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In the Democratic Review faii,Ncifiniber; We find a paper from the • late Alexander H. kverett i , on the condition of China; with *reference to the Malthusian theory of the influence ofirdensepop. ulation upon the Revvirds_of Labor or Rate of Wages. 'This subject hae been - the- the - me...of ,sin amicable dischssion between Mr. Everett and Peel George Tucker, late of the University of Virginia; the, latter affirming and the former denying the proposition that Wages decline in proportion-to the increase of Population. Mr. Everett, whose - communication is dated at Macoa, April 30, pre Lents some facts respecting the condition of China — that are interesting and r ialuable. _. The statements of the population of this em pire, which have long been before the public, rest on of f icial enumeration, regularly 'taken, or cor retied, every — Year. The whole empire is divided . for administrathm purPoses into provinces, and these, again, into departments and similar districts, - the lowest of which are composed of ten families— , all, from the-province to the decade, having their appropriate heads. The head of eachr district of ten families is required to keep a tablet, upon which is entered- the number of the persons in each of the families composing his district, under the two general beads of able-bodied men, or tax - payers, and mouths—or women and children.— _ -Once in every year the governor of each province collects these tablets and makes a return of the, ;population, founded upon them, to the Board of Revenue or Treasury Department, at Peking.— Here :hey are put in order and employed for the various purposes, such as the military service, taiation, &c., for which such a return is wanted. The result is published from time to time, by au thority, and thus possesses all the certainty that can well belong to, the subject. Panther, the celebrated French Orientalist, in a Work published in 1841, gives in detail a large portion of the returns of the population in 1542. The total number at that time, according to `Panther, was 561,693,177. This Mr. Everett be . lieves to be a far more carefully made up and coniequently a more reliable estimate of the pop ulation of China, than we have of any other country on the globe, except the United States.— The population is supposed to have doubled be. tween 1712 and 1794. Between 1794 and 1812, it is supposed to have increased about 30,000,000. The total population .at present Mr. E. estimates in round numbers at 370,000,000. This immense ' mass-ie distrihnted in different degrees of density over a territory, the extent of which has been variously stated. Mr. J.-Q. Adams, in his lecture on China, reckons it in -round numbers, at seven' millions of square miles--including, -of course, Chinese Tartary. Balbi, perhaps the highest au thority, and who, in-this case, has the endorsement of_Humboldt, states it at 5,320,000. • This would give, lbr the whole empire, a destiny of about • seventy to the square. mile. Much the greater part of the population is, however concentrated in China proper, which includes 1,297,000 square ' - miles, or 930,719,630 English acres. On that 'territory the population stands to the geographical extent in the ratio of 257 to /the square mile.— This is not higher than the average ratio in the thickly peopled parts of Europe. In some parts of the Netherlands for example, the ratio is 275 ; in England, about 225; in the Grand durby of Lucca, 250. In the province of Yoounati, in china proper, the average is as low as 74, which is rather lower than it is in the State of Massachu. setts while in Chee Lee, the most populous of all, and the one which includes Peking, the average dies to 644 In the province of liwantung (Can. ton) It instated at 264. The theory on the subject of the relation natu rally subsisting between -the state of population - and the supply of the means of subsistence, which . has prevailed in Great Britain and elsewhere, un dertakes to prove that the Reward of Labor reg ularly declines in proportion to the increased density of the Population. Mr. Everett says that the impression he has received froth Jeading, as well as from personal observation, is against this theory; and he attempts to show that, in China, while the money price of Labor, as of most other articles, is lower than in the United States, the real rate of -Wages—that is, the supply of the necessaries and comforts of life which the laborer is able to procure with his pay—is greater than it is in most other countries, including those which we regard as the best administered and most pop. Woos in the Western world. Mr. E. ahows, conclusively, we think, that many of the statements which have formed the basis of opinion in respect to the condition of the Laborers of China are exceedingly loose and inaccurate, and therefore unworthy of confidence; and to these statements sad Speculations, lie opposes facts. - gathered during his residence in the country. We quote from his observations as follows: The wages usually paid to domestic servants in China, are five dollars a month. lam also inform ed on good authority;and find it stated in a well written article in the Chinese Repository, now be fore me, that the wages paid to servants by foreigners here, are abobt the same with those which they receive froth their own countrymer. It appears from the Barite authority, that the wages of a laborer to the field or the workshop, are gene. tally one mare a day. Porters, menials, and other' mere laborers, get about the same. One mare a day may, therefore, be assumed as the average rate of the reward of mere daily labor in China. A inert is the tenth part of a lad, and about the sty• enth pert of a Spanish dollar, or from fourteen to fifteen cents. Persons of the description here mentioned, can be boarded at from a dollar to a dollar and a halt a month. Mine are boarded at $1 50. Their food, as thus provided, is not, as Father l'remare de. scribes that of the poor Chinese in general, " a little spoonful of rice," nor their drink the " in. sipid water in which it was boiled." They have for their $1 50 the month, as much rice as they can eat three times a day. This is the great staple of food with all classes, fiom the Emperor down ward. In addition to this, they have fish, foe Is, and pork in abundance : beef and :Caton are scarce and dear. They have also an ample supply of vegetables and fruits—such as oranges and banan . as. For drink, they have tea at discretion at all hours. This is the universal beverage throughout the empire. Mr. Brown, a missionary clergyman, who keeps a school for Chinese boys at Hong Kong, in which there are from - twenty to thirty pupils, boards themselves at the rate of a dollar a month, in the manner described above. The average cost of rice is about one and a half tubs the pearl, (133 i lbs.,) or a cent a pound; tend a pound of rice is as much as a man can eat in a day. The daily laborer receives, therefore, in his mace, an amount of money equivalent in value to the daily subsistence of fourteen or fif teen men. If he be the head of a family, com posed of four or five perscins, he has at his disposal, after providing for his and their subsistence means for nine or ten persons, to be employed in provi ding himself and family with clothes, lodging , books and other necessaries and comforts. These are all to be had at the most moderate rate. " A common laborer," says the authority I just quo ted, "can live for $2,25 a month, including dothes and rent; but $3 is nearer the average. Cotton clothing costs.from $4 to ssa year." The people, as I have already remarked, are very much in the hibit of living together in large establishments, composed of several branches of the same family. 'ln consequence of this truly admirable system, which combines all the supposed advantages of the visionary scheme of " communities," without any of its dangers and absurdities, the expenses of individuals are greatly reduced. "Eight, twelve, fifteen, forty, - and even sixty persons," says the authority I have already quoted, "sometimes live -in one house. This, of course, reduces the indi vidual expenses- ' and this practice is so common that $2,50 may be taken. as the average rate of ,board." It is much to be wished that' this eco nomical, social and truly Christian custom might - extend itself to other countries. It is constantly recommended to the Chinese by the highest authorities in the Empire, and forms the subject of one of the chapters of the famous Sacred Edict, written by the Emperor Yoong.Ching, about a century ago--a sort of summary of political and social fl uty , which is read publicly every month by the provincial magisttates to assemblies of the peordisthroughout the whole empire. In this, as well as in some other matters, to which I need not here allude, our philosophers, philanthropists, and even missionaries, might with advantage take a fewfewlessons in political, - ra,oral and religious , doctrine from the people whom they are so ara b:um to enlighten, and whom they consider - so far below themselves in the scale of civilization. '.~'G`33~~~ ~+i r .~+~ x . rtYu .~iN=,fi'4?~'„r_r 4-~St"~Js~S`.~3 .. ... .~ i. _ .. • , '! . .i'. :.%:;.. - r.''.:-' 7, '''!,L':• , =- ,'::-', Stich, hoWe are the; acts in reference to the condition of Abe wotkjt classes in China. The acenunt of alaborertitthe-lpwest class with the star v e, on an average, nearly as follows: Amino! ineotne - at ss4esnonth so6!' 13oard,; clotheit and Iretil at $2 25 the . • month; $27 Surplis to be employed lb ! supporting a family, books, luxurieit'and•savings.. ""!' The correctness of the '.iiatements given is, 'for the most part, within My. own knowledge; and where they rest on evidence the authority is un questionable. You wifl-;judge for yourself how far they are consistent with the theory of "abject wretchedness." From a ' , new of these statements, as well'as of what r see around me, in the actual Condition of the people, I should say on the contra ry that the working population of China are better fed, better clothed,betterkidged,on the whole hap pier, and even higher in the scale of intellectual and moral culture thud -perhaps any other on the globe. I doubt whether !even in New-England, where the money price oflabor is so much higher, either the laborer or the small cultivator enjoys so many of the comforts of'life as the Chinese.— Certainly the half starved .and over worked wretch es that crowd the factories Mines and workhouses of England, and pass from one to the other of these establishments with every *illation in the ever varying acaleof prices, cannot pretend to an equal ity with him. L. neirra, Einroa , SIM PROPRIETOR PIT TSBORGII: SATURDAY MORNING, tiECEMBER 11, 1547 Telegraphic Despatches. In the Post of yesterdaythere was a paragraph, which, we are told, doii injnatice to one of the daily papers, with whkh we were concerned in receiving the news bi- Magnetic Telegraph . We are informed by Mr. Biiooxs, the Manager of the Telegraph at this station, that the accounts of each of the three papers, which lately received the news together, have been punctually paid; and that the difficulty originatetil in the delinquencies of others. We make thq, statement with much pleasure; for we are unwilling, at any time, to do an act of injustice. Our puly motive, in making the statement in yestenlayt'a paper, was, that we might not suffer in the estirnation of our readers. Public DOCUIII4IItI. We are indebted to the Lions. Gamma M. DAL LAS, DASIEL STI7BGEON, And MOSES HAMPTON, for copies of the President's Message, ant.' other documents; for which they will please to accept our thanks. aJ A morning paper ,Complains that wegave it no credit for the Presidefit's Message, which was Telegraphed to it exclusively. Were We indebted to that paper for the commonest civility, we should have extended to it• every courtesy in our power to bestow. Had tlvi terms of the Telegraph company corresponded with our sense of equitable liberality, the Message wcaild have been laid before our readers on the morning of Wednesday; but, as we considered those terms inadmissible, all we could do was to obtain the first copy in our power. We had made arrangements at Washington to bare an early copy; and while-we were awaiting our own, we had an invitation from our neighbors of the Gazette to join with:: them in sitting up the Message from a copy whijth they had purchased We did s', and it appeared simultaneous with the morning paper that 'went to the expense of obtaining it by Telegraiph. That paper states, that, on the evening before, it supplied thousands of copies to the West ; , the street corners were embellished with place File, trumpeting its tri umph : this glory might ),ave satisfied its editor, without causing him to feel aggrieved that we did I not attempt to heightelf it. We are not aware that any paper can claim': a copyright to a public document. Last yea' vre i yeceived the Mestage by express from Cumberland; and those of our neigh. bors who did not join with us, had it out nearly as soon as ourselves; and;-if they copied from us, they had a perfect right:to do so. The editor of this paper has maintaineilthrough life a character for fair dealing, punctilality, and honesty, that will not f suffer by the apimadversions or libelous insinuations of any of his contemporaries. Mr. Buchanan. After a careful perusal of the communications in , the Post of yesterday morning, on the subject of the Presidency, we became impressed with the belief that many of our friends might reasonably take exception to some' of the expressions con• tamed in them. We are'free to say, that had they been attentively read, precious to their insertion, they would have been ehorn of the expressions which we think objectiodable. A fair and candid expression of preference for one honest and tried Democrat, can well be ',Made, without assailing the character or motives of another—thus giving I rise to dissensions that shpuld never exist. For the Morning Post. Mr. Binney!s Opinion. It is understood that Mr.,llinney's opinion is ad verse to the legality of the proceedings of Cot Robinson, and those who istipported him, in the fu tile attempt to accept 14 supplemental bill, by the voles of a minority oil the Stockholders. This we presume, is the reasod why Mr. Robinson, at first, proposed to read onlyi"extracts," and the rea son why the disorganized qininority, who claim to be the Pennsylvania andphio Rail Road Compri ny, have not, to this day, published the opinion of their counsel. This celestial document, though read to, the mi nority con cl ave, in I'bilo Hall, is not allowed to reach the ears of us Terrestrials. The "sprint e diet," of the Brother of the Sun and Moon, will not bear the honest Natural it unshine of Truth and investigation;—or in plain words, those who have Mr. Binney's opinion, dare not publish it; for plain: honest people want NO INCLINED PLANES. For the Mot fling Post THE MAYORALTY. As the time for the election of our municipal officers, is near at hand, it heconaes the Democracy of Pittsburgh, to turn their attention to the selec tion of a suitable candidatelor. Mayor. The mea gre majority of the Federalists in Pittsburgh, last October, shows, that by proper exertion, with a strong candidate, the Democrats will now be able to place the city under good government. Among other golid names that have been men tioned for the nomination, I have heard that of Henry S. Magraw, Esq. With him as our candi date, I think we might almost be certain of success. Enjoying, as , he does, the intire confidence of his own party ; his acknowledged qualifications for the office; with his well known energy of charac tar, will not fail to recommend him to the liberal minded of our opponents. am authorized to say, that it is the desire of the party, Mr: Magraw wilt consent to be a midi date. , FIFTH WARD. Vaar LI REILLL.—We ait pleased to learn that • Joan Fricresy, Jr., Esq, Agent of the Mutual In. surmise Company, and Rlinikat FCNNZT, Esq., Agent of the Pittsburgh Navigation and Fire In aurance Company, have eaC'h made a donation of one hundred dollars to the, "yreasury of the Fire men's Association. ; J r ,' = '..-.'i1;'::;',. , .-,,. - -,i];7 ,1..:7''r.;,:',-:.!'vf,.::., Thirtieth Cimgren—First St'ASIOI s I Wasniccrpx,,,Decem.l , er ... ~ ..i of theU . •nited In the Senate S tates;o an .1 (that being the day' fixed liy:ilie Constitti the meeting of Congress;yfortysime Senatqrs were resent The credentials of Messrst. 2 3}Line tisf NeW ; Hatiiimhire; - iliptaii•latox, of ! Ketlttic y.; l Dowacs, of Louisiana; CLARKE, of:Rhode [lsland ; Davie, of- Mississippi; DOIIGLASH, of Illihrlisf' • 1 . ; .. BRA:Dunne, of Mairsiv and Erna, of Michlgnof. were severally presented; the gentlemen respite: e . . tively took the oath prescribed, and were assignee. I • 1 seats in the Senate. The house was notified of th e' I meeting of the Senate: !; : 1 , At the hour of 12 M. precisely, the Honse was . called to order by B. B. FRENCH, clerk. I • 1 ' The roll being called by States, for the'pUrpose of, ascertaining whether a quorum was presen t s, all the members answered to their names except IMestirre.: T. B. King, A. G. Brown, Gaines, Cocke, Fickß4 and , Pillsbury. I - : • 219 Representatives having answered, a tpicorrirril was declared to be present. Mr. J. Q. ADAMS moved that the House prOceett to the election of a Speaker, and that the vdte;be 1 , . taken vine yore ; which was agreed to The Clerk called upon Messrs. KING, or IM,vs,.: achusetts, BLACK, of South Carolina, ant: , It. W. , THO3IPSON, of Indiana, to act as tellers. • . t On the third call of the roll, Mr. Winthrop,lol o Massachusetts, having received 110 vote, Wait, declared duly elected. The oath of office was iidi. ministered to him by the Hon. John Q. slams; and he was conducted to the Speaker's Ccitiir by Messrs. .M - Kay, of North Carolina, and Vinionc4 Ohio, previous to taking which he addresed the 1' members as follows: . ll : s;I II Genilenten a. of the House of Apresentative* of Mt United Stales :—I am deeply sensible of tht harlot! which has been conferred upon me by the vet which has just been declared, and I beg tol'preseni! my most grateful acknowledgements to theie wile, have thought me worthy of so distinguished a ! l mark of their confidence. When I remember .by. whom this chair has been filled in othe4!years, and still more when I reflect upon the cOnstities tional character of the body before me, I liantiof , i • but feel that you have assigned me a statigh w oo. thy of any man's ambition, arid far above the, rightful reach of my own. Gentlemen, I rifiproacti' the discharge of the duties of this office svith ti l , profound impression of their dignity and Of their difficulty. f .. Seven years of service in this branchl:of t he legislature, have been more than stifficitnt to prove to me that it is no place of mer&forMal routine or ceremonial repose. Severe labc,rits, t ell, plexities, cares, trying responsibilities, await any one who enters upon it, even under tlfe Moat , auspicious and favorable circumstances.',!! Him %% I then, can I but tremble at the task bleb yo ii : have imposed upon me, in the present cool tion di the House and of the country! In a timeTofWii:` —in a time of intense political excit'ement-41 b time of momentous national contro:ersys i —l Sea before me the representatives of the peoplealmo • ti. equally divided, not merely as the vote!! whipi' have already been given this morning haveindicrf; ted as to the preference for persons, but in l Opirfioll and principle on many of the most if/prise:l questions which we have come here to 4 cidt 4 1 may I not reasonably claim in advance, and hong' you all, something more than the ordinary MeascrA I of forbearance .and indulgence for any iriabiliqtl 1 which I may manifest in meeting the exigencieaj l and embarrassments from which I cannot I May I not reasonably implore, with semethin ,1 more than common fervency, upon I your !lab° and my own, the blessings of that Almighty!Poix -,, whose recorded attribute it is ' , that he itaketri , men to be of one mind in a house'!" , . Gentlemen, let us enter open our dutiesi.With i. solemn sense of our responsibili t y to Goilland tat' ourcountry. Divided as we may be on qUistitini of political expediency and questions of political principle, we are yet united by the closest ties ca permanent interest sod permanent obligatio'n. Ml', 4 are the representatives of twenty milfiOns all people bound together by common laws .and ! bit a common liberty. A common flag floats civet ild, day by day, on which there is not one of :tis berisl who would see a star struck. We have,, too, ii; comaion constitution, to which the oaths of alit giance, which it will be my first duty to administat to you all will be, I am assured, only a 'formei expression of those sentiments of devotion whic are already cherished in all our hearts. `Thel'• may be differences of opinion as to the I%oaVet.4 which that constitution confers upon us; bat' the purposes for which it was created are inscribed car its face, in language:which cannot berniscontraett It was ordained and adopted ~ to form a more per, feet union ; to establish justice; to ensure do.rriei - I !. tic tranquility; to provide for the common d es fence; to promote the general welfare,. knit I'6 secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and til our posterity.'- Union, then, justice, dornest tranquility, the common defence, the general .welf% fare, and the security of liberty to ourselves-an:4. to those who may come after us,—these. are tlle objects for which we are to exercise whatsivar powers have been intrusted to us. And ; gerfileA. men, I hazard,nothing in saying that there; !Zace been few periOds in the history of the country in which the eyes of the whole people hinve heet turned towards this Capital more intently,: mole eagerly, and more anxiously to see whahie to fle done here, and now, for the vindication or' prolnii Lion of these lofty ends. Let us resolve, then, than those eyes shall at least witness on our part itutiet. formed with diligence—deliberation clindusteß with dignity, and efforts honestly and iarneatlO.: !made for the peace, prosperity, and honor of ![lii 'republic. It will be one of the highest privileg4 :of my public life, if I shall be permitted:to coii tribute anything to these results by a faithfid 4 arif) impartial administration of the office which li hnO now assumed. The rules of the last Cong ress (excepting , : tit 33d, limiting members in deate to One liono were adopted till the third Monday in the preieei month. • O. . d A committee was appointed to wait on the kit ardent, and inform hint that the House %vas; Misr organized. ROATe, WAsuiNGTON, Dec. 7, The following Senators appeared in their viz: John C. Calhoun, of S C., John;lf. Niles and Roger S. Baldwin, of Conn, Jameti Pearce, of Md., and W. T. Colquit, of Ga . A message was received from the House of, Re presentatives, by B. 13. French, Esq., Clerk, ant - took. dog that the House had organized by the eleeticM of, the Hon. C. Winthrop, of Mass., as Speaket, and bad appointed a committee to wait upoOlik President, as usual, 1: Messrs. Sevier, Mangum and Fairfield, were, l 91. pointed to wait on the President in conjuneti4 with the committee of the House. The President's message having been received and read, on motion, 25,000 copies of the tnessao, and 2,000 copies of the message and documnti, were ordered to be printed. Mr. Hannegan gave milice that he h s ou to-morrow, ask leave to li t ring in a bill for tti6 lief of John Paul Jones.: I On motion of Mr. Cass, the Senetary Treasury was ordered to furnish the Senate with ;8 map of the lands in the vicinity of the Sault de St. Marie, , and the evidence on the file in the fetid Office, respecting the private land claims at that place. In the. House of Representatves, the Jed,- nal of yesierday's proceedings being recd, kti);i Speaker announced that the first business ih °Nei would be the election of a Clerk of the. }False. : Mr. Thompson, of Mississippi, rose and stated that his colleague, Mr. Tompkins, among oth'ers, who had not been sworn, was ready to - be itulitied; —whereupon Mr. Tompkins, of Mississigi, !Mr.. King, of Georgia, Mr. Bowden, of Alabama, Mr,- Cocke, of Tennessee, Mr. Ficktin, of illidnis,ind Mr. Tweedy, of Wisconsin, a delegate, severally . .. approached the Speaker's chair, and were sworn in. . , The House then proceeded to the election bin Clerk by a viva voce vote. After the call was had,Mr. Tombs reportedAhe result as follows :—Whole number of votes, 254 necessary to a choice, 113. Mr. Campbelll re. ceived 113; Mr. French, 109; Mr. Gouvernor, 1. .Mr. N: Sargent, 1; Mr. George Kent, Li • . Mr. Campbell was thereupon declared elected' and was conducted to the clerk's desk by M French, his predecessor, and sworn into utricelb: the Speaker. A 1 : !'. . ‘ . . `'s l, , .-A4op , p Tt ~...e-w41 .4 1,,R . ..A55, . ..4,:" l i „. _ ~. ... = , .„..0i-4r , : ...4 , , - :....arier- , ----.4 _ ~!..„40.0...;? , ,,,„5-7.4, , / , w7x: , t,..,,,r 1 ,,,...-47 ; 4,-,-..,L. ' ,.4..,,, -,No • In-... : , ~...g. _-, ."-'.. • , , ..p . ,,,..,,,,,,,..,,,,,v...,4405..*J,kca - tAZX.a- - C4,5121PWK.A..r.- - .09%r113...."1.., ^ :74.1r —, *". qy. - . . • • , , , tr • • ' "' ' A message . ona theßreat ent w which proved to beliisKolol eitr-Sia gress Which wasriketid theicierk -%.114 - 1 1 . Biodbead,- offered il - tesfiluti6 mesitige be !referred to tbe ,lCdritrn :Whole House on-the State'of'tbeUni 15,000 copies with, 'aid the accornpahying docurnents,"bi Prt use of the. House which.WasladOpte; Mr. Hilliard offered -a- reso ution fat to nieet hereafter at 12 . o'elo . Lk i ; , l 7 e ri was adopted. WASialtte ...11 OW, - In the Saysz i s, a petition was pre sundry citizens of the•city of l&ew Y( Congress to change the present law ii postage which was laid on thelable. A bill was presented and fi' ally pa relief of the heirs of the !la e Comr Jones. , r •1 A resolution was passed Cut orizing of ten thousand additional copies ! of :t In the Housz, the whole dayWai selecting seats by lot, in acdordance -. adopted at the last session. 1 I I DE In the Senate, Mr. Niles sn/unc and very affecting speech, the de ease Tabez. W. Huntingdon, a 'member from the State' of Connectidut; afte Senate moved the adoption of th• resolutions, which was agreed to u and the Senate, without transacting business, adjourned. • In the House the annual Report of of the Treasury was rcceivdd, and extra copies were onlered, toi be prin Mr. Vinton moved for the appo committee on Home Commerce, whi siderable debate, was not ;agree/ to. The House adjourned o've>f until it is presumed, the Speaker will standing committees for the! session. Pittsburgh aad Conti. Proceedings of ,the regular annui the Stockholders of the Pitisbu'rgb villa Rail Road Company, held at in the City of Pittsburgh, on the fir December, 1847, (heing thel day fix, pursuance of the tollowink egrdar tice, viz : PITT ,PTSBURGII szrn CONNELLS ROAD COMPANY. , " The Stockholders, in the, Pittsbi, nellsville Railroad Company, are h that the annual election forlthe Di . above Company, will take pla a Hall, next door to ;IWO flab, in ,Pittsburgh, between the hotirs of 2 on Monday the tith day of Decem W Al., LARD , of the ; Board 01 ' "Pittsburgh, Nov. 20th, 0.17." The Stockholders met kn Fran l ies Hall, and organized th e meeting, by r ppiointi g ,JIVIES C. CUMMINGS, Chairman, land D siz Karax, Secretary, precisely at the hour of 2o'clOck P. M. 1 Wbereupon the following Preamble and Reso lotion, was unanimously :adopted : %roam's, It is understood that certain Stock holders in the Pittsburghilnd Con, ellsville Rail 1 Ifload Company, resident in Pitt l sbu gh and Alle -1 I gheny, are willing to transcer their Stork to the • 'Company upon reimbursem ent t of s intich of the 'five per cent. paid thereon as shell I remain, after 1a deduction, pro rata, of all the costs and expenses • I.vith which the funds of the Company are now chargeable —Be it therefore Resolved, That this Company will re-purchase any Stock that may be offered On 0 e above ape titled terms, and that the Pri rn den of ;the Ce- , i c -piny, be authorized to dtaW hi wa ran upon the Treasurer, for the several riMo nts' hic may be'' ,Hue for stock re-purchas.eil,lant deliver , he same I to the Stockholders, making the t easier as soon, as they shall be duly tendered. The following resolution was also adopted: Resolved, That William Lorimer, Sr., Edward D Gazzatn, and J. W. Phillips, are hereby chosen to act as Ridges; and John T. Whitten and Dan- 1 lel /Caine are chosen to act ns Clerks of the Elec..l Ition, to be held this day by the Stockholders of : 1 the Pittsburgh and Connelsville ailroad Corn pany, for the purpose of electing tu elve Rirectois , !for said Company. Whereupon the officers o` the elec ion Itook their 'places, and the election was regularly opened ; and after the ballots were all received, and the election closed, at six o'clock precisely, the votes were' counted, when it appeared that the following per received the number ' of votes set opposite I their names, as per the official return of the offi cers of the election, viz: (The list of votes given for- each candidate, in serted here in the o ffi cial prnceedin S, hlving been j ( heretofore published, are Admitted fo r want of room.—En. Pam) Whereupon it was declared and announced that the following named persons; having received the : greatest number of votes, were duly and legally elected Directors of the Pittsburgh and Connells• ville Railroad Company, for the ensuing year— to wit: Joseph Markle, Win. Lorimer IJr., George J .Ashmarr, Walter Bt l yant, Alexander M. Mil, George nogg, Thomas Bakewell, Wrn. J. Totten, • John Gebliart, JOhn [Fuller, Edward D. Gazzam, 'John C. Plu4r. Whereupon the meeting adjourned, JAMES C. CUMMINGS, Clem. D. liatxx, Sec'y-. rj. The religious people of Allegheny are very much annoyed by the Crowds of boys who nightly assemble in front of chsrch doors. The Police have frequently interfereil; but all to little purpose. Query: are night meetings injurious? of Caleb Lee, Esq., Mtends to resist the pay ment of the damages found'.against 4im by the Jury in the Slander case. ,His Couusel have made a motion fur a new trial. t^ . o Printers, Editors, and all who are', or ever have been connected with the press, will meet at the Mayor's Cafe this evening, 00 - We would invite the attention •of Physici ans and others, to the sale of Medical, Theological Historical and Miscellaneous Books, by John D Davis, this evening, at 6 o'clock. decll Q:3- The Albatross has been discontinutd for want of support. The Liberty men of this county are rich and influential, and should keep up their organ- 7 or abandon their separate organization. The Athenaeum will open up in grand style this evening, Mr. Foster has made engage ments. Some ,of the most distinguished:vo. calists of the country will be out here •during the winter. We are glad to hear this, for these evenings are rather dull, without a single place of amusement. itsTuaxau.- 7 0n Thursday night, we had the pleasnre of a shake with our old friends Mcllroy and Kincaid, who had Sum returned from the wars. They both look well. Jos. Park and Johnson El liot are also back. q The Telegraph is out in favor of the re-elec tion of Mayor Adams. FOUND DEAD.-A very old man named Liar was found dead in Mifflin township a few days ago. The Coroner held an inquest. The bodyof a man named Cunningham was found on the hill - above Birmingham on Thursday. The remains of Col. Roberts are expected. to arrive in this city to-day. Lieut. Kane, of the Irish Greens, accompanies. il ' 4 'c r • ' at the of the d that ithout, for the ttee • s ted , ,r ti; Ifor the' re Paul, riuting essage pied in he rule a short e Hon. Senate ich the .tomary fnously , further •nt of a l'fter coo• ondzy, when, nnounce the all lload. 1 m l eting of nd tonnells ranthin Hall, 1 -t Monday of d by-law) in d legal no i ILLE RAIL irghand Con• , reby notified ectors of the the'Franklin the city of ind 6 P. M., -,r next. ER, Jr,. f Directors. The schooner Wm. B. Hazard. Capt. Sanders, from Brazos Santiago, arrived at New Orleans. on the 28th ultimo. She, left Brazos on the evening of the 20th. Lieut. Col. Mansfield, U.S. A ; Lieut. Col. Fagg, North ,Caiolina volunteers; Major Ea ly, irginia volun'e rs; and others, came pas sengers in the Hazard. The Picayune correspondent furnishes the following items of news. The party of 2d and 3d dragoons which was despatched after the guerilla party who attacked Lieut. Campbell on the Ist inst , returned without having been able to find the party. They ascer tained, however, that the loss of the guerillas had been more severe than was at first supposed; the captain of the band, the celebrated Mucho Marti nez, the one armed robber, having been killed, as well as six or seven of his men, and quite as ninny more wounded. The command of Major Lane, which was des patched to - Parras alter the Indians, arrived there the day after the lair, the red men having left the previous day, taking with them about 2,500 cattle, horses and mules, driven from the different ran chos. On the 7th inst., a train was sent from Monte rey to Camar,go, under the escort of Capt. Butler's .company of third dragoons, and two companies of the 10th infantry. Gen. Taylor broke up his en campment at Walnut Springs; near Monterey, on the morning of the Bth inst., and with his staff, accompanied by Gen. Wool and staff turned his • face homeward. Between Matarnoras and Monterey nearly all the ranchos and towns are deqroyed,and the country above that point must stiffer. At Maria, the agreeable intelligence was received that on the .6th inst., Lieut. Col. Webb of the 16th regiment, having received information that a party of gue. rillas encamped not a great ways from Ceralvo, he dispatched Major Norval, on the 16th, and about fifty, men of the regiment„ . mounted, who surprised them, killed several, and they, were corn pelted to abandon all their horses, about thirty in number, equipments, bridles, saddles; pistols, &c., welch fell into the handsof Major Norval's party. At C'oralvo Gen. Taylor was received with a salute, and waited upon by„the officers ef the gar rison. The General arrived at Mier in the after- noon of the 12th, and partook of a little collation, given by Col. Butler, of the '3d Dragoons. The next Monday he left on the steamer Major Brown :,';',:)-,,,,-;..,:...,,;.;' ,_ ••!".:Jl::.' - _ , ••:: -. ;7- 1 : , : - T , ,' , ',!'4!! - i.f.',. - :, ..._, 'TER, FR Sll URA Mr& OYERIEx:ing oze.O:ST/CANNA. ,;!fi zPositio ) ik lo : ll btrt4 . etican Coligreir IAcE MOVEMENTS - BY CONGRESS Prob;Lle AkvieneM(e 61ISciitt-;-Afaieeisi .Army 1 at driiriba--numitd 4'iltiiis:natior.i of .AMpudia --.Actevill of Col. Illukaop - Col. Hughes ap• pointed Governor of :Jalapa—His Popularity 1 , among the Mexicans, 4-r.A4e. . .. ' ' CI Means, ' A arrived ITh e steamship New rCapt. uld, at New Orleans, on Sunday, the ,28th ult., from Vera pruz via Tani r pico. , She left the foirnerport on Stinday, the' 2lst of , Newember. WeextriCc't the following intelligence.from the Picayune : Mri Fitzgerald, bearer 4 despatches from Gen. Scott; arrived in the New Orleans.. He left the city of Mexico.with the eame train that accom panied Generals Quitman-and Shields. i Qu to the most important news by this arrival is the attempt by Santa Anna to resume the reins' of government—not by force, but by a new as sumption of the authority of President,from which he contends he has not yet been , legally separated, , A long document has been aildressed by him from' Tehuscan, dated November Ist, to the President, through the Secretary of State, in which, after reviewing the history of his resignation, hi con- I tends ilk the terminof such resignation were not sufficiently explicit, and that it can have no legal forceuntil it has been accepted by Congres.s. The same day he addressed an "exposition" to , the. Mexican Congress, in somewhat the. same strain as his , letter to the President, in which be tenders to Congress his resignation, and entreats them to accept it. The reader will at once detect the point at which he aims; for if Congresi accept this resignation,declaring the office - of President now ifirst vacant, then Pena y Pena's exercise of authinity has been all along a usnrpation: and his removal of Santa Anna from the command of the army a asurpation. Santa Anna ,would hardly have ventured upon so bold a Stroke without assu lance of a stronger support than it was supposed he could command. We have nothing later from the interior in rela tioni to the proceedings of Congress- The belief prevails h.re that as soon as the new levies of troops, of which those going up:under the com• mend of Gen. Butler are, I believe, the-last to ar rive, reach Gen. Scott, expeditions will be underta ken against several of the enemy's large cities and it is likely the "locomotive capital" will be the firsti point of attack. Gen. Scott, when all his reinforcements reach him, will have a force of about 20;000 men, and it would appear ridiculous to leave them !without employment, while work is to be done. Reports have reached here of an insurrection at Guadalajara in which Gen. Ampudia was killed.— HoW the report came it is impossible to find, and no details are given by , those circulating it. The Arco Aria of the 21at inst., says the editors of the Genius of Liberty have been ordered out of the country. There has been no later news received at Vera Cruz direct (corn the city of Mexico. The subjoin ed letters furnish the latest intelligence of Gen. Butter's and Gen. Patterson's movement. hiLlPl, Nov. 15, 1847 It is rumored that a force of 1,500 men is col lected at Orizaba, who are drilled by a Mexican officer of rank, who gave - his parole Of honor at Vera. Cruz last spring, to oppose us no more unless he should be exchangd. It is said that the enemy is casting cannon at the same place. A rumor has reached : hers this morning from Queretaro, that the Mexican Congress, now in ses sion. (having assembled a quorum,) have shown thernselves decidedly in favor of peace, but that the Governors of Departments are opposed toil This is believed here. Colonel Hughes is to be left in command of Ja laps. A. 8. - . JALAPA, Nov. 15, 1847. Since the approach of Gen. Patterson's column to this place, much has been dole towards breaking Up the guerrillas and ferreting out the lenders and accomplices. Col. Wynkoop, of the Pennsylvania volunteers, has been a most active and efficient agent in this business, and deserves great credit. Information has been received here of it large quantity of powder, and ammunition being smug gled into this country from the United States, and that one hundred mule loads passed through this city not long since from the port of San Carlos. The supply was furnished by a house in New Or leans, and negotiatedfor by one Carvajal, a com missioner deputed by the Mexican government for that purpose. The selection of Col. Hughes for governor of this department, is, in my opinion, a most happy one; and reflects much credit on Gen. Patterson Hughes is the very officer for such service. The duties of Governor at this particular quarter will be, ter many reasons, delicate and important, and will require a man of shrewdness and address to perform them properly. The GenSral discovered in Col. Hughes these qualities, added to sound military knowledge, and chose him accordingly. I am told, too, that the inhabitants here, who have long looked for his being placed .in charge of this department were desirous that he should be put:in command, a knowledge of this very proba bly, added to the reasons which induced the Gene ral to make this excellent appointment. A letter to the Delta, dated Vera Cruz, Novem ber 10th, says: " Since my letter of yesterday,l fine looking company of riflemen, under command of Captain Shmtler, from Baltimore, arrived." The remains of the following officers were also brought up on the steamship New Orleans from Vera Cruz: Col. Roberts; Major Smith, late of the Quarter Master's Department, at Vera Cruz ; Capt. Caldwell and M I,ntosh, and Walker, (Texas Rangers;) Lieuts. MOinley, Hall and Nelson. The Latest from the Rio Grande. GENERAL TAYLOR'S moyEmEriTs .11llack of Guerillas—Drpradations of Indians -Gen. Taylor at illatamoras—llia Leave of 46. tenet nrt liecetred— Reception of Gen. Taylor and Stuff on Ike Rio Grande—Health of Xa lumoras, 4-c , BRAM acChtiaPpnieeby-Pen. -Wool, and — arrived et Caf. Margo' in ;he afternoon, where. be was received witl:a salute of artillery from Capt. ilunt'aconi party, , - and - vistted by Lieut. Coe•fay,.,of the jlOth, and.the offtcers of his regiment-etaticihed there. Oa the.,l3th , , Gen. - Wool returned In Mier; and Gen.! Taylor left for Matamoras on the steamer Col:Cross, where he arrived On,...the evening Ai' the-47th, and:on I the next morning pitched his tent on shore, accompanied by. Col. Whitney, ad. Monroe, Col. Belknap,- and Maj. Bliss, wlferi he was to remain until the 32d, when he would-leave -Tor the - Brazos; there - to' await tin anaWer to . hittap.l plication for. leavln. On the 21st no dispatches had reached the ;Brazos for him. The health_ of Matamoros has greatly improved, althow , h. „there was still some yellow - fever _there, bllt of a mild type, yielding readily to proper treatment. 4 "" . IMPORTANT, is -.a ulm.—rostscript . of a letter re caved' by . X gentleman in Philadelphia, from an officer of the army, dated Ifferiio, - Ocloter 30th, 1847. "It was rumored yesterday among the merchants of the city', thatl Peciraza had. been nominated President of the Republic by C-ngress, with am ple powers to - treat for peace. We sincerely hope such may be thel,case, and shall 'certainly look With great interest for_ the next advicea from Que: retaro." . "1 The North Ainericani. published-in the i c* Of Mexico, under ilte of Oct. 29, also says "Thecity was full of rumors yesterday in re gard to the eatablishirient cif a peace. Report had it that a_ iinoruini had been formed at Queretaro, and that the majority were really in favor of peace. We trust rumor tells - the-Cinch for once." From thiY,Gazette of ies!erday ARRIVAL OF BRITANNIA. IBOSTON, Dec. 9—noon. The steamer Britannia, Capt. Harrison, has just reached her dock,;havingleft Liverpool on the 19th ultimo, making her passagein 20 days of very rough weather. - - Her news is decidedly favorable; not so much from an advance in any article bought of us, but because the Money market has become settled, and the panic is subsiding. - • The Bank of England maintains the rate of in terest at 8 per cent, while private capitalists are rigid in their demand for-9 percent. The certain ty of being able to get money at these extortion• ate rates, gives more confidence than the Shuffling policy of lower -rates, and uncertainty of getting money, . In Breadstuffs there has been no , advance, but the demand; especial*. for Corn, has increased, and we may reasonably look for another demand upon us. at the opening of !navigation; perhaps before. - Parliament mef on the 19th of November, for the despatch of business. , . Another and mest heartrending - accident - at sea has occurred, and the loss of the elegant - New York and LiverpcUal packet ship Stephen Whitney, Capt. Thompson, ihas to be announced She mis. took the light Off Cape Clear, on the 19th of November, and went ashore broadside,,-goi. E , to piedes in - ten mintites. Out of a company, of 110 of ship's crew arid passengers, 92 were drowned. Sad to relate, not a single first or second - Class passenger was Saved. .Amting the passengers drowned was Mr.l.llleCayne of Ohio. The ship is owned and insured in New York., From Ireland :we have the most harrowing accounts. Thronghout tbe-whole extent of this most unhappy country, , famine is making rapid work among her !poverty stricken, people. The landlords have been set upon, and the knife of the assassin has been doing its fatal and silent wink. No human power can prevent the re enaction of the sad sc,cpcs of - last •year, and the charity of America will again find a wide field for its exercise. In brief, it may be said that general trade and monetary affairs have sensibly improved, though people are somewhat dampened by the - failure of Messrs. Truman 4ls Cook, the eminent. Landon brokers, whose liabilities ire placed at X. 350,000; or $1,750,000. The panic has been arrested, and the skies are brighter, as is shown by the price of the funds, which ere higher. FROM,ITHE CONTINENT. ! The French steamer tinian, Capt. Resson, will not sail until the 20th, in condequence of the ex. tended repairs needs after the trouble on her homeward passage.. Sictizerland:L-111e Sunderbund have effected their purpose, andlplunged this country in a civil war. Sicily.—Coant Presson, the Ambassador of France at the Court of . Lis Majesty of the two Sicilies, bau coma itted suicide. Mendehlscn, the eminent composer, is dead. Liverpool Cotton' Markel, Nov. 19.- I Ntobile, or dinary to middling. 3P34i ; fair to good lair 51a Si; good to fine si(aS3 ; N. 0: ordinary to mid dling, 33(44 1 }; fair, to good 504; good to fine 5i 06}; T..nnessee, ordinary to middling 3104 . 6 --- The market advonced previous to the arrival of the Cambria, when it fell again, and closes lam gaid. Liverpool Provision Markel, Nov. 19.—New Prime Mess Beef !84(3905. for 300 lbs.; ordinary 70,2801 fair 40 , 2085. - for 200 Its • 3425. (or Prime. Prime Mess Purk, new, 5.4,9645.; old 40 aiss. p bbl. of 200 Mai:Mess 020`68.5.; Prime 40 fikl3s.; old bacon.'duty paid, smoked and dried 30 640 a. p cwt.i middles, salted, 3 565. p cwt; shoulders 20Q305.; canvassed beets duty paid, 30 ens: dry salted : 2.50355. Lard, ditty free, fine leaf, 515058 s .p cwt.; kegs, p cwt. 520365 4 blots. ordinary to middling, 4613505.; inferior dad greaie, 2140325. p cwt. . , Liverpool M'tal Market, Nov. 19.— Am erican pig lead £l5 lOs to £l7 p ton. Bar Iron £9 p ton; Scotch pig, .£3_ 105.e.E3 12s. v. ton. Liverpool Tobacco Market, Nov. 19.—Leaf to stem 2.1.(354. p lb.! • • Liverpool Hemp Market, Nov. 19.—Prime dew rotted has been taken at £27(ii..f.28 P ton. Liverpool corn aid Morkei,Nov.l9.—Flour, American Western Canalls held in bond at 290305. p. bbl; Richmond'! and Philadelphia 28i. 6d. end Ohio 26(a475. se bbl. Lydian' Corn 335. f0r•489 Ms.; meal 13s. 6t1.0165: tit. p bbl: Wheat, 7s. 6d. for white, and 6aBs. for 'red, p7O lbs. The mar. kets ate without' positive advance, but there is a firm demand, which is on the increase. Corn is partially active. , 'Sarsaparilla and Wild Cherry, are among the most valuable medicines in the Materia Medica.— They aro both happily compounded in Dr. Woods' Sarsaparilla and Wild Cherry Bittirs, put op in large bottles at $1 each. : It is a good tonic or strength ening medicine in Cases of Geueral Dobility,.Dys pepsm, etc. . Sold at the HEAI4II DEPOT of Valuable Medi cines, between 3d ii3d 4th streets, Pittsburgh. See large luivertisemontlii another column. decl 1 II Death from a S light Cold.—By neglecting; those salutary piccautionti which common sense dictates,. many, very many, fall victims to their imprudence. We have seen the young bride, blooming as it were, as the bird of paradise and the fair flower of hope, the pride of her father and the joy of her mother-- 'her cheek flushed with anticipation, and her eye beaming with the soft expression of love—the gay dreams of life, dancing on her fancy with the rich and varigated tints of the rainbows promise. We have seen all this changel—aye';.the wedding gar• merits for a shroud and the bridal 'chamber for this sepulchre of the dead; _and all this from neglect-, ing a common COLD. Now, before it is too late, use Da. ROGERV LIVERIKDAT. AND TAR, which gives immediate relief M thommnds of our most intelligent families now admit of its most el -1 traordinary cures. The gay, the beautiful, and the young speak forth its praise; and will; so long as it makes positive cares, and cheers the despairing family fireside. This medicine has made some of the most remarkable cures of Consimmtion, as can I be seen, in the certificates which can be bad at J. C I Kneeland , ii. also at Messrs. Kidd hi' Co.'s, the 'Agents. It :also bieaks up the most distreuing I Covcu, in a few bOara time. declo 1 : ' -- Tim Yirginistroislatur t organized at Richmond, on Mondaflast, by the election of E.P. Scott, Speaker, n:the Senate, and James F; Strother, ia the Hotise.: Governor Smith's message gives much satisfactron to the Richmond papers, paying perticolit attention to internal improvements.— HeOroposep to abandon the "ventral route in the yaihroad;connectiod with the Ohio. He remarks also 'upon the war and upon the constitutional rights of the _South. There is a contest in the Horebe cr - i ---- rien Messrs. Snowden and Thomas, as to the representation from Fairfax. Lawxerowar Bs.n.tc.—A yelegraphie despatch to the - Newyork papers, sari; that ibe bank of Lent. istower• in - -this State, failed on Monnlajleiti-the 6th inet TUST-RECEIVED,,per R.:press; atZebition Hin t/ scrs New Fancy Store :- . 6 th,z . ,Silk Cord and Tassels, for Ladiea Cloaks; 9 a G ent! ~ff Scarlet Silk Fringe,:2# in. wide_; 8 - et Blue cc 8 'cc Narrow -.1 inch; -With a large-variety.of other colors. ORE GREEN. AND. BVIC. , TEAS,- from the N. YorkPekin Tett Company.. Just received lathe Pekin Tea storm, 72 Fourth itreet, from . * New Yogic Pekin Tea Company, a very laige suppl?of fresh Green- and. Black - Teas, of alt the 'different grades.and qualities imported into the country, pack ed in lead in 5 lb. boxes, 1 lb., 11b. and 1-4 lb _ packages. Alio, 5 lb. tin cannisters of the different qualifier'', convenient for families and steamboats, ranging in pficea from 371 cents 'per 1b:, to :$1: ; 50. Fine Oolong Black Teas,so, 52, 75, Brand '9l per pound. 041 - We will refund the money in all cases Where one teas do' n'oe give entire satisfaction, or exchange for a different article. - • - Pekin . Tea store, 72 Fourth street near Wood. decl 1 Drugs. • OW , D. ,. COLOGYNTEI-; P• - - 1 . Bayberry ; • • . • ".-•. • " Aloes; - - . ' . 1 Bark Peruvian ; s • cc Liquorice. Root - - Btrichnine; Chloride Gold ; Kidder's j just received and for sale by-- ' B. - A. FAHNESTOCK Oceo.' decll cot Ist and Wood sts. PILLS. -5 Giosa Brandroth , a; 6. " Wright's; warranted - guanine ; Just received and for tale by 13. A. FAHNESTOCK & Co. cor ISt aad Wood str. • NIVANTED--A. practical Farmer, to take charge and manage a small Farm.- Wanted, places in town and country, ~for , several salesmen; book keepers, shopmen, and boys, in stores and Warehona es, etc., or to trades and private - families.' Wanted, several good ceoks, etc., for, hotels, etc.. Wanted, places fora number of colored Men and' women, boys and girls. Wanted, money for several'geod, well secured Notes of hand. and to borrow on Bond and llortgage,,etc. Wanted, several partners with small and moderate capitals, etc. . Alt kinds of agencies attended to for moderate charges, Farms, Houses, Booths, Stores, etc., :rented and .recorded for moderate charges.. Please apply_at ISAAC,HARRIS ,, Agency and Intel. decll.4t ' Office', Fifth street, near Wood. - EW. DAGUERREOTYPE' ROOMS, BURR'S I Building, Fourth street. Hough & Anthony,. Daguerreotypists- from the Bar i 'tern cities, 'would "call the attentioin, of the in. habitints:Mf Pittsburgh and the neighboring towns to their Diguerrotypes 'of citizens and :others; at rooms in the Third story of Burs.M Beildingi, 4th persona wishing pictures, taken marrest assured that no pains anal he spared to produce them in. the highest perfection of the art. Our instruments are of the most powerful kind, enabling us to execute picture it unsurpassed for high finish and truthfulness to `nature . The public atir solicited to call and Persons sitting. for pictures are neither required or expected to take them unless perfect satisfaction N. B. Opperators will find this a good'&Pot for stock and chemicals. te:jr Inetructione, given in ,the 'arty containing, the most recent Impioveents. • • .cleclo nt. TT UST RECF.PirEO, by A:Sands ¢ Co.7e Express, Super super English Drab Cloths, Do ** . 1 1' Pearl. do ; For Over, Business or Sack coats, which will be made to order at the-shortest notice and- most rea sonable terms, by ANCKER St.PdAYER,- deal) No 70 Wood at., 5 doors above 4th. DUFF Cassimere and White' Marseilles; for_even ing Vests; jest received by • ' - • ANCKER & NIAYER:` No 70.Viood st.,'s doors above 4th. O . . N HAND-4 large and splendid stock ofclothr, Cassimerea and Vesting!, which will bit Made to order .in tha most fashionable styles and most reasonable teriii 1.747 . ' ANCKER MAYE ; decl9 No 70 Wood at. doo * rs above 4th. JOOTH BRUSHES—Freneh . pointed, 3, 4 and 5 row, jos:read and for sale by B. A. FAHNESTOCK & Co. an of Ist and Wood its. Resin Jalapao. Ergot, Cochineal,. DoVero Powder, Sem.• 4' debit', JuM received and for B. A. • declo Sem. Coriaadir, 'Wood Napt.ha, ... Balsam Tolls, lodine; Cantharides, ale by r AHNESTOCK.& Co:" cor let and Wood sts.. Cumin Seed, hesinn Plaster, Blue Moss, Spanish Saffron; Jaynes Hair Tonic, . Just rcc 2 d and for sale 1 , : ;1 B. A. .AHNESTOCE & Co. car lit and Wood sta. BUTTER --2 bbla., and a few kegs, for sale by !loci() • SMITH 4 SINCLAIR: • • LARD— 0 Kegs Ne. 1 Lard, for sale by " declo • SMITH Sr. SINCLAIR. DOfIg.D — VRINT - --711 - 3 5 ck e , new crop; .4ried Peaches, in store and for sale, by declo L. S. WATERMAN. SEEDS—..I Baga Clovers° id ; lg " Timothy do, io store and for sale dectO - by . L. B.,WATERMAN. RYr.--1418a0ii Rye, in store lCd for.vate &eel° . . • • .. . . •. QREENARPLES--.40 is stoniand for ale ..by. • declo EXT.:l , F.MONlittles Preston►s; jolt reedindl Cot sale* B.A. F.ANNESTOCK& dean • • cor of First Sod Wood its. CHAMOMILE FLAWERS--1 cask., fitiab just received and for sale by B. A. FAHNESTOCK & Co., corner of lot and Wood its. EF. LIQUORICE-4'oas F4gliab, jut res`d and for sale b " . - . . • ALTA'HWESTOCR" & Co. eon let and Wood.sts. tylo QUARRYMEN AND STONE . MASONS-- WHEELING lIRIDGE.—A number of good quarrymen and stone Maaona will Snd employment by applying to Dwarritos, appointed Engwer - on the Wheeling Bridge. dec3-2wd TIOTATOES-3.2 Banes, will be sold very low, 1" -by SMITH & MCLAIN . P c 3 56 Wood.st. MALLOW-1 Barrel., For sole dec3 MOTH k 811CCI•knk. OTTON STONE—rI sue, just received awl for tale by B. A; FAHNESTOCir Otte: ' cot Ist and Woiwi CASTILE SOAP—IB casee,juat reireivod am! for wale B. A. FAUN ESTOCK &Co. dec7 cor let and Wood ate. FBENCH P CLOAKING—Now opening, it' 62Narket street, 10 pee !uperkos. FYsnth Plaid Cloakiag. dec7 F . RENCH MERINOS=-A. A., Di AllOilf tcir,€* • Market at., have just sisediredildv another invoice of French Maiinoy a ai • l of thmoat - fashionably colors. • • dee: LAIN AND HIGH COLORED' DE LitlEB....A. • r ! . 1 "A. M.uorit er. Co., 62 'Market at., have fast re- • calved per Expresi an assoruaent of the above .very fashionable goods for children* wear. , • dad • FRENcti TWINED. 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