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GOLD closed in Hew York on Saturday
-31it1854.
Eftke plose vote•of:23 to 22, the Senate,
:.on Batcurday, refused to •tate up the Copper
'Tariff- bill. We hayonot seen the ayes and
woes:
OUR 'Secretary •offitate has written to
Minister Jolutsolvto beiless communicative
in.biaspeeches and-conversations before and
*tiler dinner. The Tending negotiations are
menbarressed by 100 mach indiscreet talk.
ST ASTIDIRS tbiltlfr. Comma has been
'sent to .Bogota; to =help forward the nego
tiations witiv the •Golombian Government
for the igrant of desirable privileges to wt
American Company., which proposes to con
=struct the canal across the Isthmnsbf Darien.
Thz - "iegal-tecide" suit, now pending in
- the Supreme i Conrt, was brought upon a con.
- tract made pnor to.the patsage of the "legal
-tender" act,. and whiCh distinctly specified
payment in gold or-eilyer. It is intimated,
- therefore, that the•exPected decision will go
-off upon points not directly affecting the
'validity of .the existing laws.
TIER - ..tNirrrnoN of forty-four Senators and
Mspre,sentatives in'Congress, all Democrats,
to the President, for a proclamation of am
nesty•uto all persons recently engaged in
'the rebellion, who are now under present
anenterindictment," was dated .Tuly 21
1868. For partizan reasons, it was neither
presentedio the 'President, nor Blade pub;
lic datingthe can-Tass, but it now takes its
regular canna; and is likely to secure the
.Txecutive compliance.
T progress ••of •political sentiment in
England is illustrated in the elevation of
Joicsitnionx, the .man of the People, to
'the new Cabinet, and to a seat in the Privy
+Council. Seventy years ago, for toasting
4, Theliajesty. of the People" at a public
..dinner, , Use names of the Duke of Norfolk
and of thezreat Fox •were stricken tStr7rom
:the roll-of the •Council, by the hands of the
Xing 'himself. The obnoxious sentiment'of
- that day has now become tlie reigning toast
.of the Empire.
Hos. Hawn" H. STANTON resumes the
:practice of his profession, at Washington,
rand announces his own retirement from po
litical life. This means that,. with his un
fashionable ideas of official integrity, he
“can no longer afford • to sacrifice his own
peisonal interests by a continued petblic
'..service. It is not every public man of
• -whoni we could say that, after signing with
Ns own hands treasury warrants for more
--than three thousand millions of dollars; he
~ goes.out of office a poorer man than when
Jie went, in. At least this such of praise
"nue tbe awarded to the great War. Secr
etary, even by his enemies.
THE Philadelphia Netas, in. its '•financial
eticle" of the 18th. very, plainly intimates
'at the zeported reduction by our
8, tate authorities, of nearly two and a half
'lltoll6 in our public debt, is in fact no re
dui T.tion or payment of this amount, as a
portion of the public obligations. The
Ne t . ,s intimates that the payments made to
the a %mount stated, were really made fiora
fund. s derived under the sale of new six
per ct nit. untaxed lxiide, and theeefore thit
the ac tual totsl of the existing debt has not
been diminished, but in fact increased by
the gre: tter amount of interest to .be paid.
The sta Cements of the lorries ate seriously
presented, and deserve that attention in the
noper 4trarter which will entirely relieve
t le State uuttunities from an unjust imputa,-
,m.
rnz SENATE INAtilleta its Judiciar3r Com
teitt ee to report a bill for the re-apportion
mem of representatives in accordance with
ib e x - 1.37 th Article. Anticipating any gen
eral e-enumeration of the peoples of all
the eta tes, such a bill will doubtless apply
only to 'the' present excessive representa
tions f ret n Maryland and Kentucky. Nor
will I ts et , , actment meet ,all the necessities of
the situitt opt as we haveleietefore Blown.
'"What is we.. rated; is a general census, to be
taken in 1861 llogoad of / 870 —upon which,
at the first sea skin of the next Congress, the
sepresentatlves may be fairly re-apportioned
throughout the ,Union. Otherwise the new
CollititlitiollBl A. rtiole will,remain a. dead
letter irv'thitt res,ard until March.. 1878,
som e Siete / 3 1 a T ieg
,more and other States .
s less repreeeutaticd hat this Article war
says the Commercial :
"We understand that the consolidated
companies are now revising their rates of
freight, and the occasion will furnish then,
a most favorable opportunity to exhihit
that liberality and spirit nt reciprocity to.
wards onr citizens which they expect the
representatives or the city, in their °Akio'
capacity, to exhibit towards them. The
new tariff will be taken as an evidence of
the policy which the consolidated corn
pastes intend to adopt, and inproportion as
it is just and liberal, in being so formed as
to benefit our trade rather than trammel
it, in the same proportion will it bft.et a
spirit of liberality in the minds of those
who shape and control the action of Coun
cils. If the companies will show a proper
spirit in this matter—evince a disposition
to confer advantages corresponding to those
ii , ked for—we have no doubt that they will
be met in the same spirit, and that every
thing•they require will be granted, even to
the • donation of the valuable streets and
alleys which the companies 'wish to have
i vacated for their benefit."'
BER 21, MRS.
Oar contemporary begins to have a faint
and indistinct comprehension of , the fact
we have long sought to impress upon its
understanding, that one railway company,
constituting a link in a trtmk line, but act
ing independently, cannot determine what
through prices shall be for passengers or
freight. It begins farther to apprehend
that the actual or partial consolidation of
railway companies, which it has denounced
with a zeal bordering on lunae,y, may prove
to be the first and indispensable step towards
the avoidance of those discriminations in
charges which operate injuriously to men
Iyho are so located that they have not a
choice of competing lines. This is encour
aging. Our neighbor is in a hopeful way.
Let it follow up with zeal its new search
for information, and it may, some years
hence, attain to so much intelligence about
railway matters, as to make its opinions tol
erably trust-worthy.
Meanwhile other people are aware that
while even co-operation, and much more
consolidation, between the three main lines
which connect in this aw, will enable
them to adjust their tariff of rates with a
larger reference to the welfare of. our busi
ness men, as well as of their own, neither
the combination so far accomplished nor the
absolute consolidation of those roads, will
make their managers completely masters of
the situation. By the arrangement just
concluded, competition between the Pan-
Handle and Fort Wayne unieis probably
excluded, so that one difficulty is' removed
towards establishing the same rates per ton
per mile on goode to and from this city as to
and from Chicago. But that does not solve
the whole problem The Managers of both
the Erie and New York Central have west
ern connections, which they are making
gigantic efforts to ramify and perfect. For
freight to and from Philadelphia and New
York, and most districts throughout the west,
northwest and southwest, these two lines
not only compete with each other, bat with
the roads comprising the trunk line through
Pittsburgh. This competition is absolutely
unavoidable except by still broader applica
tion of that very principle of consolidation
which the Commercial has so Vehemently
denounced and misrepresented. If these
through lines were virtually under one
management, a complete pro rata tariff
could be established and maintained, and
there is no other practicable way in which •
it can-be done. Uniform rates, thus fixed
and• enforced, would benefit the treasuries
of the railway companies, and would prove
advantageous and satisfactory to business
men at What may be roughly called the in
termediate points. But the Western people
would cry out against them, and abuse the
Companies therefor, as lustily as our neigh
bor has the railway Companies here for
discriminatlons over which they have had
no real control.
That the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is selfish and exacting; ve kriow. In those
particulars it evinces a good deal of ordi
nary human nature; though it must be con
fessed that men acting in corporate capaci
ties do many things that they would be hear
tily ashamed to do as individuals; and this Is
the meaning of the maxim that "corpora
tions have no souls." That the managers
of the aforesaid Company have done harsh
and overbearing things sometimes, appa
rently for no better reason than to ex.
hibit the power they possess, and
thus make people stand in awe of
them., has been made only too palpable.
Their treatment, for instance, of the Con
nellsvilre Company, was, for a series of
years, absolutely disgraceful; and other ex
amples of kindred sort could easily be ad
duced. But all these managers or their
Company do, is-not evil. When they do
: ill, let them suffer for it, but when they do
well; or even earnestly endeavor to do so,
let them have the credit to which they are
entitled. 7
trunk transportation companies for the ever
increasing traffic of the Great West, and of
China and India, which latter is destined
largely to forsake its old channels and make
new ones across the North American Conti
nent. This rivalry grows necessarily out
of human nature, as well as out of the
special tendency of the age. Nothing mean
or little is in it. Even the mischiefs inci
dental thereto are on a scale of vastness and
grandeur. But, after making whatever
abatements are essential on this ac
count, the energy, enterprise, far
sightedness and indomitable will evinced
are among the noblest attributes of the
age. These Titanic improvements which
are grooving vast regions will make this
century, In the history of the United States,
quite as memorable and illustrious as the
great rebellion and its suppression. Doubt
less there are visions too minute to take in
operations so universal and consequential
in all their just proportions and results.
They whei evince such incapacity Inspire a
feeling in which It is difficult to tell whether
pity or contempt mingles moat.
Let who will cavil and complain, the
•
great lines of travel and transit between
Europe and Asig. are deStured to be over
this continent. Ws . prefer that Pittsburgh
should be on , one of ti:ese thoroughfares; if
possible, on the chiefest of them. Whoever
wishes this City to be praalcalliat one aide
of either or all these lilies, en,tartatag a mis
taken policy.
RAILWAY, FEUZIGHTS.
A gigarktie rivalry exists between the
*PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : 'MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1888.
THE DIA.NUFACTURE OF nioN.
One the most remarkable facts in the
History of Practical Science is the tenacity
with which the persons who pursue any par
denier branch thereof hold on to old methods
and instrumentalities. This has been, and
still is, particularly conspicuous in respect
to two of the larger industries of this city—
the manufacture of Glass and Iron. The
latter of these industrieit is as old as civilize
tion itself; for only by the introduction of Iron
into common use was it possible to break
the reign of barbarism and start the human
race in a long and ascending career of in
telligence, comfort and refinement The
invention of Glass was Much later, 'and
holds now, as always, less important rela
tions to the development of social, political
and commercial life. But, we apprehend
that glass-makers melting-pots are the same
now, n
all essential particulars, that they
were home hundred's of years ago.
Whoever has taken pains to inform him
self of the details of the manufacture of Iron
during the last few years must be aware
that inquiry has been greatly stimulated as
to means for cheapened both tke.absolute
and-relative cost of the product. By reason
of new uses for Iron, as in railways, ships,
houses, pavements, and what not, it has be
come of the very highest moment to the
progress of society that the cost thereof
should be reduced, as rapidly as possible, to
the lowest attainable point, but without do
ing injustice to the multitudes of people
who are employed in its production.
It has been apparent, moreover, for many
years, that the person or persons who should
discover a process or processes by which
Iron could be made for thirty, or twenty, Or
even ten per cant less than by the methods
heretofore pursued, and who should sedum
a patent or patents for their lmowleke,
would be able, through combinations, to
defy rivalry, drive all other manufacturers
of the commodity either out of the business
or into bankruptcy, and roll up fortunes
that should be limited only by their desires.
If a process shall 10 found practicable
whereby puddling and puddlera shall be
dispensed with, and at the same time the net
product from a given amount of ore be aug
mented, whoever holds the patent therefor
wiil,hsve a practical monopoly of the man
ufacture of Iron in comparison with which
all pretended or actual monopoly enjoyed
by any railway company will prove lighter
than vanity. Other manufacturers may
struggle for awhile against their inevitable
destiny, but all their efforts will prove fu
tile, and will be speedily suspended. Only
the monopoly will remain, and during the
continuance of the patent it will necessari
ly, be supreme. There is one, and, so far as
we can see, only one encouragement for all
producers of Iron who may be left outside
of the fortunate combination.
A cardinal idea, in its entliety and full
ness, rarely dawns upon the mind of a
single individual, so as to receive therein
its ultimate development and applica
tion. Take electricity or magnetism to il
lustrate the truth of this remark. No one
man detected and exposed the nature, laws
and applications of this subtle element, as
it is seen working in the magnetic tele
graph. This privilege was obtained little
by little, through the patient inquiries of
many men,' in different countries, and ex
tending through a long succession of years.
When at last the idea of using magnetism
to transmit intelligence from from one 'place
to another, occurred to the world, it was as.
a star just rising above the horizon, dis
cerned by many minds at the same instant,
but with varying degrees of distinctness.
Take another illustration from the inven
tion of the sewing machine. In the devel
opment of mechanics, a time was reached
when this important contrivance was des
tined to be born- It was found that a
number of ingenious individuals, unbe
known to etich other, had been long en
gaged in producing a machine that should
supercede hand-sewing. It is always thus,
and cannot be otherwise. Even in the do
main of pure thought the same rule holds'
good, so that adepts in philosophical specu
lations find little or no difficulty in deter
mining to what special era, this or that
forth of metaphysical subtlety belongs.
The manufacture of Iron is now in what
may properly be called a crisis of develop
ment. Old methods are certainly fore
doomed to give way to new ones. The
germ of this progress or transmutation is not
in th,o brain of any one man. It may more
properly be said to be. in the mind of the
whole generation. ' One man or a few men
may grasp it so as, under the patent lsws,
to make a personal possession of it, and
reap thereby a rich harvest of honor and
wealth. This possibility; nay, probability;
should impart a definite impulse to the
thoughts and purposes of all other men who
are in the iron business. The prize offered
to the man who shall first genuinely crystal
ize the idea which is no* slimly floating as
a vapor in the minds of multitudes of men,
is of immense value. All are eager to ob
tain and enjoy it. Whrs.. is the patient,
skillful and untiring man who shall really
grasp it?
THE EASTERN :QUESTION.
We have no doubt but that the Great
Powers of Europe, with a single.exception,
concur in the desire to maintain the peace
of the Continent, and hence, that they re
gard the menacing posture of the relations
between Turkey and Greece with feelings
of sincere alarm. Were Russia acting in
harmony with the other Powers on this
question, there would be no occasion what
ever for these painful apprehensions But
here is presented the real dialculty, which
him for years surrounded "thetastern ques-.
lion" with embarrassnients the more 'per
plexing, since no possible solution has
seemed to promise satisfaction to all parties.
While Russia, indifferent to the existerce of
Terkey, is tenectous of her long-cherished
design to absorb all of the Ottoman terri
tory which includes the control of the
channels to the Black Sea, the other Earn-
Peen Powers very justly regard that pordini
of Turkey, which adjoins these channels on
either side, as In fact the only basis of her
political oxletence. When Turkey loses
the command of the Bosphorus and of
the Sea of Marmora, she will instantly
disappear, not only from the theatre of
European politics, but even from existence
as an Asiatic State. When Turkey in Eu
rope shall be blotted from the map, there
will remain only an Asiatic province, held
by a barbarous race, and destined to the
same speedy absorption which is now ex
tinguishing the small States eastward from
the Caspain Sea to the frontiers of British
India. Europe looks on, if not with indif
ference, at least with a sense of its inability
- to interfere,. while Russia step by step over
runs and swallows up tribe after tribe of the,
Caucasus, and has already advanced her
conquests into Bokhara and up to the Per
sian border. When Turkey becothes pure
ly Asiatic, her fate will be equally certain,
and equally a matter of little moment to
European politics. Hence, the interest
i s
which engaged othe European powers to sus
tain her against R inn encroachments. The
Eastern question h nges altogether upon the
European status of Turkey, and that, in its
turn. depends altogether upon the integrity
of the Ottoman hold upon the territory be
tween the Black Sea and the Mediterra
nean.
While Turkey is thus sustained by the
other powers as a barrier against Russian ad
vancement, the feeble kingdom of Greece, --=J
erected by way of a protest against the per
petuation of Mohammedan rule over a Chris
tian people, and marking ndt so much a po
litical necessity as an assertion of civiliza
tion against barbarism—has come to play
an important part in the struggle. Russian
policy regards Greece as affording merely a
cover for its designs against Tuticey, and a
pretext for its aggressive demands, and , not
the obstacle, which other Powers bare pro
posed, in its way to - Constantinople. The
Russian policy is to gain its ends by eni
broiling Greece with Turkey, and is best
defeated by keeping the peabe. But these
two nations are now on the brink of
actual hostilities. Disputes, inflamed by
Russian influence, ;and complicated with
a revolt instigated by ' the same pow
er, in the islands which are still under
the Turkish flag, have culminated in open
preparations for war. Unless this can be
arrested by the interposition of the other
Powers, it is easy to foresee they must take
part in the quarrel, and this wouid,result in
a general disturbance of the , Continent.
None of these powers desire wax,Cnot even
Russia, but Russia alone can be the gainer,
if the other great nations stand afoot' from
the confliet. The question, therefore, is
whether she is to succeed, in the ends of
her subtle diplomacy, without the opposi
tion of France, Austria and England, or in
spite of it—and that question is now em
barrassing Europe. Its solution cannot al.
ways be deferred,'nor, do we think, can it
be long arrested.
THE ALASKA SCANDAL.
A few days ago we detailed with some
particularity the charges made by the Wor
cester (Mass.) Spy, (whose editor is a mem
ber of Congress,) of corruption in the mat
ter of the appropriation for the paying the
price of purchase of Alaska. In substance,
these charges were that of $7,200,000 stipu
lated by treaty to be paid, only $5,000,000
were paid over to the Russian representa
tives, while $200,000 of the balance -was
divided among newspaper men. Where the
other $2,000,000 went was not specifically
stated, but the impression left was that di
vision thereof was made among members of
Congress. •
This statement was improbable in some
essential particulars; for it awarded large
pecuniary gratification to newspapers which
consistently opposed the treaty from first to
last.
The Congressional Committee, in its in
vestigation into these charges, seems- to
have reached tho bottom. Mr. ROBERT
J. WALKER, who was the principal agent
of the Russian government in engineering
the passage of the treaty, testified substan
tially as follows:
"In May last Baron Stoeckl, the Russian •
Minister here, sent for him and expressed
a desire that he should give his aid in se
curing the appropriation' for the purchase
of Alaska. The Baron-at the time seemed
frightenediand despondent of ever receiv
ing any money for his icebergs. Mr. Wal
ker refused to enter his service in the
capacity of a lobbyist, but agreed to act as
counsel. Stoeckl accepted his proposition,
and agreed to make his fee $20,000. Mr.
Walker immediately prepared a pamphlet
on the merits of Alaska, and distributed it
broadcast among Congressmen and the
newspaper press of the country. He-also
closely watched the bill while pending in
Copgress, and wrote almost daily commu
nitions on the subject, which ths Chronicle
and Intelligencer of this city very kindly
: published. When the bill .for the appro.
priation fairly came before Centrress, - Baron
Stoeckl voluntarily increased the amount
of Mr. Walker's fee - to $23,000. After the
appropriation had been secured, Mr. Wal
ker was paid $26,000 in gold certificates.
Out of this sum, the only money he paid
was $5,000 in greenbacks to Mr. F. P. Stan
ton, his associate counsel. A short time
afterward, he called on Stoeckl, and said to
him that the Chronicle newspaper had been
very obliging and kind in printing his com
munications and commenting editorially
thereon, and he thought it should be given
some little present as a recompense.
Stoeckl was of like opinion, and gave Wal
ker $3,000 for the' purpose. Walker after
ward called on Colonel Forney, but that
gentleman said that he had nothing to do
with the matter, and refused to take the
money. Mr . Walker then sought Mr. D. C.
Forney, the publisher of the Chronicle, and
paid him for the Chronide that amount."..
The i Russian government. or, at least, its
Minister, received from the Treasury the
ful6ium agreed upon, and peld its attorney
liberally for his services in Jooking after its
interests. Neither $2,000,000 nor any other
sum Was left, as reported, with a Washing
ton binker, to be divided between the repre
sentatives of leading journals. The scenes.
tions to that purport, seeem to have been
fabricated out of the purest conjecture by
those enterprising gentlemen who furnish
Washington specials and delight in sensa
tional falsehoods." •
Farther investigation may change this as
pect of the case. If so, the public will
not have to wait long for the evidence.
-. : At a meeting held at ; Halifax, N. S., at
which all the prominent anti-confederates
of the city were present, a constltntion for
a repeal league was adopted and arrange
ments made to organize branch leagues
throughout the province.
TIIUMEUS STEVENS.
During the proceedings of the House on
Thursday last, in memory of the late dis
tinguished Pennsylvania statesman, our
own Representative, Gen. J. K. MOORHEAD,
spoke as follows:
Mr. Speaker my acquaintance with Thad
deus Stevens began during the administra
tion of Governor Ritner, of Pennsylvania,
about the year 1836. He was then a bold
and daring leader of his party. Always in
advance of public opinion, he constantly
antagonized it with a valor and boldness un
equaled. IJusually political leaders ascer
tain' the current and drift of public.senti
meat and accommodate themselves to it.
Not - so with him. He formed his own
opinions and acted on his own convictions.
Opposition, so far from weakening his re
solves, only nerved him for whatever effort
was necessary to the accomplishment of his
purpOse. He created publfc opinion and
moulded public sentiment. . In thii, above
all other traits, lay the greatness of IThad
dens Stevens. He was always ready to de
fend his views, never shrinking from any
Iservice required by his fidelity to duty.
'The victims overthrown by his . power and
logic, and impaled by his wit, irony and.
sarcasm, are legion. Many of them, like
himself; have gone to their reward; others
remain, retaining a lively recollection of the
old Commoner.
While he was at times terribly severe,
and more rarely discourteous, and some
times in the intensity of political excite
ment wounded the feelings of his friends,
Yet at heart he was eminently kind, gener
ous and forgiving.
The history of his public life is before the
world; his name and fame are a part of.the
possession-of the people. While free gov
ernment endures Thaddeus Stevens will be
remembered with honor, and his services in
its maintenance will be recalled with grati
tude. But his greatest achievements were
undoubtedly his agency in the establishment
of the common school system of Pennsylva
nia and in the emancipation of four million
slaves. Both these great measures would
undoubtedly have been • adopted in time
without him, but both were hastened by his
strong and able support. •
When a member of the Pennsylvania Leg-
islature, in 1833, he commenced, hie public
advocacy of free schools; many of our in
dustrious, frugal, agricultural population
believed that every man should take care of
his own family and educate his children or
'not as seemed to him best. •
The idea of taxing one man to pay for
schooling the childrenof another was looked
upon by themes an Innovation and an injus
tice. Hie constituency held a meeting and
instructed him to oppose the proposition. He
boldly refused, !denounced_ them fdr their
selfishness;'carried his, measure, and also a
majoritrof his constituents with him. The
abolition of slavery is too recent' and his
action too well known, not only . to the peo
ple of the United States but of the world, to
require any comment of mine. I cannot
refrain, however, from saying that in 1850,
being a visitor in this city, I obtained
through the courtesy of a friend admittance
to the floor of the House. Mr. Stevens was
upon the floor at the time, speaking on
the evils of slavery. The leading mem
bers from the slaveholding States were gath
ered in front of his desk. As he portrayed
the degradation and crime of slavery in
such a manner as be only could portray
them scowls settled upon their brows,—Con
"tempt curled their lips, and oaths could,. be
distinctly heard hissing between their teeth.
This was in the days when southern gentle
men enforced their arguments with an ap
peal to ihe'duel, and southern ruffians re
' sorted to the bowie-knife and bludgeon. I
felt alarmed for him, but he proceeded un-
embarrassed by interruptions and appa
rently unconscious of the mutterings of the
storm. As, reaching his climax,: he spoke
of Virginia, ' the proud moths ; of Presi
dents, be coming a breeder of sla es for the
iouthern ma:let, the anger of her Repre
sentatives could scarcely be restrained; yet
he was as coil as if addressing a fury in his
county court-house.
This conveniently illustrates the last re
mark I wish to make, namely, that Thad
deus Stevens was pre-eminently 'a brave
man, who would do and dare everything in
the vindication of what he believed to be
the truth. But, Mr. Speaker, he' is gone;
peace l4' to hie ashes. Vermont has the
honor of hishirth, Pennsylvania the more
enduring honor of having adopted him as
her n; for were not her valleys his home,
her t mples of justice his shrine, her legis
lativ balls his first political prize, her peo
ple is constituents, her interests his study,
her , rogress his delight, her honor his glory,
and not her soil his grave ? Let us imi
tate his virtues and cherish his memory.
THE Cincinnati Gazette says :
It is currently reported that negotiations
are in progress for the lease of the Little
Miami and Columbia& Xenia roads, by the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company.
This would shut out from a connection
with this city the Newt York Central, Lake
Shore, and Cleveland to Columbus roads—
the roads wnich are in the Vanderbilt in
terest. This may lead to the construction
of anew line from Dayton to Cincinnati, as
the Cleveland & Columbus Company have
secured;by the purchase of the Delaware
road, .a linelo the former city. The New
York Central interests will hardly be satis
fied, under the circumstances. to have their
southwestern terminus at Dayton.
A meeting of the landholders in Elk, Mc-
Kean and,Cameron counties, of Pennsylva
nia, was held at New York last week, for
the purpose of considering the practicability
of constructing a railroad connecting those
counties and their coal fields with Buffalo,
Rochester and the lakes. It was resolved
to solicit the Commissioners for receiving
subscriptions to open'books for subscription
immediately in New York and; Philadelphia.
PENNSYLVANIA. AHEAD !—The following
flgureeshow that Pennsylvania is not quite
so slow as some would have her people sup
pose. It Rives the increase in the vote of
.seven leading States since 1860:
Vote In 1860. Vote In 1868.
199,175 1 95,482
States.
Masstizhusetts
Now Hainpanite
New York -
Pennsylvania....
I , L•o
lllmola .....
Michigan ...
From these figures it appears that whereas
the vote of Massachusetts and New Hamp
shire respectively has increased but 26,000
and 2,000, that for New York has increased
171,000; Pennsylvania, 182,000; Ohio, 77,-
000; Illinois, 110,009; Michigan, 68.000.
LACE COTTON is a new variety of this use
ful plant, now attracting the attention of
the Southern Agriculturists. It is already
raised in Texas, and will probably be intro
duced in other parts of the South. Lace
Cotton is reported to be superior to any
other variety for poor soil or uplands, a
strong healthy growth, and yielding heav
ily. It strength is equal to a strain of seven
and a half pounds to each thread, while a
similar thread of the best American cotton
will support a weight of only five pounds.
It is said to resemble Egyptian cotton, which
in England is worth one.fourth more than
American.
.—A tire at Albion, N. Y,, Saturday morn
ing destroyed the Empire Block. Thetfol
lowing are the chief losses : Mr. Dirustnore,
nn building, $lO,OOO, insured for 86,000; Cale
& Sheldon, $12,600; insured for $8,000; Or
leans American Office, 57,000: insured for
$2,500; John Bradshaw. hatter, $3,000; no
insurance; C. D. urn, $3,900.
—At Cincinnati Judge Pugh was held by.
the United States Commissioner in two
thousand dollars bail to appear before the
Grand Jury in April, charged with isstdrig
fraudulent naturalization papers. This is
the third
l ease against him on the same
charge.
COUGHS; COUGHS, COLDS, COLDS,
When a per takes cold the lungs become
charged with phlegm, which oppressing the eon •
ititution i natural effort Is made for a relief.
Thus effort iS a cough. The only safe and prudent
remedies to `be'adopted are those which assist na
ture in its work, by loosening the phlegm and excl.
ting a freed° l m of expectoration until the evil is re.
moved. DR. SARGENT'S COUGH SYRUP is ad
mirably adapted t i o promote expectoration, ease the
breathing, lOosen'the phlegm, abate the fever, and
allay the tickling which OCCIISIOIIII the cough, with
out tightenl i ng the chest, or in any way injuring the
system, and for all temporary and local affections,"
such as irritation of the throat, hoarseness of the
voice, influenza, dc., It is of incalculable valuez_Es
pecially at this inclement season of the year it
I •
would be well for every family to have this valuable
remedy at hand. Prepared -byOEO. A. H.Et.LY.
Wholesale Druggist, corner Wood street and Second
avt nue, Plttsbutih, and for sale by all druggists
and dealers kit medicine. 50 cents per bottle.
_
THE TRU E. MEDICAL DOCTRINE.
Nature, when struggling with disease, indicates
nomisiakeably the kind of assistance she sentare&
In cues of nervous weakness and general debility,
the feebled pulse, the lack.lestre eye, tne attenuated
frame, the flaccid muscles, the atelanclio'Y visage.
informs us as plainly as if each , or ranitinfa tongue,
that a medaxted 'atimurant is needed. It does nob
require the sid of a medical edication to understand
this dumb ap t- peal for new vigor, from an exhausted
system. Every reader cf these lines can comprehend
Must is well as the graduate of a physician's col
lege. Let not this demand of enfeebled nature be
neglected. 'Bespond to It promptly by commencing
a course HOSTETPER'S STOMACH BITTERS, a
preparation uniting, In their highest excellence,
the properties df a STIMULANT, an INVIGOnART,
and au ji.LTEB.ATITZ. Before three days have elapsed
from the taking of the first dose, a marked benelicit.
change will be manifest in the bodily aria mental
condhion or the patient. The pulse will be stronger
and more regular, the eye will begin to lose its dull
expression,lt he muscular and nervous system to re
r their tenidon, and the spirits to improve, Per
severe, audit. complete revivication of the denress.
ed animal and mental powers is certain. In cases of
dyspepsia and bill lo eness. the same salutary results
will be obtained. The appetite will revive. the sal.
lowness of the skin disappear, and all the distress
ing•symp,oirs which accompany disorders. of the
stomach and liver, will rapidly subside. Thocold of
winter' o ft en int:wines these complaints by ch ek
ing the perspirator7 action, by which so much mor
bid matter is evaporated through the pores in mild
er weather, and therefore the BITTERS are"espeel
ally useful to the dyspeptic and billions at this sea
son.
THE GREATEST OF ALL COUGH
At this time of the year, when the streets and
payments are covered with snow and ulash, it is .
no wonder that the natural pores and conducts OT
the body become obstructed, and whole communi
ties become aflected with coughs and pulmonary
and throat ailments. One of the very best cures for
all these diseaseewill be found In DR. KEYSER'S.
PECTORAL SYRUP, which at once sets free the
imprisoned matter, removes tie obstruction, and.
allays the irritability of the nervous system in such
a'Way as to do no injury to health, or interfere with
one's usual avocations. R hat a te.es slug it must be
to have so potent a remedy in the house as DR.
KEYSER'S'PECTORAL SYRUP, which, for over
twenty years, has gained en the aft etions and re
stored the health of thousands of our people. To
get th best of what is going is a good rule in any.
thing , but It Is especialiy true with regard to medi
cine, and there is no cough medicine. that we know'
of, of equal potency, both as a cure and preventive
than Dd. IL EYSEit'S PECTORALfIiTRIIP.
Sold at , the great Nedlettte Store, No. 140 Wood
street• WILL REMOVE AFTER JANUARY. let
to 187 LIBERTY STREET, two doOrs below Saint
Glair. • •
DR. ICEYSEIVS RESIDENT OFFICE for LUNG
EXAMINATIONS AND THE TREATMENT OP
OBSTINATE CHRONIC DISEASES, IRO PENN
STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA. 0111 Co hours. from
A. K. ONT.H. 4P. H,
Dec , mhor 18 ISAR
we- zrorniss-" To Let,•• ••179, date,"' ••Leet. 9
Wants.. , "Amite!, I "Boarding.” &e., not ete.
ending FO fIR 'MBES welt vitt be inserted in then
columns ones for TWENTY-FIVE OENIV toel
additionalliw. IVE CENTS.
.r.e.nouw.nowe,e,...,,,eeeeeeedwv•
ANTED—A few salesmen to
go to the country and sell goods on commis
sion. Address Box 684, Pittsburgh. Pa.
GWANTED—HELP -At Emidoy-
Went Office, No. St. Clair Street, 130 Y: S
RE.B and MEN, for different kinds of employ
ment. Persona :wanting help of all kinds can he
supplied on short notice.
WAN TE D- AGENTS-00 to .
$2OO PER MONTH—To sell a New Book
pertaining to Agriculture aid the Mechanic Arts,
by 0 Rußerk. E. WAILING. Beg., the distinguished
Author sad Agritnltund Engineer of the New York
Central Park, St- Nothinc like It: 200 Engra
vings Sells at sight to Farmers. Mechanics and
workingmen of all classes. Send for Circulars. A.
L. TALCuTTrt CO., 58 Market street, Pittsburgh,
Penna. • de7-:.,wr
WANTED . . Thiity to Fifty
houiand ALLEGHENY VALLEY It.kIL
WAY BONDS In exchange fur productive city
Tproperty, Also Brat ci 'es mortgage security. for
wenty-Five Thou-and Dollars, three or rive years
i•• run for cacti. Address D. L., care Postoilice Box
536.
•
MO LET—Two most Convenient
HOUSES—One with eight rooms and the other
eleven, on Dv th-stre-t ar Penn, opposite Christ'
Church. - • Inqui , e at 277 Penn street.
TO LET. .. -TYPO HANDSOMELY
furnished rooms. with gas and tire. oneton first
fluor. and une front up stairs. Inquire at 199 Third
avenue.
I oi" RENT—The • large four
A: story WM Mg. 38 ttMITHFIED STREEF, at
present occupied bv Messrs. T. B. Young A. Co., as
a Furniture Warehouse. Possession Ist of April
next. Enquire of SIMON JOHNSION, eorner of
Smithticld street and Fourth avenue.
r - fl LET—A furnished: Sleeping
ROOM, suitable for one or two gentlemen,l
the house of a private family, No. 220 LACOOS
STREET, Allegheny city.
VOR SALE-BUSINESS STAND-
nes& stand, with stock and fixtures, ie offered for
sale. Sags( ictory reasons are given for the distice.,
sal. Apply at 77 WOOD STREET.
.. 65,943
. 675,256
. 476,442
, 444441
. .T 39,606
. 154,747
69,269
846085
(15,7.„662
919,214
449,436
212%830
FOB SALE—Boarding - House
00011 WILL—The subset Iher Mb re for Bala
her long established Boarding House. 79'ePRING
AL i.k.l . between the Um man Catholic %arch and
Fill b Ward Ma' ket House. It has now eighteen or
twenty g.iod coating boarders, and enjoys excellent
reputation. MAKOARETTE
FOR SALE—That fine two story
brick warehouse. Stk by 64 feet. situated on
0910 dTEEET. Allegheny.elty, No. 93, n,w occu
pied as a P lout. and Grain Warehouse- Also, that
two star. brick d s ellleg house, AO by 04 feet, ad •
JcAnins the above conistning tux rooms For
further particulars enquire on thwpremises of M.
STEEL & dON.
FOR • SALE—COAL WORREk—
Located on the Central Chip nivisznn of the
altimore tnu Ohio Railroad. efahty..eigut miles
east of Columbus, in I-rt.:miry county, Ohio. 170
acres of Coal Bank, opening only 100 feet from the
railroad, with all necessary bank cars mutes, tools,
houses for miner s
, blacksmith 'hop, railroad sid—
ing, de. Price imsoutro. Terms, 45.000 csaht
tnuanco In east, or will take an active partner with
a cash capital of $7,000. batisrectory moms
given for selling. Apply to, or address 'IIOFT &
PHILLIPS, Real. Bathe, Agents, No. 139. Fourth.
ave"ue.
Fon SALE--FARIII, 2OO acres
of good Land, situated' In Penn Tp., West..
moreland County , two miles from Irwin Station, on
. the Penna. H. It. Improvements, hewed log house
lin good repair, bank barn and order outbulidthits•
Terms moderate. Enquire of W. WILSON, stain'
mere Station. or R. A. HOPE. Penn Station.
. •
Fog SALE—A first . clais Retail
Drug re bto In a very desirable liseation. Ad
ref s R0x.1317. Pittsburgh.
FOR SALE-DRUG STORD-4
drat class retail drug More In a Yen' desirable
itton, Terms easy. Address box TO*, Pltto.
MEDICINES.
WANTED-HELP.
WANTED-AGENTS
WANTS.
TO LET
FOR SALE
A well known and prosperous wholesale bug-