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THE CITY'S LAST STRUGGLE WITH ITS EX-RULERS.
"THE BELT RAILROAD ORDINANCE, having
Passed both Branches of the Outgoing Common Council, has been Signed by Mayor
WOOD, and the CORPORATORS are now prepared to divide the Plunder."—New York
Daily Paper.
MISS SLIDELL ON THE RAM-PAGE.
"I
say, with my hand on my heart, that Miss SLIDELL, in her agony, did Strike Mr.
FAIRFAX Three Times in the Face. I wish that her Knuckles had Struck me in the
Face."
The
McClellan Gift Writing-
Desk.
Something New for Agents.
A portable writing-desk,
containing three kinds of writing paper and envelopes ; also a pen, pencil,
pen-holder, blotting-paper, and a bottle of ink. EACH DESK CONTAINS A GIFT OF
JEWELRY, ECLIPSING ALL AND EVERY GIFT JEWELRY ARTICLES EVER OFFERED TO THE
PUBLIC. The retail price for the McClellan Gift Writing-Desk IS ONLY 25 CENTS!
Agents wanted all over the country. For particulars address, with stamp, W. H.
CATELY & CO., 102 Nassau Street, New York City.
100,000 BARRELS OF THE LODI MAN'G
CO.'S POUDRETTE. For sale by JAMES T. FOSTER, No. 66 Courtlandt Street, New
York.
The article is the CHEAPEST,
BEST, and MOST POWERFUL
fertilizer offered in market. It
ripens crops from two to three weeks earlier, is not dangerous to use, nor
exhausting to the soil. It has no equal in gardens, and upon lawns, flowers, and
grass land, and more particularly on the corn crop. The SAVING OF LABOR pays for
the Poudrette. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. None genuine but Lodi
Manufacturing Co.'s Brand, No. 66
Courtlandt Street. The Co.'s Almanac for 1862, with the experience of
Horace
Greeley, Daniel Webster, and over 100 farmers in different States, will be sent
free to any one applying for the same.
Address JAMES T. FOSTER,
Care of Lodi Manufacturing Co.,
No. 66 Courtlandt Street, New
York.
FRIENDS OF SOLDIERS!
All Articles for Soldiers at
Baltimore, Washington,
Hilton Head, Beaufort, and all other places,
should be sent, at half rates, by HARNDEN'S EXPRESS, No. 74 Broadway. Sutlers
charged low rates.
AGENTS WANTED To sell
Yale's Flag of our Union and Military Gift and Stationery Packages. Agents who
are now selling imitations, put up by other parties, are respectfully requested
to send us their address and we will forward them a sample with circular, which
will at once satisfy them that they can make more money and give better
satisfaction by selling our packages than any others in market. Address J. W.
YALE, Proprietor, Metropolitan Gift Book Store, Syracuse, New York.
THE GREATEST NOVELTY OF THE
DAY.—Peirce's Army Game Casket, for the use of Soldiers and everybody. You
have, in a neat small box for the pocket, Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Cards,
Dominoes, and all the popular Games of the day—all for 62 1/2 cents retail.
Large discount to Sutlers and Dealers. Send stamp for Circular. JOHN H. TINGLEY,
Publisher, No. 152 1/2 Fulton St., New York.
Moravian Boarding School for
Boys.
Nazareth Hall, Nazareth,
Northampton Co., Pa.
Easy of access from New York, by
Central R. R. of New Jersey to Easton, and from Philadelphia by Northern
Pennsylvania R. R. to Bethlehem. Agents in New York, Messrs. A. Bininger & Co.,
Nos. 92 and 94 Liberty Street. Agents in Philadelphia, Messrs. Jordan & Bro.,
No. 209 N. 3d Street.
Rev. EDWARD H. REICHEL,
Principal.
THE McCLELLAN ARMY PACKAGE-Contains
15 important and useful Articles, all put up by myself, and warranted good. You
have in each package 12 sheets assorted Note Paper. 12 Envelopes to match,
Blotting Paper, Pens, Pen-holder, Lead Pencil, Pins, Needles, Linen Thread,
Buttons, Pocket Combs, Almanac, Union Song Book with 56 Songs, &c., &c. Price
$15 per 100. Send stamp for Circular. JOHN H. TINGLEY, Bookseller and Stationer,
No. 152 1/2 Fulton St., N. Y.
" Something New for All."
GEN. GEO. B. M'CLELLAN and our
New Union Prize Gift Packages are to be wondered at. Seventy-five cents worth of
indispensable articles for 25 cents. Agents are making from $5 to $10 per day.
Agents wanted, male and female, everywhere. Address, with stamp for circular,
RICKARDS & CO, 102 Nassau Street, New York.
In Press :
Infantry Tactics.
Far the Instruction, Exercise,
and Manoeuvres of the Soldier, a Company, Line of Skirmishers, Battalion,
Brigade, or
Corps d'Armee.
By Brig.-Gen. SILAS CASEY, U. S.
Army.
In Three Volumes. Will be ready shortly.
D. VAN NOSTRAND, Publisher, 192 Broadway, N. Y.
TWO WORKS,
VALUABLE TO THE SICK OR WELL,
SENT BY MAIL.
No pay expected until received, read, and approved.
1st. Dr. S. S. FITCH'S SIX
LECTURES on the Causes, Prevention, and cure of Lung, Bronchial, and Skin
Diseases; and Male and Female Complaints. On the mode of Preserving Health to a
Hundred Years. 360 pages, 21 engravings. Price, 50 cents.
2d. Dr. S. S. FITCH'S new work on
Heart Disease, Apoplexy, Palsy, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Dysentery, Cholera
Infantum, Summer Diarrhoea of Children, Cholera and Cholera Morbus, Bilious
Cholic, Costiveness, Diptheria, Sore Throats, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever, and
the diseases of old people, with many valuable Medical Prescriptions for these
diseases. 168 pages, 6 engravings. Price, 50 cents. Say which book you will
have, giving Name, State, County, and Post Office.
Address, Dr. S. S. FITCH, 714
Broadway.
Superior Winter Clothing,
Consisting of
OVERCOATS,
BEAVER AND CLOTH PALETOTS,
WALKING COATS,
CASSIMERE SUITS,
And every description of MEN'S
and BOYS' CLOTHING,
ALL AT LOW PRICES.
Devlin & Cos,
Broadway, corner of Warren
Street, Broadway, corner of Grand Street.
Unceasing Wonders.
Parisian Cabinet of Wonders and
Anatomy, 563 Broadway, New York. (Next door to Ball and Black.) Where man may
trace his development from the 21st day of conception, and where at one glance
is seen 1700 parts of the human body. In conjunction with these wondrous sights,
a monster child, with FOUR legs, TWO heads, and FOUR arms, has just been added
to this already interesting and instructive institution. LECTURES DAILY. Open
for gentlemen only, from 10 A.M. till 10 P.M.
Admission 25 cents.
100 Ways to make Money sent on
receipt of twenty-five cents. JOS. ADAMS, 83 Nassau Street, N. Y.
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
100,000 WATCHES, CHAINS, &c., &c.
Worth $500,000.
To be sold for One Dollar each,
without regard to value,
and not to be paid for
till you know what you are to get.
Splendid List! !
Of Articles to be Sold for One Dollar each.
100 Gold Hunting
Cased Watches $100,00
each
100 "
Watches 60,00 each
200 Ladies' Gold Watches .. 35,00
each
500 Ladies' and Gents'
Silver Watches .......... 15,00 each
5000 Vest and Neck Chains 5,00 to 10,00 each
3000 Gold Band Bracelets 5,00 to 10,00 each
3000 " " " 3,00 to 5,00 each
3000 Cameo Brooches 4,00 to 6,00 each
3000 Mosaic and Jet Brooches 4,00 to 6,00 each
3000 Lava and Florentine Brooches 4,00 to 6,00 each
3000 Coral, Opal, and Em. Brooches 4,00 to 6,00 each
3000 Cameo Ear Drops 4,00 to 6,00 each
3000 Mosaic and Jet Ear Drops 4,00 to 6,00 each
3000 Lava and Florentine Ear Drops 4,00 to 6,00 each
3000 Coral, Opal, and Em. Ear Drops ...4,00 to 8,00 each
5100 Gents' Breast Pins 2,50 to 8,00 each
3000 Watch Keys 2,00 to 6,00 each
5000 Fob and Ribbon Slides 2,00 to 6,00 each
5000 Sets of Bosom Studs 2,50 to 6,00 each
5000 Sleeve Buttons 2,50 to 6,00 each
7000 Plain Rings 2,50 to 5,00 each
7000 Stone Set Rings 2,50 to 6,00 each
7000 Lockets 2,50 to 10,00 each
10000 Sets Ladies' Jewelry ...................5,00 to 10,00 each
10000 Gold Pens, 14 Carats and War'd 4,00 to 5,00 each (with Silver Mounted Holders.)
All of the above list of Goods will be sold for one dollar each. Certificates of
all the various articles, stating what
each one can have, will he placed in envelopes and sealed.
These envelopes will be sent by mail, or delivered as called for, without
regard to choice. On receipt of the Certificate, you will see what you can have,
and then it is at your option to send one dollar and take the article or not.
In all transactions by mail, we shall charge for forwarding the Certificates,
paying postage, and doing the business,
25 cents each, which must be enclosed when the certificate is sent for.
Five Certificates will be sent for $1, eleven for $2, thirty for $5, sixty-five
for $10, and one
hundred for $15..
AGENTS.—Those acting as Agents will be allowed ten cents on every certificate
ordered by than, provided their remittance amounts to one dollar. Agents will
collect 25 cents for
every Certificate, and remit 15 cents to us, either
in cash or postage stamps. Great caution should be used by our
correspondents in regard to giving their correct address, Town, County, and
state. Address
W. FORSYTH & CO.,
203 Broadway, corner of Fulton Street, New York. N.B, We wish it distinctly
understood that all articles of jewelry not giving perfect satisfaction can be
returned and the money will be refunded.
The Wide World !
A racy and spirited complete Story Paper!
Printed
every week in Boston. Sold by News Dealers everywhere. 4 cents.
A Magnificent Chance
for profitable investment. Attractive and salable ornaments for the times,
possessing fine artistic merit, and entirely new. Samples worth $1 sent for 30
cents, or particulars free. Address
HUBBARD BROS., 65 NASSAU ST., N. Y.
WEDDINGS supplied with the new style of Marriage Cards and Envelopes, by A.
DEMAREST, Engraver, 182 Broadway. Samples by mail.
JOHN F. FEEKS & CO.,
Wholesale News Dealers,
PACK AND FORWARD
All the Daily and Weekly Newspapers, Magazines, Books, &c., &c., with
great dispatch. MISCELLANEOUS ORDERS PROMPTLY
FILLED. We sell at prices
that defy competition.
We have unequaled facilities, and guarantee dealers the closest attention.
Send for price-list and give us a trial.
JOHN F. FEEKS & CO., No. 24 Ann Street,
New York.
SENT BY EXPRESS EVERYWHERE.
Retailed at Wholesale Prices,
Made to Measure at $18 per doz.
OR SIX FOR NINE DOLLARS,
MADE OF NEW YORK MILLS MUSLIN,
With fine Linen Bosoms, and warrranted as good a Shirt
as sold in the retail stores at $2.50 each.
ALSO, THE VERY BEST SHIRTS THAT CAN BE
MADE AT $2 EACH.
P. S.—Those who think I can not make a good Shirt for $18 per dozen are
mistaken. Here's the cost of one dozen $18 fine shirts.
30 yards of New York Mills Muslin at 14 1/2 c. per yd.
$4.35
7 yards of fine Linen, at 50c. per yard .......................3.50
Making and cutting 6.00
Laundry, $1; buttons and cotton, 50c 1.50
Profit 2.65
Total $18.00
Self Measurement for Shirts. Printed directions for self-measurement, list, of
prices, and drawings of different styles of shirts and collars sent free
everywhere. These rules are so easy to understand that any one can take their
own measure. I warrant a perfect fit.
The cash can be paid to the Express Company on re-receipt of the goods.
The Express Company have orders to allow all parties
to examine the goods before paying for them. If the goods are not as
represented, you are at liberty to return them.
S. W. H. WARD, from London,
387 Broadway, up stairs,
Between White and Walker Streets, NEW YORK.
HARPER'S WEEKLY.
Single Copies Six Cents.
TERMS.
One Copy for One Year . . . . $2.50
Two Copies for One Year .
. . . 4.00
Harper's Weekly and Harper's Magazine, one year, $4.00.
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW YORK.
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