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TUESDAY DECEMBER 15,1868• .
TEE Witituar Qv:mit issued on Wed—
sastistys and Saturdays, is the best awl cheap
set family newspaper in Penns:Mania. -;.lt
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for reference in important issues to determine
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sent free to any address.
WE PRINT 011 the inside pttges of this
morning's GAzETTE---Elecoliflpage: New Pub—
Keations. Third and Sixth' Pages: ComMer
eiai, Bnancial, 'Mercantile and River Neyis,
itarkets, Imports. Seventh page: Agrieui-
Surat Department. 7:
GOLD closed in New York yesterday a
185 i. •
Thm "Molly Marlins" have appeared
among the coal and iron miners of Alleghe
ny county, Maryland.. One atrocious aims- Em
elution Already alarms the• , people, and the
rumors are adoat. We have no
doubtithAtthe laws will be enforced and the
community efficiently protected ,-by the an= ,t]
thorltie& ' _
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ii the closing up of the business of the
freedmen's Bureau GeM Howeno has
Very properly asked for Congressional in
vestigatien into its affairs and operations
from theirganization . up to . the present time.
Such investigation the philanthropic officer
knows will redound to his own great credit
indput at rest forever the idle rumors and
- Charges made by the enemies of the Bureau;
cimceniing its management..
- Tin EITIOPEAIIatnisION of Mr. Coin
tau is now said to have a three-fold object;
Ist, Consultation upon the Alabama claims,
with our Minister in London; 2d, A. careful
exuaination into oases pending
. in the
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iPrencli_Vourtalor the sequestration of Con
federate property; 3d, To advise with Mr.
Hans, at Madrid, upon the Spanish and
Cuban questions. This constitutes a sort
of roving commission, which no diploma
tist - could more successfully execute than
Cains Cumin.
SPaxraH Ainwas look better. The mac.
thputry movement at Cadif is on its last
Isgs, aFti its failure will strengthen the Pro
iitiOni4 Government against the danger
s of
similar opposition in other quarters , of the
Kingdom. All the world who were dis
posed to regard any Spanish insurrection is
the mire precursor of: anarchy throughout .
the Peninsula, must now.accept the suspi
cions settlement of theta* at Cadiz as a
very forcible proof that Spaniards are much
more tit for self than they have
had credit for. '
in intelligent Englishman—Hr. Drinzs,
the author of "Greater Britain,"-=-trav
suing through the Southern States, after the
close of the Rebellion, was struck . by the
apparent apathy with which the aristocratic
land-owners regarded the political crisis,
and by the actively demonstrative ifiterest
exhibited by the numerous class of "mean
whitesr who had never been rich enough
to own slaves, but who were the voeiferous
champions of the system and fiercely oppos
ed .to the introduction of Northern ideas.
HeliCer the writer inferred that these mean
whites were in fact the governing class in
all those -Sates: He made thereLun very
decided mistake. The superioi planting
class were : always quiet and undempnstra
.
tile, because they knew their dirty work to
be well and eagerly done for them i hy these
mom dependants who swarmed about them,
the obsequious agents in running the po
. machine. The cue once given to
them • by their surriors, the , latter have
always \ kept in the back-gronndi''because
iincla...wiyik was not to their taste, and be
cause they knew that the poor whites could'
be depended upon. for fidelity and zeal, in
the interests of their masters. The Slave
, holding aristocracy ruled their States with
iron heads, although, for the moat pat,
under veltret gloves. And-that Was about
what their "apathy" amounted to.
Wn LL & U from the 'Baltimore Ann:lean
that the existing antagonism I?etween the
Northers entre, sad - Baltimore and Ohio
Railway Coraramies, has culminated in a
close combinatiaa of the Northern Central,
the Baltiniore and Potomac, the Wesiern
Maryland, the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore and the Union Railway Coin-
patties. ,A. nevi: . passenger and freight
depot, for their joint use, is to be built on
land west . of the Charles street bridge,
where the old Mount Royal reservoir stood,
and on the other side of Charles street,
, where the rains of Laurile factory have
long been standing. The Amtrican , adds:
Th e l on ikabops of the Northern Central
are to be transferred from Bolton to an
other localltY, which will enable the Com
pany to dispose of the whole Bolton prop
erty for building purposes. The Philadel
pkia Road 11 to• transact its principai pas
songs; business here also, but will probably
not abandon the passenger nines and depot
at President street. Bo also the Northern
Central, 'the Westprn Maryland and the .
Baltin2Ore and Potomac, which is now being
rapidly constructed., This, it will-be been,
is an immense arrangement, and will place
the new road to Washington not only in
full connection with the North and West,
enabling through passengers to be taken
around the city by stem, but will give it a
depot on the line of the Charles Street City
Passenger Railway, which is not the case
with any of the present depots. '
The Northern Central controls both the 1
charterof the . Baltimore aid Potomac, taw
securing an independent line to Washing
ton, and that of thetnion Railroad, which
proposes to make a suburban connection of
all the roads entering the city. But only so
Such of the latter is to be constructed as
will snit the requirements of the combina
tion, so that the B. &
_O. Company must
come to them near Jones' Falls, or oast ill.
So far as the projected clumps are to
afford larger facilities to the businese of the
North Central line, aid perfect its un
er . ,
broken nnection with. Washington, these '
arrange, ants bare great , interest for the
people of l'ennsylvalla,.and, in general, of
the North and Wee, and we think that the
statements shove made may be relied upon
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as essentially correct. ,
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BLACK SUFFRAGE IN PENNSTI..
VANIA.
An article under this title ) ,written by the
senior editor of the GAZETTE, a number of
yes ago - has recently'been rewired, and
copied' into inoet'' of the Republican
jowl:kids. of this Commonwealth. From
this article we take a few paragraphs:
"In 1682 William Penn promulgated 'the
Frame of Government' of Pennsylvania,
under authority of the charter granted him
by King Charles IL In this document the ,
'right of suffrage was given, *without restrica
tion to 'the freemen of said province.'
"In 1701 Penn granted what is known as
the 'Charter of Privileges.' By this instru
ment the right of suffrage was broadly given
to LW/4 freemen of each respective cilunty.'
'The first constitution of Pennsylvania
wa y s adopted in 1776: The convention that
fr... ed this instrument was presided over
by I: enjamin FrertldM. It .gave the right
of •, t •e to 'every freeman of the full age
of t7enty-one yearL ' The men of the Rev
olt on, while asserting their own rights
In
fill to stead d a-g f td is n t s b t y 4p Oi ro e lm airditud i3 idea tionw of ere
he political equality of all men.'
' In 1790 a new constitution was framed.
li i
El mas Mifflin presided over the conven
t° that smade it.. This instrument gave
he right to vote to 'miry freeman over the
of twenty-one years.'
' In 1839 the Constitution was revised.
Jo n Sargeastpresided over theconvention.
i
Th basis of suffrage was changed so as to
include only 'every white freeman of the
age of twenty-one years.'
"For one hundred and fifty-sia years
black men, if black they were, voted in
Pennsylvania on precisely the same condi
tion as white men. None of the evils now
predicted of black suffrage were expinienced.
Neither the mental or social equality of the
two races was therebrestablished. Amal
gamation, either through matrimony or
without, was not encouraged. Not a black
man was made Governor or Legislator.
Social order was not subverted. The Gov
ernment was not made by white men, for
white men, bat by all men, for the benefit
of all."
It may be remarked, in order to the better
understanding of the whole matter, that in
1838 a case was brought before the Courts of
this- Commonwealth to test the point
whether a native-born black man, not a
slave, was a "freeman," according to the
true intent and meaning of the Constitution
of 1790. The design was, by a judicial
decision, to deprive the blacks of the right
of suffrage, which they had enjoyed from
1682. All the points were learnedly and
ingeniously argued; and, at length, the
Supreme Court, Chief Justice GIBBON, pro
noundng the opinion, in conformity to the
pro-slavery fanaticism and, blindness which
then prevailed, solemnly decided that it
"black Man" could by no possibility be re
garded as a "freeman," within the mean
ing of the Constitution. The. Convention
that framed the existing Constitution was in
session when this judgment was rendered,
and it made haste, '
under the leadership of
Mr. GEORGE W. WOODWARD and other
members of kindred sentiments;to insert the
word "white," as qualifying "freeman,"
in the ' draft of the organic law which they
framed.
The iriends of Liberty and Equality, at
that period few and despised, remonstrated
in vain, wild, e the masses of the white voters
made joyful haste to proscribe the blacke
and debar !them from all participation in
ipo
litical affairs.
Of coure i , so rank an injustice cannot last
forever. According to that measure of abil
ity given t us, we have steadily advocated
not simply with the political Freedom of
all men and wolnea, but their political
Equality likewise. For long and weary
years we were subjected to odium for this
Radicalism. But that era has gone, not to
return again. The day is now not distant
When the Constitutions both of Peansylva
nia_and of the Union will distinctly recog
nize the political equality of all men and
women. , •
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131PCIE-RESUMPTION.
The namts of a majority of thti Judges
of the Supreme Court are freely used at
Washington, as agreeing upon a decision
overturning the Legal Tender Acts. The
opinion may not be' , announced for some
weeks.
If the rumor be well founded, its truth
will be generally acquiesced in, in advance
of the open decision, and the business of
the country will- begin at once to adapt
itself to the new standard—or rather-to the
old one again re-established, the solid'specie
basis. Congress must at once provide for
the $390,000,000 outstanding in its paper
thus discredited. This can only be done
by funding that debt into lqng bonds. The
notes no longer being a legal-tender, lose
atonce their superior character and become
no better than the notes of 'the Banks.
There are but two hypotheses upon 'which
the Treasury can arrange its affairs, one
that of an immediate cash resumption, the
other of a bankruptcy continued and con
ferred. We must.; regard the latter as out
of the question, and the former must inev
itably be adopted. , ' The entire business
of the country midst follow at once in the
same difection. The National Banks will'
be strengthened by $150,000,000 of reserves
in geld Instead of legal-tenders, .and may
home occasion for a port of it. There will
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PITTSBURGH GAZETTE i TUESDAY, DECEMBER / 15,. 1868:
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be for a While an active business in the sort
,
ing and - redemption of their own notes, but
that businesi will Probably be confined to
the brokers, and not shared in to any great
extent by the masses of the people. A general
reduction of values in most descriptions of,
property may be looked for, but very little
disturbance beyond that—certainly no panic
•—in, business generally.. Settling down
so suddenly upon the hard-specie, there
must be something of a jar all around,_ bu ,
we do not hesitate to express our belief that
the great body of the people are, s z s4rer,
disposed to sustain, and not inapede or em
barrass, the operations of the / Government,
and that we shall all get through the
much dreaded crisis without any need
less,/ panic, and the' country will, within
thirty days, and/itself squarely planted
upon the specie' basis and wondering how it
got there with so little difficulty and dam-.
age- 3Ve do not - imagine that it is to re
qtdre, za very long time to convince the peo
ple that the Government can Ow.. its debts,
and, with that become the general belief,
the Treasury will be able to pay those debts
entirely at its leisure. This Confidence in
the Govermnent will speedily be extended to
the banking institutions- 6 and confidence
t i l
answers practically the lame, p se as
specie—perhaps a better'one.
If this confidence don't suffice, e specie
will, suidn f this the country, has.• enough,
and to spare, for the present emergency.
The $24,000,000 of gold certificates ,held by
the Treasury will be put to use, and in aid
of the banks if needed. The gold with
which speculators have been gambling loses
all its value] for that purpose and will go
into useful channels again. The immense
amounts hoarded among the people will
also appear again in circulation. Altogeth
er, the country, instead of being poorer,
will find itself considerably richer than it
expected, and the situation really far from
an uncomfortable one. •
WILL PITTSBURGH ACCOMMODATE
- - ITSELF!--WO. 1.
The approach of persons, whether in car
riages or on foot, to the Union Depot of
this' city, is more difficult and dangerous
than to that of any other like establishment
in the United States. In part, this is owing
to the topography of the district on which
the city is built, and in part, also, to the
way in which the city was originally laid
out, conforming well enough to the social
and commercial ideas andinstrumentalities
current in those earlier times, but Unsuited
to the present condition of affairs.
rive railways use this depot in common.
These are the Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne and Chicago, the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati and St. Louis, the Erie and
Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh and Cleve
land. The Pennsylvania road approaches
it from the East, and in a way to: interpose
no obstacle to the business of the city or
the movements of its inhabitants or visitors.
The other • four roads approach the depo'
from the West; the Pittsburgh, Ci l iv
ii ir
.nati and St. Louis, after crossing the (
nongahebs running under several stree b
means of a tunnel, and otherwise pre aril
ing few or no obstructions, while the the
three lines cross the Allegheny over 0]
bridge of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne an
Chicago Company, crossing a number.
the principal thoroughfares on a level wii
them, and entering the depot at the B eni
thiough whieh all passengers go out Orja.
Several things conspire to make matters
still worse. 1 The Grain Elevator stands di
rectly in front of the entrance to the Depot,
ao that all cars running in or out of it neces
sarily intercept suiteinih , inger the stream' of
vehicles and pedestrians. Beyond the Ele
vator, to the west, on one side of Grant
street, is the warehouse for Express 'Freight;
while on the other side of the same street is
the Metal Yard of the Pennsylvania Rail
road.. Still, in front of the Depot, but to
the northwest, is the warehouse and river
crossing of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and
Chicago road, causing a constant succession
of trains each way across Liberty street, at
the point where Grant street enters — into
it; is the most difficult, point in its
whole length.
Thea, too, the. Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has its principalWarehouse'on the
Point, at the foot of Liberty street, makihg
it necessary to run a track from the Union
Depot all the way down to the river, and
rendering . ' still worse, what would be bad
enough without, the impediments - to ordi
_
nary travel at the intersection of Grant street'
and Liberty. ,
These various lines and crossings in front
of the Depot are made passible only by the
introduction of numerous frogs, which ren,
der the transit of trains slow and uncertain.
With the utmost precautions the employes
are capable of wheels get thrown eff the
track, causing teams to congregate, and
putting persons on foot to additional incon
venience and peril. If the whole arrange
ment had been contrived to see how much
annoyance could be given to the, people of
the.city, it would have been made no worse
than the necessities laid on the railway com
panies have made it.
These evils are sufficiently great as mat
ters now stand. But, it mast be remember
ed that the increase of the city in popula-'
tion and business will' certainly, mike
~the
case worse. So, alio, will the general
growth of the country. Twenty years
hence the number - of trains each day pass
ing the point of embarrassment will be at
least doubled; perhaps quadrupled. Penn,
Liberty and Grant streets, at the railway
crossings, will become impassable for teams
and foot passengers.
How shall the evils thus brought under
consideration be so met as to be guarded
against and removed, or, at least,=be re
duced to the lowest possible - sunount, so as
to be endurable ? This iin question which
the people-of this citi, - and their representa
tives and agents in the Councils, ought to
consider thoroughly t wisely, and without do
lay. The longer provisions to meet the
case shall be delayed, the more difficult, em.,;
barrassing and expensive will-they become.
The question thus propounded is divisible
into two. What measures of relief . will
most effectually meet thete s d lahe
wan an 1T
Of the,.. people ? ... What meantres,. while
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affording the needed relief, il l be least ex
pensive to the respective'Companies, and
allow them the largest reasonable facilities
for the transaction oftheir appropriate busi
ness ? It is forthe welfare of the city that
both of theselispects of the case should be
considered, not In the ligh l t of past conflicts
between the inhabitants Or the authorities
and the railway corporations; or under the
impulse of animosities surviving those con
flicts. It will be well, so foi e to forget the past,
or, rather, to let the memory thereof be
inoperative. Doubtless, i the railway com
panies have not been faultless. They have
erred both in judgment and intention. If
the people of this City had made no mistakes
in dealing with these rperations, their
Treasury would to-day be richer than it is
by many millions of dollars. The errors
have not been all on one side.
Awes recently proposed by a correspond.
ent of one or `the morning papers that the
PittsbOrgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Com
pany should be required to sink its track so
as to pass under Liberty and Penn streets,
through a tunnel. This would be an excel
lent arrangement so far as relates to diseir
cumbering those highways. But to accom
plish' this the trains Wald have to start from
a subterranean apartmentunder or near the
present Depot, and then the tracks of the
Pennsylvania Railroad would have to be
correspondingly sunk for some distance
East, or it would be impossible to send
freight or passengers through, in either di
rection, without changing cars. ' These
changes would not oniy'cost large sums of
money, but might prove exceedingly incon
venient for the transaction of business
purely local. Besides, it would not . do to
lower the railway bridge; over the Alle
gheny so as to impede the prissage of steam
hods, which would be found necessary by
the adoption of this suggestion for a tunnel.
That project seems not to be feasible. The
tunnel Would have to run under the river, or
' not at all.
Liberty and Penn streets would be largely
end inexpensively relieved if the through
freight trains, East and West, passing over
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
road, should go round over the Western
Pennsylvania road. On this plan, trains
from the West would keep up the right
bank of the Allegheny river, after leaving
the Allegheny Depot, striking the Pennsyl
vania road East of Pittsburgh at Blairsville
intersection ) . Trains from the East would
:take the Western Pennsylvania road at
- Blairsville intersection and strike the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago track at
Allegheny, thus avoiding this city entirely.
As the. Western Pennsylvania road belongs
to the Pennsylvania Railroad .Company,
and as the distance by it is .ationt the same,
there can be no serious difficulty in making
this arrangement. There would then be
only tbrengbpassertger trains to cross Liberty
and Penn streets, and these would be coin-
t 'paratively few, as the local trains, with only
_ one exception, now stop at Allegheny, and
will tontine to do so.
~ Tie objection of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company to this plan, if we are right
r ly informed. grows out of the, fact that it is
e convenient for them to dispatch trains from
d the East made up of cars destined to be sep
)f mated here, some taking the Cleveland
,h road, some that to Chicago, and others that
cd to Cincinnati and St. Louis, and so on.
This objection is not well taken. In the
main these cars .can just as well be separat
ed at the East, say at Altoona, as here. If
the case is reduced to a question of can•
Denience, the Company ought to give way
and consult the welfare of this city in the
premises.
If there shall, however, prove to be in
superable objections fo sending the general
freight trains round the city, there can be
no valid reason why the cattle trains should
not be sent that way, thuadording a con
siderable degree of relief. This would in
volve a removal of the Cattle Yards from
East Liberty over to the Western Pennsyl
vania road, which would Subject no one to
loss, but be a decided gain all round. Land
is now so valuable at East Liberty, that the
exchange of locations fur the Yards would
prove' a handsome ~speculation; while the
Hotel would be worth more.with the Yards
away than with them there. In addition,
the trade in cattle, by the removal, would
escape city taxes, to which it is now liable,
rand residences now near -the Yards would
be delivered from sundry annoyances.
Other points remain for consideration
upon which we cannot enter to-day.
Tice Future of Mormonism.
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The Gentiles are coming thicker and fas
ter. Brigham sees the threatening danger,
and is struggling desperately to avert it; but
the events of the last few weeks show that
tie - principle of exclusion is to prove at
least a partial failure. The number of doubt
ing or disaffected Mormons is larger than,
generally supposed, and it is reasonably
certain that if he '"outs off" all who deal
with Gentiles, he will perform that act fer
at least one-third of his community. And a
here let me mention a curious fact, not gen
erally known to' outsiders. Of all tholtif
who have enabraceff Mormonism since 14_,
start, over sixty per teat have apostatized
and left them. Brigham lately stated this
fact in one of his sermons, and their own
records prove it. Their gains have been
grossly exaggerated; as, for instance, they
published, last summer, an expected immi
gration of twenty thousand, and the whole
number brought over did not reach five
hundred.—Salt Lake- Later.
The Value of Immigratiou
According to the best estimates that can
be made or that have been made, from 1820,
to 1830, 244,490 persons born on the other
side of the eqean landed on our shores.
From 1830 to 1840, 552,000. From 1840 to
to 1850, 2,667,624. The annual average at
is about 300,000, though a prominent politi
clan of Massachusetts chooses to put it at
350,000. By actual immigration, every im
migrant, it has been ascertained and estab
lished, brings with him between eighty and
a hundted dollars, for himself, man, woman
and child. We have. then, from thin source
thirty millions of specie added to the nation
al pecuniary resources, and more than sev
enty-one millions brought in by the arrival
oficretkners from the first of January. - 1881,
to the close of 1164, or civet, at the rate of
eighty dollars per capita.
Allegheny City Republican Executive Com
mittee—lPrellmluary Meeting.
A meeting of the Allegheny City Repub
lican Executive Committee was held last
evening in the
,Treasurer's office, City
Building, for the purpose of determining
the time for holding the Republican prima
ry election.
The meeting was called to order at segen
and a half .o'clock, John McDonald, Pao.,
occupying the chair, and Mr. W.W. Brown
officiating as Secretary.
The President stated the object of the
meeting, after which the roll was called,
when the following members answered to
• their names: Messrs. McDonald, W. W.
Brown. fiddle, Scandrett, Bothwell, Gang,
Alex. Patterson, Sprague, Shaffer.Wettach,
Holmes and Hastings.
Mr. Gang moved that the primary elec
tions be held on the last Saturday in
camber.
Mr. Brown moved to amend by Imbed
ting the first Saturday in January, 1869.
The_ amendment was adopted and th
motion, as amended, carried. ' I
The question in regard to the qualifica
tions of voters was then taken up. -
Mr. Holmes moved that any person who
voted for Grant and Colfax at the last ele -
tion be allowed to cast a ballot at the ens -
ing primary election. •
Mr. Seandrett opposed the motion. He
thought that none but straight out and odt
Republicans should be allowed to vote.
Mr.
_Gang favored the motion. He co -
t i .
Mitered a vote for Grant and Colfax a a
ticent proof of any voter's Republicanism.
'B
. rown stated that there was a Repub
c t
11 majority of 236 in the Sixth ward, and
ye the Democrats, by a method similar to
Ili . one, no* under discussion, controlled
the last ) Republican primary election and
elected \ Councilman of their party.
' , After \ considerable discussion further,
Mr. Hastings moved to amend by leaving
the matter in the bands of , the election
board% iii • the different election precincts.
Mr. Hastings' amendment was lost.
Mr. Sprague offered as a substitute for
the original motion the following resolu
tion :
Resofved,, That the Republican, voters of
Allegheny City be and are hereby instruct
ed to meet at their respective election pre
cincts on the first SAurday of January,
1869, to place in nomination Republican
candidates for city and ward officers for the
ensuing yearAhe qualifications for voting
being proof of their former Republicanism
satisfactory to the Judges of th? . said pri
mary election.
After some further discussion the resolu
tion was unanimously adopted.
On motion it was decided to bold the next
meeting of the Committee on Monday
evening, January 4, 1869, at the same plaCe,
to bear the election returns.
On motion adjourned.
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Brinesloss Escape.
Mr. W. W. Kennedy, master .machinist
at the Keystone spring works of Messrs:
Norris & Ruian. No. 85 First ayenue, nar
rowly escaped a horrible dbath yesterday
morning. It seems that he was engaged
about eight o'clock in filing a piece of
Shafting, and while so engaged his clothing
became entangled in a cog wheel which'
was revolving with great rapidity near
him. He was whirled around several times
with fearful velocity, and was only extrica
ted from his position by the giving way of
his clothing, which was stnpped complete
ly from his body. Dr. -George Puryiance
was summoned immediately, and found,
after examination, that no bones were
broken, though the gentleman had _suf
fered a number of severe and painful
bruises. After his injuries were attended
to, he was taken to his residence at/Oak
land. His escape from death, and even
without the breaking of a bone, seems
almost incredible, an'entirely beyond the
comprehension of those who witnessed the
accident.
Nominated.
The Nominating Committee of the Young
Men's Library Asso'clation have placed in
nomination the following "regular" ticket
for officers of the Association for the ensu
ing year. The election will take place on
January 11th, 1869 :
President—Joseph Albree.
nee Presfdent—Gen. J. B. Sweitzer.
Secretary—Augustus H. Lane.
Treasurer—D. P. Corwin.
Trustees—W. D. McGowan, J. J. Donnell,
R. S.,WouiHarper, Malc olm art, A. J. Par Ha.
Audicrrs— ng J. M. IL Reh
sons.
COUGHS, 'COUGHS, FOLDS, COLDS,
When n per takes cold the lungs become
charged with phlegin, which oppressing the con.
stltutton a natural effort is made for , a relief.
This enort ts a cough. The only life and prudent
remedies to be adopted are those which assist na-
tare la its work, by looser lag the phlegm and excl•
tln g afreedom of expittoration until the evil is re
moved.. DR, SARGENT'S COUGH SYRUP is ad.
mirably adapted to promote expectoration, ease the
breathing, loosen the phlegm, abate the fever, and
allay the tickling which occasions the cough, with
out tightening tue chest, or in any way injuring the
system, and for all temporary and local affections.
such as irritation of the t'aroat. hoarseness of the
voice, Influenza, &c., It is of incalculable value. Es
pecially at this inclement season of the year it
would be well for every family to hive tilts valuable
remedy at hand. Drepared by GEO., F E .F.4,LT.
Wholesale Druggist, corner Wood street and Second
ay. nue, Pittsburgh, and for sale ,by all druggrsts
ana dealers In medicine. 50 cents per bottle.
PREVENT OR•REPENr I
When health has been sacrificed for want of the
cafe necessary to protect It. regrets are unavailing.
It is better to prevent than to repent. The molt In
clement season of the year is at , band, and its cold
and damp are the source of inn it:Ural:de distressing
ailments. The best means o f esciiping tt em la to
keep the outward surface of the body comfortably
warm with suitable clothing, and' the internal or
gans In' a vigorous ccndltlon by the occasional use
of a healthful tonic and eotrective. Winter makes
tremendous drafts upon the vital forces, and there
fore it is a season when a pure vegetable stimulant
and Invigorant like HOSTZTTIOE , B STOMACH
BITTERS is of infinite use, especially to the weak
14 feeble. ft gives stamina to the system, and
1 :1
ereby enables it to withstand the shocks of cold,
hlch produce cough, bronchitis. catarrh, and other
, eases of the organs of respiration. Dyspe sia
d e•ery species of indigestion are also greatly
granted by cold, damp weather, and for these
mPlalnts the BITTERS are an acknowledged spe
fie, There is no feet better known in this country,
d, indeed, througho . .t the civilized portions of
e Western Hemisphere, than that this genial pre
,. ration Is a swift and certain remedy for all ordi
ary diseases of the stomach and the !trek-
A FACT OF GREAT VALUE.
No one can be too often Impressed with the truth
o all disorders which minkind are prone to.-none
i eof more prevalence at this season of the year
;tr )
t I - . those whi h manifest themselves in the lungs
and pulmuuary rgans. Dr. KEYSER'S PECTOR-'
AL SYRUP is a peedy and infallible cure In all re
cent Cares of oughs and lung diseas e s; and DR.
KEYSER'S L NG CURE In cases of long standing
and great o thistly, will
,be found of inestimable
value. The is scarcely alums or' family in Pitte
l in
burgh that net testify to Its merits, and instead
c I
of a person altlng time on other Inert tknd inap
propriate medics, let them walk themselves to
Dr. Keys , e, 140 Wood street, where they will
find the rig tinedleine adapted to their cure. The
Doitor bas long experience in medicine, and in
these lung cases, be .has given signal pr. of of his -
great ability and thorough knowledge of all those
diseases in which the lungs take a prominent par
Ills residence In Pittsburgh is over twenty years,
and the value of hie remedies is extended wherever
coughs are prevalent and tang diseases to be cared.
DR. KEYSER'S RESIDKNT 01710 E for LUNG
EXAMINATIONS AND TILE " TREATMENT. or
OBSTINATE CHRONIC DrSEABES, 120 PENN
STREET. PITTSBURGH. PA. . . Wilco hours Iron
9 A. K. .CINTTL 4r. air. - - • ,
Ncrtiutbes Aii, 16611,' ,- - . . -
BIIIEF TELEGRA
—Half a million in currency was sent
West, yesterday, by one of the .New York
banks.
—A. tire at Yarmouth, Me., destroyed the
paper • mill of Charles J. Little, valued at
$50,000, and insured for $20, 000 .
-,The West Wisconsin Rail Road is now .
open from Tomah to Black Raven Falls;
Veins are running once a day.
—David Price fell from the Peoria and
Warsaw Railroad bridge, at Peoria, Sunday
night, and was almost instantly killed.
,
-A scheme is on foot to have the tax on
whisky again raised to two dollars, and
Congres*iTs being quietly secured in . sup.
port, of It.
—Another accident occurred at Baldwin's
Locomotive Foundry, Philadelphia, yester
day. Another girder fell, seriously injur.
ing three men.
—The! steam tug Addle, of New York,
e Z.
was b ed at New Haven, - Conn., yester
day mo cling. Loss estimated as V 4000;
'
insur for $ll,OOO.
—H. . Clinton, who robbed William.
Fargo of tvio hundred thousand dollars in
bonds last January, was recently ceptnred
at Panama and brought to Buffalo,, N. - Y.,
for trial. '
i —Two en, named Talmadge and Ripley,
have bee arrested at Cleveland, Ohio for
stealing o notes valued at eleven thous
aiad doll, from Boken,Whitmore dc Co.,
of New brk, on,the 4thinst.
sli—The New York Tribune editorially
ye: We are confidentially advised. from
Washington that the Supreme Court is
pretty certain to adjudge the Legal Tender
Act unconstitutional. We are told that
there will probably be bat one dissenter
from the Cotart's judgment. •
—The New. York Times denies the report
of the story relative to the Alaska purchase
money, and says that seven, millions two
hundred thousand dollarsmiere sent from
that city to Russia last Auguet. The five
millions referred to as having been sent
from London were in payment for Russian
railroad loans. "
—A dispatch from Byan station says: In
telligenee has been received here that large
quantities of overland mail matter have
been stolen from a coach near Fort Bridger,
the robbers having cut open the boot. A
portion of the mail haA already been re
ooyered. Strict inquiry will be instituted
as to the manner of carrying these mails.
P. S. Knoles, of Jackionyille, llle., was
robbed of a. check for 19,000, at the Union
Stock yard in Chicago, on Saturday. The
check was drawn on the Third National
Bank of Chicago. When he discovered the
robbery, Mr. Knoles started for the bank,
but when he reached there he learned that
the thief Was ahead of him and had drawn.;
the money. -
-An iron tank in the cellar of Easton,
Sander it Co's drug store under the South
ern Hotel, in St. Louis, exploded early .
Monday morning, and damaged the store
to the amount of tbout 12,500. The force
of the explosion passed upwards through
the heating register in the floor above, and _
broke fwenty-live jutnefelof plate - glass -in
the windows of the\ store; and pressed one
of the side walls out of plumb, but did not
disturb a bottle on the shelves. The tank
was simply used asi a receptacle of steam
and waste water received frotn the steam
heating apparatus of the Southern Hotel,
and the explosion cannot be accounted for
on any known principle. •
Henry Nichols. ,
Thus far in their course the Lecture Cow - .
•
mittee of the Mercantile Library Associa- -
tion have been singulatly fortunate lit
securing prominent and popular 'lecturers, -
and, as a consequence, they have been
gratified with large and appreciative audi
ences on every occasion. The ,next attrac
tions of their programme, which promise to
be not a whit behind those which have pre
ceded them, are the elocutionary entertain
meats of Mr. Henry Nichols, the eminent t.
English elocutionist, whe recitals from
standard English and Am e rican pots have
gained for him a wide spread popularity is .
the old country and won golden opinions'
from all who have heard them in the new.
So confident have the Committee been of
his ability. that he has been secured for
two performances, and on Thursday and
Friday evenings the Pittsburgh lecture go
ing public will have opportunities of judg
ing for themselves by visiting the Academy
of Music. The sale of reserved seats will
commence at the box office of the Academy
on Thursday morning 'at ten o'clodk, and
in order that all may be accoModated no .
_person-can purchase more than six tickets
for one evening. - • .
oa- NOTICES— . To 144 k, "Nor Batt, “Lott.'
Wantt. ,, ~ F ound,” "Boordtpg, ,, ae.. not ea.
mutiny FOUR MB ES ea4ml/1 be instilled in thatt
*ohms* moo for TWENTY-F/7B CENTS ; stub
acktgtmsal ;YE, osoors.
WANTED-HELP.
WANTED MACHINIST—.Who
understands the NUT AND BOLT BUM
NES§. None but a competent workmen need ap
ply. Good wages will be paid and steady employ
meni: BOLENSHODE'S BOLT AND NUT
WOBS2, Nos. 403 to 505 West Third street,- , Cin-
Mutant!, Ohio.
WAIWTED—A few salesmen to
v v go to the country and sell goods on commis-
Mon. Address Box 889, Pittsburgh. Pa.
(} ANTED - HELP ',-At. Emplolf
went Ogee , No. St:Clair Street, BOY: 8
G LS and MEN, for different kin da of evil:Ray
ment. Persons wanting help of AL kinds elm tre
supplied on short notice.
WANTED---BOARDERS.
GABBING- Good Boarding at
No. 16 ANN STREET, Allegheny elty, for
50 per week.
WANTED-.BOARDERS—PIeas - :
ant room, with board, suitable for gentleman--
and wile, or two young gentleman at 68 FOURTH
dTitEET. Also. a few day or diriner boarders can
be accommodated. Reference required.
WANTED-AGENTS.
NVANT ED AGENTS--IM to
1200 PER MONTH—To sell a New Book
pertaining to agriculture gad the 31ethaLtIC . Arts,
by GEORGE E. WARING. Nee., the distinguished
Author and Agricultural Engineer of the New-York
Central Park, .t... Nothing like It: SOO Eutaw.
wings Sells at sight to Farmers, Mecnanles and
workingmen of all classes. Send for Circulars. A.
L. 'PA LCuTT /1 CO., 58 Market street, Pittsburgh,
Penna. WY'
ryo LET.-• TWO HANDSOMELY
furnished rooms. with gas and lire. one on first
oor, and cue front up stairs. Inquire at 199 Third
'VOA - RENT—The large four
112 story building. 38 SfiIITrIFIED STREET, at
present occupied by Messrs. T. B. Young Co., as
a Furniture Warehouse. Possession let April
next. Enquire of SifitoN JOHNSTON, c o or f
ner of
Smithfield street and Fourth avenue.-.:
To LET—A. urnished keeping
NOON, suitable for one or two gentlemen. In
t T O
house of a private family, No. 511 . 1:1 LACOCK
I:3TREE'r, Alleghouy city.
FOR SALE
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FOLRa te SALE
Ce - ntra C l O AL
d "
iv W o O n R of R
tShe ,
atiltmre %yd Ohio Railroad. sight-elict
colleS
east of Columbus, in Suern,ty county, Ohm, 110:
acres of Coal Ran k, opening only 100 feet from the
railroad, with all accessary bank carsomules,tools,
houses for misters, blacksmith 'hop, railroa '
in& &c.. ae. Price 112,000. lerma, 000,45
balance in coal, or will tate an active partner with
a cash capital of 67,000; !Satisfactory reseons
given for setting. '•oply to, or address CROFT &
PLIMLIPS, b10..138. Fourth avenue.
VOR SALltire-=.IOB PRINTING OF..
FlCE—Vstablisbed and doing a geed business ,
Address. JOB PRIN • ER; ibis
•
Fou • . SALE—DRUG STORE -A
first class retaLtdrug store la overt desirable
location. Terms easy. .oddreSs box 78&, Pitts
burgh..
_._
OR SALE— FAR M.-_-400 melee
]
Fof good Land, situated In Penn TP.,West .—
moreland county, two miles from IrwitiStauon ,-011
the Penna. R. R. Improvements, hewed log_PouSa;
In good repair, bank barn and older outbulidLtrs
Terms moderate. Enqui of W. WILSON, Lart..
met , ' Station, or R. A.. HOP re.
S, rena atation4
TO LET.