4. qt littsburgt Aaitfft, Pußparzo DAILY, BY PENNIM, REED & 00, ProprietoN. 7. B. PENNIldia. JOSIAH BIN% P. souvioN, N. P. ERNI). Editors and Proprietors. ovricz: GAZETTE BUILDING, NOS. 84 AND 88 FIFTH ST. OFFICIAL PAPER Of Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Allegheny County. remlat—P , aity. Wesi ly. ii r tr4rirallr::::- . 1 60151 :4 11°°91 5a tr5 B 7 We ,I Three ma 7SIIO " es ' " 1.16 cavrter.) , . -rand one to Agent. THURSDAY; • JANUARY 14, 1809. Tmr. WEISISLT GAZZ : issued on Wed— %Ways and Saturdays, the best and cheap est family newspaper i Pennsylvania. ,It presents each 'week -eight columns of solid reading matter. . gives-the fullest as well as the Mat reliable , rket reports of any paper in the State. Its files are used exclu sively by the Civil Courts of Allegheny county for refirenee in important issues to determine the ruling prices in the markets at the time of the business transaetton in dispute. Terms: Single copy, one year, $1.50 ; in clubs offive, ;1,25; in clubs of ten, $1,15, and one free to the getter up of the club. Specimen copies sent free to any address. WE riturr on the inside pages of this morning'B GAZETTE—Second page: Poetry, Ephemeris. Third and Sixth pages: Fi nancial, Commerciat,- - Morcwitiie and River .News, Pniortefmitd-Maiketii, Railway Time Tables-tileventh'page: A Woman' Views About Women's Hanes, Work and Wages. Cost of Living in Germany, Around the World, Fiction, .6t.set Rails not ft Success, Miscellaneous Reading Matter and Amuse meat Directory. Gol,n closed yesterday in 'New York a 1851. Hon. TimUs MELLIA3IB, author of the Tenure.of-Office Act, is opposed to itsre.peal. THE prospects are that the lifoonun&D tariff bill will net meet with consideration this session of Congress. THE Johnstown TrOune, one of the very ablest of our weekly exchanges; comes to us in an 'enlarged form, presenting a very handsome appearance, Tex newly elected Councils of Allegheny City will meet for organization at the cham ber of the Common. Wench on Friday morning at ten o'clock. Tax. election of A. W. Cmirnam., Esq.. to the United States Senate from West Virginia is now thought highly probable. He, will carry with him, to the position, if elected, large experience and decided Tu BODY of the late Hon. DADIVEg A. TIIMEY, formerly member of Congress from the XXth, Pennsylvania Congressional District, arrived in New York, from Ant werp, yesterday. The remains will be con signed to their final resting place in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. Tnn Intenslxruan has before it a new Registry Law, carefully framed to hold water when before the Supreme Court. It is thought the bill will pass, as all the Re publican members are Inclined to favor it. We have not the text before us, and hence cannot express any opinion as-to its merits or Constitutionality. THE Republican nominee for State Tress urer, R W. Ms.mutv, Esq., of this city, was yesterday, elected to that office by the Leg: islature, by a Tote of 76 to 51. Congratula ting our friend and neighbor upon his ac. qtusition of this honorable trust it is equally due to his personal merits to add that the Commonwealth secures,' in this choice, a most competent and valuable servant. His 'term of office will be for ,one yeatdating 1 from the first Monday of Monday next. {Ars. T. S. CASEMENT, the contractor for laying the track of the Union Pacific Rail . • road, presented his credentials its a delegate to Congress from Wyoming Territory, on Tuesday.:; His claims to n sold" were - refer 'red to the Committee on Elections. Gen. CASEMENT would certainlfmake his mark as a member of the House, as he is fall of life and action. Any man who can lay three miles of. ,railroad - track a olayis .vorthv a seat in any body, especially coppess, where he tan eipedite matters: ' , Moan who clamor . for a revival of the CantutianßeciPioCiti Beaty have just en countered what Mr. Gouon would call a "circumstance," ,of the .most uncom:. fortable type.. The report of a opecial com missioner .of the Treistuy shows that, • while•the old treaty was in operation, we '• diiiived a revenue of only $75,000 annually from Canadian importations,' while our ex "V:rrts to those *ovine - es $2,500,000 per year in'customs ix. the Canadian, govern .ment. More than that; abrogating the one :' sided arrangement, our Canadian trite has actually 'named, and the Treasury has collected $7,000,000 annually in duties there from. This is a bad show for any more ',reciprocity." Ix C/TY Commis on Tuesday, there was introduced a resolution instructing the City Engineer to prepare a plan of general• sew erage for the city ; but meeting with some 9pposition, from the fact that it did not come 'through the prober .committee, it was laid on the table. It will probably come up it the nest Meeting, and we trust willbe favor , ably acted upon. The city badly needs such a plan, and the costof its prepration would be mere trifle in comparison to the great advantage deilved therefrom At present, sewers are constructed ildiscriminately of various capacities, and in serpentine ways 'find connection with the river:`: Many serious errors of judgment have been made in the past In the construction of some of the most important sewers of the city, owing to the fact that no general plait has been in use. _The City Engineer is throughly competent for the work and the Councils should not be slow to embrace themselves of his services in the matter. THE STATEMENT of the business of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail way ComPany for the month and for the year past, appears in another column. Com pared with December 1867, the last month shows an , increase of 00,545.58 m the net earnings, while the entire net increase for the year reaches the very notable sum of $636,448.42 It is also to be observed that, while the gross earnings have swollen from $7,242,125.96 in '67 to $8,022,120.74 in '6B, an addition of about $780,000, the expenses for the same period were enlarged by not quite $140,000, resulting in the net increase as above. Herein we have conclusive proof that the affairs of the corporation have been managed with as much economy as skill. If the business of the year, like that of the month, has derived this large additional in- come 'almost wholly from the carriage of freights, it would also 'afford the best dens that this Fort Wayneroad has reached a solid basis in the public confidence. THE PRESENTMENT. We publish in another column the pre sentment of the Grand Jury, presented yes terday to the Judges of the COurt of. Quarter Sessions. It is a concisely worded and in teresting document, and will repay perusal. We most heartily agree with the compli mentary reference made to the NV ork House and of the gentlemen comprising the Board of Managers; and the Superintendent, who are charged with the details of its erection. The recommendation that the institution be early completed is a good one, as the county is suffering with an oveicrovrded jail, and the hundreds who almost live entirely in confine ment as vagrants Might ba redeemed and made useful members of Society if they could be consigned to a work house, where they would have to earn their bread by industry. The Grand Jury members were specially pleased with Dixmont Hospital, the County Home and House of Refuge, all of which in stitutions are managed in a highly credita ble manner. The unblushing violation of the license law,as well as the enormous increase of rum shops in the vicinity, is a topic lightly bandied upon by the presentment. We do not see that any relief can come until the present law is materially, changed. The liquor traffic is hard - to regulate, and it is at least due the people, that the Legislature frame for the county a law less objectiona ble than the one in force. It was thought when it was passed that the effect would be to temporarily increase the number of liquor saloons, but that in the course of time the weaker dealers 'would fall out of the way, unable to cope with the great opposition presented. Such has not been the case, but to the contrary, both weak and strong are " prospering. The reference made to the incompetency of Police magistrates is in a measure sup ported by facts, but the exceptions to the rule are more numerous than the reader might infer from the presentment. We fail to see the force of the suggestions made to secure reform in this direction. Upon the whole the presentment is well worthy the attention of all thoughtful citizens. A PROFITABLE INVESTMENT.' Whfn the city of Philadelphia was in vited to subscribe for one hundred thousand shares of stock of the Pennsylvania 'Rail- road, the applitstion was urgently supported by the frieu'ds of the projected improve ment, and as stoutly opposed by many citi zens of large practical experience in every thing but railway affairs. Fortunately for that city, the more sagacious counsels pre railed, and the subscription was made. For the payment of the sum subscribed, the city negotiated, upon its own 'credit, a loan of $5,000,000. For a considerable period, and until the completed road began to realize a remunerative income, the interest upon this loan was also an added burthen , upon the City Treasury. But the day at last came when the most sanguine hopes of its early and steadfast friends were more- than real ized. Paying regular and ample dividends, these outgoes of the City Treasury ceased; the income from , the stock met the , regti, larly recurring payments for interest, and, the only question remaining concerned the ultimate discharge of the principal of the Philadelphia then awoke to the fact that she was rapidly becoming a great and pros peious city. And 'there were none of het' people so blind as. o everlook,'or so tena cious of their former prejudices as to - deny, that, for her late and wonderful advance inpopulation and wealth,,she was mainly indebted to the courage and wisdom which had projected and perfected this . great road; and which has bound the vast resour ces of the West as an inseparable element in the material prosperity of the great city at its, ,tide-water,...terminus. Philadelphia thearealized that the , amount,expended for. I her subscription was already more than re- paid to her by this wonderful increment in the wealth of her citizens, and_that 'she could afford to lose every other re course for the repayment of the five mill ions subscribed, and still' would be Ithe gainer, in dollars actually netted to her gea eral resources. • She has done even, better than that._ A recent report of her City Controller.tives the sequel of the story. Recapitulatinf the , amounts paid out for interest on the loan, and the sums received by way of dividends, upon the stock which the proceeds of that loan hid paid for, it appears that not only has every , dollar spent been repaid to the city ~but that it has also realized the further Sum of $3,890,421;16, for 'application in the reduction of its debt, and thet it still holds 70,149 shares of ate stock, worth, at the cur rent rates , $ 3,7 70,508.. The city has thus I made a direct profit of more than $2,160,- 000, after the last dollar of its bonds shall • have been canoelled. How many millions there might lie added to' the ameant,*to re ; " Mil PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : THIJI.SDAY, .TANtrART 14, 18b9: present the indirect but not less solid ad fautages which its pdople have reaped from their timely sagacity and steadhuit pluck, it would be difficult to compute. A WEST INDIAN STATE. The proposition for an American protec torate over certain West Indian islands, to which we alluded recently, was formally brought before Congress, by Gen. Benne, in the House on Tuesday. It met with an unfavorable reception from members. Al though no vote was taken, and the subject went ever for the day, enough was said, in a running commentary in the way of quer ies from the curious and of replies by the member from Massachusetts, to evince the sense of the House unmistakably against the policy of such present intervention in the, affairs of .neighboring peoples. Inci dentally. but significantly, an inquiry whether any negotiations are pending, be tween the administration and the authori ties of Hlspanioln, was apparently evaded by Gen. BANKS, but substantially answered in the affirmative. His language will be everywhere regarded as tantamount to the admission that Mr. BEWAIL]) has already taken the initial steps for the proposed agree ment with those authorities. The programme is, evidently, under the disguise of a protectorate, to absorb Hayti and San Domingo among the American possessions. Next, would come such effec tual aid to the,Caban insurgents as to estab lish the nominal independence of that island, over which a similar protectorate would speed'. y follow. The Haytien proposition, strictly upon its own merits, might find many friends in this country. The' two Governments in that island are absolutely independent, and no pewer in the world can dispute their right to dispose of themselves as they please. The Cuban affair is altogether a 'different question, and—that part of the programme would be fruitful of international difficul ties, which we are all earnestly'desirous to . avoid. , Whenever the advocates of Haytien annexation shall be able to satisfy onr people that their proposition would involve no hazards in this direction, they will have a very fair prospect for its general adoption. We can all agree to take Hispaniola, pro vided that no money is to be paid for it, and that its poptlation accept the ordinary posi tion of other States in our Republic. The arguments in favor of annexation are many, and most of them are palpable, while ob jections might be partizan but could have little substantial weight. Nevertheless, the schemejs likely to to defeated now—to be revived at an early day. THE CLEVELAND RAILROAD IM DROGLIO. In referring to the late Railroad imbroglio the Cleveland Herald says: The newly elected Directors are as follows: J. N. McCulloch, Wellsville; James F. Clark, Cleveland: J. Graham Garpiner, Cin cinnati; E. Gest, Cincinnati; J. J. Gest, Cin cinnati; B. F. Jones, Pittsburgh; Joseph Stickney, Wilkesbarre, Pa.; W. H. Den ham, New York; N. Millard, New York; N. A. Prentiss, New York; John D. Taylor, New York. The terms of the contract ex isting between this Company and the Pitts burgh, Fort. Wayne t Chicago Railroad Company required the election of Mr. Mc- Culloch Superintendent of the latter road to the Board of Directors of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Road; that fact probably ac counts for the retention by the new dynasty of that gentleman. At the last year's eleo tion, when the Vanderbilt influence con trolled, Mr. Jas. F. Clark, of this city, was not re-elected as Director. This fact may have been the reason for his election now by the Erie interest. How Mr. Jones, of Pittsburgh, came to be chosen we do not know. Fortunately, these gentlemen were on the Board. and while they had no pow er to stay the piracy committed:by the ma. jority, they have the integrity to expose the deep damnation of the taking off in a car pet bag of the records and funds. of the company. By the original charter of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Company a certain number of Directors must be citizens of Ohio, the object of which clause is apparent; but to neutralize that feature' the Ohio Directors— save Messrs. Clark and McCullough—were taken front Cincinnati, the most distant point from the road, while ono Director hailing from Cincinnati is a New York carpet-bagger, sent out a few days in ad vance of the election to gain a nominal resi dence for the purpose of being included in the Board. Whether we consider the boldness or novelty of this operation. it has not its par allel in stock . movements. And there is another feature in these elections 'of Rail road Directors not generally known, sun which, it is said, entered so largely into the election of the C. & P. ComPariy on the 6th aato oontrol the Tote. Proxies are supposed to be given by holders of the stock to per sons who represent the views of the owner of such stock; it not being, convenient for such holders to attend personally upon the meeting at which the election takes place, they • gitli 4 a power of attorney ,that their views may be represented in the election. But the original object of the proxy. so far as railroad elections are concerned, has b3dar lost; and noWfiroxies `hemters of traffic, the parties securing tiho are W11111305 , ,py the largest premium for their use. Report .has It thit piroxies, were used, for the use' of which two per eent. were paicl e .as to, control theclection on the 6th instant: - - WHEN Judge Woodward was nominated, General Cass, was a candidate., but his friends made no complaint; when the gal lant Hiegel . Clymer received the nomina tion over Mr. Cass, no man contributed more of means than the latter. or rendered a more cordial ;rapport to . , the „nominee. * * * is fair a State that he will peobabry have nocompetitor whose name has been mentioned in anypyeyious conven dion: The gentlemen who are likely to - lfe named feel the necessity of being placed upon the trete* -and take their turn. The whole electidneering business is distasteful to General Can; he does not seek the office; he has no unkind words for gentlemen who aspire to the place; on the contrary, holds them in high estimation. We believe he is the choice of the people of the State, who now urge the use of his name, which they believe will be a certain guarantee of victory. We but simply echo that voice in advocating his nomination. Bet come what may, the friends of General Cass will use no diehmiorable means in advancirat his claims to, that high office.. Everybody feels that ability and probity are sadly needed there again.and on the general know edge that he possesses these essential qualifi cations, his friinde confidently rest his \ • We italicize the expressions which plainly cover the Post's sneer at - •the obscurity of General Cass's competitors k and its im petutment of their ability,andlt • ability, and probity. is not our fault that our cotemporary's blow was so awkwardly delivered as to ex p ose its animus to the most superficial. observer. We desire only to do Justica•tA gm gentle men se d unkindly assaile d , • THE OFFICE-TENURE LAW. v Of the-Tote in the House;for the repeal of this law L a letter to the New York Times says: The nays were all Republicans, and in cluded some of the ablest and most practi cal men in the House, such as Giartleld,De lano, Shellabarger and Schenck, of Ohio; Pomeroy, Churchill, McCarthy and Laflin, of New York; Ames, of Massachusetts; Jenckes, of Rhode Island; Perham and Pike, of. Maine; Maynard, of Tennessee, and others. Their votes are not to betaken by any means as indicative of a want of confidence in the new administration, for some of them are the warmest admirers of both the President and Vice President. Same of them would have voted for the re peal if it had come from, the Committee in regular order, and had been open to de. bate. Others are in favor of the principle of the bill. but would have voted for a mod ification of is provisions. Many Republi cans voted for its repeal with pleasure, be cause they felt that on the occasion of its original passage they had been obliged to vote for it under the pressure of political necessity. Judge Bingham stated in pri vate conversation very emphatically that he voted for the repeal of the statute be cause it was a dead letter, the Senate hav ing refused to execute it. If the vote in the Horse is any indication, its passage in the Senate is certain, but the subject will be de bated there at great length, and no predic tion as to its i result can be safelY made. It will be noti ced that nearly all the Southern members voted for the repeal. Republican sentiment is divided with the same clearness, among the more inlineri-, tial journals of the party. These, how ever, cometch nearer to an agreement in their spec dons 'upon the result of the movement in the Senate.' The uncondi tional repeal of the act does not seemi, probe able. If anything be done