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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1869.
WE Puna on .the inside pages of
this morning's GAZETTE—Secon d p a g e.
Poetry, Ephemeris, General Miscellany.
Third and Sixth pages: Commercial, Fi
nancial, Mercantile and ' River News,
Markets, imports, Seventh tpage New
Publications, Local Intelligence, The
Courts, Amusenne: nil.
11. S. Boxpa at 'Frankfort, 84.6
,pow closed in New York yesterday
at 1351.
Annul this time, begin to look out for
signs of the new Cabinet—after which.
fine weather.
THE Tram= OF OFFICR Lew is likely
to be repealed, if Senators should ever
cease to discuss the question and come to
a vote.
A MAJORITY of the Reconstruction
Committee of the House are opposed to,
the admission of Mississippi, under her
vote upon the new Constitution.
WE 'Arm promised, from Harrisburg,
the long-needed authority of the law, for
the commutation of the death-penalty, at
the Governor's discretion, to a term of
imprisonment.
A. mason is current at the West that
the Illinois Central Railroad has pur
chased or leased the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, and the line will be operated as
one continuous whole from Chicago to
New Orleans.
A awl' &EL was arrested in the
White House on Wednesday. She had
gone there with an unloaded pistol, for
the avowed purpose of killing Mr. JOH27-
soli. Query: if she had succeeded, would
President WADE have imitated his prede
cessor's clemency, in behalf of the as
sassin ? •
Art FaditiENT Engineer of Baltimore
has stated to the House Committee his
.opinion that a three=hundred-feet span is
wide enough for bridges over the Ohio.
His idea is illustrated in the erection at
Parkersburg, of a bridge whieh is, to gain
its place, not because its spans are wide
enough, but because Congress hesitates
to obstruct the obstraction to navigation.
TBE HOUSE may find difficulty in
-agreeing to the. Senate amendments to its I
new Constitutional Articles regulating
the suffrage., The Morton amendment,
requiring Electors to be chosen by'the
popular vote, had not been discussed at all
in the other House, while the Wilson
amendment contains a claise which the
House had already decisively rejected.
The discussion upon the Senatorial alter:
ations will be general and protracted, and
it is likely that a Conference Committtee
;must finally bring the two Houses in, ac
cord, if at all.-
TEE zisw Spanish Cortes assembled
yesterday. Its proceedings will com
mand the interested attention of all Eu
rope. 'Republicanism has little to hope
for, since it is clear that Spain is to remain
monarchical in its government. In its
organization, .we all look for a marked
triumph of Liberal ideas, with a distinct
recognition of the responsibility. of the
throne to the people. The Cortes will
have less embarrassment in arranging the
system of internal polity, than in the
choice of a head to fill the vacant crown.
They will easily agree as to principles,
but the peace of the kingdom hangs on
the dynastic question, which also in
volves others, of foreign politics.
, TJPorz the authority of the Cincinnati
press, we recently stated that the lease of
the road from that city to Dayton to the
Erie Company, would be submitted , to
'the - C. If. # D. share-holders for ratifica:,
tioa on .the 18th instant. This statement
one of our , Ohio exchanges, with its ha
bitual courtesy, pronounces untrue. We
must still prefer our original authority.
The Obio Legislature is now coninder
ling three bills, two of which are supposed
to be prompted by the trunk•line 'war.
The first prohibits any sale or lease of an
Ohio road to a 'foreign corporation, until
,the Tatter, shall have been pronounced
solvent by the-Auditor of State. This
movement will be understood as ant
Erie, by every one. The' second , bill
brings foreign corporations leasing Ohio
roads fully under the operation of the
Ohio laws. This is regarded as in the
Erie interest. The third provides addi-
tional safeguards for the interests of
Y sibare•holders, and as apparently been
prompted by the experience of the Cleve•
laud and Pittsburgh Company.
IT resbut simple juatite to our Repre
eentative, General MOORHB,AD, to give
the communication from "C." a place in
our columns. 'rhe statements of the
writer are entitled to the more eight,
since we know him not only as fully re
sponsible for their accuracy, but as hav
ing the most ample acquaintance with
the matters discussed in his communica
tion. It is not our purpose to reopen'
this question at present, the bill, which
recently presented it, having failed to
secure the voice of the House, and, there
fine, being probably lost for the session.
We are content with now reminding all,
concerned, the trade and the public at
large, that the palpable need for some
better protection for life and property in
that regard must be soon met in some
satisfactory way. A prompt and exhaus.
tive inquiry for the most suitable remedy
by legislation will be for the advantage of
every one: Whether the measure which
is under preparation, by a Committee
of our Petroleum Association, will sup
ply the desideratum, can be better judged
of when its details are given torthepablie.
LEGALITY OF LEGAL-TENDERS
The Supreme Court affirms the sover
eignty of the. States, In their unimpaired
right to levy and collect their domestic
taxes in each forms as they may desire for
their advantage. It was, 'consequently,
held that no Federal act could compel a
State to accept greenbacks from its tax
payers in place of gold or silver. This
decision will challenge a wide and free
criticism; not so much for what it affirms
as for what it fails to affirm. We leave
that line of commentary to the lawyers;
the journalists will accept the judgment
only as a settled fact, 'and treat of it ac
cordingly.
It seems that State rights have not yet
become altogether mythical. This judi
cial proof that such rights yet exist, goes
to support an idea, which generally pre
vails, that when the progress of central
ization shalllave obliterated every other
trace of the old barriers, visionary or real,
between the Federal power and the es
pecial privileges of each separate State,
the Supreme Court will be found the last
and strong retreat of local sovereignty.
This decision justifies every State of
the thirty-seven in the abstract right to'
disregard the legal-tender act in the col
lection of its taxes. • Stat neminis um
bra! The.concession is unqualified, and
upon its face a sweeping assault upon
Federal supremacy. But, in fact, it
Amounts to just nothing at all, for not one
of the thirty-three or thirty-four States,
in which the production of the precious
metals is not the leading interest, will ever
hasten tv avail itself of the right thus
proclaimed. Until a general specie: :
resumption, the States will be found ac
quiescent, as now, in a_paPer cir,culatine
mediurd for public as well as private use. l
Indeed, if the question of resumption
were tobe solved by State authority alone,
that period would be still more remotely
'postponed;
We conclude that this decision shows
just about the farthest point to which
the Court will advance in its judgment
upon the legal tender laws. This is prob
ably the utmost judicial restriction upon
their validity. In the decrees yet to b e
promulgated at this- term, there may be
drawn still other fine distinctions; here
will be clippings on this side and parings
on that, and the Judges will show a mar
vellous ingenuity in skirmishing all
around the outworks without aiming a
blow at the essential principle intrenched
in the heart of the, law.
COW IT
ARDIUE—AF
N WHAT CAME
O I.
Congress, in Wednesday's Joint Con
vention, found itself brOught face to face
with a very awkward, not to say mis
chievous result of its own chronic
remissness in the treatment of questions
of the most vital importance. The peo
ple of Georgia stood day before yesterday,
as they have stood since the the session
came in, in an attitude of avowed defi
ance to the Federal authority. The rebel
spirit of Georgia planted itself months
ago, squarely and above' board, upon a
palpably practical repudiation of the Fed 7
eral right to prescribe any condition what
ever, for their re-admission to the Federal
relations which they had forfeited by re
bellion. Each House of Congress had the
evidence before it, that these conditions
had not been fulfilled either in letter or
spirit, and, more than that, that no future
fulfillment was contemplated by Georgia.
It was flagrantly notorious, months ago,
that the people of that State had no more
absolute a title to; representation, either
in Congress or in the Electoral vote, than
Texas or Virginia, for it was equally pa
tent, then as now, to every comprehension
that het pretence of an half-way compli
ance with the terms of reconstruction car
ried ?sport its shameless face the baldest in
signia of fraud. •
Yet, for these two months past, with
these convincing proofs before them, in
plain view of all the miscfilefs flow
ing and swelling from each day's neglect
to deal suitably with the al nation, the
two Houses have shut their yes to the
threatened dangers, and have n shuf
fling and paltering with their eared and
moat urgent Federal responsi Mies.
Before the last session closed Cour
'found little difficulty in decl ring
three of the disorganized Eita s, ha
failed 'to meet - the terms pr cribei
their restoration, should to ex.&
from the Electoral vote. Yet hat.bi
right had Georgia, this week, than
which Congress has always dente
Mississippi or Texas? Were the condit
as specified to, be taken as a entire‘.
to be all fulfilled before the r nstruc•
tion should have . taken on a legal per=
fection, or were they so divisible that a
half fulfilment should count for a coat-
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE FRIDAY. -.FEBRUARY 12, ,1869.
pleted reconstruction ? Was a half-way,
equivocating shuffle enough? A sham so
transparent that even rebel cheek could
not pretend that it was anything elsci than
a sham, but boasted of the neat 1 trick
which thus nullified the clear intent ,of
the Federal enactments t If that dodge
answered, which acquiesced in the 'ratifi
cation of the llVth'amendment by ille
gal votes just long enough to secure the
Federal reward and then purged those
votes from its own record, and boasts this
day'that Georgia has defied and overcome
the authority of the Union, then there is a
clear injustice in asking Texas Ito do
any more than has sufficed for Georgia, or
in excluding the Electoral votes of either
States on Wednesday.
More than this; Congress is expected—
its members themselves expect—to pro
nounce otherwise upon this case of Geor
gia before the present session ends. The.
Senate will ih the end come to stand with
the House, in the judgment that Georgia
has not yet entitled herself to an Electoral
vote. This ought to have been done be
fore Wednesday; if done, as it will be,
since that day's proceedings have com
plicated the difficulty still more, another
example will be added to the already
too long catalogue of Congressional
mistakes.
But, net Members could be inconsist
ent in every other thing ,but .ties incon
sistency itself ; to that, they are ever
faithful. Instead of paltering with the
question by adopting the Er:mumps joint
resolution, they ought to have met it
squarely, and put an end:to all embarrass
ments by declaring, in advance of the
joint canvass, that Georgia should not
profit by her trick, and that, having no
perfect Federal rights, she was not legally
a State and should have no Electoral
voice. Such a resolution is supportable
by every argument which now justifies
the exclusion of three other peoples, and
each exclusion would have been equally
just in point of Met. The Ereccilins reso-,
lution was itself a paltry Makeshift:
When the 'country was standing eager for
a bold vindication of an essential princi
ple, thit resolution temporisedwith the
emergency—and has had its lOgical se
quence. Unjustifiable in p4ciple, be
cause it covers no principle at all, that
resolution was no less defectivd in detail,
since it left the essential question, wheth
er the sham vote of Georgia 'should be
canvassed, altogether without! decision,
an omission which inevitably led to the
stormy 'scenes of Wednesday afternoon.
The storm blew over at last, and no good
end had been accomplished, the Georgia
question being left in a worse shape than
ever.
Will our public men ever come to learn
that questions of serious National con
cern are not to be trilled with; or shuffled
around, without menacing still more, se
rious results? Will members of Congress
ever see one gleam of a perception that
they are lagging most discreditably in
the rear of the National sentitnent? This
is marching on, and BUTLER is smart
enough to keep up with it. At the last
moment, the House has overtaken
but -the Senate still limps along out of
sight in the rear, and prorni!ses to limp
on forever, or do worse. We hope that
the Housp will improve ita newly found
disposition to look facts in the face, and
take order tA last for a clear declaration
In the case of Georgia, and so force the
Senate to the issue. The country is with
Federal supremacy, and not with a rebel
triumph—with the boldest !assertion of
rights and not with their cowardly eva
sion,—with the Bum Ens and not with
the TnumnuLts.
LONGSTREET ON GRANT.
This distinguished soldier Of the rebe
cause, who has since been thoroughly re
constructed, expressed his - opinion of
General GIIANT, the other day as follows:
"The entire sensible mass of the South
ern people secretly rejoice at Grant's elec
tion. (=rant to my mind is the beau ideal
of a soldier's companion. To explain
this to you. I might lay it down as itrule
that a soldier detests long sentences or
rhetoric—he prefers a short,' nimble
'mode of expression, and likes a mau of
general information who its not 41 bore.
Grant has not read very extensively, but
it is amazing how clear-and precise be is
on every subject. His mind would ap
pear to flash across a question like light
ning over the wire, and then, after a
brief pause, he gives you; his opinion In
the simplest words, but in the tersest
form. It is all a mistake; about his reti
cence. In public he is taciturn, but moot
him, as I did, in social conversation, and
under the convivial cloud of a cigar, and
no man living can be more entertaining
than Grant; at leaetito my mind he
hod no so, and I ,' favors to ask.
Grant thinks deeply, but talks little on
what he meditates ost.l, You will find
him develop his policy
itand be assured
will be a grand nf3—rin detail, as a
General'develops his plan of battle. 11n
del his Administration this country will
take a bond forward and achieve a de
gree of prosperity beyond Jur most san
guine expectations.", 1
•
Tim nrvisiori`of •Teies and the crea
tion of an additional State from its area,
are considered probable.' I
The recent Con
vention provided tor 1 this movement,
I
making the line of division along the
Colorado river, in a (direction' nearly
North and South. The SOUstOn t Union
.eas
1 .
that says:
“Western Texas will Ibe a thoroughly
ring loyal State, and in many respects one of
i for the most important and interesting of ail
dd the reconstructed States. Its j
~„ ustaposi
- - tion' to Mexico invests it with additional
etter importance. It includes a large quantity
th a t of moat fertile soil, unrivalled advanta
-4 ~,'es for stock raising, extensive mineral
resources, and,. what is better than all
lions these combined, much energy, enter
.l.. prise, and “go.ab.,adativeness" among
' its population. h. large majority of them
have always been thorougniy-loyal. The
Republican party now is, and always
will be, in that region, in the ascendan
cy. The form of the State, as delined by
the constitution, is symmetrical."
r
LETTER FRON WASUINGTON.
Representative. Moorhead and the Pitts
burgh Petroleum Association.
[Correspondence of the Pittahurgh Gazette.]
WASHINOToIci, Feb. 9th, 1869.
In your issue of the 4th inst. were given
the proceedings of a special meeting of
the Pittsburgh Petroleum Association
updn the subj6ct .of a bill introduced by
General Moorhead, in the House of Rep
resentatives, entitled "a bill to provide for
the better security of life and property
from the dangers of coal oil, crude petro
leum and their products, and for other
purposes." '\ .
A number of very erroneous statements
were made at this meeting in relation to
this bill—unintentionally, no doubt—and
mainly, it must be supposed, from not
giving the matter a careful consideration.
The bill was prepared by officers of the
government, whose duty/ it is, to see that
certain laws enacted for the prOtection of
life on steamboats are faithfully executed.
These laws now allow coal oil, crude pe
troleum and non-explosive refined oil to
be carried on passenger steamers, when
stowed upon the decks or guards thereof, .
1:1 .
or in ope 'holds where there is a free-cir
culation f lair, But benzine, gasoline,
and other explosive and danger us pro
dncts of petroleum are prohibit by law
from being carried on such st era
But, nevertheless, such articles f equent
ly are shipped under the pre nse of
being good oil. The great destriftion of
k ir
life on the Cincinnati and Louisv lle mail
boats was caused by these dinge oru3 ar
ticles being shipped in this wa . The
oil on that occasion was not thrown into
the furnace, as has been stated The
barrels were on the bow of the boat, and
more than one hundred feet from the fur
nace, with the large coal blink and many
other obstructions between. The gas
from the broken barrels of oil took fire
no doubt from a lamp in. the baggage
room of the "'United States," and the
boat was enveloped in flames almost
simultaneously with the vessels coming
together.
Great injustice was done to General
Moorhead by the Association in relation
to this bill. He knew nothing stbout the
bill until it was prepared and handed to
him, with a request that he woutd present
it to the House. He asked if any 'of the
refinersnited
and was told that some of them had been
at Pittsburgh had been °u
spoken to on the subject, and t at one of
the oldest and most promine t men in
the business had stated that tree cents
per barrel would be a fair compensation
for inspection. It is true, that the gen
tleman alluded to, stated at the sometime,
that there was no ; necessity for the in
spection of oil that was intended to be
exported to foreign 'countries. But some
of the Revenue - officers in the Depart
ment seemed to think that to make such'
an exemption, would add to the difficulty
and uncertainty of carrying out the law,
and that so small a tax as five cents on
the barrel could make but little difference,
and that the inspection would be of some
service even to the exported article.
The bill was prepared with the single
purpose of securing a better protection to
the public against the atrocious frauds
that are constantly being committed in
the preparation or mixing:of these oils,
by which the lives of hundreds of inno
cent persons are sacrificed every year,
and for no other purpose. And it will
be a difficult matter for any one, who will
give the bill an impartial examination, to
find any thing in it to warrant the asser
tion that it was "concocted by certain ,
parties seeking their own advantage."
On the contrary, the preparation of the
bill was an official duty, due, alike to the
Government and to the public, by those
who were engaged in it. And it was
done without any thought of fear, or fa
vor to any person, or from any quarter.
But, if ii better plan can be devised to se
cure the object sought to be obtained, It
will have none that will be more earnest
,n its support than the advocates of this
bill.
• The resolutions adopted by the Asso.
damn show very plainly that they had,
not given the bill a very careful examina
tion.
The second resolution expresses the
opinion of the Association that the "bill
will utterly fail in effecting the object de
sired, as the adulteration of refined oils
RARELY takcs place until it is found in
the hands of the retailers." This admits
that it does SOMETIMES take place in other
hands; and if it is liable to take place
sometimes, may it not very often take
place,?;But the bill provides for the pun
ishmnt of the retailer as well as the man
ufacturer, or others, if convicted of sell
ing explosive oils without giving due no
tice of its quality; which teas far as Con
gress has the power to go.
The third resolution indicates that the
bill requires crude oil to be inspected.
This is an entire mistake , the bill requirqs
nothing of the , kind. ' But in order fo
give the government the power to pre
scribe the manner in which the barrels
shall be marked, so that it shall be known
to every one what they contain, it is nec
essary to lay a small tax upon it. This
would all go into the United States Trees;
ury, and not one cent of it to the inspec
tors. ,
The next resolution asserts that the "bill
is an abortion, that it provides fur the
manufacture and sale of low grade, and
dangerous oils, at a trifling increase of
tax whereas its sale below a safe stand
ard be prohibited." And the fol
lowing resolution recommends that Con
gress shall pass a law "prohibiting the
sale of refined petroleum below the usual
fire test of one hundred and ten s degrees
of Fahrenheit, with suitable penalties."
But where will Congress find the author
ity to pass a lay prohibiting the sale of
any manufactured article within the
limits of any State ? or to prevent any
article from being manufactured ? Con
gress has power to levy taxes, and in con
nection with it can incidentally , legislate
against fraud. This is • sbpposed to be
the only way by which the matter can be
reached by national legislation. If any
other, or better mode can be devised by
which these frauds caa be prevented, it
will receive the hearty support of every
person who now favors this bill.
The resolutions upon the whole, sub—
stantially admit that there is a necessity
for Congressional action upon the subject.
And it is gratifying to Bee that the Asso
ciation has appointed a committee to pre
pare a bill to be presented to Congress,
and if they will make it effective to' pre
vent these horrible murders, it will no
doubt receive the "lomat efforts" of their
representatives, andii, f every other per
son who has not bee me insensible to the
•common feelings of ournattlty. , C.
—Great excitation!
vile, Illinois, respe.
murder of ex-Sena ,
ion offers one thou
fir tho apprehenaio
Washington Items.
' There is no prospect that the Alabama
treaty will be considered this session. It
has not even been referred to the Corn
mittee on Foreign Relations. It is said
that the report of the Committee to whom
was referred the, St. Thomas treaty will
be unanimously against ratifying it.__
I The Committee on Foreign Affairs will
not call up the bill providing for theian
*xenon of the Dominican Republic for
several days, believing that the more the
subject is discussed through the public
press, the stronger will the proposition
become in Congress, and be favorably re
ceived when brought up again.
- Amendments to the Tax bill, to be pro
posed when it is next considered, have
been under discussion by the Ways and
Means Committee for some days. They
are opposed to extending the time when
the tax on all whisky in bond is to be
paid. There has been a very strong pres
sure to procure this extension, but from
all the information the Committee have
received, both from the Commissibner and
other revenue officers, it is not deemed de
sirable to mike any change in the pres
ent law. They are also opposed to an
other feature which is strongly urged,
that of allowing whisky to be shipped in
bond, by giving the required security for
the payment of the tax.
Although there is a very large majority
in the Horse in favor of cutting down the
army to twenty-five thousand men, the
Senate is not ready to reduce so rapidly,
and it looks now as though any specific
reduction would be lost.
i Preparations for an inauguration ball,
by a committee of citizens, to be given in
the Treasury building, are being rapidly
made. r
The President is expected to veto the
Copper Tariff bill. There is strength
enough in both Houses to pass it over the
veto.
I The Germans of 'Washington have
iade their arrangements to give Carl
churn an address, onhis arrival here,
hich will be in a week or ten days.
iiThe decision of thb Supreme Court
ffirming the right of Oregon to order the
xes of that State to be collected in gold,
xcites'great interest, as involving an im
portant phase of the Legal Tender Act.
The decision, however, is regarded as not
invalidating the Legal Tender,clause,
which still remains to be decided pon.
The following bill haS been introduced:
"That there shall be paid to the widow,
minor children, or parents, in the order
named, of any soldier who served his full
term of enlistment, but died' prior to the
passage of the act of -.Tul l y 28, 1888, grant
ing bounties to soldieral the same bounty
such soldier would have been entitled to
!tinder said act had he been livin at the
time of the passage thereof."
Application has been made by e rela
tives of the assassin Booth for is re
mains for interment. Also for the return
of the trunk and other effects which are
supposed to be still in charge of Ike War
Department
It - is thought that the bill to regulate
the naturalization of foreigners cannot
be reached for legislation by the present
Congress. 1
'
—A Havana letter Of. the 3d states that
an early coinpromise between the bellig
ents is looked for, and that the Captain
General bad already sent to Spain the
basis of an amicable agreement. Que
sada appeared to be the only rebel chief
determined to oppose a compromise.
Foreign Markets by Cablo.
Lotinotr, February 9.—Evening—Con
sols for money, 03; account, 94i. Amer
ican securities steady. File-Twenties,
77w; Erie 24X; Illinois 94; Atlantic dr.
Great Western 40.
LIVERPOOL. February IL—Cotton firm;
middling uplands, 12y012%; Orleans,
12%; sales 2,000 bales. California white
wheat, lls. 4d.; red western 95.@)105.@
lOs Ild. • Flour 265. Corn—No. 2 mixed
31s. 3d. for new; 335. 6d. for old. Oats 3s.
6d. Barley 6s. Teas 435. 6d. Pork, 975.
Beef, 955. dd. Lard flat at 775. Cheese
765. Bac,oti 595.. Spirits • Petroleum, 8d;
Refined, 2d. Tallow 465. Turpentine 335.
LONDON, February 11.—Tallow, 465.
Spirits Turpentine • declining. Sugar ex
cited; 38s. 6d. on spot and 28s. 6d. afloat.
Linseed Oil, £2B ss. Calcutta Linseed.
bBs. 6d.©595. -
Bullion in tkal Bank of England has de
creased £lOO,OOO on the week.
FRANKFORT, February 11—Evening.—
FiVe-t Wenties closed at SOX.
IlAynit, February, 11—Evening.—Cot
ton closed dull; tres orainare on the spot
declined to 141 fra
That the feeblo totter r , with uncertain steps,
'over the face of the mil, in danger every day '
of falling vi l ettrus • to be morbid Influences by
.which we aldare.siftrounded, when'a tested and
proven vegetable ton c, capable of endowing
them with the vigor they need, is procurable in
every City town and settlement? It might
reasonably be thought that after twelve years'
experience which the ivorld has had of II ATET
TER'S BITTERS, ALL would ki ow thadits ettect
is to prevent disease.
At this Beason, the stmospnere Is surcharged
with the seeds, intermittent. remlftents, rhea
ma' polmonary disorders. hilkUs complaints
and Ise like. Persona ,whose nervous at stemware
r. lamed. are the first to succumb o these dietetm•
pers. Pratte up the physteat energies, then.with
this potential vegetable tonic. It is the most
powerful recurerant ,thlch the hot :Me kingdom
has evet yielded to path nt research and experi
ment. Tult IT. Tit ritudest tliselpl , of tue old
n edical dogmas will at trait omit that a tonic
and alterative, compound d of approeed herbs,
roots and batka, CAD do no harm. while the testi
ny pf thousands invites a trial o. ite virtues.
V1.40r Is the thin./ most needed in these cases,
• as well as In dyspeos a and nervous affectatious,
and lIVSrETTYR'S BITTERS is the safest.
wrest and most wholesome strengthening prep
aration that human skill has yet concocted. 'As
a tonle, it is both mild and agreeable to the t sate,
and stimulating in action upon the system.
Hundreds of pbvaltians have abandoned all the
cdnednal receipts, and prescribed this harmless
tonic as as preeentive and cure for ail ca.es of
t.tillls'and Fever.
THE WOUND OF THE LUNGS.
One of the moat accurate ways of determining
whether the lungs are In a healthy or diseased con
dition, Is by means of listening to tke respiration.
To those experienced in this practice It becomes
as plain &ulnae: to the state of, the lungs, and is
as well known to the operator as are the voices of
his most intimate acquaintances. The belief that
long standing coughs, and diseases of the lungs
upon which they are dependent, are - incurable.
are fast becoming oosulete. One great advantage
to be gained from this soivauee in medical know'.
edge is ti e oarlier application of those Wbo
come afflicted with those diseases to some one
competent to afford relief. 'I be error which bad
taken. bold of the publi c mind in regard to the
cnrabli ity of consumption, or rather non-curabil
ity, is fast becoming obliterated, and it is well
that it should be so, not that persons should lose
that salutary fear which would make them amply
for a timely, remedy, but that all might be indu
ced tense itinedies while there fumy hope. It is
the delay in these cues that ails u with ap
Prehension andalarm, for if every one would
make timely applicatiou of DR. SEYBEIVA
Ltlfiti CURE In the beginning of scold or tough,
few cases would go so far as to become irremedia
ble.
Sold at the Doct_ _
140 Wood Amt. WILL, SHORTLY RIIMOVE
TV HIS 11 E W STORE. NO. 10 LISaRTY
STREET. SECOND DOOR KROH ST CLAIR.
DR. KEYSER'S RESIDENT OFFICE FOE
LUNG EXAMINATIONS AND THE TREAT
MEN TOY OBuTINATE CHRONIC DIKEASEo,
No. ILGU PENN STREET. PITTepORGH, PA.
°Moe Hours from 9 A. Y. until 4 r. R., and from
toAnt Wain.
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Of the assassin.
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ÜBLIC SALE.—THE LEASre;
Stout and Fixtures of the Ladies' and Gen
t
emen's Dining :-aloon and Restaurant, 101 :
Fifth avenue. will be sold nn the premises, oa
SATURDAY, February 13th, 11469. at 10
o'clockGra n tcuars apply to Pfel.! T.
WATSON. 70 nstreet. 2
CITY TREASURER'S OFFICF, ,/ -;
rITTSBURGII, February 11th, 1569.
IGN—NOTACE IS HEREBY GIVEN
to all OWNERS OF DRAYS, CARTS.
CARRIAGES. BUGGIES, &c.. (/tether resident
or non.resident,) in tue City of Pittsburgh, to •
pay their Licensee at this office FORTnWITH, In
accordance with an Act of Assembly approved
March 30, 1860. and an ordinance of the Conn
ells of the I.:lty of Pittsburgh, passed A prill6,
1860. rt. .
All Licenses not paid on or before MAT 15,
1869, will be placed In the hands of a police of
ficer
for collection, subject to a collection fee of
50 cents, and all persons who neglect or refuse
to take out Licenses will be subject to a penalty
double the amount of the license, to tie recovered ,
before the Maiyor.
• The old metal plates of last year must be re•
turned at the time Licenses are taken out, or 25
'cents additional will be charged on each License.]
RATES OF LICENSE
Each one horse vehicle.
Each two horse vehicle
WHY is IT
MEME!ta!E
TISI;MENTS
Each four hone vehicle 15.00
Each two horse hack 15.06
Omnibus and Timber Wheels drawn by two ,
hones, 618.00 each. One dollar extra will be
charged for each additional horse used in any of •
the above vehicles. A. J. COCHRAN.
City Trea.sureri
AT AUCTION.
WAREHOUSES.
South. Canai Street, Allegheny,
ON LINE OF W. P. IL E.
There will be sold at 'Auction, THURSDAY,
February 18, at 2 o'clock r. w., that valuable
business property, Nos. 110 and 117 SOUTH
OANAL . STREET, I corner of Walnut street,
Fourth wud, Allegheny City. Tne lot is 50
feet front on South Canal street ■nd 1.511 feet on
Walnut street. The building is a substantial
brick, formerly the Fourth Ward Public School,
converted into three spacious warehouses, with
dwOling. carriage house, stabling, and all appli
ances for conducting Produce, Grocery, Com
mission„Forwardlug or similar business. Can
be easily applied to manufacturing purposes.
Being on the line of the Western Pennsylvania
Railroad, and near to the Chestnut Street eta
tion, adds to the value of the position for many
purposes. A careful inspection of the premises !
and surrounding advantages' Is respectfully so-
Belted. A very lucrative-investment may be
made In 'this property. For terms and particu.
bars, call on
A. LEGGATE;
fell 159 Federal Street, Alleglif!ny.
SILK VELVETS,
At Special Bargains.
•
PAISELY SHAWLS,
Long and Square, Very Cheap.
BLACK ALPACAS,!'
•
A Large Assortment, at
EXTRA LOW PRICES,;
J. M CARR'S,
118 FEDERAL STREET
AN ORDINANCE
Levying's City, FOOT and Business rifor:
for the Year 0169, and kstablisling
the Rate 4 of Vehicle License , and
Appropriating the Revenue Arising
The& etroza.
•
• •
Sr.C. 1. Be it ordained and enated by the Se
lect and Common Council' of the City of' All*.
gheny, and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of fits same, hat there shall be ass. ssed, levied
and collected from the persons, professions,
trades and property in and of the city or Alle
yway made taxabk, a tax of twelve mills on
the dollar on ill. county valuation fir the use of
She city aforesatd; also three mills on the deltas
for the .:support of 'the Poor of the city; also, •
there is hereby assessed and levied tar the press •
en. year a tax of one mill o¢ the dollar (for use
of the city) moon the amount of the annual sales
of ail goods, wares and merchandist, and urn
all hrt cies of trade mad commerce suld in the atty.
whetter sold by auction or otherWdet ProVided,
all persons whose' sales do not amount to 81,000
shall be exempt.
r. , ac. l. For each and every wagon, cart, ear.
dray. baggy' or carriage, or other vehicle draw
by on-. horse, the sum of
For each arta every one of the alyore named Ye!
hicles or swn by two horses. the sum 0i...510
No. OC
each or the ab see drawn by four horses.,
the sum 0f........
03.0
V , - each and every ha..k drawn by two horses-
for eac,. __ _ - . .-
thu sum of $12.0(
For eaeh and every omnibus or timber wheels
drawn by two-horses, the Bum of 145.01
For each additional horse attached to any M
the above named velucles, the sum of $1.121t
SEC. 3. Ths.i the reed .te luto the Treasurl
arlslug from tires. wster ream malt :ts, for
(Ow , es, ile , nets, and other sources, be snd Oil
same are hereby appropriated to the followtni
1
purposed:
Tie. 1. Salaries a 11.940 01
Ti
•• A, Interest. s 29,707 Oi.
•• 3. Enkinos and Firemen-- 9:a.000 Ot
4, Printing 3,000 04:
5. Streets and Bridge 29,000 0 1
• • 6. Wharves and Landings... 9,000 0
T. Surveys 5,500 0
• • 8. Pollee _ 33.503 ll
" 9. Contingent Fund ' 95,000 Cl..
" 10. Poor arm tproceeds of ,
three mill tavy) s
" 11. Water Works 34,100 0
19. ttnpidd Claims 90,949 lir
" 13. Gas 9.0004):7
" it. Sinking Fund for 4 per t
cent. Bonds 94,984 91`2
" it. Interest and .redemption - 5 '4
Wharf bonds 3,598 V
' 'Bills payable .... 45,830 . 01:
'8288,409 91
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS YOU 18694 1.1
City Taxes'
Water Rents
Realness Tax $ 8 9 11 0, 9 0 0 0 0 0 6 f.ri
12.000 cg
Markets --- 15 000 4s
Welsh Hostas 6,000 C
Wood and Bark. .100 V_
.
Vehicle License , 8,000 Er;
rale 9f re rake -
9,000 ilq
Measuring Boards . _ 500 I.
Regulatin L0t5...... -.. .... . ..... - 1,000 C:
Fines and - Forfaitwes ' $l,OOO 1 '.t .
Ground 'uts from Seminary l' , `
• Pro pert 9,200 (-',..
I Rents of ta rter Works • et....... . 300 l'' I;
Rent of Postoßlce Rooms-- ..... 500 l'_
It
P.. Ft. W aC. R.
. 3,4001,4.
IMO 1:44
Delinquent Taxes and Meuse 10.394 i'il
Proceeds of Water Main Bonds.. 36,090 V::
Sewer O'alms 1...9 6 i.l
8910,400 c. -, 31
Sac. 4. That so much Of any ordinance coolil
ing with or supptled by the foregoing, be and k-£
Fame Is hereby r peal 11. i ..
Ordained and enacted into a law this the Elt r.
entb day of February, in Oat ya ar of our Lord ci': .
thousand eight hundred and sixtv.nine.
JAMES McBRIER.
President of Select Conseil, -;E:
Attest: TOSiPti It. °mixt - , ~;';
Clerk of Select Connell. ;'-''
_ ALFRED SLAGS.. U.,
President of C ommon Courell. '
Attest: R. DILWORTH. [ '
Clerk of Common Council. ft 1:..41
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i` halt ble Choke 801 l Butter, met reeer, , :.4
sod for sale by 4. It. 4:A.Nriubril
poT ASH.=-4 casks No. 1 11 1 :7;i
aah In afore and for sale by
' B. ClailiteLl.
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$ '7.50
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