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THURSDAY; • JANUARY 14, 1809.
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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 <to disturb
the present situation, it will, doubtless, be
by way of amendment. And final action
in the Senate may be deferred to a period ,
so late in the session, as to enable Mr.
Jonalsox to -pocket, and so defeat the
amendatory or repealing bill. In no event,
will the present Executive be suffered to
derive any official benefit from the decision
of Congress. Knowing this, Mr. JOHNSON
is quite willing to throw this matter over, in
the hope that it may prove an element of
discord in the ensuing Congress. Of the
recent vote in the House, the PhiladelPhia
bzquirer says :
The action was sudden, and the detente
ination to repeal the bill—no good reason
being shown why it should be done—will
strike many as a rather extraordinary pro-
ceeding. It is to be presumed that the
members of the House supposed that they
were doing a service to General Grant by
the passage of this bill. If it is now repealed
upon the heel of Johnson's administration,
it can only be upon the confession that it
was passed to embarrass, him. Undoubt
edly it was enacted because he was a bad
President but to a good President the law
ought not to be a hardship - or an impedi
ment, because he would not desire to do
anything which would cause the provisions
of the law to bear forcibly against him.
General Grant' will find no difficulty
about this law. The Senate will
surely advise and . . ' consent to the
removal of all the incompetent and un
faithful officers appointed by Andrew
Johnson. Iu regard to Grant's own ap
pointments, they will be consented to by
the Senate, and as long as he and Congress
are in accord it is : to be presumed that he
will have no occasion to remove them ex
cept for cause. The law may',require
amendment to make It more easy in cases
of necessity arising for removal during
the session of Congresas, but the general
principle of the act is just, and its retention
in the statute book would do no harm.
THE pending Senatorial contests have
reached no, decision, except in our own
State. In Maine, the success of Mr. Hex-
LIN is not yet assured. In Missouri,
where
the fight is triangular between SCRURZ,
LOAN and HENDERSON, a dispatch says:
"The Schurz men are- jubilant and de
clare -that Loan •is surely beaten bet
meanwhile Henderson is looming andgath
ering strength, and the conflict is by no
means over. It will be abort, however, for
the regular nominating caucus will be held
on Wednesday night, and if the decision of
that body is adhered to the .flght will end,
but of this there is not assurance. The ex
citement is so great and the feeling so bitter
that there is scarcely a doubt but that
every means will be used to defeat Schurz,
no matter what the result of the caucus
may be."
The State of Superior.
The people of Michigan are taking meas.
ures for the formation of a new State, to be
contructed of the Upper Peninsula in the
State of Michigan; and that portion of Wis
consin lying north of aline drawn from the
mouth at the Menominee due west of the
Mississippi rtver, to, be called the State of
puperior.
The proposed State' would extend froin
Sault Ste. Marie on the east, taking the'
whole south shore of Lake Superior as its
northern boundary, embracing nine coun
ties of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
and the tier of couuties in Wisconsin. .The
area of the State would be about 35,000
square miles, and the population would
range from 75,000 to 100,000. The region
possesses yast undeveloped wealth in Its
mines, its lumber, and its fisheries, and if
erected into a separate State would soon
take rank"among, the most prosperous of the
Union.
Coacnnitrzto' General "Butler'a financial
scheme, the New, York Tr. Gum says:,
"Whether we or Generaßutler are right as .
to the. mode sad me diu m of payment for
the bonds, we will n argue, but we cart
but be honest in the . premises." •
The Herald says of the scheme : "Now.'
ever much his views may be questioned of
opposed by the old school financiers and po
litical - economists, no doubt :he,
has struck
the chord of popular sentiment; that he will
be recognized as the leader in, this new ,
movement for an• American system of cur
rency and'ilnance."
The Warldaaye : plan is not without
ingenuity and a certain sort of architectural
symmetry, but built upon a ridiculously
unstable tons dation and-supported by soph
istries, we can't call them arguments, which
could be generated only in the brains of : a
demagogue."
A DEPUTATION of two clergymen from
Bohemia will visit the 'United States next
spring, in order to set forth the condition
of the Protestants in that important prov
ince of Austria. The visit is made in con
sequence of an invitation extended at the
Bath
of the • Evangelical Alliance, at
Bath, England," in 1868, and renewed in
1867, by an American clergyman who was
travelling in. Bohemia. • , ,
TIIE highest price obtained for any one
lot of mules at rads, Kentucky, on Mondavi
last, was ninetead of John ' r. Reymon's at
$l7O per head. Yearlings were bid at $l4O.
Horses sold well, ranging from $4O to $l5O.
Captain Ktdd sold twenty-four head of year
ling mules at $lOO 05.
A Mn. Timm; of,Biagsville, Ashtabula
county, Ohio, ,hilo killing a hog two weeks
ago had one of hie fingers bitten off. Am
putation was made above the wound, and it
was apparently.dolug well,,when JO was ta
ken sick, and before his death onthdroe 8d; h
iae
exhibited all the symptoms of hyphob.
Kansas LeglslAture—Gevernor's Message.
[By Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.)
ST. Louis, Jan. 13.—The Democrat's To.
peke,. (Kansas,) special says Gov. Harvey's
message was sent to the Legislature to-day.
The bonded debt of the State is $1,095,175;
State warrants outstanding on the Ist of
December, $290,254; amount of taxes due
and now being paid for 1868 to meet these
warrants, $231,450, and unpaid taxes for the
previous year, $156,385. The estimated ex
penses for the current year, exclusive of
State institutions, is $157,542. Nearly $lO,OOO
will have to be raised to meet the ex
pense of calling out a battalion of mi
litia and 'the'. Nineteenth regiment' to
defend the border against the Indians.
The Governor recommends that two regi
ments of militia be organized, armed and
equipped, of men living on frontier, to
meet raids and also urges a legislative pe
tition to C ongress to transfer the bureau to
thewar debt. He favors a recommenda
tion by Congress, providing for equal suf
frage, regardless to sex or color. There
are 45,140 children in public schools against
24,429 of last year. Amount paid to teach
ers, $703,878. Received from land tax for
school purposes, $342,421. Total value of
school houses, $8,813,062. Number of
school districts organized, 1,237. A
He recommends a liberal appropriation
to the Emigration Bureau, and of the pub
lication of pamphlets in English, German
and Scandinavian languages, setting forth
the advantages of the United States to emi
grants. The extension of the Pacific Rail
road to New Mexico and Arizona is consid
ered of very great importance. The popu
lation of the State has doubled In the ' fast
four years, but a very large portion of it
-50,000,000 acres of land, • are still open to
homestead energy-
- -In New York, at an inquest on the y.
of a little girl fatally burnt by the eiplo.
sion of kerosene oil, it was shown that the
oil was below the lawful standard, being
almost pure benzine. The Coroner charged
the Jury, and they rendered.a verdict to
the effect that the accident was due to 'the
Culpable negligence of -Roiser & Lahnmeik,
er, the manufacturers, and Samuel SchOon
maker, the vendor of the oil. They also
recommended all kerosene oil in the city
to be properly tested. The Coroner held
the manufacturers and Schoonmaker under
heavy bonds to await the action of the Grind
Jury.
—The steamship Etna, which arrived at
New York hn Sunday from Liverpool, had
a very tempestuous voyage. The fifth officer
was swept overboard on December 26th and
drowned: five others were also washed
overboard at the same time, but were res•
cued. Several of the crew and passengers
were tadly, injured by the same sea, one of
thomhaving his collar bone broken. The
deck was swept of officers' quarters and
boats, and the greatest consternation pre
vailed among the two hundred passengers
on board. The voyage was one 'of the most
severe ever experienced.
—The Maine Senatorial Question, says , a
dispatch from Augusta, has assumed a new:
feature. Mr. Perry, a member of the
House, has declared in a card that he threw
the blank vote in the caucus intentionally.
Thisleaves liamiln with a clear majority
of Republicans in the Legislature who de
sired to vote. Morrill's friends now claim
that he was clearly the choice of a majority
of his partY, and fairly nominated, and if
any member of his party refuses to vote for
him he becomes a bolter.
—The Congressional Committee investi
gating the New York election frauds were
in secret session yesterday, and will probe.
bly adjourn to the rural districts in a few
days. The Union League Committee say
they have paid Larry Farrell thirty dollars
on his representation that he had paid out
one hundred dollars for the Board to wit
nesses, but on his saying that the witnesses
were willing to swear anything, he and his
witnesses were summarily . dismissed.
—Terrible land slides• have oceurred in
different parts of Mexico, involving consid
erable loss of life. Creeks have appeared
where, previously, there was nothing but
barren districts. There were continuous
rumblings of the earth.
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 secretion's of the Kidneys, and
pain in voiding the urine, as well as adults: Espe
cially is this the case with aged and infirm persons,
and those whose habits are sederitary. Nor Is this a
matter of Surprise when we tate into consideration
the delicate nature of .the kidneys, and the import
ant functions they have to perform, All the anpv
!Mous, unhealthy and poisonous waste of the arsons
must pass through the kidneys, thence into the
bladder. and passes off with, the ; consequently
any obstruction in the -kidneys, that' wi 1 prevent
thew. poisonous- part.eles from being thrown off,
will be followed by dlsease ,, f the o guts themselves
and-more or less derangement of the wbole system.
Aniong the eymptoms of each derangement are the
foliowingf- Deep seated pain. In the small of the
back. sometimes extend!, g aroorid the loins In the
abdomen, or b ack heavy, numbing pain. extend
ing from the down the lower extremity o f the
rlit , d. &intorno/ to the tuner part of the thigh; great
cliffieultrie eine , tented In voiding the urine, fever
ishaktn, headache, nervous and general debility,
In the removal and cure of such diseases, no rem
edy has yet been db-covered that equals DR. SAR
COOT'S DIURETIC ou BACh.AC IRE PILLS.
Trey have been used extensively_ or upwards of
'forty years, and have given perfect sati,faction,in
every case, sad are highly recommended by all who
nave, sed tbtm. For sale by all Druggists.
THE MACHINE, CALLED MAN, 1
Is aVery complicated and delicate one; and is more
liable to get out of order, and much more difficult to
repair, than any combination of wheels, and cranks,
and levers. made by the hands of matt, 'Asa rule, it
is tinkered tea much, and badly tinkered at that. It
Is,often calomel:ed. narcotized, depleted, and oth
erwise misused, when 'all that it really needs Is a
wholei•ome took and restoraUve like . ROST.IsT
TER'S STOIIaCH MT - ER.I to put it in crop, r
trim dad keep it so.-Tbe stomach is shameful mal
treatetl. In the fi rst. pace. the food whims Its tikes
are intended to dissolve. ls cep frequentlythrown
into U kisttly, and In a half masticated condition.
anon state the gastric arid cannot properly act
I The result Is draper:Ca. Them comes the
I . doctor. it., and linens the digestive organs weak and.
the bores inert, be proceeds to. Weaken and pars •
ly se still mere wlth drastic, purgatives. These fail
leg—as they always do—to produce s.aaluUtry change,
he tails the Invalid 'that medical science can do so
more for hint. This, with. all due deference,
lea
mistake,—ode of - those mistakes which Taileyrand
said were tantamount to crimes: What the tlyspep
tie needs Is siVoratiira. et • earthen the stomach
with ROSIE Eiti , d BITTERS. and the. stomach
will 'trisection evtry other part of the human ma
.eldse, and make it. in common parlance, ma good as
sew.. Tiponthe state of the digestion. depends. In a
measure, the condition of the whole system. Plow,
the 'Bitter. are the most admirable tonic keOWll.
.They consist of the linen vegetable Invigorants amil
restoratives, combined with an unaculterated stim
ulant. The amniotic needs nothing else to effect a
ante, anept a light netritions *let, and a fair
solount of exercise. 'Even in the absence of these
last mentioned accessories, - the tonic and alterative
properties of the preparation . will .work wonders.
mauling the dyspeptics to digest inferior fare with
comparative ease. and to maintain a rood habit et
boll. in spite of the drawbacks of a sedentary occu-
THE SOUND OF THE LUNGS,
One of the most eseurate weyi of determining
whether Opp lungs are in s healthy or diseased con
di.% ion, is by means of listening to the respiristion.
To those experienced in this practice it becenses as
plain'aninaez to the statt of the lungs, and is as
well too ern to the operator as are the voices of his
most intimate acquaintances. The belief that long
standing coughs, and diseases of tee lungs upon
which they are dependent, are - incurable. are fast
becoming obsolete. One great advantage to be
gained from this SaVatlee in Medical knowledge is
tt e earlier applicaticin of those who become afflicted
With those diseases to some onecompetent to afford
relief. 'I he error which had taken hold of the pub
lic mind in regard to the curabilityof consumption.
or rather non-o arability, is`fast becoming obliter
ated, and It is well that it should be so, not that
persons should lose that salutary fear which would
make them imply for sitimely remedy, but that ail
might be induced to use remedies while there is any
hope. It is the 'delay to these I eases that tills us
with apprehension and alarm, for if every .one
would make timely application of DR. KEYSER'S
LONG OHRE in the beglndlng of a cold! or cough,
few cases would go so far as.to become IntaiedLable.
Sold at theitoo!oetigretit /Idliatne Stqry.lio.l4o
Wpod street. WLT4L,SHORTUE REMOVE. Te HIS'
NEW STORE, 140. 310 LIEERTT STR.EILT, SEC
OND DOOR FROM OF. . h
Dl', KEYSER'S RESIDENT OFFICE FOB
Ltrma EKAItILRATIONe_ AND . THE A'RE.A.Tr
DIKE y Of OBSTINATE, ClFlftilo DISEASEd,tio..
IAU PEtrit.; STKVET,, PITTnEURGII, PA. Office
.Hoursllomo A. ti., qOl P. and from 7fa II
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IMM=E
BRIEF TELEGRAMS
—The Nevada Legislature yesterday re.
elected William M. Stewart United Statea
Senator.
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—The Bank of Montreal, Canada, was
entered by burglars, Monday night, and
the safe blown open and robbed of $50,000
in Canada legal tender notes.
—The, wholesale firms of Chicago last
year made returns of sales amounting t o
;MO,OOOOOO, and the - cattle brokers of sales
amounting to $38,000,000. it' is estimated
that the incomes of the citizens, taxable,
and untaxable, exceeds 1.64,000,000.
—Nahum Bobrook, Esq., a prominent
'citizen of 'Upton, Mass , aout sixty-five
years of age, was found dead in his saw
mill on Monday. From the marks on his
body it is supposed that he was killed by a
slab flying off suddenly, hitting him on the
stomach.
—Four libel suits against the Chicago
Tribune for a total of 4100,000 damages were
ruled out of the Superior Court on Monday.
They were instituted by four merchants,
who claim that the Tribune charged them
with arson to avoid failure., Toey appeal
to the Supreme Court. •
—The ReYenue Cutter, Lincoln returned
to San Francisco from an unsuccessful
search for the shoal, reported eighty miles
southwest of southeast Farrelion. Eight .
thorough examinations of the locality as
signed the shoal, have been made the pres
ent season,lwitli no indication of bottom
found with ane hundred fathoms line.
—ln the Bf e S. Circriit Court, at Chicago,
on Mondayaudge Drummond issued an
order for the arrest of the Board of Super
visors of Lee county, lowa, for refusing to
levy taxes to pay certain county bonds, the
payment of which had been decided by the
Supreme Court of the United States, but
which the lowa Supreme Court declared
invalid. It is a conflict of jurisdiction that
may lead to trouble.
—Frank Blair, it is reported, holds to his
expressed opinion that General Grant will
make a Dictator or an Emperor of himself
before he leaves the White House. • His
modest deportment is simply deep dissim
ulation, and one of the measures always
used by ambitious men since Julius Ccesar
thrice refused the crown. The' country is , ,
already ruled by a minority who demand
the aid of bayonets, and it will be easy for
Grant, with his military power, to make
himself supreme.
NSTIOES—"To Let," • 6 .rer Zoet. l
"Wants," 1.41;bu isd, ••Boardfng. Ake.. up.
Mang FOCH LINES each toftl be inserted fa these
columns ones for TWENTY-FIVE OBETE; each
additiona/ line • LYE CENTS.
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"Iy•y• I lOW
.lir
ANTEL.--HELiP -At Employ
nient Office. No. 3 Bt. ()lair Street, BOY: 8
0 ELS and MEN, for different kinds of employ
ment. Persons wanting help of all kinds can be
'implied on short notice.
WANTED-BOARDERS,
NVANTED:-=BOARDERS--"Pleas
an t roam, with board, suitable for gent , eman
and wife, or two young gentlemen atol3 FOURTH
b T RcEEomm . dated .
Re w
edan c ord qu nebarders can
WANTED-TO RENT.-TWO or
THREE ROOMS OF A &MALL HOUSE,
a pleasant location, by a man and "wife; no children.
Good reference. Address C.. GAZETTE Ors ICE.
$2500 6 TO . LOAN ONBOND
and mortgage on Allegheny
Co.aty Property. Apply to or aidress CROFT a• •
PHILLIPS, Neal Estate. Agents, No. 139 Fourth
avenue. • - • .
at4OST.—A Diamond Cross Breast
' PIN. The tinder will be rewarded by leaving it
r. hiaMEALIi utllce." • •
O•LET T .,HOUSE.—Brick Mime
of four ninths and Mich n. Possession given
effnarylst. Apply at 107 Clarrstreet. (ial3
TO LET-WAREHOUSE, Ng. ISS
cmithfli lti street, occupied by V. Dissdn as an
olsting and furniture' store. •
Also, to let; A large oil warehouse on Hancock
street. • ..
Al-o, a dwelling with 7 rooms. . •
Also, swell finished house with 11 rooms. No.
23 Hancock street, both opposite rlst Church.
AlsO, a large house on the co ne; of Penn and
Hancock itc c er, riiiitsble for offices •
inquire at 277 PENN.B7ItEST. . - • 3a13
TO LET.--TWO HANDSOMELY
furniihed rooms. with gas and d re.' one on first
oor, and one front up stairs. Inquire at 199 Third
avenue. .
Yo-LET.—lloilse on Manhattan
Street, Allegheny. of five rooms, ball s aid at
tc. Rent low. laimedlate possession Will be given.
Inquire of JOHNSTON tit JOHNSTON, .a.ttorneys.
No. 81 Diamond street, Pittstm gb. pail
hTO-LET.--Dwelling House, ice.
-04 Wylie street. contaltdrur 12 rooms, i;
BE ROOM, No. 96 Wylie street. corner of
Federal Street. 114 1py
Fourth M. BROWN, 96
Wylie street, and venue.
TLET.—WAREHOUSE:—The
A. large Your Story WAREHOUSE. 38 Smithfield ']
street. at present occupied by Messrs. T. B. Young
it Co. In the furniture business. Inquire of SIMON
JOHNSTON - , corner of amitheeld street and rburth
avenue. •
FOR RE IT T.-1101JSE.—A large
DEICE - HUDDLE 11011r4E, containing large ,•'•
Double Parlors. Library, Dining Itoorn, Kitchen
and Wash House on lower floor, and b bed rooms
and bath room on : second floor.- Also finished attic.
good cellar with bake-oven in it, tozether with large'
yard painted with shrubbery and fruit trees. Hot
and cold water sud gas through the house. The 4
house is in good order, finely papered *nu painted
throughout. Marble mantlepidck in Parlors, ithra- ;
ry and dinleg room. Possession given sconce. Lo
cation in Elerehth (old Sey. nth) ward. For terms,
&c., address. 1). Z., care Box W. Gazette Oftice.
FSALE.--Engine and Boiler
J,2 and Smoke Stack. all In roodronntne order.
lan ' SWOP R R, 543 Penn street. • ;
roR SALE CREAP.--Two lots .;
n Manhattan street, Alleatisay. with: stone
oursdatlons almadYbullt. Also several ly nses tor ,1
sale on reuotable terms.' Inquire of JOHNSTON `,,
A joriNsTON, Attorneys. 1i0..81 Diamond street.
Pittsburgh. • • -
FOR, SALE--DESIRABLE FARM,
Containing .161. acres, located Altegheny,
county, 34 m iles front the e.ty, fronts on West
Pemisyliania Unread. and the onildlngs lan with
in ten minutes walker Natrona and Hanks stations;
3A acres of timber. 00 acres in grass. 'The whole
farm can be worked by machinery: good brick house . `q
of 8 rooms and splendid cellar: large frame barn'
and all neceihary outbuildings: 300 choke ,grafted,
fruit trees of all varieties, good soil • and well rra
tared; would make a splendid dairy farm. Ever). •
thin; in first. class order, and needs only to be seen
to be appreciated, will be told low as the owner is k
determined ipso South.. Terms sisT. Apply's°. or
addre,st Cite & PHILLIPS, Beal Estate Agents.
No. 139 FOURTH AVENUE. • -• • •
r.Ott 'SALE—A Grain Business
STAND, located on the line of the Pitts., C. &
tL. It. W., inthe best grain dhtrict in Ohio, con-
slating of a Leo story fratne , warehonse,l.llo by 00, , 1
convenient to Railroad. with side traelL;naning in
tO RAO acebjaintNiste the loadtrig and 'shipment of ;
HMO lot DO be 100 feet. This is artre chance for ,
a wan to4teneahe in a paylag wee, as as this stand
controls the Ciriln trade for /50 miles sr. mad. There :r
-are other advatitrieaconnected with the stand which
will bo explained on application. astisfactary rea-
Bons given.for felling. Apply to or aldress cHOTT
& PHILLIP'S, No.
.139 Fourth evtaue.
T'OR SALE-815SO FAS 'LEASE.
HOLD—Having a f out et 40 feet on Washing-
ton street,.just above the. Grain Elevator. by 113
feet deep along Hill alley. .14 which is erected 3 n
three story.brick in:mines& houses, now renting tor I
111.1000 per year. L-ase has 18 years to inn. Ground
r nt low. Sold separate or tog. thee. Price low and I
LAPS,
easy. Apply A g ent s, address CROFT le t
YAPS. Real Estate 139 Fourth avenue. f:
FOB .SALE—BUSINESS STAND-'
A well kiown and prosperous wholesale bust-
nes' stand, with stock and fixtures, is , offered Pir
sale. Patisfsetor7 reasons are given for the dis Po-1
sal. Apply tt TT WOOD STREET.
F OR
SALE—That tine two story
brick warehouse. 24 by 64 tees. slynated on
OHIO STREET, Allegheny city, No. OS, now oecti
pled as a Sion , and Grain Warehouse. Also, the
two story brick d welfleg house, SO by 04 feet , ad
jomins' the above containing six rooms For
. further particulars enquire , on the premises of 5141
STEELS SON.
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WANTED--HELP.
WANTS.
LOST.
TO LET,
FOR SALE
VOR SALE—FARM.--200 acre 4
°anal Land, 'situated In PennTp. , WeW
tnoreland eountv, two miles from Irwin Station, OW
the Penna. It, R. Improvements, hewed log 1 , 1311116
11l good tepair, bank harts and older -outbuildings.
Terms model bank of W. WILSQIi, Lad
per'. %ally) X. non, renntutm,