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GLEtwooD, Jarman 40, 1869,
VrildelETlNG Or 111EPVIIL.V.
. CAN STATE. CENTRAL COMMITTEE C 63,
—The Union Republican .State Cotral .
=Mee will meet at r,:lAtturssußG on THURS.
DAY, THE FO , DAY OF FESECAtIt, at
vriSO-oselock. . Y., for the purpose °taxing ,the
Vide sad. plater Of holdinic - the nest AtitiCpw ,
rirention, and other appropriate buslneSs.
A full attendance is earnestly desired..
eAIiCeMAJi.. GROW,
. . Chairman of Committee.
41.22: 1"13"1„.12t!'/A,ISer.retar,lee.
Ws ?um; on the inside pages of
noniqs. Gearrrr.--Sscold page:
Bpherneris, Poetry, The Explosive Pro
ducts of Petroleum, A - Bill introduce 4
in
Congress by General lloorhecul„ Miscel
laneous. .Third and. Sixth pois.: Com
mercial„Mercanti/e, Fituincial and Eke?
Ana, Markets, Imports, Seventh page:
Letterfrom the Oil RiOrns,: The Telegraph
-.,,gnesttion, intivestiny Miscellany.
asoixtrat at Antwerp, '.58,1(459f.
4 - ) Er. B. BONDS Bt Fran kfort , 79l-.
.0 0 w closed Tederdity ia.i ew Yor
MB.IA MOORITEAD made another ineffee
ttlid effort to bring up his tariff bill. yes
Ural in the Holm.
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Tnar. mania for reckless, speculation in
New York, has smitten not only office
bearers in churches, but churches them
, selves, if current reports may be credited.
THE rarrinEwr-notion of the Railway
subsidy ring does not seem likely to win.
Even the Senate Committee is reported to
be against the new policy . But these
schemes will be watching until the last
Moment of the Session.
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TICE STATEII Editorial Convention at
Harrisburg is fiiirly attendedt the visitors
enjoying the courtesy of the Legislature
yesterday, the( pemonal Issues with the
mempetli from'. HiTer baitd Philadelphia
being adjournid for tIO °Cession.
THE Legislature nAlie,s a shovt of vir
tue by proposing an investigation into
- a matter about which the people feel no.
special interest ; hut is careful not to
touch tile point in regard to which public
~' attention has een used and fall infor
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ALTIIOtIO • t he House tabled • the Peso=
...
lution eaten ng - enceuragethent to , the
project of H ytien anneication, it Is en
wed that the question will be revived
before the close - of - the session, and-with
'great confides. ea' that it will gain the ap
.roval of tb • House.
MR. E. " • DAVIE. 'seisms it known that
his intemPe to and come remarks in the
lionise, at : burg, on',,Friday
were not designed partictilarly for this
journal. Uuforhmately for that individ
ual, through` instinct and habit, he took
suCh a course as to'make it of no come
quence to any gentleman, who or what
he intended. •
Im Is now stated that a decided majority
of the members of Congress are opposed
to the ratification of the protocol of the
Alabama treaty. The objection is to al..
lowing the 13ritisb. counter-claim form rri
ages, on the ground that something re
myolved than. pecunito 1055... If, this
be so,, , then. Congressmen shoplil repent
ber that nothing short of an immediate
deals:Vic% of war . is the I:inly - real remedy
to, be applied inthe case.
Tun rum , subnfitted to the 'House by
our Representative last week, of which :
we publish the textpls rapping, seems
to provide. practical and efficient sane=
guards for the protection 'of the 'public
sgainst perila to life and- ProlkoSY from
the use of. the
_explosive products of pe
troleum. It is prestiine'd that the tax, for
which thebill prOvides; is additional to
the present excise, and to be specifically
widied meet the ea - Pentieof the iiispeo ,
theKlirOducts tinder the proposed
lnw. The measure will nataralirittract
illeAttoitOn of the trade as well es Or
-
the people at large.
WAsitonTori reportern insist that we
shall not take the money, in satisfaction
nf the Alsbama:daite,s,;aa our only Jim- .
-r! - • ,Peanatbn for the vast lojurieti, of a sec
- ondarYeharanier, in lct ed uPon ( T T :P 3m "
; rrerte- And day after , , day the reporters
;;reiterate that this la the opinion of the
, President elect. Of, • course; General
the reporters,, and the feat of the
, world understand that rietbinglint a war
•
, A nn satisfy this view'm the case. We are
naked to 41)0Ilevc• therefore, that - n war
with England _ is to be a leading feature in
the ..policy of, the new Administration.
ag it for'graided that the approach
ing unpleasantness wilt still have in view
the obtainment of some other material
Molt than mere hard knocks, pevhaPs we
may as well accept the Rawlinsianilledil
lianory of the situation, andannotince
that ,the new Administrafion will take
full payment in the aequisitionof Canada,
and in nothing else--which, if we get it,
will cost us only a few hundred
lidn
lives and another thousandmillions of
debt. Who cares for such bagatelles as
these, when our wounded National honor
demands the reparation -T, ?
A Nu m . Yonx mercantile firm seems
to be at the bottom . ! of the movement to
obtain a subsidy, from our Legislature,
for a proposed line of steamship's. from
Philadelphia to Bremen. The Philadel
phia jourtials bring, to us the report of a
"gilt-edged'banquetc 'given the other
night, at the Contine tat Hotel„ to &dozen
Setiatoria' and RepresentatiVes and other.
"eminent eitizene J l by the enterprising
New Yorkers. The "object of the gath
ering was to take some steps toward' the
establishMent of a line of steamers from
that city to Bremen,',' and the, benevolent
Gothamitd assured' his • guests that the
only thing needed to establish the line
was the ;75,000 subsidy from , the State,
&C. A. ktilVedged banquet" in
Philadelphia, at an outsider's expense, is
always sure to be a 'success, which is
more than we can say for the outsider's
hopes, or for the steamship lines when
established. • The expectation of legisla
tive aid in this case will be as delusive as
the splendid programmes whiCh have her
alded previous attempts, and previous
failures, to establish and 'support a pay
ing steamship line from that port. In the
meantime, let the New Yorker bleed!
THE COAL TRADE.
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The Pottsville Miner's Journal, of the
30th ult. contains a carefully prepared
statement of the coal trade on the Eastern
side of the State ] , foi 1868. _
The total amount of hard anthracites
7 1
mined and fo arded from the Schuyl
kill, Lehigh, L zenie and Shomakin dis
tricts was 13,4 5,016 tons, being an in
crease of 1,193,801 tons; of serd•anthra.
cites and bitinninous, from Lykens Talley, ,
Short Mountain, Dauphin county, Trevor.
ton, Broad Top and Cumberland, the
total =mutt was 2,041,095 tons, or an in
crease of 142,711 tons. Aggregate, - 15,-
446,101 tons, and an increase of 1,336,-
512 tons. If the average price realized
was $6 a ton, the whole proceeds was
$92,676,6 06 .
During the year there was imported
402,299 tons of foreign, being a falling off
from the year before of 119,006 tons.
The gross amount of bituminous coal'
mined in Western • Pennsylvania, and
egewhere in the 'United States, is estima
ted at 10,000,000 of tons. This would
make the whole amount mined and used
25,444,10 1 tons. But, it must be remem
bered that the estimate of bituminous coal
is, at best, only ,a rough approximation.
It is almost impossible to arrive at any
reliable judgment of the whole product,
the region in which it is developed is so
broad, and its;use, in the main, so near
the pits. Take the Pittsburgh basin, as
an illustration; there really are no means
for ascertaining with any thing like pre
cision, the aggregate 3 lad of the mines.
1 130, then, the probabilities aic thatinatead
of 10,000,000 of tons covering the whole,
iwaight of bituminous used, that total
falls considerably shortof the rad amount.
But, take the returns as estimated
above, and it appears that the total coal
crop last -year was of the value of $150,-
000,000; full two•thirds °NV -produced
in Pennsylvania. , .
, THE. PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The Ameadment - of the 'Constitution
which is to be sent down by Congress to
the State 'Legislatures ' for ratification—
tor the Senate will concur with the House
hi-this matter without doubt—will elicit a
vast amount of discriiniion. Deniocratic
orators . will have a theme upon which to
declaim that does not rise above their in
tellectual range, and radical white men
and w.ell-abused negroes will come in,for
about an equal amount of vituperation.
As •the proposed new article is very
short, and as it is well to have before us
,what wei are talking about, we quote it :
ARTICLE •••••••••-.. Seetiont.—Tho right of,
any citizen of the, United States to vote
shall not be denied or. abridgedreason by the
United States, or any State, by of
race orcolor or previous condition of
slavery of any Alti era z 9 t
lasEac(itize ns3
of the United States. '
Some dill vitae aline arid cry that this
is an invasion of the reserved rights of
the States. But it Is nothing: of the kind.
The Constitution, as it now stands, sol
-emnly declares that ail men, nor matter
what their color may be, who are native
born, or who have *Chi
'allegis~tfce to`
this Government, ere citizens; moitiiver,
A g4tFgpitees to the citizen of, Aach.,State
all the rights and immunities of'a citizen
in all the States: Neither of these pro
visions impinges upon the reserved rights
of the States: :Now It is proposed to pro
vide further that no accident of cohy or
of previous condition,shall impair the
rightof 'it citizen to thiteleottve franchise.
-The stpreme law of theland says every
Irian is a citizen; and this amendment is.
merely a prfrilsholl to. carryout ,practi
cally, that declaration, Here in Pennsyl
wadi, tinder the Constitution of the
United States, every colored man is the
equal of every white man on the score of
citizenship; but under the Constitution
of the State he. is.but tux alien, BP far
ae
tYe importani right of suffrage As 7 con.:
corned. The ,two, ConstAntions are
conflict, and just such a provision as this
is needed to bring theni into harmony. '
• This provision does not at all impair.
the right of the several States to regulate
the franchise of their citizens. After it
rasstrßGH
GAZETTE. -ortimsrgy- FEBR4 ITARY 3 -1.-q•L
shall have been adopted lilassablitieftis
may adopt or continue.universal suffrage;
Connecticut may adopt a qualification
based upon intelligence, or the ability to
read and -write Newt York may make
property the qualification ; -Pennsylvania
may, 4 . she chooses, require both proper
ty aut scholarship of her voters, or she
m ay make the suffrage so broad as to ad
mit all men, and all women too, to the
polls. The only effect of the proposed
amendment will be that the rule, what
ever it may be, shall bear upon all citi
zens Slike f , and abolish the absurd rule
that now obtainsi
The disabilitY of the , African race in
the =latter of the franchise was the slow'
outgrowth of shivery after that baneful
institution became potential in the Gov
ernment- When the Constitutinn was
voted upon in 1787-8 colored men in all
the States but one—South Carolina—voted;
and it was not till several years after-
Verde thatthey began to be. disfranchised.
Peurisylvania they continued to vote
till 1836—forty-nine years after the Na
tional Constitution was framed; and when
"the right, or privilege if yon choose, was
taken from them, it was not done in obe
dience to •the public sentiment of the
people of this; State. The action •of the
Convention was uncalled for and unex
pected, and probably would not have
been acquiesced in had not the Supreme
Curt of the State, Chief Justice Gamow
iesiding, almost simultaneously decided
that a freeman, if he was black, or if he
was not lAA was not a freeman in a
legal or Constitutional sense, and there
fore had no right to vote. The Court
having so decided, the Convention, then
in session, inserted the word wails, and
thus clinched the nail which the Court
had driven. Thus things were a n axed,
that to have voted the amended Constitu
tion down would not have restored the
franchise to colored men. Now, how
ever, by the highest authority in the land
they are expressly declared to be citizens;
so that whatever authority there may
once have been in that decisionhaii fallen
to the groUnd.
To men who shall live a century hence
it wilLseem like a glimpse into the dark
ages, when they read that a rule so un
just, so silly, so utterly illogical and in
defensible, was allowed to debar a very
considerable portion of the American
people from the most precious right of
citizenship. We look back at the infatu
ation which led conscientious _men and
women to acquiesce and even take part
in the burning of poor wretches who
were seemed of witchcraft, with mingled
surprise, pity and indignation; and just
so will the men of 1969 look back at this
generation who disfranchised men on ac
count of the color of their skins, no mat- .
ter how worthy and intelligent they may
belie been. But the eyes of men are fast
opening to the absurdity of the thing
now; and the light, as it shines more and
(
more, will establish that article in- - the
Constitution. Then we shall be done
with the-Negro Question in our politie7s.
WILT LIMIT THE PATENT 'LAWN
Upon the Congressional table rests a
petition, from quarters entitled at least to
a considerate audience, for the extension
of the privileges now conferred by the
patent laws upon mechanical inventors,to
the originators of new processes
. and to
the diacovereis of new produas in agri
culture and its kindred departments of
horticulture and floriculture. The peti
tioners make out a very strong ease;
more than that, the mere statement of the
claim seems to us its own ample justifica
tion. The demand is so palpably just
that, instead of recapitulating the argu
ments which support it, one needs only
to challenge any array of objections.
The food of the race is drawn from the
earth. What the sca supplies is auxiliary,
1 but by no means of indispensible rieces
saicteey.ptsTthbee
coon til m la m gour consentas° i . the au c a h g l e e g f
reliance at the foundation of either indi
vidual or social existence. The rudiments
of agricultural knowledge have been the
same, and almost equally known, from
the expulsion of the first parents to this
day.;' The sweat of labor and' the cer
tainty of, its reward, the-trust of - the seed
time and the rich increase of the harvest
;—these are still the same as when; thou•
sands of years ago, man was instructe.
that the common mother-earth must ever
,ertinue to support his very lite from her
bosom. how 'corupiratliely.
scanty the
progress yet made, with all our boastel:
advance of knowledge, in penetrating the
secrets of the earth's reproduction, the
simple mysteries which met hismanity,
;alm,ost ft the threshqld of its reationl
e- ,. ,, nevertheless , Ln‘veritelese, - indiiictive 'science
has aceOreklisised 9
I,tte4 ~ TAttie as we
havebeen able 'to 'learn touching the
simplest processes of Nature, 'the patient
_ingenuity of man, stimulated by the need
lb, eXistence itself, has .:. snivel thesilinit
curious and yet- successful applications of
- natural laws, and has been repaid by num.
berless additions , in the, quantity, quality
and variety of edible produpts.. 'Ever
first of all problems to engage our pen.'
tion, totinghumanaciencuand promising
an immediate personal reward, the in
quiring thought and the bodily' sweat of
the rage have' been given, through innu
merable generations, to the solution of
the one question—how td wring the rlarg
eat amount of food from the e labor spent
upon a grateful earth. =Much as we have
'learned, and copious as our rewards may
.seem, it is alto true that these have been
attended with an inthiltely, weater cost to
the race,- of Ante, of,toll, of mental exer
tion and of material 'expenditure, than
have gone to secure for man alLhis me-
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clinical triumphs. ' } As it has ever been,
so this day—for the few who are laboring
in the field of scientific or mechanical dis
covery, there are countless millions, all
over the globe, watching and investiga
ting the processes of nature in the pro- . ,
daction of man's food with the most curi
ous anxiety.
The invention of the steam engine, or
the discovery of the electric telegraph are
justly accounted as benefactions to the
race. Are those advans in knowledge
any leas deserving of re ward which mul
tiply, cheapen or render the surer that
food which sustains us, by the evolution
of new and better processes of labor, or
the discovery of new varieties of that
food itself ? Why should the one be repaid
with the highest rewards from society
while the other is denied any form o f
grateful remunerationi l l
The originator of a new grain or. root'
of a new vine, fruit 04 even flower, the
discoverer of a new an valuable process
of culture is just SS MU h entitled to pro
tection and reward , der the theory of
our patent-laws, as
,e inventors of en
gines, telegraphs, or new processes for
treating the Metals; certainly quite as
much entitled, as the genius which accom
plishes something novel in apple-parers or
mouse-traps. The one devotes as much
time, money and labor to his-researches
as the other. The success of the first
promises blessings quite as marked for
the race as the other could ever hope to•
see realized by his genius. Yet our laws
protect and enrich the latter, period pos
session of his discovery for 'of
years, while a valuable novelty in agri
culture or horticulture is denied the faint
est shadow of reward, in the legally ex
clusive title to the results of,lds thought
and toil.
We think this - is all wrong. The in
justice of such a discrimination is fla
grant. The present petition to Congress,
for an equal, uniform and geneMl appli
cation of the principle upon _which our
patent laws are based, must have the cor
dial support of an intelligent community.
While this movement is in the right di
rection, it needs only to be persevered in
faithfully, to be sooner or later:successful.
And then we shall find that we have only
begun to learn what can be done, in the
way of extorting new wealth for the race
from the bosom of Old Earth.
THE COURTS.
United States District Court—Judge Mc..
Candtess.
TUESDAY, February 2.—ln the case of
R. Putnam & Co. vs. James P. Tanner,
action in bankruptcy, reported yesterday.
Mr. Miller, as attorney for li. Holmes
Son, creditors of the respondent in this
case, presented a petitition praying to be
allowed to intervene and try the case.
The motion was argued at considerable
length by Mr. Miller for petitioners, and
Mr. Feterman contra, after which the
Court overruled the motion, and ordered
the following entry to be made upon the
record in the case:
February, 1869. --The jury being
sworn, Mr. Barton andit Mr. Patterwin,
the Attorneys for p e titioning creditors,
were directed by the Court to open their.
case, offer their testimony and go on with
the trial.
This they declined to do, stating that
they were not authorized by their clients
to rocee further with the case. At
this p stage d
of. the proceeding, Mr. Miller
claiming to represent creditors'oTtbe re
epondent, but who were not petitioning
oreditors, moved for leave to intervene
and try the case.. A ft er argument by
Mr. Miller for and ' Mr. Fetterman
against the motion, upon consideration
thereof, this February 2d, 1869, after Mr.
Miller had esented the petition
Holmes Qt pr Son, the Court refused the
motion for the reason that they were not
petitioning creditors, that , they are not
parties to the issue which the jury
are sworn to try; that they ' are not
responsiblo for costs, and that they must
be treated as mere volunteers and
strangers and without a legal status. in
'Court. There being nothing before the
jury upon which to pass, the Court di
rected tnt they be discharged from giv
ing ve r dict and ordered that the pro
ceedings in this-lima be dismissed at the
cost of the petitioning creditors.
The next case taken up was that of N.
Holmes Qt Son, petitioning creditors, vs.
James Robb, debtor. It is still on trial.
George Barnes, convicted of stealing a
box containing mall matter, from a pos
tal car ot , the Union Depot, was brought
into Court and sentenced to seven years
imprisonment in the Western Peniten
tiary. (
lication of
On app John Carpenter, a
writ of habeas corpus was: issued, direc
ted to General Whitely, commandant of.
Allegheny Arsenal, commanding him
Cat
pr o duce the body of Hamilton C.
, pouter, now unlawfully held in.custody
able deserter. The writ is made return
'. this morning at ten o'clock.
A
Dist.rict Court--Jsulge Kirspatrict.
The case of Basher & Wilson vs. Bich
oltus J. Bliley, previously reported, is
not concluded..
Following is the trial list for to.day:
72. Dollar Savings Bank vs. Aeschel
man.
87. Bees vs. Morrow. •
12.8. Catharine Rumpit vs. 111820 Viott
-enstein. . •
Wagner. NO. Jones it
Laughlin.
. 185 Motahe vs. P., Ft. W. ,t C. and.
B: Cm.. -
,140. C r . C. .Taylor vs,:Patterson &White.
Court of Oyer and Tennitter--Judge s
• • -Melton' and Sterrett.
' Tbd trial of William Groves, indicted
fo p the raurd9r of John Dearr, was taken
u in the ; 'Court of Oyer and Terminer
yeaterday. .
The alleged bpi:Weide occurred - about
one o'clock allege d
.4 morning of the 15th
of November last; and having published
the testirnouy Wien at the Coroner's in
vestigation; fele Unnecessary to repro
duce it.- The facts , elicited on the trial
are in adbalonce as follows:
Groves resided in Temperancevilie,
and at the time by
was awakened
from his sleep by a noise on a porch - in
the-rear of hia dwelling. He was led to
believe that some one was trying towith
into the,house....fle,artned himself
bum, and then went back to the door,
fter failing to obtain ,an answer to
his inquiries be opened the door and fired
.
at Dearr, who wastben leaving the house.
Deceased reached the road and then
suddenly Bank down and epired, the
chargé of the gnn, which` cobaisted of
duck shot, having taken effect in the
right shoulder, and lodged in the region
Mill
of the heart. Groves summoned a phy
sician as soon as he had disenverea that
be had shot the man, and afterwards icar
renders d himself into the custody of the
authorities. When the case was called
up District Attorney Pearson and H. A;
Collier, Esq., appeared for the Codnon
wealth, and M. Swartzwelder, Esa., for
the defense. The prisoner was arraigned
in the usual form, and plead not guilty.
A jury was impannelled in the usual
manner in such cases and a number of
witnesses examined, after wh ic e ?he case
was submitted to the jury on charge
of the Court and without argument by
counsel. The jury rettirned a verdict of
not guilty without leaving the jury box.
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Common Pleas --Judge Stowe.
,
Timm:ay, February 2.—ln the case of
R. P. White vs. Anthony Grahatn;lction
on book account, the jury found for the
defendant.
Olive Neely vs. Alexander Neely.
Subpcena in divorce. The grounds own
which divorCe was urged were alleged
ill-treatment and abuse. The jury
found
a verdict in favor of 'the plaintiff.
On motion of Joseph M. Gazzam, Esq.,
Wm. Love, E-A., of Ohio, was- duly ad
mitted to practice law in the several
courts of Allegheny county. Mr./Ave
is a graduate of Kenyon College, studied
law with the lite R. S. Mooday, Esq., bf
Steubenville, 0., and was admitted to
the bar in that State last fall.
Henry Dietrich vs. Robert McDonald.
This was a snit growing out of the sale
of a horse, the action being. brouht f
lue of
purpose of recovering the value ot
the animal. On trial
'lhe following is the trial list for to-day:
34. Saulsberry, vs. McCallum.
37. Groves vs. McMahon.
SB. Kauffman vs. --.
42. Orr vs. McCune.
43. Mclntosh, Hemphill & Co. vs. Key
stone Hotel Co.
44. Hahn vs. Eberlee.
45. McVay & Co. vs. Mosely, Rehm it
Co.
40. Same vs. Blair, ( •
47. Same vs. Mosely, Rehm & Co.
48. McClaren vs. Fahnestock & Co.
Quarter Sessions—Judge AteROIL
Tuanmr, February 2.—Frederick
Meyer, against whom there were two in
dictments for receiving and buying scrap
iron from minors, upon one of which he
was tried yesterday, was found guilty in
both indictments: He was sentenced in
each case to 'undergo one months' im
prisonment in the county jail, and to pay
'
a fine of five dollars.
Malvina Wallace plead guilty to a
' charge of larceny, and was sentenced to
the House of Refuge.
James Gillespie alias Scully, indicted
for malicious mischief, plead guilty, and
was sentenced to undergo an imprison
ment of one month in the county jail.
Daniel- Smith was tried on an indict
merit charging him with having burglar-
Loway entered the house of Peter Cos
grove, in Allegheny. He was sentenced
to undergo an imprisonment of fifteen
months in the Western Penitentiary.
TRIAL LIST FOR WEDNDAY.
266. Conl. vs. Myer lianau E e S r.
203. Coin. vs. Mary Sinclair.
222. Coin. vs. Frederick Nagle. '
_ '
265. Com. vs. Thomas Smith.
238. Corn. vs. Daniel E. Groover (three
cases.)
'46. Com. vs. Robert H.Rercroft.
303. Com. vs. Anthony Jaquay et al.
sot. Com. vs. Samuel Perry et al.
195. Com. ye. Bernard McGuire.
199. Com. vs. Eliza Pryse and Rudolph
Pryse. (
VW ater Scarcity.
Mr. Joseph French, superintendent of
the City Water Works, elsewhere an
n ounces tat he deems it his duty to in
form consumers of Hydrant Water in
the city of Pittsburgh that extensive and
highly important cnges in the machin
at thelow an er W a ter Works will re
quire, for the present, careful use and'
strict prevention of waste of water. Ram
il-
road companies and other large consu
ers must use strict economy in use of
water for all purposes. and the use of
street washsrs and fire plugs, except in
case of fire, must be suspended until fur
ther notice.
101 f Dime Made.-We have receive.
from Mr. Jno. W. Pittock, opposite the
Postoffice, a choice assortment of Hitch-_
cock's half dime music sheets, arranged
for the piano and beautifully printed.
The series embraces all the popular vocal,
and instrumental airs in fashion, and we
marvel how music can be supplied the
million so cheap. Call at Pittock's and
look through the selection.
THE INCLEMENT INCLEMENT sEASON.
AND ITS ETV/It:TAON 'I BE 'WEAK AND
FEEBLE.
The drafts which searching cold makes upon
the vital poWers of the debilit sted and delicate
are not leis sever° than the drain upon their
strength caused by excessive e hear.
ove r-h The
eatvast
desparity between the temper a of
(ed rooms and offices. at this season. and the
frigidity of the outer sir.; - ls a fralttni +source of
sickness. To fortify the body against the evil
consequences of the sodden alternations .1' heat
and cold referreo to, the vital organisation
resistant u strengthened and enaowed with extra
power by the use of a wholesome ineig
ontnt: and s . Of all preparations for-this purpose.
(ea:ether mr. e.l In the egul ar pharmacopoeia
Sr advertised in the nuille journals.) there is
none that will eomoare In purity and excellence
with HOSTETTEIthi bT011.A..;11 IIiTTERS.
Acting directly upon the organ which converts
the food into tone
feel o t lif the w hic hp parts to 3 • tone an d vigor is communica
ted to every gore of th: frame. The dige st ti ive n,
function being aceelerated by its tonic eperao
the goer regulated by Its anti-bilious properties.
and the waste matter of tne sy tem carricd off
punctually by Its mil.l a l erient action the whole
organisation will necessarily be in the best pos.
able condition to meet . oe snacks of winter and
the sudden changea of temperature• The wealt
Sind teusl'lvr , elseelsler.cannot'het encounter r
these
n
vicissitudes with safety, unless ' tende *I
tents are braced and : trengthened by artificial
means. Every liquor VIVI as a staple of trade is
adulterated. sad we-oh:otherwise, Mere alcohol
Is simply a temporary excllttg, welch. when its
first effects hgre suh.bied. Wave. the physical
bowers (and the window well.) in a worse-Condi
tion than before id dsTE Thlt'S BITTERS*
on the other hand, eontitintho essential proper.
ties of the most valuible toolc and alterative
roots. barks and berbe. and their active most
is the usellowest; least exciting and most in
ocuons of all diffusive stimulants. _
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( THE 140 END OF THE LUNGS.
One of the most accurate ways of determining
whether the lungs are in a hes.itur or diseasedeon
tilt ion,lti be means of listening to the respiration.
To those experienced in this prsict ice' it becand omes
is plain !airlock to the state of the bi longs, 4l
as tre4llteown to the tineratur its are the yokes of ;
ble most:lrate aequatntheces. The belief that
long ttan es coughs, And'aisialies ,9r the unge,
upon which th ey are dependent; are incur l able,
are fisibecoming obsolete. 011 . 0 g2tat adyaniage
to be gained from this advance in medical knowl
edge tr e earlier application of those who be
conte atilicted i - with those diseases •to some one
competent to 'afford relief.. '1 he error which had
taken:hold if 'the public mind in regard to the
tamability of 'consumption. or rather non-curabil
'ity,' halut•bectiming obliterated, and it is well
that it iiiould be so, not that personeshould lose
that Shutter? fear which would make them
apply
for a Owl remedy, but that all might be bldg'
red to use remedies while there loony hope. It Is
the delay in these eases that ells us with op'.
Prehension and alarm, for if every one would
make timely , Wpiicstioa. of Da.
~..x.r,yours'
LUND CURE In the beeinningtif *cold or cough,
few cases would go so tar as to become irremedia
ble.
Sold at the Doctor's great Medicine Store, NO.
140 Wood street. WILE. tnioartx ntmovs
TI - HIS NitW STORK. No. go WiIERTY
STREW. SIDCON 1)146K FROM eq.
DN. K Ydltit'S RESIDENT OVVIC it 1011
Luxe glum g krioN D TOE TREAT
-2dEIS rOf OBSTINATE CHRONIC - DISEASE.*
No. istirKllN tirnitr, PITThliIIRO11 1 ;
Office Hours from 0 A. U. until 4 P. 2d., and from
7, to Bat night.
MI
Or PETROLEUM ASSOCLI.
TIOV—T ere %ill be &meeting or the
PETROLEUM ASSUgILATION, T ( Wednes- --,
day) MORN I N at 10 o'clook• Business im
portance will be presented. B ' order of tbo
fresidrnt. A. F. BROOKS, Secretary.
feR dll3
AN ENTERTAINNIENTand.
bIIPPER will be Oren on
Tree/.
and FRIDAY EVENINOry of s by the
Ladles of the second P 'Church. Allegheny,
in the Lemure Room of the Onurch,ecrcr wee
ten avenue and Sandusky street- Proceeds to be
aoplte4 to the Church improvement. Open from
7 to 10 o'croch.
arfiOTICE.
All persons Indebted to the City I cir leffhe TIT
for GRADING AID PAVING, are hereby noti
fied to call and pay their assessinentg to the nit
dersigned. on or before the filltday of FebrnarT-
After the above date all claims remaining Un
paid will be Placed in the hands ol the City So
licitor for collection, with costs added.
Office In the second story of City How's
for buslnesS from S to 9 A. M. and 1 to A p .
THOM A 9 MEG RAW,
• Street Commissioner.
-mom, Feb. 3,_ll.3ll92.:_______.A2—""
A 14 .12 0..
WilftgcAlTlLT. LIBMAN
EXTRA COURSE.
Mrs. SCOTT .SIDDONgp
Will give two dramatic reading , from BLUM
SPEAR% TENNYSON, SCOTT, de., at •
• ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
Monday and Tuesday Eveninis,f
FESUVABY Bth and 9th.
Admission to all Parts of the house, sl.oo,wlat
no ext.'s charge for Reserved Scats.
To meet the extraordlnsey ex„ense of this
Course. Sib cents extra will be charged on
slI
Season Tickets. , •
Reserved Seats will be sold at Lafayette Hall,
FRIDAY EVENING, 6th Inst. Doors open at
1 0 clock; sale commences promptly at 1 4
tea
o'clock
'TO THE BOARD OF
School Directors of the Fourth
Ward, Allegheny . :
, •
GENTLIMIN—Your Committee, appointAkd to
audit the accounts of the Treasurer. Tax Re
ceiver and Collector of Delinqttent Taxes, would
respectfully repOrt that they have disclaargt d the
assigned them, and they herewith present
staten sots of the several accounts above named.
It will be perceivel from t beige statements that
the receipts of the Board for the year 1868, and
the sources from whence derived, were as fol
lows : - ...,..
I &lance on bland at date of last an
nual statement .... - . . ........ . ... 14 7,10% 10)
Received from if . Macterren, Re—
ceiver of Taxes
'51am..........: ...... 8,120 38 ,
Received C a ersham, e IR
lector ... from We s t. -. .. .
_. ... 2,169 543 '
Received
sale of pat t of 10t..., 800 00
Received from John A 135 12
lston, rest of
... ..........
lot ... . . ..... . .......... .
, •
Recetvid from loan of .. Via gt
ley, pill, 1868..... ladie.s t . ,
it ...
s-
Received from foam
Dam. April 01, 1868.,... ........
Beceive 4 from loa lB6Bames tire
bam, Dec mbar, ............
Total ...... . ........ . ... . .......... 331.038 66
The Exptuditures ..... e the tar were as fel-
low.‘. .
Paid on new house and lot and In,
proveutenos .. . .. . ... . ..... .. . .... . ... 4125,592 23
Paid Interest on loans and bonds... 1.109 50
Pald Janitor's wages. .. . ... . ..... ... b2lt. 01
pad for fuel Anil contingent ex,
penses .. ... .. ..... . ... . ....... ... Lll5B 96
Paid for loipurchased on nay alley 1,500 00
---
total . ..! ... ... .. . ..... '.. .. .. ~. . $ 3022510 6
Balance in the hands to . f tp e Tress-
=I
$ BLOB! 66
The new model school house. on Liberty street,
IS p ro let and no further expenditures for ,
improving the groaods need be incur:ad, except I
a sutatl sam fu cue spring for pl .ntang shade
trees an - shrubbery. she total cost of the lot - ,
bultdine and improvements. (a de,altett I t
of which to herewith pregent.d. I, hut
beet:. ............ .. -. ... . ... . ..... .. . 166. 663 26
of witch amountttiere has iteen patd-4a.663 .26,
Leaving unpaid on dre t h e... .... 10.000 00
wthcb, - by the - terms of eon rect. is not yet
due.
The liabilities and usets of the Board are as
follow:
Loan from N. Votqrt
lei, Apr,' 1, 1868-8 8,000 00
Loan[ om Jas. tirm.-
ham,Apill , sl, 1868 , 6, 000 00
• Loan from Jas. era.
ham. December 3.
1568 .. .. .. 1.500 oo
Bond cc; 3. • ii.,,;1;0;ii. _ •
ber b er, for 10 ...:... 10,000 00
-----.-----
. ill '21,500 00
. . _
Tax_. duplicates of
1468 .. . .... ... ... . . . $,,1,536 40
nafitlee In the Lands
of IL . flendtee,
?taunter . .. .. 800 GO
'Bond of s. ILtllet,for
Canal atxert ponce
and tot ......... ..... 7,000 00
K
Deflect ...................... . ...... .• 12,173 RCP ..
PROPERTY OP THE BOAR"_:
Frew house and lot on Liberty St.. ..$ GO 000 00
Sandusky street house and let 80,0011 OP
Jenitorla house an lot on Sandusky
street .. ..-.: ..'. ... . ............. . 1,1 1 00 00 -
Gay alley
lot. purcbsecu... • 1,500 00
--
.rr . ••53 lif3 00 '.
. .
Fran the above statement it will be per avert 'J..
that the finances of the Board are not in a favor-
able condit on to new and ex. ended expendl- '..
tures, yet it is believed that all el• teens who have ;
examined toe 8 .ndisticv street noose «lel heartily
concur in the recent littictnres of the lnspection
Couonittee of the Board of Co ntrolers and your
tmmmittee Seel constrained to urge l an hum dtate ' :t
consineratlon of the p:oprietv of •remodeling or
,rebuilding said boos.. I .
The cost of a new bonding would probably be
not less tuan 1130.000. _The estlruste cost of re-
modeling the old house according to t rte plan of '.
Messrs. - Barr . .1 Moser, Is hbout
the
either of the above plans is ' adopted by the
Board the absolute nteessity of purchasing the
enlacing property (or a portion of it) win at,
once become apparent, and immediate salute to
the matter to respectfully suggested.
N. B. vtittliiClS, . -
B. 'LOT LOCii
IJ •Nr M. thttlYnt : ,
j • Antintinv flonoulttee.
AlLvtlint•Y• iL1"31).1e24515:
nESIRABLE NORTH AVENUE , ~
..
dr--
RESIDENCE AT AUCT.qs.
, . 1
Tuesday, February 9th, .-
i
AT $1.% CVOLOCAL P. X. . , •
1 ,
On the premises, will be sold to the highest bla. ..
der, that desirable residence. No. 141 North
avenue, corner of Monterey street. 1 The man-
'ion is. 4 doubts two story brick. containing 12 .-
spacious rooms. wlth every modern convenience.
Lo; fronts *8 feet on , North avenue, and. ex.. r
tends along 'Monterey nireet .17.0 Abet to a 20
foot alley, ;his property eannot,be Excelled fer '
loc•Upn, and Would apec t lilly cummand thC at- '
tuition of those desiring first class Pro,..erty.
, ; haleptaltive. . , , . I . ,
8,000 00
2,000 00
1,500 00
DEBTS
i►sssrS:
H. I.Sc
...
WASTE 0* .. .__ . .
• :13,Y1YR,ANT WATF,R.
=
- l tie, undersigned deems It -hut duty to inform
contumely of Hydrant Watel. intim o.ty of Pitts
burgh' that extensive. , and highly imrortant
Changes In the usicid , ery it the Lower Water
" . Works wilt require, for she present, eireftil use
'end strict prevention oe- the wiste of water.
- Vailriadcompault s and o.lter Vests consumers
"oust use strict economy In 'use of water for all
purposes, and the nee of all street washers and
are - plugs, except in case of Me, must be sue
pet did until further notice.
- - ' ' JOSEPH TRENCH,
. .
fee- auperintendeA lit aterVorks.
ofNOIIINISTIN 4TO WS NOTICE.
.riLetterant administration on the eiti ate
thiltti OILACNY, 'late .of esburs,
county of Allegheny: dikes sed: have 1.00, Kraut
vim) the Butilicriber. ad nervous indebted• to said
estate are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims or demtnif. igttnst the
estate of the said decedent will pree-iit - them to
e.tiH
No. 40 rat° Alto streei„ Anew eny City.
(tsar.
SOO 60
9,331 00
'AUCTIONIZEREI