-2,- ; 1 tits 0N71415, GAZETTE BUILDIIII,B4 LID 86 11111 IV ovintam. PAPER RA .lElEARAllo4..Alleseuray as& AR.- ; L . . phony CoaAAT. • - MUZSDAY, DEC. 9.1899 Pal7lolltril at Mayen, 61i tr,lnTOirria—st—ltranktori, 901(.491 - - GOLD dosed In New York yesterday al 1231. yirix.,uussSsuser, Esq., of WW2. Ash.ra„ was yesterday nominated by thefraddcut for U. 8. Circuit Judge of thayd'C(xenit, composed of Pennsylva -4:rsfilfqXersey end Delaware. TEM ,mmoila of the • Texas election retail Mesta than Peer doubtful, the late aitti4o4. l 4 edll more favorable to the mita& of the regular Republican noml inatinna, as against the Heat returns which teethed to be all Conservative. ft , 11Aqtleas however, that the new Coast- WOO has been adopted by an unanimous vote. We • have nothing definite about the C!engreasmen. . Dera'oerot supports the general - remnant for the calling of a Ovlntituttottal Convention, and urges such ehangcs of the oresnic order as mothintti, 1 / 1 4firar election the offices of iterttttaa,-. General, School Gisperirdendeut and Treasurer, prohibit ing-10W lees:Minn and legislative de- Torcesentnitsting the pardoning power to a apittliti 'board, and enlarging the bade of represedlSSlM,t In/di/4 **rid, since the ap. mnalc9 the Message, wishes the wand to believe thit the Georgian rehab would do the right thing, if let alone. IL deny plidgla the Republican movement "to takska pap judgment upon Georgia, thane!' truStaglalatire could of its own motion satisfy the Oco4 of Congress by rweallnil the negro members and rati fying the fifteenth amendment." And again, says the World: "If the State Is left alone she will do her duty—and, if nemseau, she will even ratify the tlf testaisiniendment and admit the negro membetittotheir seats." These pledges are eery acceptable, but we doubt if the Woad speaks by the card for ite Georgia Mende, Or If the country ought not to prefer, decidedly, that Congress should leave aothlog to this kind of death-bed repenienee, but do at once what the State has not done, nor would she do if she =hi avoid It. The Werki is too late With:Stag/1m 'promises. t are:rooked too long the pluZr of ionimending tae lm proved appearance of two excellent Surillualiathe.Oltrralatta Leader and the anchaulf . o7o;inkte, In their new type. Tbeus nowspapera are now among the tosirekcieWi, 111 they have always bean among the ablest, of our exchanges. The Oil Oki:Daily' Times, anew claim ant for public favor, will merit the sup port tablet' It mks. If the promises of the initial Issue shall be remixed in Its future career. It 4 to make *specially of the petroleum Intereat, satisfyuag a lot .felt mmetsity at the trade. We re commend the Times to the favorable re gard of all who wish for a reliable re porter from the oil regions.. Witt , York ladeptritc4mt celebrated Its twenty-first birth-day recently, by the tome of • pictorial triple-sheet number, and proadms • dialler monthly Ism hereeptc, Ant.. the real Worth .of . that Parka - lir sib( In the hirliest Independ: ence of Its viers,: the, vigor of its tone, the . 7.flut; of Its miscellany, its clear typdy Miens very low price. HOW, LONG." Have the nein% lay rights which rail wit), iturpor4tticuss are bound to respect? Is tnetiaiigitton or the Ohio river free to all the world, with no special privi leges to any private Intere_sts to obstruct It at pleasure, or moat the population oi the wide territory drained by this river, submit contentedly to the fragmentary easerabat isibleit-ls lefts after these onpo• rations have ratlened their own superior Interests? ' As lb the olagroctions at Steubenville were not enotntb, more deani.traps for human life, and fresh coatnvances for the fesimitp, ot,toperty, Ism been devised rand int in the midst of the stream at two othez, points below, iltdang,,wilh- In the weetiAin, eight barges, 'one line steamer and analog five human beings to in , d4giszfitilh. now much longer g shall half dozen railroad Senators, Re prasentstfrnmsnd lawyers be one imp° teat to humbug Congress and trample upon .tbo ifigbis ,ofithe millions? Is It not about time for these millions to be heard (tom, in a tone to be respect ed? .. THEiiffirliPAlV OES. N 116.11111114 - Y" - • TUR „ , . bis' , .iftrilwite, President Gnats Says I get tife in saying that the Times and refrains from tam iris may be re. dueeeainity tom' slaty to eighty mil. llama annum ise owe, and wilburther redo ;hem . year to year, as the re amers* of th e are developed. To readers this might teem In consist:salad Si variance with the pns ceding iitraintith, where he said: The'subjet of the Tariff and interest Malkin will necessarily receive your attention. The revenues of the emotry ere glelaWthintof requirement*, and may iriewssraty reduced. But as the Maths of the debt In a four or, four and a batepiw cent. boat would rednre the owne current expenses larstely. thus *turf d man, puny greater reduction or triemionrisa• Would to sow sapt• tl sue, I.4tows-r mat element of Ude enhjed until•the next meeting of Con gress. It nosy De wivtaable to modify taxation and the tariff in Instances where unjust 00:burdensome discriminations sre wadi trythb regent lame bur of a gareeraL4lll4lkbe Ste foes ferriethel tide trehieCtifecennotauf a postponement ihe praftea. , The firsevemMinimdition Ma redaction of the dkOrdailuat once,” by a lams In. mew dike free lid, caking the dudes Eentirely off many, articles of foreign growth o r production which do not come is 001:1201441. Mir own national W- Idudziall—Antilea which were hammed Un• dal 111.4*11 a t PM land were cheer r• allY borne by • patriotic people tin. fi ?Mr the limn - existing circumstances, bat width areZitineereeary now in the C. may co n diti o n of the national treasury. r In the orbit .paragraph quoted above. the render 1 0 11 Pgceive. erireclaff, by the .: 1 dines wittrAjtetwret ;ills/wad. War the hasideniTi.spealting of quite another .51 Sniffer. ....la ilea the persistent and — despentheffortiet.the free.traders to go lace a generarreyhion of the law s regn • 1,5 luting lopdate.ant has advised a pad. t %f rosamernff Winer each action toi the itileat:;4lthl position ha "Let the tariff laws alefiefie fates ; Wilmer upon the ladaatal hale l o , ,s of she 'nation." .r.t;il• s Li a labiiiintar part of message the Preehtohnlehje,teo tarnished the best: • eerohteittiON•ori whit we , have already IV goofed, up *eat iianoh why we - ethrg "din i 4 top 1° -101112 n,. ~..14:lowteect".is itiave and c .pecoe'Picalyienrikaciaof the 71" if 111" r. -` , 1 .4e-a give` • vt• Nt ~;:r ~;:, lintiny C. Ckescr himself could not have put it better. We quote again, and uk the retder to weigh carefully every disuse; Ourmanniactures are locreaaing with wonderful rapidity, under theencouragw- Ment which the noir receive. With ttle improvements y machtnery already ef fected and still ifierearing, machinery is to take the place cifsdrilled labor to • large extent. Our rasa many arti cles must fall off largely , within a very few years. Fortunately toe M.,..y man nfacturea are not confined to a rs local- Itlee, as formerly, and it is to be hoped will become more and more diffused, making the intertrt In them Mufti in all sections. They give employment aiad so ti or/ to hundreds of thou, .nda of ; eple at home, and retain ianh us the meanly which oUterwise would be shipped The extension of ra g ilroads In Europe and the Et la brining into like products with o as ur agricultural products like products of other countries. golf inter est. if not self preservation, therefore. dictates caution against disturbing ariv Industrial Interest of the costars , It teaches as also the necessity of looking , to other markets tor the sale of our sue I plus. Our neightre imuith of the Unitcd I Bodes, and China and lapse, should r reeve our special attention. it wUt be the endesvorb orfotlitoLdrowinitils,trztlioil.to. ncualtViasteano?or entitle us to their &Intl dance, and mske it their. Interest Lei well se our own to establish better commas. alai relations. The country will breathe easier for this noble stand of its Chief Magistrate against a class of men, comparatively few in number, but wielding Immense wealth and consequently influence, ..4; largely of foreigners, who for sake of their trade, would strike Bowe the only system which can give us real and suhstantial independence. and keep our working 'classes above the abject condition of the same classes in Europe; the only means by which gold can be made to accumulate, so as to render a return to specie payments possible; the only policy by which our agriculturists can over hope to acquire markets at their own doors, and be rid of taintolerable bane of hordes of middle men and spec ulators, who cat out their substance worse than ever the officers sent over by George 111. ate out the substance of the colonists. With a few words, a few strokes of solid logic, General Gusto boa driven to the winds the bales and bundles of specious fallacies with which those interested ad. Tomtits of free trade have overspread the country, and crammed the minds of our western agricultural population with the shelloweet sophistries. Our object at this time is merely to call close attention to what the President has said on this important subject. We need not argue it, for he has suggested all the [arguments required; and we doubt not bat his suggestions will so commend themselves to the minds of the members of Congress that no apprehensions need be felt of any disturbing action on their part at the present session. What he says noon the diffusion of manufactures over every part of the country Is very significant; for that is all that is needed to render the protection of our national industries universally popu lar, and establish it as the settled policy of the country. TEMPERANCE LEGISLATION We learn that petitions, In the form annexed, are largely in circulation throughout the Sate. A local agent, Mr. J. E. Johnston, 66 Btxth avenue, wi . . supply the blank forms to all applicants. The movement presents a practical and efftettveerpositlon of the temperance sen timent 'of the people, and will address it self with forcible &panel's to the Legis. halve attention : To ras 5Z240.4E AM , 130096 09 RiPll2- 11101 TAT IVE 3 OP PIINNEVILVAXIA: The underaigned, citlx9ne of reopectfrily represent : That over atity millions of dollars are auhnally spent by the people of Penneyi. yenta for intoxicating drinks. That over ten thousand citizens of Pennsylvania annually die the drunk ard's death. That. Intoxicating drink is the direct cause of nearly all the crime. p,vertv and social disorder throughout the State. That a large majority of drinking bonne keepers throughout the State do not even *mend to keep inns or taverns •.for the accommodation of admingera and travel lers." and cannot be justified by any pies of neoessity. That thine drinking houses are the schools of vice and mime; and lead_ many thousands of young men to drunken eery mime and diath- The, startling facts, we reepaatfully ..?ontend, demand the immediate and earnest attention of the L.,friaWore. and the paw's. ge of an act, under the prat is. lons of wulch the evils referred to may I t he removed, or at Ural brought within the reach of the people. theavfore, earnestly pray for the puttage of a general law, to enable the qualified voters of any ward, I ',rough or tamed:tip within the Stale to deter may by ballot, whether drinking houses ar may not Do licensed within each districts, under existing law; and In all districts voting again,. such Ii ems, to prohibit the side of such Mink., except for medicinal or m: tharlral pu% uridersevere f 3 m. 11 9. By the tariage of such an act, this question will at once t 3 removed from toe arena of part:ean politi t, and placed ' :heautelvta. be hands ofthe p 'pie II - - rot the Plusher& Herette . THE PE EEDDIEN Ten ye 7 -• have greatly educated the North as well as the South. Another deesde, if it shall accomplish as much towards elevating and securing the rights and privileges of the colored man sa the past haiidaise, will find him occupying, nearly equally with the whites, civil and social positions. Ten yens ago you would hardly have seen, on the Babbsth, one of Africa's sons, however good awl intelligent, seated in the pulpit, beside the pastor, in the beautiful First Frisby talus church In our city, as was the case last Sunday. There were the excellent pada . , Rev. H. Garnet, Mr. Wm. F. Mit obeli, the devoted friend of the freedmen, and Roy. Mr. McClelland, the Secretary of the7Presbyterian Freedmen's Board. Mr. Mitchell, In his quiet and opossum- Mg way, in simple yet exceedingly well chosen language, made a speech which, we venture to say, Impressed favorably I every person in his audience. All must' have felt his earnestness and the veal • poetaace of the cause he so well &dais. cited. Throughout was to be seen the excellent spirit characterizing thesect to which he belongs. He commenced by dierring to the grand sight which we had been permitted to witness, the reunion of two large and powerful divisions of the church. By this ad the attention of the I world had been arrested, not fixed. The , public now were waiting to see what was to be done—to se% the fruit. Had the church at this trial taken the step deci dedly to oppose hereafter all wars and all strifes, then the whole world would have approved of the act and rejoiced in it. Rid i.e John Robinson said at Leyden, °Gov's truth treads not forth all at once." If the Presbyterian body could now lake bold of sod educate and difistianiZe the colored people of the South they would accomplish a great and noble work—worthy of itself and the era which distinguishes it. Reconstruction finds three classes of whites at the South. There were three before the war; (I) the kind and Christian people; (2) the indifferent, who aired little for the colored people, if they only obtained as much as poiledble from then‘, and, (3) the cruel and wicked, who took pleasure in torturing them. The first class is Increasing by the rapid combin ing with It of the second elms, which, 'consequently, is disappearing, and the third chute lagrsduelly diminishing. In .tietssia, te of things a correspondent had Suiten from the South—Parker bdiy•account rigUteltlei !holly - won, and saying all PITTSBL KGFI DAI - LY GAZETTE: THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1869 the South now needs Is men and women. What the South does really want is not simply men and women, but christian men and &listen women. We must send men and women there who will show the power and excellency of true religion—lts gentle arid forgiving spirit. Young men and women who will go to the South in this spirit of the )faster—for I the sole purpose of doing have • a powerful influence on the people. to 1667, while he was at Stevenson, Ala barna, where there was great suffering of white. and blacks, the Young Men's Christian Association of nttsburgli and the Eool,ooileti S,lat money to him to relieve them. He called to his aid one representing each of the parties and took their tints of the needy, arid distributed • d to the suffering regardless of party or color, purchasing equally of all fi . ie tra il en in the place. The influence of this illOnrse on the people then was great and $00d; 60 that a citizen told him "if the North would .11 treat us in this way they would kill ell the enmity which exists. Snot is the spirit now to be shown to this people, if we would win and save them. The persons to be sent should be refin ed and cultivated; such will be apprecl sled and will be well remised. They abould not be such as bate failed at the Nolth. Persons who cannot succeed here, cannot succeed there. They should be also christian men and women. They should, too, be diligent and faithfui wholly devoted to their work, ignoring. so far as possible, politics. They should arm to remove the asperity which exists between the different classes. The cod ored children should be taught that "it they did formerly take off their hats to their masters because they were compelled to, now they should take off their hats because they could do as they please." Be here showed the influence of a for giving christian spirit on the people of the South, exhibited by a young lady teaching the colored children in East Tennessee. When her school house was burned and her scholars came together, she told them nut to be angry withAtiose who had committed the net, but to forgive them and pray for them. And when another building was erected on the same spot prominent rebels assisted In collecting money for it.. The Christianity of the colored people of the South is being reconstructed. There Ls less of the boisterousness man nor than there formerly was. &ideation and freedom are making men and women of adults who were children. They are more quiet and thoughtful than they were, They desire, almost universally, to read, that they may real the Bible. Shall we give them learning and religion? The Presbyterians can reconstruct the South and save the nation—will they do it ' ' Rev. HIGHLAND H AILNLV then spoke of the few dificultlen there are to be en countered at the South In converting and saving the colored people. There is no infidelity there, Do denying 01 the Divin. ity of Christ or the need of a change of heart. They are ready and eager to re ceive and embrace the truth. There are now flay young men of color preparing for the ministry in the Prisby terian Church. He was listened to with much in tercet. Her. M.r. McC P then gave an account of what had bein done no five years, how the work was growing and the largo sums the tailored people out of their poverty were giving. Lust year they gave more than one third as much to carry on this work as his own organization at the North had giver. The whole effect of these addresses cannot be other than to cause more present to Wink of this work. pray for it and give aid of it. F. • The Leidavilie Bridge . The work on the great railroad bn.lge over the Ohio In no far advanced that the engineers are confident on being able to open it for the passage of regular trains by December 15th. Construction trains, however, will be able r t peas several days sooner. The 400 feet 'pan now rests on its per eminent hearings, and is in every respect satisfactory ti its engineers. This, by the way, le the longest open ever erected In America, the next less being the main span of the Victoria Bridge, at Montreal, Canada, which I 330 fee . long, and the - Channel span of the Steubenville Bridge, 320 feet long. The span of truss is that known as the "Wangtdar," one which has boon extensively and suctensfully used by Mr. Faik, and has been in the piesent case specially arranged for this long span. The clear space above low water line under this split is 061 feet, and above high water line 45-j fret; the total height from the tick bed of the river to the top of - ite upper chord of this span is 160 feet. The total lentt,h of the Iron super structure is 5,280 feet, of Which two spans are respect vely 370 end 400 feet long. The middle and Indiana channels are "over grade" or "through;" the others, varying in length from 50 to 210 f et, are "under grade" or d ch. The under grade portion is of the same plan known es Fink's Patent Soapension Truss—a plan that has been well and fa. vorably known for over twenty yeart. The total quantity of iron, wrough' and c ,st., used in the construction of thi great bridge, le 4.700,000 pounds, ant the amount of timber, incicullog rail joist, cross tics and railway, will be 640, 000 feet, board measure.— Ut eiseills Cour far Journal. Tee Ohio Homicide. Major McCurdy of Cardiegt3n, Ohio, shot his eon, Thomas McCurdy, late Thursday, and killed him almost instant ly. The Columbus &arsenide say • I. seems that the son who was killed a,. barn of the Major's first wife, and that be is now married , o a third wife of the most reputable character. Suspicions were aroused as ti his fidelity to his wife. The son sympathizing with his wronged step mAher, incurred the Major's displeasure. Toe matter culminated in a quarrel on Thursday, which resulted in a tight at the breakfast table after the (An gentleman had asked a blessing. During the day he threatened to kill his eon. Deeming it unsafe to live any longer with the firmly, Thomas lei. home with the intention or removing to Fort Wayne. Desiring to got some clothes which were left in his father's clothing store, he fearing to enter, requested some of the neighbors to get them for him, alleging that his father had declared murderous intentions. No one seeming desirous of getting Into trouble, he went to the store in person. The old man ordered him out. lie remained firmly on the door step or sill, whereupon his father took a Smith &Wesson's revol ver from s drawer, advanced to the door and immediately fired. The ball entered about air inches below the chin, cut the wind pipe and severed one of the arteries leading to the heart, causing death in ten minutwa. Great excitement prevailed, and there was cough:lee - able danger of lynching the hoary heeded murderer on the spot." One of the New York reporters has had an interview With Henry Ward Beecher in regard to hie connection with the Richardson-McFarland mandril, and tae following conversation enacted : licpco.a.—fday I ask the history of your connection with the ibchardson —ldanriend case Mr. Becher—lt Is very simple. I was requeetod to marry Richardson to Mrs. McFarland by my in. 'mate friend, for. ace Greeley . In order to give hot request as much weight as possible, and being nim bl e t o a d; on me personally, he sent to me his associate, MraCalhoun, of the Tribune, with a letter of introduction, In- doming her to the fullest extent, and stating that &ewes frilly cognizant of all the facts of the use. I listened to Mrs. Calhoun attentively, and she not only as sured me that Richardson's conduct bad been blameless, but Inez Mrs. McFarlaid was a woman to spotless that it was al most a mockery to praise her; a devout, pure woman u ever breathed. She as sured me that these two loved each other dearly, and that there was no reason, earthly or heavenly, that these two should not be united. particularly, under thit chcomstences of the cam THE FM:FIIONS The , I , , n illsubmittedted by Mr. Stokes from The Fashion writer of the Sew l' the ii,,, CesaresCommittee, among Tribune thus writes for December. other things provides fora general super. For evening dress the colors in use are intendent and census bureau, to be icea water.green. heavenly blue a d,fferent led at Washington. It provides that the shades, Imperatrice, lilac, canary, rote , census, instead of being taken by United color, rose coral, pure rose, buena fro,. ; Stakes Marshals, as heretofore, shall be : placed in charge of dixtrin superintend. As, and a light sup, called sk , n cr. Nits, one in each Congressional District, A. a, brilliant carmine shade is found !nag nificent by gaslight, and a light reddish e ' be appointed by ate President. Eitel , purple, like Intense fiery amethyst. There district superintendent is empowered to is a sat light alsout these shades whiih tmpioy as many enumerators as may be evtplirell the semi transpareuey of lace necessary to take the census within the al m e to ceinplete the refinement. The time fined by the bill, vie between the colored fringes n ot heavy trimen:ngs are Ist and 13th of June. Provisions are preserved for dinner and reception toti,,i, made in the bill for a more careful collecs id the stronger tints, scarlet, coral, Loci- lion of all Meta regarding commer cial, agricultural, manufacturing, fishing, non. ler, aniline, and golden orange. mg. and, Indeed, all industrial and male. Poult de sole end satin, with rrepe de • pal interests of the country. Statistics chine over dresses are in the first mode BS materials for evening toilet. Tulle corn ire to be gathered regarding educational, poses lighter costumes; and orrandy is , religious., social, reformatory, and crimt aged for very young ladies. Brocaded . oaf matters, and everything that a ff ects stripes and moires with plain poult de . r'eletr• In regard to the appointment of soles are in order for evening lireeet R. 7,P rlalle ntatMlli the committee have left White lafettet• glace with two•inch stripes I "l e to , , „ 0 .. although the number three hundrial was I number of representatives blank, of gay brocaded garlands are 1 ,,,,,, , ,.. talked of. This wee noon the estimate ot yard. White silk, with stripe of Yard. one for every 182,1100 inhabitants, the a lt nd en s w at eir in .w in ith scro wi ll m wo o rk r l i i s ght s bl l ue rose color and canary. Moires are from ti to present number being one for every 128,- 000. The bill has been prepared with $l3 a yard. Gros if impnotries is a : great care, in view of the fact that Con' white silk, much admired for bridal dress et; it has thick, shining cords on the stir. lace, heavier than velems, $l3 per yard. : Satin d' filer is much preferred, for ' ball costumes. to the heavy grass and the people are looking to the coming census, following as It does a pe- ' rind of tremendous internal commotion, with more interest than upon any previ .thns; th ,,, , ous occasion. The schedules which =- face is finer than ordinary, and the g0e ..,, 1 c impany the bill are numerous, embracing are reversible, the bark showing the our. i all branches of industry and social In face of a heavy silk, a shade darker than I t r, eta, and have formed a large part of the satin. Price sfi. 1 the labors of the committee. _ ... . - - —.wow— - - The heart-shaped and Raphas core sges re the style, cut very low in front and behind, with lace Chemisettes. The poi nt• ed corsage is seen as well as the errand one. Basques are made for dinner dress, es. Sleeves come half way below the elbow, with deep lace frill. and are some times extended with millings of tulle to the waist. 'The shoulder strap is no lon ger worn by ladies of good style. The inedtieval sleeve with elbow puff et becom leg only to long arms. 'Trains are short coed; the regulation length is ni inches The width fora skirt for a full dress is yards. The front is gored, and the two sides widths; two back breadths are plain. This is for yard wide material. Long,,round tunics are now in tin of panniers, and the hat with which they are looped tests the skill of the modiste. Louis tleinge over.skirta, looped high in the center behind, falling in long wings on the laps, are suitable for reception deem of rich silk over velvet- The fancy prevails of looping the sides and trim ming them in different fashions. tine side is raised In a puff, the other falls in drapery. Trimmings of material in the shape of pinked pleadings, self fringes, and grid. lungs are chosen as the alternatite el thread lace, black and white, moss fringe, feather bands, and white bullion with I "`"'" n • a hi ' h . I° °I " "` r gold mixed and sparingly used. Later In the season passeatenteate will be very j .•ey much in vogue. This Is given on the I v., sin tie shit •• authority of the first modiste of the