®t )t IDailg {Jast. " A '*lo2 OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY. PITTSBURGH : FRIDAY MORNING: For .Afternoon and Midnight Tele graph and Local News See First and Third Pages. UNION CONVENTION. ALLTERSOVs PAVORaBI.E TO A Union Convention, for the purpose of arieot* fog candidates for Major, Controller nnd City ..Treasurer, to be voted for at the ensuing muni cipal election, wd: meet tn their resfreetive wards and precinct* r.o3\TURDAY NEXT. I > ECKM HKR 21st, between the hours of 4 ami 0 p. m , amUsled hie delegate# to tie represented in a Convention U> mediate* COURT J-lOCHK at 10 oVh,ck, on V, ttie 24th. HY OKbJROKTHE UNION COMMITTEE t\ i:cu, SfcfvLi!)n F, .« oMMI ITKK ot the IHI RU wa KD WTTwBURtiB, will meet on SA’iTkl'AY Mm »ost, at 7 o’.-lock, P. M., >u the uflP-.- <»i ,\ l J >ER MAM M BKIIYB. t'uuctuul fttiendHire i* rf JA”KtiC HlAMuNl', Wm.M.FI'GAR. JOHN o.l'UNrv, m <: MIU.'-OAN RoHKHr M’NCAN, M. M’Tjcink/ * KOWaRD H\ onl'-r "f uk* Cbeirnieo THE RIGHT MAN AT LAST. The extremists have at last hit upon the right man; Gen. Phelps, whose head quarters are on Ship Island, Miss., issu ed a proclamation the other day to the people of the “Southwest,” in which he advanced genuine emancipation doc trine. lu addition to this, he gave the people or that benighted region his dec laration of belief, in which some things occur, far surpassing anything ofa simi lar character that we have seen. For instance, this stupendous General says; “Wo behove that every State that has been admitted as a slave Htato into the Union, sinco the adoption of the Constitu tion, has been so admitted, in direct viola tion of the Constitution. We believe that the Elave States which existed, as such, at the adoption of our Constitution, are, by becoming parties Lo that compact, under the highest obligations of honor and mortality to abolish slavery.” This is Geu. Phelps’ belief, the fath ers of the Constitutien who admisterod into the Union the Slates of Kentucky ®od Tennessee, and whose admission was sanctioned by Washington and Ad" ams, knew nothing of their duties if this ‘Col. Pluck” knows anything. Now, tins crazy blatherskite, like the rest of his kidney, has butasingle idea in pros, secuting the war against the rebels; and that is political preferment. The strug gle among this set is not to suggest the best means of ending the rebellion, but to see who can go farthest und say the most absurd tilings in relation to slavery Fremontf and Cameron, and that talk ing dandy John Cochrane, will all have to look sharp after this new aspirant for abolition honors. This mischievous proclamation is not intended, by Pnelps, to be of any possible account where it was issued; it is intended lor KasLern consumption, for the liberal people of his dear New England. The most absurd portion of this most absurd production is lho following; “ By referring,” ssys Phelps, “to the history of ihe past, wo And that one cf thu most destructive wars on record, tnat of the French Revolution, was originated by the attempt to give political character to an institution which was not “usceptihlo of political character. The (-hureh. by being endowed with politic id with id con tents, its schools its immense landed wcatUi, its associations, secret and open, became the ruling power of the State, and thus oc casioned a war of more strife and bloodshctl probably , than any other lear which has desolated the earth, Slavery is Btill less susceptible of politi cal character than was the Church. It is as tit at this moment for the lumber room of the past as was in the’monastery, the landod - ealth, the exclusivo privilege, etc., of the Catholic Church in Franco. It behooves us to consider, as a seif-governing people, brod and reared and practised in the habits of self-government, whether we cannot, whether we ought not to revolu tionize slavery, out of existence, without the necessity of a conflict of arms like that of the French Revolution. ” Thißkind of a proclamation to the peo. pie of Louisiana, :i majority of whose citizens belong to the religion alluded to, is pretty smart in Gen. Phelps. In order to show the eil'ect this proc, lamation produced upon the officers under the command of Gen. Phelps, we seleot the following extract from a let ter of the Ship Island correspondent of the New York Herald-.' “On the evening of the 4th of .Decomber, a number of the officers of the brigade and others of us who werei.n board thu Consti tution were astonished to learn that Gen. Phelps had prepared a proclamation to the people of the Souihwesi. It waa road to us and mused very groat dissatisfaction and indignation, nothing but a sensn of duty and regard for discipline preventing the strongest expressions of disgust. “The next day the substance of the docu ment spread like wildflre among the offl. cers oi the command and ot the naval squadron. The remark of overy officer whom I heard speak of it was that they had not come down here to tight for the abolition ol slaverys hut for tho integrity of the Union. “The assertion in the opening clause of the proclamation, that it is an of ‘tho motives ahd piinciples try which my Command wilt be governed,’ is do Ren. Phelps the justice to believe, uniuUn tionally so) untiue; on tho contrary, it is the prevailing opinion that if the procla mation is indorsed by the Alministralion, Di. W i" * lo much dissatisfaction in Gen. Phelps’ brigade, and very likuly to the resignation of nearly, if net all of his offi cers. In the naval department lho feeling is even Btrongtr, and many of its officers have no hesitancy m declaring their in. tention Of resigning ,1 Uu , j, reclamation is sanctioned by the Cabinet. . “If the proclamation declared an intan. tion of the most vigorous prosecution of the'war,’and even asserted tha; if the abo lition of slavery resulted as a consequence of such prosecution, the army of the South west would accept it as ihe legitimate fruit of the foul tree cf secess.on; it wouid have met with unanimous approval and indorse ment in both- branches of the service at Bhip Island; but as it notv reads, they feel themselves much aggrieved and misrepre sented.” We are pleased to record the completion of the telegraph line from Pittsburgh to franklin, Oil city, &c. I'he line com- j monced business yesterday, the office is at ! Uur friend He rry I Shim thfc popular landlord of this Home i has added this accommodation to those j already afforded to bis numerous friends in tMr#eetion. I ; afcjfut-' ■ BEATEN AGAIN, lhe Abolitionists in Congress do uol appear to be getting along quite eo swim ruing.y as they anticipated at the begin ning of the session. There have been three test votes between them and the Administration party in the House, and they have been beaten from ten to six teen votes each time. The last defeat they sustained was on Monday; Lovejoy moved for the adoption of his confiara* tion resolution and it was quietly refer red to the Committee on the Judiciary by a vote of 77 to 07. We infer from this vote, and the two previous ones al luded to, that the destructives are not going to carry things with a high hand, and that the country will survive the effect of their present madness. DEC. 30, SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAY MENT. An iuipoitant movement is on hair anmng leading Bankers originating i New \ ork, to precipitate another sus pension. There may be a necessity for this, but when it. conies, as it surely must, it will fall like a clap of thunder upon a hopeful people, who have led to believe the government slmijg outside of Banks; at least noeiiort would be made just now to establish a mum moth national institution at the expense oi every State Bank. A suspension now, and years may elapse before resumption takes place. EXPOSUBE OF COEBUPTION The American peoplenre about to b< astonished with the exposure of the most enormous and systematic game of plun der ever perpetrated upon any tax-pay ing people. The committee appointed to investigate certain charges against Fremont, have extended their investiga tion to other departments, ami the re sult is that others, some of whom were quite loud in their denunciations of all rascality in the public service are quite asguiltyas hois. In fact Fremont ap pears to have been imposed upon, but the others alluded to went at the bu3i ness systematically, and with the care and caution of accomplished scoundrels, endeavored to coyer tracks to avoid detection. The Philadelphia' Inquirer publishes a porlion of the testimony, and in allud ing to it speaks as follows : “ If the people of the United States have heretofore been ast ;n;shi-d at the develop e menla of speculation, peculation, plunder and malfeasance that h&vo fr.*m time to time been exposed by the newspaper press during the '■ rogrers of the war against the rebellion, they will experience a still mure intense emotion when they o rue to r.*ad the exposures made by the Van Wyck Committee of Investigation. In reading it, words of burning indignation spring instinctively to the lips, bu. we forbear w use tbom until tbo record of thrsj infamous transactions is spread more fully before the country. *■ Peculation and fraud are not more honorable in Washington, New York or Pennsylvania than in Miss-un. Kvery official and contractor should be helj to a strict account. The sp n.u'at "rs and peru lalors who expect to realize fortunes by robbing the public treasury, are w t mum the enemies of the Union as Daws, Flovd or Cobb. They uro but following the -x. ample of those il!u*tri«u* ihw o; wb-. rob' bed the nation for tbe bur. t lit of iiutei iion." LATEST NEWS PROM THE The Conflagration at Charleston—lt meuee Destruction of Property—Km. timnted'JLnsH from so,oor,<>oo tu V 000,000—Awful Panic Among the Citizens—Thousands Driven in. ui tlielr lioLies—Five Ifurclio Iturued. Wo received yesterday mercimg hroiu:. ih»* “ras.HCcaled Pres, ”> he subjoined particulars cf the great fire at Charleston, 8. C., together with interesting Southern uew.-: The fire as before stated, brek > rut abott nine o’clock on the evening of Wednesday, the Uth insu, in Messrs. Bussell aadUhl's sash aod b'ind fa?tory, it the foot of Hszel street. Crossing Ha zel street. tbe flames rapdlv communicated to the extensive machine shop of Messrs Cameron A co n which was soon burnt From this point the fire rapidly vpreaf, and i-eforo m dnight the coq fligration had assumed the mod appal.iog mag nitude, hjreading consternation throughout the entire ci»r. Meeting Btreot/rorn Market to street, w by this hour one mass of flames. As te em.-i -after tenement I- namo env<_- oped in the de vouring tire, the p?nic became awful beyond de- scription. Thousands of familis* cva?ualfd their housei ami crowded the streets where the fire hid doi yei The buiidings m the lower part of the city where the fire broke cut, were principally of word, and extremely inflammable, which accounts for tho remarkably rapid program of the fire. At midnight the Circular Cnurch and tho Insti tute Hall were all burning, and the proximity of the flames to the Charleston Hotel and the Mills House cause them to be ev-cuated by Iheir in mates- At one o’clock tbe fire tended more southwrrd, towards the corner of Archdids ac<l street* to the rear of the Charleston Hoitd. and to the end of the Hayne street range. Crossing Marke street, the flames spread down Bast Ray street to Cumberland street, and crossed to the Wills Souse, including in its destruction bo«h the Cir. cu!ar Church, Institute Hail and the Charleston Hotel. All the buildings in King street, fioaa Clifford street nearly to Broad street, were destroyed be' for a three o'clock on Thursday morning, Ripley, win superintended the movements of the troops who hsd arrived at the scene about this time, ordered several build : ng* on the route of the conflagration to be blown up; and after some delay the order was executed, but not before the theatre, Lloyd’s ooaeh factory, (opposite the Ex press office,) the old executive buildings, and all the htusea from'this pnim to street had caught fire aod been destroyed At a' out four o’clock «. in. the wind changed the direction of the progress of the flames towards Brepd street, and soon after Bt. Andrew’s Hall took fire, ami subsequently the Cathedral became wrapt in flames, ana shortly after live o’clock the steeple fell in with a great crash. The fire made a clean sweep through the city making a track from Bant Hay to Fvng street. A dispatch dated Charleston, I’eoember 12, 6 p. m., s* ‘•The tire has been raging all day and one thous and houseless people are huddled in group* about the ody. The Mills Rouse *s now m Ham*-s.— There ha* been great dun rue 11 t*.» »1-*v. Thy rag ing fire I". ll continues its d.s*;!jt‘ ng .-way." The Charleston Cl-unc-p of the I'-Uh given a lint of between two an 1 three hundrM sufferers, and .hath that the loss is estimated at from five to seven mil lions of dollars. Mr. Russell, at whose factory the fire originate ?, thinks Uiat it mast have been occasioned by *a in cendlary, or by the negligence of ;tne negroes em ployed there. \ A dispatch from Charleston of ihe 13th, ssye:— I ‘The M!tls House, although threatened and several. Ume* cn fire,eV€iiioally escaped, and is only slight iy damaged.” A message was sent to the Con federate Congress cu Friday by President Davft in re'auon to the conflagration at Charleston, recommending an sp propriaiion in aid to Uie sufferers A resolution- SOUTH .-ugHr cam* and the vine h nai row zone crowded with the wealth ifa hen i-pliere,and the husband. m»n reaping from both hid and vale an equal re ward ? Statement of a “Contraband”—The Confederate Army in A colored boy, the servant of Captain Miller, of the Washington Artillery of Mew Orleans, now in the Confederate army la Virginia, haring made escape to the Federal l.nes. has made hi. ‘-'talement" We give a portion of it for what it is wonh- He. la.ms to Dare been at ,be battles of •1.1 l-en and Hall’s Ul.it, and ullegea that he left CfHirer,He cn Saturday lasi • He fat a that K , lay there was a gran I re new a centre,. he Ol seventy Are or eighty thou -and ,n„,ps. It, roar,Mho ,i-t read by Major J K. Wslior,. If Wl> h.r.g„,a .nulierr. ’, „. r . war- at .lie me M, n ,| r .j „ , f art;!i.-Ty , esc two iU-ponn.l l.owh-rt. I 1.-O Beauregard ccmimnded, and fnn i ra , la . riM.-tiewed their.,. C-ns. j,,., U . B and Sit-W ri were also pr<st-m. * I ‘n the iMth oi .November Gm. Beauregard gave orders to prepare fjr winter quarters, and on the aith they commenced cuttinj log, f or houses. President liaris came two or three days after and countermanded the orderr, because, he taid, the Union forces would soon ■ e there, and they might hare to destroy them. Tn**y have at Ontreville a fort or earthwork (or every letter in the alphabet, also a strong fort can; ed Beauregard and one called tewides an other not yet tJtnsbed, and unnanned. The forta j aceoMlmirly nnnn m-umly adop:ed appropna*. "i- s*6n o'JO »> un r.lvmi '.e -<n account of tho claims of Bout; i Caro! i> i upc •• the Confederate States. Five < iit:r,-ne.« wr-n» destroyed by the fire at CharDmon—the Homan Catholic Cathedral, St Peu*r\- 1- j*u‘c< pal Church, the Cumberland Street Methodist, anil ih«> Circular Presbyterian Church. 'J .V Mme-oxHiy* that five hundred and seventy- an r wore burnt. For the Post. Sugar Production in the North. M-. h utw • — •! nc;l •. i.-. one of the evil* of a war m tho muiki i i a and growing country, that it diver's from h» regular ebanuele a Urge amount of its productive industry to provide for the com security—the wanta r-f .he country require « higher degree r.f i nergy and skill should be pref l luto active «M-vice tn every field of labor. The cme he.- come, It is said when he nmy claim the houors <>! a ceiiinion benefactor who has cause<l two 1 Udes i f grass to grow where but one grew before, aud hence, i' may Dot be altogether out of place toapPri-eyour readers ofafewf*ctf>, wli eh m iy lend a s.imulus to enleiprise in « yet virgin h**l 11m m- ti iiHc.ure of sugar front tbe Chinese c-uie li is hnherto been generally eon-M-lerod im |- •lu-lcal' o: !>r mvn7 u lias been regarded an ut terly im;.o.s’M • under ord ii.ry ' nrcmnstanrvj ; t>UC lew P re. n* have put the plat] to fi practical ta-i He a Riij,:u' producer, in R proper m < b.r principal -upp'i r f Migar hw horotofor* l>«»< n dvriv-.j from she smith.-m rune (ss.-chamm • dh<-imde ) H-.i: lu uru has set barnere to ihy g. l 'graphical <1 MiMDiitii.n cl plant In-yon. 1 wr i*-li all i-rtou.- hi cultivate it such..•’-fully are urn!.-. 1 t.t* lux'. *utr.m-r u mpenuure of the gall s h< -i iih-ui of ■ ha.n rendered kk production over n port ion of i he r territory ulorea • u ulii<- *ui' ii< io I. urn', yet the w hwle sugar crop ■■l it. id section annua.ly has always fallen (ur short of the demand i..r it, and Irequent part al fai'ures m [.< u;vo i. .. I ,io- i: i u> i li-» In I ef •h U prospec tive y. ih- dopr» port:on between the .supply and u * .o-rK.-xn.i wi. bo null greater. The sugar maple <!’< o' < b*-i i: U res..- Utnl y lut . U quite to the la-k of mppUuig tto deti( jeiiC); the 60,010,000 (•.•i.Q.is from this .-0,,rc0 Hiinualiy derived boDg but a .-mal; fraction of the amount required. At 1 In? juncture, w» turn (o a plant of foreign origin w h < h, afu.r six years of quid domestication m our iii, people still coDiinu.- to regard as a thing of "t ingular prormaA," but in goneral they have gamed frt m it nothing inure*, lusomeparta .ftno W e*t, particularly during me i.At-i season, a good quality •>' syrup has teen made from the Chinese cant-, i-mthe* fact that a rer/otn end a6un tlnut .-u' t if .i jad -jM.iiiy <( »Vti./ur cflh he oh. lroOi tin.- pi cee ol true plant, seems never to Save* i.e<>n generally entertained. Yet this state ment from a trustworthy source was made publ c foui years ago. Mr. J.ti. Lovering whose expo r.i uoe and sku! a.- a sugar reliner rendered him a oompetent expr-r.memer, from repeated trials in ! s .i7, with e-dids grown by himself estimated the probable y ieul per acre as Mt>,9pounds of su gar 74 galicn- of molasses. Since that time mere have Ixjen rxpenxmn u wi h freqient fail ures and but few good results. Kor the purpose of ascertaining whether nn.ier prujK-r conditions some um/urmity .>/ rtsuU could not be otuintd, a series of experimtnts were luado by the writ, r, during tLe present sea«OD t upon .-lines during almost every p.,Hii:j? Htageof iheirgrowth and mammy. and h.-in these expcri ra. ills us a ba-i-. >».- well as fiutu others previously but le*s hci urai. > cuiun ted. I am euabL.l with c'-nti ion.- * i-* tnuK * m- bd.owi ug stalem.i t.-i Is:. H he.■■■my «r. nj*. ehrytt l!j/.ib!e sugar •fill In* t 1 irK.-Uhi 'rviur. Chiue-e r..n»*, !ro-.i bull-t. p snlruits, the juice fioMith'- > w. r j .it— I. '.t.vor. b-.ng more pure. i-lisr m sugar, a-nl nu -I • Jhe f*i >:! I ( I*l Mjiiyil tu l!.e * ro«v Jx of lhe h r.ne i* a U#ht t>HQ<jy piKUHUii IS r; •sm.hiii »n s.-:.mAto mo mean siimmsr um- j•* rtroio ff w h.>• is hi-ou* 76 ® It «lii rj»en ('TH'ly wheo me Kununur metiti iloea •u - , as hi I\CJovelan I, t'hic**o Ills, Mhtj.sc.ii Wik., hi.<J s'-oihero M r.ntsoia. Tbe ciiinru r i.-c,; mp( in ■•( 76 - tnrough Wb-<;;- 1 1’ pi n C-iy, L .ui-v .1,-, Kt. H* m Lom*, Mo , and L«’nw tnt hhi.-ta. Jeiioe* « limit s*Miin of :»l*i oevor fhii in ordinary Beacon •, «ad - 'd, to r ptwi perfectly aud early. Two o .1 North of that iiu« it ini'.urt* i' i i.i row- f< u- f.-et i.par. and at 11, e nil Itui .n ihe row, i;, • yi! ..i, wf»<-!i ripe, rf. y<;> ! lioo to r-00 pjuc d • -.o the acre and fr in 76 to 160 gallons of tnol.isM-n. ■i b. j lii «e jl l m are not u- he obtained i n,p •ca ,y and at ha; bm by auefi u thenrP'lo tl ui i *• \j < r ui-tla; a, q.t liciniv with the j.r. o-e- «d •ugnr mam.l'ac'iuri' a-, ,» p< *««<•• MM«d by the moat ,i. < il.iv v'i>rH i f irn* e-aar*. faj # w-.-rt-r. i x-y lfa« r.oi i.i" i f in prc<k;--i on may w. k)i t>. .net 1 li>' vf Qoin •r.vi»-v.i j. r ran >■ e.-pe- xpf'i.- 1 whlnu; caiv ■, u • v • • iil-• :i I m» .dm., ' . 1 : :d i iiy tho r|ar:ri.*H l» i: l,i ' ; '• n and i- 1 ryptiliziUc.n oi 5.u. No nif-r“ i;? tJ■ ■•j ty ru* min ihe tnanuf*riuro ■r-i,K : ‘r un-( 'i i. Uuiti lr»,m the J.ouisi- :i» c.iDi-, Uif cijr-'i't* <i production wi u'.l l.e •vn*i J«rni ly 1< . i..r. product t .pul, ; j not .-uper. H ' 1 y ;i - J 1 1:1 no hi 1 v lal u. that ■i>ih. ■ ii■m ■; <- u. or. I reserve t, r another '«•••**!•-MU di-LsiD Of ihe .l.tfprwi! proco^ftnom. ■hyed, und my es: male* m.-.r comparative hlu-- I mhj mi ihu I ha?e sucoi'e.kd ';iV'«os, in obtft i,iuM from the maiiirc-l pi.ntan t.ui. iAiu-t- <d H g..*d art -•■h ol -!:gnr by the me-hod no tu «.J ;.y it,.- su-ar ,'mworn of 1. hy if mot: "d i ri.r-u- d tj Mr. hovering. l,y the of Wray, snd nu art;.do of it; firmer lut'tv loth HP i-.igar ati j yrup, by a now pr. ct-pp ol n.y .mil. It w.il bo apparPn .to every one who Btudioa the nature ofthi* pLm and u, . ;.in*.,c adaptniiona, that wo are to look for it* l*j-t doro’opmtMit m the great interior v&lieyn of Lhe cunt nent whore its bub-tropical relative the ma ze i« most at home. It ip aaid that tf e eaue inay be <jro*n wherever In dian c: in will mature. Thin in true, and at aucb a limit an inferior tjufchiy of nyrup may be made iromiL with profi», but it will ne thef m , l(urc nor yield a . Ury-oal «. f o£u-> s .gar. The natural limit ol the cane Id much to the Hcu.h of the higher range of Indian corn. Climate poiuta to t-.e ureat valleya of the Ohio and the Miaul ur:, an the future neat of this new department of industry. Thoeoil in nch, pnlvem lent, mliciou. marl whicli covers the broad ami beautiful blutr-hlghland* abounding along the latter Stream, and the dry, Kandy or gravelly terrace. alou ? the former. The alluvia bolloma and wet prairies are oneuitable. May we not hope that when peace shall once more weave her garlands round the brow of Ceres, we may behold after not many years, the great thoroughfare of Pacific travel traversing the val. 11-ys of in l',t!U A'icurs and the ‘VAmdi, WcUtr,’' elong deep al.uvious rank with hem,.., tcbacoo and corn, ani an.ni breezy hiehlande crowned with the F. L. BTEWABT, Canoneburgh, l’a., lateof Jefleraon City, Missonti are connected by rifle pits, and the embankments are no prtpured that ihe field ariille-y c-au be "I'jel <1 into the embraturou, the cai^ oll3 l,fcinK <i'»po ed „f io , h 3 rear Ttere aro fjur gdn« to e M h tort, 1q Fort Bea ,, res ,„a there are three * une P° ln On« down the Fairfax road. There are two regiojenta of colored men at Cen treTi’le, nnder the command o( Joid»n, in old colored veterao of 1812, havirg been a drummer boy under Gen. Jackson, one of these numbers eleven imudred, and the other fourteen hundred. Two other ct. iore j raiments weie sent to Mis souri since the lastbatilo there. Tcoseregiments are composed , f boih freewill slave. They are notaloHed to do picket duly, but are drilled and encamped .eeperau* from the white m:n Tbrir <iaot r . s art) aJJ Tlilti boy sajd there i-i much dissatisfaction amcnj? the private soldiers of the arm/; that great numbers are sick; that they have no salt nor salt meat, Lui live almost entirely on fresh beef and hard bre*d. The othcers aione have sal , but neither tea norcotfoa. That the common 1 ilk among the oftioara Is that if they are beaten at Conlrevilla they wiil fail back on Manassas, where their hanks are well prelected. Death of James X* M’Lanali&n Mon. Jem a X. MoLanahan, cl ChtinberMburg. former member ol Congress from the Franklin I>Htnot, died suddenly in New VoMc on Midday night last, lie was born at Antrim, Franklin coun ty, Jo ISCB, was educated at l>idk nson College, Carlisle, and afterwards studied for the bar. He settled in Chsnrh-rrdmr?: and soo » took a high rank in h> pre festoon. In 1841 ho was elected to the Vtate Heuate. In l.viy, and again in 1861, he was eleo‘«; 1 to Oongre-s, and made a mon: faithful and excellent member, He has not appeared in pull.-’ ifti.-nK'th'i retirement from Congress. Much of'his time has been passed in New York* among : h - relatives cl' his wife, who survives b:m. Mr. McLanahun was a m to cf talent and high char, acter. and his lo**h wil' bo deeply lamauled. —Un ’lhursday morning, December 19 th, Mr. SAMUEL L PEN NOCK, in the ihirty-flrsl year of his age. His funeral wil! take p ace from the residence o f his father-in-law, Hon. Moses, Hampton, near Wilkicsburg, on Sa'urd \y morning at ten o’clock, to proceed to Allegheny Cemetery. The frjeuds )f the family are inv.b d to attend. Carriages will leave tho stable of Rody Patter- terser* at nine o’o ooic. "^I.SHAKT’S BRONCHITIS, 80RE TH ROAT AND BREAST, lIRANDRKTH’S VkSkTAI.E PILLS .re infallible for costireness, spasms, lovs of ap petda, sick headache, giddiness, t-ense of bloating after raaa's, drowsiness, and cramp ng pains, and all d Borders of the stomach and bowels .1 C. iJOuK, publisher of the State Banner. Ben nington. Vt, eayi-; he was attacked with Dyspepsia an 1 suffered so severely from it, that not a particle o food could be swallowed withoutoccanioniDg the nor t uncomfortaM r« nea ion in his stomach For five years he sutfored from ibis dreadful complaint, when h* u-ed BRANDRETU'S RILLS. Tho first box did not seem to benefit him much, l ut the second produced a ch toge. and 1-y the time he had taken fix box-*- a COMPLETE CUKE was effected. Hjs-hvs* “My dyspepsia was gone, and my ex pectation of an «tl* devh vanished.'’ BRtM'K KTH'H fILIjH are sold at the PRIN CIPAL OFFICE VW CANAL BT, and 4 UNION SQUARE, New York. <_»bt* n your tlrs*.supply Irnm --ne of theeede po s or lr<-m cue ol tlm r-L'U'ar advertised agents for the GENUINE BRANDKETH’B PILL«;you will men know how to discern between the true and false. /> rfio'i the ■ ! t.h c-t me Bold by TriOH. REDPATH, PUUbnrch, Pa, And bv all reapeciaole dealer* in medicines, delAdmdnw B>l. FAIRMAN, UMIHKTAKER, »ol« want V) 7 for Fiske's Metallic Buri*; Cases, ut R. R BULGEE*B CABINET WARKROOM-L No 4& BMiTHFIKLU SI REET. Residence, *l* street. Allegheny City. Orders may be left AT CHARLEY LIVERS STABLE, Allegheny City. ao2l-6md-2j> 7 ‘.Urut UK TIH ClTlXUil lasodiNcs CoeviHT, > 1 i t-thu-gfi, l>pcemi*er Wth, 18i>l / f| idV 11.-'N • NuTicK-THK and I 'irectnr* ufihis ('omiuuv have Uiii d-.v J.-. lirod aJd>vi<iend|ot TH KKE l -<»LLA UH , er share P..JHJIO lo iho:? oi. Uiio.d'rt forthwith. SAMI-ki. BKA, Becreury. •u t nr w •’! >..-y frv.-iji ll v I. U S TKU l, J, K. H— IHE UNi> •> • U>«y winouow-.t hi ruse If a UN. N ( AM Ida I'K.'.-r ir,»* ..ftire <>| t’l I’Y CONTROL KR hi t.i»! cuauiug mumcipa. election CHARLES W. J.KWIB <'irtZENdOK PI I'TBRUttOH,- announce tnva»<]f ir- you «a h canJidate htt ctiKuiDg election, for the office of r.o we l 1 sulormfd iiHlt.ng iTpenence in varied and extensive bu-i - perfwt fami mruy vr.ih acoounu, an,i the hlentiftcat on of a lifetime all- hJT th'' nuwesta of m> naiivi* i-iiv, • ni.tie me in i ou; «><>ntitleoce and support. L wid roufldently hope for your sutfnu'eN' WIUjIAM little TICK!N(»H AliL CHECKS, CANTON KLAXNELS, W‘ OL LKLAiNEH NEW STYLE SHAWLS, black und white, NEW'.STYLE CLOAKS, DRESS HILKH Closing out at great gacrifioe. FRENCH all colors 60cand upwards NEEDLE WORK AND HOSIERY, very cheap, CLOTHS, OAB3IMEKES AND TWEEDS, In wa haven full stock >t very low prices miny of thegooda having beeu purchased before the recen; advance in prices. C. HANSON LOVE 74 Market Street. delA-dAw OP DOLLAR SAVINGS INS' HANK, for the a.x months ending NOV EM BER 80, 1861 Amount due Depositors, Dec. 1, 1861 $4lB 744 95 i>.?l<Jond * - 11,44:1 74 Contingent Fund, Dec. 1, 1961, 20,926 93 Suspense Account 102 00 •461.216 62 ASSETS. Bonds and Mortgages $328,421 84 Slock in Pittsburgh banks...- 76,975 68 Bills fieceivanle 9l Cash on hand 26.873 24 5461,216 62 The Trustees have this day de< lared a dividend of Turk Pxa Cb.\t. out of the profits of the list aix months, payable forthwith. If not dr«*wo, will bear interest irom December lat- CHAS. A. COLTON, PiTtasoiaß, December 6th, 1861, Treasurer. The undersigned, Aud ting Committee, respect hi'if report that they hare examined the Treasu rer's Report for ihe six months ending Nor. 30th 1861, and that they have examined tbe Assets! consi-ttng of Bonds and Mortgages, Certificates of Back Htnok. Bills of Exchange and Cash on band, and tiud the same to be correct, and to correspond Wif’i Ihr.-iild }-.v ort. JNO B. M’FADDrCN, JAM. B D. MEEDH, , iHAAC WHITHER. I'lTTtmjaoa. Deot-mber 4th, 186 i. deixstdliw. JOSEPH H- THOMPSON, GENERAL AGENT CMMISSION MERCHANT JTo, 4 JTorth Fifth Street, PHILADELPHIA, PA JgMBKOIIJ ERIKS AT UObT— Clearing out Bale of FRENCH EMBROIDERIES & LACK GOODS AT EATOW, MACRHM £ OCX'S. d<lt «a M KUUx streti. m OIEO. MERCHANT TAILOR, 49 St. Clair Street. Gentlemen's Clothing made to order cheap FOR CASH. Having returned from new YORK, with a choice stock of CLOTHS. CAbSf MERES and VESTINGS, which can be po? chased at prices far below the usual rates. Great inducements oSereu to cash buyers. se2l;6m SIMON .fGHNBTON, Druggist, 1 /'IHRI ST \f A S CIT R*TSLZ ‘ — comer Smithfield and Fourth steeia. *1 ■» l o IJU Uifl ih— FINE TKEKOOJJDIAL, For the cure of COUGHS, COLDS, Ac For sale by Original Letter at 294 Cans' street. N. Y CITY CONTKOI.r.UR PRIN'IS, niNOHAWS, Ao, HHIRTING.S AND BHKKTI NiO, NEW STYLE DRESS GOODS, tußiLmm —AND - NEW ADVER 1 IMPOR iir? b» PATENT AGENCY « Peril C. Lawrence For Twelve Years an Offi- cer of tbe Pa- tent Office - - tbe last four an a Member of the Board cf Appeal. NOTE—AII information necessary to p/noure a Patentand a copy of the Patent Law* >. nt free of charge. Rafer to present Commieaiorer of Paten*..* Hon. Uttid P* Hollowsy. }i PuR bATtrKACI IUK JU TiUR^KLYE-f, as well a« to coDviuct i)ie pu»>’i.* tb*! we keep pure we have bid some < four Winn* kj ex-unined by Mr. Weyraan and rerp.’ftfully submit the romm 10 the pitolia (ropy) • Piu-sburgh, May*2*- I^6l. M EB9RS. TIJSRNA n - k<» I£TTY —1 haveex ainin-'d Ihe specimen of whisker left wi h o and rind it to be a pure article. I.h free from fja I oil the common impu.ities of Wb.sk es. You Deed hare no h'shuiina ia ofh-rutg it as a genuine article. UKO. W. WK.YMaN. We h»ve slid on hand a few her o-!.* o' this Wbtaky fjr sale at ■ ur store, north-ea«t corner of Oh o street and the Diamond. Al'eithoov c.ty. d«80 1w inn BA.KKELS KYE WHISKEY, A V/vr from three to seven years o.d; IM> barrels Rectified W f i*key : 40 do Riw do A fine assortment of Imported Brandi op, Pure Wild Cherry amt A lackbejry bra dy, lor rarities! purposes Pure Port, Madeira and Bherry Wines, of the best bruuds, always on band and for sale wuoles.de and retail by TIKRNAN A GEITY Wholesale and Retail Grocers, north east comer Ohio street and the Diamond All egbeny. Hc2> ASTHMA, Present a pair of those neat well made Gaiters, Slippers or Sboes, DIFFENBACHKR’S, No. 16 Fifth street. Flour barrels'wanted— We want to buy FIVE HUNDRED FLOUR BARRELS per day, the greater part of wh.ch shoald be round hickory hooped. For such we will pay 40 cents each ;»a cksh, de lirered at cur roi'i or 3'.' cents each al the land ings or railroad stations, in Pittsburgh. HORNE'S HOLIDAY SALE Slo. 77 Market Street. The best bargain's in the CITY LM IiMBKoIDERIES & LACE GOODS, LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS GLOVES, GA UNTLEIS, HOSIERY, WORKED SUPPERS, fA n c; v t;o « ns. Having marke i cur -in ;k Irun 25 to 50 PER CENT •eiovT former prose*, we are nmv Ml -ring great iapk eyieats u por.onn who wi.h lo mpplf themsolr... win, HOLIDAY GIFTS. I.intr iderod aad Plain Lium lUndkeroliiot*, »or) l., X e ,n.l varied; Kmbr. Hared daml- Ker«xie a a 125 renix, up to$:;. r *o: i.a«e '1 rimmed iiandkeruhiefs at cunt I’ure Linen Handkerchiefs for 6*4 cent*; Gent*’ Fine Linen Hanoker- Qhiefs^ laVj- Wide Hemmed, Revere Bo'aered, Oorded' Border, Scolloped, and all oin«r kln.lH of Sllli. for Radio.; y ran( . h worked sett." al 60, 00, 75, 60, *l,OO fl 2A aud all other mice to sdoj; Ua m ,„j„;,j Snip till are, at .11 price.; La lies', Gemlemena, M,a»,.,' a ltujrs trlofta A Gauntlet ; w.a, ... i, “,de. SKATLNG CAPS TOW TOW GAPS, SLEEVES SONTAGS, SCARFS, ’ CLOUDS AND TWILIGHTS. HOOP SKIRTS, oi all klude and at all prlcei; French atut Mechanic Corsets. An entirely new stock of -.EMBROIDERED slippers PONTMONAIES AND CABAS, 1 ’ Ladies Leather Bags, Ac., Ac, BALMORAL SKIRTS, ’» all qualities and colors. kl. 4^r A eone“ho“aa 0 bu C r “ SOliC “ ed fr ° m CHEAP GOODS JOSEPH HORSE, dec!B2w TT MARKET STREET. 250 BILMORAL SiiißTSr ALL COLOBS AND PRICES JUST OPENED AT W. & D. HUGOS'. The largest and niuat beautiful stock or CLOAKS, CIRCULARS, —AM'— S II A W L F. t All of the NEWEST STYLES, at w. & ». Hucusy CORNER FIFTH AND MARKET STREETS. de7 1 n GROSB BROWN'S BRONCHIAL X v7Thf>rHRS, just received and for sale by GKO. A. KELLY, Druggiet, dels No 69 Federal street, Allegheny. TSEMENTS | ,’l'AATsr-p ror » . PATENT AGENCY Rolit. w. Fenwick. For tbe past lour years liana gc r of tbe washlng.- lon Branchof the Scientific American Pa* tent Ag e hey and for Fif teen Years in ibe 1* n t# n t Agency Busi ness. otruu bvimE, bOLD AT R. T. K KKNEDY A BRo , P«»Hr! Hteam Mill. AT -AND Our «tc>ck of JOHN J. LOGAN, ATTOHSEV AX iiff, KUHN'S LAW BUILDING, PITTSBURGH, PA. ili'HMy CARPETS' 2 5 PIECES NEW DRUGGETS, 75 PIECES NEW BRUSSELS CARPET. fts»Tlteae hive ju-tbeenxeceiTeihnti arooftbe La’i K9F AND HICSE&T PATTERNS, at the low est prices W. M’CLINTOCK. H 8 Mulut Btr.atl »l Slight Cold, /^fCaaj l sen£&& or . j3fhjLaa± t vgJUCE &3f which might he checked with a simple remedy, xf neglected, often terminates seidousiy. Few are aware of the importance of stopping a■ or m ift-hi /paid, in its first stage ; that which in the beginning would yield to a mild remedy, if not attended to, soon at/i.jJcs the lungs. *& J^.f-atT-chialo*cjJl£&. Ware first introduced eleven years ago. Jt has been proved that they are the h*>rt article before the public for /f CJCriiui, gcJtU, J^*CU r UllljdJu&. i fi-S.UjLjn.a., ftfaicufr’h., the Sacking Gough in san.&ujrLfi£Lanand numerous affections of the f 3f h-f-CjClt t giving immediate relief. JPublic Speakers X Singers wiU fnd them effectual for clearing and strengthening the voice. Sold by all (Druggists and (Dealers in ff.dicim, a.t £5 cents per box . de9-6m diw H.'R. BCiLGER, MAOTFACTTraKR OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OP FURNITURE. Ho. 45 Bmlthfieli Street, PITTSBURQH. ASBOBTMENT OF Pittsburgh Manufactured Furniture, Constantly on band, which we will sell at the lowest prices for CASH. TnyKklyda THE GREAT IiUESTIOS 0? TAB DAY For the next two weeks will be, WHAT OUGHT I TO B TT-Y FOB A .CHBISTMAS NEW YEAR’S PRESENT. AH the friends si RXTNEJIAN, HKTi Thai hive not yet dettrm please lo k over the follow taey wt 1 be mire to find &* Gold Veet Chain 3, ■ “ Gcntu’ Breastpins, “ Bracelets, *■ Spectacles. Watoh Seal-}, “ Pen * and (!»««•«. * ijockeis for Aftna- Uires, “ Necklace, “ Stud-*, ** Sleeve Button. o , “ Oro*seH. < *• l-'incer Hines 14 Chat la n Chains, *• Ear “ Har Dropp, “ Guard Ontiua, “ Keja, “ Charms, “ ArrnlotH, M Pencils Jo, 4c Plated Ice Pitchers, I’iated Spoon* and Forks, Plot, d Hoii|) and i jtt'r Ladler, ele, <■(<•: 60_U ,l<ian.l nl?fr Watches of ever, iinacaiea bio r'y’e ai.d pi!■ -e. flCft- iTenc-: and American Clocks*, Buy Musical Holes, 2 to 13 tunes; Bronte,Stal u*ry. to unouaiea aid fancy articles tn general too u tmerou- to All wo ask. n a call at our NO 4; FIFTH STREET, rue door from «* oul ami examine oor goods and mi -es dels * IST O W READY THE NEW NOVEL. By the author of “RUTLEDGE,” entitled - f P H K SUTHERLANDS. One elegant 12 mo. doth bound. Price $1,25. For inauy years there hu appeared no work o fiction of «uch power and originality aa a RUT : LEDGE.*' It flashed suddenly with great bnL Haney upon the reading community, whose cu riosity became inUnse regarding iu authorship which to this day remains a mystery. The new norel—“Ti. E£U TH KRLANDS”—developes fresh literary genius of extraordinary cnaracter, «nd will add Lo the fam« of the author. Also a new and superior edition of RUTLFDGE. Uniform in appearance and pi ice with "lhe Snth- erlaudtf.” BUTLKDItK, after haying passed more than tweniy editions, has for some lime past been en irely out of print, and these new and more ele gaot copies will meet with aready Bale. For Bale by HENRY HIKER, Successor loßunt A Miner. next doer to Post office. HITE KID —AND— SATIN SLIPPERS, HEELED suitable lor balls, parties and ;wedding, jnst m. ceivod by W. E. Schmertz & Go., No. 31 Fifth Street. dels ALIjIiGHBNYVALLEY RAILROAD OFFICE. 1 Si Pittsburgh, Beoemher 18th, 1881 f PECIAL STOCKHOLDERS MEET- I iN D°7 Th !I Stookholdßra of the Allegheny vadey Railrn.d Company aye requested tomeefat •he Oftce of the company, corner of Pike street fS’LMV? ••’e city of Pittsburgh,on FBI. DAY the atthday of December mat, at 10 o’clock a m, to take into consideration the attairs of°the By order of the President motem. dei °~ td JAMES GIBBON, Secretary. natkona oil. WE are now MANUEACTU BIN(i this article, which for brilhancv in Darning, freedom of offensive odor, and tranßDft rency of-color, (which color we warrant hot to be changed by ago or exposure,; is unsurpassed by any illuminator in this or Eastern markets. As a profitable Oil to the consumer, we can Bpeciallv recommend it. Also, our manufacture of J CAUSTIC SODA, Used by all largo Soap Makers and Oil Refineries which excels lo percent in strength all the make ->i hogiisb Soda brought to this country..Oiirnunu licuireof SAPONIFIER, OR CONCEBTRATEO LIE, SALT, Are ho well and tavorahlyknowa, we trust the memtoote sufficient. " ’• All order* and inquiries will bepromp 4 ly aUende to by j dtireaßUig . * ■ . . ■ (iKORGE COLHOUIV, Ageot. Henna. Salt Manufacturing Company. aolSlydwis 24 Wood Btreet, Pitfeburgfc BdBIBT PAL88.1.......„».M.«M. w ...m.JUU8 A OiiDQKI ROBERT D4LZEII tt CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS CO9BISSHHI USD FORWBQIHG MERCHANTS Dsaufti£nf Pfoucuxah© ftneasaasSiUßnriatzxß; NO. **l LIBERTY S i^EBT, &U 9 PnTSBUBfIIL PITTSBURGH THEATRE ; ’iiWßMtyito MAauaXH....._WM. HENDERSON Boxes. $6,00: Singlo B®** Hox, fljoO; Parqnette and Dresa 6O oenta; Family Circle, 36 cents; Colored Gallery, 36 ceme; Colored Boxes. 6o cents; Gallery, 16 cents. OIL CLOTHP, THIS EVENING. Will be presented the PATRIOT'S DBS AM. *d m Grey.,.. W. Henderson “»£•* £»*»»•*• i--K-4-4.Jfc.aewi.ri Rtbertttlmer-; MfiManiw o* theorem e length of the above beantifuidramano oilier piece will bo per formed this evening. r In rehearsal. NigStOwl .BdJsefcßohinscn and hiH Monae*. A)a< dip, apd Beauty and the Beast. Peter'Spybe.* Bouse Gertrude ~~ .. Paniij Denham After wblchJsongS by Ida Duval Dniees byAT. e Ututae, Negro Delineations byJchbnv Halt and J. 8 DavixUxbt Halau' Ingand Tricks ofDexterity l»y Prof. Kirbye and t on. ' * The performance winoouclade'witb.pie COLLEGE BOY. R*bat«r_. _™4.....lti.;Bc i aße dsats in Boxt.iScealaji-anjaeOTlScsiitis Gallery 10 cents. ”..■•• } Doors open at 6 %, Or rtalnrifes i%. IMMENBE BITCCEB& IMMENSE BUJOEBS. JIM FLAKE, JIM FLAKE. v. I * : M(B3 KAGStKBOWEBS. wren „ . ~ MISS MiGGrEBOWEBa. mart NEWTON, and tbe fall company. CAPT. IRISH’S KEYSTONE CAVALRY, CBLONEL LABOR'S FAVORITE BRIGADE- Highest pay aid best equipments in tbe service. *s££ “S¥L^ET h 0 fi “ fu “ lng 0mQ °' No . , oat Capt NATHTj IRISH, dels-6t Becruiting Officer. -• JiTTonfrmrtkM jLAvr, NO. 73 QJBANT STEKET, PITTSBUEGH, PEkirA. delS-tf . , QHBIBTMAS PBESENTS— Just received a large. aaaortmenf4&l. ‘ - ' ' : 'P GENTS’ SLIPPERS, VERY CHOICE PATTERNS, ' ; and selling low by 1 W E. Schmerlz St Co., dela : No. street. iS THE TIME iad customers of RAH & BIEDLE, lined on what (o buy wil wing list of articles, when ometbing to sett: j. til?er 'I able Spoonx, *' Tea Bpoon*. I “ Porks; w Butter Koires, “ Hemp Ladies, ** Crfiatn Ladles, ** Sugar Tonga, u SnUbpoon^ “ Mustard apoons ‘ Child’s Eaifv A ¥<»rk, *•' Caps, ** ThunbtEia, “ Snuff Boxes, - '• Napkin King< Plated Casters, M Cake Baskets, w Tea Setts M Coffee Sells, *' Molasses Pitch ers, TO PROCURE PRESENTS 1 FOR TBE • •' \ HOL id ays. embbojlubbies. Embroidered iHandkerelilefs, Embroidered Collars, Embroidered Setts, Xiinen Collars, . Idnen Setts, Laco Setts, Wool Hoods, Leather Cabas, Leather B wkets, j Portmonaies, &c CHEAP CASH ftp- CHABLE& GIPNEB’S, No. 78 Market Street, delft g gg BKIB fs BY TKBSTEAMKR CANADA. . A receirod this daj and for sae at wholesale and re toil by V iT HOUSE, SIGN & OHNAMENTAU and blazikb rowtli Hti, Brt, .W«odyPlriSib||i*4 „ PITTSBUB&B, pa. attaadad to. ..mtfWTil Jg*AU work fihe french boots, BCLUire AT ir*W TORKPKICIS, wig #. E, SCHMEBTZ & CO. T. J. WKAJfjr j-aoL MU(iUB__WM. «515 S Western Stove Works, 245 LIBKBTI STBEKT, PinBBUBGS; OKlfl& ; _ KAWTTPACTUBEBSj CALL THE ATtSuTioN lecJd of the P aWio lo «ielr Urge stock of Well Be- Cpok, Heating Stoves,; ALSO—IMPROVED KtTCHEir URGES, GMfE FROHTS, M.. which **» he found tire Diamond, Adnuiee,Air.'Kgiit,Belipie > and IHOW CITY, Wore awwisdHM»iJIBB3JTBEMntM nl hl,i» ffau for the BEST COAL COOK STOVwf v EiKST PREMIUM awarded to the IBUB KSEBtCAB, GfcOSEfk BXPKBlifc, Wor the BEST WOOD COOK STOVES Nr.w tu USE. The KENTUCKIAN and KANSAS pwL 1 ,? GEATE FEONTS & FeSSs IN Tai r fc¥Jftfi».* sSai&l^saa^a CII PICKS. CHECKS ok a, BUPJERIOB . QOAUTr , £ PKNi^mABV 6 offiW Of JQHS BIRMISOHAtf, War Am tierces "in atoro and 6" UILUCK AttlCKiCrW% | AMUSEMENTS. TBIMBLEJB VAHIBTIEmT: , PENS STREET.NEAR ST.CLAIR THIS EVENING-;--'' ■ " . .v; ~iiv * 't:'?:-!- WUI be presenter ihft : u LOAN OF A LO^B-B. C ANTBRBUR V HALL. LATE ATHENEUM,HBERT¥iBTREBT. j. d. Hancock, Lace Collars, Lace Sleeves, Lace Handkerchiefs Wool Sleeves, Wool Gaiters EATON, MAORUM A 00, 1 Fifth etr» Of Brooks 7 Manufacture, POECASH, At 31 Fifth Stteet, : CO.,
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