was
printed on a piece of white paper, fasten.'
ed on a frame, which, by a sliding arrange
ment, was placed in front of agas light,
and could by.that means be read for a con
siderable distance. A special despatch from
Simon Cameron announced that, 'Dauphin
county had given 1,200 Union majority. A col
lation 'was prepared on the lower floor, to
which a large number of guests sat down. A
band of music was in attendance, and at a
late hour the members of the committee and
others proceeded to the house of Morton Mc-
Michael, headed by a brass band, to congratu
late him upon the joyful result.
AT THE NATIONAL 'UNION CLUB BOOM
there was a largenunaber of persons present.
They listened to the announcement of the
majorities from the State Central Committee
rooms adjoining, and at a late hour proceeded
with a band of music to celebrate Morton
McMichael, Mayor elect of Philadelphia.
ALONG CHESTNUT STREET
There was along Chestnut street during the
evening, up to twelve O'ClOek, a huge number
of gentlemen, but the best of order prevailed.
The Seventh, Tenth, Fifteenth, and Eighteenth
wards turned out with bands of 'music, torches,
and trausnarencioa, announcing the majori
ties of the respective wards. Thebaud of the
Eighteenth ward played, while passing The
Age office, the if Rogue's March,” and an auc
tioneer's bell was rung, significant, no doubt,
of the selling out of the Democratic party.
THE OLD MEN'S HOME.—Located in
the vicinity of Forty-first and Market streets,
an elevated, delightful, and healthy rural sec
tion of the Twenty-fourth ward, is an institu
tion known as the Old Men's Home. A number
of elderly ladies, we believe, of whom, Mrs.
Vaux, the mother of ex-Mayor Vaux, is most,
prominent, manage the institution. The
Home, however, it not very large, its capacity
being for ten persons' only. individuals must
have reached the r n sixty years before
they he admitted - as permanent residents.
The sum of money required for admission is
one hundred dollars, 'Mere are in Philadel
phia infirm old men who would unquestion
ably avail themselves of such a home if its ca
pacify 'Was inl gar. This the EAMON are
well aware of because of the applications that
have been made to them. An effort is being
made to purchase a small property adjoining
the present place, for which .the sum of abon7.',
four thousand dollars Is a - coati:ed. it the
managers succeed in this laudable object, then
there will he accommodations made for nearly 1
twenty more men, whose sun of life is fast de
seending to its final rest. This institution
has been conducted in so unostentatious a
manner that the great mass of the public know
little or nothing about it. Hundreds of plea
sure-seekers may drive their horses and car
riages along that section duriu2leasant
:4
observe two or three oldmen seatednfro, 1
of or about the Home, reading newspapers or
books,. yet they may never give the scene even
a passing thought, and therefore remain in ig
norance
of such an excellent institution.
Human flesh is heir to many ills, and it is
not until disease sets in to rack the body with
pain that health can be fully or duly appre
ciated. It is then that comparisons can be
made; then the former sweets of life can be
contrasted with the bitter pangs of nature
diseased. So it is with Marna old men, who,
though they may not be afflicted with acute
diseases or torturing pains, yet they feel their
vital energies gradually becoming more and
more impaired. They live upon the verge of
the grave. These men, it may be said, have
outlived their days of usefulness. To ame
liorate their eondition in their declining years
may be considered as charity. Who of the
wealthy classes of Philadelphia will render
material aid to _the plain and unassuming
managers of the Old Dients Home, in order to
enlarge its sphere of usefulness I,
THE GRATITUDE OF A DoG.—A valuable,
well-trained, but savage setter dog was locked
up in the counting-house at the coal-oil lire on
Dickinson-street wharf on Sunday afternoon.
The sea of roaring flames had extended all
over the area occupied by the oil. The count
ing-bouse, a frame building, at the northwest
corner, soon ignited from the excessive heat.
The roof and the two sides nearest the confla
gration of the oil Ignited, and the dog howled
piteously as though fully aware of the im
danger. -
pending The members of the Shiftier
nose Co., having secured a plug near the
counting-house, were ready to put the water
on. A member forced the door open, and the
dog, already subjected to a heat of several
hundred degrees, sprang into the open air.
Having regained his liberty, he exhibited his
gratitude by licking the hands of his rescuer,
and, fondly running around him r evinced va
rious signs of joy. The dog was an entire
stranger to the fireman, and under other cir
cumstances would have made an attack upon
him. The animal seemed desirous to stay by
him, and not permit any person to approach
him. A rope was finally placed around the
neck of the canine, and lie was led away frpm
the terribly exciting scenes incident to The
great fire.
VAST IMPROVEMENTS ON TEE RIVEN.
Fitoirr.—A. short time previous to the consoli
dation of the several municipalities into one
city, a company caused to be constructed on
the river front, south from Reed street, a
"bulkhead," extending in length to a distance
of nearly two thousand five hundred feet,
This bulk was to be the head of the docks
when the wharves should be extended. Be
tween the main land and the bulkhead afore
said was a boo area of marsh, whereon the
tide flowed and ebbed twice in each twenty.
four hours. The space thus partly enclosed
Was a famous shooting ground for reed birds
and rail, Industrial works are erected where
boat-houses stood, at the era of consolidation.
Since that time, year after year, thousands of
cart-loads of dirt have been hauled there, and
thirty or forty acres of dry, hard soil now oc
cupies the place where all was marsh twelve
years since. The work of tilling year going
on daily, so that In the course of a at the
prese.nt progress, the whole marsh to tal bulk
head will be Covered. We understand that it
is in contemplation to extend several wharves
out from the bulk to the port warden's line.
The water is deep in this part of the rive n and
seemshipping interests, Lehigh coal trade, etc.,
to be progressing that way very rapidly
PREBEETATIONS.—Mr. Francis A. WOl-
hert, a - member of the Common Council from
the Math ward, was presented with a splendid
gold Chronometer, on blonday evening, by the
members of the Independence Steam Fire
Company, at their ball, at the National Guards'
Hall. The " token of esteem" is appropriately
inscribed on the inlet'. ease. Mr. W., in his
()facial capacity as a member of the Commit
tee on Fire and Trusts, always took a lively
interest on behalf Of the Fire Department ge
nerally.
On Monday evening Mr. Thomas H. Waram,
a veteran soldier, recently appointed united
States Deputy Marshal, was presented with a
handsome silver badge, containing a medal
lion likeness of the martyred ?resident Lin
coln. The presentation was made at Major
C. M. Berry's headquarters, on Sixth street.
The occasion was a happy reunion of old
friends and soldiers who had done the State
some service.
BABB•babie -- The grand old Excelsiora,
of Brooklyn, who gave us our drst great les
son in base-ball in 1860, and who, whether in
victory or defeat, have always stood proudly
at the head of base-ball, on account of their
high tone and most gentlemanly conduct, will
beliere to-day (Wednesday) to - play the sham.
pion Athletics. This will be one of the great
games of the season s and front ten to twenty
thousand persons will turn out to see it. The
Excelsior's n ere beaten in Washington on
Monday, but they . have materially strength
ened their nine since then by fresh arrivals
from Brooklyn. Go out early, as the game
'will begin at two, and take your ladies with
you, •Voth clubs will be out In theit , strength.
/The grounds are at at Fifteenth and Columbia
avenue.
CRICKET—PHILADELPHIA VS. NEW
Youg.—The match between the Philadelphia
Cricket Club, of this city, and the St. George's
Club, of New York, will take place to-day and
to-morrow, on the grounds of the Philadelphia
Club, at Camden. The wickets will be pitched
at ten o'clock, and the play, which promises
to be closely contested, will, in all probability,
decide which of the two clubs are to be en
titled to assume the honors of the champion
ship of the United States. Of course the sym
pathies of our citizens are with the Philadel
phians. Should the latter be defeated as it is
sincerely hoped they will not, they will only
have to try again . There will be ample ac
commodations on the grounds for ladies.
FAllt AND TABLE/VI:IL—The Sabbath
school of the North Baptist Church are now
holding a grand fair and tableaux at the AB
sernbly Building, for the benefit of the school.
There is. a grand display of useful and fancy
articles, including a large model of a Steaul•
ship, which is put at twenty.tive cents a
chance. There is an elaborate silver fire horn
On exhibition,to be presented on the morning
Of the firemen's parade to the company polling
the largest number of votes. A series of
tableaux are nightly presented, and add much
to the other attractions. A fine brasa band iB
in col:lett/a attendance.
CONFISCATION.—Mr. Pugh, the Coolie
sinner of Markets, informs us that during the
Milt two Width hie clears seized two-hundred
end forty-nine lumps of butter and thirty
lumps of ssUelege meet, in consequenee of
8 1 490 weight..
~, •
THE FAIR AT THE ACADEXY.---We are
much pleased to see the commendable efforts
of the wholesale and retail dry . goode depart
ment of the great fair for the aoldleve , and
Sailors' Home , ' being ea liberally rewarded.
The comm - ittee deserve great credit for their
mid i and we wish them uontinued auoooo/f
until they have footed up such an - amount as
will gladden the heart of the poor destitute
soldier and sailor. The 'chairman, 'Mr. S. P.
Godwin, gave us a look at the autograph
album, and we were forcibly impressed that,
in after years,our children will look at this
charity with fondness and . admiration, and
bless the memory of those who were willing
to contribute towards the relief of the needy.
THE ALBANY PfP.F. ANOCIATION".•—•Thig
association will leave Albany for this city on
Friday evening, and, on their arrival here will
be taken in hand by the Perseverance Hose,
NO, 5, whose guests they aro tote. Their uni
form is a black suit througbout: They will,
we understand, be accompanied by a band.
Their stay in our City will be short, as they
leave for home the clay after the parade..
Wammt.During the mouth. of Septem
ber 1,136,700,057 gallons of water, or an average
of 37,800,001 gallons per day, were• pumped by
the works belonging to the city.
LOCAL Siusxivuss.
CRITTENDBIVB COMMIS/101AL COLLUGIL—Over
seven hundred and fifty students have at
tended this widely-known institution within
the year just passed. As a place for obtaining
a knowledge of mercantile affairs its supe
riority is generally conceded. Without bom
bast or purile pretensions it steadily pursues
its way, and does what it profess to (1.0, iro
,,parts sound, practical business knowledge. It
combines with the advantages of long: expe
rience, large business acquaintance, and abili.
ties of thelighest order, energy and a faith.
/al attention to the interests of its students'
and every fadlity[and improvementlis afforded
for aiding the student in acquiring an accu
rate and thorough knowledge of business
affairs.
The honfidence and esteem in which: it is
held by the business community, and the uni
versal satisfaction expressed by its students,
attest the value of its instruction. The stu
dents-are thoroughly trained in the principles
and details pf mercantile transactions of every
kind, and the instructions throughout are of
the inost_praetioal character. Its students aro
dispersed throughout the country and are
ailing with success positions of the highest
responsibility and honor. One of the best in
, a , young man can make is to ac
quire a knowledge of the branches. taught
there.' , ,
CHABLER H. Owans,l63 North Third street,
southeast corner of Race, manufaeturer of
11111111•MIRIC CDR tr 0 9 .401 PTived and pegged.
COUntry merchants and Others fa. ware 04
prime goods would find it to their &Waning°
to give him a call.
THE Plume ra wir4 E
_IG.E.Ta.ENTH WAstri:—llen,
ry J. lialdiston, No. 1431 Franlrford avenue, is
now prepared to receive subscriptions to ghe
Press.- Copies for sale at his counter at an
•eally bow every morning. - 1
THE POLIOE.
CONIWZNVE WU/
A colored man, named reddrlek Neal, living "at
the bead waters of the Sassafras river, Warwick
county, Maryland, was the victim of a sharper,"yes
terd ay morning to the extent of $4OO in U. S. Trea
sury notes. This case is similar to several prae
ticed years since by the celebrated Ciamalied Van
cott. From the statement made yesterday morn
ing by the victim, it was seems that the sharper met
with him near the Sassafras river, a day or two
since, andengaged In familiar conversation, during
which the old man said he had a son in the Zith
giment U.S. C. T., that had Just arrived in Phila
delphia from the war, but had not yet been mus
tered out of the service. The old man proposed
visiting Philadelphia to see his son, in order to give
him bit bounty money, amounting to $4OO, that he
bad safely retained for him from the time of his en
listment.
• The sharper, finding that Peddrick was deeidedly
communicative' on subjects that be should keep se
cret, played his part well. He said he was going to
Philadelphia, after visiting Baltimore, and would
, be glad to accompany Mr. Ilea. While on the cars
he told a long Story about being in California when
the war broke out; how he enlisted, and how he
obtained two boxes of gold and jewelry, - worth more
than four hundred dollars. He laid that he did not
know exactly what to do with it, but stated that
Peddrick might have it all for the sum of Iwo in
greenbacks. The sharper said the two large boxes
were at Adams' Express office. They , contained
two smaller boxes, enclosing four hundred dollars
In gold faeces. Peddrick areed to give him the
money upon the delivery of the boxes, believing ,
that his eon could the more readily get the gold ex
changed 'without exciting any suspicion.
Upon arriving in the city a carriage was obtained
and the two men were driven to the express office—
the deponent supposed it to be such an office. The
two boxes were delivered, placed in the carriage
and driven away. The parties stopped at a public
house to finish up the work. The sharper having
received the greenbacks made some pretext and
absented himself, since which time he has tot been
heard from.
• - • •
The chaise driver finally became impatient,-the
hour for which he -had been engaged having ex
'pired. He called upon Neal and stated the
fact, 0 him, Z.Teal" said he was waiting for
the return of the other man. The einiiSe driver,
sharp fellow, understood the whole afar at nun,
RDA! it 'was not long before IT6ai adeertatheil to his
utter dismay that he had been victimized. He pro
eeededitothe Centralpolice office with the two boxes.
They contained pieces of marble and brickbats,
packed in curled hair. These boxes had probably
been forwarded from Baltimore to Philatieiphila m
the sharper, who fpaid a quick Visit to t - r
_,"
' .er
Nam after having an interview to , " - 41 wre •
mentioned.
criefore Mr. Recorder Rum]
AY ALLEGED HOUSE DUET.
Pat Ryan was charged with the larceny of a bay
horse valued at 8075. from the Bazarr on Filbert
street. The animal belonged to Geo. W. Pieties,
residing on Fifth street, above Diamond. He left
It tied to a tree in front of the Bazaar, and it disap
neared, The horse was traced to Camden by officer
De Haven, and was found in charge of a boy who
stated that Ryan had hired him to ride the animal to
Camden, where he offered it for sale for $75. The
accused was committed. •
.ATTtMr7wn sunaLARY
An attempt was made to rob the tailor store of. T.
Wilson, No. 4 90uth Ninth street. Two men were
observed working at the front door, but upon the
approach of a ttzen *hrhosthavilur &Jame
chisel behind them.i
NO REPORTS
Yesterday the usual levee at the Mayor's office
was dispensed with. The accustomed reports of the
lieutenants were not received. These officials re
mained in the- station-houses, in case they were
required to quell disturbances. ;,
Things were dull about the Central Police Station
during yesterday. Not a single case was heard,and
- .Alderman Bailer, the presiding magistrate did not
think it necessary pay his daily visit.
A QUIET ELECTION.
The election yesterday passed off very quietly. Tip
to the time of the closing of the polls last evening
there were very few instances in which the services
of the pollee were required. No serious . disturb.
anees occurred.
SHIPPING.
taith STEAM. TO LIVERPOOL--
Calling at Queenstown—The Inman Line,
sallln&Semi-Weekly. carrying the U. S. Malls.
CITY'OF LIMERICK wEDNESDAY. Oct. It
EDINBURG SATURDAY. Oct. 14.
CITY OF. MANCDESTER.WEDNESDAY.. Oct. 15
CITY OF WASHINGTON-SATURDAY, Oct. 21.
At Noon, from Pier 44 North Raver.
RATES OF . PASSAGE.
Payable in Gold.
First Cabin VO 00 Bteuage ... . 00
to London.. 95 00j to London. 39 00
to Pans 105 001 " to Pane 40 co
Passengers - also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg,
Bremen, &c., 4c. at moderate rates.
Passage
_by the Wednesday steamers, cabin, $9O;
steerage, VP payable In IF. 16. currency.
Steerage passage from Liverpool or queenstown,
al gold, or its equivalent. Tickets can be bought
H ere by persons sending for their friends.
For farther information, apply at the Company's
Offices. JOHN El. DALE, Agent,
jyu WALNUT Street', Phila.
s i s aM i g FOR ,HARTFORD CONN.
.1 MtITAN DIRECT, VIA DELAT'ARE AWD
CANAL.—The Philade phi. Steam
Propeller Company's Steamer " SARAH, I9 Capt.
Jones, now loading at Tatem's wharf, below South
street, will sail as above with despatch.
Apply on board or to
WISI. M. BAIRD & CO., Agents.
ocs-at JAZ SOUTH WHARVES. •
FOR ALBANY AND TROY,
N. Y.-VIA. DELAWARE AND RA
IUTAN CANAL.
The barge S. FLANAGAN, T. Spicer, master, Is
now loading at first wharf below Spruce street for
the above points, and will leave on WEDNESDAY
INEI , III4G.
Fore freig_ht, which will be taken on reasonable
WW I . UMW to D. L. FLANAGAN, Agent,
009 -at 30* S. DEL AWAKE Avenue.
g iZa FOR RICHMOND, NORF'OLZ.,
AND CITY POIRT.,
PHILADELPHIA. AND RICHMOND STEAM
PACKET COMPANY.
The flue steamship
" CLAYMONT"
Will Pail from the 'First Wharf above MA.P.R.Wi I 8t.,•
On SATURDAY, October 7, 1825, at 12 M.
These steamers insure at lowest rates an 4 sail re
gularly every Wednesday and Saturday.
For freight or passage, with excellent accommo
dations, apply to
WM". P. CLYDE &
sel4-tm No. 14 NORTH WHARVES.
, BOSTON AND PHILADEto
pIILL STEAMSHIP LINE sailing from
vriirsrttreoetSgalaglamllid wha lf, a trs!
tOll4
The steamer ITOInfiN, Captain. Eater. will eau
from Philadelphia for Boston on Saturday, October
14, at 10-. A.. M. and steamer SAXON Captain at
thews, Vigo ,Boston for Philadelphia, same day,
ot 4 P. M.
These new and substantial ateamehips form a regu
lar line, sailing from neon port punctually on .4ntlir
-11&99.
MOUT/Moen erected st one-hell
the Vremlum
charged on the vessels.
Freights taken at fair rates.
Bhippere are requested to send Slip Receipts and
Rills of Lading with their goods.
For Freight or l'aseA&BNCETlFAMlttertirdli
tiOratip/Y to_ --
num South DELAWARE Aven ue.
BAKER'S POPULAR HAIR ESTAB•
L. LASLIMENT—The assortment of Braids, Wigs,
Toupees, Banbeaux. Papillons, Bouleaux, Ton
dues, Frizzes, Crimples, Clurls, Illusive Seams for
Ladies, cannot be equalled by any other house in
the United States at prices lower than elsewhere.
O. 909 CHESTNUT Street. se2l-Ims
MORGAN_ ,_ORB, Zio CO., STEAM. EN
GINE BUILDER% Iron Founders, and Gene
ral Machinists and Boner Makers, No. ISI9 CAL-
Liyisrmia. Street. Philadelphia. fe2S.tt
HAVANA CIGAREL-A GOOD VA
RIETY constantly to store and bond, at low.
est cash rates. • B. AUUII F RON TONS,
mv2l-82n* NO. SIM Muth Street.
'HENRY BALDWIN, JR,
• • ITo. as SOUTH SEVENTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA,
ATTORNET-AT-LA.W,SOLICITOR, OF PATENTS
AND
couNsELLOit IN PATENT CASES.
oc.l-3m*
•
TUST OPENED—A CHOICE ASSORT
MENT ofdarntlemen's Scarfs, Ties, and Hand
koreldefa from Parte, imported and selected kr
JOll3l C. AItItISON, No. 1 and a North SIXTH.
Street. oe7
A CARD.-/lAVING RESUMED THE
PRACTICE OF LAW, I will give careful at
tention to all business which may be entrusted to
my hands.
OFFICE, No. 1,2 d FLOOR BIBLE }WILDING,
PAYETTE street, near Charles street,
Baltimore.
se29-Im TORN R. KENLY.
PERBO - 55 13EEKING MEDICAL AID
would do well to consult Dr. D. A. DUMAd,
No. 1037 WALNUT litreet, for prompt and effi
cient treatment.
Distant patients consulted by letter, and reme.
Mee forwarded to any address. sel4-Im.
AFINE STOCK OP CUTLERY.—
- INDIA RUBBER TEA and TABLE KNIVES.
IVORY EDNDLE do. do. do.
HORN do. do. do. do.
EITuRRN WARES COMPLETE.
se29-tr unrierviS & PAGE. SIXTH . and AEON.
NESTE3 FANCY BASKETS,
1,000 just received. Ale., deok of plain
ind fancy "WILLOW AND WWI) WARE. Far
sale low to the trade.
ROWE, EUSTON & CO.,
sea° 167 and 139 North THIRD Street.
EVANS & WATSON'S
EJu SALAMANDER SAYE
%TORE,
13011TELl'OUREN STREET.
ritILADLPRIA_P
A
oat kaßg4 lane variety of PL itz-ruour NAVA liwoys
PROPOSALS.
fvFlet DEPOT COMMISSARY OF
SUBSISTENCE,
Wasnrs - erroa - , D. O„ October 8, 1885.
KALE 01P BARB no.V.AD.
SEALED PROPOSAL% In duplicate, will be re
ceived at this office until 12 M., on TIMRSDAY4
.thepth put., for the surplus
fliottp BREAD
at this and the Alexandria depot. The Bread is
packed 111 boxes of fifty (50) pounds each, and can
be examined at Sixth street - wharf, in this city,
or at the bubalstenve stotebonee, In Alexandria,
Va. No bids will be received for less than twenty
(20) boxes, one thousand (1,000) pounds. The
price per pound and quantity desired win be stated
in each proposal. It will be placed on transports at
Alexandria, Va., or at She Sixth-street wharf, free
of eqspense to the purchaser. Twenty thousand
boxes (GO pounds each),-mgrs or less, can be par
chat.ea.
The attention of shippers. and others using Pilot
Bread, is called to the advantages now offered for
obtaining their supplies of this article.
The Government reservee the right to reject hide.
Bidders not present will be notified by letter of the
result of their proposals. All purchases will be re
moved within twenty days from the date of accep
tance. .„
Pi10ii6.4416, if dealred,,ealt be obtained from
the undersigned.
Terms eatih, in Government funds, before the de
livery commences. G DELL,
oc9-mwr St Maj. and C. S., U. S. A.
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER'S
OFFICE, 1139 GIRARD Street.
PAlPAnzLriti.s.4 October 4, 1865.
`'PROPOI3ALB FOR FORAGE AND STRAW.
Proposals are invited by the undersigned, for the
delivery of good, merchantable Timothy Hay and
Straw, on board of vessels at midi wharf In. the
Port of Philadelphia as may be designated.
The Hay and Straw must be securely baled, and
weigh (2,000.) two thousand pounds per ton, exclu
sive of wood.
Proposals must state plainly the- quantity, price
and time of delivery.
The Hay and Straw will be inspected by a Gov
ernment Inspector, and weighed before being ship
ped.
Proposals will also be received to deliver Ray and
Straw at Washington.. D. C., Rfehiftond, Va., and
Hilton tint], S. C., subject to the above require
ments.
Bids will be accepted from time to • A ime to meet
the requirements of the Government:
Payments to be made on delblettok or as soon
thereafter as funds for that purpose shall be re
ceived.
Tilde shall be subject to the decision of the Quar
termaster General.
All proposals to be made out in daplieate, on
printed forms, which may be had on application at
this office, the price to be stated both an words and
figures. ' . -
Each bid lutist be guaranteed by • two responsible
persons, whose signatures must be appended to the
guarantee, and certified to as being good and sum
dent securities for the Amount involved by the
United States District Judge, Attorney or Col
lector, or other public officer.
Envelopes to be endorsed, "Proposals for For-
All proposalS tO COnfOrm strictly. to the terms of
this ;advertisement, a copy of which must aaooit
,panyeachproileal.
By order of Col. WM. W. MCKIM, U. S: A.,
Chief Quartermaster Philadelphia Depot.
ti - E•9 ii, 9414 5 ,
oil-ti c A pv, and nest quartermaster,
GOVERNMENT SALE' OP WHISKY.
OFFICE DEPOT COMMISSARY_
Porerwasti MORE Va.. SepteMber si 19 SEALED PROPOSALS, in duplicate, are invited
and will be received by the undersigned at•this Dc
potointil 12 o'clock M,.
on the lath day of OCTO
BER, 1565 for the sale of oho thousand sevenbun
dred and fifteen (1,715) barrels of wilialrY, more or
less, as follows, viz :
Lot No. 1. Consisting often hundred and sixty
seven (1,067) barrels of Rectified Whisky, originally
inspected in April, May, and June, laSi, andJanu
e.(7, 1465, cohtaining about forty-two thousand
three hundred and forty-five (42,30) gallons.
Proposals for ten (10) barrels and upwards on this
lot will be received.
Lot No. 2. Consisting of four hundred and sixty
(460) barrels Pure Copper Distilled and superior.
Bourbon Whisky, origina inspected in February,
1865 containing about eighteen thousand four hun
dred and ninety-eight mom gallons.
Proposals for nye (a) barrels and upwards of this
lot will be received.
Lot No. 8. Consisting of one hundred and twenty
(120) barrels Pure Rye Whisky, originally inspected
in February,. 1865, 4 containing about four thousand
eight hundred (4,80 gallons.
Proposals fur three (3) barrels and upwards of this
lot will be received.
Lot No. 4. Consisting of sixty-three (63) barrels
Pure Old Rye Whisky, originally inspected in Feb
ruary, 1865, containing about two thousand live hun
dred and twenty (2,520) gallons.
'Proposals for two (2) barrels and upwards of this.
of will be received.
Lot No, 6. Consisting of Bye (5), barrels Pure old
Bourbon Whisky., originally inspected June, 1884,
containing about one hundred and sixty-three' (163)
gallons.
Proposals for one (1) barrel and upwards of this
lot will be received.
The Whisky was originally selected with great
care,. and is all pure and of prime quality. The rec
tified was designed for issue to the troops in the
field, and the Bourbon and _Rye for sales to officers,
and are equal if not superior to any Whiskies now
in'the market; has been all engaged within the pre
sent month and is in excellent order, packages
being of the hest quality.
Samples of the Whisky can be seen,and blank pro
posals obtained, at the offices of the following
named officers of the Subsistence Department, viz :
Colonel H. F. Clarke, A. D. C. and A. C. U. S.,
New 'York.
Brevet Bri_gadier General Thos. Wilson, C. 8.,
Baltimore, Md,
Major George Bell, C. S. Washington, D.d.
Captain Thomas C. Sullivan, C. S. Itichmond,Va.
Captain E. D. Brigham, C. S , Boston, Mass.
Captain I . B. Wiggin, C. S., 'Philadelobla, Pa.
The UtiYernment reserves therto relict
t au
t e t c o withdraw yT
any or all orate above lots, and
posal deemed too isrfr.
Payments to be made in Grated states currency
within ten GO days after notification of acceptance
of bid, and prior to the delivery of the property.
A guarantee equal to one-half the amount pro
-0,,0es roe must accompany the bid, signed by 'two
tsj responsible parties.
hen removing the Whisky purchasers will pro
vide their Own transportation, and the Government
'will load the YeaSeill ifcc or wharfage, dockage, or
labor..
Bidders are Invited to be present at the opening
of their proposals, Brevet Brigadier General Jo
seph Roberti, Y. S. A.., commanding at Fort Mon
roe; Va., or some other officer of rank; will be pre
sent at the opening of the bids to represent ab
sentees. JAMES CURRY
se23-16t Colonel and C. S. V.
PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER 8,1865.
SEALED PROPOSALS in duplicate will be re-
Ceived,from first Minds only, by tile undersigned,
at the United States Commissary'Warehouse, near
corner CALLOWIDLL and SIXTEENTH Streets.
or directed to Post Office Box 11.38 In this city, until
10 o'clock A. M. OCTOBER 14th, 1000, for furnish
ing. and delivering free of coot to the Camps, Bar
racks, Hospitals and Officers In the vicinity of this
City,' all the FRESH - BEEF required by them for six
next, of sircriZEMP.Wrieurc.
4stßairj;
shall direct, and subject to hie approval,
The Beef to be of-steers four years old and over,
and weighing gross not: less than tweiv* hundred
pounds, in alternate four. and hind *quarters, and
trimmed according to regulations.
Bids from afsloyal parties will not be considered.
Each bid must be accompanied by an Oath of allegi
ance to the Government.
A bond of live thousand dollars to accompany the
contract will be required.
Proposals to be endorsed "Proposals for Fresh
Beef -11
The MIMICS of all parties participating In the pro
posal must be given, and no transfer of the contract
will be allowed. C. L. KILBURN,
oc7-7t Brevet Brigadier General. A. C. G. S.
SALE OF GOVERNMENT
STEAMERS.
DEPOT QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE,
BALTIMORE, Md., October 9th, 1465.
Will be sold at Baltimore, Md., under the direc
tion of Captain C. ill. BEACH,A. Q. M.,on THURS
DAY, October 19111, 1965, at 10 o'clock A. M., at the
Government wharf, south side of Basin, the Go
vernment VeSeels hereinafter named and described,
viz:
The EAGLE No. 1, side-wheel, double-end ferry
boat of 342' tons, wooden hull, iron fastened, and
Metalled in 1863. Length on deck over all 133 feet 4
inches. beam 32 feet over all 51 feet; depth of hold
9 feet 11 inches. Has one low-pressure beam en,
gine; diameter of cylinder 32 inches, stroke of pis
ton 9 feet, draft 8 feet: hull in good order, and well
found-in chains, anchors, fasts, &c.„ engine and
boiler in good repair.
The CURLEW, side-wheel,double-end ferry boat
of 942 tons, wooden hull; length on deck 133 feet,
beam 32 feet, depth of hold 9 feet t inches, draft 7
feet. Has one beam engine; diameter of cylinder
32 inches, stroke of piston 0 feet. This steamer was
thoroughly repaired and s, pplled with a new boiler
in 1864, and is a staunch Vessel, being well supplied
with anchors, enema, &e., &c.
The PATUXENT, side-wheel steamer of 255 term
wooden bull; length on deck 454 feet, beam 23 feet,
over all 43 feet, depth of hold 7 feet 5 inches, draft 5
feet 6 inches--hoitom metalled. Hag one low-preS.
sure beam engine; diameter of cylinder, as incites,
stroke of piston 8 feet 6 inches. In good order, and
well found in general outfits.
The NORTHERNER, side-wheel steamer of 995
tons, wooden hull; length on deck 243 feet, beaux 31
feet, over all 48 feet, depth of 1101(19 feet 8 inches,
between decks 8 feet, draft 8 feet. Has one low
pressure supe strokesm engine; diameter of cylin
der 60 inches, of piston 11 feet. In good. run
ning order, having been recently caulked and
metalled; is well found in her outfits, and well suit
able for sea service.
The JAMEI3 MURRAY, screw tugboat, about 61
tons, wooden,hull; length on deck 67 feet 11 Inches,
beam 15 feet, depth of hold 6 feet 6 inches, draft 8
feet- flinches. Has one direct acting high-pressure
engine - diameter of cylinder 13 team stroke of
piston 20 inches. one tubular boiler two years old,
TheVIDETTE, screw propeller of 274 tons, wooden
hull, iron fastened and metalled; length on deck me
feet alnelieS, beam 27 feet 7 inches, depth of Lower
hold 7 feet b inches. between decks 7 feet 11 inches,
draft 8 feet 4 inches. Has one direct'acting low
pressure engine; diameter of cylinder 26 inches,
stroke of piston 80 inches; hull and boiler in good
order, and well found in ancinArs, chains, tools, ANN.,
&c.; has two masts 'with fore'and aft tai l's.
The COMMERCE,screw propeller of 154,92-95 tons,
wooden bull, iron fastened; length on deck 97 feet.
beam 22 feet 9 Inches, depth of hold 7 feet 9 Inches,
argft 6 feet 6 inches. Has one direct acting high
pressure engine; diameter of cylinder 24 inches,
stroke of piston 24 inches; hull and engine in good
order, and the ship tilted with a new patent steam
pump, anchors, chains, ae., &u.
The DETRGIT,screw propeller of 900 tims,wooden
bull, iron fastened. Length on deck 130 feet, beam
25feet 5 inches; depth of lower hold 11 feet, between
decks 7 feet 3 inehes, draft 9 feet 6 inches. Has one
direct acting high pressure engine; diameter of cy
under incnep, stroke of piston 3 ieet. Has Birea
'
masts with fore and aft sails; hull, engine, and
boiler in good order, and well found 1n all her out
fits. Capacity of cargo 4,000 barrels
KEI
The gunboat RAPNEL, side-wheel steamer,
about 151 ton., wooden hull, bottom metalled. '
Length on deck 115 feet, beam 21 feet. over all 26
feet, depth of hold 8 feet, draft 3 feet. Has two
high-pressure engines; diameter of cylinder 14
inches, stroke of Aston 3 feet. This yessei is plated
With boiler iron above the main deck including the
pilot house; hull, engines and botlerli good condi
tion,-and is well found in anchor, chainS, &e., &C.
The Gunboat GENERAL JESSOP, screw propel
ler, about 150 tons, wooden hull, built in 1883. Length
on deck in feet, beam 17 feet 10 Inches, depth of hold
8 feet, draft 6 feet 8 inches. Engine and pilot-house
iron.plated. Has one low-pressure direct acting
engine; diameter of cylinder 21 inches, stroke of
piston 24 Inches. Hull, engine and boiler in good
order.
The Gunboat RENO, side-wheel steainer, . about
202 tolls, wooden hull, iron fastened, built ill 1803.
Length on deck 161 feet 8 inches, beam 21 feet 5
inches, over all 33 feet, depth of hold 0 feet, draft 3
feet. She is boiler iron-clad at each end, with tWO
rudders and two masts, having derricks and tackles
attached to each. Also. saloon and state-rooms on
the promenade desk. Has two higierpressure en
gines: diameter of cylinder 14 inches, stroke of pis
ion 2 feet, and lies uneSor,cables, and two boats.
The Gunboats FUnkili andI'ARKE are of the
same dimensions and description at the Roan,
having been built at the same time,and are in about
the same general condition.
The gunboat BURNSIDE is of about the same di
mensions as tine Reno, with low-pressure engine,
and In good order ,
Terms cash in aovernnunt funds, on day of sale.
R. M. NEW PORT,
Col. and Chief Quartermaster,
octl-7t Baltimore Depot.
COAL.
GENIIIISE EAGLE VEIN COAL,
equal, if not euverior, Lektgin, Sg ,g and Stove
SUM Sai, Large Nut, en. Try it. Yon will b 4
sure to be pleased. Office, 121 Sott th FOURTH
Street, below Chestnut. Depot, 1419 CALLOW
HILL Street, above Bread.
1Y27-am ELLIS MUNSON.
K
NOWLE B' LEHIGH, HICKORY,
and FISK COAL at reducedprices. 0111C11
and 'Dad. NINTH and WILLOW Ots• R2O-ane
0. 0A L .-SUGAR LOAF, BRAVER.
MEADOW, and Spring Mountain Lehigh Coal,
&Wheat Locust Mountain, from schuylkilkprepared
expressly for family use. Depot, N. W. corner
BIOME and WILLOW Streets. Offlee,_EO.
S. SECOND Street. Caps-tll J. WkLTON
CROQUET, ARCHERY, CRICKET,
and BASE-BALL IMPLEMENTS., Jiiel re
ceived and for sale I.)
.4- C TN eet
kiL o IUP 9 W H IL s S4N u t
Se3o-1m
GENT , B BOOTS, DOUBLE SOLE, ,
SEWED, ta; tine calf sewed $7. Boy's, lw
dies' misses , and children's,; cheap for cash,
at CLARK'S, 16‘A6 MARKET Street. oc9-314
WM: 0. COCHRAN & CO., 224 WAL
NUT Street. 17p Stairs will continua the
WINE AND LIQUOR' BUSINESS,
and have jnat redelved a law Invoice or chl—banfts,
rarhigaa, Yigaros, Nabajas anti ComercWate Se
gars. oelo-110
IarPHILADELPHIA BUR
GEON BANDAtiIf, INEMITIITIE,
_No
-14 North NINTH Street, shove Mart
ket.—E. C. EVERETT, after thirty years' DraCtit
cal experience, guarantees the akilful adjulAmen,
of hie Premium Fateot Gradosoting Pressure Tress.
tipporters Elastic Stockings, rhoulder Braces
lobes. £ c . Ladles' artirtuten,S oendnated bY
Led& alink/f
A UCTIOAT SALES.
JOHN B. MYERS a, CO., AUCTION
2222, Noe. 992 and 224 M4.I4iNT Street'
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OP BRITISMNENCH.
GERMAN, AND DOMESTIC DRY truODS.
We will hold a large elle of foreign and domnatic
dry goods, by catalogue, on four months' credit and
part for cash,
ON TIII7XSDAY IIfORNING,
October 12th, at 10 o'clock, embracing about. 700
packager; and lota of staple end fancy artieer,
woollens, worsteds, linens, 011ie, and eottono, to
which we invite the attention of dealers.
N. B.—Catalogues ready and goods arranged for
exhibition early on morning of sale.
CHINCHILLAS AND WRITNEYs,
I bale assorted colors chinci.itl as, high cost good'', -
for the Hug tailoring trade, ,
2 cases assorted - mixed London whitneys.
DOESKINS, SATINS,- ALPACAS.
1 case 4-4 Belgian black doeckine.
1 case silk back black satins.
1 case black alpacas.
The above are especially recommended' to the beet
city trade.
5,000 DOZEN HOSIERY AND GLOVES. .
I,oos dozen German cotton boa:try, in mons', wo
metr, miases,yostbs' and chlldrens , brown and
bleached hose and half hose.
POSITIVE SALR: OF CROSSLEY'S - AND OTHER
fiAßPETilles, &c.
ON FRIDAY MORNING,
Octoberlath, at 71 o'clock, will be Bold, by cats
logue, on four months' credit, about two hail
dred pieces Crossley's tapestry brussels, royal
dareafik Venetian, superfine and line ingrain,
Dutch hemp, list, cottage, and rag carpetings, &c.,
embracing a choice assortment of superior goods,
which may be examined early on the morning of
LARUE PEREMPTORY SALE Ole FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
Included in our sale of THURSDAY, October 12,
will be found In part tile following,viz.:.
DOMESTIC&
— bales bleached and brown cottons.
—bales white and fancy wool bed blanket..
—bales drills, wool and cotton flanncla. Ac.
caeca Kentucky leans, cottonnades, kerseys.
—cases indigo-blue ticks. defiling, Checks, stripes,
cages corset jeans vest padding's, Maya, &e.
MERCHANT TAILORS' (*ODDS.
pieces Saxony and London black and blue clotha.
-
-pieces Imperial doeskin tricot, cliating, pilots.
—pieces Belgian duffel, chinchillas, sealskins.
—pieces castor beavers, cassimeres, satinets, Ac,
pieces Italians, satin de chines and vestings.
LINENS.
pieces Irish shirting linens and slicetings.
Ifileces blue striped starlings, damasks, (twins.
pieces table cloths, diapers, napkins, doylies,
—pieces drills, ducks. burlaps, canvas, crash:
DRESS (*ODDS AN I) SILK?. •
pieces Paris merinos and mous. de sines.
pieces poplins, silk brilliants, epinglines, /tn.
pieces melanges, Miami', Saxony plaids.
—nieeca alpacas. infamies, Coburgs..km
pieces gros Rhin, taffetas, poult de soles.
ALSO.
Shawls, silk and cloth cloaks,
hosiery, gloves,
baimorals, patent thread. sewing silk, spool cotton,
hew skirtstraynilingandundershirts and drawers,
ties, umbrellas, Ac.
LARGE PEREMPTORY SALE OF FRENCH AND
OTHER EUROPEAN DRY 131 - 00D15, RC.
VN DIVNA4T , 15 / 9 4NINci
-October le, atlo o'clock, will fpe eold_ oy cuss-Loge..
nntour moiiihs 4 crodit,'about g:5 lots Of French,
India, German, and British dry goods,_ embracing a
full assortment of fancy and staple articles, In silks,
worsteds, woollens, linens, and cottons.
N. E,—broods arranged for errandaaVloi4Ol4dcatlV•
lognes ready, early on morning of sale.
LARGE PERENTORY:SALE OVIROOTS, SHOES,
BROGANS, TRAVELLING BAGS, &a.
ON TUESDAY MORNING,
October 17th, will be sold at 10 o'clock, by cata
logue, otirfour months , credit, about 1,500 packago6
boots, shoes, brogans, cavalry boots, Bra.,, of city
.and Eastern manufacture. Open for examination
with catalogue on morning Of. sale.
PANCOAST & WARNOCK, ' AIX
TIONEERB. No. SI4O MARKET Street.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF 750 LOTS ARE
RICAN AND IMPORTED DRY GOODS, LINEN
AND EMERY GOODS, MILLINERY GOODS,
EMBROIDERIES , Ac., & c. by catalogue, -
THIS DAY.
Oct. litl - 41865, counnentang at id old:trek preelsete,
comprising a full assortment of seasonable and de
sh able goods worthy the attention of buyers.
CLOAKS! CLOAKS I
In sale this morning, an invoice of black cloth
castor beaver coats, saeques, cloaks, [Cc., of new
styles, for Mt. class sales.
lIIIIIBROIDERIBS AND LAVE GOODS.
Also, embroidered edging and inserting, an in
voice of lace collars, lace hdkfs, barbes, SO lots Paris
lace veils, Ac.
RIBBONS AND MILLI' ERY GOODS.
Alto, bonnet mud trimming ribbons, velvet rib,
bons, beitings, bonnet velvets, `4OO cartons artificial
flowers, Ac. etc.
gEf.T AND STRAW GOODS.
50 eases ladies' and misses! most fashionable styles
felt and straw hats, straw bonnets, ,te.,_etc.
IRMIhItY GOODS, T IR4, NOTIONS.
Iso, ladies and gents' cotton and wool hosiery
and gloves an Invoice of Paris silk ties, wool kiiit
goo s, notions, stock of goods, Ac. Ac.
Alen, 100 dozen ladies' steel-spring hoop-skirts,
mechanical corsets. •
FINE POCKED AND TABLE CUTLERY.
Also, an invoice of flue pocket-knives, scissors,
table-knives and forks, Ac., Ac.
P HILIP 1' 6% ORD CO., AUCTIONEER€ 3,
525 MARKET and 522 COMEIRECE Otree&s.
SALE OF 1,500- OASES BOOTS, :SHOES, BRO
GANS
,_&O.
034' AIORATING,
Oct. 12tb, commencing at w0...r.,kt precisely, will
be sold, by. catalog..., *.i,ouu cases men's, boys' and
rogr a izlf 6o ß n i m p r , o gai i t t L ite a r rt s d kh c i . c . k w b o o m o e t . s., ,B br ui ogn e s o
and clildren's calf, lop, goat, kid, buff and Lorocoo
!weed poota anti shoo, frsq4 first-class manuraG.
bbrtits.
DAVIS & HARVEY, AUCTIONEERS,
SPORWait•reow.l3llbirseatTSMlGET.
REAL ESTATE, STOOKS, &c.
NOTICE. —Sales of Real Estate, Btocke &e. will
he held at the renaacipm xx.h.ffe• notice
Of First Bale will be given.
FURNITURE SALES at the Store every Tate
day.
SALES AT RESIDENCES will receive gtrtitu
lar attention.
sale No. 2124 Groan dreg,
SUPERIOR FURNITURE, ELEGANT PIANO;
OVAL MIRRORS, FINE TAPESTRY CAR
PETS, et - C.
THIS MORNING.
11.111 Inst., at 10 o'clock, by ‹tals.l4kll4l, tho stiporlor
furniture, elegant rosewood overstrung 7-octave
piano, two handsome oval mirrors, line tapestry
carpets, kitchen utensils, dm.
May be examined at 8 o'clock on the morning of
the sale.
LARGE AND PEREMPTORY SALE.
STOCE. AND FIXTUREWOETHE MONTOGIMERY
- _
HOTEL.,
Nprthcnot corner or turcru winner Atreets
trine sold at pubi!agaiaeti
TUESDAY MORNING,
October 17th,without reserve, for cash, commencing
at 10 o'clock precisely and to be continued until all
shall be sold. Immediately after the sale, a lot of
trunks, assorted sizes, containing hotel baggage,
wilt be sold to the highest bidder.
SALE OF VALUABLE THEOLOGICAL AND
MISCELLANEOUS BOORS.
ON THURSDAI EVENING,
12th Mot., at 7)4 ogetock.l private library of value•
ble-theological andJuiseellaneous books,lnoluding a
number of illustrated works In fine bindings. May
be examined on Thursday, with catalogues.
Te SCO
TNUT TT, JR., AUCTIONEER, 1020
CHES STREET. •
POSITIVE SALE OF STOCKING MACHINERY.
ON-THURSDAY MORNING
next, 12th that, at 10 o'clock, at 1020 Chestnut street,
will be sold the following new stocking niiehinery,
3 Pepper, 46 Ribs, Frames 24 gauge.
2 Aiken, 48 do., do. 24 do. •
1 do., 38 do., do. 24 do.
1 do. 30 do., do. 24 do.
do.; Footing Ribs, Frames 24 gauge.
1-16 Spindle winder, with bobbins.
All of above machines are in good order.
Also 6 plain circular round frames, viz: Oue 70
needles, one 74 do., one 78 do., one 82 do., one 70 and
74 do., one 78 and 82 do., all in good order.
1)10 AILItOAD OARS AT A.IICTION.—
lINITE STATES
OFFICE OF D
ASSISTANT MILITARY
QUARTERMASTER. RAILROADS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 10th, 1865.
I will can at Public Auction on WEIMODA,X,
November Bth. at one (1) Pali ., near the depot or
the New York Central Itailroad, in Buffalo, N. V.
ten (10) new eight-wheeled BOX FREIGHT cAns:
nye (5) foot gauge.
Terms cash in Government funds.
M. L. ROBINSON,
oell-23t Bret. COI: and A. Q. M.
CLOSIN SALES OF GOVERNMENT
G 'HORSES AND MULES:
QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25, 18i5.
Will be sold at public auction, during the month
of OCTOBER, to the highest bidder, at the time and
places - named beloW, I
NEW YORK.
New York City, TUESDAY of each week-100
Horses each day
PENNSYLVAA.
Philadelphia, THURSDAY of each wceit - 100
Horses each day. ,
Philadelphia, SATURDAY of each week-100
Mules each day
Harrisburg, .1 7 13ESII.KY of each week-100 Mules
each dap.
Harrisburg, THURSDAY ass&wank-100 Hareem
each day.
Wading, TUESDAY ,_October 8-150 Horses.
Greensburg, FRIDAY - , October 13-130 Horses.
Lansaider, THURSDAY, October , 19 - 3,60 ligraca•
Pittsburg, THURSDAY, °Miter 26-150 Florae..
Allentown, TUESDAY, October 31-150 Horses.
DELAWARE.
Wilmington, TUESDAY of each week—lco Horses
each day.
Wilmington, FRIDAY aP each Week-100 Hula
each day.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, October j 3, 4,5, 6,7, 9 and 10-150 Mules
e Ss
day i
St. Lous, October 11, 12,18 and 19-150 Horses each
Louis. October 24, 25, 26, 27, 23, 30 and 31-150
Mules each day. eTESBORo,IS.
TUESDAY and THURSDAY of each week-100
Horses each day.
No sales of Hales will take piece at
WASILIMITit DI Q.
Tile animals to lie Sold in O_ctober are superlo9 to
. any heretofore offered to thepublic. The majority
of them are sound and serviceable.
is expected that at this series of sales alt the sur
plus Goverment p,ninle4iB will be disposed of. Buy
ers ,yhoula therefore mama themeelve.g of this kat op•
portunitn to purchase.
Animals will be sold singly. •
Sales to commence at 10 A. M.'
TERMS—Cash in United States ourropz.
,riasins A. EMS%
Brevet Brigadier General, in charge First Division
Q. K. G. O. 5e29L0031
PALE OF GOVERNMENT
Li
AND STBAM HOISTER, AT ALEXANDR BARGES IA,
VthalN/A.
CHIMP QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE,
DEPOT OP WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON, D. C. October 3, 138.5.
Will he sold, at public auction, inder the dtreetlen
of Brevet Colonel J. G. C. Lee, A. Q. M., at ALEX
ANDRIA.. Va., on THURSDAY,IOM obei. 28, 18135, at
11 o'clock A. M. one STEAM HOLSTER and nine
single-deck SCA' YLKILL BARGES, as follows:
Barge Florence.
Barge T. 11. Cole.
Barge James Wilcox.
Barge Jura.
B • rge Hunter Coleman.
Burge Captain Charles L. Reed.
Barge Waupoll6ll_
Barge D. Megan.
Barge Henry Flannery.
Terms cash, In Government funds.
D. H. RUCKER,
Brevet Maj. Gen. and Ciller Quartermaster,
oca-iet Depot of Washington,
628H00P SKIRTS.—NEW 628.
FALL STYLES NOW READY
at llopkinin Manufactory, No, ego Mtcx Street.
Our assortment 10 cOmplete., containing full fines of
Ladles', Misses', and Oliildrengs Skirta, of even ,
style, length, and size, which, for finish, durability,
and cheapness, are unequalled by any other hoop
skirts made, and are Warranted to give satiaftWOrn,
Skirts made tmorder, alit Ted, And repaired. Also,
good Eastern made skirts, from Arteen to forty
springs, at very low prices. Wholesale and re.
tail. se9-Imv
820. 4,1 : ! . .;,1 5 i I •3a C r e ß an l t r t A ealPe D d ; ui P tal.ag l aTii
putting up the Crystal Door Plate. ' Agents wanted.
Stock, Tools, and. Instructions cost 120,
• L. TODD & CO.,
39 NASSAU Street, New York.
Send for a Circular. se23-Im*
CONSULT DR. DUMAS, NO. 1037
WALNUT street, for Acute UV Chi`ollie Dig.
wises Nervous Affections, General Weakness, Ne
phritis or Gravel, Bronchitis, or confirmed Con
sumption, which - he treats with unprecedented sue
eess, and SIMMS the BorSt GRIM that
]lave neon
abandoned by other physicians. ' os.%-.IOV,
MESSRS. J. A. CIANDARA 436
HAVANA, OUIJA,
*free their neroteea to those dee t rlnat to iyarehase
any of the product Of the Maud, toa ooit.tt COll
- of Vessels. rrovielons, and AdlllCOVed
faoadzi unen whieb.they_offer liberal cash advances,
theoul l h Messrs. S. PUOIJET & SONS. Philadel•
Dkia, o whom they refer, eezigm
aiIIsII3,PISTOLB, RIFLES, AND GEN
.-A ntrig Taekles of all 41.scriptione,„ for le by
WILbON .tCO.,
409 - (JHERTNITT Street.
isp! DR;WARDLE, BURGEON DEN
TIST, far twenty-live years in North Tenth
street, has ngIiiQVED to No. 150 North IttallTH
Street. All operations performed with ears. per.
eons In want of Artllloial Teeth that will give beauty
and comfort:to the mouth, WIII do well to call. Our
terms are moderate. No Imposition practiced in
Uour office,
ocT-oi No. 154 North BL OM Stmt.
A tICTION h,c,„
vußkup,ss: BRINLEY,
K im o n YESTNITT and 6141 Wi i s i
SALE OP 1,000 T. 0 Ts. Tills Weds,
1,4,4„+. at 10 o'o)opk,
A CARD.--The porticular atttotion of
and retailers Is reurt rstVt to our bilk of ,
sandlots French and lir/. 181 ' g" 049 of
p_o_Ftatlon of Messrs, Renkltaru &
(Wednesday) morning, .October 11, at 10
four months , credit, comorlslng the largest ,'
of desirable goods this sea, "^n• 4.111,
LARGE IiPECIAL 8 ALE °I .
ORITCSIf 1112 Y 000115,THE 111.1 ~ kI VON OF DIESSIN. !ii:11"11
THIS MOBNA. r"„
October lltkr , at in O'clock, ow.T.."r i'rs
Roo Dienes Lulu's 6 , 4 and Ife4"l lunch Meelle.''
new anu elegant assortment now 1n5.11,,',
400 pieces Lupin's '4 IMMO de Valli\ "N 611 16414,
black colors, just received..
100 pi ec ed Lupin's 6-4 moos de money, Wick g i red. '
zo pieces Lupin's 6-4. cat...twitters %•a,,aq.
qualities, black and white. • 1111
100 pieces Lupin's superior quality pD oplln
• elegant assortment, 0075.' Very Ps,
Idepl»'sleinilieFlne,eanipri-li, 7 ail ties, and including some inagailN
6 0 61,
never before offered.
160 pf,ectm Lupin's Pekin poplins
Mack and colored.
sOpies'es Lupin's biarrits. magnificent a t %
black,
50 plealPil Llip!ll'0 black Pariffentie ill
qualities.
110 Luplit'S silk and Warbled pOpiite aGd
epla gelines„ the last of the Imporlatlen.
,Sliperll.lo.oLl
^5O Diecoa Lupin 'a Tartananct elan plaid Valegrl,ti
• and poplins.
SO pieced LliPin'S Sutra pleb figured fmtdlus,
50 pieces sniper French and Ifudderstieltl tiro,
clan, .and other plaids, all , wool merin %
npleces va.,lour ottomans, coPfred and
75 pieces silk-stripe valenelair and poplin,
Mildness, colored, black and mourning. '
100plecee Silk brocade plaids. Melange boon.=
French super wilms, satlu-striped poplin.'
26 pieces 7-4 Scarlet cloths- for cloaks, airbag:,
c.
75 pieces Paris skirting:a, /Most style.
GOOD g.
n s w ca t m s tyanc y
c n n d p r t s ap g 44andg oo4d br
oende iuc
tree- black and colored melange p,plltui; sgin
stripped do.; Chine and Janie lustres; braelic t hd i d
pop las, black, colottd 6.M flirtiPecl r uo t,i ri . rich
printed do.; fall lines. 04 black Canton el:I( k•••
black, white, scarlet, magenta and colored c c ;
burgs; black and colored mohairs and alpacas.
5.1
super qualities; Australian crepes, Empress that'
black talby velvets. f 24 andiao Inds. dtc., &e.
VEIL BARLIiRt3,
300 pieces of new and elegant makes, for the first
time offered at public sale.
BB AWLS.
2.000 shawls, including the finest line of eutirelf
new designs and qualities long and square Pam;
brhelie, eliklitner shawls Camelia hair, high ccl,,red
and Meek Mimi, silk fringes, black (Whet
square and long wool fringes, Paris broche ray.',
grand fond unl and a galeue of the celebrated make
of G °tin) & Co. and others, heavy• hl - a-,,toted tartan and clan PlVd Scotch woblen.shards,
, s` WkAik 401.3•D5.
20 pieces bacot of. Sedan black cloths, from flue is
superfine.
20 nieces Elbenf blackcloths,from fine to superfine
40 'Rem 6 , 4 aix la cliapelle tricots, adaorer4
graO• ,
40 pieces 6-4 aix la chapelle black doeskin, assorted
grades.
90 pieces Fambona's black and colored Castors. as.
sorted grades.
25 pieces Fambona's black and cOlored double
castors, assorted grades.
40 pieces abr. la chapelle black and colored cashirSi
assorted grades.
25 pieces ail: la Chapelle black and colored orklams,
assorted grades,
26 pieces black meskowas, assorted grades.
10 pieces Elbeuf colored chinchillas,
20 plece6 Men( 6-4 fancy cassimeres.
SILKS AND VELVETS.
We will Mier aloe, 415 the min ecea4le», the tel.
lowing line of very desirable dress silks compris
ing the best Paris qualities, and imported especially
for the best city trade.
25 pieces black Paris taffetas; including white and
purple edge, 29, 32 inches.
50 pieces black gros grain and oultde soles,et the
best makes, all widths and qualities.
25 pieces Lyons black silk. and colored vel vett,
super makes.
25 pleeeg cloak and mantilla velvets' 2L 82 anill
inches; magnificent goods.
M THOMAS & SONS,
.ava• .
NOS. 139 and 111 South - FOURTH Street,
REAL ESTATE AND STOOKS.
Public sale of Iteal Estate and Stooks, at be Ex
change, every TUESDAY, at 12 o'clock.
.11W Sales of ferniture at the Auction store evert
THURSDAY.
/ADO Pale Fes,l99 and 141 South Fourth Street,
EN.crr.LENT rultl4ll , tll/I,_ IM9RtArthlb
PIANOS. MANTEL AND PIER MIRRORS. RA.
GATELL El TABLE, SEWING MACHINES,
BEDS AND BEDDING, FINE CARPETS, &C,
au C t AßD st—oOu,r wall
com mo i row v e at 9
oO o l 'c O l t O s c m a el le h
second-band furniture., superior oak dining-room
furniture. walnut parlor and chamber furnttura,
six su p erior rosewood piano f. rtes, made by Hal
lett &Davis, Bacon & Raven. and othbr celebrated
makerst duo mirrors, bagatelle Mint five superior
sewing machines, fine beds and bedding, china and
glassware, large quantity cooking and parlor
stoves, tine vervet, Brussels, Imperial and ether
carpets, &c.. forming a very attractive assortment,
worthy the attention of ladles, dealers and otters
desirous ofiatirelnudng:
Catalogues are ~ow ready and the articles Sr.
ranged few
Executor's Sale, No. 414 South Ninth street.
SUPERIOR FITHNITURE A _ MIR MN, VET, YET
CARPETS, SECRETANK, B11(nE cAsE,
THIS MORNING,
Oct. 11t11, at 10,o'clock, at No. 411 South Math
street, by catalogue, the entire hotualiola and
kitchen furniture.
AlkY Uo VESUIIIId 911 tlic figt:
SALE OF AMERICAN 13OOK!.
:ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON,
October 12th, at the Auction Store...valuable English
and American Woe, from 'nail' , Of teem
inind§oMe/yl/Instrat. tr and In tine binding's.
Executor's 9nle No. 170 Walnut street.
SUPERIOR FURNITURE LARGE MANTEL
AND PIER REPROES, PIANO, VELVET War
PETS, &C.
ON SATURDAY MORNINO,
Oct. 14th, at 111 o'clock, at N 0.1702 Walnut street,
by catalogue, the superior furniture, flue m.rrors,
&e.
The elegant residence *lll be sold dreTiout
to tlue sale of furniture.
Air Full particslars in catalogues.
Administrator's Sale—No. 1809 Wallace street.
ki,VA-ANT FURNITURE, ROSEWOOD PIANO,
MELODEON, HORSES, CARRIAGES, WA
NESS, FINE TAPESTRY CAEPETS, &C.
ON 'WEDNESDAY MORNINtr,
Mth inst., at 10 o'clock, at No. 1809 Wallace street,
by catalogue, by order of adMinistrators of Wm..
Paell, deceased, the elegant furniture, rosewood
doubleorte, melodeon, horses, carriages, sleigh,
and single harness, fine tapestry carpets, an,
Also., the kitchen furniture.
ifilday l g caamined on the morning of sale, at
8 Wel ocr .
'hieelegant residence will be sold previous to the
sale of furniture.
Sale No. 1719 Epruce street.
ELEbIA.P. T FURNITURE.
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING',
October 25th, at 10 o'clock, at 1719 Spruce street,
by catalogue, the entire furniture, including ele
gant green lush drawing-room furniture, hand-
Solne oak din ng-toom and elegant chamber furni
ture, fine curtains, elegant dinner and tea-cblim
bronzes. chandeliers, ite.
The furniture was made to order, is of superior
q Fu i n y ar n i d
ul neXc n l ca n a c o n uest.ion.
JAB A. FREEMAN, AUOTIONEER,
423 WALNUT Street.
SEVENTH FALL BALE OF REAL ESTATE,
h.
This sale on WEDNESDAYat 12 o'clock, noon, at
the Exchang,e will include
STOCKS. Particulars in.gabdogues.
GROUND RENTS; 7th ground rents from 300
$63 per annum out of frame houses and lots, Nine
teenth ward, eiteentors , sale.
TWENTY-H=OlM %VAUD; to SONS With lie.
provements• Mt. Airy avenue; plan at store.
SECOND bTREET; a large lot, S. W.sborner Se
cond and Cumberland streets, 250 feet on the former
and 273 feet 8 inches on the latter, executors' sale.
753 S.. FRONT STREET; five-story brick store,
with dwellings in the rear 22 by 00 feet; rtiPts tor
KO; will bring more.
114 SHITTEN sTREET; business stand and lot,
20 by 65 feet. .gar Good business location.
Salo At No. 1612 Brown street,
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CARrETO, ace.
ON FRIDAY MORNING,
At 10 o'clock, will be sold, without reserve, at NO.
1612 Brown street, the entire genteel household fur•
nature of a gentleman remoilug ,
Also, two gold watches.
*IP May be examined,Witil Catalogues, at 8 o'clock
on the morning or sale.
AUCTION SALE AT TILE MADISON
HOTEL, 37 and 39 North SECOND Street.
The whole of the furniture, bedding, bar-room
furniture and fixtures, together with a large lot of
feather-beds, steam-heater for dining-room, dining
teDie, chairs, marble-top saloon tables, glasse&,
and the entire Axtdrei tad furniture of the 110teli
will be sold
THIS DA.Y,
October 11, at 10 o'clock, by THOS. BIRCH & SON.
Also, a large kitchen hotel range, London oven,
by North. Chase & North; only In 1115 threl're
months. it 4
H. DRAPER & CO.,
U. AUCTIONEERS,
No. 15 STATE Street, New Yvat
SALE OF GO TH VERNMEN AY. T TOBACCO,
IS D
October 11, at 12 o'clock, we will sell six hundred ,
awl twenty.olle 11OXCL 1110111111VOLIIM filb 4o,o, O tt
Goverinne acc'u lit,
BY JACOBR. SMITH & CO., AUC
7'IONEERB.ON tiATURDAY lIDRFTrFTI
October 14th, at 10 o'ciock, at ,ql.l dOilrbk SMu-
OND dtreet, below Dock.
Extensive sale of the entire stock of superior fur
niture, silvcr•plated ware, intirbre,p)4O o forte
i
French clocks, good will and unexpired term dr
lease of the old established store of SIMON ICY
TINGE. octo-sts
AUCTION SALE Or /100/Tr4
PROPERTY.
C. W. BOTELRR, dB., AUCTIONRER
11,1RMOAL PURVEYOR'S OPIUM
WAsi I INOTON 4 D. C., Octoher9 10 65 ,
Will be exposed at rubllo Auction, on Vying-
DAY. October 12, 1865, at 10 o'clock A. 11f., at' the
Warehouse, Judiciary Square, Fifth and k streets,
trader the direction or Captain nellrY
Med. S. li., U. S. A., a large hit of sem-meanie pro
perty, consisting - of
Iron Bcdsteadi, Blanket., Afattreasea, hair and
*pal Hair. Pillows; Sheets, linen and Cottoill
rang,, Vitehers, Rated§ and Forks., Spann& Ting.
biers, Bowls. Shirts. Draivers, backs. am
Blankete, white and gray; 1,500 Linen.aad
1,500 Cotton Sheets will be included in title sale.
The attention of housekeepers and proprietor or
hotels anti at:Wm:T, dealers in second-head Oa.
terials, and others, s respectfully called to We
sales, as articles are offered in quantities tr st
both large and small purchasers. .
Terms—Cash, in Government fends.
Purchasers are required to pay for and
m
their goods within forty hours from.
sale,
These sales will be continued every Then
the same plebe, until further notice.
C. SUTIIERL
Surgeon U. S. A., Med. PurN
AUCTION SALE OF HOSPITAL RO-.
PlatTY.—E. W. 130TELEB, Ju.,Auct .Ileer•
Ponvairoit's-orpica,
WtidllinfiTOn, D. 0., Oct. 2.9613.
Will be expose at Public Auction, oil TriUnEl•
DAY, October.l24,l 1865, at the Warehouse, /edict ,.
ary Square, FIFTH and E Streets, under the direc
tion of Capt. 11. Johnson, Med. M. K., U. S. army,
a large lot of serviceable property, consisting of:
Iron Bettsteaos; IdnitreksVai hair and alinekt
Pillows; Starts, linen and cotton; Multi, Pitchers.
Knives and Forks; Spoons, Tumblers, Bowls,
Shirts, Drawers, Socks, ac. •
The attention et housekeepers anti proprietors of
hotels and steamboats, dealers in second-hand Ma
terial, and others, Is respectfully Canal 99, th" e
sales, as articles are offered • lu quantities to. suit
both large and small purchasers.
Terms--Cash, or Governt.ant funds.
Purchasers ure requested to pay for and, remove
the goons within tarty.elght hours from, MP 9t
sale.
These sales will be continued every Thursdoy, at
the same place, until furthernotice.
C. SIITLIERLAND,
Surgeon If, S. A., Medical rurreyer,
Lem E SALE OP GOVERNMENT
. cams, EIWINEB, AND , RAILBOAD 18014,
UN TER aTATES MILITARY
(Oriel( OF Asafel•ANT o.llA l mlllll4Afffne_
WASHINGTON 1). C. A.Umst. we.
Will be sold at OITY POINT, Va., ouVINO'
DAY, ()ciphr
thousandll o'clock
About four (4,0005 tyntLltajleold Iran.
At PORIBUouTif, ya., on FRIDAY. (NAOMI'.
at 12 )1.•
VIVO (*rot -class Locomotive Eedditeg.
About (50) Freight Oars and one (1) raesenntr
At 31011.VOLIE; Val October D J at r. t
One new Locomonvelrogiue, footAttlle•
At ALES-ANDRIA, Va., on TICErwAx. Ocwi
Fifty (605 drat-ehlia Locomotive Bnil)nee, 4-feet
inch gave.
Eighteen itM new Platform Caro, Ave-foot you
Twenty-live (20) new Box Cara, eye (5) fog, fdiA'
About three hundred and fifty (UM Box Carib
WAN%
About two gan bundrau and (4105 Platforin ll^
feet 8)4-loch gauge.
About thirty (SO) Block dp., 4-feet 5,i4.4ne1l We e '
Twenty (2) rassenger dn., do., do„ ea.
One D) WreuktUg do., do.. do.,
do.
Two (2) new Trucial.
Sixty do., do., framed.
Fourteen (14)
About two thousand MOM) tons Railroad Irq.
gales to cemmenee at ALIXANDB /A ip
and to coin from day to day until
Tern's; Cash, in Ooverement funds. -
U. L. ROBlll o 9eit.
Brevet Colonel and A.
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