The Pittsburgh gazette. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1866-1877, October 09, 1869, Image 4

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SATURDAY, OCT. 9,•1869.
UNION.REPUBLICAN TICKET.
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STATE.
FOR GOVERNOR:
JOHN W. GBARY.
JUDICIAL•
3i7DOE Or ST name COURT:
gENRY W: "WILLIAMS.
ASSOCIATE =DOE DISTRICT COIIRT.
JOHN Id.ICIBICRATIUM
ASSISTANT imrDos, CONROE PLIAS.
FREDERICK H. COLLIER.
COVN'TIC.
21,raTr. Slauerz-THONEMB HOWARD.
41.ssloon.T-HILEB 8. ITtasusice.
',LEX ANOVA MILLAR.
JOSEPH- WALTON.
,• TAYLOR.
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JOHN H. KERR.
HUGH B. FLEMING.
Tas.sausza--508. F. DENNIsToN.
•Cr.sitic Cour.TS-40SEFG BROWNE.
Iticoupsii-TBOSIAB H. HUNTER.
,OplpLiestolnal--7BAUNCBY B. BOSTWICK.
ICFGIaTzs-JOSEPH H. GRAY.
Oitrzu.2lB, Cousr-sLFX. MLANDS.
plasar9B. Fooa--.ABDIEL
returi ICI PAM,.
MAYOR OF ALVEOLI'S:NY,
ALEXANDER P. cALLow
Outzcroit or Foote.
'COL. DEOROE. GE.RST.
WHEAIIIQVARTIEBS lINION
BEIIJBLICA.N EYECITTITZ CO3MIT.
• TEE.
To the Union lilepubilean Voters and
Vigilane,e Committees of- Allegheny
,Conunty.
But three working days remain before tlie eles-
Um'. 'Every. Repnblican should 411evote those
days to active, diligent work.
The Local Vigilance Committees should meet
nig 4 tly until election day, and thoroughly ex
amine and canvass their Pats. II the names of any
legal Voters' &re not on the registration list,ther
should nvertheless be brought t,O the Poll
ided s, aud
on making the pro3fs byaffiisvlt, prov for
by the registry law, they will be allowed to vote.
In every election district there shculd be EIPE•
CIAL COscralrrg.te AYFOIicr2F.D 20 M ASS OFF the
• names of those who have voted, and in that man
ner you can ascertain who haitot, up io e,
o'clock, voted. AFTEa 'Mar noon SIiND OUT
for all and have them 'brougmt in. HAYS
CEA-22E140E1W arromrzo in every eicc tlee
well
ti dia•
trict, of good, reliable Bepubi cans, who ar
acquainted with the citizens of the district. See
that the tickets ate correct and properly astral.
Hearin nilfid that, under the new Registry
thepolls in city and county; must - be opened be
. tween the hours of six. and seam o'clock in -the
mornitig, andelosed at 9 o'clock in the evening.
This will give an Opportunity to many of the
working audhasiness men to, vote before going
to their labors. -
on will And
In another column of this - paper y
the , •appee• , of the liaturilliation :Committee, •
setting - forth. what constitute t 4 requisite qual-
Mentions of voters, and contallifni: other in
formation, to
. 71rliteb. year. careful • attention is
invited..
Itls..to be hoped that every`Measure will be
adoptcd, -- by the earnest tepublicans and-,the
'Vigilance Committees: of this county, to bring
.out on 'ffu'eartgy next riVULL RxrunticaNVCiTz,
,width - as secure a gre.at Republican iictorT.
BYraider of. the Exeintive -Committee.
ruirtimircE, chatiman,
weiiiits.
iSeclatFies. •
Via I.PEINT - o» the *undo"xoll of
thii rnorni4ilfiezEirs--Becond • Page:
Poetri, "F,atind Drownedi7 (hula
News, Personal, Foreiin Neils and Ru
mors.: piyes: Finance
. and TreideOnifkets; !mom, Myer News.
&villa page:
,2't,,,the Republican Voters of
412-"—.7 ,C—vatty; Sate Dens, Agrioul.
turid Reprt for September.
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U • S.'Boalie Prealkiort, 87 @S72•
PETROLStr I 4 at AmtwerP,
4 Gott "closed in ';•lewiTork 'Yesterday
at .1?41@1801. • .
to* sitar
To night the last grind raUy of the
the. Eeptiblieans
at the Postiffice:cprner.
tingnished gentlethen; IriCilidinis Hon.
H. Strcula Sworz,4- DAlrtro • BericiAT,
Esq., THOS. 14t. Idthisztera., Esq., and.
Gen. W. Buinstki, 4,lll
add ead'tfzd'
meeting. Let the turn.ontlxt creditable
itepottqß 1
to Allepeny. coluAv icap
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M
AMIN. to-morrew,-; railway. cafe will
be run through without elnolge, from
New York to Ouuthi;"vicz Pittsburgh.
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s . Is: o n;;
hi s voyage
bagl-'Aeitci; If ,h e were a. citizen; -
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ro!eigtx he wo grate.
packer. • ,
or Aar_ .rid ' ,-- ,,,blBkai Asa
uuitowlys
United
f.----.-: " n---- t o ,_ . p r odde r ik of th in e cre.76
117- gr lli n irielee " :l Th ß l ll l;orOultht ;i!
• state $ unrn P:I. .---- from
~..uted iiraSig.'r -
1 ... dx , ,,,,-77;A: t i id go rked as . -
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lisautp4r. Fse3F,l3rort , hal) been with:
gig . as the BOublieen candidate f or
Seeralary., of ,171118 State-_Sf ;Hew 'York.
Arlprger slumber of 04=411Whi
iber.
citizens
w 0 1.., 'ltglit alitialifers'jnsisvitt , - '
Tni,-,Republicanvillissed, and Goi:'
Clita*xsigiA.the bippaklng eight hours
legalkeVAlfnli. !MS Packer's railway
compitly declisestiolkey the law. How
doei etilif siiitif
Tan - - statement = that the Cuban insnr
lecti on does not contemplate the liberation
the slaves is not only nacontradicted
upon any sufficient authority, but is fur
ther verified by the latest advices from
the island.
FORTY THOUSAND of the sons of Penn
sylvania sleep in Southern graves. The
friends. of Packer and Pershing shot,
star+ed, hung, and poisoned them.
Which wt.* , will their surviving fathers,
so and brothers vote next Tuesday?
NASHVILLE dispatch says :
t is understood that the caucus has
d ided that there must be at once a Con
lie
st utional Convention for a thorough
,
o rturning of allthings; that all offices,
e cept the Governorship and Legislature,
will be declared vacant. Rash members
are crowding for violent measures; mod
e ate ones are stoutly holding back-
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THE position which we have taken in
the affair o the Cuban ship Hornet, is'also
supported by the New York Times of the
ith inst. We quote:
The Hornet in either a Peruvian pri
vateer, sailing from. and armed, equipped
and manned in our ports, or she is a vs
sel without a ftag, bound on a hostile
errand against a Power at peace with the
United States. In the former case, she
must be condemned as a violator of our
Neutrality acts; in the latter, as a pirate.
Wass the American end of the French
telegraphic cable was about to be landed
on our coast, it was objected that its pro
prietors held the Imperial concession of a
monopoly on the French side, and that
we should properly require, as a condi
tion of their reception here, the abroga
tion of that exclusive franchise in favor of
American enterprise at any future day.
Without prejudice to this claim, the ques
tion was' lett in abeyance, the French
company stipulating to abide by, the Con
gressional decision. We now hear that
an American company, since organ
ised to lay down another cable, has been
denied a franchise on the French coast,
for the reason that the existing concession
was an absolute exclusion of such compe
tition. This fact will be laid before Con
gress, when onr own National interests
not fail to secure a reasonable ad
j nets:Dent with the old Confederate bankers
who own the cable now operating.
Emma.* 4111f78E; hefe in Allegheny
as well as in Philadelphia, has been labor
ing fOr months to blacken the good name
of our candidate forpe Bureme Benche
by insinuating that he has favored that
form of public swindling known as the re
pudiation of public obligations.
To all which, Mr. J. H. Hopkins, who
BIiZILEI himself, to an "Address" in the
Pittsburgh Post, as "Chairman of the
Democratic State k.lommittee for Western
Pennsylvania," .printsst complete refute.
tiori. Officially, he declares, "we cheer
fully concede the ability and integrity of
Judge WI-an:NT." That spikes, effec
tively, the pop-gun battery from which
the Age and the Post have been firing a
two months' fusillade against the honesty
and capacity of our candidate.
Mr. Hopkins could not have made a
better use ofAsa Packer's cash, than in
advertising etertificate which lakkredit•
able to himself as it is to H. W. Wri.-
Lr....uts. 4
Tun highest tide ever known on the
coast of Nova, Scotia was reported on the
7th. ,The amount of property destroyed
thereby was simply incalculable. If the
.same tidal wave shall be heard of as con
tinuing Southward along the American
coast, the event tOtiuldistrfilingly confirm
the remarkable prediction made more than
a month since by Lieut. Stiscliy, R. N.
who thus wrote to an English journal:
At 7 A. sr. on October 8, the moon will
held the part of the or bit which is near
est the earth. Her attraction will,' there
fore, be at its maximum force. At noon, e
on the same day, thq moon will be on tb
earth's equator—a Vircurnstance which
never occurs withoutmarked atmospher
ic disturbance—and' at 2 M. on the
es
same day lin drw fro e. arth's
centre would cut t h eun add th the e moon
in the same arc of right ascension; the
moon's attraction and the sun's attrac
tion will therefore be actually in the
same direction,. In other, words, the new
moon will be on the earth's equator when
in perigee, and nothing inore threatening,
can, I say, occur without miracle. The
earth, it is true, will not be in perihelion
by some 18 or 17 se ands, chronometer. .
Tne consequence of this,will be one of the
highest tides ever known.
er¢l47lSH. REPUBLIOAISIf inclines to
precipitate the political crisis which shall
either crush.out all opinion of that type,
or f orevcr asrltide the idea of a corustitn:
tiOnal Monarchy. To the latter end the
liberal doctrine is not Atom!, enough in
supporter's—lint yet--::and the alternative
read( isvtii be feared: Ttie')ioPulir
turbariees in the Republican interest are
supplemented by , the secession of the,
sympathizing deputies from, the Corte's.
Au4ssue .thus lirced-.and the Re
genii is _likely to 'win. But Spanish
politica have ,no_ parallel on...this side
of the Atlantic, tinted - it'thisi be in
Georgia ; the improbable of to-day
Is often to•morro4r'a !accomplished fact,
and the wisest anticipations as frequently
fail. We have Yet seen no Tied reasons
for the belief that any ,Enropean people
of the Latin race are capable of a
licau self-government, or have we :had
at any time &strong faith that Spain Is to
offera_preaCnt exception, We need only
exPeallpt Abe pan show enough of dem
ocratic blood io baptize the footstoolsf a
constitutional throne. Yet, we shalsee
ere long. , -
MICI
PICTORIAL HISTORY 01+ TUE CANIVIL WAR I
IN TOR HiSITRD EiTATES 01/ RRICA.
By.Benaiin* •Leasing.= Hartford T.
, Belknap. Pittahttrit4 ; M. F. - /iffi le Y.
85 Liberty Street.
111 e
ilgst;TfElpilPfiLlsCY'vQ! of more .
than UN r. Vim. btu•
PITTSBURGH G
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ning of the rebellion, Mr. Lowing has
i.
treasured everythink pertaining to it, doc
umentary, pictorial and narrative, with
a view to preparing an elaborate illustra
ted record of the wa , historical, biograph
ical, military, navai / ; topographical, polit
ical and social. Every facility was affor
ded him by the authorities, and he visited
a great number of places made meixoriable
by military operations, making sketches
and conferring with civil and military
officers and the people. The illustrations
iz
;
include a large number of portraits of
prominent men o both sides, and hun
dreds of views of the grounds, weapons
of war, vessels, m ps of locations, plans
of battles and sieges, etc. It hi printed in
the best style, on pure white calendered
I
paper, handso ely bound in various
styles, at prices varying from five to eight
dollars a velu m , and sold only by sub
scription. TW of the three volumes
have been issue , and an agent is solicit
ing subscript' s. We have turned its
pages with ab orbing interest, and the
only unfavora le comment that occurs to
ns is that som of the portraits are not as
carefully eng ved as they ought to be,
and that ther are not pictures enough 1
i i :
Notifithstand ng the five hundred in each
volume, ever person who, was engaged
in any: of the scenes described, or has
visited the r gions of strife, will Wish
there had bee more, and will recall many
a view that n artist would be glad to
sieze. And sto the text, it is probably
inevitable th t there must be in all histo
ries, even t ose of larger three-volume
pretensions, t times a neglect of move
ments of im ortance and an exaggeration
of minor a airs. It will' take twenty
years to wri e a history of that war, and
before the s tisfactory work is done a
thousand mi or works must be,published.
And Mr. Lo sine may find in it ample and
richly repay' g work for his pen and pen
cil for the re ainder of his life.
A. choicer. daintier, "or a more attractive
object for th drawing-room table could
not well ha l e been devised. It is the
more entitl e
to our admiration, because
it .combine literary with artistic excel
lence, and c nstitutes a monument to the
patriotism,' self devotion and heroism of
our soldier , the like of which has not
hitherto be n built ups_
TREI PARAMOUNT ISSUE.
The Cinqnnati Enquirer, a leading op.
position jonrnal of Ohio, insists that "the
paramount issue" now before the people,
"is the national debt, and the form of its
payment," and that the verdict of the
Ohio election :will be "recognized as the
settlement of a national question." This
holds equally true to as the election in our
own Comimonwealth. Upon this, as
upon all other national issues, Mr. Pen
dleton is the real representative of tlaa.op
position in both States; Mr. Packer is
simply of no account whatever. The
latter NVEL4 I never a leader of his party, and
is not now, while the Ohio repudiator
exercises a controlling influence in the
Democratic councils everywhere. The
once peculiar doginas of the Ohio candi
date have become the head of the corner
in the schemes of Democratic finance.
He proposes to pay the public debt by
knocking out the foundations of public
credit, on which it rests. He has not the
courage o occupy openly the Democratic
position, which has the support, not only
of Golla ay and Andrew Johnson, but
of the pa ty generally in the States south
of the 0 io river, but he seeks the same
end, by, indirection, destroying the
value ot the debt , in the hands of the
bondholders, instead of repudiating it
outfight. 'Either, policy aims at the same
result. -
This issue is not to be evaded at the
polls on Tuesday, nor is it to be defeated
except by a square and full expression of
the honest purposes of the people. Elect
Asa Packer and George H. Pendleton, as
the Governors of these two great States,
next Tuesday, and every opposition Jour
nal in the Republic will, and with reason,
&dare the popular judgment to be in
favor of whatsoever method —Pendleton's
or any other —which shall most speedily
and effectively abate the volume of the
public obligations. We have fair notice
of their purposes. This, says the Ohio
Paper which we have quoted, "ls the par
am oast Issue—the debt we owe and how
it shall be paid." , ,
'
The masses orthepeciple may not be
bond-holders,—but they will never support
the flagrantly dishonest proposition of
the rebel crowd Wbo,•beaten in the field,{
are now assailing the Treasury and clam.i
orons for the repudiation of the ellipses
of their defeat. Tbe masses will vote
next Tuesdayand they will vote right.,
Bat there is aimall cities of citizens who
are bond-holders almost to a man, and
who are habitually careless of their elec•
torsi duties.> They're our. etapat•home
Ilepublicankand as ad& responsible for
every defeat , the party has encountered.
They should; remembernow that their
personal interests, ai well as higher p?-
11tical considerations, require that Tues
day's poll, should record every vote in
1 behalf of 'the-unabated public faith.
ZE'TTE : SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9,
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
In view of the intense interest felt in
the Convocatioirof Presbyterians in this
city, for several days past, which closed
its exercises yesterday, we have surrend•
ered our apace , without stint. The im
pressions milli upon the minds of the rote
ligious part of otir community will n
soon be forgotten; and all who attended
the delihentiont of the Saud obtained
some,ldea of , the grandeur and sublimity
of the Ilifslen work ; , der,
tis sessiOrut fOni 1:4 re-
Ina it fs not surprising that
so much interest is aroused in every com
munity where the annual meetings are
held, from the fact that it 'develops the
practical working of its missionary sys
tem in a way -that takes hold upon the
popular Mind, and creates an enthusiasm
and interest in its operations, that is not
secured, in mere. office work by general
officers.
Among the important things done at
the recent Universalist Convention, at
Buffalo, to commemorate the centenial
celebration next year, was the race* of
two hundred thousand dollars, to be call.
ed the Murray Centenary Fund, for mis
sionary purposes and church extension,
and that in addition, debts be paid and
church property improved and educe
tional.institutions endowed, so that an
aggregate of not less than a million of
dollars shall be the offerings of the year.
Dr. L. 11. Tyng, of New York, in a
letter.on the subject of revision of the
Prayer Book, thinks that revision must
.either be limited to a few verbal changes
and alternate forms or else be so.compre
hensive as practically to give a new
Prayer Book.
Bishop Potter, of the New Yoak .Dio
cese, in his address to the Convention,
congratulates the Episcopal clergy on
never having preached politics; and ex
pressed a hope that some day a gord re
ligious paper might be started. Rather
strange that the Church Record, he
t
Churchman and the Episcopalian, pub=
lished in New York, are not regarded as
orthodox Episcopal papers.
The hymn, "Nearer my-God to Thee,"
sung with such feeling during the sittings
of the American Board Commissioners in
this city, according to Rev. James Fre
eman Clark,was written for an extreme rad
ical church in England, and was first in
roduced to the American public; in a
Unitarian hymn book.
A National Baptist Sunday school
Convention and Institute is to be held in
St. Louis the coming November 3rd. E.
D. Jones, Big., formerly of this city, is
Chairman of the Local Committee.
Rev. S. H. Thompson, of Saltsburgh,
Pa., has received a unanimous call to the
pastorate of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church of this city, in place of Rev. A.
C. McClelland, resigned.
The Cartwright semi-centennial was an
event in Methodist circles of no ordinarY
character. The office of presiding elder
is rarely held over twenty years, but to
occupy the position fifty years is honor
unequalled . and without a precedent.
The old veteran is only eighty-sin years
old, and has been a minister for sixty-five
years. His,wife is still living, after a
rough experience during sixty years of a
traveling preacher's life. It is not sur-
prising that Governors, Senators, Bishops
and other dignitaries should send letters
of congratulation to this old honored Iran
later. No wonder the hero of the occa
sion is said to be one of the four famous
Peters—Peter the Great, Peter the Her
mit, Peter the Fisherman, and Peter the
Cartwright. We believe the worthy. Do
ctor intends to take a vacation soon over
the Pacific Railway to California. Senator
Yates, in his letter to the Committee, says,
Long :will the memory of Peter Cart
right live in the minds and hearts of men
and in the annals , of the Church and of
this eventful age, as one as the tallest
and grandest heroes and Tioneers of our
Western civilization.
The Congreyationalist represents that
the singular fact has come to light that the
Quakers at one time sung hymns, and
used notes by which they sung them.
In "Sewall's History of the Quakers,"
written and printed in the German, thia
fact Is stated. All this is expurgated in
the English editions. -
The Hon. Rufus King, formerly Presi
dent of the school Board, in his speech
at Pike's Music Hall, Cincinnati, affirmed
that there was something back of the
movement to expel the Bible from the
public schools. The Bible once out. the
expurgation of the moral lessons of the
textbooks would follow, the revision of
the hymns and tunes in the singing-books,
and a variety .of other things.
'ihe annual session of the Erie Annual
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church'has just been held at Franklin,
Pa. , This body orministera number con
siderably over two hundred, and is one
of the foremost conferences Of the Church.
Rev. E. A. Johnson," A. M., Associate
Editor of the Pittsburgh Christian Advo
cate, is an honored member of this body.
Twentylour Annual Conarencea of
M. E. Chilrch have _taken oil Lay
Delegation. The aggregate vote is 2,326
—for 1847, against 479.
The re-union of the Old and New
School Presbyterian Churches to be con
sumated in this city next week. has al.
ready had a forerunner in Cincinnati.
The organs of the respective bodies in
that city have consolidated and are now
published as the Herald and Presbyter,
in quarto form.
The Evangelical ,Lutheran Synod of,
Eastern Pennsylvania. closed its twenty.'
eighth annual session - at Lebanon, - Pa.,
Tuesday night. The attendance waskiarga
and awakened much interest. The report
on the state of religion in the, churches,
shows quite a large number of accessions,
and the spirit of benevolence increttaing.
The Sunday School work exhibits -pro.
grecs. The Zniniaits Institute; at Middle
town, Pa., was reported ai 'being in a
prosperona condition. Attached to it,
there are nearly, five hundred acres Of .
good land, a_ ixilOproperty,, and' abogt
forty-five ground tents; w h ose, annual
income Is tiit.titOgiand dollain . ' -The
entire Talunsit, giniAiiierty. id Wait- ORO
hafted +Linea thousand dollant.
MINOR TOPICS
WE have heard numbers of people re
cently expressing their delight at the re
turn of cold weather and the prospective
delights of the winter. The fires which
our much decried soft coal make are so
_genial, pleasant and cheerful that we
welcome them heartily on their return.
We welcome, too, the warm look which is
given to our streets by the rich and heavy
winter clothing which is to be seen on
every aide. After ; the reign of mous de
kaines and percales, sables, velvets and
heavy cloths fairly seem to gloy with
the winter's cheer. But •there is a por
tion of oar population who never have
warm clothing, rich feasts or piled up
fires; to theie, ths. coming winter prom
ises nothing but !misery and woe. We
have'every reason to expect a severs sea
son; but even if prove to be milder ,
than winter was ever known to be before,
there will be hundreds, perhaps thou
sands, in these cities, who will want for
bread, fuel and clothing. Now is the
time to organize a regular and thorough
system of relief. In Philadelphia, there
are numerous soup houses, which are
thronged all through the winter; bread
and coal are distributed, and though some -
of the unworthy doubtless profit there 7
by, much good is done. Such establish
ments are needed here. Of old clothes,
—quite good enough to keep the frost out
of many poor bones,now filling the closets
and wardrobes of these towns, utterly
forgotten oy their Bretowners—thr might
be found enoug to satisfy a he de
mands of an organized local charity for
distribution. These suggestions are for
hints to the humane.
OF ALL the modern writers of fiction,
there is probably not one who evinces
more genius, orlwhose works so , redound
with beauty, as the great Danish author,
Bans Christian Anderson. We have
read almost everything he has written,
with unmarred pleasure, and have long
wondered that no English or American
edition of his complete works was to be I
had. Now we learn that a New YOrk
publishing house intends to supply this
want, and has already issued one or two
volumes of the great poet's works. We
know of no writings which require a more
expert translator than these; but if the
new edition is. even passably well ren
dered into English, Anderson will soon
number hosts of Americans among the
great army of his lovers and readers.
BURbIEITSTOWN, PA.
Annual Fair of the Washington County
AC[1011(111111 Society—Large Attend.
auce yesterday—The sweepstakes.
The annual exhibitions under the aus
pices of the State and County Agricultu
ral Associations, -alters the farmer, the
merchant, the manufacturer and me
chanic are, brought together in cloae
communion to counsel with each other,
and derive mutual advantages from the
contact, have, since the close of the war,
awakened much more interest than maiest
rk,
e d them even in the palm
days of peace) The return of
this feeling of interest on , the
part of the people in such occasions, is
tae best evidence in the world of an im
proved and healthier state of the mind,
the happiness of citizens and the general
Prosperity of the land. The .-war
made havoc with such expositions,
and - those _ who had mistaken the
temper of the people, when the
agricultural _field was almost deserted
for the one of battle, and endeavored to
hold the customary county and State
fairs, they found no encouragement, and
the
with depleted treasury, abandoned
exhibitions until such time as a That
e
responsive spirit should per., de.
day of jubilee i these e xposit ai , and it is
gladdening that one of the
farm and garden, the works op and the
studio are attracting interest, and that
they are destined to be better patronized
and moregenerously sustained in the
future thus securing them as permanent
institutions among those of the laud.
We hope that the local Agricultural So
ciety of thisicounty will take fr m
esh cour
age and enable our own people to ani
fest the change of temperament so ob
servable in other communittes.
Yesterday it was our pleasure to be in
attendance at the annual fair of the
Union Agricultnril Society of Washing
ton county, held in the beautiful grounds
of the As.s/iciation in the picturesque
and charming little village of Bur
he
gttstown. The fullest arrangements
ad been made , to ensure the success
of.the fair and the result in every point
of view was exceedingly gratitying. 1
The various departments might have
been much more attractive and the en-
tries more numerous, but there was - 1
enough to be seen comfortably without , 1
wearying one's self; and after all, It is the
people decked and adorned in their best
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and all , wearing their :holiday faces that i
go to make the fair all that its name im- I
piles. From early morning yetuerday
until the afternoon, men, women and
children In all sorts of conveyances from
the stately coach and four down to the
humble truck Wagon hauled by , honest
looking farm horses, poured into the town
of ,Burgettstown, making it assume a me
tropolitan look. Special trains were run
on the Panhandle railroad. carrying hun
dreds of visitors, ;many of whom were
taken out from Pittsburgh. Altogether,
at the fair during the day, nearly fifteen
thousand persona were in attendance,
these came principally from the
counties`of• WlShingten, BeaVer,Alle
gheny and Fayette. The very beat
special
police force having been sworn in for the
occasion. There were any quantity of
side shows including the learned pig and
a quack doctor, and an armless woman
the inevitable rifle man, w a s ca u ght
tester i
end it wild girl who was caught in the
woods Mice in her life to catch 'in turn
everybody who will believe her wonder
ful history. An enterprising gambler of
this city turned an honest penny at
three card monte, operating on the main
highway of the town, holding his crowd
and , pockOting his gains with as much
impunity as though the innocent little
game was not prohibited „by certain
statutes.
We observed a number of agricultund
implements. from John Hall t Co's and
other Pittsburgh houses. Several sew
ing machines, including the Weed and
the American Combination, were among
the attractive featnres.
numerous
The stock entries were quite
and the various departments contained
animals well worthy a visit to see. In
the general sWeepatake race of yesterday
tifternonn, for a first prise of goo, and a
second peke of 150, there was an exciting
Oontesf.antitionelderible tll6llo.ohearW,
hands on.the reawit,Three,epteries were
wide; yierTloseptelefecanseh tray horse;
in wagon, „ Sela Sill," &black horse from
Beaver, ends bay horse, both under Sad
dle. "Sate Hill" carried off the first
nese without. much exertion, making
the excellent time of 2:39, 2:37, 2:36. Mr.
Charles Jeremy, of Pittsburgh, had out
his famOns goer, but unfortunately no
exhibition of speed by this-favorite horse
was offered, as ho became ill the first day
of the fair and could not be taaen out of
the stable. A velocipede race between
two young men of this city was nicely
conducted and seemed to greatly please
those outside the ring. This contest ended
the fair, which, as we have before taken
occasion to say, was a success in every
particular, and reflected much credit on
all those associated with its management.
Anmstments.
OPERA HOUSE. — I A large and fashions
ble audience assembled at the Opera
House last evening to lie() the Albaugbs
iu "Our Mutual Friend," . a thrilling
drama. It was benefit night, Mrs. Al.
baugh being the beneficiery, and never,
we venture say,. did she appear to better
advantage. Mr. Albaugh, who is a ba-
Haut actor; was of ~ ..ourse in the princi
pal role, and the support by.the members
of the company was all that could be de-
Biqa&
rtrrsatmon TREATRE.—The Old The
atre was crowded, as usual, last night,
and the entertainment was an excellent
one. The patrons of the establishment
will of course re 'member the matinee this
afternoon.
ENGLISH OPERA.—The Grand English
Opera Troupe, headed by the great con
tralto, Madame IParepa Rosa, which is
now fully organized for the season of
1669 and 1870, eohnnenced the season at
the French Theatre, New York, Septem
ber the 11th, with the most flattering
success. The ttoupe is under thel man
agement of Carl Rtra and C. D. Hess Lt
Co., of Crosby's Opera House, Chicago,
and will commence a season of six nights
at the Academy of Music, in this city, on
Monday evening, the 18th . inst.,The
troupe is one of the largest , and doubtless
the best, English Opera troupes ever or
ganized in this country, and iha lovers of
the orera may antiOyate a rich treat du
ring their sourjourn with us.
T
THE MINSTRELS:he four greatest
living representatives of the burnt cork
opera, -Messrs. Allen, Pettinglll,Dele
hanty and 13.engler .assisted by a, full
ochestra and vocal corps, will o n a
A.
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brief season of minstrelsy at the Ide
my of Music, commencing next W nes•
day evening. , k
Undue Haste.
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An officer reported last evening at the
Mayor's office, that Thomas Longbrani
who it will be remembered was seriously
and it was thought fatally wounded in
an affray in a saloon in Penn street,
Thursday morning, had died at half -past
eight o'clock, wherenvon an Information
t is
was made charging Hoffman, who i
alleged cut Longbran with murder, - and
a commitment was lodged against him.
Oa visiting the residence of the injured
man at a late hour last night, we learned
that he was still living but there are no
hopes of his recovery.
Objections Urged.
-14.1 A. Evans alleges that John Harkins
and James !Amain threatened yesterday
to punch his bead and blacken his eye.
He objected—the objections taking the
-form of an information for assault and
battery, before Alderman Strain, upon
which warrants - for the arrest of the
would-be punchers were issued.
THOU BRINGEST ME LIFE— -
LUNG - WORT ,
One of the truest and most suggestive ideas
can be obtained front the caption at the bead
of this art cle; for of all diseases which impair
human health, and shorten human life, none are
more prevalent than those which affect the lungs
and pulmonar;' tissues. Whether we regard lung
diseases in the light of a merely aUght cough,
which is but the Ore-runner of a mote serious
malady. or as a deep lesion corroding and dis
solving the pulmonary structure, it is always
pregnant with evil and foreboding of disaster.
In no class of maladies should the physician or
the friends and family of the patient be more
seriously forewarned than in those of the langs,
for it . is in them that early and efficient treat
ment is most desirable, and it is then that danger
can be warded off and a cure effected. In DR.
KEYSER'S LUNG CURE you have a medicine •
of the greatest value in all these conditions. An
alterative, a tonic. a nutrient and resolvent, _
succoring nature and sustaining the recupera.
tive powers of the system, Its beautiful -work
ings, in harmony with the regular functions, cut
be readily observed by the use of one or two bot
tles: it will soon break up the chain of morbid
sympathies that disturb the harmonious work
ings of the animal economy. The harrassing
cough, the painful respiration, the sputum
streaked with blood. will,soun give nlace to the
nornisd and proper workings of health and vigor.
An aggregated experience of over thirty years
has enabled Dr. Keyser, in the compounding of
his LUNG CURS, to give new hone to thecon
sumptive invalid and at the same time speedy
relief in those now prevalent, catarrhal and
throat affections, so distressing in their effects
and so almost certainly fatal in their tendencies, - ,
unless cured by some appropriate remedy. DR.
KEY SEIVS LUNG CURE is eo thorough and ef
ficient, that any one who has ever used it, will
never be without it in the house. It wlll often
cure when everything else fails, and 'in simple
cases will cure oftentimes in a few days.
The attention of patients, as well as medical
men, is respectfully 'invited to this new and
valuable addition to the pharniacy of the eonn-
try. - •
DR. KITVEY. may be enromited every day
until 1 o , eloelt P. 31. at his Great Medicine Store,
UT Liberty street, and from 4to CI , sad el tog
at night•
POW 18 THE TIME
To repair the inroads . made upon the physical
strength by the heated term which bas closed
with September. The 'Vitality, that has been
oozing through the DOW/ in the form o re pei
ration, for the last three months, requires to be
replaced. as Ir preparative to the Cold season
widen makes seen a ssssssssss isavm with relaxed
and untor.ed sytems. The reverse of vigor with
which the stoutest man commences the Bummer
campaign is drained out of . him at its elOse. and
unless by some means he acquires a new stock of
vital energy wherewith to encounter the shock
of a colder season, be may droop and wither like
he falling leaves whose life-Juices are exhausted.
.1f it is thus with the strong, bow much more per`
dens is the condition of the weak and ailing.
Their reason most suggest to them. more forcibly
than these printed words, the necessity for in
vigoration, and the world have decided, after an
experience of nearly a quarter of a century, that
HOSTETTILIVS STOMACH BITTERS embrace
such re etorative properties as are not possessed
1 1 any other tonic and alternative preparation
in rxistenco , The importance of reaorting
that great RIVOINIVOU, AND 1111317TATOR Or TEM
BOXAN 30.Catris. at this critical season is as ob
vious Lithe t
ack
o f 114 : Let all who desire ha
@seal* an attack of entio, and fever, bilious r e -..
mittent refer, dysentery. diarrbtes. dyspepsia. ,
rneursatina, hypochondria.' or any
i other of the'.
cosmos or Iredso tbe Mason
nt, have reeeerse O n
4hWS oar:,
Wil l ed preventive gun restOrstiVe,
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