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THURSDAY. MARCH 18. 1889
Ws num , on the inside pages of this
morning's iIIszETTE &mid page
_Ephemeris, Miscellaneous,Clipping
Third and Sixth pages: Commercial,
Ariancial, 2d-errant& and- River News,
ifarkets, imports. Seventh page. Wash
tington Topics -and Gossip, New York
City Items, Amusement Directory.
11. B. BONDS at Frankfort, 871.
it.rnoLnum at Antwerp, 55@55if.
GOLD closed in New York yesterday at
181 i. • •
THE five Major Generals of the Army
Arank in the ftglowing order : R&i LEGS,
• MEADE, SHERMAN, THOMAS. HANSOM.
Tiu censidemtion of the bill to repeal
the Tenure•ofoffiee Act was resumed in
the Senate yesterday, but no action was
ruched.
,
IT is se rn that Benatdr Sintima's forth
coming war speech on the question of the
..iklahaina claims will correspond to cur
tain views which have been attributed to
President GRANT. Rumor also declares
that Mr. MOTLEY, who is likely to have
the English mission, coincides in the
same views. We shall see !
THE announcement of General Plum,
to the Spanish Cortes, that the monarchi
cal party were prepared to announce their
candidate for the throne at an early day,
attracts the anxious and expectant atten
lion of the world. Upon this nomination
hang the present peace of that Kingdom,
and its national fortunes for generations
to come. •
IT yes developed in the Rime, yester
day,
that in enrolling the Appropriation
Bill, the item requiring whisky dealers to
refund to the Government the amount
paid as salaries to store keepers, amount
ing in the, , aggregate to nearly two' mil
lion dollars, had been dropped• out.
Whether the mistake resulted from acci
dent or fraud can but be surmised, but it
is not improbable that it was unintention
ally omitted. The Government is inter
ested in having it restored.
Tam 10:31011, that the President has de
clared his imwillingnesa to make re
movals of officials to any considerable
extent, until the Senate makes some dis
position of the pending bill to repeal the
Tenure-of• Office Law, may be set down ,
as a pure canard, more misohievaus in its
intent than in'its effects. The opposi
tion are industrious in their efforts to
turn the questions relative to this law to
• the embarrassment of our . friends, but the
game will not pay-their expenses.
. _
IN DEFEMENCE to the personal solicits
lions of large numbers of disappointed
aspirants for office, the Republican Sena
tors and Representatives from Pennsyl
. man% met again, on Tuesday everting, to
?war 7,objecOns to the existing:nil-der
standing relative to the control of the
local Federal appointments. But a pro
* •
trotted deliberation afforded no new
orvalid objections to that understanding,
which was finally re-affirmed by the
meeting, thus leaving the question in that
attitude which will be most satisfactory
to all dishaerested persons.
Tnz Cincinnati Enquirer, a jesding
Democratic journal of Ohio, "upon more
mature consideration" advises its friends,-
in the Legislature of that State not to
shirk the responsibility of a vote on the
ratification of the XVth Article, as at first
proposed, but to face the, music at once.
And this, the Enquirer puts on the
• ground that the people .of Ohio had fully
' expressed their opinion of equal suffrage
by the large majority which rejected the
- State propositionin,lB67. But that jour
nal, as do the'residue of the Democratic
press in other States as well as in OhiO,
flrids it convenient to forget that, upon
their own showing. 'as attested by their
files throughout the canvass, the Presi=
slealtial 'election of '6B was contested upon
-precisely the lame grodnd; the results
of that canvass are by this time pretty
well known. For months, it was the
. staple arguinent of the opposition journals
Aittgriet, the . Republican 'candidate, that
bts election meant equal Suffrage, irre
-150041ve of race or eondition. One and
1110 they discounted the ythole question
last year; In Ohlo, the vote for , f.":lnlcr
must be accepted, ea in fact what the
• irrnitatiT had, month after mind', de
clared that ,the ' 'Electoral 'vote for him
would be—a reversal of the decision of
'67, and an absolute popular jgdiment
urlOn one of the sharpest of the Presiden
;gal lanes. The new, lig.ht, which `now
twelfics out of "a more mature considers
-On' upon the Enquirer's understanding,
warning red-light, to its Mends at
4110*buir of danger that the people of
Ohio will again reaffirm their judgment of
last November, and to the effectual ex
clusion of any future accidental Demo,
cmtic. majorities from their Legislative
TILE AystrAL blivrixo of the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne end Chicago Railway
Company was held in thiscity yesterday,
when the President submitted a report of
the year's operations. The results are of
a gratifying character to the stockholders,
showing their property to be in an excel
lent condition, and with the promise of
prosperous future.
During the year, the Company has sub
scribed $50,000 for the constriction of a
branch from Clinton, on the Akron line,
to Massillon, a point on the main line.
This branch is to be completed by July
next. •
It is announced that. the future bus
ness connections with the Pennsylvania
Railroad are to be upon terms as favor
able as the latter shall extend to other
roads in which she has a pecuniary . in
terest.
Tie Report states that the . Directots
have subscribed $300,000 to the stock of
the new road from Indianapolis to Terre
Haute, anfi'stkat—the entire line of 460 .
miles, from Indianapolis to St. Louis,
soon to be completed , will then be owned
by a tompany in which the Fort Wayne
holds one - half the share capital.
Ito reference whatever appears, in Jhe.
Report,to any arrangement or negotia
tion with the Erie Company, unless it
may be, included in "the lanai arrange
ments with connecting roads, for inter
change of business."
The meeting unanimously adopted the
Legislative Act classifying the Directors
of the Company, and but three of these
offiobrs were accordingly chosen.
A fuller report of the meeting appears
elsewhere. ,
GEORGIA.
The Senate. Judiciary, flommittee re.
ports back, without substantial amend
ment, the bill of Mr. EDMUNDS repealing
the Act admitting Georgia, and re-estab
lishing a provisional government in that
State. The.. credentials of the Georgia
Senators were also reported back to await
the action of the Senate upon the bill. 4.,
This is a somewhat different Senate
from that body which, some weeks ago,
recognized the Electoral vote of Georgia
as legal. There has since been an in
fusion of new members, all of whom
are likely to favor a thorough and decided
policy towards the State ;—a policy much
more in accordance with the general Elev.
timent of the public. We am not alto
gether without a hope that this policy may
be settled upon, in both Houses, before
the close of the present '13e881013. The
social.and political condition of Georgia
is such as to demand the • earliest atten
tion and the wisest firmness on the part of
Congress. The State is now peculiarly
'the theatre of a lawless and violent spirit,
which seems to have been' elsewhere
suppressed, but which finds- a con
genial protection among a people who are
to-day successfully defying the Federal
authority, and trampling upon - their legal
obligations to the Union. This condi
tion of things daily grows worse—and
we 4 shall look in vain for any improve
ment until our friends at Washington ap
ply the only, effective remedy for the cur
rent mischiefs. The Georgiarebels have
not yet been reconstructed, and will not
be until they feel the full strength of the
Federal hand. •
When we have the end of discussions
upon' the Tenure-of , pflice, we may begin
reasonably to expectotinat some other mat
ters of serious National concern will re
ceive their long-needed attention. Until
that time, we cannot avoid regarding this
Georgia busineis as worse than a running
ulcer upon the body politic, which might
be easily healed, but left uncured and
uncured for, is slowly corrupting all con
stitutional republicanisms in the South.
THE SOUTH ON LONGSTKEET.
The Lonbrrille Courier-journai states
that General LONesTREET "has received
and accepted" his appointment in the
Customs at New Orleans. It is not - im
probable that our cotemporary is in
error so far as the alleged acceptance is
concerned, the general impression being
that the General has declined the commis
sion.
But there is no rhistake as to : the spirit
in which that journal, representing no
doubt, the sentiment of a numerous class
at the Month, receives this overture for
peace from the present administration.
The services of the General to the cause
of secession and rebellion are distinctly
acknowledged, but, apparently for the
purpose of Kesenting the contrast be
tween that glorious'career and his Ives
ent "selfhumiliation and abasement"
in the more odious light, his haste to
"succumb to all the exactions proposed
by the treacherous and insolent foe" is
denounced by the Courter in the bitterest
terms. As "an aspirant for the favor' of
the remorseless oppressors °this section"
his case is held uPto the public scorn as
"one of a class of cases at the Bouthr—
a class so 'numerous, says that-, journal,
that "there are hundreds and even thous
ands of obscure apostates wha are se( k
ing the rewards of their perfidy and
shamelessness." It adds :
In truth ; he entire mass of place-bunt
ers in that section, native-born scalawag's,
nerves and carpet-baggers, to say noth
ingot here and there a Longstreet, are
corrupt and mercenary , traitors to their
principles and their friends. ,
We learn, from this Louisville paper,
that the defection of Gen. LONCISITHEITr
that is to say his loyal acceptance of the
PITTSBURGH GAZEITE : THURSDAY, MARCH. 18, 1869.
reconstructed situation of the South—
was, for a time, regarded by his late
friends as "an unfortunate idiosyncrasy;"
the idea that he could be induced "to ac
cept office or Place was repudiated as dis
honor
able to a Southern hero. But no,
he has industriously sought and promptly
received his reward." for desetting from
"the Whole masses of the 'respectable
white population of the South, Who have
felt deeply outraged" by the "hard and
oppressive terms" which the Federal gov
ernment has exacted, in violation of "cer
tain well understood conditions."
It is this sort of talk which has done so
much injury to the South, and which
still stands in the way of her solid inter
ests.'t) The folly of such attempts to keep
aliv the embers hate among
her' eople, may very mildly be termed
suiCidal. We are glad to be assured,
however, by our Louisville cotemporary,
that there are thousands of LONGSTILEETS
who have given in their adhesiOn to the
Radical cause, and we May hope that
their example shall have the influence
which our cotemporary evidently fears.
DREGS OF THE yVAR.
At the close of the war, after the
two great contending armies were dis
banded, and vast number of soldiers, in
fatuated with the reckless lives they had
so long been leading in the camp, were
suddenly thrown into the walks of civil
life, it was feared,even by those who had
the largest faith in the character of our
people as "citizens to-day and soldiers to
morrow," that distressing consequences
would follow to society therefrom. In
deed, for some time after the war had
ended, grave -alarm was everywhere
manifested that the people would suf
fer seriously, crime increase, the industries
become neglected, and wickedness and
idleness mark society generally, as the . ,
legitimate consequences of the transfer
from the excitement of the scene of battle
of so many men whose tastes for the
puce and order of quiet civil life were
lost in their passions for nomadic exist
ences, change and adventure. The gist
really grave effect of the transition was
felt in the agricultural districts. Daring
the continuance of the war, the burden
of farm labor principally rested on aged
and infirm men, too weak to enter the
hardships of military campaigning, and
on women who gladly gave up their hus
bands, sons and brothers to fight in the
cause they espoused. Their powers of
endurance and capacity for labor were
heavily taxed, and long before the war
ceased gave evidence of exhaustion. The
young men, drawn from the farm . into the
army, on their return, as a general thing,
showed little disposition to take up- a
labor no longer congenial to their tastes,
or in accordance with their desire
for excitement. They cared • not to
enlistin the humble ranks of the producers
but flocked to the cities to leati aimless
lives waiting for something to turn up.
On the farm they were useful and ex
pert, in the army they formed the best of
fighting material; but, not trained to bus
iness, having no trade or profession, they
became useless to society - and themselves.
They were slowly drivki back to the
country, and, taught wisdom by experi
ence, became once more honest and
sturdy yeomen. The cities are no longer
overcrowded with their presence, and in
the short period of four years things have
assumed the old fashioned condition of be
fore the war.
The war left another class, by no means
so large, who, naturally possessed of ad
vtnturous and • romantic dispositions,
were at a loss to employ their wits
and time after the eoldiers' occupation
was gone.- They - constitute in this
country what is known as the gun-
powder eleinent of France. They would
hail with plei nre the outbreak of a war
with a foreign cots try, and gladly re
joice for an opportunity to again keep
step to the martial music of fife and drum
and march into the thickft of battle. It
is not surprising therefore, that taking,
advantage of the presence of these rest
less men in the country, military adven
*turers should look-to Cuba with covetous
eyes and revolve the problem of captur
ing that rich island now plunged in the
miseries of revolution. That the idea
has been entertained of sending from
this country a filibustering expedition to
Cuba, there can be little doubt; but
that it has assumed any tangible form
is yet to be seen. In time of peace,
when the American people had little of
the war spirit in them, Warxes, the
Nicaraguan hero, had no difficulty, in
obtaining a formidable force to carry ou
his famous filibustering expedition.t
Should some equally enterprising adven
turer arise to-day- and fling to the breeze
his banner for Cuba or death, thousands
would be found willing to enlist, if actu
ated by no higher ambition than to grow
rick in the spoils which would WIWI? . the
takin-
on g° .eorTganldualzbaltieopnrizeof suchWhan
e do , not
lookex
pedition as an improbable event. Even
now the Charleston papers assert that
several such expeditions have sailed or
are about to sail for. Cuba from the coasts
of South Carolina and Georgia, one of
them conducted by Gen. Jounnan; late
of the Confederate army. Whether the
announcement be true or false, future
events will decide. The Government has
had no official intimation of the depq
tura of enthusiasts, else, doubtless, they
would have been held prisoners at;home.
Such a movement, however, will prove
popular, although decidedly unlawftil
and unwise, and draw that large class, to
which we have referred, into its sympa
thy and to lend hearty ce.operation. The
law-abiding citizens will frown on any ,
violation of the neutrality laws or nation-
alhonor, and no matter what succeis mayr
attend such expeditions, the projectors
may cmheto grief in the end. The spirit
of conquest and desire to invade!; othef
soils, carrying with them the fire Ibraild
of war, is not the least important dreg
left by our late war, and the sooner it is
extinguished the better for all. .
PITTSBURGH, FORT 'WAYNE AND
CHICAGO RAILWAY.
Seventh Annuli Meeting of thel Smck
hoiders—Annual Report of URI Presi
dent and Board of Directors—Elec
tion of Directors. " •
The seventh annual meeting of the
stockholders of tne Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railway was held
Wednesday, at the office of the Com
liany, at the corner 'of Penn and Tenth
streets. The meeting was organized
shortly after ten o'clock by calling J. S.
Craft, Esq., of Pittiburgh, to the chair,
and appointing F. M. Hutchison, Esq.,
Secretary.,
The seventh annual report of Presi
dent Cass was then read by the Secretary,
of which we make the following abstract:
Your Board of Directors, in making
this, its seventh Annual Report, congrat
ulate you nia the prosperity that has at
tended the business of the company du
ring the last fiscal year. While it enter
tained a hope during the entire months
of the year of moderate increase in the
gross and net revenue, such hope has
been more than realized in the gratifying
result attained. exhibiting, as it does, a
lare increase in the gross earnings, and
a relative reduction in the expenses.
The earnings of the main line were—
From all sources
Gross earnings of 1867 $8.041,180 70
• .241,180 96
- Increase (11% pc r cent) X 799,05174
The gross earnings "per mile of the
company in 1868 were $17,174, being an
increase of $1,706 29 per mile.
The expenses incurred in transacting
the foregoing amount of business were
$5,002,110 60, showing an abiorption of
61 1-5 per cent. of the earningii, which is
5 per cent. less than in 1867.
The net earnings of the main line in
1868 were I $3,029,570 10
to 1867 2.378 663 89
Inereue (ZS 3-5 per cent).— ..... 4. 1660,518 73
The following is a an.unarie, of the net
remilts foT the ysar :
Net earnings (main MO.,— $3 039,070 10
Profit In operating New Castle bren. 60,773 75
Profit In operating Lawrence branch.. 3.10112
Total net revenue
From which deduct
Interest on mortg +re
debt $ 816,= 17
Pinking fund, instal
talents 1$101,100)• and
interest on bonds pur
chase t by Trustees or
Slaing Find (dIA
-
592.48)
Du Cleveland a Fitts
,burgh. Com
pany, under toe con
tract for division
earnings 210,308 50— 1,14940515
Balance, equal to 165-6 per cent. on
capital stock ' $1,935,165 34
From which has - been paid — ' •
For quarttvly dividends 1
at the rate of 10 per
cent $1 149.75 CO
U. IS. tax ou game...... 60,511 63 1,'210.'36 93
, --
.$ ,743,520 99
Leaving out plus for year.
To which add—
/Lents° of miscellaneous
$ 57,749 19
ttabWtteslucre:tie of amounts due for
current exiandltures.... R 3.470
23
Refraction ot supplies on
batra •
To be accounted for
Appropriated as follows: ;
New construction and
equipment... ... ... . . 9519.72 A 51
Extension of AVron brch 59,663 31
increase of ne , amount d-e
by other companies 21 541 15
Incres , eOl sinking fund... 119149 76
Increase of miscellaneous
149. 31
assets
Increase of cash on baud.. 65,603 27
49M,837 27
The foregoing results gi the financial
condition of the company at the close of
the year as follows : .*
Capital stock • • 1911,500,000 00
Donds—First m0rtgage....45,2•91,000
Secosd do .... 5.16 G 000
"Third do ....5,0018.000
Bridge—Ohio and i_
Penna. B. si. Co,. 153.100
-----$12,563,000 00
bilscellaneons liabilities MI,SFC. 49
Due for current expenditures, main
ly in December .... • 676,754'63
Balance to credit of income accogirt 1,945,7= 96
Total.. 920,897,075
To represent or'to pay which there. is
the following named property :
Main line of road, equipment, &c g 13,4995
Akron Branth 253,M 34
!Stock of supplies for current opera
tions
Cost of brat and second. mortgage
bonds held by Trustees or hinting
Fud 32
Due by othex companles..s4M,4l l te •
Less due them 149,799 °M— 312,= 69
Miscellaneous assets, including in
vestments
Cash on hand ... ...
Total . i^J 887.075 04
The unexpected large increase of the
gross receipts for the year, without a cor
responding increase of the basiness of
the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad,
causes under the contract for a division
of the joint earnings, a large sum to be
paid that. Company out of the earnings
made by the road of this Company. Ex
perience no doubt will soon enable us so
to adjust the per tentage due to each, so
to practically conform to the earnings
due on the business . belonging legiti
mately to the respective Companies.
This organization, recently perfected,
is now engaged in building a railroad,
about twelve miles in length, from lidas
anon to Clinton, on the Akron branch,
which will open a new line to Cleveland,
over the latter road for the county con
tiguous to the main line, between Orville
and Alliance. The Board_ of Directors
have subscribed for one thousand shares
($50,000) of the capital stock of the Mas
silon and Cleveland Railroad Company.
The whole road is under contract, and
will be in use by the first of July of this
year.
An analysis of the business of the East
ern - Division (between Pittsburgh and
Crestline, 188 miles) shows that the
tonage,•especially between way stations,
continues to increase largely, and is
nearly in the same ratio in both diree
tions—the large trade from the New
Castle, Lawrence Branch, having caused
the eastward movement to preponderate
over the Westward movement about
eleven and a half per-et - mt.
The increase of earnings of the West.
, ern Division was 392,209, or 20 3.5 per
cent. In the number of passengers carried.
of which increase about twenty-five per
cent. occurred In the local trade; some
$85,561,83, seven per cent. in the revenue
received.
The oondltion of the road and of its
equipments have been greatly improved,
while the motive power and rolling stook
facilities have been largely increased.
The report refers to the fact of the
crease of travel on the Eastern Division
of the road, and states that, it warrants
the extension of the runs of the rLesent
accommodations trains to Enon Valley
in one case and Beaver Falls in another.
This new arrangement is expected to
take place In April. :Reference is also
made to the imperative necessity, incon
sequence of increased travel, for the ex
tension of the double track from Roches
ter, the present terminus, to - Beaver
,
Summit. a distance of nearly ten miles. 1 Improvements In the County Buildings ..
This:work will be put under tiontract and —Resolutions Adopted by the Grant
will be ready for use during the present Jury.
.•
season. , . • At a meeting of the Grand Jury held
The report then refers to the comple- yesterday, (Wednesday,) March 17th,
lion and opening of the Central and
Union Pacific Railroads during the Ares- 1869 the following resolutions were unan
,
ent year, and to the immense traffic imonsly adopted: ..
which w ill follow . A fell shar e of t his Resolved, That in the opinion of this.
trffic, t he President informs the stock- Grand Inquest, our county archives and
holders, may be expected f , it their records in the Prothonotary's office are -
road, owing to its eligible local; its west- I in daily and imminent peril from fire,
ern connections, and from the fact that and, in our judgment, cannot be re
it affords the shortest and best line be- moved ,too s. on to a safe and fire-proof
tween the two oceans. In order to meet office or place of keeping.
this prospective increased traffic, con- Resolved, That the present condition of
tinned exdenditures for new equipments; this Grand Jury room, and of Cowie
additional sidings will be necessary, be- quence the Court room of the Quarter
sides increased facilities in the way of Sessions, beneath it, we regard as ex
' station houses, machine shops, eta. To ceedingly dangerous to life and limb
provide means for making these im- from want of proper support, and that it
provements the Board has caused Issoo,- demands the earliest peEsible attention:
000, • five year bonds, bearing eight per otherwise at any time an accident may
cent. interest to be issaned which will be happen, the consequences .of which, in ,
known as-" Equipment Bonds." personal and pecuniary loss to the coup-
The report refers to the policy of ag- ty, it ,would be impossible to appreciate.
gregating capital and roads, which still Resolved, That a speedy and proper
continues, and states that the "public administration of public justice demands
prints have, • without sufficient reason, that. dur facilities in regard to more, and
identified this company and railway in morigcommodions court rooms, coon
these movements ." Since the date of ty o ce buildings for the accommeda-. ~
the last report, no contract Arrangement ton of our county officials are largely
or alliance of any kind has been made increased, and to that end we endorse
with any other railroad company, other and recommend the plan of improve
than the usual arrangement with con- meats as to our county buildings, .re
necting roads,'-for interchange of bust- cently adopted by our Prison Board
ness. In order to quiet apprehension on for the county, and, to enable its speedy
the part of some of the stockholders, the I practical adoption, we request and earn
report states, the passage of the law mod- t estly urge upon our Representatives in
ifying the charter so that the terms of the Lower House of the Legislature to
only a portion of the Board should ter- at once adopt - the Senate bill relating to
minate at each successive annual elec- the improvement of our county build
tion, was secured. The report then gives ings and providing a means for the pay
the classification of the Board, made un- ment of the same.
der the provisions of the law referred to. . Resolved, That a copy of these resole
der
the terms of the members for four, tions duly signed by the Foreman of this
grid attested by the Sec-
three; two and one years, by which ar
rangement three Directors will be elected
each year. •
The report then states that the only
combination of railway interest
. (so far
as their property is concerned,) which
has taken place during the year, is the
practical absorption, by the Pennayl
yama Railroad Company , of the road and
branches of the Columbus. Chicago and
Indiana Central Railroad' Company,
through a lease by the P. C. and St.
Louis - Railivay Company, the majority of
the stock of the last named company be
ing owned and voted upon by the Penn
sylvania Company. Alter referring to
the effects that this change may have,
the report says: "We have the assur
ances of the present officers of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company. that it is
their intention to so- liberally manage
their roadsest of Pttsburgh, as not to
improperly i nterfere s
with the business
of this company, and that the Pennsyl
vania Railroad shall always be open for'
the business of this road, in either direc
tion, on terms as favorable as those, roads
in which she is pecuniarily interested.
The report makes reference to the fail
ure to make an arrangement with the
Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad
Company, and the necessity imposed on
the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Company to construct a parallel road
from Indianapolis to Terre Haute. IV
wards the construction of this road the
Directors have subscribed six thousand
shares (at fifty dollars each,) to the
capital stock, and the C. C. C. &B. road
have subscribed a like amount. When
completed, the line from Indianapolis to
St. Louis (460 miles,) will pass under the
management of the Indianapolis and St.
Louis Railroad Company, of which this
Company will be owner of one-half the
share capital, and have an equal voice in
the management.
Reference is made to the progress of
the Connellsville Railroad Company to
wards completion to Cumberland, and to
the extension of the . Allegheny Valley
Railroad to the; Susquehanna valley, and
the opinion is expressed that these lines
will increase the business over the road.
The report concludes by congratulating
the stockholders upon the fact that har
mony and good feeling exists in all de
partments of the eompany's service, and
that it fully exhibits itself in the result
as set forth in the report.
The report was unanimously adopted
and ordered to be printed.
W. S. Hickox of Mansfield, Ohio, of
fered the following, which was unani
mously agreed to:
.Resolved, That an issue of bonds, to be
denominated "Equipment Bonds," bear
ing interest at the rate of eight per cent.
(free of Government tax) per annum,
and to be payable at such time or times
as the Board of Directors may deem ad
visable, and•amounting in the aggregate
to one inaillion dollars, including poo,ooo
heretofore authorized by the Board of
Directors, be and the same is hereby
authorized, consented to and recom
mended to the Board of Directors.
John Larwell, Esq., of Wooster, Ohio,
offered the following, which was unani-•
monsly adopted:
Resolved, That the acceptance by the
Board of Directors of the amendment
made bY the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia to the charter of the Company, au
thorizing a classification of the BeArd, be
approved, and their action under it, and
also that the acceptance by the Board of
I Directors of the act of the Legislature of
Pennsylvania "Relating to railroad com
panies and 'common carriers, defining
their liabilities' and authorizing them to
provide means Of indemnity against loss
of life and personal injury," approved .
April 4th, 1868 be approved.
Mr. Wm. Dill, of Allegheny, offered
the following: "
Resolved, That when this meeting ad
journ it adjourn to meet at such time
and place as may hereafter be designated
by the President, on notice of ten days,
to be published in the usual manner.
A motion was then adopted to proceed
to the election of three Directors - to fill
the vacancy 'in tho Board. The Presi
dent appointed William Thaw, Esq., of
Pittsburgh, and John M. Wilt, of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, as Inspectors to con
duct the election. -
The election was then proceeded with
under the provisions of the law passed
by the present Legislatore, and the re
sult was announced as follows: Forfour
years—Mesars. Wm, B. Ogden,Jesse L.
Williams, L. H. Meyer. To e.vacaney
for two yecird—John Sherman.
The Board consists of the following
members: George W. Caw, Pittsburgh,
-Pa:: Springer Harbaugh, Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Edgar Thompson, Philadelphia, Pa.:
Jno. L. Dawson, New GeneVa, Fayette
countyr; Pa.; J. F. D. Lanier, New York;
Louis H. Meyer, New York; Samuel J.
Tilden, New York; Flint Hoagland Fort
Wayne, Indiana; Jesse L. Williams,
Fort Wayne; Indiana; - Sent Jarvis,
Massilon, Obio; R. R. Springer, Cinein
nail, Ohio; Hon. John Sherman, Mans
field, Ohio; W. B. Ogden, Chicago, 111.
$3,104960 97
I=. 692 49
.22X63 s
- $153.3111 23
Vr26, $37 27
539,341 13
iv In 73
062,12 e. 70
—Frank Nye and David Jones, corn
mission merchants and members of the
Board of Trade of Chicago, were arrest
ed last evenin g swindling in the pur
chase and sale of oats. They were taken
before Justice Dewolt and bail required
to the amount of 52,000 each. This they
were unable to giveand were looked up.
—Charles N. Scott, charged witl sup
pressing a genuine and sending a bogus
telegraph dispatch on the WasternUnion
line, was before the Cincinnati Police
Court yesterday. The motion to dismiss
will be argued en Monday, 22d inst.
•
LOUISVILLE, March 17.—R 1 ver rising,
with ten feet nine inches in the canal.
Weather clear and cold.
Grand Inquest, and ati—
retary, be forwarded to each of our
members of the House, as exressive of
our wishes, and, as - we be p lieve the
wishes of the people of the county in the
premises.
AMUSEMenTII.
OPERA HOUSE —The third appear
twee of Mr. Joseph Jefferson, last night,
in Rip Van Winkle, was marked by one
of the largest and most fashionable ands
ences. of the season. It is useless for 115
to add one word of praise to that already
bestowed by the keenest critics of the
country on this inimitable leader in the
higher walks of comedy. To-night the
same bill is offered, and we urge our
readers to put in an appearance if they
would enjoy a rare feast of genuine mer- •
riment..
PITTSBURGH THEATRE.—The snows*
of the new company at the Old Theatre
is unprecedented, and it continues to
'grow more popular every day.. Lillie
Becket and La Petite Josie are especial
favorites. Mrs. and Miss Wray and the
`Barlow Brothers are - Oleo favorably re
ceived, and Tim Rays is a favorite every
, place.
SMYTHE'S AMERICAN THEATRE.—Sig
nor Cappolo, the great pantomimist and
contortionist, is one of the strong attrac
tions at the American Theatre this week.
To-night "Ireland as It Is" will be pre
sented, embracing in the cast the full
strength of the company. The house will
doubtless be crowded, as it is every
night.
ACADEMY or Music.—On Fridayeven
ins the 19th ins, Mr. Theado
ton, ,
the eminenttant writer and lecturer, re
will
deliver a lecture at the Academy of Mu
sic, under the auspices of the Mercantile
Library Association. - Subject: "True
°Statesmanship." Admission fifty cents
to all parts of the house, No resei ved
seats.
FAIR.—The Universalist Fair and Fes
tival now in progress in the basement of
the church, corner of Third avenue and
Grant streets, is 6pen every evening.
MUSEUM—The Museum at Franklin
Hall, Fifth avenue, is crowded - every
day and evening.
' • BE CAREFUL. • \
At no season of the year is the above injunction '
of more weight than now. The changes of tem
perature have been so sadden from warm to ex
cessive cold, that the hytman constitution. like \
everything else in Nature, feels the shock, and
gives way to its impresiions. Thousands of peo
ple who Ile down at night, in:mei:melons , as It
were, of Wary to the constitution", wake up with
hoarseness and coughs, which, unless the first.
symptoms arc heeded, are apt to involve the '
lungs or si me other of the vital organs in deep
seated and incurable disease. If the fact were •
as well known to all our readers fiGto ourselves,
that an infallible cure for most of these incipient
ailments may be procured in DR. KEYSER'S
LUNG CURE, the Doc' or"s new store would
soon be too small to meet the exigencies re
quired of it in the manufacture of this valuable
medicine. Dr. Keyser's Lung Cure is without;
doubt a valuable desideratum in the cure of dis
ease,* fact well known to thousands of people
who have been relleved.by its ht alth.giving pow.
'er. If the proper estimate were placed on human
life and health, those who neglect - coughs and
colds would be fewer in number. Dr. Keyser
would in no case, of a serious character, advise
the dispensing with a doctor, butt ow many hun
dreds are there who, In the beginning of a dis
ease, could be cured before a doctor could be
reached. It is in these cases, as well as others of
a more serious nature, that the lung cure c Imes
to our alifincl dispenses health and comfort,
which othervilse would never be obtained. It is
thus a handful of roots and herbs are made into a
healing syrup, which, Is often the precursor of.
health and usefulness. The suffering invalid
would often apply for relief if he knew where to
promptly obtain it: and that It can be promptly
obtained in Dr. Keyser's Lung Cure is no longer
& doubtful problem. Let hot the March winds
make dangerous inroadsupon your health. when,
Wltl4 few doses of this *Trap, you can fortify
your system sr well as drive out of it those noxi
ous miasms which undermine its strongholds and
render its exertions nugatory.
FOLD AT TILE DOCTOR'S NEW MEDICI:ITM
STORE" 167 LIBERTY STREET. ONE. DOOR FROM '
OLD ST. CLAI a, NOW SIXTH STREET.
DR. KEYSER'S OFFICE FOR THE CURE •
OF OBSTINATE CHRONIC DISEASES AlqD
LUNG EXAMINATIONS, No. LSO PENN
STREET, FROM 10 A. M. 'UNTIL 4 P. M.
WITROUT A GOOD DIGESTION
All other temporal blessings are contparativelg
worthless. The dyspentle millionaire who lila
tried all the potions of the medical profession in
vain, and believes his complaint to be incurable,
would give half his fOrtune to be freedirom the
horrors of indigestioo, and thus enabled teenior
the other half: Of course he would.
Perhaps - HOSTETTEIt'S BTOBIA.GH BITTERS
has been recommended to such a sufferer. Possi
bly he has turned front the friend who made the
suggestion with a sneer, Intimating that he has ,
no faith in any "patent medicine." If this has
been the ease, so much the worse for hies. His
inereduillty deems him to a life of misery. All
the luxuries which wealth can purchase are at
his command. Not one of them can give h im
bLeasure. His own irrational obstinacy iv
an
The mane?, happily for themselves, are less
ske_ptica . There is such a thing as bigoted sustie
iitr,. as well as bigoted credulity. and a golden
mean between the two, which men and wearer'
profitare gifted with commOn sense adept and
by. These are the ...lass that patronise and
recommend HOsTATTHR`d BITTI , RS. word'
they approve this famous anti.dysoeptie and anti
bilious preparation? Simply becaese they hiwe
' not been too much the siaves of senseless prejtr
dice to give it a fair trial. and have found that
when all other Wilke, atimulantiCand stomachics
failed, it produced the desired e fleet.
"Strike, but hear, ,` said the human sage;velien
• his ignorant es emies were assailing him.
"Doubt, but try." says the man who boa
been 'cared of indigestion or biliousness, or tn.
termittent fever, by the Bitten, as be Telell
his experience of the medietne his f o re g one
friends. Whoever is ao weddet to his foregone ,
theoretical conclusions. as to decline to ter e tr .
rties of a medicine endorsed by.the_
mony of intelligent men In every wall or we.
and approved by the people at Wiles dessi"lll.