maghtficence. List. year, there were two—or/401m out of the twetity friends, who at first sat face to face with thislibundant feast before them. Six had passed - !may since the preceding ear. This void cast a - • irrofdound sadness over thg commencement of the -- banquet. The two•guests were but Wile known td'edch other, and had never met, except at this to ble, for four and twenty years; their positions in ,life - vrere very dfferent. The one was rich, and the other, overcome by misfortunes, found himself in a state bordering on misery. So, the rich man and the poor man, as they sat face to face, spoke quite coldly during the first course ; but they had so many toasts to drink, in honor of the absent, that theylgrew animated, and at last, became so gay, that the poor man forkot his misery, and the rich man !forgot that wealth, with which be might hase aided his unhappy companion. The day of the feast, being the' anniversary of the death of the notary, came again during the past week. The table was prepared as formerly, at one of our principal restaurateurs.— Theo was, as usual, a dining MOM magnificently decor i ated, a table with twenty-one covers, shining with crystals and glittering with silver plate, and; covered* with a prefiision of lighter delicacies, which were soon to make room for the more solid meats of the banquet. An army of bottles was ringed along , the sideboard ; some standing up.' . rigkit4therelying in their bowers of willow, or - • - ,leining upon beds of ice. Of the two guests who', t sat down together last year s only one. appeared ; it. was the poor map—the man of wealth was dead. Thin all this luxety, all this table with its stately ornaments, and all thii profusion of deli 4, which the cidinary art had been exhausted rep [ are, were reserved for one man alone; and titan, poorer still than the year before, was 4d to complete misery, and a prey to all the ire of starvation. He who had that day such ignifieent dinner served up for himself alone, +ircely dined the day before, arid knew not to he would procure a meal on the morrow. Sat down alone, before the table which would fed him for a year. Was it not *a strange and iPectacle, this misery seated before this luxury +nine of eery day before this luxury of an 2 They placed before him all the courses, )ffered him all the wines ;—in fine, they gave a;dinner worth t%to thousand francs. He ate x.) all that he was able to eat, and then retired slowly, e4ting, behind him a look of indefinable despair, -_,upon this field of battle which he was obliged to ebanden, while it...was still covered with so rich a ^ ••• . the-skies!' her eyes, ever beaming ! natelbl day— Vet gentle night,,oh stay Por she is miue &earplug, drearns she earnest° me-- In dreams,•her eyes I see -And bliss divine conies Then let rfly spirit creep To thy pavilion, sleep! z While Love , llies on before me. :" 0 For the Morning Post. AINUAII . FEAST. correspondent of the Courier des Etats Unis, tells the - following story: Alpout twenty years ago, en old, notary died in as very rich, end who had nearly as 'who w . many friends when he retired, as he had ever had A•iienis IA hen in business. His greatest pleasure was to bring together his numerous friends, at his table, and feastthem splendidly; for he was, at the ssme time; Very hospitable, and a great epi cure.l So gre at'ln - as his taste forgiving entertain ments 'Alai he wished his dinners to survive him. He therefore iristituted'an annual banquet in his will --twenty chosen friends were invited to this feasti-And a sum yielding art interest ofIVI.o thou sandfranCS per-annum, was set 'apart to pay the 1211. . _ 'Tfie‘Manner in which this "banquet was to be Zeni i da was particularly pointed out in the will.— Thelmost - delicate -meats, the rarest fruits of the sea+ and the finest wines were to be served in Abundance; in fine, every thing as it should be, at ' - n - diti t ner which would cost one hundretfranci per head; ?The guests were enjoined to drink a toast -to the memory of,their posthumous guest, and to ...display, in their conversation; that respect forhim, tihich politeness, and the remembrance of forther frien l dships, demanded. His successor in the office of, tibtary, was appointed-executor of this clause of the ;ill, and after *him the next notary ;—the duty being regularly entailed on the office. The busi• nessMf the executor--was. to order the repast, send . : :the invitations to the guests, and A pay the two thou. sandlfrancs to the rerrourateurThe legacy was :to last as long asp single or 4 of the guests, named in the will, appeared. After the death of the last, the money could be employed 41-another manner, but not, under any pretext whatsoever, before that time''. It was declared also, in the terms of the legae t y, that the diminution. caused by death, in the number of 'the - guests, should not in any way change the arrangement or price of the dinner: ther4 must always be twenty one covers on the table; (or the testator had reserved a place for himself ; wishing. although absent from this world, to preside at the banquet. -All those who should • die, /were to have their places prepared the same as ever, and the survivors were to drink a toast to tire Memory of each departed guest. Tile first year, all the guests were assembled; the.next year, there were only nineteen ; fire years • - -liter, sixteen; at the end of ten years, fourteen; at the end of twenty years, there were but eight; • yet the table was always the same in size and Irie.Y-1 --The day after, when the old man had digested the felkst, flnd had begun again to feel the inawing ' I ' of hunger,his regrets sire awakened, and his phi " losopliical reflections 4 upor the subject, led him to iapply Ito the notary of the succession, to find out ;if he could not procure one half the price of the annual - dinner to which he was entitled, This would give him en income of a thousand .Iraneefver year, and leave a like-sum to the sueces )asn, 1 - "* With this thousand francs the poor writehrould • :.buy a good dinnerevery day. • Th 4 the' notarysh`owed him the clause in the will, Which was . positiie, and muscle executed to th -.There was no way to change the leg ncylif-had : tofie•Maintained in all its purity. The' puor devil_Arent ii.ivay thinking to liimself how many days, he would have to live Witholit-any dinner; until-that one day next year, 'When there wilhlte prepared for him thine, a ban- Viet of one 'and 'twenty covers; and worth two titoirsild Iran* .• ~ G. s. fitliArcr Apsus comptxted. !s gat!' •y#,ir-nn 11th inst., and to FF trait : zt)d - vioArnua in micd as , he was.five or ter, 'eats . =SIM ;'';,.:;; 2 ';•=t - , : i.' • • .•.,' - - ' • • ~~. rims CM tear acre , weet returalhg I, night! ake thy Aigitt . i . ter moraini.?:'! a)togit p4rEs; r:DiToiceN*;#IIOPRIETOIL Priorssttnont SATURIMYMORNING, JULY 17, 1547 DkiIIOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. FOR GOVERNOR, FRANCIS It. SHUNK, OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER, O'R RI S kONGSTRETH, OF DIONTGOHERY COUNTY. SFAX ATZ-A LEX. BLACK. Assxxnza.—JAMES B. SAWYER. J. H. WELHENNY. JOSEPH COOPER. JAMES S: LONG. TREAsuaER.—JOHN C. DAMT. COMMISSIUNER.-R. DONALDSON. Atlntron2 - .—EDWARD M'CORKLE (0. We Would call the especial attention of our to a communication in our paper today on "The Ten Hour' System." The subject is one which demands public attention; nnd this article is the more worthy of attention, in consequence of its being ,the production of one nho is himself an operatives and who can,theretore speak from per sonal observation. I' Whig" Principles. `Tcmpora mutairter is affixed to almost every thing; but_ upon nothing that we know of is it st.imped in characters more plain and. intelligible, than what are called "Whig ", principles. indeed, so sudden is the change often effected, that the most expert tricks of the practised juggler are complete ly thrown 'into the shade by Whig leaders. At one time, the principles of the party were—A strong consolidated govemmenyin which "the rich and w. Il born " should have the principal „i• . sway; and State governments that should inatechm the will -of the national administration. At ano ther, a holy horror of the jacobinism of republican France, and more than filial veneration for mother England. At another, a grand scheme of internal improvements; a great national bank ; to .regulatr the exchanges, and make NO:NZ!' plenty!—and a high protective tariff. At another, the most bitter denunciations of General Jackson, for having boldly asserted the duty of our government France failed to'. - do hers ; and a profound sympathy for the Indian population of Georgia, %alien it seemed that there might thus be created a rupture between that State and the General Government. At another, the division of the sale of public lands among the States; a swindling bankrupt law and the assumption of the State debts by the General Government. And, at another, uo principles : for the public eye," -.For Tippccanoe . and Tyler too," [ and tt We'll vote for Tyler therefore, Without a why or a wherefore." Getting most: egregiously detea•ed, by this last I move, they thought they would 'try it "on their, own hook, - by putting Mr. Clay' in the field, in '44, who was known to embody within himself the quintesscene of their policy; and whose pri”c:pbs (if his party had any,) could not be mistaken.— They had been foiled, in all their direct and indi rect attempts to gain and retain power in the coon tri; and, hoping that, in this rase, they might suc reed, they came openly before the country, op posed to all the great issues presented by the Dem ocrats, in relation to both our domestic said foreign policy. They were again signally defeated ; and James K. Polk, and Democratic principles, tri umphed. - They are now making a desperate effort to ef fect an organization for the campaign of 1848. They have, as a party, opposed the war at every step of its progress. They have exerted 'their in. fluence to defeat all the movements of r.ur armies ; and, as far as they could do so, they have glen aid and comfort to the enemy. Yet now ithstand ing this, they now come out (the most infamously unprincipled portion of the party.) and pretend to• honor one of the foremost agents in asserting and defending the honor of our country—declaring him as one of their own number—and asserting their determination to make him their candidate for the Presidency. The ineffable impudence of their first movements, however, is more than equalled by the course which they base since pursued. General Taylor tells them that he considers those who op pose the war, as worse than the Mexicans; that he holds no communion with inch; that be wishes to return to private lite, when the war shall be at an end ; that he will not relinquish his position in the field, until a peace is effected ; that he is not desir ous of the office of President, and that he will not accept it at the hands of any party. Notwithstanding all this, these unprincipled leaders declare, that he is the identical man whom they want; that they are satisfied he is in favor of Whig measures; that they care not lair party organization, or party meas ures ; and yet that the Whig party shall not be disor ganised because General Taylor will not receive nomination at their hands. With what may satisfy them, we have nothing to do, we care not. We have long been satisfied that they were willing to adopt any set of princi ples, or any policy, if by so doing they could get into office. We are now perfectly convinced 01 the truth of our belief. They-have been so uni formly defeated in their efforts to gain power; as Federalists, as Mtioniii Republicans, Antimasons, Whigs, Native Americans, et id genus mites, that. they arc willing to take any name, or none at all —adopt any principles, or profess none, if they may but get that, for which alone they are striving —the power to impose upon she people. But we are much mistaken 'in the intelligence of our noun trymen, if they will hot be again deceived. We are still more mistaken in our estimate of General Taylor, if he is willing to lend himself to such a dcceptiollias that which the Federal party seek to practice. Ile has said that he will not have the of fice at their bands. He has not declared a willing neg, to recognise * a Democratic nomination; .and he is therefore placed in a position to render him• self perfectly free from both. Should he main tain this position, the Federalists will be left the alternative, of presenting some one, identified with their oft condemmtl doctrines; or, plainly coming before the people to utter a lie, by asserting that they are no longer contending for their odious measures. Mr. Clay.—The War. A conineittee of Federalists in Blaine, writing to Mr. Clay, say—" We are pleased to learn that you are opposed to the. present war, prosecuted against a weak and distracted neighboring Repub lic, that was begun in Infamy—that is prosecuted for Compicit--and must end -in 'Disgrace." Mr. Clay, in reply, says— , - Yes, gentlemen, 1 certainly concur with you in deprecating this Mexican War, the causes which brought _it about, and the manner of its commencement." Once , Mr. Clay was fez his country. .Now he is with the enemy,' Once he was ~a Democrat. Plow he is.a Merkc ma Whig: niginia.—Lewis Neal, delegate elect .from'tlie district at Giles .and Itifer - ier, is deeea - 4, -.T his ,iieves the whigg in a rnin.qty of one in win b *led fedttees 111 - ‘jorlty in the hoes of delegates to nine or ten. MEM . An Amusing; Scene. ' ,The Buffalo Commercial AdVertiseri a bitter Fed eral print, giiies this heading to the follox tog -." We are informed, by a gentleman from Chic-, . 6, that, when the letter of lawa t*.ass.was read to,the-Convention, it took the4people With so much surprise that they called fot second reading which was followed' by jeers and laughter I . In parliamentary language therefore, Mr. CABS was read twice, and laid on the table." Without intending to say aught in disparage ment of the other 'distinguished Democrats, who felt it to be their duty to write more lengthy epis tleS than that of Gen. Cass, We must say, that, so far as the proceedings of this great Convention en able us to judge, he did no less, than he should have done, by merely stating the reasons why he could not attend. His opinions on the subject-of West. ern Improvements, as well as those of the other distinguished gentlemen, are known to the coun try ; and, from the well known character of the great body, of those who composed the Convention, any further expression of those opinioni, so far as the distinguished men were themselves concerned, was not likely to produce any good effects what ever. The men Who laughed and jeered in the Convention, would have been just as ready to abuse him, to jeer and laugh at him, if he hail written a volume on the subject, as they were before, and now are. Such men as King, Corwin, Greely. &c. who prove to have been the leading spirits of the Convention, did not sustain Lawns CASS and the honor of their country, against Daniel Webster and Great Britain ; when he took such a responsi. bility as perhaps no othita, ,, representative of his country abroad ever took; arid we would feel sor ry to find that distinguished statesman and patriot, occupying any political position, which would lead such men as these, and their followers, to praise him. The Jews and the Pope. The present Pope is truly.a wonderful man, and doubtless is destined to produce great changes in the moral and social condition of the world. He is singularly popular; and this popularity is ow ing to his enlightened and progressive statesman. ship. The Sierle publishes the following letter, dated Rome, 22d The Pope has appointed a Committee to enquire into the position of the Jews. His plan is to withdraw them from the de testable ghetto. There is a controversy in the ghetto on the subject of the Pope. 'Young Paler tine' is of opinion that Pius IX. is the Messiah. The Conservatives maintain that he is merely s great prophet. We have admitted five Jews into the circolo Romano. Such an event never before oc c urred I=l p From a statement in the Philadelphia Bul. letin, it would appear that the cost of an overland journey from New York to Canton, in China, is a bout $1500; and will require from 65 to 70 days ; while the passage in a New York packet ship will not exceed $5OO. A FaX CuarEssina.—The editor of the Whel ing.Titnes says—" we will let the world roll On without much of our wisdom." It would be a pod thing for the nati,pn, if all " Whig . ' editors could be induced to make the same acknowledg ment. A SCRAPE—The Louisville Democrat says that Prentice lately got into a scrape. He tried to jump ashore from a steamboat, and got almost overhead into a clay puddle ! The folks on shore pulled him out. out. This is not the first time that he has been' burthened with Clay! ifj• A leading Federal paper, in 13aston, said that Jefferson and the Devil, reigned in 1806." The same paper rejoices at the election to Con gress, from New Hampshire, of two men who are now called Whigs." E Cntsese Jc3K —We copy the following account of this unique visitor from the New I.dc Commercial of Oth : .• The Chinese Junk arrived at the Quarantine ground 'on Friday meting. The steamer Orus. from Shrewsbury, was the 'first to see her, a levc miles out, and at the request of the passengers, the Captain took the Orus out to meet her. Cheers. &c. were exchanged. The junk had but one sail set, as one of the passengers who was on board the Orus informs us. The crew were copper-colored —nude on the upper part of th€: body. I'. S.—The junk is now anchored at the Qii aran tine ground. Our news collector supplies the fol. lowing, description of this unusual visitor to our waters : She is named the Keying—Kellet, master—and has had a passage of two hundred and twelve days from Canton—touching at St. Helena on the 23d of April. She has come in ballast, consigned to the msster, but has on board a hostof Chinese curl unities. Sir Is built of teak wood, one, hundred and fifty fe t long, twenty-five feet beam, and. ten and a half high , and twenty-three feet wide. Her rudder is not hung on pintles, but suspended in a curious fashion by two cables, madeluf rattan or bamboo; it weighs seven tons, and is hoisted and lowered as occasion requires—its immersion being twenty- three feet when down,and twelve when up. Her anchors are made of teak-wood. The cabin is decorated with a host of painted birds, tigers, and other animals She has an idol set up on board, representing a woman having ten pair of arms, ornamented with flowers, beads, rings, and a variety of trinkets. Iler crew consists of 40 Chinamen and 20 Eu• ropeans. She has three upright masts with lat-1 teen sails. Her stern is five feet higher than that of a 74. She is built in the form of a whale boat, and there are two great eyes in her bows. The captain represents her to be a fine sea-boat, sus taming herself well, through some severe weather The Keying is painted white with a Macy waist as far as the toremast ; then red to the stem. She has nine ports on each side; which are painted white, red and black. As she lies now, at anchor at the Quarantine Ground, the junk has cost $.75,000. 03. The Pdris Prose says that the commerce in ice, but recently commenced in the burning climate of India and.the Indian Archipelago, has already become to the United States (who princi pally carry it on) one of their most lucrutii•e arti cles of export. In a climate, the temperature of which is almost constantly from 26 to 28 degrees 'of Beaurimr, they have ices; they drink iced cham pagne in Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, Batavia, Ma nilla, and Canton, where the alrarqra was lately the only refreshment in use. To give some idea of, this new equatorial commerce, and its impor tance, we need only mention one house in Boston which, in a single year, has sent to Asia 101 ves sels with cargoes of ice, which have yielded eigh teen millions of florins. This is almost as much as the product of the whole wine harvest of Bor. deaux.—Boston Atlas. Surgeon E. H. Barton, head of the Board of Health in Vera Cruz, has written to Gov. Johnson, of Louisiana, on the subject of health of that city. He says that the sickness and the temperature of Vera Cruz have been mush overrated—that there are few cases of yellow fever comparatively, and none of amore aggravated character than is seen in New Orleans—and that so far there is no epide. mic. From Ist May to the It3th June there were fifty-one deaths from 'vomito and 295 from other -causes. Americans 175, Mexicans 100, other for eigners 47, unknown ,15 . o:l.Dr..Birkey, of this city, received a letter yesterday from Jalapa, announcing the death of .Ca . pt. Charles Naylor, of the Philadelphia Rangers. lie - died of the brain fever in Mexico. lie has tell a *ife and several small children in this city, ind a large circle of friends and acquantanees to trionrn - tb.q!sa;l loss. He was a member of , this Bar,ptil Ifelot:ed by ftll who knew him. Peace to . his aSlies.—Petansy/vattian,Juty:ll4th.. M =I El_ BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, SZPRESSI,T FOB Tab Atchtmiro. POST Very Late, and Highly Important. • - itiLA DELPHI A, July lOth, 7h., P. M. [Our vigilant and attentive correspondent, know ing the profound anxiety in thepuhlic mind to hear all the news which arrives from the South, has fur nifilied us with the following startling and unlooked for intelligence!!) •" The Southern mail has arrived at Washington ; but brings no further intelligence from the Army." PHILADELPHIA MARKET July 15, 7 o'clock. P. M. FLOUR—Sales western at $5,37, 5,5025,75, ac. cording to quality. Market firm. CORNMEAL—SaIes are readily made at $3,00. WHEAT—Prime Red $1,20. CORN—Prime Yellow 78280. OATS—Sales at 43315. COTTON—An advance of # per ct. Sales of Upland at 120121-c. MESS PORK—Sates Western No. 1 at $7,50 p 100 lbs. LARD—Sales Western at 91e10c.; no demand. WHISKEY—SaIes at 24c. SUGAR—Some activity; sales Porto Rico at 6071. COFFEE—SaIes 800 bags Rio at some in- • (Fury. No change in prices of other articles BALTIMORE MARKET. July 16, 8 o'clock, P. M FLOUR—Sales Howard st. at $5,50. CORNMEAL—SaIes 200 bbls. at $3,00. No change in other articles usually quoted. COMMERCIAL RECORD. Prepared and corrected every Afternoon PITTSBURGH BOARD OF TRADE. COMXITTER FOR JULY. Jos. Pennock, Jno. McFaden, F. Lorenz PORT OF PITTSBURGH 31 FEET IN TUE CHANNEL-FALLING Ben Rush, Robinson, Cincinnati. Caleb Cope, Shples, Beaver. A rena, Gott Beaver. Consul. Bowman, Brownsville. Louis M . Lase, Bennett, Brownsville I3EPARTED. Pacific, Campbell, Cincinnati. Financier, Kuntz, St. Louis. Rhode Island, Dawtion, Wheeling Arena, Goff, Beaver. Caleb Cope, Sholes, Beaver. Consul, Bowman, Brownsville. Louis M . L.ane, Bennett, Brownsville A Big Dahl.—The dam across the Merimack, at the new town of Lawrence, is to be, when com pleted, 000 feet in length, 30 wide at the bottom. 12 feet at the top, and varying in height fsom 2:i to 40 feet. according to the bottom of the river. It is constructed of heavy stones laid in cement. It is intended that the darn shall be completed before winter sets in. The canal, from which water is to be used, is a mile in length, following the bend of the river. at a distance from it, of about,4oo feet—one hundred feet wide at its mouth and sixty at the termination, with a depth of 12 feet. Z- Our contemporary, La Patria. came out on the Fourth, in compliment to the worthies of our Revolution, in a dress of blue and gold—a blue ground and golden letters. It had also a tastefully designed head of Washington, surrounded by the 11.1,gii of the United States and Spain.—Dcl/a. 0 7Mr. Polk is the first President of the United States who has celebrated the Anniversary of their Independence by passing through five of those States. On the sth inst. he honored Maine, New IllimpShite, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con necticut with his presence. Toast —The following froll I Secretary WA LEan, leceii ed and drunk; at the late celebration of the Foul th of July at William and Mary College: By lion. ft. J. Walker. Mankind : They will be prosperous and happy when the products of every nation and every clime shall be freely ex changed, without tax or restriction. Rdigioets —A letter from Rome, dated 3dAltitrro, sla'es that the Holy Father h appointed Y com mi.ssiort, composed of the highest ecc:esiastics and most noble laics, to ameliorate the condition of ihe Jews. This proof of the benevolence of his holi ness for his subjects has been received in Rome with greet joy. Geological Exrursion.—An annoucement is made in Nev York city of a geological and generally seientilic excursion, to occupy the month of Au gust. throurgh eastern Pennsylvania, the southern counties of Neu• York, and East Jersey. It is to be conducte I by Professor Olmstead, an experi enced geologist. Home Made Letters from Europe.—Not the least amusing of newspaper jokes (says the New Or leans National) is that of having a "London Cor. respondent." We were once gravely informed, in New York, that A. 8., was engaged on a certain evening, as he done the foreign correspondence," That there are real letter writers across the Atlan tic, who furnish our journals with interesting and exceedingly dull epistles, we have no doubt ; but they carry a taint of foreignism on them as easily distinguished from the domestic product, as Scotch ale is from an imitation. ..thitherst College.—Samuel Williston, Esq., of Easthampton, has m tde another donation of $3O, OUO to Amherst College, and Mr. Hitchcock of Brimfield, $lO,OOO, both for Professorships. The Professorship of Natural Theology and Gent og,y is to be hereafter known as the Hitchcock Profes• sorship in that institution. Harbut Survey.—Samuel S. Lewis and Ezra Lincoln,.Jr., have been appointed Commissioners for the completion of the survey of Boston harbor, and to make certain examinations with regard to the wearing away of islands, under a resolve of the last session. The work is to be done under the direction of theMßrers of U. S. Coast Survey. (:)..lchabod Norton, a rich old bachelor, died at Edgartown, Mass. on the 29th ultimo, in the 80th year of his age. He bequeathed $lOOO to that, his native town, and $llOO to the two other towns on Martha's 1 ineyard, the interest of which is to be applied towards the support of the poor. cO - • The election in New Hampshire, for Mem beriof Congress, has resulted in the choice of both the Whig candidates—Amos Tuck and James Wilson ; the former by 200 and the latter by 300 to 500 majority. They were supported by the allied" parties—Whigs, Independents, Abolition ists, &c. GREAT ITALIAN REMEDY Being afflicted for some 8 years with that most listressing disease, the asthma, and for the last 3 years much of the time confined to my room, uid at several different times• my life was des gaired of; I concluded to obtain some of Ilia conili Sicilian Syrup, which was recommended to :ne tiv a friend frorii New York, who stated that it had cured some of the most inveterate cases known to the inedical profession. Suffice it to say, that, after using the above medicine for about 4 .veeks, I was entirely relieved, and I believe radi ally cured. Yours with respect, _ _ - OLIVER W. OWENt No lis Bertram tt., Philad a. Ilays & Brockway, Wholesale aid Retail Agsnts; see actvertisemerv. feb22 • • • - •tzf L • , • -•• .LZ="7"' M=MMEMN D E T 0: WE ARRIVED PHILADELPHIA, April 2G, 1846 ~M=M=M LOCAL #iirttlCOS. SE se !row Lz,yir only room to: state that" Dr. ALeXAlCnkit. BLACK was unanimously nominated by the Conferees, at Ba kerstown, yesterday. The proceedings were hand ed in too late_ for publication. Wcs-risnx Ram Roan.— At a special meeting of the Directors of the Board of Trade, convened Thursday evening, July 15th, 1847. The Secre; tary being absent, John M - Faden was appointed Secretary,.pro tem. A Committee from the citizens of Salem, Co• ° lumbiana county, Ohio, being introduced, the sub ject of a Western Rail Road came up for discus sion. By request of the Board, the Committee from Salem were desired to give some information on the subject. Mr. Brooks, on the part of the Committee, gave a brief statement of the contem plated route to Salem; and informed the meeting that it was the object of a portion of the citizens of Ohio, to' enlist the feelings of the citizens of Pittsburgh, in this great enterprise; and therefore, proposed that this meeting should designate a com petent Engineer, to make a survey of the route from the mouth of. Big Beaver to Salem, Ohio; the expense of which survey, and publication of the report, would be borne by the citizens of Ohio. Wheicupon, it was Resolved, That this meeting has heard with great satisfacti,n, the statement of Mi. Brooks, and are of opinion that the citizensof Western l'ennsylva- Ma, generally, arelavorable to a Rail Road west; and therefore, recommend that the means propo• tied by him to procure a survey of the route from Beaver to Salem, be carried into effect under the superintendence of Col. Dodge, or W. Milner Rob erts, Esq.; and that the result of such survey be laid before this community at as early a day as ca; venient. Residua, That the above proceedings be publish ed. THOMAS BAKEWELL, Pres' t J.NO. MTADEN, y pro tem. Tax Liunsar MEETiso.—The meeting on Thursday was a failure; there were but few per- , , sous present—we believe but one or two whose' names were to the call. Yet the few who assem bled went to work ; and an adjourned meeting will be held this evening. We trust the second will be rather better than the first. But however small it may be, there will be enough present to accom plish the great object. A triend hands us the following: , • The editors of the daily papers are respectfully asked to gtse toe following an insertion: Public Library. —" Knowledge is power." It has given us the steam Engine! the Railway! the telegraph! and who will venture to limit its on ward course? It elevates man in the scale of be ing. and is mighty to produce good and counter act evil. It is piogressts e and diffusive; and it is the duty of every man to increase his own stock of !miss ledge, and to aid in the extension of it among his lelluw men. How can we better effect this, as a community, than by the establishment 01 a Buut.ic - Linasur ! Shall we have one or nut? To be ur not to be? that is the question;' and we must deride it to-night. Our duty is plain; shame on us it ie prose recreant to its die tee. WATC El MAW. HEIIZ AND SINOUL—Tbe Concert of these gen tlemen is to take place this e s ening. Through a mistake of the compositor, Friday was feinted in their advertisement, instead of Saturday. - They will give but one concert in this City. The lovers of good music, %stir' can afford to enjoy the treat, would do well to be in reulinese. L*aaa SALES or Resi. F.sTA•rs.—We would request attention to the sale of 75 lots of ground, adjoining the 7th ward of the city, on the premises, at 3 o'clock, P. 31. Alan, at same hour, at Man chester, a number of choice and valuable compa ny. lots; and this evening. at 8 o'clock, of Penn street property, to be sold at the Commercial Sales Room of John D. Davis. ui We understand that Kneass, Murphy and Huntley appear at Andrews' Saloon to-night, fro thy lasi time this reason. The engagement of Mi. Mack also closes to night Mr. AndreWs has made every exertion to gratify the public, - by ma king his Saloon attractive; his efforts have been duly appreciated; and we doubt not he will con tinue to exert his taste in affording amusement and enjoyment for his numerous friends. Wnens's Tux lisx ?—A. woman was arrested yesterday for drunkenness, and sent to the hill for thirty days. She will get out at the expiration of that time, and get drunk again and again be ar rested and imprisoned. And so on to the end of the chapter. The jail is filled with just such chat , aCters. There are hundreds about the city. This kind of treatment costs more than it would require to support these same people in s an Institution where they might have some chance for improve ment. For whoever heard of any person being re formed in a jail ? We have not. Then where - is the use of continuing the present system of arrest ing and imprisoning vagrants? This is a matter to think about. FonsTAlN.—SOme of the editors are determined to have a fountain at the new Court House; and they rate the City Councils severely for not grant ing water to the Count Commissioners for the purpose. We think it wvs a small matter to re fuse ; but the interest of the people will not suffer if the Fountain should never be erected. • (c',- The editor of the Telegraph has been bitten by a mosquito, at which he howls lustily. ESCUIAPIA —We ask the attention of those of our citizens who desire to escape the dog days in the city, to the advertisement of the above named springs. The water is said to be excellent, and the place pleasant. THANKS.—To our friend J. W. HAM 11.1 : 0N, Clerk of thQ Steamer Ben Ruah, for late Cincin nati papers. (U Mr. Mack is distinguishing himself at the Eagle Saloon, by doing some Living Staines: pj A large lot of Books and Stationary will be sold at Atfienna's Auction; this evening, at early gas light. Joe KlaKE►D.—The Dispatch says that Joe Kinkead, who has been for some time in the New Orleans Hospital, has so far recovered as to leave it in doubt whether he would reeeive,his.discharge or be sent back to the Seat of, War. co Yesterday was the dutleSt day of the season It was warm, too. co". We notice that many of My , Porter's corn pan'y are still in the city. We'are glad that Mr Oxley is to be with us next season. _ New Litany.—An exc. ange paper says that a new litany has been - composed for every day , life somewhere near here, and that some of of the fol lowing sentences might, - doubtless be read by numbers of readers on very "fitting occasions." From , frogs and blue devils, from musquitoes and mad 'dogs, from bed bugs and .pettifogers— deliver us. . From rate and rascality, from lady poets . and love, sonnets, fronY :Yankee Reillars . arnPdelinsuent subseribeus--delives us. =WC= IMO - • • " 'or' the Morning Post. . Tilt TEN HOUR SYSTEM. h'2 • a. Aaron ;--It will be seen, by the news from Great_Britain; that the goviernment bas, - with Much magnanimity; passed an act to establish the ten hour ayeens of labor in the cotton factories of that - - T.hisief lii:Cahnot fail to reflect ; the • highest or credit en the 'philanthropic statesmen, by whose exertions it was brought about and sustained and"will, in after years, shine forth as one of the brightest nets of British . legistatiait: Will , belie a permanent and salutary influence, in extending . ' intelligence, and improving - the moral, social, and physical condition, of. this large and. useful . ortion - of the British population. • • • 'lndeed,'the monarchies' of EitriMe Seetn to-have no inconsiderable regardlor the welfare of their ienile and helpless factory operatives, • France; , by law, compels the .owners of factories,. a 'send all. the children in their employundei a certain age , •-to the district schoed,duringary.rnanY'•Months in the year; and if such a school should riot•,be found convenient, to the factory, then the owners are required to establisly one at their mien : expense: Germany - and Prussia.h are also_ made proviaiciti.by law, for the education,,and_peotection of childien; who labor in .factories. Now . , it is true,. that th e law; under monarchical forms -of governMent,sweep's' a moreVeten . sive range than with us; and :Can: . take cognizance. of evils that are left be 'rectified, :free republics„ by - the popular yoke, and the '&611, judgment of the people. But, vi•here'vre hear . Of'enietratisitlan,- tic neighbors, laudably extending the potent -j of •government, , to shield the,uvenile . factarynne-. rative, may wenot wiOicune degree of reasooen quire,-.what has been dime bete towards --ameliora ting the condition of the same class? More,too, where it is so much more essential, that all:elasses . should be - informed,- and•lndependent, .and posses sed with a vigor of body and mind, that' would prepare them for the:highly:teapot:a:hie diitywhich they are required.ta.perforna,-of.gayerning them selves. For, I not. know • that. it -requires -soy argument .to prove; -teythe-reascnable i nnd unpreju diced, that, when children are pent up for .1.2.ar 13 hours a-day, (excluded alike from: a healthy at mosphere and healthy exercise, so necessary to the growth and. health of thl . yming,) that .they Will • naturally become mare o less stunted in body and. mind. Nor, will it matter much, what amount of labor they have to per - foil - el—it is the confinement —not the labor, that has ithe deleterious effect,'.. And why, let me ask, should it be said, that the son or daughter of an-American citizen, (living in a country blessed . with Si superahundanee that is necessaiy . to supply,tbe,wants of man,) has to work more hours, for 'food and raiment, than the son or daughter of an Englishman, in' e land of famine and Monarchical misrule I Barely it is a great and disgraceful evil in this country, and one that cries aloud for reform. But this reform must be lest to the patriotism and christian feeling,. of the employers themselves. It is true, weoften hear mechanics of various branches, striking sec.' ceasfully for the ten hour system. But 114 are nun. It is in vain that females and children at• tempt to effect the same object, by the same means, The attempt was indeed made, not many years ago, but it entirely failed: many of our citizens,it first, through a pure first impulse of right, took part with the operatives, until the potent influence of wealth showed itself, and then. they gradually withdrew their support;—so that the few, wit-) still remained true to the cause, were unable to sustain themselves against this influence ;• vidirch, backed neaeyby all the presses of the city, soonrendered the who move an entire abortion. •There t has been nothing done, that I. am awarevf, since that • time ; and time alone will show, whether the em, ployers themselves Will take this matter in hand. If they odly have the desire,-how easy would it be for them to accomplish it, without either disad vantage on pecuniary loss. Let them 'but agitate the subject, with some such spirit and assiduity.as they would aprinefple.afgavernment, where their pecuniary interest wasinv . olved: 'Then:let. them bold a convention at slilme central point, where they could adopt such measures as would enable them . simultaneously - . to establish the ten _hour system at a given time, throUghout the United States., And if it should be necessary, front this reduction of time, wby let them add a certain per centage to the price of -their - commodities, this could be accomplished with ease. It requires but the desire of those who have the power. And surely the happy reflection, of having accomplished so much good, would amply compensate Mettle trouble. . • Auction Sales Of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Groceries and Furniture, BY JAMES M"KENNA. AT the Auction Rooms, No. 114 Wood-st., three doors from sth, on Monday next, July 19th, at 10 e'clock, A. M., will besold, without reserve, the balance of a retail stock of Dry Goods, as the owner is declining business for, the present. The Goods have been well selected, and comprise,- in part, the following, viz.: A largeassortment of lash. innable Laws and Calicoes; Irish and French Linen Cambrics; superfine French and Irish-Bird Eye Linen Towels and Napkins, with fancy borders; Linen Crash and Towelling; Irish Linen; a large lot of Can ey Vestings; Ladies' fancy Dress Hdkfs; black Silk Cravats; Cotton Flags; Thibet D'Laine Shawls; and Gloves, Hoziery, Cloth, Cassinetts, Sewing Silk 'and Patent Thread, with many other articles... Also, a lot of ready-made' Clothing; Ladimio hne Slippers; Gentlemen's Boots, Munroes and Pumps. At 2 we., P.M.—Groceries, Queensware, House hold and Kitchen Furniture. At early gai light, same evening—Gold and Silver Watches, fine Cutlery, Variety Goods ' Books, &O. L./Y/ 7 JAMES M'EENNA, Auctioneer. rrio LET—A comfortable three story brick Dwell ing House, finished in the best manner; on Ce dar et., Allegheny city; near Hand St. Bridge. iYI 7 J. tiI'ILENNA: 017 A comfortableY and convenient three stor brick dwelling house, finished ,and papered in the neatest and best manner, siftiateCon Cedar I street, Allegheny City, within a few minutes walk of the Hand street Bridge, in a pleasant and respectable neighborhood, with a garden in front and spacious yard in the rear, .and an excellent pumP of pure spring water on the premises. Possession will be given immediately. Enquire of the subscriber at his Auction Rooms; No. 114 Wood street. 3 doors from Fifth. (jyl7) JAMES hPRIEMA. Water Street Property for Stsle. . AM authrized to sell at private sale,ttliat 'very Valuable three story brick -dwelling hbuse with extensive two story back buildings, two story brick stables, carriage house, ice house, &c.. gituate on Water street, below Ferry street, at present occu pied by the subsetiber. Lnt is 30 feet q-Vioches front by 165 feet deep, extending to Front street. $6OOO of the purchase money may re "main on inte rest for 5 years. Immediate posseasion can haftiven jyl7 Gas Fittings, Tools, Brass Castinga,',Lo at Auction.. ' ' ; ON Wednesday the 21st daynf July, at 10 o'clock, A. St., at the establishment of Adams 4- McStein, Gas Fitters and Foundern on Smithfield street, be tween sth street and Diamond alley, will be sold their entire stock of Gas Films, Pendinfs,'Brankets, Pillars, Bray Castings, &c. 4-c.; also all the Tools and Patterns of fitting shop and foundry, among which ar& three turning lathes, sticks and dies, vices anvil, &c. JOHN D. DAVIS, )yl7 Auctioneer. "li i ITRITING and WRAPPING PAPER: V 30 Reams Cap Writing; 100 " Crown and Medium wrapping; ././ 17 For sale by JNO. F. PERRY. I Ii rLOUR : 100 Bbls 3 - Find - I - lour, in store, and for j 717 sale by ' JNO. F. FERRY. — l — 200 bbls No 3 (large) Mackerel ; 159 half bbls ' t. - do; . . 15 bbla No 2 10 bble No I - N S Salnibn,landin&ai the' jyl7 Canal, and for sale by JNO.F.TERRY. 1130TASII and SCCRCAINGS: 10 casks -in itorc, jyl4 and for sale by JNO. F. PERRY. • • eiLOVER and, TIIII9IIIY SEED, 1..) 30 bbls' Timothy' aced ' 5' bblis Clonal-seed (oraale by i _ jyl7 - JNO. F. PERRY DOCKETS' and BROOMS.: 30 doz Beaver Buckets; 100 Corn _Broome; jyl7 for sale by— JNO. F. PERRY. AR and OIL :' 25 bble N. C. - Tar ; T - • ' 15 - , c' - Tanneril Oil; Iteceivettand for -ealaby . jyl7_ - JNO. PERRY CHEESE :" . 3 Boxes, received' and forsile by• • jyl7 ' JNO . . P. - PERRY. . ACON, SIDES .7. 15D0.11se Bacon Sides, reed • jjjj jy17i,.. , for sale b.y JNC../i. PERRY. matzm M=M .. _..... _y~~`•.... For rent, JORPTI). DAVIS, corner of Wood and sth sts _: Z , _ Books - and Stationary:lit Auction. WILL fie sold, at WICENNA'S Auction Rooms, No 114! Wood street, three doors front 5111, this evening, Saturday July 17th, at early pas light, a large assortinedt of tniscellaneous, - classicali law, and theological Books, the, balance of a Book Store. jyl7. ' , - JAMES WKENNA, Auct'r. Esc L A , or. - the White Sulphur and Chaiybeate Springs, or Lewis county, Ky. The above delightful watering-place or summer resort; is now ready for the reception of visitors; under. the direction of Michael „Kean, Esq.,. late and for moj. years of - Louisville - Hotel. Mr. Kean and Lady 'will have the active management cif the entire lioar ing department;' Mr: Hitchcock - ..of the tavern,lntr, I store, bowling saloon, And other amusements; and Mr. Mill ofthe springs, bath houses, stables, horses, carriages, Sic. Ste. • • Messrs. 0 M. is F. M. Weedon, Stage Propnetore of Maya vfile, will run a rOgular four florae Nat Coach to the Springs, every Monday,; Wednesday and _Fri day of thaseasen, And furrush horses and. carriages at:all Other times to those Wishing to visit Esculapia., Persona prefering the Vanceburg route will do well to take the Portemouth packet, Scioto to, Vaniehrirg on Tuesday, Thursday orSaturday, When they will find honirs and carriages to forward them to.the Springs:: , M. T. C. GOULD;Pibpriefor. 5.-4oi other particulate; see litlegtiphic'bille, at the hotels; on the steamboats, ikc, and af thia be not convenient'then take for granted . 1.4 e, following 'facts, viz: That Esettlapie is nearer the Ohio river than any other watering-pliee—that it has the purest; modn tain air--themost delightful, cold, limpid, sparkling, 'sulphur water—the oldest, coldest, clearest, purest, 'pleasantest and most efficacious chalybeate fountain in the U. States—that it is surrounded by mountain scenery, with romantic, picturesque, and .diveraified with good fishing, shooting, for chasing, deer-racing, &c. &c:; together,with good eating, drinking, sleep ! . ing, walking, ...riding, dancing, shaking off the "blue,," ontgreming of the dyspepsia,' ilking, Jog, growing fat, loving to stay, dreading to go away, promising to come again—to bring friends, neigh bors, sisters, wives, sweet-hearts, &c. &c.; and alter all it is cheaper staying at Esculapitt than at any nth er of the fashionable watering places. - Thie is the - voice of hundreds who have been there and mean to go egain.--Cin.-Coza.July 12. Books, 'Paper, o and•rancy'Arellciee7...- .. IIIS EVENING; Saturday July 176, MAI 'clock; at the Commercial Sales Roomer; corner;of Wood and sth streets, will be Bold, a large And;valuable collection of Books, embracing standard wcukein the various departments , ofliterature. - Blank books in great variety, letter and cap writ ing paper, gold pens,. fancy Articles; . • jyl7 • JOHN • D. DAVIS, Auctioneer.. EAGLE ;CE CREAM SALOON. Positively the I.eial Night of Minipal Ain Htmnr.it, Who will appear to their , usual yariety.of Songs; &c. rrnE'Proprietor takes 'pleasure in stating thktle has:secured the services ofMr., J. F. &CR,. who will appear thronght the week-ill tho celebrated classic scene entitled , . - IL STUDIO, or the Living Statues'. ' Ist:Hercules encounter with the Nemean Lion;in attitudes. 2d Discobula Throwing the Quoit.- 3d. The Slavosharpening his Knife while Overhearing the 'Conspirators.- 4lth' The Roman Gladiator, 3 po. sitions. sth Ajax Defying, the Lightning. fith rican alarmed at Thunder. ,7th Cincinnatus ing'his Sandal. . Bth' Romulus, from David's picture of the Sahines. Stli Remus, from 'the &anat. 10th The Dying Gladiator,- 5 positions. , Tickets Of Admission 121:cents. 16 .AND - - - 5 PHILO HALL. •Saturday Evening, July . OWING to the very advanced.dateOf.the seaeon, Ilirtnx, HERE, Composer and first Pianoist the King of the French, and Royal Professor of the Conservatoire of Paris, and Caanumi F. , Aimai; Ike only Pupil of Paganini, - will give, previous to their departure for the Canadas,. - . , . An only Concert. - C. Sivofi will. play— The Silver Bel) Concert, by Paganim, • The famous 'nettlelo; by Le Beriot The Prayer - of Moses, _ ' -• - Military Air, with variations', by Paganini: in - The two last compoVitions, undciubtedly the greatest and most difficult of Paganioi, will be exe- - outeci , ON A SINGLE STRING; fly B. Sivori. - Henri Herz plaY , - - - Grand Fantasia-on-Lucia de Lammermoor, Brilliant - fariations on the Puritans, The Premix Cleres, (variations di Bravura...., ii4r The last Rase of Summer. The Concert will - conclude with the Grand Duett on William Tell, by Herz and Sivori.. The Grand Pianoforte is fr••m Mr. Iferf's own fact. r tory in Paris, and has been awarded the Grind Gold en medal (first degree) by the Preneh government. • - C. Savories ciolin'is the same upon which.Paginini played in -all his concerts, and has Itien'beqaeathed to him by his immortal master. - _- - . • Mr. Rollback will preside at the liianoforte. Tickezi, one dollar each. Tube had at.the usual places. • • 'N. B. Two tickets admit one gentleman and two ladies. '• - -•,- • jy..14 lintns Shotilders.":. • 2 9 CASES Bacon Hams and : Shouloilere s a. prime 40 article just recd and for sale by • • jyl6 ' _ .F. SELLERS.- 810 newini.. ON Wednesday, the ldth a . Pocket Book was lostbetween Henry Baxkeitdin EaitLibertf,atid the Course, containing upwarda.of $101:c in bank notes. One $lO bill is on' the State Bank of Ohlo-; a $2 bill on Allegheny, one halCof which was black ened with ink ; a $3 counterfeit note was also in the" book, apiece of which was , torn off.. Several other notes were in the pocket book, on banks which I do not recollect. The above reward will be given to any person, who will leave said' pocket honk' and Money in care of Addy Patterson, in Diamond a/ley, between Wood and Smithfield sts. ' jyl6-21.* . . - WiN G D o OLG es .WiS sil S eli; •• • • .10x 12 ; s ln ir .b r u 4 nd st ld iN fo c ri . s . .56' Wood at ME FLOUR,• - - .- 104 Barrels, S. F. Flonr, of good brands, (dr sale by SMITH & SINCLAIR, yIS - , '.. .66 Wood rt-- Scorched Salts, and Potash.. A . S 1 -1 11- 0 4 CA T C, Prta r s c h ili o ' n fe e C' P d n .; m i e s s stOre and for sale e L. S:'IVATERMAN,. • No 31 Water, aid 62'Prout st.' by jyl6 ry,RIED FRUIT, - . • Lir 40 Ibis Peaches Halees,.t.rime article ; - 150-Bushels driedAiplei,. • Io stt4e and for sale'by L WATERMAN, jyl6 No 31 Water, aud:62 Froat et . • 250 ppies;.Bxlo; 7xo, 18:12;-10x1 , 1, , •10:16, 1,1 1006, - 12x18,' 1002 and 6xB Glass. In store and for sale by WATER! AN, jyl§!' : Nr.rBl Wood, and6:24ront st. . . . . AATII - I'6. BRANDY, - .7 •-•, • V V Peifectly white and pure, at theNltieStOie JACOB WEAVE% 16 l'irdrke EL , c,or orFront. of j)/6 iriLD MONOpidAll 'RYE •WHIfiKEY, ',J S 6 Barrels, variaus ages, some - very old and fine; in store, and for sale by, JACOB WEAVER, jyl6 ' .16 blarket st. cor Front. . _ S W In to do sRmes,supenorarticlen..Yoranle by the Barrel or retail, at the Wine JACOB WEAVER, :16 4 E1110kt et. dor .Froat.. I= ORT NV AN ES , • 1 ;33 Barrels Port Wines; consistin g - of single,. double, end - treble Grape. 'For sale by the Package. Also,- a large variety 01 - Potts on draught alfdltrbot-, des ,t for sale at the Wine Store . of.: - iJACOR WEAVER, 16 Market et. cor: Front: lyl6 Many of the above Wineal can justly recommend for Medical uses. They_are as ge.Mline: ;,,AnYint ported to. the United States, 4!td vieTe.eelecied s per. aonally front . -stocks, of imports fro t . preces;of growth. -31& 13 FiA7lN F f 0 3luarte:Cask, various brands , stAne and f or oa k .h a the. Name . ;..-,.ll,grace, Star; Pnito; q litio, Blackburn's, Sicily,and,otitera . „ on iiraughtl for sale at the Wine Store of = JAMOB AVEAVER, 1611arket at` cur. Front. jyl§ Preseria'cir - Pickle Jar 4.. 1 a EQZ -- Glass Qt.-Jora, convenient forPriiiervee or liottli4-Ct 'sorrier for tale at the Wine Store of - • . : , .r 16 Market-, st. nor ,Fronl..-. r Gs~Eu. lIN NE MEM