II El Gaittts, PUBLISHED DAILY, BY PENNIKAA REED if, CO, Proprietors. I. B. PIIOTNIHAN. JOSIAH SING. p.sorusToN. N. P. REED. !Editors exid Proprietor& OtHETTE 81111. DING, 1108. 84 MID 84 FIFTH ST. OFFICLIIIB PAPER ' h, Alleghiray AlleipuPsy Cousify. CI; rennir—natty. annt-Tireettr. Cone year.,..811,0 0 toe year.s2.so hingleceop ut y...57..W Ono =nip. 76 Six moo— 1.50 !komplex, each. 1.23 Sy the week Thrown°, 75 10 • *" 3 . nt 15 (nom curler.) —widows tange. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1868. WF. 111113 2 on the inside pages of Ito {rib's Ws Onsfrint--Beconct me: Poetry, lipkonieris, Miscellaneous. Third and sath Papa: cmerdia om, Pincineitd, - Mercantile Andjiiver Hews, Markets, .Thiportt. 'Seventh page: General Misceltani of Interesting 14"409 Matter. • - etOW),'Aosell,# York, yesterday at Sill 'Bovril's from Washington are =favors ble to the passage of the lifourri financial -01 All, or of the partial tariff bill now pending in the House. A WAsirmenoNtelegrara says. that "fug watterinow look, thd tkonthein members hold the balance of power, and are inclined to go for an increase of the tariff." Tailteconstrucidon Committee' ill ree •onunend a new 'election to be held in Miss's sippi. The situation in Georgia is more vrabarrassing, end the Committie haTe, thus far, reachg no decision Ilan it. :.• THE Pennsylvania • Railroad Company 3:tat; benght a nnmlier of 6,mtignons lots of Sand in South Pittsburgh,jastbelow the pas senger, Depot on the Panhandle road, with the intention of erecting thereon a spacious ;wl:rthonse for the accommodation of best. sees on,the South Side. Tire death of Hon. THAnnntre STRYnNa, the brave old Cominoner 'whose memory will long live in the hearts of the people, was i formally announced in the House yesterday' by his successor, Mr. DICKEY. Eloquent panegyrics were pronounced by many of the members, including the Repre .sen*tive from this District, Gen. Jaws K. Iloo,mamer.), after which, in tokekof re spect, the House adjourned without trans acting any business. THE UNION LEAGUE, of Philadelphia, has just plosed tinother year of suCcessful opera tion& With nearly - ,1,800 members, inclnd• fingthe most energetic and 'public spirited men of that city, and with' a balance of 'nearly $16,000 in its treaiury, the League looks back upon a year of the most effective -usefulness in the cause of Liberty and Equality, which owes much, for its last and greatest trlumpb, to the' services , tendered by this organization. • '- 11.1' WAS announced in these colunins yes terclay - that a Convention of the Loyal but -disfranchised men of Western nia shill be held in this - city during the ap. preaching-holidays. , We , trust this Con vention will calmly, temperately; but deci ded;ty urge the adoption of an Amendment to the' Federal Constitution which shall .secure tothem, and, to all this class, in all aiarts -of the. Republic, the same civil and political .rights. that .are enjoyed• by their White fellow-citizens, • _ MB. Gif,onon W. Drrintreor., a young ,gentleman_widely known and esteemed in .this community, was, on•trial in the . Crimi nal Court; daring the past few days, on the • seriouacyarge-of perjury. It is unnecessa ry here to cite the trivial circumstance on which the srave.charge _was - founded, but 4imlyriecessfry to state that Mr. ' D. lies been .acquitted bya jury of his peers; after rigid trial, and the.prosecuting - witness ordered to pay the costs. The vindication is complete, .and the high private chm:acter of mfr. Drat irDGElS left without a shadow of suspicion resting upon it, and his business record las been made clear.- Tim close of the 'reactionary movement atCadiz 18 made the occasion, by all the '4 - popular leaders ir. Spain, for renewing once pore, to - each.other and to the nation, their - termer, pledge• to ,abstain from efforts to in fluence : the future action of the Constituent Cortez They agree to remit' all domestic questions to the decision•of that bOdy, with: out attemsiting, ,for themselves, to give any direction . to its counsels. Precisely the same agreement was made two months eince,hut Patty deliberately *deleted it, and in a mode most obnoxious .to the Republi Can Party. His good faitb.now is therefore -seasonably doubted. Pezractss are Ia ciremiation, to ask Con gress for such a thorough revision o f e ~Naturalization lean as .aball, lat. restrict the power of conferring the .citisenship to the Federal Courts or Commissioners; 2nd. requiring declarations of intention AO be re ;corded in the Coiuta and with the Secretary 'AA State; 84, proyLdipgAor the publication of the names of all applicants, whether de daring intention, or for their final papers; 4th. providing more effective penalties for frauds; sth. *nulling all fraudulent papers, snd; OM requesting 'the re-enactment of a registry-act, to be similar to its tenor to the Act of 1802. • - Portrwat lascrtrazna are much better paid in this country than in England. While their average compensationtere is at least one hundred dollars" , tke_Aveiage Die Enghind does not exceed three guineas, say twenty dollars • in gold. We know, sown American lecturers, some who work for nothing, lane, in . the latest English cat. alogue,' are included the names of five hun- - dred speakers, of whom very nearly one. half are advertised as "unpaid." But the contrast, between the ,two • conntries, is not less striking as to the grade of talent engag. ed, for of the English names not a dozen are known to fame on this side of the Atlan tic. Again, the American lecture is ad, dressed to, and Is heard by, all classes of our people, while the English systeni originated with, andis still c onfned to, what are there termed the "lower" classes, who h ove no money to epaxe. • Tim Legislature of Permsylvanis will commence its next Session Mi . Tuesday the Fifth of Jantutry next. The contest for Speaker of the House has - narroweddown ; between :Mr. Cualix, of Philadelphia, and_Mr. STRAIN', of 'Tioga. 'Tie State Treastirer will he elected onthe Third Tneplayin`lanuirjr, Which will fall on the 18th of tha month, Mr. Inwix is a candidate for reelection. If fie is to have a cempetitor, the name of the individual has not Yet been formally announced. A 'United States Senator, hi place of Mr. BuciALEw, will be chosen On the Second Tuesday after the meeting and organizstiot of the Legislature. If the House shall or ganize within six days after its convocation the Senatorial electionwillbeld on Tuesday, the 19th of the Month. At present, there is no probability of delay ha accomplishingthe organization- TEE LEGALIZATION of specific contracts to be executedin coin is objicted to, in an influential quarter, as of no greater effect to appreciate the value of the currency than the common contracts for the Altus° deliv ery of gold. We think this a mistake... The, one contract is bona fide while the other is a gambling venture. The one is based upon a solid transaction and an actual exchange of solid values, while the other is - notoriously fictitious_ and has no solid bottom except the shatill margin of per cent age which makes the stake gambled for. The parties to the one contract represent the actual capital and property of the country, while the other parties are usually without substantial means. Both parties to a specific contract are committed 'to their preference for a solid basis, while either party in the gamblin controls of a "gold-r6m" is directly enlisted in the maintenance of a fictitious, unsound condition of things. Contracts of the one close engage all the really substantial classes of the people in support of sound commercial principles, while gambling itMeculations, on the other hand, divide the community at once in that regard, and - ensure a large and active influ ence in favor of perpetuating depreciation. Specific contracts once legalized would soon become the rule controlling. the business of the country--and this would be a long step toward a general cash resumption. Are the gold speculations now in vogue leading in that direction at all ? THE TREASURY AND THE BANKS. As far as Governor Morton's proposition expressed the duty of securing specie-re sumption at the earliest day consistent with safety_ forpublic_ and. private- interests, it was very ably vindicated by the ant l& in his argument to the Senate -on Wednesday. His exposition was a convincing one, of the absolute incompatibility beOveem any of the propositions looking to an early return to a suitable basis for the currency and bus: Mess of the country and the"' other' propo sition to anticipate the final maturity of our bonded debt, by proceeding now to liqui date obligations which' are not due for years to come. The country, in providing for its over-due debt, has all it can attend to, with sribmitting.to any premature and need less difficulties. And it is equally clear that the road, which leads straight to the most successful maintenance of credit for that funded indebtedness, is through the restoration of solvency now, in' respect to the only engagembnts which demand it. That branch of Senator MORTON'S plai to which, in common with other jonmqls, we have made special objection—his attempt to separate the obligations of the Treseury from those of the National banks, and con sequently from those of the people at large, in providing for different periods of redemp tion—does not seem, from the report of his remarks now before us, to have received that full conaideration which may have, sat isfied his friends, and, at least, would have set forth his own full statement of the argu ments in its favor. Governor MORTON must ,be aware that, in that partictiliir, his bill does noi l meet the judgment of the public. However predicable that feature of his plan may seem to the originator, it is regarded, in quarters worthy of notice, as a fatal defect, and, unless it be amended, is likely to ensure its defeat. The Government can not have two currencies, one of cash or its convertible equivalent and the other in a depreciated paper. Nor does public policy permit the idea of one currency for the. Gov ernment' and another for the people, equally differing upon that essential ,stan dard.' In more senses than one, the Treas ury and the Banks must stand or fall together, and it is the ability of those cor porations, to meet es the same time their own obligations and the requirements of their customers, in which the. people •are most deeply interested. The business of 'the country would seer, less, were the , case possible, , from a bankrupt_Treasury, / than from the wreck of that financial system which has become part and parcel- of all operations in our internal commerce and busmess. We maintain that neither the Treasury northe Banks should be sacrificed to the other, and that no necessity exists, in the present situation, to contemplate any risk of such an ,alternative. Yet- the Her-. ton bill not only contemplates that hazard, but inevitably ensures Tits most disastrous results. We have no criticisms upon the general scope this - bill. Freed from the (Mee donable discrindnation of <which :we have spoken, the measure may commerii !elf to the approhationof Congressnnd ; ttntry, as the whist mode in which . bottork Is.to be reached. But we s'; againet‘ PITTSBURG 11,t GAZETTE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 'lB, 1868. provisions Which seem to us potent only for mischief, and which, so fie as they Propose to continue, even for a day ; two co-existing but irreconcileable standards of nine, can not but prOve fatally impracticable. SPECIE )RESUMPTION. Some months ago, Mr. F. Ei fitricsims, Treasurer of the United States, had a five dol lar legal tender note presented to him for paymentby a Boston man. In reply to that demand for coin he published a long letter expressing his =reflation at finding him self without authority of law tor taking up the past-due obligations of the govenunent, and then went on to show that the govern ment was in a cendition to resume specie payments whenever it should see fit, anti- mating that the financial officers of the gov ernment were restrained 'from recommend ing the prompt adoption of that policy only by the manifest or apprehended Inability of some of the' National Banks to 'pass suc cessfully through tbe ordeal. That. letter . encouraged us in the belief that the era of unconvertible paper . currency was about reaching its termination, and , that resump tion woul4 speedily occur, with the beat effects up the monetary affairs both of the government and people. On the' llth of the present month, ~ how ever, Mr: Srman published anotherletter, also in reply to d Boston writer, in which he demonstrates to his own satisfaction that neither' the government nor the National Banks are in a e.ondition to meet their obli gations to the holders of their notes. He does not stop to explain the discrepancrbe tween the conclusions reached in these two letters, but only gives his opinion touching the capacity of the Treasury and the Banks, s; the case now stands, to meet the obliga tions they have assumed to the public. Nor does he , suggest 'any measures by which the credit of the government or the re sources of the Bankri can be fortified. True, this is not precisely the sort of document in which his views on those topics should be embodied. What he wanted was to cheek the growing impatience for the solid ground of specie which is exhibited in many parts of the country. Of this, however, the Trea surer is, dciubtless, aware; that the Banks, of their own accord ' will not put in operation ex- • pedienta looking towards resumption. They are content with the position they now oc cupy, and hence disinclined to move from it. Consequently it devolves on Congress to take-such action in the premises as it shall deem to bo wise and salutary: We are decidedly in favor of reaching a specie basis by the shoitest method that promises i to be safe to the interests of the people. THE PUBLIC EXPENSES. The Secretary of the Treasury submits to Congress his estimates for the expenses of the government for the next fiscal year. ThO total amount is $303,000,000. In cluded in this estimate is $129,000,000 for ,the interest on the public debt, $52,000,000 for the expenses of . the army, $20,000,0,00 to carry on the navy, $28,000,000 for pen sions, and '45,000,00010r civil and miscel laneous expenses, • . A very considerable reduction in these estimates estimates is looked for from the Congressional committees. The Secretary announces the noticeable fact that, of esti mated balances of existing 'appropriations, which would be unexpended during the current fiscal year; The large sum of $61,- 530;589 may be carried over to the surplus fund. His estimates for the ordinary pur poses of the; governnind, civil, military and naval, excludingt23,2s o , ooo for pen sions, foots up only 134,764,000, which, however, includes expenses for loans and for the deficient revenue of the Post Office department, the gpeclfic figures for which are not stated, but will doubtless range up nearly to $10,000,000. It is believed that Congress will adhere to the retrenchment policy which his been already found so suc cessful, and will, by judicious' pruning and paring, throw off at least the excess over $100,000,000, in Mr. McCurzocizes' esti mate for "ordinary" expenses. A LAST SUGGESTION. If the City Councils shall see proper to vacate portions of certain streets to enable the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to erect local passenger and freight Depots, the arrangement ought not to•be formally con eluded ,until provisions shall be made for relieving the streets effectually from the unnecessary and damaging incumbrance of railway tracks and rolling stock. Philadel phia has been relieved of this burden, and there is no solid reason why this City should continue to endure the evil, when an easy remedy is within reach. Allegheny experiences a like inconve nience. If the two cities had been consoli dAted, as was proposed, it would be legiti mate to make the concessions now asked -by the Company the basis for stipulating that the streets on hoth sides of the river should be disencumbered. 'As the case stands, the west side cannot reasonably be includ ed in any arrangement that may be made,' but the authorities there pint be left to adopt such measures in the premises as they shall judge expedient. "SAVE IN •BIS OWII COUNTRIYP HENRY C. CABBY has , been chosen by the Swedish Royal Acaderniof Science, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Lord Bnotrortem. Tbi statesmen and po litical philosophers of Europe know how to, appreciate and honor a citizen, to whom the people of Pennsylvania have constantly,and conspicuously denied the practical proofs of a public confidence which no living man this day within their borders more eminent ly merits. Standing far beyond any rivalty, in his thorough comprehensiOn and clear ex Position of the highest - practical questions of thleigeneratton: we will thank . any one,to tell us why Mr., .OABET has not been, long since, called to serve his State and country in trusts of vital moment to their material prosperity. We might specify more than one department of Local and 'Political Science in which he , h Let us U ILO peer. hope that the day may soon come when the people will feel their need for such men, and Will give them their proper work to dot GIFT BOOKS. Several of the leading publishers in the Best have issued quite a number of elegant gift boOks for the holiday seasbn. bound with exquisite twat% Among the most =gaud are the illustrated works of faro- rite poets. Sot:maulers of this kind are <Tito different, from those of bygone years, and , an improvement, both in the matter, and, the illustrations. Artists seem to have caught the spirit of the works they illustrate so fully, that the illustrations virtually be come a part of the creation of the authors. — Attention has already been called Ito Drain/ma's "Christmas Carol," containing upwardi of thirty handsome illustrations; TENNISON'S "Lockraey. Hall," •a work of rare Merit, containing sixteen 'designs by Ihwricssi; Pamcsn's "Poetry of Compli ment and Courtship," & collection of gems, prettily illustrated, and the "Atlantic Mag azine for 1889;" a dainty work, an d ably edited. Among the most beautifuljuyenile gift books of the season are, "Cut Away in the .Cold," "The King's Lily and Rose- - bud," and "The Flower and the Star." These fiorm only a part of the holiday publi cations of 'FIELDS, Caro]) & Boston : , They have also Bent us through Mr. R. B. Da vis,cf this city, ."Under the Willows," and othe Poems, by Juan RUSSELL LOWELL. Fewpoets in this country enjoy the popu larity of LowiLL. These poems, brief and varied, are full . - of tenderness and pathos, and practical thoughts. They show the secret of the poet's popularity as an author, tbatneither time nor changes mar. the sunny pictures and life-like thoughts which run through the poems' like a gohiewthread. It is elegantly printed and bound, and is nu admirable gift book.. They have also issued WHITTIER'S latest work, "Among the Hills" and other poems, in an attractive form, and illustrated with taste. Anything from the pen of Wrirrrntu. is acceptable, high-toned, and worthy of the i man. "Among the Hills" presents the same ex quisito grace and b e auty of versification that characterise such poems as " Maud Muller. " The beaufiful pen-pictures, and dainty word-painting of this grand old favorite poet, abound throughout the vol ume. L9ve's episode is portrayed in a masterly style. This small-volume makes an excellent holiday present. D. APPLETON & Co., New York, have issued several new illustrated looks, of great beauty, among which are announced "The Poet and the Painter," "The Schiller Gallery," "Illustrated. Almanac for 1869," and "Juvenile Annual for 1869;". The lat ter htji - been received and was noticed some days since. It is .a very elegant book for young people; and is brimful of excellent reading. We have just received "Wood side and Seaside." This'is ahandsame vol ume, containing selections from beautiful rural poems by TEN:cilia:s, BRYANT, MOTH ERAL ail other poets. It is richly and fully illustrated with eligrevings from 'drawings on wood, by distinguished artists. ThJEi elegant holiday book is bound in cloth,. gilt . Odes and edges, and ranks among the' best — gift books of the season. Miner, of this city, can supply orders. Among the beautifebooks of the season endless expensive than some we have just. noted, is "Words of Hope," by Lan & Su:arum, Boston.. The work was compiled by the author of "Golden Truths." It em braces the following : God chasteneth in Love, Truth in God, The Sympathizing Friend, The Fruit of Sorrow, Children in Heaven; Death, and The Eternal !dome. Great taste and good judgment have ' been displayed in the selettions, both of theprose and poetry. his full of gems that will long live and be quoted. The book is printed on heavy tinted ,paper,,,beveled, gilt on cover and edges. The book may be found at R. S. Davis', Wood street. "Tsnr. Cumulus Farr," by Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, and published by G. 'W. Carl 'ton, New York, is a story for young folks. It is a pretty little narrative, containing, an account of the Church and the children who bought the font, and“the means employed to. pay foi it, with the episodes incident to such an event. The illustrations admirably 'help to convey the points of the story. Pit took has the work for sale. Henn= & BROTHERS, New, York, have just issued "Wild Life Under the Equator," by that prince of travelers and lecturers, PAI7L Du Cnen.u. It is a Work of much interest for young people, and is hand somely illustrated. It will entertain as well asimpart valuable instruction to the reader. The book is well printed and bound in beautiful style, and parents will do.well to place it in the hands of their children for its intrinsic merits. For sale by Miner, Fifth avenue. "No LOVE LOST," A Romance of Travel, by W. D. Hownxis, published by Gitonces P. Pursui & Bort,New York, is a gem, and I undoubtedly will be one of the. most popu lar gift books of the season. Its title, and the popularity of the author, ue enough to give it currency, but it is a love poem, full of rare passages, and the "romance of travel" is maintained throughout. The em inent publishers have robed it in charming Attire and illustrated it with exquisite taste. J. W. Pittock, corner of Fifth avenue and Smithfield street, has the work for sale. Ts]: Chicago Tribune discreditsacurren rumor as follows : _ are confidently assured that not more than four of the eight Judges, if so many, will hold the Legal-Tender act to be unconstitutional. We are, so confident that .we are not mistaken on this, point.that we should have no hesitation in insuring , parties aialust such a decision at much less rates than are charged by the .Board. of Under writers on first-class fire lists. We do not pretendlo have had any assurances from Judges of the Supreme Court, though we claim to.have had as many and Bared ones as either the New York frOuns or Becre toy McCulloch:, Tun money article of the New York Ad vertiser of the 16th says The if ely general view is that thdire e Morton measure, if adopted, will very ctly con duce to a higher premffun ' and that the pre paratory process must break down before resumption is , reached.. . - —Albert Blakeway; a,well-known (Adieu of Paoli,.Kszsas, has been arrested, charged with the embezzlement of $3,100. - RAILWAY MATTERS, The agreementrecently concluded be , tween three leading . raDway lines connect ing at this city Is to continue for fifty years. A railway journal refers to it as follows: By the compact the Chicago and the St. Louis lines, which converge at Pittsburgh —where in •fact they both terminate in a connection with the Pennsylvania Railroad at the Union Depot—secure on terms equit able and reciprocal the Pennsylvaina hail ' road for communication with the seaboard cities. And in turn the Pennsylvania Rati road by the compact, is put in cominnnica tiom-over the roads of the parties in the alliance, with Chicago and St. Louis, Cleve-, land !aid Cincinnati, &a. • The harmonious workings of these three companies will bring out the superior merits of the Pennsylvania route, between the Sea board and the Great West, in the clearest and most effective light. By roads now operating, or actually under construction, this route affords the shortest line between either Philadelphia or New York, and every point in the great West north of the latitude of Memphis. In this, the Pennsylvania route has a solid _advantage over its competitors which cannot be .taken away, and whiehthe progress of railway science - and the growth of railway interests will make still more conspicuous. Ana this advantage will be made the Most of by its possessors, who pro pose to retain it under all circumstances. ' The Atlantis and Great Western road.is leased to the Erie Company for twelve years, and' includes all the . branches or leased lines, one of which is the Mahoning road from Youngstown to Clevelind. questions that may occur between the two corporations are to be settled by arbitration. Other features in the contract of lease have already been laid before our readers. Tan Cincinnati Gazette, lu an article upon Southern railway connections, says : The Pennsylvania Central has been quiet ly working, through the Little Miami Com pany, for a bridge across the Ohio above this city. That would givalhe Pennsylva nia Central' an exclusive connection with the Southerwroad, and would, of course, secure to It the Southern trade. But the managers - of-that corporation did-not - strike fast enough. They should have under taken-the construction of the Southern road. • Will not the "exclusive connection" an swer all practical purposes, for the corpora tion which secures it? Of the latest moonshine in Erie, we have a gleam as follows : The Erie directors are meditating a tun nel under the Rudsoariver, with its eastern end at Pike's Opera Rouse, and a large de pot underground. Plans and specifications of the tunnel have been in the office of the Company for several months, and the pur chase of Pike's Opera Rouse and its adja cent property was made, with a passibility of having that location for a terminus, The cost of the work. is estimated at $3,000,000, with a sufficient width for four tracks and a double row of archesk. BLACK KETTLE, the head chief of the, Cheyenne nation, by General Cm tar's command, was a man of more than or dinary natural ability, and has held a dis tinguished position for years among the tribes of the West. He was -more noted as a leader in council than as a warrior, and many years ago received the designation of the "Orator of the Plains." His age must have been about fifty-six. He was the son of High Black Wolf, and forty-three year& ago, at the treaty with the latter, on the Little Missouri, General Harney was pre sented with the boy-Black Kettle, and adop ted him as 'hitt son. COUGHS, COUGHS; COLDS, COLDS, When a per takes cold the lungs become charged with phlegm, 'which oppresiing the con stitution a natural effort is made for' a relief. This effort is a cough. Tbe only safe and prudent renilOito be adopted are those which assist na ture la Its work, by looser ing the phlegm and exit ting a freedOm of expectoration until the ovine re moved. DR. SARGENT'S I COUGH SYRUP Is ad mirably tdapted to promote expectoration, ease the breathing, loosen the phlegm. abate the fever, and allay the tickling which occasions the cough, with out tightening Me chest, or in any way injuring the system, and for all temporary and local affections, such as Initattbn of the throat, hoarseness of the volce. influenza, Ac., It is of - incalculablevalue. pecially at this inclement season of the year it would be well for every family to have this valuable remedy at hand. Prepared by GEO. A. HELIX. Wholesale Dreggist, corner Weed street and Second eve nue, Pittsburgh. and for sale by all druggists and dealers In medicine. 50 cents per bottle.. THE TRUE MEDICAL DOCTRINE. Nature, when struggling with disease, indicates unmistakeably the kind of assistance she requires. In cues of nervous weakness *no general debility; the reebled pulse, the lack.lastre eye, tee attenua ed frame, the flaccid .mnscied, the melancho'y visage, informs us as plainly as if each or lan had a tongue, that a medicated alma:ant is ?leaded. It does not require the aid of a medicareducat ion to underePand this dumhappeal for nt w -vigor, from an exhausted system. Every reader t rates° Mei can comprehend it Just 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 1108 rETrEitteleTUMACil BITTER 6, preparation uniting, in their:highest excellence, the properrles of a STLKULAXT, en INVIGORANT, and an ALTSRATIVY. li ef, re three day have elapsed from the taking of the first dose, a marked beneficial change wilt be manifest in the bodily ant mental condi.lon of the patient. The pulse wilt be stronger and m ore regular. the eye will begin to lose Its dull expression, the muscular and nervous - system to re cover their tenison, and the spirits to Improve. Per and a complete revA rt vication of the depress ed animal and mental pow sis certain. In cases of dyspepsia and billionsness, he same salutary results will be obtained. The appetite,vrill revive. the sal lowness of the, skin disappear, and all the dintess ins symptoms which accomp any ditorders of the stOmacti and liver, will rapidly subside. The cold ol winter often intensifies these contp'abit° by ek ing the perspiratory action, by which so much mor bid matter Is evaporated through the pores in uald er weather, and therefore the biTTERti are especi ally useful to the dyspeptic and billions- at this sear THE GREATEST OF ALL COUGH MEDICINES. At this Time of the year, when the streets and payments are covered with snow and slash, Ufa no wonder that the natty al pores and conducts of the body become obstructed, and whole comma& . - ties become affected with coughs find pulmonary and throat ailments. Due' of the very best cures for all these diseases will be found In DR. KEYSER'S PECiORAL SYRUP, which at once sets free Ahe imprisoned matter, removes tl e obstruction. and alliys the irritability of the nervous system in such a way as to do no injury to health, or interfere with one's usual avocations. G bat ablessing It must be to have so Potent a remedy in the house as DR. ,KEYSER'd PECTO4AL BYRITP, which,' en- over fwenirleare , has gained cn the affictions and re stored the health of thousands of our people... To get the beat of what is going Is a good =loin any .4 but It is especially trite with regard to mall -else, and thf re Is no cough medicine. that we know e; of equal potency, both as a cure and preventive, than DK. REIMER'S PECTORAL SYRUP.-` Sold Sold at the great Medicine ktore, No. Ito Woad street. WILL ItSI&OVE ARTER:JANUARY lit to lei LIBERTY nTREET, , two doors below Baba DR:NICIMER;I3 =WENT OFFICE for LUNG EISAILNATIONS AND.' TIM TREATMENT OF OBSTINATE CHRONIC DIEIRAIRCS, IGO PRIM STREIT, PITTEIBIDIGN,"PA. office boos Irmo O Aol. UNTIL AN Ifs Dezember le. NULLIFYING THE LEGA L=TENDERS. Treasurer Smarm has written - the an- '-- flexed lettsr, with his view of the results likely to follow a judicial repeal of the Legal Tender. Acts: . TIMM:IW OF TEC UNITED STATES, Wasninerow, Dec. 'll, 1868- 5 Bra: * * * Your proposition to "re peal the Legal Tender act instanter" is aim. ply the enactment of a law to compel the resumption of specie payments on the part of the Government, the banks and the peo. ple. Are the poorer sections of the country prepared for this? Think of it. The Gov ernment has of its own over $550,000 000 of outstanding liabilities that are over due. It is the indorser of the whole issue of the circulating notes of all the national banks,. amounting to $300,000,000 more. Then bear in mind that these banks owe their de positors some $650,000,000 more. Here yen have an aggregate or $1,600,000,000 of debts, immediately due, and payable in coin, for all of which the Government would have to stand the brunt. The 'Government ' has, say $28,000,000 in its vaults, or • about 5 per cent. of this indebtedness. You will say,. "the Government need but care for it 'elf; it has nothing to do with the debts of ' the national banks." Well, let's see how this is: If one of. these banks fail_to pay its deposits on call; it of course fails tolpay its circulating notes, on the happening of which the Controller of the Currency puts. the bank in the hands of a Receiver, and the Treasury of the United States . ately becomes,in effect, the Maker of the notes of such ank, and is by law compelled to redeem them. Few banks could stand such a state of things, in their-present con dition, for a single day, and the inevitable result would be that the banks, the business men and the credit of the Government would go - to perdition together. . However desirable the retu r n to specie. payments may be, we should,make haste to accompliskit slowly, if we would make it sure and permanent. Fellures would be fatal. To apply the,rule to "all future con tracts," would not be quite so bad, but it is, to ndegree liable ter- the tame objections, and besides it would strike every kind of business - with paralysis. All your after reasoning seems to me to be perfectly sound. We agree in all, but the mode by which the desired good is to be attained. We should not be too impatient. The world was not. made-in-s-dav;----Neithermin_wepay the debt. of $1,600,000,000 in gold "instanter." should, however, at once set ourselves about preparing the way over which we may soon Baas, in perfect safety, to the promised land; that shall flow, not with , milk and honey, but with gold and silver., Your ,other pro " , position , " that all the currency contracts. now in force should be seventy-five cents on. - the dollar," is objectionable, -because it. might possibly be decided to be unconstitri tionalon that, that it would' ."impair the ,obligiflon of contracts." True, not more. so than the present law, that makes sonie thing else than "gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts." But that was enacted in a time of great peril, which has now passed. Hoping that the action of Congress will be such as to be- satisfactory to all right thinking men, I am, very 'respectfully, yours, F. E. Sriman. David Wilder, Esq., Boiton, Mass. POTIOES—••To Lir," • *F6kr "Found, ,, "Boarding, ,, de., not es. seeding FOUR .1.1P148 each befit be inserted iTtelases column:ones for TWENTY-1 1 178 CENTS; sofa additional Use IFS CENTS. . , WANTED--HELP. - - - WANTED - 2 - MACHINIST- Who understands the NUT AND BOLT SUSI—. NTSB. None but a competent workmen nee, ap ply. Good wages will be paid and steady employ ment. HOLENSHODE , 9 BOLT AND NUT' WORICE, Nos. 493 to 503 West Third street, Din- olnuatL. Ohio. WAIIiVED—A few salesmen to go to the Country and seU goods on commis don. Address Box flEtw, Pittsburgh, Pa. IWANTED—HELP -At Ento meat Office, No. st. Clair Street, BOX: 8- GI AB and MEN, for different kinds of employ ment. Persons wanting help of all kinds can supplied on short notice. I. WANTEI)---BOMMERS. .1 , I t • . . 0, :08 gat No. 16 ANN BTREET, Allegheny city, for . 50 per week. WANTED—BOARDEIII3--Nleas.k ant room; with board;aultabie for gentleman. and wife, or two young gentleman at 68 FOURTH esTRERT, Also. a few day or dinner boarders can be accommodated. Reference required. WANTED-AGENTS- , . Vir AN TED --AGENTS- , -.30 to 4200 PER MONTH—To sell a New Book. pertaining to Agriculture is,Al the Mechanic E Arts, by GEoRG E. WARING. Esq., the distinguished Author and Agricultural Engineer of the New York Central Park, as. Nothing like it: 800 Engra vings Belle at sight to Farmers. Mechanics. and workingmen of all classes. Bend for Circulars. A. L. TALCOTT4 CO., 58 Market street, Pittsburgh, Penna. def.. wr WANTS. WANTED. Thi Y R ity *to Fifty . housind ALLEGHENY VALLEAIL WAY BONDS in exchange for productive city property, Also first ci.ss mortgage security for Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars, three or five gears to run for ca4h. Address D. L., care Yostottlce Box. TO LET. • rrO LET.--TWO HANDSOMELY. furnished rooms. with gas and ere, one on first r. and one front up stairs. Inquire at 199 Third , arenue. FOB RENT—The 1: rge lour story building. 38 , hIITRFIED STREET, at present occupied by Messrs. T. R. Young,,,k Co.. an. a Furniture Warehouse. Possession Ist of ApriL next. Enquire of SIMoN JOHNSTON, eorner of !Smithfield street and Fourth avenue. • TO LET—A furnished Sleeping tl ROOM, suitable for one or two genemerhi m t e house of a private fatally, No. 2910 LACOOFt !STREET, Allegheny city. FOR SALE FOR SALE--lIIUSINESS STAND /. well known and prosperous wholesale nese eland, with stock and fixtures, la offcred . fir sale; Satisfactory reasons are given for the dispo sal. Apply at 77 WOOD STREET. FOR SALE—Boarding Bone GOOD WILL—The subs°. lber otV rs for sale tier lon_g estableined Boarding House. 79 ePRLIM ALL) Y. between the Gelman Catholic Clhureh and Mt Ward Mai' ket House. It has now eighteen or , twenty geed palling boarders. and enjoys excellent reputation. HANGAR e:TTE 134 iRLZ. • 'IVOR SALE—That, fine two story I , brick warehouse, A 4 by IA feet. situated on 01110 :STREET, .Alleghany city. No. Obi now oecir. pied aI , lour and Grain Warehouse. Also, that. tweeter, brick da ellieg house, SO by 64 feet, ad.. fuJomine the above Conlaining- six rooms Tor further particulars enquire ou the premises of DA. STEEL. a CON. „ EOR 13/LLECOAL WORKS, Located on the Cenral Ohio alviston or the Baltimore snd Ohio Badroac, elkhty•eigut miles east of Columbus„ in umnisey county, Ohio. 110 acres of withank, opening only 100 feet from the railroad,all necessary bank cars,Entles. tools. houses for mittens, blacksmith 'hop, railroad a& 1111.1 ill. Price 119.000. , Terms, 05.000 cask: i batance n coal, or will take an Satire partner wi th a cub capital of $l,OOO. Satisfactory rations given roe sestet. Apply to, or address amel , a P 1111.1,103, Real Estate Agents, No. M.-Fourth OR SALE--FARM.-200 acres of good Land. situated in Penn Tp.. West. moreland eountr. two miler from Irwin Station. on OA Penna. B. B. Improvements, hewed lug 10010 in good repair , bank barn and older outbuildings. Terms moderate.. Rnquire or PennLSoN, Lari. leer's Station. or It._ A . H OPStation. you. SALE—A 'first class Retail Drug Store in a very desirable location. Adr rims lioxlk3l7. Pittsburgh. OS BAILLE- - -.10 PRINTING:OF•.: , FlOitiratabllelled and doing a good bustneas . dress, JOB r BIN LZ it, Ude office. SALE-DRUG. STORE-A dist taus retail drug store In ato desirable tuition. Tutus easy. Address beg Too, rusk. bursa.
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