Eittsbuttr Gay& TavasOLT, lITJIXIIAKZ2O.ISBII. iris proposed - by the - capitalists of Rochester. N. Y., to build a railroad tram that city to the coal and lumber districts of Pennsylvania, gnection with the sway , thence sonth to the coal fields. T/1017.35 the Turk/ have wire] times announced thosubjugation of the Cre tans, that consummation seem farther off than it was sone monthiago. The Greeks have shown much of the Ire and tenacity of the ancient stock from which they are descended; and are hke.ly, in the end, to secure a complete triumph over their oppressors. Sr. Lours has alined an enterprise in the way of public improvements during ha m:, the part few years which ' enveloped herself in a debt iif $9,908,l . Pad. mating the population at 2'40,000 heads, and a valuation of 1100,000,000, this will give a ratio o $41.26 per capita, and be 9.91 per cent. on 'elution. mite a re spectable burden under which!, to rest. -- Lunt. sus. Slacaissit, is common with nenrir all . the other Geneinis of the • army, Ls estideatly dissatildedl With the assault of he President ' upon-General Grant. He has, however, allowcd his sensitiveness to carry him to extremes in threatening to resign if he can in no other way avoid taking command of the new district carved out for.him. It may be his resignation, 'rider the, dram. ptances, would salt the President better than his acceptance. • ' A. T. eTZW.IIIIt, the Merchant prince of New York; has entered iqh much spirit into the campaign for Grint. He has already done. mach good work for the - soldier here. Whoa inch men, so largelj interested in the Seances of the country, lend their time and eiertions to the advancement of Grant's claims on the Presidency, weaker capitalists need not hesitate. Mr. Stewart has made a collection of all the Journal', and their name is legion, that have expremed a preference for his favorite. Tiro' New York Councilshave tat `aside $15,000 for the proper observance of the anniversary of Washington's btrth.day, on Baturday next, which 'mesas-a general pyrotedusic display. The Tint" is pretty eerverp . on the ac tions stating th at th at cum of money might better contribute to the relief of the thousands of destitute, and deserv ing creataris in that city who would be greatly assisted and cheered daring these hard and cold times by the gift of halt a barrel of tour or half ton - of coal. It would certainly be more of an honor to the Father of his Country than the ex plosion of a few wretched tire-works. lii oun advice' from Harrisburg it is elated that the_Free Railroad Bill • passed the Senate. This means that when the House bill reached the Senate it was amended by substituting for it the biR that originated - in that body. It Is now apparent, from the strong majority In the Senate in favor of its own bill, that no other can pass at the present session. Either the House mast recede, and take what it can get,'or get nothing — at 'IL- Under the circumatances, we trust it will recede and accept the Senate bill. Though not all that is deemed, it is in the main a very good bill. If it shall become a law, and prove as strin gent as to prevent enterprises from growing up under it, the popular de mand will force a revision. l.r anus probable that It connection will be made between the Pittsburgh and Connellstille Railroad widths Alit- gheny. Talley Railroad at Turtle (Auk, about twelve miles abanthis city. Thi., will enable trains of the Ant named road to nth directly into buena& quer ten here and au* to effect a junction with the Pitabargh, Port Wayne sac Chicago Railroad. The depot_ thr - Allegheny road_and the Fort Wayne road are close together, so that this ar nngerr_ent will enable the three con necting line' to usi one station, and to mikes through schedule, liable to as lit tle delay or inconvenienca at this point, is is experienced under the most Avow ble drew:mance* elsewhere. Indeed, trains, whether for caumengers or fberght, can run through from Italtimon to M emo, or any other pafid west of thL .city, without the slightest impediment GEN. Warrant., who was appointed . to survey- the present canal at Louis 'Mlle, and also fora new one on the In ..titans side, in accordance with a bit , passed by Congress last spring, has far _ niched his report. Er. Kontarrox, the Committee on Commerce, to whom the report will to referred; is said to be • in favor of the completion of the preseilt canal, so as to same free navigation as WOE es. possible. To do this General - WEITZEL estimates the expense at VW ; ..400, provided the same scale of enlarge.- ' went - already began will be ranted out. The, amount of bonds of-the Com - puny to he assumed by the Goverxunent, provided it took posetuion, he rijints ' at 11,00,000, From this he deducte - 000,000, which the Company has on hand, and makes Hte total cost to Gov ernment $2,803,500. HO - presents three plans for new canals on the Indiana side, at a mean cost of $3,695,000, and re commends the Government to undertake to complete the present enlargement of the old canal, and also to build a new one on the Indiana side. His .princiril reaginfor the new ens that even it the present enlargement on the Ken-, tacky side is completed, the locks will still be too small for the largest lima boats. Ha estimates. that if both are ordered, two million dolltus will be , needed the first year, if the completion - - of the old canal alone is agreed upon. There of hardly any doubt but the re. 'commendation for both canals will be favorably acted_ upon. • I , To STA= in the Union Is more sadly - in need of mineral and agricnittiral de velepnient than West Virginia. Her broad fields and hill aides have been per : witted to remain idle for the want of labor i - capital and enterprise. Indeed, up till within a few years hack the peat majority of the inhabitants of the in tutor districts of that State had devil. • opera no energy or talent, and were but . a shade higher In the inteHectual order of society than the "poor white trash" or - the slave States more distant from free ones. The establishment of the public school system, the minx of men of edit cation sad capital who sought new gelds of operation, have *given higher Was to the people and has aroused them into a full sense of their being part end parcel of ea enlightened nation. They are gradually lifting themselves out of th e bondage of ignorance and- indoleate, ,twin followers of slavery, and a new order of things bailout to be established, . West Virginia is rich- is mineral wealth. Her hills are teeming with rich deposits of inn,. lead, coal and copper, and possibly gold, as that preCions metal has been found in quantities adikient to. Jestify the belief that it exists' in abund ance. Comparatively little capital has been devoted to the develop:nem of the oil fields, but in proportion to the amount - eapended, her regions have proven formidable rivals in richness of yield and superiority of roil toper own 'great producing rearoleum lands. The day is not far distant when lime of rail road now projected will pass trough interior and afford one of the great I irtarles of trade of the crntlnent. We see k the future of West Virginia a glory hardly dreamed of low, and but few years will . toll away before she Is papitted to take her place 1 1 amongst ~the mod prosperous States of - Nea7OllA.L BANK REsERL'Es, In October, 1868, it was developed that some, fifty of the National Banks in operation thronghont the country bad an inadequacy of reaerve, and were compelling the sound bthking mettle tionoto carry more than was required of them in order to keep general confi dence in the ayatem. The Comptroller of the Currency urged that the require menta of the law' be complied with by the delinquents, Which was that twenty five per cent. be held in reserve by the banks of cities designated for redemp. bon;and fifteen per cent, by all other beaks. There was certainly an efort made in the close of 1866 to act on the recommendation or order of the Comp troller, but the profit and advantages to be realized and obtained by an Made . gnarl. of reserve have led many of the banks into their old ways, From the reptrt of the Comptroller, embracing the statements of the Nation al Blake at the time attention 'wits di- Meted to the insufficiency of reserves held by the defaultini banks,- the reserves amounted to $ 2 18,941,476, against lia bilities amounting to $886,788,829, or 24 per conk The January, 1848, report of the same officer, while it does not direct attention to the inadequacy of reserves, Preeente agates froth which it Is easily educed that. the number of defaulting hanks has been largely_increasing. At the time of that report the amounted to $826,674,626; the reserve to *162.894,924, or 21 per cent, against 94 in October, 1888. The report is not as concise regarding - this subject as i s importance to the general commonly seems to warrant, 'said he who would know of the increase or decrease of re serves must wade through a sea of fir. urea, and in, the end hardly arrive at any definite conelnaton. lt has been sugges ted that the Comptroller should, in the fame, add to his list cif questions eent at stated times to the batiks, a query es to the proportion their reserve bears to ''the liabilities. AnsWers to this inter rogatory could readily be obtained and would develope at a glance the standing and condition of every institutiou to itr relations with the Government. -- Presuming that the Comptroller's re. port discloses the fact that the number° , defecating banks is increasing, and that the system of National... Banking is being gradually undermined by divergence from the basis of their strength, it seetti• highly important that the evil should Cl once be corrected, and the provision o f protection &Hotted by the law rigidly enforced. Comparatively few cramp:e., have been made of banks which permit ted their reserves to grow inadequate, but the most potent way by bring delin quents to . - a sense of duty would he, cc we hove before suggested, full pnblici'y of their affairs, And Cepecially tiff rdia_ a clear knowledge' of their adequacy Inadequacy of••eserves. ParAic faith the diderent institutions would then i k held just in proportion to their ow, showing of stability, and it would be come an object with' them to Increase: rather than decrease their reserve... STATE COSTES noy THE Mu umacans of Lancaster corn ty have appointed J. Reistand end R. J. Houston, delegates to the National Convention, and J. M. Dunlap, John L Wiley, Jactib G. Peters, Wm. AL M. R. Shirk and Joseph C. Siubba, de• egates to the State Convention. Tiic National delegates are instructed to; Gen. Grant. The Beenblicans of Bi;dford cotint have instructed their delegates to tio flute Cogivention tarots for Grant asp Manton-for President and Vice Presi dent. _ The Repnbllcans of Mercer county. Let week elected delegates to the Sin:, Convention and instructed in fivorol GRLNT for President,' and Crum; fur Vice i"realdent. The Republican Central Committee o , Penang., county met at Franklin o: Monday to select a delegate to the Scat Cortyeation, and also elect conferees : represent the Senatorial and COlagteE dental Districts in Conventions fur choosing delegates to the Republican National Coniention. Hon. R. B. McCormick, of Franklin, was chosen to the State Convention. The Congressional Conferees are Hon M. C. Beebe, of Pleasantrille, and F M. Mitchell, Eel., of Franklin. Ti. Senatorial Confereas are Messrs. E. E Clapp, of President, and J. It. Camp bell, of Oil city. The delezates were not !minuted. A LETTER FROM A inure SOLDIER. EDrZOnI GALIITZ: The organ of ill. untarrified in this section has stithlent, taken a violent interest in the impcsitioe practiced upon pensioned soldiers, b . ; paying them the depreciated legal ten • den of the country. As we always Coe sidered the Pest and the leadera of the party it represented as diametrically op Posed to any autumn which was of riei benefit to us, or the cause we became pensioners to sustain, we naturally. long with suspicion upon any of its pueer;s professing any connection with our In terest/. Analyzing the proposed - scheme of redeeming the United States bonds with greenbacks, because the pp., dice -bled soldier is paid his pension with cur rency, we find that their tears and Fyn,- pathtes are all of the crocodile order, and used only for effect. -However, they arc. in perfect keeping with their professions of friendship during the war. Our pensions aresmall enough, enct gl. but a little way la keeping the "hover luck" filled; but 'satisfied that it is es Liberal as our country can ailbrd to give, we rest content. Bat suppose we assist the party to power which would grind ont over two billion dollars Of green. becks, how far then would our semi an neal stipend go towards filling our mar ket baskets? At the commencement. of the present session of Congress the Rouse showed a disposition to inflate the currency,- and immediately gold commenced to rise. The Senate put its foot down apparently quite firmly, say ing "no inflation," when gold came down at once, and the prices of many necessaries of life with it. Lately the inflation project has gained some friends among the Republicans. Senator Sher man brought up atill to compel holders of six per cents. to take five per cent& in their stead, or else, take mine* and interest in greenbacks. A bill was in troduced in the Rouse providing 'for tie manufacture and issue of one hundred and forty million dollars of legal tso. derv, and gold went up with a jump to 1.45. We an know that the mice of gold governs the price of everylarticle which the poor man requires. Now, suppose we were toF issue enfileientgreenbacks to redeem the !roads, or inflate the currency, can any one sex • mile where the price of gold, and 'smug ger, clunoclitles, *timid stop in the upward ight ? Rdw much marketing would my pension procure met ,These crocodile seceasionleti — keow very well that they could then - have another Wing qi:zapnivsa with minions, to wh e n huc t. thi r over i peed of "Yankee ;:taanay," In inany eases the only support of the disabled veteran, is utterly worthless. Then in. deed can they put no on 'equality with the poor unfortunate , -Boutherner, who 'wu misled in his &Operate attempt to destroy his country, because, forgootb, the Democrats could -not always hold the mine string. If they deny having sinister Intentions toward the soldiers, after they have used our votes, I will refer many of my companions in arms to expressions made to them glace their retarn. Rave they not been toldthat they got nothing but theirdeserts ? .Abd they had no business to go into the army? And again ; have you ever received this cold comfort from any Republican t The writer has received such sympathies, but never in - any instance was the comforter Identified wltlttbe party which sustained as in every substantial manner during the war. Ido not mesa to snot that all Democrats are Elecenslonists, or that all Republicans are at heart good Union men; but I do assert that I never yet knew a Republican who was either In 1 the Rebel army, or &unionist who was not a Democrat. This greenback , butane= I believe Is only a part of the programme of Democrats and Secession. l ism alike—to destroy the credit of the country and bring odium upon every act of the soldiers and the &publican Ad. ministration. The grand object of the Northern - Copperheads is to regain poll, or. The object of the southern wing of their party la ultimate dissolution of the Dalon—what they fa/led in in the late • war, hot what they hope and pray for yet. These people are hard op for some claptrap cry to catch the votes of the ignorant and tuithiiiktog. Very few of them are as honest as "Brick Pomeroy,", but attempt to attain their ends by con cealing .the object—a ia Johnson with Grant. Taxes, no matter how light, are a. always - objectionable to the taxpayers, and now, when the burdens of the pea 1 ple are made onerous in consequence of, the misdeeds of the Democratic party. blindly led by the Southern slayeholid-1 era, they ate raising a noise about taxes, trying to delude the ignorant into assist- ! log them back to power. But I opine that they will not Ind the right kind of I material among the United States Vol unteers. Thelieldiers happen to know who is chargeable with the rebellion and I its attendant horrors, notwithstanding their shrieks about New England Puri tanism and Republican Radicalism, We I have yet to learn of any good either the soletlen or the country have gained from their "high toned chivalry" or secession I Democracy. They may succeed in hood. 1 winking many ignorant and unthinking, who can ill arford to pay either taxes or 1 honest debts; but If the time should come that!this synonym for corruption attains power, and the country is flooded with paper currency, then we will be all in I the same boat. A week's wanes or a month's pension will be required to pay for a pound of butter. No, no; three apologists of Secession cannot naturally have any kind feelings for us, who were ! disabled when patting down secession, and we want "none of them." But all of this has been said without taking Into consideration the credit of our country in any manner. It is purely the reason- lug of a man dependent upon an army pension cod a monthly salary. I have no bonds, and but few greenbacks; ! but there is not a doubt in my mind but that his country is perfectly able to pay every I lndebtednesa in compliance with her en- eagements. rune thing is certain. the Demo ra tio make the whole debt I appear odious and oppressive by howling, the will do it. They would undo ' Gettysburg and Vicksburg if they could I and their strongest reason for doing so would be, that those yietories were, gained" ender an'adadniatrition that was not democratic. Why financiers talk of paying the debt in any manner at pree cot, la a mystery to me. I have been reading and listening very attentively to all schemer, and although` - I am not anything of a financier, it appears tome , that by trying to avoid simplicity, they- I miss - the whole thing. The !West and South want more currency. Well, let Congress first provide for the collection of sufficient r.venue to run the ordinary expenses of the Government, econotni catty administered(which can be! done only when we get Andy Tobason out of the way,) pay -the interest on our debt, end establish r• sinking fund. Then prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from selling our gold until we have accumulated as mach of* gold basis as sound bankers keep on hand when paying specie; i e.: one dollar in gold for every three we have issued of paper, and when he has that amount on hood allow him to resume specie payment for legal tenders- Then pass a tree national banking law, allowing 'any person or company, which can deposit with the Treasury Department =lOO,OOO worth of government or other securities, as a guarantee for the payment of their notes, to issue 70 or 80 per cent. ix National Bank currency. 'The first wttJ permit Industry to move easily until the Southern States are rep ' resented and able to pay a share of the I debt; until cur valuation North has con , r s e id co er v b re ly i o n u c r r e brea th and t un r tl we have the tug of war. The second will bring us back in the course of two ands half or three years to specie payment, and then It wili not matter to us in what medium we pay tits balance, for our paper will be "just as good as gold." Toe third will give the West and South all the paper they desire to do business with, and, It will atop the cry of inflation for hosteler& purposes, and will ben secured currency better than ever we had before the RM. Of course, this will not be a complete antidote for all the ills of our immense debt, for those who want to find fault will still do so, and we can depend upon the Democratic party always wanting to, so long as they are oat of power, and that is quite likely to be a long time- A PILIIIIONIII. • —ln Paris, the proposal is eerionsly made, on account of the great adultera tion of the milk said there, to establish a con-house from which the animals shall Is. driram each morning to the different house., and that milk maids shall milk them in the prmence of the onetime,. This recalls to the mind of the French iournalist s who tells the story, art dote of Scribe, the poet. II« heel hired • house in the country to pas. the sum mer. An seen to he was fairly Installed in it be went iu search of a farmer wb had a utilch mw, nava? found one he toted his want. "Sly g od man, my servant will come ever. morning to ho. a pint of Teiy well, It is clain sou.. Went pure milk, rer° num' "In trait care it Is ten eons." You will milk In the preeentra of my servant." "Oh! then it is fifteen eons." -I.leavily loaded wagons are no drawn over common road in Franc. b means of stoat road locookotlves adapt ed to the purpose. A VERY LARGE ARGENT Or TN/ SILK OF HI; It PI lb De It., ones rrealrelt by Ito folseds of the eoserme Dysodosto. 10 cash:, kern to pet op with to so mind 11 1•tembet? hl. city noldoes had 111 s' torebodla.• sad hemtleatlons of 01 slod. So Ilass at seerrers desene sons trel the be:levee sad sympathy or tees, hleads wh often lee oltb tilt the best add so Atte: an, said. altertd sad gored Iwo t,e Motown,. sod ding..,.'by the ted . ltre at / 1 7.1 1 .1.4/s WOllO cads Ilsdeepatle•oty Ufa se. ms to It:., bat • constant ebttnee lot ands-Inn and gloom, with nevelt but beta and slams, th Ma Inters, stil,tsd with Myer Cotnid,lbt, beedda,.. meat tot Ingestive ltrisza resell se in Ilyspsp• l/ etc cr, Loss Or An...lt, s.otad at erne resort to ;roper resedlts, which will , e sited pro.ptly. amid untold taxer.. abd save 0.211 ea:stable "lees. tre-rtnineat as sect, and.,: tiJritibytendreds oho hats tasted them, stand DR. SARGE‘T'.4 LITER PILLS, le the :OC -Vent .t... bf Dynewa, Lir Comp:at° t. *,. tiar• • t ptUmptll, t.t.lt p.e•esallr, tle soar g roecrrating•n4 'taw, rattag tie sycent, matlng 1 zrz A JOT AND YLZANOBZ ot •Lc rleu. many old .ad wag 4