THO‘I «mVTHOffI @lte pailij§ost. P I.T TSBUEGHi SATURDAY MORNTNO, TEI3. IT, 18S1 DECAY OV PUBLIC MORALS. Our coteinporacy, the Gazette, yester day devoted some space to the discus sion of tile moral, or rather immoral condition, of the country. In the course of its ohserv.itions.it remarked thus : We tjelievo i that the nation is making rapid proaressdii. ail tends of vice, and we regard this facias eminently worthy the anxious considera tion of All kood men. Th epulpti should sound the alirm iiiare than-it does. The religious press noveriseemed-to ua ao secular as it now is, while the secular p^ess .never seemed less religious. The war, the hpwS“otthe day and politics absorb the attention of all the secular and most of the re ligious -editors. There is no tiouht whatever of the truth of our neighbor’s conclusions, but ibe corrupt demagogues of its own polit ical party are to blame for the coirup tions complained of. Noisy partizans, ■ who desire notoriety and popularity, in troduce their notions and crotchets into the, church, and agitate them until the minister are forced to accept them or resign’ thpir charges. The clergy are thus, forced into the political arena, sometimes against their convictions of right and duty But the war in which the country is involved has made all classes more or less reckless, and has increased crime to a feerfnl extent. Our Senators and Rep resentatives in Congress, think nothing of accepting bribes ; they think nothing of dabbling in contracts, conduct for which, four years ago, they would have been expelled. Our President lias set an example of loose morality at once shameful and demoralizing; while the country is rocking in the throes of dis solution, he is occupied in obscene story telling, or writing stupid criticisms to Haokett, the actor, on the tragedy of Macbeth, He attends the Theatre, ii is said, about three times a week, and the representations most acceptable to him are of the Jack Sheppard, and Oliver Twist order. The White House, whose morality was never questioned un til lately, is now made a place of revelry hy persons of doubtful reputation The profligate Wycoff, and his sot )of fashionable loafers are sometimes the chief guests of the Presidential mansion. A jocose story teller, used to the dingy and dirty salodns of a country village, is not the sort of person to give charac ter or tope to society. What President until Mr. Lincoln, came into power, ever thought of allowing such fellows as j Wycoff to get up dancing parties in the national mansion, beside giving them the free “run of the kitchen V” This loose condpet upon the part of our chief magistrate, together w ith the in troduction of partizan politics into our Churches have much to do with our de generacy as a people. We are pleased to see the QazetU so outspoken in its dis cussion of this subject ; it is a good sign and in tjie proper quarter. MR..FILLMORE ON THE WAE. At the opening of the great Central Fairinangurated by the Christian Com mission at Buffalo held on Monday last ex-president Fillmore made some ob servations worthy of consideration, com ing as they do from so distinguished an individual. He, our readers will re member was our Chief Executive dur ing the stormy times of 1850, when Clay, Webster and Cass united in passing the compromise measure of that year. Then those broad, national statesmen had to encounter Jeff Davis and Hi's disunion followers, aided, as they were by Mr. Seward, Mr. Hale and their peculiar follower#. Then, as now these extremists, of both sections, were opposed to any compromise calcu lated to preserve the peace and unity of the Union. Said Mr. Fillmore to the Christian Commission alluded to: Three yeareof civil war have desolated the fai: - eat portion of our land,' loaded the country with an endhpious debt that the sweat of millions yet unborp must be taxed to pay; arrayed Profiler against brother, and father against sou In mortal combat; detugeuour country with fraternal blood, whitened our battle fluids with the bones of the slain, and darkened the sky with the pall of mourning. Yet these appalling calamities— which as yet have touched our city more lightly than any other in the land—have imposed upon us new duties which must he promptly-' met and generously discharged; anil new burdens which must be patleutlv and cheerfuilv borne. We can not, in our humble capacity, .oiitrol the events ot this desolating war. We hear its thunders and mark the track of desolation, and we must meet the emergency as best we can, but never despair of the republic. It is uo time now to Inquire whether It might have been avoided. Let those who aeeh light on this subject read \V.v.h mo tor’s F&rgw&ll Address. Nor are we now to criticise'the conduct of those who control it. awarding praise here and bestowing censure there. The impartial historian will do this when the passions engendered by the strife have cooled, and partifan-predj udiee, petty jealousies, malig nant envy, and intriguing, selfish ambition shall be laidln the dust, and, ft is hoped, buried in ob livion. And much less are we called upon to pre- j diet, xyhfeti or howthle war will end. Let those I who seek light on the subject read General Jack- ' son's farewell address. But let us hope that an i all-wiBs arid merciful Providence will incline the 1 hearts of the people, North and South, to peace 1 —to a lasting peace, with a restored Vnlon, ce- I mental by fraternal aftection, under our well- I tried,and glorious Constitution. Nor is this the 1 time or place to express an opinion as to the ! policy that should be pursued to reach so desira- ! ole an end. But one thing is cleat, that much I must be forgiven, if not forgotten, on both tides, be fore this Union con ever be restored; and therefore It la to be hoped that all unneeceßsarv acts of cru elt}-, or wanton destruction of private property, or insult, or insolence In triumphing over a fai-’ lea foe should be avoided; for ail such acts, only ! fire thehhart of our %dvereary with resentment : and retenge, and thus protract the war, Increase ■ its horrors, and leave a sting which will render j reunion more difficult, If not impossible. But it must be apparent to all, that the first step to ward bringing this war to a close is to conquer the rebel army. Any negotiations for peace be fore this is done wouid prove abortive; and any professed clemency to those in arms who defy our power, would be a mockery which would be treated with ridicule and contempt. But when we have conquered their armies, and disposed of their leaders, then let us show our magnanlm ity anagenerosity by winning back the deluded multitude who have been seduced or coerced into this rebellion, by extending to them every act of denUncyand kindness tn our power, and by re storing (hetnlO alt -their riahts under the Constitu tion. This f conceive to be Christian forgtoentss and thebestpolicy, and the only one which can ever restore this Union. A Bovolutionary Bello.—John p. i Putnam, a. grandson of General Putnam, j has presented for exhibition at the Albany j Anny Belief Bazar the pistols in * was burned the first powder of the olution. It will be remembered Major Pitcairn rode toward the cs drawn-up in hostiiearray, at Bexini shouted “disperse, ye, rebels:’'and his pistols in their midst His ham shot pnger him, bm be managed to w cape. iaUtepistols were found in the sad die, became the property of General Put nam, and were worn by him during the reyolntion. rmndn'i POLITICAL PhMcHING To the Editor of the Post: •£* *•?* In these occasional competfejl to leAve unnoticed, in their proper points that present w|wl£|||b'uld certainly strengthen my viefgi|i T)ra£in re-pro ducing the brief extract pA ßkeh'h 1.1 fe. in which he exjtffeialy dealfea the dl vlnltv ot our Savior, there’was no'toom nor time to Bet forth what seemed to be the original cause of his defection from Christianity, and of the Rationalism of so many leading minds in Sexv England, both in and out of the pulpit. The ••stern old Puritans," as thei» admirers love to style them, whose hearts seem to hat ? been as hard as the rock first pressed on these shores by their wandering feet—the “stern old Puritans” began their new system of govern ment by declaring that no man who did not be long to their religious communion should have any voice in public affairs—in other wt»rda, no plan who was not a church member of the right church should have a vote at secular elections. Tyranny inevitably produces hypocrisy—and the effect of this Bevere ordinance affords a very decided illustration of this tritfh. Men who ap parently conformed to the ordinance, but who secretly repudiated both Puritan theology and Puritan blue laws, labored from generation to generation to undermine both. Andat this hour, in New England, the habitations, and the churches, and t lie colleges, the lyceums, and halls of city and State legislation are controlled by incn who have conquered and u ho now lead captive the “stern Old Puritan’’ ideas ol relig ion, and secretly sneer at the hard old theocracy and its sumptuary laws. For •‘time, at last, makes all things even,’’ and the State which started out with the edict that none but church members should have a vote at popular elec tions, which vaunted its außterity of doctrine and of discipline, is now guided and governed by people who, in IB6U, would hit it* been exiled for sedition and riotous living, and taught by cler gymen who. in ih o>(- (btyn, wj.)uld have been tied to the same stake with the poor witcht# aud burned for blasphemy and heresy ! TIJEOPOKK r.UvKI.K, UiiKCHI.K, K\ KiiHH , .'Han.vi.no, and their acute and worldly prede cessors uithc.Wu England pulpits, suppoued by 1«) men wiu.se '‘learning hath made.them uiad,“ by ministering to the worldly greed and vanity of the “children c.J the PuritAns," have led them far away from the dearest doc trines of their forefathers—and they are m.w wholly managed by men whose opinions, two hundred years ago, would have made them out casts alike from Church and Mate 1 CH AN.VIN ‘ Ah' but don't you see what progress ue have made !“ says some sharp descendant of a passenger In the “Mayflower." Yes, New ling land Km made progress in wealth, learning, com- merce, manufactures —she has enriched hers.dt by the elave--trado. and uy other trades loss cruel and nearly as profit *blv--but thftt cannot l-e call ed “progress" in religion which has culminated in the teachings of I’ahks.ii and Bkeciiek, nn.l their followers, u ho openly assert thesuffieiency of Man, and deny the divinity of the S.iv.or Nor is this result at all surprising—ior in the con tinual struggle to rvnde the e>.\ erity of the Blot Laws and the intolerant spirit they entailed, ac.i to circumvent outsiders in traffic, the popular heart was gradually absorbed in material ob jects,—and those hate finally sulaluod ail Hungs else unto themsoh os The consequc no 1 of this pervading selfishness will be Lhat session-rooms and vestries wi!i anon be wholly occupied by men not chosen Jur thou I>iety, but for their prosperity or their £lit ic» - purity of faith and righteousness of life are eu n now scarcely looked upon as requisites in thwsc w'ho seek these grai e and responsible position-j— -aspirants to such solemn offices who may l»e'in different in doctrine and careless in conduct can be selected If they ouly hold to certain opinions in popular affairs and if this “down-east" ma terialism receives no rebuke, u will finally come to piss that the qualifications ol the winning stock-jobber, of the political intriguer and of the church officer wul be synonymous. Hut it may be ob.,reted that those ideas are ad vanced, because, perchance, the writer may be in a political minority. I beg to reply that these articles have uniformly attacked political. not partisan preaching. If a man goes to church to hear a relit;w;«• would be guiltv alike of a breach of -Curtesy and of contract and would be finished for the insufferable m the only dif ference between them. In many parts of the loyal North, there are neighborhoods where people who oppose the ruling party largejy predominate. If these folks should be misled into the dangerous notion t>At their preachers must preach Metr politics, what sad results would follow! But such un pleasant things cannot occur if this lamentable disposition to preach politics be frowned down by the common effort of ail right-minded men Let the statesman or the secular teacher be warned to keep “hands off” from all the things that pertain to the calling of the clergy. Ami let the spiritual teacher constantly repel all at tempts to embroil him in partisan or secular dt-** P4tes. The greatest safety of his Bacred office— the only hope of his extended usefulness, con sists in hls'rlgid adherence to this course. Working honestly and exclusively for the generalgood in their respective spheres, the poli tician and the preacher can promote the pe-uv. progress and happiness of society. But woe to the day when a clergyman, called to the death, bed of a parishioner, shall Insist that he repen t of assumed ■political errors before bis minister can Afford religious aid and comfort! Woe tu the day when ward meetings shall he addressed or presided over by the clergy, and exhortations From the pulpits shall be delivered or dictated by popular or unpopular office-seekers' I Bobbers in Baltimore— We gave, in the police column a few days since, ! an account of the arrest of Marco Del. cneditti, charged with the larcenv of two diamond rings, the property of i Thomas C. Garrett, jeweler, on Chest - nut street. Since that publication five i or six storekeepers hare arrived from 1 Baltimore and Washington. They have | identified as their property about SSOO ; worth of diamond rings found in the pos session of the prisoner. I The defectives, of course, searched I the room where the prisoner lived, j Ninth street. IJsey found a large va : liety of things, toat mav be enumerated 1 as follows- About l.u'ito photographs, fancy and otherwise; hand9omc*°phoro graphic album, full of pictures, many of them colored; fancy hair brush, linen shirt dollars, bottles of cologne ' water hair oil, fancy and plain fleckties, hats caps, clothing, bottles of wine, cordial’ bitters, sweat meats generally, a tramed photograph of Mayor Henry, and also a pile of towels marked Continental Hotel- j Among other things found in the posses sion of the prisoner was a small hook, pretending to be fur subscriptions for expected expenses of repairs to a church Philadelphia Press. Robbery in Washington.—Major i Malone, a paymaster in the United States army, was robbed of seventy thousand 1 dollars at Washington, on Monday night. It seems that he had drawn the money i from the treasury to pay certain regi j ments, and took it to his house on C street, between Four-and-a-half and ' Third, and put it in a trunk under his ; bed, and supposed that it was all safe •' Some time during the night the trunk , wu s taken from his room, and the next morning a servant in the house found the trunk in the stable broken open, and a considerable amount of postage cur rency scattered around. The Washington Star says the Major and his son are in custody, and the affair is being inyesti-1 gated. ] Smell Lfee Home.— A New York man, who haid not been out of the city for ycarajifsdhted away to the pore (to of the coimtjy. HS“WaS bhly by putting a dead fish to his nose, when he slowly revived he exclaimed “that’s, good—it smells like home. the pqst—iixtiitooh, February 27, DEPP ... __ Z&SANE— the 25thi Inst.. ?3iref d’dock KiarCt' Kane, wife of Ben- SSMB&Kane,' in theMOttfcyear oT her age. of the fifaity are respectfully in fSßtediifc. Attend her funeral, on Saturday morn •iflg, tjfeiinth inat., at 10 o’clock, from the resi 'jencebf-hcr hubband,3ffp,44Franklin street, 6th Ward. jjrtS~«PRBSTON MERRILL YEAST POWDERS. This article is vastly superior to any \ east or Baking Powder In use. Give it a trial. Five gross received at JOSEPH FLEMING’S Tirug Store, co rner of the Diamond and Market street, where also can be had a complete assortment of Preston k Mrrril’s Flavoring Extracts and Bur nett’s Flavoring Extracts. These extracts are without doubt superior to any extracts now In No. 1 Carbon Oil is still ret ailing .at 50 cents per gallon. Prime Potash at lb cents per pound. Superior Soda Ash .at 5 cents j>er pound. Also, a tine assortment of Liquors for medici nal purposes. Remember the place. At Joseph Fleming s Drug Store. At Joseph Fleming’s Drug Store. At Joseph Fleming’s Drug Store, Corner of the Diamond and Market street, < orner of the Diamond and Market street, i orocr of the Diamond and Market street. JebJb-ticf |^^' SHERKI 5 HERKIAOR Rl'Ph'EE CURED. —We are prepared to treat successfully all cases of rupture in young persons, most cases in middle Aged, and in some cases cf old persons having fitted up an extensive establishment for manufacturing Improved Trusses and Supporters. In peculiar canes or where peiiona desire any style of truss r.ot on hand %ve will manufacture to ordbr. Ha\ mg the largest stock in thecity all requiring trusses will find it to their ad vantage to call. l*r. M’t/ARR wilt alt. od personally to the ap plication ot TrukSca. Supporters, fite . 4u\ Besides our own tuanutacture we ha’e a large stock of Riti.-t & iViiii, Ll.lflout.vl Ti Hum, Dr. v >. F’itrii'a Celebrated Truaue* Marsh & Co.'s Celebrated Trusses, FRENCH. ENGLISH and wERMAN TRUSSES AND SUPPORTERS, El&btie Stockings, Buudagcs, 6i c AI tu- i in,L.„ul. In-.ic H.iii.. i: at m»c-a.iik coin. roi 1 mirth and .Market streets.ttr ,bu.\’i sel'.’-i yd-c gjgp°TO CON Sl'M PTIVES.—THE REV. E, A, WILSON’S REMEDY ( OUfUluptlOli t'ougiu, Cold«, aud all Throat aud I.uug AfTeetloiit.. Together with a pamphlet giving the pre»rcij tion and a short history oi his case, can he ot- Corner Marker btreet tnd the Diamond gjqgpA PACT, In the year 1555 Mr Mathews first prepared the \ EN KTiAN HAIR DYE; since that time it has been used by thousands, and in no Instance has It failed to give entire s«tlef#i*^cu. 1 be VENETIAN I »YLi# H**' cheapest in the world, lto j>rice u ***'. \ roty cents, and each bottle the quantity of dye in those usis*** 1 ' sold tor ft. • , ‘ h *' YEN ETIA NDY E 11 warranted not to in , *re the hair or soalj* in the slightest degree. Ihe \ E.\1.1 lAN DYE works with rapidity and certainty, the hair requiring no preparation whatever. The \ENETIAN DYE produces any shade that may l*» desired—one that will not fade,crock or wash out—onethatis as permanent as the hair itscii. !• or sale by all druggists. Price 60 cents. A. 1. MATHEWS. General Agent, 12 Gold st. N*. Y. Also manufacturer of Math kws’ Arnica Hair Olc.is, the best Imir dressing In use. Price 26 cents. janlb-ljd GREAT SECRET.-IT IS admitted by all physicians that thegrand secret of health and long hie Ilea In keeping the blood and vnrlous fluids of the laxly In a high de gree of fluidity. \\ hen you leel continued pain in the head or bowels, or any continued uncaai- ' ness In any organ or parts bf the body, you cin prevent serious sickness by taking lirandretli's IMlls. Bleeding may gi\e momentary ease, because the olood left will Imi e more room. But aa the body is made from the blood, and sustained by the blood, to waste our blood is to waste our lilc, and ruin our constitution But Brandretha Bills relieve the circulation as readily as bleed ing by only taking away what lr can well spare, and THKY KEVKH HCH'I . Mrs. Hooper, of Barnstable, Maes., was cured of St. \ It us' I tance, t xeneral 1 lebilit y, poorness of blood, and co3tiveness of many years st.uid mg, by Brandreth'a Bills. The case at length is published in the pamphlet. •Sold by THOMAS KKDPATH, Pittsburgh, and by all respectable dealt*; i in medicines. feb+-lydAu c GREAT UKBELI.IOM Triumph of a Great Discovery 1 he public has rebell, d against amterinrig Hair Dyes. Fashion' has lorc«>worn them. A saga cious community has adopted in their stead, CRISTADORO’S .IIAIR DYE, . And lor these reasons : It embrowns and blackens the hair, not the \kin. IT Is a woe table emollient, not a burning Jtutdj It does not burlesque nature with blooming metallic tinges, but produces her i own living lines. Its eooliug effect is taxiing. It dcjiis detection. Its results are uniform. It neti er tails. Manufactured by .1. I KISTADORO No. ii Astor Hnuse, New York. Sold by all Druggists. Applied by all Hair D teasers. I fobl-lyibvu, M AD Is UN TOBIAS’ VENETIAN GINI - r.-A certain cure tor pains .and aches, and warranted superor to any other, (.'roup it positively cures; reliel is absolutely sure immediate)) it Is used. Mothers remember tins, and arm j ourselves with a bottle without delay. Croup is a disease which gives no notice, frequently attacking the child in the dead hour of night; before a physician can be summoned it may oe too late. Remember, the Venetian Lin iment never fails. Price 26 and 60 cents a bottle. Sold by THOMAS KKDPATH. Pittsburgh, and all respectable I)ruggist6. (mice, 66 Oortlandt street, New York. ” teM-iydfcwc - • - - —*►— CONFESSIONS AND EX PERIENCK OF AN IN VALlD.—pub lished for the benefit, and as a t.'Al TloN To MEN and others, who suffer from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay of Man hood, Ac., supplyfngat the same time this Mkawb , Self-Ccuk. By one who has cured himself after undergoing considerable quackery. By inclosing a postpaid addressed envelope, single copies may be had of the author. NATHANIEL MAYFAIR, esq., feb6-3mdAw Bedford, Rings co., N. V. 300 boxes No. 1 I'lpeiJrAckers. lu '-‘aaes Sicily Licorice. C do ('alabria Licorice. I.') do Prime Figs, _ _ kegs linking Soda. J - M - ™ ««. ’£ s,V«i?Src»„ Jy . |S*COHNWEU, t KERR, f l itron, • as ' . ID bills (}:irrct'ii SntilT. rt k-n-ry t i .100 press iine ('nr Tubnc-ce. in tin foil, CARRIAGE MANUFACTURERS, saver and Brass Platers, j ln !, " re f “ r % EYMER k BROf? ., 126 and 128 Wood et And manufacturers of Saddlery & Carriage Hardware, No. 7 St. Clair street, and Duquesne War, (near the Bridge,) > 100 bbls “A"' and **B'‘ Coffee Sugars, 20 do Crushed. Granulated and Powdered Sugar—Now In store and for sale by BEYAIER'fc BROS., ra*DK!ITISTRT.-TEETB I. v 128 and 188 Wood it. T~ traded without pain by the use nf n r " S~ 1 BBLS CRANBER- Oudry’a apparatus. RIES— Just received aDd for.aale by J. F. lIOFFAta V r vo- FETZER & ARMSTRONG, DESTIST 1 A?S ’ fCb27 corner Market and First eta. All work warranted I 134 Smithfleld Street, PITTSBURGH. _ g~l OHS-iso SACKS PRIME EAR IS THE CHANCE FOR BAR* CORN—In store and for sale by to ®o?ts Shoes, Balmorals. : ,__ fetzer a Armstrong, GAITERS and OUMS t at old prices, at , feb27 coroer JiUcket &od First stB. feb27 TOS. H. BORLANL’S, , nRASDEsIffi IEMOst-SO BOXES - „ fL_ 98 Market at. I U Oranges and Lemons—For sale by Boots, shoes and gaitebslat , fetzer a Armstrong, .. Eastern prices, at BORLAND'S. ’ ,ebJl eorner Market and First sta. - - - g9BMarket st. , j TRfARVDPS BOSTON CRACKER There is no use in wearing bakery, PATCHED BOOTS when you can buy a ' fit FOURTH STREET, newpair cheap, at BORLAND'S PITTSBURGH, PA, 98 Market st. I Between Wood and Market. fe’[2B Ail. nii «, .UMI IILfAHIL: Asthma, RronchltD JOSEPH KLEMINU, IMTTSBCROH is it a Dye PITTSBURGH. feb27 TO-bA¥’SAMEKTISEMEXTS. HAVE LEARNED NOT TO » =S S’ be astonished at anything. Years of ex perience and a correspondence extendlngthrough out all the nationalities of the habitable globe have turned their theories into facts and estab lished a basis from which we need not err. We are not surprised at such facta as the following—* although the persons who write them are. We know the persons and circumstances, hence feel at liberty to indorse their statement# : New Bedford, Mass., Nov. 21, 1363. Dkar Sir I have been afflicted many years with severe prostrating cramps in my limbs, cold feet and hands, and a general disordered system. Physicians and medicines failed to relieve me. While visiting some frieqds New Yodfc who were using Plantation Bitters they prevalled.upon me to try them. I commenced with a small wine glassful after dinner. Feeling better by degrees, in a few days I was astonished to find the cold ness and cramps had entirely left me, and I could sleep the* night through, which I had not done for years. I feel like auother being. My appe tite and strength have also greatly improved by the use of the Plantation Bitters. Respectfully, .lioitu Kuss-EL. Kekdsbcuv, Wis., Sept. 16, 1863. *• • * • 1 have been in the army hospital for tourteen months—speechless and nearly dead. At Alton, 111., they gave me a bottle of Planta tion Bitters. • * Three bottles restored my speech and cured me. • • (.V A. Flaitk." The following is from the Manager ol the Union Home School for the Children of Yolun- Havemever Mansion, 57tu St., / Now \ <. * • • The liantat ion Bitters have cured me id Liver Complaint, of which 1 was laid up pioatrate, and had to abandon ui> business. H B. Kino-i.ei . Cleveland, U “ ” * * * ihc Plantation Bitters have cured me of s derangement of the Kidncysand Urinary i Umt baa distressed me for yeans. It acts like a charm. ('. l\ MooEK. No. dot Broadway ' Ac., Ac . Ac , A... lantation Bitteis make the w eal the languid brilliant, and are e\h*us«*fi nature’s great restorer They are composed of the cele brated Oalisaya Hark, Wintergreen, Sassafrae. Roots, Herbs, Ac . all presen ed in perlectly pore St I'mlx Rum. —I96O—X Persons <>t Dodent.nry habits, troubled uith weakness, lassitude, palpitation ol the heart, lack of appetite, distress aftei eating, torpid liv er. i-onslipation, Ac.. d»-sene t«> suffer it they will not try them. Tficy .arc recommended h> the highest medi cal authorities, and are warranted to produce an immediate beneficial effect. They are exceeding ly agreeable, perfectly pure and harmle-s. N>-ncK*»Any person pretending to sell Plan tation Bitters in bulk or by thegallon is a swind ler and imposter Itia put up only inoui log cabin bottle. Beware ut l>ottiles refilled with imitation deleterious stuff, for which several per sons are already ih prison See that evert bot tle has our United States stamp over the cork and our signature on steel-plate side label. Sold by respectable dealers throughout the habitable globe. P. H. UKAK£ & CO., 202 Broadway, N. Y. DRAKE’S PLANTATION BITTERS —The genuine article sold bv MMON JOHNSTON, oor smithfield and 4th sta. -cod PERSON’S or “musical taste recommend to every one that kings and plays, three b6oks, namely : the HOME CIRCLE, A ('ollevtmn ol Pi.ino Muan- ; the SiILA e II Olil) A volume of Songs. Ballads, luiets. and cp,H|. tettc-B. with Piano Accompaniment*, and ih«* HHOWEK OF PEARLS. Containing Choice Vocal Duets, with Piano Ac companiment*. The price of each Is bo 10w— #2.26 in cloth, and $2 in plain binding—that the sale is already immense. For sale by CHAS. C. MKLLOK, B 1 U'oCHlflt. Benefit of Subsistence Committee. \T ISITORB WILI. BE ADMITTED into the Fort Pirt Worka, Fifth Ward, to see the famous 20-INVH GUN dailv. until April Ist., itHM Price of Admission, '2b CENTS, the entire proceed* to be presented totho Subsistence Committee of Pittsburgh. Ticketo sold at ltu oftloe of the works, at House, and St. Charles Hotel. feb2r-inul Kx v briT k.\ i k i.s V6r ” pi a nos 7-» 1 hese celebrated instalments,manufactur ed by Win, Knabe it Co., Baltimore, are now considered the U-st Pianos made, and atv pu>- nounced by ThaJberg, (rottschalk, Salter, Stra ko»ch,\ b?ux.temps amlother distinguished Pian ists to be unrivaled. Each instrument warrant ed tot cighi \ unro. CHARLOTTE Bbl'ME, 43 Kmh street, Sole agent for the above. Also. HttineV Bm.'s New York Pianos, and _ *l n 7 v _ d Melodeonsaml Harmoniums. Jeb?7 1 iKCkHAM'dt LONG, NO 127 LIBER. -L> ERTY SRTEET, PITTSBURGH, Agent* for the Quaker Mower and Reaper. Bmyceye Mower and Kenj>er, Russel's Mower and Reaper, r armor's .Mower, Cayuga Chief. Mower and Reaper, and Wood's Mower. Also, dealers in Agricultural and Farming Implements of all kinds. ieb27d&w ON NORTH CAd*ATTsT., AJLLEUHE NY cn Y—A .valuable property for sale. 44 leet lront by 120 deep, a front of 10 feet on Past Lane, a two-story dwelling house of Grooms; the location is very desirable, shade trees, gr*p<- vines and shrubbery. Apply to S.CUTHBERT at SONS, tebtr, DI-ANDKETIIii SONS’S XEW CROP • <>F UAKDEJV SEEDSjuat received ku«l lor sale by BEI'KHAM at LONG, , . fro 127 Liberty st., Pittsburgh, I’h febl’ld&w fit' l M ILL PrRCHASK A JiVv dwelling and lot renting for *l2 per month. Apply to s C\ THHERT a SON'S, M Market street DRIES GGS—S HA RUE 1.8 FRESH EGGS— Just received and for sale by FET2JEB A ARMSTRONG-, corner Market and First sts. I TO&tt’S ADVERTLSEMEXTS. dfc WtLSOX’S 1 lockstitch ; SEWIN G MACHINES The Cheapen!, Simplest amt Best Principal Office and Wholesale Emporium Three doora below B-uik Block, ! feb'JT-dAw NEW SPRING GOODS, WHOLESALE & RETAIL. 3,000 Doz. Spool Ootton, 1,000 Doz. Skirt Braid, 1,200 Doz. Shaker Hoods, ! Cotton Hosiery and Gloves, A.nd hu e\T»*u»n assortment of FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS '-w.nh iriHj i■(' found mnny noveltiei I MULTIFORM HOOP SKIRTS, I The Nie = t in, .mu,in nl.lctitiy iupnn, ~i sink's uiH) b-:* expanded ,ir i ontracted. ihu? .omblnini/ Paris Trail and Sly Quaker, At pri~e3 h~ iv.r the lowest MACKOI .V GLYDE, | H 109 1 X i*s if? if? * if? »!? if? if? SMITH, PAEK & CO., NINTH WARD FOUNDRY, Ward, .time. No 111 ['ii.Unl I'ii i; , Manufacturers of all sizes azd deseridtions of <’oal Oil Retorts. and Stills, Ohs and Water pipes, Sad Irons, Dor Irons, Wagon Boxes. Seal Moulds, Bullies, Hangers and Couplings. Also, Jobbing and machinery ot everv'deecrin . ilon made to order. *' , Having n complete machine simp attached 1o the foun.try, all necessary tlttmc will be carefullv attended to. cttMydiw 13utt<*i-li«‘Ul «Jk C’o., 61 Market at Malsters and Hop Dealers, WATER STREET, WHKEI.INU, YA . !S. MAHAIM Mecl-lyd Makes the best crackers ever ottered in This market. feb2s A PLEASANT HOME.—IN A COX yenient and-desirable locality, % of a mile from the Wood’s Run Station, 4 acres of land stocked with iruit trees and shrubbery, gooii house, read}- for occupancy on April Ist Is oftVr ed FOR SALE. w Wav.nk A Chicago Rt. Co., > Offick op ihk Secretary, . Pittsburgh, Pa., February 24th, 1864 S Ditidksd.-the board of di rectors hAve this day declared a dividend of SKV EX PER CENT!. M on the income, or Thin! Mortgage Bonds, of this Company out of the earnings of 1863, payable in CASH on the Ist dav of April next. W. H. BARNES, _feb26 Secretary. iTTSBI’ROH, Three cottage houses for SALE—Fronting on BiUweli street, (Baga ley’s Lane,) Second Ward, Allegheny, on the line of Manchester Passenger Railway, nearly opposite the residence of Hon. Elisha Heath Also, a CHOICE CORNER LOT, CHEAP, adjoining the above, situate on the corner of Allegheny avenue and;Fayette at.—67 by 190V*' ft. deep. The location is one of the most desirable in the city. Terms easy. ApplyAo _ \V. CARSON, No. 46 Ohio at., Opposite the Mayor’s Office, Allegheny. febs4-2wd T OST.-BETWEEN THE ST. J Li fence Hotel and Brown's Drug Store, Fed eral Street, .Allegheny City, a small LEATHER. SATCHEL, containing Bills, Receipt* and 4a in money. The papers of no ralue to any one tut the owner. A suitable reward on the return of it will be given, if left with Mr. M’DONALD of the St. Lawrence HoteL feb27-3td HIGHEST PREMIUM No. 37 FIFTH ST.. * WM. SUMNER & CO., WESTERN AGENTS. \ full line of And Small Wared •i supply of 78 Market Street oo Q O O CS C 3 2E C 3 U> UJ CO PH 1M!I K.lli S. S. HBYAN, Rrtjker nnd Insurance Agent, 69 FourtA street. 'JSgL||&\ I KIWDS OF niotfsKKßßjljgSi^, Soldiers and Safl^rs,' ’=' Tinkersand Tailors, Hod Carriers and Bricklayers, Boat Builders and Army. Payers, . City Olerks and City Mayors, Actors and Would-be-Actors, Showmenand Bill Postern, Lecturers and Military Aspirants, Generals andOnt'Generals, Moulders and-Mail Makers, Ship Chandlers and Sail Makers, Saddlers and Soap Boilers, ‘ 1 1 ShoeiMakera and Bope Coders, Salesmen and Bar Tenders, Printers and Moriey Lenders, Carpenters and Jewelers, Tobaoooniats and Drag Sellera, Every Kind Short and Ta 11,.. Greal and Small Come at Onbe to Concert Hall Fifth Street, Pittsburgh, Pa., POI NDED IN IS±O, Incorporated by Legislative Charter. ; THE ONLY INSTITUTION , j BOOTS & SHOES. of the kind IN THE UNTON, conducted hr a ' teb27 practical BUSINESS MAN. (>ur highest com- n * Vfc -n wi rai >*~ mercial authorities, East and West, pronounce ■ , j\ -*« f l’ U his systems ofJßook-keeping unequaled—dompre- M ~ A *■- heading every department of business, and yet ao skilfully condeDced that the attentive stu-1 dent masters the whole in six or eight weeks. It 1 consists of I STOCK BOOKS, closed once with a loss aod twice with a gain exhibiting by three different methods, the trans fer of old to new books. PARTNERSHIP BOOK* 4 ?, * I conducted by three different methods, exhibit- t lng the transfer of old to new books, with the : introduction of a new partner. And practically i illustrating the f PRINATE LEDGER, by means of which the results of the business j are kept out of the general books, for the use of I the partners only. The hook is not even named else where. The settlement of Partnership Books by SINGLE ENTRY, | with six practical illustrations, exhibiting the ! books re-opened by Double-Entry. A concise rale for rectifying I. DERANGED DOUBLE-ENTRY BOOKS, i with six specifications. The gain or loss found, I and the'books correctly re-opened. The learner is also exercised in OPENING BOOKS, | troni eight specifications, including special con- j ditions not often met with in business. Also, a ! series of exercises in I ( LOSING BOOKS, irom* new and peculiar specifications. The learner also writes about eighty BUSINESS FORMS i of Promissory Notes, Judgment Notes, Drafts, I Orders, Bills of Exchange, Accounts. Invoices, vVc., tec. Also, a series of BUSINESS LETTERS. which, with the business forms, are ail connect- i e>l with hio course of Book-Keeping, making it j a regular course of hu-unes* practice, with a course of twenty-five. LECTURES UPON BOOK-KEEPING, ! by the Senior Principal, explaining ail the buai- ! neoo matters recorded in the text. Also, twelve , LECTURES ON BUSINESS SUBJECTS. * How every one may get rich. How to get rich : t.j trading. The causes of commercial failures. ' i »u speculations. The moral influence of integri- 1 tj in youth, Ac. Also, lectures upon COMMERCIAL LAW, on Partnerships, Contracts, Insurance, Common I t. nrners, the statute ot Limitations, Ac. Prac tical instructions in detecting COUNTERFEIT BANKNOTES, by a full eet of genuine vignettes and counters and a large collection of counterfeit notes. ’ 1 OUR RAILKUAD BOOK-KEEPING. (in manuscript,) exhibits the'construction and equipment, the operating receipts and expendi tures, the books closed and a dividend recorded. , These books are advertised by others, but not i taught elsewhere in the citv. Our new system PRIVATE BANK BOOKS, ~ . (IU manuscript,) embracing all the best forms In 1 . Can be sent to all parts of the " effenl —: United States for Twenty Cts. .STEAM BO AT BOOK-KEEPING. J now m press, pronounced by competent author ity -A pertect system lor such books anj ac counts. ' In this department students have the assistance ot our .Ur. THOtS B SMITH, an experienced Practical Mercantile Accountant, and formerly Clerk of a Mississippi .learner. about f ' lM ° Cmra< ’ of business practice includes FIFTY BUSINESS BOOKS, ruled to about THIKTY' DIFFERENT FORMS bio*,',' «elonv ai.e, I books, l Discount-book, l Check-register } I)e- . _ • Coll^ io^regi B tS, Heckler, ' A r V Litu d ff i 6 i er ’. 1 2 Passsage- *-A A J~ XAAUL IV O. books, 1 Fuel-book, fhese books practically re- : * HUNDRED BUSINESS , , OPPOSITE THE POSTOFFICE, i kanssACTIONs, comprehending DUFFYS i I®^° original plan of business education introduced T A ATtS tt/vt-T - ni *'V-tt iMeuty-five years ago. How far others have liANIJ F(TR SAT.F I succeeded in imitating him will be best seen bv ' J-Ltlll U 1 UXI ijiUJii comparing the business papers and books of their ! : P“P“* wirh * tboBe of the graduates of this insti- i ACRES OP LAND IN TIONES i umon - WU ta townßhip, Forest county, Pa., un- HARPER’S ENLARGED EDITION OF * ißfproyed and adjoining the lands of TJuuuPat- DUFF’B BOOK KEFPrtr terson s farm. The land is well timbered with p„, rt *, -c t> * " K -*‘- EP *NG poplar, lynn, sugar, ash, hemlock, maple, pine, Price $l. ,5. Postage 20 cents Sold by Book- kc i situated near the oil regions, south oi TidS sellers generally. out and some six miles went of the Sunbury afid I The following testimonials indicate the char&c . Erie K - K *» AnJ S v ® north of Marion, the ' ter of this work: county seat of Forest co. Title good. Terms "No other work upon Book-Keeping explains one ' h * if «uh in hand, and the other half in six the subjocts with so much clearness and sitnnlie- mo . ntbll "'ith interest to be secured by bond icy." F. W. EDMUNDS and mortgage. ( Cashier Mechanics’Bank, Wall st., N\ Y. A| __ Tt giies a clear insight into ail departments ! ALSO, 400 ACRES of this science." A S KR A.SFR C“M« of-seventh Ward Bank, X. V. ■Of land In .lento tnwnahip, Forest county, , As an extensive ship owner, American and ph *i bounded on the east by the lands of ! European merchant, hank director, etc., he has Robt Phillips, esq “on the west by that of K L Uirne the reputation of the highest order of bu- Blood and others, being part of the large tract biness talerfts. , warrant No. 3165, and adjoins the traoton which' JOHN AS. BLRNHAAI, Merchant, is located the county seat of Forest co The ~,r .. „. . 8 South st., New Vork. I ®°. 11of the best quality and is well timbered Mr. Dull is a man of rare qualifications for Wlth cherry, poplar, ash, hemlock, sugar, curled business. ’ maple, linn, Ac. The late survey of the Great JOHN M. D. TAYLOR, Merchant, Level R. R. passes through this tract Terms Uniou st.. New Orleans. the same as the. 600 acre tract. Refer to James "Mr. Duff is a merchant of the first resneeta Pointer, esq.. Col. Juo. P. Hunt, G. W. Rose, hility." j. LANDIS. Merchant, NewOriSST ' J n sS ire 01 B. M’LAIN A CO., -I graduated in Duffs Co.lege in halt the «me --- »” ! : « KCOSfD *ATIOHAI. BANK ... .f. n ea.iiPToJi, fishier Nisgir, Bank, Eockport, N. V. "It containa much matter important to the merchont." C. 1). HALSTEAD, Fresideni Manhattan Bank, .\ Y. ■The moat complete tvork of the kind ] have , TREASURY DEPARTMENT, l ever seen." JAMES P MURK AY I lm. E id Loupteollek Of THt CcaaiutCT ( Preaident Exchange Bank, Pitubureh m Washington City, P>b. I3th, 1884. ’ ( r H™*' 1 i • Cashier Bank of Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH, In the County of AlSgheiT \ou have your own long experience as a State of Pennsylvania, has been duly org&n^ Merchant to good use in this work ” 1 i?** 1 according to the requirements©! HICHAKI) IRVIN, Merchant : tb ? Ac i o /- ( '° l f ffresa » enTltl «l“An Act to pro- LEOPOLD BIER WOR’TH “,e commencing the buaineaaof i . - J IiS&S&SS’ [Extract from the Minutes.) ! PITTSBURGH,CouMyo/AU^hexl.^^SUte PROSPER M. WET.MORE, Secretary, i Pennsylvania, is authorized to commence the "Your Committee unanimously concur in the ! bUßineia °* Ranlting under the Act aforesaid, opinion of the utility of the improved method f <" , *? tes I tln i°n)’ whereof witnensmr hand ot Mr. Duff.• GI.HLKJNJ LEEDS ISS l BeA * °®* oe i this 13th day of Febrti- Recording Secretary o, the American fete, ' LJ “* - on wm. h. dcff’s penmanship. ! SECOND NATIONAL BANK; . TWELVE FIRST PREMIUMS OF PITTSBURGH, PA., h-" CZ2 O PP lo ih\ h P : riisssri.f s?^ K^.^^^.?^^;;;:;:;{SS ! Cspita1 ’ • ao °’ oo fe^SS n^t o •»««-«« We .tern Pcnnsy vania Fair at Pittsburgh lira 91,000,000. Western Virginia Fair at Wheeling 18«0 The IRON CITY TRUST COMPANY h„e And the Ohio State Fair at Cleveland 18® log organized under the National Currency Ant All of which are exhibited at our office. iu™ “ 8 BerT *°ea for the transaction of a Gener^ S6mS °‘ \ ' D^osl?,lSfcSSS^ “These performances can only be excelled bv !. ma^e on parts of the country, the author.”— Pittsburgh. Gazette. 3 . DIRECTORS : ‘‘ All his ornamental designs are new »nd«. t n „ _ markable performances.”— Evening Gazette ’J A^ < 1 B X ? AINTER ’ s°n^Vrn*5 °n^Vrn * “The late Western Pennsylvania Fair*iv»r4- i. i A^, E T^- TLL ’ «; ed him six First Premiums m all branches nt*yl - /^ J ' opffEß » W. M. Goricly. art.”—OAio State Jovmal. orancllCB of the , • m. Cooper, OCR TEEMS F i'mted Gnuiuatill§ Couree > time >u>- M’COLLISTER & BAER, Blanks andSUttooenr (Mating ji else- **° 00 108 Wood Street, wl ? re -: 2 « iyAVIS WOW IN STOKE Jk. r.ARGE The enlarged edition of Duff’s Book-keenlmr ,A StR mJI i T .V ou S di ’ Lump, Baltimore„ . Our blanks are made of fine extra bLz« miner' ® s P nn and Bright Pounds. Also, the largest and ruled complete, with full setsofsSsm£i«£ . «“** hssortment ofOIOARa In the -■ .» ’’ U ' eJ ' WUI ,el * IOW f ° r *»*■ ndw Circular, pp. 88, wiMampfes of our Pen- _£ eW6 man 8 Busings and Ornamental Writing, inc!os i lug 25 cents for post age, to 1 F. DUFF & SON, Principals. Pittsburgh, Penn’i, i feblJ febTMtd&w 'msjbM&mmm m* SHOE STORE, j 02 FIFTH STB*EET, For Bargains in NEW STOCK. the 1. a test stales imported VELVETS/BRUSSELS, Ai'D EVERY ORDER OF INGRAIN CARPET. WE OFFER AT THE VERT LOWEST RATES. W. D. & H. McOALLUM; Eonxth Street Oarpet Store, NO. 87 FOURTH STREET. Joseph ij. "melliken, PTCCESSOR TO .lA3IES P. FLEMING, DRUGGIST, WHOLESALE AND RET ATT. DEALER. In Foreign and Domestic Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, Dye-Stuflk and Perfumery, NO. 77 FEDERAL STREET, _my22-lyd _ ALLEGHENY CITY,A. fJIHREB SECOND-HAND “ MELODEONS FOR SALE CHEAP. CHARLES C. iUELLOR, JUST U HAT EVERYBODY WANTS, A POCKET ALBUM! Holding from 12 to 24 Pictures, FOR SOLDIERS! FOR SOLDIERS! Albums for Centre Tables, Albums for Centre Tables, -AT PRICES BELOW ALL, AT PRICES OF FITTSBIIiGH. (Formerly IRON TRUST COMPANY.) <}. £. WAK.NEK, President. JNO. E. PATTERSON, Cashier, j feb23-4md 1 •■.TEW LOT OF M AHtlUl A HIMI.IiS« JW CABINET Seeded OHAS. 0. MELLOR, M Wood «t. 61 Wood st.