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SATURDAY, JANVARY 23. We%
_ unmoor), January 510;1089.
ItgrItIEE'tINGIOF REPUBLICAN
STATE CENTEL', 0031MITTEE..,The
'Union Republican. State CentralCommitte *lll
meet at BAIIRISBURG on THURSDAY, ' THE'
FOURTH DLYOF FEBRUARY. "at TWO 'o'clicit
, for the purpose of exing.the -t'me' arid place
of holding the next Sate ConaTation, and other.
proirriate business..
A fall attendance is earnestly desired. , 4
titiI.IISHA A. GROW,'
Chairman of Committee.
Giro. a " MS" , itiecratarles.
J. R. cArEE,
WE. PE= on - the inside pages orthie
inerpiag's GAzirra—Secoud page: A day
with the Dittohas a! Sutherland, .L 'Ope'a .
Bovife, Etiood Yarn, A Mether!s Wisdom,'
Third and Biel& pages: Commercial,' iii.
sandal, Mercantile and River Nem,. An-
Opts, ifarketa. Seventh paged dittercs#T4
Mikadiang of Reading Mader, Agassemati
Directory.
U. B. BONDS at Frankfort, 19i.
Pstsmamm at •Antwerp,.sBas9.l MEWL'
Goza; closed yesterday in Neyr York at
185 j. •
TEE MEE ILuLltaar clique bongitst at
public auction on last Tuesday, for. tho sum
of $200,00110, the Ashtabula , andl Now 'Lis=
bon Railway- ' -
Tan merchants if St. ilionis•have got be 7
• - iond_ grumbling over, .d;scrimytefiona to
their -detriment in orlwayAcharges. They
mean te teatablish eneigeney 'New York,
. .
on their own aeccnint• So Tagorona an ex
ample may- pion Nverthy•of imitation else
'where. • r•
Ouszuncamarris•thatlthe House, at Har.
- Tisbung, in adding Owentyasevento the num
ber of its etnployees did an Arnnecessary
:andmawise thing. iThedlonse - has no need
-of the Tetinne of servants it %as created,
.and.no expectation . that they -will earn the
money paid them.
TrEe..Aneonn story, .which , e New. York
journal, published-a few•days-since, purport
ing
to relate the 4tion•ef , the War Depart
ment in twice issuing ordereto Gen. Rums
Ito supercede • Gen. F,Girearr before Vicksburg,
• 13 pronounced by ex-t3eeretriy ErArrrort,
41 amaliciousqfalsehoocL" "So such orders
were eitherlesue& orevercontemplated.
fraE Indiana Senatorial- question has been
' , very happily solved, by-the withdrawal, of .
the first Republican nominee, following
which difon. D. 1. finarr, of Logansport,
liras promptly elected. This 'business has'
teen an anfoTtunaie one for both of tile two
.gentlenien, whose personal controversy ' will
leave bad results rankling ainong" tbe
! publicans of 'lndiana.
THE :00.TINZY COMMEMONKR6 yesterday
ae.eleated the.Gazimar, and Dispatch all
.cial organs to do the.county printing_for the
AM. We are duly .graiefal for this new ex
.= ,pression of , confideme and approbation on
4helpait ot our friends, and trust we may be
.able , to to satisfactorily discharge our duties
as to •cause.no 'regret thjeour journal has
been , thtts honored 'The Gazwrra, for the
current year, .is the official paper of the
Acltieeof l'ittsbutigh,illegheny, and of Alle
sheny•county.
tivATramanr -"bolt" from the
mx Senate—
,
•chambers at ,Ilarrisb, the Democratic
minority contrived yesterday tO defeat, the
douse bill continuing a Republican fn Office
as tax4cOeiver at Philadelphia, = rind . : of
•
:course, ,excluding 4ite Democrat whom the
people tohose for his snecemorlast Octbber.
'This bill was -not , such as, with the, I.lghts
before us, We , could approve. We think' it
shciald neither law been ,Introdu t eed, nor
_passed. Nevertheless - , the Democratic re
,sort, to avert the danger of its'pessitki,'
in itself Tevolutionarjr. - and not to be justi
\
• lied. In all such .oases, we hold it to, be
wiser, and a truer repUblicanism, to abide
by all legal and constitutional forms, seek
ing no redress.ontside of these, and relying
only:upon the inevitable refributite with
which, sooner, or later, the right judgment
of an honest .pegple will visit the abuses or
even the Mistakes of their servants.'
Bram the. public haw learned., that .a
iebange of location bas been contemplated
by the Faculty of Washington and Jetfcr
- son College,- new situated at Washington
and Canonsburgh, the subject has attracted
much attention in other communities ambi
tious of providing a permanent home for
the consolidate..d institution. We learn from
the. Fayette county press that President ED
WARDS and a majority of the Truitees are
faVorably impressed with the advantages
which Uniontown offers Lox this location.
A meeting of the citizens of that borough,
held last week, took the preliminary steps
to i isecure a final decision in their _fever.
While we think that our own cities can find
forthe institution a suburban site which, as
.-things considered, would be the best Or the
%College, We cannot deny that in none other
or" the flourishing and, pleasant town' of
Iltestern Pennsylvania could the College
,furti a better seat than at Uniontown:
A Pnfranzißme cotemporary which
,has justly acquired a large Influence by the
wisdom of Its counsels, rejoicei that: the :
4 1 prmeetk1ate" resolution of Gen: Beim,
was derefalo but a:Ow:riga the beitef that
cur EQTRIgot,- .. ..!haterferfus 9nlelrlizt
" r: ; trAr . 0,
the affairs Of the WegtAildri'kgaridar' With.
out any risk to ouraelver„ "could easily
manage their internal .-d'AcUlties hy nego (
tiation the , leadVng
giving us "all the, ben efitstilf a protectorate
without any.of the e - Aperise or risk." Evi
dently, our cotempo rau shares in Secretary
SEWARD'S confifieuc.e in his own bility tO
accomplish the impossible—and gives this
striking proof of it. The quiet inter
ference, which costs nothing, risks noth
ing and will effect most ,for American inter
ests; in those Islands, *lll be limited to
:the influences of our Republican example.
That will, iD. due season, accomplish more
for RepubliCan progress, better -and more.
surely, thai we can ever e hiye from any
direct or iridfreei
EDWIN 11114 NTAFircer.
'Baty last s pring, and prier to Mr. Bien
'l,4? N's final. retlrenierit Wen the WM. °Mee,
theGaz awn announced. up,oti due author
ity, his fixed and irrevocable determination
tede.cline tuthre vubltC service in any 13apac
,itywh atever. We hay' now to,add giatit la
-Mtbhaou i r knoWledge that iliis,distingniehed.
gentleman has ;neva', 'frbui that to the 4pres
cint 'Loft, elth*tittiafotbillireelz gfven
, any color to - the idekthitt he had changed;
;or would reconidderObis irrevocable rest,:
Union. Hence, we have not thotight • it'
needful to allude to the '"rtuntors arrant of
-fate, that he would cuter the new Cabinet.
Nor does it surprise us, or the other friends
of Mr. STaacrzmi
_who knewhim well, to be
told that, aten.approached a few daps since
this point; he said . : ' ' • -
.
/am lipt candidate for auy office, nor
will I ticcetit al:typo:Wan la the gift of'the
Government. Ido not want a place in the
I
Cabinet, and do not ,wast a ibreign,
'Won. I long since atniouncad my purpose
,to retire to private life. This I have done.
;And when I say I will not go int 6 public
life again, I mean it.. my iniention is nbt
for to-day, but for all ,time. I shall never
hold public oflice. o - • - • • •..
THE 111714 RAGE.
We reprint the propoSition, irom the
Senate - Judicialy Committee, for an addi
tional, or XVth Article Of the Constitetion :
Arrricts 15. The rights of citizpns of the .
United States to vote and hold office shall
not be denied,or abridged by the United
States, or any \State, on account of
race, color, or previous condition of • servi-
For which, Senator WILLIAMS proposed
the following substitute :
' l 4o:lngress shall have power' to abolish or
abrogate any restrictions on the right to
vote or hold office pirescribed` by
,the Can.
stfl i ution or law of any State."'"
rn our own Legislature, a member pro
poses to amendlhe Constitution of the Cord:
monwealth by giving the suffrage to every
citizen, legally a resident as at present, and
twenty-onein more jyears .'of age, irrespec
tive of age, sex or cOlor. Without impeach
ing the . gbod faith Which hats prompted this
'movement ; or dissenting from the logic o
the proposition, it enough to say that it will
not be seriously sustained in many influen-f
till qttarters. 1 .
The proposition before Congress will be,
fully discussed, and other amendnients are
to be suggested. If the decision shall be to
ask State ratification fornn article prohibit
ing any disqnsiftcationi for retie - Cr - color
'upon the suffrage_ for Federal putposes,,
there would be it ;Fell , reasonable , prospect
Aiir its incorporations in due time into the
fundamental law. ,Such' eri article would
in effect, and . legitimately, accomplish all
thehlocal res . which 'the roost , Radical
:4 4...7 •
4 ple desire
RECENT RAILROAD COMBINATIONS.
The border of our populated country is,
year after year, moving faiihneandiartiter
Westward,' iit:a rate of progress unefampled
WI the world's history; and 'while thhr on.
ward march is going' on, things between us
ard, the - border are taking-shape,llchming
Axel, crystalising, and country is pack
ing, fuller and Wet of ''people and of
wealth. Commerce, thenghout all that ex
tended and fertile , region, it making for it-,
self channels, which, 'when nutde,,will be
almost as irreversible as the courses ofrivem
, . ..
In the • late combinatioas among railroad
corporations, in , order, to , form. , urtbrekeu
lines reaching from, tee Atlantic • border to
the Mississippi and beyond it, we see those
channels taking - definite shape and contin
tfitY• P.Y.one :4-tiese, tiefititv, 9f amanCe.
,between high contracting p arties, we have
the Atlantic and Great Western, the
Ohio and Mississippi, and,_ litiCr t. made , 4 3 %
sorbed as it were by the Ere TailWaYtoin
pan!, and an aggrekafe property to Ili value
1 oftwo'hundrermillicifiet:of dollitrti broneht
tinder Ur controll• of a single Ixtrirdittf direc.
tors.
.1243 gigantic re aoinbination of eaiital
mill power would he dangerous lit. itay cotin: t
try less powerful than thief and ipeu 495 9
the only way to meet and counterimil its
baleful influence Is to checkmate it
'other and rival combinittiona equallypptent,
.Greatness is but a: relativelenn, and forces,.
however strong, may he met by counter .
forces equally . potent,• and a wholesome
equilibrium may be maintaitied;'''init 'thud
the interests . Oil farmers,, and; artisans, and
small trimicis may bp maintained jn health
and thrift, as a infant can iejoice and grow
in atmosphere so ponderous that, were it
to press unequally upon r hini,'Vouldcrutiht
WM to death la,an instant. So with • these
railroad corporations; if we can poise them
one against atother, "and thins' rnaintain ti
balance of poer, they can no more crush
as than the at otiphere can crush the peop le upon whom it resses.• '..• ~ . t-, i , )
The New Ydrk Central, also, is forming
its` combinations with companies west` of
that State, and has its lines to the great trade
centres of the, lakes and the Mississippi
basin; and we, re.glad_ of it, notwithstan+,
ing !both thei roads of which'' we hi'lve
spoken contra ute to' 'swell the.' commerce
and power o l a . Ally. whose f power.and
wealth and ins enec are already too great for
a.republic. -S ftitirbetterfer the country
that the E'rie" and ' : the Central* should' bei
.riyals, than that 'the tremendous powe r o(-
the Empire State Should be concentrated in
one line. . : .
~.
t .... •
.%,.i:..,;,.L,,1
• But,,after all, the beat , checif, .upon , t9,at .
giant corporation aduch-haa V4spnipkat'
Cleti 6l4l /0 rama in ! our ci7i`Pe;n l ,7,/# l 4
centraf it to9i hilii*tured
tlomi
IGAZETTE - SAI URlVei,:.itAlqUAllY 3l ,2k 1F69. - '!
Mississippi and beyond it. It may tOtcon
trol property to the amount of two hun
dred millions, but it is hot much short,
- of Fit; and, by quiet, prudent, mas
terly management,' it enjoys . a credit and
wields a power to which its great and
turbulent rival can make no pretensidu
The stock of the latter, is enormous vol
uine, is ever in the market, and is tossed to
anff fro between bulls and bears ih perpetual
unrest;.
at
that of the other is not in the
market *Attn . , in considerable quantities, but
isleld by those who are fortunate enough
to possess it as among the choicest of per
manent investments. This difference the
peciple of the Wed understand very. well;
and they are free to express their gratifica
tion when they see their own local thorough
fares passing tinder Pennsylvania dOntrol..
Nothing has soi contributed to give our
State &high and , ekaviable standing among
he people of the States on both sides of the
Mississippi as our great Central road, with
its beneficent influence upon theirtprosperity.
Locally our road has a vast advantage
aver its great Northern rivals, for it a
shorter and more direct line between New
York and all the great commercial centers
west of the Allegheny mountains - shan are
„
any of its rivals, as the following table of
distances will show:
CHICAGO TO NNW YORK, VIA NEN YORK AND IBIS.
Oht•nao to Dunkirk (S. Mich.. Lake Shore. ).... 498
Dunkirk to New York (N. Y. &- Erie) 408
_ CHICAGO TO NEW TOILE, VIA N. Y. CINTEAL.
'Chicago to Buffalo (8. 311th. Lake Shore)s34 ,
'Sutra to to Albany (N. Y. Central) • Zat
Albany to New lock (Hudson Myer IL 114 144
990
CHICAGO TO XZW I ZR O I4;6IA u I i ...t CrITEAL, AL.
Chic Ago to Pittsburgh (Fort Wayne r0ad)..... ... 464
Pittsburgh to New York 431
899
This shows . that the Pennsylvania Cen
.oo has the advantage, as between those
two great commercial points, of fifty-nine
miles over the Erie Railway Co., and of
eighty-one miles over the New York Cen
tral. As between New York and St. Louis,
and other commercial centres in the great
Central Basin of the „Continent, the differ
ence in favor of the more southern line of
course becomes still greater. From St.
Louis to New York, through Pennsylvania,
the distance is 974 miles, which is only six
teen miles greater than that between Chloe
-
,go and New York, via the Erie road, and
is six miles less than that between the same
points 4hl the New York Central.
Kansas City, which is in the midst of the
finest tract of country on the Continent, is
destined very soon to become a very impor
tant railroad and commercial centre. From
that point to New York, over the shortest
'tasters lines, the distances are as follows :
s
171* the New• York
ssew. Yore and Erie..
V is the rennbylvinLa Central
So much for relEdive. distances. r The fig
ures themselves are their own best common
•
Now what is the interestawe do not say
what is the duly—but what is theinterest of
our people in view of all these facts, and in
thitTace of these gigantic combinations. Is
it to stand in an attitude of cold indiffe,r
-ence, if not of hostility, towards the mighty
-stiueglirtor the grandest prize in material
interests, that ever men battled for; or is it tit
give whatever aid we can to the only corpo
ration we have that is : able to enter the lists.
In this matter it is perfectly clear that the
interests of Pittsburgh and of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad are identical. Whatever
squabbles we nifty have had in the past, or
may have again, about local matters, )we
cannot hesitate to' feel- and acknowledge'
OS in the struggle for supremacy now go
ing on west ofis that corporation is fighting
our battle; and that self:interest, as well as
civic and State pride, binds-us to stand by
them as friends and allies
Asa power within the State, and confined
,to the &ate, thatcorporation was thought
to be dangerously strong, and perhaps it
was; but when, as now; it is balled upon to
engage In astruggle on an arenas-broadax
the nataon, and with' forces With: which
nothing but the most gigantic power, corn
biped 'with consummate skill, is able to
grapple, we have realm to be 'very glad
that it is so strong.
It has been favorite policy with tlid
"prudent' managers of prosperous railway
~ z !rporations to declare only mOderate divi
dends; c.itn : ying often their large surplus of
earnings either to a reserve fund, or expend
ing it irk.ald of collikteral icr:AfElliated inter-
eats. there bave been found,
imong.the stock-holders, a limited number
ofjperblons people who have protested
against this policy, insisting that every
dollar, thus fairly earned, should be as reg
ularly and fairly divided among those to
nbom'it properly belonged. And, quite as
usually,..thede protests have been disregard
ed, thet-icsertatl p'ti 'policy being suppoiteci
by the majority vote, as. often represented
?ir proxies in the hands of the managers
themselves.
The sharp and enterprising financiers of
the ElfOL, GOULD and Vanntanum class„
seeinethe weak point, have so turned the
position as to make it the very strongest for
theinselves. Appealing to the cupidity , of
that large class of share-holders who, in:
vestora, in -large blocks, for, permanent, in-,
cornea, and content with eight or ten per
cent. dividends, have never been fully alive
to; the real worth of their property, the
iltianctere o whom we speaks have inaugur
ated a polic3 - vhich promises, at least for a
while, to be as-successful as it is bold , Nor
is that policy altogether without. plausible
merit, when share-holders are told : "Gen
;tepee 1 your property, paying you only
t en per cent., has earned, in the past ten
years, other fifty per cent., which also is'
Just as mush yours. We propose now to
give it to you- Put you tiff
airsttato our
%hands. .We shall at once distribute this ra
ter, ved fifty per cent. to you as its proper
owners. We shall divide it In new stock,
pul here are the figures to show that the
Aggregate &pita!, thus ',refriiiiented;
still earn for you a ten per cent: income."
This is the policy , realized. by;y4zinnn
lax in the ljew York Central, and prom
lied by hilitkeilliand prezent l -lace of the'
, =•=, • e
RAILWAY STRATEGIC.
Erie to the stockholders of such •roads as
the Cleveland and Pittsburgh and the Fort
Wayne. The alliance wields a vast capital.
Purchasing the control of road after road, it
is stronger with each step for ariother step
beyond. And this explains why to-day
Fort Wayne stock has gone to an unprece
dented figure under the competition for its
purchase. ' It seems probable, that large lots
of its stock and bonds, never before seen
since they were first taken out of the street
for investment, have been drawn from ' pri
vale vaults by the temptation of high prices,
and are now changing Lands. This ex
plains why the financial jciurnals now cun - .
cur in declaring that the control of , the Fort
' Wayne has really been secured by the. new
combination in the Erie and New York
Central interests. 1 .
This combination-4ingi; g the legiti
i
mate means of ( some solven and wealthy
corpomtions, with.the vast plunder of other
concerns whose stock is not to-day worth
a dollar—is said to hovel the control of $lOO,-
000,000 of money. With , such means, and
with the cupidity of the share•holding pub
lic to sustain them, it might be very difficult.
to withstand the movement which threatens
to absorb railway after'railway, and then to
fling down a defiant glove before the Penn
sylvania Central, at the western end of its
own road. '
,
In this statement of the possible situation
are suggested other reflections, of a general
nature, to which we may invite the reader's
attention another day.
RAILWAY'S AS MISSIONARIES.
Many observant men have long been of
the opiniowthat commerce is not only the
great Civilizer of nations, but, in a very
important sense, their Christianizer too.
It follows, necessarily from this view Of the
case, that those instrumentalities' which are
of chiefest value for purely commercial
purposes, must be of great utility inpro
moting civilization and diffusing chris
ttanity. Commerce hasp) instrument more
potent than the railway, and this is yet in
the infancy of Its development.
The north British Aevieto, for December,
has an elaborate and exhausting article upon
the railway system of British India, in
which incidentally a revelation is made of
the potentiality of railways in the line of
missionary work, showing that they have
already accomplished in one direction, at
least, more than all the clergymen and
school teachers so far sent to India from
Europe and tha United States. Read:
"Contrary to forebodings uttered by men
whoseowledge oft the country well en
titled t eem tote heard, the natives of India
at once took kindly to railway travelling.
Scruples of religion or caste yielded to the
ease and economy which the new means of
conveyance offered; due attention being of ,
course paid by the railway companies to
such prejtidices as were, capable of being
accommodated without , undue inconve
nience. Separate carriages, or compart
ments, for instance, were provided for
women, in deferbnce to the dislike which
the people of the East entertain to their
wives and, daughters being lookedzat by
stranger.. , And, where circumstances per
mitted the arrangement, efforts were in
early days made to afford distinct accomr
modations for certain castes,,and, above all,
for certain outcasts. Here, 'however, as in
Europe, it was, soon apparent that the rail
way is a sad leveller of social distinctions;
KO that in ,a short time Brahmans of the
purest strain of blood were to be seen
penned up in the cattle-trtickdiker vehicles
which form the third-class carriages of
India, in close and contented, tcontack4witb -
Pariahs, whose -very presence under ttie
same r oof would in , tortner nese have been
held to involve pollution."
Christian missionaries have unanimously
Concurred in maintaining that castermas the
most formidable buttress to the religions
system of India„and that, when It should be
abrogated, all. the rest would be comps's
&PlS' easy. 1 Po* ditlictatylas cowsistect
it} knowing how to assail . it effiCtually, was
to introduce. the doctrints of equality and
brotherhood. 'What they have failed in
findinftlayay,lo do, the ,railway is rapidly
accomplishing in the special interests of
commerce, hut - also in the general interests
bf amelioration and progress, that is, of
civilization and christlanity, •-= 2
1,470
1,448
...... 1,357
FREE.TRA,DEIEtS IN OFFICE.
irpon a motion pending, in the Bouse to
psint the recent report of Commissioner
Wells, our, member, Gen. MopiartEAD, re
marked :
"If this is the usual number I shall not
- oppose it, but I certainly would oppose the
printing of an additional number. I think
the report should be treated fairly. I think
there are some statistics 'in this report,
which are valuable, and 'I have some inter
est in its being printed to p. limited extent.
That interest arises from .
Ybtnark I made
last summer in 'discussing the tariff bill,
'about the Special Commissioner. It was
drawn oat by a remark made by the gentle
man from lowa, (Mr. laztsou;] and is as
follows.:
"But before leaving this .pollati as Y.
sensitive friend, the gentleman Voin lowa,'
[Hr. ALLlsow.] seemed a little anxious
about the Special Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, to whom I unfortunately referred
in this connection, I deem it proper to say
to the House and to the country that int is
necessary or important that this Govern
mint sbould. keep an officer in Its service,
at a large salary for the purpose of gnat&
big the interests of the foreign manufaCtu
er, the foreign importer, the foreign agent
in New York, then the Secretary of the
Treasury has been signally fortunate in the
sqection he has made, and Mr. Wells is the
',toper man for the place."
Now, sir,
tho interest I have in printing
this report proves what I said. It is a free.
trade document, and I have no doubt the
Free-Trade League will publish it and scat
ter it broadcast.
THAT our readers may better understand
how theralcame‘ about, last Tuesday, the
Senatorial elections in all the States where
expiring terms were to be provided for, we
print the following :
The law of Congress passed July 25, 1866
regulatinglhe Mode in which United States
Senators shall be elected by the Legisla
tures of the several States, provides that ,
each House shall, by a viva_voce vote of each
member present, name a person ler Sena
tor. on the second Tuesday after the meet
ing and organisation thereof," Ori the day
following the. House's shall meet in joint
assembly, and if the same person shall ha*
received a majority of all the votes oast. In
each House, he shall be declared duly elect
ed Senator of the United States; but if , not,' •
then the Joint 'Euiseinktly , shall proceed to
choose, by a viva voce vote, - a person for the
purpose aforesaid,and theperson•who shalt
receive a majority of all the votes of the
joint assembly, a majority of jihe members
Of, each House being present, shall be de.
dared duly elected. •If buck . Senator Is
not elected on' the first; day, the joint
assembly shall meet and take at least one
vole peri4.6sl during. tho t eesdesvof the
Legislature. • • • ' 4 ti k
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
The Sethi-Centennial Anniversary of , the
Parent Missionary Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, was held in Washington
city, D. C., Sunday and Monday, th;lOth
and 11th inst. Sermons appropriate ta_the
occasion were preached on Sunday morn
ing in all the Methodist Episcopal churches,
by Bishops Janes and Ames, Revs. G. S.
Hare, A. CFokman, C. D. Foss and others.
In the afternoon Juvenile anniversaries
were held in several of the 'churches. 'At
night a platforit meeting wee held in Foun
dry church, judge Fisher, of the District
Supreme Cotirt, presiding, sad a platform
meeting at. Wesley Chapel, at which. ,Chief
Justice Chase presided. Ills speech on tak
ing the chair vies worthy of the =Se, and
reflected 'honor upon this distinguished
jurist. Add2esses were also delivered by
Bishop Janes and lion. H. Price, of 'laws.
Senators Wilson, of Massaehusetts, and
Willey, of West Virginia, were present but
did not speak. Monday morningand even
ing were devoted to public -meetings, at
which Bishop Anies, Judge Reynolds, of
Brooklyn, Hon. R. S. Matthews; of Balti
more, Dr. Harr'', and others, made excel
lent addresses. Dr. Harris,' one of the Cor
responding Secretaries of the So'ciety, pre
sented an interesting exhibit of the financial
condition of the Society, front which it ap
pears the grand aggregate of tentrfinitiOns
for fifty years -amount to' $8,521,580. The
lint decade the contributions reached $83,-
010, average annual contribtftions $6,301.
The Ai% decade shciws the 'average annual
contributions to, be $451,085, tasking an'ag,
gregate of $4,516,850. The aggregate col
lections for the pet year exceed six hun
dred thousand dollars. -
The New York Ministerirun of the
eran Church; have recently defined certain
conditions - which represent the viewd
of the ,main body of the Lutherans
in that State, in which they have de
clared that they would hold no cominunton
in the Lord's slipper 'with those who ,proved
themselves opponents of their doctrine; al
lowing no one to occupy their pnipits eon
centing whom the pastor and the csmKrega
tion have not assurance that he will expound
truly the word of God and t h at no minis
ter who 113 a member of any secret society
can either be or Deem= a member of this
Synod. -
The 'Unitarians have fir some time been
affording material help to the African Meth-
odist ppiscopal Church, to enable them to
prosecute their work more efficiently among
their/ own-- people. The . last -gift of• the
Unitarians Is, fifty or oue hundred libraries
of not less than forty volumes eaah, for the
Sunday. Schools. "Bishop Paine is to select
the books.
It has been said that the Methodist Epis
copal body dedicates a new 'church every
day of the year, and the assertion seems -to
be more boastful than accurate. Yet the stab
/sties nt the Church, says the Presbyterian,
fur 1868, show that it is within the truth,
for the increase during the year, in the num
ber of church edifices, reaches to five hun
dred and seventy. This makes something
more than three new churches Tor every two
days in the year.
At a late meeting of the First. Reformed
i tresbyterian church of Philadelphia, Dr:
pastor, proposed to have his salary
($3;500) reduced, In view of . the reduction
of their numbers by the secession' f a part
of the membership. A resolution was
adopted, unanimously, that no such reduc
tion weir called for.
I-IC
The indepeuckat represents that an Isra
elite named DaVid Cohen, residing at itox
bury,. Idassachasetts, was arrested for
keeping his store Opep on. the Christian
Sabbath, and fined by the Judge, notwith
attending hii Plea that the Jewish Sabbath
occurs Saturday. The ,tewisit ,Nessengyr
says of such cases that those who break the
State laws are generally ' these very ones
who will not abseive their. own Sabbath.
The Congregational church at Wood=
stock, Vermont, has opted to have but one
sermon 'on the Sabtath,' and that 'id the
afternoon.
The Rev. Mr. Francis, it is said, is making
arrangements to erect a church and organize
a Baptist society In Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Advance, speakinA of 'the appoint
ment ‘. of deaconesses in Mr. Beecher's
church, at Brooklyn, argues that it is a re
turn to primitive practice, and a resort ,to an
instrumentality of much power...lt quote;
the well known passage found' in Rom,'
kin, I, where Paul Writes, "I' co,utMend
unto yon Phebe, our ether; who is a ser7'
vaiit (deaconess) of the church- which is at
ginclifet4" in support of the office." The
uses of the office are discussed at considera
ble length, and many points are raised that
will interest all who favor the extensionof
woman's domain of power and , usefulness.
The venerable Dr. Spring, of New York,
on the first Sabbath of the,month wished his
people "Happy New Year" for the fifty:
ninth • time. He stated that there were but
three persons living, to his knowledge, who
were members of the 'congregation When he
became its pester in 1810.
Rev. Dr.. Huntiegdon,. recently elected
Bishop' of Central New York, is a convert
from Unitarianism. He is represerited in.
extravagant terms for ability, scholarly at
tainments, and as an eloquent minister. The,
American Churchman speaks in glowing
words of his admirable qualifications for the
Bishopric, but thinks there is perhaps not
another man in the Church can fill his
'place in Boston. or exercise his peculiar in
fluence for Nicene Christiatity : in Massa
chusetts. •
Dr. Evans, Rector of St. Mary's Church,
In the Strand, London, after a quarrel with
his Church _Wardens, recently preichid
from the text, "We are fools for Christ
sake," and then clearly proved how appilav
ble were the words to himself and the
Church Wardens. Bo facetiously inclined
via the reverend clergyman that he kept his
Ongregatlon almost choking with blighter.'
The Wardens, ,91 wine, could not reply.
The General Convention of the Episcopal
Church very sensibly rule obllgator3r
upon the udnistdri in tfmt Connection to
rtld tothftresottireootoeglitivilieertan;
a./ .1
=IRO
selections touching ministerial support.::
This coarse is eminently proper, as some
people strangely forget their just duty in
providing liberal support for their minis
ters, and the evil prevails too generally in
all denominations.-
Plymouth Ccrngrezatlonal church; Pitts
burgh,_ says! the Advance, have extended a.
call to Rev. E. Y. Garrette, of Milbury,
Massachusetts. - -
%The custom has, been adopted in the grand
Jewish Synagogue of New York of both
Sexes worshipping together by families and
the men with uncovered heads, instead of
the custom of the men occupying the body
of the syriagogue with their bats un, and
the women the galleries.
-:-On Monday. night Geo. Wooden, a
farmer, living in Claremont. New Hamp
shire, was murdered and Mrs. Woodell ter
ribly cut, by their nephew, Wm. Kenny,
who lived with them. The deed was. per
petrated with an axe. Kenny was arrested.
DR. Smicr.livs , BACKACHE PILLS.
The moit'eficleut DIURETIC, for tritatmerit of
all ettleplaints r: suiting from weatness and derange
ment of the Kidneys. such as pains and weakness Jo
die Back or Liana; Gravel, Brom, Incontinance
of Urine, Stranguary, Intairation 4the Xtdneys„
te., Le. DB. SARGENT'S BACKACHE PILLS
can be need with. Perfect safety In all cites In dill-
drew aewell as adults ! triwards:of tbirtreeven
yrirs , expeaence has pr&Ven tills medicine to be
the most uniform and eillatent Diuretic ever dlrcev-
end, besides being In the form of sugar coated
snaking them easy to Mite s and not being a purgam
tire, never Interferes %Kittle regular' . dtscbazge of
duties. These Pills can be had it wholesale* lid
retail fromt.he PropiletoF
GEORGE 'A. KELLEY,
Wholesale Druggist,
0010iElt Or I r rttllMi r tgilioolslD 49E-
,and 'from ill Druggists and Dealers In Medlane;
.50 cents t.r box.
1 9k. LITTLE BILIOUS:'
How often this is the response to, the enquire atter
a friend's health; as At to be bilious was a trilling
Matter. hardly-Worth thinkl a about. But let it be
remembered that, as, "tall oaks hem Uttle atoms
grow." so formidable diseases arise from being "a.
little bilious."
Severe bilious attacks are more commoninEpr
Eitunmtr and autumn than: in Winter, but the seri
ous disorders of the , livor which so often occur at.
those seasons, mighttbe traced, in hunreds id in
stances, to Winter intinlgew;es and their neglected
consequences. Mote highly-seasoned food is eaten,
mole ilery drinks linhibed, in cold than in warm
weather, and thus the biliousness is prod need which,
under a warmer temperature, culminates In remit,.
tent and Intermittent fevers. -
The very best medicitie for persons who are either
a little or a good adal bilious, HOSTETTER'S
81 °HACH, BITTERS.. No bane- plil,or calomel is
required in such . cases. Those powerful mineral
medicines cot two ways like a double-edged sword.
They s.ct, It la true, upon the liver. but -re-act moat
d leteriou,ly on Other parts of the syslem. They
"stick" there, and cannot be got, rid of The Hit
ters contain vegetable agents of an anti-bilious ten
dency. that produce a spectdc and most genial effect
upon the binary ot gun, without entailing any evil
consequences whatever. Thera re attopethse mote
tom., and act favorably and slum itaneonsly upon the
stomach.' tus. liver, the bowels, 1113 nervous system,
and the brain.
THE SOU_NHOF THE...LUNGS.
One of the most accurate ways of determining
whether the tangs are ln ehealtny or of_,
con
dition, is by means of listening to the respiration.
To toose experienced in-this practice it becomes as
plain an index to the state of the lungs, ands is as
well koo an to the operator as are the voices of his
most Intimate acquaintances. The belie; that long
standing coughs, and diseases of the, lungs upon.
which they are dependent, are Incurable, are fast
-becoming obsolete: ,One great adyantag6' ge
gained from this idrallet in medical knowledge 'ls
tt e earlier application of those who become afflicted
with those 'diseases to some one competent to afford
„yeller. Ihe error which had taken held of the pub 7
lie mind . in regard to the cnrabilltyof Soniumption,
'or rather non-c -:rabillty, is fast becoming obliter
ated, and it is well that it should be so, not that
persons 'Would lose - that salutaryfear which would
mike them 'DAY for a timely remedy, but that, sit
might be indnced to use remesiles while there is any
hope. It Is the delaY in these CUBS that this tin
with apprehension and alarm, for if every one
would make timely Application of DR. 'KEYSER'S
LUNG CURE In the beginkiing of a cold or cough,
few cages would go so f's: as to become irremediable.
Sold at the Det'er's great Mltticlne Siore,No.l4o
Wood street. WILL SHORTLY REMOVE TC
NEW STORE, NO.IO LIBERTY STREET, SEC
. ONV DOOR FROM SP. CLAIR, - -
DR. KEYSER'S RESIDENT' OFFICE FOX
LUNG EXAMINATIONS AND TUB TREAT-.
MEN I' OP OBSTINATE CHRONIC DISEASES,No.
LAO PENN S - I'ItEET, PITTaBIIIIGH, PA. - Office
Hours (rem 9A. M. until d r. M., and from. 7 to B ,
at night. • • • '
RFSLLIGIOT.7B.
rgriollßLlC LECTURE AT- THE
NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH, corner 0/41
Wood and ninth etreete , on 1:1UN MAI RVENINGAr
January SCh. Subject—Vile Garden of Eden; •
, .-e t -, . : : . • . • ' .
ICAL I.IIIIIE KAN' CHURCH, .seventh-
street —Rev. iIAMITEL LAMM' Pastor. Services.
TO - MORROW feundx9.) sod regularly hereafter, at
'!9)j A.: Nl:4nel I. P. ia, :Sunday School at 9A. Y.
TH E' FIRST METHODIST
CHURCH, '(Railroad ktreet, near Depot,)
NSW BRIGIITON: ea. b. F. CIKOWTHEIt. , Pastor.
'Preaching EVYRY SABBATI4 at iusie. X. and
Publio cordially Invited. ; , •
fgr T H ly. FIRST METHODIST
- COUSEII. FIFTH AVENUE , between thank
field and (Joint streets ALEX. MARK, Pastor.
Preaching Itirsirr SAB BATH. at 10.30 A. :w. and
1.30 Free sesta and welcome to all. Sunday
nebooLat 9 A. x. and L 4 .r. U. •
rgrFIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCIt,
• OF PITTSBURGH, W. S. Gray, Pastor,'
meets statedlyin ILEVILLE HALL, corner ot,Ltbr,
erty and Fourth streets. Services every Vord's Dar
at 103tA, X. and TH P. at. - , The public are cordiaUy
WACADEMILY 11IUS10.—Lib
eral chriattan preaching hp Bev. J. - F.
eund.y. Ja. wiry 94th. Morning - ,
Babject--4•the Religion-tor the People." imening
'eubject— %nays Bhouidtwat/ tree. 'No •
TIAN CHURCH. corner Beaier street and
Montgomery avenue, Allegheny, JOSEPH KING.
Paator. , Preaebbur To-Muhl:COW (Lord's Day) as
10S A la. and at If r• M.
Seats free and a cordlat Ina Hal lon g iron to all, es.
prelall he yoang.
UNIVERSALIST tCHURCI4
:
22ir CORNER OF GRANT ANT , THIRD S 4 '
EVERY dUNDAY at I.OW, A. N. and' r. x. Preach-
Ing by Rev. W. N. VaN DE MARK. dubJect,--
m Immortality of the beta. Eveglng,-"They.
THE FIRST METHODIST
CHUHCH,'ALLSOUIENY.-The Paitorate
of Ibis Church 1111;OR filled by the aopointruent of
H. B. KNIGHT, formerly of Cleveland, Ohib.
rreaCtling AVERT SABBATH, at 1035 A. H and ItN.
P. Lreture on Wednegday Lvenlug, and OenerU
?raver Meeting on Trldav Eveulna•
arMESSIAH ENGLISH EVAN.-
' °ELF:AL LUTHER AN CHURCH. (Gen—. -
(Tat Synod.) Hand Street. below Penn. Rev... H.
W. STUCKENHEUG,_rastor. Religions services
reg Wang on battillaTil hereafter. Sunday school.
9 Preaching at 10% A. ,'Ai. and TM r. 31 -
Prayer Meetlng and,Lecture, Wednesday evenlogs..
Friends of the contrtgatlun and , pabliO are cordially-
WREVIVAL 'MEETINGS.-=-Th .
• Rei. A. P. ORAVoti, of New York city.
Evansoltet. will preach to the Cba ,, el of the }lre,
Baptist Church. Vuurt , street. shove Grant, W.
to RRUW , ( undayl 24th tost ,at 10i A. It. and,
at I r. - x.. The pubtlasenerally arelnrited to at •
term, B.ata tree, -
lir. GB s.VES
toesch eve n es/ s week
(D. V, i at 3 In the afternuoy andl In tar e"-Rz.
.14rTRE LORD WILLING—ED ~
WENDSLL will preach la . 1 0/Ilkln's
Hail over, the Mayor's °M Fourth street. ee, on
Lord's Day. deanery 1/1...t. at 10M o'clock A: M.
stud at and T o'clock . u.' _
Ist. 'She e'er. auto of ehrist•s coming. - •
. lid. The meet/4V of s hrut's coming. _
&1 The nets Of tihrtst , s'comlnT. • • '
Corot and hear. _ •
I"`" 4ll 4.l l !tigettt a matter before he hcarrit
wu,to , • - • /911 AI A. 1,1