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Clow closed In New York yesterday
at 111 If. •
Taz.siPOßT of the Committee on Re.
trenehment and Reform in the .Illinois
Stale Convention give the expenses of
the four last' General Assemblies, from
the Still to the 26th. The expenses of the
2341 were $95,953; those of the 24th were
$187,303; 'those of the 25th $276,179;
those of the 26th $273,300. Among the
Remit were $2,951 for gold pencils and
pocket knives for the 54th. Gold pencils
seem then to have gone out of fashion,
for We only find that the 251 k and 26th
took respectively pocket knives to the
amount of $570 and s7o3—no pencils.
Those fellows seem to'hare been stub.
bily pald heretofore, and hence almnst
utilised to steal. The committee propose
to allow them hereafter. a salary of $5OO
and milage ; but no appurtenances. Bn
muritfloeut a compensation will surely
draw oat tun best talent of the State.
TEE SENATE ow PXII7BTLYANIA. L OT.
idently in a very deplorable way. It le
a clear and dangerous case of Dereneron
the brain. Tne complaint manifests itself
every time an effort is made to obey the
Constitutional riquialtlon; by arranging
for the publication of the Legislative pro
coding". The job is offered for contract
under public competition; this perverse
printer, Bergner, keeps putting in lower
bids than anybody else, and then they
wont give him the work. An observing
Mend, who kin made a careful diagnosis
of the use, suggests a cure which
he warrants to be speedy and of
fective. Let that contumacious prin.
ter put in, the next time, a higher
bid than any one else, then "see" Bena
tors .owry and Itilllngfelt. in the right
llght,'and they will rally the Democracy
up, matting Ike thing through by day
light. It clearly will not do to insult
thou Senators with small figures. They
are • not- in that business.. Make them
bigger, very big, the bigger the better,
then have it all "understood"—g.. M.
Martin might, be useihi for• that purpose--
and the very biggest figures-will be ao
centable to the Senate.
Tams to Got; Grimm:Mat; of. West
Virginia, for Loopy of Ms First Annual
Yeeme to the Legislature of that State.
The document is exceedingly well writ
ten, and presents a body of facts of the
-highest credit to that young COmmon.
wealth: Its financial, railway, and mili
tary biteresta, its charitable institutions,
its 'registration law, internal Improve
meat!, and every other national element
In its prosperity are discussed with clear
statements of fact and deductions marked
by strong common sense. He urges the
enfranchisement of all citizens, to be per
fectedat ths earliest moment compatible
watts an improved temper among the re
stricted classes. The State has now •
- population - of half a million, and steadily
increasing; The Governor commends
the educatlonal system of the State. We
quote a ingnbicant paragraph :
I commend to your email care the
interests of our - free schools. They are
bonded upon the recognised principle
that she Rats le under obligations to pro
vide an education for all Its children; and
that these shall all partake equally of It.
admits:oA To this end Lc la Indianan's
his that our common schools shall be
kept free from everything of a political
or sectarian character; and that the
school robot bee place in which to In
struct all the youth of the Common
wealth whim= offending the crooarien
tions scruples of any.
stErasiecinstEnr AND REFORM.
When we hear a men boasting of his
own honesty, and a won= making loud
protestations of her own parity, we in '
stinctively feel suspicions of both, and,
without doing Wrong to either, we come
to the conclusion that they both need
watching. So-when we see a man set.
Sag up Retrenchment and Reform as his
hobby, and seizing every opportunity,
whether by a glib tongueor through
the medium of types and printers' int,
to proclaim Wean:lay that the dear pub
lie shall not be robbed by rogues, or be
made to pay too much for the services of
those who labor for them in places of
public trust, we do him no wrong if we
mark him as a fellow who is already, or
Is seeking to be, Gi some plundering ring.
These are the unmistakable earmarks of
a demagogue, a thief and a robber.
Retrenchment, In demagogic patience,
Is the caning down of salaries. In the
eyes of some short sighted people this is
the • acme of statesmanship; for the
obeyer the government and the admin.
Landon of law, the la s the people are
toned to =lslam them. Thisproposidim
Is so plain that the dullest intellect can
comprehend it. Still, plain and simple
as It certainly Is, men do not act upon
It in the adduct' of their Own private
affairs. We never sop merchant' beating
about to find cheap Merki and sslesmen.
What they seek are fidelity and efficiency;
and as a general, rale they are willing to
pay generous -wetges to men possessing
these qualities. We don't dud master
mechanics running about in ;search of
dump foremen. On the other hand, they
look outlet men well Allied in their pro.
Redone, with characters steady and re
liable, and to such they expect, as smat
ter of course, to pay good wages. Rail
- way companies, and all kinds of bedtime
corporations, set upon the same principle.
But when It comes to theOcamonwealiti,
the greatest of all corporations, the affairs
of which are more vast and complex than
any other, this common sense rule, which
obtains in private and corporate life, is
reversed; and hence the blunders, the un
wise ckitngs, the waste, the corruption,
the peculation, and eteallngs, the rings,
and other abominations which have ren
amed our had, Legislature a bluing and
a byword among the people.
But all this evil fruit grows out of the
root. It Is the result of a low, mean and
narrow view of things, a view taken upon
trust, and withoirt due reflection, from
the lips of demagogues. If the people
who &AM voting would only do their
own thinking, and apply to their nubile
hosinois--litiegovernment of the State mid
the administration of the laws—the same
common MUM which they-apply to their
own private affairs, the vocation and
power .. of , nolo demagogue would
cease; and , until they can be brought to do
so, and not only make up their minds sa
to what ticket they will igote, bet what
names shall be put upon that ticket, the
WORM about which we hear so much
need not be looked for.
But: -
after an, there is something bor.
&stag own the itourd in such apolitical
watchword as !liiitrenchment and Ire-;
finm" . amons a people whose personal
habits are as extravagant as are Muse of !
the Americans-4 people whose bill
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ages one hundred and thy millions of
dollars a year, and whose style actress
and of living corresponds with this mon
itions waste of wealth. It lain our prt.
vale life more than • in our public affairs
that retrenchment and reform areneeded;
while In the conduct ofourgovernmental
'WA
we need one reform, and that is to
poi adeotiateli forthe sarsicesof men too
honest to Meal and too intelligent to hlan•
der. Men , destitute df principle are
ready to work Cheap; for they know they
cal' get by artifice far . more than enough
to compensate them for any deficiency in
salary; while men destitute of brims are
always cheap. The rale which ought to
be adopted Is a very simple one, and may
be' learned by example rather than by
theory. It L simply to conduct; public
affairs on the same principle that saga
cious and succenfid men conduct their
own private affairs, be they what they
may. Iris 'nothing more nor less than to
have the right men in the right places,
and compensate them according to their
ability and the services we expect them
to render.
We are not, however, pleading for an
increase of the salaries of public servants
of the Slate, but merely trying to point
out the true principle that ought to got ,
ern the people of the Commonwealth in
this matter. If the compensationt,:now
paid are sufficient to command the sex.
vice& of just such men as the public set ,
Vice In the several departments requires,
then they are high enough. How this Is,
let every man judge for himself. We
ktiow that low salaries have always been
popular; but whether, taking allthings
Into view, they are the most wise and
truly economical, Is the question we
wish the people to ponder. A little com
mon sense, combined with a pinpomi to
do .right, is the only way to settle this
question, and carry forward the affairs of
this good old Commonwealth suotessfully
and with honor.
THE CANAL QUESTION.
We reprint this mornings document of
very Important interest to the people of
the State, and especially to the citizens
of the western districts. It is a letter
from Harrisburg to the Philadelphia Post,
and published on the 21st, covering very
remarkable statements in relationto the
projected enlargement of the Erie Canal;
and the real purposes of the patties who
are at present engaged In promoting that
project We have read this letter with
the closest attention, and advise all our
readers to do the same. We cannot deny
that it presents a substantially accurate
account of the origin of that canal, its
present condition, its ownership, and of
the movemento, more or less active, of
the past, for ahe enlargement of its ca.
parity, not only to restore but largely to
increase its fanner usefulness. And.
upon ill the information at our command
from other at:lnn:es, we are Inclined to fear
that the account, as given by this writer,
of all the public and secret features of the
present programme, is in the main en
tirely correct. .
The citizens of Pittsburgh have always
Inclined to favor the Idea of building a
ship canal to connect this city, not merely
a point on the river twenty-five miles be
low us, with the Lake. In this partiality
the Gazgrur has shared, from the hoer
when the proposition was first broached,
advoCating with faithful seal, if not with
ability, the earliest possible construction
of the work. A. ship canal is what all 01
uti sUU desire to sea built, and what we
intend to secure the completion of, soon
er or later—a canal extending in effect
from the open Lake to the levees of this
city, which shall admit of the transit of
L wi t oi vessels with unbroken cargoes be
t the doors of our mills, factories
and warehouses and the most distant port
throughout the chain of great . Lakes.
Thla water.way must not be broken at
Erie, or stop short of this pOint at the
month of the Beaver. That would not
be the - entertalnment to which the people
of Pittsburgh have considered themselves
to be invited, and for which their friend.
ship, supported by solid pecuniary aid,
has; for yews past, beeit solicited.
Taking the statements, as they appear
in the Poses article, to be acts, which are
not denied, nor likely to be, and it !sclera
that • canal of seven feet depth as pro
posed is not deep enough for the Lake
trada. Every pound of ore, of coal, and
of all other freight mast be transhipped,
at Etii;Estween the canal barge and the
sea-going vessel. The vessel cannot be
Boated Inland to Pittsburgh, or even to
Beaver, drawing as she would more water
thin the canal would 'Contain, nor can the
barge of MO or 800 tons be safely sant out
upon those stormy inland seas, to founder
In the first blow of wind before getting
out of sight of Presque Isle. That Erie
transhipment.. Would. certainly cause a
delay, and added expense, which
might be fatal to the idea of sac
oessful competition. It would be,
no doubt, a good thing for the business
of Erie, but how would it promote the
Interests of Pittsburgh 1. Viewed in this
light, and with the facts now before us,
the question's no longer one of a ship
canal, but of an ordinary canal, of en
larged capacity, which, when completed
in every pate fully up to the programme
of its friends, Would be in no respect of
more real efficiency, for the carria,ge. of
freight, than Is, to day,. thin other and
greater work, the Erie Canal of New
YOrk. Yet it wanonlylast week that the
Meads of the latteiwoii,in Convention
at Rochester, were dlseitisffitthe inevits• -
ble necearitY, under the pressure of the
sharp railway competition, for abolishing
all tolls, and making:the entire ex
pense, of maintaining the work in
repair, an annual charge . upon
the. State Treasury. This proposition
was banrote,Aliy * gab experienced .
statesmen it boi:Bwrnotra and others,
and it. really foreshadows the inevitable
future of that work, the greatest, best
located, most costly, most capacious and
most effective canal on this continent.
Already they talk, also, of the need of its
enlargement still more, to admit of the
transit of sea-going craft from the Lakes,
drawing ten to twelve feet water,
throagh its entire lencth of three hundred
and sixty miles, because a mere, barge
navigation, with that reshipment at Buf.
Lilo, - Is :filmed insufficient to meet
the demands of commerce by water.
With this experience of New York be.
fora us, it voultibe • piece of insane
folly, for the citizens of our own State, to
embark millions of money In the con
structhin of n work - Intended only lobe
equal in its capacity to that which the
slater State l on the paint either (Saban
dotting, or of enlarging, still mere, or of
throwing tqien, thei of all cost, except to
her own State Treasury, to the commerce
of the continent.
Here, we have but one hundred and
thirty-11x miles of canal 'to build. The
engineers tell utthaathe extent of work
to be enlarged would be some thirtymiles
las, that length of the present work !lay
ing. in slack.water pools, &c., already a
depth of water ample for any navigation.
We are also told, on the same authority,
Vitt the supply of feed water will be am
ple for the enlarged work. Why,
then, is iteproposed to limit the depth to
but seven feet? Why not make it at
least ten feet; so that Lake vessels can
come here tom levees, to exchange their
freights of ores, coals, grain and
manufactured goads ? We mud do the
judo' to Kr. W. M. Rooms to say
that he seems never to have proposed a
greater depth than seven feet, his origi
nal report of 1867 being drawn up on
that basis. But our people have seemed
to bold another idea, apparently taking
It for granted that it is a ship-canal
which is to built; with all the solid ad
vantage to be derived from that facility
for an uninterrupted commnnlcstion with
all the. Lake torts., Why, then, we ask
again, are we to be disappointed in
our just expectations, cheated • ont
of our money and fobbed off with
this seven foot ditch, for the especial
benefit of Erie, and which, at no very"
distantday, could only be kept up, judging
from - the New 'keel experience, at the
'expense of its owners? How long
would Who kept up on that footing?
And what, then, would be our recourse to
get beck the millions now unwisely ex
pended? Let us have a ship canal, In
fact as well as in name, or know the
reason why It Is to be denied to us. If
the scheme is impracticable by reason
of the natural * difficulties, let us
know it, and we will give up the idea
with the best grace we can. But we ob.
ject to the attempt to get either our favor
or our money under false pretences, for a
work which, when complete, will not fill
the bill. We object, moreover, to the
amumption, by any persons, in any Inter
est, of the right to disappoint a just pub
lic expectation in reference to this work,
without good reasons clearly declared for
the public satisfaction.
This article,. from the Philadelphia
paper, suggests a good many pointed and
pertinent comments and inquiries. The
public have a right to know Leitch more
than they have yet found out about this
canal project. For example;
Why has the idea of a ahlp.canal been
given up and this projeCt of barge-navi
gation only, substituted?
What allowance is to be mane to the
owner of the present work—Mr. C. M.
Bean, of Erie—for his interest of nomi
nally $1,600,000 or $1,700,000, which cost
him, it is said, not over 000,000 ?
If a million of dollars are to be ‘ made
on his depreciated property thee Inflated
to par, does the profit all go to ltim, or
does he divide with the "friends" of 1110
enlargement? Who are these friends,
and what share of the "big thing" is
each to have? Who are the parties who
hold to-day an actual, bons Jkis and bind
fag contract with him for the manipula
tion of his property? How muck do they
want to "pinch" it, before they will
let it go? Let us have the namel of the
blood-suckers who are clinging to the
enlargement like vampyre-bats, not to be
satisfied until they are gorged with plus
der, either from the stockholders, the
public, or the Treasury of the Common
wealth!
For what special purpose is Mr. Bean
himself now lobbying in favor of this
programme at Harrisburg? If he only
wants his own money back with fair In
-wrest for its use. he can get that, and
stay at home. -11 e does not need to lay
siege to legislative comiptibles for that.
If gentlemen will enlarge the canal to
a seven feet capacity, and can get the
money to do it, by the sale of stock or
bonds, by all means let them' go ahead;
purchasers.will take their own risks and
the public at large lose nothing. The
canal, of that eapacity, won't hurt us,
although It may do no permanent good..
Let them have all the authority they want;
for hunting their bonds, millions of them
It they will, and selling them to whoever
will buy. The baldness will stand or fall
on its merits, and the public has no special
concern therein. Indeed, we are quite
willing that they shall try the experiment,
and build the canal In that way at their
own costs and charges. Bat not ono
dollar can they get for it out of the State
Treasury.
Do they really mean to build this ca.
nal, or Is it only a "big thing" In the
way of profits for a very snag ring which
they are driving-at?
Is the work to be done on paper,a
large rdnount of mortgage bonds issued,
then sold for what they will bring, sotne
of Mem exchanged at per for two or three
millions out of the State Sinking Fand, the
latter securities turned Into cub, Reed's
claim paid off in fail, the profits divided
among the ring, and then —the work
suffered to languish neglected, and at last
to be abandoned, or completed only to be
a dead loss upon every dollar invested by
the honest purchasers of Its securities?
Can you raise the money to build this
enlargement without State aid ?
Is it true that you propose to rob the
Sinking Fund, by an exchange or your
mortgage bonds for the Allegheny Valley
bonds, of $3,000,000, now pledged to that
Fund? . .
Do you not know that the Constitution
forbids you to touch Dud Fund
Do you not know that the transaction
which placed those bonds in that Fund
was itself glaringly unconstitutional; that
it was never defended except upon the
ground that those bonds were really worth
their face, and took the place of other
securities which were worth little or
nothing; and that, even under that ex
cuse, the transaction could never have
been completed except through the
super-serviceable complicity of one W. W.
Itiwitt, State Treasurer, who, with the
aid of the telegraph, made haste to swap
the 'securities before the Attorney General
could Invoke legal measures to prevent it?
Since that swap, illegal as it was, real.
ly bettered the Fond, do you propose;
by another swap with the canal company;
to better the Fund still more, or to swan.
die it out of good paper, giving your
own less than even doubtful promises in
exchange?
Do you rely, u before, upon tho help
of the same Irwin, to pub this through,
filer you hare secured, through Lowry's
bue treachery, the aid of. the Democrats,
and the corruption of your own immacu.
late bolters, the passage of en act for
that purpose. -
Will the Governor and Attorney Gene
ral, dors they, having ample notice, per
mit this swindle to succeed ?
How mach more will your bonds be
worth, than the celebrated Josephs mi.:t
wig°, to the Treasury of the 'Common
wealth t You know what that means.
Do you really think that a day of reck
oning will never come irben every fact
shall become publicly known, and the
criminals, who grasp at high places, deli•
ate trusts and gigantic plunder, shall be
put to a Sharp account before the violated
Constitution and laws, and in the face of
an outraged but too long contidtug pets
We pot these questions to those whom
they conceit. lir. M. B. Loiry and
his renegade crowd of legislative bocce
,neers can reply, if they choose, to some
I of them, Mr. 0. M. Reed and his party
to others, Mr. W. W. Irwin and his little
party to others, the edlor of the Pius.
burgh Comwereica, if he would do so
much violence to his moral constitution
es to tell the troth just once, to others,
and, the small ring of sharp anomie',
decayed politicians and unprincipled
sharks who are Just now revolving in an
orbit 'which encircles the annasereica
°Moe and the Harrisburg lobbies, can tell
the rest. We have put plain questions,
and the public want plain answers.
You are attempting to consummate, in
the pretended interests of this halfway
canal; an enormous swindle upon the
People of Penusylear4 You met I
do Itl
MEE
PITTSBURGH DAILY GAZETTE: WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1870,
Tee E and Erie Canal—The BRIM
widen the channel—a Erg stetnete
to be Perpetrated—Plow-maw Bonds
wow in the winking rune to be Re.
placed Who worthless Paper—a Mo
wry or the Canal and the Present
movement.
(Prom the Philadelphia Post.)
HAILUDIIIOBO, Jan. 20.—Already the
movement to enlarge 'the canal between
Beaver, on the Ohio river, and the port
of Erie on the Lake, so as to give It a
depth of seven feet of water, Is taking
shape. Gentlemen prominent in the ca
nal company are here, and It is believed
that a bill for that object will be present.
ted in the Senate in a few days. This is
a decidedly important subject, and the
following facts will prove of interest to
all residents of the - State.
Tho'construction of the present canal
was undertaken, as a part of the system
of public wor ks, by _the State many
years ince. It was intended to be of the
usual . rapacity of similar works, that is,
to edMkt the passage of boats loaded with
not over sixty tons. The construction
was prosecuted for a while, but, after the
expenditure of about $5,000m0 by the
Commonwealth, it was abandoned, still
Incomplete. At a later period, the work
passed into the hands of a private corpora
:hip, which proceeded to finish it, raising
the means therefor, in part, by the issue
of first mortgage bonds, some of which
were sold for cash; and sone paid oat
directly to the contractors. The credit of
this company became so Impaired before
their completion of the work that these
bonds were sold by the contractors and
otte 5 recelvir g them at enormcni de.
counts, even as low as , fitteen to twenty
cents on the dollar. The entire fonouot
of bonds issued was about $1,700,000,,,
The depreciated securities were 'largely :
bought up by a wealthy citizen of Erie,
Mr. C. M. Reed, who, it is understood,
holds, by, purchase then and since, almost
the entire lease; or at least ill.500,000„if
not MOM—which has emit him, it to fur.
ther said, an average of not over thirty- I
five cents on the dollar. . • I
The canal was at last com pleted, but In
a very imperfect way.. It tuts not been,
since the completion of the railways to
the lake, of any material use, and, indeed,
of late years. has been practically aband
oned at its lower end, dried up, banks
thrown down, locks decayed,. and merely
an empty ditch. Its upper end, next the
lake, has been and Is still of load use, for
the transprtation of coal and ore be.
tween Erie and the Shenango valley.
The railways, however, do more than
half the business for the district interested.
The programme Is now to enlarge the
canal and complete It in all respects with
seven feet of water, from the lake to the
river, and to slackwater the Ohio from
Beaver to Pittsburgh. (twenty five milts),
by the erection of at least three dams
with large locks. This river part of the
programme will require Federal as well
State legislation, to luthorize its practical
adoption.
The expense of enlarging the canal Is
estimated at $3,000,1X0, and of the slack.
water improvement of the Ohio, at least
$2,000.000 more. Thesefigures, although
presented upon respectable engineering
authority, are disputed In quarters appar
ently well Informed, with a claim that the
entire programme, from Erie to Pittsburg,'
cannot be realized for bless earn than ;7,-
000,000. Nor does either estimate In
clude the price to be paid to its present
owners for the canal, as it now appears.
This ownership is now in Mr. Reed, be
. fore referred to, under the foreclosure of
his mortgage liens upon the work.
• Upon the lowest estimate, a large sum
of money must be raised to insure the
success of this project. Tho proprietary
Interest of Mr. Reed must also be releas
ed. The ways' and means present the
next question.
It is stated that Mr. Reed about a year
ago offered to part with 4800,000. In nom
inal amount, or say fifty per cent. of his
interest, to a party in Pluseurgh, taking
therefor $230,000 in cash. and the other
' $550,000 in the mortgage bonds of the
new corporation to be formed for the en
large:tient. That offer was not accepted,
Subsequently Mr. Reed made another
offer to another party in Pittsburgh, the
terms of which have not transpired, and
which holds good in the nature of an
option or a "refusal" to that party for
a year from its date. That year will not
expire until early next summer, and the
party referred to, without indicating its
probable intentions, now demands an ex
orbitant bonus for its release of this re
tinal. In the meantime, it Is said, but
also doubted, that another party on the
Lake Shore offered to Hr. Reed the same
terms which he had himself first offered
to a citizen In Pittsburgh, but his "refus
al" had been given as above, tying his
hands until the time expires. In any ,
event, it is clear that Mr. Reed's invest
ment Is to be made good to him, If on his
own terms,'at the par value, and-not the
actual cost of his investment.
The programme, so far as it bas pub
tidy tranaeired, is to raise the large sum
required for the enlargement by volun
tary subscriptions to the stock, and by
the proceeds .of mortgage bonds to be 'I
issued. No such sum of subscription
could be raised in Pittsburgh, but Pella
delphia is relied on to help largely ; and
it is proper to admit that the principal de
pendence would , be, in this aspect of the
case, upon the sales of the bonds of the
corporation.
Bat public attention has been awaken
ed here, of late, to some extraordinary,
indeed, startling features of this busines‘,
which, it seems, were not, intended to
transpire so soon.
First. What the Western people have
desired and expected was the construe.
lion of a ship canal. They discover now
that a ship canal is out of the question.
It is conceded that the depth of water
proposed—but seven feet—is not enough
tor any seaworthy vessel, except of the
eery smallest capacity, which could live
in all weathers on our boisterous lakes.
These vessels all draw, loaded, from eight
to ten feet of water, and the large yes.
eels, which am alone be profitably em.
ployed In the frieghting of coal and Iron
ore across the great upper lakes partial-
draw from nine to eleven feet full.
It followe that all such vessels will be
excluded from a canal of only seven feet
draft. Hence, barges must be used for
the canal, and for the canal only, as this
craft would go to Davy done's In any
heavy lake blow. Towing them across
these lakes is equally out of the question,
for tows moat be cut loose, when storms
come up, to shift for themselves. There.
fore, the idea of a ship canal is really
abandoned, and It is expected to use
barges of large cithacity, with the trans
shipment of all , freight from vessels to
barges, and via versa, at Erie. This puts
the project In another light. The people
want a ship canal, without any Intermedi
ate transshipment of freight. If they are
not to have that, they will be likely to
hesitate before embarking in a scheme
which Is merely the revival, for the espec
ial benefit of the tows-of Erie, of the old
canal policy. If a lake vessel comes to
Pittsburgh without breaking balk, sheath
compete with the railways; but not so if
the freight is to be charged with the ex
pane and delay of handling °Venn Erie.
Second. There are said to be too many
plans for personal and private profit in
this scheme. A big thing is to be made,
out of the bonds by somebody, and at
the expense of the now corporation. Ac
tiva the new project admit
that there must be some stealing, but say
that this shall not be any more than nee.
essary. A still bigger thing Is .to be
made out of the State of -Pennsylvania ;
thus; it Is proposed to get legislative an.
thorny for the transfer of ;3,000,000, now,
belonging to the sinking fund in -first.
rate securities to the new canal corpora.
Lion, taking the first mortgage bonds of
the latter In exchange. There lotto doubt
felt In the best posted quarters outside,
that a "ring" has been formed to take the
bonds and canal property at par, dividing
the profit with the owner, and working off
the first mortgage bonds of the new cor.
partition at something near par under the
encouragement of that large loan front
the sinking fund of the State. The "steal"
thus to be pat through and shared among
the ring is variously estimated at from
half a million to a million of dollars.
Active promoters of the project admit
'that "there will be some stealing," but
protest that they mean to restrain this
sort of thing as much as they an. This
Is very encourageing to them, but not
very satisfactory to the people.
The popular disappointment In the
surrender of their favorite ides of a ship
Mn. the popular reluctance to see the
Sinking Pend touched, or the State In
any way Involved In new public works,
and the popular aversion to any such pri.
vatejobs, at the public cost, as are here.
in disclosed—these feelings are of late
very manifestly making the public dis
gusted In all directions. If an enlarged
' canal can be built without being made
subservient to the unjust watchmen of
individuals, and without involving the
State, we are in favor of the work, even
if It nOt a ship =al.
The Colored Called States Senator from
aussuatript. •
- A Jackson, Mississippi, dispatch to the
Cincinnati Commercial says :
Your correspondent has Interviewed
the Hon. Hiram R. Reed, the colored
Senator from Mississippi, and here is the
Picture of the new Ethlop:
He is a tall, portly man, of light com
plexion, has benevolent features, a pleas.
ant Voice, and gentle ways. He Is thor
oughly respected by his own people, and
by the whites. Born in freedom, in North
Carolina, in 1822, clewing an echication,
he removed to Indiana; spent two years
at the Quaker f3eminary in Union county
entered the Methodist ministry; afterward
received further Instruction at the Darke
county Seminary, where he became
preacher, teacher and lecturer among his
People in the States of Indiana, Dino's,
Ohio and Missouri.
At the breaking out of the war, he was
ministering at Baltimore. He assisted in
the organization of the first two colored
regiments in Maryland and Missouri.
ni Daring a portion of 1883 'and 1804 he
taught school in Bt. Lolls; then came to
Vicksburg, and assisted the Provost Mar
shal in managing , the Freedinen's affairs;
following on the heels of the army to
Jackson; organized churches and lectured ;
Tent the next two years in Kansas and
Missouri, In preaching and lecturing on
moral and religious subjects; returned to
Mississippi, and has remained-ln Natchez
ever since.
He Is presiding elder for his church for
the southern portion of the State, and
since July last has served the City Cuon.
cil, his friends say, with ability and hon.
Or.
He oonsented to run and was elected to
the State Senate. Yesterday he was se
lected as tfleMttmg man to represent the
State in the United States Senate.
The Missisaippi Legislature has ad
journed to meet on the second Tuesday
after the State shell have been admitted
into the Union.
- -
Tun annual report or. the Ohio Board
of State charities, shows an aggregate of
nearly !seven thousand Inmates, of all
claws, in the county Infirmaries of Ohio.
Of this number, about one thousand are
under twelve years of age. It Is um•
hated that there are no less than twelve
hundred insane persona outside of dui
asylums of the State, confined in JaUe or
infirmaries, or cared for by irlenda.
Nearly five hundred epileptics need suit.
able public provision for their care, a large
proportion being how kept in infirmaries.
VARICOSE ON BROKEN VEINS.
Thousands of persona Bull, year la and year
out with • broken down tondltlon of the Veins
Of the lens. which In our times are eaally re
lieved and frequently euseeptlble' of run, and
suffer on. only because they do not knots when
and to whom to apply for relief. 'Now, to give
the needful Information In eases like this, seem.
to us a proper datr on part of the newspaper
Preis. sod It I' ITC. vs feature to be able
to recommend all sash to P r. IZYSED. OP 167
WOOD 6THLET, 'three rest number of spoil-
anew, and his mat in - enroolo diseases,
enables hien to afford the grealefianionat of re,
lief that the present stetw of can afford.
!fealties these varicose condillat• to which we
hare referred shore, there are otter source. of
Inconvenient,' and suffering, Inch as maniac,
And abnormal growing, which the Dootor, with
his appliances, to relieve:
Then spin the abdomirod wealttleMel and
stealer-teener peculiar to females, is a meree of
terrible antenna and stalely; for this. the
Doctor hs.s belts and supportrrs which are se
tonstructid so to totnroatleastnatounity fro.
tufterlog•htn they do not promise acertalat7
CIEE!
The Doctors experience cOvers •period
over thirty years, besides, • natural aptness for
this depitt lama of hL profession, metes him
snare than orates - illy skillfol. The entre:log that
is entailed upon future generations by n•.
Klett Or the proper means to correct the pbesest
ought of Itself bn • rufgelent rinse to
enlist not only the attention or persons them
seires.bot also Motor all Intoligent r bysielenn.
Dr. atiorr , o Ogles and hre.reino Store. 187
Liberty street.
JANE/AIM BIS. 1170.
BE4LT9•s fluor paFEFQE•
"the weak tenth harks," says lit. Paul, so
that eighteen hundred years ago the value of
Medi.leel Plante were ePPreela , ed. 'in tee Old
'remanent botanical remedies are repeatedly
recommend d, tut le mo Passage or cameo his
tory la man reeemmended to swallow Weir..
or bine Did, or ny'other miner, I preparation.
The sick were direete4 tont herbal o etre. gtheu
UP In, to purify them, to heal them, to restore
them. In that day the art or making vegetaide
lattatt.WL unknown. The herbal' medicine.
ware meralefusion. • •
Ineas rm.read for • later LIM to unite Om san
itary essence§ of tonic, aperient arse mitt bilious
roots, barks and pinata, withan active stimulant
and bus secure their rapid diffasion through the
debilitated or dl,Ordered spasm. The crowds ft
triumph of tint, s fleetlye mode of eonorntrating
Mid apptflnt the virtues of s,edleintl ye/stabler
wits ecnleved In the yrodnetlou of Hretetter's
!Stomach Bitten. Neter bet ire bad • terfectly
&
pars cob ole allumians teen cotnel.d vr-th toe
it
stable apt vs d Atari N e e s rn •,iemars of the veg.
• inadont. Never ye tbou eliehtren
years have • sated 'ice. I ts l-trodoetbsn ha.
Lois great avatars , Iva been equall d. It la taken
at nil swoons, in all climes m she ma t
potent
safeatt•rd against rplarm as a pr,section
gutsiest all anneal.
(I n c cilia alio. that produce
debility or berst as, ask romed• for biter.
mi ry; or other mainstream fever.; as •n aerie.
User; as • soverabin cum for dyspepsia; im •
tempo tonic and inalsoraut; • &gentle, pain
less aperient: a. • blood r . e perent: as • tvvvlnr;
• • ears for bilious sfrectle”: In • n•rmle,
=Myna; and as the lair/ nm7.leCle oP Una VII
under fasoraele ale nuntsxe.loch as am:scene
ry
permits. undue bodily or menta l exertion. bald ,
hip. prlvati-m mad earemano -
NOTICES:
rgiNAiri:OßT PITT FOUN.
Dar C op PITTSBCrItIiII,
Annual Meads( tortes Stockholders or this Con.
pan,- Flll be bent at the once on 1441 street, on
TUISDeIf. February nth. at A &clock r. X.. at
which time the!, erlil be an election for SiFitol
IT Dill SOTORS.
is2h.lll O. limn:7llLT, .Treasurer.
IJIMCP or PIITOItt • 011 pritriANCll Co;
• COro•r Of Bforket Cod Maier .I.footp.
l'lrrneosou, January 110[0,1170.
rgr"THE ANNEAL ELErTION
fur CIEVE.•TIMN DIREVTORIS of Ms
Cembeervl be 11.10 . :t ibe came °Veld Coto
ffeq. ' APR Wan 111
• land 1 Welook r
Ultras, D. 0: HITLTZ, Smeary. •
DrwiTlaires
Orme Or BorealOa Lein= emitter, I
emu S a s Cite Jtsmroad Busing.
Ur THE BOARD. OF DIBEC.
TORO of thls Comptes pate to . Oat de
oltred from the wales.; or the past twelve
tombs. •dteleond of TWiLelt Pea eSNT,
ant bat. u.o olamd it t per mat. to the eredlt
rreeleeht.
T. A. Wassails.. Moorman., js7MtS7
Pleienuaou, .13tb,islo7
OrTRE BOARD OF M4lll.
atiltnal or th- Xl/NOlettaltZLJ. SAT.
TGA , ION ban, Om elk,' declare • o.dlll , lesd
oo sto et of 4std ft, Oho pat,
ZOOM fm of Pik CXNI r . or Two Dolton
Sod • Mar a sear., tree of d tax. parable oa
and WU , 11 11/6 Mat., atlas °llea or the Tres..
o'er. No, 94 Man and atm.. Mtabufgh.
la17:09 - war. IiaNEWELL. 'Creature.
14,ar.AW‘ill:TiiiiPa3 j,0)41
Murray a Lantan's
Florida Water,
The most celebrated apd
Most delightful of all per
fumes, for use on the hand
kerchief, at the-toilet, and
in the bath, for sale by all
Druggists : and Perfumers.
1•21:Mln. •
rim PERSONS RAYING LARGE
BUILDINGS. WITH BSZAIIi POW _ I$ TO
ILSNT . —Wasied, to nab fora term of nun
11b privilege of boring, a largo bandtog wlrb
steam power, and soliable far annnieturing ag •
riculta• al ImPlemt ate and otherinbtandinon,
and near to or connected with • foundry. a..
tunistl. Bt. Loan or . Pittsburgh nriferred, or
nth point a. will afford river or rallro.deora
rannleatten. • ' •
Tenons lining each properly for rent or We
will relearn Kenna, erne partienlara rift
egg at of floor roma, anonat of power, rent and
vibes ponenlon can be bad. • .
IA HALLOWS. 0. E.
Eaveass. Ohio.
FOS 841.1 E-CHEAP.
8.000 POUNDS 07
ruler= snow% inarmi PAINT.
=3
H.lt. WIG t CO..
Dal:Ars Buildlag. thi •*me WIT
CLOTHING. • •
.I. I .OATS, PANTS, OTANATja, CAPS, le.
•Iw. Oiled CI •
loth/nit of an dada always on
band sad Car mo s wboleasio or MAU. by
J. L H. rtmaaro.
IN sad WI Birth taut.
FFN,:iyi f .lika)lViz)De=l
X' C.) X' 1:T LA
WILLIAM
Nos. 180 and 182 Federa
t 6 1-4 e. Linen Toweling,
t 11 Wt. wide Linen Toweling.
I! I-lc., 4-4 Heavy Dabluched !heating,
t I! 1-4 e., 4.4 Bleached Basin, a good
article.
t 8 1-le. Dark Prints.
Ioe. Pest Colored Dark Prints.
lle. Dark Prints, worth I! I-le.
dt 60e. ill-woo;
it ilk. ill-wool Plaids.
At Pk doable-width Black k Col'd Poplins
At 10c. White Linen Towel'. -
It lie. White Limn Towels,' 'toolbars'''.
At 81.76 a dol., Linen Hopkins, very good.
It 81144111 W Honey Comb Qa
It $l.lO, While Honey Comb Quilts, Jorge
size.
At 76e. Ladies' White Iselin Ilederskirts,
• a bargain.
THE SITO& IS COMPLETE
W holesrsle
WILLIAM
Nos. 180
FEDERAL STREET.
DECIDED BARGAINS!
At 60e. Wits' Beep Mite, latest sha
new glean goods.
Al inc. bit Shoulder Shawls.
At 71e. Knit Shonlser Shawls, large site:
At The. Children's Snit Cloaks.
At tic. Boys' Wool Lined Back
At The. Men's hr hp Wool Lined Back
Cloves.
It lie. lea's end Bop' Wool Both.
At It 14e„ lea's Wool Nixed Socks.
Al 40e„ Eel's Heavy Grey lain Shirts.
At 40e. Ilta's HUT, Gray Merino Drawers.
At $l.OO Ladles' Merino 'Thidervests, good
qua ity.
it $l.OO Ladles' Hering Drown, goo
quality.
New Goods Daily Opening
AT
NACRUff,GLYDE & Co',s,
78 and 80 Market Street.
.LT
HORNE & CO'S
In order to still further ceders stock, tef•
Called our asteuarloveutury, we will coots •
to offer our stock at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
Many Goods Be!ow Cost.
Woolen Goods, Hosiery,
Gloves, Underwear,
Lace and Lace Articles,
Embroideries,
Millinery Goods,
Bash and Bow Ribbons,
Satin and Bonnet Velvets,
Dress Trimmings,
Cloak Loops and Ornaments,
Bottlevards Skirts, ea, die,
AT RETAIL BARGAINS.
77 Of 79 JfI4II.ACIET IPrREE.r.
• BEAVER FALLS
CUTLERY..COMPANY,
NALNI 7 / I .OTIDIZE23 OP
Superior Auter.leau
. .
TABLE CUTLERY
•
POCKET KNIVES.
()waits? Vauturpaised.
Dealrabla new batterar and all the well•knoot
stile. of Table Cutlery. •ro fa .toot, a lino
lot of CARVARS, BOTOIIILILV and BREAD
KNIVIA of an &annuals. All Linda of
POOIET Klan&
• RETAIL BALIMROOIf, open In connootlaa
via Ma General 0111o•and !Mahwah Depart.
neaw -
~ • •
No. 70 Wood Street,
UMW*' mvantratin, PA.
JOBE Q. WONAItA.N...II: MOTU= DATIL
--.. •
WORKMAN DAVIS,
1117C7C2830111 TO
Workman, Moore & Co.,
Mannfeetunin and D4alere la
CAILMUAGES, BUGGIES.
Spring and Buck Wagons,
11, 44, 46 and 48 Beillt EL, Allegheny.
Depalrhte neatly &It ' d promptly exereled.
dere for New Work Rouen up IV good strle and
werratined to glee uttletietona In teeny pletlen•
4Meetz! Tzkri.,..tpuy..4podi
ra" . e . t v cr% T ick' r eittu7"..l l7T
• H. RICILAZO DAVIS Italie' pm:lmM the
Interest of Al.:. and Ws. D. News. In 'be late
Dm of Ve ,, BILM le, YOURS t CO.. the bed
nen wttt Iterearter be con•laseit An the old man.
neder the name 11311 inyle WO/LEMAN At
DAVIS. Orders solicited. _
pat w Q. Iit t ORKICAI i,
L *e erlyi
11.
' Lae, Plitiarth.
now BOOS.
.is,,ADY BYRON VINDICATED
A bleary 0(14 Syr?: Oratravarar. Cram eta
• 11 b :rtirla r .V. he P 41w ' • bra
• TrigN fIULY
One Illata.;• .lb
up•vomme. 11111110:: ........ .26
-Ono rebate: lama: sip. • ' 11)
NAPIIEVIS LILIV:OF Weltatt,
ORSZLIrVa SIOULLNOTIONS OP A Rh'
L tibia
03110 IP
IN AMU DIV&LOPIIZAT 'up A AC.
moans
.21141,111t7. By B. Mar sa. ilaaie
LANOII Obi Plitlailula es od
111THLET'l. Sy Oa audio. of ran/111Mb
sao
•
son aux ay
B. oe.vis a: co
'U Liberty litreee,
=I
VOlll, MALE. -ENGINEA AND.
BOILIRS. sew amid amead-aaatt, axe
malty ga haul sad boVp.,.
ON a BRO.
ama rratz OMPLaWitt=iti
, r.s*
- • - •1-%
• • w.•4•4:4Nfr,74,.t•t??'-',"
•
••••• , ,Atk.,,y
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1;t 3 47/FADl•43izif
Pt. 1 3, Pt X IC) MG ES
SEMPLE'S,
1 Street, Allegheny . City
DRESS GOODS, VERY CHEAP
. BARGAINS TN
PLAID AND STRIPED DeLIIINE
TABLE LINENS
AT VERY LOW" PRICES
• COMPLETE STOCK OP
Housekeeping Dry Gixxls.
Sheeting Hueline.
Pillow Case Mnsline,
Shirting Has/ins,
Irish Linens, -
Linen Shirt Fronts,
Infants Robes,
Lace and
Hamburg Edgings► .
Hosiery. Gloves,
Handkerchiefs,
Collars, Cuffs,
&c.,
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT
and Retail,
'SEMPLE'S
and 182
ALLEGHENY CITY.
r /
c -D 0 1 j i • GET ;o 4
4e3 g 11 A
Cag r a
'':' g ga
-1 4 a l; t'g 1 1 Pi i
rail 1 .4 41 14
AIA 1 m
0 l i
r 4 o4me r i
&'t 0 1"
El -
Pzi iii ir, 14 as . 4
gt 4 4
0 I 3
SAID , ft , r , SOME THESE PEN
URY VALUABLE PROPERTY.
FOR SALE
On ■ leer credit If desired. In the Seventeenth
ward, (Lawrenetrllle.) 100 feet more 07 PM..
froutintr on Butler street, mining but 402
feet to hummit street, 40 feet wide, with two
houses on it, renting for $O4O per eat, with
tba best soft water, and fruit. ehrubbery. An.
Also, 100 feet mete or lers.Yronting on Davison
street, running back to saldliniosnitotmt 340
feet, with one house and a good eptlng of soft
water. Bent for 4940 per year. Both pieces
eonta'ns large quantities or loom and sharp sand.
N. B.—l Will sell the naked goo dd at Vie tate
of $4.000 less than has r. cently been valued by
Viewers tor a street eloseby, and all the Improve.
meats at a fair valuation.
Also, for sale. tloat tar story Warehouse on
the coraer of Liberty and H anoxic streets, Pitts.
burgh, occupied b. Messrs. M. llctlullounils. Jr..
& Col, 20 f. et front on Liberty Wee; 110 feet
on Hancock and 110 feet on Exchange a Icy.
Requires no recotatoendatl, is. Also, lour two
story Brick POPS., all Ina row, sir rooms each.
Hirt. on a Boor. on LMOilt street, Allegheny.
near Hand street bridge. Rents for $375 arch
per year. Also, four acres of choirs laid with •
new painted and papered Brick House, 6 Foam..
wash house, tiro wells. cistern, stable, to., &a,
where I now reside. All or any can be bought on
tong credit, or short, as It may suit purchasers.
Isparta of E. WILJCIN& at Jona Hays , ,
Ho. 139 Liberty street, Menorah:
JAwiIAIT 111 1810.
READ !EC! , DEAD!
CORM"
Removed In on minute, •ntthoot IdoirtUs of
leaving worms: Buda. and Diseased K.II
Removed In • tow Wan ei. operation per
formed vritboas pain or bloodshed I
•
Parfou comfort Immediately! .
No 'all/moos neeldnonsedl
No owe fue after aparatlng I
Stiduted and M.GI Joints thestod moue OWN
rtost-Bite .0 Chilblains oared In a lbw dam
listlesetloo given or snooty refueled. Good'
City References given.
...Mace noun from 111 t01.11K., tad 16[4.4
Sundays. 9 will A. It:
Rmerg.r UN plus, Na. •Y Birth stmt. 04
Bt. Char, ale sts.lrs.
Dr. D. P/LTEMSON, Pflistmrsb. Pa.
delthase .
W. N. HAVEN it CO.,
HAVE YOB BALE
A Good Assortment of
BLANK BOOKS
OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Carper Wood Itteet lad Third direpaa
.411,49
REMOVAL.
lerchante Flre lot. Co., Odom%
• ABSETS, $1141,649.03.
MARKET FIRE INS. CO. N. Y
Participation,
AS.BILTS, $11119.1111.110.
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., Hartford,
ANSTS. 11400,000 01
.11DWARD L 111061111164 Airent,
Lammed to 106 1100111 H AVIINII t, totare
Wtod and eadtbdeld Went, Pliubarnb, Ya.
).11.:010
SILVER. WARE!
We hive on band end ari receiving very
hiiaronir assortment of BEST QUALIM'
WARN. welch we will sell al
low es Win be height in Nag York.
(11171 t.. 1117TTIM WARM
ifYigUP PITCHX23.
- 1 lex PITCRZAR. waiLarn,
• 1301IY TUREENS, uaIET BOKETS,
SPOONs, 701110, &C.
WATTLES &
101 FIFTH ANIMUS. abonlloooll.loo street.
01.21 .
PUBLIC NOTICE.
•
•
Haring been appointed Haaand lUD METES
IN•PYHTOR. far Allrgheay Hanatl. act+es
hereby el that mad D• accessory need ad
Mechanical Test:log Machinery can be provided,
I •111'. be !load-at the °MHZ Or THE
?IONA!, YOUNDRY AHD • PIPE woais.
Teinty.tided etreet, sear ran.. Plilatorrgh.
M. EL 11/111211.
Jail:eel Gee and Gas Mete, Inapeetee.
pawn.: ROLL FOUNDRY,
LISILICTY =a se mu gnu us.
BOLLMSN & BACALEY,
=ll
Chill Bolls, Sand Bolls & Pinion&
BINCANDIXBII &
V Mate Wilma. Cara Vol
Foreign and Dawdle Dry Geed.,
• Do. Ri WOOD SWIZZ%
' 'l l l[ ,
T U3IIB
DATES.
•
Jost moiled. new crop Toots Dotes. yen Roo"
ft.... 1. by Lbe boz or pound at lbo Foamy Oro.
*melon of
01 00r S r ( 4
r y m /AV 3"iastls.r
NEW /iI?VERTISENMEI
7 PER CENT. INTEREST
IN GOLD,
•
P.Pann NUT .4 November In N.. YOrkana
London, Imo of Government Tar
rust NORTGAGE
Convertible Sinking Fund Bonds
AT 05,
• IMBED BY VIE
BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS
Minnesota Railroad .Company.
lieldle g about 10 per cent. currency: principal
airy year. to run, payable In gold. Seemed by
the railroad. bianchea depot. grounds, rolling
stock. equipment and franchise of the company.
That bonds are only tasted upon each me
lba of the road as fast as the same is completed
and la snemssfel operation. Two and a-halt
mlilloni of dollars lave been expended on this
road. X inlay-three miles are nearly eoreplet. d
and equipped. and are • dy show loge earnings,
and tke remainder of the tine Is rapidly moire.
sing In construction.
Thts Loan ha been relmted by our Cent &Mr a
thorough and earful investigatichr. Conaequela
li we have no hesitation In rerommendlng it to
oar tetrads na a perfectly safe. Declarable md
Lest-elms security. Our opinion Is fully cong Ivo •
ed by the !Mowing stem, g letter from the ex pe.
Tkneed and mins ally in riessful manager of the
Pennsylvania Haliroad Company:
I=
PROSIDWIT'I Oren.
Pnmat...enta. May 11, 1509.
Messrs. HENRY CLEWS t CO., No. 37
Walt street.-0e ntlemen In answer to your re.
quest of the 7th alt. ter cur wanton, es to the
eoadltlenwtd prospects of the Burtlegtoe. Ceder
Rapids and Ytnne.ota Railway, the character of
the country throush wkdch It puns, and the
pr.:duple success of the enterprtse, we would
stab that before acts. leg the trust Imposed
upon a by the sir t Nertgige 'Bond. of thls
Company, we had folly satttlied ourselves of the
Onetteobllity or We entelpri.s.
The wad starts at one orthe moat nourishing
cities , on the Port. hilsehodpel Ricer. mg
roes ina northwesterly direction op the great
nth Cedar Valley, connectieg at a p a ,,,,, a t
points alma the Inc with six dinerent railroads,.
now in attire operation, nearly all ofchic
(
Most be , more or less, tributary to or den
to this co. d.
• .
This enterprise isdestined to become, In eon.
eirtlon with other. now In operntlon or
ru
constcted, one of the a mat tronk line from
Lake Bupertor vas M. Paul Cedar Rapids(.. and
Burlington to St. Lonls and to the East, osier the
Toledo. Pawls and Waruw, and the Pennsylva
nia Railroad., which we rep eeeee e ee
Rut aside from this, the popoloue eon( Mon of
the Infantry along the line of thin road. his great
pralitellvenees and setal:h, give so diets nt. guar
ant) of a good Weal Deadness. which, for any
road, Le the best reliance tor nevus.
• nod Index of the prosperity and wealth of
the country through which t hie road pass.• way
be found In the feet that the Company report.
oyez a million gad • quarter loner. enbeerlbed
and expended by indleldaele resldieg worn the
Ilne le pushing on one hundred and slaty mien
of Ow Vert. and It Is also a strour proof of the
Ronal populerlty and necessity for the road.
lours. respeetfally.
J. ZDwilit THOMPSON.
Preeldeut of the Penna. . Co. j . True
r Iy•ItLE3 IfltuOrf tees.
Pewit Toltde,Peorta • Warsaw It. Co.
As an art fence of the resources and immense
Wane of the smitten of the country through
which this road zunii, we parent the following
OtScial btatantent of the Corals. ♦grleultural
Products napped from the State of lowa by the
different railroads therein, during the year end
ing Shell 30th, 1869, Just Issued by the Seer°
tar, of Slate: . •
Number of horses 1,693
Number of wage 60.9117
Number of bog. 1119,367
Number of sheep 89,731
Dramd bon, lbs 13.416 776
Lard and pork, ltd 7.6119.630
•
Wool. lbs . 9.866,194
Wriest. busbela 9.196,643
Cont, beam). 31,210.403
Other grains lbs 35,478,854
Other grains, bushels 1,606,047
Other agricultural product., log. 27.609,101
hear and other agricultural pro- ' --.
dust., jbm.....,„-.
Animal pralaata not Otnt.ll•4o
spealed s lba 10,9(3,101
•
-.tae wedding oillelat statement is made op
'loam( exclusively of the s Volute Eutward.
sad doles not boxed. , the amount • of produce
shipped Emtward from , Dubuqte or MoJregor.
wlt oh would swell the totals materially. If the
dal:menu Westward by the raltroada were (Iron
they tetrad swell tautened) the Muliriniht tx . .
Mint of nudes products.
11018 110 AL ALTO RUNS THROUGH THE
RICH AND GROWING- ItTATE OF MINNX•
ROTA. Reference to the mrp f e United
Mates lull show that THIS ROAD PASSES
THROIMIH THE KM? ENTERPRISING AND
GROWING 1.011106 0. THE WEST AND
FORMS ONE 06 THE GREAT TRUNK ultra
x. DIRECT COMMUNICA LION WITH NEW
TORE. CHICAGO and 81. LOlll5, below. to
the latter My. 90 miles wafer from Northern
1 o all portions of the State of MIOLItSOIII,
than any' other re td now tui., cr oropeted, and
Aso me nearest route from Central and Bomb
ma lowa. •
Tbls•oadl red sired by the smuts of that see.
Dos when, a largo and Increasing Irian Is wait
log for It and needs railroad emmonleattos.
TUN BUYER Or THISBE BONDS IS, TN ERE.
roes. OUAnANTEED BY A OUELT 1117 I.
2.118 S ALREADY IN EXISTENCE AND HAS
NOT TORUN ANY OPTUE CONTINGENCIES
WHICH- ALWAYS ATTEND UPON THE
OPENING 07 TUE Rua D 3 INTO NIIITAAD
UNSETTLED COUNTRY.
We altar thee bonds for the prom:dot ON a-A
awned lest rat. WE RECOMMEND THEY
TO INTEOTERS AND OPPICERS OP FINAN
CIAL ZEST ?WIVES WHO DESIRE TO
CHANGE THEIR HIGH PRICED I %VEST
*WC tl. TOR A SECURITY WHICH PRE
SENTS EVERY ELEMENT O! SAFETY. AND
AT THE SAME TIME YIELDS A MUCH
HIGHER RATE OP INTEREST. ' '
Pasopblei. and 101 l parbealata tuinlnlad
HENRY CLEWS co.,
No. 32 Wall Street,
71BIA14cLAL AGSM* Cr TEE C2IIL'ANY
S. McCLEAN & CO.,
76 7008TH AVZITI/6, Plitaballb. •P 6
Baalkan aad Dealers la liolerstmant. 6 016. 77.
chug% &a.
...Government and all chases of See=lle
tau la tzebange forth, above Arst-elase bond.
tat2:m:ws
swiNT & nnarr,
111011117.0117/IAL MID
ORNAMENTAL C ARVERS,
it 0 Bandniky At., Allegheny, tn.
Ven aad
of sal ducriptlons dmke. alll,lll
SHIPiIIEAVVB OF ALL
landa of fresh late
re ash . are
t encallle
Dlanarid Whet, a(l.theoT:in
City Bland, Allegheny City. corner of rederal
and 0111 e na b
lesia. Oar long experlense In the
badness to always hare on hand a Ann
elan ankle s and can ern Whs. glen. axiom.
Herring. Blank Hue and Whim, Perch all at eery
low r7ceire us all We Will Insure a nee
article. Wholes In or rsiall. All orders
socontstly.
KEYSTONE POTTERY.
S . ?EL BIER &
liolniumwass. asiirron waits as.
Q
and Wanbonas. 383 LIBERTY BTU'S,
earam nerter• gutpwron en
EL: i.
•
er of Weights and leasnree,
ose•—••• • PVITRTH AVZHIIIt. Pittsburgh.
D Ya sit tratY. Plasburgb
Lisa. Cll6. Itilirl7LTT, Deputy. AIL.
bear Mutat.
THE ADMINISTRAT
CLOSIN
IMMY Cir
Is - Now in
BARK
141 - 0. 59 . MA RH
Every ortide Ass been reduce
80 day& /kite exciusivelyfor
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS 4 Ste,
CARPETS.
NEW FALL STOCK.
Oil Cloths, Window Shades.
DRUGGETS.
DRUGGET SQUARER,
Ingrain Carpets,
At the Lowest Prices Ever Offered.
BOVARD, ROSE t CO.,
$1 TIFTH AVENUE.
.ell:4l4iT
CA R P ETS.
BEDIICTION*.
The alterations and im
provements of our Sales
rooms_now in progress, make
it necessary for us to im
mediately dispose of a large
portion of our stock of
CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS,
Hearth Bu rr s, Fee.,
Many goods Will be sold
at prices below the , present
wholesale cost. Call at once at
OLIVER XeCLINTOCK & OM,
28 Filth Avenue.
HOLIDAY GIFTS.
i i
Positive Reduction In Prices
, „ .•
OP •
PIANO COVERS,
Mosaic, . . •
Axminster, .
Artifon Russ,
Crumb Clo
• gfc., tfc.
.1,1 'Ollllll MOS.:
Aro. it FWTB arkrrps,
de=
A3O V7,60D eruzrr;
WOOLEN BRUOGETS
EMEI
FELT CA.BPETS,
IL 11, 2, 2, 3;s: • 31, and ,
YARD WIDA
BORDERED 5cf14&11,123
Suitable for Parlers.
DlNlfis 110011 CRUMB CLOTS,
Woolen, Linen and C4ton,
EU=
AT LOWER PRICES TRIM 1181' SEASON
Notsrithstandlost the oodirdelsheel tarli
• on these goods.
. & COLLINS
71 and 73 Fifth Ayetine.
61.21:4X1
BUSINESS CHANGER.'
91111 C FIRM OF RAILIFFff
lIITOWN A CAILSON ray bits V ay dissolved
Drown. All pens.
furlyee briar:Weil to 101 l firm will pledne Cal/ end
r Wen-
mate lesnrillate waystwitS so, all siemens hay
lea stales• firrsiwit the same to Idle K. Wet-.
so cur office:6s Pirderal •uvel, be belegi
Marasa:4lo bettle 111 screen..
" Jostrll O. Biltlrr, •
A AMES A. OA tsoN.
At.t.canmyr ern'. JO nary Ist, Imp.
to fettling from . the ann.( OREM, r
CarrollL mild /the ihe t odetrtnaltYlil i f espres.
tiny nay' thauks to stir friends for 'their past
favors, too or, alit reatiesithillr 01..4 , , *cant...
since of maso favors, for the am ofittatill
Brown.•
Bittury •a nroww. rHamber./ Olga sad
SO Clpe lritterr,s3 ltdhsaistrret. Allegheol
City . evoi.ld it, taro •thelr Umtata to their
fiket7=nea l epitt lZA7Pl;glelleilit4[Tirel . ,
to 'v.v... ref teeth it tot,.
(donation uf %holt tater:tied favors r the old.
orl arin. IsIS.rtS
. .
DFe MORT, ?
IKSOLVTION. i ,
were PolliT ,
4 ,
, JANET/LIT 1. 670. s.
The Inn of B}llotTil A WARWICK 44..t131.45yi , •
been dis•olred try mutual eausealM• WAS , t'
WICK sethlre.
L. It. e till. '
.....
• : ! ' WY. WA,tIWICE. -',
. .
• '
The !madness et Mut fare 'llyen lb; eettiidl
and cautioned by tbn undenduned under tb, Ilne
nameet •
L. Fie SMITH & CO. •
3.19.7.3 11.18111 TH
DR.
CiONTINinES TO TitEAT' ALL.
arf l airraire=n...p
_T h e n i a seti tr i Irtler"*ry
Completely enulmaiso: rpe-rmatorrhee or mull
nal Weakness and thopoteney. resenting MSS
mit-abuse err other mm, and which produces
some of th e following effects, as blothnes,
weakne trothrestlon, ooriensepUon. orersitet 110
oil = wie uroumtlinees, dread of Were er tete.
los fmom ladolenee, nonlethal amisidanh
and finally so pewtralt the Sexual astein as ha
retidersthnlare Lannatlstactery, and therefore
iTlLlVa l li e m P a=dgal d f4=4 6.
or long rtamilng ocnistitoUonalsomptamt aware
ere the Doctor atrial; be never Odle.
• partlenlar attention_glven to all Female costa '
Dianna, Lesloorrhea or 'Whites, Felting, Maas.
mental or Ulceration of the Womb, °yarn%
prating, Amenorrhoea. lienorrhagla Dime.
1 . 24=1.5Ai:.n0 sp a sgilg or I;arren . nese, at Wm-
It ts .I.lf-evident that•• Physician Who congnea
Wrest/1' exclushrely to the studyota certain Maas
of diseaseta and totals thossaads of mem envy •
year meat wool. grrarth m. eater akin in that epee/WY •
than one Enamel p
Tile Doctor intense. a medical nthiplilet Ott .
sit'/ Pages OM arum t all emmeltion °reentrant;
:r i rmate =lva as can be had free Mahon
/ l and
cott= 9 l=tictig roV P :st,
SI and enabling them to determine t hepre*
elm aspire of their coahth.
The
j rablishmea r tw mpl vaa l rfaing ten ample.
miinte my, die Doctor's opinln eaare l etra
targagir/:, a 7 . l;llten etatznent of the
moll Oreaser.
!Fa/u mune laminae., hamg, • immos . a ya
nation le *Mole Lely useesead, whim
Ms dailynemonal attention Is
no
anda
for the secommodetion cygnet, patients there era
vlded Zilf . 74 7 ll l=ll,fi e r. gr.tatir,
e rtonote A rtAgu e ding medleated t zaftag
Dectont awn laboratory, mider P as ',creams/ en
mvidens. Megkai pamplilets oMee free, to
Oy man for tw stamps. No matter who have
failed, read what he awe. Hoare a.m. ,S se,
rin nears - Ili W. to r. Otace. :16. 9 WrISM
iTIMAT., Nom,. POT F 4 TIMM, I 7 . 1"10••TIF . •
OR'S GREAT FINAL s,
G SALE
0 fa 3CI
Progress at
ER'S,
Err
d in price, and must be motet in