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morning's 13AZEZETE--Zkeond page:.:l!oetry,.
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Gorap closed In New York yesterdaiii
105.
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Tait 'Republican Committee of Vemihgo
county ha7e endorsed THOMAS M.
SHALL, Esg.,,for 'United States Senator, and
instructed the member of the, Leghdature
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for thatcosinty ti) vote for him.
_an question of,,the constitutionality, of
the law, et' garch, 'fiSi requiring the Penn- -
. sylvania Canal :Ccimpany to remodel its
darns on•; the Susquehanna and 'iributarY
-rivers,lo allow the • passage of 'beams
beforethe Supreme Court,at Harrisburg, . on
Monday next
IPr Is PROBABLE that-the ,stamp tax.to.be
imposed 'by the present law on all tabicco
which dealers may have on hand niter; the
- first of•next month, whether it has before
paid tax or not, will not be enforced. The
House Committee on Ways and MeanS.has
the matter under adviseinent:
A - 00MPA23 , 4 pF AMEMICAN gentlemen
have secured a perpetual lease of the Penip..
tula and Bay of SI/MEM, and it is said the
- clovernment at Itashington will proceed ' t at'
once to establish a naval stationthere. The
twat Part of the, game will be to sell. this
lease - to the Govermuent for a huge sum of
money, to the fattening of the pctckets . , of
The aforesaid gentlemen.. To 'this' .we
ject tet hold'thefr lease, and •make'
tee moat they can out of it, and let thettlov
.ernittent maintain" its naval 'station, under
that lease: ' -
'thaws Austria became a Slaionic 'rather
than a GerManio:power, it has been industri
ously seeking compensations' for the loss of
•German territories and poptilations by pros
pective annexatroLs wrenched from Turkey.
England and France =have conjointly re
monstrated against this policy, and Austria
has recalled its representative from Constar.
tinople. They who see danger herefir to
the peace ofEuroPe,-I , see what is not to be
seen:" A.Flitria, even if backed RUssia,
- would not dare resist the mandate of Eng
land and Fran Ce.
=am lifts been some excitement among
lite iron manufacturers of this city in eon.
sequence ••of the - introduction into one'of
the prominent mills, and with alarge'rif not
perfect s measure of‘succes's, of the process of-
Aneking.iron withont the immediate prucess
of ;puddling. This new .process yields a
larger amount of iron, frdm a given quantity
of xnetaithan'the old method, and &pens
lag with puddlers altogether, lessens 'very
materially the cost of production. • ,
If the :lei , proe . ess shall prove as succeSs
fal as we hear it represented to be, all other
mills will be constrained to, adopt it, or he
, undersold in..all the general..markets. The
public will doubtless have more information
on this subject within_ a fedi , d4l4.`'
A Comm enon of; "the Loyal but Dis
franchised men_or Pennsylvania" is called
to tie held at Aim' Wyne . street A. M. E. ,
_harsh of ,on the 28th hist:: This
movemen, •-•-. e coloredcitizens "or the
_
State ha: - .object "a determined but
judielo.". :l l" rt to regain" the right of sat:
frage. We
„,shall-be- glad to note- itlaike"
attendance at the proposed Convention, and
shall anticipate for thein_a wise and exhaus
tive deliberation upon the very importani
matter which calls them together: We are
continent that their action Will be judicious,
and we shall welcome their own exposition
of their claims, no'nultter how frank and
thorough.goine
,these may be. The.testi- -
mony which these "Jaya bat disfranchised,
Men"; may, bear will not fail .to have i greal
power _with all enlightened people in
,tke
Comnidnwealth: Very much of the retire
for the disfranchised face defends upotv the.
wisdom which shall mark Ike:Proceedings
of this Coratiention.
Tar Senate discusses exPedieney of
a removal of 4,1 political disabilities in the
Southern -States. That proposition will be
disarmed of inany , objections when it shall'
-' be shaped in faithful conformity to thospirit
of the XI V:th Article of the Coneitation.
Providing in thisway,.forthe abrogation of
all political and civil inequalities and re
storing the Souttiein People to the Com
mon status of all good citizens of the Re
public, the proposition merely_ ens* upon
the official rtm' !rd tbe i popular-'mel on
reached at the NOvember • election. . The
peace wfilaß Wits - 'Meant by tilt election of
President GraetiWiii Peace' -which
expand its kindly,ings over every-citi zen
of theß‘intlillo, and which °l"%choceo
ecutive knoW how to maintain ,
,
late and all - PrOtecting. Under his "admin.'
istratiou no rebellious epirit will dare to
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PUBLEKEti DAILY, BY
WILL 1111T8BuRall AccoitiniSpATE
• ITse..Lte t—wo. 3. •
Let us now
,c6naider. 'another condition
which some parties insist should be annexed
by the Councils of this•CitY te'the4acatzhig
of parts of certain:streets to as to allow the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company room on
which to erect suitable DepOts for local and 'freight. • It is urged that the
parts of streets in question pught not to be
vacated unless the COmpanywill agree that
all rallwriii itoti entering the city, Which'
dq not terminate at the Union IDepot, -- ind
all railways which' may hereafter enter the
City, shall have and enjoy the privilege of •
approaching that Depot so as to make con
nections with all other 'roads. An exact
ion so broad and
,consequential as this
ought not to be resolved upon without first
candidly' weighing the rights of. the Com
pany owning the Dep'ot; then the interests
and wishes of the Companies upon whom
'connections would thus be thrust; and,
finally, how the other made I could-, be made
to approach the Depot, and what hindran
ces would
,thereby 'he 'entailedvon the
Companies which now meet at the Depo
by mutual agreement.. The .
Companyllutt. ereced ; the - Depot in,
Vested its own money therelq, and primarily
torits own'benefit. Was that a proper ex
ercise of ita lawful powera? INo,,person, of,
common : intelligence will deny that it was.
That Company hius adMitted . four other
Companies to the joint occupancy with it to
the depot, because the mutual interests of
these five Companies .drew• "them - together.
Ihron what principle_..oteommon .sense or .
common decencywill•the•• Councilsnoder
take to compel - one or all of, those ; cotsPe
nies to share the acivaittages'of the Depot
with Companies having adverse interests?
Unquestionably the Councils can decide
that theywill not,vacate parts of streets for
the proposed Depots unless the Pennsylva
nia • Railroad Company will consent that
facilities bought legitimately with its own'',
moneys sludi L be used.by 4 to its hurt;
but wouldthere be any reason in the Cour'-
thus,decicling that the local passenger
and freight traffic of the• inhabitants cif this
city and vicinity shall not be suitably ac.
commodated unless one Company shall give
up to its rival adyantages which it came
honestly by, and which it is of the utmost
importance to its stockholders that it should
retain ? If any manufacturer or merchant
wanted an alley widened to fadlitate his
business, he would expect to meet the ordi
nary conditions; but what would he. say if
the Councils should refuse his application
unless he Would consent to share his factory
or store with his rival ? He would resent
:the proposition as an insult, if he had the
spirit of 'a true man.
':'The five roads 'that now ," use the Depot
~ find scant accommoilations there. Bring
ing,.
in the other three roads now existing
would concentrate a busineis surpassing
the Capacity of the establishment. - But, in
ruldition, three other roads, at least; will ul
timately be construbtel theSe; "the
Chartiers Valley Railway, will, probably be
completed _next summer, and already has the
right, by' purchase, of coming in , from
3 lausfield overlhe Panhendle'track and go. lag
to tl:e Union Depot: The second of
these incipient roads is the 3fonongidtela
Valley, which may yet be""some years in
reaching consummation. The completion
of the third cannot be far off, as. we shall
show farther
:It is insisted that the Councils ought 'not
to vacate streets as proposed' 'Unless' the
'Pennsylvania Railroad Company - shrill greet
the . Pittsburgh and Connellaville Company
the right to come from the Monongahela
river, throng!'
. its tunnel, up to, the Union
Depot. As we have already
„demonstrated,'
tills is unreasonable. • No private individual
Would listen* one moment to a like erm.
tlon. "But there is another side to the mat
ter. A limit eilsti to - the' capacity of that
tunnel, and if the Company owning it have
use for all it candoi-'nothing Would:be Mere
absurd or tyrannical than to,Alettters4 that it
should forego its rights, aid make oiher
provisions for itebini Wards:
The arrangements proposed Eby the Penn
! sylfania Railroad Company contemplaks a
Urge increase of. trains on, tAL,P#rilandle,
track from the' Union De pot; overto the
Monongahela river,irr 'near it. the local
Passenger trains • are to go thither;' together
strip 'all the local- trelikthtt
such as may be employed in' the transpe i t‘
tlon of 'metals, Then, jut WV the
Mil
MEII
disturb it, and no citizen, not even the bumi .
blest, of whatever race or condition, will in
voice its shield The penalties of a:
living Law will measure all needful "disabil- ,
Sties for al:Dr - crimes., . •
THE MAIN QUESTION
•
The Representative from the =lid:Dis
trict, General MOOEREAD, addresses himself
with =irked tact and vigor to the most in
portant question of the day. Evidently, he
concurs in the 'practical wisdom of that pol
icy; which, in order that the government
and people may be able to, pay their debts,
proposes to protect them In' 'earning the
money needed to.do itwith. He, therefore,
'succeeded, °A guesdan 4? 13 Liztgil,p4e-
House square r ' bp - to-tire' tariff-question,'
taking it into; Ociuutlitted ioflthe , 'Wholir hi
consider the bill peqdingfrom,last session.
His movernent was the
: mere sneceisful,
sine* the Ways and Meins,Conimittee weirs
d l spo4tri`defdr the inlitiiinniii Janualy,
but were overruled ty.General Xis Wee
die influence With ids friends, who met his .
Wishes by the " decisive :- voteof 104 to 66
,_ . vo .
With the traperieneeeffonner sessions before
him, our Represintaiive deeidedly objected
levelly more perilous delays, and so *Tied.
his point. The tariff is therefore 'the ilAieri
tion before the House, as its order 'tit he
day, in ; Commutes until disposed of. •
-• The
progresmadein,discussion indicates &large ,
diversity of local interests, but, at the same
ttitre, a gratifying concurrence in thee-.
diettcy ore thorongh,rgrvision of legisl it
Which at present seriously
s embarrasses
N the
leading interests of Aniericin lab Or." n
fft,
gress will in due time decide whether the
desired 'result' will he
, L beit attained by ihe
present bill or, by the more . Comprehensive
bill Pievlorsrly reported. ~ • • .
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GAZETTE Tlll, RSDAY, :DFCEMBER 17, 1868,
trains of the Chartiere-Valley road, when
that wdrk shall IlliShed, are "tl eie.
If a large coal trade shall be _developed
thereon, as is probable, -the Increase of
trains from that source alone will; be con. -
, siderable.
Whet:lAm Erie Railway first reached Jea
.sey City, and for a number of years after, it
_made its approach through . Bergen Out, on
'tlict.road of the New Jersey Transportation
Company. .Boon the trains through the
Cut became as many as one' hundred
and fifty a day. The Erie. Company was
compelled to vacate, which it did by tunnel
ing. Bergen gill and establishing - `a new
route to she Httdson nver.
We Artist tut t Pittsburgh tail Connellsville
'roadis destined to becdme one of the most
important arteriesof business in ~the coun
try. It certaialy pas a golden future, pro.
vided its managers act upon enlargeliviewa
and with the needful energy. What it re
' qtiires are connections of itsewn,whicli will
:elevate it troui` being a load road to a trunk
'line. That position cannot be aeldeved.by
asking the City Councils to make -terms for
it as propose& They - svitu made the tunnel
and the.rinion Depot lave use for:both tO
the full extent - Of their capacities.' -
- /How, then, shall the Pittsburgh and Con
, nellsville road acquire the greatness at
;which its
,managers .aim 'p If, upon the
restoration of the charter, a connection had,
been promptly made advlieli, with
the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne r and .Cliicago
difticultiea would . have vanished and
success would have been certain. We do
not know that the arrangement was possi
ble. In making an arrangement for the
Baltimore. 'connection,, the ; Fort Wayne
might have 16st - 1w mere prostate coin:tee:
tion with Philadelphia and New York; and
'probably would.
The:Connellsviller:Company.is making
one eiPerimental survey from the 'nkouth
of Four Mile Run, over to the Allegheny,_
Crossing the Pennsylvania road at Millvale,
and another from the month of
.Nine Mile
Run, 1 to' the' water-shed' at East Liberty,
thence by Negley's Run to the Allegheny.
By one of these routes. it will doubtless
swing over to the Allegheny River and
come down into the City either on the track
of the Allegheny Valley Road or near it.
This plan is in every respect superior to
that for coercing the privilege of using the
tunnel. When this plan shall be executed,
what else will remain for the Connellsville
Ciiinpany to do ?
• The Erie and Pittsburgh road his passed
under the control of Commodore VANDER-
BlipT and the New York Central. Railroad
,men know what that means. The Con
nellsville ComPany,c then, ought at once to
construct a road from Pittsburgh, through
Butler county, to New Castle, and thence
to Youngstown, Ohio. This will put the
04innellsville road into connection with the
Ohio system of roads, and the rest will be
comparatively easy. The Connellsvilleiwill
Atenceforward be a through line, and its
Western connections might put 'lt into a
Condition to negotiate an advantageous ar.
, rangement with • the Pennsylvania Com.
APanY.
.
A contingency whichis neither impossi
blinor'improbable, might help forward this
,negotiation. , The New. Yerk Central peo-*
'pip are buying Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and
:Chicago stqck. and are reported as desiring
to get the majority thereof. If any thing
shall stop this movernent it will be the ar
rangement recently concluded between the
Pennsylvania, the Fort Wayne and the
Pan handle- Companies, ' which, according
to its terms, is to last fifty years.; This ar
rangement, vigorously as it has been de
nouncedlere, by some who were in entire
ignorance of its stipulations, inay prove ex
ceedingly fortunate for this city and to
more or less of the railroads concentrating
•
here. ••
But strung parties have not found it diffi
cult heretofore to evade similar contracts'.
When their interests prompted in that direc
tlim. If that experience should renewed
in this ease the Fort Wayne might he'made
a feeder e to the New York pentral, through
freight to sad from New York, leavint and
taking it either at Alliance or. Crestline,
the section this side of the point of diverg
ence becoming mainly a local road. In
that event the people of Pittsburgh would
be'apt to conclude that in resisting the con
solidation of the Pennsylvania road with
the Fort Wayne they added another to their
catalogue of mistakes on *railway questions : .
Careful observers of such matters are
well aware that A gigantic contest Is pro=
greasing betweerrthe msnagererespectively
of the -Pennsylvania Railroad, the Erie
Railway, and the New . York Central, for
through business . ; Vast results depend
upon the final issue of this struggle. Our
sinipathies'and wishes, in this regard, are
, with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company--
find becauee'it operates' through this city—
•distributing, whether it will or not, advan
tagets all along its konte. If there are those
who are controlled by the recollection of
paitcolliaions with that Company,
,we are
not of the number. We think it most un
wise for our btreiness Men to persist in main
taining such an attitude towards that Com- .
pani as to make it impossible for them tO aP
pidach its managers in a fair temper of mind.
This City and that Company have great in
terests in common, and ought to be at peace
with each other. Whoever needlessly stirs
up the embers of old felids between'the two,
.
Is an enemy to both—to the. City as well as
tile Pompany. •
We have endeavor 1 11 . to consider this
whole Matter without prejudice to either
side. • We
~believe the offer . of the Com
pany to`mew. Depots : a fair one—honor.
-able, to Itself; just to the City;` and. llt prat
atid'enlightened• as, to its results' . upon the,
present and futitre pecessities et our , peo p le .
,
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It will bewell for theCottnells to Make this ,
offer the Oceailen for a general. arrange.
, meat designed
,td:lesspz th! l pFesstire; of
railway traeiti uftoii the streets. beiond
this we do net see that any tlng is , expo.
dient or desirable. Let us the new
papots, as speedily as We Oen, and havelhe
etre+ as ; largely , deßvered as they cert,be
from the inconvenience, and danger or:ail.
*i.rfroillog stock
ENE
'OREATARMY RE4IMION.
Second DarsProceedin' gs—linsi
ness Meetings of Diffexent Or
•ganizations—Grtsnd Banquet—
Description of Decorations,
Toasts, Sic.
LBy Telegraph to the Pittabergh Gailette4
Clucks°, December 1 6,1868.
The various filoicleties of the Grand Army
. have been In session , to-day and accom
plished much -business. Everything .Was
harmonious, • and tended to -make still
stronger the ties which bind ingood fellow
ship those who have experienced the hard
, .aaips and triumphs of the four years of
hard service. Generals Grant,a Sherman, -
Thomas and others have been the recipi
ents ionlay of a large n!arnber.of calla.from
all classes of out citizens. The.. Weather
has been all that could be desired, wonder
fhl for midwinter, and eitrybodyhas \ en
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•, . •
joyed It.•
ARMY oir nits Cl4puretAND. -
The Army =of the Cumberland met at
McVicker's Theatre at half-past ten this
morning, General' Thoinas this Chair.
iColonel Whittnorei of Ohio, reed an opt
tome off.,e work prepared' by him 'Oil the
bad ifoldiers of-the Aria or the Otmlber
lend and the collection and . burial of their
remains. ' • • • •
Major General Butterfield, Of the Twen
tieth Army Corps, was named as the orator
for the next annual meeting; and. General
J. 8 - NeitleY. of the _Fourteenth Army
Corps, as alternate.
The Secretary read a congratulatory tele
gram'from Hugh AloCtilloch,'Searetary of
the Treasury, and a communication from
the Army of the °hip, Proposing a joint
committee to arrange a consolidation'of the
Society of the - Army of the Cumberland
with that of the'Ohio.
Colonel Nick Anderson stated what he
understood to be the deslre of the Ohio
Society, and moved a Committee, consist
ing of , the President and Vice Presidents,
for the purpose designated. The motion,
prevailed.
Gen: Brookspfrom the Committee on Per
manent Officers, reported the followiag list:
President, Maj. Gen. George H., Thomas;
Vice Presidents : „Pennsylvania, Bvt. Col.
Win. McMichael; Tennessee, • Bri,g. Gen.
W. J. Smith; Kentucity,‘Maj. Gen. John T.
Croxton; District cif-Columbia, lap.
J. N. Baird; Missouri, Bvt. Brig. Gen...WM
J. Palmer; MassachilSetts,. Brig. Gen. Wm.
Coggswell; Wisconsin,Bvt. Brig. - den. Geo.
B. Ingham; Illinois, Maj. Gen. John M. 1
Palmer; Minnesota, Bvt. Brig. Gen. J. W. 1
Bishop; Indiana. Brig. Gen. B. F. Scribner;
Michigan, Brie. 'Gen. Wtn. L. Stoughton:
New York. Brig. Gen. H. A. Barnum; lowa,.
Bvt. Brig Gen. W. - W. Lowe; Ohio, Maj.
Gen. P. H. Sheridan; Kansas, Major R. S.
Colton; Corresponding Secretary: Maj. Geri.
Wm.
.13. Whipple.i Recording Secretary:
Lieut. Col. Georgej. W. Wateriness; Trews.
urer, Brig. Gen. John S. Fullerton.
The names of Generals Thomas and Sher
idan were received with uproarious ap
plause.
Gen. J. W. Burke, of Alabama, was adde 1
to the Vice Presidents. Brevet Major G.
Gi o. W. - Mendal, of New 'Jersy, was adde en d
Ito the list.
The . newly elected officers took their po
sitions and assumed their functions.
Gen. Minch, of Ohio, offered the follow
,
ing Epley resolution:
Whereaa, It is honor enough for genera
tions to come to have been a private soldier
in the Army of the Cumberland; and
whereas, as it is the 'general tendency -to
return to a specie basis; and whereas• it
appears that the coin of our Naticthal ,m'ill
tary honor is in danger of being.ewemped,.
by the over. Issue of brevet currency; there
fore,
Regolved, That the membersrof this Soci
ety resign cheerfully their brevet ranks.
Gen. Willich supported'hts resolution in
.8 facetious speech.
Brevet Maj. Gen. Whittaker (rank win
at Shiloh, etc.) followed in an eatheat
peal against the spirit of the resolution.
The preamble and resolution
.were laid
on the table.
Gen.. W. Anderson, speaking by author
ity of Gen. Thomas, moved that the coin-.
plimentary resolutions of yesterday, de
manding a statue of Gen. Thomas upon the
National Monument at Washington, be ex
fluriged from the 'reeords. '
General Barnum declared that the resolu
tiona were a superfluity. The managers of
the Monument. Association • have already
expressed their determination. to place
General Thomas' statue on• the monument.
His own deeds have gained him the place,
and the Society places him in a false light
by appearing to beg the act as a favor. The
very terms? of the act appropriating.. the
'cannon captured from ,the.. enemy for the
casting of the 'statues required .his statue
among the rest as a- representative man of
the army. The carmen which'.hireaptured
would make a ' hundred monuments.
[Great applause.]
After other remarks in -a similar spirit
froin Gen. Ducat and others, the motion of
Gen. Anderson prevailed.
General Barnum then moved tha; the
whole matter-be expunged from ttio re
cords. Carried amid great confusion.
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE,.
1
The Artny of the Tennessee met this
morning at Crosby's Music Hail, Gen. Giles
A. Smith, presidfng. The Committee ap
pointed to nominate officers, presented the
following: President—Maj. Gen. 'John A.
Rawlins. Tice Presidents—lfaj. Gen. lohn
A. Logan, or Ill:fis: Maj. Gen. E. AS.
Dodge, of Iowa; Ma . Gen. B. V. Potts, of
Ohio; Maj. Gen. .D. 'Graham, of Indl-,,
ana• Brig. Gen. G. C. Fletcher, of Mlssouril
Recording Secretiwy--Lient.' col. L. M.
Dayton, 61 ten. Sherman's staff)
Corresponding Secretary—Brig. Gen. A.
R. Hinkinlooper, ofGhio.- .
Treasurer—Breyet Maj. Gen. ltf.l. Fence;
of Ohio. . • • . •
The report was adopted by ballot and the
officers named by the. Committee, elected
by acclamation.
- A communication was read from the
Army of the Cumberland, requesting the
appointment .of a-Committee to confer with
one from that association on the subject of
a consolfdation of the Society. A oouttnit
tee was appointed and instructed to take
no action tettding to the extinction of the
Army of Tennessee as a dlitinet organiza
tion. - •
' Letters were read from Admiral - Parra- -
gut, Commodore Porter and others.
general Sherman and others tippife, in.
regard to the proposed McPherson monu
ment, and. other interesting business , was
transacted. • - - •
Away OP GEORGIA.
Members of the
se am 10 Ary of Georgia met
'the Sherman H one t o'clock this morn
at
ing, General Slocom presiding;
,General
Barnum, Chairman • of the Committee on
Vonstitution and the Laws, reported for
adoption the Constitution adopted on
day by the 'Society ,of Ohio, with a`law
modifications. ,
4%. communication from the Sociy of the
Ohio was read, slating that that body had
passed the following resolutions :
ReBo/tied, That a Committee be appointed
to confer wits the several Societies .of the
West=.:rn Armies relative to the'time and
place for holding the nett itednion.
Colonels filartstiff. ,Gravea and ..Wheelifir,
were duly appointed ittchiCommittee.'
Resolved, That a Co mmittee,.consistine of
the . President :and ,Vice President* of tble.,
Society present in Chicago, be appointed to
confer with theSooietisa of the Armies of
'the , Cnuiberland,' The "Tennessee and ot.
(*rale relative to a union or consolida=
,non of the whole into one Society.
'The propositicni was 'agreed to lky the
Ariuy of Georgia.
General, Slocum, Wius: appointed as the -
Confmittee both on consolidation and time
generals Grant; Sherman,Baltodeld,Sher-',
Thomas, Hooker and Snipe , were
elected honorary members of the Society
of Georgia.. '
Orr motion nf^ General' .- Nyniftleley, 4 the
congratulations ar.d thanks of:the Society
were: tendered to General Coggswell for his
address at at the Opera House on Tuesday
eng.
On mo tion of General Virittlesey, ft was
Reso/ved, That in case a consolidation be
effected, the President and Executive Com
mittee cause 'to be printed AVE) hundred
copies cf the Constitution and ay Law s to
gether with 'the proceedings of the meet
ings prelhainarY to the organization of the
Society, and that to the saidcommittee,
together with - the .Prealdent, beleft, the
fixing time of the tim. arid „Setae id the next
It was also; promised to , ipbOrPoraiel with
the above ' a. histor y a the deeds of the
Army of I
General Jgraoinsoir proixeedes a proper
person to Prepare finch history fred E. Lee, the termer A djutant General
of his brigacie, a gentlemen of high,Culture
end literary tastes and possessing the re.-
iquisite data....
General Conssell 'suggested that the
historical portion of the document be sub
mitted to the 'Commandsr ottlie Army of
Georgia iltevieui to, ite palm:44l on ,
General WhittleseT. moved 'that it be
made the duty 6f' the CoMmlttee to cause a
history of the Army of Georgia to be pre
_
pared. Adopted. - • -= •
ATAXY orTHEIMIIO. •
, ,
The Arniy of the Ohio met at 12 o'clock
at the Briggs House. General J. D. , (lox
was in the chair, in the absence of General
Schofield. -It was decided ~ t o /cave the
business of designating the time and place
of the neat Ineetiair; with -.whatever else
may come up, to.an Brecutive Coinmittee,
-consisting of General:Schofield. the;Beare
tarieaand, two or,three others. .The powers
of the Committee on Conference were con-,
tinned they; to, report to .the. Executive
Committee from time.; fq time. Maj. Gen.
Don Carlos .Bnell was made an .honorary
member oftheSooletY. A vote of thanks was
tendered the Beard . ; of Trade and the Local
Committee.. An invitation to the rooms of
the Historical Society was accepted, and the
meeting adjourned. subject to the call of the
Executlie Committee.
Tat GRAND BANQVNT
is now in progress In the immense Hall of
the Chahaber of - Conanieree. 'There are
nine tables, extending lengthwise of the
Hall, the three centre, ones tieing one hun
dred - and - four feet long and the eix outer'
ones each one hundred and thirty feetiong.
On the platform ix stalled _Lieutenant
General Sherman, the ° President,
,with
General Grant oh the right; General Thomas'
on the left, and some' ten or twelve distin
guished Generals in close proximity.
The table ornaments; are highly artistic
and appropriate in design and elaborate in
execution. They comprise three sager and
two ice creampvrainids; the Merrimac and
. the Monitor, a representation of the engage
ment between those vessels; a candy and a
hard tack fort. In
,the centre of the
table stands the main piece, a terraced
sugar pyramid sixteen feet high; surmoun
ted by a cannon eighteenhiches in length,
above which theaters and stripes float from
a flag staff. The pyramid is in five sections,
the base being ornamented with bastions,
the next two sections 'square, and the up
per ones octagonal; around the base are set
on red . ground, in sugar letters, Georgia,
Slocum: Cumberland, Thomas;, Tennessee,
Howard; Ohio, Schofield. Ths projecting
and
corners are topped with cannot! balls, eagles
flags, while over the name on each aide
is an elaborately wrought shield. Green,
gold and silver letwes are freely u sed in the
ornamentation of the entire structure.
Standing on the first terrace are three can
nons; on the second section are the names,
-Grant. Farragnt, Sherman,. Porter; on the
_third section are inscribed the •narries of
several desperate actions, as follows: Ave.' ryaboro Bentonville, • Stone River; Chick
nianga, bonelson -Shiloh, Knoxville, Re
nee, Raleigh, Sava
nab' Mission Ridge,
Nashville, Vid•raburg, Atlanta, Franklin,
Kingston; around- tee' fou rth ; ke n are
the headquarters 'of the Fifteenth, Six
teenth and Seventeenth Corea; against the
top Section, are set eight sugar "muskets,
colored to the life, thrown in relief by bo•
quota of artificial flowers.
On the second and third tables are sugar
pVramids, five feet high, in two sections,
finished . in sugar, gold and silver
leaves, ornamented , with. artificial flowers,
and with eight nage' and shields:" Two ice
cream pyramids, four feet high; contribute
greatly to the beauty of the tables.- •' •
On the fourth table Is placed' a model of
the Merrimac inlaid with sugar,' - five feet
by two, mounting ten, guns, standing on a•
a heavy frosted platform. • -
On the fifth table•is a faithful representa
tion of the Monitoz„lhe same size as the
Merrimac, with a turret twenty by twelve
inches, naouuting two guns on a strong plat
form.. At eleven o'clock at night broad
sides will be fired from, these miniature
and mocking men-of-war. In addition 20these representations of , the great naval
combat off Newport News, will be a combi
nation piece portraying an early stage of
the engagement, wherein the Merrimac is
apparently becoming disabled -by her ad
versary. It stand" on the sixth table and
mounted en a thirty inch platform.
The seventh table contaies a candy fort,'
of pyramidical shape, rnounthi fort -tywo
guns and fl ying miniature g at
ra and
stripes. It rests on a platform six Inchon
high, and looks majestic and angry eveh
in its diniinutiveness.
The hard -tack fort on the eighth table at
tracts great attention. It is a square bas
tioned affair, flying flags from each corner,
mounting twenty-four glans. and plated
with hard-tack.
Twd magnificent triumphs in the "alike
line deserve notice. One bears hi sager
letters the name 'Grant," and on the sec
ond "Sherman." The borders are corn
- posed of thirty-six crindles. • - '• • ‘.
The pyramids of edibles are novel, elabo
rate and toothsome. A pyramid of grouse,
prettily garnished and surmounted by an
imitation marble statue of a. horse, orna
ments one table. A pyramiciof boned tur
key stands three feet high, and Ls garnish
ed with tent:flea in Tuillemes style. A for:.
tress of boned quail., three feet high, will
attract great attention, as will a 'pyramid
of prairie chicken; thirtyinches high, or
namented with jelly. , Considerable artistic
genius is displayed in. the ornamentation 1
of hems with flowers and green, gold and
silver leaves. • • -
Buz. OP ~Fang.—Raw, o ysters, -scab
- loped oysters, ;erne turkey, wild turkey,
domestic duck, aaddle of South . Down mut
ton, mallard; duck, veal, quail, chicken,
prairie chicken, venison, antelope, buffalo.
black tail deer, cold roast beef, ”hard, tack
and ; sowbelly," sugar cured barn, spiced
round of beef; beef.tongue, chicken glad ,
jlobster ailed, fortress of boned quail in
elly, -sugar cured haul decorated -with
elly, boned turkey with truffles In pyre. ,
mid, bastion of parte, of grouse ma
ere, of lobster. in border of jellY,'henaed
boar's head in aspic, - gelatane of prairie
chicken, ' boned ducks In - jelly, buffalo
tongue ornamented a is Beyer, round
of
beef a/a mode, mince :- pie, '
oral berry pie,:'!
apple pie;•delicate cake, gold cake, assorted
fatrey mikes, vanilla lee cream, letnti,n ice_` i c ce re
am, strawberry 'ice eream, pine apple •
, peach ice, strawberry . ice; .lemon toes
brandy jelly, orange ice, sherry winejelly,
champagne jelly, - port wine jeliq , grapes,
apples, oranges, nuts, raisin
Wine- g Company;any,
, wiflbe. Wine.
Aniericart
Imperial,' sherry whist ,' s o p brandy,: old crow
After an hoar or `more bad ' been ex
-hansted In discussing the bill of fare, a flow
of soul followed,''. General Sherman: Presi...•
dent, set , the ball in•motion .with a fliWap'-
PrePriate remarks. Ther followed Abe
toasts and responses as follows :. • '
Pawn by Col: Gilbert' Pierce. • • F
P _ Ode Country; lieliponse by Gin , 4.. R.
erry. • •
f 2 lonit—" -
The Star Spangled-Hanner,"
the Gleo:Olub. ' •.• • •
- The President of the United States. ' Re
'Power by Gem John M. Palmer. • •
the.Gloriena Banner," by
the Glee Club.
The Attny and' NaVy thelluitedatoter.
IWhile each-is ever ready by its own resour.
ces to sustain the National honor , : may
they always stand shoulder to shoulder, as
on the Miesissippl, in promoting the pros,
parity and, preserving the Union of our
common country. Sentiment proposed b y•
Admiral D. •G. Farragnt, United, States
Navy. Response by Gen. J9hn M. Soho
field.
Music, "Red White and Blue," by the
band.
The Army of Georgia. Response by Gen
W. Slocum. •
The Heroes of the Rank and File. Re
sponse by Gen. 8. A. Hurlbut.
Bong—. "Slierfnan's March to the Sea," by
the Glee. Club.
The Army of the Ohio. Response by
Gen. M.. 8. Miscall. •
Vo . the Memory of the Heroic Dead. Ite
sponse by Gen. John A. Garfield. ••
Music.-"Aleyelis Hymn," by the Glee
Club. •
-
.
I The Army of the Tennessee. Ref Tone!!
by Gen. T. J. Henderson. - --
The Army of the Cumberland. Respoasc,
by Gen. Geo. EL •Thomas.
The Cavalry Corps of the Military lXvis.
lon of the MissisaippL i Response byi Gen.
I. H. Wilson. .
Music--:. ,, Whin Johnny Comea Marching
Home," by the Band.
iThe Arnty of the Miasiaeppr. Respi.nse
by Gen. John Pope.
' Our 13ister Armies of the East, the South.
- the gulf' and the Frontier. Response by
Gen. T. C. Fletcher.
lioug ri
"Ameca," by the Glee Club.
The Loyal Cltizens, who sustained us a$
hohie while we folight the enemy at the
front. Response ipyGenets' Richard J.
Oglesby.
The Loyal Women of the United States.
Response by Col. Jno. Mason Biotin.
•` Mitsic--"Home, Sweet Home," , by, the
band. -
.
:The Armies pf the, Republic; in War a n d.
Peace.c The Rebellion called them into ex
litence; its overthrow converted their .
.swords into plow shares and their spems
into pruning hook& By quietly disbanding
and returning to the avocations of peace
they have astonished the world no less than
by theirprowetis in the field. Response by
Gen. M.F. Force.
The Loyal and Patriode Press. Response
by Gen. Carl Schurz.
Our Invited Guests. Response by Hon.
Edward Salmon.
Thc South. Let us be friends. Resporise
by Gen. Durbin Ward. .
Song--" Shall Old Acquaintance be For
got," by the Glee Club. - - '
—The General Superintendent of the
Union Pacifia Railroad characterizes the
dispatch dated San Franciscol4th,
stating that the Union Pacific Rai!road has
been blocked by snow since the - 4th, as
maliciously false. Reavy snow storms At
week. ago interrupted communication a
'few miles east of Cheyenneimly one day,
and west of Cheyenfie not 4nite two days,
Since then the trains have been running.
regularly. The same storm delayed the
trains on roma east and south east of Omaha
twelve to twenty hours longer. Yesterday
Superintendent Snyder telegraphed to the
Postmmter General that the. Untoti-Pacific
is ready to convey the overland Mall to
Evanston, 957 roles west of Omaha. The,
oad is clear. ofsnow its entire length.
—lt is'rurboret) in Toronto that Coinmo
dore Vanderbilt made an offer te'the Great
Western Railroad Company of Canada to
lease that.road.,forten years with the right
of purchase at the end,of the leas . e. Should
the offer_ be accepted the Great Western'
Railroad with all intents and purposes be
comes part`of the New_ York-Central road..
and all the mechanical departmepta of the.
latter Company will be removed to Hawn
ton.
—A ',close canvass of the sentiments of
members of congress discloses a disposition
to remove the disabilities of ci4ens in the
Southern States; and there is scarcely . a
doubt that at this session a bill :will pass in •
both Houses placing the citizsns of the sev—
eral States upon an equal footing as•to the
elective franchise. _
-A
convention of Railroad conduct Ors
from different points of the United states.
met at Columbus, Ohio, "yesterday to form,
a brotherhOod for the protection of them-.
Selves and families.
•
coucas, COUGHS, COLDS, corms,.
..When a per talc elo cold the binge bitnine. charged' with phl e gm, which opnressing the eon.
stbution a natural effort Is nude for a relief.:
This eflortis a coughi The only . safe and prudent. ,
• remedies to be adopted are those which asshitna.:
bare la Its work, by loose , ' big the phlegm and excl...
tbig a freedom of expectoration until the evil
moved. DR. SARGENT'S COUGH SYRUP is ad.
naribly adapted to promote expectoration, ease thu'
breathing loosenthe phlegm , abate the fever, and
allay the tickling which occasions the cough, with-
Otli Utttg the chest,or In any way input:l,ola
tsyntem,"and for all thinporary and, localaffections,
such as irritation of the tiroat, boamness of the
voice, influenza-, dc., it Is of Inenlcultible ye
ariße
lecially at this inclement season of the ye it
would be well for every family to have this valuable
remedy at hand. Prepared by GED. A.. KELLY . Wholesale •
Druggist,e orner Weed stre e t and Second
avenue, Pittsburgh. and lb, sale druggists
and dealers In medicine. Se cents per bottle..
THE TRIM MEDICAL DOCTRINE.
• -
Nature, when struggling with disease, indicates
unmistakeably the kind of assistance - she requires.
In cases of nervous weakness an.; general,debility,
the feebled pulse, the lack-lastreeye, tee ittenua
ed
frame, thit liacc.d muscles, the melsncho' y visage,
linformstit as plat nly as !reach or ;au bad a tongue,•
th.it a medicated stimu.ant fp needed. It dbes not.
require the aid of &medical education to understand.
tits dumb appeal far new vigor, from an exhanited
system. Every reader et these. lines can comprehend
ItJust as well as the graduate of a physician's
col
lege. Let not this demand of enfeebled nature be
neglected. Respond to It promptly by commencing
a course of lioB STt.ed ACH BUJ TEfts, a
pr e eparation uniting, In their highest excellence,
th properries of a EITIMULAST, d ays l4l7oo.A.Wrt
and ;to ALTRItATIVS. tiefore three hsve elapsed
from - the takifur of the ilr.t dose, a markeeneficial
change wili be Manifest in the bodhy ant mental.
condition of they patient. The : will be strong.er.
and more regular.. the eye will begn to lore its dull
expression, the tnnacnlar and nervous system to re
co vextbelr tenikon..nd the spirits tii Improve. Per
severe, and &complete revlvication of the debretis
edanimal and m , ntal powers is certain, in cases of _
tlp.pepa.a and Whininess. the same salutary results
will be obtained. The appetite will revive. the sal
lowness of We skin disappear, and all the distress
.thg .yr n p vit.', which accompany al , erders of ttie
stoma.% and liver, will rapicly sutidde. Tbe cold of
winter often intensides these ccotpialuts by eh ek
ing the perspiratory scrim,. op which so much mor
bid matter Is evaporated through the pores in mild
er lirekt her. and therefore the Y.l'fl'elits are esP.at
ally Useful to the dyip.-ptlo and Willow at this sea
ion.
A PACT OF GREAT VALVE,
No one can be too often Impressed with the truth*
of all disorden which mankind are prone 4, none
a r e arrtiere prevalence lit 111121 Beason of the year
than ihose which manifest themselves in the lungs
Anil imimuuars organ,. -Dr. ICEV.4Eit'd PEOTOR.
AL'tirittil• Is a speedy andinfallible care in all re-,
cent Cates of Coughs, and, lung diseases. and DR.
KEY B YR'h.L.IINti CURE in cases of. long standing
and great „obstinacy, will be found of 'ineStietable
Tlierlksommty abhuee or family in Pitts
igh that minuet testify. to Its merits, and instead
of a.person wasting *time onoiher inert and inap;.
, prottriate "reinedies, them '
Dr. Keyser'e,', walk themselves to Woed airecf• where they_
find:the right medicine adapted to their cure. TIM
Voitor, has a bug experience In medleine, and be
these lung cases, he has /Irma . l ifialpr.of. of
treai 2 ability and ,tltortitigh knowledito of all these ..
,'diacietes in Whitt the lunge Mite a prominent p ar
His pas:dome Pittsburgh la over twenty rears,
and the value of his remedici Isexteuded wherever
tiolaghs are Pfcritent end !mild disemies to be eared.
. DR. MEYEISM!S litEkDE NT OPIUM Ate. LUNG
EXAMINATIONS Alin THE TREATMENT. OP
sORSTINATE CHRONIC DzatAsEs. /HO PRIX;
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