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'FRIDAY, MAY ,8, 1868
TEE WEEKLY GAZETTEOdtKai on Ted—
nesekfys and Saturdays, is , tlts , best and eAeap..
est famOy newspaper in P neybania,
'presents each week forty-eiYht columns of
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well as the most retiabie market reports of jay
paper in the State. Its files are used cedu
steoty Ivan! Civil Courts of Allegheny 'county
for reference in important issues to determine
the ruling prices in the markets at the time of
the busineetstranuutisn in dispute. Terine;
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pages o f this
morning's GAZETTE : Second page : Poetry,
Table ''Talk. Third page: Central Live
Stock, r iNnancial Matters in Hew York, Mar
kets by :,Telegraph, River Hem, Imports.
/Sixth page: Finance and Trade, Some
Markets: • Seventh page:T.Miscellancous Read
ing Matter.
GoLD closed yesterday In New York at
1891.
THE Republicans of New Hampshire, in
Convention on the sth appointed delegates
to Chicago, instructing them for GRANT.
Resolutions were also adopted sustaining the
impeachment.
IT rs nEPORTED that the citizens of Phil
adelphia find that their inability to sustain a
profitable Or'even a self-supporting line of
ocean'stftniships, has become a habit so
chronicasto he hopeless of wry improve
ment: They find it less expensive to trans.
act their maratiMe - hilliness through the
convenient channels of New York and Bal.
more.
Tim case of the Buffalo and State Line
Railroad and the Erie and Northeast Rail
road vs. the Erie and Pittabtirgh Railroad,
which was argued in the 'United States Cir
cuit Court in December last, is to be re
argued at WittinThqport on the 16th of June
next. The case is an important one, as it
involies the control : of the Erie and Pitts
burgh Raiboad. -
Tun interest of Col. A. K. MCCLURE in
the Chlitithersbnrg- .#epotitary, one of the
ablest Republican journals in the gtate, has
been disposed of to Messrs. .Isttz. Coos
and S. W. Hess, young gentlemen of de
cided literary ability, and members of the
Franklin' county bar. Col. 3fcCurar. is
followed in his retirement from editorial
duties with the best wishes of friends
throughout the entire Commonwealth. We
wish his successors a large measure of pros
perity
Tem Suers transacted no public bug
' ness yesterday, going into secret session as
soon as it convened. We have no informa
tion as to its progress in deliberations upon
the great issues which have engrossed pub
lic interest for nearly two months past. It
is doubtfbl if this tribunal will declare any
judgment before ,tile week Closes; but all
speculationi, either as to the nature of the
verdict or the date of its announcement,
are simply, vague conjecture. The country
will know what it has a right to;expect, and
we have 'an unshaken confidence that this
expectation will be realized.
THE GRAND ARMY OF .THE REPUBLIC is
perfecting its organization for effective ser
vice in the campaign. These soldiers will
\ not permit the welfare of the 'Union to be
endangered by the restoration of disloyal
men to political power, if it can be lawfully
prevented by their patriotic efforts. The
principles for which they once freely exposed
their lives, are even yet imperilled by the
intrigues of the enemies of a Constitutional
government, and these soldiers still rally
around the flag, relying now upon the bal
. lot in place of the bullet. We print else
where the organization of their State Cen
tral Committee, and heartily weleoine the
organization to an , effective alliance against
the common enemy. '
•
OpErixrrina in various trades' hi the
country are much Alisquieted, -and an un
usual number of "strikes" are reported.
Some 1500 coal miners are "out," at Min
eral Ridge, Ohio, with no prospect of an
early return to work: There is trouble in
the iron-mills at Youngstown and Dun-
cannon. In New York, the bricklayers
struck for $5 per day, and got it ;
_the hod
carriers also got 25 cents additional. The
house-carpenters and joiners: want their
$3.50 increased to $4, and are confident of
success. The masons thirik their $4.50 will
soon be $5. The coal-heavers on the docks
have struck, but have not yet gained their
point. The carvers want $8.50 instead of
$3. The journeymen-bakers, coopers, lum
ber-handlera and 'several other classes of
labor also demand a similar advance, and
have either struck, or contemplate a turn-out
if their demands are not acceded to.
"PgrtmEux" does not like our sugges- 1,000 feet are safe and practicabl e, and that
Lion that a new Eastern route, via the Me- no bridge should have lea's than 45 feet ele
gheny Valley 'Railway and an independent Teflon dbove the surface of the water._ As,
connection thence to, the seaboard, might however, boats can lower their pipes, the
furnish to , the business men of Pittsburgh, question of heighth is of , less importance, in
the healthful cotnpetition in freights which comparison with the irremediable injury
they have considered essential to their in- from permanent obstructions restricting the
-Wrests. His' objection is Certainly worthy 'width of the channel.
of consideration, id view of the magnitude Should it be found impracticable to se
of the petrOlenitriattthis point. A cure the interposition of Zongress to pre
very large ,capitallis. invested ;here in the vent the construction otth4eimPeiliitienbi,'
businesd of preparing crn4elp,e4l4epq . for tbels mumps only
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tending the business are not large, and any
additional burthens imposed upon the trade
might have * seriously injurious results The
shrewd End far-sighted men who are•espe.
cially interested will give due consideration
to this important question, and will not be
caught in any trap if they, know !t.
' A word more : none understand better
than does " Petroleum " that efforts to force
trade into unnatural channels, or to exclude
the traffic of the country from those chan
nels which invite •it by 'their superior
vantages, are„in the long run, invariably
futile and astrous. The buslriessinter
eats of this city will prosper in any Ispecial
department just so long as they command
the elements of skill, capital, position and
connections, and no longer. When the
material progress of the country develories•
superior advantages elsewhere, our own in
dustry applies itself to other new depart
ments of production„ with the same ,or in-
Creased prosßerity. One trade is entitled to
no preference over all others, and advan
,
tages whieh are generally desirable to the
community are not likely to be neglected to
suit any special interest. If the communi
ty, as a whole, should, approve of the newly
projected line of railway, with the benefit
of its competition for.our eastern business,
the road will be built, and special interests
would soon adapt themselves to the new
situation.
OBSTRUCTIONS TO RIVER NAVIOA.-
TION.
The citizens of Pittsburgh are invited to
meet on Monday evening next, to consid
er thr dangers with which their interests,
in the unobstructed navigation of the Ohio
river, are threatened by the Unfriendly legis
lation of a 'neighboring State. A private
corporation has secured from the Legisla
ture of Ohio, a nominal grant of authority
- to place impediments in this stream which
if asserted as now seems probable will ren
der its free navigation not only perilous to
life and property, but, under certain con
ditions absolptely destructive. The pros
perity of this eity, - -tind of many important in
terests in the vast region drained by the
numerous confluents of the Ohio, and which '
is included within the territorial Hillis 'Of
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
West Virginia, is vitally threatened by this
unquestionable infLingement upon the inter—
State rights whiah the Federal Constitution
guarantees to all. The efforts of the intelli
gent and faithful opponents in Ohio to this
invasion of private rights and of the
common public privileges, have proved
ineffectual to prevent the consummation, at
Columbus, of the designs of a special mon
opoly, and the inhabitants of all the region
watered by the upper Ohio find themselves
remitted to the simple duty of protecting
themselves, by constitutional and legal
means, against the unjust encroachment.
The remedy is in our own hands. We need
only to invoke the Federal interposition, and
to insist that it shall be exhibited for our
protection, to ensaire the effective vindication
of the right of free navigation o f
i this river.
Congress should be at once memorialized,
our Representatives instructed, and if need
be, the Judiciary appealed to. The interests
at stake should be confided to a' responsible
committee of citizens, with instructions to
exhaust every necessary means in protecting
the navigation from illegal impediments.
The river at Cincinnati, where the new
bridge is proposed to be built, is about 1,200
feet wide. 'They are authorized by the Ohio
Legislature to make the main span only 800
feet wide, and the other spans to range
from 200 to 240 feet. This will require six
piers in the river. If these pleis are each
25 feet in width of masonry, they will oc
cupy one-eighth of the entire water-way.
The rise and fall of the river at that point is
sixty feet. At a forty feet stage, the cur
rent is from six to seven miles per hour. -
The effect of such an amount of obstruc
tion at a high stage of water cannot be ade
quately described. The entire floating com
merce of the Upper Ohio is to be turned
into a single 300 feet water way, in the very
front of a great city which already covers
the surface of the stream with craft employ
ed in its own local business, and through
this narrow channel, upon the arched sur
face of a current rushing with a velocity
taxing the powers of the' swiftest craft, the
flotillas which bear the wealth of four pop
ulous and productive States, are to take
- the chances of destruction. Oar boatmen'
will too often find.it a very Gate of. Death.
The now bridge at St Louis is to have a
span of five hundred and fifteen feet. The
Covington suspension bridge has a span of
one thousand and fifty-seven feet, and is el
evated one hundred and three feet above
low water. The two main channel-spans of
the new bridge at Louisville, where, the
river being twice ks 'wide as at. Cincinnati,
the rise and fall afe only forty feet, have a
width each of three hundred and seventy
feet. But there, a new canal is to be finished
at the publicexpense and made free, so that
no comidaints on the score of .obstruction
are justified. At Paducah, ono branch of ,
Congress has authorized the construction of
a bridge with three hundred feet span, but
this must be defeated in the Senate. Bridges
similar to that proposed at Newport, are
also projected at Bellaire and Parkersburg.
If these projects are all to be carried into
effect, as they will be without the interven
tion of the Federal authority, the free navi
gation of the Ohio.river will be practically
destroyed. !
RoEniario, who has had more ex
perience in suspension-bridges than any
other living engineer, find EADS, of
the St, Louis bridg!, concur in de
claring that for any purpose spans of 500 to
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE FRIDAY.. MAY 8, 186
Jury, That such a, structure would; e a
nuisance, and that it infringes upontliSlVO
and constitutional rights of citizens, there
would be little doubt • but the legal proles
sion, . 7
can judge better than we of the availa
bility of this remedy. At best, this would
entail a long and doubtful- contest for 019
removal of an obstruction existing, all the
maritime interests continuing to suffer until
a decbnon i could be had. Let Congress, by
its timely intervention, establishproper reg
ulations in advance, and no interest could ,
complain of an unwarrantable invasion of a
public right.
The-people of the States interested in the
unimpeded navigation of this National
stream should insist upon protection by the
Federal authority. No time should be lost
in presenting this demand in the most de•
delve and uncompromising terms. We are
all interested, citizens of Pittsburgh or
dwellers in the great Valley of the Ohio, in
witatever State. Boards of Trade, Steam
'boat Associations, Ooal and Oil Exchanges,
Lumber Manufacturers, and each indi
vidual citizen, we admonish you to be up
and,doing before it is too late.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE LIFE OF ULYSSES S. Gnaw; General
iri-Chlef, U. S. A. By . Hon. J. T. Head
ley. Illustrated. New York: E. B.
Treat .k Co.
This is a volume of 458 pages, of which
40 are devoted to the life of the eminent sub
ject of it previously to his re-entering the
army at the commencement of the rebellion,
and the residue to a narration of his public
services from that period down to the pres
ent time. It is not a work of depth or phi
losophical analysis. Such a performance is
quite beyond the powers of this author.
But it is a sprightly and vigorous recital of
the principal events which made General
Grant famous, and of his conduct therein.
To a large class of readers, it will prove
more acceptable than if its aim had been
higher and the execution of a superior or
der. Designed for the masses, and conse
quently for those whose tastes have not been
trained to the higher forms of historical
writing, it has all the characteristics of
Mr. Headley's other works, and will, doubt
less, aim] or suipass any of them in suc
cess.
General Grant rose suddenly from ob
scurity into the greatest distinction, and his
reputation appears to be established, on an
enduring basis such as frequently proves to
be the lot of individuals even in civil em
ployments, and in times of profound peace. '
Byron truly declares that he went to bed
one night, hnd awoke in the morning to
rind himself famous. In the military pro
fession and in times of special ferment,
fame is oftener achieved in a brief space
than in any other department of human ac
tivity. But military fame is often transient,
passing rapidly under permanent eclipse.
Examples of this sort were furnished during
the progress of our late war.
The growth of General GRANT 9 reputa
tion, while rapid, was remarkably uniform.
In only one Instance did he Atli to satisfy
public expectation, or the reasonable de
mands of the Government. - \ Perhaps he
owed something to the inferiority of most
of his competitors; for it must be confessed
that many of the loyal commanders failed
lamentably. But, in this respect, he only
shared the ordinary lot of great captains.
Genius is a rare quality In any calling, and
marks its possessor with in unmistakeable
/.
individuality. But, so far, war has devel
oped only a very small number of leaders
of first-rate capacities. The
. whoie of them
can be counteffon the fingersof one hand;
and General GRANT clearly does not Bill
into this category. He belongs, rather, to
the second class--not withCaisar, but with
Hannibal; not with Napoleon, but with
Wellington. He has talent, instead of ge
nius; and that not of a brilliant sort, but of a
solid and serviceable description. His capac
ities are not's° much for show as for use;
and, hence, he attracts more by results
actually attained through patient and per
sistent working, than by novelty or original
ity in his methods and instrumentalities.
Gen. GRANT is not demonstrative. Cold,
reticent, methodical, he resorts to none of
those glaring expedients to which men of
even real parts, but differently constituted,
not unfrequently have recourse. He is pre
cisely what he seems to be. Vaunting
nothing, he is content to be judged, calmly
and critically, by whathe does. Possessing
himself in the fullest degree; that is, having
all his capacities and passions under abso
lute control, he knows how to wait, to rest
under misconstruction; if need be, to abide
the natural progress of events, and to make
his intentions. and principles =known, not
through idle professions, but through en
during deeds.
Hence, the peculiar feeling of most loyal
citizens towards him, which is that,ln what
ever spherelfe may be placed he is reliAble;
that he may be slow in avowing his purpo
ses, but when committed to a given policy
will not be shaken therefrom ..by difficulties
or seduced by blandishments. He may, in
deed, see calm to change his views and
plans; but can never be guilty of a betrayal
of confluence.
Unquestionably, there are men in the
country who surpass him in the peculiar
qualities and endowments essential to, ac
complished statesmanship. But, unfortu
nately for them, in the tumult of the times
they have failed to inspire the popular re
gard. The most eminent of them all has
failed to evince those superior intuitionsby
which events of greatest magnitude are
foreseen_and prepared for; while otherrepu
taticms that had assumed colossal propor
tions before the drama of the rebellion
opened, disappointed public expectation,
entailed intense humiliation, and at last ex
cited boundless disgust. Under such cir
cttmstances the people have turned instinc
tively to Gen. Grant as the proper man to
fill the Presidential office during the nest
term. As he crowned the national cause
with pre-e,minent vtetory in the field, it
iB btliev,d4hat 1 4/4 1 A/481*We liteherts'
of ffie whinnirbe healed, fraternal'ayriipa,
thletireator,OtoAe , diatracted country, and:
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liberty, in the broadest dignification 1 be te.
cured f oro all . hisses' of.the population.
A TREATISE . OZ.i METEOROLOGY-With a
collection of Meteorological Tables- by
Elias Loomis, LL. D., Professor of Tables;
Philosophy and Astronomy, in Yale
College, and author of a "Course of Math
ematics:" Published by Harper &'Bros.,
New York. For sale by Henry Miner.
Pittsburgh.
A work of this kind has long been need
inel this country as a text 1 book of the
p nciplcs of Meteorology. This science
lEs made rapid advance Within a •few years
t and tangible results are beginning to
seen of. the benefits of the outlay to pro
mate it. ' Every year it is alio becoming
more fully systemized. The careful noting
Of -the- weather in many of the leading
cities, is proving to be of vast importance
to those engaged in commercial life, in con
nection with the sea. In the ftiture years
'hen meteorological changes In all parts of
the.world are carefullrnoted, and regis
tered, and classified and interpreted by the
best scientific skill of the day, meteorologx
Will become ono of the definite sciences of
the day. Prof. Loomis has presented the
work in an admirable form for students,
and at the same time, embodying the most
recent facts of thii science.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY. OF BENJAMIN FRANK
trnr. Edited from his manuscript, with
notes and an introduction by; John .Bige
low, Published by 1: B. Lippincott dr,
Co., Philadelphia.
The name of Fnarirars is so closely
indentified with the foundation of our Gov
emment, and so familiar. with every school
boy, that the appearance of his Autobiog
raphy, edited by one so capable as Mr:
BIGELOW, late Minister, to France, will
.a waken a desire in the hearts of many
to peruse it. The wise sayings of FRANK-
Lill, are as familiar as household words. No
class of books are more popular sad more
generally read than those of FnAmm.
The charming styl‘ of this autobiography
captivates the reader, and there is also a
beautiful simplicity about it, that niust com
mand the homage of the thoughtful. Per
haps at no period are works of this kind so
opportune as at the present. Minister BIGE-
Low, while in France, fortunately became
the possessor of the original manuscrip
and this volume is the fruit of his labor.
The volume is prefaced by a fine engraving
from the original picture of Fru:N.IEIIN in
pastil. The work is elegantly printed and
and bound.
THE CONGRESSIONAL QUESTION
-22d DISTRICT.
' The time is fast approaching when the
Republican party of the 22d Congressional
'District will be called upon to present a can
didate for the suffrages of the people, at the
ensuing October election, as a representative
of the district in the forty-first Congress.
That a distxict like this should be ably
represented in Congress, no one will deny.
Equal in importancec however, is the
question of the soundness of the rep
resentative. We have too many re
cent, as well as more remote ex
amples, of the betrayal of party as well
as the principles by whom and upon which
men have been elevated to high and respon
sible positions, not to be admonished of the
imperative necc ssity of looking• well to the
political soundness of those who offer them
selves as candidates for Congress. •
We cannot but remember the betrayal of
the Republican party and its principles by
a Cowan. a Doolittle, a Dixon, and, last,
though not least; by a Johnson.
These reflections have been suggested by
sdrne facts which have very recently come
to the knowledge of the writer of this com
munication in relation to the position occu
pied by General James 8. Negley when he
was a candidate for Congress two years ago.
And let it be distinctly borne in mind that
what may bo litrein said, is said with no un
kind feelings towards Gen. Negiey. •
It will be remembered that in 1860 Gen.
Negley was a' candidate for Congress in
this (22d) District, in opposition to Gen.
Moorhead.
In announcing himself as a candidate at
that time, that announcement was made in i
this way
"CONGRESS, 22D DISTRICT.
Gen. James S. Negley is a candidate for
nomination."
This announcement was so very different
from the manner in which other Republi
cans announced themselves as candidates,
that It gave rise to very general comment as
well as to great dissatisfaction: Other can
didates announced themselves as candidates
"subject to the decision of the Republican
Convention," and the inquiries very nat
urally arose, by what convention is he a
candidate for nomination? And if by the
Republican Convention, is there any pledge
that lie will abide its decision? Will he not
"bolt" if he fails to secure the nomination?
So strong, indeed, was the feeling upon
this subject that in his own election dis
trict, on the day of the primary election,
his immediate friends and neighbors refused
to support him, unless he would give .a
written pledge, and that pledge to be pub
lished in the Republican papers on the suc
ceeding Monday morning, that he would
abide the decision of the Republican Nomi
nating Convention.
This was on Saturday, August 11tb,1860.
Under the pressure of this leeling Genera!
Negley wrote a letter, of which the follow
ing is a copy, as taken from the.columns of
the Commercial:
"John W. Riddell, Chairman Union Repub
lican Executive Committee, ..421egluwy Co.:
Srn:—As some misapprehension seems to
exist es to my answer to your communica
tion of, August Oth, I - desire to say that I
will abide the decision of the Umon Re
publican Convention, to be held August
14th, 1866, and wit hereafter, as heretofore,
use my influence t advance the principles
of the Union Repu lican party,
- JAS. S. NEGLEY."
This letter was signed by Gen. Negley in
i
the presence of a number of persons,
amongst whom were George Finley, Sheriff
Stewart and Samuel Caldwell, local editor of
the Commercial. It was then placed in the
hands of Mr. Caldwell, a copy to be taken
for publication, on the following Monday
morning, in the GAZETTE, Commercial and
Diepatch, and the'original to behanded over
to the County Bxecutive Committee.
The letter was not published on the Mon
day morning after it was written, but it was I
published on the succeeding Wednesday
morning, the day upon which :Abe nomina
ting convention met. Upon its publication
approved n'tPwPl.9"vveryed than and b y bY thengenerallyon wr ir read
wasa(i e
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generally
highly
Now, if the'matter rested here, it would
all be open and fair. But it is said that the
transaction had a history that never met the
uMic aye. That, history appears tn be
' l4Bl I t Wail Nee/tallied; on the night of
. Satprday,Aogust 11, 1866,1 that General
'MocVle-nd *Ad eintied a larpr majority 'of,
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117 . 01 . ,
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the delegates in the Congressional district,
and-on- Smtday,morning, -August42, , Mi6,
Mr. -: Caldwell was met by John N. Berlin,
whg• handed him (Caldwell) a note from
General Negley, of which the following is
a copy: . - • -
"Dear Sir:—Please hand the paper I
signed, handed you by Mr. Stewart. I pro
hibit its pubtieation. J. !if. NEGLEY."
Mr. _Caldwell' had not the, letter of Gen.
Negley with him at the time to deliver to.
Mr. Berlin, but he agreed not to publish it
on Monday. But on Monday he met the
chairman of the County Committee, to
whom it was addressed, who demanded the
letter as the property of the Committee,
and it was delivered over and subsequently
published as before stated.
Now the in quiry naturally arises here,
why did Gen. Negley take so much trouble
to secure a return of the letter of August 11,
in which he pledged himself to abide the de
cisiOn of , the Republican Convention ? and
why did he' peremptorily forbid its publica
tion if he was acting hi good faith withthe
Republican party, at the tune of writing it?
These are pertinent inquiries and are enti
tled to satisfactory answers.
Before dismissing this matter it is proper
to say . that I have in my. possession copies of
the foregoing letters of Gen. Negley, which
were made by Mr. Caldwell, August 13,
1866.
But this is not all. When in the present
canvass for the nomination Gen. Negley an
nounced himself as a candidate, it was done
in the same terms as his announcement in
1866. Indeed it was a literal transcript of
his previous announcement, and was evi
dently copied from it. Here it is
"CONORESB--iXAR DISTRICT
Gen. Jas. S. Negley is a candidate for nom
inaticn."
So his card stood for about a month,
during which time 'as I am informed, he
was. requested to change it so as to make it
accord with the usage among Republican
candidates, but he refined to do so.
When approached by Mr. Ballentine, of
Temperanceville, as I am informed, upon
that subject, and requested to put hirinelf
right on the record, he replied that lie would
not do it, and 'those who did not like it
might lump it. Nor was it until the pres
sure of his friends became so great upon
him that he could no longer withstand it,
that any change was made, and then it was
done in so ungracious a manner as to in
spire but little confidence in those who hon
estly believed that they had cause for
doubts.
For example, he says in his note to the
Evening Chronicle, altering his card
"CONGRESSIONAL
"EDITORS Crinommar--Some gentlemen
of great simplicity and political sensitive
ness have found fault with the brevity of
my card in your paper. Will you please
add the formal 'Before the Union Republi
can Convention.' Yours truly,
JAMES S. NEGLEy."
[See Evening Chronicle of March-28, 1868.]
It may be that General Negley can afford
to offer himself as a candidate for so impor
tant a position as that of Rppresentative in
Congress, while occupying this equivocal
position, but can the Republican party of
the District afford to accept him as its candi
date without a full and satisfactory explana
tion of these matters ?
What will constitute a satisfactory expla
nation, must be left to the Republicans of
the District to determine. Explanations
forced from a candidate by the fear of losing
a nomination are certainly not the most re
liable and it is certainly to be regretted that
the 4eneral should have voluntarily placed
himself in a position that renders such an
explanation necessary.
It will not do 'to say that General Neg.:
jey's army record furnishes a sufficient ex
planation of the matters herein stated. How
ever good that record may be, and at pres
ent I have nothing to say about it, yet it
must be borne in mind that Gen. Hancock,
Gen. Custer, Gen. Carey, of the-Cincinnati
District, as well as many others have an
army record equal, to say the lerist, to that
of Gen. Negley; yet where is there a Re
publican Convention to be found that would,
in view of the political record made
by the Generals named, since the close of
the war, be willing to accept either'of them
as a standard bearer of the party, in the ab
sence of the most indubitable - evidence of
their abandonment of" their political here
sies.
As stated before, I say these things with
no unkindly feelings towards Gen. Negley.
But if they are true, it is due to the Repub
lican party of the. District that they should
be known. If they are not true, it is due
to Gen. Negley that he be afforded an op
portunity to put himself right before the
district. , REPlTsmcAry.
A WORD FOR TUE PETROLEUM IN-.
TEBEST.
EDITORS GAzETTE: Your leading article
yesterday, upon the projected Eastern com
munication from Pittsburgh via the Alle
gheny Valley Railway, and a new line in the
interest of the Fort Wayne connection, em
bodies suggestions which deserve the atten
tive consideration of `our citizens: It oc
curs to me thatthe Petroleum -trade of this
-
city has an interest in the matter much deep
er than appears upon the surface. We are
all desirous of enjoying the benefits to enure
to the trade from a healthy competition in
freights, but I fear that our hopes of benefit,
from the new line suggested by you would
prove delusive. Let a new line be constxue—
ted, diverging at Stowartstown, on the Alle
glienyaValley road, and opening a connection
to the seaboard cities, and how much of the
crude oil which now comes down this road
to the refineries her 6, to be treated and ship
ped to the East, would then be directed, in
its crude state, over the new eastern line?
How shall we then stand as competitors, if
obliged to pay freight on the crude from the
diverging point to this city and full rates
hence on the refined articles, either via Stew
artstown or Altoona, to the coast? We
caution the trade to consider' well what it is
doing, or, instead of gnisping the advan
tages of a competition In carriage for its pro
ducts, it may find itself competed out of ex
istence at Pittsburgh, the weapon ,with
which it would tight a monopoly serving
effectively to knock out its own brains.
For I have no doubt that a line, such as pro
pearroseidagienfroyomnrtharbe * w ci
some one hundred and twenty miles, would
be, fatal to the great oil trade of this city,
s shorteningt th the to se a b the o
ar d t l
b t a y
It is worth thinking about.
-PETROLEUM.
'WHAT Mr. EiAirrs thinks of President
Joulisox's course, especially with regvd to
reconstruction, may be inferred from his
speech at Cooper Institute last-October, frOm
which the following itkan' extract:
"We have now undertaken affirmatively
ta keep peace and order at the South' by
m ilit ar y control, and to take a wile of ail
the people there, except , active and promi
nent rebels, as tb whether they will conform
to the rules of war, and •if the Democratic
party and the President had •nbt olcuad re
sistance to that form of reconstruction, it
would ha v'e beet titeCoMPlished, in my judg
ment, by the m eeting of iles next Congress,
and if our party igkozdafirrn - aA 1 true, re-
Tonsteretiee cglnPlete; :Perfect and Perr
manenti will save, keen icOomrgehed dur
ing the
C9l3Bre9`exumu4e-' of Oct. presorit:fortietbf
Jr. ;.• L.i) •
Soldiers' and sailors' State Central Com-
General Names A. Beaver, of Centre
county, Chairman of the State Convention
of Soldiers which assemblCditiPhiladelphia I
on the Bth of January, bas appointed the
following committee to take active part In
the State and National elections this, fall:
Chainnaiii . Gen.. Charles H. T. Collis,
Philadelphia; Adams, Col. W. W. Stewart;
Allegheny, Col. John A. Stewart, Major
Wm. A. Robinson; Armstrong, Lieut. Geo.
W. Cooke; Beaver, Capt. J. S. Rutari; Bed
ford, Capt. J. H. Longnecker; Berks, Capt.
Wm. A. Seeds. Blair, Col. Jacob - Higgins.
Bradford, Oa 'H. J. Madill; Bucks, Oa l g:
Alfred Marble; Butler, Capt. George •
Fleege.r; Cambria, Cola R. A. McCoy;
Cameron, net yet appointed; Carbon, Gen.
Chas. Albright ;; Chester, Col. S. Octavias
Bull; Centre, Itiaj. G. D. Pifer; ~ Clarion,
Maj. IL Weller Clinton, COL 13: A. Ly
man; Clearfield; Col. A. M. Smith; °ohm
bia, not yet appointeclv CraWford, Gen. De
Witt ClintenMcCoy; Cumberland, J. D.
Adair; Dauphin,. Col. H' j.. Sheaffer; Dela
wire, Win. C: Gray; Elk, r Col. Junes 0.
Burke; Erie; Gen. Th05...31. Walker;' Avg
ette, Maj. P.; A, Jahns; Franklin,' CO. D. -
Watson Rowe; Fulton, Jamet - Potts;
Forest, Capt. D. Si; Knox; Greene; Lieut.
L.. K. Evans; Huntington, 3faj. W.
F. Johnston; Indiana,, Col. Dan. S.
Porter; Jefferion,' Lieut. A. B. McClain;
Juniata, Col. J. H. Robinson „. Lances-.
ter, Col. Emlin Franklin; Maj. Reinoehl ;
Lawrence, CoL Dailfel . Leasure4 -Lebanon,
Capt. A. It. &Richter ; Lehigh,. not yet
appointed ; Luzerne, Henry' 3L .Hoyt ;
Lycoming,
A.
Thomas Chamberlain ,
3fercer, Capt. A. B. McCartney ; McKean,
Gen. Thomas L. Kane; Mitilin„Ciipt. Wm.
Mann; , Monroe,- not yet appointed; Mont
gomery, Capt. W. B. Hart ; Montour, not
yet appointed ; Northampton,Gen. J. L.
Selfridge; Northumberland , en. Wm. Mc-
Cormick ; Perry,
,Lieut. Samuel: Foster ;
Pike, not yet appointed; Potter, not yet
appointed ; Schuylkill, Col. Beath; Snyder,
Major B. F. Wagonseller ; Somerset, Capt.
Adam Grim;.Sullivan, Lieut. H. R. Dan= '
ham; Susquehanna, Col. Jones- turnitt ;
Tioga, D. L. Dean ; Union, J. Merril Linn;
Venango, Col. Duncan;.Warren, Gen. Roy
Stone; Washington, Maj. J. R. Day;.
Wayne, not yet appointed ; Westmoreland,
Gen. Gallagher ; Wyoming, Capt. Bane
tyne ; York, Capt. W. H. McCall.
Philadelphia Committee representing
each Ward in the County-General J. T 2
Owen, Gen. B. C.. Gen, Hector
Tyndale, Gen. A: Von. Steinvirehr, Colonel
James C. Biddle, Col. John H. Taggart,
Col. Frank Wister, Col. Frederick C. New- •
hall, Gen. Louis Wagner, Sergeant Daniel
Bastian, And sixty others. '
The above ' Committee will Meet at the
rooms of the National Union Club. No. 1108
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, on, the 4th
day of July heat, at eleven o'clock A: it.
Citenr.,Es H. T. COLLIS, Chairman. '
A. L. RUSSELL, Seeretary, Harrisburg, Pa.
•
-President Johnson Pardoning
.Conviets.
The pardon brokerage business is very
brisk at Washington about the present time.
There being no more rebels to pardon, tbe
counterfeiters, mail robbers, postoffice rob
bers and illidit distillers, are occupying the
exclusive attention of the President and his
female co-partners in this business. Almost
every paper we open announces the pardon
of some of these convicts, indicating the
purpose of the (President to make a gaol de
livery beforehe is himself convicted of man
ifold grimes and misdemeanors. We have
noticed three announcements of_
_pardons
from the Baltimore jail and the Aland
penitentiary during the past week, and the
few that are still in confinement are daily
'expecting a safe deliverance. This business
is conducted
,exclusively by famous females,
who always'_ have access to the White
House, and if there Fere no other .reasons
for removing - ,the present incumbent, this of
itself would Satisfy . all honest men.—Balt.-
American.
Z L BEWARE
Of, that remorsOleas and InaOlotta destroyor of the
human rice, ' Is• , •
' • CONSUMPTION.
. ,
Check and conquer Its advances, lest you fall the
Victim. , When attacked with any of ita preliminary
,
symptoms, no Matter bow slight, be on your guard
and promptly nip the remedy ere tact late.
-
. DR. HARGENrs COUGH SYRUP •
Is an old, well tried. certain and standard remedy
for Coughs, i Colds, Asthma, Croup, Diffleulty of
Breathing,. Path or Oppression In the Cheat or
Lungs. and all Diseases of. the , Pulmonary Organs.
Its sure and. certain efficacy has been fully tested
and endorsed for many years' by numbers et, well
known citizens in our midst , and their certidcates
are on record. Have you a cough which has grad
ually increased trout a slight one to one of Derma
Dent standing P ~. Lose no time; but procure a bottle
of DB. SABGEI4ITI3 COUGH SYRUP, which will
surely relieve you of the dangerous, premonitory
symptoms arid e terniane .Do you
spend miser,able days , d long s teepless nights of
torture and rain from attain' ofAsthma or Indica,-
ty of Breathing ? Dr. SARGENT'S Cough Syrup
I
win act p mptly, relieve you, end 'gradually re
store you your freedom of pain, and sound, pleas
ant sleep. re your lungs sore and. lrritatedl ndi
casing ind Arlon ? Th,ls Is one of the moa t tisul
gerous m_ptouls, and shohld be promptly removed.
Dr. SABONNT.S Coh Inflam m at ion,3tti lilt heal gie
lsore
glifgapygetlaeal ,iltid an ylifg. °This the
Syrup istneasant and agreeable to take, while paw.
erful and Im remits action. For sale by all Drug
gists in thelcountry. •
BITTERS.
The human stomach seems to require a tonic
stimulant. Froth time whereof the memory of man
ranneth not to the contrary, tonic bitters have been
used. FormerlY'raen made their own bitters, and
few thought of eating breakfast without first tak
ing their "taask." Those were days, however,
when prohibitory laws were unknown, and. in con-
sequen liquor's were pure.. Dealers could then
afford to be honest and sell nothing but the unadul
terated. Now, 'however, 'what with government
tax and court fines. plke-berry juice and alcohol
must pass muster f9r "old rye" and...pure boor
bon." People have come to fear poisoning more
than malarial (Mosses and dropped their "tansy.'"
Bight here is whpre Ifesrgivitu & SMITIT, of Pitts 7
burgh, have proven benefactors. Years ago titer.
commenced the manufacture of HOSTETTER'S
'STOMACIUBITTERS, laying it down as &rule s that
has since - been conscientiously followed, to use notb
lug but the purest liquors, manufactured expressly .
for them. By strict adherence - to this rule they have
won public confidence and reaped their reward In
large, profitable:and steady business. Their BIT
TERS is known all over the country. They are the
. pioneers of the business . , and have time largest mans
factory in the world. bor has success in their case,
as In too many Instances, rendered them careless;
their SITTERS is as pure and g commend as was
the first distillatiOn. Ire heartily them
as a tunic.
As a specific for dyspepsia, biliousness, caustics-
Son nervousness, general debility, anti remittent
andlntermittent fevers, Its efficacy has never been
questioned. " •
There are many worthless Imitations; we earnestly
cannon the Dublin . galnst them.
AIifOTILF.IEC,CITRE OF DEAFNENS. '
I lost my hearing during the last sear. Part of
the time I w.ls totally deaf. In April of this year I
was induced, froM an advertistment, to Melee ap.
pllcation to pit. ?CENSER, 120 Penn street, Pitts
burgh. - After hating tried - various medicines Item
doctors, without t ,Mxtbenefit, I bare beeti tinder Dr•
Reysera treatment now for nearly two menthe, and 1 .
am entirely metered to my bearing, so that I can •
bear a pin drop. JOHN SCANLAN.
• coal Blulle,'Waahinaten Co., Pa.
.g.N3THER CURE. - •
- •
A man called tOdiil 'at Dr. tepees office to In: •.
• form him of a great cure made by his Lung Cita:" or
PULMONARY nfiRTOL'ATIrE. -" these cures
are made with the Doctor. Preisfratiaris,lie declres
it to be distinellicimderstood that most of his meat
cares are made ilineacirdance with=the established
Laws that govern the science of nteillidne,lnlibleli
he bai been engaged for the past - tiresp'4 l44 yesn
Lea week he wee also in TeCeitite i's; latter from
Clergyman In tbo State of •Ohic detailing another
most wonderful cure:: 4 • -
DR: REYS ER'iL'REffIDENTCONST=ING OF
•PICE POIILtiNORXmitnfATIORS'..43IDTI4.4f..:
MIMIC OF maim° Disugm:WQ, l l l 9;z:74 24 ?
PROM vritr.4 raft; •
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