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, • Pinmaain DAZY, BY
-1121NMN, REED & CO., Proprietora.
P. It. PENNIMAN. JOSIAH KING,
T. P. HOUSTON, N. P. REED.
Editors and Proprictors. .
OFFICE:
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MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1868
National Union Republican Ticket
NATIONAL
FOR PRESIDENT: 1-
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
SCHUYLER COLFAX
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. .
' ' AT LARGE.
G. MORRISON COATES. of Philadelphia.
THO'S., M. MARSHALL, of Pittsburgh.
Distriert. District.
1. W. R. BARNES, 13. SAMUEL SNOW,
2. W. J. POLLOCK, 14. R. F. W AGONSELLER
8. RICHARD WILDET, - 15. MIAs. H. MILLER,
4. G. W. HILL. 15. JOHN STEWART,
6. WATSON P. AtcGru., 17. GEORGE W.-ELSEE,
.J. H. BRINGIIIIRST. 18. A. G. OLMSTEAD.
7. FRANK C. HEATON, 19. JAMES SILL,
8. ISAAC ECKERT, M. H. C. JOHNSON,
8. Mounts HOOFER, 21. J. H. EWING,
16. DAVID H. RANK, M. WM. FREW,
D. WM. DAVIS, M. A. W. CRAWFORD,
B. W. W. iivrcaum, 24. J. S. RUTAN.
. SPAT-F. , ricn...v_.l[N,
FOR AUDITOR. GENERAL OF PENN`A.
JOHN E. HARTBANET.
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL OF PENN , A.
JACOB EL CAMPBELL.
cotrwric pzen.p.or.
CONGRESS, 221) DISTRICT.
JAMESS. NEOLEY.
CONGRESS; =D DISTRICT.
• • THOMAS WILLL33IS,
abject to the decision of tho Conferees of thel
I District.?
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
A: L. pFA ictsos.
ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTOR.NNT.
; J. R. PLACE.
STATZ SZNATR.
JAMES L. GRAHAM.
GEORGE W
Assinsin,T.lLSO
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GTE. F. MORGAN,
JAMES TAYLOR
Y.. B. HUMPHREYS
I VINCENT MILLER,
SAMUEL KERR.
CONTROLLER.
HENRY LAMBERT.
JONATHAN N
COMMISSI ONE E R.
ELY.
SURVEYOR.
H. L. McCULLY.
COUNTY ROME DIRECTOR.
J. G. MURRAY. •
CITY TICKET.
FOR MAYOR,
JARED M. BRUSH
TOR CONTROLLER,
ROBERT J. McGOW/L—ti
FOB TIMASUEER, r
A. J. COCHRAN.
Headquarters Republican County Com
mittee, City Hall, Market Street. Open
every day. County Committee meets every
:SVednmUy, at 2 P. M.
WE
F.E.Lyr on the inside , pages of
.this
morning's GezETTE--Second Page: Ephen
eris, Gypsum„ Piece of History.' Third
and Sixth : Commercial and River News.
Seventh Page : Last ifomente of Thaddeus
anent, Bursting of a Glacier, Suicide of a
_Brilliant Frenchman, Later from Daniel
Webster to its Son, Bhernian and the. Mor
mons.
GOLD closed ; in New York on Saturday .
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THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
The Republican 'Primary Election, held
in this city on Saturday last, for candidates
for Mayor, Controller and Treasurer, resul
ted auspiciously for the harmony and sue
,.cess of the party. JARED M BRUSH was
designated for Mayor, BORT. J. pGow.ticr
for Controller, and A. J. COCHRAN for
Treasurer. Other highly respectable gen-
Ilemen were voted for, and received mess
urea of support highly creditable to their
characters and the pretensions set np by
their friendsintheir behalf; and it is no die
paragement to them to affirm that the candi
dates selected are entirely unexceptionable
in all particulars, and will command the tin- .
divided support of the Republicans of the
city.
These nominations were made by no
ring or clique of politicians, but by the
people themselveti. Never in the history of
local politics in this neighborhood did pri
mary elections attract a better class of citi
zens. Voters, - impressed with the reap:mai
`bility which individually rested with them
in securing a ticket worthy of their support
and confidence, flocked to the polls from'
the workshop and counting - room, and de
posited their ballots with all the honesty and
dignity of intelligent American citizens. So
much' for the Crawford county system.
We have not heard a word of complaint
growing out , of the result,
, or the , faintest
_
hint thatall'Was not conducted_ fairly and
honorably. The people ` hive put forward
the ticket, and certainly secure its
election in October.,
Our friends throughout the State, and
%elsewhere, need have no apprehensions ors
repetition of Ithe result exhibited at our lad
Municipal election. • ,
TUE Republicans of Schuylkill county
haie nomidated Wistimiron Mar SET-
Ins, Joins 'Lucas Slid LUTHER R. KIEV
PEW for Assembly. .The Republicans of
York county, Itirss GM:I7ITH and HEART
Ns; Doorxr:tuc,h; to zon as the Demo
,.
critic leendidete for Congress In the first
_District of WisConsin ; • but General PAINS!,
the Relitibliesi csuididste, - will beitt him, the
'3„
nnegodei handsomely. t
W 8 ere voider obligsUon to the Hon:
JAanica.. , NoonanAp.ind to the Hon.
TllOWi tretifa `' tor ' important . , pubic
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VI. The present condition of our system
of Federal taxation.
We invite to these statements the fullest
consideration of every reader who i:, a tax
payer, and challenge the most critical exam
ination of the figures submitted, in reference
to the official reports of sworn officers of the
Federal Government. The wildJst and
most absurd misrepresentations of the real
state of facts have been indulged in by Dem
ocratic presses and public speakers, the
&eater part of whom err through simple
ignorance, their incompetency to under
stand the details of financial questions, or
their willful and reckless disregard of the
truth. The country is already vocal with
these persons, Many of them candidates for
office, for Congress and the State Legiala:
tures, who either knowingly and purposely
state what they know to be untrue, or who
exhibit a degree of ignorance and incapacity
not only disqualifying them for the positions
they have the assurance and vanity to ask
Ter, but establishing their entire unfitness
to be trusted as political teachers, or to be
respected as men of ordinary veracity and
common sense.
T. THE COST OF TIIE REBELLIO3.
Expenses of the War Department, Years
Ending June 30th.
1882 $ 294,368.407 3511866 S T.S. 4,449,701 82
1863
.699,298,60083 _
= lBO7 .14 224,415 ea
090,331 .4.1,83 97 1863 1216,648 02
18651664
1,031,,360 79
To tai....83,218,7ca,011 02
Expenses for the year ending June 30th,
1861, were estimated at $20,000,000; for the
year ending June 30th; 1869, there were esti
mated and appropriated for, $33,081,118.
A small part of this latter sum is estimated
for war claims remaining unpaid, but we
will accept it as representing the proper ex- 1
penses of that Department when peace shall
be fully restored, all the war-debt liquidated
into another form, and the military service
of the Republic brought back to its normal
condition, commensurate with the material
growth of the people. The Department
cost, for the year ending June 30th, 1860,
$16,409,767 10. It is fair to assume that
its proper expenses, lad no rebellitsn or civil
disturbance required their expansion, would
have averaged, for the seven years from
July Ist, 1861 to July Ist, 1868, not over
$30,000,000 per annum. Deduct therefore
$210,000,000 from the above aggregate and
it leaves the proper expenses of the Rebel
lion idthatDepartmant at $3,008,702,928 02.
Expenses of the Navy Department—same
years.
1881-'62 42 , 874 , 509 69; 18m-•66........ 1t43, =ALS 52
1462-'63 63.211,1,5 27114916-'67 31,134,011 01
1863.'64- ..... 85,733,212 77r87.'88 25,775,5(f.: 72
M
1-1* 124587,778 12 - --
Total ......1414,320,376 13
The Navy cost $11,518,150 19 in the year
ending June 30th, 1860, and was estimated
at $12;000,000 for the year ending June 80th,
1861, but probably cost more, as that included
three months of the rebellion. The esti
mates and appropriations for the current
year ending next June are $17,800,000.
We take therefore an average of $15,000,-
000 for the proper expenses independent
of the war, and, deducting for the seven
years, $105,000,000, have a balance of $BOB,-
840;876 18 to carry up against the rebel
Democracy.
Interest Paid on the Public Debt.
newssP,l9o,B24 45 1866 0 8 1133,057,741 80
1862-'3 24,772.546 81 1886-'7 144.781,501 91
11380-4 53485,42169 1887-'8 141,635 561 00
laws 77,397,71200 ti
. - To 1 1687,01,189 35
This;item is as properly chargeable in the
account, as if .it had been money directly
spent for powder and ball. The estithate of
interest to be paid during the current year
is much reduced, being only $126,000,000.
Mark that
The Freedmen's Bureau.
The accounts in the T.reasury Department
show that the total expense of this Bureau,
since its organist tion, have been but $5,617,-
000, no small partof . 'which has been ex
pended to provide food for starving South
ern',Democrats.
Eispermu of Reeonstruetion.
The Treasury accounts show that the ex
penditures contingent upon the Reeertruc-
Bon acts of. Congress have been $2,844,-
700.60,10tal to Jane 80th, last.' This does
not Irwin& the proper military expenses
foi tits aimed forme, retained in the t3outh-
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PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : MONDAY , AUGUST 17, 1868
FIGURES FOR EVERY CITI.ZEN
Cost of the Rebellion--Entire Receipts and
Expenditures for Seven Years—The Pub
lic Debt—Federal Taxation. •
We have applied to official sources for
exact information on certain points of con
siderable [ interest to the tax-paying people
and the results of our enquiries are em
bodied in the statements annexed. Every
fact cited and figure repeated in this article
are taken from the Annual Reporta of the
Secretary of the TTeasuri, submitted to
Congress for the fi sical year ending respec
' tively and seriatim from June 30, 1860 to.
June 30, 1867, with the data for the year
ending in June last (to be reported by the
Secretary to Congress in December next)
which are from the recent official statement
of Commissioner WELLS, the authenticity ;
of which no man can question, and for the
current year, ending June 30, 1869, from the •
estimates of the various departments, as re
vised, cut down and appropriated for at the
last session. These appropriations, be it
remembered, limit all drafts upon the
Treasury, and not a dollar can be lawfully
expended beyond the authority thus given
by the representatives of the people, and
the amounts thus authorized are therefore
assumed, under the uniform practicd of the
Government from itaearliest days, as mak
ing the extent of probable expenditums.
We propose to show:
I. The money cost of the laterebellion, in
cluding therein the expenses of the War and
Navy Departments, interest paid on the
public debt, the cost of Reconstruction and of
the Freedmen's Bureau, up to the period
when all these expenses, except fof interest
on the debt, shall have ceased.
11. The aggregate receipts and expendi
tures of the Government for the Eight years
ending June 30, '6l, to June 30, 'OB, inclu
sive.
111. Where the-money name from, which
*e have thus expended.
IV. How this money has been expended.
V. A statement of the Public Debt at va
rious periods from July 1, '6O, to August
1, '6B.
• _ ,
em States to regulate and restrain the rebel
allies of our Copperhead Democracy from
cutting the throats of theirtnionneighboni,,
and renewing their fight for the "Lost
Cause." These expenses are already in
cluded in those given for the War Depart
ment proper. And, as all the expenditures
for Reconstruction and the Freedmen are
so included, we do not now charke them up
again in the total account. We sum up as
follows:
Total Expenees of the Rebellion.
War Department ' ft:3008,702M rr2
,
Navy Department 301,340,378 13
Interest paid on debt ' 587,483,189 35
Total ascertained expenses $3,904,531493 po
—and the $126,000,000 of interest to be paid
this year on the debt will more than swell,
at the end of the current fiscal year, the
money cost of the great Democratic rebel
lion to the terrible total of four thousand
millions of dollars! How soon can we
afford to !have another, such as they threaten
us with ?
11. AGGREGATE RECEIPTS AND EXPEND!
TURES FOR TEE EIGHT' YEARS ENDING --
JUNE 30, 1808.
The Receipts for, each year, from all
sources, were as follows :
1660.'61 41 88,835," 900 27 1864. $1,898,5.n.,7)33 04
1861-'O.-- 583,885.517 CO 1865-'t11; 4,273,260.215 20
1682'63 111.329,760 48 1866-•67..... 490 634, U 102.7
1823-'6l 205,961,761 65 1867-418...., 416,3014004 00
Total receipts for eight rear!........ 15,117.509,43317
The Expqnditures for the same period
have been:
1860-'Bl $ 84,578.834 47'1884-W,. ...$1,8 1 7,1174,27.4 00
1861-'62 570,841,700 5 1861-'66 1,141.072.666 1.1)
1862-'63 • 714.709,995 58 1866-'57...,. 346,7),129 63
1851-'64 865,234,087 86 1887-'69 406,300,000 00
Total expenditures for elgh t year5..16,0:7.140,000 ou
1 This apparent discrepancy of about $9OO,-
000,000, between receipts and expenses,
may be briefly explained. The figures for
each year above include the balances which
are carried over, and which ought to be de
ducted from. the ,actual summary of the
year's transactions. -- For example, .in all
the years named, except '63 and '64; these
balances varied from $2,000,000 to $144,000,-
000, making in all about $825,000,000, while
in the two excepted years the deficit on the
other side was about $1,203,000,000, The
balance represents substantially the discrep
ancy above shown. It is evident, of
course, that this balance or appareht deficit
is fully accounted for in the public debt, into
which it has been carried. It is also to be
observed that large amounts on each side of
the account; and for each year since 1861,
represent merely changes in the form of the
debt, the shifting of certificates into
seven-thirties, legal-tender notes, or bonds
of the various authorized issues, and to that
extent are independent of the actual receipts
and expenses of the year, 'although included
in the annual financial statement. Making
these deductions, the aggregate of monies
actually received and spent would appear
considerably less than above stated.
111. TUE SOURCES WHICH ' YIELDED VIE
• . FUND'S. I
Dunng the eight years ending June 30th,
1868, the receipts from all sources, except
loans, amounted to $2,340,848,603.35. For
one iear, 1863, this includes receipts from
all sources whatever. These receipts were
derived from customs, direct taxes, internal
revenue, lands, captured and abandoned
property and miscellaneous items generally.
The customs, taxes and' internal revenue
were the channels through which the money
of the people was received by the tax gath
lerer. Dedifet the amount thus realized from
the total of receipts, and the balance; $2,.
776,660,830.62, was every dollar of it raised
by loans of various descriptions based upon
the National credit, and making up our
present National debt. •
IV. HOW THE MONEY. HAS BEEN EXPENDED.
We have above shown what it has cost the
country to put down the Rebellion. Let
us look at the other expenses incurred dur
ing this period. The following table shows
the ordinary expenses, excluding those for
the War and Navy Departments and on
account of the Debt. It comprehends all
other expenses of tie country, incident to
its necessities in war or peace. These are
grouped by the Secretary under the heads
of the Civil Service, Pensions and the In
dians. The figures are :
1860-'l*. ....$ iC.,000,C00 59;(01,133 50
24,511,476 66 1 1865-"6.. . ... 644000,378 45
180. 0 3 27,470,442 8711866-'7..'.,... 76.699,110 75
1863-'4 35,053,530 43 ... 65,741,968 95
Total of ordinary expenses 9318,4439 61
•Estlinated.
• The estimates and appropriations for the
current year show a still further reductiOn
to $40,000,000, which is very nearly down
to the mark of our expenditure in the last
year of Mr. BUCHANAN'S administration.
Large amounts have been applied to the re
duction of the public debt. The last Trea
sury report states "the actual reduction
from Sept. 1, '65 to Oct. 31, '67," at 3266,-
185,121.48. From Oct. 81, 165, to August
1, '6B, it is officially reported as reduced. in
the sum of $285,014,956.88, without throw
ing ont the $82,210,000 of Railway bonds.
Let us add to. these items the cost of the
war, as abovc given, together with the sums'
which we deducted from the expenditures
in the War and Navy Departments, as
allowance for their avenge annually cost
under the ordinary conditions of peace:
Expenses of rebeillonproper ss,fosmastuow
Ordinal , expenses W ar Depart
went
seven years epttnutte 210,000,1:00,00
Ord nary expense of Navy Depart.uent
seven years estimate 105,000.030.05
Ordinary txpense of elvliretvice,
seven years 373,400ac9,'11
Heductlun uf Public Debt... 255,014, C 66,88
094,051,379.06
AdA for all expenditures, 1860-61 ' 115 '
84,678,834,47
Total of expenditures $5,188,630,213,33
This shows a slight excess over the total
of receipts as stated above, but, as we have
remarked, the exclusion of all transactions
concerning the debt from both sides of the
account, and the omission of the respective
balances) and deficits would reconcile the
difference. .
BTATZlottir or lint PUBLIC Dint'.
I
July 1060..$ 64,712).703M Oct. 31. 11 2 ,803.560,432,14
July 1.'61... oo,ezr,tra 68 June 30.-66 2,630.636,320,10
July 1,`62.. 014,211,371,62 1 t0t.31. '6B 2 . 6 51,424,121,20
July 1.'62..1.068,793.181,17 Janet kati,500,012, 33
July 1, '64..1.740,66 1 0,416.40 time 1018. • 2,623,634,480,67
July 1,'60•.2,681,731,717,38
Deducting from the lasi report, the sum
of $82,100,000 for bonds issued to- the Pa
cific Railway Colnpanies whiih are to be pro
tided for, principal and interest, by the
companies, but, being guaianteed by gov
ernment, are noted in the Report as put of
our debt, we hive the , amount of debt situ
ally due on the,let Of August; 1888 to be
$8,491,824,480.67, an actual reduCtlon_ of
the /troll debt front Its highest point In
tober; - 1865, - of - ‘ 1 3172201;956.8K or more
than one hundred millions per annum: The
interest account also begins to run: down,
In proportion as the principal is paid off
The country saves llftiert millions of dol
lars in that way this year.
The total expenditures for the current
year, including the extraordinary
. payments
for interest, pensions, bounties, &c., cannot
exceed $l9 ,500,000, and that amountis ap
propriated accordingly. The receipts on
the other h d, are estimated by the Secre;
tary at $3B ,000,000, of which the customs
and intern 1 revenue furnish $350,000,000.
Said the S cretary, in December last:
• `These estimate., hre made on the general average
of the receipts and expenditures for the past nine
months. Tne - liecretary is hopeful, however, that
Congress will take measures to largely reduce ex
penditures In all bmiebes of the service, to that a
eteeoly reduction of the dat moo be cont inued."
CongresS did take such measures, cutting
down the expenditures from his estimate of
$372,000,0.90 to $198.500,000 appropriated
for. , If the receipts hold up to his estimate,
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as they are likely to do, a surplus of. $lB2,-
500,000 wil be applicable to the reduction
of the debt. And in this way the debt is
finally to paid off.
In 1816, t the close of our second war
with Great Britain, the Republic, with a
population not exceeding eight millions,
owed a public debt of $127,384,933.74, and
paid it all off in twenty years. Large as is
our present debt, our forty millions of peo
ple, wielding the resell - ices of a continent,
will not find it so great a burthen as (their
fathers felt the war debt of 1816, to be,
fifty years ago,
The reader will perceive, in examining
the above statement, that when Mr: Bu-
CLIANAN and the Democracy retired, in
„March '6l, from their mai-administration of
the government, they left, an already exist
ing debt of nearly ninety millions of dol
lars, for which, in a partizan point of view,
only they, and not the Republicans, are re
sponsible.
VI. TUE PRESENT S TATE OF TAXATION
When the late
,war closed, taxation was
universal : it covered about everything ex
cept land,:agricultural Iroduce, =manufac
tured lumber, breadstuffs and a few other
forms of property or product. At least ten
thousand distinct articles s were then subject
to tax. Now, after three years, there is
nothing taxed for Federal purposes except
spirits, liquors, tobacco manufactures, gas,
matches, and playing cards; a stamp tax
upon perfumery, medicines, and a few
other things, and upon written instruments,
and a reduced tax upon incomes, a license
tax and the tax iipon 'watches, plate, and
carriages. The amount of taxes abated or
repealed since the close of the war has been
officially estimated by the Commissioner of
Revenue as follows :
a f, t ?T i l i t4l r y ci l i 3 . !. ( t. 1 66 8 4 ...
•. • ry .11,
'• `• '• March Mat., '6B.
Total $187.263,0(0
The burtben of Federal taxation no lon
ger affects the masses of the people. It
bears upon wealth, luxury and personal in
dulgence. As such, the people will prefer it
to the new Democratic theory of equal tax
ation, which is td press upon the farmer
and his products equally with the wealthy
capitalist.
, VII. CONCLUSIONS
Let the citizens, therefore, remember
these facts, which are established by the
most ample official authority, and each of
which, as stated by as in this article, are
correctly cited, and may be corroborated by
reference to the authentic documents.
• Ist. The cost in money of the Rebel
lion was over four thousand millions of dol
lars.
2nd. Of this cost, very nearly one
half, that is to say three-eighths, have
been already paid and forever discharged.
Of this whole fcrty-one hundred .millions,
only twenty-five hundred Millions remain
unpaid, in the shape of the existing public
debt, -
3d. The Republican party, administer
ing the National affairs for seven years,"
have, in that period, encountered and
crushed the most formidable rebellion ever
kn9wn to a civilized people, meeting and
discharging all the ordinary expenses of the
Government and very nearly one-half of
the cost of the rebellion tself.
4th. With the restoration of peace, and
the completed reconstruction •of nearly
all the rebellious States, the cost of the
public service, in all departments, has been
brought back to the anti-war standard.
Excluding the extra expenses in the current
year, ending next June, such as interest on
debt, pensions, bounties, itc., Commisssion
er WELLS estimates the regular expenses of
the nation for the year at $90,381,013;00,
which amount, and no more, has been ap.
propriated therefor , by Congress. The last
two years of ReronaziAx's administration
showed a regular expenditure of 031,000,-
000 and $86,000,000 respectively. _ The
slight increase for 1868.0 is fairly due to the
growth of the nation in that period. With
these allowances, the Repuitiean policy costs
no more than that of its predecessors.
sth. More than one-half of the money
spent in the last eight years was borrowed,
and more than one-tenth of this borrowed
motley is already paid. The rest of the
money was obtained either from the regular
anti-war sources, or frorn taires, the greater
part,of which are now abated.
6th. The existing Federal taxes do not
bear upon the masses of the people directly.
The reeeipts into the Treasury come mainly
from customs, i. e. duties upbn goods iss
ported from foreign countries, and from the
internal revenue, the principal sources there
of being tobacco, distilled spirits and fer-
mented liquors. It these are honestly col
lected this year bi Mr. 'Jciarieioi' `agents,
the yield will meet all the requirements of
the Treasury without constituting an oner-
one buithen upon the.-people. 'No other
Federal taxes Ace levied, except upon gas,
matches, playing cards, perfumery, comet-
Patattnedislitei, Saida 114 other man.'
nfacturvi aiticles, incomes, licenses, wa t ch"'
as, carriages and plate. Such "trartheni ,
ail thew constitute, people who undentand
the matter, will not amide: very dlsWes.:
7th. •ThelAsieral abate' or.rfraf*i
the,lsat Ittw yes* .11,0 eetLMlsted at
CUE
*167 000 000 annually. These taxes were
taken off because, with. the reduction of ex
penditures. the payn.ent bf the public debt
within a reasonable period, could be effected
without them. To that extent, therefore,
the public burtlie.ns were diminished.
- Bth. Every dollar of the money received
in seven years stands faithfully and honestly
accounted for. If there has been any ``Rad 7
ical extravagance," it has consisted entirely
in the necessary payments for the expense
of that rebellion which Democracy brought
upon us. No doubt, it is "extravagant" in
a Democratic point of view, to buy powder
and ball, pay soldiers, build ships, raise-ar-
mies, equip fleets, take care of the wound ,
ed, bury the killed, tension (the crippled
veterans, the widows and the orphans--all
to uphold the integrity, of the Union.
Doubtless, it is equally "extravagant" to;
undertake to pay either the interest or the
principal of the money borrowed
upon the Nation's credit. It is against De
mscratic principles to pay that interest, and
against their interest to pay that principal.
But an honest people will honestly meet all
its obligations.
9th. In three years, since the war
closed, nearly eleven per cent. of the debt
has been paid off. Republican economy
faithfully responds to the popular expecta
tions, and to the hope expressed by Secre
tary McCoLLocn, by continuing the cur
tailment of ` expenses, and his estimates
show that a large further reduction of the
debt may be made this year. If the Dem
ocracy do not plunge us into another civil
war, the present scale of receipts and ex
penditures will enable us to pay off the en
tire debt within the present generation.
"It mus newspaper s wledged that the manner In
which the conduct the political cam
paign Is not creditable to the clvtLiaatlon,ofoarcoun
try;".—Phitadaphia Nem.
The journal that makes this statement
more constantly and grossly offends against
correct taste and the decencies of social life,
in its treatment of politicians whom it dis
likes, than any other newspaper in Penn
sylvania.
IT seems the President wants an Attorney
General who will take such views of all
law questions as shall coincide with his pre
conceived opinions, and does not find that
person in Mr. EVART&
f An Ultra Demecat.
- Some men are insane enough to think
Horatio Seymour a great man. The "loud
est" admirer of the Governor that we have
heard of, however, is a well-known lawyer
of Watkins, N. Y., who expressed his ad
miration of the great decliner in the follow
ing, forcible, if not elegant, language a few
days ago : "Horatio Seymour, sir," said
he, "is the greatest man that God Amighty
ever made, unless I must except Wilkes
Booth
460.000400
40.(4b.000
. *-2,760.000
4150 ,000
The rollowing doggerel lines, exhibited on
the wall at the town of Watkins, are attri
buted to the same lawyer :
"Here's to the man
That pulled the trigger
That kii.ed the old e
Uad
That freed the nigger 1"
Prrrstmr.ott justly claims the leading
ladies' school in Pennsylvania—the Pitta
burgh Female College—and one of the first
in the Union. It has twenty-two „teachers,
and catalogued, last year, three hundred and
forty-seven pupils gathered from twelve
States.
IS YOUR DISEASE RHEUMATISM I
Many persons, supposing they are suffering from
ibis disease, have applied X.lnaments. Plasters and
other Rheumatic Remedies without obtaining any
relief, when in fact the cause of pain is a derangel
ment of the Kidneys. These are small organs. but
very important, and anyobstruction or interference
with its fp nctloms are Indicated by pain in the bank
and loins, languor and weakness, difficulty in avoid
ing and unnatural color of the urine. A Diuretic
should t once be resorted to.
DR. SARGENT'S
Liurette or Backache Pills
Can be relied on for these purposes: they have a
direct Influence on the cells of the kidneys, assists
nature In relieving them or any foreign particles,
and =tastes them to a healthy and vigorous ac.
tion
Dr. Sgrgent,'B Backcith43
Contain nothing injurious, being composed of en•
tirely vegetable remedies; they do not sicken nor
gripe—on the contrary they act as a gentle tonic and
restores tone to the system, They are recommended
by an who who have tried them.
Pelee 50 Cents Per Box.
FOR BALE BY DRUGGISTS. Sole proprietor,
fiEOREIE A. KELLY, Wholesale Druggist,
37 WOOD STREET, PITTSBURGH
SHATTERED CONSTITUTIONS.
Our constitutions arc elastic.* They are not easily
shattered. In fact, strictly speaking. Death alone
can shatter , hem, for they represent the reserve of
vitality, which enables the enfeebled system to re
set, whin the pressure of disease is removed from
it. But It is the fashion, when the. body Is weak,
the circulation languid, the nerves tremulous and
the mind depressed. to say that the constitution is
I ruined, or br•:ken down, or shattered. In cases of
the kind described, administer HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS and it wit soon be seen how
little ground there Is for this stereotyped note of
alarm• The tonic and alterative properties of the
specific, rapidly diffused through the whole organ!•
;anon by the stimulant which forms the basis. will
Immediately create a favorable reaction, and this
reanimating process will go on as the medicine is
continued, until strength,
.health and mental ac
tivity are completely restored. - Every day cures of
this kind are accomplished. Let the debillAted In
valid, when told by his condoling friends that "1116
constitution Is shstteied,” have reconrile at once to
this strefifith - restislthill PreParitiOn, in which the
finest stomaehics and alteratives of the vegetable
kingdom are represented, and he will soon be able
to meet their gloom,' rorebodinge with a confident
smile,' and to announce that he bas taken a nest
lease of life under lie •ital4lng operation
CHRONIC DISEASES OP THE EAR.
In observations and notes taken by I , r. KEYSER,
of this ohm, on the various diseases' of the car, he
says that ulna out of ten OLINs could be cured In
their incipiency if app:leation were made to some
resaleable apd competent , aural surieon. The
neater quotes from the Opinion of Wadi, a well
known aural Burgeon , who a tySir fear nor to Es ;
Iterate the 'assertion which I made on several for:.
mer occasions, that If the disease of the ear WAV a s
well studied or understood by the generailly of
practitioner% and es early attl edit td as throMot
the eye, IS would be [nand that. they. were hie' as
much withln tb . e paleof sat-ethic treatment. • •
Dearness la so ronmon and so degreasing as M
aniac,. and when of long steadiest so' immrahle,
that we cannot too strongly urge alt tiediCel peal
timers to make I themse Yes ra miller wl di the treat ,
=mitt of the diseases of the ear. • .
The Dh otor says that measly all annoying -DD.
charges, Donlogs sod Mos bid eirowthipe en u a rlo
the organ of the hearing, some 40 whist, Simi lltt•
gems through a spore.or two of Stt ra. cab be cared
Or atoeltnrated b7-pn per treatment.
DA. NiY tOalt:trailt ADZ 1' OPPIOK fOr i 1 7Na
IXAMINATIONS AND, TUN, TN sTAILIMI' 4.4
ONTINATE„tINNOhID IneWilgs,) mils pont
141IXAT. l'lrrellUddik4 r . PA. ,Jenoa:baare mom
9 As ak,trirrll.4llPol.:.,i)..' •
AlTultieubs , l lB . o g r.•
sa- NOTICSI3—"To Loh* , ...FY', ficsio, ll "Loot,'
"Wanteo' "Ancied, I "Boarding," &e., not ez..
medinv FO OR LINES each mill be inserted to then
oolornnt ones for TWENTY-1M CENTS; each
addatoilat its* FIVE CENTS.
WANTED--SiTUATIONS.'
.WANTED — SITUATION—By a
young man as Porter or Watchman in a
hotel or store, who can come well recommended.
Atiare.at T. S. McCOE, this once.
W A NTED — SITUATION.—A
IT young man who has had several years ) ex
perience in toe dry goods business would himself
to ob
tain a situation where he can make himself useful.
Can wive good reference. Address BOX
zErrz Orner.
F.‘10 5 02133:50r54
IVANTED --110 NESTLY-To hire
ten men at a salary of $l5O per month, to
sell the HOLLoW DASH ATMOSiIik:RIC
CHURN, and transact an agency business for men k
but will employ no man unless he is willing to work
a few days on a commission, - or can otherwise fur
nish satisfactory - evldence of ability and integrity.
Nmployment steady. J. C. TILTON, 1034 Ct. Clair
street.
WANTED—HELP—At Employ
nient 00lee. No. St. - Cleet, BOIL S.
GIRLS and MEN, tor different kinds of employ
ment. Persons wanting help of all kinds can be
supplied on short notice.
WANTED --SA L ESMEN.-Four
or Bre good Salesmen. Article sells every
wnere, In country and city Can make good wages.
Apply at 10!i ST. CLAIIt STRISST, Room 4.
lIKPAI 9 Par :TOYA rIITM
-1 , 30. • I •r • leas
ant furnished rooms to let, with boarding.
at 1117 THIRD dTHEET.
•
p ANTED—B Q A RDEBEL—Gen—
tlemen boardern can be accommodated with
board and lodging at No. 28_FERRY
Ktleman and wife t , ll. : l ! two ling! gentlemen
can accommodated with Bret class boarding at
No. 18 WYLIE STREET. Room Is a front one, on
second floor, and opens out on balcony.
WANTED ---AGENTS
ANTED—AGENTS-For__ Na-
TIONAL CAMPAIGN GOODS.—SxIO Steel
Engravings ofGRANT and COLFAX, with or with frame.. One agent took 00 orders in one day.
Also, National Campaign Biographies of both, 35
cents. Pins, ,Badges. Medals and Photos for Dem
ocrats and Republicans. Agents make 100 per et.
Sample packages sent post-paid for Send at
once and get the start. Address GOODSPEED &
CO.. 37 Park Row. N. Y.. or Chicago, 111. d&F
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ANTED - AGENT.—As Tray
_ ELING AGENT. a man well acquainted
with the Queensware and Glass business. None
other need apply. Addreaa P. 0. Lock 'Box 197.
Communications confidential.
WANTS. •
WANTED — DIMEIOUTELY, all
•rho are looking for business to call and exam
ine the HYDRAULIC COW-MILKIqt, patented
Jute ;10, 161138—" a sore cure for acheing bands and
kicking , cows." It tanks the four teats of a cow at
once: It imitates the calf, draws and stops drawing
to swallow; It will milk any cow perfectly dryln three
minutes: It Is operated by hand, dog, bone or other
power. One man can attend' everal machines,
milking as many cows at once. i t is simple, durable
and self-adjusting: wilt fit any cow; milks three
teat cows as well as any; easily worked; not liable
to get ou. of order, and has proven by practical use
to be more agreeable to the cow than Land-milking.
A rare, oppottunity Is now veered to enterprising
men, either to travel or 'locate in city or country.
Call and examine for yourselves. HYDRAULIC
COW MILKER MANUFACTURINCi COMPANY.
No. 10 St. Clair Street.
W
ANTED-TO ADOPT,A
young woman wishes to adopt her child into
a good tinnily, as their own, to be raised as such by
th‘ m. The child Is a beautiful BOY BABY, two
lemonths old, and in good health. Anersbn wi-
gto aeopt a child , this is a good ch a n c e. For fursh
ther information call at GAZETTE OFFICE, where
they will be directed here she Is to be found.
WANTED -MEN seeking bust
nest; to see the HOLLOW DASid ATAIOS
TEICRP! CHURN. It will enurn In three minutes,
make a fourth mure butter, and of a better quality,
than by the uld process. Live - men, having i2O to
Invest, eau make a good arrang- ment by calling
soon J. C. TtI.TON, No. 103 i ST. CLAIR ST.
WANTED -DiFORMATION-Of
FRANCIS 31. WF.BR. When last heard
fn m was stopping at • •Gottman's Exchange," In
the Diamond. (in May. In the City of Pitts.
burgn. Any ri.who whereabouts o read this
notice and knewof theol the said
FRAN CLS WEBB. will confer a great favor on
his mother, .31-s. R. FRANKE N, by addressing a
letter to J: C. FRANKLIN, hleadowvilte, Umatilla
Count. , Oregon. •
WANTED--PARTNER.—A Part
ner that. will devote bls time to sales and
collections, ann who can invest I Mean to TwentT
flve Thousand Dollars. In an old established manu
factory. Address K, with full name, at (Warn%
()Fr if a }lone need apply except an active b .al
nese man. capable to attend to bustnes , generally.
'WANTED -0 WN E Wl—Parties
having , left work to be doneat the ran:al
lure Repair Rooms of G. A. TAYLOR. No. 13
Smithfield street, since the lOtn of .A lull. are re
quested to call for the same, or awn( be di sposed of
according, to law.
WANTED -TO. PURCHASE--A
few ACRES Or LAND, Improved or un;•
Improved, within seven tulles of the' city. Price,
from two to live thoosmad dollars. Address W. 8.,
DISPATCH OFP/CH, giving tooitfOn.
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AN'rED —All who are friend
ly to the Medics: Treat .t.ent of A. PARTO-
N 11, to call at once at the old Medical Office,' Law
renceville Drug Store, established 13 years.
W A N T.ED—PURCHASER—For
an interest in an established business on
Fifth street. ' Terms- $5OO cash. $5OO in tour and
$5OO In six months. Address BOX 11, this office.
FOR REN
Tod LET — DWELLING.--A - 'very
esirale D , Milllng, nearly new, containing'
seven rooms and tinishedattle. with all modern im
rAvielle_n_t:.
ER 88 B:i t ie t rA t e u° e n t a , b lilegh A egP l . y to
WM.
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LET—ROOM. —A very desira
..L. ble FRONT ROOM:for gentlemen's sleephig •
room!. with or without boarding. at No. 3.1 HAND
S limit door from Morole Works. Terms •
moderate.'
Zd LET — STORE- ROOM --No. 50
SMITHFIELD STREET. Posaeasion given
Immediately. Inquire at above number.
O LET-LAFAIEZTTE
. Wilt bn to rent on SUNDAYS. after middle
TO LET—ROOMS.Two com
municating TIOOMS, No. 4 Hancock street.
at No. 4 eT. uI.AIR Writs: T.
TO LET-DIiVEL,LING.-A
rable Dwelling or nine rvotna. baring modern:
finorovt-rnent?. 'Enquire of JOHN TOIitENCE,
Neal F..tate Agent. Mulch&ld street.
mU LET--11100195.--The Fourth
STultY of blAztrrrit Office, front and buk
Sul ding. Splendid room., stilt-able for work shope Le
desired. Call at GAZETTE COUNTING -ROOM.
A.
LET--DWELLlNG—Contain
leg hall and nine roo es. at low ient of $350
per annum. Located on Second street; near Grant.
Ennnlxe of A. C. PAT rsicstox, 73 urAut greet.
POE SALE
F'nSALE-4 Small' House ou
Virgin alley. above Sm.theeld street. Apply
to S. OLITHBikaTA EONS 115 Smithfield street.
FOR SALE-AT HOLIOIREN !MA
TIOP.—Loto for mile at this. very dessrable
location. Persous desiring t secure a home for
themselves Would do well to examine this property
before pervhaiing any place else. los can dote by
calling at the once of Ii..ROBINSoN. P 5 redersa
three.. A.ifit nv Cltv. Who will take any person to
examine thr proper y free of charge.
gOlt I SALE-ItARE CHANCE,-
PLUMBING AND GAS PIT MG NSTAB
HMKA good stand and store. together
with fix; nets,
god will, to.. or MOBBING , and
GAN Pt ri ING NP.T •BLUMMitt.T. doing a good
business, Is tarn d for r ue. The above is &limited
In a hood place ,for buirness. Having engaged in
other business. ill!, proprietor offers this iintahlisa‘
rent at a bargain. 'for nart..oulars. to , call at No.
lab WOOD s VEMET, Pittsburgh. Pa . .
pott.ful Build.-
MALE—A Beauti
ISM LOC. containing 4 arms. whit ;be riv...
r p
ire or 8 acres . 'nested CM Mount HAns, a p o d s
Hun Matton,F. FL w. AC. IC, 141411010 g rODer
gy or m eg . Taylor, Wm. hielton, t% the Nlc iird ia i k
.Ean t oth r.. This t s ape at the most commanding
views In the vicinity at the two citk,P. and within a
-minutes' , walk ~t the stathin. gn mire- at 351 io.
env street, or st. the resilience °Cur. ALEX. TA r-
L 011... altar the PrCinati. - ,- . .
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kl,oll SALE.--111011.SEse—At HOW.
ARIPS LIVERY AND SALE STABLE,
Ti
MILY HORSE Alan; three DAPPLE 0
HORSES: one LAME DRAUGHT MILSE"
MACK MARRS: two GREY . RARER,
WREN?, Guar Monongahela House. . .
Renme. bought and Sold o : ll coMaittitok. .
von NAILS; -- WAGONS.—iPne Ex
-2: press Wagon; ono A horse Peddler Wagon.
covered• ens 1 -horse Kyoga - Wagon. v.lth banrel
reek. Apply to J•41.14.1.)YKR. Jr.. comer Bldg°
wee{ and Allegheny steam% tulegheny.
O R 8 A L'E=-P 0 8 TB.--LOCIIB I I I
POWIII, bratty the required, by 4.011 N DYER.
dr , a ,.. treef, _
..abd teAlw4tv ay.nue.
REMOVALS.
. . .
itTTLET:&_ CO,.have res.
W:eent."-i4 ke •
few doeyebelqr . eh u. ..Katest, Allegheny. • ;
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