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Onsfrint--Beconct me: Poetry,
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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.