Q dielittzbutO saaiittt. Extracts from the March Magazines.) ..SOUND. UPON THE GOOSE." ORIGIN or THE PHRASE. ••Id ish a longe dime, now here, in Bennsylfs. Wars' s State. Alt la sere down of lion Isborg dere rosed a fierce depate, 'Tween ramifies mit gooses, and dose where none vere foundt— o squanderin If gooses might, bfromtnon law, g around;' ' Dose who vere not . pt-gifted mit gooses, and vere poor, All Elsvcar de law forbid dls crime, by things uud' cerdam sure; But de goose holders teklare a goose great ITherdv • riq oeed, And to pea dens oop vas gruel, uud a most oot,- Christian teed. • Ltlno dams anodcr barty Itself tid soon refeal, Of arls,logras who kepd no goose, peeause 'was nod s hendeet; Toy lid not Tish de splodderlu geese shouldt on detr pafement bassi' ho dry b twined de ant goosers, or de oonder lower glass:" ere Breitmann led his shdeam oat: "Dis shdory goes to show, irtus in me in. Pat in 1 oledleks, ash lager, r De drs as lab ad de pottom — de slcoom Solids high • Weed; Boot das bier is In de mittle, says an goot old Sherman lied. "Lind shoost apout elegdion- dimes de scoom and drecks ve ate.'. Bay e a bully Wahl-verwandtschaft or electioa• sympa "pis is 'very vine," says Misder,.T wine. here you Introte.e MB your nermission grack On mit my sleiory of de noose • -"A'gandertate for sheriff de coose-behe'ders run. 'Who shvear de coose de noblest dings vot valk • peneat de sun,, Tor de causes safe ue Capidol in Itoniejong d Ines ago, 'end hurrisbarg need. saftn mighty pad, ash all knew. • • • "Acalnsd. Ala mighdy GOO9B man anoder yeller rose, Who keepedt himself ungommon shUllven oders came to Woe's: • Und it' any ask now 'was he shtoot, his vrlenda wouldt vlnk so loose, Und 'Asper •asti dey dapped deur' nose: 'He's soundt up,n de coast! 'Mee . 0 S. oopon de atobiect; shoost petyour pile on dat: On Ms battLlVier question he Indends to coot it lat. , So de 'idler cot elegded pefore de beoPle founds On vitch site of der noose it vu he susick so awful suundc. , —From '"BILICITBIANN IN POLITICS," to March No, of Lippincott's Magazine. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE The annual meeting of the Book Com mittee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, comprising fifteen ministers, appointed by the General Conference for the term of four years, has just been held in New York city. The members of the lgok Committee represent every section of the work, and are Charged with the duty of supervising the entire publishing interests of the Church. Most of the leading editors - of the official papers and other publications; were also present. Accord ing to the exhibit. of the Book Concerns at New York and Cincinnati, which in cludes all the Depositories at several points, the assets are $1,340,919 61; lia bilities, $175,295 06. Earnings for the year, $152,88289. Of this sum $38,- 204 51, was paid by order of the General _Conference. The net profit for the year is $ll4, 678 38. s - The Presbyterian, it is stated, knows a church in which the choir is paid two thousand dollars, and the contributions to domestic Missions do not, amount to one hundred dollars. The South Congregational church of Hartford, Conn., has adopted a liturgical forni of worship, including the Te D 621711 responsively performed, the Apostles' Creed in unison, and two scripture les sone, each closed with the Episcopal formula, "Thus endeth," etc. -The independent closes a lengthy para graph on Sabbath Schools, with the statement of the interesting fact that Sohn Wesley, during his visit to America in the years 4136-37, forty years before Bathes' first Sabbath School, set apart a portion of the Sabbath afternoon - to meet the cldldren belonging to his mission in Savannah, Ga., for catechetical and scrip tdral instruction. Small:chlldren, as well as large ones, were among his pupils, and his manner was very engaging., It is estimated that full one thousand members of the Greek Church are in Cal ifornia, emigrants from Russia. - A Greek church began its services at San Fran cisco last August. - It is thought a large number of adherents to the Greek faith will come from Alaska. The' Presbyterian represents Dr. Brook's Presbyterian church at St. Louis, as having contributed not less 'than eight thousand dollars, in weekly installments often cents, twenty-five cents, fifty cents, one dollar, five and ten dollars, "as God bath prospered" each member. This sum has . been given in addition to the pew rents. , Friday, the twenty-sixth instant, is the day set apart by the Old School Pres byterian General Assembly, for prayer for institutions of learning. It is recom mended that the day be consecrated to prayer and almsgiving., The_following question has been pro poanded to the Presbyterian by "A Sub scriber:" "Is it consistent with the po sition of a ruling elder in our (Presbyte rian) church to give a dancing party." The editor answers No. Newton Baptist. Seminary, started in 1825, has had a wonderful career of suc cess. There - have been five hundred and sixteen graduate.s, of whom thirty-eight have been foreign missionaries, and one hundred and twenty-four have died. It has furnished fifty-two. Presidents and Piofessors in Colleges and Seminaries. Quite an extensive revival of religion has been in progresi for some time in the Baptist church in 'Salem, New Jersey. One hundred and thirty persons have been baptized since the revival coin ' menced. The work still c,ontinues. IThe Congregational churches in Ken cis are adopting female office -hearing as well as female suffrage. Thus one Mrs. Wood is clerk of the church in Cotton wood Falls, and another Mrs. Wood holds the same Bice in Lowell, whilein Via bapnsee Mrs. N. IL Jones has been elect ed deaconess. Some idea of the grandeur of the wore of the Ainerican Bible Society may be gathered from the proceedings of the late monthly meeting of the Board, which is a fair sample of the usual work of the month, in granting fifteen thousand three hundred and forty volumes, besides oth ers to the amount of three hundred and fifty dollars. These grants were in va rious languages, including French, Span ish, Italian, Portuguese, and Creolese for the island of Curacoa. It will surprise many to learn that the Unitarians have now seven places of wor ship in Boston, in which the seats are all free. The Israelite, the organ of the Jews at Cincinnati, advocates the observance o a day of rest, a real Sabbath, which can bee Observed by all Israel, and suggests that that day set apart by hundreds of millions, nay the whole civilized world, for physical rest and the worship of God. It says let our prayers and thanksgiving with their's ascend to His throne on the same day, Sunday. • Bishop Simpson gives some startling news in regard to the atrocities of the. Texans, in his letter to the New York Christian Advocate. He gives two or three instences of cold-blooded murder. He writes, a few of the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church were one evening assembled to hold a prayer meet ing. A band of men . surrounded the house, ordered the men, five in number, to come out, and shot them down in cold blood. No effort has been made to arrest the murderers; and the colored people, who know them well, are so fearful of Their lives that they dare not give infor mation. These persecutions has caused 1 the breaking up of Methodist societies. The Bishop thinks that this violence, is not directed against the members of that Church, simply because they are Metho dists, nor yet, as they are termed there Northern. Methodists, but because they are supposed to be identified with Radical • movements. The receipts of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions for they first nine months of the fiscal yesr amount to one hundred and fifty-three thousand four hundred and seven dollars, being less than twenty-eight thousand eight hun dred and twenty-eight dollars for the same time the previous year. The esti mates for the year will require about one hundred thousand dollars more. A Roman Catholic Church-for colored people is shortly to be erected in Detroit. Several colored youths are being educa ted for priests at Naples. Italy, with a view, no doubt; to fields of labor in this country and among their own race in other lands. The first Episcopal Cathedral ever built in New England was recently opened in Portland. It is fully organized, after the English system, by Dr. Neely, the Bishop of Maine. Last year, Rev. Dr. Tyng's society, (St. George and. Chapels,) contributed two hundred and thirty thousand dollars for various purposes, while Trinity church, St, John's chapel and St. Paul's chapel; also in New York, unitedly con. tribute,d a trifle over , one hundred and eight thousand, dollars. ____ "vot The Burdell Mystery Solved. The murderer of Dr. Burdellis discov ered, according to his circumstantial con fession, and all the probabilities of the case, to have been the same Charles Jef ferds, who afterwaids killed John Wal ton and John Matthews, and who was himself murdered by a fellow-convict at Auburn about a year ago. ,Jefferd' s declaration is all the more con vincing in that it does not release Mrs. Cunningham from the charge of compli city with his crime. He, too, was a friend of that malign woman, between whom and his mother, Mrs. Walton, there ap appears to have been close intimacy. He boasted of the same illicit favors from Mrs. 'Cunningham which were enjoyed by her boarder, John E. Eckel, and claims to have been, instead of Eckel, the instru ment of her revenge. He alleges that he was at Dr. Burden's house, No. 31 Bond street, on the evening of the assassins. tioni that he.was seated in the parlor and playing on the banjo . ' for the amusement of the Cunningham girls when Dr. Bur dell entered the house and, met Mrs.,Cun ningham, with whom he had a violent quarrel. • The Doctor then proceeded Mrs. to his room in the third story, and Cunningham to hers on the second floor. Jefferds, whom the dispute had been audible, stole out of the parlor, went to Mrs. Cunningham. and, after hearing her account of what had occurred, volunteer ed to "go .up stairs and do for the old ras cal," meaning Dr. BurdelL The wo man, who cordially hated Dr.ssess Burden, and hoped to-inherit his poions, encouraged the young desperado's sympathetic rage. She informed him of the position of the Doctor's rooms; he drew a slender two-edged dagger which he habitually carried, and , started, on his cowardly errand. The circumstantial ac count which he gives of what transpired, from the moment when he glidedinto Dr. a and the first blowßurdelPs at his p heart,artment aimed to the moment when he "reached under" and "fetched" his victim by a final stab in, the kidneys, has a tone of convincing verity. "At one time," says Jefferds, "I thought he'd be too many for me; but the punch in the ribs fetched him. It was our fighting about the room that made the blood fly so all about on the walls. The old fellow was stronger than I gave him credit- for and we had a mighty tough tassel of it; but you see I had the knife, and I kept all the time jabbing him with that, ' and he bled a great deal, and that weakened him,_ I suppose " which le extremely probable. 'The 'assassin's description of .the whole struggle tallies with the appear ance of the room and of the wounds found on the body of Dr. Burded after the murder; while the facts of Jefferd's intimacy with Mrs. Cunningham and his character as a reckless bravo help to cor roborate his statements. It is said ofhim that "he habitually went armed, and on the slightest provocation would shoot or cat whoever chanced to provoke' his wrath." lie 'declared on - one occasion that "he didn't think So Much pout f killing a man; he would put man of misery for five hundred dollars if how as short, and wait/dreg get cdught . at it either." PITTSBURGFI GAZETTE : SATURDAY., FEBRLARY 20, 1869 . IN atinlngton Items. The President hesitates to veto - the Copper Tariff Bill, and the indication is that it will become a law. The Ohio river bridge question was brought up in Committee to enable three persons from Steubenville to make their statement concerning that structure. They did not believe it was an obstacle to nav igation, and thought the location as good as any other proposed for similar bridges. One witness quite strangely assured the Committee that the river at that point was quite straight for half a mile above and below the bridge, while all other wit nesses have testified it was almost cres cent curved. The decision of the Supreme Court on gold contracts made before the passage of the legal tender act, does not affect that act or contracts made since; but it is re garded as a slight indication of the opin ions of a majority o ethe Court on ques tions relating to thelegal tenders. The fact that the decisidnlupon the legal ten der is not announce' 'looks as if it might he againstthe act; sit has' been under stood in case it s o uld be adverse the decision would , porponed till De cember. It appears that a strong pressure is be ing made by Secretary Seward and others in authority, to secure the ratification of the Alabama treaty. The English Gov ernment, it is understooa, is very anxious ' to know what its chances are for ratifica tion, before the 4th of March. It is re ported that the English Minister has In formed his Government that, if the treaty is not ratified before the 4th of March, it will stand no chance of confirmation by theincomingadministration. Mr. Seward has begun to work in earnest, and some of the Republicans are already beginning to favor the ratification of the treaty. Gen. Grant informed one of his callers to-day, who went to legpose upon him some advice, that he Iliad made up his mind on Ins Cabinet, and if any of them declined he had alternates ready. It is not doubted that one of the leading features of Gen. Grant's administration will be that of 'a liberal encouragement, and, if necessary, championship of the South American Republics. Cuba is, by general consent, regarded as practically severed from Spain. Should she declare her independence, there is little doubt that she will find plenty of friends to rally around her. 'The question - of an nexation is not now among the probabil ities. The Senate Judiciary Committee deci ded to report the bill, which passed the House some time agd, providing for an election hi Virginia, with an amend ment submitting to a separate vote the diafranchising clause of the Constitution. The Reconstruction Commiteee will not decide in the Georgia matter until the Supreme Court of that State has made a decision on the question of whether the negro is a citizen, under the Fourteenth Amendment to the. Constitution. The position of Cuba excites great interest. It is exoected that the revolu tionary party Will proclaim the independ ence of the island. In that case our Government will immediately recognize the new Government, and extend bellig erent rights to it, and the privileges of neutrality. It will then be open to both parties to obtain men, money, and arms from abroad; and it is not doubted that Amer ican sympathy will turn the scake in favor of free Cuba. The Senate Committee on Foreign Re lations Thursday morning agreed to re commend to the favorable action of that body the Naturalization treaty with Eng land. Also ' the treaty leaving to the I government of Switzerland the arbitra ment of the San Juan Island dispute. The Committee came to the unanimous conclusion to recommend the rejection of the Alabama claim treaty. As it is necessary that the Vice Presi dent-elect shall be sworn into office before noon ot the day of inauguration, in or der that lie may call the -Senate to order and swear in the new Senators, it is un derstood that Speaker Colfax will deliver his valedictory to the House,and resign a day or two in advance. The House will therefore have to select a Speaker for. the balance of the session. The entire force of carolling clerks of the House are at work upon the tax bill, and it will take them until Saturday to enroll it. It will make six hundred large written pages',. It will thbn take two days to print it, and will not be ready for consideration by the Senate Finance Committee before the 24th, and cannot possibly be read or considered and re ported to the Senate at this session. Gen. Schetick will start it anew on March sth, when he hopes to secure its enactment into slaw before the first session of the Forty first Congress. General Grant made a declaration in conversation this morning,. which will doubtless ease the sensitive souls of those who fear he may take a Democrat or two into his Cabinet. He if he were a Republican Senator, and a Democratic President were to select a Democratic Cabinet he should vote for their confir mation, but if under similar circumstan ces, a President elected by the Republi can party should select Democratic advi sers, he would think he failed in doing hisduty if he did not vote for their rejec tion. his thought this remark may be taken as conclusive by even the most stubborn of those who profess to believe General Grant wanting in sympathy with the Republican party. . The Ordinance Committee have discov ered that the army Rodman fifteen-inch gun costs $6,500 each, for 49,000 pounds weight. The navy guns of the same cal ibre weighed 43,000 pounds. The differ ence in weight, at thirteen cents per pound, mikes $9lO which the navy paid more for their guns than was paid by the army. The navy contract with the Fort Pittlfotindry provided for the delivery of all guns on the seaboard at the expense of the maker, yet the government paid:for all this transportation.: From_ the spring of 1864 all fifteen-inch guns procured at Pittalinrih were taken without any po hew der-proof, according to an order fronk t Chief of Ordnance. Therefore, guns procured . sice Abet time have been mounted in n fortifications on expensive iron carriages without being fired at all,, and lately an order was_ issued from the Ordnance Department to subject them tto a proof of chargessf one hundred pounds of powder, at the risk of the government .. "Trot organization of the next Con gress " says G. A. T., "is as good as set tled, a Interested gossip to the contrary notwithstanding. Henry D. Washburn° will he Sergeantat-Arms in> place of Ord way; the present incumbent—l had nearly said incubus. James G. Blaine ,will e elected Speaker, and he will be tbe'on b ly officer taken from New England. Eth Ward McPherson will be Made Clerk by right of chalte and honorable' service; perfect integrity and high-tniadednes9.?' DENTISTRY TEEI9II EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN NO omusitz MADE WHEN ASTITICIAL TEETH ABS 011,DEZED. A FULL SST FOR SS. AT DR. SCOTT'S. wry PENNEriBEF.T.! RD DOOR ABOVE. ILLND AMINEonx wARRATED. CALL Alm El SPECIMENS OF GENTIUM V 01.0A1 ITE. mv9:d&T GAS FIXTURES ---- WELDON & KELLY, btanutacturers and Wholesale Dealers la Lamps, ' Lanterns, , Chandeliers, AND LAMP DODDS. Also, CARBON AND LUBRICATING IOMS, 1 33EakTZINE , &c. N 0.147 Wood Street. se9aLM Between . 5111 and 6th Avenue! FRUIT CAN TOPS. We are now prepared to suppl TINNERSand the Trade with oar Paten SELF.LABICLING FRUIT CAN TOP. It is PERFECT, SIMPLE and CHEAP. Having the names of the varicus fruits Stamped upon the Cover, radiating from the center, and an index or pointer stamped upon the Top of the can. It is clearly, distinctly and PitRHA.NENT LY LABELED by merely placing tha name of the fruit the can contains op posite the pointer and sealing in' the customary manner. No preserver of fruit or good 110ESE6IEPEll ion use any other after once seeing It: • Bend NIS cents for sample. COLLINS & WRIGHT, 139 Second avenue, Pittaburgh PIANOS. ORGAN'S, &C. - W I LT KAN° THE BEST AND atteArt. AND CHEAP- Schomacker's Gold Medal Piano, AND ESTEY'S COTTAGE ORGAN, The icHomAcura PIANO ccrmblnea all' the latest valuable' improvements known in the con structiOn of a first class instrument. and has al- - ways been awarded the bug hest premium ex hibited. lts tone is full, sonorous and sweet. Tne workmanship. for durability - and beauty surpass all others. Prices from $5O to 11150. ((according to style and finish.) cheaper than all other so called first class Plano. ESTET , S COTTAgE ORGAN at the head of all reed instruments. in producing the most perfect pipe quality of tone of any similar Instrument in the.Unlted States. It is simple and compact in construction, and not llatiis to set out of order. CARPENTER'S PATISNT " VOX. NUM.ANA. TREMOLO" only to be found ln this Orgax.. price from $l OO to 3550. AU guaranteed for eve yesxs BABB, SNAKE & BUEM3I4 I : • No. 12 ST. CLAIR STRisET. PIANOS AND ORGANS—An en tire new stork of SNARE'S UNRIVALLED PIANOS; • BAINES BROS., PIANOS: PRINCE & CO'S ORGANS AND- tIELCiDE orts and TREAT, LINSLEY & CO'S ORGANS ANTI 'MELODEONS. OUARLOTTS TI MM. . 43 Flftli avenue. Sole igent. f _ + +~ BTIEGEL, ! Mate Cutter with W. Bespenhei(e.) MERCHANT TA.IIL.OII, No. 53 Smithfield Street,Plitsburgh NEW FALL GOODS. splendid new st,oeL of CLOTHS, CASS /MER ES, c& c., Just received by BEERY DIETER. telt: Merchant Tailor..l3 Smithfield street. OtritEßY. 100 WOOD STREET. SEW _ GOODS. Ci FINE VASES, BOURNIAN AND CUINA. NEW STYLES, E DINNR SE A Ts i TETS, GIFT CUPS SMOKING SETS, A large stock of , 'SILVER PLATED GOODS Call and emandne one goods, and we feel sidteded no one need fall to be suited. t R. E. BREED , & - CO . 100 WOAD t3TII~~•. WALL PAPERS. WALL PAPER - REMOVAL. TILE OLD PIPER STORE IN . A NEW PUCE W. P. MA.BSUA.ILJ. Hoo.removed from 87 WOOD STREET to NO. 191 LIBERTY 91.2113 ET, faw doors above WT. CLAIR DYER AND SCOURER . Jr. LANCE, Et. DYER AND SCOURER. No. 13 BT. CIAAMIEL STIII33I.IErT A.nd Nos. 185 and 187, Third Mired" diiitt COALU COALIII DICKSON, - OEWAIT & CO, NO. 567 LIBERTY . STREET, (Lately City Flour Mill) BICCOND ELOOB. • ille lIOR prepared to tarnish good YOUGHIO - ix= ban 00AL OBBIJLOS, it the :lowest morket Price. All orders len at their °Moe, or dressed to them,,.through ,the nun, NM be tended to promptiy. lARGEST ASSORTMENT .In the City 1 AT THE LOWEST , PRICES. .A. 3EL JP 3E. ir . BOYARD, ROSE & CO., BOYARD, ROSE & CO., of all descrtottow VITTBITRVH, PA. COAL ANV COKE. Having removed their °flee to A GOOD C I=l. 3orri l l FOR Cents a Yard. OLIVER McCLINTOCK to 1 & COMPthiY,' No. 3 Fifth Avenue:: No. OIL CLOTHS. Window Shades, BOVARD, ROSE & CO., 21 FIFTH AYENUE• fa:dairT 51 51 51. Fifth Avenue, CA.UPETS, CARPETS, CAUPETS. HTALLIII BROTHERS, WCALLIJM BROTHERS, re,LLLIIN BROTHERS, Fifth ABOVE WOOD STREET. NUARY, 1869. CARPETS. FFARLOD&COLUSS , (") Will Continue their ANNUL CIMINO SALE TWO WEEKS LONGER Greater Bargainsthan Ever will be offered to close out Special Lines of Goods, at QM 71 AND 73 FIFTH AVENUE, SECOND 'FLOOR,: J ^ B. If OUNGION & CO., - • - PADDY C&HE RAILERI,DONFECTIONARY, ICI , CREAM and DINING SALOON, • 83 Smithfield street, corner of Diamond alley*, Pittsburgh. ,Parties and fatuities supplied with Ice Cream and Cakes on short notice. I o NM& Bteam and RUBBER BELT Gaskets e NG, nose, Packing I f th ston Belting Companies manufacture at prices as low as this gushyy of goods can be bought of the manufacturer • A full stock always ou hand at the India lubber Dot,. SG and BB Sixth street. J, it 11, PRILLIVS. tea ' Solo Agents for the Company. 1 54. KITTMNG EXTRA HEAVY BARRED FUNNEL, El A VERY LARGE STOCK, NOW OFFERED, IN GOOD STILE& I\i'ELROY, DICKSON & CO., WHOLESALE DRY GOODS, WOOD STREET. • • 0 c e A E-1 I = l z , A, 0 pV vaggga Z i:4 za E 4 g W -3c T4ic' ;1 I 'EZ V la g?I4 v., 0 1.• N ;.A ;pf, bi la Pi F. ta 7-A 0 .• 0 r - 4 . 4t f> ri Pr f, ) P ;1 4 )i • e, Z DRY GOODS AT, COST, FOR THIRTY DAYS ONLY. STOCK. MEM P. PHILLIPS, 87 1LIBICi2" 82rICEET. des2 McCANDLESS & CO" CIABRZLate Wilson. Carr laco) WHOLESALE DRALEBB L N Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, No. 94 WOOD STRIMT. Tiiird door above Diamond *nil. PITTREI7E6R. Pl. PURL EL RELY HMI MARL MILL Three Star Groan Braigt, equal to FRENCH FAMILY FLOUR. Tbts Flour will only oe sent out when Me deny ordered. PEARL KILL BLEB BRAND, Equal to best St. Louis. PEARL NULL BED BRAND, Puna to best Onto flour. WHITE CORN IPLOCNAND CORN MEAL. ST. MUD' & BEN Allegbeny. Sept. %VIA& MECHANICAL ENGINEER. ' pEIICEVAL 'HEWLETT, - ti13017211210AL ENGINEER, , ILn.d. Solicitor , of Patent*. (Liss of P. Y. W. a C. Bath's's.) '- Moe, NO. 19 FEDERAL' STREET, Roam No. Vstairs. r. O,: Box 50, ALLEGRRNY 01 , oRDIRRY, of all descripti o ns, designed. BLAST FURNACE and ROLLLIIO MILL DRAW MOS furnished. Particular attention paid to dealeing COLLIERY LOCOMOTIVES. Patents non dentinal_ solicited. mar An EVEN ING DRAINING CLASS for nieetuatlca every WEDNXBDAy NIGHT. anima :okizja,pn6c.irAziojzlal ;B. LYON, tor of Weights and Iffeasureaso No. I YOURTH SLIME% *Mori ntpairigi attende4 to OEINENT, SOAP STONE, ato. pARTILIN & LALI2E I Nco 124 Smithfield str Sole Manufacturers of PAST Felt Cement and Gravel Roofing. Ma.. tertal for sale. # es 4l4 C FLOUR. (Between Liberty and Perry streets. I=