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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1868.
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onor.ning's GAzorric---Seeond page: Pastry.
"LoveLiyhtens Labor," Ephemeris
~13/ised
Zany. Third and Sixth Pages: Binanciat,
Calmer eial, Markets, ' and River News.
Seventh page: Farm, Garden and House
laid. Amusement _Directory.
(k)in closed in New York yesterday
at 184
PRISIDENT JOHNSON abandons the Eight•
hour rule in the public employment, and
ordere the payment of workmen for the time
employed and no more.
. A' GAP. OF ONLY 010 and 6 half days'
staging now interrupts our railway from
ocean to ocean. It is Winter, but a favora
ble one, and the worir g of construction goes
on. An April day is now likely to see an
unbroken continuity of rails. . '
TEN Cow:Kamm investigating the Alaska
affair .have examined I Secretary Szw-Leu
and a number of leading journalists, but
elicit no proof showing that corrupt means
were employed to - secure the passage of the
appropriation'. The Russian Minister de
clines, under instructions from his govern
ment, to appear as a witness, and this will
surprise no one who considers the proprie
ties of the case.
IT mama that the decreased tax on. wills.
ky yields larger - returns to the treasury.
Your months of the two dollar tax in 1867
produced a revenue of $5,000,000, and the
corresponding four months of 1868, at fifty
cents tax, yielded nearly $9,000,000. -It is
probable that even this increase would have
been still greater, had not the stealings of
Kr. Joausoa's official brigade increased in
an inverse proportion to the diminished ex
cise.
TSs lIENWIRONAL story that CUEITAS.'S
Indian fight was really a butchery of a
- friendly tribe, has been effectually exploded
by late and reliable information, which
shows that the completeness of the victory
was in a great measure owing to the weak
ened force of the enemy, a large number of
'whom were, at the tine of CtrsTAß's attack,
sway in war•partiea against the whites.
General SnitnmAx's opinion, that "the
fight is pretty well knocked out" of the
savages, will be welcomed by the country.
RETRENCIDIKENT, HONESTY AND CAPACITY
were very fareibly indicated by SCHUYLER
Comix, in his speech at Philadelphia, on
Saturday, as the three great index-marks
along the only !pad which can lead the
American people back to'a right administra
tion of their governMent, and to a restored
public credit. And in that road, the Re
publican party, led by GRANT and CoLFAx,
purposes to march on. We haveno o nse
whatever for any "bummers," to plunder
along the flanks, and all such will come to
grief, if they forget when next March comes
around.
In his recent speech at Birmingham, Mr.
Jolla BRIGHT said:
_"I have o ft en said—l have said it in Par
liament; I have said it in your Town Hall,
and I have said it a hundred times in pri
vate—ihat though we had a legal, right to
r the belligerent rights of the
Bout , we had no,-moral right to do it at the
precise time, or in the precise manner in
which it was done. I have always said, and
I maintain, that it was done at a time' and
to a manner which caused injury and un
necessary offence to the Government and
people of the 'United States."
We believe that the real sentiment of the
English nation is herein expressed. We
believe, moreover, that it was the recogni
tion Of, this, as the ruling opinion of the
kingdom, which_led the D'lsnazu cabinet
to embody it substantially in the protocol
with our Minister. And we further believe
that tho' Cabinets have changed, the sober,
second thought of the English people re
mains fixed in the conclusion to do the sub
stantial justice which Mr. BRIGHT'S decla
ration foreshadows.. His official position, as
a membei of the GLADSTONE Cabinet, lends
much additional significance to the declara
tion above quoted.
, IT . i /8 very gratifying to note the rapid
growth of a substantial interest in all that
relates to agriculture. Especially . is this
evinced, by the remarkable improvement, of
rite, in the journals and magazines which
are diiiroted to this department of industry.
One cannot but believe that the farmer, no
longer deipising "book-learning," has
14)1110 not only to read these journals, bit to
demand the very best for his money when
we see the large number of these, employing
the highest grade of scientific talent and of
practical ability, and profusely Illustrated
Arthsts of merit, which are now compet
,
ing for the public favor. The latest of the
rivals, and, as we cannot help think
ing, the most promising and attrac
tive, is the Hearth and Home, the
first number of which has just come to us--
a weekly sheet, of sixteen large pages, edi
ted by DONALD G. Mrratesa, ("lir Mar
vel") and Mrs. H. B. STOWE, contributed
to by 0. W. Howns, W. C. BHYANT,
GRACE GREENWOOD,.. , T. TBOWDBXDGE,
MADAME LEVERT, ani we havn't room to
say how many other well known writers,
and illustrated by NAST and other artists of
'similar merit. The only trouble with it is
that it may be too cheap at $4 per year.
But the publishers (PETrixonx, Bwr)ts &
Co., 37 Park Row N.Y.,) say they can keep
it up, and keep it constantly improving.
This is a large contract, but we luxe know'
that firm a good while, and have always
found their word as good as their bond.
Tae PIIOGREBS of the elections, for the
Spanish Cortez afford& decisive proof of the
national‘ preference for h monarchical form
of government. Thu far, these elections
are.•. confined to the Cities, the vote in the
provinces being. taken at
.a later day. In
Spain, as in all Other European countries,
the Republican or Democratic element is
chiefly confined to the towns, and the pres
ent triumph of the monarchical sentiment
is therefore the more noticeable. The
friends of a Republic are beaten on their
own ground, while the rural districts will
be nearly unanimous against them. This
shows how little is to be hoped for by those
who would have Spain a Republic.
It is fortunate; for the natural, unimpe
ded and pacific solution of the political diffi
culties of that kingdom, that the Great Pow
ers, including hei powerful and rest•
less neighbor on the other side of. the
Pyrenees, find their present attention occu
pied by events at the opposite border of Eu
rope. The Eastern question was always a
critical one in Continental politics, and
never more critically embarrassing than 'as it
is presented now. While the Powers are
occupied in resisting Russian ambition in
the East, Spain will enjoy that immunity
from their interference, which is the only
thing now requisite to ensure a happy end
for her domestic embarrassments. Her
danger lay in French intervention, whether
by intrigue or by open demonstrations—and
from that danger the rising war-cloud in the
Levant has effectually delivered her.
REBEL HOWLS BY TELEGRAPH
The people of Tennessee and Arkansas
already perceive the solid advantage result
ing from the election of General GRANT.
Their State authorities are encouraged to
administer the laws with greater vigor,
against the Ka-Klux and other rebel organ
izations, whether secret or open, and the
ruffians who, in the autumn, were embold
ened in impunity by President .IOFINSON
and his Democratic backers, to assassinate
their: loyal neighbors, no longer see any
safety in outrage. To be sure, they howl
all the lender against Governors Briowri-
Low, CLAYTON and the loyal militia, who
are in the field to maintain - civil law, but
their lying telegrams through the Associated
Press neither shed blood nor break
bones. The "Little Rock — apeciala to
the Memphis Avdianehe" tell horrible
- tales, if we are to believe them, which no
sensible man does, but, execrable reading as
these are, we think whole columns of them
would be preferable to Ku-Klux bullets.
The Southern rebels, substituting these pa
per pellets for the leaden ones' in fashion in
October, are accepting the situation as peace
fully as their own spirit of malignity will
permit. In the meantime,"the loyal South
ern Press affords the facts which correet the
telegraphic bulletins of falsehood. Neither
in Arkansas nor in Tennessee, have we yet
learned of a Solitary, well-authenticated in
stance of outrage committed by "the loyal
State troops. On the contrary, says the
Memphis Post
We understand that Major Danforth, of
Gov. Clayton's staff, has investigated mat
ters at Augusta, and expressed himself
much pleased with the orderly conduct of
the troops there. We are assured that no
thieving - Whatever is allowed by General
Upham. The militia is under excellent
discipline for troops so suddenly called into
service, and for so brief a period. The Ku-
Klux would howl whatever the conduct of
these officers of the law. They cherish a
deadly hostility toward anything which
looks like the enforcement of the law and
the protection of loyal citizens from their
worse, than savage vengeance.
GEORGIA.
The Senate Judiciary Committee, instruct
ing the presentation of the • EDMUNDS bill,
are understood to indicate thereby the dis
position to be made by Congress of the
Georgia question. This action accords with
the advice of Goy. BuLtocic, and, adhering
to the root and branch policy, which is the
life and strength; the brains and the blood,
of a sound Republican doctrine; 'avoids the
fatal, half-way, temporizing compromises
with the 'rebels which not a few friends of
the Union in Georgia have inclined to ad
vocate.
It is neither our fault, nor theirs, that
Georgia finds herself to-day in a position
more equivocal, and certainly not the less
excluded from her Constitutional relations,
than she was in three years ago. The wisest
thing the rebels can ask is_to be remitted to
that position in which her new Constitution
was first presented for the approval of her
people; where they may manifest, too clearly
to be mistaken and too decidedly to be re
pudiated, their cordial acceptance, in all its
length and breadth, of that unalloyed Repub
licanism which is, and is to be, for all the
late rebel States, their most auspicious hope
and their inexorable fate. .
The radical sentiment of this people di.
mends liberty and equality for all men, and
this is not the hour to be recreant to that
sentiment. iWe have before our eyes the
stains yet fresh of rebel butcheries commit
ted in the exulting belief of the lost cause
regained. Seeing our danger, we have
throttled it with a mighty power. We have
driven one President from office becatise of
his bitter hate to the populai policy, and
another is chosen to that place as the em
bodiment of a Radicalism which is Wise,
and merciful, statesmanlike and humane
'PITTSBURGH GAZETTE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 18611:
exactipas it , is•thorough-going and onyield.
•
The situation in Georgia is, at the best, a
drawn battle for Republicanism. To ac
cept it, in any of its shameful particulars,
would be a confession of our own incapaci
ty to administer the government upon Our
own principles, and it would be a fatal con
cessioni for the future repose of that State
itself. Republicanism, the most radical and
uncompromising, as the popular voice has
just now vindicated it gloriously, expresses
alike the demands of a loyal North and the
permanent safety of a reconstructed South.
We regard, therefore, the indications at
Washington with a sincere gratification.
Congress will be radical in its purposes,
consistent in their execution, tenacious of
even the least of the fruits of last month's
great victory, and conceding nothing to the
spirit of rebellion, in Georgia or elsewhere,
except that mercy which has already awak
ened the admiration of Christendom.
So we may hope for the final and =evoca
ble consecration of each and all of these
thirtY-seven States to a sentiment of Llign
ty, purer and more perfect than was dreamed
of at Jamestown or Plymouth.
THE RAILWAY QUESTION.
Believing in Free Discussion, we open
our columns this morning to a correspon
dent who g reviews, not with fairness, but
otherwise in excellent temper, articles which
lately appeared in this journal upon rail
way impediments in the streets of this city.
That his paraphrase of our points may not
cause us to be misunderstood, and that the
whole subject may appear in a proper and
better light, we append a few explanatory
notes :
1. The GazzrrE has not objected to rea
sonable accommodations being conceded to
the Connellsville Railroad Company within
the city limits. Not only have we no hos
tility to that Company, but we are bold to
say that we have constantly exhibited a
genuine friendship thereto; and at times in
a way to make that friendship of real account.
2. What we have urged, and still urge,
is, that the inhabitants of the city are
greatly inconvenienced by the passage of
railway trains through its principal streets;
that it does not follow because mistaxes
touching this matter have heretofore been
made either by Connell. or the Legislature,
that these errors of judgment should be re
peated; and that instead of authorizing fresh
obstructions it will be wise to lessen those,
already existing, if they cannot be wholly
removed. This evil can be adjusted now,
with less cost in money to the respective
companies, than at any future period, and
for the plain reason that real estate in and
about the city is constantly advancing in
value, and, in all probability, will continue ,
to advance.
3. We do not understand why our corre
spondent should use the - phrase "a true
Union Depot," to indicate that the one now
existing is not entitled to the name. Any
depot is a true: "union" one, which serves
the purposis of two or more companies. ,
This one accommodates five. In no town
as large as this, in the IJ4ited States or else
where, do alb the railways con centrate at a
single, point. Such a concentration would
be injurious and unbearable., Beyond a
certain degree it Is not only better, but in
dispensable, that important interests should
be _separated rather than be huddled to
gether. The idea of bringing all the Banks
in the, city, into one room,or even under one
roof, would be preposterous.
4. What the Connellsville Company
wants is not so much to get to the Union
Depot as through the tunnel of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, or, failing in
that, to get a line of its across the city.
That it has precisely as nauch right to such a
facility as the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany had when it got the concession, is un
qtestionable. Back of that is the question
Whether the tracks of either of these com
panies ought to be allowed to traverse the
streets. We think the evil, as it exists,
ought to be abated, if not extirpated, rather
than enlarged. •
5. We do not understand that the Fort
Wayne' road has been leased. oil is likely to
be. Whether leased •or not, the company
owning or running that road is a common
carrier, and cannot refuse to transport for
all corners. Even the Pennsylvania Rail
road carries for the ,Connellsville to the
amount of a thouskind dollars a day, and is
glad to get the business, as, doubt
less, the Connellsville carries for it, and
willingly.
6. If the tunnel belongs to the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, which is certain,
it has the right to say whether it will sell it in
whole or in part or not. It is "no dog in the
manger policy" for a man having a thing of
his own, which he wants to use, to refuse to
sell or lease it. The same is equally true
of a company. It would seem to be much
more like "a dog In the manger" transac
tion for the Connellsville managers to insist
that the Pennsylvania managers shall not
be accommodated, it the same time greatly
relieving the streets, and responding to the
general commercial wants of the inhabit
ants of the city, unless they shall also be
accommodated, and in such a way as to
create serious additional obstruction to the
free use of the streets for the-purposes for
which they were made.
7. Wo protest as stoutly as our corres
pondent against one company or combina
tion of companies being forced to go
round, because all the room that can be
spared has been given to another. But,
let both protestants consider, that when all
has been given, nothing remains to be dis
posed of. Does our correspondent see to
what conclusion bile logic brings him !
B. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
wanted a direct connection through Phila
delphia to New York. which was of vast
importance to it. 'The Company running
between New York and Philadelphia
wanted an unbroken communication be
tween New York and Pittsburgh; by way
of Philadelphia. Facilities were, also; de
dred
by the Noir Jersey Company and its
&Mame for getting through from New
York to Baltimore, without; changing care.
TAG VaPill 'lnterests of these, vom
. ,
parties brought them together, and they
made a bargain. We should rejoice to see
the companies here come together from like(
cause, and on an equally satisfactory-foot
ing. Quite a different result might have
been produced had the Philadelphia Coun
cils attempted to coTpel companies to co
alesce whose interests drove them apart.
But, it must not be forgotten that the two
Companies co-oparating at West Philadel
phia use neither the same Depots npr offices
in common, but each is entirely separated
from the other by a high fence. The New
Jersey- Company allows the Pennsylvania
Company a certain amount of trackage and
motive-power, by which .it largely advan
tages itself, and the Pennsylvania Company
grants the other a plat of land for Depot and
offices--the two Companies not being rivals
at all, but drawn together by mutual inter
ests.
9. Our correspondent- avers that he is "a
Veteran in the Cause." What cause? In
tie railroad war; clearly, that he says has
raged hers for twenty years. He appears to
be so delighted with the strife that we fear
he is inclined to protract the warfare twenty
years longer. To what end? Has the City
or its business men actually made so much
out of this warfare as to render it profitable?
Count the trophies, and estimate the value.
Loss on railway stock and bonds, needlessly
incurred, at least $2,000,000. Loss of mu
nicipal reputation timunhout the State and
elsewhere. Loss of ease and quietude, and
those reciprocal relations which should al
ways exist b/tween improvement Compa:
nies and the people they serve. Are we
really'threatened with twenty years more of
this contention, that "Veteran," like a war
horse, snuffs the fray Roil atar, and paws
impatiently to run to meet it? We are not
like minded. NOr shall we, through stress
of circumstances, be forced into the quarrel
it is proposed to renew. "Let us have
Peace."
" 10. If the mediation of COuncils can con
tribute to that end, by all means let It be in
terpOsed; but not exclusively in the inter
ests of one or all of the railway companies,
but primarily to secure the people as fall an
exemption from the annoyances under
which they now, suffer as shall be found
compatible with all the interests that ought
to be taken Into taWaccount. The City can
not afford to go on blockading the streets by
railway occupancy or crossings on the same
grade; ftir this can be done only_ by abso
lutely severing connection, for ordinary
purposes, between the different districts.
To illustrate: Additional impediments in
Liberty-and Penn streets will disconnect
the. Lawrenceville region from the old City.
Inter-communication between them will be
come so perilous as almost entirely to cease.
The present is the turning point. Either
the existing evil will be greatly abated or
altagetherobliteratet it will be hopeless
ly aggravated. It himanifestly better to put
the railway tracks' that now occupy the
streets entirely out of them, or out to as full
a degree as the nature of the ease admits,than
to give permissibn for more to be put there
in, We have endeavored to consider this
whole matter, not in the behalf of any one
company or of all of them, but in the in
terests of the city itself. If the inhabitants
generally, and the business people of all
grades particularly, shall be found anxious
or even willing to increase the hindrances
and dangers that now exist in the highways,
we shall not admire their lack of wisdom
and prudence, but shall submit as gracefully
as we may to their decision.
OUR RAILROAD DEPOTS AND CON.
NECTIONS.
EDITORS OF TEE GAZETTE: I thank you
for your liberal offer to-allow me to present
my views to your readers. through your col
umns on the question of 'our Railroad De
pots and Connections. As I desire to be
brief, I will not tonch upon most of the
matters discussed in your four elaborate edi
torials. The practical point to which 1 1 de
sire to call the attention of your readers is,
Can the proposed enlarged railroad depot be
made a Irue Union Depot for all railroads
centering Pittsburgh? This, I believe,
is in the power of the City Councils to ef
fect. I do not speak of the small local
roads that may in the future be constructed.
These, from the necessity of, the case, must
become branches of one or other of the
trunk lines centering; here and must find
accommodations with the main stem. You
lay five lines already find depot accommoda.
ons in the present depot. As the proposed
enlargement would nearly double the space,
I might ask why could not one more find
accommodations in it. But you say the
presenttcompanies are: identical in interest
—while this Connellsville company is a
- rival to the Pennsylvania Railroad. But,
what of that? You do not pretend to say
that, therefore, it has no rights which the
City Councils are bound to respect. On the
contrary, that is the Very reason why. the
Councils should seek Ito protect the public
in the enjoyment of al fair competition be
tween two competing lines.
But first let me be understood. If lam cor
rectly informed, the Connellavllle companyt
ask no depot accommodations in this new
depot. She has her' own depot, which, by
exi expenditure of some two hundred thous
and dollars, can be made the best depot in
this city. She, however, asks of the City
Councils a mode of extending to connect
with other western roads. If the City
Councils will grant the use of Smithfield,
Liberty and Wayne; streets, so she can
reach the depot of the Chicago and Cleve
land. roads, she asks no favor in the so
called Union Depot. I The route you refer
to by. East Liberty, Sharpsburg and Pine
Creek will answer for through freight, but
certainly the Councils want her passengers
to come through our city. Perhaps the
only way the Councils can secure this will
be by making it a condition in vacating the
streets that a passage way through the tun
nel and depot shall be granted to this, as you
call, rival company. I think you will ad
mit that after the long contest we have had
to secure this Connellsville line to Pitts
burgh, nq member of the • City Councils
really means to shut it off from all western
connections.
I hope that General Cass and the mana
gers of-the Chicago railroad deserve the
compliments you a few days since bestowed
upon them If so, they have given no exclu
sive lease to the Pennsylvania Railroad.
This Chicago Road:will certainly carry
passengers and freight for the Connellaville
line; if not, they. do not deserve tho , com
pliments you bestowed upon them. But if
that road refuses, I violate no confidence 14
seying that, other outlets West will be secured
,by this Baltimore road, which the Pennsyl
vania road cannot control.
I also say that, (the City Councils are
bound to furnish a mode of connection for
such a Western outlet. Of course the Rail
roads that use, will pay for a track through
the tunnel and depot, or, if City Councils
prefer, through our streets.
I do not ask that the Connellsville Com
pany have this right of way free of charge.
All I ask is, that: no dog-in-tbe-manger
policy be allowed to shut them off. I pro
test against any new railroad combination
being forced to go around our city, because
all the ground that can be spared has been
given up to one Company. Our city is un
fortunately crowded in space, has only. a
triangle, bounded on two sides by riv
ers, and is bound to make the best ..use
of this limited spacelto accommodate Rail
roads and also other business. Now all
the room we have to spare will f be inclu
ded in the proposed ,enlarged Union
Depot. I am in favor , of making it
a Oct Union Depot, to accommodate all the
roads that terminate here. The only trou
ble, as appears from your articles, is, that
five companies are already in the present
small Depot. Why, then, cannot another
or two be' accommodated, when this Depot
is doubled in size? Di Philadelphia a pas
sage is allowed.to the New York and Balti
more roads, through the ground owned by
the Pennsylvania Railroad, of a business
double that of ours. Why not also oblige
that company to concede the same right to
the Connellaville Company. here ? The
City Councils are bound to see that this im
portant enterprise is not forced around our
city by the 'dog-in-the-manger policy of a
rival route. I want the Pennsylvania road
to have everything necessary to carry on its
own business. But we had a twenty years'
fight to get the Baltimore road here. We
had a ten years' fight to get a Free Railroad
Law. Neither pi them have done any harm
to this Pennsylvania road. Now, will this
route through her Depot, conceded,by her to
the Balthnore.and New York roads In West-
Philadelphia, do any harm if insisted on here.
I know they will not willingly concede it.
They did not willingly concede either of the
other things until it was forced from them
by the courts and the Legislature. Wis
dom, firmness and dignity on the part of the
City Councils is all that is required to se
cure us a fair competition. This is all
Pittsburgh has ever asked. This she should
insist upon, and this *e will win. "It is a
long lane that has no tarn." I hays for twen
ty years watched the struggle that has been
over these questions. I have no doubt that
we ought to have a larger Union Depot for
railroads, and am in favor of it. But then
I do not want a sham; I want a right-of-way
given to all through routes on fair termi. If
any one refuses, why, let the Councils %in
sist and make it a condition, and then the
Pennsylvania road will yield as she has
done in the past. Excuse the space I have
taken. "A VETERAN IN THE CMISE."
Allegheny. Pollgee.
MESSRS. EDITORS: In Friday's issue Of
the Republic we find a local entitled "Al
legheny Politics." Although not accus
tomed to notice the contents of that dimin
utive Democratic organ with aPy feeling
but contempt, yet the article in question
demands a word of explanation. It refers
to the politics of the First ward. ts objec
tive point is the caucus held in the School
House to make nominations for the ensuing
city elections. Its charges are, that no more
than a dozen persona were present; and
while acknowledging the trustworthiness
of the members of the caucus, it would
have It understood that they were not rep
resentative men. These are the charges.
Now what are the facts? Simply these:
The number present at the caucus was not
one dozen only, but three dozen or more.
Further, that caucus was held with the
express intent of reconstructing the poli
tics of the ward. That they were in a
sadly demoralized condition is known to
every honest man in the ward. There is
always some sore head, but in this case we
know of three.' :We'll not mention names.
One of these never was a Republican
from principle, but from pecuniary cir
cumstances, nor would he have been
one then if the - Democrats had done as
much for his pocket as the Republicans.
The citizens of the ward, alive to their own
interests, think A high time to show their
disapproval of the manner in which the
last campaign was conducted, and while
correcting abuses) in their ward politics,
are not careful to l , preserve the honor and
station of one or two. The ward is not
destitute of citizens of worth, and they de
sire to preserve its good character, and are
as capable of deciding upon the beat means
and men fiir attaining this end as a half
dozen over their) beer, no one of whom
could have written the local, which must
have been furnished by a member of the
unpopular party of Blair's Repudiators.
Though these may seem agrieved, is it not
better thus than to permit them to bring
discredit upon the entire ward? The ar
ticle in question. is somewhat personal,
which we have purposely avoided, and
here we deem it our duty as well as our
privilege to state the facts. and enlighten
these who are willing to see.
Amusements.
The Opera House was attended last night
by a large and fitshionable audience, to
greet Mr. Edwin Booth, who is now ful
filling his second engagement of the sea
son. It is unnecessary to indulge in any
criticism of the interpretation of Shake
speare's brilliant character of Richard the
Third by Mr. Booth, for the reader must
know it to have been incomparable. The
audience was 'deeply moved at times and
manifested in the most expressive manner
the depth of their admiration. Miss Mo-
Vicker, who accompanies Mr. Booth, and
the stock company members, ably sus
tallied their parts. To-night Richelieu will
De presented a role in which Mr. Booth's
classical abilities as a histrion shine mar
vellously forth to enrapture his audience
and leave upon them the impress of his
genius.
In arranging for spending the holidays
pleasantly Ist none forget that there will be
held a Booth matinee on Christmas after
noon and the Saturday afternoon follow
in so that tall will be afforded opportunity
seenfeig and hearing the greatest living
Shakesperian interpreter of the age. The
box book for performances during the week
is now open.
PITTSBURGH THEATRE.—The attendance
at the Old Theatre last night was quite
largo, considering:the — competition In the
way of amusements. The entertainment
was a good one, and the business of the en
tertainment is bound to increase under the
excellent management of Mr. Williams.
The Coal Trade.
The present scarcity of coal, and the
high rates at which it is selling, is the
cause of considerable complaint on the
port of consuniors, and their complaints, as
we take it, are not without foundation.
The supply of coal is fully as large as ever
It was, and the Cost of putting it in market
is no greater than it has been for years;
but owing to the late improvements on the
Monongahela wharf that class of coal deal
ers who shipped their coal to the city in.
boats and barges have been almost com
pletely shut out of the market, and the
result is that the supply from that quarter
being inadequate to the demand, the coal
yards in the city having 'the bualness in
their own hands, are enabled to fix their
own price, and the consumer must pay it.
The city authorities should mate some
arranlemonta or proYlillOns for the seem
.
modation of those who ship coal to the
city by river; and itposeible breakloWn
the monopoly which now exists. The man
ner lin which the Monongahela wharf is
constructed renders it impossible to unload
boats with any facility whatever ' as the
wharf log prevents the carts from backing
to the boats as was formerly done. Surely
some of our city fathers could suggest a
remedy for this evil.
COUGHS, COUGHS, COLDS, COLDS,
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Whee l a per tales cold the lungs become
charged with phlegm, which opnrc.saing the coo.
stitution a natural effort is made for a relief.
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This !Bort is a cough. The only safe and prudent
remedies to be adopted are those' , which asststua.
lure i s its work, by looseoing the phlegm and excl.
ting al freedom of expectoration until the evil Is re. .
moved. DE. SABGEIPT'B COUGII-STIMPI is att.
mirably adapted to promote expectoration. 'ease th e
breathing, loosen the phlegm, abate the feVer, and
allay the tickling Which ocesSions the cough, with
out tightening 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
voicej Influenza, &c., it Is of ineilculable value. Es
pecially at this inclement lesson of the year tt
would be well for every family to have this vsinable
rem ely at band. Prepared by GEO. A KELLY.
Wholesale Druggist, corner Wood street and Second
art nn l e, Pittsburgh. and for sale by all druggists
and dalers In medicine. 50 cents per bottle.
TEE TRUE MEDICAL DOCTRINE,
Nature, when struggling with disease, indicates
unseal akeablY the kind of assistance she requires.
In. cases of nervous weakness and general debility,
the feebled pulse, the lact.lastre eye, the attenuated ,
frame, the flaccid muscles, the melancholy visage,
informs us as plainly as if each or iaa had a tongue,
that a Snedteated etimuiant it needed. It does not
require the aid of a medical education to understand
this ddmb appeal for new vigor, from an exhausted
system. Every reader Cf these lines can comprehend
itjuet as well as the graduate of a physician's col
iege. Eet not this demand of enfeebled nature be
neglected. Respond to it promptiby commencing
a course of ROSTETTER'n STUM Cid BITTERti,
preparation uniting, in their bl est extellente,
the
,properties it of a crritimanx, an INVlElcsaitr,
and an•aimaarrvx. itefore three days have elapsed
from the taking of - the first dose, smarted benenci.
change will be manifest in the bodby and 'mental
condi.ion of the patient. The poise wilt be stromm
and more regular, the eye will begin to lose Its dull
expression, the muscular and nervous system to re
cover their tettleon, and the spirits to Improve, Fer
ny:ere; and acomplete revivication of the denrese.
ed animal and mental powers is certain. In cases Of
dyspepsia and billiousnest. the same salutary results
will be obtained. The appetite will revive, the sal
lowneis of the akin disappear, and all the dlitress
big symptoms which accompany dis Orders
colde
stomach and Byer will rapidly subside. The 1
winter often inte nsifies' theta complaints by ch ek
ing the perspiratory action; by ',hides° much mor
bid matter is evaporated through the pores in
er weather, and therefore the ls/TTERB are especi.
ally useful to the dyspeptic and billions at this sea-
GREAm e m s A . LL COUGH
It:this time of the year, when the streets and --
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pavements are covered with snow and slush, it is
mo wonder that the," natural pores and conducts of
the boy become obstructed, and whole communi
ties b4ome &fleeted with coughs and pulmonary
and throst ailments. One of the very best cures for
all o:m4 diseases will be found In DR. KEYSER'S
PECTORAL SYRUP, which at once Seta free the .
ImprisOned matter, removes ti e obstruction, and
allays Ihe Lrritabillty of the nervous( sYstem in such
a wayas to do no injury to health, or interfere with
one". 'lntel avocations. What &blessing It must be
to h&ve so potent a remedy In the house as. pa..
GEYSER'S PECTORAL SYRUP, which, for over
twentyears, has gained
re
stored the health of thousands of our people., on the affections and
To
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get the, best of *hat is going is a kind rate in. any.
; but it is especially true with regard to medi
cine, and there is no cough medicine, that we know
of, 'of e4nal potency, both as a cure and preventive
than DH. KEYSER'S PECTORAL SYRUP. .
Sold it- the great Medicine Store, No. 1.40 Wood
street. I WILL REMOVE AFTER JANUARY Ist. .
to 167 X.113711TY STREET, two doors
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DR.
Saint
Clalr. 1 • - '
DR. KETSER'S RESIDENT OFFICE for LUNG •
EXAMINATIONS AND TEE T
or
OBSTINATE CHRONIC DISEASE R 0 PEN
STREET, PITTSBURGH,- PA. Office hours from
9 A. K.! UNTIL 4 r. x.
DeePipt.r 18 1518s< - -'
tar NOTICES—"To La," "For Eats, I
"Wands." " - "Boarding," &e.. toot es
esedigag FOUR LINES each min be tweeted in Mee
columns one. for TWENTY-17PB 0E148; each
adetititieust Use 171? asirrs.
. WANTED---HELP.
ITIANTED—A few salesmen to
V go to the country and sell g_oods on commis
sion. Address Box 68$. rittaburgh. Pa.
IVBA !ED—HELP -At Employ
ment Office, No. Bt. Clair Street, BOY: 8
and MEN, for =scent kinds of employ
ment: Persons wanting help of all kinds, can bs
suppiled on short notice.
pen
by G E
Autho
Centra
vings
wor - kin
L. TA
Penna.'s
a pleas
Goad r
FIRST WARD
w. NTED. Thit , to `Fifty
Thousand ALLEGHENYVALLEY.BAIL
WAY BONDS in exchange for productive city
proper y, Also first chss mortgage security for
sent. -Five Thousand Dollars, three or dye years
to run or ca.h. Address D. L. care Postotfice POI
526.
rio
i 7.,ET—rtwo most Convenient
II USES—One with eight rooms and the. other
e even. on Mgt th strePt n• er Penn, opposite Christ
Chum.. Inquire at 277 Penn street.
cl o
r, fa a
avenue
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.F°4 RENT—The large lour
story building. 38 FMITITEIED STREET, at
present occupied by Mess Possessionng & CO, as
a Furniture Warehouse.lst of April
next. Enquire of 81110 N JOHNSION, eorner of
Sinithiltqa street and Fourth avenue.
I__ FOR SALE
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IVOR SALE—Fine City DineD's
in
Mr sate. Enquire of LOCK HART, 'FREW £
C ~ li Wood street. .
FOR SALE—DRUG STORE-4
a t class retail. drug store in a yea desirable
bxatiob. Terms easy. Address box 131 T,C.P 1 sts•
bunch. I
tOR SALE—A 'Grain Business
STAND, located on the line of the Pitts., C. £
St. L.. W., In the beat grain district In Ohlo,'.cou•
slating f a two story frame wat ehouse_ , 30 by 60,
cone e nt to Railroad. with aide track tinning : in
to it to ccommodate the losding and shipment of
a l
Grain:ot 50 by 100 feet. This Is a rare chance for
a party to tTI gage in a paying business as this stand
I
control the tar..in trade tor 50 miles ar, and. There
are oth r advantages connected with the stand whick
will berplained on application.. Satisfactory rea
sons gl en for sailing. Apply to or address CROFT
& PHI LIPS; No. 130 Fourthavenue. •
F Olt SALE-BUSINESS STAND-
A 1 ell kaown and prosperous wholesale bald
ness stand, with stock and Littires, Le offered for
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Sale. Plittlifsetory reasons are given for the dispo
sal. Apply at 77 WOOD STREET.
FSALE—Boarding HAIM
GOOD WILL—The atibeedber °Mitt for sale
her lon4 establisned Boarding Rouse, 19 tIPRINO
ALL'S. . between the German Catholic Church and
ruth Ward Market Hoare. It bas now eighteen or
twenty good paying boarders, and enjoys excellent
reputation. NABGABETTB GoiLLZ.
rilSALE—That tine two story
. brick warelouse, Sla. by 64 feet. situated-On
OHIO STREET; Allegheny city, No. Vii, now occu
pied
al
a P lour and Grain Warehouse. Also , that
two Ito y brick dweilleg house, 5 10h7 64 feet". ad
joining the 'above containing six rooms For
farther particulars enquire on the premises of H. STEEL 4 lON. . ' -
FOR BALE --FatßM.—.lloo acres •
of good Land, situated in Penn Tp., West. -
morel abd county , two miles from Irwin Station. 0 111
the Perlin*. B. B. Lonrovenumts, hewed log bonse
in good ramie, bank barn and otder outbulidiatrie
Tem. oderate. ZDfitilre of W. WILSON. Lana -';
=Vs - tiabni or B. IL Liurs, Pl= ONO& '
ANTED--AGENTS
NTED— AGENTS-450 to
$2OO PER MONTH—To Sella New _Book
bag to agriculture and the Blechman Arta,
I RGE E. WARING. Esq., the distinguished
and Agricultural Engineer of the New. York
Park,_ &r. Nothing like it: 200 , Engra.
Sells at sight to Farmers, Mechanics and
:men of all classes. Send for Circulars. A.
COTT 4. CO., 58 Market street, Pittsburgh.
del-k. WS'
WANTS.
. NTED—TO RENT.—TWO or
HREE ROOMS OR A SMALL HOUSE, In
nt location, by aman and wtie• no children.
ference. Address C., GAzErric OPYieE.
TO LET
LET.--TWO HANDSOMELY
hated rooms. with gas and tire, one on first
d one front up stairs. Inquire at 199 Third