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MONDAY, MAY 18, 1688.
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TELE 'WEarror Gesal. tented on Wed
nesdays and Saturdays, is the bat and cheap
est family newspaper in renneyhania.l B
,!resents each week fortieight columns of
solid reading matter. B gives the fullest as
mil as the most reliable market reports q f any
'riper in the State. Bs files are used •• , ltf
oivelY 41/ 41 44 1- il of AUeghenV county
for reference in important issues to deterntine
the ruling prices in the,marketts at the time of
the business transaction in dispute. Terms:
eopy, one year, $1.50 ; in clubs of,five,
$1,25 ; in - elubs of ten, $1,15,, and one free
to the getter up of the dub. Specimen copies
sent fres to any address.-
WE ' Paints OE the inside pages of this
onorning'sanwris: Second page: Poetry,
Table Talk. Third page : Financial Mat
,
bra in . Nero York, Sixth page: Home
Markets. &centh page: Letter from an
Alabama Freedman, Miscellaneous.
GOLD closed on Saturday in New York
at 139 i.
To A MAN OF HONOR, 1118 pledged word is
as binding and irrevocable as any oath.
What, then, shall we think of the four Ben
atorswho,,on Monday, repudiated both?
IT is well known at Washington that a
son ef- Judge TSUmnrnLL, who is a Demo
crat, has been for ten days past making
large bete;
,through third parties, Upon the
President's acquittal.
LANE, 'of Kansas, when he gave symp
toms of ratting to JOIMON, was so ap
palled by the public indignation which met
him ott-hiii return home, as to go and hang
himself, like Imes. To Ross, of Kansas,
the people of that State may well say, "Go
and do thou likewise."
. Tim Department of Civil .Service is the
title of • 11 new Bureau, which a bill reported
to the Raise by Mr. Jim - cis, of Rhode
Island, on Thursday,. proposes to establish.
It creates a new Department of the Govern
ment, and places the Vice-President in.
charge. It also establishes a . Civil Service
Examination Board, and provides for the
employment of strictly honest 'and compe
tent'pnbhc 'officials
THE saysui Senatorial Renegades axe sold
out Republicans, dishonored SenatOrs and
disgraced men. They have shown them
selves incapable of political fidelity, patriot
ic independance or personal truth. They
have been guilty, Lot only of treachery, to
their official trusts, but of such a lack of
personal veracity and honor, as to entitle
them richly to be expelled from the Senate,
kicked out of the Repuolican party and
scorned of all men.
TnE Ohio I?gislature'have enacted a law
- prohibiting - the use of colored or marked
ballots' in all future elections. All tickets
are required to be written or printed in
black ink on plain white paper, without any
distinctive marks or devices, except the
words at the head of the ticket, and penalties
are imposedfor any attempts to mark a bal
lot so as to - sacertain how the citizen No
voted, The design of such legislation is i
well enough, but all attempt to effectuate it
have hitherto , proved abortive, and a sim
ilar result no , doubt awaits this Ohio law.
Way the First Andrew,"Old Hickory,"
left the 'White House, he, returned , home to
Tennessee, at seventy years of age, with
just ninety dollars in money, . having spent
all his Salary and, the proceeds of his cotton
crop. But-his penourd integrity 'was never,
questioneti, and I he retired - *cm office,.
though poor in pelf, with an enviable and
unimpeachable reputation as anhonest man.
The Second Andrew, will, it is reported,
leave office a millionaire, bat Also with.the
belief that his• enormods fottune has been
acquired by methods the most discreditable
to a public num. ,
ALL HONOR TO TM?. REPUELWAN - PRF.BB
OF PENNSYLVANIA, which, with a single
milk-and-waterish exception, his presented
a bold and compact front to the, open ene
rules and: the secret traitors who would
strike dgwn the party, even at the expense
of their country'S repose! Not a &publi
can journal of the'old Keystone State, ex-
cept as above, in city or country, has failed
• in its fidelity.to the 'duty of the hour.. They
have' with' a 'uniutimowl,,ednsisfency and
courage sustained the inipeachment and
have denounced the treachery which at-
tempted_ our ruin .. Republicanism in this
Commonwealth stands •up, -not only tmdis
=Yea, but assured of a fresh triumph over
the enemies of the Union.
THERE is much force in the suggestiqn,
of a Committee of the Boston Board of
Tiede, ,that a law slionlii .be passed under
which contracts made tuxut a gold or specie
basis may •be entbrdad-according to their
terms.. When the Pullets prefer to use gold
and alrftilefttfeley"-In tiafasfaiiii,
the legal tight to do so,
they should have
anv4,,urretiontricts elkruld interpreted.
and piOreVia r lacco_
. 111133 4 1 - legalise con
tracts of, this •
.ckara t cler ) and with some
further the''ilindiag - of the
legal-tender currenCy, and for the retention
of the ePstkitehl Treas!lry end . the
banks, and the, road*, -IvoParal spe cie
sunlPtioniratdd idibreidated. E'en at
that, how per,, my num Typal M$ it a
hard road M travel. • - •
''s'7.- , nts*AvitioAstx.ditvEriroNi
The railway , trains tire tilled with dele.!
gates, and outsiders, politicians, reporters,
editors and office seekers, on. .their way
to the National Convention at Chicago. -
The travel over the principal trunk lines
between the Atlantic States and.the Northi•
west has for a week past. !leen so heavy as
to remind the observer of the Immense Indite,
during the war, The concourse at Chicago
will be immense, every State and Territory
In the Union being tVtlly represented W l ithilf
and without; the Convention. Arratigc
reents are completed for the actomniodation
of this assemblage at die Opera house,
which, besides the delegates, will seat but
twenty-six hundred persons; all' Of WhOnr
must be admitted on tickets issued by the
Conimittee . of Arrangeinunts. Of course
large number of: applicants will be disap
pointe6, the distribution being intended to
be curefullyrepresentative, with , just refer
ence to the equal claims of all sections of
the country.
As this is the first National Republican
Convention since the return of the revolted
States to their allegiance, this consideration
lends to its assemblage an interest which Is
intensified by the critical state of Weirs at
Washington. As to the Presidenejlt but
one name will be recognized by the Repub.
litmus, their hearty acclamations attesting
the unanimity of the popular voice for one
man who Is no.less the hope of the land In
its grave political emergency to-day than he
was its trusted and victorious leader in
urns. The' interesting . delibenitonlet the
Convention will concern the selection of his
associate on the ticket, and a wise decision
upon the questions of principle which are
to be Triode political issues in the canvass.
As to either of these points, we do not pro
poae to speculate now. Suspending
_our
judgment until the results of the delibera
tion shall be known, we may remark that
we have a sincere confidence in the saga
cious discrt3tion and uncompromising ,pa
,
triotism which will rule the great Council of
the Republican party.
We have made complete arrangements for
a full daily . report, from ihe most reliable
and authoritative sourees, not only of the
official transactions, but also of the prelimi
nary and accompanying developments of
sentiment among the politicians to be'gath
ered at Chicago. The readers of the GA
ZETTE may safely count upon the perusal of
interesting special.dispatcheaup to the latest
moment each day. On our first page we
publish the first of the series. .._
IMPEACHMENT—AND ITS ENEMIES.
- The xesult of impeachment is partially.
revealed. The Senate, on Saturday, tcchni
dilly acquitted the President on the eleventh
article, -by a vote of 34 to 10. the charge
failing to secure a two-thirds vote in its fa.
vor: No other articles were voted on, the
1 Senate then adjourning to the 26th instant.
1 As the eleventh article was considered the
most certain of adoption, several Senators
who finally voted against it having assured
their former Republican friends that they
I would support it, it first taken up as a
test of the sense of the Senate and of the good
faith of the individual Senators referred to.
They proved false to their personal honor,
' as well as to their political affiliations and
to the demands of the country, and ensured
a technical decision that AznanEw Jt unsex
has been guilty of no impeachable offense
as charged in that article. The remaining
articles will doubtless be disposed of when •
the Senate again assembles, but there is no
probability-that a conviction will 'follow on
any of them.
_
We accept the result as a Constitutional
release of the accused from that charge. Our
opinion of his guilt remains unchanged.
The Senate nearly two to one has affirmed
it and the country will regard it as estab
lished to a moral certainty. Why it has
failed of a Constitutional ; declaration, in a
body which has been hitherto regarded as
composed of ' forty-tWo Republicans and
twelve Democrats, is a question upon which
commentary is proper, and, indeed, due to
the great party which elected this over
whelming majority of the members. The.
vote by which Messrs. Fouler, Fessen,den,
Grimes, Henderson, Itosi, Trumbull and
Van Winkle separated themselves from their
former political associates, challenges and
receives the severest scrutiny of A disap
pointed and indignant people.
Three of these Senators, FOWLER, FES
SENDEN and TRUMBULL, voted, on the 13th
of January that the President's reasons for
the suspension of STANTON were insufficient.
Three of them, Ross, Tnumnura. and
VAN WINKLE, voted, on the 21st of Febru
ary, that the President bad no power to re :
move Mr. STAtvrox and aPponit TutritAii
ad interim. ,
Two of them, FESSENDEN and"Trams r
BULL. had, without ixpressly declating,that
they should vote for the impeadinient which
the Rouse had brought - . in consequence of
the votes in 3 - winery and February above
cited, steadily, up to. Monday last, • ericoui,
aged the belief among 'their most intimate
Republican associates, that they would, in
_their verdict, sustain the position which
they had thus taken as. Senators. -
Four of them, FOWLER, HENDERSON,
Bose and VAN Wrrixfa, 'had,.6l'l varlotre
occasions during the trial and since the ' ar
guments close d , given theif Personal, ex
plicit assurances to Republican friende, that
they should vote for Conviction on this
eleventh article. '
Of all the seven, Mr. GRIMES alone has,
from the first, made known his hostility to
impeachment, and declared his intentibri to
vote for acquittal.
It is apparent, therefore,' that these men
have falsified their Senatorial redirds, have
alihonored their persenal engagements,
have become recreant to their political faith,
Lie havti again plunged ; the RePublic Into
thiit disorder and peril, from which it was
_shod to emerge, and that, for treachery se
bagely monstrous, ,they twist have had'
reasons and motives not patent on the sun
fitce. We are asked to I Mlevfil.thatit,
simply a highly honorable sense of juiltdof
vesPonffiltilitY which *Sled PO'this
dinars change .9,V,P04t 1 04 by thefimaiiina;
tore. We are adreq*shefl . that it is
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PITTSBIJ ROA GAZETTE I MONPAI, MAY It 3,
'lona to Ittitidalelt - or Monet ttle
°Saint integrity or iiibtl who had taken n
soletnnonth nd no upright and linpar=
tint judgro, There ern politielafis and
jourtinlo tt► deti►► u ttct, no indecent find tern-
Itithoutry,,the indtgnnut expresolono or'n
tetivtd nu►t, outrogriti 11.41iiplo tignittot throe
Into who Ituve betrayed them, ,
lint the !'ilicts—witteli prove against these
rvcreants, dint they hate dishonorably,
treariterothily, corruptly and Wleitedlypros.
tinned their votes to perm - Mai and politleal
ends—are. 'too potent and stubborn to be re:
Aide& Ross pledged himself In Writing. to
Itepubllenit Senators tilt Thursday that lie
would vote for Itonr articles, including the
eleventh. •tintitintradrOP'plettge to "itt6 Alf
this article or
_resign his seat; With hie dis
honorable repudiation of that . engagement,
are already befbre the coeittil,
who had been clamornlin ibr impeachment
hitherto, hi this /gal
elosed pledged. hnnseif repeatedly and em
phatically In ittivii of . eottrittion, VAN
WINICIN, On tlittahed a written
opinion fin. eotivlettoe Oh the 'eleteeth arti
cle rind exhibited It to three • iitittleal Sena,
ton; Of these, Fehr Mett i ROSS Lind VAN
NVlXixt,n hate beeotee traitors thtougit the
influence of . Tltottlitti,L, Poitt,tn has
yielded r it is said, to a woman's arts, and
,liitzinititatiti Imw joined with Tni.3trivm,
and Pv.sSENlAtit In the desPerate and shame
lest intrigue Which Judge Oman has or,
of v, hitdetails arc gttett
•
another . coltmn, . and of the existence of
Which there is no longer room for doubt,
This intrigue has Its other than political
uses., There Is believed to exist at. Wash . -
'neon, what is called a ivhisky "ring," it
combination of. thieves, among men of ail
parties in high official' stations, who are di
rect Participants in tho most gigantic frauds
upon the revenue, colluding with th 6 mann
facturersrto screen rascality in the Revenue
Bureau, to stifle investigation and to divide
the enormous profit among the partners.
..• This "ring" is said to include the Presi
dent, hntide_of- Departments, Senators •and
Congressmen. The change of administra
tion to result front a conviction, would have
'swept the rascals out of office and broken up
the most stupendous scheme of plunder
which ever flourished In the Treasury. Of
course, a change . would be prevented if
money could buy votes. It is known that
money has bought them, and that the Presi
dent could have had more if he needed them.
We hav i e the names of Senators, who were
not needed to make up the Nineteen of last
Saturday, who vyould have come, if called
upon, to the rescue of their business-part
ner at the White House.
Thus, political intrigues, official corrup
tions and personal dishOnesty have accom
pushed a result which a much abused peo
pie are invited to accept as a conscien
tious verdict, of high-minded Senators inca
pable of political or personal influence and
shaping their votes only by the pure dictates
of Justice. How long will this country
submit to be thus robbed, disgriaced, abused
and destroyed? , And is it not high time that
the pure and patriot*. Republican party
should declare its divorce from such meu
and their apologists?
THE PLEI 4DES OF TREACHER I
Treason is the highest crime of a civil
nature man can commit; it is the most de
basing which stains the soul. The man who
betrays the confidence of his fellow men,
abuses the sacred trust with which charged,
proves false to the principles of troth, honor
and honesty, arid not only debauches his
own name and fame, but declares himself ,!
an apostate unworthy recognition or place
in the world. Much worse is the man who
calmly barters away, for much or little
filthy lucre, the time-honored principles he
has held, and deliberately sells himself, his
conscience and actions to - the enemy,—aye,
ten thousand times worse is he than the
traitor who clings to a theory and hoists the
banner of revolt to try by force of arm& to
establish that which he wrongfully deems a
righteous cause. • It was treachery defying
!the authority of an Almighty God which
drove myriads out of heaven into the bot
tomless pit. It was a betrayal of trust that
drove Adam from the garden of delight and
entailed, even till this day, upon his poster
ity the mark of an Omnipotent Being's
Wrath. , It was a wicked betrayal Thick
drove, in terrible despair, Judas Iscariot
from the side of the Saviour of Mankind,
and turned the shining, blood-stained silver
reward of his perfidy into burning coals
to crisp his conscience even unto the
ignominy of self-destruction. The annals
of history are darkened with the black deeds
of the betrayers of principles and govern
'lents, and fram away down in the shadowy
past, come up in all their freshness, te.excite :
one universal echo of execration, tidings
of the infidelity of those who lived on God's
earth to betray their fellow men. Modern
times present additional names to the odious
list, for "history repeats Itself."
All countries have those amongst their citi
zens superstitions enough to* believe in the
significance of seven as a number. Signitl
ing "to fill," events and disasters have sin
gularly Mid coincidently been made conform
to its opinions character. America has now
'her memorable seven. The seven Senators
who, occupying high place in the counsels
of the nation, enjoying the confidence of an
entire people, and charged with the per
formance of a grave and extraordinary
duty, cowered, flinched and betrayed the
loyal masses by declaring the innocence of
a perfidioeS President.;; ; Here is America's
` E mma to the roll of the world's betrayers:
/ 1. The treachery Of EDISIIND O. ROSS, of,
Kansas, was wholly unlooked for. Repro
renting the great and growing young State
of Kansas, where a love for Republican in
stitutions has . been so tenderly eheriahed
and notirished, he has blackened, his n ame,
with odium and stands before the a
renegade and traitor worthy the detestation
of those enemies to his country whose pur
poses he has so Num) , served and those
friends whose confidence he' ! has de
bauched. Is it not singular that, 14 a o i di .
pregnant with so much O r Vitae imixtiterree'
ta,the prhiciplerunderi,bittbirlotUniation
of our very Governmiit, anactof treachery
.
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Ilifittitllfilith thrlitnireirit — relireiltintitttftt
from n young State In whose lap lingered
the causes which led to the recent terrible
War tor the Union ? (;tabbed by the Sena..
tor of Kansas, whose lidinicy wits so clotiely
watched and guarded by I ie friends of lib.
erty, the loyal people are 0 ciwlielrne4l with
the ingratitude df this mnn. When History
conies to write Me epitaph let It be this :
(lie limed one dny ton long for the good of
lets name. Mny Ms record sink to the
grave, and'ont of Charity Mt no man ream..
red it." lie was elected to succeed the self-
Murderer LANE in 1807, and his term will
expire in 187. lie was born in 1820 nt
Ashland, Ohl , and is a'print(rr by trade.
2. JAMES . ((thins owes New limp
011ie for his place of birth in 1810. Ile is
like the yeri le old Grimes of brass-144t0n
notoriety, d• d, at least so politically speak•
eitep
ing. Asa Akan be wee elected to
represent io ri In 18(15. This is his second
term, and it ill expire in 1871. .
ti. IJr.krArt Tnumnur,i, was born in Con.
ttecticut in iii, Hi. lie is upon his third term
MAS
from 1111. , and unless by resignation or
kind diSpendion of Providence. he will not
retire into private life before 1048. Enough
hits been already said of this man's betrayal,
as he was prsumed to occupy a plane so ele
.vated as to It beyond the real, of those who
interfere wit' the course of Justice.
4. Jolly 13: Ifunnunson, wko occupied
the position foreshadowed by Swzrt, when
lit Wrote
"A strong dlletuunta In a desperate case
- To net with Want* or quit the place, "
and who so readily accepted the first alter
native, was born in„Virginia in 1820. It is
a matter of congratulation that his public
career will close ion March 4th, 1809. Re
mis-represents Missoun.
_ 5. WILLIAM PITT PESSENDEN, of Maine,
was born in New Hampshire in 1800, and
his term will not expire until 1871. It is
possible that he will be so overwhelmed
with the ignominy that he brought
_upon
himself by his base betrayal, that he will
yield to the voice of his constituents and
resign the high position he has disgraced.
. 0. PETER G. VAN WINKLE, of West Vir
ginia, is a native of New York City, born
in 1808. He will wake up like Ids illus
trious namesake, RIP VAN, WINKLE, to find
ere long that his was a disastrous sleep
while he should have been - guarding the
cradle of liberty and the principles of Truth,
High•. and Justice held by the constituents
who elevated him inhi -power. His term
will expire in 1871. '
7. JoSEPII A. FOWLER, of Tennessee. IS
?alive of Steubenville, Ohio, He is de
votedly attached to Jonxsox,.and held office
under him while he was Governor of Ten
nessee. He was born in 182', and his term
of service will expire in 1871.
THE DUTY Ole DELEGATES.
Republicans, in their National Council this 1
week, will, we are confident, exhibit
fresh proof of their meritorious title to the
confidence of all true friends of the Union.
They will not be found wanting in sympa- t
thy with the honest indignation which stirs
the depths of the popular heart, nor in a wise
recognition of the imperative duty of dis
owning all responsibility for the treachery
which has aimed, with deadly intent. a
stroke at the party's life, but, 'thank Heaven!
fell short of -its purpose.
Since many of these delegates left their
homes for Chicago, the fears which had
been previously entertained have been fully
realized in the consummated treachery at
'Washington. Deep as was the interest and
stern as was the indignant sentiment with
which their constituents regarded the possi- 1
Unity of a betrayal, we assure the gentlemen
now at Chicago that they have carried with i
them but an imperfect apprecihtion of the ,
feeling which, on Saturday 'afternoon and .
since, pervades and burns in loyal hearts
throughout this and 'other,. States. What
we knotv of Pennsylvania, we have good I
reason to believe of Republicans elsev)here.
/ad we say to the delegates that the usurpa..
tions and crimes of the Executive, detesta
ble as they are, are held to be insignificant
Ins comparison o.4o.Personal diShOnor,..the_
offiial duplicity and ,the •political faithless
ness of the seven recreant Republicans who
havO sold themselves to save the great' crim
inal from his merited puni: +lim i t.
The loyal masses of the people demand of
the delegates the highest official expression
of their condemnation for treason in any
deptirtment of the Government. It is de.
mended that the Convention shall place'the
Republican party. Folemnly •on cord not
only as detesting an- usurping * resident,
but as disowning its fellowship for ver, with
the renegades who, by a corrupt cquittali
against law and evidence, have betrayed
their country, their 'pink . 'aid their. Sena:
torial oaths for a price,- and, so gilding' a
-treble guiit, should be expelled from public
,
confidence forever'as' partiipan in file
crimes which they have abetted fter the'
fact. Such an expression is the plail est duty
of the delegates. They will know , ,how to
perform it, wisely and Satisfactorily. .
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THE PLAN OF A NEW PARTY. •
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A - Chief Justice who is capable of per
verting his official station to promote a per
spite intrigue, a President whom a large
majority of Congrees - and :the eon fi* - be-'
lieve to be a criminal, seven Senators allof
whom have clearly proven themselves in
capable of official or personal consistency
and truth, a half-score of Conservative jour
nals, and the whisky ring, under Treasury
patronage, which owns' and rCorltrols 'the
whole cabal, are just now engaged in "a'
project for establishing a new political party.
The alliance i 8 remarkable, but,, the
,rpsults
will not arliespimd. Our most exalted
Judge has struck hands with a; combination
of notonous rascals for their mutual profit,
ono contributing the preCtip of his high
station and the °sternal& respectability of
hiii Senatorial followmg, and the other part
ners putting lin their thievish wits and all
the cash capital required, dui' joint concern
expectingto control:the market. High sta
tion and lcw rascality, Senatorial virtue
and the principles of the penitentiary; kik'
pretensions and unutterably vile practices,
Hp' and: Black George 'working togethq
for 'a political "corner" I Query ? How
many Montha , hafone the partnewvill raw
-cutting each other's throats? ` , ,- , - -r", .
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We have always regretted that the Phila
delphia Convention of 1866 did not more
perfectly accomplish its work. The proper
result of that abortive intrigue should have
been the complete purgation of the Repub
lican party. Instead of merely sloughtng
off Doomprt.E, Dlxosi and a few others of
less preeminence, with here and thfre a Jour
nal or two, we would have been made
rich by the loss of all that was Unsound in our
organization. That wretched fiasco had the
effect of but a partial relief for Republican
ism, and we have .since continued to be
afflicted with a set of bread and butter Con
servative politicians, and about a score of
newspapers, none of which are capable of
fidelity In a pinch, and all of them elements
of weakness and disorganization. Even
some who were Inclined to follow their na
tural 'instincts and desert us, have since re
mained clinging to the verge of our party,
or, to change the figure, caught hold of
loose ropes and have since dragged at the
stern of the Republican ship, just keeping
their heads above water and bawling
for hap to reach the quarter deck. It is
this sort of gentry who have`the "cheek"
to offer their advice to the party at this
juncture, who clamorfor Senatorial integ
rity, who gravely lament the perils of Radi
calism, who are oracular as to our political
duty, and who are so noisy for GRANT that
simpletons who forget their past history
might believe them sincere. As to all these
fellows, we are, quite content, for •our own
part, to be plainly understood. We want
none of their counsel or their cooperation.
We beg them no longer to afflict the Repub
lican party with their' presence. We ask
them to go, and not wait to be kicked over
board. The traitors and their apologists
are alike offensive to us. Their room is
better than their company. We prefer, if
need be, a minority on principle to a ma
jority made up of such treacherous and un
sound rubbish.•
Let us be thankful for the prospect now
opening before us that the new party, to be
organized by CHASE and the whisky-ring,
will recruit largely from those fellows who
have plagued us, and let us also hope that i
this week will give to the party a National
,platform rugged enough to hurt beyond
cure the feelings of such Conservatives as
may remain, and so complete their expulsion
and our own purification.
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CITY WATE7a \ AN.
As a safe and highly remunerative in
vestment we know of nothing/which should
prove more attractive to the capitalist than
the "Pittsbugh Water Loan 7 of $250,000
which is advertised for proposals by our
efficient Controller, THOMAS (STEEL, Esq.'
These arc coupon bonds, be ring interest
.12,
at the rate of seven per cent. per annum,
payable semi=annually at the' office of the
City Treasurer, and the bon are to be
paid off in twenty-five years rin April 1,
1868. By Act of Assembly th revenue of
the water works is pledged for the payment
of the bonds and coupons, and he latter are
by law made receivable for wa r rents, and
the act authorizing the loan c eates a sink
ing fund of not less than tw per cent. of
all bonds which may have be n issued in
pursuance of said act. The ()linens are
bound to appropriate annual ) a sufficient
sum for interest, and not less I ban two per
cent. of all bonds whichmay har. been issued
to go into the sinking fund. The proceeds,
of these bonds can only ' - the ex
tension and improvement fy water
works, which will incr( ;venue,
while at present ii. is far 1 in is re
quired to insure the paynn west and
retirement of' the bonds. lds are
exempt from State, cons'
which, together with all
vantages, maker them: ln
security offered to the psi
par will not be considered.
IT xs the fashion, in other quarters of the
world besides Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas
and West Virginia, to consider men who
- violate their pledged words of honor as . un
.worthy of personal regard, and plain peo
ple call them Ears. Wily it be remarkable
then, if the contempt of all , honorable men
everywhere should fall upon the untruthfnl
Senators from those States?
A WASIMIGTON special of Friday says:
The interest felt in the Coburn and AlcCool
prize fight was eclipsed this afternoon by an
affair in front of the Whitney Houk. Goy.
Hamilton was met by the Hon.' Samuel /J.
Randall, of Philadelphia, Democratic Rep
resentative, 'who inquired whether he was
Jack Hamilton of Texas. "I am, Sir," re
plied the Judge.. "Then you -are a ---
scoundrel," said Sam. Upon this invita
tion to fight, the judge acted at once with's
hickory cane, and - before - the bystanders
could separate the, gentlemen the hickory
cane and the Hop. Samuel J. ,Randall wen/
both badly itqured. The Radicals deOly
sympathize with the OMB; and they talk of
a subscription for another. The- Democrats
condole with Mr. Randall, who, it is said,"
was so badly hurt that his friends had to
take him away in a carriage.
A CnEYENNE correspondent of the Omaha
Re_publkan, writing on the 4th Met., says
"The Union Pacific railroad track was com
pleted to Laramie city, four miles west of
Fort Sanders, on last 13aturday. When the
first train entered the settlement, quite a
.time was had in honor of the event. - Yes
tetday, in order, I suppose, to inaugurate
and celebrate the event, they,killed one man
and the "vigilante?' hung four men to-day.
8 ° Wags the world, and so progress our
Western cities."
A. COMPANY of miners were recently pros-
PeCting on the Rio Honda, a tributary of
the Rio Grande, in New Mexico, wher e
they struck some -old Spanish , diggi ngs
which were worked several years agt), and
on opening an old shaft they found- "the
skeleton of a man standing upright 'with a
mining tool in his band, and in his
pan a tolerable prospect. The Indian ,tra
ditions stated that he was One of 'a large
body of Spanish miners who were buried
alive there while at work.
Russm, it is rumored, is preparing for a
Irvin attack upon TnikeY, not yet , baying
a bandoned the design of establkhing her
(spits]. at Constantinople. A. Russian arm3r,
consisting Of 4P.,900 earalry and 800,000
infantry and is& been sent, to the
frontier of the Alsmobtant Principalities.
On the other hand, the Sultan has marched
an army.of obsenration4 composed of 811,000
4nt., to lihumlah, where :there were many
We. contetta in the Crimean 4sr. I.
Commit ee.
A special meeting of:the - Republican Ex
('
ccutivc Committee of[the city was held
Saturday, at 2 o'clock, f. xi., in the office of
C. C. Taylor, Esq., Gl* street.
The meeting was called to order by Ald
erman Joseph A. Butler of the 6th ward,
Chairman, and Mr. R. lti. Leonard, appoint
el Secretaty.
. ,
The !Chairman stateki, that the object of
the meeting was to reqUest the Committee
appointed by Councils to district the city,
to make their report tu:!soon as convenient.
Mr. Brush moved that:the Committee on
Districts, appointed by City Councils, be
requested to make theLt report at its earliest
convenience, so as to ()liable the Executive
Committee of the city to appoint their ward
committees. The motibn was adopted.
Mr. Wilson moved that a committee be
appointed to secure a nftom for the City Ex
ecutive Committee..
The motion was adopted and. Messrs.
Wilson, Tomlinson and`Leonard appointed.
On motion of Mr. [lrwin, Mr. Joseph
Kaje, of the Fifth warei, was added to the
Committee, vice Richd Thompson, who
has removed from the ward, and Mr.
Thompson was centiiped on the Com
mittee.
On motion, Samuel Pidsley, from the
Ninth ward, was addedrto the Committee.
On motion of Mr. Wilson, the Committee
adjourned to meet at t4e.oflice Of the Street
Commissioners at two !'clock Satur
day, 23d inst.
Lutheran Nat ional Synod.
HARRISBURG. May 14./—On motion of Rev.
COnrad, of Philadelphia, the, President was
authorized to appoint, at his leisure, a Com
mittee of three terevide the liturgy of the
Church. i
Rev. Dr. Brown, of Gettysburg, from the
Committee on the • Withdrawals of the
Snynods of Pennsylvania and Minnesota,
and the !English Synod of Ohio and parts
of the Pittsburgh and !Illinois Synods, to.
gether with a part of , he Ministerium of
New York reported that such withdrawal
had not injured the chUrch, but that it had
taken from it all RS weakness. These
Synods had never cordially cooperated with
the General Synod and its march was now
onward.,"These Synods had repudiated the i
liberal ad conservative : portion of the Gen
eral Synod, and were diming at the sym-•
belie and the ritualistic.: •
The withdrawing Synods had brought
false accusations against the General Synod
and were responsible tc; 6od for their acts.
The report, after some debate, was laid on
the table, and all action! on the matter can-
celled; because it was deemed impolitic to
r6open any dispute or! let the world view
the division in the Lutheran ranks.
Rev. A. R. Howbert of Bellefontaine,.
Ohio. offered a series of tesolutions of good
fellowship with the Orthodox Congrega
tionalists of Ohio, and authorizing an ex
change of delegations with them. .Adopted.
Rev. Mr. Stuckenbergt of Pittsburgh, of
fered a - series of resolutions denying a
charge made that the Lutherans had ex
cluded from their communion other Chris
tians,' or denied an eitchange of pulpits
with other denominatians, and urging' a
cordial cooperation withal]. the associations,
societies, churches and .arganfzations in the
"United States for the sore d of the Gospel
and the education of the urch of Christ.
Adopted. 1 is .
The Convention will adjo - ii this evening
to meet in Cincinnati ant e second Tues
day in May, 1869. i
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Railroad 'Bridge yftshed Away.
:By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh (I.szette.3
AUGUSTA, ME, Ma 16.—The trestle •
bridge, one hundred fe t leng, on : the
ilSom
erset and Kennebec . ilreacl, was washed
away last 'night. A land slide occurred on
the Kennebec and Portland Railroad line,
destroying portions ot the car shed and
platform. \ - A- .
)----os--, or . i;son-, of
—The Boar d of Directors of the Pennsyl
vania Central Railroadihavl resolved tom
'crease the capital , stook o the company
twenty-five per cent., Whic will make the
capital of the company nearly twenty
seven millions. The Board declare that
the ears money is needed to develop the
company's traffic. 1: , '
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BRYVAIRE
Of that remorseless and InTtdlou l
destroyei of tit*
human race,
. .
CONSUMPTION.
,
Cheek and 'conquer Its "aitianc s, lest you tall thee
victim. When:attacked with any of its prelltabarY
symptoms; no matter bow ... alight, be on Tont guard(
and promptly use the remedy ere', too late. -
. .
DR. fiIABDENTS. imam SYRUP
Is an old, well tried certain and standard remedy
for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, C up, Dlelculty. of •
Breathing, Main - or. Oppresslond in the Chest or
Lungs. and all Diseases of Abe Ptrlmonarr Organs., •
Its sure and certain etileack has . been 113111 tested
and endorsed for many years I numbers of well-, '• _-
known citizens in our midst; and'their certificates
are on record. Have you a! cough which hag grub,. •
nally Increased trom a sligOt one to one of perms . •
neat standing ? Lose no time, but procure - a bottle
of DR. SARGENT'S COUGH •STRUP.•which will
surely relieve you of the Idangoi t rotui premonitory - .'
symptoms and effect a netmane t care. Do von • ~
spend miserable days and long eeriess nights of " •
torture and pain from attacks of Asthma or Difficu.- . •
ty of Breathing ? Dr. SAitGENT'S Cough Syrup
will act promptly,•relieve iyou and gradua ll y re-
store you to your freedom ufpain. and sound, pleas- - •
Ant sleep. Are yourlungs Sore andl irritated,indi-
eating Inflammation ? This is one of the most clan-.
genus wmptoms, and should be - promptly removed.
Dr. SA.RGENT'S Cough Strop will-heal the sore- • •
ness, Allay the inflammation. and restore the lungs
to their prestine health4nd vigor. This Cough
Syrup is pleasant and agre Me to take, whilepow-
erfaTandsure in its action, For sale by all Drug- .
gists in the country. 4. • •
tY tax,
ing ad
makable
under
AVOID POISON.
InValid reader, do you knOw what nine-tenths of
the bitter compounds you are solicited by the pro.
prietors to accept as solve sal panaceas are coin
'posed of?' Give lieed for a loment. They are man
ufactured from iiiipteritied i ' alcohol, containing a
considerable portion of juir,l oil—a poison - almost -
as deadly as prussic acid. l'he basis of the regular
tinctures - of the biateris edica is the same. No
- amount of ''herbal extracts!" can overcome the had
tendency of this pernicious; element. The essence
of sound Rye. thoroughlyt-rectified,' is the only
• stimulant which can be sa ly tiseo as a compo
nent of a tonic, alterative and - anti-bilious medi-
Pn i Lt n th C e H wo n rl i d n' hi E sv aS hich is
eine, and HOSTETTE pa R4S t a i
'the only medicinal pre
this article is used as an instoillent. Hence the ex-
traordinary effects. of this great specific. It gives
strength without inuducingi excitement. No other
tonic - does this, All the ordinary Bitters flush the
face and affect the btstin.,l HOSTETTER'S .
TERS diffuses an agrecablC calm through the ner
vans System, promotes digestion and yiroduces sleep. •
No other tonic so quicklyi **lives the exhausted
phy s ical energies, restoresf the ,appetite and re
moves the gloom and depression which always' ac- .
companies weakness of the bodily powers: /t
purges from the system the Imorbid htuncirs which
retard its natural functiOns,l,:and which bring pale
ness to the cheek and suffering to the brow. 'lt ban.
lobes those clogs upon pleasure, restores the netene
to high health, and necessarily proves a valuable ad.
prat to the digestive organs. A trial is all that is
needed to ' establish it in the confidence, of the
skeptic. , -
ANOTHER CURE I
loSt my. hearing during ;the last year. Past of
the time I was totally deit. l ln April of this ye:ir r ;•
.;
was induced, from en 'advertisement, to Make .
Pliaation to Dn. Karlresar..4o Penn :street. -Pitts
burgh. After having 'tried tarions medicines frOM . s r
doctors, without any benetiti I have been under
Keyser's treatment nowibighearly two months, and !
am entirely restored to my , hearing, so that I can •
bear a pin droP. - !JOHN SCANLAN,
Coal liluffs,l;WastdrigtbnCo., l'a.
' ANDTIIERICIJKIe. •
A man called,to-day at -Replers °ince to In ,
onit him of a great cure made by hi.LorW CITRIC, or
PULMONARY RiterottArtir4 list these Cures.
are made with the Doctor's 4reparations, he aesirei
it to be dittinotly ttuderstoo4 Viei moat of his crest
cures are made in 'accordant with the established
laws that govern the sciencel!of medicine, in 'width • .
be has been engaged for the xiasii, treuty.flte iron. •; ,
Last week be was , also In reciipto a: letter from'
clergyman in the State of Oro, detailing =other
most wonderful mare..
DR. KR' SElti ItZfliDENT*CONlig l itlp:o7.• ~
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