tary organization of the States to the
Federal power to raise armies, potentially
wipes them out altogether, ;tad leaves the
. states se defenceless as a:i ancient city
with its walls broken down. Nothing is
left that has any constitutional right to
stand before the wili of thu Federal Gov
ernment.
If this be, so, the party in power at any
time holds ail State rights in its hands. It
is subject to no restraints except that of
the common morality of the time and of
the party, and every one knows how weak
and changeable this is, in times of popular
excitement, when the party in power,
oonvinced of the rightness and greatness
of its own ends, thinks lightly of the
modes and forms that in any way obstruct
or retard their attainment. There are no
constitutional restraints of this power, if
it exists, and therefore, it the unsteady
of party excitements will hear it, the party
in power may require all the troops to be
clgafted from the States and sections where
itprevails.
The Judge here gives at considerable
length his opinion of the necessity of
1., guarding State rights, and refers to a great
many historical instances of the seizure of
arbitrary powers.
If Congress may institute the plan now
under consideration as a necessary and
proper mode of exercising its power ''to
raise and sq,pport armies" then it seems
to me to follow with more force that it
may take a similar mode in the exercise of
other powers, and may compel people to
lend it their money ; take their houses for
offices and courts ; their ships and steam
boats for the navy ; their land for its fort
resses; their mechanics and workshops
for the different branches of business that
are needed for army suppliee ; their phy•
sicians, ministers and women for army
surgeons, chaplain:4, nurses and cooks ;
their horses and wagons for their cavalry
and for army trains, and their provisions
and crop: , for the soppnrt of the army. If
we give the latitud.inarian interpretation,
as to mode, which this art requires, I know
not how to e:op short of this. lam sure
there is no present (ifIE , PI" of such an ex
treme inter l ire Evion and that even parti
zan morality would forbid it but if the
power be admitted. we have tin security
against the relaxation of the morality that
genders it. I am quite unable now to sup
pose that a great cower could have been
intended to he granted, ai.d yet t
SO loosely guarded.
It may Is- thought that even voluntary
enlistments in the regular array have the
same sort at inni - dis.stenny Nth the militia
system as forced recruiting has hut mere
careful reflection will show the' ;t is not
• so. Enlistment.; iu the ink, away a
part of the militia : but every miiitia sys
tem allitws for this, arid the general pur
pose is the same--the constitution of a
military force, And. be-ides this, it is of
the very nature of the system that it
leaves every man free in the pursuit of his
ordinary calling, and leidis no man to any
part of the militia, except by reason (
residence, which he may abandon or
change as he pleases,
This act seems to me I.> be further un
constitutional in that it provides for a
thorough confusion between the army and
the militia, ho allowing that the regular
soldiers obtained by dratt may be assign
ed, by the President, to any corps, regi
ment or branch of the service he pleases :
whereas, the Constitution keeps the two
forces distinct Cinder this law the Presi
dent may even send them to the navy.
Under the militia law every roan goes out
with hie neighbors and friends, and under
officers with whom he is acquainted. It is
very properly suggested that, in 1790, Gen.
Knox, the Secretary of War under Presi
dent Washington, and with his approval,
and in 1814, Mr. Monroe, President Mad
ison'e Secretary of War, recommended
. .; of recruitint the army, which were
great rover ence ort.ese t ustrious names,
it is impossible to admit them as very in
&Letitia: on this question, when we con
eider that neither of those plans was
adopted by Congress, and the subject
never received such a discussion as to set•
tle the question. Instead of Mr. Monroe's
plan, a pure militia bill was reported by
Mr. Giles, from the Senate's Committee
on military affairs.
I have noticed an argument that, be
qause the notorious Hartford Convention:
opposed the war of 1812, and with Mr.
Monroe's plan of recruiting the army,
thetefore, opposition to a similar plan
now ought to be suspected as unpatriotic.
No doubt such an argument may have
Bonne influence but it has no real value in
ascertaining truth, for even bad men may
have many correct principles. It was not
for opposition to Mr. Monroe's plan that
that Convention became notorious. Even
their denunciation of it seems intended as
a prefatory apology for their other
schemes ; for it was not prepared until
two months - after the plan had been vir•
tnally abandoned by the report of Mr.
Giles' plan to the Senate. The condem
natio•t of the Hartford Convention was
founded mainly on the undo.° and selfish
prominence which it gave to, and the agi•
tatpons it raised in favor of, its own sec
tional interests, when the country was en
gaged in a dangerous war—its oppostiion
to the admission of new States, for • fear
of losing the balance of power—its de.
mand that negroes should be considered
part of the militia—its opposition to per
sons of foreign birth being allowed to hold
office, and to its real or supposed intention
to produce a secession of the Eastern
States, if it should not succeed in its meal•
tires. Their views, therefore, even by in
version, or ad invidiam, amount to
nothing in favor of t iil3 law.
On the subject of our authority to hear
such a case, 1 must infer, from the refusal
of the Federal counsel to appear, that it
is denied ; and I ex; ress my views as
well as I uni able without that assistance
which I think they ought to have rendered.
Nu one denies that a Federal as well as
a State officer, sitting without t Diistitution
al authority, to the injury of any one, is
liable to be sued for his acts in the State
Courts., and I am gait e unable to discover
that there is any distinction in such cases
between preventive and redreseive rpme
dies. As at present. advised, I cannot
doubt that tl,e State Courts have authority
to determine the right in such cases 1 , 3 the
first instance, they may exercise it accord
ing to any known remedy that Baits the
legal or equitable.
No ordinarily well educated man' can
doubt that, independent of the Federal
Constitution, such universal judicial pow
er is inherent in fhe'States, cud might by
„them be assigned to their judiciary, aa it
is in our State in the authority to enjcin
against all acts contrary to law and pre
judicial to the rights of individuals ; and,
therefore, this power remains to the States,
unless it is taken away by direct prohibi
tion, or ist , therwise incompatible with tho
Federal system.
No one that I know of, pretends that it
has been directly taken away. Indeed, so
far as the Constitution itself goes, it is
expressly left to the Slates therefore
to the State Courts ; f7 . .r the Oonst;tution
actually institutes no Court but the Su
preme Court ; and it girt's to it no o: igin
al jurisdiction except in cases where a tor
e' • ister or consul, or a State is a
party. or all other cases within the fed
eral p0w , ,., it gins only appellate juris
diction. And, aQ t'lrre may no other
than state Courts to try thoa.. Labei3, the
appellaie jurisdiction ct the Federal Su
preme Court, necessarily 1,-ave,, urigiu•
al jurisdieti;,u in them.
frue, the Constitution authorizes such
inferior Federal courts ae Congress may
think proper to establish but the author•
ity to establish each inferior courts cannot
divest this original State jurisdiction, or it
might not assign it to them exclusively of
the State courts. The very frame of the
Constitution, therefore, admits that the
States may have the original jurisdiction
of such cases, subject to the appellate
jurisdiction of the Federal Supreme Court,
THE PITTSBURGH POST: MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1,836.
and no Federal law has yet forbidden it to ,
them, even if this may be done.
And such a judiciary system was not at
all strange to the fathers of the Constitu
tion, and is well known in history. It
was the very system of the colonies before
our independence. Our colonial courts had
authority to try all kinds of cases whether
arising under colonial or under imperial
law, and the only remedy for miejndg
went was by appeal or writ of error t
the proper imperial courts in England;
and so it was in Ireland before the Union.
And so it is everywhere with courts and
other authorities that are merely local in
their constitution and
• jurisdiction : they
administer even the general law of State,
but always subject to the appellate au•
thority of more general jurisdiction. And
this appellate jurisdiction was in general
considered sufficient to preserve the Anglo-
Saxon courts in due subordination to the
royal courts after the Norman conquest;
thuogh certiorari to transfer causes be
fore the trial, was also in use, and no
Norman was bound to abide the judg
mei:: of a Saxon court to whose juris
diction he chose to object. No doubt a
similar practice can be traced in every
country, not purely despotic, where differ
ant State organizations or different pen.
pie have been united under one general
Government. In many cases the para
mount law is international law, and yet
sectional or State courts may decide what
it is, subject to the appellate jurisdiction
of treaties or of armies.
With all this present to the minds of the
fathers of the Constitution, it seems to me
that they could not have intended a de
parture without giving expression tcoleir
intention, and this they have ilot done.
They seem even to express the contrary
when they declare the Constitution and
ihe lawe made under it to be, not merely
federal law, but "the supreme law of the
land," and require all State officers to be
sworn to support it. That mere teckral
authority does not exclude. State tn.tien
is very well illustrated uy this very sub
jrct of the militia, where the federal au
thority to legislate has never been regard
ed as preventing actual State legislation.
And the danger of contlxts briwt , f-n t.,1
eral and State authorities 18Ui ditT
in its character from that which may uris
between dill rent d, panuien's bf the
same G,:.ve:iinaent, arid lead to ri:sulie
that are gaitri insoluble. Matuat truer and
respect and a careful adheriiii., in the
Constitution eat] alone save us frith - ) such
difficulties.
It is with vet) , real distress that I tinJ
my mind forced into this conflict wbh Sc,
act ~f Congress of cudh very great impor
to tie, in the present plucture cf Ft•dera
atlairs ; but I cannot help it. Pocuubly
folj :he question is so presented tlat
cane.,; evade it, an argument front
countel of the Government uoght
saved me from this, if it is au err - r and
may not produce a different relit* uu the
final hearing, which I trust will take
place so soon that no public or private In
jury may arise from any misjudgment
now and here.
Certainly, in this great struggle, we
Uwe nothing to the rebels but war until
they submit, unless it be that we do not
let the war so depart from its proper j ur
pose as to force them to submit to a Con
stitution and system different from the'
against which they have rebelled. But we
owe it to each other, to minorities and in
dividuals, that no part of that sacred
compact of Union shall become the epor
of partizan struggles, or be subjected to
the anarchy of conflicting moralities.
urged ou by ambitious hope-1 veiied in the
back ground. Our solemn oath and plight
ed faith have made that compact the
shield of State constitutions, institutions
and peculiarities, and of their right to
their free development, against all arbi
trary intermedling action of the central
a;
... which in all free countries
What I have written, I have written
under a very deep sense of the
responsibility imposed upon me by my
position, and with an earnest desire to be
guided only by the Constitution. Very
many will be dissatisfied with my conclu
sLins; but I submit to the judgment of
God and also to that of my fellow-citizens
when the present troubles shall have pass
ed away and are felt no more.
I am in favor of granting the injunction
10 favor of each of the defendants for his
own protection, but not for the staying of
all proceedings under the act.
Order.—No. P, 1 8 6 3.—Preliminary in
junction tin each case) granted for the
protection of the plaintiff un his giving
bond, with surety, to be a; proved by the
prothonotary, in the sum of $5OO, accord
ing to law, and refused for any further pur
pose.
Famine and Cruelty in Richmond .
The Richmond Enqu ir, er, of the 31st
u lt., says:
There is here, if not a scarcity, at least
a great dearth of provisions, and not less
of fuel ; while as to the medicines, they
are "contraband of war," and our ape
tries rise extreme diligence in keeping
them from us altogether. We would as
sure those Yankee soldiers that death o❑
the field of battle were far better than
captivity here this winter, and would ac
cordingly counsel them also not to be
taken alive.
The Examiner, of the 30th says-1
The Yankee Government, under the
laws of civilized warfare and the cartel,
are entitled to three men, and if they will
not take them, let them be put where the
cold w.aLher and scant fare will thin them
oat in accordance with the laws of ua
tore.
The same paper of the loth says
We have nine thousand of them i prison
ers in this city, and four thousand on
Belie Isle, and the question which forces
itself upon the attention of every one
who gives the matter a thought is, how
are they to be fed ? Government will not
agree to exchange them, and we certainly
cannot find them in victuals much longer.
They have already eaten up all our beef
and have begun on the sheep.
The Whig of the 30th, says
pe4la ars suffering already, while
the Yankees are comfortable. Is this
fair : Certainly the priaoLers are to be
kindly treated, but if we are t..,rc.:d to
choose between them and the wives and
children of our soldiers in the field to say
nothing of our people, who are threatened
with starvation and freezing, there will be
but one voice, and that not in favor of the
Yankees.'
Kobel Account of a Federal Raid
A Huntsville (Ala.) correspondent o
the Montgomery Mail, giving a report o
a recen! federal ex pedition into that re
gion, says:
Limestone and most of Madison coun
ties were completely scoured and swept
clean of horses and mules, cattle, sheep,
poultry, bogs, meat, flour, itc. Two or
three thousand horses and males were
taken in these counties —citizens, farms,
plantations, (lc., thoroughly stripped.
the le=a to this section is very heavy, and
the injury far greater than we ever have
experienced, for we are now lees able to
bear it. Before, we have lost of our
abundance, this time nearly all of our
working stock. We have had this year
twenty-one visits from, them. Stanley's
big raid in July swept off largely of slaves,
orses, mules, kc., and eo did others.
But we have patched up matters again,
rigged up old wagons, new teams, &c.
This time all has been swept off, and our
people feel as if it is useless to try to fix
up again, even with old wagons, broken
down mules and horses, as all may again
soon be taken by another raid. We have
not enough left now to haul and plow
with, and a fine riding or harness horse in
the bands of a citizen is a rarity, and
midi cows are worth as ranch anct more
valued than negroes.
DAILY POST.
PITTSBURGH
MONDAY, NOVEMBER DI, 1868
The Cnion EVI It Was,
'the Constitution as It Is
Where there is no Law there le no
Freedom.
'IRE NEW YORK RADICALS AND
GENERAL DI
fhe result of the interview between the
New York committee of Abolitionists and
President LINCOLN, in regard to Gen.
Jogs A. Dtx, shows that they were far
mor • willing to surrender their munici
pal privileges, than he was to take them.
The business of the committee, it appears,
was purely an Abolition scheme to get
rid of the General, by nial.mg him Mayor.
The bribe was the mayoralty of New
York, besides hie present position of
commander of the Eastern Department.
The President in reply to the Committee
is reported to have said that, the chief
magistracy of New York was purely a
local question, with which he had no bus.
flees to interfere : and that Gen. Dtx was
a , liberty to use hie pleas - ore, in remain
ing in the army or accepting the proposed
nomination. With this reply from the
President, and a similar one from the
Secretary of War, the Committee of No
tabi the Herald, returned to this
coy some few days ago, and there the mat
ter ends. "General Dix declined their
tend,r or nomination weeks ago. He
never authcr,zed, in fact knew nothing
about, their visit to Washington. Gen.
Du milcr, or. large a roan La be wasted
throwt; a 1,, 'Ay cOtttest of this
kind. the attempt to run him for the
llnyo:e;ty be= I 5,1 at its bottom a plot of
the GnyEi EY Republicans to get him
out m thmr way. ['hey dread the force of
Met t oriel'vative prmeiplee and high char
a: t.,•r•
'li, Loih,g in the. pubik: , •aref-t of
.6mmend him to
the Abolitioui. , - • th-y may, p,rhbps,
N 131: (3 use hum tu 4 I ul
'r p eal,rttt.t fl pc)
ilf e•ql C•e - l ' og at all ac , '• vat: l o to them.
It 1., true teat he • ot ea:ly ground againbt
ti.e ttho, Ty to free t, rrito , y ;
hr lean ;he pit tAlo, l:pt that fueeuou
in the r . .enate ut the l ' outed ,tales, iu
It < l7, and proved hitneell (.4e of the most
thorough parliamentarians that the great
il:.1 S ever encountered. At Cow tame
DANICI S. - lllx's colleague—
was the follower of CALLIOt a, and one of
the most ohst.tiutu:., is tut r•atreme optu
o ;hut able Latta
~ 1k the swat': I_r t.en.
Plititt•E • he afterwards ads', en
el the twilit, on and election of Mr.
ki kiA ; he eupt.orted that gentle
Adailuistration throughout . whin
IsdAt Fuwi.Fht was discharged front office
( ten. Ink
. ..a. it, %de his Fueeesteir :
front the; position he was united uy the
ercaidt-ht to take the Lead of the Treasu-
ly i),partul..ur, lazuli vacant b
5y111....!r,va! to help the embrin
0 , ..1 , _1.-niey. From theist) little :;yi
the ia,t tee ',..ark of Ge 4-1. Dix'.
reeey a•
a con?ervallVE , Democrat, we call no see
that any stripe C Abolitionism is likely :u
think of him for they Presidency. Noth.
ing but a tandida!e favorable to emanci-
;intim corili , c.ition. subjugation end per
harm Soutero evertninalion. will :wit the
ut those who now control
cuuneels. Gen. JOHN A. Dix
id I.:A the man for the occasion.
That the Radicals of New York city are
anxious, because of their hopeless minor
ity, to induce some - War Democrat, - of .
General Dix respectability and tel to
enter the contest for Mayor, iu order to
defeat the regular Democratic candidate
is natural enough. Bu! that they :ear the
General in pr. suective, hecauae of his
"conservative principles, — is not in the
least probable. Ihe Radicals are bound
to control the next Abolition National
Ci,invention, and in it General Dtx will
have about as much chance as General
MCCLELLAN It will puzzle old ABZ to
keel, himself iu the hue of sail, prece
dents : thii few slaps he administered to
:he Missouri ''Red Leg" fanatics, the
other week, have calk; birth the most in
tense Abolition denunciation. Even he is
thought too conservative to r these fierce
agitators, whose doctrines will unguristion
ably bittate of their next
N.ntiorod Convention.
IiENTUCILY SENTIWEVI
From all that we ere and learn of the
eerttim,h' of hieoto..liy, it
is not only truly oath/ nut hut thelusNi to
waids gradual ernancipathm, tt the Alto-
Itt.t,oieta will ot.ly lrt theta manage their
owu atfeor, The recg order of the Ad
mintetration W eoltat elareg to that State
warking mi6cht,t
The
Ciucintigh L'uot mercial publishes
the iollowinv extract from a private letter
which ocrrc,hor.t,-8 other teAtimony we
have seen of the same character. It.tro
duclng the extri,ct our coteruporary re
marks : '•Our Kentucky friend who will
r.-Lognir. , hi words in the extract ut a
private letter given below, will, we think,
pardon uc tor ypd-li.r.g to the ti rop•ation to
i/uldieh fair an expression of the feel•
'mg of a large and influential CifiSti ‘ , l the
people of Keutuelq ou the einancipatiou
question. rho u,uf:.• of the writer the
letter from which we make the annexed
extract, it we were at libcrfy to give it,
would command high consideration. It
is that of a man whose right to he called
a true Keuturhi9ll 19 119 11111/111.9111thie All his
love of him whole country,"
Eat • act “f a private:letter from a citizen of KY.]
it is ditheult f r any 'lle, G 1 define
hi • position in this State, at thistime The ever
laoting nwer to the great trouble with a I of
them. Ir r myself, I am not much troubled
abou• mine, a, I have but few of thcui, and I
thank tic pi that I am in a condition to provide
for their comfort, come what may. I am, and
har en from my earliest manhood , in favor of
gr al emancipation. I learned my principles
f ro m . that glorious old statesman, Henry Clay.
Mel:eat d.tliculty with him. and with those of
tiro agreed with him. was how to emancipate
au at the same time secure to the poor negro all
th comforts which they n .w enjoy, most of them
in Kentucky having been reared in our own fam
ilies. I know that there is a growing feeling in
this State in favor of gradual emancipation,
among the s'aveholder- themselves; and if weare
let alone, time will accomplish what we desire.
Our abject, when the negro it made free, is to fit
him for freedom, and to secure to him all the
blessings which that freed( m should guarantee
to him."
A Pooß girl of Brooklyn, New York,
was shot at Chickamauga in the dignise
of a drummer-boy. She fancied she was
to be a second Joan of Arc, but her en
thusiastic fancy was quenched in her own
life blood, she telegraphed to her father,
"I expected to deliver my country, but
the tates would not have it so. Pray,
papa, forgive me...
midnight Battle
••,iiindent of the New Y , ll, Tri
bune gives 801118 interesting particulars of
General Hooker'a expedition over the
mountains near Chattanooga, His forces
consisted of the 11th and 12th Corps,
Generals Howard and Slocum. The writer
says :
A little past 12 o'clock at night our
pickets were driven in by those of Longd
street's corps. This was the tire , . intima
lion that au attack was even probable.
Perceiving the situation, General Howard
made his dispositions to resist the assault.
After a good deal of sharp skirmishing an
firing of rebel artillery, it became appa-
rent that the rebel General was aiming to
place his forces wedge like between the
11th and 12th Corps, with the view of
coming down upon them iu
Thus far, exclusive attention, while
gradually working round to our right. had
peen given to the Eleventh Corp 9. A
body of the enemy occupied elevations
from which an annoying fire was poured
into General Howard's men as they were
working towards Wauhatchett, and this
position General Howard ordered the 73d
Ohio and 33d Massachusetts to charge,
holding the 136th New York in reserve.
Right galrantly they went at it. Rushing
up the side of the hill, they were met with
a terrible fire from overpowering numbers.
Our men retired to the foot of the hill,
followed by the enemy. Here they re
formed and charged back again, driving
the rebels in turn before them to their
rifle pits and breastworks, the existence of
which was before unknown. Here a des•
perate struggle ensued, and the enemy
was put to flight, leaving 40 1,-,.:soLers in
our hands.
It proved afterward that our gallant body
of less than five hundred men charged
and drove from their works Mcelar.'F
brigade, Hord's division, Li:mi.-Hug
about two thousand men. It redeemed
the Eleventh Corps in the estimation
everybody, Gen. Hooker prof - mum, d
one of the most gallant and sUCCEAIIU
charges that has ever come to his kuowi
edge during the war.
After this the contest was confined to it
regular skirmishing with the 11 Corps near
Wauhatchett. Repeated assaults were
made on our lines with superior DO tubers,
hut were repulsed every time, and Long
street, perceiving what the 11 Corps had
done, between 2 and 1 o'clock retired
thoroughly beaten.
(fur in t Lie battle will probabl:,
reach outs in killed, wouncl=il
['he killed are an unusually small percent
y. (.1 the
It is believed that Brtigg,'s entire force
is about Ti; "On men, and that his line ex
enils at least one hut..iri-d s- reac-h
1 ,4 ; far up toward :11f hoadwators o
I,nneaseP, and into (i-orgla far enung
:0 i-xtri - d lop line to the dintar.e, named .
'Figures Won't Lie
la round namber.i, iu 1 , !+(;(), the vote
reeulted. For Foster, 2,;:r.,u0u; for Cur
tin, 2r,4,000 : making a total uf 4;46,00,,.
Fyn'. a :ia,jority for eurtill
lin round nurnlyerg for ‘Voc; ward
2",t,ottn, tor Curti:l2G
majority for Curtin, 1:,,000 From tbea
figures, it will be seen that the entire vote
of the State, in the past three years, has
been increioted 26,000 votes : of which in
th. Deniqcruts have rev , ited 21.1tOtt
31,1 the Alto: : tstt.G not. tivrt
show a cout,iderable tiroppti4 t the Cur
tt. But it has Lteen et,t ,, i by (it rnor
,rtiu hiruseit that Pennpykai ,, u ho
,(nu aoldiers in the field, of whom a
two-thirds, or 134,i0.kiare voters Ad
, se to 26,000 and we have 10,000
!he increase of the State %t tire, year
ittt, 4.13,069 t Ait0.14.2 ,., an .
colv.iction that frauds have been tier
petrated. The entire power of the Gov
eminent having been enlisted on the
of the dominant peaty of the State, ani
every avenue open by which results coin.
be controlled, the in erence to be deduce,
ft-out the foregoing figures tbat o! thr.
2'113.000 men .zi the field every Man wh
wi - io'd vire the Curtiu ticket w.+B
a furlcdgi. to do Ho.
those VV:r3. and the '.,oleisent
inglon, gathered from nuteide BOUrif`B
their increa.-,e is but 3 off , voted ii, thre
yeare, while the Demooraoy, with no
ibrinecce than a good Cause, have ibtri..iie
ed 21 IN 0. The Democratic gain ha
been won directly from the oppoidition
and libw different the election would hay,
resulted had Democratic eoldiere been al
lowed to vote, we can very well iwagiur
fr., in the long A holit.ou faces we eye every
where around lid a change ie work
'be We leave our readers to draw the.
. .
°WI] CC Ileil/81,us from the foregoing bgur—
thco to consider how near to c. !;tr..
!I e ballet -box has.becoute in this c T V
A Blow in Washington
Every bcdy who haaibeen Pf. l / 1
sylvarria avenua in a high wind, cat. under
4i.on, the following extract tit the
Wail.,egton corlt.sp,:tdence of the Net ,
1 ,•1-1 , . Post, what a charattng city
..,e,trians, N ash,ugton was Cu Friday:
Fite wtatl is blowing a hurric.tne to day.
and locomotion in next to impossible in
the streets. No city in the world can pl.,
Ch sights and scenes a 8 the Nu:hot:t
at (tapital does on auch a day. O. taffloa•
PtallAyiValJta is like Sahara
‘l , ,ert is a mud storm. fir•ntl , -n,n walk
%Hit handkercoiefft tied over their itiet`3,
and barely eii,Vo thetuselves frt to ,a,ot he
Ing by taking that precentiuu. rho ids ti
wateribg the strects does deem to
thooght tf, and it would be impossible
't) Wet down the broad acres of pills..
cud whwit constitute s. prOMICIPIa a I.,:cf
f rbc city of V ashirgfon.
An important Southern Item
14r link n told riarubvre of iho
which 1,4 v, e JILIr to h 1.11,/, th
rel,,e, are eonstructing a railway eo
net . non between Danville, in Virgliod,
a.,.. (i: i..dlirough, North Carolina. It
Eletifil, that about fifteen miles of the road
have been completed, and that the cars aie
expected to run through a dietance of about
forty five miles—by New Year's, or at
furthest by this spring. This is a highly
interesting act, as it opens a new line of
Communication between Richmond and
the Southwest, over the North Carolina
central railroad. But it is nut probable
that the road will be completed by the
earliest day named, sn that, if We'don can
he seized by our forces any time during
the fall and winter, the rebel forces will
ho out off from supplies, by rail. beyond
the northern boundary of Nord: Cal olinai
or, in other words, they will be limiied tc ,
such lean picltings as can be tumid IN the
wasted fields of Eastern and t.. 1
gout months age a reagLificet,t diamond
necklace, imported from Italy, wr.,a stolen
from the residence of a g9ntleman at St
bouts The necklace was composed of
44 brilliants of the first water, and worth
between $2,500 and $3,000. A box in
which it was kept, with other jewelry—in
all about $lB,OOO value— was broken o f r,
and the necklace alone taken. The polio
detectives were employed to search irr
the property, but in vain. Consci,lnc,,
however, accomplished what police could
not, as a few days ago the gentleman re
ceived through the poet office a not,. 116
follows, literatum : "Call at the
deal Church - ; your jewelry is there." The
gentleman at once called upon the pariah
priest at the Cathedral, and received from
him the necklace, diminished by one of
the diamonds. The missing one is worth
about $BO and had probably been lost or
irrevocably parted with by the thief.
Rele.q.e' of Air. Abeal.
From the St. Louis News, Nov. 11
Mr. Abed, edit.t.r of the St. Joseph
Tribune, who was arrested some ten days
since, and brought down to this city, was
yesterday released without trial. Either
the arrest or the release was a farce, un
lesa,the release was ordered trom Wash
ington--a circumstance not improbable.
edo nett wish to think that the com
cariclihg iierteral would so trifle with the
dignity cd high character in which he is
iaveste‘ by hiti official position, so as to
.irder tha arrest of Mr. Abeel, without
sufficient cause, and having arrested him,
we are quite as reluctant to believe he
oald,
rJosisteatly with the dignity of the
t , errice, he released without some show of
an investigation into the charges against
Persimmons
The rebet aragedaced to making brandy
out of pets4rtrons. A receipt for the
)peratiou is pu ed in the Charleston
COUI7O , and: tileßtichmond Whig sug
gests [bal. "a 4. the persimmon time is at
hand, anj toe crop le abundant, it would
be cell - 0 try the experiment." It is re
bated of ti.c boy why wfttt to steal persim
moos, that the puckery fruit prevented
his whittling to warn his fellow thief of
the m preach of the irate owner of the
tree , and thus persimmon brandy may
have th , effect of stopping Beauregard's
windy calls.
A I ATE item in our Southern files en
titlt,i - magnificent donation," tells us
that '•Mayor Macbeth, of Charleston, has
donated to the Atlanta Relief Association
the sum of fire thousand dollars," which,
wt:ii guld .ix hundred per cent,premium
means that Mayor Macbeth has actu•
ally donated lib: ut. •:cv..•n dollars and a
half to the Atlanta rAltf Association.
3outhern munificence is a cheap comtnod
,:y.
uk, did President Lincoln get the
power to order the enlistment of the
. id—Pi. in Maryland, in oppcsition
t;, the wishi_a of their mus'ers,
.cid then
pay three hundred dollars for each en•
liiPied man oat of the public funds ? Con
green „rc gave him any such power.
the matter wilt be investigated during
thi• next. of Congress.
I . HAS NO EQUAL --THE
I:lllrier`sC aucceat wnioh for the past
veyen years hoe attendeu RE D'S MAO-
N F.'f /11, in tne alleviatit n anti cure of pain.
etniyo den the protonet or to 2ta , e. (and challenge
, ot.t.radiolton
That it to, ure.l n Ithrlimatiefu,
Ti,,, o n•-r.l Throat,
,t 1.4 cur,..! WO,
It has n re , / ', 17 , ,roted Swcs,
it, in, ,t 1 'nor ,re
ifur , :d.
11 ha, b-,41,,,1
That it /4,14 ittir , ./ 'Sr.t. iiren.r t y.
.t I, 1. cu..• 1 1, Affection‘,
rh MI, • S$1:1 Jr/i/ii• •
Thal., .11 t, her Ptl/11 Ct.rer,, .E.)thrs and Lin
iment:: corubl:,',l For sale by Druggists every
where.JolllNSON, Sole Agent.
nob; corner Fourth and Smithfield ate.
••••• . _ _
hilt POTASH,
ktpt r.
7'1,1 .1 P. tit,tl
t up,rt, P. ta.th
Supen. r P..l.3est,
: ,, ;•erl4 , r Ptah
a,t in reoetp: cas•ka of very supe
,.r ,a , :110 - e at. article that can be
rched ec, anculd m this a ivercisement out for
tuture r‘f ercr, e. A'eo riuic art cle Soaa
Adi a •nl'antly as and. the very beat article of
..,; Le.r1.0.. tril at 60 Cert'm per Oa ant
. ; t_er 011 at 0100 et -lit, Gallon
tarn.:.. Oil at 00-t o . eat per (lollop]]
arruu Ott at Co-t o t Gallon
N care,r, (1.1 at '0 I , tr Gallon
Carbon (AI at en., per Gallon
Ac Ju.e 'II ,uung's Drti Store.
rner 0 , cifi ,
the Diate n : .11arhet street,
11 t
r',:;hl: NARY COBSUIVIP .10.1 A CURABLE DISEASE
A A
Tt) NN - 1 - *. - 11 PT 1 VEN
THE UNDEitSIGNED RAVING
boun resto:ed heanh ul a few weeks.
er, supple ren, , ..."y a ter having euffered
r... , a1 'th a .c, ere lung affection, and
i ot:ease, t.•.1-utul;ion—ie anxious to
oe,e hnee,n to 11'3 , ufferere the moans
1.. all who deztre It, no will send a c ot the
pre - rtpti n used (free eharge,) w:tis the dirty
:. IT !e1..; ret,aring and the came, which
.Fill find ,2 Ltd' CONdUMPTION,
Ar.thl4d, iILoSCHITIS. CoLDS, &c. The
u'vect cf the ad renks_er ,n sending the Pro
- ril,tion is to benefit the' snitcted. and spread
u_torination which be conceives to be invaluable,
,n,i he boobs every sufferer will try his remedy,
.cot him nothing and may prove a
i winhing the preior s
iption will please'
ED WAP D A. WILAON. Williamiburgh
w hnazi ['ousts. Now York.
&RAN D RET PI I. LEI Y 0 IT
2 -, -Y may recover or health by the use o'
r , ..medie , . You to .3 ;Et over without any
•
• t fon;e! that 3.41 may die, and that
.:r aldreth's Mks could have saved you. For re
..., tul,er that the AWFUL PRINCIPLE OF
, EATII, when 3 no have it to exoess in your eye
eta as OVitiol.ll. StAlf andual triatincts. Your
nat,ee 1,11- y Ot ftaaude : your dreams and
'•oar awn Lean u,
at there 611166 there u, no medicine so de
e: Init of your , mnfiderm as
rak.dreth's Vegetable Universal Pills,
medicine known that can certainly
iieo all the usual indi•ationii tell you that
u I o u,t.
Pudney, sprint field, Union co.. N.
:.as used DRANDItETH'z, PILLS for fifteen
yea = in his family, and for all his hands: in whioh
time, these Pills hare cured ttiern of Bilioue af
t .•uor.s. Headache, Itheuum.iem, Purer and
Who,ping Cough, and 9 , 1Y0 he
ed • i.ever kpown them tr fail. Principal Office,
-treat. :No.. York.
ky Thomas Redpath, Diamond Alle9.
ur,h,
.1 rosotaable dealers in
weJich.,
ocs-1m10.3
r.".-.';` ,il" the Dttiiit Puyt.—Dear
your pormi,tsi , n I wish to say to the read
er, of y. , ur paper that I will .end, by return mail
t.. ail woo wi,h It (freed a Ree . eip , , with full di
re 11-ns fry making and using a simple Vegetable
ru. will Oleo tinily remove, in ten days,
Pill/1 IM , Vbes, ran, Freckles, and all linpur
;to :Skin, leaving the same s.ft, clear,
sw..ut.t. and beautiful.
I wir also mail free to those having Bald Heads,
er laces, simple directions and infortnation
that will enable them to start a lull growth of
Luxuriant Hair, Whiskers, or a Moustache, in
less than thirty days,
A If app ioations answered b. 7 return mail with
: Larae Itoto.eatfully yours.
THUS. F. CLIAPMAN, Chemist,
8:11 Broadwa.T. New York.
A PYRAMID OF FACTS CIIS•
eerning CRISTADURO'tS HAIR DYE. It
ie ptirts. I,si• °Worts, instantulattue, imparts a per
! I, or ti'ent browu in the space of
to-, u.loutes; i. uclorlesS, does tt etain the skin,
and has never known to ;tail 1
ISIADU it 0' [LAIR DYE,
Los ouldoturd by ,I. CRISTA EWA°, 6 Astor
.• 4/ ~ r k e vary where, and applied
Halt Dresser?.
anJ L.or bux, Itouording to
octi-ltudi w
EM=MI
e:Y ( O Si ELL dc KARE
ARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS,
dLV"ER & BRA.BS PLATERB,4
And tr anuLeturers of
Saddlery , ali Carriage Hardware,
No. 7 St. Clair street, and Duquesne Way,
(near the Bridge.)
erifironi Ann urrEaufik,r,
ROYAL MAIL COMPANY'S
CELEBRATED REMEDIES
BLOOD POWDER 41.N.1).
t) N E OINIT Nl',
A certain cure for Diseases of Noreellind Cattle.
known to and used only,bY the EemPllilY ID "VI
own stables from 1844 until the opoltiffiie otglole
Railway over the prinelPal routes. After the gal . '
oral use of these remediee in all the stables of the
Company. theirannual sales of condemned stock
were discontinued. a saving to the Company ex
oeeding £7.000 per annum. In 1853 the London
Brewers' Association offered the Company .52400
for the reoeipes and use the articles only in their
own stables.
A certain cure for founder, distemper, rheuma
tism hide bound, inward strains , loss of appetite,
weakness, heaves, coughs, eolds, and all diseases
of the lungs, surfeit of scabbers, glanders, poll
evil, mange, inflammation of the eyes, &Ws.
and all diseases arising from impure blood, cor
rects the stomach and timer, improves the appe
tite, regulates the bowed& corrects all derattite
merits of the glands, strengthens the system,
makes the skin smooth and gloVorses • bro
ken down by hard labor or do. re
stored by using the powder once A . Nothing
will be found equal to it in tt ,. /tim horses WA in
appearance. condition and
London and Interior 1t0y727. Company's
CELEBRATED BONE OINTET,
A certain owe for #pavin, ringbone, scratches
lamps, tumors, sprains, swellings, bruises, foun
dered Met, &Alb's' as„ wind galls, oontraotions 01
the tendons, bone enlargements, Ste.
Blood Powder 500 per 12 oz. packages; Bone
Ointment 500 pertoz. tar. No. 320 Strand. Lon
don.
WDENTISTRY.—TEETH
traoted without pain by the use of vr;
Oudry's aP p aratus.
All work warranted
FLOURING MILL FOR SALI3.
The subscriber offers for sale the AL-
L al ti r..N Y CITY MILLS. situated in the:Foarth
Ward, Allegheny City. This well known Mill hag
been rebuilt lately, and contains four run ,of
French Burrs, with all the latest improved ma
chinery for manufactur;ng the best brands of
Flour. Enjoys a good local as well as foreign
custom. This is a rarest awe for b nine .s men.
and Invite at y wh I wish to engage n a prolitah•
business to call at the MU, where terms will be
made known.
oc2l-3mdhw J. VOEOTLY.
W.TO STUDENTS AND LOV*liii AF
CHURCH MUSIC.—The well nowt/.
composer, Mr. JOHN ZU.Nt EL. Organ and
Dircctor of Music of Henry Ward Reecher's
Church, New }ork. will visit the city during the
next month Co give a short coarse of inattnotion
in .H arm ,ny, the Organ or Melodeon, and Chorus
Singing, connected with pupil . ; performances on
the Ocgact, and Sacred Concerts. Circulars, stat
ing terms, etc., may be obtained at the talftic
StoresH
ot .R.leber A B 0., and C. C. Mellor, ,
nol2-tdeoB
FRESH ARRIVAL OF
NEW DRY GOODS
HUGUS dt HACKE'S
:aperior Potash
Superior Potash
superior Pt tas
AT WHOLESALE.
Blue Grey Knitting Yarns
Fine East,. Knitting Yarns
500 doz. Extra Heavy
50 doz. Tiraveling ,Shirts,
50 doz. Atkinson's Patent
10,000 Paper Collars,
MACRUM Air CLYDE,
Balmoral Boots,
iII'CLELLAND'S AUCTION HOUSE
55 FIFTH STREET.
NSA WINTO GOODS.
WE WOULD CALL THE ATTEN
Lion of buyers to our stock of
WINTER GOODS.
.8a /el. KERR
Ad:the/newest etylea of foreign and domerdlo
ASSIMERES AND COATINGS
With a large and choke saltation of
k AND CASIBIERE VESTINGS.
W. H. Mil3Blilk 00.1
PITTSBURGH
Corner Market Square AllechaaY C"itY'Pa"
BLOOD POWDER
McKesson & Rorbins, New York.
French, Richards &Co„ Philadelphia.
TORRENCE & ReO&RR,
Pittsburgh Drug House,
inA:dl ye Corner Fourth and Market street
J. F. HOOFIKAN,
DENTIST.
134 Smithfield Street,
PITISBURGH.
Corner of sth and Market Ada
FRENCH MERINOES,
CASHMERES,
FINE WOOL PLAIDS
CLOAKS and SHAWLS,
COUNTRY BLANKETS,
WHITE and PLAID FLANNELS
we
V [~vi i~. •a, .~
SCARLET OPERA FLANNELS
A full line of
DOMESTIC GOODS
Always on hand at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES
500 doz.
EXTRA 7 HREE-THREAT,
:1500 doz.
ALL COLUL•S;:
Wool Soeki,
50 doz, Knit Jackets,
50 doz. Drawers,
Steel Collars,
VFLRY Low
78 MARKEP STREET,
Between Fourth and Diamond
s Boots,
Men's Boots,
Youth's Boots,
Ch 1 Idren's Boob
LADIES' and MISSES'
143 FEDI MAL STBSET,
New Advertisements.
FOUR FASHIONS FROM THE MG.
II brated - house of Mears. A. T. Stewart & Co.,
of N ow York, wLH be Lund la
80D11f8 . LAUrti BOOK ?OE 14011111,
LI addition to the following: TWO ERTEN
RION FASHION PLATES, A SUPERB COL
1 0RED FASHION. &attaining 7 figure; on
which are a dress for a bride. and dres sesor g
bridesmaid.. The steel engravings are - 2ho
Daily G,,vers els." a beauhfol plate, and an Rm
blematio Title, containing( fiv e diatinotpletutaa
Telling Christmas Stories.' " Gath
(k mas (keeps," "Juvenile Amusements.' Youth"
and ''vld 4.get." Opera hood.e prfated iy
colors, Very suitable for the resent Beaton; "A
baating Frame," sag' tutgial forbeeline= j, gn
be made very eipeditionsly and chea. 'The
Calp a." ne o Brodie's celebrated fashions, will
also be found is this number. "The Butterfly
Readdress ' " Thit Polish Jacket." Dresser for
Girls, Crochet and Netting for the winter
in all about eighty engravtngs of subjects o ll irst t :
lons aid ladies' work. "WRAP A JEALOUS
MAN SAW ON CHRISTMAS EVA" by Mar
ion Harland. A Christmas Story complete. tier'
eral other stories for the season, by our beat au
thoresses, will be found in this number. For sale
at , HtONRY MINER'S,
nolt3.lß, . 71 and 73 Fifth street.
AT THE
NEW CARPET STORE,
We shall sell during tae present month. at
WHOLESALE and RETAIL.
Without any Advanob in Prier,
A full line of
(o'‘A R PETS
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
In 8110443 3 to 24 ft wide;
Woolen C ruggete and Crumb Cloths,
WINDOW SHADES,
Table and Plano Covers,
Rugs, Mats, Stair Rods, etc.
.These yocdß have advanced in first hat de from
TEN to TWENTY FIVE PER LEST within
thirly days, and ere Low.Ee;ling at
LESS THAN MANUFACTURER'S PRICES.
Our stock is almost entirely new, all having been
purchased-within ninety days for cash, at the
ve y lowest pries of the year.
M'FARLAND, COLLINS & CO.
Nos. 71 and 73 FIFTH ST.,
Betweele 9 Pcatoffice and Dispatch Building.
r u t;
.13*03. THE lBO3.
P TV BURi,H,F r.IYAYAB & CRICARO RAILWAY
TO ALL POINTS IN THE
SOUTD WEST AND NORTH WEST.
Shortest and Most Direct Route to the
West..
WI NTiiR ARRANGEMENT.,
ON AND AFTER NOVEMBER 161 h,
1863, trains run al fallossfi, viz :
WEiTWARD THROUGH TRAINS,
Chicago Extires3. Chicago Express
Leaves
Pittsburgh lA.; a, In
Allegheny 155 a. m
Arrives
Alliance....
Cr c stline...
FL Wayne
....... .10 50 p m. 11.00 a. m.
F6T. CO LI'M BUS, CINCINNATI Lt: ST. LOUIS
Leaves
Crestline ......
Arrives
Columbus.. .
Cincinnati
I- dian,polis...
Louis;
St Louis
All Trains through to Chicago without ohaaittu
of Car'.
40 a. m
10.39 a. m
N. B —The time to Cinc i
nnati is the same es
by StAubenville. Trains on both heads meet at
Coln rn )us, and PasSengen on go into Cincinnati
together.
C RESTIA NE AND ALI lANCE MAIL
Leave Pittabarah......_7lMl a. m.
Allegheny 7 10 a. m.
New Brighton. 8.36 a in.
Alli tnre 11.10 a, m.
Arrive CI 30 P. m.
These trains atop at principal Stations between
Allegheny and Rochester. •
JugSIITON. ACCOMMODATION
, r tr rein Omen. Alle
gheny City.
Leave
Arrive
Allegheny .9 15 a. in. 2.00 - m. 4.30 p. m. 5.40 p m.
N. Brightort.ll.ls a. in 1.45 p. m. 6.25 p. m. 7.85
EASTWARD
Leave
N. .t r'ghton..s.3l a. In, 7.00 a. m. 12.20 D. m. 2.50
P. m.
Arrive
Allegheny 7 29 a. m. S 40 a. m. 2.35 p. m. 4.50 p. m.
EASTWARD TRAINS.
ARRIVE AT PITTSBURGH.
Chicago Expr ems
Ch 2.20 a. m.
eago Rx_presa yi p. p.
Cincinnati E r press
-7.50 m m.
Creet,ine Mail
7 CO p. m.
TRAINS FOR NEW CASTLE, MERCER and
OIL CITY.
Mall,
Leave I ittsbarah......7.ol a. M.
A lleg heny......
Anive Now Oastle...loAo a. m.
EASTWARD
Leave New Castle... 6.30 a. in.
Arrive Pittsburgh.. ---
Allegheny...lo 004. in.
Ile-Trains are run by Columbus time, which 1w
12 minutes slower than Pittsburgh time.
For further information, ant through tickets,
apply to GEC. PARKIN, Ticket Ag't.
Union Passenste• Station, Pittsburgh, Pa.
and A. Q, C BSELBERHY Agent Allegheny.
TURN B. JERV . 3 General Superintendent,
H. R. PAYSON, General Paa3enger Agent.
25 ! 10xEs oswEGoicons
STARCH—Just received and for rude by
G AO. A. KELLY.
61;1 Federal gr., Allegheny.
15 BBLS. PUTTY IN BLADDERS—
Just received and for Bale by
GEO. A. KELLY.
69 Foderal et., Allegheny.
ODOZ. HOSTETTER'S BITTERS--
VT Jes: reo iv( d and for rale by
GEO. A. KELLY,
69 Federal it.. Ailegbfm7.
DO Z DSA E'S PLANTATION
B I rrEkti—Jimt received and for Bale by
- KELLY
6'4 Federal it.. Alleghe ny,.
GROSS LAIRD'S BLOOM YOUTM--
Just received and for Palo by
(JEO. A. ellU,
69 Federal ft .egheni.
BS. OMBRA MADDER—
J uvt received and for Bale by
EO. A, KELLY,
63 Federal et, Allegheny
GI Et E A. 1"
; Improvement in Eye Sight
Russian ap
Tifsfan PeEont"aVes,
(AO YOU WANT YOUR EYE N4GUT
AY improved ? Try the It tulatan Pebbles.
They are warranted to STREVOTHEN:and
PAOVE THE BlGHT—this fact has proved al
ready to hundrids of people what was suffer ly ig
from defective eight. They are
Imported direot from Etu3sA,
Which can be seen at my office with satiel ( seiion,
Purchasers are entitled to be supplied In Winn
whichfirst should
GIVE of ch‘irarith those
will always tiATIBEIAVXION.
J. DIAMOND, Practieci3Optician
39 Fifth street. Irdtrik Block,
'
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c. Beware of impoetere and coutterfeitont.i:
oEf-Cam
Bared Flannels.
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ca cm;
•iirianuttig AJ/uno3
1.4.5 p. m
1.55 P. m
1.40 p. m.
10.30 p. m.
Acco v motiation.
2.15 p. m.
2.25 p.
4.15 p. m.
7 40 p. m.
Acoon:unochtion
4.30 p. m
8.10 I). m