tts litt,sintg# Gairttt THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. CLZIktICRT C. MOOBIC., ' , Twee the n'ght before Christmai, when a:I through the htuse . Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were bung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nichol. s soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their bed: , While visions of sugar-plums danced In their bads; And mamma In ner kerchief. and lin myesp-_. Had met settled our brains for a long wieter.,;.-- s nap- When rat on tbelawn there rose, such a elate & , I sprang from tElir bed to see what was the matter:. Away to the wltiliow I flew like a flash. - 1 .. T.rt open the shutters and threw tip the The moon, on the breast of the new fallen snow, 13aTa a lustre of miti-day to sheets below: When. what to my wondering dyes should appear. Bat a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny rein.deer, With a little old driver, so lively and qu.ck, ' I knew in a moment It must be Bt. Nlek. • More rapid than eagles bile coursers they rime, And he whistled, 'Ad sheeted, and called them by name, "It'w catherl now, Dancer! now, Prancer and On! VixenL Ct met,, , on! Cupid' owl Mazda' and Blitsen-; To, t e top of the porch. to the top of the wall . -310 , dash away, dash away, dash away all" As dry leaves that before the wild hut ricane n 7, When they meet wi h . .. . . .... nt. to the sky, _ - . . .I'OOlP se- op_the coursers they flew, • 'With a sleigh In 1 of toys—and tit. Nicholas, too. And •hen In a twinkling i heard on the roof. The prancing and pawing el each lilac hoof, As I drew In U head, mad was turning around, Down the chimney B. Nicholas c with • boon'', He was dressed all in fat from his head to his foot, Ann his clothes-were all tarnished with at hes and soot; A inatidle of toys he bad dun . c on his back. And ha leoked like a pedlar ust epening his pack; Inn eb es bow they twinkled 1 is dimples how =errs I His cheek. were 'lke roses, his nose like a cherry; Itht droll little month was drawn op like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow; The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth... And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. Netad a broad face, and a little round belly. ' That shook when eel:milted. likes bowlfall of Jelly. lie was chubby and plump—a right jolly old ell; And I laughed when t raw lOW In spite of myself, A wink er his eye are a twist of his held. boon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, bat went straight to'hl a Work. And tilled all the stoekinga.• then turned with &jerk, And laying." linger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he 110 sprang to his slash, to his tea= gave a whistle. And away they all flew. like, the down of a thistle; Ent I heard ban exclaim, ire he drove out or debt: thLanitY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!” ' EPHEXERIS, _ - --Sleighing is excellent in Erie. - ---43augh'is to lecture in Carlisle. —Sergeant Bates has been burgled. —At last Free Masonry is permitted in Austria. Owens and Lotta are both acting in Cldego. —The Czar, is having locomotives built to run on ice: An Irish . w °than voted at the recent 4 election-in Dublin. : Three feet of snow foram -the Christmas garb of Elk 'county. • —Prince Balm Salm's diary abuses Na poleon and Itazaine. —BO cents a dozen is what the 311ormond lave to pay for eggs. ; —The Black Swan has been Ringing in = New _York this week.. —Nitro-glycerine is used in torpedoes now in the oil regions. —The salary of the Governor of Illinois as but $1,1500 a year. Boston is having four large fire-alarm bells made in Albany. aWleconsin woman has taken out a patent on'a book stove. -An exchange says 'lawman may dress • _lit silk end yet be a fatly-7 —lt is said that L.W. Jerome has gone to Enrope to import jockeys., —Typhold fever is getting alarmingly Prevalent in New York City". —Hr. Barnum denies having any muse nm-icel designs on the cocknies. —Coal did wood are very scarce in the Norlit-westerikotmties of lowa. , —The G r and Theatre is the new name of . Pike's 'Opera_House in New York. —Mr. and Mrs. "Wales. ; are stopping in Denmark, visiting Mrs. 1 1 0fi papa. —A melancholy reflection—,•the top of 'a bald head, in a looking glasi.—(Judy. —A school for the' training of pugilists and prize fighters exists in New York. —The rates of telegraphing have been re- :diced fifty per cent. throughout Canada. —Montreal and Quebec have snow shoe , clubs; whose members ,are now practicing. —The new 'capitol of the State of New Yprk at Albany is to cost about , five mil lion dollarti: • —An mricultural department is to be added to the Polytechnic School at Zmich, Switzerland. • —Greet snow,hini for coasting, such as ire polite= in Ramie, are to be built in Washington. —Steamed beefsteaks are popular in some Juke:mite now where steamed oysters were once the rage. -The present BUtperer of, the French 'was bontin' the house which is now the Ha tel Itothschild. -,LA. Boston paper has heard of the effects -421' koardfng gold and thinks it _would like to, experience them. —A 'poultry riddletaaker asks: "Whyie a hen immortal " and answers, “Becanee : - 'her son never seta." —John Tyler, son of the ex-President of - that ilk, has been giving some . commercial lectures in Louisville. • — Poor George Washiniton has been sen - Sneed to six. months imp_rlsonmera, in the - Louisiana yenitentiery. i —A sweet bby in 'California killed hint spit because his fatlum - wouldn't let him go And driye the cattle home.--` -A tire broke out in the bseemeit of the Outpel in Boston in which Helen Weitern's lineriti services were going'om-. —One: man in West Virginia wbips his wife for - extravagance when she oats her "bread with both butter and molasses. 'L...Scoppettiello, one of the most danger .otts brigand chiefs in Italy, has been killed, and his band has been captured ordispersed. —The Prince Royal of Belgium is getting better, and thoseluneral arnmgements may lave been made in vain by the Yiag, his ,father. , —There is Said to toe really a 'negro in Wzsissippi sviin is 111 years old, and does nit claim to body servant to G. Washington,. —The Boston Post says: A horrible fellow has discolored that wasted horse-liver - goes to - make "pare Jilec.ba." Such coffee is 4 Iffoclut-ry. ....Robert Bonner has his horses fed from boxes on the floor, because he' believe- ma tnre intended them?to kayo their food on a level with their feet _ Social usages. In Loulsvilla are some what queer. A yonug man the other 'day -put :his hand in his pocket in order to find ate key of his store and give it to his past . • ' ner, when the latter supposed he was feel ing for a pistol, drew his own and shot him dead. . . —His Scott Siddens its In •i°hiladelphia acting in the Acadesny of Music suppgted by a company which she has brought with her from New York. —A dignified and refined Democratic newspaper in speaking of a resent speech in the Senate chamber, calls it "Charles Stunner's latest yawp." - —The mother of Joe Coburn, the pugi list, died recently in New York. How proud she. must have been of the eminence which her eon had attained. —The Democratic jouinals are loudly be grudging the expense to the Government of printing the eulogies on Thad Stevens, re cently delivered in Congress. —A Pblladelphia aide professes to think that Carl Seiftz's orchestra in that city is superior to the grand orchestra of the ,G+ wandhaus concerts in Leipsig. Some priests in Palermo have dabble too much in politics recently, and the I ian government htul t,hem arrested for - • tributing incendiary documents. —Bomb horrible things happen to trive - ers on railways. Imagine the horror of the passengers on a train in Maine which got snowed up at Chappaquiddeddle. ..-The Minnesota. Old Settlers' Associa tion has a manuscript to prove that the word "Mississippi" is from the Menomonee dialect" Misses," big; "sepe," river. —A wide -spread, but probably not a se rious movement has been discovered in Italy, the object of whieh was to restore Francis II to the throne of the two Siciliea —There are 88 different sorts of trees in digenotui•to the State:of Illinois. This list ineludeaktwelve different varieties of oak, six of hickory, fonr - ori3lm and five of ash. —A Christmas dinner is to be given to the newsboys of Philadelphia in the pressroom of the Public Ledger. Of course this is an. other instance of Mr. Geo. W. Childs' liber ality. 1 - —By a recently discovered and antiiine police order, it is found that in the year 1609 the theatres of Paris were obliged to be opened by 2p. and closed at 4} P. na• —Kiss Marietta Rive" is the actress who was so terrified in a Rochester theatre re. cently, by some outside noise, that she jumped from the stage over the orchestra into the parterre. —An nnknown man fell from a wharf into the !Schuylkill, river at Philadelphia on Monday and was drowned. Another un known, man felLdead on Market street in ths same clty and on the same day. —There have been New England dinners given in Most of the cities of this country recently, but Pittsburgh does not celebrate Forefhther'a day, and it would be much more appropriate to have Scotch-Irish din ! • nein. • —The Mormons, in , twenty years, have built up ;86 towns, 100 churches and 120 schoolhoUses, quite equal to those of Ithe other States. During that period, the emi gration #orn Europe has been 36,000, and from-the l old States, 24,000. —The English army consists at present of 177,000 men, Of these:troops 79,292 are garrisoned in England, Ireland; Scotland, and Wales; 9,787 at Gibraltar and Malta; 59,000 in India; 13,000 in British America, and the remainder at Bermuda, West In dies, ClFui, Japan, and other placeL-_-- —ln the new Britist House of Commons there are twelve Independents„T five Bap. fists, five Quakers, two Wesleyan Metho. diets, one Calvinistic, Methodist, `seventeen UnitariartV, ten Presbyterians,: six Jews, and twenty-six Roman Catholics. of the twenty-six Roman latter only one represents an 'English con stitnency. .1 —M. Eugene Godard, the aeronaut, has been summoned to Cherbourg, by order 'of the Frenck Minister of- Marine, to make ex, perimention his system of aerial telegraph on boardvessels of the iron-clad squadron. This decision of the Minister Is said to have been determined by the success of the trials made by'M. ,B. Godard and his wife at the Cawp of Chants kilt summer. -;—ThoMpsonville, Conn., mast - -be - a nice little place. On PFiday night last theie were four incendiary fires, which resulted in the deetruction of one dwelling house and three barns; and,' besides these, there was ,an attempt, foitunately unsuccessful, to throw the midnight Boston and New York Express train from the track. Thomp ; senville needs speedy reconstruction. I • —D'lsnteli is tricky to the end. By re signing during the recess, he has deprived the Liberals of their generals at it critical period; foi, according to custom, those members of Parlianient, accepting Cabinet office must resign and be re-elected, and this cannot be done until Parliament meets and issues pew write. Thus the'newMin istry are not in their seats at the opening Of Parliament. _ ,—Carl Benson's rhyme to •veldcipeds has wen published in great many papers, and one of our exchanged which keeps a poet is disgusted that so much renown should be given for So , small a feat, and thus eclipses Mr. Benson: If Ws a loss indeed To give one's toe a feed, And I can bos s a steed Of such a saucy breed, Then, sure. the horse I need • Is the velocipede. --Below is the programme of the eeacerts to be rung en the chimes of Trinity Church, N. Y. on Christmu Bye: _ N 0.4. Ringing the changes on eight belt " 2. Bee thee - Morning Btaris " 3. The Christmas Tree. , " 4. Glory to God most High. " 5. Hark, a burst orHeavenly Music -4' O. Christ was born on Christmas Day. ' Ca Christmas Day *r. • Ayliffe will ring the following programme, beginning at half put ten A. _ No. 1. , Ringing the changes on eight bells. Is 2 The Childrin in the Temple. Wat6htn tell ue of the Night. • " 1 - Precious s the Time. • The Cliri tmas Tree. " Christ was born ion Christmas Day. _ ~ Hr=~ 5 . , ,. u w. .. .. _ ... PITTSBURGH GAB V IM( WITHOUT ziro emu= YAMS inansr Airrunctar. norm ARK osnasizo. • A TULL SRI' NOR SO & AT DR,- SCOTT'S. Arm rims szazsi. sz DOOR I Azova ain, m e ALL reyaßle maTE. l iwarn : , GAS FIXTURES wramoN & KELLY, /lanntaetarers and Wholesale Dealers In Lamps, Lanterns, qhandeliers AND LAMP GOODS. Also, CARBON AND LUBRICATING 0118. No. 147 Wood. Street. le9in22 Between sth and lith Mitnnes. GLASS, CHINA. OUTITLI 100 WOOD STREET. HOLIDAY GIFTS. FINE VASES, BOHEMIAN AND csnrA, DINBEB SETS, TEA SETS, CIFT CUPS, SMOKING SETS, ILTER .PLATED GOOD Call and examine enr goods, and we:ffiee Walled no one need fall to De milted. R. E. BREED & CO 100 woon. STREET. PIANOS. ORGANS,. &O. BingT TM% nEs2 AND LAAP CHEAP- Geld Medal Piano, AND ESTEY'S COTTAGE ORGAN. The INTHONACEER PIANO • combines all the latest valuable Improvements known In the con struction of a Lit class instrunient. and has always been awarded the highest premium wherever ex hibited. Ita tone is toil. sonorous and sweet. The workmanship. Air durability and beanty. surpass all others. Prices from $5O to IWO. (according to style and fnish.) cheaper than all other so-called first class Piano. _ zsTvps fIOTTAI/IC ORGAN Mends at the heal of all reed Instruments. In pro. diming the most perfect mpe quallm of Zone et any similar Instrument to the United Matas. It Is elm. pie and compact In construction, and not liable to get out of order. - CARPS/211R% PATNNT "VOX MU/A TRUI0I.0" Is only to be found la this Orgas . slo• front $l9O to $BllO. All guaranteed for dye BARB I SNAKE a WHITLER, PIANOS AND ORGANS—An en- A, 'tire new ssook'of KNARE'S UNRIVALLED PIANOS; - ,HAINES BROS.. PIANOS: • 'PRINCE & CO'BORGIMi AND MELODEONS sad TREAT - LINSLEY & CO'S ORGANS AND MELODEONS. • ClaiistrkTE nz.ute. deS , s f , -11111s stenae. sole scene. SEWING NUOIIIMOS. T ---- iIE (MEAT AIIikEtICAN 'COM BINATION. '.. r • 11/11TON.HOLE OTEISELIIIIIIO . • , AND 13,EINT/NO ILACHIZIE. 4 rr MAX X X4II7XL. HMV ABSOLUTELY THE BEST : PAISILY MACHINE IN THE.,..tiaLtr. -AND , IN. TRINSICALLY TME CHEAPEST. air Agents wantedto mini this Machine. C 7 ,if.A.lig. C.:I3A-TAISIAIIIIIr, " Agent 'Western Penarrivania. Gorier MTN ) , MARKET STREETS, over Richardson's J ewelry Store. . eat F~Siat;~lJ: h~+ I .);s B TIEGEL, • (Leta' Cotter with If.kifilapiinha(ile t ) BEEIRcEL.LiorIi TAILOR., No. 83 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh. NEW FALL - GOLODIL A splendid new stoat of CLOTHS. CAMISIMEIRMISIoIto. Jut received by iiIM3BY MMTICit. Merchant Talbir. 73 Bintthleld duct. ' 12:113 Ihviiato:FAito,NPl - 3 - PutwrioiAl paRCEVAL BECILJOTT, MEIMANICIAL EXOINEIIII, Amid ABollolltor of Jealonto. Mate Of I'. P. W t (4 Rallwae.) Once, Me, 70 FXDIMAL FRIMITOVeIe_e. X apctairs. P. O. Sox 80, AL Befflgir CITY. MACHINERY, of all dues DMus, declined. BLAST TURRACR and ROLLING MILL DRAW. INDS tarnished. Particular Attention pall to de. gigolos COLLIERY LOCOMOTWas. • Patents eon iseausue solicited.. air Az , SYEAUNO DRAW ING OLAMB for mechanics curs WZDIMADAY NIONT. soesseo CEMENT, SOAP STONE!, 8:0. 11111111 RIC OEM DRAIN Cheapest mad lest Pipe h the seasket. athhi. NO MUMMA sirDZAILIO OsiIIZXT ki Wt. MP. s. 2.4 k WSW sad Itaneemoisry-41140 1111113001 AllegksaY. Ordirs by nail ProaPtir 10 " 1 " 1 . 41 . SO. 5.0 n BUSHELS YEDO3 BOUTEEEN ZED WETAT I Toarrive sad ibr sale b 7 MaIANS L AT : TWURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1563. I)~BTRF laxTßAcTEnk , &o. NEW STYLES, A large stock of or all descrlpUons. Na 1* ET: MAIM STUNT. Oa AND NOTIONS. HOLIDAY PRESENTS HOLIDAY PRESENTS ROMAN SILK BOr3. iaiEtOe *collars LADIES LICE HAIDAERCHIEFS.- Bosevrood Handkerchief and Glove Boxes. WATCH STANDS AND CIGAR CASES, WHITING DEPXB AIM.ALBII36. The 'nest and cheapest asssortesent of WAX AND CHINA DOLLS, TRAVELING CASES, CARTE DE VISITE. BASKETS. & GENTS UNDERWEAR, LADLES PINE KNIT OPERA HOODS, The New Striped Felt Skirt WOOLEN GOODS at Cost Pine Embroidered Slipper Patterns. Beautiful Embroidered Cushions. amasun& GLYDE & TS , and SO Market Street. dee, URN & CARLISLE NO. 19 FIFTH AVENUE, Mil THE NEW SKIRT, "LE PANDER PERFECTION." "THE FAVORITE." "THE POPULAR," "THE RECEPTION„ , THOMPSON'S TWIN SPRING, "WINGED ZEPHYR." ' • _._"OLOVE FITTING," CORSETS ANDTAT ENT "PANIERS." THE NEW GORED OVER SKIRT, "BELLE lIF.LENE," richly embroidered; an elegant street or Skatinghkiri.. RICH RIBBONS FOB BOWS, SCARPS AND EiAeHES. ROMAN STRIPES AND PLAIDS. - SATINS,aII shades end widths. FLOWERS. PLUMES,ILtTs AND BONNETS. f LADIES AND CHILDREN'S MERINO UNDER WEAR, The richest and latest novelties In GIMPS, FRINGES AND SUTTON:I. We emecially direct attention to'the great excel lence or the HARRIS BEAKLESS (Rottilioni KID GLOVES , ' over ail others. and Pm-which we are the Sole Agents. A complete line of GENTLEMEN'S "STAR" SHIRTS, SUSPENDERS, GLOVSS, HALF HOSE, UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAWERS. SELLING AGENTS FOR LOCKWOOD'S PAPER GOODS, and all other popelar makes. ' • & CIBLISLE, 21 O. 19, FIFTH AVENUE. noS A MERRY CHRISTI/IAS NEW GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. DENNISON - & NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE, DAv o c o lus r t received a large and judiciously assorted EMBROIDERIES, LACE GOODS, TIMIUMasea, HOSIERY, Hid Gloves. Handkerchief., Slipper Patterns. Zephyr Goods. Scarfs and Gen e ts Tarnishing Tarnishing • • and Notions generally. iutt al l e e n ft i r is d selection afforded In special novelties HOLIDAY PRESENTS, to which the atteatlon of lady readers la specially called. DENNISON & HECKERT, • del ' NO. BT FIFTH AVENUE. P RICES MARKED DOWN. • BARGAINS IN ALMOST EVERITHING. REAL REM STITCH. • all Linen. HANDERS. ORISYS, gle. 10e, SISIo and upwards. TAPE BO du Ekrau LIN EN HAN DREBOHLEFS BMe. So to 50e. A.O oar HATS at o - te-halt regular priors. All the new BALMORAL SKIRTS and Bradley's latest styles or HOOP SHILETS, at the Lowest Feces In the City. • to MERINO to PAIL VEST and DRAWERS. 400 A. EATON'S, No 17 Fifth Avenue. • mum= Rmuaims, M AR R SUPERIOIV'TO ANY- OTNEU OFIENZI) IN THIS CITE. , OrIa, B ANCE R A T II B EIrM i e are ttrig aDA ' For Sale by, Every . Grocer in' the City. nou ßakery, No. 91 Liberty St.' COAL AND COKE. INN H . J. LANpE t DYER AND SCOUREIt. rto. ST. CLAM STREET end Nor. 186 and 187 rdrd Street, PITTBSIMISE. PA. G: .1` CITA: i .7sa a IL LYON, t3el ter of Wdelitil IL4 fires, 10. I POUT: riarr. illetween LMierly sad Perri itseets newitlr atiesdisil AIR AND, PERFURIDRY; lirPECliki Ornamental Hall' . IN WONNIN AND Minim% 'Ogg I Wiest near arailliaatd, •MlYDardh. .„- Aiwa •oa hawk • &Ira! usaremat el Lidfeel Itk3 UV • Osalleample W 101141•20 - litl7 011.41.111 a ISRAIRmi RoZNI row la gut wni 14 Alfre 1. Aiwa Wks' sod lleatlimisati Bak Ciiiing &sit -, Osman" MAW. Mbluill Z 1 1id.,54 IMMING Barred Flannel A VERY LARGE. STOCK, Now ColTerecl, IX GOOD BTYLES. 31'EL110Y, DICKSON & CO. WHOLESALE 31:03ELIr C31040)1:155, WOOD STREET. . • 0 M N C i ) tb cle Pq 4 Aphi r ei 44 7: oR3w Li E-1 g:i 1,1 13010 2) 4 4 4 mitTii 14 41,kfMi T t 4.4 eloW'il ig g E 0 1 ooa :I 5t mp it * W A 2 g !II g l r 1- 0 72 E: 0 011 0 z o n g E gigi 10 4 4 ri 4 A g °LOSING OUT SALE OF J. M. =MILD ft .CO ' S., 'AT NO. 62 ST. CLAIR STREET, CONTINUED. .THE ENTIRE STOCK OF 131 : 1:3( GIAD cons REDUCED to dose out before taking etoek. Sir Now 'to time =to get usetal HOLIDAY PREate SENTS cheap. . d , /68e. NEW GOODS. NEW ALPACCAL NEW MOILLUI. BLACK HOSIERY and GLOVES. F. SOUCY, yr No. 168 Wylie Street. 168. I 168. McCANDLESS & CO., (Late Wilson, Carr & Coo WHOLESALE DIEALIIEB IN Foreign and Domestic Dry thxds, No: . 94 WOOD MEET, Third door above Diamoad alley, COMMOT'IOMIMS. HH 11IIH, Practical Cook, Respesctully announces to the public that On Sitirday and Monday Next, Open to the public the DELMONICO "RESTAURANT, FOR GENTLZIGIN ONLY. It will be kb earnest endeavor to furnish his pa. trona at all times with the most palatable viands which the market or the season affords. Ti'. LIQUORS, WIN Z 5 of various dates, ALE, BEER, etg , will be their own recommendation. Orders for tine Cooking for Weddings, and other Festivals. will, as heretotbre, be promptly and cheaply attended to, requesting patronage. ociltyW -11. non. GRORGE RICATEN, • - XAMITACITIII2E 1111. OR CANDIES AND TA.VMS, Aid ults o In all knitsL LEll, of TR *a, VITS &a. NUTS, TIM- 11.1117111. JIL as 4 US% ST.. AI •., sulat WEIIT'COMBION Maothe Stone Works, orekirest emir of Won doreaton, Allogkeep. WILIADIE ATVATER Ce• ' Hme ea Axed or prepare on rho i afee Hearth and Step Stea ria4l for 131 Brewer? Tanta,ite. Head ait'arab B_tanesi (Wen Neap* szeotad , rases namable, ECM Nal DRY GOODS. IMI EXTRA HEAVY egos PITTSBIIREIEL PA. STONE. 410 3141141 EXCELLENT SECURITY. TUE FIRST MOILTGAGFI THIRTY YEAR, SIX PER CENT GOLD BONDS OF THE Cenhl Pacific Railroad Co., These Bonds are the duly authorized and *Condi. ted obligations of one of the most responsible Corp*. rations of the American Continent, and are seeured by an absolute first lien upon the valuable granitic franchises, railroad equipment, business, etc., of the bat portion of the Great National Pacific Railroad Line extending eastvrudly from the navigable waters.Of the Pacific Coast to, the Tines now rapidly baNding fronithe Eastern States. 1 r They bear Six per cent. interest pei.annam In gold, AND MOTH PRINCIPAL' ANA:INTEREST ARE EXPRESSLY MADE "PAYABLE IN URI; TED STATES GOLD COIN." - . The semi-annual Coupons are payable, July lit and January.lst in New York Citt. The purchaser is charged the *earned interest from the date of the last paid Coupon, at the CUR RENCY RATE ONLY. Thls Issue of Bonds constitutes one of the LAZO. EST AND MOST POPULAR. CORPORATE LOAM of the country . and therefore wIU he constantly dealt in. The greater portion Of the loan Is now in the bands of steady investors ; and it is "probablethat before many months, when the Road is completed and the Loin closed, THE BONDS WILL BE EAGERLY SOUGHT FOB AT THE lIIGREST BATES.. They arc issued ONLY AS THE WORK PRO GRESSES, and to the same extent only as the 13. 11. Subsidy Bonds granted by the Goyerusa.nt to the Pectic Railroad Companies. Yearly FIVE HUNDRED MILES of the road are now built, and the grading h well advanced on tire nnndred and fifty riles additional. ' The THROUGH LINE ACROSS THE COW/T -RENT wilt be completed by the midtUe of nextyesr. when the Overland travel will be very lime: The local business alone, upon the completed por tion, is so heavy, and so advantageous, that the gross earnings average MORE THAN A QUART= OF A MILLION IN GOLD PER MONTH, of which 35 per cent• only -is required for operatlag ex penses. The net profit upon the Company s business on the completed portion, is about double the amount of annual Interest liabilities to.be. assumed thereup, on, and will yield a SURPLUS OF NEARLY A MILLION IN GOLD after expenses and interest are paid—even it the through connection were not The best hinds, the richest mines, together with the largest settlement and nearest markets, Be along this portion of the Pacific Railroad, and the FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF-BUSINISS thereon will be proportion - ably great. From these considerations sribmitted that the CENTRAL _PACIFIC RAILBOAD FONDS, secured by a First Mortgage upon so prodnettre property are amon ! the most promising and ?ells ble eeenritles now offered. No better Banda can be made. A portion of the number of thla Loin Is now of— fered to Investors. At 103 Per -Cent. and . . m Accrued Interest. _Currency, The lionds are of 000 each. air. The Company reserve the right to advance the price at any time; but all orders actually' ifse tran*Qu at the .time of any such advance willjbe fflled r at present price. At this time they pay more than 8 per cent. upon the Investment, and have, from National and State laws,. guarantees peculiar to themselves. - • • We receive all 'telasses of Government Bonds at their lull market Yates,. In exchange for the Centre) Pacific Rallroaoi Bonds, thus enabling the holders to realize. from 5 TO 10 PER CENT. PROFIT, and keep the principal of their Investment equally secure, Orders and Inquiries will receive prompt attar 'lion. Information, Descriptive ramphlets, etc., giving a full account of the Organization, Proems. Business and Prospects of the Enterprise ,farnisheit on application. Bonds sant by return Bapress at our cost. Subscriptions received by Banks and &Luken, Agents for the Loan, throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. and by - JAMBS T. BRADY ft ipo,, Pittsburgh; ROBINSON BROS., . do. S. RODMAN & CO., • do. NATIONAL SAVINGS BABE, WlteelV.: . . .11111`A11 deseriptiotut of GOVERNMENT fiEOl7.- RITLF.ti BQUGHT, SOLD or E=CHANGED at oar once, and by nail and Telegraph, at 311,1283nr RATES. • *ar• Accoants of Banks, Banton and .others re ceived mid favorable arraniteniente made for desira— ble accounts. • FISK & HATCH, , BANKERS AND DE.ALXIitS_ - F7, a i ' TA FINANCIAL AG NlB OF TRIG CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD COMPANY, No.. 5 Iliaseata Streets New York. WM MILLER, (Late Miller di itleketson,) Nos. 221 AND 228, Corner Liberty and bithi Stnwb, Offer to the : trade at Low Pla-nrea: 150 pkgs.' of NEW la barrels. • nalirroquarters and kits. 100 cleats °boles YOUNG HYBON, •JA-PANP, and IMPERIAL TEAS. - 50 sacks choice RANGOON RICE. 85 bbLs. ekolee CAROIJNA. RICE; 75 bbls. LONG ISLAND SYRUP. 50 bids. SYRUP choler brands. 100 bbls . N. O..MOLABSES. 50 bbis. BERMUDA 7dOLASSES. ROO bbls. REFINED SUGAR. • bhd s: PORTO RICO, CUBA and D.EMA-. RABA SUGARS. . 200 bags RIO COFFEE. 50 bags JAVA and LAGUAYRA CCOIMEES. 100 cases IMPORTED CLARET. • • - 1150 cases MO :Difa CHARDON'S CRAW. PAGNE WINES SCOTCH ALE and woos I'ORTBE gm& stantly on band. . • GiUY 9 fil FERRY PRINTING -INK WORKS, . - Grey's Ferry Bead and Thirty-lidid - • Streets, Philadelphia. Ps. - G. E. ROSINSON, manufacturer of BLACK mad COLGUED Printing and Lithographic Inks. Var nishes, Le. 0c13:a241X CLOVERSEED. A. CHOICE I...CY'r JUST EacEry E 0 J. ELN9Z, 137 Liberty Street.' noItiLTTIIS , CITY OF ASLIGIIIINT. TRZABURETVB Orgies Dec. 151. YAWL ALLEGHENY CITY - CORIPRO- MIKE BONDS WAN TZD. —Persons be promise Bones of the City of Allegheny', Pe. are nereby notified that the Eltitking Fund for MIN will be Invested In laid Bonds at the lowest rate* - offered. ?reprisals will be received by the nudes- slimed until ffltipAY. January let; 1009. . • CityACF.EN. del2:h47 Ti assurer it the of AUegheny, PA... 7 Carr OP ALLIGHINT, Pa.. C TlSZAtititait'll Dynan, Dec. 12, 1W613.' i .... °VICE 'IS HEREBY. GIVEN TO- the holdas of the SIX PER CENT. MINIM; .- 1, .BONDS at the City of Allegheny, that the CAtpons on said Bonds coning due January lit. - -: - 1829, will be _paid oa said day. (less tue State taXj) ' at the Bank of Pittsburgh, in the city ofrittsbnrglse Pade. . D. 12.03111/1110.N.. _ . LS:b4S Treasurer of the City of Allegheny'. r 5... . 1. EDIENT-A0 barrels Hydraulic C Cement la store and far sale by . 1117 ' C. B. 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