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PROPOSALS FOR LETTER BALANCES.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. s. 1872

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. S, 1872.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this Department until the sth day of January,
| 1878, at ~ O'Clock noon, for furnishing Letter
Balances for the of the post offices in the
United States for one year from and after the LIST
day of February, 1878, of the following descrip-
ton, namely:
First. Balances capable of weighing eight
ounces, avoirdupois weight. to be graduated
down to quarter ounces OF these it is supposed
that 900 will be wanted.
Second. Balances of the same, capacity grad
uated by the metric or gramme system. Of this
class 100 may be required.
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pounds, avoirdnpois weight, to be graduated to
half ounces Of this class it is supposed that
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Samples of each description Of Balances must
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Washington, D. c.
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may require, at the discretion Of the Postmaster
General.
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Bids not made in conformity with this adver.
It's. ment will not be considered
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A failure to furnish promptly any article con.
tracted for, or an attempt to impose upon the
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The Postmaster General reserves tho right to
rcs CT any all bids. if in his opinion it is re.
CURED by the interests of the Department.
Proposals must be endorsed on the envelope,
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to the First Assistant Postmaster General, Wash.
ington, ID. C..
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dec 5.4t Postmaster General
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Harper's Magazine.
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PROPOSALS FOR WRAPPING PAPER
AND TWINE.
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

Posi- OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON. D. c., December s. 1872
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1873. at II O clock noon. for furnishing WRAP
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POWELL HOUSE,
153 Thompson Street,
Near Houston, NEW YORK.

This house possesses attractions superior to
any other of its class in the city been newly
painted and furnished with new furniture, beds
and bedding throughout. 1t is heated with hot
air, abundantly supplied with hot and cold wa
ter baths for the use Of boarders and is de-
signed especially for comfort and convenience
for respectable families. The location is cen
trail and it possesses the advantage of being
within a few minutes walk of the principal
churches, and the very main line Of city rail-
roads.
Strangers visiting the city, can avoid the ag
gravating delays; by not giving up the checks
for their baggage to express agents, on the line
of railways or on board of steamboats,, but hold
on to their checks until they arrive at the house,
when the proprietor will send for their bag
gage.
Also, do not engage hackmen to bring you to
the house, but take the Houston and Chambers
street cars, which run on line with all the
Charleston, Boston and Norwich landings, and
the Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia
depots, on West street. The Houston and
Chambers Street cars, will land them within
half block from the house.
| AS an example of the assiduous care to pro
vide for the public wants, the undersigned re-
specially calls the attention Of persons visiting
the city, to the Powell House, and solicits theiI
patronage.
VIM. P. POWELL, Proprietor.
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HARPER'S WEEKLY
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EMrdRATIoN.-Besid its expected &C
QUESTION from Alsace and Lorraine, Virginia
3 now anticipating and making preparations
FOR heavy English emigration when the
season opens. It is stated that large num-
bers of the most respectable English families
Of the middle class are making arrangements
to colonlze in tho eastern portion of that
State, near tide-water, provided they can be
secured by the purchase of lands in large
tracts. The Legislature is to be requested
to send all the necessary information posi-
BILE with regard to the resources Of the State
to Europe, SO as to encourage this emigration
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THE BLACK PRINCESS.
A True Fable OF MY Old Kentucky Nurse.
BY MRS. 8. NJ. Il. PIATT.

By MRS. 8. NJ. Il. PIATT.
/ knew Princess she was old,
Crisp-haired, flat-featured, with look
SIch as no dainty pen of gold
Would write of in fairy book.
So bent she almost crouched, her face
Was like the Sphinx's face, to me,
Touched with vast patience, desert grace,
And lonesome, brooding mystery.
What wonder that faith so strong
As hers, so sorrowful, so still,
Should watch in bitter sands so long,
Obedient to burdening will!
This Princess was slave--like one
read Of in a painted tale;
Pet free enough to SEQ the sun,
And all the flowers, without vail.
Not of the lamp, not Of the ring,
The helpless, powerful slave was shc
But of a subtler, fiercer thing
She was the slave Of Slavery.
eourt.lace nor Jewels had she seen;
She wore precious smile, 80 rare
That at her side the whitest queen
Were dark-her darkness was so fair.
Nothing Of lOveliest loneliness
This strange, sad Princess seemed to lack ;
Majestic with her calm distress
She was, and beautiful, though black.
Hack, but enchanted black, and shut
In somc vague giants tower OF air,
Built higher than her hope was. But
Tho true knight came and found her there.
The knight Of the Pale Horse, he laid
His shadowy lance against the spell
That hid herself: as if afraid,
The cruel blackness shrank and fell.
Then, lifting slow her pleasant sleep.
He took her with him through the night,
Aud SWAN a river cold and deep,
And vanished up an awful hight.
And In her Fathers house beyond
They gave her beauty, robe, and crown:
On me, I think. far, faint, and fond,
Her eyes to-day look, yearning, down.
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