` ' 4. tijt Eitt.sbur s o taaidtt. PUBLISHED DAILY, BY PENNIMAN, REED dc CO., Proprietors'. • P. 8. PENNIMAN, j JOSIAHI. XING, T. P. HOUSTON, N. P. P.EED, . Editors and Managers. GAZETTE BUILDING. NOS. 84 AND 86 FIFTH ST. OFFICIAL PAPER Ot P.4tehnrgh, Allegheny and Allegheny , County. • Tamar- Daily. • Seta(-Weelfy.l Weekly. - • One yesr....ilti.(loOne year.r-sotSingle copy..., 1.50 One month.. 75 81x mos.. 1.501 5 collies. each. 1 . 1 : 5 1 By the week, 15 Three mos 7,10 ' '' 1.15 (from earr)er. ) ; and one to Agent, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1568 THE WEEKLY GAZETTE, tssued on Wed— nesdays and Saturdays, is the best and cheap-, est family newspaper in Pen nsylvania. It presents each week forty-eight coluinna of solid reading matter. It gives the fullest as well' as the nzost reliable market reportSof any iaper in the State. Its files are used exclu sively by the Civil Courts of Allegheny county for reference in iniportant issues to determine the 'ruling prices in the markets at the time of the business transaction in dispute. Terms : Single copy, one year, $1.50 ; in clubs office, $1,25 ; in clubs of ten, $1,15, and one free to the getter' up of the club. Specimen copies sent free to any address. We print °wad insidepages of, this morn . ing's - GAZETTE : Second page—Poetry, Ephemeris. Third page—Rnancial Mat ters in Neu, York—lmports, Markets by Tele graph, Biter Hews, Railroad Time' Tables. Bi.;thpagebinance and- Trade—Home Mar kets. Seventhpage—lnteresting !Miscellaneous Matter—Letters from Tennessee and Michi gan. GOLD closed in New York yesterday at 1381. Tim State Legislature adjourned yesterday after the interchange of friendly compli ments and. congratulations between the members. . ' IT is NOT likely that our iron boilers will precipitate themselves again into the folly of a strike. They have learned through bitter experience that it is much easier to accomplish objects .by retaining their situa tions and effecting compromises based on justice with employers, than to undergo the hardships of a long continued lockout. Dg WILA Fu WORTHINGTON has been elected Speaker of the State Senate; a very excellent choice. In retiring from that po sition Senator OR.iitam. carries with him the respect- and confidence of all the members, without distinction of party. He filled the office with credit and distinction, and by his fair and manly course on all occasions add ed vastly to the high character as a gentle man he has, ever enjoyed amongst those who best know him. SERGEANT Bars, who has accomplished the feat of carrying the flag of his country - from a remote point in the South to the capital of the nation, yesterday received a public reception in Washington from the Democrats. The members of that party are not so willing to honor the brave men who carried that same old flag triumphantly, though not nntorn, to the remotest corner of the so-called Confederacy, during the progress of the rebellion. TME City Attonzey has given his opinion that the veto by Mayor BIACKMORE of the ordinance recently passed by Councils pro viding for the widening of the Fifth' street pavements was delivered too late, and that the ordinance holds good. This is substan.- tially the same view we took of the case several days - ago, and Councils yesterday guided their action in accordance with it. We presume the contract for the widening of the pavements will at once be given out, in or der that the improvement may be made simultaneously with the laying of the Nicol son blocks. Mn. STANTON has met the recommenda tion forwarded by the leading Republicans of Pennsylvania, in view of a certain contin-. gency for his elevation to the head of the Treasury Department in Mr. WADE'S cabi net, with a peremptory refusal longer to serve the public in any capacity. He further 'gives out that he will only retain his office in the War Department until such time as a proper successor may be appointed and confirmed. No man has served the country more, faithfully than Mr. STANTON, and it is a matter of much regret that he has decided on retiring from public life. OWING to the sudden and unexpected ill- ness of Mr. STANBERY, of counsel for the President, the Impeachment Court _ ad journed over yesterday, with )ut taking any new testimony. In the Senate quite an ani mated debate followed the introduction of a resolution calling for the publication of five thousand extra copies of the report of the impeac i merit trial, some of the Senators having suddenly developed a spirit of econ omy. The resolution was adopted. We believe in retrenchment, but it was e bad point at whicirto l make a commencement, as too many colii4 of that important document cannot he ciraidited throughout the country. YESTERDAY, in City Councils, an reso lution was passedl,roviding for the' laying of three and a half miles of water pipes in Lawrenceville, one and a half In Pitt town ship, one and a half in Oakland,land three thousand seven hundred feet in the old city district, or in the aggregate - nearly seven miles of new PiPs.- In addition to this the sum of $28,000 :was appropiated towards re pairing the upper and dower water works. 'The entire cost of these impievements will approximate $lBO,OOO, all of whichwill come , out of the proceeds of the recent water loan. Should that, city security be taken raptdly enough, this expenditure will be increased, as it is proposed te ; extend water' 'facilities into all the new districts. This is the first_ fruits of consolidation, : and _whop oar, fifty: Councils make a few more lipetlkiland.en-,. terprising steps towards there will be less talk,itbertt , .lntra;, gression. AN ALARMING INFLUX. 'One of the most distressing and . alarming 'consequences following in, the train of. the. late rebellion is now manifesting _itself, in a fearful Way throughout the entire -country, and, if not properly met and - checked,, will lead to the destruction of many, and tend to damage the agricultural interests.of the na tion. - We refer to the .deelded :aversion to farm labor which has taken Possession of young men in the rural districts,-who have been reared holding the handles of the plow in their hands and who were rightly taught that theirs' was 'an all important mission in this world. It is-not strange that this . spirit so 'widely prevails, nor is it *vrong to charge its existence to the account of the recent re bellion. During the dark days,of sanguina ry war, tens and hundreds of thousands of young men were enlisted eor drafted into the army, taken from the smiling farms. where they enjoyed •peace, content ment and quiet, -and hurled into the giddy excitement and varying emotions of a camoaigner's life. Their minds underwent a slow, steady, certain change. In the heat of battle, the activity of the march, the idleness of camp life, they forgot the charms lingering about the old farm, and were amazed that they had lived so long in glorious indifference to the bust .ling, busy, active, noisy and turbulent world beyond the narrow limits of their smiling fields and prolific orchards. Standing shoulder to shoulder with the more elegant and polished soldier from the city, sharing his fare and enjoying his companionship, they lost their own identity, forgot that theirs, in time of peace, was the noblest of all callings, and formed an almost insatiable appetite and craving for a life pregnant with excitement and full of changes. - In the end, few found themselves able to conquer their longing for a betteirnent of condition so far as fieeting pleasures are con cerned. They returned to .the farm to find that the broad acres no longer, presented any charms or fascinations for them; that the la bor of tilling the earth was dull, uninvit ing, irksome, and that their rural life was devoid of all excitement. The transition from army scenes to the quiet and repose of the farm was sudden, and few there were who gave the latter the preference in the contrast so far as to accept the, situation. The large majority fled to the cities and country towns, where money was plenty and amusements and excitements obtaina ble. The statistics of agriculture and trade will ere long show the alarming conse quences of their disastrous folly The lead ing eities are gorged with labor, and thous ands on thousands of able-bodied, willing men go about the streets penniless and idle, starving and distressed. Every avenue is closed against them, and the l y are confronted with but two alternatives--crime or farm la ;bor. Too often the choice is made in fa vqr of a criminal life, as the rapid increase of crime of late too unhappily demonstrates. But while the general outpouring from the country districts into the cities and towns continues, the great agricultural work of the country is left almost entirely with old men and women, who are unable to meet the increased demands for the necessaries of life made from the over-crowded municipalities. Labor with them is more than capital, and hence it is, that prices for produce range even higher now than when gold was up among the nineties. There will be no decrease in rates until the flow of young men into the cities is checked. Time will effectually ac complish that end. They will„be starved back to the plow, just as soon as any mate rial contraction of the currency may take place; as it is, mow, they, are urule.rgoingthe process of being expunged out of the man ufactural and industrial centrei. their Pla ,ces 'on the farm cannot be supplied any more' by city mechanics than can they supply the places of the latter, and sooner or later the country element of the closely populated towns must find its way back to the farms. In view of these facts we cannot too strongly urge the young men of the coun try to stay at home. They are not wanted in the city. They should not abandon their homes for a life bordering on beggary and vagabondage in strange communities, where they are unknown and friendless. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES. During the war the saddest of all reports to the sorrowing ones at home were those that included their soldiers among the mis sing. When hope was gone, and the father, or brother, or son was surely killed, there was the deep sorrow of despair; but the very certainty of the loss sustained was a soothing remedy, which sooner or later brought peace to the minds afflicted. But to find a dear name put down as "missing" was to be' plunged into the midst of the most fearful of all sorrows,'lhe mixture of hope and despair, anguish and uncertainty, which is harder to bear than any other of the endless category of ' evils which fell upon man when he fell from Eden. When the war was over, the occasion for these aw ful trials seemed to be removed; but it seems that even yet they are, as frequent and as harrowing as ever. A very remarkable epi demic seems to be sweeping over this coun try, alnystenous and awful visitation, which seizes its victims and whisks them away, sometimes never again to.be heard from. _ About two monthsnoChicago was start led by. the assertion that several of her citi zens, had in one night disappeared. All sorts of suggestions were made and opinions expressed, but we have never -yet, heard of any . trace of Ahem having been found. Years ago, the number of-missing men was less, and every, week an illustrated journal, published in New York, is4 , uld publish a portrait and description' t of one—a plan which often resulted in the recovery of the lost person. But no common sized paper could take in the portraits of all the men who are missing now. Boston has just been excited over the , di sappearance ssppearanee of THOB. k. BeTnewev, a' 'prominent and well to do 'Merchant. Brooklyn, too, has names"' ", *thV mysterio,.na s #3t ,and Cincinnati 'o o o,lr?reger evidence of the feeling in that Enquireriately said: t'i!,,-„TftiluipaistittelfOinititteitttihaeliedn' I • 1 PITTSBURGH - . ;GAZETTE iIFPPI`iFtSPAY, 4MII-4 AAt%i _drawn to the startling*L4hatno less ,than thiee persons have my.steriously disappenred from their homes ' and as yet no traceqf • their , whereaboutshas deep discovered. `Of these last, one was a youth of nine teen years, a clerk in a drug store, ant the tably son of a widowe'a mother. The sec ond was a staid, well to do father and hus band, fifty years of. age. And the .third wits the modest wife of an - elderly gentle man prominent among the' merchants of the Here arc facts startling enough to cause a shudder to run through the itadon, if, times were less politically turbulent. Bit these are not all. When things , are brought home we feel them, more -poignant i ly. Al most a dozen men have disappeared from the neighborhood of our own city within the last few months, and hasdly a week goes by without new names being added to the list. Where have all these men gone ? wiiy - have they thus mysteriously disap peared ? Is this the workof some unprece dented. co-operation of crime? Can it be uncriminally accounted for? Theseare im portant questions, and they are vital ones to the friends of these absent ones, who ate sitting heart-sick, and powerless to do. any thing, in their dese i rted homes. The empty chairs are there, but the sweet sorrow of weepirig over the graves of the departed is not for such as these. . Time has no balm that can soothe these rude, uncertain wounds; tears cannot give rest to the weary, straining eyes of those who are waiting and hoping and despairing of ever again - seeing or hearing of those who have gone from among them. Many a sad heart has gone down to the grave, weary. with waiting for the return of friends wild were on board of the President or Pacific, ships which sailed from port and were gone forever from the sight and knowledge of the world, but now' without the dangers of the seas, numbers have disappeared and still remain to be ac counted for. The fate of the missing ones may remain forever sealed in but the authorities should use all due vigilance to .discover a cause for the prevalence of this singular freak, mania, or whatever we may call it, which has so fearfully developed itself in society, ‘p fill large circles of rela tives and friends with alarm and terror, and to perplex all who theorize on the subject. • REV. J. A. THOME, a learned and zealous clergyman of Cleveland, has just returned from a missionary vi.,it to Great Britain on behalf of the Am&lean Freedmen. From an interesting report of his labors abroad, published in the Cleveland Herald, we make the following extracts : "He had great hopes, at first of achieving important results through the Anti-Slavery associations of England. But these, he soon discovered, were too dead to operate through. He also, at ,first, hoped • to secure a portion of the unexpended "Lancashire" Fund, a fund raised during the great cotton famine. In this he failed. Earl Derby had the control of it, but none was obtained. The stagnation in trade, and the general distress of the poor, made all effort in Eng land comparatively hopeless. Mr. Thorne accordingly turned his - )attention to Scot land. In the Free ChUrch he found a cor dial greeting, and during the May meetings obtained the endorsal and commendation of that body. Thus armed, he was welcomed everywhere, but not until the Summer va cation was over, Some of the most distin guished clergymen and scholars of "Eden burgh and Glasgow co-operated with him. Mr. Thorne meuhoned with special praise the Duke of Argyle, the Rev. Mr. Guthrie,' and other prominent men. Among the considerations urged upon the people of Scotland in the large mass meetings held, why they should lend their support to the, education and christhmization of the freednien, may be briefly indicated such as these: That the work was not merely an American one,-,brit demanded the support of ()Madan men everywhere ; that England And America shared equally in the guilt of slaVery, as also in the profits ; that the mor al opposition' to ,slavery had been common to them and to us; that - their co-operation would encourage a friendly feeling on the part of the American people ; that it was a labor of.humanity, and that the commercial considerations of the future should induce them to lend a helping, hand. Everywhere there was ardent • encouragement, but the general distress prevented but few large subseriptions. The Coates. Bros., the great thread makers £2OO. Mr. Thome collected in all about £1,500, or ten thousand dollars. 311 i.. SAMUEL SCOTT, formerly of Alleghe ny, county, now of Tullahoma, Tennessee, sends the Pittsburgh 'GAZETTE the price of a year's subscription. This is the eighty-third year the GAZETTE has been taken in the family of which Mr. SCOTT is a member. His father was one 'of its original Subscri bers, and saw the first paper printed west of the Allegheny mountains. As he invariably paid for the-pleasure of ' reading his news, not defrauding the printer as many do, the son, who follows his example, takes much pride in referring to his family record as newspaper supporters. The Council Bluffs' Nonpareil gives the following account of a terrible calamity, similar to the Dudley horror: "H. A. Ter ry, Esq.; of Crescent City,- brings us the horrible news of the burning of two children at that place last Sunday. It appears that a little boy and girl, children of Mr. Jacob Moss, were firing the prairie near the house, 'when the wind veered round, driving the flames toward them. The Children were so frightened that they attempted to escape by running up the bluff instead of around the end of the fire, which they could easily have .done. The flames soon caught them, and - in an instant they were enveloped in its folds. Solomon Goddnor, a little boy of fourteen,was the only one near. This youth,' rith a heroism unparalleled in the annals of history, rushe4„into the flames and endeavorad to rescue them. He succeeded in carrying them out, but the little girl's clothes were all in tinines s and ere he could succeed in tearing off the burning garments, she was burned to death. Although suffer ing terribly—his aim being burned to a crlsp—he carried the little girl to her home, nearly a quarter of a mile off: Such heroic conduct should -not go' unrewarded.. The little boy is still in a critical state, 'although some hopes are entertained of his recovery..' —By a lire in a tenement house on Cov ington street, New York, Tuesday morning, damages to the amount of ten thousand dollarswas sustained. Robert Miller and . Wife worol taken out by' the Brinhen; uA. Wore , not' expected to survive injuries. . Kr. Silver threw , 141 s, baby . 4u - of the, Win, dow. , ' It was safelyhblq.bitmlfe. t It then jumped • out t# ArOtored legs and arms. : I , LA Another lowa Horror. LETTER - FROM HARRISBURG: Close of the Legislative Session— , • Oeneral Measures—Laws for the Workingnien--The Civil Code Codifieation—Three Mill Tax on Personal Propert) - -Bills that did not Become Laws- New Senate Speaker: Muumuu°, Apri113,.1868. The session of the. Legislature is drawing to a close i and I take this last chance to sum up what has been accomplished by it. • Inits 1 of general measures, the Free Railroad aw and the Registery Law are the most prominent. Both of these you have lai before your readers in full, and both . , I t ink, will prove extremely benefi . cial to t e State. The first rids us of 'mono ,poly, an the second of corruption; at elec tion& hese are results for which all of us have lon_ and devoutly.prayed. _ Next L. interest are the, repeal of the Tioga the Eight Law, an the passage of the Eight Hour Law, and the law to promote the formation of co-oper, tive associations. The repeal of the Tioga aw is general, and extends all, over the S ate; the eight hourlaw is an ex act copy o. the Neiv York law; and the law regulating co-operative associations authori zes seven or more men to form societies or corporations for mining, manufacturing, or mechanical purposes and for dealing in goods and produce, with 'a capital of not less than $25,000 nor more than $200,000. All of these are important measures to the working men. The codified laws on Foreign Insurance companies, Enrolment tax, tax on corpora tions, and tax on certain offices, were all passed.. Tliese laws nther together and render harmonious all 6 previous legislation on these subjects, and the provisions of law concerning them can now be found in one statute, instead of hunting through dozens of them for that purpose. The bill codifying the laws on the assess-. went and collection of taxes. failed to be come a law, bec.‘use most of the interior counties were opposed to any change in the present system. The time for the revision of the civil code was extended until 1870. The legislature of 1871 will act upon the code which will then be presented ; and it is to be hoped that, sufficienbtime having been given, the Com missioners will do their work thoroughly. The general insurance law has been so amended as is allow fire insurance compa nies of the first class (as defined in the law of 1859) to be incorporated by the courts, permitting subscriptions of stock to be paid in lawful money, (instead of coin,) and al:. lowing shares of stock to range from $lO to $5O. The bills to change the law of evidence. to amend the militia laws, to amend the jury law, and various bills to change the laws of practice in the courts, were all de feated ; but the bill to limit the )lability of railroad companies, and the bill to allow the merging of canal companies,which should have been defeated, became aws. The bill to repeal law authorizing lo cal taxation on bonds, mortgages and mon ies at interest passed so as toinclude most of the counties of the State, a few of the eoun ties refusing to have it extended to Them. Allegheny, and most, if not all, the western counties, are included in the bill. The bill 7 to repeal the three mill tax on personal property did not pass; but one was passed directing the Auditor Geneml and State Treasurer to reopen and readjust the accounts of the several' counties with the. Commonwealth, upon the basis of the re vised assessment made by the Revenue Corn rnissioners, reduced fifty per cent. To understand this thoroughly it must be known that the returns of the personal , property, made by the several counties in 1865; should luxe been revised by the Rev enue Commissioners in that year, and the revision communicated to tke several coun- • ties in time to base - the several county as sessments upon it for 1866, 1867 and 1868. Thii, however, was not done. The revision was not made-until after the tax of 1866 was levied; and then it was made (and the as sessments increased) upon an arbitrary ba sis which nearly all the counties resisted. The result bas been confusion worse con founded, the State claiming large lbalances from the counties which the latter-would not acknowledge to be dud. The bill now passed reduces the amounts •fixed by the Revenue Commissioners one half, and this vexed question will soon be settled. All penalties for non-payment of these taxes, in season, have been removed. Dr. Worthington, of Chester, 3as been chosen Speaker of the Senate. He is a most worthy gentleman, courteous, kind, oblig ing and firm, and will make an excellent oflicer: The bills to prohibit the granting of li censes in Finley township, to repay the Al legheny County Agricultural Society for injuries by State troops to its grounds in 1861, to regulate the fees of the Sealer of Weights .and Measures and to _repeal the tonnage tax on coal anhimber on the Mon ongahela, all of which , passed the Senate, failed in the House. The Driving Road bill fell upon a disagreement between the two Houses. The bills to repeal the road law in North Fayette township, to allow dam agessfor opening a road on the farm of Mr: McCabe, in South Fayette township, and to incorporate the borough of Ormsby, which passed the House failed in the Senate. Sev eral other bills, the titles of which I cannot now recall, failed between the two Houses. That relative to turnpikes and toll-gates in Allegheny City was killed in the House. ALLICGREIST. CONGRESSIONAL: MESSRS. ED/TORS GAZETTE:—Many of those who signed the requisition on Colonel Phillips for Congress, will not rest lifter his declination in their efforts to make the office seek a man.' As one of the many citi zens who joined in calling him forth as a candidate, and as one who speaks for a large number of leading citizens, permit, me to nominate Major WILLIAX FREW as ,a suc cessor to Gen. J. B. Moorhead., 'He is a tried and patriotic citizen and a thorough scholar, and would make such- a represen tative as would reflect credit to the district. Let it go forth that lie:, is a candidate, and thousands of good citizens of all classes will join in nu exPression of sentiment in his favor. Afft Opp WHIG. —At Memphis, about three o'clock yes terday morning, policemen Sweatt and Robertson encountered four neigroes on the stroet. Thinking them night prowlers they ordered them to halt, which the negros responded tolwith a volley of pistol shoti, seriously wounding Sweatt. Robertson commenced tiring and succeeded in bring ing one of them down. The others fled, and on Robertson approaching the wound ed one hp fired upon him, grazing his head, whireuporatobertson shotliini again. He proved to be George Harris, whe stated the othert belonged to the crew of the Notoma. —At Montreal, Canada, yesterday, at,the conclusion of a ' eulogy on McGee, thii'Ve min& were denounced, and the Bishop was greeted with cheers. - A; few -people were badly • ed, &IA ouepr- two run over the, great 'crowd . lifeereta Seviardient's ,l e o gr ua hoping the , murderer lmight - , be. arrested. Real Estate Transfers. The following deeds were admitted of record by li. Snively, Esq., Monday, April 13,1868: James Wood to Gotlieb Denschle, January 22, 1867, lot No. 6, in the plan of Lorenz burg, 25 by 100 feet $3OO James Wood to William Deuschle, January 22, 1867, lot No. 7, in the above plan, 25 by 100 feet $3OO • Robert Ashworth to James Quinn, June 21, 1865, lot No. 14 in Ashworth's plan of lots, in McClure township 20 by 90 feet, $lOO James Quinn to James McEvoy, February. •• , 'lO l lB6B l the above described lot in Mc- Clure township $250 James McEvoy to Martin Shaffer, March 17; 1868, the above described lot, No. 14, in McClure township $3OO Samuel B. Cluley,. Sheriff, to James W. Barker, December 28, 1867, the interest.of William Brigtdey in and to lot No. 10, in Gray's Row on St. Clair street, Pitts burgh, 18 by; 110 feet, with buildings, $11,500 J. M. Fullman to Joshnq R. Lewis. April 9, 1868, at the corner of. Lydia'and Chestnut _street, Scott township, 70 feet square..sBoo Ed. Homan to Fred. Albrecht, April 7, 1866, lot No. 2 in A. Ainmon's plan of lots in Birmingham, on Carson street, 20 by 80 feet 52400 D. H. Toomey -to James McCully, Deem tier 7, 1863, lot on Pittsburgh and Greens. burg turnpike, in Wilkins' township, 100 feet square, with building $416 James Walton to L. D. Haspart, April 1, 1868, tract.of land in Jefferson township, containing two acres and 50 perches, with buildings $2OB Same to same, April 1, 1868, lot adjoining above, containing 62 perches $34 Siegfried Graeling to HenryGraeling, April 7, 1868, lot on Howard street, Allegheny city, 24 by 73 feet $1,600 Jacob Mulzig to Henry Bomback, April 7, 1868, lot on Spring Garden Run Road, Reserve township, 75 by 200 feet with buildings $3,000 Conrad Schaeffer_ et al. to James Brown, April 3, 1868, lot on Jane street, East Bir mingham, 20 by 120 feet, with buildings '51,900 Win. Caren to J. M. Smith, Feb. 14, 1868, tract of land in Versailles township, con taining 11 acres, $8,200 Jacob Baker to Servin Flading, March 26, )1868,1ract •of land in Mifflin township, containing 11 acres and 51 perches, with buildings $3,400 Nancy Potter to William Galbreath, May 7,1867, tract of 'land in Fajrkte township,. containing 107 acres • $1,750 John Brown to F. Schmetzer, April 9, 1868, lot No. . 66 in John Brown's plan of East Birmingham, on Blischell alley, 20 bv 60 feet $7OO John G. Klouss et al. to James H. Aiken, March 12, 1868, lots No. 8 and 9 in Reis ik Berger's plan of lots in the Eighth ward, Pittsburgh, on Pride street, 40 by 80 feet $BOO Martin Kinunell to D. C. Ripley, et al., March 11, 1868, lot No. 11 in John Mc- Kee's plan, on Washington street, Bir -mingbam,2o by 85 feet. $1,400 L. Krusic to Frederick Benser, July 22, 1867, tract of land in Ross township, con taining 20 acres 83,000 J, Grosvenor Davis to George Thursby, June 19, 1864, lot in South Pittsburgh, 120 by 280 feet. $5lO A. C. Searight to L. K. Wood, April 6, 1868, lot in Eshelnian 4: Ashworth's' plan in McClure township, 20 by 122 feet $333 William Hess' administrators to Michael A. Bright, March 21, 1868, tract of land in Plum township, containing 10 acres.s2,99s Elizabeth Hess to Michael Bright, March 21,1868, all her interest in the above tract of land 81 H. M. Brackenridge to W. P. Hall, April 9, 1868, lot No. 444 in Harrison township, 50 by 150 feet. 8225 Margaret Ott et al. to Philip Schwartz, Dec. 22, 1867, lot on Jackson street, Alleghe n,y -133 i by 56 feet...., 7608 Robert Finney to Fracis Gazolo, . June 24, 1867, lot on Wylie street, Pittsburgh, No. 21 in Cook's Nan, 20 by 69 feet; with buildings $7,400 Fred D. Eshelman et aL to. Louisa Kate Wood, May 9th, 1867, lot No. 17 in Eshel man and Ashworth's plan in McClure township, 20 by 120 feet 8315 Charles P. Whiston et al to John C. Hum phreys, Mareh 30th 1867, lot on Jackson street, Allegheny, 22 by 171 feet, build- ings. $l,OOO John C. Humphreys to Susana Stephenson, March 24th 1868, lot on Jackson street 22 by 85 feet, buildings. $2,800 John B. Chalmers to James Chalmers, March 11th 1868, lot on Crawford street,' Sixth ward'Pittsburgh, 22 by 70 feet..ssoo John G. Walther Adm'r of William Heron to Christian Feldheimer, March 28th 1868, on Perry street, Third ward, Allegheny, 60 by 61 feet, buildings. $2,600 John D. Eshelman et al. to Allen C. Sea right, Mav 7th 1867. lot No. 17 in Eshel man and 'Ashworth's plan, in McClure township, 20 by 122 feet $360 Ann V. Cooper to Henry McCullough, April Ist 1868, lot on Penn street, Fourth ward Pittsburgh, 20 by 115 feet, buildings $lO,OOO Joseph Courtney to James Adair, April Ist 1868, lot' in Ohio township, containing 6 acres and 10 perches $2,880 John. H. Sawyer et al. to John McVay, March 15th 1867, lot No. 91 in Pride's plan, on Marjon street; Eighth ward Pitts burgh, 24 by 103 feet, buildings $875 In Memoriam. The following extract, from the proceed ings of the Allegheny Valley Medical As sociation in relation to the death of Hon. Charles G. Snowden, M. D., has been hand ed to us for publication: Dr. Snowden has been an active practi tioner of midicine for more than forty years, and was for several years an Asso ciate Judge in Armstrong county. In Free port, and the surrounding country, where, for almbst half a century, he zealously and faithfully practised his profession, he was always regarded as a riractitioner of more than ordinary abilities; and in all the duties of public and private life as an exemplary, high minded and man. • Resolved, That we learn with deep sor row 'of the death of our fellow-member, Charles G. Snowden, M. D., whom we re garded as a most eminent and successful practitioner. ' • Resolved, That in the character of Dr. Snowden we recognize that of a man of true ambition, of' generous and patriotic. principles, and in every respect a worthy citizen. Resolved, That we mast sincerely sympa thize with the family and relatives of the deceased in their bereavement, and under so melancholy a dispensation we offer them our heartfelt regards and sincere Condo lence. Resolved, That a copy of the above reso lutions be sent to the thirdly of deceased, and that they be published in the Arm strong county papers and Pittsburgh GA ZETTE. R. L. McCultDr, M. D., Pres% CHAN. B. GILLEspY, See'y. Letter Carriers .Report—The following is the report of the letter carriers of Pitts burgh for the quarter ending, April 7th, 1868, showing the number of letters and , pa.. pars collected and delivered : • Collected Delivered. Mail Letters 124,164 246,070. Drop Letters .11,481 33,17 1.1 Papers 3 • 767 83,877., :4 Five deliveries and collections are made daily throughout the business poitions of the city. One collection after eight P. M. Assault and Battery.--.Temimi Hatton made information before the Mayor yester day, charging Richard Roberts With as sault aria battery. The prosecutrix is the iikorietar of a grocery in the •Ninth ward, where she alleges!! the - accused came, end without any provocatien struck her several. pagat utut threats/lied to take . She also made information for surety of, the 16 ,,! ' Y1P aztalltddif And after rette4l63 fagluss4 i m eau tbrbicippearanoestoddrt.l .. . - ARother Disalirarance. ::, Another citizen haS4 disappeared very .] suddenly, but not so niisteriously as some who- have proceeded him. His departure appears to have been , iwemeditated, yet, notwithstanding this, - some of his friends are sufficiently exercion account of his absence,as to send ano43 r in Search of him. The missing individual p e Charles Moritzon, s formerly proprietor of the Farmer's Home, in the Diamond. Moad4y morning it ap pears he resolved to Inn business, leave the city and his Wife also, and accordingly, disposed of hishouseholkpreperty, pocket ed the money; and left the city without even bidding his frien4and creditor.s fare well. This morning .11okinst Moritzon, . his wife madoainfbruiation before Mayor Black more, charging-:her , Iruant lord" with abandonment. she .was not the only one, however, who desired his return, as Mr.-C. G.