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ALLEGHENY CITY. FLECTION.
The election - for Director of the Poor,
City Councilmen and ward officers will be
held in' Allegheny 'City to-day. We ur
gently advise all jappublican voters to be
early at the pollend to endeavor to have
out the fall party vote, as the Democracy
will, in some of the wards at least, make
strenuous efforts to secure the . ascendancy.
The regidar Republican candidates put for
ward are all good men and eminently worthy
of .support.
Tat TOTE of New York city, in Novem
ber, for Szvuotru and Brant, secures all the
needful explanations, under the inquiries
now in progress at the order. of Congress.
Our despatches, in another Place, tell the
whole story. The nature of the infamous
frauds by which that vote was enormously
swollen, has been so far exposed that the
guilty scoundrels are now endeavoring to
escape a complete detection, by -destroying
, all the official.records of naturalization. We
have only to regret that, practically, there
appears no recourse ; for excluding the elec..
Loral vote of New York, thus fraudulently
'won, from the official reckoning next month.
It is the plain duty of Congress to provide
for all such cases in the future.
TEEPERSONAL PROPERTY of the Common
wealth is to be re-valued this year. We
heartily concur in the spirit of the State
Treasurer's suggestion, that, in the die
, charge of this duty, the Revenue Commis;
sion should be so far relieved from their pre
sent restriction, "to the evidence which they
receive from 9izens, officers and records of
the respective counties in adjusting the ag
gregate value of timables" in the respective
counties, as to clothe them with the lamest
possible official discretion. The county and
State equalization system of Ohio, burthened
' with no practical restrictions whatever, has
been found to_ promote a justly impartial
distribution of the public burthens, and
' with a general popular acquiescence the
most complete which any adjus,tment of
questions, so delicate is capable of. In the
future, we Might, with safety and advantage,
follow its example in Pennsylvania.
THE ANNUAL PRODUCT OF LANE ' SI7PER.
TOR mon slowly but steadily increases.
The total of. ore mined in '6B was 493,290
tons, against 489,320 in 'B7-and would
have been 50,000 tons larger, had not the
Marquette fire impaired shipping facilities
very seriously. There were also smelted
last year 36,425 tons of pig iron, an increase
of 5,514 tons over '67. The , new season
will open with a considerable increase of
furnace-plant and with confidence in an ac : .
tive business. The value of 'the mineral ie
sources of a single county—Marquette—is
shown in a tabular statement before us,'
which gives the production of
,ore and pig,
in tonnage, for each year, from '5B 145'68,
both inclusive, with totals rising from 32,000
to 530,000, and at valuations from $249,202;
eleven years since, to 33,676,705 for 1868:
The aggregate wealth production for . . ,. the
entire period, in that .county; shoWS the
handsome amount of more than seventeen
millions of dollars. Other countimin be
same district show sandier but equally sig
nificant results. ' '
TAlainio of the Democratic candidates
for nomination as Governor, our friendi of
the Post have to thank us for a very appro
priate text, upon which they base a sharp
diatribe against the gentlemen who coin
. pete with General CASS ~for the honorable
preference. It was, quite a matter, of
course for the Post to malign the present
Executive, but its pointed and stinging
assault upon Deniocrats so distinguished as
WOODWARD, McCArtraxss or PACKER
was, we affectionately submit, in the worst .
possible ,taste. Had our own Republican
columns coni , eyed, in as pointed language as
the Post has made use of, the intimation
that General CAss alone has "the ability
and probity" to justify a Democratic nom
ination, we should have been justly respons
ible for a transgression of the limits of fair
journalism. Yet the Post is equally
merciless in its sneer at the obscurity of
that gentleman's competitors, and significant
in its iiip - eifehment of their integrity and
capacity. No doubt, "the Democracy is
perfectly competent to take care of itself,"
and is fortunate in its exemption from an
exclusive reliance upon our neighbor's
indiscreet championship. Even the Pose s
own special candidate already sees occasion
to pray for deliverance from its friendship,
OFFICE
cares, =varied by seasons of pleasure and
changes of scene, often produce insanity.
Hence the large per cent. of insane from
farmers' wives. Many a one has been pre.
served from confirmed andhoPeless insanity
by a - change of scene or eMployment. We
have known some instances whereby these
changes, frequent for, the largerpart of life,
lunacy has been avoided. That aystem of
discipline, then, if these statements are true,
which affords the greatest 'variety, the most
objects to engage the attend and change
the current of thought, will serve best to
preserve a healthy and sound mind.—
The mind , and body mutually sympathize
with each other. Whatever tends
.to the
good or injury of one tends to the good or
injury of the other. If the bodily health is
impaired the mind suffers, and if the mind
Is weakened the body. suffers,: If what ;we
have said of the effect of solitary confine
ment on the physical, system be true, then
the tone and soundness of 'the mind must
"often correspondingly, suffer; and so iL the .
mind is injurea the bo'di wealtened:
This is what worild be expected by the psy
4440ests and physiologist, And this we
fully belieTe is the fact inexperience. A
thir exhfbitiOn of statistics will suppoit this
vieW.
Solitary confinement affording the least
variety of employment, the least exercise of
body or mind, the least objects to change
the current of thought and feeling, must be'
more i tinTavorable to the health of body and
mind than the congregate system:
A singalar commentary on the statements
of those who contended that this solitary
system did not tend to produce insanity is
found in the fact that a few days after the
meeting above referred to, the Superintend.
ent of our insaneaiyltim was called to ex-
amine four persons •iii' our . prison, three of
whom he pronounced insane, and the re-
maining one will probably soon be fonnd to
be so.
in his late Annual Message Gov. GEAlilt
called the attention of the Legislature to
the fact that among the assets of the Sinking
Fund are bouds of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company to the amount of $6,400,000,
and of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad,
Company to the amount of $3,500,000,
which do not bear interest, and have many
years to run 'before maturity; and he recom
mended for consideration the passage pf a
law authorizing the Commissioners to sell
these bonds at public auctiob, to the highest
bidder, and apply the prciceeds In liquids,
tion of the State debt.
In the face of these facts, plainly stated,
the Commercial thinki these bonds are only-
OUR PRISON SYSTEM
Half a century ago four men and three
women were hung in London for robbing a
peddler. Now the question is whether such
offenderd shall be punished by the solitary
or congregate prison system. We rejoice
in the progress of humanity, believing that
the two great objects of punishment are
better promoted now than formerly. We
also belieie that their objects are better sub
served by the congregate than by the soli
tary plan. Statistics fairly compared will,
we think, show a larger per cent. of cases
of reformation and a smaller per cent. of
returned criminals in the former than in the
latter system.
At the recent meeting of those interested
in prison discipline, we were greatly 'sur
prised by the fewness and feebleness of the
arguments by which our own system was
defended. There is danger that familiarity
with hardened criminals may beget hardness
and a want of sympathy, and that we may
be led to feel that no punishment is too se
vere. iWe should remember that 'a. slight
difference, in some of the circumstances of
life might have placed them and us in oppo
site positions. . .
The statement made so positively that
our system does not tend'to produee insan
ity, was so contrary to what we had_ for
many years believed, to facts we had heard,
and to what might, from the nature of the
case, be expected, that we were much sur
prised. , We still firmly' believe that our
system does tend to impair health, to
lower the tone of the mind and to produce
insanity. So that those who are released
from their imprisonment, having suffered in
health and having become accustomed to
employments requiring but little physical
exertion, are unable to procure a livelihood.
Even if some retain their bodily vigor, they
are mentally unfitted for business and re
turn, almost from necessity, to their former
crimes.
Very many convicts may not suffer iii
health; others may even be improved, hav
ing been accustomed previous to-their in
carceration to light employments, to inSufil
cient food, to having it at irregular times,
and to every exposure and hardship. There
have been cases where professional men
have studied their sixteen hours per day
without exercise :and have lived in the en
joyment of health to a good old age. These,
however, are exceptions to the rule. Very
many, on the other han'd, have been com
pelled by disease and the advice of physi
cians to abandon their chosen pursuits and
resort to those employments which were
uncongenial to their tastes and for which
they were but poorly fitted. Confined to
the desk or shop they would soon die. Sup
pose a farmer, a mason, a stone cutter, or
one in any occupation requiring the daily
use of all his physical energies, t',3 be ar
rested for some crime and sentenced to ten,
twenty or thirty yeare in a solitary cell,
where only the lighter employments can
possibly be engaged in and where there is
no opportunity for walking even were the
Inclination present. Would it be reasonable
to . suppose that the vigor and health of his
body would be retained? Would not ephy
siclan accustomed to his daily exercise in
the open air greatly suffer by such a change?
The mind, too, requires variety , and
change, the avoiding of any one current of
thought or scene so far as possible, or dwell-
ing on one's own sorrows or. troubles. A.
monomaniac is made so by constant study
or thought on one subject. The mindloses
its balance and runs on in - the same groove
for life, it may be. •Bo the same objectp and
THE PROPOSAL TO SELL OUT.
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE a TtrEs
two in number, and for the eum of $5,00{1,-
000 each.' ' '
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Not; having the report ,of th e,uumwie.
sinners of the Sinking Fund at hand, we
trust to memory' for the fact that the bonds
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
amount to $5,400,000, instead
_of $0,400,-
000 ; six being inserted by typographicat
mistake for five. These bonds are for $lOO,-
000 each, and one of them becomes due on
the last day of July in each succeeding year.
So far, payment has been regularly, made,
according -to agreement; and there is no
probability of default hereafter.
If memory serves us, the Philadelphia
and Erie Railraad bonds are second mort
gages, the first mortgage having' been sur
rendered, and a second mortgage taken as
one of the conditions upon which the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company undertook the
completion of the line. , This second mort
gage is for the sum of $3,500,000. The
first mortgage is for a larger sum than the
second.
It deserves consideration, moreover, that
the Philadelphia and Erie. Road is not pay.
ing its ; way,' including the interest on the
-first mCirtnagc among the items of expenses.
The deficit for four years pastime been run
'ning from $250,000 to nearly $400;000 a'
year. Little computation is required, under
this condition of affairs, to arrive at the con
elusion that the second mortgage is now
worth nothing, whatever it may be in years
to come. If the business of tile'road shall
largely increase, this mortgage will be Worth
something, and just in proportion as the in
-crease of business shall be.
If these - bonds shall be put up at auction,
who will buy them? The sum due from
the Pennlylvania Railroad Company is
large, and bears no interest.' Only men can
bid who have such abundant means that
they can afford to invest capital and derive
little or no income therefrOm for many years.
This fact reduces the competitors to a small
number.
The bonds of the Philadelphia and Erie
Railroad Company will sell for very little.
Speculators might be willing to take them
at nominal rates, and hold them under the
expectation that the prospects of the road
may so improve as to impart to them an in
trinsic market value.
It is much more probable that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company would become
the purchaser of both lots, at rates decidedly
advantageous to itself. Indeed, we really
do not see whit other party or parties would
be likely to appear as bidders. Even if
other bidders should be found, it strikes us
that the State can quite as well afford to hold
these securities as other parties can. At a
public sale, the best that can be expected on
thd Pennsylvania Railroad Company bonds'
would be a deduction from the face sue-
dent to cover discount, which is compound
interest, and it is doubtful if the sale would
result even as favorably as this. On the
Philadelphia and Erie the sale would prove
next to a dead loss. The sum realized would
be so small, that it would be every way
wiser to ta4e the'chances of the future. So
believing, we think the Legislature should
give the matter full consideration before de-
ciding wint it will do in the. premises
THE LATEST. RAILWAY REVOLII
TION.
It I seems we are to have a railway imbrog.
ho, right here at our own doors, which
will rival in local interest, if not in the in
trinsic importance of the issues involved,the
Erie war in Now York last month.
We have already announced the result of
the recent election of Directors of the Cleve
land and Pittsburgh road as a triumph for the
Erie interest, and that the new Board, with
,three-fottrths of its members openly 'the'
friends and adherents of that interest, would
'take, prompt and decided action in revers
ing the former policy of the ' corporation.
A card from the minority members, Messrs.
McCullough, Clarkand Jones, now advises
the stockholders and the public that the ac
tion they anticipated has been more
prompt and decisive than even we expected. ,
They announce that the election Of the new
Board was, on the• same day, im
mediately after the vote had been
Counted, followed by the adoption
of a' programine the most astounding in its
character. Resolutiens were put through
for a further issue of $900,000 in stock ; for
a scrip dividend of ,19 per cent. and of a
cash dividend of .2 per cent/upon that; for
an additional 'Mortgage upon the road for
$5,000,000, convertible' into stock, and not
to be , sold at lesi thin 80 percent.; for the
abrogation of all afiatingliplaws to. con.
fide all the powers of the DiFec.tPrY to an
Executive Committee resident in New York;
, to appoint another New Yorker as ! Pi
nencial Agentovith the absolutes and arre<
spon.sible control".of all the Company's
'finances, and putting half a million cash in
id:l hands to start with ; to double-tittclethe
line to. Wellsville aud•to construct a branch
eglin ec g, wi 0, the : : Central ; Ohio. The
protesting minority also say that other reso
lutions of a kindred rotor() Vile adopt'
ed, but - they cannot rtnnember or specify_
them, being themselves excluded from ac,
cess to the minutes of the Board of which
they' are nominally 'Webber!. - Thus, it`is
seen that the entire programme, is character.
istic of the parties who have recently . won
such notoriety in the Erie. manage rent'
All this means, on the part of the grke
people, as we intimated the other day, not
only the protection of the special interests
,of the &Ai and Atlantic roads, but a square
fight with the Pennsylvania Central and Fort
Wayne roads. It is presumable that the ex
isting arrangement for a joint, operation of
the latter road with the C. and P. is hereaf
ter virtually abrogated. If not al
ready done, a way will be found to do it
very soon. What the effect may be upon
the common use of the track hence to
Rochester, or of the Union Depot In this
city, we cannot clearly predict. But, it 18
plain that trouble, is brewing, and that OW-
Courts and lawyers may have a finger in a
very satisfactory sort of pie before all shall
be settled. Until then, it behooves all con:
cerned to look very sharp.", .The,Big Indian
of Erie lay on: the wat'-patk, alr,ea(Ay
conats hirwealps. •
AY, JANIJ.,4.IIY 12, 1869:
• PENNSYLVANIA FINANCES.
, The Treasurer , of, thejCommonwealth etf.i
limates the receipts .of revenue fin — thecur- -
,
rent year, from all sources,. at $4,931,000,
while the expenditures, including $2,150,-
000 fdr the interest and prinCipal of loaris,
are computed at $4,645,000 for the same
period. To this amount, a fivorable deci
sion of the pendmg suits against corpora.
Sons of common.carriers for tonnage tax,
will make a• handsome addition. His esti.
mateitfor expenditure exclude any allow
ante, for the increased amounts asked for by
the School and other Departments. We
have, before the close of the year, to pro
vide for the payment of public debt falling
due, to the amount of $1,642,128.29. ' The
whole, bn the larger portion of this matqr
ing debt, should be paid, but, to this end,
the closest economy should govern the ap.
propriations of the present session. Even
with this prudential care, the excess of an.
ticipatedrecelpts will not meet the figure re
quired. NO item estimated for ordinary ex
penses will bear reduction from the Treas.
nrer's marks, except that of $lOO,OOO for the
Military Department. Here, perhaps, $50,. ,
000 may be saved. Neither of theltems of
$850,000 for charitable institutions, or of
$500,000 for schools, may justly be abated.
Something should be saved of the $BOO,OOO
called for as expenses of government. But,
the total of any possible parings from Mr.
Inwm's figures cannot exceed $150,000
probably not $lOO,OOO, or only six per cent.
on the maturing debt. It is evident, there
fore, that the Treasurer's intimation, of a
necessity "for increasing the revenues of,
the Qommonwealth for general purposes,"
cannot be disregarded by a' Legislature
which properly regards the actual situation.
Touching the justice of the financial de
mands in behalf of our charitable institu
tions, we quote a very suggestive paragraph:
“While I have no doubt that much judi
cious pruning might be done to reduce
the expenses of the Commonwealth, it
would be impossible to, reduce it to that
figure without sacrificing the noble chari
ties of which our good old Commonwealth
has been the pioneer, and for which, in all
time to come, I hope she may be an exam
ple to her sister Commonwealtha. Rich in
her resources, and boundless in her sym.
pathies, she is prepared to open a liberal
hand and dispense all that is needed to
ameliorate the condition of the erring and
the unfortunate, only asking proper safe
guards to be thrown around her benefac
tions. But, in this connection, it is well to
remark that all giving. Is not charity,
and until the State assumes the whole
charge of providing for the ;destitute and
the unfortunate; appropriations should be
confined to institutions to which the poor
and of of all sections are admitted
and cared for, leaving for local and secta
rian institutions the care and guardianship
of their own people. The necessity for in
creasing this fund' must be apparent,
whether by the ithposition of taxes for
these purposes, or by legislating part of
the fund, now by law in the sinking fund,
into the general fund, is for you to deter
mine "
THE FORT VYAYNE ROAD.
Officers of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railway Ccmpany Contradict
the report, which was started in New York,
to the effect that a script dividend is contem
plated by its managers.
Meanwhile another rumor has been start
ed to the purport that the Erie clique have
secured some millions of the stock of that
Company, and are after a controlling in
terest; This rumor may be no better
founded than the, other. It will take six
millions of dollars to buy a majority of the
stock, though less would probably determine
an election of Directors.
It is easy to see what the,, Erie clique
mean, provided they are after this road at
all. At Alliince it intersects the Atlantic
and Great: Western; which theyalready con
tro.l. Freight and passengers from_the West
would be largely diverted at that point: 'ln
other words, so much of the road as extends
between Pittsburgh and Alliance would be
run as a local road—from Alliance east.
ward the Atlantic and Great Western in con.
nechon with the Erie, becoming virtually
the trunk line.
A few weeks, or even a few days, may de•
termtne how much truth or falsity there is
in.these rumors.
A WASEUSGTON correspondent of the
Cincinnati Qazette presents a highly inter
esting statement in detail ofthe , present situ
ation of the perfected and pending railway
jobs, in the way of subsidies in bonds and
buds from the National Government Of the
reckless extravagance with Which the
public domain has been . squandered, the
writer says . :
Congress up to March last had granted
in all to the various Western arid Southern
„States over 67;000,000 sort* of land for rail
road purpmes. It has
,given beside s over
17,000,005 Bereft to canals and ,similar im
provements. The Pacific railroads and'
branches have received 124,000,000 acres„
and if to this is added the even "'numbered
sections along these routes Which' the Sec
retary of. the Interior decided .to be' closed.
for settlement, it will appear that nearly
one-third of the entire public .'domain ditis
'bee» made over to the control 0/railroad com.
"The q uantity of lands conveyed by these
grants, , '
says the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, "Is of empire extent,
exceeding ihthe aggregate, by more than
five millione of acres, the entire areas of the
six New England States, added to. /he aura
face of New. YOrk, New .Jersey; Pennsyl=
'anis, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland and Vir
ginia." He says the, grants to the Pacific
railway lines , alone "are within about a
fourth of being twice the united area of
gfigland, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Guern
sey, Jersey,. the Isle of Man, and the is
lands of the British seas,' and less a tenth
of being equal to the i Freneh Empire
proper.' , • ,
\.-
OHIO, with a revenue of $5,025,475,61
last year, expended $4,455,854,86, The
sum of $ - 2,026,170,60 of the State debt, soon
maturing, is to be provided for this year,
and the Auditor ()facially announces that it
will be paid, the sinking-fund fully cover
ing it. Of their systemof taxation-in Ohio
the same officer says: ..
Real estate is taxed at leas than half its
value; personal property, excepting mon
eys and credile,st abdut seventy per cent.,
while moneys and credits are taxed at their
full nominal value, so that money loaned
does not yield three per , cent, net' to the
lender. - •
A NEW Llsucet paper states that the citi
zens* of that place are. offering lauds ' , for
manufacturing establistunents •to all com
panies who will locite there. Wooster has
already made like donations to manufac.
turere. ' '`• ;
PLINSYLVA Nit NEWS.
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I Boum, „county—las but three reds of
1 - ailroad.
Tux streets of Johnstown are to be lighted
with gas.,
LAST Wednesday night two attempts at
arson were made in Erie. Both failed.
A PARTy of hunters near Lewistown were
chased the other day by eight or ten wolves,
one of which was killed that measured six
feet from the, nose to the tip of the tail.
ON the 17th Wt. a party of hunters in In
diana county came across a panther, which
they at once dispatched. The animal meas
ured nine feet from his nose to the tip of his
A NEWCAEITLB paper says: E. S. Budd,
of Sharon, who has for four years held the
office of Justice of the Peace, has been in
dicted•for a serious crime against the morals
of the community.
Tan Lawrence Journal. says : We learn
that Tuttle's Saw Mill, in Washington town
ship, this county,,was entirely destroyed by
Eire on Sunday, the 27th ult. We have ob
tained no further particulars.
THE Miners Association of the Cambria
Iron Company of Johnstown presented, on
Christmas Eve, three dollars and a fine tur
key to the widow of each deceased miner
and a turkey to each sick miner.
,Lutas Puna; one of the villains who
attempted to rob and murder Major Claude
White, in Northumberland county, a few
weeks since, and who was shot - by a police
man; died of his wound;on !Thanksgiving
Day.
ON the 18th ult. an employe at Scott &
Co.'s coal wot ks, at Clinton, named Edward
Smith; was engaged in removing the col
umns of coal supportinkthe roof in an old
entry, when' ne fell on him, breaking his
leg, and smashing his arm to a jelly. He is
not expected to recover. —Lawrence Journal.
• •
THE New Castle (Lawrence) Journal
sayss : On the morning of the 28th ult. an
alarth of fire was given, and a dense cloud
of smoke was observed rising from the build
ing used as the packing and flattening house
of, the Untin Glass Worts, in this place..
Our citizens, with commendable alacrity,
hastened to the scene of the conflagration,
and perceiving that it would be almost im
possible to check the progress of the flames,
devoted their energies to the saving of the
large amount of stock in the building, and
also to save the blowing house, separated by,
only fifteen feet from the burning building.
By almost superhuman exertions the latter,
object was accomplished, and a large amount
of stock, together with the books of the com
pany was rescued from the devouring ele
ment. We understand that the building and
stock were insured for about $25,000, and
that the loss I was but a trifle above that
amount. .
THE JohnstoWn Tribune says: Another
frightful and fatal accident has occurred in
this vicinity, for the particulars of which
we.are indebted to Coroner J. A. Harrold:
Outlast Monday a party of men under the
supervision of Mr. Benjamin .Jose went
into an abandoned ore drift of the Cambria
Iron Company on Prospect. Hill, for the
purpose of removing some old rails forming
a part of the track of the drift. The drift
had been abandoned for about four years.
When the main body of the party had ad-
vanced about twenty or thirty yards ' an ex
plosion of "fire damp" took place, the gas
being ignited from a lamp on the cap of Jo
seph Boltz, who was about one hundred
yards ahead of his companions. Frank
Boltz, Conrad Teeter and Frederick Metz
ker received injuries from the effects of
which they have since died. James George,
Wm. Wills, Frederick Mclntyre and Pat
rick M'Aleer also received severe injuries.
It is thought that one of them cannot sur
vive. All the injured men, except Metzker,
were heads of families.
AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS AND
URINARY ORGANS
Diseases of this nature are found to exist in per
sons 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
clallr Is this the case with aged and. Infirm persons,
and those whose habits are sedentary. Nor is this a
matter of surprise when we take into , consideration
the delicate nature of, the kidneys, and the Import
,
ant' functions they have to perform. _All the impel
'llu -
. -u .
ous, nhealthy and poisonous waits of the system
must pass' through the kidneys, thence into the
bladder, and passes o ff with th e urine; consequentl/
any obstruction the kidneya, that, wi I prevent
theso poisonous parmeles from being thrown or,
will be followed by disease of Cleo gans themselves
and more or less derangement of the whole system.
Among the s_ymptonis of such derangement are the
balck,
following: Deep seatedi pain
around
small the
back. sometimes extend': around the loins in the
aboomen, or a dull heavy, numbing pain extend -
Ina' from the back down the lower extremity of the
rig abdomen to the inner pert of the thigh; great
dielculty is ex Dedenced In voiding the urine,
bh akin, headache, nervous =and general debility,
In the removal and cure of such diseases, no rem
edy has yet been di:covered .that equals DR. SAD.
DENT% DIURETIC On BACEACHE PILLS.
Tt.ey have been used extensively for upwards of
forty years, and have given perfect sett:faction In
every case, and are highly recommended by all who
cave used them. For sale by all Druggists..
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THE MACHINE, CALLED MAN;
Is nvery complicated and delicate one, and is more
liable to get out of order, , andmuch more difficult to
repair; then any coMblnationo: wheels, and cranks,
and levers. made by the hands of man; t , As ferule, it
is tink.red lee much. and eadiy tinkered at that. It
is often calomelfzed, narcotised, depleted, and oth
erwise talsosed, when ail that ti really needs ie a
wholerome tonic and restorative like HOSTXT
TER'S STOMACH BITTEBI a t It in rroptr
trim and keep it so. ,The stomach fa shameful:l mal
treated. In the dissolve , p the food Its lakes
are Intended to is too frequently rown
into it hurftiY. and id a half masticated condition.
In which state the gastric acid cannot properly act
, taxi It. The remilt cipepepebt. Then comes the
doctor, and Analog ike digestive organs - weak and
tae bowels inert, be proceeds to witaken and para.
, Iyze Atilt more with drastic purgatives.,These tall
log-as they always do—to produce a salutary change,
be tells the Invalid that mfedieiti science can do so
more for. Min.., This, with . all due deference, Is a •
mistake.-';one'Of thole lielatakes which Talleyrand
said were tantamount tO'crimes. What the dye pep
tic needs is slsolpm•efos. :et.engthen the stomach •
with. HOSTETTEIt BITTEIIB..and the stomach
•will strengthen eve ry Other part of the human ma..
chip% and snake erosimen parlance, as good AS
SOW. • the condition f tkedigestlou depends. la
measure, of this wbele system. Now,
the hitters are the most admirable tonic k sown.
They consist of the finest vegetable invigorants anl
restoratives, combined with an unaoultemted
.slant: The dysp . ebtic needs nothing else to e ff ect a
cureq.'except a light, autritioUs . diet, and a fair
amquist Lven.ln the absence of these
last :sweetened accessories,ilie teal° and alterative
properties of the preparation -will work Wonders.
mauling the dyspeptic to .digest inferior tare with
comparative ease, and to digest
, a good habit of
hod?, in apt's cif the drawbacksof a sedentary °Ceti-
THE SOUND OF THE LUNGS.
One of the most accurate ways of ; , determining
whether the bangssire in a healthy or diseased con
dition, is by means of listening
,to the :respiration.
Ta those aperlenc'ed in this practice it becomes as
plain an lactex to the state of the lungs, and is as
well kno vn to the operator as are the .VOlee3 of his'
most In titivate acquaintances. The belief that long
standing coughs, and diseases of the lungs upon
which they are dependent, are incurable, are fast
becoming . obsolete. One great advantage to be
gained from title advance in mettles! knowledgit is
ICs earlier application of those who become afflicted
with those diseases to some one competent to afford
relief. The error which had taken hold of the pub
lic mind in regard to the curability of consumption,
or rather non-arability, Is fast becoming obliter
ated, and Itis.well that it should be so, not that
persons should loss that salutary fear which would
make them apply for a time.) , remedy, but that all
mlghtbs Induced to use remedies while there is any
hope. It Ls the delay la these cases that tills us
with apprehension and alarm, for If every. one
would make timely
,application of ; DR. KEYSER'S
LUNG CURE in'the beginning of a cold Or cough,
few cases would go so fares to become irremediable.
Sold at the Doc torts great 'Medicine Store, N 0.140
Wood street. WILL SHORTLY REMOVE TC HIS
NEW STORE, NO. 10 LIBERTY' 'STREET, 'SEC
OND DOOR FROM Si , . CLAIR.
DE. NEFSER'S , RESIDENT OFFICE' FOR
'LUNG EXAMINATIONS AND. THE TIttAT-'
ME NT OF ORSTINATECHRONIC DISEASES, No.
Imb PEN' z PITTCBURGII; PA. miles
.
Dom from 9a. at unto , and trim q to 8
at Algh6' ".,.' '•
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CENER.4L CBANDS CABINET
The - Washington s not:respondent
_of the
R,sch es t r chi o n s we, ,IQ, a recent letter,
gives the following: - .
Senator Pomeroy says all h4nows about
the next Cabinet must be gathiVed from an
incident which Grant- related to himself
and others when 'that subject came up.
The General said he was frequently re
minded of the remarks President Lincoln
once made to him when he said if he were
to begin over again, and should be called
upon to choose a Cabinet, he.would try to
manage it so as to have some influence with
the administration.
New York Election Frauds.
It is stated that the Congressional Coto,-
mittee investigating the nattualizadon frauds
In New York have a pile of testimony, suf
ficient to hang, politically, 'many prominent
politicians. They have evidence to prove
that not less than some thirty thousand
fraudulent votes were cast in New York
city by'repeaters alone. The business was
reduced to a science, and halt not received
such a Sudden check by Marshal Murray,
no doub t It would have become of general
applies ion In all the huge cities of the
Union. By this timely action Marshal
Murray prevented the thirty thousand from•.
becoming sixty thousand. Several of the •
witnesses testify that they voted from nine
to thirty-nine times each. These witnesses
have testified because those who employed
them do not pay them according to agree-
meat.. The Committee have, summoned
nearly four hundred witnesses upon the one
question of issuing fraudulent naturaliza
tion papers: These papers were offered by
the hundreds and thousands. The Commit
tee have the testimony of the printer who .
manufactured' the document, who had his
presses running from the first of June up
almost to the day •of election. He printed
over one hundred thousand 'of them. The
Committee have evidence that the naturali
zation records in, the' County Clerk's office
are being rapidly destroyed. ,
Tsrn Territorial (Nevada) Enterprise
says: "A gentleman just In from Treasury
City, White Pine, away up where water
sells for ten cents per gallon, describes the
following as an expedient very commonly
resorted to by the residents of that elevated
town for taking a bath. Early in the morn
ing, while dense clouds are floating over the'
top of the mountain, all who wish a bath
stand out in the midst of the thick floating
clouds, stripped to the buff, each with an.
Indian industriously scrubbing him with a
corn broom. In this fleeting way a very
cheap and tolerable bath may be obtained."
JEll• Norloso—...ro Let, "For efate;"
" Wants', "Boarding, " tke.. not *a.
coating FOOS LINSE sash teen be inserted in thus t
eotumne ones for TWENTY-FIVE CIENTE; wok
additionat lies rv.a OSN2'B.
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WANTED---HELP.
.WANTED—HELIP -At Employ
meat Office. No. St. Clair Street, BOY:
.:s and MEN, for different kinds or employ-
ment. Persons wanting kelp of all kinds can be
supplied on short notice. -
WANTED-BOARDERS
WAItiTED—BOARDERS-Arleas
ant room, with board, suitable for gentleman
and wife, or two young gentlemen atelS FOURTH
C.TREET. .Alto, a few day or dinner boarders can
be accommodated. Reference required.
WANTS.
y WANWANTED—TO RENT—Any perk-
TED—TO
son baying a comfortable house of four or
flee rooms, in a desirable location in either city or
suburbs, can hear of a good tenant by addressing
$25,000 AN ON B OND
Cuunty ropem. - Apply to OP:.gre l eli 4afin
PHILLIPS, Beal Estate Agents, No. 139 /fourth
avenue. ,
LOST.
IZOST.—A Diamond Cross Breast
PIN. The finder will be rewarded byleaving It
at . McKEASeS office. •
TO LET.
TO-LET:—House on Manhattan
street, Allegheny. of Ave rooms, ,hsll and at
to. Rent low. Immediate possession will begiyen.
Inquire of JOHNSTON & JoHNSTON, Attorneys. T
No. 81 Diamond street. Pittsms•gh. (POI
T---O-LET.Darelling. House; No:
94 Wylie street. contateine rooms.
b RR ROOM, No: 98 Wylie street,. corner of
Federal Street, Anpti to A. M..,BROWN. 96
Wylie street, and.lll Fourth Avenue.
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TO LET.-WAREHOUSE.-The
large roar Story WAREHOTIsE, 38 Smithfield
street, at present ocenpled.by ldessrs. I'. B. Young`
& Co. In the furniture business. laqulre of SIMON
JOHNSTON, corner or eadtblleld street and Fourth
FOR RENT.—HOUSE.—A large
BRICK DisI.T.BLE HOIMR, containing large
Double Parlors, Library, Dining Room, Kitchen
and Wash House en lower floor, and 5 twit rooms
and bath room on second floor.. Also finished attic,
good cellar with bake-oven in it, together with large
yard planted with shrubbery and fruit trees. Hot
and cold water
orderall through • the house:, The
bowels in good ' finely papered ana painted
throughout. Marble mantleplem s luparlors, libra
ry and dibing room. Possession given atouce. Lo
cation In Elevehth (old Bev. nth> vrard. For terms,'
itc., address. D. Z., care Box W. Gazette Odice.
TO LET—Two most Convenient
HOUSES—One with eight rooms and the other
elevens on Eire th street n.ar Penn. opposite chest
Church. • Inquire at 327 Penn street.
yooro LET...TWO HARDSOItIiELT
• thrulahed rooms ; 'with gee and are. one onllrst'
4lantl one front uP ;air!! Inquire at 199 Third
avenue.
FQR SALE
VOW LlP.—Engline .
A: and Smoke Stil', all In good runnine order. -
lair: - H. sworEit. 543 Penn street.,.
yion SALE CHEAPTIT‘o hit;
On Nanbattistt street, Allestieuv. with stone
°sedation& already ballt4 Also , several &nisei for
sale on reasonable 4ertas. Inquire of JOHNSTON_
& JOHNSTON, Attorneys, No. 81 Dtstuond street,
Plttsbnvb. • • • lett
VOR tIALE-D;FAIRABILE FAWN,
Containing 181 acres, located le ts Altegbn
ctintV, AG. Miles from the c.ty, 'fron, on 'West
, peuusylvaulaßaliroad, and the buildings are with
in teuroinates walk of Natrona and Karnes ststtions;
31 acres of UMW; 90 acres in grass. The whole
Jana'can be' worked by machinery: good brick house • -
of 8 rooms and splendid cellar: large.frame barn ...
and all necessary outbuildings; 300 choice ,grafted „
fruit treesof all varieties, good soil 'and well
oared; wouldmake a splendid dairy farm.' , llvery - -v
thhs in drat.ciass order, and need,' only te be seen
to be appreclated,Vlil be told low as the owner te
determined to go gonth. , Terms tray. Apply to; or
address Citurlr d PHILLIPS, Rea/Utak Agents,
N 0.139 FOURTH AVENUE. . ,
g '= STAND , SALE—A Grain' Mildness
BTAND,located on the linen!' the Pitts.; C. II
t. L. R. W., in this best grain district in Old., con.
listing of Leo story frame way ebonite.' 30 by 60,
convenient to Railroad. with side track tinning in
to it to accommodate the loading and shipment of
limit': lot 54 by 100 feet. This is a rare chance tor;'
a party to engage in paying busint SS ands stand
contro)6 the tirain trade tor lit/mites s r. There
are other advantage - a connected wltb "nand which
Rill be explained on application. ti , tisfact , ry rea
sons given for sellinfi„ Apply to or address I.:Lilo/1'
& PH 13
PHILLIPS, No. 9 Fourth av,' due.
VOW SALE—•—BUSINESS LgASE.
BOLD—Havin g o front 44'446 feet on Washlng
ton street, just above the Grain Elevator, bv. 115,
feet deep along Hill alley. on which is erected 3.
three story brick business houses, now renting for
81.800 per 3 ear..L.ase hu 18 years to Inn. Ground
r nt low. Sold separate or tog, thee. Price low and
terms easy. Apply to or address CROFT .1 Male!
LIPS. Real Estate Agents.. in Fon) th
F OR .sexer—mrsenEss STAND—
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_ A well 'known and prosperous wholesale' bust.
. 7 7
ness stand, with !dock and. fixtures, Is offerediftr
sale. Patisfaetorz reasons are given for the disno•
APPIT at IT WOOD IiTHRET. • -;
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Fos SALE—That floe two story
brlek warehouse, 514 by 64 , feet. situated on
OHIO aTIVEET, - Allegbeny city, Ho. 93, sow . Cell .
two
as a Flour and Orate Warehouse,. Also, that
two story brick dwellieg home, by 99 feet, a 4••
joining the above' containing sig. rooms For
further particulars enquire on the phrases of. AL
STEEL 6 dON.
FOR SALre : 44IR3I.- - -200 acres :
or good Land, situated In Penn Tp.. West ,
moreland County,. two miles from Irwin Station,' on
the Penna. ft. H. Improvements, hewed log noose,
In good repair, bank - barn and order outbuildings.
Tams moderate.- Vaninlre -of W..WILOON, Lan
PLer'rtitation, or 73. 4. HOPE, resin litatlgni
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