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Protection AND iNDEMNITY FROM
LOSS AND DAMAGE BY FIRE,

PR0TECTiOS AND INDEMNITY FROM
LOSS AND DAMAGE BY FIRE,
THE PERIL.s or THE SEA, ,AxD LvLAND TRANSPORT
ffON
FARMERS AND MECHANICS INSURANCE COMBAT. on PfIlA-
pEIPHIA.
Fire, Marine aud Inland Insurance
AvraoRRfD csIrAL ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS
OFFICE Northwest eornSf I Al. Pennsylyania ay-
enue and seventeenth street, WASHINGTON city,
ID. G..
Hon Thomas k Florence, Charles Dngcc
George II Armstrong, Thomas Nanderneld,
Charles A. Rubicam, Edward X. Helmbod
George embold, y. Carroll Brewster,
James T. Seal Isaac Ieecb, ir
4@ THOMAS B. FLORENCE, President
EpwARD h. IsaDorD, Secretary;
LOCAL SURVEYORS
Charles Walter, No. street. opposite City Hail.
Thoraon, First and Virginia Island
James Williams, No ~ Four and a. half street
John ggc Trtecnh street. Penns,va
MARINE SURVEYOR
Captain Levy So ss7 Pennsylvania avenue opposite
Hotel.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,
John Thomson.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
James NJ West
IN charge Washington city oGce,
Northwest Pennsylvania and Seventeenth street
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INSTRUCTIONS.


department may Dom proper.
pay trips performed and for each Of such
omissions satisfactorily explained three times the Of the trip
specified the contract repeated den
quecies q the Kind herein specac enlarged
O. For leaving behind Or throwing OF The mails or any portion q
up running express conveying intelligence advance Of tho
quarters pay may be deducted
satisfactorily explained by certificates of posaster the aay
esag os ss as bs n from or ss SsVea n
ing own either TO the unsutabness Of the place manner Of
sing after demand convey frequently
Is concerned in running coach on the route
annul the contract for repeated fail
agreeab TO conra for violating the post oce laws
carrier when required by the department 70 do ro assigning
contract without Tie assent Of the Postmaster Generals for running
a Aforesaid or for Transporting persons or packages convey
B lid received after da hour named without the
required by law cannot be considered In competition with
regular proposal reasonable IN amount
the bidder % Is his usual post oec adres and those Of each
member firm where company oilers should DC distinctly stated
bids should not be submted should bids sub
mitcd be withdrawn.
satisfactory the Postmaster General General guarantees cannot be
admitted The bid and guarantee should be signed plainly with the full
O. The department right reject bid which may
cxravaga also the bids of ing contractors and
bidders,
10 sealed supescribcd Mai proposals for
land California addressed Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
H. rnodncaon Of bid in any
bid and cannot be received to interfere with regular
competition, after the last hour set for receiving bids
careful certify the suficncy
without that they Of su
cicn rcponsby guarantors and suretes
failure enter into perform the contracts
proposed the bids their legal liabilities
will be enforced against them.
and known the department must
equally with others guarnors and certificates Of their sum
substantially the forms above prescribed The certificates Of
suency be signed postmaster or by Judge Of court OF
record.
Tho attention OF bidders guaantors sure
following laws, viz:
Sec 1925 requiring carriers, &C. to
be
Sec A. Act g. 1925 failure
tract
sec. "a. of July q 1886, liabilities Of guarantors.
"a July 1896 authorizing bids of failing contractors TO
be rejected.
Sec 2s Act july 1886 combinations amongst bid
dcrs.
April 1905 provides that member Of Congress be
contractor
March g. 1925 provides that postmaster assistant
clerk IA Office shall be contractor,
1925 provides that other than
white person shall be employed in carrying the mail
will himself the right
under the above whenever he shall dis
Of it, is offered for sale the
purpose OF speculation and he win in sanction
the whole in assignee
qualified his opinion than the original
carry the into successful operation.
AARON v. BROWN,
Ap 21-3awt1stJunet Postmaster General
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.Ebrm of a Gudrantee.

The undersigned, residing at - State OF -, un
foregoing bid for carrying the mail the route
the Mississippi river to San Francisco, Calir
General the bidder shall when
the Postmaster Genea enter into the obga
perform proposed with good and sufficient sure
understanding diSnay the obligation aud liabilities
oy ouara,ao under e 27M section ef the act Of Congress cf July
2. 1886.
Dated (jgncd by two guarantors.)
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THE PERLLs or the SEA, -A1D LNLANb TRANSP0R1A
H0N
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May 22--du nSs s''yuP''
GentIemen's Under-W Wear for the summer.
WYE call the attention of our friends and the pub
wv lie 10 superior assortment Of
Iise thread
l;ossamcr cot twill cotton y.
andd Of qnanyi ana price
cravas, ncs gloves anu
half hose in great variety selected with great care
GEO. H. b WHITE & CO.,
t;ens Furnishing Store,
332 Pennsylvania avenue, between
Nav aodovif Ninth and Tenth streets
Jstar&Statcs.l
George G.. Thomas,
Commissioner Of DEEDS for all The Suites,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Nav l6-ly Seventh street,
Bigler a. Witt,
Steam Sa,c- Wills aud Lumber Dealers Harrisburg, Pa
RE prepared to furnish lumber sawed to or
~ sizes, seventy feet and deliver at
Washington Georgetown, other point on the Potomac river
May 19-7td
MADEIRA WINE--Twenty dozen best Madeira
Gordon and san Lorcnz sher
belonging Hon VIM. Archer, offered for sale
The imported 1894 and offered al $50 dozen
Address WORK, YOUNG a. McCoUcH
May 2l-dlots "a South 3D. street Philadelphia.
II j. MIDDLETON, Ice dealer. Office and depot
Ie and Twelfth streets Washington, d. G.
Ap u-d1yt
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Ebrm Of Certificate.

The undersigned, postmaster Of f--, State OF --.
erIcs oath office that he acquainted with the above
,uaranor them be property and able 10 make
,ood their guarantee:
Dated Signed)
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AurioRRRD CAPITAL, ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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FARMERS AND MECHANICS INSURANCE COMBAT. on PfIlA-
DEI.rHIA
Fire Marine aud Inland Insurance.
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THE REToRr COURTEOUS Chester.
field was at a rout in France where Vol.
taire was one Of tho guests Chester.
field seemed gazing about the brilliant
circle of ladies' Voltaire accosted him:
Ny Lord, l know you are judge which
are the most beautiful, the English or
tho French ladies2' Upon my word
replied Chesterfield, with his usual pres.
encc of mind, 1 am o judge of paintings
Some time afterwards, Voltaire being in
London, happened to he at nobleman's
party with Chesterfield lady in the
company, prodigiousy rouged, directed
her whole discourse to Voltaire, and en-.
crossed his whole conversation. Ches-
terfeld came up, tapped him on the
shoulder and said Sir, take care that
you are not captivated' My Lord re-
piled the French wit, i scorn to bo taxi
en- by an English craft under French
colors.'
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ORrGlx OF CARDS AND THEIR DEslGN.--
Cards were invented about the year
1920. to diver. Charles With then King
Of France, who had fallen into NOLAN
choly.
The inventor proposed by tho figures
oc the four suits, or colors, to represent
the four states or classes Of men in the
kingdom.
BY Tie Cours, (Hearts ere meant the
Gems dc Uhnur ,choirmcu or ecclesiasties.
The Spaniards who borrowed cards from
the French, have therefore copas or chal.
ices instead of hearts.
The nobility or military men of the
kingdom. represented By the ends or
points of lances, pixies, and our ignorance
Of the meaning Or resemblance of the fig.
uro induced US to call them spades The
Spaniards have swords esapdas, in lieu
of pixies. We have borrowed CUR name
from tho sound Of the Spanish word.
BY diamonds, are designed the order
Of citizens ard merchants and tradesmon.
The trefoil leaf or clover grass, (cor.
rupily called clubs alludes to the hus-
bandmen and peasants. The Spaniards
use the figure Of stake or club, 6uStos,
and no doubt We have given the Spanish
signiication to the french figure.
The history Of tha four Kings was in
tended to represent the sovereigns David
Alexander, Cesar and Charles four
celebrated monarchies being represented
namely tho Jewish, Greek, Roman and
Frankish.
By the Queens, are intended, Argine,
Esther, Judith ono Pallas, typical of
birth. plenty ,fortitudo and wisdom. Ar
gine is an anigram Regins, viz: Queen.
ly descent.
BY the Kpaves were designed the ser.
wants to knights knave originally meant
servant. Thus in the old Bible ,ranslations
'-ss, Paul is called tho "knavs Of Jesus
Christ"
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vato pique or animosity. His wit is At
tic--it never grovels in the basement
1t is ever ready to Aow--and of its flow
he himself is unconscious.
1t might be supposed that enc who had
climbed to the pinnaclcs of popularity,
who had been fattered, as the worlI loves
to Aatter its fayoritea, would be in dan.
ger of entertaining q self conoeit which
would render him repulsivs to his less
favored fellows This is not so. SAKE
possesses just appreciation of his own
abilities-ard he is to be pitiAd who does
not-but it is os diifcront from the feel
ing of self concet as THALDEnG's Last
Rose Of Summer" is different from
dried flower. No one who really knows
SAKE can fail to orodi! him with modes
ty as well as genius.
Re adiness is one of 3AxEs prominen.
characteristics. Tax him as you will,
you will always Gud him equal to the
emergency. AS pretty instance of this
quality, let US mention the fact that when
he was last in this city, aud just as ho
was preparing to leave, a literary gentle
man-one Of his warmest admirers-beg-
ged his Autograph. SAKE instantly selz-
cd pon-literally " the pen of ready
writer "-and dashed off the following
impromtu ;
Ny autograph It's pleasant to reflect
Although the thought may cost single
sigh
That what a banker would with scorn reject,
May 6hl "a value in scholars eye
Is not that neat and pointed
The career of JoTN G. SAKE, marked
though it has been by glorions achieve
monts and signal honors, has but fairly
begun. If kind heaven continues his lifc
and health, his future will be lit by the
rays of stars that tho world has not yet
discovered aud beautilied by flowers
whose germs have not yet sprouted. Fun
does not hold its courts in vain-aud it
is no mean honor to be its Prime Minis
ter.
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fierce howl lcaped upon tho cleaning
belly of tho shark, and buried his teeth
in the monsters flesh, while the boat
swiftly noared them.
Saved if we arc half as smaE. rs
that dog is, cried the mate, as all saw
the voracious monster shuddcf in the
sea, and amarting with pain, turned over
again, tho dog retaining his bold, and
becomming submerged in tue water. At
this junciure the boat arrived, and Ian
caster, bis knife in Ills teeth, plunged in
to the water, whore the captain had now
sunk from view.
But few moments elapsed ero tho dog
arose 10 the surface, aad soon after Ian.
caster with the insonsib!e form os the chp-
tain.
Pull them in and give them bar"
cried the mate, "for that fellow is prcpar-
ing foi another lunch,
His orders were obeycd, md the sec-
ond onset of the marine monster was foil
ed by the mates splashiug water in his
eyes as he came again. and but few
seconds too late to snap off the captains
leg, as his body was drawn into the boat.
Foiled the second time, the shark passed
the boat, plunged and vas scon no more,
but left trapk of blood on the surface
of the water--a token of the severity of
tho wound from Napoleon.
The boat was now pulled towards the
brig, ard not many hours elapsed before
the captain was on deck again, feeble
from bis efforts, but able to aprcciate the
services Of our canine hero, and most bit.
tcrly to lameut his own cruel act which
mntilated him forever.
II would give my right arm !" he ex-
claimed, as he pattod the Newfoundland
who stood by his side. NJ | could only
repair the injury l have done to that
splendid fellow. Lancaster you are now
avenged, and SO is he, and most Chris
tiau vengcncc it is though it will be a
source of grief to me as long as live"
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SETTING FASHION When the Queen
of England was on the Clyde, few years
since, finding ber face visited too rough
ly by the air of the Scottish hills. she
tied her veil under her chin. The sction
was natural, and the effect no doubt, un.
der the circumstances, was becoming.
The royal checks, warm with health,
flushed with womanly and queonly feel.
ing and famed BY the welcoming breezes
of the North, looked almost as beautiful
we dare say, as moss'rose. However
that may be, before the day was out,
there we're hundreds and thousands Of
other checks in tho same predicawent; ;
the rage of imitation spread. In the
shadiest walks in the closes, streets Of
the town-in the calmest and hottest
days of the season-nothiug was to be
seen but the veil tied under the chin.
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ALWAYS LEARNING Sir Walter
Scott gives US to understand that he nev.
er met with any man, let his calling be
what it might even the most stupid fel-
low that ever rubbed down horse, from
whom he could not, by few moments
conversation, learn something which he
did not before know, and which was val
liable to him. This will account for the
fact that he seemed to have an intuitive
knowledge Of everything.
Such, too, was very much the case
with the great Mr.. Locke, the author of
the celebrated treatise on Human Uu
derstandingn H. was once aaked how
he had contrlved to accumulate a niue
of knowledge so rich yet so extensive and
deep. He replied that he attributed
what little he knew to his not having been
ashamed TO ask for information, aud to
the rule he had laid down of conyersing
with all descriptions of men, on those
topics chiefly that formed their own pc.
culiar professions or pursuits.
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POETRY.
The Night Cometh.

ny MARY d. BELL.
Laughing child with looks of glcc,
Sporting on lifes sunny lea,
Deck thy hair with roses bright,
Ere they fade in sorrows night;
Though row to thee gay voices speak,
9" The night cometh when thou shall weep.
Maiden with thy dreamy eyes,
Gazing on the starry Skies
Ger thee now bright visions float,
Visions tnged with joyful hope;
Though in thy heart loves ilowers doth
sleep,
THE night comcth' when thou shalt weep.
Radiant Beauty, on whose brow,
Costly jewels sparkle now,
Flattery courts thee with her wileS,
And Pleasure charms thee with her smiles;
Though flowers at every step thou greet,
"The night cometh when thou shalt weep.
Votary at pleasures shrine,
Gliding o'cr the sands of time,
AS thy bark floats down life's stream,
Thou ee'st not the ightning's CLEAN:
Its flash shall wake thee from fairy sleep,
Then cometh the nigh" when thou shall
weep.
Yes all must weep, sad, bitter tears,
Passing through Ii fc's tlceting years;
Gay and happy hearts of earth,
Quenched shall be your sunny mirth;
The night comcth with sorrow deep,
But there's a Heaven, where none shall wecpl
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is a good hit at the last dOde

Here is good hit at the last dodge
of the quack medicine manufacturers -
To SuFFERERs.-A decayed gentle.
man who has tor many years been subject
to an attack Of creditors, is desirous Of
making known the means by which he
was cured. Letters enclosing a postage
stamp can be left under the door during
the night.
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GEORGE NJ. BROWN,
AII,O

Informs his friends and customers, that he
has opened shop in Stewards building over
the store of r. L. Fuller,where he will attend
to all business in his line.
Cutting done to suit customers.
WANTED good Journcyman.
Middlebury, Oct. 10. 1856. 26;tf
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NEW AND VALUABLE BOOKS.

WANTED IMMEDIATELY in Rutland and
w Addison Counties, A CTIVE INTELLE
GENT YOUNG MEN, 10 canvass new impor-
tant SUBSCRIPTION b OOKS. The best works
OF art ever published. None but good, reliable
men wanted. Those who have had experience in
the business preferred. A liberal per centage al
lowed, or a monthly salary given. For full par
ticnh rs, enquire OF F. S. MARTIN.
Williamstown, VT. As.tf
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houses and palaces must be occupied BY some one
there who constructed them have become bankru~ anu
dissppear They do not pass away with their orisos-
tors and the country d large o. therefore, beneosed vs
ly BY such enterprise however 70 individuals Az
the present time progress Of the Same onaraoser
ever has been, and the esl Of present prosperity
win be the same. The elormous expansion Ia cred"s
must lead 70 corresponding increase In works OF puoh0
Improvement The extension Of railroads will end for
time In collapse, and the securities representing 'ne
money expended viii to g. est extent become worthless
but no one will remove the rails m up the deep cuts OF
level the In this view Of the case no one
for . momen. doubt our wonderful prosperity. We
are not with all this, disposed 70 encourage this sort OF
property We do not like these periodical oollapses In
the financial AND commercial world. They ruin our best
men, and take long timo 70 recover from Tho pro-
gress made during the expansion IL too dearly bought
and II il question If the average advance In long Pc
Rod, u - great would be realized by moro steady
onward movement II 10 our impression that with al she
apparent prosperity about are upon the eve OF
collapse All the evidences OF prosperity heretofore have
invariably continued up 70 the very moment Of the revul
son. and the whole community has become panic struck
py the Of the attack Since the last great OF
ploson, We have piled up more than two thousand mil
lions OF paper securities In The shape bonds and stocks
issued BY States ctes Counties banks railroad oompa-
MES, insurance companies, trust companies TO-, which
represent vast Of property productive and un
productive but which does not in the aggregate pay three
per cent on the Investment. We have this immense
amount Of bonds and 70 carry independent OF Tho
usual paper Issues Of the commercial classes 30 long ~
public confidence in this Of representatives OF hct
tious wealth remains unmpaired SO long will 1t pass
current from hand to hand but the amount involved has
become heavy and the expansion credit SO Immense
TINT the Of the people not equal othe bur-
then, and We spprehcnd sudden Development that
viii send the entire fabric topping TO the ground ore
dit system Of such magnitude upon bAss 80 slender
continually in danger Of collapse.
The shipments Of specie from this port last week were
quite large, will be by the annexed statement
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AcCInENr AT BEneEN TuNNEL.--Fous labJrers,
I'm IN C,n we're yesterday severely injured Ero
hupr Al IN BerseN HILL BY the premaurs explosloa Of
HAS "A Farley ranu,ug home wsd, whea tparh
E.nu nv friction set are the powder causing tue
on Ear,y irsbuully binrsd, and In al pro
kssaFTv wi no, The others were severely but
hos s>bgerorsiy hurt On ID. same l,e sever.l men
we're nu,ed BY 40 expl s,on Q ier weeks No-Nepdrk
= dv1tAne7 Jon ~.
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suynswp Cousr--Crcui,- Nos sops, zoe, sls
ses, s1s, 2s3, 3c3, 33s, $780, ssS 3l $40 $40, 5tI,
sIo. ei9, era, ele, eqo, e37. e2i, SIS 70 oes.
special Term-PGt Nos ., 90. Part 2-le7, IS.
Ifts GO. 81 1888, 1t4, 200, zoe, 2.s, 2iI.
4 srr,sios Cousr.--Nos 400, g1b, oSs, 10, e5s esq,
.es .ss 7o7 100, ioa 5oI, 7os, 7op no, s9l, 7se,
Bal iap iso 7li 7ii, 7is. zee, 7as, Ti9 $50, ssb,
soo-.oS Pt sAs-paft -Adi jurred --Ps-t 4 20, ~
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Increase. $40, 3sl, 2s2


The State lands Of Illinois have been nearly a dispose
Of under the law passed by the last Legislature offering
them 10 public sao. The number of held by the
State tho LIST Of December 1854 In the several coup
ties Of the State auorn.,d to s27 81 From
that time 10 The LIST Of Deco mbe 1885, the sales werc
AZ 36q acres Tho total amount OF cash received
the sales sll3,37l ~. THO number Of asres nov
remaining unsod In the State 10 6i5757. OF when an);
all Is situated 10 the Southern counties. Fsyotte, Wayne
Gsain Alexander ard Marion contain the largest portion
In The financial statement OF The Chicago aud Rock Is
land Railroad Co for the six months ending Dec 81 1850
(ap extract from which published satardsy,) the
following agures and facts appear
Balance 70 credit Or prod' Ana lO's account ~ per re-
Gross caruir ~ ofslT month";, TO Jau.l, 1880 b95
Operstirg expenses same period. 4o7, TAO
6T1, 1876
Total. .sl,l75, o76
Paid interest bcnds July 10, 1850 sos, 1856
Paid rcIt Of Peoria branch, Aug. !, 1855. 1880
Paid dvitent Of per conf Oct. &c, ls56, 2)O,sss
3s2,37o
Balaace. .ss42. 100
From when should be deducted for 40.
crued interest on bonds 70 Jan 1,.... tss,s30
Aocr ucd rent OF Peoria branch 10 Jan. l. 620S3
- lis ol3
Leaving surplus prohss January .s72s7si
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CITY COMMERCIAL REPORT.

SATURDAY, jan. 24-b r. VI
ASHES quiet at 7hc. 7Hc. for pots, and pearls
were quoted at &C
BRIADsTUFys -fIour-Thc market was steady, and In
ate request from trade and closed easier
for grades Of state and Western The Persias
news arrived at too period 10 the day for Its
effect The for bresdsus to BIS developed The
saes Of -four before embraced about 900 bbs