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TJOYS AND YOUTHS’ BOOTS,
Boys and Youthß’ Boots,
Boys and Youths’ Boots,
Boys and Youths’ Boots,
At No. 16 FIFTH STREET,
oe, D. B DiFFENBACHEB,
FOB RENT.—A large dwelling house
of hall, two large parlors, fire chembere din
ing room and kitchen, attic rooms, bath room,
closets, porch, Ac-, gas and Water fixture*, large
▼art), grape riae, stable and carnage house, N 0.99
Penn Btreet. Immediate possession gtren. M
uuire of 8. CUTBBEBT * SON,
ocll 6i Market street.
SILK BUNTING
—ahd—
CHINTZ FLAGS,
—A T—
m juu4Amson‘Sf
80. 4T BT. CtAlB BTHEEI*
b>
JnsttrcitM.
Monongahela Insurance Co.
OF PITTSBURGH
Omasa—JAMES A: HUTCHIBON, President,
HENRY M. ATWOOD, Secretary.
OAPT. JAR WOODBURN, Gen’l
OFFICE NO. 98 WATER STREET,
Will Jnsurs all kinds of Firs and Mari Tis Risks.
_ ASSETS, MAT 10th, 1801.
Stocfi Due Bills payable on demand
and secured by two approved names..! 78,760 00
Bills 2:5,667 Si
Bills Discounted 80,236 78
Mortgage 12,000 00
116 Snares Mechanics Rnn V
stock oosL „„ «i 66 oo
100 Shares Citizens' Rank JT
stock cost. 6,176 00
40 Shares Exchange R»nic
stock cost.
60 Shares Bank of Pitts
burgh
16,140 00
Balance of Book Account* 66,897 76
Office Furniture....- 400 00
Cash. - - - 49,162 30
_ DIRECTORS.
Wo. B. Holmes, Jas. A. Hutchinson,
Wilson Miller John Atwell,
Wm-Rea, 8. B. Robison:
Jno M’Deyifct Richard Bays,
Joe. Kirkpatrick- R. Wallace,
Bobt Dalaell, Geo. A Berry,
Wm. A. Caldwell. Wm. Means,
Janie Woodbura, my2l
Allegheny Insurance Co.
OFTICK-Sto. IVrllth M*S£nlt Block.
TNSUBES AGAINST ALL KINDS
A OF FIE I AND MARINE RISKS.
ISAAC JONES, President; JOHN D. MeCOKD
Vice President: D. M. BOOK, Secretary; Cert.
WILLIAM DEAN, General Agent.
Ifcuciou—lsaac Jones, C. G. Hnssey, Han ■
Childs, Cant R. C. Gray, John A. Wilson, B. u.
John D. McCord, Oapt. Adam Jacobs,
g- f Sterlinc, Capt. W. Dean, Rob'l L M’Grew,
RolFt H. Da TIB.
WJEST 'BRA.VCH
Mutual Insurance Company,
LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON COUNTT.
CHABT2&&D BT THE LEGISLATURE OP
PENNSYLVANIA.
2*2? Capital —1300,000 | Prrnnum Nota tiaiWS
COMPANY WILL INSUKE
.A on Buildings, Merchandise, Furniture, &c_
in town or country.
Dia*croßB:—Bon. J. J. Pearce, J. B. Ball, T. T.
Abrams, Hon. G. C. Harrey, Ohaa. Cnst, D. K.
Jack mao, Ch&s. A. Mayer, Peter Dickson. W.
White, Thomas Kitchen
HON. G. C. HARVEY. President.
T. T. AnaAira, Vice President.
Teos. Kjtohim, Secretary.
. __ J. A. LIPPERT, Agent,
dea No. 70 Fifth street.
Pennsylvania Insurance Company
Of Pittsburgh.
Ofllee No. 03 Fourth Street,
, DIRECTOES,
Jacob Painter,Rody Patterson, L Grier SpronL
c. A. Colton, Jam os H. Hopkins. A. A Carrier,
Hanrr Sprooyiioh. Voeghtly, Geo. W. Smith.
A.J.Jonea, Wade H.mptoo, Robert Patrick,
Chartered Capital „.g300.00b
FIRE AND MARINE RISKS TAKEN, of all
descriptions.
gctioem:
A. A. CARRIER, President.
I. GRtKR BPROUL, Secretary. [j*l:iy
EUROPEAN AGESCS.
Thomas rattihan, European
Agent, No. 115 Water street, Plttaburgh, Pa,
is prepsred to bring ont or Bend back paeaengers
from or to am part of the old country, either bv
steam or sailing packets.
SIGHT DRAFT'S FOR SALE, payable in any pari
of Europe.
Agent for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Rail
road. Also, Agent for the o«d Black Star Line of
Sailing Packets, and for the lines of Steamers sail
iue between New York, Liverpool, Glasgow * D d
flaiway. feu
ilaraitg stills.
TAB. MILLINGAR, MONONGAHE
t/ LA PLANING MILL, would respectfully inform
the public that he has rebuilt sinov'toe fire, and
haring enlarged his eatablishmenL-vand filled n
with the newest and most approved machinery, is
now prepared to furnish flooring and planing
boards, scroll sawing and re-sawing, doorß, sash
and shutters, kiln dried, frames, mouldings, box
making, Ac.
Sonin Pittsburgh. September 7. 1867. i*2a
DOZ. ENGLISH GKADUATED
vJ MEASURES: 6 gross French Infant Powder,
just received and for sale by GEO. A. KELLY,
tvt3 AUeebenv city.
MCW MKUICAL IHbCOYiCBY,
-pos the speedy and permanent cure of
GONORRHEA, GLEET, URETHAL DISCHARGES,
Seminal Weakness, Nightly Emissions,
Incontinence, Genital irritability
Gravel, Stricture and
AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS AND BLAODER
which has been used by upwarus of
ONE HUNDRED PHYSICIANS,
m their private practice, with entire success, super
seding Cuokbs. Copaiba, Capsules, or any compound
hitherto known.
BELL’S SPECIFIC PILLS
are speed in actioo, often effacing a cure in a
few days, and wheu a cure is effected it is porman
ent. They are prepared from vegetable extracts
that are harmless on the system, and never nause
ate the stomach, or impregnate the breath: and be
ing sugar ooated, all nauseous taste is avoided.
No change of diet it necessary whilst using them; nor
does their action interfere with business pursuits.
Each box contains six dozen Pills.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR,
and will be sent by mail, post-paid, by any advertis
ed Agent, on receipt of the money.
None genuine without my signature on the wrap
per. J. BRYAN, Rochester, N. Y., General Agent
• au27:d&wlvHB
Pittsburgh steelworks
.JOHN L. 8015...
Isaac jonxs.~.
JONES. BOYD & CO„
Manufacturebs of cast
Steel; also. Spring, How and A. B. Steel
NGB and AXLES, corner Ross and First
streets, (.noSSnsl PITTSBURGH. Pa.
aOSSBT DALE 1LL.... JAIUB JL B RABING
ROBERT DAIZELL & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANTS
DmißßjlH PPOMCIIHD PnißTOft-TE MAIfOTAOfOBJL^
HO. a*l LIBERTY STREET,
PITT 3 BtTBOH.
Near Rochester, beaveh'cO'—
Valuable Farm fcr sale, of lflOac-ef—lOinO
cultivation, balance good limber, blar.l% :.o.j white
oak. The land le rolling and can all be cultivated.
Framedwelhng house of 6 rooms, j>orc h and poi
tico, cellsr, 4c., large Darn, stable and other out
houses, orchard orl2o trees, all under goed fence,
good springe—can be divided into two tnrms. For
price and terms apply at the real estate office of
ocll 8. QUTHBERT 4 SON, 61 Market »i,
FALL GOODS!— ~
EATON MACRUM & CO.,
Invite Attention to their
BKW STOCK FOE FALL TEADE,
At Nog. l? and 19 Fifth street.
Wholesale buyers supplied atlowest prices. se2B
TO MILLIE ERE—
A new supply of
fkehch flowees
and BOSES, just received by express at
HORN EM Trimming Store,
odfi 77 Market street.
Balmoral
and Hoop Skirts,
French and Mechanic Corsets,
Head Dresses
and Hair Netta. Freah supplies
jast reoaivfid at HORNE’S,
odS 77 Market street.
EMPTY BARRELS—2OO empty Slack
*.! l ° wb W MEatBB o 8 .
W^AXTED— 20 GOOD FiLEBS, apply
.BOWN A TETLEY?
1W Wood street-
PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 23, 1861.
OmCB UUSBtIKMA&TrR U. 8. Aemt, )
Indianapolis, locL, Sep'etnber 110, 1851 f
SEA LED PROPOSA L$ will be received
at this office unt 112 o'clock it. on MO>D\Y,
th« 28th day o! October. 1861, for furnishing the
following army supplies, deliverable at the (.quarter*
master's Depot,at Indianapolis,lndiana,in quantitles
a* required, vir.:
36.000 Korpge Cape and Covers
1,660 Uniform Coats, Musicians, Infantry—dark
blaeKerßey
120 Uniform Jackets,Musicians, Cavalry—dark
bine Kersey
20 Uniform Jackets,Musicians,Artillery—dark
blue Kersey
34.760 Uniform Coals, Privates, Infantry—dark
blue Kersey
2,68 ft Uniform Jackets, Privates, Cavalry—d Ark
blue Kersey
1,860 Uniform Jackets, Privates, Artillery—dark
tlue Kersey
Chevrons N. O. 8. pairs of Infanfry
20 “ “ p» rs of Cavalry
370 “ Ist Sergeants, pairs of Infantry
40 “ “ pairs of Cavalry
“ u pairs of Artillery
Sergeants, pairs of infantry
“ pairs of Cavalry
“ pairs of Artillery
2,900 ** Corporals, pairs of Infactry
260 “ “ p9irs of Cavslry
110 “ “ pairs of Artillery
4*) *• Hospital Stewards, pairs of
1.910 Trowsers,SeTg.,lnfantry—sky-blue Kerrey
180 •• Cavalry ‘ “
“ /rullery *• “
Corp, infantry ** *-
’* Cavalry u *•
“ Artillery *• *•
Prvates, Jafanti v •* *•
•• Cavalry u ••
“ Artillery •• “
1,460 ‘*
130
2,7 W 00
$222, SS4 17
2,900
260 “
HO «
81,600
2,269 ••
11*0 «
610 Sa^b#*H
10,000 blue flannel 3ack Corns—lined
50,750 s 0,75o flannel Shin®
80,850 Drawers
72,760 Bootees, pairs of
4.050 Boots, jia*rs ■■■{
80,860 Stockings, pairs o!
30,C0u Great C„air, Infantry
IrtOOO Great Coat straps, ©els
25 l ooo_Army Blankets. wool, gray, (\v;th the letters
U 8. in blank, 4iaoheH kmg.tn thecent.e)
to be 7 feet lone and 5 fsot 0 inches vv.de,
to weigh 6 pounds each
4,600 Stable h rocks
AU the Kboye-monuoDed articles must r>-n-
form id every respect to the sealed btnn<tard
patterns in thin office, wheats t hey tr ay be examined
and additional information received cocc-miru'
them.
The manufacturers’ establishment or dealers'
place of business must bo d -mm t!y stated in me
proposal, timber with the names, address and
responsibility of two persons proposed as sureties.
The sureties will guaranty that a contract shall he
entered within ten days after the acceptance erf sa'd
bid or proposal.
Proposals w.ll be received for the whole or any
part of ea- Q kind of the articles u fvertised fr*r.
The privilege is reserved by ard f. r me United
St ites of refecuog any proposals that m.iy r*>
deemed extrftVMgiot.
Deliveries to commence within twenty days af
ter the acceptance of the proposals, and ore-third
of the quantity contract* i tor must bo delivered
witoio one month of sa d date of acceptance, and
me remainder within two month* of said dsy of ac
ceptance, or sooner if practicable. Bidd-rs will
nevertheless state in their proposals the shortest
possible time in which the quantities bid for can bo
delivered by tliam.
Ai artie’es w.ll be to inspection bv *worn
Inspectors, appointed by aothoritv of the l imed
States.
Payment shall be inAde on each delivery, pro
vided Congr&se shall hare made an appropriation
to men it, or as soon thereafter as an Appropriation
shall be made for that purpose. Ten per cent, of
he amouut of each delivery wiH bs retained until
th * er Direct shall Ui completed, which wdl be for
feited to ti e United bieie* in of failure on
the part of the contractor m -fulfilling the oi n
tract.
Forms of and guaranty will be furnish
ed upon application at tins office, and none wi 1 lie
considered that do not conform'thereto.
Proposals will be enclosed ‘ Proposals for fur
ni-hing army supplies.” A. MuNTiroM FRY,
ocll-ioctfb M*|. an* M. I*. S. A.
IS THE TIME
TO K IJL L RATS.
The safest and most effectual RAT PASTE now
in uh-s and warranted
TO BANISH BATS, MICK AND ROACHES,
VITIItiUT THE rail OF POISON
rorrer Diamond and Market street.
W Ib/L . T 2rt BA.O Sr ,
HOTJSB, SION fe OENAMENTAIi
PAINTER AND GLAZIER,
Fourth Bt., B.ti Wood & Smftiilltld
PITTSBUBJU, PA.
Kt-Ail work p -o-'pby attended to. tey'JAl yd
TERMS $lO CASH AND $9O in easy
paym-ntp for a choice building lot 2b fee
front by 100 feel in depth, situate on union street,
■count Washington.
oclS 3 CUffIBERTA lON, 61 Market Btreet.
J^ADIES'
CONGRESS HEEL GAITERS, 51,60
LADIES’
CONGRESS HEEL GAITERS, $1,60
LADIE.V
CONGRESS HEEL GAITERS, $1,60
LADIES’
CONGRESS HEEL GAITERS, $1,60
At No. 16 f'lfth Street,
J»2l li. 8. DIFFE.NBACSKRr
AMERICAN IRON WORKS.
JTORfES & fi.ALGIII.ItfS,
Manufacturers of
lEOK AND NAILS,
JUNIATA AND COMBOS SHEET IRON.
Shafting, lt&ulk’s PaUat Pistos Ra 4«,
98 WftUr BtroAtyUd 13it Pint Street*
PITTSBURGH,
And corner of Franklin and South Water Btroets,
Chinan a feSl7:lv
OARPETSI CARPETS!
W. D. K H. UTALLIIM,
87 Fourth Street.
[ AYE JUST OPENED A SPLENDID
assortment of
.Wk. M’Cullouge
Velvet, Brussels, Three-Ply, Tapes
try, and Common Ingrain
Carpetings.
OIL CLOTHS
From S to 24 feet, new designs and beautilul natterns,
with all goods usually found in FIRST CLASS
CARPET oTORES, and on as farofable terms as
any other hopes in the city. mh3o
JESSE JOHNSON,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
ASS
Dealer In KLour, Grain, and all kinds of
Country Produce* Wines and Li*
quors, Cigars, Tobacco, &o.
Liberal,advances made on consignments
of High Wines.
OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE NO. 237 SOUTH SECOND ST
PHILADELPHIA.
an26;lyd
T 6 PARSERS AND OTHERS—FOR SALE.
GEOWKT’SSDPEKIOR patest
Grain Pan and Separator,
THE superiority of this Pan over all
others m nee, consists in its cheapness, sun
plicity and durability.
Second. In cleaning grain faster, better and
more thoroughly with less labor than any other
mill pver offered.
The patentee of the above Fan has been long en
gaged in manufacturing and selling Agncoi
iural implements, convinced of the great want
good Fan for cleaning the different kinds of grai
and seeds, presents tnis to the public with full'con
fidence that it will meet their wants.
The undersigned having purchased the sol
right to manufacture and selfthe above Oram Fan
and Beperator, in Western Pennsylaama, Wester
Virginia and all Ohio, and the right to sell in In.
diaua and Illinois, is now prepared to fill all orders
Wholesale or Retail at 819 Liberty street, Pitts,
burgh. Pa. W. W. WALLACE*
Pittsburgh, July 16,186L— 4yl&6rodaw
Beautiful gold and tinted
FAFER &AS6IN6&—For sale by
•088 WM. P. MARSHALL. 1
ARMY SLPPLIJiS.
VERMIN OF EVERY IjEMCRI I'd lON.
Prepared only by
JOSEPH FLEMING,
Plates, &e.
WARSHOUSIfI.
-FOR—
SPRING SALES.
PATENTED JANUARY 10, 1860.
giiiiris snd sasUm ants.
SAVAGE
Wo. ano s.3baj-Hy street,
NEXT so PENINYLVaNIA-PAMSENGKR depot,
JOHN SAVAGE, Proprietor.
HAVING Lakf.nandfitted up,with all
the modern improvei ’Qta, this popular re
sort, .lie subscriber ib prepared to accommodate
his .- id customers and the public generally, with
the best the market affords. Oysters will be ser
ved ud in every variety of style, during the sea
son. His Wines, Liquors and Ales he feels con
fident in recommending to the public for their
excellence.
Can, Bucket and Shell Oysf* “*» received daily and
••old Wholataie and ftata.!. mvitf ivd
BEETIK’S OLD STAND.
IN THE DIAMOND,
THOMAS STOKE,
HAVING TAKEN and fitted up, at
a great eijienso, with all the modem im
provements, this popular resort,' the subscriber is
prepared to Accommodate his tnende and the pub
lic generally, with the best the market affords.
OYSTERS will be served up ifc every variety of
style during the season. ?
LIQUORS and ALES he foeU confident in re
commending to the public for their excellence.
49" MEALS served up at ail hours, and DAT
and NIGHT P-OARDRRS taken. Ia ap-kly
HXOBLSK)R
OYSTEfi AID mm HOUSE,
ffo. 11l WOOD STREET, PiTTSBUBSH. I
wholisau ann anait dealers in
LA%£ UD KABTESN FISH,
FRESH PHILADELPHIA aKD BALTIMORE
OYS TKRB AND WILD SAME,
All im that)* Proptar Smiob.
n 026 GEO. BEISKMAJ* & 00.
Mansion house, geobge aur-
KNZ, Proprietor, No. 3*4 Liberty street, just
beside the Passenger Depot of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, which makes it the most convenient
house m the city for passenger arriving by that
road.
The proprietor flaring, at considerable expense,
fitted up, m excellent style, the MANSIONfIOUtiE,
would respectfully solicit a share ** public patron
age. There is attached a splendid STABLE and
exlenmvA WAGON-YARD, affording ample accom
modation to travaleie and sleamstera His Larder
aorl Bar will be furnished wnh the oeel the mar
ket .v»n »dcrJ. ftjl-T
EUhH HOUriE.—M.
tcr, No. 397 L beriy street, c-.*ar Pranaylvania
Kauroad Ixipot, Pittsburgh, i*a.
Tjjis hou«e has lately enlarged, refitted
and re-lurntsbed, and :* now m me best of order
lor the sifoommulAUmi of f janb-r? and travelers,
The best of Oyster'- re-'-.ve.j daily, snld wholesale
and retail, or.-erved tin in every style. The delica
cies of the t>o*MJu nfwivs on uanil, together with
surer or brands of L u-i-.re, Ac \ m>U
YOUNG'S WHOLESALE OyTteSiEPOiU
AT THK OLD STASI 9,
CORNUCOPIA RESTAURANT,
No. 40 Fifth Street.
WH Klt K FAMILIES, HOTELS
K- p'LurHDt- an.t tht* trade e.n.rn'ly, can
ni:]ipli*.,l with rnr.af.ciac li,y o.ajera r.t the
lowes 1 wnolt—ale rale?-. Cotintrv trade aohciU'd.
J’d 1 V« 'UNG, Proprietor.
Voting's Ealing S (tl oo n ,
COR. VIRGIN AI.LE' and SMiTHFLELD BT,
whtre O/ *ters and k.I 1 h • rivliUHCiatrcq" the season
will to »orvtd up in ih<> moat palataMe stvl*
KLI YOt’NG,
ocli comer Virgin allry and Krmthfield pL
__ (Sloths, (Kassimms, &c.
E. WAT T S ;
WITH '*? [
TERRY, PRICE ~C©.,'[
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES,
SatineU, Vestings, Tailors’ Trimmings, 4c.,
NO. 255 MARKET ST. Worth Side,
FIIILADKL.PHIA, PA.
JOSH V. max, DAIHJtL $. F&JCB, oum? Vmr
delilv
Moulting (glasses, &e.
H. D. BHECHT & BBO„
MANUFACTURERS OF
LOOKING GLASSES,
PORTRAIT & PICTURE FRAMES,
Gill and Imitation Rosewood Mouldings.
DEALERS IN
7SXBCH PLATE AHD WINDOW CLASS,
I’IS Sailthlield Street,
Dernier’s Block, between Fifth and Sixth, Pitts
burgh Pa. City Glass at manufacturer’s
Pnc'o« “Wt Particular attention giveo lo repairing
Paintings Reguilding Frames and business cards
framed at wholesale price.
d<
"to inventors
Great Union Patent Agency.
ROBERT W. FENWICK
Counsellor and Patent Agent
AT WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.
From Son. Cnas. Mason, lot* Commissioner of Patents.
Washington. D. (J., October 4, 1860,
Learning that R. W. Fenwick, Esq n is about to
open an office in this city as a Solicitor of Patents,
I cheerfully state that I have long known him as a
gentleman of large experience in such matters, of
prompt aod accurate business habits, and of un
doubted integrity. As such I commend him lo the
inventors of the United State*.
CHARLES MASON.
Mr. Fenwick was for nearly tour years the mana
ger of the Washington Branch Office of the Scientific
American Patent Agency of Mes-ra. Mann A Co,
and fo.* more than ten years oflgciaUy connected
with said firm, and with an experience of fourteen
years in every branch relating to the Patent Office,
and the interest of inventors ie2&dtf
QENTS
FINE FRENCH HOOTS,
Of Brooks’ Manufacture,
SELLING AT NKW YORK PRICKS,
FOB CASH,
At 31 Fifth Street,
W. E, SCHMERTZ & CO.
selfi ___
pERFOMERY, PERFUMERY—
PERFUMER?
PERFUMERY
PERFUMERY,
PERFUMERY, PERFUMERY,
A large and fine assortment of Perfumery, con*
sisting of the finest extraotsol all descriptions.
Pomades,
Hair Oils,
Colognes.
Toilet Waters*
Also, a fine assortment of the best English
Hair Brushes,
Tooth Brushes,
Nail Brushes,
Flesh Brushes,
Shaving Brushes.&e
AT JOSEPB FLEMING'S,
AT JOSEPH FLEMING'S,
AT JOSEPH FLEMING'S,
AT JOSEPH FLEMING'S,
corner Market street and tne Diamond,
corner Market street and the Diamond.
oc4 corner Market street and tbe Diamond.
T) USSET APPLET —50 barrels choice
rL Rnaset Apples, just received and for sale bj
JAB a fetzer,
ocl4 -corner Market and First streets.
howe’sHVeWshCttEe
Sewing Machines,
ARE ADAPTED to s.ll kinds of
FAMILY 8 EWING, working equally well on
the lightest and heaviest fabrics, making the
LOCK STITCH SKAJK
alike on both sides, which cannot be
Raveled or Polled Out,
And for Tailoring, Shirt Making, Gaiter Fitting
and Shoe Binding, these have ne superior Cali
and see them at No; 26 Fifth street, up Stairs.
ap&fcdAwt&s W. B. LAflfliCl.l,
Co-ff-artjaersiiSp.
riiE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THIS
day foi-mpd a Co-Partnership tmdor the
nwiir and style ot PEREJ NS, MERRICK A CO, in
the Paper, Ran and Konoral Commission Business.
JNO. M PERKINS,
C HENRY MERRICK,
EDWARD C. CLAPP.
Pitts our Pa- March Ist, 1881.
Jho M. PiaoHS 0. Hrviiy MianioE.—E. O. Clapp
PEaiAIJVg, MERRICK & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Paper, Hags, Twine, Cordage, &o„
Manilla Hope, Broom-Twine,
and Wire, Paper-Makers
Materials, &c., &o.
W areheuae No. 88 Third Street,
j^ADiKrf
CONGRESS HEEL
GAITERS $1,37
LADIES
OONGIiKSS HEEL
GAITERS $1,87,
AT NO. 16 FIFTH STREET,
n. S. DIFKENHACHE
gUPEHIOK
QUALITY
CONGRESS GAITERS,
LACE ROOTS,
OXFORD TIES,
FOR GENTS, BOYS and YOUTHS,
SELLING AT LOW PRICE,
AT NO. :il FIFTH STREET,
-J
W. E. SCHMERTZ A CO.
Ull
JRjriliant jailors.
LATE STYLES OF FALL GOODS
JUST REOEIVSD.
WE are now opening a choice Stock
of Fall Good*, consistingao all of »he lamst
importationa of CLOTHS, KRB3 AND
VE9TINGB, wHich we flatter otfraelvee wHI t*e equal
to any aasortraem to be found East oy West- They
Will bo made up to order in a superior style and at
prices to suit the times We would respectfully
solicit an early call from.x»vn patrons and the
public. v ** f
SAMUEL RK^V
MERCHANT TAILORS,
Bio. 19 Fifth Street.
W H.M’GEh,
w.
* - TAItORS,
Dealers in Ready fttade Clothing and Gentlemen's
Furnishing Goods, corner of Federal street and
Market Square, Allegheny city, Pa. je!3 ly-daw
24 7 LITT L 17
H. •itf'GEE & CO.,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Mo. •* SAINT. CL.AIK STHEKV,
(Ur. Insh'H New Building,)
gainim,
T. T. iTI’ttUKN,
H O USE, SIGN
ORNAMENTAL PAINTER,
3, Cor. St. Clair St. and Duquesne Way,
(BBCOND STORY.)
tor All work entrusted to me will be Heady
tnd Promptly Eiecnted. ocaiy
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTER
P. O’BRIEIV
Orders sonc.*ed at basement shop. Grant
street, opposite Cathedral.
Dissolution, of Partnership*
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP of JONES
k LAUTH expired by limitation on the flrat
day of August, I*6l. The business ot said firm will
be settled by the new firm of JONES & EAUGH
LINS.
Limited Partnership.
The undersigned, residing in the city of Pitts
burgh, have formed a limited partnership, under
the Arm of JONES 4 LAUGH LINS, in the business
of manufacturing and dealing m IRON, (in emcees
sion to the late firm of Jones A Lanth,) iu which
Arm the general partners ore BENJAMIN T.
JONES. THOMAS M. JONES, GEORGE W.
JONES, HENRY A. LAUGHLJN and IRWIN B.
LAUGHLIN, and the social partner is JAMES
LAUGH LI N,who has contributed seventy thousand
lour hundred dollars to the common stock of said
partnership, whicn is to commence as of the first
day of August, 1861, and to terminate on the first
day of August, 1866.
Septemoer 16, 186 L B. F. JONES,
T M. J N ES,
G. W. JONES,
HENRY A. LAUGHLIN,
IRWIN B. LAUGHLIN
JAMES LAUGHLIN.
S" OAP. SOAP. 80AP. SOAP. SOAP
THE CHEMICAL OLIVE ERABIVE SOAP
manufactured by B. C. A J H. SAWYER, is ac
knowledged to be the most serviceable of any
kind yet offered to the public. Its superior advan
tages are found in its cheapness, saving ot labor,
and its efficacy in removing grease, paint, tar and
dirt without imuring the skin, or in tne least wise
damaging the finest quality of goods. It can be
used with all kinds of water.
Reference is made with pleasure to the subjoin
ed certificates, eminating from gentlemen well
known in this community, and who had every fa
cility afforded of seeing itfaHy and fairly tested.
Quartermaster 1 a Department of the Thir
teenth and Fourteenth Regiment*, Pa, vole.
“Sawyer’s Chemical Olive Erasive Soao.' haring
been used very extensively in our Regiments, we
have no hesitation in certifying that it was found
admirably adapted to the use ef the solcuers, and
decidedly the most superior Soap which cou.d be
procured for the service.
JAMES A. EKIN, Quartermaster i2th Reg-
ALEX. FORSYTH, Quartermaster 14th Beg
M. K. MOORHEAD, Quartermaster 13th Reg
au2B. .
ee!7-Bmd
yn.UAM MEANS, DAVID M'CANDLESS
HABRISONA. COFFTN, apeciaJ Partner
General Partners. r
MEANS & COFFIN,
[Successors So M’Oandless, Means k Co.)
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Corner Wood and Water Ste^
reio.-is PITTSBURGH. PA.
D.B.BOCIEBB & SON.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
BOSSES’ IMPEOVED PATENT
STEEL CULTIVATOR TEETH
Ainu GRAIN DRIXJC. TEETH,
Office, Comer Butler and Clymer
Streets, ninth. Ward,
MM. PITT9BUBBH.PA.
MILL FEED —168 sacks Middlings,
--,4 corner Market and First streets.
B FHIUPS. - - j. A M'KJ*
M’KEE & PHILIPS,
OJKNfiRAJL C©@S*ffisS4GE,
AT TH2IB NIW fAOfOKY OS
Payette street,
Between Hand and Wayne streets,
Hrrsmim, pram
*3-We are prepared to famish Coal Oft, Whis
key, Ale, Molasses and Pork BARREIA at the
shortest notice And on the roost reasonable, terma
THE ARDESCO OIL COMPANY
PI2TSBUBQH , PA
MANUFACTURE AND HAVE FOB
sale a superior article of
REFINED ARDESCO OIL
Warehouse, No. 45 Hand Street,
selB-6m
QENTS,
STRAP SHOES,
CALF, KIP andiTHICK BOOTS
OF A VERY SUPERIOR QUALITY,
SELLING LOW FOR CASH,
FOR.'CASn
W. E. Schmertz & Co.,
No, 31 Fitth Street,
Sale of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad.
By virtue of a decree of
the Circrit Coart of the United States for the
Northern District of Ohio, in a cause in Chancery
therein depending, wherein Charles Moran and
others are complainant.-, and the Pittsburgh, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company and others
are defendant*; and pursuant to auxiliary decrees
of the Circuit Courts of the United States for the
Western District of Pennsylvania, the District of
Indiana, and tho Northern District of Illinois ies
pectively, in causes depending m Chancery m
said Courts respectively, wherein the same
parties are complainants and defendants respect
ively, as in said cause first above mentioned, .he
undersigned, John Ferguson and Thomas £.
Walker, as Grantees in Trust and Trustees in one
of the several Deeds of Trust or Mortgage upon
which said decrees are founded, and also as Special
Master Commissioners of said Courts respectively,
duly appointed by said Court* reapectivtfy for that
Eoroose, will sell at public auction, to the highest
idder, for cash but for not less than the sum of
$600,000, at the United States Court House, in the
City of Cleveland, in the Slate a f Ohio, on the 24th
day of October, A. D. 1861, between the hours of
ten o’clock A. M. and four o’clock P. M. of said
day, the followingdescribed property, to wit:
The Railroad of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and
Chicago Railroad Company, including the right of
.sti the road-bed thereof, the auperstruc
a{l sort" thereon, its w**er and other sbu
’ hon houses and shops, and the lands and grounds
connected therewith, and all tools and implements
used or pr ovided to be used therein, and in con
structing and repairing cars snd machinery for
said road, or the tract and superstructures afore
said; all.turn-tables; all depotsanl buildings and
fixtures and structures of whhtfiver name or na
ture, and the lands and grounds connected there
with, used or provided to be osed in operating
said road and belonging thereto, and wherever
situate , and ail cars, engines an d rolling stock be
longing to said Cjmpany; ard all supplies of
timber, lumber, iron, fuel, and every other thing
provided by said Ccmpani.-s, or by the several
original Companies which were consolidated into
said Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad,
to be used m operating aaid road wherever situate,
by the sable title by which the same are holden by
said Company, or by said original Companies, sev
erally together, with all corporate franchises of
said Company, and of the said original Companies
severally inclading the right and franchise of aaid
several Companies to be and act as a corporation,
to be sold as as entiretv.
G. M. DOSCH.
PrTT^BTIRRH
Said decrees proride Chat the purchaser, upon the
confirmation of the sale and ftill compliance with
the condition* thereof,shall hold fill the property,
rights, franchises, and the appurtenances thereof so
Hold, by the same title by wmch they are held by
said Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail Road
Company, ana each and all ot said original Compa
nies, free from the lien of ail said mortgages, and
free from all liability for any debts against said
original or consolidated Companies, or either of
them, and from all claims on account of capital
stock; but subject nevertheless , to the liens, if any
each exist, u you any resl estate included in the
sale, for purchase money thereof not provided by
said decrees to be paid out of the proceeds of the
sale, or by former orders or decrees to be paid
otherwise. The right of wsy, depot ground and
lots, and lands in the city and vicinity of Chicago,
purchased by said Company since the pendency of
said suits, and the bridge property ana other real
estate of the <- ompany at the City of Pittsbugh, are
subject to mortgage Hens. The same will he in
cluded in the sale, but subject to said incumbrances
no provisions having been made for the payment
thereof. JOHN FERGUSON,
THOMAS E. WAL&ER,
ocltoc24 Trustees, and Master Corns* aa aforesaid
OWEN BYRNE,
MERCHANT TAILOR, "
49 St. Clair Street.
(Formerly with L. Hirshfleld,'!
Having returned from new
YORK, with a choice stoock of CLOTHS,
CABSIMEREB and VESTINGS, which can be pur
chased at prices far below the usual rates.
Great inducements offered to cash buyers.
se2l:6m
BOWK & TETIEI,
136 Wood Street,
Mare tools for boring oil
WELLS at the shortest possible notice,
g been in the business of manufacturing tools
ever since the “fever” first broke out,we can assure
persons about to engage in the oil business, that it
will be to their interest to give us a call and make
ami nation of our stock now on hand, mhfi
.IiIHIEH A. FETZEB.
FORWARDING HDD COHBHSSIOH HERCHftHT :
job Yin bau o
yiowri Gralß) Bueou, Lari, Butter,
Dried Fruit aid Produce OeuersOly,
CORKER OF HARRIET APCD FIRST 8TBSBT&,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Rana co—Francis G. Bailey, Ked.*i William Dil
worth Sr- 8. Guthbert A Son, Pittsuuz rh, Boyd *
Ott, Heisker A Swearingen, S. Bradv, GiS-i. M. A
M. tUnir, List Howell, Mangle A Co* George W.
Anderson, Donlon Paxton A Wheeling.
myffldlptl-iB
AI)HU VHoa. Looim
Austin Looms & co., Dealers in
Promissory Notes, Bonds, Mortgages, and on
securities for money.
Money loaned on Cheeks at short dates, with
collateral securities. _
NOTES AND DRAFTS BODSHT AND SOLD.
Persons desiring Loans can bo accommodated on
easonable terms, and capitalists can be furnished
with good securities at remunerative Pf*© 6 ®*
Alai attend to the Sale, Renting and Loafing of
H FOURTH STRKKT aboTO Wood,
n rvVKi AUSTIN LOOMIS A CO.
TEETH BITBAOTEB WITHOCTPAIK
By the use of ah apparatus
whereby no drug* or galvanic battery aie
ufted Cold weather i a the time when the appro-
be need to its beat advantage. Medic 1
gentlemen and their families bm their teeth ex
tracted by my proceaa, and are ready to testify aa 10
tfrtt anfftty ftpdpainlftflfineftfl of the what
ever has been said by persona interested in
sorting the contrary having no knowledge of try
proceaa.
TEETH Inserted in overy style
E. OUDRY, Dentist,
134 Smitbfieid stieet.
nol4dTdia
JJOOTS, SHOES AND GAITJSB3,
Selling lower than they can be bought for at any
place el*e in the city,
Remember the place,
AT TUB CHEAP CASH STOKE
-Of
TJtr ANTED—2O GOOD GUNSMITHS
TT -Apply to SOWN * TETLEY,
MU 188 Woodstreet,
gfhstellaneons.
Xon-Rxploslve, Also,
PURE BEJTZOEE.
PITT&B ÜBG3 , PA
BOYS and
YOUTHS*
NOTICE.
JOS. H BORLAND,
88 Market street,
second door from Fifth.
NUMBER 24.
KY TKl:,K(£»^
onei Bailor, ■*« nsuor, from
■ Oregon. Ktlted. ‘ ,lv
'V abhinotom, Oet. 21. — General Stone:;;
crowed the Potomac this mornibg.with qne v
jiortion of-hts.command Edwards? Terry '
t!; >, ?no^“ ,.H»rrison’s Island. .Ski/-"'
mishing began SeVwein the ehSamy iii- > ttii» *
certain numbere andean ofUan.StoiKi’B ■
early w nlne'o’cltK* In the '
reinforcements: of the enemy appeared on
onr right,, which was eompfandedbyOoV
Baker, Senator from Oregon. ‘ *
The Union forces engaged nitmberwhcme o
thousand and e’ght hundred, and wero at*
tacked by a force aupposed to be frpmfive
to ten thousand. ■’
At this juncture, Col. Baker fell at the
head of his brigade, gallantly cheating his
men to the conflict. : Immediately before
be fell, ho dispatched Maj. Toungto <3eh
Stone to apprise him of the' conditloh'of
affairs. Gen. Stone immediately proceeded
in person towards the right to takacom
mand, but in theconfußion created by the
fall of Col. Baker, the rightyrihggus»
tained a repulse with considerable Idis.iu :
Gen. Stone reports.'that his laft w.lng ra- _
treated in good order and will hold powei*. '
Sion of Harrison’s Island ada the aps '’
proaches thereto. Strong reinforcements.'v
will be sent forward to Gen. Stone during,;';
the night.
The remains of Col. Baker were removed
to Poolesville. and will be brought to this ' ■
cjty on Wednesday. He held a commie
sioit aa Colonel from the State of Ponnsyl. .
vania, having lately received it aijUte ' ai
bands of Governor Cnrtin, as commander
of the California regiment. *?■£
On Saturday, when two companies of the,,,,
Twenty-Second Begiment, belonging to
Gen. Key’s Brigade, advanced within a'
mile of Pair fax Court House, they aeceN ‘ '' r >
tained ffom the inhabitants in thafcUelghxo;
borhood that, when therebelarctiral tha
condition of the roads were .such that'they '•
were compelled to leave six piecej'of'Bfi'?i
tillepy behind, which remained them Until; :
the Sunday previous, when the rebeb in -j
foree returned and took them away; ' : J ’
On Saturday night a private of the 4th 1
Michigan regiment, while on picket s .
mile beyond Barrett's Hill, on the Leee- \ 3
burg turnpike, received a severe wound on,
the arm from a rebol. From the desorip-"-
tion of the latter he iB aupposed to-he-a
Mr. Williams, of Alexandria, whcrMSco
confined some ten days in a
that city, bat was released by the Girvern- .
ment, and is now acting as'a sroi^lpfo.! 3 ? .■>
tiers have been issued that in thtt.sg§fti’i&4
his capture he be hang forthwith. •" . -
Capt. Mundee, Assistant Adjutant den-,',
eral for Gen. Smith’s division, With a small
escort, advanced on the road leading from w
Lewinsville to within a short distance of:.;
Vienna on a foraging expedition. The res
suit was the bringing off of about sixty
loads of hay; and' tarelve hundred' andflfty
bußhels of oats. Everything was quiet in
that direction.
The reconnoissance of Gen. MoCallj
which advanced to Drainesville, on Saturv ;
day, returned this morning, the objeot of ;
the expedition having been accomplished, ~'
and valuable information obtained. The '
main body remained at Drainesville off''
Sunday. Engineers under escort went to
tie right as far as the Potomac, three ~
miles distant, and to the left as far as the
Loudon and Hampshire railroad.
rebel pickets were encountered by the es
cort of the engineers, and sharp firing ens,>
sued. The result was that five rebels were .
killed, one of whom belonged to the Tiger '
Begiment ol Louisiana, Hone of our men '■
were injured. _
Battle at Fredericktown!
Pilot Knob, Mo., Oot 22. —The follow
ing dispatch was received here this morn
ing, and forwarded to Headquarters at St.
Louis:
Fiiud of Battlx, 1
Fredericktown, Oot. 22, 1861. / :
In company with Col. Plummer’s com
mand, we have routed the rebels of Thomp
son and Lowe, estimated At 6,000. Their
loss was heavy. Our loss is and
confined principally to the First Indiana
Cavalry. We captured four heavy gunk
Lowe, the rebel leader, was killed. Major
Gavitte and Oapt. Hymon, of the Indiana
Cavalry, were killed in a charge on a bat
tery.
The command of Col. Plummer, refer
red tc above, was en Friday morning last
ordered forward by Glen. Grant, from Capa
Girardeau, with instructions to moye to
wards Fredericktown and cut off the' rev
treat of Thompson and Lowe’s army.—
This force consisted of Marsh’s 18th 1111.,
nois Regiment, a section of Taylor’s ‘bat*
tery and Stewart and, Jefipennan’s compa
nies of cavalry, all'’from Qairo; also, part
of Plummer’s 11th Missouri, a part * of
Ross’ 21st Illinois and a seotion of Camp
bell’s battery, all Irom Cape Girardeau.—
The force from this point was composed of
the 10th Illinois, Gw. Carlin,, 38d Illinois*
CoL Hovey; 21st Illinois, Coll Alexander;
Bth Wisconsin, Col. Murphy; Ist Indiana
cavalry, 001. Baker, Oapt. Bawklns’ Inj
dependent Missouri Cavalry, and four 16-
pounders and two 24-pounders -cannon,
under Maj. Schofield, of the Ist Missouri
Light Artillery.
Latest From Washington.
W abhingtoh, Oct. 22.—The most relia
ble accounts from the Upper Potomac, thia
morning, Btate that our troops had re
turned to their positions in far better con
dition than was' anticipated, and still hold
the Virginia side of the Potomac,
Judge Merrick to-day sent a letter to his
brother Judges, of the Circuit Court, rela
tive to'his arrest, which grew out of the
proceedings concerning a writ of habeaa
corpus case. Soldiers guard him in his
house as a prisoner. It &ml<i be stated
that the above naiqedeMilrof arrest is the
general impressjFn, thmSh nothing pos
itive is known upon tire subject, and It
may be for some other reason.
The Court tQ-dmmade an order citing
Gen. Porter to appear and showcause why
he had ordered the arrest of Judge Mer
rick, and thus obstruct the cource of Jus
tice. t , L' :
The Harriet Lane arrived.np from Indi
an Head last night. She reports that new
brtteries have been erected at Mathias
Point. The Freeborn and Island Belief
while making a reconnoissanee at that
point yesterday, threw some shot into the
woods, and the fire was returned by soma
new batteries of eighteen heavy guns; Tiff
in edlately thereupon the woods
derbrush were cleared away, exposing, the
batteries to view. Vessels, in passing thia
point are obliged,tohog the VirginiashbM
and are exposed to flre for a dlBtaheo’'<ff
some four or five miles in doubling IV; p->
The river men report that .thn rebel*
have a number .of Belne-bpats and
boate concealed in (he creeks and'lnlett
between Adonis! creek and OccdqhufbW
and that they are busy hfbuildiug
ea, apparently with