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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:
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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. <Wiehl also made itiformation against
him,. charging him With concealing and
disposing of has goods to defraud his credi
tors. IVarrants were issued in both cases
and placed in the hands]of officer Herron,
who 113 in search of the *being man.
The great colored orator Fred Douglas
will lecture to-morrow evening iit t4afayettO
Hall. Tickets may belfprocured at C. C:
Mellor's well-known mc store, No. 81
Wood street. - Mr. Donis's' style is origi
nal, vigorous and impressive, his words
well chosen, his illustrallons apt, and his
arguments able and ilconvincing. His
speeches and addressesigerierally abound
with sound, practical thoughts and sugges
tions upon the duties ofj the hour. Many
who have heard the firstimen in the nation
declare that he is second to none in any
thing that goes to make tips lecturer.'
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Weatern Universl4.--ghe last term of
the - current year opened, to-day. All de
partments, covering courses 'of a collegiate,
scientific, commercial, land preparatory
classical and English character, are ably
manned: Applications for entrance, or for
catalogue, may be- made! to Dr. Woods at
the University building,lsorner of Ross and
Diamond streets.
Vestrymen Elected 4.--, The following
named gentlemen were Vesterday elected
Vestrymen of the St James Episcopal
Church, at the corner' Of Penn and Me..
chanics streets,,in g o . rifth ward: F. 41.
Brunot. David Holffles, eorge Park, Wm.
J. Hammond, Wm. Kylci Thomas Roswell
and:J. H. McElroy. q
,
Burglary.--The groce . rof Ranier and
McMillen of Washingto , Pa., was broken
into on en,
night, ti d robbed of eigh
teen dollars in moneyland seventy-five
dollars worth of teas. 1•1 clue to the burg
lars has been obtained. i
. ,
—At Cincinnati yesteday a hr . ' e broke
out in the tannery of 4 Bartling, on the
canal. The buillding w' burned, and with
it the slaughter house,' of John Seifert,
Thomas Phol's tannery, I nd the ice house
of the Cincinnati Ice Company.. The loss
on the latter was $12,000,: : , d on the Mid. :
ings from 136,000 to $B,OOOl
—An astounding swiriydle on the Star
Union Line has been exposed. Two prom
inent grain merchants In Chicago had, by
forged bills of lading, snekeeded in cheating
that corporation out of ;pearls $4,000, and
were in the midst of f trther operations,
when discovered. .- - '
, ,
„0...0_„ /
—At Waukesha, Wiscobsin, a lire yester
day morning destroyed llill's block. Loss,
$8,000; insured for $4,000:1 Buckner 44 Put
ney, dry goods, and Et. INT. Stine, grocer,
lose " ' insur
anc .raph
gal]
don
two.
'Oh
herb Jason
was looking for a farm td invest his capital , `
in, and is now leVennilas.
BEWAA
Of that remorseless and lush] ous destroyer of thn
human race,
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CONSIJ yTION.
Check and conquer its advdkces. lest ycht fall the
victim. When attacked witirloty of its prellailitary
symptom's, no matter how sliiiit,_be.on. your guard
and premptly use the remedy ere too Ittte. • .
DE. SARDEIMS Of. HID*
I. an old, well tried, .cerlain : and standard remedy
for Coughs, Colds, ..AstlunailCroup, Diffleulty of
Breathing,, Pain or . Opprei on in the Chest , Or
Lungs; and all. Diseases of. ti?o Pulmonary Organs..
Its sure and certain..efficaffY has been fully tested
and endorsed fur many yearni by numbers of Well- .
known citizens in oar midst,:ltand their certiliciates
are on record. Have. you O cqui;ll which has grad-.
ually increased from ellightne to -one °titer=
nent standing ? Lose no time but 'procure , a-bottle
Of DR. SARGENT'S C 01761 SYRUP. which will
surely relieve you of the dspagerous premonitory
symptoms and effect a pergibnent cure. Do you
spend miserable days and !Ong sleepless nights of
torture and vain from attackijpf Asthma et Diffieni
ty of , Breathing ? Dr. SARGENT'S. Cough 'Syrup
will act promptly. relieve 1•4 u; and gradually re-.
store you to your freedom o pain. and sound,
aut sleep. Are your lungs safe and irrltated,l ndl
eating inflammation This is of the most dan
gemus sym_ptpu, and shoal ,he pomptly removed.
Dr. SARGENT'S Cough Syrup will heal the sore
ness, allay the inflamznation;!und restore the lungs
to their prestine health ani vigor. - This Cough
Syrup is pleasant and agreeati e to tore. while pow
erful and sure in its action. or sale by all Drug
gists in the country.
Is the victim to. Fever and Ague. Thls,tedlous and
enervating disease is, unilrtamately, . too well
known to need a description. ti It is strictly &mak
rtons disease, caused, by exhalations ;from the ace,
especially from marshes. swaMns and newly cleared
lands encumbered with deco piing Vegetable mat
ter.. Th e chills is one of th e . most troublesome o 47 .1
maladies, as the patient, thou be may not bo con-
It
fined to his bed. Is incapableii.tactioni The experi
ence of years has demonstrartid the fact that HOS
TETTER'S BITTERS is a suit, means of fortifying
the system against all atmosptleric poison, breaking
up the paroxysms and mpidiy ristoring the strength. .
Quinine, which has so long been the, great remedy
for chills, has been supereede4 by this powerful and
harmless agent: while as a pritentive it is nnequall- *
ed, as Its use will certainly eXempt all who may live
in unhealthy localities from tll ravages of this Als
ease. HOSTETTER'S STOM ACH BITTERS Is
now among the moat popular, pind, at the same time,'
valuable specifics in the ineditial world; In recom
mending it to the public, we te fully comsat:MS of .
doing them a great service;' rowing,, mi we do,`'
their many excellent qualities/ and Sure andepeede .
action in all• cases where; the ,d isease IS wised Vs' ,
Irregularity of the ' digestive Orfgans. As a totirelfj
Is both mild and agreeable to se taste, and stimula
ting in its action upon the ayrtem. • • :''
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ANOTHER CURE . ON DEARNESS:- -:-
I lost my hearing during I last year. Part of'
the time I was totally deaf, 4. April of this yesr:l • .
was induced, from an .adTer 1
mel4, to make *P• '
PliMttionto Da. ICzYgitn, UM/Penn street, Pitts
burgh. After having tried witiOis medicines from
doctors, withoirt any henlift,jl have teen undiror. '
Heyper'streatnient now for 44 two months, and
ain entirely restored to: y lit s tring, so that I can '
hear a pin drop.
Coat Otis,' IV'ashlngton CO. .rii'.
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ex'aTHEit 49ricE.
.A. Men called to-day at Dr.p i lreysees office to in- _ '
form him ors great dire made by' his Prrto dual, or • '
Pur.worraif Izetna.triPt. 1 list these, tares
are male with the lnetee's pre aratlons, he denies,'
it, tit he distinctly OnderStdoci i at most' of his ;Meat
•-•
mires are made In accordance • ith tie iistahliited
. 4i i in`which
iewi that govern the science oe: mc c ner
he has been engaged for the pi#,torenty.flve years.
Last week he was also in reetif42 - 1 - letter from a -
1 czar/testa tn. the Stift of : cihliii 4 etilllng ' inother ' '
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