WILLLIE ATh [cosct.tmen.] ''::, :1 .:;. Nine months passed ; and the remembiarke or our departed daughter was still frfth on out Minds. Though the sods which wrapped her cold grave had long since closed around it, and the' gra sp grew, andthe flowers blossomed there; the Wounds which the occurrence had inflicted on our.', hearts, were still open and bleeding. There was the little Rose) poor* in the frame, with her mother and mine; there was the line tote heard occasionally. ?nob turnest man. 0 Lord, to dust ;" there:ivas the little girl who nursed her; and there, too, her clothe., and childish toys—all combining to keep up the sad remembran:e. From the day ;af her destir,allsinging and mirth were studiousliavoid-, edi even the Rose of Allendale was no longer heard, and the wandering minstrels were told to, pass the houie =rt ivas a house of mourning, The secret, devouring melancholy, which had beentut too fatally nourished in the bosom of my beloved wife, had sown the dark seeds of death in her system, and she, too, was to be takes from me. ToCi! eh! too soon the dreaful intelligence was communicated to me by an experienced and Celebrated physician, that there was no hope. It seemed a thunderbolt driven by the unrelenting hand of inexorable vengeance, and nothing could stay the arm of the destroyer. Her heart - was broken with grief and decay, and Hysteria united 1 meat of its in bringing her to an untimely death. ; al papers o; - ! Oneev,ening, about this time, while sitting be-, created muc side her, she awoke from a broken slrep, and ex-i We are una claimed, joyfully:. , Walled), my dear William, 1 i gery,) to sta bad a djeami it was a curious one: but 11l tell this result; 1 it to yOu I was praying; and looking up into! have better . heaven ; all at once, it opened into a cloud of glory,' door proceed WWI dimmed the lustre of the stars, and cast a ; reasons, ope ' halo over the black concave of heaven. Out ofi which led to the cloud, came our little Rose, with 5 ings on 'several of th lier,.and arrayed in robes of light, brighter, infm-appear on th itely brighter than the cloud out of which she the cold and came; and she called me, and told me that Om! jeered, it the was happy., and not to grieve about her, as God ; tioned ; odic bad told Tier that I would soon join her ;—then on the orcasi else vanished from my sight, and I. saw nothing . "goof 11/J . Bs. more. be ruined, if t' During her illness, she would ask me repeatedly ; as that. 011ie "'William, do you love me I . ' on assenting to; after—some which, she would answer, e yes, I know you do ; ' same °bier tio and you will come alter me to join our little an !lessaristocrat gel in heaven." As she drew near to dissolution, Nally. propo she called all her relations about her. To me,she 'held in the f., said that,-she would ever be with me ; and to her no favor wh fatherc - e father, when I am gone, be to my Wil- arrangements Liam what you have ever been to me ; he will be ; ing in the M friendless in the world without tne. Promise me i go there ? The this, father!" "I do—l will," said the old man; I people. and so and witb.a heart almost convulsed with grief, he ifacvfocos! But ! tamed and left the room. At five o'clock, the; duced to go thei next morning, having previously given unequivocal i filled with great' evidence of the faith that was in her, she expired and then it woti without . a struggle. A throb, only one. pfeceded the catastrophe. She was dead! Fier burial was attended by a highly respectable community, and two tarn of 'God, otliciattli at her rave. A plain stone marks the humble resting place of my dead, Wad %%here I purpose, with God's permission, when he :ball coil m. to , be laid also, so that the family which loved otber'so well on earth, may rise together to their rest in heaven. ..Shade of the departed! %Nett thou present in the day of my calamity, to prove the faithlessness of friends, the worthleness of humanity; the falsity 'of a death bed pledge? Did thy pure spirit bear , the groans that •rent the heart of thy suffering! imabaud. A month had not passed, and I was a house'esa wanderer. 1 have rigidly abstained from laying the blame - anywhere—merely for the SP ke of her that is gone,. andthough the visitation was a severe one, I forbear making further allusion to R. De prived of all that I possessed, "seared in heart, and lone and blighted," I determined to emigrate to IWO - 1r west. The Sunday after my spoliation, I Wept to.Cburch as usual, and the 69th Psalm, be kir one read in order on that day, I saw that the minhiters and congregation felt how forcibly it ap. plied to me. While in Liverpool, I went to St. Jades, andfrom the lips of the Revd. Hu himself; heard the 69th Psalm beautifully read . Wairit not a striking coincidence! Of .my voyage across the western ocean, you itrii already acquainted; I need not, therefore, oc copy your time further. Twelve months have passed since I was lett.alone. In reviewing my history, I have but one thing to add to what I have alreadystated. The enormities committed against me were the faults of madness, avarice, and crii elty;land the-harvest proved equally disastrous to tbe oppressor, and the oppressed. Even now, after all the teals I have endured, and separated so far froita the latid of my birth, the vision of the past floata.truly over .my fond memory. She who •loved me to the last moment of her existence, is, not forgotten, for the " heart that once truly loved never forget . ," and oh! if not for my sake, at least for their own, I trust that the recollection of these 1 farts, which I thus faithfully transcribe, will 'soften the hard hearts of those, la hit so soon, and so sharrfefully, violated the most sacred pledges of frietidship arid affection! I have long since for given all' who wronged me, but it becomes them to look.for itteonciliation in heaven!' Here entleth the manuscppt. It is truly an af fecting' tale orconstancy, arid unmerited suffering; and it'needs not any commit from me. With the packet containing the above, I received a copy of 'the Albany Atlas, which contained the following poem, written, no doubt by the mourner, on the anniversary of his wife's death: THE REME.NIBER ED! And thou haat gone, and left me too, Beloved of my soul; 'Bone to: that bright and happy land, 'Where joy knows no control. That truth, like mildew o'er me cast, Has seared my aching bro4': And hope and joy.ha're fled away, And left me wrptched now. But we were blessed with Jove and joy ; And pleasant passed the hours ; Our youthful hearts knew no alloy ; OAF path was strewn with flowers:— &nth bereft me-: left me lonc— .And anguish seizedfiny mind; For hope greW lain, and friends proved false '• 'And fickle-as the wind. Oh ! I lament that thou art dead ; I sorrow for the past: I shall regret that thou 'art gone, As long as life shall last. The ethereal sky irclouded o'er, ,Witk oasts of mattering wrath— . latiTapeno longer cheers My solitary - . Yet thatt art chanting sweetly now, With seriph choirs on high ; And our.own angel daughter, too, • I. with thee in the sky. Awl I will pray, that when I die— Earth's' fetters burst and riven. . -may ascend to•praise my God, ..With thee and Rose in heaven For the Daily ng Pou. TliUlll. FItED. rolint 13'e enjoyed th on Saturday just returned fro' place he left on t was among the n storming of Chap an hnnorable dis telligent observer home until hie ret diary during the ti a great amount of tiun, in relation t Mexico; and the countrymen have vania Regiment e has brought with visit to Ntexico_n ate some from the of the Aztecs. HI countrymen have gaging at,d afrecti countrymen, becau • Paid to their sex, b He says, that very I ly to rurtain in th %%hen they shall b. that all the voluntee borne. felt praise of his co company,.—of who done his duty nobly. he pays to Gem Scot er, are also grateful as his country's hon. yet overcome that u morbid sensitiveness, whiCh so frequently far below that of the ent day. We Were p that the gallant Wo army. Gen. Pita.o admitted to be a bra think he is very vai vice may cure him service has not cured younger officers may some degree of allow Mr. H. has brought of drawings of the daring of his brave c give no small interest ' ous battles, &c. if he s dairy; which we hop ling with the populati • occasions, be says the soon be concluded in a ple of Mexico are tire the :war ; and that the er influencing the Inas ing their.minds - in that! RI- The Dr emoc rat tc - it is the party jealous I is that every measuri the nation, or to eithani been taken by the Dem most, violent, and all bu the. Whigs.—Boston Po, "qt . ') 41 VDITOrt . 4ND PROPRIETOR I TTS 01)RG H: lORNING, JANUARY 31, 1898 ALLEGHENY COUNTY ! la FOR PR IDESENT, kliii]s BUCIJANAN h Recision of the National Convention Subject to (0- r. .kv.ency, S Dock, and thorised A I'C/inn, United States Nerrspaper N. E. corner of Ttijrd and Fourth street--is our only an lin Philadelphia. GsY Mr. Clerk of th ,the gentlemauly;and indefatigable se of Representaiiirta, Will please i ota, for his attentions in forwarding to accept 0 documrntx .1. 0 .-D - W e i , tun the attention ofour readers to ill 4 .oneedings in Fayette County, in re . burgh and Connellsville Railroad, r - eprising friend and fellow citizen, 11 was so handsomely complimented' antion to the interests of tho cont ., Lb construct that road. 46 'Rent "Whig" Netting the aechUnt lation to the at Which ou Major LAill for hie untiri any organi Which was last, and whi Court nous :ye taken place on Saturday night !Int advertised to be held in the old ' not take place. The announce ponement appeared in the Feder tirday morning; and no doubt i firise in the ranks of the party t ut being in the secrets of Whig ly the causes which have led to (a number of our friends, who ,[unifies for hearing of their out stay, th it there have been several on the minds of the leaders, postponement, Some say that tingiiished orators. expected to a l sion, were unwilling to undergo I na to which they would be sub itug werehjrtit the place men o did not e pect to be orators rut who are, mow ithstanding, e fearful that their ',with would botild ventitie into such a place ies, understood. were sought e lar t c v , atehutises—but the 'S urged to these. Some of the 'id refined, we are told, ac that the rr eeting should be :t house ; but this met with i i. Wamong the committee 01 hat ! to have a Whig meet: house Why who viould ight be a f9v oI the country lot the mechanics, and a few, Lilco:au Whig could not be in rhaps to have his best coat rn some dirty butcher's stall too cold there; and there, 'lir' These, and many other! .re told, have operated to of-; It ; and the committee of at, h 1 • 1 4 1 e (11 I might come cut sinitlarreasons, fact the postpon i rangernents are lions to proem:. Assembly; 800 Hall, tint the g! I affected by any getting Greasy; I made to chatte Ito the contrary, that the room is forbade seats Sr, a few cushioned red, if possible, more wealthy an , hensinn that, of home! No dos ing will be highl presumed that it "tad to use their utmost exer rritable place—the Lafayette •:agle Saloon, or Athenreum men of the party may not be lye smcil, nor run the risk of aye their delicate little teeth the cold! For all we•know lis also expressly understood, r thoroughly heated, and corn k. provided for theparty ; and 'r., and sofas are to be procu- Ithe accommodation of * the 1 :pectable—through an appre- I , I ,e, they will get tired and gp meeting on Tuesday even rt übl e —indeed it is to be ike very Select. Oh Whiggery! ffE N. hoops. , mare of a long conversation s this gentleman; who has ie city of Mexico; which of December. Mr. HOOPS r of the wounded, at the ~ec; and returns home with l e.. airs l3 , e fr i o ng m a th s e hre ti m m .d e h anedleinft and halvingkept a regular i ~ ,e was prepared to give us G.:.i and interesting informa i IState of our affaini with !through which our brave 0 ! since the First Pennsyl fd: that country. Mr. H. il : numb q• of relics of his * ii least interesting of which keyed senorittas of the city f 't eaks of these, as all our liin : of them—as gentle, en beings, who love our 41 1 the delicate homage ever .1' true hearted Americans. Lir the volunteers are like entry,beyond the time b6orably ditcharged ; and 1 1 11 It 'v ery anxious to return Ili We were pleased !ar from him such heart• liana of Captain PORTS n's '• says, every. man, has e high encomiums which a man and a command- For his own, as well 1 . .could hope that be may ding sense of jealousy, slhutever else it may be, c 4 him into a positionso test general of the pres ',.l also , to hear from him a beloved by the whole • tells us, is universally 'd valiant officer; but all . , greater length of ser Ois foible; but, as long Scott of his weakness, y be looked upon with 1 , , f Gal lu4 him quite a number of prowess, valor, and .atriots ; and these will a accounts of the vari iconclude to publish hie , l ill do. From ming- 1 fMexico, on all proper' l's satisfied a peace will shape;—that the pen yy with their rulers and tbood, (the great powit the People,) are turn. b,...ie . , l ori, , 1 yris the patriotic party; ' tional honor. Hence Naintain thehonor Of lihri real prosperity, has j i it'tiC party amidst the qasonable hostility . of FNEM Arkansas. The Democratic State,Convention met ut Little Rock, January Sth. 4. W. Johnson, present member, was re-nominated for the 11. S. Hbuse of Representatives, by 34 vdtes to 21 for 'Others. On the second ballot, Thomas S. Drew was nominated I for re-election as Govertuir, having 37. to 18. W. K. Sebastian, James Yell„and John S. , ll.odig, were nominated for Presidentinl Electors, $ll,l 14 dele gates were appointed to the National Conven lion, namely, Wm. Grai, H. M. Rector', F. B. Hanley, 31. F. Ward, N. 31. Foster, Sc4n Borland, T. B. Flourney, D. B. Greer, Benj. l i 4ylori A. T. Rainy, Isaac Buller, C. R. Moore, C. Trobsdale, Jas. F. Gaines. The resoldtions of the jegisJatu re, I against any action of the L. S. Governoleneon the subject of slavery, were adopted, as Were resolves that New Mexico and thkahfornias ought to be held as permanent acquishrions, hod thit Ctingress has no right to control their settlement as slave , territory but that ma:tee : should be left to the in habitants. "That James K. Po the President ti the United States, has fully istiatilied our Oatifidence, and by the calm, dignffieil and able khander in which he has discharged the duties oft his high office, has proved himself emineritlyT,fitted to preside, as well in times o(:war as in peace, is!the chief magistrate of a great and prospekous.;peo ple. And that this cow/Titian has tinborinded confidence in the moral wirth, integrity; patriot ism, long experience and sohnd democraq of Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshirei James 13,lichiban, of Pa.; Lewis Cass, of Miclitgan; Georgeil 'Dal las, of Pa . Robert J. WalkeiC, of .Ifissd, and would warmly anti cordially suppOrt either of id igen lemon for President of the .United State o r rar,vl, other good D-mocrat, if noininated by to :Na tional Conventi:ln.". A Democratic meeting 14 , 1 is holden in Tal,lla hassee on the 4th, which res:lved in favtl of 'the President and the Administraiion, and thi "(ro. M. DALLAS, J AHI.3 BUCHAN and otherf;; ho, in opposition to a strong.curteit of northern senti ment, have taken grounds iigainst the •Wilmot Proviso, are entitled to the thanks of the peojile of the State. That in formillg a politic.il ciation with the north, sonthern men shiiold rath er connect themselves with the party whole lead ers (DALLAS, WOODIIe ST and Buctursti) and a respectable portion in whose tprntbrrs are opposed to the Wilmot Proviso, than Kith the other pariy, all of whose prominent statesmen, and nestirly 4k II of whose members, are in fav - or of thispiconsti tutional and mischievous principle." • The triumph of liberal prinOples in the,,neigb boring colony is decided and ,cheering. Mr. La Fontaine's and 31r. Holme's:majority over the ministerial candidates in the city of .31onirealis about 1,300! The Pilot of lin. 14, says:l •• It is now almost certain That Upper Canada will give a liberal majority : it is quite oertain that, taking population as a basis,. it will give a very large majority. And in the House thellibel als will,have a majority of abOtit 25, exclusive of the loose fish or camp followexs, which it "o about 40." -.. • (0- Mfr. PETER MEN•RD, one of the neers of the West, died at his :residence near Ta. ledo, on the l0;li Dec. He acted as scout far our armies in Is 12, and passed throbgh many pe4ilotiii adven:ures. The day before *INCRESTEIeti de feat, he solicited permission to, go on a scout td Brownstown, which Was deniedi All of that dajf the British were crossing on the ice from Madden c ' and a knowledge of the fact would have saved out' • n Governor Smurfit has issue:d writs of election to fill the vacancy in Congressional district composed of the counties of Bucks and Lehi h, occasioned by the death of Mr. liernbeek. T e election takes place on the 23d of February. 1540" We learn from Harrisburgii that the SC;tate has rejected the nomination ofJudge BELL, as f!res tdont Judge of the Chester and Delaware Jndicial District, by a vote of for confirming, 19againet. • Albert Gallatin has lately written a letter onShe Mexican war, which is affording the Whigs grew "aid and, comfort." He coincides very nearly With Mr. Clay. In 1832 Mr. Clay thus spoke of this same Albert Gallatin: . . . , •• But, sir, the gentleman to whom I am abbot to allude, although long a residenV of this country, has no jeclmgs, no attachments, no ; sympathies, no principles, in common wills our peoPle. Near fifty years ago Pennsylvania took him_ to her hosittn, and warmed, and cherished, end honored him ; and how does he manifest his gratitude? By aiming a vital blow at a system endeared tri her by a thor ough conviction that it is indispensable to her 1 prosperity. He has filled at home and abroad some of the highest offices under this go'vernment during thirty years ; and he is still al heart' on alien. The authority o f his name has been invoked, and the labors of hie pen, in the form olio memorial, t o Congress, hare been engaged to :.overthrow the American system, and to substitute the foreeign Go home to your native Europe, and:there inculeg e upon her sovereigns your Utopian doctrines of g ee trade; and when you have prevailed upon them 'to unseal their ports, and freely admit . the produce.ot Pennsylvania and other States, corn back, and 'We shall be prepared to become converts, and to adopt your faith." ~ " Still at heart an alien rand sri are those who take the side of Mexico in this contest—from .fir. I Clay down. • i►etc Capiiolof Michigan.—A letter in the Detroit Free Press says: There is a fine opportunity 'for exercise here. Some SO of the offieers and mem bers have roows at Turner's Hotel,:st the Seymore . place, which is upwards of one mile frem the Capi tol. Others "board around," as the. Schocilmard's do in the country. One of the Senators "hangs up" in one of the committee r ootnsindeed, all the committee rooms are turned into -Sleeping aped ments, and the cushioned seats in the;Senate Cham ber have accommodated more than one. The-price of board varies from $3 to s6—abmit the same as in Detroit. The boarding-house give good fare-- aegebd as to be found in any plale. We have deliPacies here, as well, as in Detroiti , 6• i "'" •- ' t • -.:r rIt• 17-2 ::r . "L' ? ': 7 ' ,. . 7, : ,7 " 1 1• , •- , 1,F.'f; - : - i , ;;:::;11:•':%''"•...6.,•: - .' •'''''' " : - - • The War: The following resolutions were:. passed by the Alabama House of iteptesantaAii.unlThursdlyr the 9th instant. Thelieick of the people on' the subject of the war is tieedeailo stitlethe'bzeath of treason that is broodilig,ovet,bur :federal 'halls 'Resolved,. That, in the opinion of this House, the war, en the part of the United States, vas just in its inception; and that we approve and sanction the manner in which it has been prosectited. .Reaolved, That the government of - Mexico, hay. ing failed to pay the instalments to our Citizens on accbuht of lawless spdliation upon our commerce —having failed to adjust other similar Claims , equally just—having improperly interfered in the annexation of Texas to the Union .havin g refused to recognize a boundary between Tex Texass J and her ITerritories—having aerogantly aril insultingly rejected the arbitrament or peace, , and having t appealed to the sword to decide the differences between the two countries, must now abide by the lint of the stern arbiter to whom she has' appealed ; and that, voile we desire 'is speedy and honorable peace, and seek not to blot out the exis tence of Mexico as a nation, we shall insist upon the establishment of such a boundary between the two countries, as will pibserve the in!tgrity of the State of Texas, and will give to us tt indemnity fur the past, and security for the future." Florida Canada. From the674sh eille union Mr. GALLATIN'S LETTER., Pittsburgh and: Cbusuelbirils , 11.afiroaa Steetibitio 4 The President and:-'Direatirs oftluiPittsburgh apd Co v il s ville- .. R ailrcituk.Nlnimotl*fring . deter 'mined as soon as' the necetaWthriietemeduld . be trade the corps of(angitieera, tie figael a four mite section oftheEastern'ciAtiiion under contract, .20th'inst.tWair advertited:akthi . tlti't of letting and conimenctoir thtit.slivisien'.;* • The time having arrived and CoI:LARIMER, Preiident of the Board, with. WALTER BkT&NT, Esq , another Director from Pittsburgh, being re ported at the Clinton House, in the village of Con nellsville, constituting with the members from Fay ette county, Jona FULLER. Esq., Col. A. M. HILL and GEOROE J. AsuistAlt, five members of tha Board present, when the following proceedings were had by the citizens of the town and vicinity: I'. G. EWING, J. W. PRILLIPS, H. WALTER, A. A. M'Es•sr, L..LINDLY, Jr., G. GIBsoN, and JOON COLLINS were constituted a Committee of Ar- I rangement. J. C. CUMMINGS, Jzto. FULLER and D. R. Daviososr, Esqs., a Committee on Resole Uons, when the following correspondence took II place : Jrafssnr 20th, 1848. Col. Wax. Lanimr.n, Jr. President P. & C. Railroad Company. Sin ,—ln behalf of the citizens of Comteßavine and neighborhood, we respectfully invite you to al ford them and us the high gratification of com mencing the work, by putting the rust spade in the ground, on the first section of the Eastern division of the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad, this afternoon, at 2 o'clock; and farther we have the honor of tendering you a dinner in their behalf, to be served at the Ashland House, at 4 o'clock, P. M., of this day, as an evidence of the high esti mation in which they hold your di;nifted and inde pendent course in tine Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad Company, from the first. We have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your out servants. T. G. P.:WING. J. W. PHILLIPS, H. WA L A. A. 311.F.AN, J. LINDLY, J GAG BSON, JO.lll COLLINS, Committee of Areangement. Evros- Hers's, Jan. 20, IS4S. GENTLE:RP...T . ' Your communication of this date, on be • .q.„ .e. Stockholders of the Pitts burgh and 7" et Ile Railroad Company and the citizens of your place, inviting me to break the ground on the Eastern section of the Railroad, at 2 o'clock, and accept a (linter at the Ashland House this after/m:3,Th at 4 o'cloek t has been duly received and accepted. In doing so, I cannot ex press my feelings of gratitude for the interest you have taken in the preservation of tht-charter, and zeal in the cocstruction of the Railroad), that will connect Pittsburgh with the sea board, by the near est and most natural route--opening up an easy transportation, for the agricultural and mineral wealth of the rich and fertile valley of the Tough- ' niglieny River. both East and West. I feel contin.nt, gentl.men, that this improve ment, when completed, will in connection with the menial position, at [behead of the Ohio, and other Railroads now being constructed, East and West, haying their terminus at Pittsbrugh, make, our Iron City the great inland city of the Union fur all time to come, for population, commerce and manufacturing. Feeling confident that von will concur with me in every improvement that will add to the prosper ity of Pittsburgh, I subscribe. myself Your obedient servant, LAR.I:q.E.R, Jr. To Messrs. T. G. Ewing. J. W. Phillip:, A. A. M Lean, L. Lindly, 11, Wal:er, J. G Gibson and John Collins, Esqs. The Directors having, according, to the terms of litting, examined the diffeient bids, awarded the contract to James Fenton, Esq., he being the 'low est bidder. The large assemblage present from the Town and surrounding country, under thedi rection of Col. J. W, Phillips and Maj. A. A. M'Lean, as .Mirshalls, formed the line of proces sion, accordirg to the lollowing,progromm e of the C r Ommittee of Arrangement: First, that excellent military company (Youghiogheny Blues) corn-, manded 'by Capt. G. White, and Lieut. Buttirnore; 2d. the President of the board and Directbra pres-, I eat; 3d, the Engineer Corps, preceded by Mr. Smith, Chief Engineer, - and R. Torrence his assistant, 4th, Committees of A rrangernenta anti Resolutions; sth, the'l arge connurse of citizens. The procession having arrived on the land of Mrs. E. Rog ers, the place of beginning of thdrirst section of the Eastern division of the Pittsdurgh and Connellsville Rail road, when JOHN FULLER, Esq., was !matins- , ted by acclamation President of the day; DANIEL ROGERS and H. WarrEn, &Vs., Vice Presidents, and Jno. Collins Trio r.Hurst Secretaries. I'he President of the day opened the ceremoniesH by Congratulating the people present, and the country, upon the commencement of the Easte. n section of the Pittsburgh . and Connellsville road, having heretofore labored under such adverse, circumstences he recounted the many ' strange , of this route by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company, which had been shown from time to time, ever since 1827, to ben the near est and natural route between the East and the West. He dwelt ably and largely upon the pros pects of this company, and at the conclusion of his speech, introduced -Colonel Larinaer,. of the city of Pittsburgh, and President of the board. • Loud Cheering, Col. Lorimer then addressed the meeting - -He congratulated all the friends of the -Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad tind all the well wish ers of the city of Pittsburgh, upon the preserva tion of the charter of this road. He spoke • erp-1 pbatically of the preservation of the charter— , pronounced this certain—saiJ be had been a warm friend to a Railroad by this route from the be-, ginning—told the people that they all might me ly on his zeal and devotion to the cause--for the promotion and prosecution of the Pittsburgh and Connellsville ttailroOd. Col. Latimer spoke with 'great energy, at length - . and with great ability, ;which manifested to every one the great interest :he felt in the prosecution of the work. At the 'conclusion of his speech, he took the spadeiroin gthe contractor and struck 'it into the ground and rew up the earth, evidencing to the crowd that be had handled a spade befare, and pronounced this the commencement xif the Eastern clivislon the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Reamed, when the people made the welkin ring with cheers' and heclamations: ' Dr. CIIMMINIIS, then for the committee appoint pd for that purpose, introduced and lead the fol lowing vosolutions, which were adopted unani mously: Resoived,_That the people in Western Penney!. yenta, vieff -- with a high degree of approbation, Abe energy and promptitude with which the pre bsent Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh and onnellaville Railroad Company have entered on ,their duties; having on the 20th ultimo, placed a section of four miles of the Youghiogheny division finder contract. Resolved, further, That the placing of another section of four miles, of the Eastern division or Connellsville Extension, towards the Maryland tine, under - contract this day, evinces a praise worthy determination onthe part of the present hoard, CO prosecute this work to an early com pletion. Resolved, That the straightforward, honest in tegrity and ability of the present Board of Direc tors of the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad Company, with Col. Wm. Lorimer, Jr., of the city of Pittsburgh, will, in the opinion of • the Stock- Spiders of this Company, recommend said road to the attention and convert) of not only the people in all Western Pennsylvania, but also of the-busi dess men and capitalists on the Atlantic seaboard; and more particularly those of the cities of Balti more and Philadelphia, and the State of Maryland. Resolved, That the valleys of the Iltfonongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers to the State line, or up one of the tributaries of the latter., (Castleman's River,) to the summit of the Allegheny Mountain, presents a splendid highway, of easy grade for a Railroad superior to any other in Pennsylvania or Virginia, leading from the waters'of the Ohio to those of the Chesapeake: Superior; because shorter in distance - and cheaper in ' construction, as has beith several times demonstrated by scientific En gineers in the service of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, and 'Baltimore and - Ohio Railroad Company. yM.. Resolved, That the stropsuntitfia alone in South Western Penns y l vania , r - throughi . vhich the Pitts burgh andSonneUsvilliiiiaitrosti wiltpass, con-' taming altll44ciorlar*lne :tt:4'o34*S th:". sand, an 4 d-I.4edi fictil/s Okorn A,7ttiree„istngiliameJ — animal,-Jeggible- andi rninerid—.4eetiteiAtilnl all the tie)* df co mrhgg f roxi : CoMbefland . :coj Wheeling, , (ll*iiraent :rode. dr titernain.steml of the Bailin:tare/all Ohio` - Railroad,), will. ,e"on tribute more to the local trade and travel, twice told, of tbeettict.Pittsl.urgh dal Conne:lsville road, than the Other locality will to the said main stem, the city of Wheeling included Resolved, That the city of Columba; in the, State of Ohio, never. can become, (as lately at tempted to be shown,) the great centripetal and centrifugal position of trade, travel and commerce for the immense north and west, or .any conside rable portion of it; "because the world knows that produce seeks the highest and best market ;—and the immense and increasing productions of tnat new and fertile region will continue to follow the great highway of navigable lakes and rivers, until it gets within striking distance of the great com mercial mart of the world (citx of New York,) and there will take such direktlaii as will put it at the place of exportation shortest space of time It is a universal rule, that large cities increase up stream, and population up the coun try, and, therefore, if you would grasp the carrying trade, you must tap the point of efflux. Revolved, Tnat the route by the Youghiogheny River, as any person cen see by thespap, presents the shortest line of communication between that immense region of country, encircled by the Ohio nod upper Mississippi rivers and the great lakes. and tide water, the place of exchange and expor \tenon, there is nothing wanting but a good Rail way to make it the ~reat thoroughfare of trade, travel and commerce between the East 'and the West. Resolved, That we. Stockholders in the Pitts burgh and Connellsville Railroad Company, invite the attention of capitalists and the business corn- I munity in the Atlantic cities to the importance of this Railroad connection of the West, to the end that by succouring and assisting in its construe-' ' Lion, it may be prosecuted to an early completion. Resolved, That the • .thanks of the meetilfg-are hereby tendered to Col. Win. Lwimer,Jr_, Pre si-' dent of the BOard, and Wafter Bryant, Esq., both from the city of Pittsbargh, for their co-operation in the ceremonies of this day, and for their general zeal-in the interests of the Company. On motion, Resolved, Unanimously That the proceedings of this meeting he published in the newspapers of the counties of Fayette and Westmoreland-- in those of the city of Pittsburgh—in the Balti more American, and all other papers not tinfriend ty to the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad. rile procession then, in the same order as be fore, returned to town about 4 o'clock The field ceremonies of the day being over, the comp any repaired to the A-hland Hotel, kept by Mr. W Whaley. and sat-down to ave 7 sumptuous din tier, prepared for the occasion. After the first and second courses were gone through with, which were truly copious and excellent beyond suipassment-i—the company having continued the Field organization as to officers—the table was now covered with a profusion of beta viands, rai sins, et cetera, par excellent--durin g the repast over this tried course, the company were regaled with a variety of sentiments, speeches and anec dotes appropriate to the occasion. The speeches and toasts came off with a lively aptitude to the occasion, and were responded to with that enthii. siasm which bespeaks a unity of feelingand grate ful association on matters and things interesting to all. The company adjourned about 9 o'clock. wel phased with the festivity and hilarity of the eve ning, and nut a little gratified with the liberality of their excellent host end hostess. - R 1 JOHN FULLER, Pres't. , 1), ROOERS, ..?. H. WALT”, i : % ce Pres , ts. John Collins, John T. Hurst, Secretaries. • 5 For the Morning Post. Mn. Rimini': Having been one of the large audience that listened to Mr. Allen's lecture, on the American Idea of the Commonwealth, and dissenting from his views, except uptin the wrongs inflicted by Capital upon Labor, its producer-- permit me to express, through your useful paper, to our eloquent !cantor, the reasons for my dis sent. The first white settlers, commonly called Pil grim Fathers, came-to thiscountry to escape from tyranny over their religious ideas. Their institu tions indicated their lark of. knowledge of human rights and duties; themselves became oppressors, and like all othee tyrants, they pretended to make society an" incarnation .or the attributes .of ,the Deity." No doubt they believed themselves to be acting rightfully; Who does not Coinmunion and civilization„says,l3; Allen, are Ane contact. of extremes ; the one based' on com• ' on propel ty ; the other on corn moo -plunder; and I both ate destructive of individual rights; both render man landless and dependent No. 2,. This defining of con 3 munitarianisni, to me, appears incorrect. The social reformer, or Rational Religionist, ho.kls, that all property, of right, belongs to mankind ; to be used only for the public good; and that that objet is best subset. veil by,individual happiness, public property is the Ration'alist's-idea. CoMmori property, many of them consider only . common nonsense. Na ture's raw material belongs to no man in partic ular; therefore, none can of right claim a monopo- ly thereof—the strong man not more than the weak—the young man, not more than the aged. The Love principle is taught the Rationalist, by the philosophy of circumstances; whichteaches how to ".agree to direr:" Pregtesd from under the influences of political,Moral, or social error, is to be effected by change 'of circumstances:L.- Slaves make tyrants; lack-of:knovvledge, slaves; extreme wealth, tyranny; extrerne:ptiverty,slaVe: ery;—isixonazircs the evil; RNO TO7I. ETVt he remedy. Therefore; having witnessed the n dreadful conse quences to humanity, inflicted by Individual pro perty : its necessary , accompaniment being ine quality of possession and condition—social, moral and political,—the Rationalist seeks to annihilate the consequences—poverty, vice and misery; by removing the prolific antecedent, individual wealth. Foutierism appears chargeable with the evils of extreme wealth and of usury. Instead of equali zing the chanees of all competitors for happiness in the race of life, it presents to some a very nn-- laic - Start; giving to tite capitalist class a bonus of i j:ini-third of all the surplus products of the wealth-I riducing laborers; and one fourth to the skilful Class; the balance, only, to the toiling many. To me, this appears unjust. Equal right to equal chance, is the Democratic idea. Fourierism is inequality of chance. A system of injus tice.and repulsiveness. Why should a child be punished for a parent's errors, or rewarded be cause of the parent's having practiced aright I-- Ir the parent was strong, and industrious, and economical, these, in equity, should not enablv his progeny to abstract from others, one-third of all their labor's products. This plurraering system il l the worst feature of the present-stage of civilized ' society. The law of this State debars capital from taking more than 6 per cent. usury. Fourier. ism organizes its labor, with one half its products to be abstracted, in order to give "capital and skill" the " divine right" to plunder labor ; and that, -too, under the pretext of Industrial Unity--- Unity personified by a - tripartite division of labor's fruits. : T Addressed SON p o pto Pim IX. By MRS. FANNY "REMBLE BUTLEM" "It may be thai the stone which thou art heaving, From off thy people's neck, shall fall and crush thee; „ It may be that the sudden flood shall push thee From og the rock, whence, prophet-like, believing In God>s great future, thou dolt set it free I Yet heave it, heave it heaven-high, nor fear To be o'er whelmed in the first wild career Of those long-prison -tides of liberty; That stone which thou halt lifted from the heart Of a whole nation, shall become to thee A glorious monument, such as no art E'er piled above a mortal memory : Falling beneath it, thou shalt have a tomb, That shall make low the loftiest dome in Rome." cc). At the new blacksmith shop, Washington Navy Yard, they are putting up a riew steam ham mer, com - weed of a solid block of iron weighing 16,000 lbs. The bed in which .this is placed, weighs 40 ,000--making'the weight of the ham mer, when completed, 26,000 lbs. "h `'^li t ,m~ may . _ We advise the Professor to be less modest, to advertise the claims of time charrning, songsters, and let the world know, what an opportunity they might have to be. enraptured by — their birdlike silvery music. Let it be known that they are sing ers of such .a character as will not offend the most chaste and scrupulous; that their music is the language of the purest morality, the. embodiH men t of the truest sentiment, prophecies of the so cial redemption and progreis.--sermons even thht seem to give wings to the Soul.and elevate their' audiences into their own pure -arroosphere---and the best Of society will throng their:bads. The.' BUrial st. Sea,'! " The Slave - Mother," or •" The Good Time a Coming," breathed in the gushing melody of their exuberant voices, in the commingling of their rich lospious tunes, speak to the deepest within us, and reveal a.world . of beauty. " - The May Queen!" Miss Eddy is thre May Queen herself---.music and grace 'incarnate— the chosen of all s theviilage. It is an era in. Con cert singing, when such persons as the Hutchin- . sons and , the Eddys'are inspired to enter upon the ministry of harmony. . _ COUNTERFE ITEIIS A 111 . 1 ESTE D.—Two bold and daring counterfeiters were arrested on Saturday, and are now snug and safe in the Jail of Alleghe ny county. IVe proceed•to give the details of the arrest, &c. Oa Saturday morning, a'man named S. B. Nor a. ton called at the Exchange Office of Harris & Cook, and there rot good 'Money for $2.7 in coun terfeit .Ts on the Cornmercial Bank of Cincinnati. In a short time the Brokers discovered that' they had been swindled—the paper was counterfeit. In order to head the, rascals, they gave timely warn ing to the other Brokers of the citytu beware.— ' En the afternoon of the same day, Norton hriplied to Holmes &Sons for the sale of a lot of the sane batch. Harris "& Cook were sent for 'in anin. sta nt--they arrived.rand recognized the fellow,L— The Mayor was informed, and officer Richardson' dispatched to Holmes & Sons, who seiied Nortonl and soon,had "bin] under lock and key. , Shortly after this was done, the Mayor got . aH hint that there was another person engaged in the , business "with 'NortOn..., Eris Honor, with officer' Bough r,proceerled to the St. Charles Hotel, and found a man named Tom Twitcher, in bed, whom they arrested and searched --and found upon him $10 . 47 counteifeit.3 . s.on the Commercial Bank of Cincinnati ; SWO counterfeit slo's on the .Laily ette Bank of Cincinnati bogus; and , 620 counterfeit 10's, State Bank,os.lndiana. • Tthe following arerthe descriptions of the dote's: Commercial. Bank of Cincinnati 3*s, letter A. dated Oct. 7, 1345; signed Jirmei (411, Cashier• Jacob &Piaci.' , , - The Laftyerte Bank of Cincinnati, ItTs,letter B, dated (blank;) sigsrl PV:m: 11 Gaqa, Cashier; G. Carlisle; President. Norton:is five.feet, three - inches tall; -auburn Bair and whiskers; downcast look. Twitcher is, about five feet eight:Thebes tall; 'stout built ; dark hair and Whiskers ; rather intelligent. countenance. Both .are well dressed, rather young, and look as though! they had been used to good living,— Twitcher must be 'ag iccOmPlished villein He affected the greatest:unconcern ;.talked talked like a "per_ secOted individual ;" said it -ivriS the moSt'ailigulat' thing imaginable, how the money got into his pocket, and 'suggested to thtikayor that some person hint put-it upon him an malace or iii jest: He had in his possession a ' et , oriangrailer'S tools; and when questioned as "to 7. the s use:he had for' them, replied that engraving was his trade.. - NO mioney was - found upOn was He is n sheepish Loo k ing fellow, and Was probably ato of 'Mister Twitcher, We endeavored ta ascertain the pedigrer pf ;this. latter gentleman, so as to know - whether#Ellight not be :Passible ih - at hi is a descendant %. of the ancient ." Jimmy who has figured so lextensivelf the;. liberation of the They were both committed r further hearin Fr ps At.r.soular.--Naartow ESCAPI os rski enumerate( —About 2' o'clock on Sunday morning, a Are broke out in the store of ------- Fritchey, corner of North Coitmarin and Federal street, which consumed the entire stock of goods . before it weds extinguished., ; The. house was only injured in the' store room, and: the _tipper rooms partially. The goods weir nor insured, and of course wilik be a total loss to `the owner. The house wi's !insured: 'Mr. F. ,Was. not at borne during the fire; he arrived 13 few hours ofter: In the confusion that resoled front the diseovery of the fire, Itilrs. Fritchey.forgot .her two-young children,' who slept in the attic story. A gentle man, with great devotion 'and heroism, ascended' the stairs', and found the.little ones, well nigh suffocated with'inioke. OneO( ttieni.was thought to be past recovery; and immediately after their fortunate resell; a physician was called, who, by his skill, Festered the- child, and both are. now safe. - - . The fire originated ; it is thought, with the fall of a bunch of matches, ignited, ; and from this the flames spread, and the inside of the store consumed. Just as Mrs. V. Wes' retiring,. she heard something light fall upon -the floor , froM- a shelf, upon which the matches were placed; and this is the acemint•given of the origin of the fire CIENTIZt ASHOCIAT/ON.--The Business Com mittee hold a meeting this evening, in the Board of Trade Roiams, at 7 o'clock : The officerri of this institution are making arrangenients to have Professor 141i4hell, of Cincinnati, deliver a course of Astronomical Lectures in this; City. Tree aci ence has many votaries here, who' call for light! The better day is coming' - aZ7' We. ludr attention .to the com num iation in reply to Mr. Alien's views of property. It is well and-candidly ;written, though radically wrong id principle. (r7•The Te, Pe Mr: -AI Tea Encireit.a.lerr,r,—.We werepleaded to' . wit., ife* the that assembleetp * delighted With thu ibanCiii minstrels, at their: Farewell 'lC:Oicert,laildplcased all the more to * Wititess4he aprilaTie arid-enthusiasm with which their chtliee songs were received It proves that our city ap predates true merit, and that singing that is sine mg, however modest and unpretending the artists may be, will at last command its audience. And we were not surprised to hear so many °emir good judges of music express their wishes for therri to remain with us longer, nor be satisfied till they had extorted from them the promise to z "come again." Their sterling worth, their honesty, their absence of all clap-trip and pretensik nndnoise, with which they come among us, although in this age so rare, and perhaps needed to gain a hearing, has nevertheless been no injury to them in the end. They leave our. city with , the warm sympathy of many filends, bidding"them a hearty God-speed in their mission of harmony, and rea dy to extend to them a gladwelcome, should they return. mperance folks—Sonnies and, Wash .. eet In Temperance Hall this even len will address' the meeting catizons.have bled on iteftlimetdays Oast, on account of tiiii'MysteriatiVoillt:for a meeting Which appeared anxiousin the city papers . ; Alt appearedn to hear . what the groot\prolOct of T.. 1. Fox Aldencould iii;and yet all hesitated to go to the Distriet CoOrt_roorifor (oar it might be; iboax. (Oa r people are always on the took out for hoaxes.] - Saturday came, and noon nam e ; the District court . adjourned ;, and the Judge/Land .11/embewofz, the Bar remained. There was soeri.,asinali.pr. tion of the city' literati looking 9001 Coot no I Hon. War. Witictsre was talled,to : t e Chair. Judges Hsratrnx and"Lawair took seats beside him, as Vice Presidents`i and Jirets . Esq., acted au Secretary - "' We quote from the official proc e edings , as patt: fished in the Sunday. Mercury.! - TheAject of thetneeting ,was Presented in all eloquent and exposition. Fox Armser, - Eiq to be ''. the erectiOn suitable ' oda: ces upon the public square in-front,of:the Court House of Allegheny county, to enibracre arrange ments for lons of Court Council'Cliambent; Western University; Leettire'Hall4,for _all branch es of learning, Philoadfiby,'Chettlietry and the Mechanical antrAgricultural Seiences. :A'letter treirn the Rev. Nathaniel West, exhibiting tkiii grounds and prospects of:Enecess in aegemplish ing).such an establishmenrof general utility,was read. After addresses in favor of the enterprile (rein the President, Thomas' Williams,iames S. Craft, Rev. N Charles Sh a'er. - ane Walter Forwent, Esqs., and . -West—on• motion of Williams, it was-- Resolved, That the plan, prOjeet anti resoltitions suggested by Mr. Alden, should be referred to a committee, of- which he . should be Chairliten;- to consider and'prepare a report, - to he inbrnitted to an adjourned meeting of persons interested in pro moting the objects exhibited, 'nfo be" held at' the DistrictnCourt Roams on Saturday, 12th February next, at . o'clock ; PAL ' 44 - n- • n• ' 141essis. Alden, .Forward, WilJieiris , Loomis, Shafer, Burke and • Wells were appOin!ed 'On - naid • Committee. And on motion, the meeting , adjourn ed to the time and place 'mentioned - In the above resointion. • • •. st s ssr.-01 course pvery per Son who feels an interest in the astounding exyerirnents of Mr. Spencer, will not fail to attendin'PhildErall this evening. • Died, . • In 13aliirnore, on the 3d of IVOivrit7,enlB47,-IVJL7 LIASI THOMAS, aged 7 months and i 9, days, only Bon of William and Susanna , • ATTENTION. NIA GA R A I—Th nutrabers the Niagara Fire Company, are hereby notified to attend an especial meeting at their Hattori Ti:es• day evening, Febrgary Ist. J. E. AITEELIY, S. MILIVAITE. Seey. [Jan 30,2 t. A T c J. Server, J. DUVAL, • • onday evening; January 31nt; Ire,presentad Shakalidare'i TragadY of • . eriihieh, Oierture by the Oreheetta coletude *ith the Farce of TILE,LAWYERIS • Wormwood..: , ......... ..... . - • z will appear as ha '44 a y — The - nunehback, in w hicipm#:puntor t. • • - '• • - ':3lESMEEtzsar. .. is I ‘ lis:rnr t ectra"Yn t aneB ilt: iaaan elneaorp7ttsrgt t ti a demonstrations in bresmerrsm, will; continue during this st. eek, at Phdo Hall. , Those who do Mat behe3e, had better attend , and embrace the present opporttz. nay to satisfrthcrnselves. The E'iperiments will, in every instance; be given .with persons who are citizens of Pittsburgh. All may expect to be amazed, astonuded and cou vtnced '„ pon,* open at half past 6 o'clock. 'rickets, 25 the PCents---can he a th hdhe a d l , Etchange Irotel, Office 4i'f esti and at toor. Front seats must be re served for the Ladies. •,, - ' i Jabal Intrtifil Ladles'•Seiniharr, Alleslivay City. IVIA rit • -iq Nyr METCALF would nnnounte to ilio cut- • seas of Allegheny and vicinity the ntretitled m l of hut Sehtud from the corner of .. ti duskyandStre.m. • berry streets where he has been tt aelung for the last twelve month, On and oder April 1e4., Abe mil occupy Rooms on Federal: street,• in ' Colormde Ron," 2nd door from the bridge The Academic ,. Year will codastdf two SCRSl O onday in tta of five months each, conuneuetn g ism the firat M February and September nava. or TIATION, exa smear's, os yrs-L. , aurerns English Department--Including Rentlirio. Orthography-- and Deftnrng 117ritzug English Granunar, Rhirtorte, ',o gle, Enrltelt Composition and Critteistn, Oeom*phy, Ills, unry , Anthmet and the hlgher Lraneltes of Ileihetnatres, Natural Philosophy , Mannar), Astronomy Rohruy, Phy sualogv, Geology Intellectual and 14foral Sience, alui all o dolt ther branches requisite to a Mon:mato Englurk Educe- Classical De pagment—lncludMg the Lane, Cheek and Trench lartgmiges each art t addmonal charge oir The services of competent Teacher', are c ur ed . s for such as may desire kr Meanie Mstructions in Drawing, Painting, and _ t , These designing to cnter.o./11 bind It to their interest to do so tilt neat to the opemng of the Session as mumble; 3et pupil - a will be received at anytime during illettessitill, and 1, or be chavgail at the above rates only front the. time of entrance . Ne cledifeaomi will be madefin abseil.' cos, except in cafes of Protsacted• illness l. • Any• 1000:tat/on vllnch may be desired, will be:cheer fat ully sr rgotns. comminuenteri to those ssibit cull upon ilieTristructor tuenher , retire MS also be made to the following gentle- Dr T P Dule, Allegheny Hon C PSC Shales h , P tisbi ng Rev D Elliott, . 11 Rev .- D }I Riddle; “ .Ir. 13 Irra r t r „'. Rev. 11. D . 1 ~ .t, Jall3/A3al Pittsburgh And lixertaxsavllle Jellatri'.Paokett., FEMDZART 1 5 1 ,184/k0•... •• ' "0- .FEDRI7ARY, et, tE4e. LEiIiVE:DAILY'Va:I3 P.;ilri' The following new boats cotapietekhe for the present . seasan late James Parkinson; B.4 . ttc, crap'. A;ilic.o,lsi: and.LOUIS 3 1T..11 , 1E. "Capt: R, - Bennett' The boats are entirely new, rind are fitted ttp Without ra t ,"ard to expense. Every comfort that mime& ean:procarcha s beet! pkovi.. tied. The boats will leave thehlunongabela Wharf Boat, at the foot of Ross iit. Passeagers punetual on board, as the boats' certrunly letive'rat the:titlYertised , bia Ova mond Allay; betmeenlifaeket ••enMLLE spbaCtiber','ieipectialli informs bis friends, d customers, that be 'has fitted'np hiitlittuse in a 'superior style; and will keep constantlyenhai4 FresliOysters, and all kinds of eatablea ofi4e.sig son. Janavat* • • • - ' - ,