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WPM* (kWh Neek PirtrAritt columns . of
, solid ru24l.ng,nuttter. Il rim the fullest as
soefLea the mod rt.littgenntrkekreports of asy '
per in= the State: are sled.
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the riding: pried 'in thalnarletvat the tinifrof
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Virz valve •on 'the '64E6 pages of this
snerninglecensd page: Ephem
eris, 13#147. exPieditn, Vamte to the Minton
of Roof*, philetielphfiellicademy of Science
Robbed, Shirdeantd Birth Paget Comfier-
Mercamate, Ftnaneidl and, Riz' er News,
Some ilfaikete, Imp**. &tonal page .. :
WoodenUittoags„Wirew Colliery Expiosicl,
Amusement I/trete/wand other entertain , :
react!* matter
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COMMA% prorees to adjoins, for the
holidarsesson, f ketiVaie 21stinst to thesth
of hammy. ilitimburs are ' but men, yen
know; andatuat lave their cakes and ale.
TIEW 11111Urree dogma Cadiz may be taken,
- that moimulii% its ...outside of `. ‘ Spain are
*rated .at progress of Liberalism .in
that ozciuntry, a noleave resolved to stop it4f
-
Mr.lOrk.LEß . VeSETNG has goap to Eirape,
it is -suspected, to deal with the Alabama
question. 'H e hits learning, sense, &sure
tioneand,ma nliness, all o f which qualities
but theifirst-theVeraerican Minister to_ Lou.
donlauks. •
GiestMoit.projects for robbing the Treas
ury by meows. octubsidies to private 'enter
prism are llkely , to come before Congreis
thisowinter 1 !Ms forni of plundering
gone , so far, that any fresh grant will be re
lieved by = suspicion unless sustained 'by
demonstroted facts of the most cogent sort.
C A
41.511 F R4MCA.4." is the title of a Itepubli
ouraweekly nampaper just started at Sewer,
=der the edltonship of CoL M. 8. Qpiatr.
It isAuartoin . form, neat . in typographical
execution excellent in matter, fully sustain
ing ' the.name , by which it was cluistenel
Itideseries-snocess, anftwilirle pretty sure
I toxin -
flow ithe cagey, pending in the Natienal'
Supreme'Courtpirtvolvingths Constitution
,- silty of.the'.l4egel Tender Act, will be
decided,_ is exciting - considerable interest
among politleinsts•ss well SB bankers. it
world not , grieirci us if the courts should
fitid reasons, in the existing condition of the
,
• c,onn try, !for setting the law aside, and thus
triaging on. a:restimption of specie, pay
runts,
11116
Tam LosmoiskTory! jottnals are sated
hi% the manner•is which some of the Sena
tors received PreSident Johnson's message.
.inkthis they folio* the conceptions of their
caste as to'the seeming and formal deference
due to 'thu Executio , head. - Of the nation.
Onthis aide of the.vster other notions Pre
viihand Generatgameron's sturdy rebukes
ofFrmiilential insoience has given no shock
Rppuhlican itietis.of propriety.
Tatt indications are that - the Senate Will
hesitate to tinite 4n.any special legislation
mivalsolated poll:lrvin the tariff question
at tiaaitaintil it shall [ become manifest that
no general , revision of the-System min' be
=tarot Anti adopted at this session. la
that eveist, all effort WI be made to reach,
at hest Lc art, : the geieral result desired
bye friends of American industry, by
suiteMe,action upon the most prominent de
tails., Me *.ire gratified to- be able to add
that our best informed friends express ireat
amidencerin.securingn.,just and practical
revision'of+the whole system.
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Tlir.-0111044ATUILPLUNICON FRMIDES are
to ,closely investigated std the January
term' , of the Federal :Cour:, to be held at
Cleveland, the pergolas under indictment
xeirudnlng .under bail ttrAtifit time. We
shodd thaw ,pleasure dn.noting similar ex
. pectatiguis, as•to.ibucases which have tran
spired iu.our awn •State And in „New York,
but i regret - to see .not eves the •ahltdow of a
hope tot/auditing any effective redress from
the, Courts 4n" either of these :States. As .
PennsYlvoisits we gLUSt pocket .A.ll ideas
of local pride, and amfew. that our
tope, for the litigation of , Justice upon any
' .of the parties to a gigantic and nearly fatal
4 9 1 4iracY, is to eome from the Judiciary of
Another Commonwealth. - The •Ohio Courts
,tare, apparently; to enjoy the exclesive
bonor of vindiesdug the law, and of efec
' protecthig theatffrage. The people
Atibese other States will observe them sic-
Copdingly
0
y ~?.
- frzue Mowrifix Takagi:tar statement re
- -ports , the net amount of the public debt; ex.
• adlidiAg the ranri bey* at $2.4940394,
1344 1, an increase for the Month of No
weMPer cC $10,159:271 82. The;debt•bear
ini col* littered has increased some $250,-
00, that heal ing. currency interest is re.
Atica some 410,000, the matured out.
Pg 401 b Ovilnished about $1,600,-
.114
'i~i'YSy'.i-
000, and the debt -bearing is' xrest is:tncreas4
ed some $4,000,000- ever $2, 0013 0 0 AS
bonds have been isp - At ed to the Paiiway ,
Companies. The caal, in hand is reducti over,
$7,000, 000 , the Tr, easnryilving abam
000,0001;ssiner;in and some $8;000,1100Mnrel
in nurreneY/ From this It , appears that I
large_ sales r;f gold. have been made, 'martini
tbe R 83131 ants for the November interest
have nqc been replaced by receipts t4om
enennn f a t nor has the Cisterns& revenue
made " 'pawl the deficiency: increased ex-
Parditurevfor thelsistilities -against' the In:
diens may eomeWhatdiminiehthe Treasury
b alancea for tie enwrent month, bat the next
statement is still expected to More thin
• I Icancel the increase now 'reported.
MEI
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T .,.. ,
imaPCDIATraf ,113113 . ,aacxemAnin 'have
be selected by &swum 4oussoiras the
hones upon which he will Invite -People
of Tennessee, to', ilea Ass to , the United
Statee Semite. /a a politician, his career,
rim 161910, *Whited aremarkableacm
leleY ''ll diewrerkag, and iiabiatg in follow
ingl34,lm e tertturi! of *Agin 'opinion. Since
•Ite e Presidentfehe same mian has die - '
,i
pia , an igneraneivetpublic-eenthnent an&
ask ohtinatetersistenoe in his own errone
. ous Sindlukpopular opinfona equa ll y remark
able! Vbere . seems to pertain to that 'office
!Le peonlisi .isability to comprehend and keep
pace with the advancing -Sentiment of the
peciple, and no rilrecutive has illustrated this
iletelenorso•completely ea the present one.
Ifeialto.day,.probably, tbeonly. public man
lathe %Tuned :States who fails:to , perceive
the ?just bearings of the great political re
vel% of . the past , fouryears. Ills own, pe
culiarities of temper, sad the atmosphere of
!deception and .corruption which envelopes
him as the 'dispenser In" patronage and profit,
sacomit -sufficiently for his present blind=
pees. Possibly, when he returns once more
Ito the People, he • way. regain his oia astute.
mess—and !possibly not. If he , does, his
drat unpleasant discovery w ill be that annex
ation is '‘iplaved out" and that repudiation
!is-scorned as honestly by the people of Ten-
Image° Marl all the ether States of the Be
oubte. '
Butanc,oPnacci will sustain Conran in
‘defe•ring , the :Virginia-Constitutional Elec.
tionuntilMay. •Any eleetion whatever, in
'that' State, under the present Administra.
Ttion, will be little better than a farce or a
tragedy—that being the range of alterna
tives, :as it was in Lonieiana, Mississippi
ImPa:tangle., In Louisiana, the farce was
to havebeen played out by the Democratic
Electors castin,g their vote' for GIWT, had
not Malmo= andl other magnates of the
party promptly interfered. In i Georgia, no
Electoral vote whatever hai been legally
given, the'GovAlr baying summoned the
+meeting for tn o
ng day, and, even on
that day, only one of the nine Electors re
porting tie attendance. Hence, the nine
votes • of'the State gained for Setrawirn by
aystematic violence and fraud can never be
,countedamong the empty honors of the mi.
, nority •eandidate. In Missisalppi, it re
mains an uncertainty still whether the State
is or is not in fact reconstructed; the tactics
•of the rebels having.unexpectedly resulted
-in the ,remission of that question to the
•"hatefulTadgment of their old Radical ene
mies" in Congress. Thus, taking the op
position AS a • whole, including" the rebels,
'the Democracy -and President lowason,
their entire policy for the Past twelve
manthshas been a blandein the main, and
a blunder in each of Its details. Neither in
Tirginia, nor Any where else, aie. they to
have opportunities for any freshilltastration
of their malignancy,' or 'folly. Congress
and , the •country wilt patiently abide the
'brief delay with which a wise and patriotic
Aministration is about to come In. re-estabJ
lishingthe rule of law, and sober reason,
and peace throughout theltepuldie.
RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. 1
Upon the introduction of railways Into I
the limited States, forty 'years ago, all
thoughtful men comprehended that a new
and poteat force bad .been :aided to civilizing
instrumentalities; yet few anticipated the
grind development that was to result there
from. From this natural lack of prescience
it followed that no broad and comprehen
eive system was devised and enforced for
the regulation of railway corporations. Be
sides, the advantages aecruing from the use
of railways were so manifest, and the cost
.of their construction man extended scale so
great, that almost any concessions that were
asked were granted to the adventurous in
dividnala who were most active iii - promot;
ing the new enterprises. It fell out, more
over, that each State acted in its own be
half in creating railway eon:mantel, grant
ing such immunities as conformed to the
ideas prevailing within their respective her
ders, and providing scantily what have since
been demonstrated to be necessary limita
tions and responsibilities. If these compa
nies had been chartered by the Federal , gov
ernment, and upon
. a , deliberate and ex
haustive survey and cOmprehension of the
whole matter, a single System might now
exist; but if this duty ' bad been clearly
among the prerogatives of Congress, and it
had undertaken the performance thereof it
may well be doubted whether theactual leg
'elation would not have been as incongru
ous and defective so that which has proceed
ed from : the different couunonwealths. ?rile
wo , hs I to be laborously sought for; and,
it is not wonderful that, stumblingensued.
But this is nbt alb' Railways have rapid
ly risen to be
. one of the most importtuit
monetary-interests in the, country, and its
power es such expands with unexampled
volume from year to year That money is
power, has been so apparent all through the
ages as to be iice,ipted as an axiom. The
important influence of vast monetary inter
ests upon the governments 'of all countries
is everywhere acknowledged. Whatever
objections may be raised, or whatever tem
porary hbuiranCes May be interjected,
when one money interest in a nation be
comes larger than tiny other, or, rather,
larger than al" others— that ate likely to
combine efficiently against it, that 'lnterest
will dominate the others and become meas.
urablY a law unto ittielf. This' was iong
exemplified in the landed Interest of Great ,
•
sAirultiJA - Y:',IIECEIO3 . " - .. -12 ,_;1 1865 ,
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titali --
iill-' r t
"thstauding
a -- ' - ::. ~ retauts,no wt 1
thetTu' r •••• .-...,u-4-levelopment in these' later
110.40 f, . -.1.1. 4-.. , :ftrorcial and manufacturing
Skt., ....:y -,,- .ptiof its former;superiority.
In th. {' I.: 4 :4". Stites, for half. a uelluih
elaveH - - :::`4lted, with Its necessary ad--
jitncts. 11 .:,
,o_,_-.*.tt znoneyinterest. How ar
ropi:t., CI r; (I,ve and blood -thirsty it was
in th f. ..: -.. . 1 ,-: of its power, in maintain
ing , :, 7..1: - , - .1,::0„ and in avenging its loss,
the -11,:. 1 :::, - .:,, - , L story, vividly portrays.
I' - 1.1.::•-: , , - -. - ,-.•:ander, fright carnet be long
in :i ~, i: - , .,,1.1. that if the railway interest
'doe 1 - .'"r ;ay - constitute . what may prop
er]; .: ::,..,v,...:ainated the great pecuniarY in
ter' t LA ',1:: - . United States, it will attain to
the • • c -;:: . •-ferice before. many, more years
siu '._ ,: -„ i 'We do not mean to - affirm
fir.:.' .o; , pore .of the wealth of thermtion
is --.“, '. 7 r. pr w4l be invested in. railroads.
St c: '.:. , -- , 2,,asition is simply preposterous.
By t. ; ..1•: , .- .:•, i are becoming the chief inter
et. or --, ~,,, nAlon in this sense that they cra
b !,. .r •: -re iattlial, so as to make combina
tion-F.V: :4wq , 4 their tanagers easy, if not in-_
d p 0.:, , ,,, thaniuy or all. other interests
' 1;: , ..:: -: - ,I.i , nought ; regularly to unite their
;
.
e , ..r, ' .r.i. It is net difficult 'to determine
• ' ieli rtends."
, :• , 01 On Quarterly .R 6l : 4
I 10 for Octe
t : • -1 -,.'_,s an elaborate and valuable art!-
,'!.stitlar and continental railways
.c. _.:-...t.,..4,, One object is to 'hew What the
English it:stern really : is; another what
changes are desirable in 'it; and a third, to
contrast it with *hat has been disclosed
elsewhere, perticulexly in France and Bel
gium. Some facts are brought out of spe
cial raiment in their applications to rail
way management on this side of the Atlan
tic.
1. That competition among railway lines
is a temporary feature, and cannot ration
ally be expected to consolidate into a perma
nent policy. Instences are adduced In
winch companies were chartered for the sole
purpose of producing rivalry. The new
lines were constructed, competition intro
duced and maintained to the injury of all,
when arrangements were concluded estab
lishing ;uniform rates for passengers and
freights, -Which are steadily. enforced. So
great has been the progress of combina
tions that nearly, if not quite all the canal
companies have, been embraced, as well as
river-going steamers, competition being sus
tained between various portions of the isl
ands by sail-vessels, or sea-going steamers.
2. That thistendency is so strong, and the
power of the corporations Ito ample, that no
avenue to relief seems to be opened, except
through an exercise of sovereign 'authority
by Parliament, in taking possession of all
the roads under appraisements, constituting
a Cabinet portfolio of transportation, and at
tempting to run the roads not in the inter
ests of stockhOlders but of the whole people.
How this measure may operate In Great
Britain we need not undertake to coulee-
Jure. In this country such an expedient
would-be dangerous to that balance of pow
ers between the National and State govern
meats, which is essential to the harmonious
working of the political machinery. With
the, increase of 'population and the conse
quent development of materiel resource,.
with the national debt, the legacy of the
- rebellion, and the necessity growing there
from for a system of internal taxation, the
patronage ,of the central government is
swollen, to proportions dangerous to the
proper sovereignty of the States. To place
the railways in the hands of the national
administration at Washington would so
augment its patronage as to make it com
pletely _ overshadow the State authorities,
and open access to corruptions more stu
pendous than all heretofore experienced
or even imagine& - •
8. That lessened charges by railways, for
Passengers and freights, have uniformly re
sulted in_ an increase of buainess much
beyond the augmented running expenses,
so that cheapening processes have been fol
lowed by pecuniary gains. The same prin- -
ciples that were disclosed by lessening post
al rates and telegraplrtariffs, proved to be
just as benificently operative here, showing
that what is really;best for the people is best
also for the stockholders. ,
4. That a limited number of passenger
trains, hi:lth local and through, running at
convenient hours, with coaches containing
only a sufficient nuntber of seats to accom
modate the travellers, are among the readiest
'means for cheapening the transit of persons.
5. That it is quite right and justifible that
railway directors establish such charges,
within their limits, as will bring them the
most money; just as private individuals are
.at liberty to make the most they can out of
their private pursuits. That railway mana
gers may misjudge as to what rates will
prove most remunerative, is palpable enough,
but their misjudgments in this regard do
not invalidate their rights in the premises.
RailAys are not charitable instituticns, but
machines for making money, and should be
run on , strict business principles, which en
join making the largest income with the least
practicable outlay. ,
6. That, one of the worst things that can
befall any district of country is to have a
railway traversing it, and upon which its
intercommunications depend, pauperized in
its revenues.: Such lines can never be fully
depended upon, and are always dangerous
to whoever trusts their property or persons
upon thent. - ~-:
•
-these general conclusions, deduced
frorft a wide and minute European expert
wee, are substantially confirmed by all that
has fallen under careful examination here.
That necessity exists for the legislative regu
lation of the
and
system of this Com
monwealth, of the nation, any man of
sense knows full well. How shall this
regulation be obtained?' This isa very prac
tical question. Some persons imagine it
can best be attained by heated and unstinted
denunciation of railway managers; charg
ing them with all thewrongs and mistakes
they commit, and , giving them credit for
.none of the good they accomplish. This
method of treatment' has been tried in this
city and county more.vigorously than any
where else, and with what results we all
know. Doubtless, our people have at times
had good cause to be dissatisfied, and to say
MEI
t •
so. Railway managers misjudge as often
as other people. Sometimes the conscious
ness of power, and the pleasure-that comes
of having their_ own viay, lead tbewto:ln...
dulge in needleis irritation .. this is e
plorable. The people of this City and the
railwsys corporations eentering in it, have
mutual interests which are inseperable; and
which ought to be adjusted on both sides not
under the'guidance of old passions aid pre:
judices; but in new of present actual needs
and of the wants the near future will cer
tainly bring upon'them.
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. ,
. ..
The inciejmnikat speaks in glowing terms
of the pester of -the Third Presbyf r erian
Church of this city, Rev. 'Frank A. Noble,
as being a young, brilliant and earnest min
ister. It thinks if there is one grand Pres
byterian church in the country, it is the
famous Third church, Pittsburgh. It is
grand in its numerous _membership, in its
new house of worship, and in its remarka
bly liberal contributions to the Christian
enterprises of theay. Special reference is
madeto portions f . Noble's Thanks
giihig sermon for his a vocacy of universal
suffrage, irreispectiv!, of color or sex. Of
the rights of the lattv,_Mr. Noble urges the
putting of the "ballht ,in that most sacred
and sanctifying place in which a ballot was
yet deposited, in the white hand ofrooman."
He then assumes that it is coming to;that.
' , Women shall yet have a voice in public
affairs that is ' her. _own.'She will have a
voice as man has a voice, and when women
vote,the divinity of the ballot will appear.
For those evils that now walk abroad una
bashed shall slink into outer , darkness."
It is said the Friends of the South regsrd
"marrying out"---that is, marrying ene who
is not a QIIIiker—SIE a dishonorable offence,
or even to'attend such a marriage. ' The of
[
1 fender is disowned "until he shall come to a
right and just sense of his misconduct." At
I the North, however, especially in the West,
I Friends are allowed full liberty in regard to
marriage. •1
The independent says all but two of the
eight Reformed Presbyterian churches in
the Pittsburgh Presbytery have withdrawn
from the Synod, until• it shall rescind its ac
tion in suspending Mr. George H. Stuart.
We think this's a mistake.
The Congregational, ;Methodist, Baptist,
Unitarian and Unlyersaiiat churches of Low
ell, Massachusetts, unite in sup Porting free
services on Sunday evening, to the largest
hall in that city. The audience to a con
siderable extent are not church -goers, _
Much Is said against Rev. S. H. Tyng,
Jr., among which are charges of neglecting
his parishoners. It don't look as if his
people thought so. They have recently
added one thonsand dollars to his salary, :
and a church that maintains three mission
schools, which care for a thousand poor
children; must, receive considerable ministe
rial attention.
Not long since we noted the fact that a
Methodist "clergymaa had been 'invited by
Brigham Young to preach at the Taberna
cle at Salt Lake City. Lately Rev. John
Francis, a Baptist minister, occupied the
Mormon pulpit, and discoursed to four thou
sand people. , ) -
A Dutchman having heard that the dis
- tinguished pastor of St. George's Episcopal
Chtirch, New York City, was a temperance
man, remarked: "Me is shust the Tyng."
The old Presbyterians had, in 1801, after
the withdrawal of the Southern churches,
sixty-six ordained foreign missionaries.
They now have seventy-nine.
The Chinese Mission, under the direction
of the M. E. Church, on the Pacific coast,
promises to be quite a success. Services
have been established in two Methodist
Churches at San Francisco, and at one the
attendance of Chinamen reaches about ope
hundred. Recently services were held In
the church of that denomination, at Santa
Clara, and twenty•six Chinamen were
present.
The Baptists have ninety Sunday-schools
in Philadelphia, and nearly fifteen thousand
scholars. Of these over four, hundred
joined the Church last year. • .
It appears from the Hartford Times that
Hartford, Conn., has furnished several
Episcopal Bishops. Bishops Chase, of New
Hampshire; Burgess, of Maine; Coxe, of
Western New York; Clark, of Rhode
Island; Brownell, of Connecticut; Doane,
of Albany; Williams, of Connecticut, end`
we add, _Bishop Kerfooti who was Presi
dent of trinity College, Hartford, when
elected Bishop of the Pittsburgh Diocese.
The New York Sabbath Committee have
ascertained by correspondence with one
hundred and twenty-four of the principal
railroad companies of the country, that
sixty-five run no trains of any description
on Sunday, and fifty-nine run one hundred
and seventy-seven passenger trains and
forty-two freight and cattle trains. The
question was submitted whether Sunday
trains are profitable. Sixteen companies
answered in the affirmative, and thirty-eight
in the negative, the remaining seventy mak
ing no response. We hail with pleasure
the fact represented by managers of mil
1, roads generally, that nothing more highly
conduces to the health and working powers
of employes than rest from labor on Sun
, day.
The United Presbyterian reports that at
the communion season, Sabbath week, in the
Fourth United Presbyterian Church, of this
city, Rev. . J. M: Cockins, pastor, fifty-three
applicants were admitted to church fellow
ship.
Sabbath week was the thirty-seventh an
niversary Of Dr. John T. Pressly's pastoral
relation with the First United Presityterian
Church, of Allegheny city. It waxen oc
casion of rare interest.
The next anniversary of the Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
will be in Washington, D. C., on Sun
day and Monday, January 10th and 11th.
The various Methodist chnrches in Wash-.
Ington, GeorgetoWn and Alexandria, will
devote Sunday to missionary purposes, and
and on Monday morning and evening • plat
form meetings will be held in' one of, the
principal churches in: Washington. Blah
ops Janet' and Ames, and other diiitin-_
guished speakers will address the mee tings.
OriP•
Decisions have been made ,in seireral in
'stances favor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and property restored, which had
been forcibly occupied by the M. Church
South. Some days ago the M.E. Church
in 'Winchester, Yes., which had been Geed:
pied by the Church South silica the close of
the war, was vacated in favor of the M. •E.
Church, and thebill of the plaintiffs (Church
South) dismissed.
The Presbyterian Church at Coataville, .
Pa., require total abstinence as a condition'
of meinberehip. The pastor and all the
members, numbering three hundred, have
signed the temperance pledge.
Quite a-commotion exists amongthe Con
gregationalists. The publisher of the In
dependent, Mr. Bowen is charged by a com
mittee of Congregationalist ministers, with
having failed to keep good his promises a
year ago, to make that paper more evangel
ical. Mr. Tilton, the editor, is represented
as unfit "to act as a religious teacher," and
the managing editor they report as enter
taining views altogether "infidel." The
/*dependent retorts in its peculiar way to
this assault. We leave those interested
to settle the dispute between the Advance
and the Inciepsndenf. The former is edited
with distinguished ability, and the latter is
'also ably conducted. The Independent,
however, would not be any the less accept
able, if it would tone up higher to suit the
evangelical sentiment of both Congregation
alists and other admirers of the paper.
It is said that while Dr. Edward Beecher
was writing the Conflict of 'Ages, his father
tried to dissuade him - from publishing it.
"If God his got into difficulty on account
of sin," said the old doctor, "I don't want
any of my children to help Him oujof it."
The New York Observer flatly contra
dicts the statement that there are five or
six millions of Spiritualists in this country,
and well it may, and says thei'dO not num
ber a million, or anything like it.
•
A TOTING married woman living in Mirol2.
minty, Ohio, retired to bed one night last
week with her babe. To quiet it she placed
in its mouth a "sugar teat." During the
night she dreamed it was choking, and that
she tried to grasp the "teat" with her fin
gers, but could not. Bhe.then tried, as sh l
sopPosedt to grasp it With her teeth, when
the screams of the child awakened her. She/
found its face.bloody, and that its nose was
almost bittea through at the point: Medi
cal aid was procured; and the child render
ed comfortable, but the mother was almost
inconsolable at the accident.
•
TEE Provisional Government for Spain 1
has for some time assumed a hostile attitude
toward the Republican party. From Cadiz
it is reported„ that the troops have been'
called out to disperse a procession of armed
Republicans. The Republicans are not chtuz
•ed with any violation of law; but the Govern
ment regarded the procession as a dangerous
demonstration, and therefore resolved to
suppress it. If the government thus persists
in using its authority in the interest' of the
monarchists, there is reason to fear the Out
,
break of serious troubles.
--in Omaha dispatch says the repairs to
the temporary bridge across the Missouri
were completed yesterday morning. About
one thousand car loads of freight were col
lected,on the east bank awaiting truu3por
tation. No further interruption to (nesting
is anticipated.. The cold weather for the
past three days has made the , passage of
the river by teams perfectly safe. (*Emd
Blair and Commissioner Bogy arrived f en rom
the west and left for Bt. Louis.
—The boiler attached to the engine of a
saw-mill owned by McClure dt, McCord, at
Buford's station, on thashville and De.
catur Railroad, exploded 'N
on Thursday af
ternoon, killing Mr. Johnson, the engineer.
and mortally wounding another emplo.ye.
COUGHS, COUGHS, COLDS, COLDS,
When a per takes cold the lungs become'
charged with phlegm, which oppressing the can•
stitation a' natural effort is made for a relief.
This edort is a cough. The only safe and prudent
remedies to be adopted are those which assist tar
tare in Its work, by looser ing the phlegm and,excl-
Ong a freedom of expectoration until the evil is re
moved. DR. SALGENT'S COUGH SYRUP is ad.
soirsbli adapted to promote expect#iosl. ease the
breathing, loosen the phlegm, abatisiblilever, and
allay the tickling which occasions the iiicitigh, with
oat tightening the chest, or in any Way.taiuring the
system, anafor all temporary andiiacal affections.
each as irritatiou;of the throat, hcoU'ileness of the
voice. illallettfal, &a., it is of incalcial)shle value. Es
pecially at this inclement season of the year 4t
would be well for every family to have this valuable
remedy at bane. Prepared by GEO. A. KELLY,
Wholesale Druggist, corner Wood street and Second
ay. nue, Pittsburgh, and for sale by all druggists
and dealers in medicine. 50 cents per , bottle. '
PREVENT' OR REPENT 2
When health - has twin sacrificed for waat of the
care necessary to protect it. regrets are unavailing.'
It is better to prawn: than to repent. The most in-.
clement season of the year is at:hand, and its cold
and damp are the source of Inn imersble distressing
ailments. The best Means o f escaping Item is to
keep the outward surface of the body comfortably
warm with suitable clothing, and the internal or
gans in a Vigorous et ndition by the occasional use
of a healthful tonic and cfb reeve. Winter makes
tremendous drafts anon the vital forces, and there
fore it is a season when a pore vegetable stimulant
and invigorant like )30b rETTER'S .STOMACH_
BITTERSIs of infinite use, especially to the weak
and feeble. It gives stamfaa.
to the system, and
thereby enable§ it to withstand the , shocks of cold.
which product eon gh, bronchitis. catarrh, andother
diseases of the organs of respiration. Dysce els
and erery species of Indigestion are also greatly
aggravated by cold, damp weather. 'and for these
complaints the BITTERS are en acknowledged spe
cific. There is no fact better known in this country,
aid, Indeed, througho”t the civilized Portions of
tee Western Hemisphere, than that this genial pre
paration is a swift and certain remedy for all ordl
- of the'stomach and the liver.
nary dti
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A FACT OF :GREAT VALUE.
No one can be too often impressed with the truth
of all disorders which mankind are Prone to, none
are of more prevalence at this season of the yell'.
than those which manifest themselves in the lungs
and pulmonary organs. Dr. KETISEIVR PECTOR
AL SYRUP is a speedy and infallible are in all re -
cent cases of coughs and lung discuss, sad DR.
ILEYI3III , B LINO CURE in eases of long standing
and great obstinacy, Will be ibruld of inestimable
value. ..There is scarcely shouts or family in . Pitts
burgh that cannot testify to its merits. and instead
of a person wasting time on other inert and
snap
propriate-remedies, . let them walk themselves" to
Dr. Ileyser . s, 140 Wood street, - where thoi will
and the right medicine 'dented to their our. The
Doctor has a long, experience in medicine, and In
these lung cases. he, has given rival pr Altar his
'greet ability and thOronglanowlediroof all those
diseases in which the lungs tahe,silant par
Ills residence In Pittsburgliilfrayer talent, pears,
and the valtie of his remedies is extendeitlitherever,
coughs are prevalent =along diseases to be crud. ',
DV—HEUER% ichsitill NT ONTICT. Air: LUNG
IIIEaIdINATIONIS AND Tan TREATMENT
OBSTINATE CilltOklo tallA/113,, TgNS
mum. prrnaga.oa, 01Bee hours from
a ElNTl4.4lkii 1r• 2 • -
Novesabalt`lBsB.
--Ben. Wade is reported to have derided:
chase and Seymour; pitied Blair; dencrtm-
nents of But
ced 11."H. , Dana and the oppo
ler as aristocrats, who made asses of them
selves in Arying to appease the English
pride of birth, and declared Bayard Johrb
`son to Ns" a toady: " Thq settlebient "
Alabama claims was easy enough if we
made • the simple protocci ande favors
universal manhood suffrage the trans
fer of the Indian Bureau to the War De-
Pr NOTICES— . ‘ To Lot," ••Ilir Sala." "look*
.!Wastte.,, "Dxsatt,*l' "Bs6ldtsg.l MN. net ak.
4rEidilig FOUR MIMS lath sot/ IDo fsentita Os that
do/tuatur wads for rwsztry-lav4 qua's; soh
addlttonai /ins /IS cprra.
-
A=lllD-HEILI I .
,orTED- MAC INIST— ho
understands the NUT AND,BOLT BUST—
NEBS.I None but a competent workmen need KO
ply. Good wages will be paid and steady employ.
ment. BOLBNSGODEtS . - BOLT AND NTIT
WORSE, dtos. 493 to 505 West Third street, On.
'elnuatl. Ohio, •
IVANTED—A few salesmen to
co
Addr o s th ßoxe try ,
Pt d t sbeghoPa O
. l CO=ll3.
/101.
WANTED-v-11E1P -At Employ= - • 1
v . merit 001 ea. No. Ait. Clair dtreet, BOY: 5 I
GIRLS and KEN, for diaeremt kinds of employ-
Persons wanting help of all kinds elm be ..1, I
;
supplied on short n050.e. • '
' I
gumpomumw
iri oar. ing at
No ii ltt ANN STREET, Allegheny city, for
50 p week.
NIT/A.NTED..-DOARDEIRIPIeIgiiw --
if ant room, with board.enßabie for }gentleman
and wife, or two yonng gentleman at 68 FOURTH.
eitRET. Aleo, a few day or dinner boarders can.be accommodated. Reference required.
WANM)-AGEN'Tt 3 .
livAN TE D AGENTS-$3O 'to
$2OO PEE MONTH—To sell s New Book • . :
pertaining to agriculture a... 1 the Mechanic Arts.
by GEORGE E. WARING. Esq., the distinguished
Author and Agricultural Engineer of the New York
Central Park, &e. Nothing like it; 800 Negri'.
rings Bells at sight to Pariners,'Mectianics and . ~..
workingmen of all classes. Bend foe Cirentars. A. - .....
L. I'AIXOTTIk CO., 511 Market street, Pittsburgh,
Penna. % . deT•aerr
- _ .
FOUND,
d•..*Alwee.e.reedevere...wee ,,ee....noweeenne
VOUNIN—A Memoranda.: Book,.
with a small sum of money: Can bo cnr- •
nrr of Filth avenue and Cherry. alley. K. HOW
TON CO.
O LET--A furnishe4 Sleephig
NOON. suitable Pir one or two gentlemen, to
e house of a private tamilii No. SRO L#COCN.
BIBNET. Allegiieny city.
FOR SALE
OS SALE- . 4011 PRINTING OF.
FLOE—ltstablisbed and doll* a good business.
A dress. JOB PRO' • SR, this office. .
OR SALE-DRIIG STORE-A
first elms retail drug I store in a re.y_ cleanable'
nation. Terms , Can. Address box 76*, Ma.
burgh. • -
VOR SALE—FARDI . .e-200 acres
of good Land. situated' iri-Penn Tn.. West
moreland county, two miles from Irwin Station. on.,
the Penna.B. It. Improvements, hewed log_boutin
In good repair bank barn ,and otder' outbuildings..
Terms moderale. Empire of W. WILSON', Last.
bier's Station, or R. A. BOPS, Penn btation.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS._
'THE FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH, (Railroad Etreet,_ near Depot,)
NEW BRIGHTON. ra. E. F . CROWTHER. Fodor.
Preaching }MET Elarraaart, at I.OX, at. and '7
x bliy invited,. •
FIUST- CHURCH
• OF PITTSBURGH, W. 8. Gray, ,Pastor,
meets statedly NEVILLF,HALL, corner of Ltb
erty and Fourth streets. Bervticee every Lord's Dar
at 104 a, X. and 'MP. X. The public are corllally
Invited. _
la" THE ' FIRST METHODIST
CHTMCII, Frr7X Atitternt. between Smith
field and Grant streets. 'ALEX. CLARK. PaStor.
Preaching EVENT Sanas:rm. at 10.30 A. Y. and ,
7.30 P. sr: Free seats and welcome to all.' Bernd*,
bcbool at BA. x. and L 45 P. Y . •
agrUNIVERSALIST
CORNER OF GRANT ANI) 't HIED STS.
EVERY SUNDAY st4l3jf
,A,04. andPreatle
ing by Rev. A. BOSSERmAeI. Subjee iur to-mor.
row, evenhig, "NO TEA.Rn BEATY:N. , ' Seats
free and welcome to nil.
6. : I T co
mar of Penn and Hancock streets: L. P.
MOBGAN , D.D.. Poston—Preaching. TO-MORe
ROW at lON A. sy Rev. ' Dr: PYIAETT; Ipor
=standing Secretar y of the eh -Ek tection So
ciety; midst 7 o'clock P. by ChaplatnifcoAßE.'
far THE FIRST SIETRODIST,
CRVRCH, ALLEGHENY. The Pastor?4o --
lithis Church Is sow filled by. the appointment of
. _B. 'KNIGHT, formerly
siftCleveld, Otdm.
Preaching XVEBT SABBATH, t i A. M and
P. 34. Lecture on Wednesdayg, and GenerU
Prayer Meeting on 'Friday Evening.
•
'I'IAN CHURCH. corner JOSEPHt and
Montgomery avenue, Allegheny, KENO,
Pastor. Services (by the - Pastor,) TO-MORROW.
(Lord's Day) at 1036 in the morning and st T lathe .
evening. !subject in the morning "The Divinity
of Christ." in the evening, "The Danger of Beton.-
lag Gospel Hardened. The seats in the Church are
free, and a cordial invitation extended to al!.
IarLIBERTY. STREET M. E.
CHURCII, corner of Liberty arid Ray ste:t
WILLIAM R. LOCKE, l'astor.—Presobina TO
MORROW. at o'clock A. M.. by Chaplain Mc-
CABE, and at V o'clock P. 11. by Dr. A. I. KY N
eTT, Corresponding Secretary of the Cburch
Err
tension S.clety. At 3 o'clock. in the afternoon a
general meeting In the Interest of Church Exten
sion will se• held. Addresses by Dr. KYNETT,
Cha s lain McCAßE•and others. 'The ,phblto is la-
WEDIANtrgi. cuuncu,
FREE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL, MANGRE.STER,
Rev. Wm. H. Faller, City Missionary.
Th. opening services of this Church will be keld •
in their new edifice, corner ofMarket and Washing—
ton streets, Allegheny, on vie Third blandly In
Advent, December 13th. The services will be as .
fo:lows
• A. ld.—Sermon by the Bishop, and Holy Commun..
lou s
id.--Sun day School at half-past one: Baptism
and Coritlimation, and the usual service stR
lbw o'clock. . - • • den:
IWP/TOBVRGEL
CHtTRCH GUILD..
The anni4erear7 meeting of the PITTSIIIIIIGIE
CHURCH GUILD, will , be held at TRINITY
CHIJItCH. Bth Avenue, - •
•• •
To-morrow (Sunday), Evenixig,,
AT 7 1.24 O'CLOCK,
The Bishop will be present and addresses Trill be
,
utide by a number of Clergy men and Laymen. --
den:
BRI.DGETIS
3F M ALIM : Lp
ELEVANTII WAIR.D,NOW-OPEN.
Take Wylie street cars to Green street. Cars.
run every atteeu minutes. - dela
UNION -71.11.11011 AL MAIM.' • '
Pittsburgh, Dec: 151 1868.
IgrNOTICE.—. - The Annual Elea-
TION for DTBZOTOBIS to sere for the en
suing year will be held at the Panting. House. on
TUESDAY. January 19th, 1869, between the,.
hones of 1 and 3 P.Y._ " • '
del;b3o . B. 8. SMITH. Cashier.
-MSCHANICE4 NATIONAL DANN. .
Pittsburgh. Deo. 11, 1888. 1 f
AN ELECTION FOR DIREC. ,
TORS of this • Bank will he .held st she
Basking House, on TUraD aY, Januar,
1188, between t ie hours of 1511 A. IT. and l'P'•
• JukiN 43. liA.lta IN,
- dela:hal - - Cashier.
• AL1..101111N7 NATIONAL BASE, t
• ' Pirretionolt. Dec.l.2. 180-,
IigrTIVE ANNUAL ELECTION
, ,ofDlrectors , to, serf. during the ensutu
ear will be held at the Ranking ROOM on'
lit:Y. January 151th.1869, between the hours q
it a.m. and 7i 1. M.
W. - •
__ • - . McIDAYiTPLESIL
dHai6• Assistant Cashier
Vicouiarola NATIONAL BANE ore
rrrraß‘ 5011. Ileeember 19. 18611.
WThe Anntial 'Election of
ivotors for . (hit Bank will take pla-• si
Abe Bank. on TUESDAY. January .12sh. luala. be
tneen the .houra fof 19 o , olorh. and S•dicooer
. MURRAY . r :.
, -deutiraw .w. -
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NM
--BOARDERS•.
TO LET.
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