°lame XX. HE PITTSBURGH POST Published every morning, [Sunday's excepted.; Corner Fifth and Wood Streets. TERMS 86 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE Kir Delivered by carriers 12 cents per week. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Square, one time 50 three times 81 00 " one week 175 " one month 500 " three months 12 00 '' six months 18 00 " nine months 24 00 EN ingar 30 00 T . make a square. About eight words average a line. Business notices, inserted on the local page, ten cents a line each insertion. The Saturday Morning Post Issued from the same office every Saturday morning Terms Si per annum, in advance. AQ - Single Copies, ready flyr mailing, FIVE CENTS Address JAMES P. BARR, Editor and Proprietor. 6 Advertising at reasonable rates. T. J. GRAFF PAUL HUGUS WM. GRAFF WESTERN STOVE WORKS 245 LIBERTY STREET, PITTSBURGH GRAFF & CO 3 1LAIVI'VACMT:IRT:IIS Would call the attention of the public to their LARGE STOUR of well selected COOK,PARLOR AND HEATING STOVES ALSO, IMPROVED Kitchen Ranges, Grate Fronts, Rol low Ware, &c.. among which will found the Rest Coal Cook Stoves in the State. The Diamond, Advance, Air-Tight Eclipse, and Iron City, Were awarded the FIRST PREMIUM at the State Fair for the BEST COAL COOK STOVES. Also FIRST PRE MIUM awarded to the TRUE AMERICAN, GLOBE & REPUBLIC, For the BEST WOOD COOK NOW IN USE. The KENTUCKIAN and KANSAS Premium Stoves are unsurpassed. We call attention of DEALERS and BUILDERS to the largest stock of CRATE FRONTS AND FENDERS IN THE STATE N B—We line the DIAMOND and ECLIPSE oal Cook Stoves with Soar Stone Linings, which and the fire better than iron. oe'Ais 463• Tine White, Plain and Fancy Flannel Un der and Oyershirts on hand, and made to ordor, on shortest notice, at R. WILLIAMSON'S FACTORY, No. 47 St. Clair Street JAMES MILLINGAR, MONONGAIIE LA PLANING MILL, would respectfully in form the public that he has rebuilt since the fire. and having enlarged his establishment, and filled it with the newest and must approved machinery, is now prepared to furnish flooring and planing boards, scroll sawing and re-sawing, doors, sash and abutters, kiln dried, frames, mouldings, box making, Ac. SOUTH PITTSBURGH, Sept, 7,1857. jam NEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS! Second Arrival of NEW SPRING STYLES —A T EATON, MACRUM & CO'S, Nos. 17 and 19 Fifth Street Ribbons, Gimps, Braids, Laces, Buttons, etc., for Dress Trimnungs, newest styles. Embroidered Book and Cambric Collars and Sets. Real Lace and Lace Trimmed Collars and Sets. and Hand kerchiefs. Black Lace, Grenadine and Tissue Viels, Chemise Yokes and Pantaletts, Edging, Laces. Ruffles, etc., Ladies' and Children's Hose, of every description, Gloves, Gaunlets, Mite, Bonnet Bib bons, Ruches, Shaker Hoods, Cord, Chenille and Braid Head Nets. Another lot of " Crinoline Draperie," (French :Skirts) Those who have used this skirt, pronounce it the bee ever made. The "Quakert Skirt" and the "Flexure Skirt," are also st es worthy of attention. Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods, Fine Shirts, Col lars, Ties, Suspenders, etc, of most desirable styles. A full assortment of Fancy articles and ots. Wholesale and retail buyers will find a large and excellent line of goods in every departmentat the LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES FOR CASH. apl4 EATON, MACRUM dr CO., 17 Fifth at. WILLIAM CARR & CO WHOLESALE GROCERS, And Importers of WINES, BRANDIES, GINS, &C. ALSO, Distillers and Dealers in FINE OLD MONONGAHELA RYE WHISKY 827 Liberty Street, PITTSBIIRGH, PA. TIERNAN dr GETTY, Wholesale and Retail Grocers, INPORTERS AND DRALERS IN TEAS, WINES, LIQUORS, dm., NORTH-EAST corner of OHIO STREET AND THE DIAMOND, ALLEGHENY CITY WM. H. SMITH WM. H. SMITH tiir CO, WHOLESALE GROCERS, NOS. 112 SECOND AND 147 FIRST STREETS, PITTSBURGH JESSE JOHNSON, - GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT, ♦ND DEALER IN flour, Grain and all kinds of Country Produce, Wines and Liquors, Cigars, Tobace, &c. Air Liberal advances made on consignu ten t, 01 HIGH WINES. OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE. 237 SOUTH SECOND ST . au23:ly PHILADELPHIA. ANDRETH'S GARDEN AND FIELD SEED, WARRANTED FRESH ARDS , I alrAb l o a general assortment of AgrtenlOnled Implaotem . pont Shade and Ornamental received and for sale by BECKHAM 1 LONG,, No. ter Labokr inst. next doorto /lot& di # , 011 1 , ■ , ...N. .4,,,.., . .. ~.. I A DAILY POST. Speech of Senator Browning. On Tuesday, Senator Trumbull's confis cation bill being up for consideration, Mr. Browning, of Republican Illinois, address ed the Senate in opposition to it. He said: Mr. Baowsixo (Rep.) of Illinois, said that if the passage of the bill tended to crush the rebellion and restore peace, even then he should hesitate, but he had a strong conviction that it would tend to exactly opposite results. When, in addi tion to that, he believed that the passage would be a gross violation of the Constitu tion, he could not hesitate as to his duty. He said his colleague complained that the bill was misrepresented; if so, it was entire ly owing to the language of the bill, which certainly makes a sweeping confiscation. He contended that Congress had no power to undertake to execute any law of confis cation; the Executive only has the power to carry such a law into effect. We must refer to the law of nations to ascertain what property can be confiscated, and then the Executive only can execute the law. The laws of nations are binding on this nation, and the obligation is expressly acknowledged in the Constitution. All exigencies are fully provided for in the law of nations, much better than by any legislation of Congress. No greater mis take was ever made than supposing that the Constitution in any way hampers the crushing out of rebellion by fierce and strong blows. The passage of the bill could have no other effect than to exaspe rate one side, and to complicate and em barrass the other. If we keep within the limits of the Constitution, we have no right to pass such a bill, and no possible advan tage could result which equals the evils which are so from a revolution of the great charter elf our liberties. Ile had labored to inform himself what had best be done for the interests of our country. It seem ed to hint that only evil could result from any departure from the Constitution. We must first ascertain what relation the reb els are to sustain to us during the war. We cannot admit - them to be alien ene mies—that would be to admit their inde pendence ; and in the success of the rebel lion they must stand in one or the other relation. First, as citizens in so formida ble a rebellion as to reach to the dignity of a civil war, in which they must be recog nized as belligerents and public enemies while the war lasts, and deal with them according to the laws of war, with the right to resume authority over them when the rebellion is subdued; or, second, to treat them as insurgent citizens, entitled to no belligerent rights, but subject to immediate conviction and execution for treason as soon as captured. We cannot do this last. as it would lead to the indiscriminate slaughter of prisoners on both sides. All admit that we must recognize them as belligerents, and en titled to the rights of war while the rebellion lasts. If we recognize them as belligerents while the war lasts, we are bound to deal with them precisely as we would with a foreign nation. Could we pass any such bill as this in regard to a for eign nation, or could we execute it if we did pass it? The Constitution declares that no attainder for treason shall work cor ruption of the blood or forfeiture except during the life of the person attained, yet the bill attempts to do that very thing, and forfeit all the property of the rebels of ev ery kind forever. The prohibition of the Constitution against forfeiture is impera tive, but the bill assumes the monstrous proposition that, by assuming guilt, you may punish with severity which the Con stitution absolutely forbids, when the of fense is proved and ascertained. The bill provides for the punishment of treason by Congress, and the infliction of a punish "went absolutely forbidden by the Consti tution, withouttrial orindictment, on such ground that the rebel is beyond judicial process. His colleague (Mr. Trumbull) had said, "the bill provides for forfeiture as a punishment for crime hereafter to be committed, where the person committing the offense cannot be reached, and the right to confiscate the property of the reb el or traitor attaches without any convic tion of the offender." If Congress has the right to confiscate for treason, why not for murder, larceny, or other offenses? Can it he possible that we had wandered so far from the political faith of our fathers as to admit the fatal heresy that the right to con fiscate the property of a rebel or traitor at taches without any conviction of the offen der? To do so it is to subvert the Consti tution, and send away all the limitations sought to be imposed, and to establish a'' legislative despotism more capricious and more fatal to the liberties of the citizen than any form of government on earth. Mr. browning argued at some length that the bill in fact and effect is a bill of attainder, which is expressly prohibited by the Constitution, and - closed with an ap peal to stand by the Constitution in all its force and purity. The Naval Appropriation Bill. The Confiscation Committee of the House will report early next week the na val appropriation bill. It appropriates for the year ending June 1863, over forty three millions and a half. One item for the purchase of additional steam vessels, provides that, when consistent with the public service, no person shall be employ ed to make contracts except naval officers, and when so employed, shall not receive more than five thousand dollars yearly.— The tax bill will be reported from the Sen ate Finance Committee in a few days. BOOTS AND MOEN, AT NO. 89 MARKET STREET. .JOS. R. HUNTER Ladies English Lasting Heel Gaiters for $l,OO worth $1,25. Ladies English Lasting Consress Heel Gaiters for $1,25 worth $1,75, Ladies Inghsh Lading Congress Heel Gaiters :slso,wora $2,00. Ladies Tine French Morroeco Heel Boots for $137; with $1.82 Ladiee Fine Gloat Congress Heel Boots for $1.,57, esFunes s Morocco Slippers for 500., worth 75. 138 Fine Rid Slippers thr 750, worth $1,12. . , Agt *Meg Foods In propipet4a. JAMBS 8088, $9 Market ztreet, near Market House. ap2l CAr'i . SEELY. •141 B 141 SIETE STREET, opposite Cathedral REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL AGENT, "OAP NOTES. BONDS, MORTGAG in ES and other Seen ities . ap4 : - Zito SALE LOTS IN COI, n 't ie l t ins.townahiP. Zus Eitjg. Ceme geettimet: gib WNW te terY n' Fepak Nicking bk will Pe sold together long time. u p gri.Tl , 4 4 s4 l l3l l 4wd sekut . . ot. onotii7 ..BECKILILBE it LONG, iiiimg Ili t l iiptUlliliii4,llßAlA: , , ,,MHß: , Whohsea mad 11401 apir- - IN* I. codikit Agrioultural and Farming Imp's. l o t wit* Sew* d , / 0 CAMS ins Claret Wins " ; ‘• -- - I is/ 44 lug 11 " 8 * 4 ° I 2: 1 - 4 Ins• . ills . mad . AMINO Ifj .2. 11, I —-I. i , -* old elolic , Jaisloilim , ..r.ollllllllll/111BILIA. THE CONFISCATION BILL LOOK AT THE PRICES PITTSBURGH, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1862. EUROPEAN GOSSIP [Concluded.] " The poor jeweler, nearly ruined by this robbery, had to remove his much-di minished business to anotherpart of Paris, where his name was sunk in that of his partners. Many years after he received a message from one Monsieur Teron, de scribed as a gentleman holding an official situation, who desired to purchase some rings. Instead of sending a clerk he went himself, and was shown into a partially lighted bed-chamber, where, in the in valid in bed, he recognized his old cus tomer, the ci decant Prince Gargarin. The recognition was not mutual, and the jeweler held his tongue and bided his time. " From the rings exhibited, a few were selected, to the value of 5,000 francs, and M. Teron, declaring that he had not the means of paying in cash, asked if the jew eler would exchange against a curious old snuff-box, which he declared to be of great value. This was an octagon-shaped china snuff-box, ornamented with ten min iatures by Clinchsteil, set in gold and ru bies. No one knew its value so well as the jeweler, for it was one which had been stolen from himself shortly before Prince Gargarin's visit. Moreover, be knew, what few others did, that it had a secret spring by means of which all the minatures could be taken out of their settings, and their reverses exhibited, on which were painted subjects, treated, with admirable skill, in the indelicate style pe culiar to the age of Louis XV. " Without any hesitation, the jeweler valued the box at 50,000 francs, which'was much more than M. Teron expected. The jeweler, on the other hand, said it was prob ably worth even more, and made this pro posal Take the rings you have chosen, and put the box in an envelope, stating it to be my property,—if it does not bring more than 50,000 francs, you shall have the rings for nothing. ' " Gratified at the idea of being able to obtain the rings without opening his purse, M. Teron assented, Two of his neighbors, one of them a notary, were sent for, and the invalid asked, ' Who shall Sx the price of the box ? • You, sir, • said the jeweler. ' I will lay a wager that you value it at 500,000 francs. I.et me tell you in private a circumstance con• nected with this box which will enable von to perceive its real value "M. Terou, curious and anxious enough now, gave his consent, and the two referees retired. Then the jeweler said. Sixteen years ago that snuff-box was stolen from me, when I traded on the Boulevard des Italiens—a few days before I was robbed of 200,000 francs' worth of diamonds by yourself, under the assumed name of Prince Gargarin. My evidence relative to the loss of the box is on the records of the police. You now declare the box to be yours. I have already sworn that I purchased the box at a public sale. The man who sold it to nie is still alive. I know a secret about the box which will further prove my ownership—a secret which you have not discovered. Unle ss you fully repair all the wrongs you have done me, I shall at once have you:arrested as a thief. I give you five minutes to de termine. ' f. Within that time, thus driven into a corner, M. Teron, who really was an in valid, handed his keys to the jeweler, and bade him open a drawer, in which he would find 300,000 francs in billets de bangue, and signed a cheque for 200,000 francs more, payable at his banker's that same day. This done, the witnes , iis were recalled. Gentlemen, ' said the jeweler. ex hibiting the bank-notes and cheque, ' you see that M. Teron has become aware of the value of the box. He haspurchased it back from me for five hundred thousand francs. Is it not 80 " Yes,' sighed NI. Teron, ' I have . given him that sum. ' Then, said the jeweler, • here is the box and I will let you have the rings into the bargain. You may explain the mystery as you please ; for my part, I promise eter- na secrecy. The jeweler retired, leaving the wit nesses in amaze and M. Teron in dismay. The notary was unable to keep silent, and the police eventually unraveled the mys tery, though the jeweler fiiithfully ob• served his promise of secrecy. M. Teron, who was so immensely rich as to leave three millions of francs to his heirs, never recovered from the mortification of having been detected and compelled to refund with compound interest. 111311(ENIX LOOMING GLANS & PIC TUME FRAME MANUFACTORY, NOB. =I EAST TWENTY-THIRD STREET, 173 dk 175 GRAND STREET & 215 CENTRE STREET, Estahlishedl&3B. NEW YORK. Es tablished 1138, This Establishment has been in successful operation Silityears, and is the Largest of the kind in the United States. We have on hand or manufactured to order every description of LOOKING GLASS. PICTURE AND POR TRAIT FRAMES, Plain and Ornamental Pier, Wall. Oval and Mantel Blesses, Coneecting Cor nices, Base and Bracket Tables, with Marble Slabs, Toilet Glasses, etc., Mouldings for Picture Frames, in lengths suita ble for transportation, either Gilt Ber/ing, Rose wood, Oak,Zebra, Eirdeeye, Mahogany de. Our new M an ufactory and exrensive facilities enable us to fournish any article in our lineal' good as the see, and as cheap as the cheapest. DEALERS ARE INVITIM TO CALL UPON us when they visit New York. We claim to be able to supply them with every article in our line which they can possibly require, at prices lower than they can purchase elewbere. Orders by mail attended to with promptnew. Do not jail to call when you visit New York Office & Warerooms. No. 215 Centre St., N. Y. my2:3md HORACE V. SIGLER, Aet- S. B. 4iir C. P. MABKLE, Manufacturers and Dealers In BOOK, CAP, LETTER, and all kinds of WRAPPING PAPER, have removed from No. 27 Wood street to NO. 88 SMITHFIELD STREET. Pittsburgh, Pa.. gfir Cask paid for RAGS. ap9 VALUABLE TIMBER LANDS'S, FOR eale. 1,600 acres of unimproved land of good quality, situated in McKean 00., Pa., about three fourths of a mile from the Al legheny river, to whieh there is a iced plank road, within a mile also of the town of Corydon. Schools. Sawmilhatt., good surface, indications of Petroleum on the land. 'and. abundance of choice Oak, Pine and other timber, Prise $6 perewre, on easy terms of payment. Carbon Oil wabetakiin in part pay. 8. CUTHBERT at ROBS. 51 Market et. LAKE SUPERIOR COPPER MINES - •xn- SMELTING WORHS. PARK" 21X'Cl3.1E1Doli" .itz CO. Menafaeterere of &heath, Brasiers' sod Bolt Copper, Premed Cop per Bottome,Relsed Still Bottom., t.poiter Solder. *a. Also I tre and 414411%,.* te Tie . , /?Constantly en hand. Thinien's Machine. rd ooia Wareham, No. 14110 FIRST and 140 • D S c „Pittsburgh, Penna. ors a t Copper out to any desired • faMigdatc