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IMPAIRMENT OF HIGHWAYS OFFICE,
~ No. lG4 3. FIFTH Street

~ NO. lb4 D. flf ,o.,
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ., 1869.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed Proposals will be received at the office of the
Chief Commissioner of Highways until IL o'clock a. NJ
MONDAY, 9Th instant for the construction of Sewer
the line of Catharine street. from the west curb line of
Swanson the river Delaware with clear inside
three feet, with such man-holes may he
directed by the Chief Engineer and Surveyor. The
that the Sewers herein advertised
be completed before the 3lst day of December 1862
And the contractor shall take bills prepared against the
property fronting said Sewer the amount of dol
lar fifty cents for each nea foot of front each side
the much cash paid the balance limited
by ordinance be paid by the cIty and the contrac
in good order for three years after the Sewer is
finished.
When the street occupied by city passenger railroad
track the Sewer shall be constructed alongside of said
track such not to Obstruct interfere with
the passage the thereon; and claim
muneraon shall be paid the contractor by the company
using said track specified in act OF Assembly approved
May 8, 1866.
Each proposal will be accompanied by certificate that
bond has been filed in the Law Department directed
by ordinance of May 25 1860 If the lowest bidder shall
awarded he will be deemed declining, and will be held
liable on his bond for the difference between his bid and
the lowest bidder Specifications may be had at the
Department Surveys which will be strictly adhered
The Department of Highways the right to reject
all bids not deemed satisfactory.
All bidders may be present at the time and
place of opening the said proposals. No allowance
will be made for rock excavation, unless by special
contract. ,,.r,oD, :, ,,,c,z,yso,,
q22t Chief Commissioners of Highways.
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DIS AS T f r =.
Explosion of Wrecked ship ut NOrIOIE-'Thrpc
Men Killed and Number WOuudcd.

ESpG5;ion 3f f, WreGifed shin at NGrIoIshree
RICHMOND, Sept On Monday last the
ship Ann Eliza, from Liverpool to Baltimore,
went ashore on Smiths Island, near Norfolk
having sprung a leak, with eleven feet of
water in her hold News having been brought
to Norfolk, the Baker Brokers. wreckers,
took down their steam pumps and put them
to work on the vessel
While the engines were in full operation at
night an explosion of the boiler occurred,
killing Mr.. Joseph Baker, son of one of the
owners, who had charge, and two other white
men, and seriously wounding two white men
and four negroes. The facts reported are as
follows:-NIr. Baker had charge Of both en-
gines. A few minutes before eleven o'clock
at night a negro called his attention to one of
the boilers, which appeared to act strangely.
He examined it and found that there were
sixty pounds of steam on, and that a nut
was loose and the steam rapidly escaping. He
called for monkey wrench to adjust the nut;
the negro handed him one and at the same
time jumped behind one of the pumps. The
next instant there was a terrific explosion,
and the deck of the ship was mass of ruins,
machinery, timber, and cordage being scat
tered around in great confusion, while the
darkness was made terrible by the cries of
the wounded and dying. The body of Mr..
Baker was blown into the rigging, and it
was found that the whole Of his head above
the mouth had been carried away by the ex-
plosion. The wounded men were taken to
Norfolk and every attention paid them by the
citizens. The body of young Baker was also
brought mp, and the flags of the shipping in
port were placed at half-mast as token of
| respect. He was married man and about
twenty five years of age. The accident, it is
thought, was caused by the water in the
| boiler getting too low.
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-Rear-Admiral lie Febre has been ap-
pointed to command the French naval divi-
sion in American waters.
AT the funeral of the Fenian Dalton, at
Glasnevin, Ireland, two hundred men fol
lowed, wearing of the green.
M. Magne is preparing scheme of finan-
cial reform, which, it is estimated, will pro-
duce a surplus of 10000, coo francs.
Prince Napoleon made another liberal
speech in the French Senate. yesterday
which met with severe criticism at the hands
of the Ministers, VI. dc Segar denouncing it
as scandalous.
The Catholic bishops of Ireland demand
exclusive college endowment, division of the
property Of royal and endowed schools, the
alteration of Queens College to a denomina-
tional institution, and general land bill for
Ireland.
The London Times, on undoub;e' autho-
rity. denies the rejection of our tire .,v with
with China 1t adds: Whether NJ. bur
lingame is negotiating for the advantage of
any particular power or not, is of no cOnse-
auence, if his negotiations have the effect of
bringing China out of her isolation
LONDON, Sept. Mr.. william, bow oar of
the Oxford crew, has written a letter to the
Times explaining how the Oxfords beat by
only l : lengths. He says that they, the Ok
fords) reached the ship at Mortlake four or
five lengths ahead, when a row-boat in the
stream caused them to lose length for fear
of fouling. In addition to this, having started
certain distance above the aqueduct at Put
ney they expected to row at an
equal distance above the ship at Mortlake,
but having rowed that distance, and not
reaching the Judge, they thought that the
placing Of the fag-boat had been forgotten,
so they padded on until they came in The
Harvard men rowed all this time with the
,,1,, Il,
had shown through the previous part of the
race, and gained considerably at the finish.
william says the Oxford crew fully acquiesce
in the decision Of the Judge.
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ScI.aDiu1S,

Chicago has had n dog tournament
Smallpox has made its appearance in Ctah.
California is experimenting with Chinese
shoemakers.
The Princes Biddy demands $40 month in
Oregon.
Fruit trees in Detroit, 10 years old, have
been bearing this year.
Nashville has Snuff Club, devoted to the
mysteries of dipping.
A child in Ohio died last week from the
effects of a rat bite on the nose.
Chinese travel monopolzes many of the
stage lines in the far Western States.
The "Avitor" flies three times day in San
Francisco. Admission, % cents.
-"Ninety-siX degrees on ice was the tempe
rature in Chicago one day last week.
A sheet of ice twelve foot square fell during
q rain storm in Indiana lately. So they say.
The Canadian militia have gone into camp
for eight days in the vicinity of Niagara Falls.
There is a proposition to consolidate the
Catholic with the public schools of Cincinnati.
In a jar in New Albany, Ind, sealed up
fourteen years ago, the peaches are rs fresh as
ever.
A stage blonde in Troy caught her hair afre
the other evening, whercupon she coolly took it
off.
-Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, and st. Louis
each claim about quarter OF million popula-
ton.
A clock in the Boston Office of the French
Telegraph Cable Company gives the time in
Paris
-Des Moines, Iowa, boys and girls get fined
$40 and 50 respectively for disturbing religious
meetings.
--Ninety-fye million dollars worth Of boots
and shoes have been maGc in Massachusetts, the
present year.
"A young alligator found in "A New Orleans
street, near the gambling hells, is cditorially
warned that il he thinks OF fighting the tiger"
he viii get skinned.
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Personalities.

Lolita is doing well in California.
Grace Greenwood is in Brooklyn
DE Rodas wants 81, GOO more.
President Johnson is at Red Sulphur Springs.
Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, plays the fiddle
well.
-Renan recently had a stroke of apopleXy.
Tom Thumb and his wife have gone to Cali
fornl0.
The Rev. who tied the Gordian knot for
Commodore Vanderbilt got $500.
Wales has received two mummles whch ne
ordered when in Egypt, which is the hardest
word to write in the English language
day of his life. San Franciscans gave MN
superb cigar case. o, : ,odio,+od
The City Directory of Omaha Is dedicated
The Grown Prince Humbcrt OF Italy owes
no less than 10, ,000,0 900 lirl. ooo - ,,oid for
-Girardin receives SlOOOO III Soiu' LOT
managing La Liberte newspaper. = ,oto,diro
Charlotte Cobb, of Salt Lake, - uoion'''ns
polygamy from female point OF view So,,o
The f'champion laugher' OF lndlaha Is Hch'
| tor Pratt and not Mr.. ColfaX. ,,-
| Bright is threatened with the dlsease ol h'H
name. g., ,.o, ,,,is
| Eighteen ladies will be public lecturers this
| winter. ,no ,,,,,
Nilsson has an annual income OF three nun
] dred thousand francs.
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NEWS sUnNu .ARx.
lHfY AfInlrs.

CUN AuhffN
"A meeting of the newly-elected Beard of
City Trusts was held yesterday noon, in the
Supreme Courtroom, for the purpose of or
ganizing the board Mr.. Gus $. Benson was
called to the chair. and Mr.. Honry Nj. Phillips
appointed secretary. The following members
of the board answered to their names:-G. 5.
Benson, Alex. Biddle, James Campbell, G. II.
L. Coils, Edward King, William b. Mann,
John II. Michener, and Henry NJ. Phillips.
Three members were absent from the city,
and O letter was received from Mr.. George II.
Stuart, stating that sickness prevented his at
tendance The Mayor aud the Presidents of
Councils, members of the board under the act
of Assembly, were absent. In consequence
of the absence of the members of the board,
n motion was made and adopted that the
meeting adjourn until Monday, the 18th inst,
at the same hour and place. for the purpose of
organizing. Adjourned.
James Ronahey, aged twelve years, re-
siding at No. III Shippen street, fell and
broke his left arm yesterday afternoon, while
playing ON the pavement. He was admitted
to the PENNSYLVANIA Hospital. Caspar Wag-
ner, 40 years of age, slipped from a step on
Second street, above Rising Sun lane, yester-
day afternoon, and fractured his left leg IN
several places. He was removed to the EplS-
copa Hospital. About / o'clock yesterday
afternoon, Daniel Restine forty years of age
was thrown from his wagon by his horse
taking fright at Thirty-siXth and Market
streets, and was severely injured internally
He was removed to his residence, William
Penn HOTEL Market street, above Thirty
seventh.
A colored man, named James Rodman
aged seventy-six years, belonging to the
Marine Hospital, had his throat cut yester-
day afternoon by a woman in Browns court,
running from Baker street. lie was taken to
the Pennsylvania Hospital. The act was per-
petrated during a quarrel in n house of bad
repute. The perpetrator of the deed was
arrested and locked up for hearing. The
wound, though painful, is not considered
dangerous.
Nine plans and drawings for the new
public buildings on Independence Square
have been received by the Commissioners of
Public Buildings, and in a few days the Com
mittee on Plans will hold a meeting and de-
eide upon their respective merits. The plans
present various styles of architecture, and
are generally of a character that would greatly
beautify the square upon which it is designed
to erect the buildings
The payment of pensions to widows COM
mences at No 715 SAMSON street, on the 4th
instant, and to invalid army pensioners on
the 18th instant, at No. rs SAMSON. All
pensioners who are not exempt must be eX-
amined by pension surgeon before payment.
The Office of the Board of Pension Surgeons
is at No. 707 SAMSON street, where pensioners
must apply for examination.
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Domestic Affairs.

Gold closed yesterday at 13iIi.
The political cauldron boils fercely in
the Monumental City.
Frost is reported to have shown itself in
the vicinity of Baltimore.
Senator Morton addressed the Republi-
cans of Pittsburg last evening,
The National Temperance Convention
assembled in Chicago yesterday
"A band of Sioux have started out on
war expedition against the Pawnees.
The Athletic beat the Pastime, of Balti-
more, yesterday, by a score of 33 to 20.
The offices of the Maine Central Railroad
at Waterville, Me-, were yesterday burned.
The last rail of the Leavenworth, Atchi-
son, and Northwestern Railroad was laid yes
terday.
-$1O3. 800 were received at Washington
yesterday from New York, in fractional cur
Eency.
THE Farmers and Merchants Furnace
Company of Chicago, have made bad tinan-
cial failure.
"A train on the Boston and New York
Railroad ran off the track near Chatham yes
terday. No lives lost
The Texan delegation to the Grand Lodge
of the United States, /. o. o. f., were at
Nashville yesterday.
Reports from Richmond say that the test
oath will not be required from the members
of the Legislature.
The Lockwood Manufacturing Company,
of this city, are the purchasers of the Trea-
sury Department envelope machinery,
The Board of Public Works of Chicago
have decided to run another tunnel under the
lake. at an estimated cost of 81, 100000.
The President has assured a Kentucky
radical that he will only appoint good men to
Office, and that they must be radicals.
The Republican State Convention of
Wisconsin nominated, OH Wednesday, Lucen
Fairchild, the present incumbent, for Gov,
ernor.
President Grant and Admiral Porter ar
rived at Saratoga last evening. The Presi
dent and lady will have a reception on Friday
evening.
A private letter received from Madrid al
Washington places General Sickles in the
position of a mediator between Spain and the
Cubans.
"A party of nearly two hundred gentle
men arrived at st. Louis hound for the enc
of the Kansas Pacific Railroad, where they
will engage in buffalo hunting.
Delegates from the various Agricultural
Societies of this State held their annua
meeting at Bellefonte, yesterday. There was
very full attendance, and great interest was
manifested.
The letter that has recently appeared in
the papers purporting to have been writer
by the Spanish Minister to the Captain Gene
raj of Cuba, about the Spanish gunboats
building in New York, Senor Roberts declares
forgery.
The Coroners jury in the case of Private
McAdam, of the 4th United States Artillery
who was murdered at Locust Point, Balt
more, have rendered verdict that the de
ceased died at the hands Of some persons un
known, and the five men that were held il
custody have been discharged.
A larpe marty Of rac,11its anliStad for Al.
Cuban army, many of them Minors are a
Fort Gaines, Ga. United States Deputy Mar
shal Cox has been called on for troops, and
revenue cutter has been ordered to cruise OF
the coast, to intercept them should they sue
ceed in getting away.
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Foreign Affairs,

Eighty insurgents are reported to have
sued for pardon to Colonel Canoza.
An incendiary proclamation has been
posted through the streets of Havana
Colonel Canoza's forces have had an en-
gagement with the rebels near Contramaestre.
and killed sixteen of them.
The Empress will arrive in Paris to-day.
The Harvards left England for home yes
terday, in the City of Antwerp.
The liberal ideas of Prince Napoleon are
said, by La PreSSe, to be endorsed 10y the
Emperor.
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CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Gteapshin I w Everman HiuckleV. Charlaston r.


steamers for from the Continent call at southampton
CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship j; w. Everman Hinckey, Charleston, E. A.
Steamer i Gaw Ti eF Bq%Gge NdW %e; W $rPye y5
Barque Isaace Rch Sheldon, Port Spain Thos Watson
Brig Annie Batcheder, Steelman, Key West, Workman
Tugs Thomas Jefferson, Allen, Baltimore, and Chesa.
peake Merihew, HavredeGrace, with tows of barges,
HAyRE DE GRACE, Sept. 3.-The following boats left
here in tow this morning
Captola with lumber to David Sidel.
&h Th hbe %Re gr to s% Gs 9Sr Blanchard
Liberty with grain to Hoffman 9iIR ma Kennedy I r.,
Jennie Lucas, with lumber, for New York.
John Haldeman, with lime, for New Castle.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Steamer amer An3ase q .iTS GTegn "a hours from New York.
Steamer Ann a. Eli5a Richards hours from New York,
steamer Sarah, Jones, "a hours from New York, with
mSss e n nf r. Basa RH5eS "a hours from New York. with
s sHhT T 1,n B19tS % G BsTS day from Camden
Tug Hudson, Nicholson, from Baltimore, with tow of
Tug ChesapeakS, Wilson, from HavredeGrace, with
Il tow of barges to W. p. Clyde a Go.
MEMORANDA
Ship ~ Churchill Murphy for Philadelphia sailed from
steamship Caymont, Robinson, hence at Norfolk 3lst
steamship Fanta. Brooks hence at New York LIST inst
Steamship Hunter Harding hence at Providence 3lst
BaTGue d. Nichols, wsman, hence .or salem was
Big $. p brown, Hutchinson, at Havana s8th ut for
Bnss Hattie Hattie %RRSssE BTcfon and Lizzie wymAn
Brig Anna, Morrow, hence, at st. Jago 10th ult.
Brig Mountain Eagls sherman, Tor Philadelphia,
sChF 0atbarins John Lenahan, was at Trinidad 22d u
Schr Maria Phillips, Cole, hence, for Worcester at New
Schr Dr. Franklin, Seaied, from New London for Phi.
'Schr s. T. Hedges, Franklin, for Philadelphia, sailed
schr Nat Holmes Northrup hence, at Pawtucket 3lst
schT NJ W Hupper Hupper. hence, at Boston SIst Glt
sc6r r. H. Wilson, Harris. hence, at New Bedford alst
sohT Minnesota Phinnoy hence at App9nH%g 18th nIt
Schr Golden Eagle, Howes, for Phiianelphia' sailed
chr transit Racket for Provincetown, at Ed
so6r James Warren, Drisko. hence. at Machiasport
schrs Joseph Baymore Burdge. and Frances Gibbs at
Saco Me. 3ist ult. TO load rice for Philadephia
wspies. hence at New Haven 30th ult ult,,-,0,.,,.
sohr White Swan Collins henee a. OSf och sSrsd
Schr Montrose Grierson, for fhllAdepnia' a"
GSodsSeed. Dart and ssrsn a. Reed Arnold, from
Portland Conn. all for Philadelphia. passed He'll Gate
Schr Joseph Porter, hence, at Norwich Sst ult nan
hence al Baltimore LIST inst
Schr p II shermsn jenkins; KendricS Fish, Web6sr
BGs@Sn HSTs sSd UaFS Emily Sosss and
fGd fdSd, Turner, hence, at Boston LIST inst.
schr j. W. BSnnermAn, Sharp hence at Washington
sehrs Sarah Mills. Wright and Cornelius Pratt hence
seb2s Ben Strong brown and Telegraph, Wentworth
sailed from Providence 3lst nlt, Tor Phadelphia AIS
sailed schr Elmira Rogers Fletcher from Phadelphi'
scSrs MatanzAs Bragdon, hence for Portsmouth; Mar
Ann McCann, WhitemOre, hence Tor Bangor; and faWn
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SHIRPINC.

N-EA OR LIVERPOOL AND
<|s1ffS L., QUEENST& whitman Line OF Mail
49, sls Steamers appointed sail as fol
Eny oL Brooklyn, Saturday, September A. at p NJ
Cy OF London (via HahaN), Tuesday, Sept T. at p NJ
Siyy Siy of 81 WSshngt9n Saturday, sept H. at 10 A. NJ.
Cltyof baltimore, Halifax ru, sday Sent ~ at PM
And each succeeding Saturday and alternate Tuesdav
from Pier 10, North River "''
RATES OF PASSAGE.
HI THE MAIL SIEAMER EVERY SATURDAY
rrtj.dSS aSaD,1 ~ IN t-Jld Payable in Currency
flESI STEERAG GE...."........S95
To Paris. .............. iI5I no Paris ~
PASSAGE BY lHE TUESDAY STEAMER VIA HALIFAX
FIRST CABIN. sTEFRAgE
Payable inGeld PAYABLE in Cnrrencv
Liverpool. .... ...........Ss4I LiysrI ool san
iaiaG ;......., ~ Halifax ................ 10
by Branch Steamer 45 81 by Branch Steamer 30
Passengers forwarded to Havre Hamburg Bremen,
etc at reduced rates. -'-'
Tickets be bought here moderate rates nv per
sons wishing to send for their friends, - '
For further ntormation apply at the Companys Office
JOHN g. DALE, Agent, No. 10 BROADWAY, NJ Y
to O'DONEEI,T, 4 FAITJ.K A ,onts
Is No All on IISN NIT'T Street pt';IaSsi''Sl.
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MARINE TELEGRAPH.

For addittonal Marine NetcS see First Page.
ALMANAC FOR PHILADELPHIA-THtS DAY.
Sun RIsTs............5 .52S MOOS RISES ........ III
SUN .629 HIGH WATER .l2li
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Souder Co.
Steamer Ii. l.. CAV Her, Baltimore. A. Groves. Jr
Steamer Mayflower tultZ, New York. w. p. Clyde Co.
BarGue saace Rich Sheldon Port SPAIN Thos. Watson
X Sons
Brig Annie Batchelder Steelman, Key West, Workman
n Co.
Tugs Thomas jefferson Allen, Baltimore, and Chesa.
peake, Merrihew Havre de Grace, with tows of barges
W. p. Clyde Il Go.
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Baker from Gardiner for Philadelphia, at Holmes Hole
r. M. 8Otb ult The Fawn sailed again next mornng. -
schrs Pearl, Brown hence for Boston; CHARLES z
Vckery Benson, hence for StoninRtrn; David o. Floyd
Weeden, from WEXFORD for Philadelphia and Millari
Port p NJ. 9ih ult.
scbr Mary E. Staples Dnsmore, for Philadelphia, sailed
from Apponaug 2sth ult
scbr Annie Magee Young hence, at East Greenwich
2qth ult
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MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.

Mails forwarded by every steamer in the regular
The steamers for from Liverpool call at Queenstown
cept the Canadian line which call at Londonderry
steamers for from the Continent call at Southamp
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Power of MennOry

The Illustrated News says:
"We have often heard Of extraOrdi-
nary anecdotes of the memory-of
men who could commit long poems
by heart on hearing them once read,
and the like; but when the dryness
Of the subject is considered, we cannot
remember any instance more singular
than that Of Herr Won Nieublin, the
celebrated German scholar, who was
once clerk. In that capacity he gave
proof Of his memory by restoring
from recollection alone, the whole
contents Of bank ledger which had
been lost by fraud or accident.
''BOys are sometimes endowed with
remarkable memories. The Keen
family Of the State of Texas, consisted
Of three girls and a bOy-the latter
only four years old. They wero all
sitting round the fire one evening, en-
gagged in telling how far back they
could recolIect. One Of the girls re-
collected when she had doll that
'winked both eyes Another recol-
lected when she was 81 little baby at
the breast, and Nancy tickled her,
Johnny Keen, who was the least of
them all, said he reeoIlected 'wuss
than that
How wus? said the girls in a
breath.
ooh recollect three weeks afore
Tze born how l cried all the time for
fear I'd be q girl !''
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APODUIar Preacher.

Richard Weaver, the converted
prize-fghter and collier, is one of the
most remarkable men in England
Before his conversion he was ignorant,
brutal, and a terror TO his neighbor-
hood. His first act after his reforma-
tiOn was to drive a Bible van within
the enclosure of a horse race, and, tax
ing off his coat and handkerchief, he
went to work, selling Bibles and sing
ing sacred songs, undaunted amid
threats of personal violence, till he
actually broke up all the gambling
booths and spread CONSERVATION
among the reveIers. He is now one
of the most persuasive and eloquent
preachers in England. Popular alike
in the rural districts and in the cities,
he can crowd the largest theatres,
overflow the largest churches, and
among the miners, colliers and opera
tives in factories he can count his au-
diences by thousands when he preach
es in the fields. He is expected to be
in America shortly.