THE EVENING ST-AR.
the wuu utiu.
? J iwMator right well the first time I ever
Mir Job Dmd. It was on a First-day in third
month, when the roads were at their worst,
4 wear wings, "f he wind blew too as IX the
-people in the world were all deaf and mnst be
made to hear. And that day at a meeting I
?aw Job Dean on the men's side, close to friend
Swan: bnt I searcelj looked at him, for shiv
trlng withost Ore, I had all 1 conld do to keep
myself '? in the spirit on the Lord's day."
Bnt when we went home, driven before the
"Wind, I sinking in a mud hols, heard a voice
Srom a snow drift on my left, saying: _ ^
? Rachel, this Is our friend Job Dean thee has
heard me speak of. Friend Dean let me ?*ke
thee acquainted with my daughter Rachel.
So I gave friend Dean my hand across a divi
ding Hn? of water, ice, and snow. I smile n jw
mm I now an adverse wind sent Job Dean
to ?*??, "?< how there lay between ns a sullen
natch of water, ice snd snow.
jL looked at him snd saw first his drab suit,
Vhich fitted well his personal figure, and next
his serene bine eyes, the soul's windows, clear
me crystal for him who gaxed out, bnt opaque
m prisms tor him who would look in. I had
seen the like ol them before, eyes which baffle
curiosity, which see all from an ambush, "deep,
unutterable," mute eyes. They may wear a
smile whlcb you think means joy orcomplais
ance, till you find it means no tning, tbat it is
worn all the same over a happy or a bleeding
heart, and gives no more hint of the bidden
depths than a flower wboee roots strike deep
la to a grave while its blossoms flaunt in the
sunlight
1 cannot talk to such eyes. I could not say
much to triend Jod, though there was some
thing in his stiff*, quiet ways which pleased
me, snd though a certain expression in mv
father's face bade m? try my beet to be social.
Father was always a little stern. T^hen his
hand lay on my head even with an unspoken
blessing, I always felt it like the weight of
ihe Old and New Testaments, fehich contain
the law as well as the gospels. He had said
to me at two different times, ?? Rachel, when
Job Dean goes through the State he will make
it in his way to call on us, and I shall want
thee to treat him the best thee knows how."
It needed only these words and the steady
gaze of my father's eye to warn me that friend
Dean must be entertained like a stranger who
may turn out to be an angel. But words would
not come. I only said ?
?? I've often heard of thee, friend Dean, and
now 1 am glad to see thee."
And he answered, "I have often heard fre
quent menuon of thee, friend Kachel. It gives
me pleasure to meet thee." So we reached
home entire strangers, and there still lay be.
tween us the patch of snow and ice. On open
ing the door we met Dr. Ehrmann just descend
ing the front stairs.
"Only a nervous attack," said he in answer
to my lather's inquiries. "Lydia came for me
In a (right. Some one had been so thought. ;
less," added he, nodding at me with a smile,
? ? as to tell her war stories, poor old lady."
?? Why don't thee scold me,'? cried I," scold
me severely ; thee knows well I deserve It."
He opened his lips to say something kind, I
suppose, the good doctor, when father present
ed him to this angel unawares, Job Dean. I
saw him take the stranger into the dissecting
room of his brain. I knew he was studying
him with a quick eye; bnt friend Job eotir- i
teously extended his hand, and whether he
perceived that he was being measured, body
and boiiI, was more than I could tell.
Then they all entered the parlor, and I rush
ed up stairs to my great-aunt. She was sleep- i
ing at last, poor soul. Between real aini fan
cied ailments, she kept our family physician
busy. From the time that my conscience was
first old enough to prick me at all, 1 had been
penitent every day of my life for some thought
less offence against the dear, nervous old lady,
my mother's s ister. She was not a " Friend."
My lather married " out of the meeting." They
say my mother was a bright, quick spirit,
always on wings, while my father trod the
solid gronnd. a man of well persuaded mind.
She died before 1 can remember. I was ed
ucated at an excellent " drab-colqged boarding
echool," where bread and butter misses were
actually allowed plenty of bread and butter.
Now 1 had come home to live. I had caught
from my teachers, and from the long associa
tion with the friends of pur Eociety, a staid
ntss of deportpient which gave general satis
laction. Sometimes my xather said he almost
believed I had an equable temperament, af
ter all. Equable! So is a thermometer! So
is a little bay, or sea water swayed by the
moon !
The truth is, we women learn how to fold
ourselves about in layers oi decorum. I was
encased in a net work of maxims and rules
of propriety, and there I stayed, locked in,
unless now and then some rare soul like
child-like Aunt Filuraor good Dr. Ehrmann,
knew how to touch the secret spring, when
out I mutt come, whether 1 would or not,
and be my own wild, impulsive self. Wheth
er friend Job would ever see me otherwise
than a prim (Quaker damsel, depended entire
ly on the natural magnetism of his nature.
What presentiment had I on that subject I Ah,
friend, thee needn't ask too close questions. A
maiden may have intuitions, but even when
One tries to tell a true story, don't thee think
there are some things one might as well keep
back 1
I went down to see about dinner, and the
first person 1 met was our guest, Job Dean
*My father was leading hina about, exhibiting
to him the excellent pump, cloathes wringer,
and cheese press. Whether friend Job waa
Interested or annoyed, no mortal could tell.
He stiffly pushed back the auburn hair from
his forehead, and listened to all my father had
to say with the same ?? heart-hiding smile."
I felt as if I couldn't breathe with a stranger
In the kitchen!
?? It's a fine day," Bald I, foolishly.
Friend Job folded his arms together jn a hard
knot and looked in my lace, first at one eye and
then at the other.
"I can't entirely sgree with thee," said he,
dryly. ?
1 fancied there was a twinkle of fan in his
eye. 1
" I beg thy pardon. It's a miserable day *
But donU thee feel comforted to think how
this sloppy, watery snow is ' turning the sod to
violets P 'T
" W hat did thee observe 1"
A twinkle in his eye, indeed ! It must have
been just a twitching of the lids ! I was in
despair. If people can't talk of the weather,
pray what can they talk about 1
"Thee sees our northern country only In
outline. It isn't beautiful yet. Tnee hasn't
any idea how mnch lovelier it is in summer."
"The season is backward," replied Job, and
that was all be said. I think silence conceals
one's thoughts even better than words, in spite
ot philosophers. Let a man put on a look
of calm superiority and keep it on, it will
avail him more than "nine measures of talk."
1 got them into the parlor. The doctor sat
reading.
"Don't worry, Rachel," said he in a low voice;
how did be know I was worried { " We will
find somethinr to say."
" Thee can do a great many things, friend
Charles," said I, ? but I'm afraid thee'll find
this a little beyond thy powers." ?
I flew about getting dinner. The fire was
out and so was " Liddy," the housekeeper, 6he
always goes home on First-day. I tipped the
cream pljcher over my silk dress; scorched the
beans, set the carving knire beside them on the
table, and left off" the spoons, castors and plates.
?tillitwas late before dinner was ready. I
was afraid the doctor would not wait.
? I am glad thee stayed," said I, when I went
to call them ; "I think thee is very thoughtful,
my lriend." He was near the door, and no
one could hear me but him. He looked up with
a roguish smile.
" Rachel, don't keep always thanking me so
much! I believe yon think I'm old and saintly,
and when 1 serve you I do it for penance, and
not for my own pleasure."
When we seated ourselves at the table, I was
sure something was wrong, and I am afraid
when we folded our hands to ask a silent bless
ing, my heart did not rise in gratitude, for I
emelled the scorched beans. Every time 1 left
my chair to bring some forgotten article, my
father exclaimed, "why Rachel," in a tone !
which set my cheeks to tingling. Thee will
understand it, fair reader. Never before had '
my father bronght a young man to the house i
with the earnest injunction, " Rachel, I want !
thee to treat bim the best thee knows how." i
Xnever had I seen him more at'entive to a i
guest; and here was I, his only daughter, i
giving but a shallow hospitality, feeding this I
distinguished stranger almost on husks, and
blundering every time I addr.^d him.
1 don't know whether Job oean overlooked
my woful deficiencies as hoWs fnr thm^h
exceedingly well-mannered, he Was not much
given tQ Mllte society-lies. And the ? Dr
Ehrmann talked like a magpie, calling ever*
one's attention from me to himself. i df,?r.
know how many dishes of sentiment and sclent
he had dipped Into before we came to dessert
and by that time, thanks to bis kindness mv
cheeks were comfortably cool. ' 3
" Well, whatdoes thee thinkof friend Dean t"
inquired my father with considerable earnest
ness the first time be saw me alone.
" I think he is nicer than a pin," said I, with
unwonted flippancy. " Why I shouldn't won
der if he mowed his front yard with a pair of
scissors, and looked through a microscope when
he brushed his coat! How old is he 1"
??He is of age," returned my father, severely.
?'My daughter, thee is too quick with thy
tongue. I meant to ask thee how thee likes
him V'
?? Like him, father ? Why, as well as I like
anybody who makes me feel like a dunce
Don't thee think he has pre-etamentlv the rii't
of silence I" 7 ? "
"He Is a young man that is rather nut ?a it
tor talk, Rachel ; but It would be wellioiW.
ling guls to remember that ? the fool has hie
heart on bis tongue, and the wiee man keeps
bis tongue in bis heart *"
[TO BB OOHTIIf CBD.J
o?fecial.
Va> DKTAKTimrr, >
WiHiRSTOS, January 33,1863. J
In consequence of the preesure of business
at the War Department, Passes for citizens to
Tlslt the Army ot tne Potomac will be Klren at
office of Lieutenant Colonel Oohkad, 139
Pennsylvania avenue, above 19th street, j M
CAUTION
?BOM
The American Watch Company.
It Marine eome to oar kiovMfi that imitations
of the Am arista Wateh have been yit upon the
market in great numbers, oaionlatt4.br their utter
worthlessnese, to iajare the repaUtion ef oar
genuine prodaets,?to protest oar eWn interests
and the pablls from Imposition, we stain publish
the trsde marks by which our Watches may in
variably be known.
We manufacture four styles of Watehes?
The riUBT has the name
"AMERICAN WATCH 00., Waltham, Mass."
engraved on the Inside plate.
The seoomd has the name
?* APPLBTON, TRACT ft CO., Waltham, Mass."
engraved on the Inside plate.
The ibibd hss the name
" P. 8. BARTLETT, Waltham, Mass." engraved
on the inside plate.
All the above styles have the name American
Wstoh Co painted on the dial, sad are warranted
ia every respect.
The rocBTB hss the name
" WM. BLLBRY, Boston, Mass." entraved on
the inside plate, and is notnsmed on the dial.
All the sbove described Wstohss ere msde of
various sises, and ere sold in geld end silver essCT,
t( msy be required.
It is hardly possible for u> to securstely describe
the numerous Imitations to which we have allu
ded. They are usually insoribed with names so
nearly approaching our own as to escape the ob
servation of the unaceBstomed buyer. Bome are
represented as mads by the ' Union Watch Co., of
Boston, Mast."? no such company existing. 83ms
are named the "Soldier's Watch." to be sold as our
fourth or Wm. Ellery style, usually Known as the
"Soldier's Watch;" others are named the "Apple
ton Watch Go.;" others the "P. 8. Bart-/#y," in
stead of our P 8. Bartlett, beetles many varieties
named in such a manner as to convey the idea that
they are the veritable productions of the American
Watch Company.
A little attention on the part of buyers will pro
tect them from gross imposition.
BOBBIbS ft APPLETON,
Agents for the American Watoh Company,
ja 22 eolm 18il Broadway. New York.
SUTLERS.
LOOK TO YOUR INTEBE?T.
BEBRY & CO.,
No. 94 N Calvkst Htrxit,
Baltimore, M<1 ,
Are prepared to furnish RAW OYSTERS in sans,
he*s, &c , at the shortest notice at fair prices and
best quality.
Also, Hermetically Pealed 0YB7BR9, FRUITS
Ac J a 2<i Jw
B M 0 V A L .
hinton"a TE1SL.
MERCHANT A ND MILITARY TAILORS.
And Extensive Dealers in
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
Prom the old stand, 406, to 358 Pennsylvania
avenue, nnder Metropolitan Ho'tel.
Washington, December. 1808. Jan 9 kn
A GBNCY FOR HERRING'S FIRE AND BURG
A LAB PBOOF BAKES
Seventh street.
A full and complete assortment ef these superior
Safes, with and without
HALL'S PATENT BUR3LAR PROOF LOOS,
Always in store at
FACTORY PRICB8.
Also FAYMA81 ERS B0XB8 or
MONBY OHBSTS.
The cost of freight is saved to the purchaser by
buying at the agency.
J. P. BARTHOLOW.
Agent for Herring's Safes,
de 28-lm Seventh street.
IMPORTANT TO SUTLEIW
BUTLER8~WILL FIND
H. A. DOWNING * CO.'8
CONCENTRATED CLAM
TO BR A MOST YALUABLR ARTICLE FO
THRIR TRAD1.
It sells very rapidly, and la the most economics
?rtfoi? diet f the offioer's mess. It Is prepared
n one minute, and makes a moat delicious Soup or
Chowder. It ia highly reeemmended by Army
8urgeoaa, The profits are large.
H. A. DOWNING ft CO.,
, Manufacturers of Oonoentrated Pood,
No. Ill East 18th at.. New York,
or sale by BARBOUR ft 8BMMB8, Bole Agentl.
08 Louisiana Avenue,
iet-ly Washington, P. 0.
A DAMS RXPRE8B COMPANY,
A OFFICE 814 PA. AVENUE,
Washington, D. Q
GREAT ftA8TERN, NORTHERN. AND WEBT
RRN FXPRE88_POBWaAdER8 I
MERCHADISB, MONEY, JEWELRY, VALU
ABLES, NOTES. BT06*8, BONDS, ftc.,
Forwarded with SAFETY AND DISPATCH to all
accessible Motions of the oonntry. This Combany
has age \cies In the principal Railway Towns in
.^NORTH, EAST, WEST, AND NORTHWEST.
Its principal offices are
WASHINGTON, D. O . NRW YORK, B08T0N
PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, CIN
CINOATI, ST. LOUIS, LOUIS
_ VILLE. LEXINGTON.
Connections are made at New York and Boston,
with lines forwardisa to the 0ANADA8 and the
VI NOES and with steamship line
to LIVERPOOL, BOUTHAMPTON and HAVRE,
and thence by European expresses to all prominent
commercial towns In Great Britain and the'Con
tlDMIt.
Collection of NOTEB, DRAFTS,and BILLS made
at all Moeaslble parts of the United Btatca.
. ? 0.0. DUNW, Agent.
de 23 Washington. D. O.
|JNIT1D 8TATE8 8-30 BONDS,
UNITED STATES T-90 TREASURY NOTES
UNITED STATES COUPONS OP 1881,
UNITED STATES CERTIFICATES OF IN
DEBTEDNE8B.
Sold. Silver, Uneurrent Money, Exohange on al
?arts of Europe and the Northern Cities.
BOUGHT AND BOLD.
We are authorised to furnish *-*> Bonds at par
aatil the let of August next, when the prlviledge
of oonveraion ceases. *
Orders for Stocks and Ool executed In New York
exclusively on com mission.
RITTENHOUSE, PANT ft CO.,
^ Btskersi 3^ Penn.avenue.
OW TO TALK. ~
Ofsik'" History of English Literature and of
English Language. 2 vols.
Muller's Science of Language.
Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms.
Fowler's BDglish Grammar.
Brown's Gismmtr of hnsiish Grammars
Marsh's Lectures on the English Language,
tur English Langusge and Its early Litera
Tooke's Diversions of Purley.
French on the Study of Words.
French's Glossary of English Words.
Biwyn's Gicssary of supposed Americanisms.
Dictionary of Slang. Cant and Vulgar Words
0 rah am on English Composition.
Clark's Elements of the English Language.
Some Deficiencies in our English Dictionaries,
By Jfrecch.
Bowbotham's Derivative Spelling Book : Lon
don.
SulliVan's English Etymology : London.
Wilson on Punctnation
Graham's English Bynonymes.
The Bight Word, in ths Right Place.
Ja J1 FRANK TAYLOR.
WOAS FIXTURES.
E Have in Store, and are daily reeeivlna, GAS
VIXTURRS of entirely New Patterns and Designs
and Finish, superior in style to anything heretofore
offered in this market.
We invite citisens generally to call and examine
our stock of GAS and WATER FIXTURES, feeling
confident that we have the beat aeleoted stock in
Wsshington.
VAll Work in the above line Intrusted to our
ear* ?iu be promptly attended to.
mais-tf MYERS ft MoGHAN, 3 /8 P street.
J*- CREAMER,
FlA)UR AND IMP DEALER,
wots 471 ith strut, btt seen D and E struts, and
_ ,0?'*eej| corner o/ 1st and h struts,
on hand a full supply of the va
iLi Wna?"J?f *teur- Hay. Straw, Corn, Oats, Meal
En 2ke will aeli wholesale and re
whait **ices. Small's York,Pa. Buck
wheat, put up eipresatp for family use. JaM-lW
II variet^n/i^L ??OR MATS?IE GREAT
"?'?NSHiaram
-w Oppasiu the Patent Ofloe.
Terms cash.
Ja la-Jw
PROPOSALS.
P'v'SjSV
BXAOqCABTSBS DBfABTMBKT O* WATHiaQTOa,)
QMct of Chief Quarter ma*U t. J
WsshiDgion. 0 0.. January 38, l*H \
ttaac. acecmpaaied
solicited uatii ooon On Wedaosdiv. the SI of Feb
rutry next, for supplyiag Freedmans Village,
Arliagtor, ?* , -with tk? no ??T sapply of water.
The supply from springs. at tlio bottom of a ravine
about cm tacanM ro?t distant from the ?iliac*,
will be am ala. and bidders will estimate the eosfof
eonT?7ii| U? water from thence to a reeervoir. on
the top of th? bill in the viL'age ,<capable of eoaWn ?
log a boat on* handred thousand gallons the sup
ply to be at tba rate of abou* mm hundred gallons
p?r minute. Btther item prwsr, horse power or
a hydraulic ram mar bo propocei Farther infor
mation will be t>T?n. u neeesMrr, at this oUco,
between the hours of 10 A.m. and im.on OTerr
day, exoept Sunday, SLJ Ag ?
ja ? It Lt. Col . Ohtef Q.M P. Washington.
piOPOS ALB WO B I01A81,
Oiiir QOAa*ia*A?T??'8 Orrion. I
Viihwtos Dwot, Boo, t, 1863. \
llAliD Pao roe alb in Invited br the under
signed for supplying the o. 8. Quartermaster's De
portment, at Washington, D. 0.. Baltimore. Md..
Alexeddria. and Fort Monro*. Ta , or either of
theee placed, with Har, Corn, Oate and Straw.
Bids wUl be received for the delivery of 6,800
bushels of eon or oate and B> tons of hay or straw,
MB idler**mast state at whloh of tho above-aamed
points they propose to make deliveries, and the
rates at which they will make deliveries thtreat,
the quantity of eaeh artide proposed to be deliv
ered, the time whea said deliveries shall be ton
??md, aad whoa to be completed
The price nut bo written oat In words on tho
bids.
Corn to bo pat up la Mod stoat sacks, of aboat
two bushels eaeh. Oats in llhe sack* of aboat three
bushels each. The sacks to be famished without
extra charge to the Goveramoat. The hap and
straw to be at eareiy baled. . ..
The particulor hind or description of oate, corn,
ha^or straw proposed to bo delivered most be stated
^AU tJe?articles offered under the bids herein in
vited will be subject to a rigid inspections by the
Government Inspector before being acoepted.
Contracts will be awarded from time to time to
the lowest responsible bidder, as the tntercet af the
Government may require and payment will be
made when the whole amount contracted for shall
; have been delivered aad acoepted.
The bidder win be repaired to aoeompany his
proposal with a guaranty, signed by two rerapasl
oie persons that in ease his bid is acoepted he or
they will, witnin ten days thereafter, execute the
oontract for the same, with good and indolent
sureties in a sum equal to the amount of the oon
tract. to deliver the forage proyosed in conformity
with the terms of this advertisement; and in oase
the said bidder should fail to enter into the ooc
tract, they to make good the difference between
the offer of said biddeT and the next lowest respon
sible bidder, or the person to whom the oontract
may be awarded
The responsibility of the guarantors must be
shown by tne official certificate of a U. 8 District
Attorney, Go Hector or Customs or any other offi
cer under the United Btates Government or re
sponsible person known to this office.
All bidders will be duly notified of tne acceptance
orlrejectlon of their proposals.
The full name and F. 0. address of each bidder
must be legibly written in the proposal.
Proposals must be addressed to Brig a?n. D H.
Backer, Chief Depot Quartermaster, Washington,
P. C.. and should be plainly marked "Proposals
for Forage " . ...
Botds. in a sum equal to the amount of the con
tract, signed by the contractor and both of his
guarantors will be required of the successful bid
der or bidders upon signing the contract
"'ark forms of bidf^guaran tees, and bondf, may
be obtained anon applicaiiop at this office.'
FORM OK PROPOSAL.
(Town, County and state)
(Date>
I, the subscriber, do hpreby propose to furnis'.
aDd deliver to the United States, at the Quarter
master's Department at .agreeably to the
lertnsof your adverti ement, inviting proposals
for forage, dated Washingtoi Depot, Dec. 6, 1863,
?ne fo lowing articles, viz :
ba>hels of Coin, in saoks, at pe? bushel of
66 pounds
bushels of Oats, in sacks, at per bushel of
32 pounds
U'&b ot baled flay, at per ton of 1,000
pounds
tons of baled Straw, at per ton of 9,000
pound?.
Delivery to commence on or before the day
of J86 and to be completed on or before the
day'of , 18? , and ^ledjre myself to enter
into a written contract with the United States,
with got d and approved securities within the space
of ten days after being notified that my bid has
been accepted Your obedient servant.
Brigadier General D. H. Rccxsa,.
Genera) Depot Quartermaster.
Washington, D. C.
GUARATY.
We, the undersigned, residents of . in the
County of . and State of . hereby,
jointly and severally, covenant with the United
States, and guarantee in case the foregoing bid of
be accepted, that he or they will, within
ten days after tne acceptance ofsaiu bid, ezeoute
the contract for the same with good and safficieat
sureties, in a sum equal to the amount of the con
tract, to furnish the forage proposed in conformity
to the terms of adv rtisement dated December 8,
lo?J, under which the bid was made, and, in case
the said shall fail to enter into a contrao* as
aforesaid, we guarantee to make good the differ
ence between the offer by said and the next
lowest responsible bidder, or the person to whom
the contraot may be awarded.
Witness,
Given undar oar hands and seals this day of
??1"6- KS.J
I hereby certify that, to the best of my kaow
ledge and belief, the above named guarantors are
good and sufficient as sureties for the amount for
which they offer to be security.
To be certified by the United States District At
torney. Collector of Customs, or any other officer
under the United States Government, or respon
sible person known to thi. office^ BD0K1R
de 9-tf Brig. Gen. and Q M.
Proposals for chucks, shins"and
T0NGUJS3.
Office Depot Commissary of Subsistence,I
Washington, 1). C , J an. 26, 1864. S
Bbalid Pbopobals, in duplicate, are invited un
til the 9th day of February, at 11 o'clock a. m., for
the Chucks, Shins and Tongues of all Government
cattle slaughtered within the ancient limits of the
Distilet of Oo'umbia, for three months, or more,
from the commencement of the contrast.
The above articles to be col lea ted by tbeoon
trictor and removed from the various placet at
which the cattle are killed at such times as may
be designated by the officer in charge
The contractor shall bo liable for all the Chucks
Shins and Tongues coming from all the Govern
ment Beef Cattle slaughtered, unless it can be male
satisfactorily to appear to the Oubiistenoe Depart
ment that all due exertion, diligence and care was
made to obtain the said articles.
Payment will be required every ten days, In Gov
ernment 'nndfl.
Tie bids will state the amount, per animal, for
the articles relerred to. and be accompanied by the
following guarantee, certificate, affidavits of each
guarantor, and oath of allegiance. Blank forms
can be obtained bOBAL8*? *** and,rBl*n*d
I, , of tho State of , county of
?, offer, Mr hf ad, for all Chucks. Shins aad
Tongues of all Government Beef Cattle killed with
in the ancient limits of the District of Columbia,
dollars and ? cents,(the amount to be in
words and figures.) subject to all the conditions of
tho advertisement herewith appended.
GUARANTY. ~
Wo, the undersigned, residents of , In the
oonnty of , and State of , hereby, Jointly
and severally, oovenant witn the United States,
and guarantee in case the foregoing bid of
shall be acoepted, that he will, witain five days after
the acceptance of said bid, sign a contract for the
Prompt and flaithful execution of the same, and
lat we will become his surety on a bond, in the
sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, for the
performance of his contract in conformity with the
terms of his proposal, aad that, in case the said
shall fail to enter into a oontract, under the
terms of the advertisement, dated January 36.1864,
we guarantee to make good the difference betveea
the offer made by the said in tho foregoing
proposal, and the next lowest responsible formal
Didder, or the person to whom the oontract may be
awaid'd,
Witness: I Given under our hands and seals
i this day of ?, 186-.
flea!
The responsibility of the guarantors must M
shown by the official certificate of a United States
District Attorney or United 8tatee Judge. The
certificate must be in the following form :
I hereby certify that rrom evidence entirely sat
isfactory to me, the above named guarantors are
good and sufficient ai sureties for double the
amount for which thsy offer to bo security.
To which each guarantor must make and append
the following
OATH
"State of ,county of , before me,? ?
a in and for the county and State a'oresaid,
personally appeared , one of the sureties on the
guaranty of ?-?, who, being duly sworn, deposes
and says that he is worth. over and above all Just
debts and liabilities the sum lof ten thousand
dollars.
'-Subscribed and sworn before me, this day
of ,186-.at
No bids will be considered unless made out in
conformity with the above form, and are acoompa
affidavfts^* f?re?olfl* guarantee, certificate and
All bidders must forward with their proposals an
oath of allegiance, unless one may be on file with
the officer who shall open the bids: and do propo
sals not folly complying with the foregoing re
quirements, as well in fact as in form, will be con
sideied or regarded as a proposal within tho alan
ine of this advertisement.
The contractor will be held acconntablo for tho
chacks, 4c., one week after the signing of tho con
trict..
_.?uei > must bo present at the opening of tho
bids, to responl to their names, and all bids must
be endorsed "Proposals for purchasing Chucks,
Shlns^and Tongues," and be directed to the under
' 27-td 8. O. GRIJNB. Captain 0. 8.
i^HIBF QUABTBBMASTBB SOBIICB, T~
V/ . Dxpot o# Wabhiboto*. >
ail ^asknt<?**D_J ?? January 4,1864.\
Aln??vn ffiJ-omber, Leath
er. Offloe Puiniturf. Harness, and Saddlery, are re
quested to sen? to this ofllee, oo the MONDAY of
each week, a sealed proposal or list, in duplicate,ot
th? "He*" A? prtt*j;d to Ornish to ttis
Denot at sl ort notice, with tbe price of each mark
ca ,? main figure*, so that, iaoaacthe exigencies
tr the servioe require lt, the artitle or articles can
Brigadier General ond Chief Quartermaster,
Jsl tf Depot of W"*lngtoa.
CJTR4T1GY AND TACTIO0. By Geaeral Da
D foor, translated by Capt. Was. P. QraighiU, D.
8. iDgiaeers; f IJO.
>?11 I?AH<W TAYLQK.
NOiLL'l
Wtun VIK vn
kMMOLiM
vkoiarana,
MM A U TIF J MB,
QDOMATMB,
t*MM OB THMMMy
UTTlOOMATMa,
MOUMiaBMa,
mmbmllisbMB
TOM MAIM.
UlfD ALL'S AMBCLINB ts a rare compound
Stimulating utngti boa Vlow?n, Boots, aa
?art*, for the GROWTH, BBADTY, u4 Fll
MANBNT YIGOBof the HAIB.
?' Highly kmlgiti vkm tkt ktlt requires
gaatle ettmulant." Da. CHILTON,
"HiTiMiuUd anything which ao Hrft?
nmnto^nTiow of ? hair irmiaf"
WilUR WABD, Mm.,
M0. 977 Out itroot, M. T.
"Afl? being tax for nm mn lot? AMBO
LINB Mm oovered the entire aealp with Raw
HAIB." Prof. JOHN SBN1A.
Bo. Si King street, N. T.
for dlt by ail Druggists ib4 ftotr Goo4i
Dealer*. Pnt in boxes, (eoataining two bottUsj
KaauGaatured ud tor i
KEHDALL * BAWNISTEB,
? 10-? Wo. 148 BaoAPWAT.N. I.
r|WABTHBRT Of AGBIOULIUBB,
^ ? WASBmoToa, D. G.,Deo. IS, IMA
To '*? Grouxrj and Manufacturers of Flax and
Oommiwripafri appointed by thia De
partment, consisting of Hon. J. K. Morehead.of
Pennsylvania, William M Bailey, of Bhode IalaaA.
and John A. harder, of Ohio, to ooniidar the foK
jimtjA-zitfirsrsj; i&jsk'szirj?;!.
f7lot m&. 5*2 ?,?**? HT*nl dv*' investigation
of the subject, believing that a Kirther and fuller
BOitic* of their investigationa might produce
valuable result*. adjourned to meat again oa Wed
J,'"4**; the 14,h aay af February next, at 12 o'oloah
i? i- #eA*iMt '?W1 latereated Id the distrl
*??r0prl^?lon' ?I ?x?on8 to develop
the subject for the public good, to send to thin De
gartment. on or before that day. aamatoa of the
femp Ana Flix in tbe different stages of prsMrt
tion, of the fibres and fabrica nr^Jdbjt Sm
accompanied by statements of the various pro!
cease* uitdand the oost of production in etch >????
also, descriptions of the hinds and cost of maohin*
made, Ao., together with any and
#11 information that may be useful to the Oommia
Hon.
U necessary bafora an Intelli
gent distribution ean be mada.
de!8 dt i I8AA0 NBWTON, Oommlssioaer,
*IJ}H-WANG, THE GREAT CHINESE
, REMEDY for GONORRHOEA, GLEET,
Etc. Oaa Box will raaroax a Ooma.?
. _ Tv I?*redl5?tai are purely vegetable. It ia
^ pleasant to the taAte, has ao bad odor and
?tI*t?ftCMTn- 1? the vest pocket without fear of
hv johh j MnM.'i?"' Priee ?1 ? box. Bold
5?;?B9M5B' 'nccessor to 8. 0. Up ham.
k i "Viuhiiadeiphia, and in Washing
?.?.? *0il)? 5,90 *??rlw?la avenua.
seat by mall. 1? is.eolr
?W B B B A B1VIBID(J1, c-?
__ BUOflSHHOaS TO lrfW
0HABLB8 8. fOWLBB A 00, WM
IMPORTERS, Wm
WX0LSSALB AMD SBTAIL DZAL1KS IB
OH IMA, GLASS AMD BARTHBN WABB,'
#1?e. pl*ted Wwe, loll Metal Goods Ie
Pitchers, Blook Tin Goods, Tin Chamber Sat*.
JapannM Waiters. Water Coolers, Btherial
and Solar Lamps, Goal Oil Lamps, Laa
t#rD?: Btoaa Ware, Ao., Ao7 *o.
*n,d P?Uwad ia this Olty and
ttscrgetown free of ohtrfe.
*?>???"ySSl5a.
$jsjast risasra
tSJ^it^^/*ra9V*L#V<for tile b?nedt of suffering
humaaltyJfour or their most instruotiye and inter
f? - Ug Lectures on Marriage and its DisqualiSea
-?ition *n^ n*1 Pr<,Pature Dealine, Indi
>V-i?J?il,3e.^?eJv D?Pr?Mion, or ignoraaoe of
?uyalologr fcnd Nftturs a Ltw. These ioftlnBhii
% jtare? hare been the meaaTof onUAtoniu ud
r* wIU forwar4^1 free on tha
^ceipt of four stamps, |>w addressing Rami***.
?K~irimn Cmhintt tj Jmmv mS MiIu^*11
Broadway Mew York. * TrU-lr
1 hKn^h8 !110 ItAT 8 FAP,?NS y-Q(Tto WIL
Capons^ Pennsylvania avenue,and see his
. IMPORT AN T TO f AMILIB8 -The underm?^
having perfected his arrangements in Phil??a?
phiaTSew York and Boston, takes this method of
Informing his old customers and the publioWS.
?ially that he is receiving daily by axiSSZ
Prime Chester County Bwf. ?Wto
9'iuth Down Mutton,
Salem county (N. J.) Veal
Prime Philadelphia Butter, Caponl,
Bucks county and New Jersey Ohickenf.
?weet Bread, Pheasants,Partridges,
?Ba*{er^ ^arVets*000*' *n<1 ?TerT lanrT Of thg
Boston Clear Pork, (loused P!g? Feet and Trina
Jmoked and Pickled Salmon and Halibut,
Also, a large supply of foreign and Domestic
fruits and Vegetables. ""mesne
To families anl others giving entertainment*
kpast and besf nlace in Washington
1 1 Q ?H0?- ,B- VIL80R.
119 Pennsylvania avanaa.
between l?th gad iot^ streets.
IhCFGCB'S 8TBATBGY AND TACTICS
^^War11 London UB 4,1(1 InHt ructions on the Art
Msirrath's Art of War: London
Craighill's Manual for fit iff Officers
Dupar'q's Art of War
Jominl'4 Campaign af Waterloo.
Maodougali's Campaign of Hannibal: London.
Graham's Art of War. London.
Macdou^all'a Theory of War: London.
Halleck*s Military Art,
Jomini's Art of War.
B*it-hell*s Thoughts on Tactics: London,
Yates on Strategy: London.
Szabad's Modern War.
Napoleon's Maxims of War.
_J* 28 fBANOK TAYLOB.
WO 0 DI VOODI!
8AWBD IN fOCB PIBCB8
AMD SPLIT f OB ONB DOLLAB PBB OOBD
? m. o. mob:nbw.
Union fire Wood Mill,
Corner Seventh street and n?mi
this ia the cheapest
to purchase.
oc ao-6m
UIOBOBY, OAK, AND
AA eord length, cheap, by
Corner Beve
AND PINB WOOD for aala
? by M.O.MoKNBW,
venth street and Oaaal.
OAL GOAL II GOAL II!
Of ALL BINDS. ON HAND.
AMD BOB 8XLB BT *
? M. O. MoKNBW,
_ Union fir# Wood Mib,
Corner Seventh street and n*??i
BNOTIOB.
AKBBS, Gngers, flour and fDealers, Sut
iera Shipper., Hotel Keepers aad others are re
spectfully informed they oan be supplied with all
deacrlDtione of fLOUB, GBAlN, f 11d!haT aad
STBAW. Ao., Ao., oftheohoicest qual/ty. at New
York ani Balfcmow wholesale prioi, at "
ALDBICH'S, (lata OaseelV)
Wholesale Grain, floar aad feed WarehoaM.
oor. Sd aad G sts aad Indiana av..
MB ?m? near B. A O. Bailroad Depo .
JMPOBTANT TO fBMALBS.
DR. CHEESEMAN'8 PILLS.
The ingredients is these Pills ia the resolt af a
long and extensive practice, mild in their opera"
tion and snre to oorreet all irregularities. Painful
BMnstrnations, axMovixo all obbtxcotiomh
i01.?0*1.4 0rheadache, pain ia'
the side, palpitation of the heart, whites, all ner
voua affections, hysterics, disturbed iImb, whioh
irises from interruptions of nature.
DB. 0HBB8BMAN '8 PILLS
Aro a positive remedy for all oompiainta peculiar
to f emalea. i*ddoi?o wi ?h 0xaTAi?*y paafoDioil
a.ocLia.Pv. BxpUoit direoti.na, statin? wh?
neTdonax B" DB*D' vitk eaoh box" Prkw
?ygold'by all Druggists.
HU TCH IN G8AHILLYBB, Proprietors,
81 Cedar street. New York Gitv
Bold by 8. C FORD, 398 Pa. aveana! M-aSta
IjAwn COLLINS * 00.1
FHILADEUHIA
OlAVSHI Ail AND FORI
I Mi aowjNaatvta? larga ?uiHHh of VKAUeBl
ALB aad POBTBB from this oeiebrated Brewery,
which I am ?r*far?d to famish oa short aottat to
all persons who will favor ma with thair orders.
OrdarsglTaa to my drivars will ha promptip aV
"J"1 to.
Hoods deliver ad 1b all tarti of WaaUactoa aad
8oergatowa, fraa of ahargo
BILBY A. SHIMM, Agaat,
.1M 9mim MmHmt BtHt, ST Greea g|?
Qoorgatowa, p.p.
T'HB CONflDBNTlAL GUIDB.
nM A Trtaixit oa " Stntj*al WeaJbujs."
Utile' Jf ^ ?*rrt?d,aad single, will learn some
br P?fusing tkls work,
'ill also learn something to their advan
'f* by perusing ?' The Oonfldential Guide."
. "??A'
I_T__ _ NOTIOB.
oa ? Reoelved from Germany, a large lot af
aHMIBHwiNBS of the very best quality, whioh
u-? ???*? *!"?? bfiShsA&fti?
OolombU Botal ulMtniut,
,8<
0LOAKB, OIBCULABS, AND SHAWLS.
BL tS* CLOTH SACKS at f?,
5? do do from ?7 to 0M,
bbavbb, plush!1 MlfriiN aad
0^|handOI^U^Minge>t
W* MAV* JUST BBCIIVBD BT BXPBBSS
o?'-H\&^^;%tAwsi",on,Browa *BWl
0 AMPBBLL A SON,
. liMm 3fl I PsnngylTania avenua,
4 aad 9?? b straet,
AUGUSTUS JOHNSON * OO.
ho. 989 pennsylvania avbnub,
inyitb tbi tbadb to inbpbct tub
ft
ikfobtkd
DOMESTIC
liquorb,
WINES,
begarsy
TOBACCO,
aib
Groceries fbr the oi
a
ab80btmbnt AND TUUTT
n
AMY btoo zk THIS oitt,
uboontbaotb
win
TBI labgb8t paokbbb
iv raa
BTATB8 07 MAINS and nbw jsb8bt
BNABLN US TO offsb
hermetioally-SEALED
MEATS)
POULTBY,
FISH,
FBUITS,
and
VEGETABLES,
V
nbw TONE, philad1lphia, and saw
MOBS mabest pbiobb.
BOBDEN'S condensed wfttt-ff
(oniuaur ob k&ad,
bbino bolb AOSNTB
foa
of
IBANK bininqbb & OO.f
oslbbbatbd*
BOTTLED WINES AND uq.UOB8,
HOMESTEAD BYE,
HABYEST BOURBON,
WHEAT NUTBIENT,
GOLD MEDAL MADEIRA,
GOLD MEDAT. shebey,
GOLD MEDAL OOGNAC,
bif YAN WINKLE GIN,
VAN TASSELL ABOMATIO sohnapti
GOODSPEED a BBO.'S "OLD TOM,"
wbesbp tbsm
BBADY FOB bhipmbnt
IN ibon-s&und oas SB
oontainin0
rom onb TO BIX dos N
wb inyitb
00bb0i8bbub8 TO in8pbot
oub LAB6B btooe
Of
CHAMPAGNE WIN bb
01 oub OWN impobtation,
1
o0nbumbb8 TO ths BBA
OAANV fl* IMPERIAL AW MOUBMMOM
unbubpabbkd ib "
db tla yob,
WB ass bolb FBOf bibtob .
assubtub JOHNSON
NB-tt BB9 vfbbb i IB at?1
tetrasjrsfjr*- *S5,"??*?
pDttli?M OV IMPBUOBNOE.
Rtluf in Mix Mtmrti No Tnjlin*'
Persons Rumtd bw Itnormnt Prttmdtt.s, er hy iy
Dtadly Ptison Mtretrji. sktuiA m*vi* 9
A CVREWA^RANTE^^NO^CMARGE IN
tMk.IlTOlltl
_ . FROM ONE TO TWO Da YS. Ma
mJL .?*** ?1 tt? Bttk. IiTolitUiy PImImm
fSecttoaa of Ue Sidneys u< bmHt
Tktwani
prod need by
of the Back I
STtSSSi>Kj"^
Miitauit.-TIm fearfal on tki
-
Ann
' '^MARRIAGE.
Man%td P<nwM or imbi men contemplating
marriage, ?wut of Pbyaioal Wnkntu Oreanil
Debility, (lasting of the Organs Deformities Ac
should apply immediately^^' ' *c ?
He ?h? places himself aider the ear* of Dr J
srsassiizsxxiz ia!rjv???r"'
OKQAKIO^WIAKH*?^? aAmS&?a?T*
By Dr. Johnston's m*ri?!oM treatment Weak
ness of the Organs ia speedily cored and fall viior
reftorod tkoanidi of th? mort nervous debfS
tated and impotent, who bad loat ail bone h*?*
been immediately relieved. h*T?
All impedimenta to marriage. Physical or u.nui
DiftualiBcetiona. Low of ProoreatiVePow?T
tom Irritability.Tremblinia.aad Weakner
han. lion of the ioat fenrfal ti J, SEe??^^
? v DR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Boyal College of Burgeons Lon
don. Graduate from one of the moat eminent cSS.
lenea in tbe United State*, end the greater pert of
whose life baa be*n apent in the hospitals ofLnn
don, Paris, Philadelphia end else where, ha* effected
some of tbe moat astonishing curea that were evtr
known; many troubled with rinting in the keld
aid ears when asleep,greatnerveusneM b?*i*rm^2
at sudden aounds, tasbfuiueas. wttK*ft5Kt
bin shin*, attended sometimes with derannm^t
of mind were cared immediately angement
, , YOU KG MEN
who have injured themselves by a certain practice
indulged in wbee a'one-ahab.t fluentlyleernel
frtm evil companions, or et rcbeol.the efT-etsor
which are nightly felt, even when asleep and ff not
cured rendeis marriage impossible. and des".??2
Wh?tnd *tD(i ?bv0d7' ?^onld ?PPiT immediately^
y> hit a pity that a younf map, the hops of his
ZTKIJaV* filing of his psre.ts. a'oatd hT
snatched from all the prospects and enjoyments or
bfe by tha consequence of dtviation from the path
ol nature and lnaulgini; in a certain secret habit
Euch petsona must, befare ontemaiatim
?-.?.? Carriage, *
reflect teat a sound mind and bodj are the mist
neceasarj requisites to promote connubial hansi
nessindeed, aittout tbeae tbe journey tbrouah
life baccmes a weary pilgrimage; the prospect
??CUJ)V ? f*e Ti?w'" the mini becemee
shadowed with despmr and filled with the melan
bUgbted wtth?onr own' "other i.
Wh DISEASES of imprudence.
Wtten theroigfmtded *nd imprudent votary of
pleasm-e finds he has imb.bed the *ead* of this pai?
tnl disease, it often hapstena that an ill-timed nengj
of shame or dread of dncoveiy deters him from a?
P-l-V1* t0 ,se who, from education and respecta
bility, can alone befriera him. He falls in trtth*
hand? of igcorant acd designing pretenders* ho*
incapib e of curing, filch h>? pe'uSiary subUMpe'
keep him tntimK month after month, or as Ions' a<3
?? ??alleBt fee can be obtained, and in deep*ir
leave him with ruined hea th to sigh over hit A* -
icg disappoiiitment; or, by the use of that deaiiv
??ftC*?VUvh,"*f.n the institutional HyrapT
tfnis <.f this terrible dfseas^ '?u'jh &s Vff?*ct:m? Zr
the Head. Threat. Noec fc'tin etc oro*?2Ti*?
withf.ighlfn1 rapidity until death pit? a? end t5
his dreadful suffeiings by sending him to that an
returns Ct,antr7 from whese bourne no traveler
, rPi',Ii3^7 SOUTH FBEDIBICK 8TRR8T
left hand side going from Baltimore street a hw
and'ntfmber. COrter- ' no* ^ obaervo name
?fHo letter* reoeived unless p->st-paid end eon
taining a stamp t j be us?? on tae reply. Persons
writing ahould state age and sen<J portion of ai
vertiiemert d;ecribing symptoms
The Dr's Diploma hams in his Office
IHDORBEMlNr Of TH1 PRB38
The many thousands cured at this institution
within tbe last twenty years, and the numerous
important Suriicai Operations perPorm?d by Or
Johnston, Witne? sed b? the reporters of "The Sun "
and many other papers, notices of which have ap
peared again and again before the pablie besides
his standing as a gentleman of characUr end re
aponaibility, is e aufflcient guarantee to the af
DiCvea.
4 SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
je fc>-ly
^lOBJT D181AUBI 8B0BJT DI81AB18I
SAMARITAN'S GlfT!
SAMARITAN'S GIFT I
TH1 M08T C1BTAIN B1M1DY *V?B 081D.
Yes, A Positive Cum" for
GONORRHOEA, GLFET, STRICTURES.
Contains no Mineral, no Balaam, no Mercury.
Only Tm Pius to bt Taktn to Ejftet a Omt.
Tb*7 are entirely vegetable, having no amell nor
any nnpleaaant taste and will not in any way In
jure the stomach or bowels of the moat delicate.
_ Cpres in from two to four dayi, And recent easef
?V hours." Prepared bye graduate
of the Unrreriity of Pennaylvania.oneof theinoat
eminent Doctors end Chemiiete of the present day
?O "rOSDM, MO TEODBLl, *o OHAMOl wiinvii.
I*t those who hare despaired of getting cared,
or who hare been gorged with Balaam Copal va. or
Mercury, try the _. _
_ 4. SAMARITAN'S GIFT.
Bent by mall in a plain envelope.
Frtoe?Male packages, fl. female, ?!.
?ALi5kKn.i.8iPrfjlLIi0i V.
"as??js*"
SYPHILIS OB TW1R1AL 0I8JA8X8, the BA
MABITAN'8 BOOT AND HXBB JUIci, la th?
noet poteat, certain and elientl remedy ever pre
ceribed; it reaohee and eradicates every particle or
the venereal Kplaon. ao that tae cure is thorongh
i04 ER5WL ?tken of this purifying reme
4y and tenealed, end do not transmit tojroar poe
doSiJtVSR2W "
jssss^,mi,Bs?as?w&r
will remove every vestige of impurlttea from tkt
?1? aa well as all the had effects of Mercury.
Debilil
.Bent
lor Si.,
oA 1ABITAN>B 0HA10B1 WABE.
McenU. run directions.
OMo? ??" 1(1 Philadelphia Port
Bold by 8. 0ALY1BT POBD, ? xwu of 11th art
Fa. avenne.
HBMBY OOOB. Alexandria, may f-ta
Y CONFIDENTIAL.
OUNB MBN who have injured themselves by
certain secret habits which unfit them for business,
pleaanre.or the duties of merried life; also middle
aged or old men, who, from the follies of yonth or
other causes, feel a debility in advance of theic
years, before placing themselves nnder the treat
ment of any one, should first read " THX BBC BET
FRIEND. Married Ladies will learn something
of importance by perusing " The Secret Friend."
Bent toanyaddreae, ina sealed envelope, on re*
oeipt of Ten Cents. Address
Da. Oil AS. A. BTUABT A CO.,
de 14-ly Boston,-Mass.
cum ftotm tftivu Koori
THE WILSON MANUFACTURING CO.?
(Bueeeaaors to I. P. WALKBB A BON J
WASHINGTON, ?, 0.,
ABB
PHILADELPHIA, PA,
lunfimini of
LAMP MLAOE, MOO FIN O MATERIALS,
WILSON'S IMPROVED FIRE AND WATMM
PROOF FELT, CEMENT,
AND GRAVEL
OPFICB-No. 161 Twenty-aeoond street we
below Pennsylvania avenue.
WOBKB?Foot ol Twenty-eeeoad street wertt
OBeMveoke art Ohio Oanal, Wiahingtoa, art Thli?
UeU art Hamilton rtreeta, Philadelphia.
*. P. WILSON, Jr., Secretary.
jytOOBB'B WB8T BED DBUO 8T0BB, ?
lis Paus. Awnue. Stuth sUt.^-M
-STjisssif^s?ff
Sy Yerr parti col ar attentioB given to theJS
oo? pounding of Phyaiciaaa' Prescriptions. Bight
?dlt trouytly awnreied, ja 9-tw