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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2s, 1869.
Otatwitoot!., January 110, 11809,
`ME T ING 'OF • REPUBLI.
CA. STATE CENT BAL COHYH TTE E.
f-The Unl Her:Mikan' State Centre •Com
.xalttee will Irma at HARRISBURG on THURS
DAY, THE OURTIT DAY Or VEDGMART, at
TWO - for the human ()infixing the
lime and pi a of imidla.% the next Mite Con
.--vention, as wther appropriate busineve.
A fall a dattea is earnestly desired.
GALUSHA A. GROW,
• Chairman of Committee.
Giro. W. BAMICRSLY, !Secretaries
4. B. kbarl773,
PET7tOliElni at Antwerp, 68 59}f.
11. S. BOVDS at Frankfort, Z91@)79,1
GOLD closed yesterday in New Ye&
lit 186 g.
WE MINT on the in pages of
Ala suirninfee Geempra.--Setand yew:
Poetry, Ephemera. Third and Eqath
,pages: 7inanciat, Z.7ommerrial, Meraan
tile, Markets, irmports, River. News. Sev
vita page: ffecettany of treteresting read
ing mar.er, amusement Directory. •
• A OONVINTICr-i of the Editors and „
• - Publishers - of •Peausyivenia, has been
to meet at Harrisburg onl'enday,
Ilielecond any. of February.
Virz•isisnakt :from the Washington Be-
...,or ter. that the .subsekters to the TtesF
~ stock •of +the 'Cluutiers Valley Rallwalr
Company arepromptly •transferriug:ther
•hames and am o unts teibooka prepared se
- • cording to - the suggestion of the Presideut
of the Temisylvania, Inailway Cemporry.
If this transfer. shall Tactually be ammo
- , pllshed, the Toad will certainly ibe , com
pleted inside<ot twelve months.
Q. Ant - nun I. Monnmax awes
terday unanimously nominates by the
'Republican legislative caucus iferfUnited
iitatee - Senator - for We'st:Virgiaria,-intplace
of Mr. "V\is Wfiviiel.. No other mame
was presented. This promotion,so made,
is a vowel - Ibl telenenial to the accept
ance with-which keilas predneel over the
• affairs Of: - the State. 'ln Mr. STEVENSON,
he bas•winorthy suceessor to the-Govern
orship.
• Erect:moms-of-fills city 'have `before
them a, project far a' law to be•enaded by
ttie LegiSiature for-registering all lots of
land situated within - the corporate limits,
If this bill shall bepassed into a law it will
• entail -considerable trouble and •erpense
to Ureic:riders o 1 re eutate, and It is' for
themta detennine -whether:the Ishii' auto-
Res - reattifing fromit rnmniise to be eta
cienttcroorapensate - therefor. 'We 'urge
- them - to give theubill a 4 Cull consideration;
- and at-as.early sAs" as pmetiesiae.
WEloonErteleanrthat Hon.
, Low , - the Senator' from: the kietistrlet,
- suffered *a-slight • shock of paralysis, on
- Mondariast, at ollarrlabarg. The Tele
fjp•oh -of yesterday " staled that. .he was
much better and likely to be able,ins few
-da i s, -to resume his Senatorial duties.
litr.*LOWilY is a ptiblic man of mu& dis
-tinetion, fairly earied lithe-service-of the
--Commonwealth, a . faithful • and vigilant
. vanillin of , the interests of his constitu
.
-eats, end•we trust tie may long live teen
joy their conspicuous confi6ence.
IVIES 4101313 E 4AP PREprenennwarrars
.ashall •proceed on the ,assumption that it
.can incresee , the maim of fits Officers at
_Measure, •and •eentraverston of AC
J/SWB.o.ll3tillg ,at the time of the increase,
vwe feel confident that the 'State 'Treasurer
parthe additional .salaries. It is
dearly his duirto be _governed by the
Una , re,,gulating , the stunber of -appoint
- tnantetasuirthe swaged to be paid. But,
weA,trust•the Rause, upon fuller consid
• e meal, will adhere to the wise aystern of
rt drenclurent embodied in the law passed
at thvla.st senior., and under whidi itor
ga naked. •
THE 530414) of 'trustees of Washing--
ton and Jefferson 'College lime agreed to
ask the Legislature Rio • Nissan act author
it#o conselidation of the two
lbranebes of this institutioy, either at.
dYseti'l4k‘st; 'oi'esion'aburgb, or some•
ether place to ..ix) . determined upon. It
the ; College Oa, be removed to . ,Wash'
Ington, the property at Canonstuirgh will
be conireyo to Trustees empowered to
estahlish eon4get a .Elaninary of leas
( grade, = In the event of the College go
ing to Canonsburgh, & like disposition
rn'', lll bPPac‘e ofathe ProPertynt Washing-
If it shall be taken to a place other
Om i either of these, two lesser institutions
will he maintained—one at Washington
and ti, .e other at (anonsburgh.
steac)enville - , Ohio, offers 4100,000 to
h ave th e College taken thither; and a still
.moreteral sting offer is made for a union
w ith t h e iww University 'at Wooster,
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cos ., 0 , 0 . T HE INDIAN WAR.
GJENERAL lIIESIDAN seems to have
finishettp*the Indian business speedily"
and. effectively. His own return from
the tii3ld is hourlyr,t'xPeeted at St. Louis,
his troops being also• withdrawn from ; the
plaitii; and disiributeti for the ordinary
service of the government, at various
points. These facts warrant us in believ
ing that the chastisement of the savages
has bein ample to secure protection for.
the frontiers, and to enforce the peaceful
submission of all the hostile tribes. SHER
IDAN'S b 10713 have accomplished a result
which Indian Commissioners and Bu
reaux could never have attained. It is
understood that. he is soon to re•coter
upon his former command in the South.
west, where, under the administration of
Ptesident GRANT, the country will soon
be indebted to PHIL. SIIERIDAN for vic
tories less expensive but yet more accept
able. His success Is equal in dealing with
savages, white or black.
OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
The problem of the Amezik.an Suture is
a leading subject of study *a the enlight
ened minds of all civilized 'peoples. The
philanthrophist hopes, the philosopher
speculates and the statonnan approaches
its consideration with rtzkagled feelings of
, airehension and pr'itis. All of these
agree in the recognition of the reptibli
can idea—the absolute , oridequal freedom
of all the human race, subject only to the
divinely-ordered coiditions which are
presitribed Tor the government of all His
,htnatm 'creatures , alike;—all of them ~acc
ept the application of this idea in the
'theory of the great American Republie,
and ail admire themighty progress which,
sometimes briefly checked, at other
times impetuously accelerated, still, in
the grent•march Of events, illustrates the
-Steadily 'increasing approximation of our
enationallife to the loftiest standards ever
'upheld 'to the loyal devotion of man.
'Our mistakes are not seldom; our perils
are frequentlysuch as seem to menace a
-speedy , and .unhappy end to our partici
pation. in T the national • rivalships which
divide the ‘peoples of the earth,—a die
aitrons catastrophe for the highest hopes
of Christendom. As in the experience of
individuale, so the annals of this nation
prove that the only dangers which are
.fonnidable, to the one or to the other, are
self.sriginated, and domestic, attributable
to no causes outside of an internal re
sponsibilitiy. The weaknesses of per
sonal or national constitution, the vicious,
enervating, demoralizing after-growths
which are the sure consequences of any
successful temptation to disregard the
warnings of the national or individual
conscience—it is here that the historian
andthe moralist unerringly discover the
fatal causes upon which the brightest
premises, the most glowing hopes, the
noisiest aspirations and the most spl.endid
careers of achievement have been ulti
mately wrecked.
But the Great Republic—let us be justly
happy in the thought—presents' the cam
pletest illustration of its greatness before
the world, in this that, more than any na
tion in all the records of time, it has been
conspicuously blessed in a Divine protec
tion from all perils, fatal mischiefs,
whether from within or without; that as
the problem of Man's Destiny grows upon
- us it finds us stronger to endure, to avert
aid in due course to conquer, not only
our dangera or our misfortunes, but, most
of-all, ourselves; that the Republic, fast
4i:whored to the everlasting and immuta
ble moorings of a divinely orde'red prin
ciple, rides out every gals and evermore
proudly floats its flag of mastery, while
the great sea of life is everywhere else
dotted with hopeless and indistinguisha
ble wrecks.
lard has saved us? Why is it that
this nation alone, upon this continent and
in .this era of the world, may gratefully
confess that matchless fortune which thus
presents her career as splendidly the ex
ception to all recorded experience, as the
constitutional order, the principles upon
Which the theory of her government is
bailed up; are of novel aspplication in the
regulation of human society ? flow much
of this triumphant fortune do we owe to
our peculiar principles alone, or how
muck of it to our large, share in the Poe
-session of a power of brute force common
to the race ? Is the Republic to-day so
magniEcent an example of national prom
ise, before all the nations of Christendom,
merely because it has armies, navies and
wealtkoto cope with any people °lithe
globe, in the ultimate resort of war, or Is It
rather because the moral force of the repub
lican idea, illustrated, before every eye on
earth,bynhe internal blessings of every ma
terialnature which attend our faithtal obe
dience toet , commands,all overthe world,
the homage of the human mind and en
forces respect from other nations of Chris
.
tendorn? The Great Republic is strong,
because it is republican, in ,fact; it is
feare - d becsesse, alone among Christian
•
peoples; the forty millions of its citizens,
behind none in science, in art, in the most
/skillful exemplifications in every depart
=eat se practteal knowledge, are, more
depart
t, se), homogeneous, sh„ating, united'
as one man, ha all personal aid po
litical privileges, each individnal be
!'4 • 4illthelf 4 130 , . ; Divided
by no social castes, distraded by 'no ar
bitrary and unequal distinctions, this rigt
lion is the enly one on the surface of the
globe whose government stands for the
absolutely .unanimous expression ' of
every citizen. The Republic is great be
cause its justice begins at home. Its
power is matchless because pivoted upon
the same unconquerable principle of jus
tice to all the world. Our moral power
is the secret of ocrgreatness. More than
one - rival nation has larger armies, vaster
fleets; richer acquisitions of material
Vesiltli, bet not one of them courts a con
flict-with that peaceful flag which is ever
to conquer in the sign of Liberty and
of Right. -
'There are journals,'some of them of tra.
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE - : THURSDAY, I
ditional claims to the public regard—there
are still more politicians preferring doubt
ful titles to an enlightened respect, who
will have it that, in the solution of that
grcat problem of human destiny which
Providence seems. to have especially
charged upon this people—a prob
lem which, concerning first oursel ve s, must
then march on until it comprehends all
the nations and races of the earth—that
he republican idea which it involves must
epend, not upon its own irresistible mer
s, but upon the measure of 'brute force
ith which zealous propagandists shall
seek its expansion. These spedulations
Bee nothing American to fear, or to be
feared, except the - numbers of our armies,
and our resources for war. Would they
say that England or France, fearing our
warlike power, would abandon the
least claim of right, or fore_
go any tempting ambition? They
forget that either of those, like still other
nations of Europe, are prepared at a day's
notice, to set as 'large armies in the field,
or to send as great fleets swarming over the
sea, in any just quarrel. Should France
fear us, Ni hen a million of _her soldiers this
moment wait eagerly for the signal which
shall precipitate them upon a million of
enemies beyond the Rhine ? Does Eng
land stand.in awe of our military or naval
strength, when she has ruled the great
oceans for centuries of victory? When
she dares, for a quarrel more another's
than her own, to beard the countless
hordes of the Czar, upon their own soil?
When, to vindicate the personal freedom
of a handful of, her imprisoned sons, she
sends forty thousand men to bear the red
cross of St. George into the heart of
Ethiopia'?
This talk, about the salutary fear with
which American arms have inspired the
other great powers of the world, is sim
ply fustian. When the old wager of
battle closed by invoking GOd to defend
the right, it expressed rudely that idea
which npw, in this nineteenth century of
Christian knowledge, is still the most
potent of mortal arms. For a just quer
-rel, there lives not a people in Europe
which would hesitate an hour, with that
invocation, to throw down its gage
against this boasted Republic of ours.
And in that sign, thrice armed agnibst an •
American aggression, our antagonist
would win the same inexorable justice
which has not once swerved since the
world began.
We read frequently in our exchanges,
as unhappily we have, often been con
demned to hear it from the numberless
ELIJAH Poomsts who afflict a land with
its "home in the bright settin' sun," that
it is the "manifest destiny" of the Re
public to overshadow, absorb and assim
ulate all the Contiguous territories in this
Hemisphere. • Such talk is very absurd;
it never was and never will be profitable,
except to promote personal ends through
popular ignoranc?. and prejudice. Our
only destiny—unhappily not known to the
mere demagogue, but manifest taall en
lightened comprehensions—is to be guided
_always faithfully by the republican idea
in our internal administration, remitting
foreign propagandism of all sorts to the
just influence of a consistent republican
example.
Recently, a journal of eminent pru
dence and thoughtful breadth of views,
the Philadelphia North American, *as
betrayed into the advocacy of a direct
propagandism among neighboring peo
ples. It would "interfere quietly" but
nevertheless effectively. It would diplo
matise the,mcre efficiently, because tig
Republic has great belligerent power, a
fact to enforce its recommendations and
yet ample to preclude any need for the
exertion of that pirver directly 'at our
own risk or cost. , We ventured to re
mark upon this, that our coteinporary was
inconsistent and illogical, not tO say real
ly guilty of giving practically bad advice.
We thought then,- and think still,
that the North American risked a
paradox for the sake of a paragraph, and
really counselled a policy not wise if pos.
Bible but in fact an impossibility. That
journal objects to our criticism, insisting
that a "quiet inteiference" is our wise
and proper policy. .
Such, it laims, was -the American
diplomacy which "negotiated the French
out of Mexico," because "France had no
desire to try her arms against us under
such circumstances." 'Unfortunate
,•
illus
tration of a 'quiet interference without
risk," when tints "our amazing display of
naval and military strength and material
resources" is expressly relied upon 1
Again, the same sort of American di
plomacy is credited by that journal with
bringing about the recent league of South
American Republics' against Spain. We
take issue on.the facL. Chili and Peru,
both at war ' with Spain.; repelled her as
saults` and maintained themselves without
atd from our diplomacy, which came
halting along, if at all, after the conflict
was over. Chili and Pere, tufted, saved
themselves by their own bird knocks,
and Spain, single-handed, was more than
matched.
The world :learns for the first time,
from the - North American, that we are
helping Paraguay by our "quiet in ter
ferende against the allied forces now
driving her to the last wall.- If there be
such an interference in this ease; It is cer
tainly very quiet, and its results not the
moat flattering to oar diplomacy./ •
When our cotemporary Affects to un
dervalue our knowledge of the trans
marine interests of the Republic, and
esPecially to disparage our intelligent And
sincere dffire for u paramomat influence
in the West. Indian archipelago, that
journal simply forgets its habitual cour-
JANUARY 28, 1869.
tesy, and ignores its usually thorough se
-cluaintance witht l he Americas press. No
journal has taken more advanced ground
Ithan has the GAZurrs, upon all questions
in our foreign Policy, and no American
journal has alre4ly so clearly indicated
the inevitable trinmphs of the republican
principle in the West Indian islands.
We trust to bed favored by the North
American hereafter with its more atten
tive perusal of ()Sr columns.
WOMAN'S RuinTs PRACTICALLY
'LLD STR ATED.
To all who desire the intellectual pro.
gress of the human' race, particularly of
the physically weaker sex, a most import
ant and interesting exhibition is being
held this week-Lthe fourth annual ex
hibition of "the Pittsburgh School of
Design for Worrien." It is interesting,
if considered nrerely as an . elevating
sight, to study the progress of a strict
education in art;lto see how, from appar
ently. simple beginnings, the eye and hand
are educated to Et close and tine dehnea.
tion of difficult forms, in all varieties, in
the combination 'of nature in landscape,
and in copies of some of the world-re.
nowned statuarY. We may rejoice in
having such an Institution and such
models in our city, the position of which,
among the cities of the United States,
makes us earnest in desiring that she
should add, to her attained commercial
importance, the 'possession of and love
for intellectual pursuits.
Fortune has glien us the means, and,
therefore, our people should be diligent
and proud to encourage the arts' and
sciences, without which a people would
be very unsymmetrical; like trees with
air and light only on one side, the
branches would 'grow in that direction
where all the right , influences were thus
attracted, and qn the other side a de
formed appearance would be pre
sented to the' spectator. Thus man re
quires to have all his faculties drawn
out and educatedi at least in some sort of
symmetry. Nation's, or their parts,
should foster any kind of knowledge
which careful partnts would be ready tb
supply for the inStractlon of their child
ren.
I I
This Institution of ours is mainly de
signed for women, the evening classes for
the other sex being rather supplementary.
We confine our Observations now to the
importance of this school to the sex es
pecially interest4d. The fundamental,
leading idea—what those concerned are
working for, glifing their untiring zeal
and energy to accomplish, what some of
our most influential citizens are giving of
their wealth to suOort and spread—is the
education of women, to be industrial, if
they require it; t 4 impart a knowledge,
and the power, bsed on that knowledge,
to step into brower, more healthful and
better paid fields of labor. Every wo
man, of whatever condition in life, even
if now the posseksnr of wealth, 'should
have some of her! faculties so thoroughly
cultivated that, should fortune prove un
kind, she may own the power that noth
ing but , sickness could take from her—of
self-support. Were this the case, women
would only be more elevated thereby.
The power is easily preserved. Their
homes and paths of duty are more eleva
ted, the more brain they bring into play / .
The painter Opie's answer to the inquiryl,
"Pray, what do you mix, your colors
with?" will apply to every duty of life.
"With brains, sii.." Then, if, as is so
frequently the Case in this country,
"riches take to themselves wings and fly
away," instead k being dependent on
father or brother,l already, perhaps, over
taxed, how muchrbier they' would feel in
the ability to hel themselves. Certainly
parent! must, feelnore confidence in their
daughters' future when they know this.
To the young
the
themselves, we
desire to quote the words of one of their
own,. sex, one whp toiled, not for fame.
but for a duty; for an independent living,
and not to depend on an old father, and
also that she Oght cultivate a .-God
given talent, and Ischieve the fame which
followed. CILIBLOTTE BIIONTE said :
"Men begin to Ireaard the position of
woman in another light than they used
to do ; and a few men, whose sympathies
are fine, and whose sense of justice is
strong,' think and speak of it with a can
dor that commands my admiration. They
say, however,—and, to an extent, truly,
—'that the amelioration of Onr condition
depends on ourselves.' Certainly there
are evils which o u r own efforts will best
reach." i
I
To the public, we would give the words
of J.
,f 3. Mau, : "If there be a natural
unfitness in woman for man's employ
)
ments, there is n o need to make laws on
the subject; leave all careers open; let
them try. Thosel l who ought to succeed
will succeed, or, at least, will have a fair
chance—the incapable will fall back into
their right placei" Every lover of his
race should encourage and support this
school, that future years may show, as
the past has done, that woman elevated
raises man's ownl estate.
DEATH OP GOV. PICKENS.
Ex-Gov.P. W. Proctors, of South Car
olina, died i
on Monday last, at Edgefield,
in that State, in the 62d year of his age.
His grandfather, Andrew by name,
was born. In Bucks county, Penn., but
removed to South Carolina in hie boy
hood. In the col4lal struggle with the
mother country he was an ardent patriot,
kept the field at the head of a partisan
corps after the, l State was overrun
by British' troops, and finally rose
to the rank , of a Brigadier Gener
al. Congress vOted him a sword fOr
gallant conduct at the battle of 'Cow
pens. Boon after he invested two British
forts at Augusta; Ga., and took them.
After participating in the unsuccessful
siege of Ninety-six under General GREF-N,
he followed the retesting enemy to the
seaboard, and at the battle of Eutaw led
mite of the brigades of South Carolina
militia, MARION commanding the other.
He was afterwards sent to the Legisla
ture and to Congress, and then went
back to the Legislature.
His Son, also named Amorisw, was a
lawyer of wealth and ability, and was
Governor of South Carolina in ISI6-18.
FRANCIS W. was born in Toogadoo,
and educated at the South Carolina Col
lege, at Columbia, and commenced prac
tice as a lawyer at Edgefield. In 1832 he
was elected to the Legislature by the Nul
lifiers, with whom he heartily sympa
thized, and soon distinguished himself as
a debater; and as Chairman of the Com
mittee to consider the relations of sover 7
eignty and allegiance, made a report that
sovereignty was a thing indivisible, and
that consequently, allegiance was indi
visible also. Congress, as the agent and
creature of the States severally; had no
claim to allegiance, and could exer
cise no sovereignty, the latter doc
trine resulting directly from the form
er. In 1834 he was elected to Congress,
and served for ten consecutive years; In
1836 he made an elaborate report denying
•the right of Congress to abolish Slavery
in the District of Columbia, without the
consent of Maryland and Virginia.. In
1844 he declined a re-election to Congress,
and was elected to the South Carolina
Senate. The "Bluffton Movement,"- a
demonstration on the part of certain citi
zens of the State to secede from the
Union, was then in progress, and was
advocated by Governor HAMMOND. Mr.
Proxiqts voted with the majority against
the measure. After remaining several
years in private life, he was elected to the
Nashville SotOern Convention, which
met in 1850-1' to consider the proper
course to be pursued by the South under
alleged aggressions from the North. In
1856 he was a delegate to the Democratic
Natioral Convention • which met at Cin
cinnati. In 1857 he was appointed by
President,EIICEIANAN Minister to Russia.
In 1860 he was elected Governor - of South
Carolina, as one of the preliminary ar
rangements to the Great Rebellion, into
which he entered heartily. The remain
ing events of his public career will be
readily recalled.
CABINET RUMORS
Time was when a company of elderly
women, seated around a table and imbi
bing tea, were supposed to be the most
loquacious and gossipy of the human
family. They had their period of fame, ,
such as it was, and have been surpassed
and superseded.. The writers of Wash
ington specials to the various daily news
papers beat the old women out of sight.
Up to the period of the late Presiden
tial election Gen. GRANT'S silence, as
admitted by common consent, was un
matched by that of any mart who ever
held high public position in this or any
other country. It was one of the strong
traits of his character—inherent, con
stant and unconquerable. As soon as the
election was over, the newspaper corres
pondents took him in hand, and accord
ing to their reports he has done nothing but
gabble ever since—saying one day a hun
dred things he was certain to contradict
the neat. Some of these reports have been
so gross and scandalous that the General
has felt constrained to deny their accuracy.
But this, which would have restrained
most people, has produced no change in
the conduct of the Bohemians. They
manufacture conversations, opinions and
preferences for the General, faster than
any twenty men could manage specifi
cally to repudiate them.
Just now, the larger share of reports
about the General relate to pretended ut
terances of his in relation to the selection
of members of his Cabinet. It is safe to
conclude there is no more truth in these
accounts than in those that went before
and have finally been disposed of.
The New Cabinet.
The statement attributed to General
Grant, and which has caused considerable
stir, to wit, that immediately after he
is declared President, he will communi
cate with the men whom he has fixed on
for his Cabinet, probably has no further
foundation than this—that a leading offi
cer of his staff, a few days ago, on being
asked about the Cabinet, expressed the
belief that General Grant was pursuing
closely the policy that he indicated im
mediately after his election, viz: that he
should keep his own counsel entirely till
he received the official certificate; . but that
he, the staff official, had reason to believe
that as soon as that transpired, General
Grant would take steps to indicate the
men of his choice; and that, in the nature
of things, it would not be possible, even
if desirable, to observe the same degree of
reticence as has existed heretofore. It is
not impnsible,, therefore, that the ars
ions and curious public may know some
thing more or less reliable by the middle
of the cording month.
1 r Philadelphia Buletin says:
Alta listening for two hours and a half
to the : eloquent arguments and ap
peals of Messrs. Porter, Bergh, Hutter
and Brooks, in favor of the merciful
treatment of animals, the large audience
poured ontaf the Academy of Music on
Friday night and packed into the street
cars tothe cruelest extent. Fifty or sixty
tender hearted philanthropists piled into
each car, and were dragged miles and to
their peaceful homes. Whether there
were any dead horses repotted on Satur
day or not, we are not informed; but if
there were, we trust that the worthy citi
zens and citizenessess who did them to
death will ponder over the suggestive car
cases. ' It was "flat Berghlary.". •
—S. Calstock, a merchant of Minna.
opolk, Minnesota, has failed. Liabilities
1i.60,000. Other failuredi are reported. •
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
—General Sheridan is daily expected
to return from the plains.
—Ex•Governor Pickens died in Edge
field, South Carolina, on Monday.
—The Legislature of Nevada has en
enacted a law remanding the business of
the State back to a coin basis. •
—Frank Swift was the successful com
petitor in a skating match fez $2,000 at
the Jersey City Rink, on Tuesday.
—The Carroll distillery and A. F. Lin
coln's warehouse, in Peoria. 111., were
destroyed by tire Tuesday night. Loss
WM%
—A bill was reported by the Commit
tee on Education in the Illinois Legiala
ture, yesterday, striking out the word
"white" in the general school act.
—An underground railroad bill for
New York city was introduced in the
New York Senate yesterday. A hill for
the ;abolition of the death penalty was
introdtic*lin the Assembly.
—The New York State Workingmen's
Associaln met at Albany yesterday.
The annal report showed the Associa
tion to be in a healthy condition. The
eight hour law is one of the subjects for
discussion.
—Ten thousand dollars in checks and
four hundred and forty-six shares of Pa
cific Mail Steamship stock, in a tin box,
were stolen from the counter of the com
pany's office, in Wall street, New York,
on Tuesday.
—ln Ms speech befbre before the Wis
consin Legislatfire yesterday, Matt. H.
Carpenter, United States Senator elect,
said he would .retain his - position no
longer than his course was approved by
those who elected him.
—On Monday morning, Just before'day
light, two horse thieves named John
Fox and Satn. W. Taylor, were taken
from the custody, of 'Squire letwrence,
near Poplar Corner, Arkansas, taken to
the woods'and shot to death by a party
of masked men.
—The case of Wm. Kriel, for the mur
der of his wife on the 7th of March last,
came up yesterday morning at Louis
ville, Ky. After the examination of a
large number of parties, a jury was
finally impannelled. The case will oc
cupy several days.
—A lieutenant and six men•of the Are
kansas Militia, heavily armed, arrived in
Memphis yesterday. They were arrest
ed by the police on the charge of intend
ing to arreat.certain persons, hut were
subsequently placed on a ferry boat and
sent over the river.
—The- Annual Encampment of 4 the
Grand Army of the Republic of the Pa
cific coast was in session at San Francis
co on Thesday. RepOrts of various Com
manders indicate the-order in a pto!sper
ous condition. Vol.. James Cory. was
elected Grand Commander for the ensu
ing year.•- = :r
In the Illinois Legislature, on Tues
day, a bill was introduced to compel - rail
roads in that State to charge uniform
rates for transportation of freight, in pro
portion to the distance carried, and' pro
viding that any railroad charging more
than apro rata proportion shall pay the
owner five times the amount wrongfully
collected, besides attorney's fees.
DR. SARGENT'S BACKACHE PILLS.
The, moat efficient DIURETIC, for treatment of
all complaints r - suiting from weakness and ue-
rangement of the. Kidneys. such as pains and
weakness in the Back or Loins; Gravel, propey,
Incontinence of Urine, Strauguary, Indammatlon
of the Kldn.is, tee., Se
BACKACHE PILLS can be used with perfect
safety In all rases In children a s well as adults
Upwards of thirty-seven years• experience has
proven this medicine to be the most unifor and
efficient Diurelic ever discovered, besides ieing
in the form of auger coated Pilit, making r.hena
easy to take, and not being a purgative, 'lever
Interferes silth the regular discharge of duties.
These Pills tam be lux! at wholesale and`retall
from the Proprietor
GEORGE A. KELLEY,
Wholesale Druggist,
OORNER OP WOOD 'STREET AND SBOOND
AVENUE, PITTSBURGH.
and from all Drugglasand Dealers In Medicine.
50 cents nPr box
WHAT ARE YOU TAKINGI
Probably two-thirds of the adult population of
the United States indulge, more or less, In bar
room stimulants. Hot alcoholic beverages are
hahlthally Imbibed by thousands of peoplein the
winter months to "keep out the cold." The al- .
coholic material of all these drinks is more or
less potsonoua, and is rendered all e more del
eterlous In consequence of being taken warm..
Avoid
Avoid these dangerous eacitem ts. Shun s -ss
you would shun the deadliest drug, all tater%
eteinufante. They paralyze the el.estion, con
gest the liver. disturb the natural sc.ion of the'
kidneys, irritate tne bowels, shatter the nerves,
and impair thejeason. •
The operation- of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH
BITTESS is diametrically opposite to this.
They spur no organ into unnatural activity; but
they tone and regulate all. If the digestion is
feeble, they awaken the dormant enerales of the
stomach and promote the work of awkmllatioa.
if the liver is sluggish and torpid. they regen
erate it. If the kidneys fail to perform their
functions t roperly, they are regniated without
being irritated. If the bowels are constipated,
the peristalic action is moderately increased.
and the discharges become natural and regular,
If the novas are tremulous, tiny are strength
ened. If the mind le clouded, theIiiTTERS tend
to diaper a the gloom. -
These are the effects of the great VEGETABLE
TONIC AND C .1 , / tECTITY. 'which for twenty years
has teen a staple m-dicine In tuis country, and
the demand for which steadily Increases in all
parts of the Western Hemisphere,
It is not offered as a beverage, hut as a mealeine;
nor wilt It ever be used_to satisfy a craving for •
alcoholic stimulants, because. its eff, ct is to,clieck,
not to create, a false appetite for excitants. The
champlona of temperance will do well to mark
this peculiarity; and.to iecommend it as the only
We preparation containing alcohol, that can be
used or mi dicinal purposes
THE SOUND' OF THE. LUNGS.
One of the, most aecurate ways of determining
whether the lungs are ins healtny or diseased con
dition, is by meantollistening to the respiration.
To tuose experienced In this practice it, becomes
as plain an index to the state of the lungs, and la
AS well keown Lathe operator as are the voices of
his most Intimate acquaintances. The belief that
long standing coughs, and diseases of at lungs
upon which they are dependent, are incurable,
are fast becoming obsolete. One great advantage
to be gained from this advance In medical knowl
edge is tt e earlier application of those who be
come afflicted with those diseases to some one
eompetent to afford relief. lice error which bad
taken bold of I,,t4nrublte mind in regard to the
cnrability Of conininptloh, or ratheriton-carabil
ity, Is fast becoming obliterated, and It 'ls well
that tt should be so, not that persons should lose
that salutary fear which would make them anidY
for a timely remedy, but that all might be indu
ced to. use remedies white there Is any hope. It I
the delay in these cases that tills us with
prehension and alarm, for if every one would
make timely application of D 11. KEYSE.II , ff.
LUNG CORE In thebegbaning of a cold or'cough,
few cases would go so far as to becoine irremedia
ble.
Sold at the Doctor's great Medicine Store, No.
140 Wood street. WILL SHORTLY REMOVE
TC HIS NEW STORE, NO. 10 LIBERTY
STREET; SECOND DOOR FROM S cLAIR.
DR. KEYSER'S RESIDENT OFFICE FOR
LIMO ES MiIINATIONS AND THE TREAT
MENT Or OIisTINATE CHRONIC DISEASES,
No. 120 PENN STREET, PITTeBURW.I, FA'
Office Hours from 9a. Y. until 4P. And tr " )
7 to Sat night. •
DR. SARGE\T•S