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PROPOSALS FOR STOVES, &c.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF CHIEF QUARTRRMAsfHR,5
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OFFICE OF CHIEF QuARrERMAsrxR,5
tn. hs HhATsRs for 1i ii IL
Wsshin gton. as follows: ~ inc department OF
as9 Or more wood stoves or heaters, for heating
vide and the stoves must be Of size sufficient to
thorS9nnghily warm them, allowing two stoves for
25 OF more cooking stoves or ranges, to burn
wood, each OF capacity to cook for = company of
g Or e ore very small cook stoves to burn wood
20 rmore Office stoves, of various sizes, to burn
S .n Or 1 BE
their proposals an intelligent desert ston of the
Eses .seh and post
Office address, and the name of all parties interested
q .essne.D 70 HE of the
United states must accompany each bid.
tracts or purchases made a. the stoves may be re-
Theirs isreserred to accept all or any part of
Proposals should be endorsed Proposals. for
Lieutenant Colonel and Shisf ous;ssTnssssr.
oc8-td DEPARTMENT of Washington.
SIALED PROPOSALS. AR1 INVITED TILL
9i.hisS tAs suSsisse9as Department With 20 900
SA Aiss III or Ss I sL0u1 sv,., ;. W..
Old1 Will % I0c01V60 LOT W0AS ID Known a. NOS,
!, 2, and 3, and for any portion less than the
% ON barrels
Bids in duplicate fer the different GRADES shouh
be nDon separate sheets Of paper.
The delivery Of the Flour to be oommssoad with
in week from the opening Of the bids Or - soon
thereafter q the Governments nay direct, ct the
rate of 900 barrels daily. delivered either At the
!hasvss. or at the railroad depot. wasiinStoa.
:.: s s rsa s. 81 Of
have for diSt13bution.
The usual Government inspectica vlU be asds
just before the Flour 10 received
Ar ssA q sRegiaacs must soecnIaay eeeA bid.
Drsyiously falsd 70 comply with tfsr Sids or from
bidders not present 70 respond. =
fhs barfsls % b entirely nsv, nAds ysry strong
received which II not fresh ground.
Bids - b directed % Gel. 4. B1oKWITH, 4. D,
Q. 4 q. D., q. q. H., WeshiAston. D. O., and IL.
dofsed Proposals Tor Flour. % sta
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SPRING AND SUMMER SCHEDULE
OF TEA
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAlLROAD.
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THE GREAT SHORT LINE TO THE
WEST, SOUTH AND NORTH-wEST
AZ q. sp : THROUGH Ticket direct, y i've
ethe. Route, and no Omnibus Ridiss.
FOUR DA1 gfTy TRIMS From gs4sH1Eeros
o sn,o,,, a.. IAN and =, p
At R'''' with t6k Ta lev. WE ssfn Baltimore
T.in s.,n Has.
With Train leaving e Baltimore Il sis1.a '''
assins iesyns MsshTsnston ?. OF :, r.
eP.M.
BE SURF TO Boy YogR TICKETS BY THE
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.
1ASe is the ONLY Route by ,caich through Tickets or
Through Baggage Checks can Be procured
in Washington.
Knights Lstes: Improved SLEEPING CARS, OF
tho most Superior finish. attached to Night Trans
TIN sHoRrEsr AND host DIRECT ROUTE
co5gxsgs, DAK1oH 1egIsyl1zx, GIN
EAUTE: ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO
10wr4I LESS CHANGES OF OARS THAN BIZ AMI
GTHE1 Roufl.L1
~ peeaa. Notice to PASSENGERS 70. tie Wsa J,ss
.ns sss1 sfK1sHS n
hy the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, sAv1 ONE
Rs a ssx .aa
additional charge.
&c. nnestlons at the 0hIs River With CLEV.:
hAk sta NEHEsA 2H2 . si
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For THROUGH TICKETS plesse apply at the
oW:P sIITH Msstsr 81 TraDsport.s,os
lie pkat4 ren
,,H sss, eaEEssrkA. sa,Lk 5sss
&HEsz EzR
Is = ,1nsr.o ty!sse Z Es ss1e;s''o..,
SPEED 2A ~ fa as6 S 5oaSoEf Hf1'ss'
STONE BALLAsTkD AND .p.- mon. n-,,u
b4ssAe, cH'0K.D rH9 SSSH s.pr a sos.
HHzbs R11hz Is T5A fiTr sSSs
eIosr coks IL 4 shsi At a;sf HPxSRR1ssuse
NORTHERN ~ o E5sins Il r. ss1laoAp,
tn. eR.s sas d 5Sh TEAL ROUTE
WASHINGTON n ANn BALr1MoRs
West soRr E aI Bit: md II r. sourHwusr
~. q y:
and sson
SPLENDID SHIPPING CARS ON ALL NIGHT
skoK1Ns AND SALOON OARS ON ALL TRA1Hs
From Washington.
s.:s i TN ore Nth s. aas IS
rosa sna .Iriso II Harrise n 4 M ana M
:. M. there MAKING, close connections with the
ii p.r t. Of IT sks Wss. a0'a osnsa Aafe'a ''f
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PROPO8AIA.
ORDNAs0a OEsIos. Va. p,,..,r,,,.

wAshizcroE October "a isss.
S sos
and BU 81 me ths 2 gousdsr asrs 4 the Porte
and q ne Una,sS stasss 10 sns ss'
ss. s sans vii g and from
Safes sss work is 70 ss done at
for ,hoss on =. Pacific 91 ,s ,s At
pis ss ssSsrsi San q lie vicinity
tn ss
the best wrought iron, ths in's.,sr diameter Of
which wall be twenty inches, ana its thickness
'n The vent to be buahsd With sush Of pure
insot euppsr one inch in diane ter snt about nn-
and halt inches long, and bored with vent of
DraTinss Of the gan in its original form and with
lu: can Hs seen te a the
=, - s,;s:ss
Arsenal, No.; and Bsnici. Arsenal, Gal.
The work ii b dops to the sa a ssst.stiaa
upon lii csrtifi safe Of Inspection and receipt
s s.:s 70. hs
which il proposed to put on the band the number
b yeaur s 70 90 the Whole work The mstsod
and tie time required for doing the work. as Well
No BIDS viii be considered from any parties but
of iron and hekyy MACHINERY, and 60 are. in the
opinion Of this .. psltment, fal.y prepared to exc
this Department. evidence to the foregoing eject
must accompany the proposal
Bond wi n satisfactory ties to the amount Of
City per cent Of the bid, win be required for the
fulfilment of the contract; and tas Government
deemed unsatisfactory.
Proposals VIII be endorsed proposals. for Band
General George D. Ramsay, CHIEF Of Ordnance,
Washin gton city. GEO. D. RAMSAY,
oc eotd Brig. General Chief of Ord nanee
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DRoPosALs FOR LETTER BALANCES.

POST UFFICk IMPAIRMENT. Oct. II, 1868
SRAL8p PROPOSALS will be received at thi. De-
partment until the aJth day of November next, at
u O'Clock noon, for furnishing Letter balances for
the use Of the Post Offices in the United States for
one year, from and after the Stat day of December
lat. Balances capable Of Weighing eight ounces,
ayoirdupois weight, to be graded down to quarter
ounces.
0fthese It is supposed eight hundred will be re-
"a. Balances capable Of weighing at least two
pounds, avoirdupois weight, to be graded down 10
hslf ounces
Of these it is supposed one hundred win be re-
qpired per annum.
Perfect correctness will be required in all the se
balances, IS well 81 strength and durability.
Samples OF each description OF balance must &C
company each bid; and the bidder who may obtain
the contract will be required TO furnish balances
ordered of quality, in all respects, fully equal to
the sample. 5=a
Each balance mpst be we'll and securely packed in
box for TRANSPORTATION.
The balances to be delivered free of Gu charge
to the Blank Agency ofths Post Office Depsr tInent
and reported by suitable Inspectors for recep
ton or refusal.
Each bidder must furnish with his pro po sails evil
dspce of mis- ability to comply with his bid
Two sufic ient securities will be required to q
contract. ..s-.s -.t4Hsasaz.a.'.
Failures to furnish the balances "a contracted
for promptly, or the furnishing Of those of an n
cause for the forfeiture OF the contract.
envelopes, Proposals for Letter-bal snces - aud
addressed to the First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, Washin ston, D. @. :.
&C i2-wEw D. BLAIR. Postmaster General.
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.uIADoUARTlRs DEPARTMENT OF WASH.
III INGTON
QSes ChiG Qnaytnmastey, May g, 1865.
DIALIRs IN AGRICULTURAL 1kPLENRyTs, GAR.
DEE SEEDS, to-, are requested to furnish this oics
price lists of the various articles of their trade.
The same should be directed to Lieutenant Colo
nal ELIAS h. GKEERE, Chic Quartsrmastsr, De-
pAxIment Of Washington. my 2s-d
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WAR DEPARTMENT,
" WAsUIaa1oH, January -, Less.
In consequence Of the pressure Of business ct the
War Department, passes for citizens to visit the
Army Of the Potomac win b given as the o0es Of
Lieut.. Col. 0oH1AD. 139 Rsnnsylyania avsnus
above Nineteenth street.
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GAS FITTING, &c.
KE = 2 Z B 9

u HOTELS AM, IL ssrsrAunAss, 90
our stock of W ARES suits bic for your
bosiness il now csmplete In every psrtieuiar We
14vite your especial attention to our gtock of
BAR and ALI TUNBLuR9,
CaAMPA6NI and eHIRRY 9LA1SlS
FANCY DECANTERS. DITTlR HOTTLyS,
T0DDY eTRAINERS, BAR SPOONS,
OHARIN9 DIeHE1, 0OFYR1 and TIA URNa,
OYeTDk DISHES, COFFEE BIG9IN0, &c
Our prices are q low ~ the same quality Of goods
ere to b purchased for anywhere.
Iron Hall, 81 8 Pennsylvsnia avenue,
se 30 cost between 9th and 10th streets.
IMPORTANT TO Suffers.
sUTL1Rs WILL FIND
H. A. DOWNING + co.'s
CONCENTRATED CLAM
10 BE 4 MOST VALUABLE ARTICLE YoH
TH1IR TRADE. s,
It sells very rapidly, end 70 the most seoneuaieal
article Of diet for the omesrs mess. It IL prepared
IN one minute, and makes most delicious Soup or
Chovdsr.
1t ii highly recommended b. Army Surgeons,
Tia profits are large. Tor .als By
BARBOUR L sINM1s. Sole Assats,
Essa IS Louisians Avenue,
ss2-H Warrington. DO.
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MRS. cHRIsFIANA lHRMANNTRour.
.SrMNSM - ~ Administratrix
n 90 . = H. :

TRx THE BIG sMoKrN TOBACCO.
yor sale By CHANDLEE 4 HERRING as tAl
cSesr stand in Willayds' Hotel oeelw
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Il soLDIRRs' HoAE, October 7th, 1853.
Scaled Proposals will be received until the 9Dth
Of October, 1858, for furnishing Fresh Beef, OF
good and wholesome quality, for the use of the
lst Of November next-the Bsefto be delivered It
the Centre Market on Tuesdays. Thursdays, and
Saturdays Of each week. in such quantities as may
Be from time to time required by the Secretary and
Treasurer Of the Home. and in Quarters, with an
equal proportion of each, (necks and ahanks to be
in ali cases excluded.)
Payments to be made snoafAly, and bond with
curity required for the faithful mpiiAnee with
the contract. $50 -.s
Proposals will be endorsed Proposals for Fresh
Besf0 aud addressed to BENZ AMIN KING, As
sistant geon Secretary and Treasurer Soldiers
Home WASHINGTON ity, D. q. oc std .
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DROPOsALs FOR HoRsEs.
u. CAVALRY BUREAU,
.s@ Qfes Of the Chef Quarter master, )

WAszisares, b. q. ,Iaxust Is. Ias.
PRoPoeALs are solicited and win be rsceived at
this oice for furnisAng CAvsl Horses, TO be de-
Nyered at Pittsbusg. Pennsyl Ania; Philadelphia
Washinston City, Syracuse, n. T., or Indianapolis
Indiana
Proposals. Will be considered for the furnish.s Of
ss Hors.s 70 80 from ftsen sI to srtssa az
hands high, from ave 90 to zine 30 years Old Me!
broken TO the saddle, eom1Aetly built. IN gooo
Is: sbiity Of the. bidder 70 fulnl his asresmsns
must 30 suarantisd By two respGndsHet h
Ante0. = ..s-.,tcp. ,.,.t -
- ~ ~ nStAi:l cartiacste Of the Clerk Of the
nssrest district Court, or Of the United States
Dissr,es Asso.n nsf be Sddfesssd 20 LiAutensnt
ooiossi B. d. sswtslls, Chief 9usrteIms.tsr Cav.
NJ basssa. a3S e 'p0orsea e '1' envelope
'"rfeSossls snf 40 o. G.. sAWTELLH, e..
4 :, % ~ Oavalry Bureau. 9
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10 T b = PU b Ii Q

We call your attention to the EXCELSIOR
CITY 1XPkIHS. for the delivery Of Packages,
BagE:ss, and Merchandise. Having states hung
throusho1t the city, where orders may be left,
which viii BE- attended TO promptly. Our drivers
saving persons from Walking . long distance to
leave directions for baggage to b. talen to the
xxDress viii be taken care of till the owners claim
them and receive their checks. Principal Once
ne 2l-1mh w. NJ BARRY Il CO. Proptrs
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LIS Now eli over. and every one can now look YOUNG
and gay again. All those who wish to change the
sots 81 eSSs Fl fhe H1r shora call md Fss
FOB COLORING TIL HAIR. Il viii certain g
change the HAZE or Whisksrs to . beautiful Brown
ever.
1t 10 peculiarly adapted TO Ladies' use. It il so
little trouble. and without entan Cling the Hair.
For sale Of BosWELLe Fancy and Mititary store,
No. 300 street, near 18th.
seA-1m Bun. Chron.1
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EDUCATIONAL.

A BROOKuviLLu AoADukX
"A BOARDING SCHOOL Tor Boy, Y quiet
healthy Village, ~ miles from Wsahingson oy the
Seventh street Road For estei9Guesa ADDRESS %
Brookevilis, Nd. y. b. PETIT s =. Ms.s,
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NI RnsycinS and Dsy School, No. 80 Penn. Az.
Seven BuildinsS.. The ninth year and sevsnseenth
nscnrs IN Monday. September 18th, 1865. Circulars
csn ne ohtainsa Sc the bookstores and Of the Pfin
49, 70 SO - M-s1f
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Foreign News

New York, Sept. ~.
The America has arrived from Brennan.
The Norwegian arrived on the l4th and
the CITY Of London on the 18th. The
steamer Star sailed from Clyde to run the
blockade, Two others are ready to fol-
low.
Eighty of the Florida's crew arrived at
Cardiff and proceeded to Liverpool.
The London Times of the 18th has an
editorial on Canada to the effect that she
could no more exist as an Independent ma
ton by the side of the United States than
a lamb by the side of wolf.
She has to choose between Union with
us and onnexation to the Federal States
and it says. by the choice they make we
shall abide.
The Times then puts the question to
Canadians, who, it says, have shown an
unwilingness to raise a reasonable force
to resist invasion, which course will they
choose-to fight freely for the defence OF
their own homes, or to be dragged at the
lannon's mouth to feed an an alien strug-
gle in the heart of distant, foreign and
unhealthy country.
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II. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.

SPIRIT OF THE REBEL PRESS. An
order is published in the Montgomery
ALA Mail, resembling the furlougb8 of
the rebel prisoners taken and paroled at
Vicksburg, and commanding them to
muster at Demopolis for organization
Their officers, also paroled by Gen. Grant,
have reassumed command and are prepar =
ing for active operations, not seeming to
regard their parole.
The Atlanta Appeal, the migratory reb-
ell organ of the Southwest, says that many
of the best thinkers in Dixie are Of opln-
ion that the fall of Charleston is only Il
question of time, but that they do not
believe the capture of the place will have
any very important effect. A repulse OF
the rebel army and fleet, however, they
assert, would have a beneficial effect on
the rebel catse in encouraging the hearts
of the troops in other quarters.
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Interesting from Rebel Sources.

Fortress Monroe, Sept y.
The Richmond Examiner of the Doth
instant says
After two distinct efforts for the recap
ture of Chattanooga, we have now the in
formation that the enemy are still in the
possession of that stronghold and strength
ening its works.
While events linger in Tennessee the
situation in northern Virginia has become
critical.
The enemy is preparing for general
attack on the line of the Rapidan, and
massing'his forces at Culpepper.
He is also accommodating and encroBch-
ing on the railroad, and indicates a deter
mlnation to fight.
Spencer Kellogg was hung as desert
er and spy at Camp Lee yesterday.
Atlanta, Ga, Sept "a.
Several trains with wounded and prs
oners have arrived.
Reports of the condition of affairs above
are conflicting.
We are inclined to believe that the en-
envy are fortifying Chattanooga.
Our lines are within four miles of that
place.
There was no fighting yesterday.
Gen Rosecrans has sent In two flags oil
truce, asking permission to bury then
dead and relieve the wounded.
Gen Bragg rejected both of them.
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THE Troy RIOTERS, Patrick Couners,
whom the Troy Times speaks of as one of
the leading spirits in the Troy riot of the
18th Of July, when the Jail was opened
and the prisoners released, has just had
trial, and on conviction been sentenced to
the longest period of Imprisonment pre-
yided for by the law. 1t was sufficiently
proved that Corners on the eventful day
was seen to urge on the mob to the break
ing open Of the Jail, that the "inmates
might be let loose" and his completely
with this uisgraceful outrage was placed
beyond question. On convection by the
jury, Judge Robertson directed him to
stand up, and after answering the usual
questions, and stating that he was thirty
five years of age, was born in Ireland,
and was furnaceman by occupation, he
was asked what he had to say why the
sentence of the law should not be pro-
nounced upon him. He replied: 81 have
nothing to say, your Honor, except TO ask
for light sentence for the sake of my
wife and five children, who are entirely
dependent on me for living. They have
no other support"
Judge Robertson, in pronouncing SEN
tence, addressed the prisoner substantially
as follows: ......
!" Patrick Corners, you have been con-
ylcted of the offence of aiding and abet-
ting the escape of prisoners from the COM
mon Jail Of the county of Rensselaer,, on
the 18th of July. The events OF that day
are pretty well known, but of all the oc-
currences which then took place, 1 think
none was more worthy of punishm ent than
the letting loose Of all the vagabonL's and
criminals upon the community. Yon have
had fair trial able counsel have b., zen
engaged in your behalf, and every oF-
portunity has been afforded for yon 10
prove your innocence; but the jury have
pronounced you guilty, and the evidence
Was such as to satisfy the Court that their
conclusion is a correct one. Such an Of
fence calls for a severe punishment 1t
is a remarkable one, even in the annals
of crime. You have made an appeal on
behalf of your family. You have asked
for mercy because you have a wife and
helpless children. You should have
thought of them when you were assisting
in the release of Lightweight yagabonds
from their place of confinement. Your
recklessness towards your wife and chill
dren only aggravates your offence. True,
it is hard for them to be compelled to
earn their own living, or to be thrown up
on the charities of the world, but justice
cannot be stayed because you have IN
volved them IN your fate. The sentence
of the court is that you be confined at the
State Prison at Clinton, at hard labor, fol
the term of TEN YEARS"
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NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From Washington.

washington 5cpt -p'
The Hon Emerson Etheridge is, at the
instance of prominent Union men of Ten
nessee. endeayoring the administration for
Gen V B Campbell to be inaugurated
Governor of Tennessee, on the ground
that he was voted for in the various ooun-
ties in August last, the day fixed by law
for the election of Governor OF that State
since 1885.
Ii is claimed that he received all the
votes cast, and in that state, majority oil
all the votes given elects.
A large vote, it is said by those gentle
men, would have been thrown throughout
the state, had not Gov johnson and his
advisers opposed the election
They also say that the inaugul alton OF
Gen Campbell would relieve Gov johnson
from his labors and the people OF the
state having civil government, would
have no difficulty in recognizing the
whole State mentimmedlately.
The Missouri delegation, at meeting
to-day, appointed committee of one from
each Congressional district of that State,
in connection with Gen Pine and A c Me-
der of Kansas, to draft memorial to the
President, setting forth their grievances,
arising out of the policy pursued by Gen,
Schofeld, in his administration of affairs
in his military department.
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A BLACK MAN DEFENDING HIS
RACE. At meeting of the British Asso-
citation for the advancement of Science, at
Newcastle, Aug. 9th, a paper was read
by John Crawford, f. R. SON the Com
mixture of Races" in which the civil war
in the United States is attributed to
81 "The presence of the African race, too
prone to live and labor in slavery or in
social degradation, and utterly incapable
of rising to an equality with the higher
race among whom it has been unhappy
planted"
Mr.. Craft, black man, forrerly a
slave in the South, asked ara obtained
leave to reply:
Mr.. Craft said that, being of African
extraction, ne felt called upon to make
few remarks upon the subject under dis
cusslGn. loud cheers,) He did not
Cute understand whether the author of the
essay to which they had listened intended
to say that no amalgamaton had taken
place between the negro and the Anglo
Saxon race in the United States.
Mr.. Certainly not.
Mr.. Craft thought that Mr.. Crawford
had intimated that there was very strong
antipathy between the two races, AMI that
| the laws of the southern states prohibited
intermarriage between the negro and the
whites. He submitted that in spite Of
those laws, there was large population
claiming affinity with both races. lie
thought he should be right in saying that
nearly two-thrds of the negroes IN the
northern States of America had more or
less European blood in them, and he also
believed that had it not been for that
amalgamation, instead of there being foul
million of slaves in those states, there
probably would not have been more than
one million.
He would simply state on behalf OF the
African race, that whenever they had had
equal opportunities with the whites, they
had shown that they possessed considera
BILE intellectual ability, and many of them
had risen to very high positions IN society
(Cheers.) He mentioned this IN order
that persons who were not acquainted
with Africans might understand that ther'
was lust as much difference between indl
yidual Africans as between individual
Englishmen. He found that all English
men were not Shakespeare. Hear anC
laughter.) He did not admit that katfr
were fair specimens of the negro race
(Hear, hear.)