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• Goan closed yesterday in New York a
134-
Joust lfiracon BOTTS, an eminent A
can citizen and politician, died at Culp
Court House, Va., yesterday.
• Ix view of the probable completion' of the
,Vhartiers Valley Railway, during the next
summer, the people living along the Hemp
field line are manifesting considerable tins
iety for its extension.
HON. COLUMBUS DELANO is spoken of
as the only really prominent candidate for
the Internal Revenue bureau under the new
Administration. In the fact that the men
tion of his name has - elicited an universal
approval, the friends of Mr. DEL:uro-have
recognized a high compliment to that gen
tleman, whose personal and official qualifi
cations well merit it.
KB. A. W. CAMPBELL, for many years
the editor of the Wheeling Intellige7cer, is
a candidate for the United States Senate.
He has' unquestionable abilities, is bold,
/courageous and reliable, and rendered im-.
portant services to the Republican cause all
through the rebellion. The Legislature of
- West Virginia can hardly do a better thing
than to corder that eminent position on him.
THE Connecticut Democracy insist upon
it that they still live. But, if therbe really
dead, they insist upon their right to con
duct their own autopsy. A council of their
doctors has accordingly been summoned
to meet . at Hartford, on the 27th of this
month, when we may expect. an authorita
tive opinion from the faculty. It will
7de
clare that the Demo are really dead, or
only dead-alive—and really makes very
_._
little difference whi
"Gun canvass shoul he aggressive,"
says Mr. CLinces.,in his letter declining to
~
1e a Democratic candidate for Governor.
The declination is an omen of anther D‘m
castle -. defeat, of whiCh_this language is a
very clear indication. That was the way
Mr. Watauscs talked last year when ineffec•
tually striving :to hail out 'the swamped
boat of the Democracy with a; coffee.pot.
We all . know what his frantiC , appeals
amounted to. Democratic ‘,lltggreasive
ness" hicame the standing-joke of the can
vass, and we don't admire Mr. Clinatit's
taste in reviving it now. ' •
,
Tun NEXT ItOVIC, of such of our uneasy
political speculators, at Washington, as fail
to see that we have unite enough business
- to attend to at home, Will be to agitate for
-the extension of an American `protectorate'
over Mexico, and some half dozen, more or
less, - of the Caribbean islands. Would it
net be well to wait until the protection of
the Republic is proven to, be worth.sotne
thing; to the lives and property ok,good.
citizens cifour own SoUthern States? Here,,
Republican propagandism has amore
mate field-, where the harveit 'has long
waited for the reaper. •
We have to thank the appearance,. of all
these moonshine projects, for the comforta
ble assurances , wherewith they always re
mind us that in President GRANT his coun
trymen an rely upon an inflexible pati4ot-
Ism and sterling common sense,. which" will
not fail to protect them against all extrava
gances and follies. Here is, a protectorate
at home worth our having,- and we propose
1 to enjoy its fruits before borrowing trouble
in the affairs of our Mexican and insular
neighbors.
MAJ. GEN. LOVELL IlAniuBoN ROUSSEAU
died yesterday in New Orjeans, where be
was located as Commander of the Fifth
Military District. He was born in.
'Lincoln county, Kentucky, of Huguenot
descent. He received no_ schooling, and
was a good specimen of the American self
made man,. Starting out in the world as a
breaker of stones on the highway, he
.gained education by study from a paper '
`spread before him. In 1824 he was admit
ted to practice law in. Bloomfield, Indiana,
and at. Abe age of twenty.flve was elect
ed to the Indiana Legislature. He
served with distinction in the Mexican
war, and on his 'return was elected to the
state Senate. In 1800 he wasp Member of
, ,
the Kentucky Senate, having "removed to
Wlten thttebellion" broice • oixt
he raised two regiments of Kenttreklans and
afforded prOtection to Louis2iille against,
Bucammt, who Wall moving 'towards that
city. He was, male Bligadier General Oct.
let, 1861, and was attached to BuELL's
army of the Ohio.. In 1862 he was made
MajoeGeneral of Volunteers, a position he
held up to the time of his death. He was a
I brave soldier and good officer, whose name
will live in the history of the nation whose
life he contributed's° largely toward saving.
JOSIAH KIN%
GEORGE W. Cess, President pf the. Pitts
bough, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad,
is; expected to be the Democratic candidate
for Governor of Pennsylvania next. year.
We copy from the Titusville Herald. The
expectation,. to which it alludes, is by , no
means a general one: However much it
may obtain in Venango and; other'
. rural
counties north and west of the Allegheny .
river, that programme is accepted, as far(as'
we can learn,' by but a single citizen of,
Allegheny, and he would be the Clain=
guished citizen' bove named. But, serious
ly, we credit General Gass with too much
sagacity to indulge In any such expectations.
He knows, from much , experience in the
past, that the substantial honors of his party
are not for him. He has too often been
taught that, no matter how flattering the
tales which his own hopes or the crafty poll.
ticians of his party may tell, they are
doomed to an always inevitable die
appointment. And especially now. For
the Democracy feel really sanguine of elect
ing their candidate next fall, and, in that
view of the situation,don't propose to nom-,
bate General Cassat all. He knows it, we
know it, and they know it. Already HEM
.= CLYMER. has declined, and in due time
the President of the Ft. ,Wayne road may
be expected to follow suit. General Mc-
CIarDLESS or Hon. Ass PACET.RIS the com
ing man of that party;,, and he cornea, not
with the empty hopes with which the De
mocracy dazzle the eyes of other candidates.
but confident of grasping a solider fruit.
But we shall see in the popular result of
October next,, as in' the aspirations of candi
dates now, that the "world is but a fleeting
show, for man's delusion given."
men
6pper
The repression and punishment of crimes
are chief among the duties of governtnent.
Social order and personal securities depend
thereon. Just in proportion as this duty is
well done is government entitled to esteem,
and in ratio as it is ill done does government
;
suffer reproach and contempt. • •
One of :the essential conditions' of the"
administration of justice upon criminals is
that it be done by the public, in its own
name, and „behalf, and at the cost of the
whole,-rather than of the special individu
als who have been injured in person, pro
perty or reputation. By this method only
is it possible to avoid that manifest com 7
mingling of personal feelings with public
necessities which is always detrimental to
the respect that the laws ought to command.
In olden time, indeed, each man was made
largely the judge in his own case, whenever
his rights were criminally invaded, or had
the appearance of being so invaded, whether
they actually Were or not; and was made, in
addition, - the avenger of the wrongs he sus
tained,-or seemed to sustain. However well
adapted such a seheme of administration
may have proved in an early and semi
barbarous condition of society, it is palpa
ble, even to the most uncultured apprehen
sion,ln this age and century, that It does
not comport with the nature of modern life.
It is now considered indispensable that all
crimes should: be regarded as committed
primarily against the State, and that indi
vidual reontinents and revenges should be
prohibited, the community assuming and
exercizing the authority of suppressing dis
orders, and punishing all infractions whether
of public or personal rights and privileges.
Whoever has Considered riot the theory
but the practical workings, of criminal ju.
risprudence in Pennsylvania, cannot fall to
be Impressed with the fact that several
changes- are earnestly to be desired. In
important respects , the prevailing mictice
lags behind the conceptions of , the more
telligent, and reflecting portions of the sm4pn
lation. ;
The state does, indeed, recognize ite
ligation to prosecute Offenders against "the'
penal code. , This is mturifest in the orgard.
zation of 'Dmitri `•bf Oyert' and Terndner
and• Quarter Sessions, and: in' tie.creation
of the offices of Attorney General and of
Prosecuting Attorney for the respective
,counties. But so soon - as the investigation,
, descends to minuter Ointictilais, It is per
ceived that the Btate either ;repudiates 'hi
duty or else only half performs it. Pst ne
particularize. .. •
No proper prollsiorris made for tire'iraY
meat of District Attorneys. Instead of be
ing assigned an equitable compensation for
iabor performed, they , are legally entitled
only to a miserable pittance. The result is
that; except in a few of the more;populous
counties, no lawyer of [ prominence will ac
cept the position': and it falls, very nearly as a
matter of course, into the possession of the
Youngest and feeblest practitioner. Clearly,
this ought not to be. Puhlic justice ought
not to have arrayed against it, except as in
dividuid interest supplements governmental
prOvltSion, the ablest, most experienced and
influential members of the legal fraternity.
So long as this error continues, criminals
must enjoy a degree.of impunity. Inconsis.
tent with tie general welfare, and seriously
oppressive tOthose whose rights they assail.
The State, when It demands Justice upon
the heads of offenders, ought not to be rep
reiented by younglings, but by men in the
maturity of their powers, and fully equipped
for that special function by large capacities
and experience.
We have more than intimated that public
'prosecutions should beentirelrimperaimal,
not simply in the- name of the Common
wealth, but through its servants exclusively.
All this is involved in the very ides of a
public prOsecution: How does the casi ac
tiudly stand in. Pennsylvania? In almost
every instance some person is made to
assume the?poslti in of ProsetatintWitness•
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ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE SATURDAY, lAMUARY 9, 1869.
to
t put his or her name on the record as
such, thus ' becoming identified "'with' tii4
proceeding; to be liable to have the coats
put upon him or her; and to incur the ex
pense, if the matter is of much importance,
of hiring one or more competent lawyers,
to aid the District ,Attorney; that is, to do
what that officer is not able to do, have the
prosecution conducted with degrees of abil-'
ity, tact and learning commensurate with
its merits, and to the power enlisted for the
defence. This is all wrong..
_The Step
ought not to demand that individuals be
come public accusers. It ought to do that
duty in its, own behalf, and do It efficiently.
It is an imposition upon a person who has
been criminally wronged, to force him not
only to bear the loss, but to Incur additional,
and perhaps ruinous, expense in bringing
the offenders to justice.. . . ,
In one of the counties of this State there
has ion ; existed a confederacy of. notorious
scound Os.onns of them' are men of
i m
property, se•• g' a justices , of the peace
in townships nd office-bearers in - churches.
No kind or degree of crime has appalled
them. Counterfeiting, robbery; burglary,
arson and murder they have not flinched at.,
Their , hardihotl has inspired a piofound
terror: For years they have done about as
they Iv midi With absolute proofs'of the
guilt of one or more of the gang, citiL
zens have not dared to proceed against
them, and the State would not unlesss the
persons injured would assume the blunt
of the prosecution. At last, one
of the band committed a felony
in a township at some distance from his
home. The sufferer was a man of resolu
tion, and commenced criminal proceedings.
A conviction was obtained, and a rule to show
cause why the judgment should not, be set
aside was argued in the Court above, and
the verdict sustained. But the prosecuter
Is financially ruined. The costs of obtain-
ing justice have eaten up all his melds,
Either this happens every week in Pennsyl
vania, or else 'men prefer to submit in silence
rather than enter upon legal proceedings
which, whatever other result they may have,
will certainly eat like canker into their
scanty pecuniary . resources. In multiplied
cases, justice costs so much that parties who
need it, dare not ask for it.
In other States, where this evil existed, it
has been remedied. Provision has been
made for paying District Attorneys such
salaries that lawyers of abundant compe
tency will . take commissions as such; the
necessity for prosecuting witnesses has been
done away with, the Commonwealth as
sinning the right and . duty of vindicating
public justice; informations are privately
lodged with the District Attorneys, who in
qifire into the facts, and if satisfied that a
•
wrong has been done, proceed against the
offender, the name of the informer , never
being disclosed. This method shuts the
door against-many neighborhood feuds, per
. •
initial animosities and consequent av enges.
i '.instice is demanded to satisfy violence done
to the laws, and not as an instrument of
personal retaliation.
We commend this subject to the attention
of membeys of the Legislature, hoping that
they will not let the session close without
passing a suitable statute covering the case.
We learn; from the Cleveland Leader,
that the recent election of- Dirtctors for the
Cliveland and-Pittsburgh Railway resulted
in a triumph for the Erie interest. The
Vanderbilt board, of last year, was replaced
by a majority in favor of the peculiar Erie
interests. .
This means that the Erie road, now hold
ing the Atlantic and dieat Western road
under a long lease, has secured the right to
lay aithirkrail along the. C. and P. track,
Iron:l:either:of -the broail-gauge crossings at
Ravenna or Newburgh, directly to the pres
ent terminus of the C. ,and P. road in the
Union Depot at Cleveland, from which the
Atlantic road has heretofore been carefully
excluded, means , that' the Erie hi
now to enter into a competition on
ecpial terms , for the, passenger : business of
Cleveland,l . ' including what may reach
that point from the West. It means that
the Erie has effectively grasped the mon•
opoly of the coal business of that impor tant ,
city'and -Laie.tiarbc•i. ' Poi this business,
as for its general freight traffic, the Erie
'Will also have the. auperior, advantage of
a double terminus, one upon the Lake shore
and the other on the „river-bank. In the rear
of the town, and of the greatest• possible
convenience for -.,abipping. Itlmeams that'
the ' Erie;Atlantic-Pittsburgh combination
Is hereafter loYbe %tot respectable,'
but a formidable - power, at a point where,
eingle-handed, 'they were, either of them,
unable to chtdiengei a 'oonspditioti'which,
thus united,"they are confident in their abil
ity to defy : , you., (therefore, ,is'. it
remarked by our Cleveland cotemporary,
that "this election was one of. urtfversal im
portance, and 7 its results, awaite4 .Witis no
small Interest by railroad men ,every
where."
But this Inovernent has also a peculiar in
terest for Pittsburgh: It opens a practice
ble, and moat advantageous outlet for the
,Connellsville railway to the North ; and,
'est: The managers of this latter. road
hae been desirous of perfecting their con
nections in that direation, and their oppor
tunity has now come. Will they improve,
it? There can be no insuperable engineer-,
Mg difficulties in the ways of completing
the connection, between their present ter
minus on our Monongahela levee, and the
track of the Cleveland road itt Rochester,
thirty miles belaw. If they cannot go
hence down the right bank of the river,
they can reach the left bank at or be
low Temperanceville, and pursUe it to a
_bridge at or below the mouth of the Beaver,
thus effecting the junction. The land
holders on the left bank have long since ex
pressed their readiness' to yield the , right, of
way and do alltio grwling,-„for any, corn.
pant NhiCh would provide the masonry;
bridging, superstructure - and equipment of
such aline. We pre.sume the proposition ,
to ' be still open.. .If the Connelisville road
be also desirous of a qoaneption, wlti t4e
-Lakes, and `the 'Northwest, It , swigs them
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R AILWA Y . MATTER-S..
now at whereßochesterthe new Directory
,
Of the Cleveland road are dinkiest; open to
any proposals, winch will make it worth
their while to disentangle themselves from
an affiliation, no longer cordial or profitable,
and to accept a new and most promising al.
Hance, Herein, our friends of the Con
nellsville may find a most desirable solution
for an embarrassing problem. And we com
mend the same suggestion to such-of our
citizens—and there are many of them—as
concur with us, and with the Connellsville
Directory, in'desiring the largest opportuni
ties for that important work. We cannot
doubt that, if the Directory shall decide to
improve so favorable a situation, These
zens will establish their faith by correspond.
lug works in the way of the needful cash
subscriptions.
ob. •
THE CHARTIERS RAILWAY.
In response to an appeal made to the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company by a Com
mittee appointed at a public meeting held
recently.at Cononsburg, the President there
of replied as follows:
OFFICE PENNA. RAILROAD COMPANY,
PHILADELPHIA, Oct, 15, 1868. S
To the President and Directors of the`Char
tiers Railway
.Company: 1
GENTLEMEN:* Upon your receiving the
right of way and real estate free of cost to
your company and necessary for the'con-
Struction and operating of your Railivay,
except Depot grounds , at or near the ter
mini, and expending not less than 6250,000
—which sum shall be received from sales
of your capital stock—in grading the same
from .a point on the Pitteburgh, Cincinnati
and St. Louis Railway at or near Mansfield
in Allegheny county, to" or near Washing
ton borough in Washington ixitinty, the
Pennsylvania Railway Company will pur
chase the first mortgage bonds of your
company at an amount sufficient to enable
you, with the proceeds thereof, to complete
your road with single track and sidings,
ready for cars and equipment. '
• Very respectfully, yours,
J. EDGAR THOMPSON
President Penna. R. R. ao.
Thereupon the managers of the Char
tiers Railway Company met and adopted
the following preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, This Company has received.
from the Pennsylvania Railroad Col:ripe - Hy
such assurance of pecuniary nid as
with a proper and vigorous effort on the
part of tide People of A lleghenv and. Wash
ington counties, ensure the early and cer
tain completion of its'railroad on or before
the let of July, 1870; therefore, '
Resolved, That this Company do offer for
sale and authorize the issue of 5,000 shares
of its capital stock at par, and that J. H.
Ewing, of Washington, Penna., be End he
is hereby constituted the agent of this Com
pany to receive subscriptiorui to the said
shares in the form andupon thetermshere
in set forth.
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We whose names are hereunto subscribed
do promise to pay to the Chanters Railway
Company the sum of fifty dollars for each
and every, share of the capital stock of said
Corn pany set opposite our respective names,
in such proportions and at such time—not
exceeding tts per share in any period of
thirty days—as shall be determined by.the
President and Directors of said Company.
What remains is simply to have the sub-
scriptions already made transferred to this
new paper, so , as to become binding, the
terms of payment being made more easy
than in the original papers. There is scarce
ly idoubt hilt this transfer will be speedily
amomplished, and this not only from a de
sire-to secure the early completion of the
road, but also from a conviction that under
the arrangement proposed the new stock
will prove a good investment.
CONGRESSIONAL RAILWAY JOBS.
We copy a telegraphic synopsis of Sena
tor SHERMAN'S recent speech, as present
ing, in behalf of these extraordinary pro
positions, the best argnments at the command
of their supporters. Perhaps it is needless
to add that no case is thereby made out, to
justify, in the guise of legislation; as fla
grant a job as any in the long catalogue now
pending before Congress, for the profit of
the lobby and to the disgust of the country
at large:
Mr. Sherman called np his bill providing
for the air line railroads to New York, to
Pittsburgh and to Ciniinnati. The bill is
very long, occupying aWbut a hair hour in
reading. At its couclutoon Mr. Sheriff .rt
took the floor, and made a strong argu
ment claiming the constitutional right of
Congress to build railroads for the promo
tion of commerce, to or from any point in
the Union. He reviewed the arrangement
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad In con
trolling the single line connecting Washing-
Aon with New York and -the north, and
asserted that the only object of;the road is
to protect Baltimore interests. He also
alluded to the Camden, and_ Amboy Rail
road monopoly, insisting that -if Congress
had power to give the thirty-six millions of
people in the country a free access to Wash
ington, the final result would be the .re
mcivin of the Capitol. The. Senator occu
pied an hour and,a half in •spe..ale---log,tand
the bill Went,Over until , Monday. So great
is OS interest felt on this subject that it la
lrobable that the matter win calk fOrth
ong debates in both houses.
THE -STATE FINANCES.
The Anneal Report 'of Auditor General
Harritartirt,"for the past year, makes a fav
orable, &Alibi( of the indebtedness of the
Commonwealth, and the progress made , in
the payment theriof. Bee
Paiuled debt, •Is:
6 per_ gent,. loans.,
5 per cent.
4., per cedt.l - ,nn
Total funded.
..•..ra 311.180 03 , . l•
7,749,711 68
812 CEIO , •
$:811
72.981 68
Unfunded ..err. viz.
Relief notes In elecutation..s •11 14 6 41 0 4 0
Interest `curt titates out
standing 12,086 M
Interest •eertllicates un
chunied ' 4,418 38
Donuoitle creditors' certlil
. names
Total unfunded
Total Pun& d and unfunded
Public, debt outstanding Deermber 1,
1867•4 - 107,704;409 77
Deduct -mount rcdremed at State
Tresiury during lb flumil year end
'dog. November 20, ISM, viz:
6per cen , . loans *4 261.263 64
4 per cent. loans '4 . 63,003 00
Koller notes cancillid 210 00
rubllc debt December 1, ..... s33,las.ii6 18
This reflects honor both upon the general
managemert by the Legislature, and the
special management of the Auditing Depart
ment.
TUE exclusive privileges so long held
from the State of New Jersey by the Cam
den and Amboy Railroad expired on Friday
last, and it is said that In consequence the
Raritan'and Delaware Bay Railroad will be
at once put again into operation. Under a
judicial clecision the ,operations of this latter
road were siumended, as conflicting with
the exclusive rights granted to the Camden
and AMboy Company.
Twa Postmaster General has notified
Wells, Fargo & Co. that he cannot pay
them anything on accmtnt of teeir carrying
the Overland , mall until the 11,ouse.Compatt
tee have cotioleted their Investigation and
ascetlained what there is due them.
Ages of English and American Statesmen.
The new - t
liglish Cabinet is an exception
ally young , one, the oldest member, Lard
Clarendon. being only 68, while the young
est, the Marquis of Hartingtan, is but 35.
Mr. Gladstone the premier, is 59 ; the Duke
of Argyll and Mr. Fortescue are 45 ; Lord
Kiiaberly is 42; "Earl de Grey and Mr.
Childers are 41, and Mr. Goschen 37.
The average of the whole Cabinet is thus
only fifty years and four months, which is
five years and two months less than that of
its predeeessor. Another peculiarity of the
present Cabinet is the precedence of com
moners aver titled personages. Mr. Glad
stone, as First Lord of, the Treasury, of
course takes precedence of all the rest ; Mr.
Lowe, as Chancellor of the Exchequer,
comes third in rank; ,111 r. Childers follows
him as First Lord of Admiralty; and Mr.
Cardwell is next as Secretary of War. .
Below these simple gentlemen must per
force walk the Duke of . Argyll, Earl Gran
and the Marquis of. Hartington, be
sides a host of nobles who are,.not in the
Cabinet proper, but still form part of the,
government pageant.
Let us compare the ages of some of our
own rulers and public men with those of
the British Liberal Cabinet Officers.
General Grant is 47, and Mr. Colfax only
46. Andrew Johnson is 61, Mr. Seward,
68; General Schofield , but 38; Mr. Welles,
- 67; Mr, McCulloch, 58; Mr. Randall and
Mr. Browning, 59. We do not know the'
exact age of Mr: Evarts, but he cannot be
more than O. Mr. Wade, the President of
the Senate, is 69; Senator Sumner issB, and
Senator Trumbull, 56. The members of
the House of Representatives are nearly all
young men. Mr. James Brooks and Mr.
E. B. Washburn are among the oldest, and
are respectively 59 and 58 years of age.
Tng London 'Times thinks 'there, is "one
branch of civilization in which the ,Ameri
cans have undoubtedly _set an example to
the world." This Is our free newspaper
exchange system and cheap newspaper pos
tal rates. NO system of "exchange be
tween papers exists in England, and with
no favor from the Government the cost of
such a system would be immense. The
rates of postage, too, are so - high that the
greater part of newspaper transportation is
done by privateenterprise. The postoffice,
says the Times, performs the least possible
amount of work at the greatest possible ex
pense. The cost of a paper is doubled by
receiving it by post. In - view of these facts,
there are some misgivings about the coming
control of all telegraphic lines by the British
Postoffice Department. Unless the Gov
ernment shows more regard for the press in ,
the management of the telegraph the pub
lk will suffer by the change.
Is rr possible that the House will pass a
bill repealing the civil tenure law by a de-.
cided majority. Its fate In the Senate is not
so certain. Hader the bill as it now stands
they had' great deal of power, and It is
supposed they, will on that account resist
the repeal of the law. .
Tnr. Springfield Repu6tteari says the flrsl
through train on the Pacific Railroad will be
made up of one locomotive, six passenger
cars, two sleeping and one baggage car, and
will start from Springfield and run through
to Sacramento without change.
AMONG the rebel archivis have been found
some dispatches of the. Rebel agent at Paris,
which assert that Louis Napoleon encour
aged privateering, and :that his move into
Mexico was intended principally as a diVer
sion in favor of the South.
AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS AND
URINARY ORGANS.
Diseases of this nature are found to exist In per
sona of all ages. Children. and even infants, are
subject to unnatural secretions of the Kidneys, and
pain in voiding the urine, as well as adults. Espe.
daily is this the case with aged and Infirm prisons,
sad those whose habits are sedentary. Nor is this e
matter of surprise when we take Into cobsideration
thetielicate nature of the kidneys, and the import
ant functions they have to perform. All the super
fluous, unhealthy and poisonous ar'S tte of the systees
must pass thrutrgh the kidneys, thence into the
bladder, and passes off with the units , ; consequently
any obstruction in the kidneys, that wit prevent
OEI. poisonous particles from being thrown off,
will be followed by disease ri f the ct . gaps themserves
and more or less derangement of the whole system.
Among the symptoms of seek derangement are the
following: peep seated pale in the small of the
beet, sometimes emending around the loins In the
abeomen, or adult. heavy, numbing pain, exihnd-•
inhlrom the back down the lower, extremity of the
rig •t ambit:nen to the tuner parr of the thigh; great
didiculty is cane, fenced in 'vetoing the urine, reser
tsh skin, headache, nervous and general debility,
to., le.
In the removal and cure of such diseases, no rem
edy has yet been ditrovered that equals Dit. BAR-
S:II.N l"is DIURETIC oh BACKACHE. TU.LT.
T-ey have been used eitetitsively for upwards of
forty years. and have given perfect 'astl , facolon in
tyre, case, and are highly reournmenred by all who
nave used them. Tor sale by all Druggists.
Is a blessing vouchsafed to few. Even those.who
. , .
have been favored by netire with strong constitu
tions and vigorous frames are apt to neglect the pre
ciotions necessary to pretwve these precious en
,
downtents. Indeed, as a rule, the more healthy ind
robust a man is. the more liberties be Is Inclined to
take with his own physique.: It is saneeonsolatton
to the naturally weak and feeble to knort that they
Can be so invigorated and built up, by a proper use
o , tie means which science has placed et their dis
posal...s to have a much better chance of long. illb
and exemutl..us from disease and pain,, than the
most whietio "of , their fehows'erho are t•ollsk
enough to suppose themselves invulnerable, and
ac t sscordinelY. •
It le nottoo mush to say th , it veer! that half the
ipeope of the ctvtltud world eat cos remetstonel
teeth. ta enable them to support the strain upon
'w
their bodies and minds, wh ich the fast life of this
restless age OCC4IIIO/111. In fact, spurs.' toitotssome,
Wiereiging tonic la the. grand distralum of the
busy editions; and they have the ante e in Hod-
TETTZIt'S BITTERS. it is • reimix.s.r. mean
ct as, t. s.lmPertil Penne:teat .2i/eligible - weak
systems and tortgorytes delicate con , ltutiona. Its
re,putatton and its sales have steadily - itteressed.
Competitive preparations have been Introduced, ad
iibUtout. and, As'far as tee pubdo is concerted,: ad
'nauseam-in the holm et-draftee it: tut they neve
all Other perished In the attempt: or been left fat
in the rear. it has been the ORLAT, stexticat. BCC
111166 OP's)) PRZRMIT CZVXTORY and it la quite
certain that no proprietary medicine Inlbis country.
'la is eiidely,known, or as generally used , , • •- -
yen lightning [weasel. running incessantly teen
days excepted.) the whole year- thruegh, barely
supply the denten,* for tee 11.nstrated .Atmanae, in
which Atte Nature and rises of the preparattons,are
set forth, the circulation now being over flee
. .
THE GREATEST. Os' ALL. COUGH
MEDICINES. • ,
lIM
At this time• of the year, when the 'streets and
paw ments are covered With .snOw and sluSh. It is
no wonder that the natural pores and conducts of
the body become obstructed, and whole.eemmuni
ties' become &fleeted whit congha and pulmonary.
and throat ailments. One of the very best cures for
alt these diSeases will be found in DR. KEYSER'S
PECTORAL SyRUP,
,whirl at once sets free the
imprbsoned matter, removes.tLe obstruetion, and
allays the irritability of the nervous system in such
a way as to do no Injury to health, or interfere with
one's usual avocations.' Whit &blessing it must be
to have so netent a remedy la the house as DR.
KEYSER'S PECTORAL SYRUP. which, for over
twenty - years, has gained en the &Sections and re
stored the health of thousands of our peOple. To
get the best of what is going ii a good rale in' any.
thing.; but it is especially true with regard to medi
eine, 'and thin is no cough medicine, that we know
of, of equal potency, both as a cure and preventive
than DR. lIETSER'S PECTO.iiII SYRUP.
Sold it the great Medicine /store - , No. 140 Wood
street. WILL REMOVE AFTEkt. JANUARY Lt
to 167 LIBERTY STREET, two doore helper Saint
Clair.
115,994 57
?98.946 18
4.07.463 64
DN. KEYSER'S RESIDENT cornea tor WES
EXAMINATIONS ANTI THE TREATMENT Of
oRsTINATE CHRONIC DRHIASES, MIO PENS
MEET. PITTEMIMH. 0210 e min tram
A. i. UNTIL 41.: it. • • • '
Deoesaberli, 18611
EXUBERANT HEALTH.
welding by Hydraulic Treasure.
Experiments have recently been tried in
the machine shops of the Western Railroad
in Paris, in reference to welding iron by
pressure, instead of by means of a hammer
on an anvil, during which it was found that
while union of the two masses of iron was
effected only superficially by means of the
hammer, a continued steady:pressure had a
far greater effect in causing a thorough
junction. Among other experinients, two
iron bars. one and a half inehesin diameter,
were heated to the welding point and.
brought under , the hydraulic press. The
welding was effected with extraordinary
quickness, the fibres of the iron being
thoroughly intercalated with each other, and
the joined portion of the bars was quite as
strong as anywhere else, a microscopic sec
tion of the joint showing a perfectly homo
geneous texture. ti
THE valuation of the personal estate in
the several counties of this Commonwealth,
taxable for State purposes, amounts to
$202,829,941.40, according to the report of
the Aditor General. The tax assessed foots
up to $567,916.70, and the special half-mill,
tax to $98,419.08. The population. of the
Commonwealth for 1868 is placed at 9,921,-
046, and the number of taxables at 773,284.
By-the act of Assembly approved April 16,
1868, the above amount of tax is reduced
fitly per cent.
, .
, NO 210.811—” to Jct. , ' "Per fiage." "LQ4O
"Wants." "Anne:. t ••Boarding." &s.. tWt e.•
meting FOUR zilvEtilaca edit be inserted in that
ecaumns *nee for'..TWKISTY-FIVR 'UMW ; each
additional tine IPS osNrs.
WANTED-.-HELP,
.ner.r.r.r.ry ee e •
VLANTED—HELL' . -At ° Employ!
ment OPllee, No. St. Clair Street, BOY: 25
G 8 and MEN, for dillerent . kinds of employ
ment. Persons wantingkelp of all kinds can DI
supplied on short notice. , .
WANTED-SIT ATIONS:
ANTED.—A Licensed, Practi-
VY cal Engineer desires .a Lineation either on
land or water. Isar steadytabits. Address for one
week, M. Li, BirmlnahantP: '
• - •
VirANITED--SITVATION---By One
who can adapt himself to He
la a ready writer, and , quick and accurate in figures.
Address ELY:NEST, Gazette office.
~ WANTED-I-BOARDERS,
WARTE.I)--BOARDERS—PIeaii--
ant room, with board, suitable for gentleman
and wire. or two young gentlemen at6B FOURTH
bTREET Alen, a few day or dinner boarders can
be accommodated. Reference required. .
WANTED--AGENTS.
WANT ED AGENTS---$5O to
SROO PER MONTH—To sell'a New Hook
pertaining to agriculture sod the Mechanic' Arts,
by GRORtilt E. WARING. Esq., the distinguished
Author and Agricultural Engineer of the New York
Central Park, Ac. • Nothing l ke It:, 100 Engra
vings Bells at sight to Farmers, Mechanics and
workingmen of all classes. Send for Circulars. A.
L. TALCuTTir. CO., 58 Market street, Pittsburgh.
Penna. del-uWr
WANTS.
WANTED—TO TAKE , eINOTH
ER. STEP IN ¶lllE MOH r DißEtrriu.N.--
ThsA Medical Society of Allegheny County met last
week and di cussed question el of crest' importance,.
the object of which seems to he to improve the stun
ilard of "Education amour Druggists." to secura
the "use or pure drugs," &C. &c. • This Is slivery
well as far as it goes. Why not go a step farther,
and compel every memb- r of the Society to add to
each pres••ripetton•-•••No cure no pay is out motto;
use :this medicine according to eirections, and, if it.
does not render entire- sat isf•ctios. aall and have
your money refunded,"•fic.,&c. Coon this plan Dr. -
AsDAUGH'S "WUNDER. . THE Wok CD" is
sold. and 13'1:meets and tile challenge that of an
other remedy In the history of eledlei no. :Adverti
y
sed but little, yet 100 gross oraers are received. A.
single bottle had been known to cure a case of rhen
ma ism of 7 years pi an ding. Thus one bottle Intro
oueed Into a sicK famlll Is a better advertisement
than columns in newspapers. I am se ling the
"W02'10E101" on the PAC-KM/it SYsTErit, which
requires no one to pay unt I be knows he his been
benefit. ed. For sale. by all dealers. For particulars
cell at No. 103 St. Clair s'reet. J. C. TILTON.
P. S-Agents wanted at $6O per month and large
commission. r • • Jaa
WANTERTO RENT—Anyper
son having a comfortable house of 'four or
five rooms, in a creslrablii location In either city or
suburbs, can bear of a good tenant by addressing
J. it. IL. O.A.ZEFTK OFFICE
MrANTED ---TO RENT.—TWO or
. THREE ROOMS OR A f , MALL HOUSE. ha
i pleanint location, by amen and wile• no children.
(1.,05 reference. Address C.. GAzirrrs OFFICE.
255,000 .." LO
d rt etN Nso
1D
County Property., Apply.to or address OWOI7 &
PRILLIPd s Real . Estate Agents,..No. 139 Fourth
avenue.
L • t•T
r i3 OST.—,A Diamond -Cross Breast
PIN. The fidder be zewardtd by leaving' It
at r. MeILEAL% (Mee. •
'FOUND .
FOUPlD.—thiliecember 26.1868,
In Tri.lt. Church, a 'gs ,lun FIIR VIC
MINE, wtileh, the owurr - can Imo by proving
prupircy. 'ming tur t advertisement , at 805.
l'enuatr. et. laa
TO. LET.
House, No.
rig 94 Wylie strei.. coutalnliiit 12, rooms.
h. RE BOOM, No. -98 Wylie street, corner or
'Federal Street. Anpl :to •A. .11; BROWN, 92
:Wylie street, an d //9 Fourth Avenue. -
LET.-:WAREHOUSIE.— The
•A: large Fong Story WAllltfitMzE. 388talthaeld
street.. at present oe , tiplAd by /deism T. B. Young
.& Co. In the fninh tire bnalneu. luqutre of SIMON
JOHNSTON.' corner'ef omithaeld street and totirth
7F° --RENT.IIOVSIE:—A large
11/LICK DOUBLE WM:4, containing large
Double Parlors. Library. Dining Room. Kitchen
and Wash rouse on lower door. and 5 b.d rooms
and batik room on second Boor, ANC, dolt hod attic,
good cellar with totte•oren in tt, tetether with large
yard p,anurd with shrghbovy, and &attires& not
and cold water tnd mai through te - ,e, house. The
hone to In good ordcr.• Seely havered ants painted
throughout.. itarble.mantleviect a interiors, libra
ry and dining room. Possession risen atonee; .
cation in Elevehth (old Bet , wbl-ard. Eetr.ternts,
Sc. address, D.E. ;O
, care Box WisetteoMee
nioit .conatent
HOUSES—One with eight rooms and .the other
is even, liji
en, on Cloth streot n ur Penn, opposite Christ
Church. Inqutt eat 1171 Penn street; •
LET.- . -T W O IP?IIANDSOISTEIGt
• furnished roorei.srltiejtas and ere, one onlirst
°or. and one upstairs. Inquire at 199 Tided
FOR SALE
lIALEDEBI6A.IILE FARM,
. Containing 161 acres, located. in Al , egheny
,county; $l4 Innis from the c.ty, 'fronts .onFest,
Pennsylvania:Railroad. and the °endings ar.- with
in ten minute a walk of Nitrous and Karnes stations;
at acres of timber. 90 am es in grass. The whole
larm cAri be worked be Machinery: good brick house
of 13 rooms and splendid eellar: - large frame barn -
and all neces,ary outbuildings' 300 c%oice.grafted
fruit trees of all varieties, rock soil and well wa
tered,• would make splendid dairy farm. Every-
In Ora class order. and , needs only to bo seen ,
to be appreciat,d, %IA bpi' old low as the owner is
determined to go noutli. TerlDS • ANY. Apply to.'or
address C KoFT A P ILLIO3, Beal Estate Agents,
No. 139 FOURTH AVF.N UK.
-11 .70 R SALE-;•A Grain •Ilininela
•STAND..located on the line of the Pitts.; C. &
bt. L. R. W., In the best grain diatrict to t ild.t, con
sistang of a tKo story frame way eirae se, 30 by .60,
convenient to 'Rad road. With f ldE track. ‘unutng In
to It to accotnmod.ite .the loading and shipment of
Unlit; lot 50 by 100 feet. This is a-rare chance for
a party to engage In a paying bust/It:es. as this stand
contrasl the tir .in trade lOr blUl Mites ar. und. There
are other advantages connected with the stand which
will be expiAlned on application. bati,faCtory-res,-
eons given for 4eiling. Apply to or address CitaFT
& PHILLIPN No 130 Fourth avenue.
FOR SALE . -BUSINESS LEASE-
SALE.-BUSINE SS HOLD—Ifdirmg a Tout of 46 feet on Wasbing
tun street, just above the' Grain Elevator, by .115.
feet deep along hut alley. en whlrb is erected 3
three story brick business houses, now renting for
111,140 per sear. lease has lb years to *on. Wound
r. nt low. Sold separate or Log. thee. Trice low and
terms easy.' Awry to or address CROFT A MIL
LIM Neal Estate Agents, 139 Punta' avenue.
F ° SikiLE-TIMIJSEVESB STAND-:
A well - known and prosperous wholesale busl.
loess stand, with stock and fixtures, la offered Pir
. sale, tatistsetory reaeons
.are given Sor the asp**
sal. Apply at 77 'WOOD WPRISET.
yott SALLE- hat fine t*co dory bitek warehouse, SI t. by 64 fee situated on
OHIO ;STREET; Allegheny city, No. VS. 'nuw mem
fled al a I. /44 " arid grafts Warehouse. Also. that
wostor. belch du ellleg house,. 80by Qt. feet. ad.
lo , nlhe the • afxree• tontalntug slx rooms Fur
farther• partleutars.egoulre os the Peteehle° °t
4T/LE4 . ;
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