8 en , `- AND SUBURBAN. Daily torayer Meeting' From 12 M. to, 12:30 o'clock at the Rooms of the Christian Ass:elation, No. 23 Fifth street. Police lifewa'Was remarkably dull yester day. The Grecian Bend has made its appear ance on onr'•atreets. ' • Tne Nieolson pavement on Mark& street is being rapidly laid down. The County Jail contains about one hun dred and fifty persons at the present time The Neptune Fire Company Intend having a terpsichorean entertainment in the Rink pretty soon. ; Managers of the different skating parks are thinking about putting them in order for the winter campaign. The. First Ward Grant Club will meet to night at Headquarters, corner of Market street and Second avenue. orhe Allegheny. County Tanner Club wil meet at City Hall to-night in fall uniform at seven o'clock sharp, for procession. Yesterday was celebrated by the Jews as New Years. It was to them the first day of the year 15.629. It.wits very generally - observed. • • • Ilia Political Campaign is becoming very active in this vicinity. There is a great deal of talk, but there is also a great deal of work going on. , , • Different Persons.—By a coincidence two Safnuel Mel Coins appeared in ( the Court •Reports of -yesterday's GAZETTE. They were different persons. The approaching RepUblican Convention promises to be .one of the most imposing political demonstrations of the kind ever witnessed in this vicinity. The Grant Hussars, including company g'A.," will meet to-night for business at City Hall at half-past seven o'clock. The meet ing is very important and all should attend. The Seventh and Eighth Wards Grant and Colfax Club will hold an important meeting this (Friday) evening,, when every member of the Club is requested to bed present. Selling Liquor Without Llcense.—Mar garet Cunningham alleges a Mr. Canol is in the habit of selling liquor without flicense, contrary to law. Alderman Taylor issued a warrant for the arrest of the accused.' The retail coal dealers are looking up and considering the question of an advance in the price of that frticle. The cold weather for,the past few days has created a demand and a demand regulates the price. Notice.—Charles Lenox Remond, Esq., the distinguished colored orator of Boston, will speak in the A. M. E. Church, corner of iWylie and Elm streets, this evening at eight o'clock. Citizens generally: are in vited to 'attend. Young. Men's Christian Association. There will be an adjourned meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association held iu the Rooms No. 2.3Fifkh street, at 7% o'clock Saturday evening, the 19th inst. A full at tendance of the members is desired as, busi ness of absorbing interest and vital impor tance to the Association is to be considered. gull Burning.--The fire at the abutment of the railroad bridge over the Mononga hela river, and under the lower endd of Try street, is still burning. The abutment of the bridge will evidently have to be torn down, but the bridge will to in no way af fected, as it is not connected with the abut ment proper, but only extends to the pier which the abutment is built against. Meeting, of Soldiers and Sailors.—The soldiers and sailom. of Allegheny county will hold a meeting at City trail, Saturday, 19th inst., at a r: 3i., to make arrangements for attend:ins: the : Soldiers and Sailors Masi Qmvention at Philadelphia October Ist and 2d. A special.train will be provided and er.cursion tickets issued to all who desire to attend the Philadelphia Convention. Severe Fall.—Ast old lady namedliarris, was,seriously injured yezterday, while walking up Wylie street. She was en. deavoring to pass around the outside of some dry goods boxes which obstructed the pavement, and in doing so , fell into the gutter, sustaining various bruises in the side and ether parts of her body,- besides severe internal injuries. - She is at present lying at herhome and receiving medical at. tention. Severe Accident. -Wednesday evening a drunken man , endeavored to get upon a car, of the BirtrAngham Passenger Rail road on Smithfield sheet; I but missed his Outing and fell • with one' arm under , the wheels, r abl',which but Pbrealcinassed oveno r, lacerating it considey 0 injured man Was taken on board and con : veyed to the office of a physician, where his wound received the proper medical attention. The Fair.—The . work of repairing the rolr Grounds for the annual exhibition 'lnu3 been oommenced, and is 'being pushed forward rapidly. Should the weather prove - favorable, the display on the occa mon will be of increased interest. Active preparations are going on throughont the county, and the indications are that the' affair will be a complete success, at least so far as the exhition goes. Procession To-Night.—lt is armnged for a grand procession to=night of the various Grant Clubs of the different wards to attend in a body the mass meeting to be held in - Manchester. We believe the Tanners will also be out in full force. The companies will form at headquarters of the. Second Ward Club, Wilkins Hall, on Fourth street, shortly after six o'clock. 'As all are invited to participate, we hope there will be a very general turnout. A Company of mounted men, organiied for the “Grant Hu sars", met last evening and unan i mously elected Capt. J. S. Schoen maker, Captain; raid. Alex. McCallum, First Lieutenant; Capt. D. M. Howe, Jr., Second Lieutenant, and Andrew Mackey, Jr., Second ' Lieutenant.' The company nuatixirdeighty o id of thefirst young men the county,' and promos to present at the grand Convention to be 'held on the 23d and ranee creditable to the banner county. -x-assedmirough.= l- Last eirening Schuyler Dolfg& 'and Benjamin F. Wade, two well known citimius of the United States, ipassed ,--;? through this city, taking teaat the Un on Ds y. wt Hotel, and leaving for 'Washington tticr Hszrisburg, :at ;half-pia seven o'clock. They were called upon by a numberof zens anxious tapay their respecur, bat had • • duetiotice.of their expected arrtVid. been given. fully , twenty thousand, persons ' - would have assembled at the ,depot to bid , them. welopme to the e!ty r . , MEE ME , " , •• ( Runaway Accident. ./.• . . yesterday Morning :about eleven o'clock, ..I'"ti, Whir_ ..74ndrif,:b4/111Mit acc o mpanied by his wife and daughter, wan driving along . Ohio street in a carriage the horse attached to the vehicle became ' , frightened and isn ; miumiteable. He had ; lone but a sh`Ort distance when the< wrftge upset. Forte. . •' - • l ately the body' of the:vehicle became imp. arated ;from. the wheels and; Vemained • - ' ":near . where the upset , occurred. ' The -frighteed animal pro#eeded on his mad gallop for some distance '. but was finally, " . captured and brought Wk. ' The Carriage ..- was badly broken and smashed, and the 'horse sustained severe brtilses; y but beond .• •.- " 'i - .:' '' ' this no further injury Was dcpe. Ks., k.;!. • • - 0 .0 es - TWFAILiEd CONVENTION. Announcement of Arrangementstio The Committee of Arrangement appoint ed to conduet the Grand Mass Convention on the 24th inst., held a meeting yesterday ( afternoon, at the Republican headqinirters, City Hall. The chief officers, division commanders and members of the Reception Committee were announced as follows: • -1 CHIEF OFFICERS. • Chief Marshal—Gen. F. H. Collier. Chief of Staff—Col. John H. Stewart. Adjutant General—Col. Wm. B. Cook. The aids will be announced hereafter. DIVISION COMMANDERS. , 1-Gen. J. B. Sweitzer, , 5-Col. J. W. liallentlne, 2-Cot. Ed. J. eslien. , 6-Dr. W. B. Remep, 3-tai. Gus. Schleifer, 7-I.leut. Krepel, 4-Charles Jeremy, 8-Capt. Monlzin infer. The division commanders will announce their staff officers and aids as soon as the appointments are completed, RECEPTION CoMMITTEE : , Col. R. Biddle Roberts, Chairman. Hon. J. K. Moorlit ad. ' lion. Thomas Williams, lion. James Vecch, lion. Thos. M. Marshall, lion. John P. Penney - , liou. C. Sh ,nnou. lion. R. H. Carnahan. lion. Thomas M. Rowe. Ron. Hobert McKnight, SUB-COMMITTEES. Committee on Stands—john A, Myler, John Heath, H. S. Fleming. Committee on. Speakers—Captain M. W. Beltzhoover,:D. O'Neill, Major Gas. Schlei- Committee on Printing—Col. F. C.Neg ley, George W. Hallman, B. Oppenheimer. Committee on Arrangements—Capt. M. I W. Beltzhoover, Col. F. C. Negley. THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Dr. George McCook has been designated . as President and will preside at the main "stand. The-Vice Presidents will officiate at the side stands. . • , . CdamiTTE.a ON GRANT AND TANNER CLUES. Col. J. Browne, Ch'n, Col. W. B. Neeper, .John IL Hare, Joseph Nobbs. , Col. Joseph Kaye, t Capt. B. F. Jennings, James E. Stevenson. Maj. J. J. Lawson, Dr. F. Hardtmeyer, . R. D. Baker, 3. S. Patterson, , . Major litigate, John K. Browne, Martin chaffer, Capt. W. B. Morgan. George Mout, C01..1. W. itallentine, Alex. Burns, , Robert augston. Capt. W. H... Ford, i.r. .1. B. McGrew, Capt. S. Kerr; ' .Thomas Robinson, Gen. Charles Barnes. James Dickson, Frank Duff, John Blue, Frank McGunnigle, Henry Murray, ' • Samuel Brown, 'Foster Alward, And Captains of all the Tanner and Grant Clubs CONINITTF.E. ON SOLDIERS. Ilaj.J.F.Deniston,Ch'n, D. D. Barclay. , James A. Gray, Augustus lieikert, 1 A. I': Callow, . Abysm Patterson, I). A.-Jones, ' Charles A. Miller, Wm. P. Price, ' Jame , P. Gilson, Marlin Shaffer, Columbus Pact- rson, IL A. Collier, , • SW. Itecuolds. Casper Gang, . Samuel Kilgore. GRAND DIVISIONS. First Division—Gen. J. Bowman Sweitzer commanding. To be composed of Grant Phalanx, Grant Hussars, Tanners, and First, Second, Third and Fourth wards, -Pittsburgh. Second Division—Colonel Edward J. Allen commanding. To be composed of the Fifth, Sixth, S-iventh, Eighth,. Thirteenth, Four teenth, Twenty-Second and Twenty-third wards, BraddockTs Fields, Mclieesport and ElizatrAh. Third Division—Major Gus. Schleiter, commanding. Ninth, Tenth - , Twelfth, Fa teeenth, Sixteenth, Seventeehth and Eigh teenth wards, Westmoreliffid, , Indiana and Cambria counties. ( Fourth Divi,sion—Charles Jeremy, com manding. To he composed of East Bir mingham, Birmingham, Ormsby, Upper and Lower St. Clair, Snowden, Baldwin, Mifflin and JoiTerson townships. Fifth Division—Colonel J. W. Ballantine, commanding. Comprising South Pitts burgh, Monongahela, West 'Pittsburgh, Mt. Washington, Temperanceville, Union, Scott, Chartiers, North and South Fayette, Robinson, Moon, Finley. and Crescent town ships. Sixth Division—Dr. Wm. B. llezlep, com manding. Comprising First, Second, Fifth and Sixth wards, Allegheny, McClure, Neville, Ohio, Sewickley township and Sewickley anti Belleview boroughs, and all who come in by way of the Pittsburgh, Fort Waynd k .and Chicago Railway; and Beaver snapitrercer counties. Seventh Division—Lieutenant Alfred Kre del, commanding. Comprising the Third, Fourth, Seventh and Eighth wards, Alle gheny, and the remainder of the townships and boroughs orrthe north side of the river, and all coming in on the Western Pennsyl vania Railroad. Eighth Division—Captain Julius M.ontz heimer, commanding. To be composed of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-first wards of Pittsburgh, Wilkins, Penn, Plum, Versailles and Patton town ships. THE Equi.p, The route of procession has not yet been completed, but the Committee will meet to-day for the purme of arranging it. • . The Torchlight Procession. The Committee of Arrangements having in charge the grand Torchlight ,Procession, to be held on the evening of Wednesday, the 23d inst., met yesterday afternoon and made the following arrangements: Procession to form as folows: Chief Marsha!—Colonel Joseph Browne and Aids. Carriages with distinguished gues • ' First Division—To be Colattiied of the Grant Hussars, butchers end &aymen, and other mounted delegations, to be com manded by General William Blakelop, to , form on Monongahela wharf, right resting on Smithfield street. &scrod Division—To be composed of the various visiting clubs, under command of Samuel B. Clutey, Esq., will form on Wa ter atrebt,'right resting at . Monongahela . _, . . . _ ...4 House. li Third Divisitm—To be composed of ;the 1 1 / 4 various Clubs South of the Monouga els river, under command of Col J. W. Bal n tine, will " form on Monongahela bri ll e, right resting on Water street. - Fourth Division—To be composed of the various Clubs from Allegheny City; under command of General Charles Barnes, will form On Liberty street, right resting on Water street.._. • Fifth Division—To be composed of all the clubs in the Thirteenth, Fourteenth Fif teenth,Bixteen tb, Seventeenth. Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-first, Tweu ty;second and Twenty-thirn wards, under command of Capt. Charles W. Blitclielor, will form on Market street, right resting on Water street. Sixth Division—To be composed of tiaa Al leghanY County Tanners Club, and the clubs from the First, Second, Third, Fourth. Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Elev,enth and Twelfth wards,under com mand of General A. L. • Pearson, will form on 'Mood strept, right resting on Water street. ' 1 All dubs are requested • to be present be fore eight o'clock, as the procession Will move at that hour. . 1 i 1 ' ' , ROUTE OH PROOESSION; ",1 , Along Smithfield to Fourth street, up Fourth to Bose, up Ross to Fifth atredue, out Filth avenue to Pride, ' up Pride street to Colwoll,_along Colwell toPulton up FA ton 'to Wylie, down Wylie to Fifthave: s tle : down, Fifth avenue to Smith fi eld, 630 g Smithfield to Liberty, out 'Liberty to - tenth street, down: , aenth street to Penn street, down Penn to' St. Clair, along St. Clair and-Federal streets to Laqack, un La cock to. Andersum, up Anderson- to -Cedar avenue; along Cedar avenue to North corn., mon, along North avenue to Irwin avenue. along Irwin avenue -to Oqio street, along( Ohlolo Federal`and distithr frhe proesokol,Will-mcry at eight o'clock precisely; theinignal being the tiring, of a gun et the .font of Wood street, ander charge of the Second Ward Club. ( A cordial: invitationsls extended to the arietal. , jilie Companies o n tne two cities and boroughs to turnout on this occasion. and Citizens of the various wards, boroughs d townships, will form in the refiraf their respective clubs. .''. All „boraz pzorras along the route of pro- Ceaeion are requested ter display the "Stare r f 1" ~ .-_ ~ - i PITTSBURGH' GA'ZET'TE': FItIDAL SEPTEMBER 'lB, 1868 and Stripes," and to illuminate their dwell ings and places of business. The commanding officers of the various clubs in cities, boroughs and townships are requested to report to Col. Joseph Browne at once, relative to FIRE wonn.s. 1 Confidence Game. The latest sensation in the way of confi dence"gaines transpired in this city during the present week. A young woman, who, like all other Confidence operators, is a stranger in the city, a few days since sue ceeded in gaining the confidence of a prom: inent young gentlenian in the city, and af ter inducing him to go with her to a house of ill fame, attempted to extort money from him by prosecuting him for raps, The deluded young man was arrested and gave bail for a hearing, which took place yester day. In the course of the hearing it trans pired from the testimony of the prosecu trix that the man was the victim. That she had previously been at the house referred, too awl made arrangements for the second visit. The Alderman ' before whom the in f. rmation was made, after bearing the tes timony of the prosecuting witnesses, thedis ateasione, ppearsple her particular forte, sought to perseverance failed to obtain from her first victim, and to' a certain extent succeeded. She ttp , gainbh }l tlie hroegetneihdarag costtv , h eal e nothifgac a ttchshc operator , uen se succeeded ep e r o s d d an ee cddu directionti rnwhose xth.what plshe dismissedar operation, tpe ahe had peered before the. Mayor and made infor mation charging the woman who kept the hbuse, where she had taken the young man, with keeping a bawdy house. The accused was arrested and the case compro mised by the payment of ten dollars to the confidence woman by the proptiotress of le bagnio. Yesterday afternoon the driver of a one horse wagon left his vehicle in front of a grocery store on Liberty street while he went inside the establishment to transact some business. Coming out in a few min utes hellbund the horse and vehicle miss . ing, and son looking down tie street he saw them in charge of a man who was hurrying off. as fast as the horse could travel. He immediately raised an alarm and started after the thief, followed by several policemen and a large crowd of people. The retreating thief turned down St. Clair street and from to Duquesne Way, still continuing the that rapidity of his flight and followed by tho crowd. At lasts flank movement was made by the pursuing par ty, heading off the runaway as lie was returning from the Point by way of a se cluded cross street: The thief, however, finding himself foiled, jumped from the vehicle and disappeared. The owner of the turnout was glad enough to get his property back, and made no farther ox ertions to catch the bold operator. The affair occasioned considerable excitement in the vicinity. but when the result was known it quickly calmed down. For audacious impudence and reckless daring, the opera. tion was certainly an unnsually conspieu •ous one, and almost terminated with suc cess. Audacious Attempt. Re-Arrested. The two men.arrested by officer Irwin on suspicion that they were the parties who had perpetrated the robbery at the National Trust. Company's banking house, an ac count of which we published several days since, as we stated yesterday, were dis charged. Yesterday morning officer Gum bert made another information, charging them with the same offence,and re-arrested them at, the Rush House. hey_ were taken to the Mayor's office, and after a hearing His Honor committed Daniel Burns for a further hearing, and Themes Mulligan was committed for two days, at the expiration of which, if there is no further reason for his detention than now appears, he will be discharged. One of the witnesses exam ined testified that he was just entering the bank when the men who had stolen the money were running out, and from the ap pearance of Burns he believed he-was one of the men, but he would not say positively that ho was. The man answers precisely the description the witness gave of the one whom he met in tne door of- the bank, although the description was given before the arrest of the suspected parties. Alleged Outrage. Isabella Scahill relates a story which in substance is as follows: She resides in Lawrenceville, and on Wednesday evening started out in company with a male friend to take a walk. They had not pro ceeded far when an acquaintance of her companion joined them and was introduced as Mr. Relley. Soon after the friend with whom she had started out excused himself and left her in charge of Kelley. The two continued the walk, turnip{off from But ler street toward the Allegheny river. Reaching the track of the Allegheny Val ley Railroad they walked along it a short distance When, on Arriving at a secluded spot, Kelley made indecent proposals to tier which site indignantly spurned, and en deavored to get away, but he detained her, and by force succeeded in accomplishing his vitiations design, after which he tied. she made ' her way hbefOr e ome and yesterday tarsmade infoimatlon K e l l ey,a cMas rs against Kelley for rapeAl, it is said, is employed at the United States Ar senal at Lawrenceville, to which place an officer proceeded with a warrant for thee c rest of the alleged criminal. School Directory Nominated. •A meeting of the Republican citizens of the Seventh ward; Pittsburgh • w as. held last evening in the School Rouse on Frank lin street ? for the purpose - 61' nominating three additional School Directors, made ne cessary by the division of the old Sixth ward into two wards. Alderman Joseph A. Butler was called to the Chair, and Earl S. Gardner, Esq., chosen Secretary. On motion, it was resolved to vote by ballot, the gentleman receiving the highest vote to be nominated for three years, the next highest for two years, and the third for one year. Messrs. Charles Jery a Ro•lerts were appointed In em spectors.nd Thomas The bigloting resulted in the nomination of the following gentlemen: John D. Mc- Farland, three years; William Floyd, two years; A. J. Lee, one year. Mr. Jacob Zeig'er was nominated at a former election, which completes the Board. Repairing. The members of the Independence Fire Company, at their own expense, are hard at work putting their Engine House in re pair.' 'The front or the building and the inside walls and wood work are to ill be hand , somely repainted. ,French plate glasi be, put in the doors; and the interior hand somely fitted up" with all themodes ap pliances and fumittue pertaig f class engine house. The members seemed determined to spare no as In Malting their establishment look as well as any of its neighbors, and from present indications they will undoubtedly, succeed .1n their laudable enterprise. The Weather Provide Against Sickness. —The cold, chilly weather which has set in warns all persons to, lay aside the light clothing of summer and to , don heavier garbs, for colds, fevers and ether diseases will follow in disregard of these precautions. Those wishing to supply themselves with flannels, heavy dross goods and everything in the dry goodiline,- suitable for fall and Winter we,,r, will find a splendid fresh stock just opened_ at It. Deakers, corner of Fifth Avenue, Grant street, oPPoette the Cathedral. Ills prices are down to the very lowest possible figures, and satisfaction is guaranteed to all patrons. • The' 011 Trade. 'MRS473.I. EDITOBS GAZETTE: The East ern circulars received to-day, showing the condition of the markets up to Saturday, 12th inst., give us the following indications for the fall trade : - --- - The stock of refined oil in Philadelphia, including that already on board ves sels, is just about equal to the tonnage en gaged. Some two wee s a t will be required to load and clear this st k out of the markets. In the mean time he shipments from Pitts burgh to Phil elphia average 3,000 bar rels per day, or 0,000 barrels per month. We find also hat the clearances for the last six days am not tone irly 2,000,000 (two. mil ion) galloris, er 50,000 (tifty thousand) barrels of oil. / We find also that we have exported this year 69,000,000 (sixty-nine million) gallons, again-t 41,500,000 (forty-one million •five hundred thopsand) last year; np to this time, or about 66 (sixty-six) per cent. more oil has gone out of the country this year than last year, up to this date. Af er seeing n they these facts, let! us imagine what has become of this great e cess of oil. Has it been con sumed? the y making further shipments r a necessity, ris it still on hand in Europe, awaiting a arket. From our ()reign circulars just received, and from f reign correspondence, deemed reliable by the writer of this, as it consists of letters written from one merchant to an other, we find first: that the stock on hand in _Antwerp is forty thousand barrels in ex cess of stock there same time last year, whilst her Aexpeditious" (shipments to the interior) are Only four thousand barrels per week, against six thousand same date last year. - ( Secon4, Stook in Marseilles twenty thous and barrels in, excess of last year, which fur this port is perfectly tremendous. Third. Stock in Bremen is difficult to as certain, but all accounts agree in naming it as unrwecedentedly large, so much so that it is impostibie any longer to get insurance on oil. Bremen is doing a larger business than formerly, but - not iufficiently so, in the judgment of the writer, to use up the large excess of stock. Last year the trade of this city was largely made up of orders from the Mediterranean, but our advices this year agree that the stocks through all Southern Europe are lifgely in excess, and some think that this part 'of Europe has sufficient refined oil to last during this and the next season. We are inclined to be lieve this, because we find , :no orders in the market now for any of these ports." The shipments for the past week or two have been mainly on English account, very few orders having been received from Con tinental Europe. and the demand for the former is now filled,_._ These facts argue strongly against any perntahent advance in the price of oil. The fact aftpears to' be that during the first part of the year we had an advancing market, and the shipments to all ports were largely in excess,of the actual demand for consump tion. Now, the stocks being everywhere larger than the trade requires, the conse quence is, there are almost literally no or ders .for further shipments and prices are ttilllbfing rapidly. Add to this the fact now established, and admitted by all informed dealers, that the production is fully thir teen thousand barrel- per day and still in creasing, and the problem of prices of pe troleum for 1868 is easily solved. On the other hand the butts are not yet. all dead, and intend even yet to make a desperate effort some time and in some way to revive the present drooping market, in order to get rid of their high priced contracts. In what way they intend to do this it is hard (to guess; but that the effort wit/ be made, is as sure as fate. But they will fail in the end. During the last of September or the first of October, the writer expects to hear the first outcroppings of this last movement, and would not be surprised to find the markets temporarily firmer, but theri3 is no good reason for any advance, and no reason why there, should not be a steady and permanent dec ine from this timer on till the end of the season The great trouble in th way, is far the bulls to unload, as there is no one Willing to buy. The exporters a e out of the mar ket and the figures are t high for specu lators to take hold. Thi being the case, we may reasonably exueet to see a contin uation of the present break, interrupted probably by spasmodic efforts to give tone to the market, and in the end find ourselves buying oil t twenty-ve cnts per gallon for refined i a n Philade n lphia, e and seven to eight cents for crude in Pittsburgh. INDEX. ( An Offering Worthy of Appolle Ito hangs out tong without regard to price, With !pee dixets, Savored awful nice, As if by sheer design heea tch'd The itch. on purpose to be scratched. Notoriety is the next best thing to cele brity;" the difference is, the one is evanes cent, the other immortal; one is market able, the` other priceless; one serves for fools, the other for the wise. Either has its province, to deck the brow of "worth the one to bare the aim of knaves the other. Ar gument on hypothesis alone is as idle as legitimate reasoning is ineffective on nar row and imbecile minds, and therd is no surer evidence of the absence of proof, in a discussion or controversy, than an offer to bet; in fact it is an old maxim that "betting is a fool's argu ment." Wherever a man makes money, the convincing power, his subject and resources of arm:Ai - tient are exhausted, and this was, in truth, the point reached by the nondescript 'agent of the Weed Sow oneac, when he offered to venture hundred machines on an issue that had no existence in law—nothing but a newspaper war, wherein words are-cheap and abuse Pickwickian, the aim of which, unquestionably, was tb get an old estab lished house to kick !into notoriety a new and remote one, situated in a remote and out of the way part of he business portion of the city. This is the view that the general reader will take of it, whether it was so intended or not. The fact, however, acknowledged by this singularly energet o agent, that we keep at . our dour one of his machines, only goes to show how little we fear its comparison, in close prox iavite added with our own we; but he should hy added the placard keep on it to ex plain the matter properly, and that it was exchanged to us at a.diseount of twenty five dollars, (which, by the way, was never paid by Miss Watson,) solely because it would not perform its vaunted functions. The original card and the numberless ones since, would warrant us in the belief that this ambitious meddler has an inordinate itching for notoriety—that he has broken out with a tingling disease which he would some one would scratch; but we protest 'gainst such dirty work. It might 130 the means of:producing, pleasant sensations in him, pficas We are tree from any loathsome disease and a reciprocal action would there.' ali t fete .avail us nothln , we_deoline further contact, believing twe cannot cope with filth without getting efouled.' Caitaolt Bao s. Political Wager*. 'Yesterday theeDemooracy obtained from some mysterious source the intelligence that Maine would not give more than sev . sateen thousand majority. This inspired the Democrats somewhat, and their money was readily offered in wagers on the result not being over seventeen thousand. Their baits', we need not say, were readily taken by the Republicans. Later in the' day the news from Maine confirmed the majority as "ever 20,000," and bettirig again begame spirited, the Republicans this time the offerers on the latter figures. 'Probablybeing during the day fully twenty thouudol lars were staked on the majority inner ` . the wages varying from fifteen up to tw ty thousand majority. We are quire .n. fident that many Democrats will feel so in pocket when the actual figures are mad; known. . 44What Cometh Out of the Mouth Detlleth the btan.”. Those gentlemen, the Carson Brothers; having ingloriously failed to make good their published assertions, some one over their signature next indulges in a public exhibition of personal vituperation cul minating in total obscenity, which must still further exalt them in the public esti mation. "To such base uses, do we come at last." 7j;iEpithets are the resort of some peo ple when all else fails, and re leave them in the enjoyment of the notoriety which such an article may aflard, grateful as ever for the opportunity given us of vindicating ourselves and the machine which we have the honor to represent at 112 Grant street. Will the public read a little more evi dence from others concerning the great con troversy? PITTSBURGH, Sept. 17, 1868. I wish to say that the statements of Messrs. Carson Bros. in regard to myself, published in yesterday morning's Dispatch are incorrect. It was the "Empire" and "Wilcox dr, Gibb" which would not do my work—(not the Weed.) I have no more to say concerning their refusal to return me the Weed or their repeated perversions of the facts as originally stated by me. lam a defenceless woman and shrink from such a controversy. I will say, however, that I have secured another "Weed," and noth ing could persuade me to exchange it for all the' Empire' and Wilcox it Gibbs' ma chines that were ever made. M.RS.AGNES.A. WATSON, Cor. Green at. and Centre ave. ALLEGHENY' September 17, 1868. We were first persuraleil to try a "Wilcox it Gibbs" Sewing se Machine.an "It did notwasn a swer the purpo and Empire" substituted for it from the Agency in Pitts burgh. This failing to satisfy, another "Em pire" was bought. Still unsuccessful, the third "Empire" came and no better than the first. The Weed Agent happening along, we purchased one of him, whicn gives the fullest satisfaction, and we cheer fully recommend it to all wishing such an article. - Capt.. CorrnAn EBERIIAIIDT, Troy Hill, Allegheny. ALLEGHENY, Sept. 17, 1808. had an "Empire" machine, but ingot answering my purpose, I exchanged it for a "Weed,' , which is everything that can be desired in a sewing machine. Mae. E. A. LEMON, No. 31 North alley. ed I also had an Empire end was compell to exchange it for, a Weed. Max. T. S. SMITH, _ No. 3 Water street. The champion of the world—the New Weed—at 112 Grant street. "MORE ANON." Smelt Favors Thankfully Recelved—But no Gnu& Fired. Thankful that the Maine majority was not fifty thousand, the Democrats arranged to fire several hundred guns last night at the Monongahela wharf in honor of the .victory their neighbors obtained. The Secretary of War was telegraphed for guns; he compl r ied willing that the party should have an all day's honor in sport ing with a war toy. entirely new to them--; at least to those in this section of the coun try. Horses were procured and,, in imitation of ''experienced artillerists" dashed out to the Allegheny Arsenal, pre sented the order to the commandant and re ceived the artillery. With much pomp and show and au occasional cheer for Seymour and Blair, in order to assure the people along the line of march that some folks can do things as well as others, the squad moved to a livery stable, on Diamond alley, and there unhitched, awaiting the darkness of night to fire, the. salute. Night came, but, tinfortu ately for therii,_with it a damp ening dispatch from Maine which fixed the majority much nearer fifty thousand than they imagined. A consultation was held. The powder cost money.; nobody pres ent had ever assisted in the firing of a cannon; those experienced artillerists, Captains Cook, Floyd and Collier, had re fused to accept duty in that camp, and, of or all, Maine was'nt Eiuch a great State that they should risk their precious lives in honoring her for doing just what they did'nt want her to do by a long shot, After snob reasoning the guns were left untouched. and will be sent back as guilt less of powder as when taken from the Arsenal by our Democratic friends. When will the opposition ever be able to fire a salute in honor of ,a victory obtained? Blanchette answers: "Never in this cam paign." eittsbur_g . h Medical and Surgical Institute No. 134 Smithfield Street. Under the direct supervision of E. S. Aborn, M. D., Principal, Consulting - and Operative Surgeon and Physician for Dis eases of the Eye, Ear, Head, Throat, Lungs and Chronic Diseases generally. Throe ex perienced Physicians and Surgeons in at tendance. ( Special interest taken in the treatment .of those cases that have been given up as hope less and considered incurable. - Dr. Aborn's Medical Book sent by mailOn the receipt"of 50 cents. ` Hours for professional interviews fro' 8 A. rd., to 5 r. At Residence, 256 Penn' Street--This Day.—At ten, o'clock a. sr. will be aold, - without any reserve, (proprietor removing East,) the entire household furnishment, comprising elegant neW furniture, tapestry, Brussels, three-ply and Ingrain carpets ,' Rosewood Case Piano, and superior oa side board and household goods generally. Special attention is asked to this very at tractive sale, as the articles to be disposed of are new, and have been -in use since April last only. PALMER & PHILLTM Auctioneers, No. 60 Fifth Avenue.' A Public Speaker made a good hit at a Birmingham meeting the other night in suggesting that the Freedmen'i Bureau wasn't half so good for keeping clothing as one of the trunks turned out by the Pre mium Trunk Factory of Joseph Llebler, No. lel Wood stree a Politicians may be divided as - to the g ood qualities of the Freedmen's Bureau, ut they all agree that Liebler's trunks are eminently worthy the fame they enjoy. Call in and satisfy your self on this point. - Allegheny City readers need not be told that at Mcßridegk George's Original Dia mond Fgont Grocery and Tea Store, No. 161 Federalstreet, they can proante the choicest articles in the way of fresh groceries, spices, teas, provisions, coffees,-- .to. This firm do a large wholesale and retail trade, and are always up to the requirements of'the mar. ket. Theigt 7 prioesarstal low as elsewhere in eitheriffity:• A • • • . . • • „ The damp weaker% brings on ,colds and bowel. 4dleorders. No F family shoidd: be" without Dr, Harris'ifamowi cramp carts a mire indidote for diarrhoea,' cramp, sick stomach and cholera morbus. We have tried It and know whereof We speak in re• ' commending it in most oordialterms too= readers. Alkdinglicials sell it. • . . , • , VV her Nailed Coet I, uy the WBED. , "With my 'short needle and dreFle 0 1 , I killed Cook Robin. indliers do 'riot go , Without _Dr. Harris' cordial for infants and: children. - thei safest and beat cordial presented to the public. . Chambers, 74 Fi ft h avenue, has .for . sale 'campaignm pictures and badge & . Call at Chambers', 74 Fifth avenue, for books and paperer- '-'.::•: , •- - .':-,:'''; . :•':::4'. .---•,:' '.'Y'::l:-..:::.i:::•:','-',;',A•..;,:,,::g0::,-iaQIZ.,...-4,4:i`-::'1.'40: Can Always be Obtained at 112 Fed Streets thq FOUOISiIIg Artie.leta Cocoanut Candy, - Almond Nut Candy, Walnut Candy, Vanilla, Lemon, Rose, Mountain Tea, Pine Anple and Cream Candies, Roasted Almonds, Excelsior Gum Drops, Fruit, Rose, Sassafras, Musk, Cinna mon, Peppermint, Cayenne, Lemon, Im perial, Lady, Wintergreen, Conversation and Cough 'Lozenges, Cream and Dessert Chocolates, double extra fine Cream Bon Bons. Assorted Candies, (to., (tc. GE O. BEATEN. For Friday Morning. _l2 yards good fast colored Calico for $l. The new French Gored Cloth Skirt, in , choice colors. r. _ New assortment'of Fall Shawls. ' 4 Three Eittokaback Towels for 20 cents. Cassinaeres, Tuwds, • &c., at very low; 4 prices. • ' • , % Full stock of Flannels, Blankets, &c. Extra good yard-wide Bleached MuslirO for 12% cents per yard. At WM. SEmpLE's, Nos. 180 and in Federal street, Allegheny City. .. Bow to Secure a Beautiful Some.—Goj on Saturday next, at ,two (Sep-: tember 19) at half past two o'clock P. three miles out the New Brighton Road,' , and purchase the 6 44-100 acres of land beautifully located, and adjoining Bate.. man Geo. and others, one half mile from" ; Woods Run Station. Terms easy. Peachesi, Apple and Grapes, dtc., on the premises—, most excellent waterz and small house new. 3 - , New Treatment.—Fcir 'chronic diseases of. the eye, ear, 'head, 'throat, - lungs, hearti stomach, liver, to., at:Dr. Aborn's Medical . and. Surgical Booms, 134 Smithfield street, half a square from the Postoffice. No eharff for consultation. The place to get White Lime, Calcinet Plaster, Hydraulic Cement, is at Ecker d Caskey's, 167 First street. MARRIED; CAMPBELL—BEfAW. — At the residence of th bride's parents, Wednesday evening, Sent. 16th? 1869, by Rev. Mr. Wilson, Rev: Will. 0. CAMP: BELL, of De Tete. Wis., and MARY L. SHAW) dauglittr of James Shaw, En., of (Renshaw, Ail gheny nountY, Pa. DIED: ST.ll"Elt.—On Wednesday morning. Sept. 16th, a Youngstown. Ohio. CHARLES H. nIIPER., of con gestion of liver aged 33 years and 1 month. The funeral will take Disco THIS AFTERTOON, 3 o'clock, from Mrs. Hemingrars, No. 73 Llberti street. , ! f F.ORSYTH.—On Wednesday. Sept. 16th, 1865 JACOB FOlay7ll, in the 72 1 year of his age. FULIeTSI THIS 'AFTERNOON; at -A o'clock, from 111 late residence on Western Avenue, Allegheny. • • UNDIMTAKERS._ .......-. ___ _ _ ALEX. AIKEN, UNDERTAKER No. ififi FOURTH STREET, Pittsburgh, Pi FINS of all kinds, CRAPES, 'GLOVES, and el ery description of Funeral Furnishing Goods fn. nished. ' Rooms open day and night. Hearse ar. Carriages furnished. RsvuunamsB—Rev. David. Kerr, I). D., Rev. 3 W. Jacobus, D. D., Thomas Ewing, Esq., Jacob I, Miller, Esa. .. . QTR gheny ARLFA 10,3wrigiltLES,XNDER TAKERS AND LIVERY STABLES, corne r l 9 DUSKY STREET AND CHURCH AVENW Alle City. whereqbelr CO 2 , 1 N ROOMS' a 4 constantly suppliedWitk. rm.' in Rot wood, May and Walnut at prices 't rying from *4 to slOO. Bodies prepared for lute, ;neut. Hearses and Carriages furnished; also, ri Kinds of Mourning tioodS, if required. Office op , i at all hours , day and night. , , , .tIOBERT. IiODNEY, UNDEg TAKER AND EMBALMER, No. 43 Or; 'BEET, Allegheny ready-madey on bane: large asVortment of Collins of the fq lowing kinds: First, the celebrated American 117. rial Cases, Metallic Self-seallag Air-tight Cat:, and Caskets, and Rosewood,' Walnut and Hosewot imitation Coffins. Walnut. Coffins from $25 wards. liotewood Imitation Coffins from - wards, and no .pain wilt' ree spared to give entl satisfaction. Crape and Gloves furnished free! charge. Best Carriagesd Carriages furnished short notice. furnished to funerals $ • W - lIESPENHEIDE, MERCHANT TAILOR, -No. 50 St. Clair Street, Pittsburg: Hiving just returned from the East wl6 all latest styles of European Goods. Is now prepare 4 make them up In the latest fashion and most any ble manner to his customers and the Dubl lc seal ally, thanking them for past favors and hoping new ones. at PsiuES TO SUIT EVERYBODY. HENRY G. HALE, MERCHANT, TAILOR, Corner of Penn and Btre4 Has now In stock on of the largest and most Tali assortments of • 5 Fall and. Winter Good., ever brought to this CHI. His . stock embracer, the Latest French aadlroatliah . manufactares of . Gloths, Cassinierd,. giiiiings, OT . ercoatill .010.. a foil line of Gent's Furnishing Goods GENUINE SCOTCH PEBBLE SPECTACLES, iIEEANTED TO ..iXPILOVE THE , glEi FOR SALE BY DUNSEATH & HASLETTI 56 FIFTH EITBY.E'I". ' CVLETION ! TO BITtERS OF TEAI C. A. BOIJOHER , , 114` SMITHFIELD 'SI I OPPOSITEI'OST tiFFICE. Original 'Red Front, Tea Warehol , respectltilly call the al The undersigned wenid tion of buyers of Seas to the a nd statements made by the TEA COMPANI I Of the Drina day. , 'Men With scarcely sage k oo wiedirept Tea to distinguish Black from el are s a ve niebur triemselve sr the tit eat Tea ..woe of , Viejlountry,. and dram to sell the 'tri at Mr 50C. to 11.515 Per . lb. More agog falsehood nd misrepresentation was never ,t fr,, Drove the outrageous natnfre such 4'isiiclessagiio ere: to published 71 "ideally Anoka es or Teas. by the earg_o, great market of New . York, at which Ann Te Dot bebought for Less than : tram .1.50 another re meant of fraud in Tea Store s girl :CM WICLORT instead of -• • - vtacips !Nat r POUND. • In ibis i nian~ burn tie :tallied into ttl lief at they are pure Wag goods at a memos cost, wimp. In tact, they an. bY these mews, died into paying excessive prices. , T ye undersigned will give a , - -, REWARD' OF 1: 60,4 r, • 7, r. - - .• for each arid ,every eVe of short weight of t,g other goods, as weighed on biatestod scales. :ore descriptive Catalogue and Price Liat o. to be had on , , • • [C. A. BOUCHER, rto. 111.4. Smithaell etre4;' 1137 4 * •-- ; ; 1 - • i i 1 I 13 MS (.; b