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THE latest report from Georgia runs that the Constitution and the Republican State ticket have each 10,000 majority, but that the Legislature has a majority of Demo crats, many of whom are ex-rebels, and can not take the oath. - Aitit-Lums has ratified the laVth Amend atury Article of the Consfitution. Lou qinna and the two Carolinas will very speedily do the same, thus affording the requisite three fourths number of the several States legal izing its adoption as an organic law of the Union. . MR. Evens continued his very able po litical speech before , the Senate yesterday. It is generally regarded, in Republican cir cles at Washington, as made in part for the special advancement and glory of the orator binicugf, and in part under, the inspirations of Secretary Seward. 'l'icsaz is no longer 4 possibility of, the submission of the impeachment to the Judgment of the Senate this week. Mr. *:Siarts has occupied its attention for the best part of three days. Some four hours are to be consumed in the reading of Mr. Stan _ ,b_ery!s argument, and it is probable that Mr. 'BiWkilm will not address the SCnate at all mtil MOnday, and Will then consume two days more. Let us all possess our souls in patience ! - • NVesmwmie gosOp is everOldpg by turns and nothing long. For three days past • the press specials Imre dilated with L equal rapture upon the magnificence of Draws' *wick the shakiness ofßepubli- TIN= Senators, and the :calm - assurance,-with which the Presideni smilingly awaitidl' the .inevitable acquittaL Last evening, the wind shifted, and every Republican Senator, ex -. cept 4:34X,*13, will vote for conviction, and even: RevcTdy JOIIISSON Will "go back" upon his namesake. . THE New York Transne" very pertinently . remarks, as to the gratuitous rumor from Washington, that Senator Wthsort and Speaker COLFAX desire to prevent the ac cession of Mr. WADE to the Presidency until after the Chicago Conventiort, that the rumor is absurd on its •face. ' • He is sure to * * President until next March, and his corn petiio.ii at* Chicago" would find. him infinite ly.leas fOirmdable a rival with his patron age already., disposed of than with the nu merous expectrints not yet disippointed. IT is FrATED by the Cincinnati Chronicle that the business . men of that city'are divided in opinion upon the question of wide or narrow bridge-spans, and that the -diviiion enured to the advantage of the narrow-span thTates, who regard the - latest salon of Ohio Legislature as settling the question of width at three hundred feet. We regard this result as most unfortunate for the growing interests of Cincinnati. Among river men there is a general and just belief that it will be seriously detrimental to the safety of navigation. A well organized, active and energetic combination has thus enabled a special interest to, triumph at the expense of the general welfare. It is in this way that the great, Clumsy, awkward, slow ; footed public permits itself again and again :to" be plundered of its rights by the wide l'aivake aggressions of private aiterprise' DEMOCRATIC F.MRARRASSMENTS. The opposition to the Republican party will find the question of a platform as full • of embarrassments at New York as the se , lection of a Presidential nominee. , .Nor are the two difficulties entirely indepe.ndent "of each other. . In fact the first well-marked 'line to be 'drawn by the Convention, whether upon candidates or principles, will be practically a settlement upon both points : • Tho previous exPerience of the party has with a single exception shown that 'princi - plea, are of no consequence ' and the per . sonal'availsbility of men has been the de oldie !consideration. The Convention of .1888 introdaM the Democracy to a test upon principles entirely Flthouttme ce d ent . in its history, except in 100. In tility ear, - . : - ...Whiiibrought,,by.thi.friediribli power of tiTents;,squarely ffica.lo faceup to 'at: ` crucial won, -soon t :thp merits' of a Oesti o i could neither, be ignored , ' in' ilence nor eluded by the customary double-,tongued MM adroitness of`Pbras' eblOgy which h . ati. O'vei to the p ar ty s o many. of its triumphs,mphtriumphs,the test was fatal, a schism resulted, and, while one fragmeni: of the 'party nVowed their objectionable dogma with a bold sincerity. ,which was du . !-tiine, illustrated Upon' '• 'Marry' sanguinary battle-fleld, the other 1 and Arger wing of ihe Democracy attenipied,: the, .old game of evasion and duplicity; to recover the lost confidence of the 'people. The crisis proved too dangerous and its peril reached too near the lifeof the Reirriblie -for ainere . E.trici of politics to t 744 and so.the D,emocmtiefparty. went down Not a few of its hoes ored and most 'distinguished leadirs, and manyiAlitintidids of itr liberty:loving and patriotic voters ; arrayed themselves on th - side of the Union 'aid' ifs - uricorriPromiSing defenders, and,becaine not only the faithful and trusted allies of the Repubifeim organi: zation, but, from that day to this, consti tute an honored and influential portion of the party of Popidar Rights. ' : In .1864. 'when. the remnants of the old Democracy met at Chicago, Copperheadism, pure and'simple, ruled its deliberations, and the party again went to -the - people upon a thinly veiled, admission of its disloyalty to the Union. Had the" party then no reliance except upon such remnants of its old. or ganizations as had withstood the temptations of armed secession on the one hand' and the. sacred claims of imperilled liberty, on the other, a mere handful only "of followers would ..have rallied lout its. dishon ored ' but ennunistaiicet; • fe vered it. Deserters, skedaddlers, draft , sneaks,- ,„ bounty,jumpers,- '..exposed pad ditraced contractors, incapable and ion demned military aspirants, with thousands milk-blooded citizens who had a coward ly fear of a service to ,whielt their country might all them , ,or IThergfudged (*MAW- - tion from their means, to the necessities of th.e Treasury- r all _that class_ who, opposed giving aman or dollar to their country, and each one of them qneking with a fear that the man ratizht be himself or thndollar his. .owri--these were the new 'recruits whom. the Deniocracy were so lucky as to drtun tip to their support,t and in such numbers as to give them once more a tolerable show as a niinbrity at the polls.' '' Such is substantially the character of the Democracy of 1868. A very few additions have been made to them from those weak brethren in whose' breasts country had ob-. tamed a temporary sway over party, but whose partizan proclivities returned when the dead-point of danger had been passed. But the number of these "war Democrats," who, fainting by"the way-side, have strag gled out of the ranks of the Union, to be picked up.by. the Democratic ambulances, keeping step hereafter to the music of Dixie; is; let us be thankful, very small and their_ influence extends no further than their votes. It is the party composed of such ele ments, animated by "such sentiments„ and led by the same old Copperhead leaders, which calls itself still the Derdocracy and meets at New York in a few weeks in Na tional Convention. - • One leading question will decide the choice of candidates, RS it will contrOrthe autliri tative utterances of the platform. It will govern theorganization Of the body in the election of its presiding officer, and of all its committees. A prominent western candi &Ste has forced this questionupon the party, and he will stand or fall in its official coun cils upon , the issue he- leur made. He will 'bricotmter a determined and bitter opposi— tion. It is a question of the pocket , quite as much as of principle, with 'the Democratic leaders, and questions of the pocket are as potential with , these gentlemen as with the most of - men. Mr. Pendleton's anti-war record especially , commends him to the in fluential, Copperheads,to the mass of the party, in fact, excepting the small percentage in whose ears the old and sweet music of the Union,fife and drum still echoes,. but his financial theory, if en dorsed by a noinination, and successful be fore the people, is, to many of the magnafes • of the Democracy, - the next thing to finan cial ruin. They will, if they can, defeat his aspirations by any means, fair or foul, and the prospect jus; now seems favorable to the success of their combinations against him. His own friends, on the other hand, have committed themselves to his proposi: tions beyond the possibilty of withdrawal. A- Democratic election:campaign this year in the west, 'without "PENDLETON and greenbacks" would .be like the, play of Hamlet, omitting the Prince from the cast. The 'emasculated -programme would' leave them absolutely nothing to say. This is the question which causes our Democratic brethren most 'serious concern. It is critical to this degree that -It involies either the peril of a "bolt" or such a dis couragement of a large minority of the par ty . as to put success in November com pletely beyond possibility. This question must be met at New York; it cannot be evaded, and the party is fully aware of the dangers Involved. A single consideration may have :decisive weight in its solution. With "PENDLETON and greenbacks," the party may reasonably make pretensions to some sort of platform Without that issue, they haft no platform at all. The question of taxation is being rapidly adjusted to meet the views of the people and the needs of the. Government. Reconstruction, half com pleted, will, in sixty days more, be , an ab solute. and irreversible finality . Neither upon a protective tariff nor upon universal suffrage is the Chicago: Convention likely to-give them any bhow. , They have nething but PENDLETON and rag-money to fall back upon, and that, such as it is, they will re gard as better than. nothing, and so, for the hope of making a respectable fight; the Ohio politician and his theories will stand a chance to beaccepted as a inatter,Ofirecessipy:- YLiss.kcsusErrs has again repudiated Fe male' Suffrage. The Judiciary' Committee ;of the Massachusetts House, which for some days had been hearing argunienia for and against femelegUfftngiVon Tuesday: re— Pgrted tnumbnously against both ilousee agrtortii,the report. This: fa the third time that the Massachusetts Lees's tun has rejected female suffrage. . . N.L.,,....„,,..., ~. ~ , ....p.4 . : ~ 4C7- -.. 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Its.correspondent at Washington asserts that the report is guard ed in the cloEieSt _seamy from the public eye but thafeoPiBs of the.sheets as revised are forwarded to the Iron aziiitAteelASSOcia 7 tion and the•Manufacturpr's Associations foi information and: suggestions. - That journal makes u,-determinedoliposit'on to any tariff tevision, _in the, interpst, of i creaseti-protec tion to the branches of indn try repre4Stited by the Associations above thentioned, and it may have been misled, in its statement on this point, by Crroneona information. Its , q I : ll TeßP.andellt••aaYs l ,..l._; , j . ; l'l 7 1 . ": :i.- :;', The principle pervading the bill throughout is 1. The Ant les on for s eigii articles minting in cOnipe t Ilion with those of home mann fitcture arc increased alarre existing rat es.from 50 to gaper cent. . 2. Thu duties alt raw materials . produced at home and entering in manufactures truth'. unchanged. or are reduced from 23 to 50 per.cen ~, - . .. ... . 3. The duties on-foreign artiel s entering Into Man ufaetttres are either reduced o . the artieles them selves transferred to the free / t. . ..„ We will specify n few partieula a: . , Present .. • ' . Tariff. ~Propos, i l.l Rates. On rods and wire rods less than li•biluc. di ameter . • .:. ,' —,-, . , -,, • = 1,!.?,c 'I "• - • • 234 e Nall rods itt fb Isle : Vic Hoop, band, strip, &e.. Ilse Vic Sheet and plate iron...' 134 c. • Vle Glazed or polished sheet It c Iron wire, bright., cop tP-ritirl=ttuittmnsedr.ill..;, • . i- , c c & 15 tfte - - It e&l5 ve racecluting ofwfre At' '' - ' ' . ' . • C • .. , . less than No, 9 gauge. a , c, .- '•-..• -'5 O. Blacksmiths' hannners 23ic,• ~ ~ 4 c W. ashers nutsand bolts .2 c 3,Sjc Woodscrevrs lone of the) . . - most outrageous inun- 1 . 8 e-9 c • °ldies in the country) ill c _ 12 c different sires • STEEL. Muddled and blistered, i lb. '2!'c - 3‘ , ;c Cast and shear 2'2c 34c In bars or ingot 4 - , 3@:l,lic &16 c 5c&10 pc Rods and wire rods 2lio &al c 4 c &10 Wire,No. 76 and inore."7 - '2lic &20 c 5,4 c &20 c Wire, less than No. 16. 3c& 20 e 6 e &25 e itesievier steel 4 C & 5 c- 3,li,ie ' Alt steel In shtets.slabs'.... .. or plates ' ' "tiigAtic - . s.)jc &.15'fc CrinoTthe and hat steel i wire. -., .43 V . . c 9 eac Mlle w Sas' 10 c 15 c &mares, fur measuring 3@6 c & 30119" c 9 c OOVIc Steel- lir other forms.. • .. . .. `l..lnanufactured , 30 c .It is farther stated that the duty On ingot copper is increased five cents per pound, or ,100 per cent advance, and on the- manu factured products of copper from 35 to 45 and even 55 per cent. Pig-lead remains Un changed, but the duties on manufactured lead are advanced from 35 to 40 per cent; on white-lead, moist or ground, froni 3 cents to 5 tents; on litharge from 3 to 4 cents and on all pigments from 3 to 5 cents; on cotton, raw, a reduction of 33 per cent, but fine cotton cloths advanced from..and 51 to '7'•and 74 cents;. yarns coarser than No. 50 from 4 cents per skein and 30 per cent, to 20 cents and 80 pet cent. Warps, finer than-No. 'l'o, from 40 per cent to 40 cents and 30 per cent. Hosiery is vaned from 35 per cent to 10 cents per po Ind and 40 per cent.' - The Writer proceeds: On potatoes the dutles arc reduced fror per, bushel: on tifieleaued rice from 2 cents pound; advancing the duty on ;wheat fron cents a bushel, and maintaining the dote it /Indian corn. On hubs, posts, wagon bloc ets, lath. &c., the tariff is reduced from 20 cent; on shingles from al per cent to 50 1.000; barrels from liver cent to 30 per cent hemlock bark,logs; uninanufactunsitlinber ties. ship-tiniber and lirewocid. toasts an which bear twenty per cent duty under the tariff are transferred to the free To benellt,the'ntanufactnrers still 'furtlin every article of foreign growth which Is e by theist Is transferred to the free Itst—sacha and nuts used In dying. bleaching powders, cloths. gotta percita, Julia rubber. Jute; pot ornamental woods. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. The list of Church Courts td assemble soon, which we gave recently, being incomplete, we insert a fuller account for the benefit of those interested. The General Assembly 'of the Old School Presbiterian Church will . meet at Albany, New York, Ma, 21st. The, New School AsseMbly convenes on the same day at'Harrtsbnrg, Penna. The Southern General Presbyterian Assembly will hold its annual session at Baltimore, same day. On the 26th of May the' United Presbyterian General Asseiribly iniefiCat New. York. The General Atisembly of the Cum berland PresbyteriariChtirch, meets at-Lin coln, Illinois, May 21st. The General Syn od of the Nefonned Church, holds tts session at Hudson, New York, June Bd. The Gen eral Synod of the Refornied Presbyterian Church, convenes in Pittsburgh, May 20th. The time and place of meeting of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian (Old School) Church we are.unable to give. The Gen eral Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Churcli'commenced its QOadrenial session in Chicago: - Yesterday, end will continue at least four weeks. , .Tho General Synod of the Eangelical Lutheran Church meets at Hariisburg during this month. The. Gen eral Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, will hold its Triennial session in the Pall, and also the General Synod of the German Reformed Church. We hope to. make such arrangements as will enable us to give the most important transactions of these Ecclesiastical bodies. In 1840 there were iu Pennsylvania one , hundred and five :clergyman and - one hun dred and ten pasishes of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The last twelve years have added more than sixty parishes, and sixty-five clergyman, and the number of communicants Is more than I'dotible what it was in 1840. The closing exercises of the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny city, took place some days since. The total number in attendance during the term, was seventy three. - The examinations enihraced =two 'days. The'Address before the Society of Inquiry, was delivered by Rev. David Hall, of 'Mansfield, Ohio, and.the address to the Senior class, by Rai , . george Hill, of Blairs ville, Pennsylvania.. The closing exercises at the First Presbyterian Church, Allegheny City, was intercaing 7 4ev. David D. D., LL. D. presiding. After prayer by Rev. Jonathan Edwards D. D., President of Washington and CanonSbarghl College, the membets of the Graduating_class, num bering sixteen, delivered- addresses, at the close of which Dr. 2111ott Presented' them with diplomas, , and • a handscitne Bible was furnished to each member with an addrees by the ReV. 'H. W. Jacobus, D. Di, • LL. _ Thus ended . the term of this excellent institution, and ono too, that will long -be =remembered by many. liext session of the Seminary will ortcw, The Philadelphian rresbYteilan •P;i!DY iery, in view of indecienees of the specta-, cies now so common in the theatres and opera houses, unprecedentedln our country, and hardly equalled =in any other, and which are making . fearful inroads upon fe male delicacy, youthful parity, and public morality, call .upon the ministry, and sour Legislathre, to use means to check: the decencies and immoralities of stage exhi- If dons. - !Rev. James A.Reed, a graduate of . the d School Presbyterian Seminary aeross e river, is suPplying the pulpit of Rev. i . Gurley, on ; New York avenue; Wash., igton clty, in the absence the Doctor in ' California. Mr. Reed's style of , preaching s repfesented as being forcible and his gesture plea4ingt . ... ._ • , • , A. National Camp Meeting is 'to be held this year ; commenaiig, Tuesday, July 17th, and closing Fridavweek: Timfirst of its i I hid, not restriatellio Conftrence bounds, r district supervision as usually,ls the case; as held last year 'by , the. Methodists at Ineland, N. 3.',' and was oldite, 4 successful nil useful meeting' The committee ap ointed at Thelr-inela - nd-camp meeting to fix t e time andrifike of tliiffigeting this year, h:ve not fully decided upon the location, P•rhaps Lancaster; PenniylVania, may be selected. , , The Advance, of Chicago, a Congrega tional paper, edited with signal ability, favors the classifying of the members in its churches, something-like the Class arrange ment in the Methodist Episcopal .Church, and it thinks they will never be thoroughly organized till they adopt some such plan.. The Advance also advises the use of local preachers-to do certain kinds of missionary work, and co-operate with the pastor in various ways. It is surprising the expansion of the Ger man mission work of the M. E. Church since 1835, when Rev. Dr. Nast, the dis tinguished Biblical author, stood alone• of this. German element in that Church. In 1867, statistics show 32,072 members, 346 traveling ministers, 324 local preachers, 447 churches, 177 parsonages, 2 orphan asylums, 2 colleges, and one imigrant home. This property valued in the aggregate will amount to $1,656,386.. The same year the church collections reached $65,165,66. Trinity Corporation, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, New York City, con templates erecting a Cathedral near Central Park. The First (German) Reformed Church, Reading, Penna., at the Easter communion, had an-accession of ninety-nine persons, by confirmation and Certificate. Recent information represents that the Baptists of Chicago are vigorously at work in promoting the erection and endowing of a Theological Seminary-at Chicago. At the First Baptist Church, Sunday week, ten thousand diollars was subscribed toward the enterprise. _ - A Roman Catholic revival, or mission. says the Independent, has occurred in Nor wich, Conn. The Church wasthronged for weeks, the . confessional I was crowded day and evening, and the results, according to representation, were "Three. thousand five, hundred conversions, hundreds of Itrayed sheep were brought back to the fold, the es tablishment of the - confraternities of the Holy Rosary and of the Angelic Warfare, and many other heavenly graces." The American Missionary Association is doing incalculable good in the South. It supported last year, in connection with other auxiliary societies that labor with it, four hundred and seventy-five preachers and teachers. Of these but thirty were ordained clergymen.. • 'The approaching Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Di ocsse of Pennsylvania, which meets at Phila delphia on the 12th, will' take action in re gard to the division of the Diocese. The churches in the interior counties it is believed are. almost unanimous in favor of such a division as will throwthe city of Philadelphia and counties of. Bucks, Montgomery, Ches ter and Deleware into one Diocese, and, leave the remaining counties west to form the New or Middle Diocese. . to 13 0 4N( ` 74{, cents on -s, Pick !o toper ents per oak and railroad 1 nietri. Present • sihnoqt IWO) ed berrit.k bolting t..ta and The German Lutheran Conference of the Missouri Synod, met in Philadelphia last. week. It was resolved to place a mission any in New York - to latior among the Ger mans in that city, and vicinity,, and also to erect a Lutheran High School in Baltimore, for general educatiop. The best mode of sustaining Theological Institutes in St. Louis-and Fart Wayne, and School Teach ers' Seminary, in Addison, Illinois, was dis cussed. • . i r Quite aco ohm exists among the church choirs i Rochester, N. Y., from the fact of high bidding by churches for leadiUg singers. Tie Union of that city says that one Presbyterian chutch has offered a lady who sings in an Episcopal choir the sum of eight hundred dollars - per annum to change her position. In another Episeopal church the choir is being reconstructed on a basis of expending some twelve hundred dollars per year for music. The result is there is an uneasiness among the choirs in the churches. It further says the church that has the most pular choir draws the largest miscellaneous udiences. , There is a r ligions organisation in New . England, eall d the "Six Principle Bap fists.", :They nd their sect on Hebrews VI: 1,2, where their six principles are enu merated, viz : RePentance, - Faith. Baptism, Laying on of Hinds, Resurection and Ster nal Judgment: -t'phey , -have held their - one hundred and ninety-seventh Annual Con . vendor' lately, but they:have xtot progressed, Or have grudually dwindled away, being swallowed up by the regularßaptists. _ ~ TUE Fasnioris.—The new Paris style of wearing ladies' hair, is called the "out of , , water'.'heed dress. It is simply a whole head of hair brushed back over the ears without the ,slightest ornament. In Eng land the fashion report is that black dress coats are going out, and that the old style blue coats,with brass buttons, are coming in., The *minuteness of the.new ; style;of bon nets has enabled economical millin ere in l'ar is to announce bonnets for three cents pach;, made of-thin, pliable stripfibr - :mood, woven like a net, and with the interstices filled with very ribbon.'• Of course these three cent bonlets may be "trimmed" up to the highest popeible price. CITY SND SUBURBAN. THE COURTS United States District Court—Judge 'Mc- Caudless In the btmkruptcy branch Jas. P. Tanner, against whoma rule was granted, on appli cation of W. E. Putnam ,k, Co., of Boston, to show cause why he should not be declar ed a bankrupt, filed an answer through his counsel. The respondent denies that, he has, committed the acts of bankruptcyas set forth by the petitioning creditors, avers that he should not be declared a bankrupt for any cause in: said petition, and,, demandi that, the charge may be Submitted to ajury. The case mill. be tried at the ensuing session of the Court. Petitions for final discharge were fiied by Charles K. Thompson, of Charleston, Tioga county, and Samuel L. Bettie, of Wilkes ria herr , Luzern county. The usual orders were made. • , , In he common law branch an orde was i ssue decreeing Wm. B. , Poster as infor mer n the case of the (United Stites vs. onehundred and sixteen barrels of whisky owne by J. S. Cone and Rensselaer & tad gbly, and entitled to the informer's 'share of p coeds of sale of said liquors. ' Pn otion of T. C.•Leawdre, Esq., Saml ry Montgome and 'Malcolm Hay, Esc's., of Pittsburgh, were duly qualified and admit ted to practice in the• United States Court. The following United States Commission ers we re appointed:_ Win. A. M'Cormick, Esq.,f Mercer, and )V. W. HroWn, Esq., of Smithport, McKean county.'' , , Common Pleas—Judge Sterrett. Louis Burkovntz vs. Straub Jr Leob. This was a feigned issue to test the question as to the ownership of goods levied upon by defendants as the property of Adolphßurk owitz. Verdict for plaintiff. Henry Koeverman vs. Hersch ct Bro. This was also a feigned issue to settle the ownership of goods levied upon as the property of J. C. Meway. Verdict for plain tiff. Real Estate Transfers. The following deeds were filed of record, before H. Snively, E.sci., Recorder, May Ist, 1868: / James Armstrong to - Win. Armstrong September 19. 1863: tract of land in Plum kownshlp, contain ing 379% acres, With 'buildings. &c $l,OOO Samuel Scott to Wm. Armstrong, August 2, 1651: tract of land in Plumtownship, containing 460 acres.. 'Hebert-Leech to Wm. Armstrong. August 2, 1851: tract of land in Plum township, containing .3791. i • 'acres, with buildings. &c. . LO Charles Yoest to Francis X. Q. Fink. April 30. 1808: lots No. 13, 14 and L 3. 1n Jas. Patterson's plan of lots In Liberty., late Peebles township, on Pearl. • street, with buildings. &c " r.,050 Sheriff Miley , to Jonathan illutton, November 25, 1860: tract of land In Plum township, containing eleven acres, flue roads and thirty perches..traio Allegheny Savings Fund Company to James L. Gra ham, June Lq. 1887; lot in Allegheny city, on Fed eral street $4,461 34 Joseph Fisher to John Gast, AprllM, 1868: tract of laudin DuqueSne borough, containing five acres and thirty-one perches $3,750 Thomas S. Irwin, guardian of the minor children of . John P. Gamble deceased, to Thomas L. Gamble." February 10;1868: the undivided one-seventh part Of a tract of land in Scott township, . formerly Tip per St. Clair, on the bank of Chartiers creek, con taining one hundred and thirty-five acres and one • hunt , red aad two perches 4g, In S. bert to R. B, Cuthbert. Starch 31. 1868: lot In the borough of Mount Washington, having a front of fifty feet on Bertlfa street, and extending In depth one hundred feet; also 'pi in same borough, same street, 50x200 feet: also lot, same borough. having a front of tifty feet on Bertha street. and extending In depth two - hundred feet; with build ings $2.500 John Taggart to Jane Maria Brown, April 25, 1808: lot in Allt , gheny city, east side of Federal street. 21 feet 3 Inches by 96 feet Martha Gray to Alex. MeMartha, April IL 1866: tract in Pluni townshlp. containing 25 acres and 14-1 peiehes. with buildings "2,000 Ilarburgh et at. to Wm. McCoy. April 4 1806: lot In the borough of Sewlekly. south , side of Lo gan street, 40 feet front and extending In depth 12.3 feet:,buildings • $3OO (Thomas A. Mellott to Wm. F. McElroy, MaY 1 S07: lots numbered .= and 21 ;In a plan of lots In the borough or Sharpsburg. fronting al feet each on the south side of South Main street, by 90 feet in depth Win. Hinds to Wm. September 23. 1667: lot numbered 2 in-William Palmer; Wilds' plan of lots In Lib erty township, fronting .221 feet on the Pittsburgh and Greensburg' turnpike road, and extending in -depth 100 feet 3600 John.Welmar to Noah Potts, February 25, 1868: lot in the Second ward. Allegheny city, on the south side of Jackson street, ai by 178 feet, buildings, Sc The Duquesne •Coal Company . .. to Wm. Riley: April 6, 1898: tract in Wilkins township, containing one hundred and forty-two perches, buildings. &c.. 11800 Ephriam Spahr to James S. Strickler. April 27th. 1568: lot numbered 91n Spahr's plan of lots in Pitts. burgh, late • Collins township, ow Rural avenue. fronting 311 feet and extending In deph 190 feet..s4so Wm. F. Lanek to John G. Shaffer, April 2, 1867: lot -numbered 5 in the.,Cortleille - plan of lots In Wil kins,. township 9408 Administrators of Zara' Hayden,- Sr. to Win.• M. Tanitirk, April Ist, 1569; tract In - Elizabeth town ship. containing 91 acres and 121 perches 66,400 Joseph Laurent, trustee, to Wm. Vogel, April 16, 1868; lots numbered and 30 , inclusive, in the plan of 'the East Liberty Rativerrin: in Collins town :ship, fronting 35 feet each: on •Wilidata" street, told extend lug in depth ,12; feet *MO Andrew ming 'to John Young. Jr_ July :Sy 1957: • tract In Robinson township , on the' Pittsburgh and Middletown Road. containing 66.16' perches $B6l Thomas H. Haley to John. Young, Jr., • February 27, 16 - sit tract in Robinson township, containing 56 perches $lO Boots, Shoes and Carpets Messrs. Smithson, Vimbook dz McClel land, of the mammoth auction house sales rooms, Nos. 55 and 57 Fifth street, have in' store a very large stock of boots, shoes and gaiters of all the latest and . most fashion= able styles, which they offer at prices re gardless of cost' to wholesale and retail purchasers. These goods are sup erior, hav ing been ( manufactured by the leading shoe houses of the country, and never were made to be sold at such sacrificing prices. TheVirm have also on hand a full supply of ingrain, hemp and rag carpets, which they also will dispose of at private sale at very reasonable prices. Their stock of dry goods is likewise invit ing, and like the carpets and boots and shoes, will be sold regardless of cost. , Readers need not: be assured that the an nouncements of this house are bona fide, as the firm enjoys too high a reputation as business men, to make any false reputation to induce public patronage. I " In a New Place.—Mr. C. T. Webber, the well known and skillful Photographer, formerly of Van Pelt & Webber's rooms, is now with Mr. S. V. Alibee, at the new photographic rooms No. 2 and 4St Clair street. He has a model and most perfect light for making children's pictures, to which he Invites the attention of his old patrons. No where else in the city can more clear and distinct pictures be taken. Call and be satisfied. • Tore His Coat:—D. E. Grover ' police offi cer at the Rush House, arrested Scott Ward on Wednesday for disorderly conduct, and while conducting him to the watch house Ward tore his coat. Yesterday mornin,g the officer made information charging Ward with malicious mischief. The' Mayor, be fore whom the inibrmation was made after . a' hearlAg comthitted Ward to Jail in de fault of bail for his appearance at Court. Runaway Accident.--.A horse attached to a bu:ggy, in which' sat a little daughter of Dr. Mahon, of Allegheny, was left standing on Federal street, in that city,'Thursday evening. The animal took fright and dash ed down , the street at full speed. Near the Ft. Wayne - Railroad Depot the buggy struck a telegraph ,pole and was instantly demol ished. Strauge enough the little girl was taken from the wreck. uninjured. Soldiers' League and Firemen's Prayer Meting.—To-morrow (SUnday) afternoon, at quarter-past four O'clock, there will be two prayer meetings , held under the aus pices of ,the Young Men's Christian Asso ciatioe, one at the Columbia Pim Engine Rouse,corner Lacook and Andeison streets, the other at the Soldiers' iLeague Library Rooms, Laeook street,-op p osite the Anchor Cotton Mills, Allegheny City. - . coronerelnatievitoroner Clawson Yes tordtryteld - art itislueSt'on the drowned at rick Rtr•ih, bey who :wa in the All egheny river'on Thuniday evening, an amount eV Widcht We • published ynter "L`" The jfii-c , rendereof a verdict of ao.. ci death y - dtowalp,g. ' • • _ • -AIM& special ReligisniteirshAs e at the' Azad ezny of Music, on Sabbath afternoon at 3( o'clock. Prayers and short addresses. Seat free . No collection. All 'are invited. , . dames. D. Bear d s, Esq. His nuni4rous friends in'this city will be pleased tci !barn that this gentleman, a na tive and log a resident of this counts, has been elected to the State Senate of Louisi ana from tie Catahula or Fifth district 4 on the Republican ticket, We predict that in his new rah 3 Mr. Beares will do honor to both his native and adopted State. He 'has been for the past four years connected with the revenue service. of the United States in Louisi. The W,eld Family Sewing Machine Has obtain ft a reputation in this country never beforb ' obtained by any sewing ma chine in gd short a time. In comparison with other irachines, it. htia successfully bore the to p of thorough competitive W trial, and is noacknowledged to be of standard excellencei It is very simple in,construc tion, doeinot easily get out of order.• It 'runs easier than any other shuttle machine; the tension is of striking merit, 'the-ma chine can'tbe'easily thoroughly oiled, and cleaned. without endangering the dress; and operates with marvelous ease, precis ion and silence. For efficiency, sim plicity, durability, and ease ofmanagement the. Weed *ring Machine is not equaled by any ether.—.A. Y. Independent. Office 112.0 rant street, Pittsburgh, Penn sylvania. ' A Cnriont Ilfan.—Dr. A: S. Kennedy, of Auburn, lsr: Y., has discovered a speedy and permanent ' , remedy for Catarril, and will give gisoo ti t a . case!of this dreadful disease that he manta cure. 'lf you have an offen sive discharge from the head, nostrils ob structed or - I - dry, partial loss of hearing or smelling,ikain over the eyes, a substance sticking in';'the throat, affecting the voice. If you have ix Cough, a Sore Throat, or Dys pepsia, get'4,Dr. Kennedy's "Permanent Cure for Catarrh." It is a thorough course of treatment, and completely eradicates any or all; Of the above symptoms of this loathsome diSea.se, and is curing thousands of sufferer's I who had become' discouraged with snuffs and strong solutions. . See that his fac simitsi isupon the wrapper. Sold by all Drugglsts.. 'All orders from Druggists should ' be addressed to Demas Barnes dc Co., 21 P.arki Row, N. Y. ' , ' Heath 7. , itaves.--At a regular meeting of this company, held last evening, they were reviewed by! Gen. A. L. Pearson,: (apt. J. R. Oxley and a number of other gentlemen, in which t&y . ,gave an exhibition of their skill in the manuel of. arms. Gen. Pearson made a feW . ,remarke in which he highly complimented the company; especially for their proficiency in the bayonet exercise. Major A. P.J Callow also made a few re marks, after 'which the meeting adjourned. The company at present numbers about 75 inemberi the majority of whom served in the late War. They expect to parade in full uniform Taken to tie Hosliital.—Deputy Sheriff Stubbs conveyed two insane men named Frank Kahliand Wm. McElroy to the Dix mont Hospitl Thursday. Kahl vas sent by, order •ofourt on a petition of sever al of his friendi, setting forth that he was in sane and that; they were unable to properly take care ofjhim. McElroy was tried in Court and laequitted of horse stealing on the ground insanity. Alleged arceny"—James A. Bell, con stable in tbe Pifth ward, yesterday , discov ered a quantity of scrap iron, which is al leged to haird been stolen from the Penn sylvaniu Railroad Company, in the posses sion of Thpruas Morgan, on Penn street. He made information before ' Alderman Taylor, chiiiglng • Morgan' with larceny.( He was arrested and held for a hearitig. , , False Prelence.--31. C. Hardwick made information. *fore Alderman Irwin,Charg ing Adam Shaffer, of Lawrencevill, with obtaining goOds under false pretence. The prosecutor 14 a grocer In Lawrenceville, and alleges that the accused obtained gro ceries to the amount of $l5 by reporting that he owneil property. A warrant was issued for hig arrest. It - • , BEWARE - - Of that remorsOl ,. ess and Insidious destroyer of the human race. - • - ' . . . COSUMPTION: 1,1. Check and ed quer its advances, lest you fall the .victim. . When:attacked with any of its preliminary . . symptoms, nci matter how alight, be on ydur guard , and promptly i e the remedy ere too late. i - . DR. Se BM COMM SYRUP It; - - - Is an old, welt ttried. certain and standard remedy for. Coughs, Wads, Asthma, Croup, Difficulty of ' Breathing, P i nkt , or Oppression in the Chest or Lungs, and all Diseasegorthe Pulmonarr Organs. Its sure and - de tain efficacy has been fully rested . and endorsed or many years by numbers ox well . . - known citizen in our midst, and „their certificates are on record)."