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Third and Sixth pages: /Inancial, Com
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Seventh page : New York City Items,
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11. B. Bonne at Frankfort, 87i.
ParnoLatrm at Antwerp, 52i@Mi.
GOLD closed in New York yesterday
at 133}.
THE Hungarian elections show a large
increase in the strength of the "extreme
leit"—the radical party of that important
section of the Austrian Empire.
TEM DAY has been axed for the ad
journment of Congress. The event will
be likely to depend on the turreement of
the two Rouses in the matter of Southern
reconstruction.
Tam ccornmvw election in Did Penna.
Cmwessional District, has been decided
by the House in favor of Mr. Marano, the
Republican claimant, who has been sworn
and taken his seat.
CoNsrEcricuT gave, a few years since,
six thousand majority against equal suf
frage. Last Monday, she gave four thou
sand majority for the same principle of
justice. The world moves ! •
Tim Monongahela Republican renews
its type and enlarges its form. It thus
.changes and improves all that would bear
the process, but keeps its editor, Csrm.
HAZARD, without whom it would lose its
principal attraction. • -
Art extra session of the. Senate is called
for next week. This is customary with
the incoming of a new Administration.
The session ''will be - wholly occupied by
the Executive nominations, and in the
consideration of pending treaties.
- MR. MORTON'S proposition to require
the ratification of the XVth Article as an
additional condition precedent to the
admission of Virginia, - Texas and Hisais
sippi, secured a large affirmative vote in
the Senate, aid' _the i House ; promptly
• adopted the amendment. The bill, there
fore, With that important provision, awaits
but the signature of the President to be
' come a law- - • '
Haarr , onn, Conn., returns the annual
taxable incomes of five manufacturing
companies, twelve mercantile , firms, and
forty-five individuals, all ranging above
$lOO,OOO and up to $1,692,000, shciwing
an aggregate of $12,404,919, and an aver
age of over $200,000 each. This shows
- a wonderful accumulation of capital in
a small city, and proves that Yankee no
_
tions pay.
IT IS IMPORTED that FRANK BLAIR
goes filibustering to Cuba. /SWAT we done
Injustice to that great chieftain? Was it,
ip
after all, Cuba which the BRODECCADhe reConstructlon of, y
et.
ter contemplated : t
military power? The affair certal y
looks that way, now. Why could 't
General &ant have been lees enigm4t-
Iva, thereby. escaping, perhaps, the slight
ndstmderstanding of. November 3d?
Tint &cad Guard suggesti, that the new
law, commuting the death-penalty, was
passed for the especial benefit of the mar
' derers, EATON and i l e wrrcram, and Ob
jects, therefore, that It Is ea, peat faeto
legislation, which might substitute another
; penalty for that to which their conviction
sicbjeCted the Criminals. Doubtless, these
Wretched man recognized the point as
-well taken,, but we have not yet heard
• finm the Attimiey General, to whozn our
cotemporary appeals.
Ma. Ar,xxAnzate ilwanowt. the newly
vpohited United Statile Marshal for
:Western Pennsylvania, , 'will shortly, as
-sumo the duties of. the office. General
T. A. RoWW I the retiring Mere_
carries with him hit° private life the best
wishes of all, as ha . madOslaithful, coat.
teous and efficient officer. It is author!.
tatively announced that his friends will
_present his name to the Repnbhcan
';Convention for nomination asthe succes
sor of Kr. EnnErr, in the State. Senate.
TEIR mortar:sem Brum:muss MEN of
Bt. Louis are organizing an association
-with ..200,000 capital, one-tenth of which
amount hue already been subscribed by
-the Board Of Trade of that city, for the
.purpose of 'inducing exportation and ita
*Satin' to and from Europe rug the
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T. P. HOUSTON. N. P. REED,
Liners and Proprietors.
SATURDAY. APRIL 10. 1869.
MEE
it shiitild not be, St. Louis and New Or
leans will suddenly become the great re
ceiving and distributing points of the
Mississippi valley.
THE Governor has vetoed the bill re
cently passed by the Legislature, provid
ing for the commutation of the death pen
alty to imprisonment. It will hardly pass
over his signature, as it seems that Penn
sylvania is not yet quite ready for
reform in that direction. The commuta
tion act clothed the Chief Executive with
extraordinary powers, and was favorably
received by those opposed to capital'pun
ishment more because it was a step to
wards its entire abandonment rather than
the exact legislation required.
88 FIFTH ST
mad Alto,
THE worst removal Grant—or Boutwell
—has yet made, it strikes us; is that of
Assessor
b W edi b esnee, oo
N t e h w e
money
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ring, to
the aristocratic brokers of New York,
• this faithful and fearful officer has been
sacrificed. It is fearful to know that
there is a power in the land which can
compel those high in authority to re
move an officer who is honestly doing
his duty as his oath demands.—State
Guard.
We quote the above paragraph from a
journal which has hitherto acted with
the Republican party. Its present ac
ceptance of the peculiar Democratic idea
that none but Democrats can be "faithful
and fearless officers," and its horror In
the fearful knowledge of some mysterious
and reprehensible power behind the
President's chair, might lead unreflect
hag people to believe that the country is
going to the bad. Are things really so
dreadful ?
WHEN THE GLATISTORR MINISTRY
assumed the English governinent in No
vember, it was understood that its first
"budget" would ihow a diminution of at
least 22,000,000, in the appropriations to
be asked for from the new Parliament.
This expectationis more than realized in
the estimates which were submitted to
the Commons on Wednesday. The naval
and military expenditures are to be cut
down by fully £*oo,ooo, while the
present sources of revenue, unchanged,
will yield £500,000 of an increase. But
there remain £4,000,000 - of the Abysin
ian war expenses to pay, which will con
sume all of the anticipated surplus. Re.
arranging the details of taxation in ac
cordance with popular sentiment, the
absolute reduction of the revenue, to cor
respond with the diminished needs oc the
future, must be postponed to another year.
It is worthy of observation, howeier,
that the concurrence of two great nations,
like =those of England and America, in
the same policy of reducing their naval
and military establishments, is a signifi
cant mark of the confidence, equally
shared by both Governments, in an har
monious and pacific solution of all the
questions at present in controversy -be.
tween them .
RAILWAY ITEMS.
We have already announced that prop
otions are pending for the consolidation
of the Michigan Southern with the Lake
Shore line, so as to bring the entire line
from Chicago to Buffalo under one con
troL The Lake Shore Company, as now
consolidated, has a capital stock of $105,-
000,000. Among other results of the
more. extended Consolidation now pro
posed, will be an increased difficulty in
the way of the Erie project to.reach Chi
cago," by a branch line from Akron to
Toledo, and thence by the Michigan
Southern. Undoubtedly, such an effect
is contemplated by all parties. If the
stockholders approve of it, the new fusion
will go into effect in June.
It is reported in the oil regions that
the Philadelphia and Erie control of the
Oil Creek Railway cuts or the Cross-Cut
trains altogether, and that all the Buffalo
oil must go by way of Erie. •
The Zanesville Courier understands
that the construction of the branch line to
the. Panhandle, at Dmien, will be com
menced about May let.
FATHER DE SMET.
The incompetency of the Indians, to
make any binding contracts whatever, is
distinctly declared by the late action of
Congress. All the treaties of . the past
two year! are abrogated, every mutual
engagement is repudiated, and there exists
to-day, so far as concerns the Congres
ional action, not the slightest ;scintilla of
an agreement of any,sort, or to any end,
with the Indian tribes. They are hence
forth to be held as an inferior race, alto.
gether dependent upon the mercy and the
charity of our Government. This is an
extreme and decisive solution of the'erit
hamming difficulties which have grolim
out ofotm own neygleCt to fulfil our treaty
undertakings toward the tribes;' it is a
solution which power,' and nothing else,
makes possible,- but which no degree of
power, however arbitrary, can justify.
The new Indian policy conniffts their
care'whollyl4 the Executive discretion.
To the Pb3lll4llt is confided the distniree
merit of the large 'sum which ie liffended
to represent the annual coat of the Indian
service. Be, is empowered to create a
Commission of ten members, with whom
he may consult upon the, proper cixpendi
Mae of the two !Willows appropriated, and.
who are to be chosen for their eminence
in intelligence and philanthropy. it was
at one time proposed to select this Com
'mitilon 'altogether from the denomina
tion of Friends, but against this exclu
sive policy serious objections are found,
and it is now likely that the Bead will
represent not, only, that sect,. but .other
Protestant denominations, and tliat one
Or pore', of, those Catholic adagios/Wes,
who hoe already is many Inds:tees so.
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : SATURDAY, =APJIi
quired a large inguence among the sav
age tribes, will also be members.
In this connection, we are reminded
that one man, a Belgian by birth,
a missionary Catholic priest, Father
Da BBIET, by a long course of
faithful personal labOr, of devoted
piety, and of the most exemplary self
denial,--under exposures and; privations
singularly resembling those endured in
c,
the earliest centuries by th soldiers of
the Cross, - leas won the nfldence of
these savages to a degree far beyond any
thing achieved by any othwhite man
ei ji
whose feet have ever trodden ow barbar
ous plains. This courageou and faithful
missionary enjoys some rep se, in revive'
iting his native land, but his heart is still
4 ,3
with the red men whom he 1 es, and for
whom he has given all they of a long
life, and he will soon return, to resume
the work has already! made the
name of DN SUET a talisman of peace,-
and not seldom of . Christianity, from
the Colorado to the Great Lakes.
He and such as he, of whatever
creed, if < they can be found, are
the men to whom the President should
look for counsel and co-operation, in the
discharge of those responeibilities which
are to comprehend and, we hope to justify,
our new Indian polley.
The standard of American .Liberty goes
on, streaming in the front of the massed
columns of an intelligent and Christian
people• Many mere politicians are plun
dering upon the fianktt, or loitering in the
rear of the march; these neither aid nor.
retard .the movement, nor , do they com•
prehend its real significance. To them,
it means place and personal profit; to the
grand army of the people, it means the
irresistible vindication of the one vital
prinelple--as deep and as broad as the
foundations'of Heavenly Justice—which
underlies all that is worth haying, or
worth preserving, of our republican insti
tutions.
We repeat: the American people are
far, far in advance of the majority of those
who have been in other days honored as
their leaders, upon this question of the
equal rights of a common humanity.
Narrow and Correspondingly bitter preju
dices still survive; humanity must become
perfection before all its defects shall be
obliterated. Ignorance yet beclouds many
minds, as depravity degrades too many
hearts, among a people claiming to be the
most enlightened as well as the most free
on the earth. The jealousies of ignorance
and of prejudice are still fed by partizan
animosities, and are manipulated by dema
, gogues whose only principle is the plun
der of office. Bat the time has come
when the intelligent must recognize this
great fact —that liberty and human:
by are equivalent terms : that those
who are alike to be judged in 'the impene.
treble hereafter, alike then in the eyes of
the Almighty, are equally invested, while
on earth, with the'rights and the respon
sibilities of a common creation; and that,
irrespective of color or race, it is equally
given to every human being, within the
limits of our republican empire, to live
under the same laws and to enjoy the
same privileges, subject to no, other
distinctions than those which the Almighty
Wisdom has defined, and which regard
neither the skin, nor the blood of His
human creatures, traversing each and all
of the races with an infinite disaimilarity
of physical and intellectual capacities, but
conforming all alike to the ulpdate re
iponetbility of souls. To be a man—
made after. God's image --with a con
science, no matter how blunted,
.to
guide, with a soul, no matter how much
darkened .by Ignorance, to be finally
judled—this is the only clear title to a
truly republican liberty, the one India
pensible •andindefeasible qualification of
a truly democratic, republican citizen
ship. When the. Creator shall equally
endow all of his creatures, of one race,
with bodies of an uniform perfection, and
withintellects of an ttniform excellence
and culture—not until then shall a Chris
tian people be justified in committing,
either to individuals or to any race what
ever, an'exclusive pre-eminence by law.
All mankind are to be one at the Judg
ment Day; they are equally one by the
standards of all justly organized human
society. Between, those two planes,
spreads the illimitable field of individual
effort and responsibility, free to every
creature made after the Divine image.
The day coulee, and is very near , by,
when a man is to be a man—nothing
more, nothing leas. He is to have the
common - right to win all earthly profits
and distinctions, the common obligations
to hPFluuk, society, and, the eeelmen Fit!.
'mate submission to the judgment Of Bur
nity. This is the simple,' massive, sym
metrical and imperishable truth which is
written on' the standard of Ainerielin Lib
,erty, and itifoes marching >on,: over•par
ties, factions, ollques4A cabala, -Stator, the
Republic itself. : Our Northern people al
ready accept it , from conViction; the dayls
not a generation hence when every intelli
gence between =these -oceans shall noog•
nize it, and hew hes:illy to Its Supremacy.
The idea, penetrates the Aineriean heart
with its logical justicemperieliatile; ir
resistible and very soon to De universal.
The opposition which feebly „resists it
will be crushetl—is being &Imbed already.
Nsw Yeas dispatchsays: The
critne of Infanticide minis .
to be greatly
on tin increase In our Midst. Dead, in
bate ere now daily fogad in ;various Sec
tions_ of the city. The other day the
pence picked up the remains: of four
babies and we also heard- of three; ye*
foluttl'ee ontskizie..ot the city.' •
MMI
MARCHING ON.
As the spring days approach, the house
wife feels her daily cares increase. Every
closet, drawer and piece -bag must be ran
sacked, overlooked and cleared up for jthe
coming summer. Carpets must be taken
up and shaken, beds well beaten, and bed
steads washed in strong brine to destroy
all insects, etc. As anythin g that can
lessen the labor of a house keeper is desi
rable, I venture to contribute any mite.
Save the tea leaves for a few days, then
steep them in a tin, pail or pan for half an
hour, strain through a sieve, and use the
tea to wash all varnished paint. It re
quires very little rubbing or "elbow pol
ish," as the tea acts as a very strong de
tergent, cleansing the paint from its
purities, and making the varnish shine
equal to new. It cleanses windo* sashes
and oil cloths; indeed, any varnised sur
face is improved by its application. It
washes window panes and mirrors much
better than soap or water; it is excellent
for cleansing black walnut picture and
looking-glass frames. It will not do to
wash unvarnished paint with it. 'Whiting
is unequaled for cleansing white paint.
Take a small quantity on a damp flannel,
rub lightly over the surface, and you will
be surprised at its effects. Wall papers
are readily cleansed by tying a soft cloth
over a broom, and sweeping down the
walls carefully. The dust and ashes of
fbrnaces and stoves are deposited in every
crack and crevice of our rooms, and re
quire vigilant and active trea tment for
their removal. Carpets absorb great
quantities of them. All who can af
ford it will find it a great improvement
to use straw matting in summer, and in
autumn cover them with carpet linings or
even common newspapers, then put down
the carpets over them. Cleansing silver
is not an easy task; the use of kerosene
will greatly facilitate the operation. Wet
a flannel cloth in oil, dip in dry whiting, ,
and thoroughly rub the plated or silver
ware; tbrow it into a dish of scalding
soap suds, wipe with a soft flannel, and
polish with a chamois skin. Your:
silver or plate will look equal to that ex-:
'hiblted in a jeweler's window, and will ,
retain its brilliancy for six months, ifi
once a week, when washed, it is polish
ed with a chamois skin. Bright silver
adds much to the beauty of a table, and
is easily attained by this method. Some
may think it injure the fiv plate. I have
used it spring and fall for e years, and
neither plated aeticles nor , silver sustain
any injury. Those who use brass and
irons will find it. equally eflicacions iq
restoring their brightness. Old feather
beds and pilloWa are greatly improved by
putting them on &clean grass plot during
a heavy :thoWer; let the beds become
thoroughly wettedturning them on both
aides. Let them lie' out till thoroughly
dry, then beat them with rode; ' this will
lighten up.the ' , feathers and make them
much more healthy tnAleep upon. It le
moyes dust and rejnYenates the featheri.
.--Anterktin 'Agrfetattifiri.
— The,proPeller Thomas, which sailed
from New York for Galvestoit on the 4th
Init., took on the'6th of April, when
about fifteen miles off , Hatteras. The
fire originated 'between the deoks, and
, the hall *Out down' in sixteen , fathoms
of 'water `within four hours after the
breaking out of the: tire. Geo. Drasse.
the shire Cook, John Cluthron and
'Charles Mason, waiters, one seaman , and
a coal pasaer, who put off in a small boat,
have not been heard from and are sup.
Toed tchbe lost. All others .at the time
on board the-vessel, including foar.Pall*
isengersi have arrived safely at Norfolk,
Va. The Thomait, was loaded - with an .
assorted cargo and had •'Nay' between
decks. The Captain is unable to account
for the origin of the tire.
President Gran ti through Secretary
Filth,' has Inform the Ron. Reverdy
• Johnson, Minister at the Court of Bt.
James, `that MA resignation will beseeept
eo by the Administration as soon -as
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THE CUBAN QUESTION
The annexed Washington dispatch to
the New York Post is evidently a relit':
ble statement of the present position of
this question, and of the attitude of our
own Administration :
Notwithstanding the rumors current
here about the position of the adminis
tration in regard to Cuban matters, it is
certain that President Grant ;and his
Cabinet will enforce, to the beat of their
ability, the rules ofAmerican neutrality.
It is understood that the Administration
has n 6 desire to interfere in the affairs of
that island.
On the other hand, it is clear that there
exists at this time a very serious cause
of conflict between the United States and
Spain, which arises mainly from the ne
cessity on the part of the United States
to protect at all hazards the life and prop
ertrof American citizens.
It is well known that many Cubans,
now more or less engaged in support of
the insurgents are naturalized citizens of
this country, and there are also many
native Americans acting in favor, of the
same side. If, as it may happen, at any
moment, one of these should be shot by
the Spanish volunteers of Cuba, the re
sult would be to involve the 'United
States in serious trouble.
It may be said also that all- the talk
going on here about the annexation of
Cuba to the United States Is not consider
ed as serious hymn authorities. As it is
well understood that the insurgents are
fighting for independence only, and not
for the purpose of ceding the Island to
this country, a strong opposition to an
nexation would be likely to appear, if it
wereprospective,from those States which
are largely engaged in producing 'sugar.
JOHN BRIGHT, not many years 'since,
drew s word-picture of the future of the
Great Republic, which we reproduce 'as
follows:
I have another and brighter vision be
fore my gaze. It may be a vision, but I
will cherish It. Ism one vast ecmfedera
tion stretching from the frozen /V - orth in
.unbroken tine to the glowing Soutk and
from the wild billows of the Atlantic
westward to the calmer waters of the
Pacific main; and I see one peoplei and
one language, and one faith, and over all
that widecontinent the home of freedom
for the oppressed of every race and of
every clime.
Tun new Postmaster of Erie, L B.
Gena, Esq., is spoken of thus kindly by
the Stat. Guard:
As Is well known, Mr. G. Is the Depu
ty Secretary of the Commonwealth, a
position he has filled, during the present
administration, with signal success and
satisfaction to the people and Gov. Geary.
A man of marked ability, and a Repub
lican of bold, infiuential conduct, we are
not surprised that Judge Scofield' has
asked for this appointment.
Hints on House Cleaning by Mrs. S. 0
' Johnson.
10, 1869:
OPERA Housz.—Never have we seen a
more brilliant or larger assemblage
drawn together at this firstzclass 'temple'
of the draxna, than was in attendance
last night on the occasion of Miss Augusta
L. Dargon's benefit. It was a hearty and
spontaneous ovation to genius and ability,
and reflected the high measure of appre
ciation in which - the leading lady of the
Opera House is' held by the best class of
our amusement patrons. During the
evening she was presented with an elab
orate floral offering, in the shape of a
basket of fresh cut flowers artistically
arranged. Mr.! Caldwell, editor of the
Mail, made the !presentation speech, on
behalf of many friends and admirers, in
a brief, dignified and well worded ad
dress. The recipient responded in a very
neat speech, in which, after expressing
thanks to the donors and audience, and
paying a pretty tribute to manager Can:
ring's universal ,kind treatment, cour
tesy and marked; generosity during her
engagement at the Opera House, she an
nounced that three weeks hence she
would quit the IXiards here for a new
field, but she mold always gratefully
remember Pittsburgh and the people.
We are sorry to lose Miss Dargon. She
carries more power and genius than
nine-tenths of the traveling "stars" of
the profession, and the day is not far dis
tant when her name will occupy much
higher place in histrionic walks than it
now enjoys.
To-night Mr. Oliver B. Dond, a gentle
man who has been an honor to the Opera
House this season, who has made a host
of friends and admirers, and who has
added nightly through a long term to
the high reputation as a true artist which
preceded him, will take a benefit. We
hope there will be large attendance and
that he will receive a substantial token
of that regard, admiration and ap
preciation in which he is deservedly held
by all classes of onr play-goera.
Pirrsnunon THEATRE.—The matinee
at the Pittsburgh Theatre will be an ex
cellent one. The thrilling local drama
entitled "Drummer boy of Winchester,"
will be presented, and the entire excel
lent company will participate in the en
tertainment. Saturday night "Jack
Sheppard and his Dog." and a splendid
variety programme will constitute the
entertainment.
ACADEMY er Mustc.—Henry Vincent
will deliver his great lecture on Oliver
Cromwell, at the Academy of Music,
Monday evening next, under the auspices
of the Young Men's Library Association.
Tickets for sale at the Library Rooms,
corner of Penn and Sixth streets.
Mesorno HALL.—A series of enHalltein
ments will be given at Masonic rta
on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the
15th, 16th and 17th lust, opening *Thurs
day night with a concert by the Alle
gheny Quartette Club.
Falrt.—The Fair at Miller's Hall for
the benefit of St. Agnes Church, Soho, is
still in progress.
Mizrszum.—There are a numher of new
attractions at the Museum, on Fifth
avenue.
Unwholesome Meat
A few days since, Thomas Hershouser,
a butcher in the Twenty-first ward, who,
it appears, purchases diseased and dead
cattle at the stock yards of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, for the pur
pose, as he pretends, of procuring the
hides and tallow, making soap of the
carcass, bought ono beef too many
For some reason, officer Chidlow,
who is on 'duty at East Liberty, sus
pected that the meat was taken to mar
ket and sold for food instead of going in
to the soap factory and resolved to sift
the matter. Wednesday morning he ob
served Mr. IL come to the stock yard
to get a bullock which was unable to •
stand upon its feet, and after placing 'it
on a wagon, haul it to his slaughter
house. The officer followed and saw the
animal disposed of and continued his in
vestigations until huit evening when he
saw the sick bullock killed.anci dressed,
and placed in a wagon to be taken to
market.
yesterday morning the wagon started
to the city and the officer followed it and
saw the identical carcass of the aforesaid
bullock unloaded at Deitrich's meat shop,
in the twelfth ward. He then reported
the case to Mr. Weaver, meat inspector.
and that officer repaired to Deltrich's
shop, Where he found the meat cut up,
ready for sale. The meat was seized. and
information made against both Hers
houser and Deltrick, for exposing to sale
unwholesome meat, and warrants were
issued for their arrest. Deitrich alleges,
we are informed, that be did not know
the meat was of an unwholesome char
acter, and that he purchased it for good
meat, paying fourteen -.cents per pound
for it. If our information is correct, the
case against Herakouser is a very strong
one.
Precautions by Bank Authorities.
Cll9 Telegraph to the Pittsburgh Gazette.]
MONTREAL, April 9.—Extra precau
tions are being taken in watching the
banks here in consequence of informa
tion received by the bank authorities
that an organized robbery was to be at-.
tempted. The various bank agencies
throughout the country have been noti
fied by telegraph to place a double
guard over the banks at night.
To Tug various productions of this pa
per age—paper collars, paper shirts, and
even paper waistcoats, bonnets sad hats
—must now be added paper coffins. H.
Bzerelmey, their inventor, seems to have
a belief in the univeral adaptability of
paper to all the needs of civilized life.
He undertakes to coat Ships with it, and
make-them Impervious to shot; he em•
ploys it in the manullicture or-construc
tion of rocket cases, powder canisters,
railway carriaga, drain pipes and party
walls. • He claims it is at once lighter,
stronger, herder and cheaper than any
other material hitherto use for these
- purposes,' not excepting iron, and steel
,and stone. His object in introducing it
In the manufacture of coffins is to obtain
.what so people rather absturdly
consider a• desideratum—a perfectlY air
tight, water-proof and damp-defying
shell, which nothing from without can
penetrate, and nothing from within can
escape. The Zopissa paper coffin, in
which these conditions are said to be 'ta
ttled, is a solid-looking structure, very
much resembling, In build and thickness,
the ancient mummy cases preserved fu '
the British Museum.
Two impostors, looking much like
each other, and got up to look more so,
are said to be acting the, part of the
Siamese twine in the west of England,
where the people area little slaw at read
ing the papers. The India rubber flesh
that binds Uremia filled with warm water,
so that the cn.rbuts, on' touching, lave
the truth averred by the best 'denrcounra
thxa that'both are
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Amusements.
BRIEF TELEGIIMIS:
—Wm. Scott, a nephew of' /91r_ Walter
Scott, died in Montreal on the tah, aged
sixty-four years. ,
—The Rock Island County (Ill.) Sol
diera' Monument, at Rock Island City,
was dedicated on Friday. -
—Charles Felicia, an Englishman, has
been arrested in New York, charged
with forging checks on the Bull's Head
Bank.
—The business portion and many pri
vate residences in the town of Madison,
Ga., were destroyed by fire .Thursday
night. Loss heavy. -
—A young man named A. P. Benja
min, brakeman on the Hannibal and St.
Joseph Railroad, was instantly killed at
Brookfield yesterday morning.
—Henry R. Pierson, Es q. of New
York. has been chosen Vice Pr esident l of
the Chica vacancyorth*eatern Railroad,
to. till t hemade by the resigna
tion of Perry H. Smith.
—At Vienna, Ontario, a slight shock of
an earthquake was felt between eight
and nine o'clock Friday morning. The
n o irection of the shock appeared directlrth and south, and lasted about twenty y
seconds.
—The statement from New Orleans,
that Gen. Blair is,engaged in fitting out a
Cuban expedition in that city, is false.
Gen. Blair is spending a quiettime at his
home in tit. Lents, and has no filibuster
ing projects in his head.
—J. B. Herman, whose case has -been
for some time before the United States
Commissioner at New York, for defraud
ing soldiers of bounties has disappear
ed, and his bondsmen Will be required
to pay over the amount of bail, 110,000,
to his victims.
—Jacob Coon, foreman of the Chicago
and Northwestern railroad car 'shops,
while attending to some experiments on
an engine, in connection with oil as a
fuel for locomotives, fell from the titan
on which be was riding, and was in
stantly killed. •
—A complimentary banquet was given
at New York last evening to Junius H.
Browne, the well known American nai Asto Hous b the lJour
dltorsofthecityr with e th y epreaedng
tives of the press of other parts of the
country and of England. Ati. Browne
departs today on an European tour.
—The floor of the Town Hall at Salem,
Minn., broke through at a meeting of the
town officers, on Tuesday last, precipita
ting the crowd into a room below. Sev
eral persons were seriously injured. Jno.
McGovern had his spine broken, and
John MoMan was , hurt inwardly; both
will probably die.
—ln the Macoupin county (Ill.,)
cult Court, in the case of the eleven per
sops under indictment for lynching
Engleman, the effort to obtairiajury was
unsuccessful. Every man summoned
—several hundred—having expressed an
opinion. The case has been continued
until the next term.
—Anticipating ail eirly opening of nay
igation on the lakes, the sailors held a
mass meeting in Buffalo,. yesterday, to
demand higher wages. Those painting
and otherwise preparing vessels for the !I
spring trade, threw down their tools and I
joined the strikers. A large procession
paraded through - the principal streets. f
—At New Orleans, Friday night, the
steamship Gen. Grant took fire, while
lying at the dock, and burned until she
sank. The loss falls on Northern coin- I
panics. During the progress of the fire
her commander, Capt. Quick, whose t
mind was apparently affected by his f
great loss, several times attempted to
commit suicide by throwing himself into
the burning vessel. Only a portion of
the vessel's cargo, which consisted of
bulk grain, bagging, oils anficetton seed,
was saved. That portion of her cargo on
the wharf was not damaged.
TRUSSES AND HERNIA.
The sad and deplorable condition of smuts who
are afflicted with hernia or rapture of the bow
els. calls loudly for some efficient and unmistak
able remedy that will not only in every case give
efficient relief, but in many cares effect a radical
and thorough cure. These cases of hernia have
become so frequent, that it is computed that one
sixth of the male population are said to be
troubled, in some way or another, with this ter-,
rible alment; and In very many eases, do not
know where to apply for an appropriate remedy,
oftentimes not knowing whether an appliance
really needed or not; and 1f it should beheaded,
they often do not know where or to
.wnom they
should make application. The world is fall of
- Trusses for the retention and care edible lamen
table evil. oftentimes an incontestable proof of
their total and inadequate fitness to relieve the
eulferer. This need•not be; Dr. Keyser, at his
sew medicine store, No. 167 Liberty Meet,
is
abundantly supplied with every appliance, need
ful to the retention and relief of this terrible
affliction, so that every one c.a . I,e pronerij
fitted at a moderate cost, with the full assurance
that the appliance is the best that the mechanical
department of turnery can afford. The Doctor
Las pursued the investigation of hernia with
more than ordinary care for over thirty years,
so that the afflicted can place implicit re
liance on his akiti and - Integrity with the full as
surance that they will not only get the best truss,
suitable to tee case, but likewise a therein& and
efficient knowledge Of Its proper application.
There are many persons whu not onlyaacriffce
their health, but even- their lives, for want of a
proper trues, or a tints properly applied... Stralw.
.ffulated and irreducible rupture, is a iar laOre
common ailment now than in formeryears; sad
may we not justly arrive at the conclusion. that
its frequency Is often occasioned by the neglect
and careleasneas of the sufferers themselves. No
one would be regarded as lace or excusable who'
would go for a whole winter without the proper
clothing to ahield them from the Inclemency of
the weather, bat, at the same time, it is thought
a light affair to suffer for years with a protrusion
that not only subject, the person to Inconveni
ence, but even places life itself in jeOpardy.
Those of our readers who may be unfortunate to
need appliances of this kind cannot ant more
wisely thin to cut this advertisement out and
preserve It, so as to enable them to retain the
place where such important preservers oflife and .
health are to be procure&
DR. KEYSER'S NEW MEDIOTNE STORE,
NO., 107 LIBERTY STRFET, TWO Dooms
FROM ST. CLAIR: CONSULTATION ROOMS.
No. IROPENN STREET,
: front 10 A. M. until
4P..11. •
WOMAN AND HER NEEDS.
subject by the law of nature, to many physical
afflictions from which man la exempt, woman is
peculiarly entitled to the best efforts of medical
science in her behalf. For a majority of the all
meet, to which her sex 1 s exclusively liable,
OSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTER 3 are warm
ly recommended on the authority of wives,
mothers and nurses, who hare tested their genial
tonic. and regulating properties, and *.know
whereof they speak;'.ant, also with the sane
tion of able .physicians, who have adminEstered
thoprenaratton to their female patients, in ob
stinate cases of functional derangement. with
the happiest results. Almost all female • com
plaints of special character are coniplicated wit*
mental gloom and elesponelgney, and the gentle
and lasting exhilarating effects of this wholesome
medicated stimulant adapts admirably for cases
of this complex nature. As a - remedY for the
Apteria an,' mental. hallucinations which some
times mark both the earlier and the later crisis
in the life of a woman, it him no equal tn the rep
ertory of the healing art, and as a mean., of re
lieving the nausea and othearutipleitsant feelings
width precede maternity, it is !equally elleaelons.
Nursing mothers also find it an adußrablethrfa
orant. It le highly sallstactorr that *.proper*.
Sion, which: embraces. Its remedial mem so
many of the complailta cum . ask to' both bales.
should prove so ealtaeotl7 Haug to the weok.
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