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GOLD Closed in New York yeaterday
at 184.
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IT Saaratilhat Queen Viorontt promptly
accepts the political situation, and • has in
structed Mr. GUI/STONE to assume the
responsible conduct of the Government
.•
SikiliTAßYCurLoar. officially reports
the entire reduction of the public debt, for
liteyear ending Nov. 1, 1868, at a little
more than•thiity-five millions of dollars.
Tim Hon. Mows Wri.u.sms hat been
in a delicate condition of health for, some months'past, and, though able to be about,
does not deem it to be entirely prudent for
him toj take his place in Congress at the
opening of tie session: He expects to go
to Philidelphia to-morrow, and thopes to be
restored to'a full measure of activity when
the recess for the holidays shall be over.
Tice, lErie Railway Company -has issued
twenty;, millions of dellars of new stock
during the last two years, aad without ob
. taining the consent of the old stockholders.
By this issue of stock perhaps ten millions
of dollars have been realize& How this
money has been expended is not definitely
knovrn outside of the Directors' room,
though'all Persons who are familiar with
the line of the road are aware that vast .Im
provernenb3 have been consummated or are
in progress.-- This secret issue of stock was
authorized by the Legielattue, but in contra
vention of all sound principles of adminis
:tation.'
Tin= were exPorted Slim Great Britain
to the Unite 4 States, of cotton piece goods,
cotton linen Piece goods, linen
Threads, • piece goods, woolen cloth, car
' pets and diuggets and worsted stufß3, in 1866,
; to the value of $233,058,357; in 1867, to the
value of $175,894,611; and in 1868, to the
value „of *170,508,931. T,o France there
..,
were
,insported, from Great Britain, of the
~tiniet goods,ln 1866, to the value of $6l,
'T-978284; in 1867, to the value of $51,413,910;
analln 'lB6B, to the value of $46,539,176.
.
If, as some foolish theorists pretend, a na
tion increases in wealth in proportion to
what it spends, then the people of the United
States bare a decided advantageorer the in
habitants of Frattce.
Tan 2,reouTaxtun surplus of the cotton
crop of the United Statei for the present
year is now estimated" at $125,000,000 in
gold; which is near to the average from 1855
to 1880., This fact iildfcates how rapidly
the Southern States arerecovering from the
losses inflicted on them: by the' - Rebellion.
The _election of, General GliAliT to the
PreSidency reduces the i>olitical situation
to a reaso nable cortainti. While tmder his
administration ,disloyalty will be -promptly
and effectually punished, no proper efforts
will be spared to abate alienations ansi to
create a feeling of general amity.- - Thirwill
advance the national prospects of the South
ern peopleso rapidly that in five years all
the scars of the war will disappear to be •re
membered no more. -
TEE VBEABITRY estimate, 0f5950,000,000,
for the, expenditures of the fiscal Year, 1869-
':'7o Will - require- to be 'vigorously sealed
down at the other end of the Avenue. The
- process is familiar to members, having been
resorted to with marked success last year.
It is only the Indian:question whick can
'warrant an increase in any item of the pub ;
.11c expenditure, while every other national
object may be adequately protected in the in
terests, of an economical retrenchment. The
.190,000,000 appropriated for the ordinary
expellees of the -current year, exclusive of
payments for- account of the public debt,,
, gives us hope for a )3till further reduction
hereafter—andWiihout 'a shadow of - reliance -
upon's:fie too often aVused expedient of de
ficiency bills. In.thO meantime; the people'
feel an old-fsehloried confideica in the abil
ity of Salmi/In and Sint..msms toheer the
• Indian blisiniies within a reasonablA limit of
- cost. And it la YerY satisfactotYlo know
,that Congress 'entertains' prielselY. the 'views
here expressed, and that. whatever weak
newt/ mayassail4nditiduA • members, the
majority in 'Other: brandwill txt 'found
faithfil to the pledges of friends of the Pres
ident elect, and to the rcasotable expects.
•tions"Of the people.
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TEIMEEAPHS AND THE POSTAL
Sodalprogress found an early, but marked,
illustration in its exposition of the need
for a responsible public supervision of the
business of transmitting public and private
intelligence from one section of a country
to another. This' necessity led, "at a very
early day, in the advancing civilization on
the other side of the Atlantic; to the substi
tution'of public mails, in the general service
of the people, for the expensive private car
riage which had hithertc, from the -earliest
times, been the occasional resort in exigen
cies of a public or private character. It is
more than three centuries since, in England
and throughout. Western and Southern
Europe, the system , of special Government
posts was firstestablishe& From that day
to the present, keeping, equal pace with the
wonderful progress of social light and of a
growing and ripening knowledge of the
- sounder principles of public economy, the
anthoritative, goVernineittal' supervision of
the postal system ,has never been surren
dered again to Private enterprise, nor has it
ceased to be Jealously guarded as among '
the highest of public trusts in the domestic j
policy of any civilized people. Entirely
independent of the narrower considerations,
which have to some extent Malted the gov
ernment control as an indispensable feature
in its police espionage, of private •affairs,
the expediency , of retaining:the pos el busi
ness as a part of the machinery of. the Gov
ernment itself, has been too well established,
by the practical assent of centuries, to ad
mit of question now.
With the rapiddevelopnient of all social
and material interests among the nations of
the world—with an expansion of individual
relations in every department of active life 7
witka resulting extension'of the sphere of
personal activity and prodettive influence
under which isolation and distance Came to
be regarded as substantial difficulties in the
way of almost every branch of private as
well as of public transactions, it may be
observed that a sound public policy has uni
formly and consistently striven to advance,
in sripplying a commensurate 'increase of
postal facilities to meet and satisfy that em
balmment. The earlier posts were car
ried,On foot or in 'the saddle. Then came
the use of vehicles, at first;clumsy wagons,
then the faster coach and now, within the
memory of ah, the railway• with its rapid
service, accomplishing before our eyes the
complete obliteration of provincial lines,
and bringing together theibroadest empire
into that compact unity which, three centu
ries ago, made eFh hamlet the only world
to itself. • Uniformly, thus, rapidity of per
sonal inter-communication has signified the
same rapidity for the public mail service.
Indeed, more than one of these steps in ad
vance have been due to the need for a speed
ier post, and the conveyance of persons and
bulkier property has been subsequently en- :
grafted uponthat of the mails. - It had re
mained for our own day to witness the first
establishment of another system of carriage
which is of necessity confined to thought,
and altogether excludes visible andtangible
matter. In that regard, and in respect of
the more important public responsibility, of
which we have spoken, the modern sys
tem of the elec.itie telegraph radically and
destructively assails the governmental poli
cy which every Christian people has settled
with three hundred years of unanimous ac
quiescence. 2
• And this brings up, directly and perti
nently, the question, whether that policy—
the intrinsic merits of which we are not
called upon to argue nowa policy' which
suffered no question even to be made as to
the public responsibility for the 'seam,
celerity and safety with which intelligence,
thought, should be transm?tted—derived its
Intrinsic consequence therefrom, or from
its Material, •gross, extraneous features in
the carriage of persons and property. Now,
we insist that no government has any
call whatever to participate in the latter de
partment of the business. The carriage of
passengers and parcels is no part of the
governmental duty of any civilizedrpeople.
Nor, on the other hand, ought the inex
pressibly important trust involted in the
conduct of the nation's intellectual com
merce, in all its manifold departments, to
be committed in any particular to private
agency. Yet, in fact, it' is so committed,
and, that it is so, &Wakens an uniform dis
satisfaction, not' only • among individuals
conscious of its frequently irresponsible in
justice, but with every statesman or politi
cal economist who fully comprehends the
real bearings of 'the principle at issue. •
The electric telegraph has practically an
absolute dominion over the carriage , of
thought throughout 'the world. The busi
ness of human Society, in its botmclless va
.rieties of relation and of emergency, is to
day by far the greatestpnblic trust, transacted
through a private and technically a wholly
irresponsible medium. A public policy,
which all reason abundantly sustain% and
which has enjoyed centuries of universal ac
quiescence, was surrendered to' a private
and, so far; irresponsible monopoly in a
single hour. The scientific ingenuity of an
individual discovered how to chain the
lightning—which for so many thousand
years had awed humanity by the unbounded
destruetiveness of its power—an obedient
slave to the smallest finger of a child, and,
in accordance with the accepted policy of all
nations, the.exclusive title to - the, fruits of
his skilful and patient' research, was se
cured fora period to a single citizen. Hence
the private monopoly of a,system which, in
twenty brief years, has ripened from an
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idealnto a leading neetesstty of civilized life,
and from thu curious experiment of a vision
ary has:grown into the most potent element
in the machinery of •society and of nations.
The Asme:.resqlt, .1114, in' an' incomparably
iessei degree, would have attended the in
troduction-'of the railway system, that had ,
also.permittld of, an indlyidually exclusive
patent, with' the resulting private advan-
WC hold, briefly—and will not argrolit•.—
that to submit the control of this all-pow,erflll
m'achine to priiite hands le - 10 variance
with high public with the 'admitted
duty of governinent to the gOianed,:and'
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SERVICE.
PITTRIIRGEU GAZETTE i SATT.IRD AY, D E CEMBER 5, 1.868.
with every material interest of society and
of individuals. We do not propose to speci
fy the multifarious details wherein all of us
have had practical experience of the mis
chiefs attending npon the private monopoly.
The time has come when the public mind,
thoriughly comprehending the merits of the
question in every light, is brought to con
cur in demanding the restoration of a pub
lic duty into public hands. This urgent
sentimentis not confined to America; indeed,
Rhos already achieve& its point in England,
.and, inaugurating the 'telegraph its a part of
the government postal system throughiput
Great Britain, every nation -of the Conti
nent propories 'to follow in the same direc
tion, some of them, indeed, having from the
first maintained, principally for pollee
purposes„ a semi-official supervision of the
lines. In our own pountry, the /abject is
rapidly commanding the piddle compre
hension; and as rapidly secures it complete
approval of the proposed reclamation of
the business by the proper department 'of
the Government. Bills presented;it the last
session of . Congress will engag a leading
attention' this winter, and we 'have
o lood
reason o : hope for; the speedy, incorpora
tion o the telegraph with the postal *s
tem of the country, We shall soon recur
to this übject, With reference to the exact
details of the pending piopositions.
OUR SAVAQE ENEMIES.
The success of the present campaign
'against the hostilelndian tribes is confident
ly foreshadowed by our highest military
officials, and is conceded as inevitable by the
best informed observers. The Campaign
will, in that event, culminate and close on
the Northern borders of Texas, and Suzan
n/x will be ready for further duty. And
that duty already awaits him.
Not less savage than the most ferocious
heathen whom he is just now harrying with
fire and sword, but, if possible, capable of
outrages more barbarously cruel, and of a
defiance to our rule - more vindictive and
irradicable thaii' the wildest Indian tribe
on the plains has ever yet evinced, the
white rebels of Texas are holding a carni
val of murder, in which only the good citi
zens are the victims. Throughout that
State, from the Galveston bar to the River
Del Norte, a lawless population still recog
nize Ono law, but that is the law of indis
criminate murder, and it spares no citizen
who confesses Ills submission to the Federal
authority. Under the guise of a disloyal
hate, which a large part of the people of
Texas ostentatiously proclaim,' against the
only government on the continent which
has the power, and should have the will, to
enforce their obedience, under the cover of
a political animolity, which, in other rebel
States besides Texas, has been found broad
enough to c ttover is 'social or personal wick
edness, the saturation of blood involves
every man, obnoildifs to personal hate, •or
whosedeath would satisfy a private feud,
and the victims fall s Tdally by scores into
graves ostensibly dug for the , hated Radical&
Society is utterly disjointed, life is a jest,' and
the entire State is red with the blood of de
sultory but .indiscriminate massacres.
There is the next field of duty for Gen.
Samtmax and his three thousand hard
riders under the Federal flag.. And, if we
do not ' greatly err In our judgement, his
campaign, beginning in Arkansas, will
end between the Rio Grande and Alamo,
putting equally a permanent period to the
outrages of the Indians and the far more
horrible atrocities of white population,
whose frenzy of crime is simply appalling.
RELIGIOUS !NI ELLIGENCE.
Quite an unpleasant affair exists in the
Theological Seminary of the Northwest,
under the direction of the Old School Pres
byterians. It appears from the correspond
ence published In the Northwestern Presby
terian, that Mr. Cyrus H. M'Cormick, of
"Mower and Reaper" notoriety, promised
to give one hundred thotiad dollars to
wards the endowment of the institution, it
is alleged, on condition >that the Seminary
should be under the control of a class of
persons, rather than that of the General
Assembly. , Three installments, amounting
to seventy-five thousand dollars, have been
paid over, but Mr. M'Cormick refuses to
pay the last twenty,fitre thousand dollars,
on the ground that . Mr. Blackburn, elected
to the Professorship of Biblical and Theo
logical History, and the party which elected
him, are entirely out of sympathy with his
political views. Mr. M'Cormick is an ar
dent Democrat, and labored to secure the
election of Dr. Rice, but the General As
sembly refused to place him in that position.
Mr. M'Cormick then gave thirty thoitsand
dollars to the Union Theological Seminary
of Virginia. He, however, offers td pay
the remaining installment to the Chicago
Seminary, if a working majority of the Di
rectors elm be -of his friends, and to add
five thousand dollars to each professoilhip.
If his wishes shall not be complied with, he
insists that those who have turned' out the
old friends and founders„, ought also to re
fund the seventy-five thousand dollars. Al
.though the institution is' embarrassed in its
operations for want of means, tbe-Presiy
terian Banner, after reviewing the case,
urges the friends , of the institution to go to
work zealously to secure the necessary
funds for Its endowment.
The election of Rev. Dr. Littlejohn, as
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese
of Long Isl and, not long since, by a major
ity of one vote; on the third ballot, in the
clerical branch, has produced a ditilcalty.
The vote of Rev. Albert Guion, - a mission
ary, given for Di. Alexander Vinton, was
rejected, his name , having beibx etslcken off
the roll by Bishop -Potter, - President of,the
Convention. Had his vote been received,
there Nvonld have been a tiei And so - Dr.
Littlejohn, says the independent,. gained his
election - by the•.exchision'of a vote. The
lay majority was'slx votes. The act of
Bishop Potter, it is'stated, :was done witlymt
consulting the Convention.
The Baptists in this country have- taliPid
over sixty-fonr thonaand by baptism, the
Prel 4 e* year: - • .
• 'Action was taken recently by some lead
lug elergynien and laymen . ; in lievbYork
secure the meeting in the autumn of next
year of the General Evaneelical Alliance.
At its last meeting, at Amsterdam, it was
invited to meet in New York, The British
Branch supports the plan.
Oliver Dyer, the discoverer of "the wick
edestman in New York," has united with
the Swedenborgian church in New York
At the recent Convention of the
Young Men's Christian Associations of
the liNdley of the Mississippi in St. Louis,
the first question discussed, after organiza
tion, was: "What is the Work of Young
Men's Christian Associations ?" A resolu
tfon was offered and adopted in reference to
the topic, recognizing the Christian Church
as the only ageny to disseminate•trath, to
leaven and evangelize and save the 'world.
The Association shoukkbe regarded as an
auxiliary to the Church and working under
its direction. This sensible action is in
striking contrast with the nonsense of some
speakers at such gatherings. Mr. D. L.
Moody, at the late National Christian Con
vention is represented as having said time
things on the subject of Mission works that
had better dot have'beennamedvas stickle
markii tendlto weaken the phblic c6iiiidence
and restrain, the gifts , of the liberal. The
Presbyte:rian;4anner well says, more knowl
edge aria a great deal more humility on the
part of some individuals, connected with
the Christian Associations, and who seem
to lead them, would be of the greatest bene
fit •to themselves and also to the cause to
which they profess to be devoted.
Rev. T. W. J. Wylie, D. D., pastor of
the First Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Philadelphia, stated in his discurse com
memorative of the Twenty-Fifth Anniversa
ry, that during the quarter of a century near
ly two hundred thousand dollars had been
contributed for various religious purposes,
about twenty thousand being for Foreign
Missions ; over six thousand pupils had
been under instruction in the parent and
Mission Sabbath Schools ; and over seven
teen hundred persons have been admitted
to membership, about one-half on examina
tion, and the remainder by certificate.
The New York Exprias represents that a •
lady member of. City church, a little too
gay to be satisfactory to her associates, was
tried before the church and cut off for breach
of covenant. Bei' husband feeling aggriev
ed, has commenced a suit in the Courts for '
libel and slander, and lays the damage at
five thousand - dollars. This is somewhat a
novel mode of obtaining redress for ex-com
munication from Church fellowship. The
parties aggrieved must have overlooked
the fact that Church fellowship is a contract,
and members who wilfully break the laws
of the church, trample ander feet the vol-.
untary obligation they
_have assumeire
liable to expulsion, and no Court),
~or out
.side parties, have ever been recognized as
hiving jurisdiction in such matters.. The
same principle, we believe, holds good in
regard to secret and othei societies, the
right to discipline their members for breach
of vows, without regard to the intervention
of other tribanals.
. A young Japanete student, of whom there
are several at Rutger's College, was bap
tized,-on Sunday-week, at St. James M. E.
church, Nen , Brunswick, New Jersey, by
Rev,. Dr/O. H. Tiffany, pastor.' It is !aid
that he with one angle exception, :the
ottly'baptized native of Japan.
The Rev. Alexander; Netil4tt, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, at Tremont, New
York, was recently the recipient of a pres
ent from his parishioners, consisting of a title
deed ofa well-furntshed house.
It will be remembered that at the annul
meeting of the American Board of Foreign .
Ccimmissionera at Norwich, C6nn., that it
was pr?posed to raise six hundred thousand
dollari for the coming year. The Pru
dentin]. Committee, - however, have made ap
propriations for the expenditures of the com
ing yew. the sum of five hundred and forty
seven thousill five hundred dollars, which
le an advance f twenty-two thousand five
hundred dollars upon the appropriations or
1888. Most of the increase will be given'to
the missions of Eastern Turkey and North
China.
In a will of a maiden lady in New York,
in which she bequeaths her property to a
religious cOrporation to build a church, she
directs her executors, in the course of timc,
to use her dust and entire remains to make
mortar with which to lip the corner stone.
We are glad to welcome to our exchange
table inew religions journal. The Church
.Record is one of the most elegant in appear
ance of Amer can newspapers, and judging
by the two numbers which we , ave seen, its
editorial management and li :nary ability
are quite up to the standard o its appear
ance. The Church Record is, as its name
indicates, an Episcopalian. pa . Lr, and leans
towards High Churohisin.
Indian Affairs.
Lieut. Gen. Sherman i in tr. emitting to
Gen. Tciwnsend, Gen. Sherida., says
This
_gives Gen. Sheridan a good initia
tion. I understand his suppl • depot to be
on Rabbit Ear Creek, a little west of south
from Fort Dodge, whence he can direct op
erations ; and his very presence there will
give assurance that the troops will act with
energy, and that nothing will be, done but
`what is right. The bands of Black Kettle,
Little Raven, and Eiantanta are well known
to us, and are the same that have been aim
the Smoky Hill for the put five years, and,
ne Gen. Sheridan reports, embraces the very
same men who first began this war on the
Saline and Solomon rivers.
Gen Grant, in private conversatfen; has
said that we can expect nb permanent peace
with the. Indians until the Government
transfers the Indian Bureau tt• the War De
partment. ge says that the entire system
of furnishing supplies to the Indians is
vicious,' and needs reformation from the
bottom. ; The Ittdians are . ostensibly: sup-,
plied withscores of thingsfor which , they
have no nee whatever, and were swindled
in both quantity, and quality even of these
goods. Gims. and ammunition are sold
them,> is violation of law, by agents, or
their associates, and it is impossible to pun
itihthern throughithe courts. If the Bureau
were transferred,' tbe Indian supplies would
then'thilurnisted Just aa army supplies are
furnished. and the whole work could: then
be done at one-qualter to one.half the pres
ent cost. The rumy now gets all the kicks
.and cuffs of the_, Indian troubles, and can
have no voice thcfindlan management.
Concerntrig Church Architecture,
An able writer has asserted that. Ameri
ca does not possess anything worthy the
name of architecture, and that Americans
are absolutely ignorant of the primary
principles which govern architectursibeau
ty.
_Our prominent buildings, with a rare
exception, are termed chaotic and incom
plete. It is humiliating to our national and
local pride, to hear the church edifices we
have been in the habit of admiring termed
absurd caricatures, wretched parodies and
architeCtural follies. Bat if these who are
i
interested M. the faine of the State He
at Boston, or the City Hall at New York,
can submit to this charge in silence, we
need not attempt to defend that wonderful
masterpiece, the Court. House. Plainly, ar
chitecture is not Our forte.- We can furnish
models for ocean-clipperS, river steamers
and industrial machines, but when we at
tempt to build an imposing edifice we im
mediately produce an architectural anom
aly. So long as we build simply for pro
tection and adaptation, we acquit ourselves
creditably; but,the 'moment we attempt to
borrost: orimitate, we, construct ridiculous
•
'Plagiarisms. An eminent author accounts
for this peculiarity by remarking that an
"American has a great deal too much to
do, and is in too great a hurry . to do it; to
submit to the long patient study and disci
plinereqmsite to master any style of archi
tecture perfectly."
Now that the nation is seized with the
mania for fine buildings, it would be a
healthy 4•mpfem 'of progress were wewil
ling to confess 'our deficiencies, and en
deavor to remedy,theevils alluded to. The
sooner we accept and invite criticism, the
sooner we will furnish examples of high
art in architecture; Nothing would be
morebeneliciai to the mechanical arts than
such a course. It would enable us to thrust
aside, at an early day, our imitations or
copies of mean types of architecture. The
fact that we are advancing in our ap.
predation of art, so far as to borrow the
highest types of architecture in the con
struction of our church edfices, must be a
good omen. True architecture has been
termed, not aimplyfancy, depending upon
the caprice of its creator, bat rather the
' , accumulated creative and constructive
powers of several minds harmoniously
working out a great central idea." Hence
'the best and most skilful mechanics are
necessary to the achievement of success.
Miters, masons, sculptors, carvers,mould
erg, stainers of glass, mosaicists and car
penters, all must labor in — unity. The re
sult, as exhibited under the direction of a
master mind, presents a grandeur and com
pleteness Which it is impossible for.human
ingenuity to accomplish' by any other pro
cess. Much as depends upon the durability
and. character of the material employed,
still more depends upon the skill, taste and
judgment exhibited in the ornamentation
of the :edifice, internally and externally.
Stern granite, or adamantine rock, or even
marble, unrelieved by th,e graces of an ed
ucated ornamentation, would possess little
attraction for the eye. Instead of winning,
it would only repel. Wo would turn from
the gloomy, frowning stone to the simplest
flower for relief. Hence the absolute ne
cessity for Church ornamentation. Here
'we have a field wherein we may display
our judgment and taste. Neat to sculptor
ing, and before carving, we place the art
of the painter and. the glass stainer. In
the majority of • instances in our
American chUrches, the sculptor is
dispensed with, -This leaves all the
more to the stainers of glass. - Hence
the necessity for inquiring into the
first object pad aim of this art, in order- to
guide ourselves in its proper application.
That glass staining, is one of the fine arts
hat is beginning to be appreciated at some
thing like its real value by Americans, is
cause for congratulation. In this pursuit
Pittsburgh bids fair to take the lead. This
is as it should be, however. Pittsburgh is
the glass mart of , the country. Here are
the facilities for prosecuting the art alluded
to to its utmost limits. These facEs were
impressed upon the minds of one of our
leading manufacturing firms, Messrs. Page,
Zellers dr Duff, proprietors of the American
Glass Works, who are justly entitled to the ,
name of the pioneers in the business of
manufactermg and staining glass. They
combine both branches. Their facilitifs en
able them to accomplish more in a week
than the glass stainer alone can accomplish
in months. Their .attention is "devoted,
first, to obtaining a beautiful, clear, crystal
sheet. Proceeding next to the second prof
cess; they employ the best artisans in the
country, make themselves acquainted with
the prominent features of the business as
conducted abroad, and' not content with
this 'devote their attention to the develop
ment of new features: They perceive . the
needs of church ornamentation, and in
stead of merely striving , to keep pace with
the requirements of churcharchitecture in
its present condition, 'evince, by their vari4
ety of designs, and new applications of the
principles which gave rise to the act, hav
ingiiready advanced beyond the require
men sof the times. Parties interested in
chinch architecture, and all manner of
public buildings, should examine the work
manufactured by Messrs. Page, Zellers &
Duff; and decide for themselves as to its
merits. The manufacturers invite compar
ison.
Furs and Dry Goods at James M. Carr's,
118 Federal Street, Allegheny.
The demand for fare this season has been
very large and merchants making a spec
hilt* of that line of goods have no occasion
for 'complaint on the ground of a lack of
patronage. Prominent amongst the lead
ing dealers of furs stands Mr. James M.
Carr, the well known dry goods dealer,
No. 118 Federal street, Allegheny. Having
liberal experience in the business and know
ing the requirethents of the trade in this
section of the country, Bir. Carr has just
opened a Magnificent stock of desirable
furs for ladies and children's wear, which
he claimsis not surpassed in point of selec
tion, grade and quality, by any held by
contemporary dealers west of New York
and Philadelphia. It embraces all the
leading styles and materials and every arti
le is made up with a view to durability
nd comfort. The visitor will find capes
, of the latest designs. very pretty berthas,
rich anthiressy Victorines, Eugenes, boss
and muffs of ,varions styles. The furs from
which these articles are made are very dark
mink ,sable, Hudson Bay sable, Alaska
sable, choice Gernian Mee, water mink,
brown sable, extra dark Siberian squirrel,
and other qualities well known and appre
ciated by those having knOwledge of this
line of business.
The prices are as reasonable as can pre
vail anywhere else. Mr. Carr is content
with small profits, and is quite anxious to
merit the continuance of the large share of
patronage hitherto and now awarded
him. Gentlemen will be suited in extra
fine beaver gloves, and gauntlets, fur col
lars, caps, dze. such admirable protectors
against the cold season we are entering.
The stock of dry goods q at this emporium
of trade in our . sister city also challenges
attention. It is very full and complete
comprising all the newest patterns of dress
goods, housekeeping goods, 'furnishing
goods, gloves, hosiery. blanketa, flannels,
shawls, cloaking cloths, cassimeres, etc.
These goods offer, to: the retail trade
excellent variety arid selection, while the
prices throughout are very reasonable and
inducing.
For either furs -or dry goods, we
commend our lady readers and others to
favor Mr. Carr with a visit.' His word may,
be implicitly relied upon in all transac
tions, and purchaserecan rest assured that
they will obtain more than 'the full'worth
of their mqney in all they buy frdin this
favorite business house.
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I Timely Talk with Readers. •
The splendid snow storm of yesterday
was hailed with pleasure and delight by
thousands of joyous young hearts, while
many looked on the myriads of flakes with
feelings akin to sorrow and sadness. They
know of the hardships the beautiful - snow
entails throughout the world on the poor,
and saw in each tiny white falling star a
chapter of coffering in store, for those illy
prepared to buffet the storms of winter.
The storm presented warning to the
prudent and cautions to prepare their out
fit for the blasting winds of winter, and in
this connection there were not a few who
involuntarily turned their thoughts to:the
largsand well conducted tuttap-and fur
depot of Mr. T. H. Hillerman No. 75 Wbod
i
street, where comforts in the way: of seas
onable outfits are daily ispensed to
throngs of customers. This establishment
has long occupied a high plat among the
first-class business houses of the city, and
has carried with it the confide ce of the en
tire community . Theproprietor has wins for
himself enviable reputadon as a courteous,
obliging, and fair dealing :gentleman and
one in whose—word a mountain of faith
maybe reposed. Then he his so managed
his affairs, dealing with all; men alike,
keeping the very best quality of goods,
;selling at reasonable prices, and in divers
ways offering inducements to
- =the trade,
that he now finds himself occupying a lead.
ing position in his line of business.. - The
building in which the large share - of traffic
is transactedl. is quite imposing in its ap.
pearance and is occupied from cellar to
uppermost story with a magnificent stock •
of goods. The visitor will no a fineistock
of carriage and sleigh robes; lap blan
kets, such- - as bear, wolf, fox,' lama, atrsus
can, raccoon, buffalo, -and? the furs of
other animals. In another department
we find a line of the lower grades of ladies'
and children's fancy furs, in coney, river
. mink, American sable, American !itch,
opossum, marnot, Jr.c. Then we come to an
assortment of Siberian squirrel, 'German
fitch; Russian hare, mink,. 13.ndson Bay
sable, Amoose River sable, and Russian
sable, rarely to be met with, even in the
large eastern houses: In this room, too,•will
be found a full line of gent's otter, bear and
Nutria gloves and cellars, and also kid and.' '
buck lined, with otter and' bear tope. Pass.
ing to die second story,, we find a large,
well assorted, and fashionable stock of hats,
111 comprising all the grades froni the Common
wool (suited to the Country trade) to the
best quality of "beaver" for the city wear.
This room, as well as the one above, is fit,
ted up - for the wholesale trade - where
may be seen the goodain their original pack
ages, as also dupileates for the retail depart
ment: The third floor is used for a Cap de
partment, where the trade may find afull
line of all the novelties. On this floor's fitted
up a room for the manufacturing and re
pairing oftladies' furs. We observed in this
department a furrier who, baying : learned
the trade in Europe, and spent two or three
years at it In this country, is fully comps-.
teat to turn out a job equal to any dene in
the East. He Zs also assisted by from seven
to ten for sewers, so that any work left here,
will not only be done well, but In a short ,
time. Mr. H., however,takes the super- ,
vision of the work, and insets every piece
I himself, and to prevent mistakes a check is
given to for everything left for repairs. It
will be an object of importance to the
reader to know that Mr. HilleTznari, has
never been undersold in the market, con
sidering the goods he sells, as he makes a.
specialty of selling only the beat charaCter
of articles, at leaat the best that can be ob
tained for the money.' ,
To accommodate his increasing trade, and
owing to the size of the present place of
business, he will open - about-January first
a branch store in the new building corner
of Virgin alley,and Smithfield street. The
branch will be under the supervision of Mr.
W. E. De Barrenne. We advise the read
ers of our paper to call and satisfy them- -
selves that our statements Are true. It‘.
member, Hillerman, 75 Wood street.
Chieago - Market
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.l
Cnioatio, Dec. 4.—Wheat to.night-is Arm.
'with buyers at 51,16 forNo.2. Nothingdo
'lag in Corn•which is beld at no •forlio. 1,
and 5234 e for new. Oats quiet .at 471448 e.
D YSPEPSL4 IN ITS WORST FORMS.
elleved and Cared.
.
Lek Headache and Derangement or the
A ttacks ofdanndice and 131Illousness:
emoved and permanently cared. - if:P.. - :2.
0 eneral Debility, HabltunlosltliChisc;
E very form °Wier Cors`gditnt, - .1
N acmes, Heartbuinor Wiser and
T roub'es of the-Dfgesl
S peedlly, surely and egl 'Onntiv cured. ' '
L lver Complalat,llwir*lng of the Head, •
I ndlgestioo, Depresslon.Oklphits, '
V unable and uncertain Appetite, -
E very symptom of DyspeOla •
elleved by Dr. llargent , ilanti,Dyspeptlc & Ltret
P ills. They hair . e effected malty cures. ;
I n every ease they have given.relief. - •
L a no family be without this remedy.
L ook to it that you get no other and much
S lanais and pain will be prevented.
PREPARED AND SOLD IA
GEORGE A. KELLY,
WHOLESALE- DRUGGIST,
corner Wood street and Second avenue. iitta bnrgh.
REVOLT IN THE INTERIOR.
j .
When the stomach is rebellious, the liver contu
macious, the bowels disordered, the brain confuted
and the nerves in a tumult, call in the aid of HOS
TETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, If you weal , ' re
store quiet, regularity and harinony to the action of
these important organs. A large proportion of the,
complaints to which the human family, are sukeet,
originate in indigestion. For this distreisina MAP ,
dy, and parent of innumerable ailments as distress-
init as Itself,, the BITTERS are the only a tide '
proYed by experience to.be a universal and unfail
ing remedy. lisit although it was as a remedy for -
dyspepsia and billiousness that they first obtained.
prestige twenty years ago, it is new pretty w.elrun
deratood, both by the public and the medical profess
elm, that their curative properties take a far wider . •
range. In nervous complaints, spasmodic affections,
fever and ague, and every, variety of general/end lo
cal debility, their affect is most salutary,; and eta, a
Means of preparing the rye tern to retist daretp, gold,
polsonoug elements In the water or thaalr,-priva
lion, exposure. &c., no medicinal agent at present
knoWn can be 'justly .ccmpart d with thiti power /
Vet narmlesa tonic. The feeble and aensitlve,•.
can ill withEtand the Inclemency of the winter sea-
Fen, w 11l find the BITTERS exactlythe article they
need to fortify and sustain them.
A FACT OF OREAT
No one can be toonfien Impressedwith the truth
of all disorders which mankind are prone to, none
are of more prevalence at this season of the year
than those which manifest themselves In the lungs
and pulManaryorgans. Dr. BETSER'S PECTOR.
11): SYRUP lila speedy and infallible, cure in all re.
cent cases of coughs - and lung diseases, and DR.
REISER'S LUNG OUSE in cases of long Standing
and great "obstinacy, will be found 'of liettimihie
value. There is seaicelyahonse or family in Pitti
burgh that cannot testify to its merits,', and instead
of a person wasting time bn othes inert and inap
propriate remedies, let them walk themselves: to
Dr. Neyeert, 140 Wood street,• where they will
;tattle right medicine adapted to their cure/ The
Doctor has a long experience Ist medletne, and in
these lung eases, he 'has given Anal pr: of of his'
}rent' ability and thorough Intowledue of all those
diseases in which the lungstike a pruminent: reit.
His residence in Pittsburgh is .over twenty years,
and the value of his remedies is extended wherever
coughs are prevalent and lung (*settees to be cured-
DR. KEYSER'S ENSIDERT.OITIOR MIN%
EXAMINATIONS AND THE TREATMENT 99
OBSTINATE CHRONIC MEV UO PENS
STREET. Prn:99tratat; cis nousi: trout
9 UNTIE: Cr. Ns ' - '
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