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THURSDAY, JA VARY 7, 1689
WE Pima on the inside pages of lab
morning's OsicrrE;-41soond, page: .11phem
erio, The Allegheny Piatio Schools, - Brief
Telegrams. Third and 6th pages: 'Ana*.
cid?, Cointnercial, Mark Imports, and
River limos. &penth pa le:Gov. Geary's
Message. • ' •
GOLD, closed yesterday in New York at
135@134.-
STATE TREASURER.
R. V. Itticiay, Esq., the Cashier of the
Alleghenytliathnial-•Bank, of ,this Jolty, has
been agreed upon
,by the Republican mem
bers of the Legislature, for the post of
State Treasurer. He is, a young man, and
has evinced much more than an ordinary
degree of financial abilities in the' manage
ment of the . institution with which he is
connected. He brings to the performance
of his'yleiv duties, all the needful qualifica . -
tions, and will doubtless give satisfaction to
the people of thb Commonwealth, whose
agent he wilfbecome.
Tkig fWESSAGIk'
. ,
WI place befbre our.readers this morning
the Annual Diesfage of Ate clovertior of this
Commonsietilibi • • Hipiesents 'a - flatteiing.
yet we believe it to be an entirely faithful,
picture 'of 'the situation' with which the
year 1868 'closed upon the great State of
which -he is the honored Executive
head. Our people enter upon , the last year ,
of the decade, a period of peace and of pros
perity*, with resources "which promise a i sfill
greater Matehal thrift from their devilop
ment, with - the <public burthena not only
rdiminished Mat - still dinnnishing; with a
population rapidly increasing, and in every
respect with a yet clearer illustration of the
wand title : =which elitini, and
whiCh the'sister communities concede; for
,
the :Keys tone State of the Federal Union.
, we ilo not design to recapitulate the topics
which the• Governor has disaussed at length
-- and with exhatistive care. But we cannot
forbear reference to his exhibit of the finan-,
cial condition of !he CUmnionweilth. The
figures are clearly gilen and speak for them
selves. 'l'4u, concltsiv.eiy - Show a very
large, rednitibn in fhemeight the public
obligations,limit for : this our people are
indebted to \ the faithful administration of
the Repubjimi;eftleiMEL• -" His recommends-
tion ofe retrencliment in every branch .of
the public service 113 addressed to , a"Legisla
lure—which will share in the same spirit,
and which will practically ilituitrate this
cardinal tenet in the Republican creed. •• His
Stuffier suggestions touching the system of
- public education, the need Idlit more tier:
feet protectiofi for the right of suffrage,
the practical improvement of , the militia
systfm, afid 'in refefince to "VIE; pro
prifity , of. so amending.' the Executive
prerogative as to empower the commutation
of the death-penaity, for convicted crimi
nals, into a grea* or less term , of impris
onment,jit'proper ciu36-4tteie and othei
recommendations from the Governor are rid
dresiedlo the lawinaldng poWer, with perl
lineal, and cogent reasons-for their adoption.
We repeat tbat this document is an ex..
kaustive and clear statement of the public
affairs, and we are confident that it will be
received with sincere satisfaction by all the
people of Vemisylvania;
•t . THE U.S. SENATORSHIP.
. .
When the late Fresidential canvass closed
theltepnbllcans of Allegleny county -not
only had large elaims -upon their brethren
throughotathe tonineiniegth, but -a die
position generally4irevailed both' to admit
. those claims and ta,give: them substantial
recognition.' ;The United. States Senator
shlfrOmettto becoine vac'adbyvacant the .Oxigrst
tloll.l4ttle., term.of 3,11*-''Btmmtrxiv';, would
clearly hire beentconceded tethis empty, if
our people ` had cordially u nited upon . one,
candidate. Instead of harmony, there wee
div awn .. Instead of one- candidate, two
were brought , forward, in-the persons of
Hon. TrteiL4 MA/Milks and - Gen.
Jaime K.' Moon,` and their respe ctive,
pretension w ere preared,'Arit with a zeal,
and"-thetal. "irlth . ,bitierneir, which made
' both unavailable.,; foresaw this 'result
from the beginning, and did what we could
to allay the tivilroyc , bht Without effect.
In justice it must be admitted that Mr.
MAisuaia. and Mr. Moonaturo alike pos
sessed qualities and had rendered services
width driNiethierthe ardent Support of
P art ilS l4ar . tlefPgi t i t of. AM* RPPOlicak.Popu-,
lation. For the long period of quarter of
a century, as' ,a, Whig, and a Republican.
X L, /8, 7.- 4 /470.cd t 4 13 time
and *ea ties to the advancement of the
political organizations with which it was
his (fortune te,'lbu''ekrgiechid: :His
oratory had constituted the sPecial charm
ofhtindredsof mass convoMitions. , Always
In the advance, and urtdaunteil; he was a
recognized power among the masses. From
thence came his support, unsolicited' and
bearti& ter the; Senatorship. Mr. Moon-
MUD served , many years in Congress, and
wouthezreptittition'af An intelligent; watch;
al su}d reliable representative. The mean-,
factOringclass, iblim he ;had teearpe
, dally helpful, e a rn es t ly desired' ills Promo
, Moil*, a bijh er 0.0 - cre of usefulness.. `
shonl`d - 40 vrrotig Ware *olio represent - that
this distinction sal . ° the men who rallied to
the support of these gentlemen is absolute
and exclusive. But whoever went over;
even superficially, the long array of names
appended to the respective' requisitions
upon these gentlemen, and which were re
cently published in these columns, will
bear witness that it is, on the whole, strictly,
correct.
JOSIAH KING,
The masses did not understand why they
should yield their preferences to the few who
held eminent social and buiinesa positions,
while the men of wealth, conscious that
theiDnames were good tm 'Changeolid not
perceive why they should be less potential
In , determining the pulsations of public
opinion. , The delegations from the cot nty
in, the
,tvv? brancbes of, the Legislature,
wrought Upon,:consciously br unwinds:ma ,
ly, by.taese.conflicting elements, reflected
their diveisitlea ~uf aim,, audi could noi be
brought to an agreement. •
MBE
Under etch circumstandee; it ' catmol be
thought strange , that combinations, moor
tended and influential scales, were found
impossible in favor of-either of 'these gen
tlemen; nor that the nrystalization. of Opin-
ion was ultimately, disclosed,infavor of Ms.
JoiiiScoiT, 'of county
This,gmtlentui, though mainly devoted
to the pursuit of his Profession as a lawyer,
bas been steadily rising In — popular estima
tion for a considerable series of years. In
the forty fifth year of
. his age, in the: inetu
riti of hispowers, with ,a personal reputa
tion untarnished, and with conspicuous tip
tlinde and capacity : for • the conduct of af
fairs, there has been a spontaneous turn
ing to him as peculiarly fitted by nature and.
training for service in the national Senate.
Of Scotch-Irish extraction, on both sides,
his father was born in Adams county, from
whencehe removed to Huntingdon county,
where he became' prominent, and served fOr
a period in Congregs. Jon was born in
Huntingdon county, receiving such educa
tion as the common schools supplied, with
-the addition of some instruction - - in the
classics, obtained from the clergynufn of his
native village. He studied law at Chambers
burg, under Judge 1 1'nosrpson-, and upon
being to tliehar settled in Hunt
ingdon, where hibits since continued to re
side. Followhigthe traditions of the took
from which he sprang, resbYteri9,
holding the office, which he honors, of
Ruling Elder: 1 ' '
His has held but- two political offices, .at
of. Revenue Commissioner and member .f
the Legislature.
He commenced life a Democrat, but of
the anti-slavery tendencies. In 1852, in te
Democratic State Convention, he led the as
- sault upon Mr. Biro:oxen, writing the ad
dress against that gentleman which created
a wide and Profound impression at the tim
He afterwards zesig,ted the Kansas infamy
In'lB6o, he was a supporter of Mr. DOUG'
Las, for the Presidency. In 1861, at the so
licitation of committees of both ' parties, h
was a candidate for the Legislature on th
basis of unwavering support of the Govern
ment in its efforts to put down the Rebel
lion. In, 1862, the Democrats nominated
him for State Senator; but he refusedto ac
cept, and distinctly on the ground that there
should be no other divisions than traitors and
loYalists while the war lasted. He has ever
since co-operated with the Republicans.,
Two years ago he was President of the Re
publican State Conventfoir that assembled
at Williamsport, and his vigorous addres
on taking the chair elicited great enthusiasm.
As a DemOcrat and Republican he haa
constantly advocated the Protection of
'Home 'lndustry as a National Policy of
beneficent tendency to , all important bud
teas interests.
It is not dallied that Mr: Scarf has had
practical 'experience in statesmanship. As
already stated, he has been little in public
life. "Nor yet is it assumed that he has ac
tually demonstrated, capabilities and endow
ments entitling him 'to take 'rank among
menof the highest order of intellect. Poit
he is a man of much more than ordinary
powers—a good deal beyond the common
run of niercputinto public lifelnthis Com:
monwealtli. He lissontrreover; 'capabilities
which, applied as he will apply them in the
sphere that now opens before hun, may soon
place him among the foremost men of the
Senate. , •
In selecting Mr. Scan the Republican
members 'of the Legislature have done deci
dedly well. He 1 Onest, oyft beyond ens
picion, has intellectual powers of ¢ superior
„range and quality, and instead of, siding in
the distractions of facticat by which the
State ' l 4s beta Piiffraced . o% d 9 mitr s l4to
iestOri, political • Unite to a sounder basis.
A. conference of the Zuropean powers'
will commence its session at Paris on Sat
urday <next Called, weeks since, at the
instOtle . fOi 0464' of.
everting an imminent danger that *eau:
break of hostilities between Turkey and
Greece would involve' the peaee of 'the
whole Coitruent, the Osteneible , 06111.60dd .
between c thetwi - ile*nld,irM/Y
haiOesapii t qlked. Thei' flag .surrender •
of
the Cretan 'rebels and the authority 'of the
Sultan leaved the Greeke:withoatTit4Y fur;
der pretext for that active .`syiniathy with
the Insurgents, whichZwai a violation of
international ; rights/ and brought the. two
nations to the brink, of actnal t war, That
Aanger seems now to have`gOne bie. • '
Why, then, any necessity for the confer
ence, whichiliqUil'appirentlylilepoiedrcinly ,
•14) avert it?. There can . be no;war :between
the minor powers, unless . Greece should
persist in acts of'flagrantly bad ,neiirhbor
hood, and that, tooorithout the cloak which,
covered the unfriendly intervention of her!.
people in Cretei.with the , op:apathies of a
common nationality in origin and in re
ligions faith. Of this there is also no pres
ent danger. The Greekk are now left with.
out even the shadow of juitlficationfer s ...
prolonging the difficalty,'and it would there•
`fore seem that the necessity for he proposed
conference has'diaappeared.', ,
But, as we remarked the other ; ffiiy, the
real difficulty - rests deeper. The' dretan
question was but Its outcrop upon4osur
.
THE CONGRESS, OR I,PAinS:
MN :MGR GAZETTE j s
ems.sammeeesmismmom , .......-----
'Nee of affaira 'The true question - forthe
t ~
Conference to consider is the choice of two
alternatives, viz: Shall the Sultan be per
mitted to expel all Greek subjects from his
territories, and to retain his European posses
sions, the Greek islands ang the Danubian
provinces, under suck local administration
of his authority as his own judgment pre
ectribes, or shall European Turkey be en- :
tirely blotted from the map of the Continent
by the absorption. of all those territories
under the government of a Christianrwer?
This is the real question before the Confer.
ence of Paris, and it might be settled With
out difficulty if the Powers were agreed
upon the imperatiVe need of recasting the
present condition of things. , •
But the affair does not stand in that way.
England, France and - Prussia are decidedly
averse for obvious reasons, to that leool2-
sizietion of th European map, for they
have nothing , gain, except in the #esent
interests Of peace, by an adjuitnient which
would finally terminate all controversies in
the aggrandizement of Rlllliill and Austria.
To these latter powers and, to Greece the
European possessions of the Sultan Would
inevitably fall, in the eventof the expulsion
of the Mirka. Greece, nominally an lade.
Pendent Kingdem, is Russian in religious and
' political sympathies, and, instead of a bar=
rier, is praCticidly but the cover Ai-r
-ole Russian advance to theßouthand South-
East. The Greek flag flying throughout the
Levant would signify the practical annexe
tion of the main-land and all the Islands of
the Archipelago to the Russian dominion.
Ettrope can never consent to this nor the
surrender of the Bosphorus to the Czar,
that the Black Seanhall become a Russian
-lake, its waters and the two continents
which they wash forever closed to every
other flag.
• European Conferences and Congresses
have a traditional reputation as impotent fail
tires, and the new . Congress of Paris bids
fair to maintain-the 'same character. There
is no likelihoed of their making any Choice
Among the alternatives before them. They
will aim to bridge over the present difficulty
by some specious compromise. In the in
terests of Christian civilization, they will
do nothing to confirm . the permanent
hold of the `Sultan' upon his Christian
subjects, nor, on the other hand, will
Russian ambition . be 'gratified by the
acquisition of territory for which she
has plotted and fought . since Peter
the Great first made her an European
power. '. These diplomatists will exhaust all
their fertility on' expedients, not in finally
disposing of the one great question' before
them, but in how not to do it. The peace of
the Continent may depend upon their suc
cess- not 1 hi lemming. the conditions of a
lasting tranquility, but in putting off the
inevitablesolntion for another dali. Neither
Russia nor Austria find themselves prepared
for a great war. Frinice has no , object to
gain by hostilities, unless it might be as the
safety-valve for a p e ople just now -deeply
moved by domestic excitement. Prussia
will not fire a gun without good cause, and
the policy of England is essentially pacific.
Thus the Conference may result in ad
journing for--a year or two longer the ex
pulsion, sooner or later inevitable, of the
Crescentifrom European:sok In whatever
.hape, onnt wha
ed of , e
moment, that question
~ sy be dispos neither Greece nor Tur
ey wilhbe consulted in the solution.
WR was a brief telegraphic announce
ment that our new Minister to Paraguay,
General 'lifcMAHoN, has obtained , ample
satisfaction for the outrages alleged to have
been committed upon Ainericans by the
authoritiea of that country. Our former
Minister, and General MclifAsores prede.
cam:lr, Mr. - WASHBURN, landed at New
York some tenidays since. He found his
countrymen intensely interested by the re
porta of time outrages- reports which hid
been made on his own authority; and which
had anticipated his return home. These re
'ports had not been . received in a light alto
gether kind or complimentary to his own
bifida' character, which was as -bitterly as
sailed_by some journals as warmly defended
in others. Every body has been anxious to
hear from the ei-diplomatiet
,himself in re
lationto the affair, but,-as far as heardikom,
he liar preserved an eloquent silence. Per
imps we should restrain our impatience to
knew the precise facts, and admire the
chivalric - Spirit which seems ‘c, 'seal Mr.
WAslinustres lips his old enemy,
.1.40z,-ctin also be,heard. , Perhaps lie will
„1111136111-13114:-.
Irf the Annual ifeagage the Goaernor of
New York declares that the Sinking Pond
will eatintihdt the State debt in idle yetis.
Taw pnlieler story ofthel anfitoixtra (Attie
surelinrioftie lost Hibernia" Is toldlnOte
in detail by the second officer of that ship,.
who, with three:others, alone survived out.
of a boat's load. The boat in which they
left the ship was a life boat, twenty : two
feet. lop& sal Waal Oben- .
ger4for whose sustenance'there were on
board two. barrels of biscuits, three casks of
water and several• tins` of preserved meat.
The passengers -were closely 'packed and
forced to keep`ozie Position Tor fear of cosiz
coastant bailing saknecassary,to
lteeti the boatat oat.. - Afkrtfit depri
yaffiiio`anTiriiiety caused derangement in
some of the passengers, and two men
jumped overboard. Others became delir
ious as cramps set In, and the mate began to
give put, solhat the , more violent had to be ,
pinioned to preient their throwing tern-
Delves into the water and others quieted by
other means. Everything was done to keep
up the spirits of the passengeto. The crew
sangr-and. the quartermaster spun yarns,
but as the rations tf water hedame reduced
to the smallest quantity, some drank frUM.
the sea and' became delirious, and many
died. The bodies were thrown overboard.
Two children and an infant of six months
were on board. These died, with the moth
er, who had fed the little one on soaked bis
cuit after her milk had'given out for want
of food. But after more than a we e k o f
of this suffering the boat was capsized and
only three succeeded' in gaining a placer oft
Its keel. One, poor fellow came up under
the'oliat and *as heard:ref half an hour,
-living on the air confined _ : in that space,
when he sank, At last,liik , siirsitors suc
ceeded in righting the boat and after several
dap( more, .without provision or 'water, and
with apologies only for sail and oars, work
ed their way to land, SO worn out by'priva
tion as to be unabler,to move when. once ea
shgre. •
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47\1,',AT,.".. ri..708(,$
THE PRISONS •OP PENNSYLVANIA.'
'The IrispectOr of Prisons and Alms.
'
tobses of this Commonwealth, Mr. MAL
LON H. DlcK nlsoN, has made his Annual
Report to Governor GEARY, from which we
extract the following: i -
1
To Ma Excelleley, - lohn W. Geary, On
ernor of Penney/rank': '
SIB: Under the appointment • I had the
honer to receive at your hands, I have con
tinued during' the present year to visit the
prisons and almshouses of the Common
wealth. It is gratifying to be able to say
that in some localities efforts are being made,
by the erection of new buildings with mod
ern improitements and appliances, to better
the condition and add to the comforts of
those who may be driven, through poverty
and affliction, to , ask for public maintenance.
The light that has dawned . upon these
counties . I regret to say his not yet perm
treed the darkness • which . his , so long
shrouded others; the citizens ihereof apPeez
not to understand that it is their dtity as
Christians to p rovide for the poor and friend
lesi. , ' 1,
• The means adopted for the care of these
unfortunates in some of the counties of the
i l
State wo ddo no credit to an uncivilized
Or sale 'eople. No house or home is
provide, y the country where their wants
can be 'in plied; no well-appointed hospital,
where di e can be properly treated; but
all who' are unable to take care of thi3mselves
are entrusted to the tender mercies of the
spetu/ator who bids the lowest - for'the privi
lege of hoarding them.
I do not charge that all who are thus
"sold at public outcry" to the lowest bidder
are stamd, neglected; or abused; but I do
contend that the system is, liable to great
abuse, especiallY EIS these patients• are scat
tered over the comity,. and cannot' be un
der the supervision of the directors of, the
poor, or other officers appointed 'for that
purpose, as they can be when provided for
in the hospital or poor house of the county.
I find that the same short-sighted econo
my that fails to provide hospitals and alms
houses for the unfortunate, prevaiis in the
construction and management of the loris- 1
one of these counties. It is in the cells. or '
these miserable hovels that the insane are
confined. There being no other place pro-
vided fer them, they are handed over to the
care of the county jailor, who, from want
of experience, cannot give them proper at
tention and the treatment they require,
which adds to the sufferings caused by their
disease the punishment inflicted upon' the
vilest criminal confined within its gloomy
precincts.
The evils resulting from such a system, I
know fkom personal observation, are great,
and a remedy should be applied. I believe
that nothing short of legislative enactment
will ever reach them or effect reform.
I would-therefore respectfully call the at
tention of your 'I Excellency, and through
you that of the State Legialature, to the
great necessitythat exists for enacting laws
to remedy these evils, by compelling these
counties to provide comfortable places for
their insane and iMbecile poor. •
In some of the counties visited during the
year I found that a lively interest had been
tawakened upon the subject of prison con
struction and prison diseipline.
I have given your Excellency a brief ac
count of my labors, during the past year,
with a short description or some - of the
prisons now in course of ,erection. In all
herein alluded to I have found great im
proveraent over those built in former years,
showing that in the matter of prison con
struction and prison discipline we are stead
ily advancing.
.Notwithstanding all that lies been done,
there remains much to do; many of the
most wealthy and populous counties of the
State have no fit place to hold prisoners con
victed of serious offences, or where the dis
cipline so necessary for the government of
a prism?, and the improvement and reform
or the inmates can be maintained.
It seems necessary that additional power
or authority should be conferred, in order
to enable an •inspector to obtain the infor
mation desired or answers to the interroga-
tions propounded te the Officers of these in
stitutions; withodt it, all the facts necessary
to be known cannot be reached.
Tun city of. Providence was visited on
Thursday by one of themost disastrous con
flagrations that ever occurred in Rhode Is
land. The fire originated in 'the mailing
room of the . Evening Press newspaper, and
the, flames sweeping overhead, caught in a
quantity of paper attached to the ceiling,
and rapidly spread into some hey and straw
stored in the story above. !About thirty-five
compositors and printers were at work in
the fourth story of the building, and the
alarm..being given, a scene of confusion en
sued, as the men ;fished to the windows to
catch-the fresh air, the smoke completely
filling the rooms. It was impossible for
them to escape by the staircase, and one by
one they were lowered to the ground by
outside chains belonging to the hoistway.
Fortunately no one was seriously injured,
althoturh some suffered from partial suffoca
tion. So suddenly did the fire spread, that
it was impossible to save anything. •All the
books and papers of the editorial rooms,
mailing rOomsAnd'the large job office were
entirely, lost, nothing being, saved but
book containing the routes of the city. The
printing rooms were filled with machines,
including two large Hoe presses. several
-job presses, and a large quantity 'of blank
paper, ',printing material and unfinished
work, types, etc., pll of which isa total loss.
The walls of the building only regain stand.
ing. The proprietors of the / 3 / 4 81 estimate ,
their loss at from $25,000 to $30,000, on
which. there is .$17,000 , insurance. > The
,builclingis insured for $20,000, which will
°tweet the loss. .
Nevada,
TrOUTIIICAL audience In , Virginia City,
Nevada, is more interesting than entertain
ing- to professional actors. • The elegiuttpa
;trona of the "Opera House" . have a habit
of throWing paper darts upon the - Stage
during Is performance, endangerin_g the eyes
of both male and female artists. They often
make "good blts;" and these axe kewattei
withheszty apriMuse: • A young lady try
ing to Sing a ballad Is obliged to dodge one
of the Missiles every now and then. - "!We
`have seen boys," says a local critics, "throw
ingbrickbats at the beads of Chinamen, and'
peed ha l think it great fun , to see them duck
their heads about, but this ftin at the "Opera
House" is better, because the women have
finer feelings than Chinaman, and they ,
doge and - paW about ad fiwkwaidly; and
blush and look so interestingly distressed."
Tun New York evening Peal says there
le a yowls lady in Brooklyn• who has et
fisted for many years in alleml.cataleptic
'state. 1 She Is twenty-three years old, and
for twolmil a half years:has eaten • wiped
of more trtbstance „than the juice of ivisw
grapes; at long luterifale. She is almossto.
tally blind, and yet as she lies on abed With
her arms drawn up so that they sr ec aboye i
her /end," she executes with perfect
the most delicate, intricate and •beautiffil
patterns in embroidery, selecting the mate
rials
and the colon, and arranging them
without assistance. Though &prised of
her natu ral Tision v ahe certainly ,, penalties,
such p ower to do rigedle-work that any lady
skilled in-the art might bi proud to claimas
bar own. She excels in the arrangement of
flower bouquets. • \
• =
ituTni" of till-,
bit year handled abont two hundred
renty million feet of , lumber. -
—Tlie
ago laal
and tar!
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
• —The Massachusetts • Legislature con
vened yesterday. The Senate elected Robt.
E. Pittman, of New Bedford, President,
and the House re-elected Harvey Jewell,
Speaker. •
—G. A. .Pfan, the St. Louis postoffice
clfirk. who was arrested the other day for
abstracting letters, was committed to jail
in default of $5,000 to, appear before the
United States Grand Jury.
- —What is known as the Madison County
'territory, about three miles above the
centre of St. Louis, was sold to Mitchel,
Miltenberger and Tenses!, of the St. Louis
Transfer Company, for $lOO.OOO.
—A minority report has been adopted in
the council of the Montana Legislature to
remove the Territorial Capital from Vir
ginia City to-Deer Lodge City. A resolute
struggle in favor of Helena will be made
in the House. -
.—The total-number of arrests made by
the police of St Louis during the paid year
was 12,819—males 9,941. females 2,878. The
money stolen and stray property received
and restored to owners during the year
amounted to $114,498. •
—On Monday a woman named Williams,
residing in Hampton village, Canada, in a
fit of insanity drowned her two children
in a barrel of water, and was discovered in
the . act of ending her own life by getting
Into - the barrel head first.
—The coot of improvements paid out of
the St. Lomb' city treasury from Apr 11,1865,
to October,lB6B, was, 83,489,271. The spe
cial tax p aid by property owners for the
Nlcolson pavement, water pipes, opening
streets, sewers, cto., would probably, in
crease the sum to near ten millions.
—ln the North Carolina Legislature,
yesterday, the Public Treasurer submitted
his report, stating that the failure to pay
the interest on the State debt was' caused
by inability to borrow the necessary $305,-
000 without pledging stocks, &c., of the
State as collaterals.
- - -
—Morris Reardon, a shoemaker, residing
at Lagrange, Ky., was shot and killed yes
terday. Benjamin Mackey, W. , Looney
and Daniel Smith were arrested as the par
ties j who committed the assassination. ,
The cause of the tragedy, so fas as ascer
tained, was that of jealousy.
—One hundred and twenty-five thou
and dollars in bonds and currency were
stolen from Cambreling dcPagree, Wall st•i
New York, in the interval between New
Year's eve and , the following Saturday.
The bonds and money were in two tin boxes
which were teken from u safe.
—The President of the Denver and Pa
cific railroad and Telegraph Company de
nies that the company has received hereto
fore, or , now asks for,..any aid from the . gov
ernment. All it asks is a tranfer of lands
that .have been granted to the Union
Pacific, eastern division, with its assent.
—Ex-Ckrv. Arney, New Mexico, aeon his
way to Washington with specimens of gold
from the. Marine mines, from which' one
hundred and eighty-six ounces were taken
out in two weeks, and one hundred ounces
the following week. Mr. Arney says :
"Remove the Indians, ; and New Mexico
will pay the National debt."
--Tom Allen, who is to fight Bill •Davis
near St. Louis, on the 12th, has taken quar
ters:in the suburbs, and will complete his
training. He
_is said to carry a good deal of
flesh and not to be in as good condition as
Davis. It is not known where the fight
will take place. A large crowd is expected,
and it is said Gallagher and Elliot will fight
in the same ring.
—The Missouri Legislature met at Jeffer
son City yesterday. The Senate, after
swearing in the new members, adjourned
until today. In the House, Dbl./it:Laugh
lin, of Saline, was elected temporary
Speaker, and Captain Calley temporary
Clerk, after which the members; according
to the list furnished by the Secretary of
State, were sworn in, and the House ad-
journed. The list of the Secretary of. State
omitted members from eight counties, the
returns from which were thrown out by the
Secretary in counting the vote of the State.
AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS AND
URINARY ORGANS.
Diseases of this nature are found to es Ist in per
sons of alt ages. Children. and even infants, are
subject to unnatural secretion's of the Kidneys, and
pain in voldhig the urine, as well as adults. Espe
daily is this the else with aged and *.indrm persons,
and those whose habits are sedentary. Nor Is this a
matter of surprise when we take into consideration
the delicate nature of thp kidneys, and the import
ant functions they have to perforni . Ail the supet-
Buena, unhealthy end poisoned's waste of the system
mast pass through the kidneys, thence into the
bladder, and passes off with the nrins ; consequently
any obstruction in the kidneys, that will prevent
these poisonous particles prom being thrown off,
betellowed by disease of the organs themselves
and more or less derangement '
of the emote systim.
Among the symptoms of such derangement are the
following: Deep seated pain in the small of the
back., sometime. extending around the loins .in the
aboomen, or a dull. heavy, numbing. pain extend.
lag from the back down the lower extremity of the
tient abdomen to the inner part of the thigh;great
difficulty is exoesienced in voiding the urine, fever-.
lab skin, headache. nervous and general debility,
de., &c.
In the removal and sure of such diseases; no rem
edy has yet been discovered that equals DR. SAR
GENT'S DIURETIC OR BACkACHE PILLS.
They have been used extensively for Upwards of
forty years,,and have ;Wren perfect satisfsetion in
every ease, and are highly recommen led by all who
have used them. For sale by all Druggists. •
EXUBERANT HEALTH.
•
Is blessing vouchsafed to few. Area those win
hove been favored by nattily with strong constitu
tions and vigorous frames are apt to neglect the pre
cautions necessary to preserve these precious en
dowments. Indeed. as a rule, the more healthy and
robust amen is. the more liberties he Is inclined to
.take with his own physique. •It is some consolation
t• the naturally weak and feeble to know that they
can be so Invigorated and built up, by proper use
of the means which science has placed at their die.
posal. as to have • much better (hawse of long life
and'exem pitons from disease and pain. than the
most athletic •of their, fellows who are foolish
enough to sue themselves invulnerable, and
act according ly.-• •
• It is not too uch tatty that mere than 'halt the
people of the hiviligail world nerd an Occasional
imife, to enable them to support .the strain noon
their bodies and minds, which the fast Lim ef
restless age occasione. In fact. aim% trboidiicil ,
.
isasgetting touts Is. th e grand, alatratum o - the
busy_militons, and they have the erste in How
TIITTLIVS BITTERS. It. is a.,argilllVAL rant-
Mita,. it. g. it impart, permanent , ' strength' lb weak
systems and invigorates delicate eons, itutions. Its:
reputation and Its sales have steadily- Increased.
Conspeatire preparations bare been Introduced ad
ftbittan. and, as hr es the public Is, concerned, ad
nauseam. in the hope of rivaling it; but , they neve
all elite, perished In the attempt , or been left far
In the rear. It has been the GREAT .71111EDicAt. WIC
ICUS Or THII rimararr, intiagting and it la quite
. certain that noprop,rletary medicine this country
It as widely *Down:orbs generally lased. .
TealightlingOrMises. running Incessantly faun
dilYeexcep ed.) , the whole year 'through. brireli
lbr the 11.nstrated AFmanac ,
eapplythe emanA
*hick the nature and nsu of the preparations are
:set forth, the ciretabildon now -being over aye ' mil,
lions a year.' .
TEE :CISEATEST OF ALL • COUGH
MEDICINES.
At this time of the year. when: the streets
,and
ilivilluente . are , covered , with snow and slush, ills
no wonder that the natural pores lid conducts of
. .
the body become obstruted, and whole communi
ties , become affected with coughs and rib:unary
'Slid throat ailments. One of the very best cures for'
iii these diseases will be found in DR. lENADIER , EI
PECTORAL SYRUP, which at once sets free the
Cmprisoned smatter, removes tie ohetruotion, and
allays the trritsbility of the nervous system in such
a way as to do no inJuryto health, 'or interfere with
One's usual avdcations. What &blessing It must'be .
to have so DOtelit II remedy 111 the house as DR.
PNOTODAI. SYRUP; which, for over
twenty years';has gained on the affections and re
stored the hesith of ihoinands of odi people. To
get the best of what Is going le a good rule in any
thing ; but it'li eapecially true with regard to medi
cine, and there is no cough medicine, that we know
of,eof equal potency. both as a cure and preventive
than DD. 15MTNER , SPEOTOSAL SYRUP. _
Sold at the great Medicine (tore ; No. 140 Wood'
street. WILL IllildOVlC 'APTER, JANUARY "Ist
to 16T LIBERTY STREET, two door' 'below Saint
Clair.
DII..EETPEEtS REBIDENT 0171011 Ibr LUNG .
EXAMINATIONS: AND TEE TREATMENT- OP
OBSTINATE UHRONIO DD1E2.893, 3fiO PENN
STREET. PITTEIBIJEGR. PA. (11609 - bows troia
9 AL. lIETni 4!.
~ Desembpr 13.; 44014 •*- . •
—ln the Circuit Court at 'Baltimore, on
Tuesday, Judge Pinkney delivered his
opinion in the case of Addison vs. Addison:
The bill was filed for the sale of certain
property, the title of which involved the
question of the legality of a marriage con
tract between slaves. Judge Pinkney de*
cided that emancipation gives to the slave
his civil rights, and that a contract of mar
riage, legal and valid by consent er the
master and moral assent of slave, from the
moment of his freedom, althougn dormant
during slavery, produces all the effects
which re§slt from such contract among
free person..
—Judge Drummond, of the United States
District Court, at Chicago, has given an
important decision respecting the emigres.
atonal whisky act of July 2mth, 1867. For
three days an attorney, who had devoted
all his time for five months to the prepara
tion of his argument, 'contended•that near
ly every provision of the act is unconstitu
tional. After an able -review of the argti
ment the Court decided . that every single
provision or the law accords with the Con
stitution, and dissolved the injunction to
restrain the revenue officers from acting
under its instructions.
-- T To pr :vent the recurrence of the num
erous pri • fights that have ..disgraced the
vicinity of Chicago, the city authorities
will endeavor to obtain the passage, at the ,
present session of the State Legislature, of
an act modeled after the Ohio law, which
imprisons for one year the principals of a
premeditated prize fight,with an additional
proviso empowering the arrest of persona
training for a fight. The measure:ls tier
fain to pass. .
L.-General Stoneman, commanding the
-District of Virginia, has issued an order
disbanding the public guard at Richmond,
a company of about one hundred State sol
dieis, which has been doing guard duty at
the State pr iton and public buildings. The
Commanding 'General Is silently clearing
the Courts of officers disqualified under the
Fourteenth Amendmept. The removals
are not furnished the Om. '
—James Murkstreak, magistrate-at Deed
well. Canada, has been arrested, with his
two sons, on a charge of conspiracy to de
feat justice, in conniving for the escape of
one Bozart, a' defaulting Paymaster's
clerk, of the receiving ship Vermont, who
absconded with a large sum of money
while the vessel was in a dock-yard at
New York.
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lior•zrorrossa.,ro Let," "For date," "liot,'
"Want/oi' "Found." "Boarding," 40.. not on.
muting FO OR LIFER saes wilt be inserted in tAato
co/twins mot for Twsztrj r zirs maw; .acs
additional Hsi zrz 07R2'8.
WANTED---HELP.
AXTED—HELP -At Emp lo
meat Office, No. fit, Clair Street, BO 8
r
47iint and MEN, for different kinds of employ
ment.. Persons wanting help of all kinds can Ix
supplied on short notice.
WANTED-SITUATIONS.
•
l ii r
ANTED.-rA Licedsed, P.racti
ell Engineer desires a situ/mon either on
lan or water. Is of steady habits.. Address for one
Week, ht. D., Birmingham P. U.
mr ATV TED-SITUATION-By one
who can adapt himself to circumstances. He
Is a ready writer, and quick and accurate in tignres.
Addre es - EARNEST, Gazette office.
WANTED-=-BOARDERS,
•
WAIIITED—BOARDERS—PIeas- , •
ant room, with board, suitable for gentleman.
and wife, or two young gentlemen at6B FOURTH -
bTREET. Alto, a few day or dinner boarders can
be accommodated. Reference tequired.
WANTED-AGENTS.
T E D AGENTS--00 to
Vl' 412*0 PER MONTH—To sell sr ‘New Book
pertaining to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts,
by GEORGE E. WARING. Esq., the distinguished
Author and Agricultural Engineer the New York,
Central Park, ie. Nothing like it: 200 Eugra.
vlngs Sells at sight to Farmers , Mechanics and
workingmen of alt classes. Send for Circulars. A. '
L. TALCuTT4 58 Market stfeet, Pittsburgh,
Penna. de7-aWit
WANTS.
. ,
WAIPTED—TO BENT
Any.per-
son baring a comfortable bowie ofour or .
five rooms, in a desirable location in either elty or
suburbs, can bear of a good tenan . by addressing/
J. E. S.. eafirrrit Orywn
V s .—TWO or
THREE ROOMS OR A SMALL HOUSE. la
a pleasant location, by aman and wit ; no children.
Good reference. Address C., Gaz z orrzcz.
-- .. •
8259000 TO LOAN ON BOND
and mortgage, on Alleghen
County Property. Apply to or address CHI .FT b
PHILLIPS, Real Estate Agents, No. 1.9 Fourth
avenue. , , ,
TO LET.
.
FouOR BENT. large
BRICK DOUBLE HOUSE, containing large
ble Parlors, Library, Dining; Room, Kitchen
and Wash noose on lower floor, and 5 bed rooms
and bath room on second floor. Also finished attic,
good cellar with bake-oven in It, together with large
yard painted .with shrubbery and fruit trees. Hot
and cold water and gas through Ibis' house. The
house le in good order, finely papered ann : painted
throughout. trble mantleplece aln oarlors, libra
ry and dining r m. Possession given atone. • 1.0
cation in Elevehth (old Sec. nth) ward. For terms,
de., address. D.:Z., care Box W. Gazette Office. •
IO LET—Two most Convenient
• HOUSES-,-One with eight rooms and the other
eleven, on Eigath strePt n-ar Penn, opposite Christ
Church. Inquire at 277 Perin street.
r. LET..-TWO HANDSOMELY
ihruished rooms , with gas and tire. one on fret
oorllllll one front up stairs., Inquire at 199 Third
avenue. - .
FOR SALE
OR SALE—DESIRABLE FARM,
A.
Containing 181 acres, located in Allegheny
county, A 4 miles-from the c.ty. fronts on West
Pennsylvania Railroad, and the uulidtngs are with
in ten minutes walkof Natrona and Karnes stations;
31 acres -of timber. St/acres in grass. The whole
lann can be worked by machinery; good brick house
of 8 rooms and splendid • collar: large frame barn
and all necessary outbuildings 300 oboice .grated
fruit trees of all varieties, go od soil and well wa
tered; would make a splendid dein' farm. Every
thln; In drat.class order. and needs only to be seen
'to be appreciated, will be' told low as the owner is
detennined,to go touth. Terms easy. Apply to, or
addreas_caurr A PHILLIPS.. Real Estate Agents.
No. 133 FOURTH AVSNVE. •
SALE—A: - Grain •• liminess
r L E14.62 , 111, located on the line of the Pitts.; C. &
t. L. B. W...in the best grain district in Ohio, san
itising of it two story frame warehouse. 30 by 60.',
convenient to Railroad. with aids track Caning 1n
to it to accommodate the loading and shipment of
Wain: lot 50 by 100 feet. This ls a rare chance for
• party to engage in a paying bust/test aa this stand
controls the Grain trade tor 50 mites art mid. There
are other advantages connectedwith the stand which
`will ho explained on application. ilatisfsetary rea
sons' given for selling._ Apply to or address C.1805T
& PHILLIPS. No -139 Fourth avenue..
10' OR SALE-BIUBEVEBB "MAKE.'
HOLD—Having a front of 4B het of Wasting.
'Con street, Just above the Grain Elevator, bv 115
feet deep along Hill alley. en which is erected
three story brick business houses. now renting for
11.1000 per rear. Irate Mu 111 years torun. !ironed
.r. nttow. Sold separate or together.. Price low and
terms easy. Apply to or address CROFT a PHIL.
LIPd. Heal Estate Agents. 131 Fourth avenue.
ISALE.-.IIIISINEss srAnID
A will knowttsad'prosperone wheetale!
.
bnei
ness mod, with do& and Mann% t offtied for
estisfactory • reasons us skies for the dispo-
Oil.. Apply at 71 WOOD STREET. --
FOB SALE:--That nue two story
- brick warehouse. 24 by 64 feet. situated on
OHIO STREET. Allegheny obi. No. 95, now. occir
pled—asirllour and Grain Warehouse. Also, that
twu story brick dwellieg house, Sety et - feet, ad* .
owing the above.coautining six rapine For
rther particulars enquire on the pirctuises of M.
STEEL JC
- 0011 BALE-An old Tavern
butyl,' 15 611:1711FIKLID ButEgF. • For
pitmen:an euguln. .14 JOSEPH 'SPENCER'S.
Sull'v Head Tavern, Second ivenne.
- pion SALE—FARBIL--200 - acres
1 of good Land, situated In Penn -Tr, W elt•
morelonnoonntr, two miles from Irwin Suwon, on
the Penna. H. R. Improvements. hewed log 1,6 U1e
Id good regal'. bank barn and older ontindldlogs.
Terms moftgate. Enquire of W. WILSON, Lan"
meros Station. or It. A. HOPP.. penis Station.
SALE--. 4 1, newhouoe of
saran rooms. Ass and watrr, . with range in
Ist chen. corner PRIDE- and raft BEB esTJLEKTS.
Also a house Of four rooms to-let, fronton F or bes
volt SALE—DRUG STORE—A.
first eltsaretab drux store Ina via desirable
lla& %Vas edgy. Juldrese Pitts.