advertising rates. Fot_MtAndtng n,. .n n .~ .... One insertion $ 60. One month Two insertions— 1,00 Two months! Three Insertions... 1,25 Three months! “ ’ Fotir ln^rtions.... 1,60 Four months. .!!! One year ThreeVeeks.. ? .v.. 5,00 une square changeable onec a week 1 year. $30, 00 I> A I I. V POST, Single subscriptions by mail, *B,OO per year, pay. ' ble in advance. ’ y 3 Delivered in the city, at 18 oents per week, payable to carriers. * WEEKLY POST. Single subscriptions Five copies, each* Ten copies, each !.*.*.*.*.**’**' * c o/ ?le8> (and one to getter up,) Forty « u u <« IJKRSIA OR BI’PTCRfi, Hernia or Rupture cured. Hernia or Rupture cured. Hernia or Rupture cured. Hernia or Rupture cured, Hernia or Rupture cured Hernia or Rupture cured Hernia or Rupture cured, Hernia or Rupture cured* Rupture or Hernia cured, Rtfpture or Hernia cured. Rupture or Hernia cured. Rupture or Hernia cured, Rupture or Hernlacured. Rupture or Hernia cured. Rupture or Hernia cured Rupture or Hernia cured. Marsh’* Radical Cure Truss. Ritter's Patent Truss. Fitch's Supporter Truss. .Self-Adjusting Truss lb'. Banning’s Lore Body Brace, fur the cure of Prolapsus l*teri,' Piles, Abdominal and Spinal Weaknesses. Dr. S. S. Fitch's Silver Plated Sup- plies Drops, for the support and cure of Elagtte Stockings, for weak and varicose Elastic Knee Caps, for weak knee joints. Ankle Supporters, for weak knee joints. Suspensory Bandages. Self-Injecting Syringes; also every kind of Syringes. Dr. KF.YSER has also a Trus3 which will radically cure Hernia or Rupture. 4&»Oiflce at his Drug Store, No. uo WOOD STREET.: sign of the Golden Mortar. Persons writing for Trusses should send the number of Inches around the body immediately over the IJR. KEYSER will give his prroonal at tent ion to theaplientiun <>( Trusses in adults and children. and he is satisfied That, with an experience 01 twenty year*. In* wdl K- enaMcd to give aatiefac. Sclf-lnjccting Syringes. Self-Injecting Syringes, Self-Injecting Syringes, Self-Injecting Syringe* >R. KJSYriEIVS, 140 Wood street. Suspensory Bandages, Suspensory Bandages, Suspensory Bandages, Staspcnsory Bondages, A dozen different kinds, A dozen different kinds, A dozen different kinds, A dozen different kinds, At DR. KEYSER’S, un Wood street. noKMydStw JpILKS OP TWENTY YEARS STANDING C U liE D . Below will be /own J a certificate from one of the most respectable citizens of Wilkins township in regard to Dr. Keyset's Lindsay' Blood Searcher. The "Doctor's certificates aie within reach, amino one need be deceived in regard to his preparations. Dr. Geo. H. Ketslc I became afficted with Piles about twenty years ago, and every year they were growing worse, so as to trouble me very much, so much so at times as to unfit me for work. Sometimes I web so bud that I could not do anything on account of them, they came out on me as large as a hickory nut. I had tried a great deal of medicine lor them. 1 used to buy and take whatever I could hear ol or read of in cirvilars and pamphlets that fell in my way. but I could not get cured, sometimes they would do me some good for a little while, but afterwards they would return again as bad as ever. I also applied to two Doctors who visited mi’ at niv • 3 house and gave me some medicine but it would not do, I could not gef well. Over a year ago I got an advertisement of your Lindsay’s Blood* Searoher, made by yourself—when you sold it to me you told me one bottle would not cure me, and that my whole system would have to be re- newed by the medicine before I got well. I bought one bottle and took it home with me and used it according to your directions. I then call- ed toeee you again, when you said I could not expect much benefit from one bottle. I bought It on, one bottle at a time, until f had used five bottles* After this quantity bail been used, I was entirely well of the Piles, which had tortur- ed me for twenty years. In other respects my health is improved, and I am as well as could be expected for one of my age, being sixty years past. I have been well now for six months, and there Is no appearance ot a return of the disease. I can do any kind of farming work now without Piles coming down and hurting inc. lean pitch hay, chop wood. lift, do any kind of work which before used to hurt me. When 1 found out your Blood-Searcher I kept ou taking it until I got entirely well. 1 consider it my du- ty to make my case known to thecountry lor the benefit Of Others who may suffering ns 1 was and do not know the value ot your medicine. You may publish this iJ joulike— I live ,n Wilkins Township , and will be pleased to satisfy any one of the truth of this certificate if they to call LLLIOTT DAVIS. December 2ith, 1863. m~Look out for the name of DR, GEORGE B. KEYSER on the cover of the bottle and pasted over the cork > also for his stamp on the United States stamp on the top of the bottle to prevent being impos ed upon, by a spurious article which is tn the market. d «2B-lydAw .* 6,00 . 9,00 . 11,00 . 13,00 IS# 25,00 .61,50 . 1,40 1,30 i 1,20 1,10 1,00 M£DICA|.. J£( : JVKKL'S CELEBRATED Bitter Wine of Iron, Bitter Wine of Iron, Bitter Wine of Iron, Bitter Wine of Iron, Robert Garrett A Sons and the") , Pennsylvania Railroad Comply i n The Gres, Tonic, , An "ery'hlng in . Tlle s , v»- lof «SSE 2 Thn(T e '\ t T <>mC ’ ' th '' Inm “mg and Hosiery line just opening. Railroad Uonpnay and JcT f’rtson*i^i H T" For Dvsuen • , & BS| *2£ '™‘ ld «»» •»- par„,„K, ,„e„ tl o„ oi ,he for Dyspepsia and Indigestion wivlfJS' Trustees and others. / 1. For Dyspepsia and Indigestion; I ‘ JUDQMe NT For Dyspepsia and Indigestion, i ’ i,'Til» . t „HT C 3f e ’ or,lerln6thesaleol'theSteuben for Dyspepsia and Indigestion, 1 I- , d I ?^ la ? a Kallroad i t 0 J’ay the imoun? a f-or Weak StomaeL and General Debility, La(il(*S def Ba ,‘ d ™' bur aadS«?n tor \\ eak Stomachs and Uenerai Debility. amoimt U d,^f?a° f the 5,”* mort H a ge «nd also the 1 or W eak Stomachs and General Debility, I , of said IWr.** Trusteesot the seoondmort- For Weak Stomachs and General Debility an order a “ d la ,he ohedience to Beliftble and Sure to doGood, *’ to a large and 1.e«.-iii,,i rn id.. "J 1 °™®t of sale Issued out of said Couft dated Reliable and Sure to do Good, • , g and '"-autiful slock of Bead Buttons, he sixth (6th) day of January, 1884ri?Sl oife Reliable and Sure to tloGood, Dress Ornaments, Hustle, Glrap'and novelties of h*’“ w . Bale ' a > 010 front door of the Court Reliable and Sure to do ifood '! fV ,„ “ xiouse. in k And Cannqt do Harm , lUir I,,esses a “ J A »° » STEUBENVILLE, OHtO And Cannot do Harm. »t*» sup,.lt ~f the placedesignated in the decree foreales and And Cannot do Harm ; between the hours of twelve o’clock, noon a.rd , And Cannot do Harm . . three o'clock p. m., of the “ It Costs hut little and Purities the lilood, : Slth Day of Feliruarv, ISBi It Costs but litlle and Purifies the Wood, EMBROIDERED EDGING to the highest bltUler, for cash, theentire property It Costs but little and Purifies the Blood " [U CUUHKtI, I and road of the Steubenville’and l It Costs but little and Purities the Hiood, , roail y'ompany, Ij in r witllin the totvm or Steu We only ask a Trial, j *“ d A‘ e '‘'»rk, and between ttoe same and W e only ask a Trial, -J FMRRninCRCn UlMOilLi '[J® of said road from Cadiz Thnctloe to We only ask a Trial, , tIYIBnUIUtncIJ MUSLIN, the town of Cadiz, including all rtghtß of wav n(tw We only ask a Trial; I ' he Id and contracted tor by said Company,the J Ais A aluable Tonic, ; superstructure and tracks thereon,alletdetracks Of this \ aluahle Tonic, turnouts, depot grounds and buildings thprAnn Of this Valuable Tonic, EMBROIDERED FI MINTING “"''.“FPertflinhig thereto ; including also h as a Oi this Valuable Tonic, t l»l Ull UI DC nt U rLUUNUINb. Pa« o/said premises, all machine ahops t^rn Only ‘O ( ’ts. and One Dollar per Dottle, tables, water atations, w&rehouaes.^ateamilajulH Only *76 ( ta. and One Dollar per Dottle, used in operating said road amd held bv said Only 16 Ota. and One Dollar per Bottle. I \ <,ni P»oy tor that purpose ; and all entrinoii . tJnl> 7o ( >8 and One Dollar per Bottle tlCllliCllldl locomotives, cars, machinery, tooUvfcndall other Manufactured solely by N. A. KiInKFL a ; “ Ul , in operating, ld BR<>. tieneral Depot, US Market street. Har- • tbe Baicrten^ xl 1 thereto, wjR be b°W en- , e upe- ire, but the locomotives, cars, rolling stock and “ Great American Remedy.” r; °’ out u.-uuHv low prices. personal property not attached, of said com nan v tvt . > , , wi!l be sold seperately, and to avoid sacrifice Vt Chrono Thermal wUI ~. ,h “ “»*»«*“. -- I A T -Tv .T ,w If;* BI " ount of best mortgage lien—*2,37fi,3ds HAVESEVERYETFAM.EDIWIIKII 1 -11AC11I .11 k GLYDI:. Ihe amount oi second mortgagejien. 1.3U.H1 the directions have been strictly followed ) 1 **.'?" *o Market at. ' in removing difficulties arising from * ’ ' iinil " nnnna ’ Th<»»-.wr. . t » 766 SI-OFHAOK OF NEW GOODS IMPORTED «»A> » 1 ten, the Whites, nr other weakness-sot th<> rr tho nr 1 w.\ U H° Unt ul Jlis bicl i» not made good at t terine Organs. The PUirare perfectly harmless c,t ol lhe return oi the order of sale on-the constitution, and maybe taken by the S. li. .UAGhK. most delicate lemales without causing distress • lanuarv q .ari' poCial M!Utcr Commissioner, at the same time r\ TT A TiTrtr-.tsT t atth n * • nuarj 9, 1864. janl2-dtf Re '' C T As AC H > R -'F u. biANbUN LOVE&CO.S . '■’on sAr.E acr^, By strengthening, int igoratmg, and restoring the O' l.to cleared and In a high state of cuitlva system to a hearth)- condition, and by bringing i '* oa - " I ' d at caußU the obstruction may arise. XTiDtS, lip I fllTlP'hßm'3 unprmements nrc a new large Frame House ami They should, however, NOT be taken the it rat ’ -UaUILfC, Harn ; Fruit in nl. undance ; convenient to stores three or four months of pregnancy, thougn sale 1 hprehes and Schools ; B.S' miles from Steven-, at any other time, as miscarriage would be ihe sons .Mills and Posioilice ; 14 miles from Fitts- t Each box contains 60 Pills. PRIDE. n\E MU' f-FURNISHING AND MOURNING GOODS VERY ,n “ a DGI.LA.R, CHEAP Mel enson, on the h. i.,: es, or address A HEX. NTEVEN.SON, u ' * Posroflice. ,s,. MV/ N ~, , I) TK ELI^ IX< f HOUSE FORBALK iJ-N/ / l k f lhe subscriber oders fop sale the dweliinir '> I L>l K'. hou-c in which he now livrg,.situated on South A \ enue. Firwt ward, Allegheny. The lot is 27 ,V, fr ' ,l V '■> ~kl runniag hnck '.oh 2u lcct r . n V -w V* 1 M ,iM^..r ,onwl JrWk. contains six _ « on, s ind cellar I lie out-bou*ca arc a un P h JioUf-«*. stable, c-n'il house, Ad. There is h Janro • surrounding the dwelling, filled with shnSe a. M w . _ . and ornamental trees. The* is gas and water in < . I ,()V i : (4> all the rooms of the dwelling! ” laisoottVr for sales deirable country rcsi- . 4 * i.cncein Rochester townshfrf Beaver county p ft . Late Cashier of the Merchants' Bank ) ”,ri commission mkrchaift, , lieW UOOab orclianl of all kinds OI truflt. There is gocai »0. 11 SOI T H MAIV STREFT li" I,cS Tep“ S ’ a mlla from the sp * “ STREET, ianiiT-rf“‘ P l , -ATTENTION Pill) fi OrSE" Ports a .a 75 * to n or ' l "‘ for the purchase oi H S A I.K. C0,.0n, Hemp, Tobacco, Plonv, P„ rk , Bacon, Lartl, &c. t &-c. No. 114 Elm St. 6th Ward. / R^ T(^^ kn j and Mercha Tv ?! gehoi'lly ; John D. Scully e I hia property ie one of the most convenient .ishier, Pittsburgh. _ *' \r n i “ud det.irabU rcBiJcn. fH m t fn* cit>. The lot ox- I 'rdem and consignments respe»Uii|ly aolic N6W (jOOuS from Kirn to ('ongress street. The house P r,, mpt returns marie. wriVk-im «two B t € ,ry brick, containing six rooms, beside. t>ath room, wash house, hake house and light dry * O li. Ii l’j JV T cellar and pantry There is a nicely pai t*d large yard, and a brick stable I rout mg on (ingress it ihe house Bupphedrtvith gas, hot and ,-old n ater hall painted aud grained ; parlor mcel\ timshed' * * ,h mar 4 bl< * “‘“uDes ; property all in gikai eondi- Ih ,U . ,^ rlce ♦ 4 • oo ' , Terms— ♦•.mkx) in hand and the balance in two years. For further particulars Inquire at the premises. dels-dtf DR. lIAUVKV'H TREATISK od Diseases of Females, Pregnauoy, Misc-trriaee Barrenness. Sterility, Keproductiun, and Ahus vi ■' I of feature. and emphatically the LADIES’ PH l : \ AT h MEDICAL Al)\ ISEK, a pamphlet of 7ii pages, sent free to any address. Mx cents requir ed to pay postage. £3“The pills and Book will be sent hv mail confidentially, u hen desired, p«k«. nin.\ .'uLti, • and pre-paid un receipt of monej b\ " ’ ■ J. HH\ AN, 31. !>.. <}fiit*rol Agent | iN o. 76 Cedar street. New \ e, they nor no one else.can tell. Arc they not aware that all physicians treat dis eases of every deimmiintion. in fact noiicit just the \ ery diseases that are so obnoxious tothohc very refined parties. I sup]>osc they would not let one ol their family go to a party that has de voted years for their benefit, because be adverti ses the fact, and their family phj si,dan says hr iB a humbug so he can get the case. Often he *has almost deprived the pnrt\ of h;* life Hr comes at last to the physiri.-m that advertises—how else are they to know f Are they not aware that Sir Aatley Cooper, Sir Benjamin Brodie. Sir Charles Ball and M. Paul Ricord devoted years in the treatment of these diseases 1 These men fire held upas shining lights in the medical world ; i don’t assert that all men are worthy that publish, still there are a great number of them that are. I have devoted myself to the study and treatment of Private Disease- upwards of 40 years, arid without egotism can say I have saved hundreds from years ol misery and untimely death My treatment is confined to the vegetable altogeihcr, as I think it is the best and most certain. It is in my power to brine hundreds of certificates if I thought it necessary to certify to mj general puc- ; cess : but my long residence In this city is suffi cient proof without .adding more. .- perm a ton hea and all diseases arising from it are cured in a much shorter time th in heretofore, it behom ** s every young man and woman to bo careful in se lecting a physician. The different advertisements seen in our papers are of no worth, and no benefit will artee/rom answers than only loss of health and money. Hundreds are cured annu ally by nty new remedies. Address BOX 800. jan-lyd Pittsburgh Postofflce. COSTAR’S VHH M X N EXTERMINATORS, FOR RATS, MICE, ROACHES, ANTS, Bed Bugs, Moths in Furs. Woolens, Ate., In sects on Plants, Fowls, animals, Ac., Put up in 26c, 60c, and *1 boxes, bottles and flasks; *3 and $5 flasks for Hotels, Public Insti tutions, ice. “Only Infallible remedies known.” “Free from Poisons. *’ “Not dangerous to the Human Family.” “Kata come out of their holes to die.” 4SF*Sold wholesale in all large cities. all Druggists and Dealers every where. 465-Beware of all worthless imitations. that “Oostar’s” name is on each box, bottle and flask before you buy. Address HENRY R. OOSTAR. Principal Depot, 489 Broadway, N. Y. JSfSold by K. E. SELLERS h. GO., and B. L. FAHNESTOCK Ac 00., Wholesale Agent, Pittsburgh. _ jj iu-6mdeod6cw. THE HOWE SEWING MACHINE, Invented 1845. Perfected 1869. Received tribute from all other Sewing Machines, at the World’s Fair, 1862, while the Singer Sewing Machine received an honorable mention on its merits; and Wheel er At Wilson’s a medal for its device, called “Cir cular Hook.” The Howe Sewing Machine, was awarded a premium (to an English Exhibitor.; as the heat tor all purposes on exhibition. Cur lightest Machine guaranteed to make perfect work on the lightest and heaviest fabrics. Sold and rented, Cor. Penn At St Clair, streets. __ A. M. McGREGOR* mjfiS)-d3taw-ly Agent. STABLK FOR BALE.-THE (W-s V. r f 01 houses, BUU NKSS &AROUCHES. HAB vehi'lea belonging ti the establishment h! ottered of ltara ' OrfU £H M Fi°TTRKSO?? Uire janlV°ltf er ° f DUmo “ ami «>errj alley. &A baskets, “PINTS Si??? 18 ’” Champaghe, __ 80 Oases Sparkling Moselle. In store and for sale by SMLIER & RIOKEBTSQN £ •RHEUMATISM j hosiery, &c. for sale *•' 1 NEW GOdbS! NEW GOODS! HAILKOAD SALK. New Goods New Goods | /■! ’ New Goods t ffi E< New Goods 3 New Goods * |j 5 4 5 s New Goods 1 *2 § New Goods New Goods : !"* ' ■** Ne.v Goods NEW DRY (iARI)YER & SCHLEITER'S, MaillCET STHEBT, Elack Silks, $l,OO per Yard New Spring Chintzes Balmoral Skirts, at $2,75, New Spring Shawls Dress Goods, at 31 and 37 l-2c. New Spring Dress Goods Russia Crash, at 12 l-2c, Best Kid Gloves, at $1,25. rUO OPENED THIS DAY, AT HUGUS & HJOKES 4:00 Hiicobh Nkw {Style Prints— PARK ANI) LRtHT, OINtiHAMS, PE LAINES at 31 ‘ BALMORALS at *2.50 Corner Fifth and Market »ts. j New Goods New Go'*i New Goods New Goods New Goods New Gcrdf New Goods Corner of oud Si Clair Slrcels, The largest, cheapest, and moat successful BUSINESS MAN'S OOL l.silt In the United States. New Goods AafSt udents can enter and review at any time. C 1 It t I. A Its containing full Information sent riltK ol charge to any addreaa on ai,i,llcatu,n lo tl.o Principals. JENKINS a. s till II ileT-lawilAy I‘lti.l.iirgh, Pa. N EW (,()()DS Trimming House for Tailors. JOHN A. GRIFFITH & CO,, Reg leave to announce to the Merchant Tailors and Clohiers of Baltimore and Washington that they have opened a TRIM All.Nt» Hni'SL at the « ’ Southwest Corner of Baltimore nod Charles Streetn, < P er the Jewelry Store of ( ’antleld, Pro. A Po w here the trade will tind a full assortment, in cluding ’ Piece Goodi, Buttons, Braids, etc Adapted to that line ol business, not tmrn-fssej Oy any house in the country. Having established a house in Cincinnati in connection with the Baltimore .House, and con sequently having to buy largely, we feel assured tUAn we can otter such Inducements to the trade as legards prices as will uiAke it to their interest topive us a share of their patronage. Just re ceived, the Spring and Summer Eeport of Fashions. We ore also the agents for the American and European Monthly lieports of Fashion, and Henlsch & ( o.’a Patent Shears. A full line of JVIIL.ITAK Y TiiIMMINGS null Hblo for Merchant Tallora and Clothiers ’ JOHN A. OlUmtH JAMES O'XEILL, JOSEPH H. MAGUIRE. feh2-3tHWtHI VALENTINES, VALENTINES, VALENTINES, Comic ami Sentimental PHOTOGRAPHS,'' PHOTOGRAPHS, PHOTOGRAPHS, ALBUMS, ALBUMS, ALBUMS, A.T A.T A_T PITTOCK’S, OPPOSITE THE POSTOFFIUE. feb4 KN ABE’S UNRIVALED PIANOS, Haines’ Bros. New York Pianos, Qroves teen & Co.’s New York Pianos, and Prince’s Melodeons and SchQol Organs—a splendid as sortment of the above well known instruments iust received. CO-PARTNERSHIP. —THE UNDER signed have formed a Co-partnership as Brokers and Dealers in CRUDE, PETROLEUM and its products, tinder the firm of HAMPTON A BENJTEY, dating from January 6th. , W. HAIttPTQN, O. PITTSBURGH, I’A “ Cali and Sue Them,” “ Call and See Them,’’ ‘‘Call and See Them,” 2000 New Cards. 50 Different Styles, CHARLOTTE BLUME, 43 Fifth street, Sole agent for manufacturers. STEAMSHIPS. c U IV A B D U I iv E. Steam to Queenstown and Liverpool, 1 Th SIOOS, C ' ln,ii, P °7 erfU KED^ lUP ‘’ MARTHON, | TRIPOLI, y tl-l SAIT, PROM NEW / ork ever}- alternate Wednesday, 1 tMsS. L rom . Liverpool every alternate I from "" Queenstown steerage passage from .Liverpool or O S S?A® £ currency" nmo^Xfon W”r7 I S LIAMS^ a- ™ TH °S. RATTIGAN, Art, 132 Monongahala House, Water st., no-8-ljd _ Siuccessoirto Thos. Rattigan PASSAGE TBOMTHE OLTcOUNTBY; Lower titan tire Lowest. the undersigned is DO "" prepared to bring out pasaen- MK r b Lvn ,iST CI 'A.SS MAIL pmir invT'f! v irio & lr ect from LTVEK i7rY or PITTSBUHGk° r UA LWA Y ‘° NEW I i SEVEN DOLLARS ower than any other agent here. CaU and net the rates and be convinced. Steamers Bail vJF„ week and passengers are found In everything Y aun vY' to< l Uet i out hy flrBt clhBo (JLIpIfR SAIJ.ING vessels at very low rates Qt.s* Drafts on the NATIONAL BANK n?yab?e S a# anj of Its branches in England or sale” For particulars as to rates, Ac., apply to ... , D - 'J’NEILL, Chronicle Office, No. 70 Fifth st janttbeod and 66 Smithfleld st., Pittsburgh. j Passage from England and Ireland, 1 » ‘-2 r> , <> o EUROPEAN AGENCY THOMAS 11. RATTIGAN europkan aoknt. no. & Monunpalu-la House, Pittsburgh rr-V ■ tJ I *» prepared to brine out or uart g o? U throM nd ba t k J mrt^n^ra fr om •11 ,■ oriris (icm th, trad, l„r .ill f,2es oi Guido, Hoop, Stake, Band iScHoroeShoo Iron OP TUL BEST (.iL'ALiry Pittsburgh, dan. 7, isos. U. P. blurry. OFFERS f «r LIVERY STABLE, On Diamond Street, between Grant and SmtthJleld Streets, On reasonable terms. The building waa built fom Livery Stable and is well adapted to the pur pose. Possession given on the FIRST DAY OF A H. PATTERSON. STATEMENT OP THE CONDITION ►3 of the * Charter Oak Fire and Marine INSURANCE COMPANY, •Inn. Ist, IBU4. ASSETS. Hank Stocks $ 69,198 00 t nlted States Honda 30 4£o 00 Railroad Hoods Iob’l6o 00 Loaned on Mortgage on Real Estate. 49]223 00 Loaned on Collateral 34,026 00 Bills Receivable Hint other property.. 6,913 89 ( ash in Bank and hands of Agents 30,643 63 _ *328,603 62 T-I ABII ATI Eg. Unsettled Losses.. g 13,366 69 A. A, CARRIER & BRO., Agents, 03 FOT'KTH STRBET, Pittsburgh, Pa. febl3-2md W P I’ATTKRmi.v PATTERSON The annuai; meeting op the .stock and Bondholders of this Company for the election of DIRECTORS, and such other business as moJ- come before It, will be held at the Office of said Company. In the City of Pitta burgh, on the T HIR D WED NES?) A YOF MARCH, A. D, 1864, at 10 a. m The Stock and Bond Transfer Books of the Company, at their Office, in the City ot Pitts burch, andat the Transfer Agency in the City of New }ork, will be closed on the Ist dAy of 0 ‘ilock P- m., and remain closed un til the nth day of March thereafter fel9-tfWV CHOICE FAMILY ■ PW)tTB--In store and for ulo bv ... PATTERSON * AMMON, S a* , * blß No. 8 Wood itre«v : ' ' ' - iU ! We confessed to much nstonishment when she to dns that from the time of i h. r husband s decease in 1849 to the I present hour, she had never been out of I nr°rj‘r e t 0 a P art y or a gathering I Of any kind, evcept occasionally to a lunera]. She has not even taken tea out ot lift-own domicil, since that melancholy event. Twice she has dined out white on business with her late husband’s exec utors, when it was almost unavoidable 1 live m and belong to the past,” was her remark tons at this interview. Ipre sume, at no time since her husband’s I death has she ever laid aside her ! weeds.” “ THUS. H. RATTIGAN The p#in monument beneath which lies theremains of James Knox Pot.k (with appropriate inscriptions on three i st ands a little to the right of the i wa k ’ fading from the strcetto the house i ? ml v , orr n, ‘ ar This together with her almost perfect reclusion, andcontinu ous mourning for fourteen rears, tells strongly with wlmt tenacity and affec tion, and reverence, she clings to the ■ memory of her late illustrious husband. ,|a.lS-6md Much hasbeen said of Mrs Polk’s Seccssionism. On this, and a hundred topics that constitued some ofthe themes oi our converse, we shall hare hut little to say, as with this retiring and trulv modest woman. J “It ia an aim and—an attainment,” to shun as much as possible the puplic gaze. We will, nevertheless (to wipe ! 10 °f tiie charge of Secession from hei ..... "tcheon,) give- here some portion of our tala o.n this theme. I said to her:—“Mrs. Polk, I have heard you accused, sine- I have been in Nashville, of being a bitter bow is this?” She quickly and warmly responded in substance as follows:—“Mr. G that is a wrongful accusation. I never was a Secessionist, and I don't think I ever will be one. I always said there was no ex cuse for the course taken by my misguid ed Southern friends. I said that Mr. Lincoln was constitutionally elected, and that that election should be acqui esced in by every true patriot. Igo sir for my Government—my whole Govern ment.” “In other words, Mrs. Polk,” we re sponded, “you go for that United States of which your late honored husband was once the President.” , air,” she responded, with mark ed emphasis, ”1 do. I know my name has been placed before the public—once at least—in a connection that may have engendered in some minds doubts of my loyalty; but was so placed against my wishes and remonstrances. But, inas much as it was done for a humane and charitable purpose, I said nothing pub licly about it. Ido not deny,” she ad ded, “that my womanly sympathies are with the South, and that I often catch myself exulting over the success of the Confederate arms, but this is only when my reason is taken prisoner, and my judgment temporarily suspended at the bidding of my sympathies, prejudices and affections. I was born in the South; from infancy to old age—for my days now, you know, ‘Are in the sere and yellow leaf’— my surroundings have all been South ern. My relatives, my friends, and more than all, my late loved and honor ed husband, were all of that ‘Bunny clime.’ It is, then, reasonable to sup pose that, ‘in a moment, in the twink ling of an eye,’ with the frosts of many winters upon my head, I can throw off, as I would a garment, all the affections, all the endearing associations, all the prejudices (if you please,) of a long life? No! No! this cannot be! And yet, dear sir, (notwithstanding all this,) I long, and pray, and yearn for a restor ation ol my distracted country to its former peaceful and happy condition; for a restoration of the ‘Union as it was.’ ” ADAM AMMO N An Item for the Home Circle.— Ihe following sensible article on do mestic philosophy we find in one of onr exchanges : “If the ultimate consequen ces of one’s acts are to be laid to his charge, the man who invented rocking cradles for children rests under a fearful load of responsibility. The downright murder of tens of thousands of infants, and the weakened brains of hundreds of adults, are undoubted results of his in vention. To rock a child in a cradle, or to swing him in a crib amounts to just this: the rapid motion disturbs the natu cal flow of blood and produces stupor or drowsiness. Can any body suppose for a moment that such an operation is a healthful one? Every one knows the dizzy and often sickening effect of mov ing rapidly in a swing; yet wherein does this differ from the motion a child receives when rocked in a cradle * It is equivalent to lying in a ship birth dnr ing a violent storm, and that sickens nine persons out of ten. We insist that this rocking of children is a useless habit. If not accustomed to rocking, they will go to sleep quite as well whenHing quietly as when shaken in a cradle. J e 4 . The house of ex-United States Bena lor i ulee, at St. Augustine, Florida, is now. the ; headquarters of the Federal commandant of that port. ||ost. Interview with Mrs. Polk, Her Loyalty to the Union. Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati Times. We are told liy a friend that the wid ow of President Polk was living in Nash ville, and that we ought to go and see her residence, and the monument in her front yard, erected over the remains of her husband, who had once filled the highest and most hanorable office in the world. We arcordingly repaired to Vine street, and soon found ourselves in front of the lady’s beautiful mansion. An el derly female in “weeds,” with a young ™I, y t hCr w de ’ was Ending at thi front gate. We ascended the steps, at the top of which they were standing, and asked the elder of the two if this was the residence of Mrs. Polk. She answered that it was. We then said to her, “I think it highly probable, madam, that I have the honor of addressing that very “ Tf il be “7 honor, sir, ). f>om official documents the rcvoltiTTi> ST decency and Wbatit/ male and female, pnai&Rif^oia'u^j^t of Boston were treated by thei 'ronerin! Undents who jmd thfetn the following is still gl" it shows that the population ofreo^^a a^i:r£Za"a«te« ssfetSsfcSa? The sentence of ObedJteynolds.’Jv.i, of Ct ? victed of the mnider of Bullock, has been commuted hythe, every member of the family y except jthe o 0 father (who appeared through th’e'wholb- ’ as an honest man), Committed the” most deliberate perjury. Well, was.,it asked , - by a benevolent woman, who., since-hia conviction has taken great pains' to'm struct Reynolds, “what coulff be expeef eu of a boywbo had a bad mbtber. a bad r sister, and a bad wife ? The faangfcur *>f . such a boy would have beenrpnly. indi cial murder. Th e above js from the Boston Common- ' wtolth, a paper which usually regards the New England people as .being of, the . | elect of heaven, while all the resfr-of the •' l *; orld ls .m outer darkness. But what' a picture is this of a Community Irving'" within an hour’s ride of the “Hub of the' ■ L niyersity, ’ and not more thangao shot’a distance from Plymouth Rock, it ‘‘Heathenish ignorance,” ' 'the r 'Bible literally unknown,” the' “ninid'-’ ol Christ never heard except os an oathi^’ “ uch is tiie account of a ’ Massachusetts • community hy a Massachusetts, paper. I he reader can draw his own moral Military Interference in State Elee tions. ' Washington, Feb 28.—The report re cently made by Senator Howard, from the committee on military, affairs t 0 whom was referred the bill to prevent ' officers of theanhy and navy and other ' persons engaged in the military and H naval service of the United, States irom. interfering in States elections, ,haa just. , been printed. This is proposed to be ' Panted by fine and iinjndsonifieht? •’» d - > I The report Rays that long, anterior ~ | t J ie passage of. the secession, ordinances* ,i there was a strong party in many of ihe. Northern slave States wio"Jolnedln W r ' - threat to break up the Union inthe"event x of the election of a republicanpresident and that there have *eieii i an : ''ffltffid ? 4 n #li; stiUmre. great numbers of. such perrons in the several border Statesi at&ite-ef ; no doubt. It is perfectly notorious that when the rebellion broke out the#e Wem 1: large and influential portion^df-th* .; pe °Pje of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, - and Delaware who wereppen supporters. , and advocates of the rebellion; and it' 1 ' could not be doubted hat for the presence -of the loyal troops who hastened ''ftom - the North to hold-these Statesto their., allegiance by the iron .grip of s fbn7 war. , they too, would have proyed false to the Union and the Constitution, and wotflff : to-day have been, as commtinities,’ either' in arms against the HtMrernmbnf ofidhn United States, or in its military occana-t , tion. That they are still in the Union, and in the enjoyment of' their ' tight! and high privileges under if, Is du?d3 ;f: the Union bayonets, ondlta the spotless faith and heroic courage pf, the true Unionists they contain, far less numer ous than has generaUy bedri Bttbpdsed? 1 ' 1 The committee on mißtary afiatrß ‘Say* : ' that so far as they have been ableto 5 > ascertain, the evil whieh the bill, is in* tended to remedy is almost wholly imagi-; - > nary,'and the fact that thefe‘Jswtffflfflii. ; real ground for complaint .againsf - una. military, considering -the scenes havo-- of excitement and disorder in whiphthSy ! ‘ been compelled to interpose, ' speafai leudly in praise of their justice andddri'-- bearance, and high evidence, of impropriety of passing thebiil. . Petroleum in ’MfcVh% been* secured. The Pre&t gays: ' “The flow baa been gradually dying away since,' ‘ the first discovery, a fact which u.attributed to " the extreme cold weatherof; the p&f l&W divAf though the weather protocea no jknsepfifiie ’ effect upon the oil springs of PghnjrylgatnliL «r>vt other localities. It is evident thaf tha oUla very different from that of the The crude oil of the Pennsylvania springs la sTtKInW heavy a dark greenish east, with a spe>' cittc gravity of from forty-four to forty-seven. . This is a lighter fluid witha light tinge, having a specific gravity of forty,. It has a strong oder resembling turpentine orvmrhJ*lL~ - while that of the Pennsylvania crude oft it nun-’ gent and exceedingly disagreeable Tfc 3 opinion of gentleman, after carefolly‘exnk£ ining the locality, that *this4s merely theouC ' cropping of the.pfl vein and not the ‘ which comes to the surface.** . ' rt *-“«-*** We advise onr Wolverine nbteWwm “ to keep cool over the titiatter; .as there iV:v: appears to be dangei of undueexHt©' ment. They hare coal mfcuefl. < < wells on the lower Periinj3ttl£ t hnd 5 reports are correct, there are strong dicatioiis of oil,*’ that, may iromedaybe traced to their true source, add petroleum to its present mineral products. v The Palmerston Seandal.—Lprd Palmerston has been cleared of all sns-, picion in the O’ Kane scandal case, the suit having been dismissed. The pre siding judge, in announcing this result, observed ‘ ‘The court cannot part with the suit without one word with respect *to4hh , correspondent. It is a - matter of -|jfeeati!'T satisfaction to the court that a' name ■ which is never mentioned in England A without jnst pride should passfrotn iW» annaJs without n stain. [ Cheers.' which • there was no attempt to supjsftggjt\ WAXJL PAFKB A® Glxtednaper at afc. for sale By ° wPffijCLatl&l- - imam,