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TIII7II9DAY, MAY' 20, 1869.
Ur' REPUIBLICA.SI COUNTY
CuNVSNtION. •
The itspuhltcan voters of Allegheny coon
„-,
* are requested tomeet at. the usual places for
elates eiections In the several wards, buroughs
‘-sd townships, on:
• SATURDAY, *AY 29t4i.
elect delegates fromeach election districttd
wadi' of the three following Conventions, vie:
Two ilielegiies from each to the COUNTY CON
fbr the peiliose of nominating canal
dates fur Sheriff, iteixirder, itegleter. Treasurer,
'Clerk of the Coat fanalter testi - no, Clerk of
theOrphses , Couriulid Commissioner.
Twootlier ttelegsteafrein etch to the LRCM
CONVEN'fIi lirr the purpose of
wominaiing-sine entlidide for State Senator, for
one:Year, to fill the! uiexpired Vxm- of Russell
Hrrett, resigned, and - lA:candidates for Assent
-bly. And 4 ,
, Two Other delegate': frost eadh to th e JUDI
,47LkL cuibrvp pur to twining* pee canal
date fbr Judgeof ths Cortbk,MMletmcsn
*Mate fbr Judge of the Ceirrt-olas,
and elect eight delerptes to repreMmiegbt r isegintY
, In the Repubilest 8 tate`Conventiogi,k, US, • t,f,k
These ConVentiods will seyeraligAik i lilthe
' , alit' of Pittstargh. on
__ TUE IY..3 I (TWE 1,41166,' '
.4111 o'clock stthe following plotter
The COVNTIr CONVENTION will meet at the
'COURT HOUSE. •
" This LIGISLA' fliNle CONVENTION will, mer t
at CITY HALL. am Market street. And •
~„The JUDICI AL CONVENTION wi l meet
sa MASONIC FIALL, on :FM avenue, between
Wood - and Benithaeldetreets.
The election se delegates will be -held between
like hours of 4 and T o'clock .r. as.. and will be
held.' as Lir as practicable, by the Republican
members of Use election boards in the seversa
dlitricts; and' * rime dlatrietswhere the Repubt
Moan election ,ollicersare a-minority otthe regn.
bat election lviards, the-add 'officers are author
lied to appol at enough addittostal oaken to cern
-pieta the board.
The voting lathe tittles and boroughs shall, In
all eases, be bT ballot, :tad In the townships by
marking. -
- The President of ea*. Convention will meant
. a Commitbm of three, r tbe three Committees thus
meet together, as soon as premiss.
ill*: after the esticruroment of the Conventions,
sad Sipplitit &Comity Committee for.the , ensuing
jeer. "
By erder of the County Committee.
-
RUSSELL -EHItRTTi-Chairman.
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JORMIL STLVILIDT, 8ea1:4417.
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- 4 WE PAINT 01/ -the , inside . pages -t
"17tio morning's (Imams—aeon& pegs:
Poetry—"Rionn for Decoration Day,"
Ephemeris, ifill4olloll6oUl Mtn. Third
Financial, Commercial, Markets,
Disports, Ricer News. Sixth page:
.Fnance and Trade, New York Money
Market, 'and Local Produce, Markets.
Beventh page: The Fashions, Miscella
'mous News, sad Amusement Directory.
GOLD \ cloeed in New York yesterday
at 144
IT. 8. Boxin at Fiankfort,, 85.
Pirrit:opcim at Antwayp, 482 f.
Elev. GEM= B. Rune u., late of this
•
city, has become connected withlhe edi
torial management of the German Be
• formed Meeeeager, the principaljournal of
'-that denomination. as friends here are
aware that he brings to his new respond,-
itilities the highest 'qualifications of lite
, iv •
y culture, entliusiasin, energy and, the
. I Mirmrience of some years of active labor.
t•• _
TO-DAY, the Genetal Assemblies of the
Old • and New School Presbyterian
%arches • begin their see:done in New
York City. Tfie present Meetings of
these bodies at the same time and place,
but in different lettildings,lisof unusual
Interest, as it is , commonly believed that
:measures far reunion will be taken by
• both bodies, and it 4s hopedihey may be
admiral , With slavery, died, we be
" librieithe edge cause•or the separation in
Preabyterian Church, and the re
differences :sae not believed to
be ofindlcient importance to stand in the
- way of any solve efforts to unite the two
- bodies. Every Christian will be glad if
- •these two great aellglons bodies succeed
- : , ,ht.aamblning.• There is indeed a grow
mong the members of the
• "Preithiterlad - eWrch, that the various
_divisions of that body may be able to do
no, and - Sinooth alter their comparatively
glightilifferences, whether of creed, or of
clisclpline, so as to unite in one unbroken
corps of the grand army of Mist:
Ia OILDIER to - noniaate candidates for
office, in: Order `° to express ' spproval
lo condemn, in , fact ,
.la ; to do ea.
• moat tuiltliing in Juneriee, public meet
ings are so usual-as , *ttli',l 'knit to be a neces
~,site.. And all of there conventions • pr. as
weenblies of people are supposed to be
. •
governed •by the rules of parliamentary
;law: Every man, and after:a time per
..-hstoevery woman, too, is liable, or in-
deed cabal tO be, sociiier, or .later,
gilled, iapow to sesame some position
vitae a knowledge .of pallamentary law
h inOispendable, and yet when we look
at our conventions ; our meetings of corm
our Synois; and Oen, sometinies,'
oar legislatures, we see that many men
• ,
knew absolutely nothing about it. and
snoit men 'know but what Utile they .
have been able to pick up at fcrn'ner
Mar meetings, Several valuable works
have been written or compiled oPen'
thli std)jeet; but 'they have heretofore
been too copious to• be of much value 811
sumnal ,popnlar manuals, but we have;
.41(.194,1 11 7 ,1 0 1 . 0 A 1 144,..Thich seems to
~.
be large enough to contain all essential
Pullet:tiara, and small enough to be con
venient - for everybody, while it is ably
and understandingly written. We refer
to. a Digest of Parliamentary Law, by
0. M. Wilson, Secretary of the Indiana
State Senate, published by Kay & Broth
er, Philadelphia, and for sale by Bay &
Co., 65 Wood street, Pittsburgh.
Tint Pittsburgh Csommtreiat throws off
its flimsy mask, and avows its resolution
to support no nomineesof the Republican
Coyiventions who fail to come up to its
oW'n standard. "Bad or indifferent can
didates" must be elected "without its
aid." It thus prod:min:wits intention to
bolt the ticket, unless' that ticket shall
meet its approbation. This is very satis
factory. We all know now where that
journal stands.. With its present avowal,
It has no business_with the Republican
primary exeetings,"or with the Conven
thxis. 'Repudiating the party obligations,
its timely frankness entitles it to
thanks. We bid aft tiff ierC
the, id 2 aco -
dial and long farewell as a Republica
journal. We can get along very we
without it—lndeed, much better than with
it. Republicans allover the city, united,
yesterday, in their hearty felicitations over
this auspicious eventHfor which alf
'have been so long wishing—some say
the it is too good news to be true, and
that the 'Commercial will at its own brave
words in a day or two, or \ next- week at
ferthest,--as it has always done hereto
fore. -Let us hope noti Its hostility i is
sweeter than its friendshiP, and will be
-sure toqlo Republicans 1+ harm. We
shall rely upon the coming Conventions
to transact the business of I the party in
'the wisest way; and the most effectual to
1
- rid us forever of theGreensburg pilgri m.
The Commerciel requires us—not-only
to nominate honest men, but their how*.
ty must have the Commercial's stsaur
CoUld its arrogant assurance go farther
The Republicans of Allegheny ma
nominate their tickets, but their Conven
tions must not adjourn until \ they
have - secured ; the Conavwciars appro
val I Otherwise, that journal \ may
bolt the ticket, and probably will.
Perhaps, our neighbor will save trouble
for us by nominating a ticket to suit it
self, for the Conventions to ratify. Or,
these bodies should appoint committees to
wait on the managers of the Cemmer.
WA for the needful instructions before
proceeding to business.
The Republicans of Allegheny will
scorn the dictation and pay no heed to
the empty threats of that journal. The
measure of its sham Republican principle
has been too long and thoroughly known,,
and the impotence of its false friendehi
has always been too clear to leave any
regrets for its last and, let us hope, fins
bolt from the Republican party. -
LEGISLATIVE REVORM—ITS REAL
ENEMIES. , 1
Public attention has been loudly and
urgently invited, of late, to the alleged
misconduct of the members compsing
the last Legislature of this Com on
wealth. That body had a Repub 'can
majority in each branch, and it has n
a matter of course for the opposition
press, in every quarter of Pennsylvania,
to denounce its proceedings in the whole
and in detail, and to hold up the Repub
lican members, as a body and individually,
without any exceptiont, as persons de
serving of the severest public reprobation.
So much was to be expected; this sort
of atilt-finding constitutes ' the entire
stock-in-trade of the opposition proms,
and is dealt In with an impartial and
ceaseless regularity, whenever the princi
ples or the official conduct of Republicans
are to be spoken of.
. In point of fact, we have little iubt
that the late Legisliture embodie at
least, the average amount of personal dis
honesty, and official corruption, which
seems to have been the disgraceful rule
at Harrisburg for the past generation, no
matter what party might chance to be la
the ascendancy, or how much the annual
change in the individual membership.
Whigs, Democrats' and Republicanshave,
year after Year, been found as hicapable
of resisting the blandishments of bribery
or of personal solicitation, as they
were habituCly and professedly sub
missive to the behests of that political
prejudice which has too often shaped
a partizan legislation.
But these forma of official unworthiness
have not beat confined to . our our own capi
tal. From Albany , Columbus, Boston,
Trenton'and Frankfort:, from every State
capital in the Republic, we hear
one arid the same story, year after year,
and It haa made no difference whether one
or Nthe . other patty . ruled. We are not
rt , to admit that Harrisburg has afford
witeee
if e vin b et : e
vme est rnasitad record of all ; it is unfor
tunately enoughto feel that all have been
üblacke
sorrowfullyou o d r o, ar the e
t w w e ith con th v e in a c n ed . •
n that iy our rec lst g Le c gis lose latu o r f e ese hu h tp u l e tut ei g on ed ,
tier qui nir too e of me diti eh h e o f ne th sty e
an Profligacy than the annual experiences
of he capital have revealed, to public die
for five and twenty years past. It
is ugh for us, and for all good.citi
zeri , of any political opinions, to know,
pub] 0 shame to look us in thelace.
g t
w e B t i ou4 have _rejoiced to find to
people of Pennsylyania, this year, a s i n
any year before its hiking some united
order for the correction of it state of
things which has thus, ; year after year,
awakened their indignation. The proper
.. . ~. . • ritighthayebetin binilghtbAto
Aae r ha Atif!, 1,) 2 9 11 41 111 *1 11 o 1 4 1 4. Sib a
"'lldttntigget—Partlinictiftikaa
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PITTSEURGH GAZETTE : ' THURSDAY, MA! ' 2 . 0, 1869,
abated much of its iiolenceainns., theclose
,
of the Presidental campaigfo, - and the
present year seemed to prOmise a favor
able period for the purg'ation, from the
public service, of such Unworthy men as
could no longer cloak their personal de
linquencies under the expediencies oran
excited political canna& In a consider
able degree, these 'hopeful expectations
are about to be realized. We hear, from
all quarters of the Commonwealth, that
the Republicang are alive to the necessity
of selecting ernexceptionable candidates,
and of placing them upon a mon plat
form of capacity, integrite . :`, 4 d fidelity.
Our friends are, thus far doing well.
They have had peculiar difficulties to en
counter, and if, ' in any locality,
they *kali fail to secure the right
nominations of noneet and capable
men, for the Legislature, the fault
will 'net be theirs, but must be laid at sn
ake!. door. It is veryilard . for any Te
formstory work to succeed when the
honest public sympathies are repelled by
the logrant insincerity and worthlessness
of its most clamorous advocates., Such
reformers as these,' with the dirtiest of
hands and the most disgraceful private
records of their own, are not the right
parties to lead a healthy public sentiment.
Oa the contrary, they disgust an honest
people, and inflict serious detriment upon
the cause which they profess to support.
We know that their motives araaltogether
selfish; we cannot forget that their own
records are notoriously bad; we cannot
be reconciled to the shameless impudence
with which they would thrust themselves
in the lead, when they know
that every one ele6 knows that
they have lived by pillaging, by all sorts
of political dishonesty, by an habitual
corruption and in the life-long practice of
every dirty trick known to venal jour
nalists or to unprincipled partizans. The
bare idea of such fellows as these putting
themselves for ward in any honest public
work is quite enough to damage that
work in the public esteem. The natural
conclusion with most people is that the
movement is itself& fraud, and these men
seek to lead it, only that it may be the
More easily defeated by being brought
under the general odium which attaches
itself to anything which they advocate.
.For example, we Want now, as we have
wanted heretofore, a reform In legislative
morals and practice. If we don't secure
this reform now, it will be wholly because
the people are heartily ashamed of its
noisiest advocates. - Wherever, in this
Commonwealth, a notoriously corrupt,
venal and short-witted journalist is to be
found, we see that, by some lamentable
fatality, he has contrived to thrust him
sell prominently forward, and bellows the
loudest and longest for more honesty at
Harnsburg.
b - We have in our eye, at this writing, a
trio of such newspapers. One of them,
in the heart of the Commonwealth, is
printed by a precious pair of worthies, of
whom one is said to have had an unpleas•
antness about his accounts as a pub
lic officer, and thel other has, within
a_ year, been foiled in a deliberate
attempt to swindle $4,000 from the State
Treasury. The second journal, professed
ly Republican like the that, Is printed in
Pittsburgh, and has achieved, by its few
years' career, a splendid success in im
pressing every honest man in . Western
Pennsylvania with the strongest convio-
tion of its political worthlessness. Its
opinions have been notoriously for sale,
from the first, to the highest bidder, but
bidders have been always scarce. Its 're' l
cord is one of contradictions, of blundeni,
of falsehoods and of the stupidest of fol
lies. Inconsistent in everything else, it
has been steadily faithffil to but one line of
policy—that of an unblushing and palpa
ble venality. Despised by all parties, and
steadily shut out of the highest
Republican confidence, it has
_repeat
edly but impotently sought to
wreak its revenges Upon the Republicans
who distrust it, upon the public officers
who will/ have none of its cheap counte
nance, and upon individuals who despise
its journalistic morals. Neglected by Re
publicans in office, it sneers at them al
ways, find attacks them when it dares;
disowned by the Republican party, it
seeks satisfaction by puerip3 assaults upon
our partizan organization. Asa political
journal, it is spoken of only to. be
laughed at, by every sensible Republican
in Wes i iern. Pennsylvania. The, • third
print, also in Pittsburgh, makes no claim
to Rep4bileanism. Nominally "inde
pendent," but managed.by an intensely
malignant partizan; of the Copperhead
wing of 'thei Democracy, its current
claims, ru nl the Republican
lulma
chine I this county, would be
the.abs
I tty of impudence were it" ,
Cot
for. a score' or two of our feebli-Witted
Republicans who have , no more sense than
to discuss its opinions., A disgrace to the
city, to, journalism and to , common de
cency, this 'print is bupposed to live by
black-mail, and is known to be, 'On
every posiible occasion, the shameless
libeller of human and divine laws. This
print, its editorial management being in
part, and the worst part, the same as that
of the second, is one of the trio ofjournals,
which, just now, are engineering the bu
siness of legislative reform in this &int
monwealth. They quote each other con
stantly arid work together cordially in
that business—and a pretty mess they are
making of it. They hate a party which
has not given to either of them the faintest
shadow of an official recognition, and they
are resorting to every dirty expedient to
break it down, under 'the cover' of a
plalsible popular cry 1 They are &pia-
A 1 .k. 11 4*- —eir.P 6 iPles"'ie d o wer - - - i g o• ,
cause which they ostensibly advocate.
Playing into the hands of the opposition,
au they evidently mean to do, they ex
pea t° furnish, this year, the principal
capital for the - Democratic press. And if
Legislative reform - is not secured now,
this trio of pseudo-reformers will chuckle
over the defeat which they have artfully
labored for.
WASHING lON ANO JEFFERSON
COLLEGE.
A joint. Committee, of the Trustees and
of citzens, have appealed to the people
of Washington county, for the pecuniary
aid •which shall place Washington and
Jefferson 'College upon a stable founda
tion for a new and higher career of use
fulness. They ask that the present en
dowment of ;100,000, for the at last unit
ed Institutions, may be at least doubled,
in order to insure the complete success of
the College. +, With the expectation of
liberal donations from abroad, they urgent
ly solicit the cordial and effctive 60-oper
ation and substantial support of the
people, wno are to be immediately bens
fitted by Oe establishment, in their midat, ,
of an institution affording to their youth
the best opportunities for a sound and
liberal culture.
The Committee have printed, with their
appeal, some account of the earlier his
tory of the two institutions which were
respectively located at Washington and
Canonsb 'g, a statement of the consider
ations whiff
h.
have rendered a complete
union advisable, and a narrative of the
proceedings taken to bring this unLon
aboilt. A partial union had existed for
some years, but had not sufficed to ensure
public confidence, or to avert the down
ward _tendencies which seemed to 'threaten
the ultimate ruin of the College. A
general demand sprang up for an absolute
and perfect consolidation, and it was
heeded. We quote from the Appeal:
A committee of five, appointed to con
eider and report upon the whole subject
—(.3anonsburg and Washington being
each reureseuted , by one member—re
ported the plan which, with some modi
fications, was embodied into an amend
ment to the charter, and adopted. This
amendment was carefully drawn by
Judge Sterrett, Chairman of the Commit
tee. The Legislature, in passing it, made
only a single change, when' limited the
conipetition for the site of the college to
the State of Pennsylvania. The Board of
Trustees. in adopting this amendment
before its enactment by the Legislature,
and then in accepting it after its passage,
were unanimous, with the exception of
one member, who resides in Pittsburgh,
all'the members residing at Canonsburg
and Washington voting for it.
By this amendment the Trustees were
directed, by a vote of not less than two.
thirds of the members present, to fix the
location of the consolidated college oat
Canonaburg, Washington, or some other
place within this C ommonwealth."
Should not this be done within sixty
days after the passage of the act, then
live commissioners were to be appointed
to make the decision, four of whom must
agree. An academy, normal school. or
other institution of lower grade than a
college was to be established at the place
losing the college, or at each of them
should a new piece be chosen, and in
either or both cases as much of the prop
erty there located as the hoard should
think proper was to be placed in the
hands of seven local Trustees for this
purpose.
On the 20th of April the Board by air
pointment, met at Pittsburgh to carry
the provisions of this amended charter
into effect. The attendance was un
usually large, twenty-seven members
being present. Three were absent from
unavoidable reasons, and there was one
Vacancy. A representative of Kittan
ning was heard in advocacy of the claims
of that place and its liberal offer, ten
dered in response to au invitation, for
such offers, made public by a special
committee of the Board. The claims of
Canonsburg were ably presented by a
committee of citizens, in a written state
ment and argument. Those of Wash
ington were also set forth by members of
the Board from that place. A subscrip.
tion to the endowment fund of $16,1100
was tendered from Canonsburg on-.
condition of the location there. A like
subscription of a 50,000 was offered from
Washington on the same condition.
The whole subject was freely discussed.
The decision was approached without
passion, and with gravest solemnity.
How the majority stood was utterly un
known, each member retaining his pur
pose within his own breast, except as it
might be inferred from the discussion.
The whole proceedings were brotherly
and kind. The balloting was commenc
ed and concluded with solemn prayer.
And the result, though a disappoint.
ment to some, aws accepted without a
'hornier. On the first ballot, one mem
ber having withdrain, the vote stood 10
for Washington and 10 for Canonsburg.
It was on the eight ballot that the requ
isite vote. oftwo-thirda for Washington
was reached, by which the question was
finally decided. During the process of
balloting several members of the major
ity declared that they came to the Board
determined to cast the. second vote for
Canonsburg, and thus make the vote
two.thirds, should the majority on the
first ballot be for that place.
After determining the location, the
Board appointed a committee to estimate
the property of the College at Canons
burg, and to report at a special meeting
to be held at Washington on the 9th of
June how much of it should be set apart
for the ' , academy, normal school, or in
stitution of lower grade than a college"
at thet place. At the same meeting the
Board will transact all business connect
ed with the consolidation or growing out
of it. It is undoubtedly in the breasts of
all concerned to be liberal in the compep-
Batton to Canontiburg in the Method pre
scribed, and to aid' them in every possi
ble way in securing a valuable substitute
for what they have lost in the fair and
generous rivalry. .
THE FREEDOH OF LIEtIMMNG.
There hai recently been organised In
the city of New York a "Society of Com
mercial Travellers," whose object Is to
advance and protect the interests of the
so-called "drummers" in particular and,
in a general sort of way, those of all kinds
of free trade. Several prominent mar
chants are included among the commit
tees and officers, and they have issued, in
a pamphlet, a short history of Commer
cial Tnwelling, its laws and Customs, and
a. protest against existing local regula
tions which interfere with their business.
-The pamphlet is ably itid sprzenoY
oda it
-.1 7 3: 1 014P0 Mkt ,title . -
Will succeed in changing the views of the
opponents of the system.
The facts seem to be, that men who are
under'the expense of renting ware-houses,
of keeping large corps of clerks and of
advertising, cannot well compete with
eitotiler class, whose only expenses are
those of trayelling,and whose whole stock
of goods consists , of a few samples of ar
ticles for whose sale they will reeeive
commissions. Those small peripatetic
merchants, too, the peddlers, find their
business completely taken out of their
hands by their rivals from other States,
Whose chief and almost only complaint is
that they are fined or imprisoned, if they
break the laws of the various States, by
not procuring licenses for peddling. We
think the various Commonwealths and
municipalities have an " undoubted
right, and in fact owe It to their citizens,
to protect their home-business and-in
crease their revenues by insisting on the
enforcement of these license-laws. The
Society of Commercial Travellers do not
think as we do, and any persons desirous
of ledyning their views on the subject can
proare the pamphlet referred to by Writ
ing for'it to Messrs. HURD and HolFon
iont, publishers in New York, who are
members of the society end distribute the
document gratis.
NEIGHBORHOOD POLITICS.
I :The Republicans of Lawrence have
nominated D. CRAIG and GEO. W. Mc-
CEACKEN, for the Assembly, and a full
enmity ticket. Messrs. :MEHARD and
Hovrox, delegates to the Convention,
Inv instructed for GEARY. The-primary
Meetings rejected the Crawford county
system, by a vote of 1,016 to 640. -
!The Republicans of Mercer hold their
primary meetings June 12th, and the Con
vention on the 14th, when all nomina
tions aro to be made by a viva rou vote.
_ • Washington Items.
itienor Roberts, the Spanish Minister
here, says that Spain does not
propose to hold Cuba as a dependency
by force ot arms, but that in the recon
struction-of the Spanish Government the
island will be recognized as one or two
provinces, on an equality with the other
provinces of Spain as regards represents.
t,ion, taxation, and self local government:
The first hotness of Mr. Motley will
be to negotiate a Naturalization treaty
upon the basis of the protocol which
the Senate confirmed last winter. He is
also to try and secure a consular treaty
similar to that which the United States
has with other countries, and which Eng
land has never yet made with us, owing
'to - various muses. • To secure these two
points, Mr. Motley will probably first
devote his attention.
'The Virginia Constitution having been
disposed of by the Administration, the
next meeting of the Cabinet will take up
the Mississippi case, and it is believed
that it will be disposed of in the same
manner as the Virginia matter. - No ap
p4cation has yet been Mad!, by citizens
of, Mississippi for a 4ote - on separate
clauses of the Constitution.
•
A NORWEGIAN Or ANT. —Among a
largo party of Norwegian emigrants at
the depot this morning was one immense
individual named Lars Olson, whose
height is seven feet eight inches, weight
three hundred and twenty-two pounds,
and age thirty-five years. He is on his
Way to some part of Minnesota, where
hri has a brother living, and where, We
understand, he intends to settle down,
and, by the way, he "settleled down"
on-a bench at the depot and could not be
persuaded to rise on his large feet, to sat
isfy the gaping crowd, refusing, pleasant
ly; but firmly, to accept various offennga
of money. An emigrant agent, who was
with the company, says the giant's pa
rents are of ordinary size, and that his
Minnesota brother is not an uncommonly
large man. Since his recent arrival in
this country he has been offered several
huindnd dollars fir a two weeks' exhibi
tion, but would \ not - accept: Toledo
Blade. • I
Markets by Telegraph.
Bur Paw. May 19.-Floor dull and un
changed. Wheat firm, with sales of 6,000
bus Racine at $1,215,, 6,000 bus Sheboy
gan, and 6.000 bus Port Washington at
pas, 10,000 bus No. 2 Chicago at $l,
1,500 bus Milwaukee at 11,2434 to arrive, 23,
8,500 bus No. 2 Milwaukee at $1,25, and
12,500 bus white Canada at 51,65. Corn
dull and higher; sales of 20,000 bus new
at 62©1330 in las, and choice kiln dried
at 700. Oats better; sales of 14,000 bus
western at 700. Other grains neglected.
Highwines nominal. Seeds—sales of 50
bags Timothy at 54,00. Pork steady at
881,59 for heavy mess. Lard steady at
18@)19o. Canal freights unchanged.
Receipts-27,000 bus wheat, 7,500 bbis
flour. Shipments-6.000 bus wheat, 65,000
bus corn, 14,000 bus oats.
NEW OntaAtTs, May 19.—Cotton is
easier, but not quotably lower. with sales
of 'mtddlings at 2135‘©28%0. The sales
to-day amounted to 2,060 bales; the re
ceipts were 1,223 bales, and the exports
2,586 bales. Gold, 142%. Exchange
Sterling, 156 X. New York Bight rat to
3( Per cent. premium. Sugar, common,
9N4g11.0340, and prime, 18y@18 o . Mo
lasses As dull and fermenting, with
sales being made at 85®470. losiOur firm
at 55,25 for superfine, 85,75 for double
extra, and 86,26 for treble extra. Corn
scarcer and higher at 78080 c forjwhite.
Oats firm at 780. Bran at 51,25. Hay at
527@28 fbr prime: Pork dull and nomi
nal, at 832,26. Baoon dull at 18gc. 17 ge
5g,117 . 3 40. Lard at 19140 fbr keg. Whisky
'and Coat) unchanged.
Cawsao. May 19.—Flour In good de - -
mand; sales of 2,100 bbls at 56.60. Wheat
—No. 1 spring in moderate demand; sales
of 8400 bush Etheboygeau Club at RAO.
Il a r, l sB, l,7 a o b n . u d sh o3 3,ooo N r : li b u n 2 i s e h M te. i th ist iw ir a es ti w k o h r ee l l t , e 6 C oo C lu a b n b u a s d a h a t
yellow Illinois river at 750, and 1.200
bush new Mixed Illinois at 68c. Oats
scarce and firm; 800 bush western at 78c.
Lake imports-9,900 . bush wheat, 29,000
bush corn. 12,600 bush rye. Canal ex-
Po—
rta 23 800 b&h wheat, 40,000 bushels
Cmcsoo. May 19.—Evening.—There
was a moderate movement in wheat at
the.open board this afternoon, and prices
arelirmer and ltglyje higher, No. te sell
ing:at $1,14%©1,15, seller Month. Other
grains were neglected. In the evening
nothing was
.done in wheat. buyers-of
fering VOW. and sellers asking 11,15,
seller month. Pnoyleioris and lake
freights neglected...
NAgigcrizi, May 19. " ttnn market
Q uit and declining; low ;Alumnae sell at
Pia 30011 1 094 wawa *ak.'
ME
Weather and Crop!—Violent Storm—The
Borough of Freeport—lndlan Belles—
secreted Gold and' Gold Hunters—.
Rutin) . ik d to Butler, etc.
CCorreepon ence of the the Pittchnreh Gazette.j
FREEPORT, May 17, 109.
The weather to-day is delightful in
contrast with what it has been for two or
three days previously. On Saturday We
had one of the most violent storms it has
ever been my lot to witness—the thunder
and lightning were truly terrific, accom
' panied by a perfect flood of rain. Since
then it has been raw and chilly; still the
crops—grain, fruit, &c.,—are in excellent
condition, and bid fair to be larggr - than
for several years past. t • N
Freeport contains some three thousand
five hundred inhabitants, in as happy and
prosperous condition as any town of the
same advantages in the. State. Almost
every denomination'of Christians are rep
resented jby fine churches; the 'Masons,
Odd Fellows, and Good Tempters have
flourishing lodges. there is a good school
house, to ;which alarge addition is being
built, else, quite a number of mangfacto
ries, warehouses l stores, &c. I
• There are still many Indian ;traces 'vis
ible In the \ neighborhood. On \ the farm
at which I have been spending a couple
of weeks, ahout two miles from Freeport,
some relics have been found. An Indian
basin, cut from a solid rock, has been un
earthed; a cave in which a white woman
and her child concealed themselves fOr
several days, is plainly visible; a number
of large trees, under which various tribes
held their Councils, have been pointed
out.
It is said that great quantittes of gold
have been 'secreted in this vicinity, and
the hills are dotted with holes dug by, a
couple'of men in search of it. They
have been at this work for about two
years; but thus far without
much evident success. One of them
a cobbler by occupation, last winter was
unfortunate enough to break a leg in his
endeavors, and has ever since had to be
supported at the public expense. There
are various stories in circulation regard
ing discoveries made which will not bear
close investigation. There is, no doubt,
however, but that excitement runs high
among some of the people here in regard
to the matter.
It will not be long before there will be
uninterrupted railroad communication
between the ancient town of Butler and
Pittsburgh, The branch road connecting
Betler with Freeport has been stuveyed
and staked, and building operations
will shortly commence. When it is com
pleted, farewell to the lumbering coaches
that have so long held away in that direc
tion.
L glad tr
ram glad to observe what a large pack
age of the Daily Gazelle is mailed to this
place, and how regularly: it arrives—not
a package having failed within the recol
lection of the Postmaster.
Yours, etc., F.
GROUND RENTS —The Pennsylvania
Legislature; by a law approved February
6th, 1869, has provided that where no
demand has been made for the payment
of a ground rent or other charge upon
land for twenty-one years, and no ac
knowledgment of the existence thereof
has been made within that period by the
tenant, a release of the extinguishment of
the claim shall be presumed, and the
Court of Common Pleas, under proper
proceedings and proof, may decree such
extinguishment. The law also applies to
parts of ground rents apportioned either
by deed or by implication from the acts
of the parties. •
THE REASON WHY
Dr. Reviser's Blood Searcher is the best. ft la
computed that a man's system undergoes three
times a year, that . Is every four months, a radthal
and thorough change, that Is, that at - the'end of
that time nothing remains In the system of the
material of which it was composed before that -
time. The eliminating !organs carry out the
worn.out and used.up material. and new matter
Is made to take its place and carry on the work
ings of the human organism. The cost of four
months treatment in thirrway would not at the
outside be more than ten dollars, and frequently
the functions of life have an activity and vigor
moarted sufficient to renew them by the use of
one bottle, coetirg rely one dollar: No organ of
~
the body but will be bepefitted by such a process.;
The liver, the stomach, the kidneys, the skin,
the lungs, are all. as it were, made over again
by the impetus given to the stomach and diges
tive sister:l—old and prostrated people whose
systems had begun to languish and decay. have
been restored by DR. KEYSER'S BLOOD
SEARCHER to youthful health and vigor."
Itspeidally is this medicine suitable at this
season of ' the year, when the dormant
powers of life, lite all the rest of nature are
emerging from the chilling and torpid state
usual to the cold and wintry months. We
know very well that all advertised medicines are
apt to be regarded as useless and nugatory,: but
with DB. KEYSER% BLOOD SEARCHER:we
feel perfectly secure In the promise that it must
do good. `Country merchants and those who sup
ply others with needful things for their wants
cannot confer a greater service than to keep •
few bottles of tale valuable medicine on their
shelves to supply their. wants. Dr. Keyser will
take back every half dozen that remains unsold.
It at the same time affords the merchant . a
good profit. and to ; Aose who need it, It-trot
more value than sliver and gold, for what can be
of more value to man than a medicine which ear
ries health and life to the iththring invalid!%.
We earnestly entreat all 'wt° reed this to try
one bottle of Dr. Keynes Blood Searcher USW:7
ne.d such a - medlo , .ne, and we will guarantee eat•
Isfactlon. In order, however, not to be dlsep
polnted,let them buy none but that which has
Keyser , . name over the cork and bLown. In , the
bottle, and in that way the Doctor wlllhold hint
selfresponslble for Its results when the directions
are:closely followed. • -
SOLD AT THE DOCTOR'S cialuer >pr.w
MEDICINE STORE, N 0.460 LIMRRTY ST.
DR. KEYSER'S. CONaULTATIOS ROOMS.
NO. UHL PEN.* STREET, 'FROM I 0 A. M.
UNTIL 4 P. H.
LET'. CS PROTECT OURSELVES.
The physical structure of the strangest huftwat
being is vulnerable everywhere. Our bodies are
endowed by nature with a cettain negative noW
er, which prot!cto them, to some extent, from un
wholesome Inflnences; but this prou ctiou is im
perfect, and cannot be saibly relied on In Un
hetuthy regions, or under circumstances of more
thau ordinary danger. Therefore. li le wLsdotot
it is prudence; it is common senile to Provkle
melee t such contingencies, by taking au ANTI
DOTE IN ADVANCE; In other words, by fortuying
the system with 110.iTET r ER% BTORACH BlT
TERn—the moat complete protective ag dust ail
the epidemic and en wale maladies that has ,
been administered in any country. as a remedy .
for Dyspepsia. there a no medicine that will
eompare with it. Whoever suffers the bangs of
Inds tation,anywh re on the reed of the , earth.
where 11°3TE - erica's aToldtati BL TRU pack
be iiroeu. eS, noes to voluntarily; f ottely
as truth slats, this vatuable TONIC twit simsuka
viva..would restore his disordered stomaon to a
nealtav ndlUon. To the nervous it is also es.
Peg:lll , ly recommend. ti. and in case+ of conilroled .-
constipation it also adores speedy and permanent
fella. elloases of lee. r and afolll the KT-
Tk Is more po tint theta any emouutof quinine,
while the moat de.gerous cares of oilleuefelfer
yield to its wonderful properties. Those wit*
have sried , he medicine will never nett litrier,
fur any of the aliments which the ROtirlfirTßK
BM/ umi papules to subdue. • To thole ofiro
have unmade! the effikillincall sock 00ealeit
Commend an garb' apolleetioa to the in i
•wk , never they as rumen by the j.
geativeralute•
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FREEPORT.