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L. HARPER, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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FRIDAY MORNING, JAI; •
Er," No.,9lmaican. n can ever cease to esteem the
linton - ardte fint elf alt blessings , - Disunion ~iGod for -
but-- Nations Va rooms rue the rashness Qf
,the
deedY-41hronatute., .
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Densocratie State Conventions.
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' ' READING,"
For notainadng candidates for GOVICIiNOR and CANAL
Corouraorneson the4th of June 1.851, ak-fized by the
WilliafitsPortConventidn. -
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• itl9 , U 0 ,
1 or nionditzitlibm'cixididates for Seim= Bann, on the
Itth or June, as flied b the regular action of the
State CiattO Comitittee.-
Tp A.4vertisersi. -
Titrbionroxo rast Ins a larger circulation than any
sabscription paper published in Pittsburgh. - -To rum
mest( mean afford!" an excellent medium for Advertising .
andbeingtbe onlyTemoerntie paper issued in Allegise
ny-eounty, it goes into the hands of a - class "of readers
reached by no other paper. Advertisers will be' good
enough to bear - ,
MONEY NIAttECIErf.'
OTRItEOB Tag Mercado Post.
Pitt3burgh; January 240.851.
Garantar.Rmiessre.—At- this season.,of the year
want .of meney occasioned -- by.the
pressure of, business But business obligations have
to be met, and commercial payments - absorb a very
conenterablo amount of funds, and thus mone y '. is
constantlyn in active demand. M
The elte Are
emoting as liberally as their means will allow ; but
they. Confine their operations to' business .paper'of
short dates. - What'the banks decline is Wien sold
to brokera ; _oton the streets itipersonswho employ
capitatin sttchinveatinents3 nada° every ..name has.
its price, the hawker seldom fails in effecting &sale.
Street discounting le quite a business, and we should
think,' . from the activity . of friend -TAYLOR on the
pavements,. that it is a flourishing condition.—
There is a-great 'demand for local stocks, and the
supplyis insufficient tp meet it: The want o f eater
to make change is confined to, persons who have
nuMertios handeto Bay off;' and as die banks only
pay, ont . ..gohl, silver is_ oßen,..Tor that 'purpose,
bought at a small advanee. Silver is tolerably abort•
dant in the, country, in consequence of the SIMIIIII
Note_Law of last winter, which brought the coin
from ethir.States. Still there is a want of change
felt in bueiness communities, and more of the small
gold coinage is imperatively called for . from Con
gress.: if tlje, Philadelphia -Mint is incapable of
supplying the demand, others should be at once es.
tablished. There am numerous applications to our
Legislature for permission to the banks of this State
to lane' email notes. What the Legislature will do,
we - cannoksay, for it is questionable whether the
banks would issue them, while silver is at a premi
um over gold; unless it should be those banks which
are out of easy - access From their loeation.
In another part of' te•dayle Post we published a
:well prepared and highly Interesting article in re.
- gard to Gold and Silver, from the London Bono
mist, which is worthy ofa cereal perusal.
• PRICES OF STOCKS.
LOASS. Par talus. Asked. Offered
United States G's . $ - 100,00 5118,70611 f
do• - do s's 100,00 105,0 JO=
Pennsylvania 43 , s 100,00 10149 101
do - • 5 , s _lOO,OO 92,75: - 9:
Allegheny county G's— -• • • . • ... 95 ,00
do coupon Ws 96,0 CE 9;
i'do • temp '
Pittsburgh city 6's 90,00,, 91
do coupon Ws, papable in
Phi • .• .
Allegheny City G's
do
_coupon 6's payable iu i
..... .
Chila-
Bink'pr Pittsburgh
-Merchants and Mandacrorcrs
Exchange Bank • •
ParmereDepoille Bank
.naroot siocss.
Elenongobela
St. Claw street do
Hand street . do,'
N. Lae:ties . do - : •
issoioutcsl srozmo.
Western Insurance Co• ~~
do - do, •• •
dssatioted Firemerea do-
rirt.soitaart srocas.
AllariticandOhio t Pittsburgh •
to Philadelphia. •••- - • • • •
Pittsburgh; Cincinnati and Loa
isalue . .... ......
Lake. Erie Line
Pittsburgh Gas Works
Monongahela Slackwater
Youghiogheny do
stoma-
PeansYlvania Railroad .•-•
Petma. and Ohio do •• •
Cleveland and Pittsh . 'h do • • • •
Fayette Manufacturing Co • - •.•
eErie Canal Bonds, old
, do do do new
- COPPER STOCILIS:
Pittsbigh and Boston (CiirMine) •
North 'American •
North West- ••••.. • . • • ' • •
North' Western... •• . • -- • --- •
Iron City ,
Ea T ebt..• .- . .... t . . . r . •
Pittsbingh and Isle R0ya1....: •
,
Adventure. • • • ' —•
Ohio Trap. Rack
Ridge Mining Company... •- • . 0,001
Allegheny Savings Bank •,•-• - 15000
&siva or Szocits.—The Stock blarket' is ver ,
buoyant.at the.present time, and our tables of pr.
trillaliew a great advance is mapf k ind S. The truth
is the better descriptiOns of stocks are difficult to'
had at any, price: , The follcieing are the sales re
ported to 1111 by the*Board of Brokers during
„the
lass few days:
Jan. 10-. , 1 share Allegheny" Savings Bank $160,00
" 11-10 " 'Pittsb'gh , and Boston Copper. - 92,25
"-14-30 " id. and fit Bank stock •• - 52,75
.
"" 15,-15 : " Exchange Bank stock- .. .. • 50,00
-16-29 44 " - CI lg .. .... ; ; 50
17-•:7:.i Ohio and Fa. Railretul• .. • . • 40,00
44 20_..10 IA 40,00
" 21-20 " Exchange Bank stock 51,00
4, 21—'4 " .01: American' Copper 24,75
" " Exchange Baak'stock • 5t.00
""'.2-24 -4, • Ohio and Pa. Railroad... .. ... - 39,75
" 22-50 _ " N. American Copper 24.00
~ 23-29 " Bank of Pittebtligh,SlOCk 54,00
Nay Yoest Ctrs -,Banrsta.—A statement has been
published, showing the condition of tiaetwenty- , nine
city badge, on the 21st December last:
Increase since
21st Sept.
Loans and -di5erunt5...505,454,349 $2,98'7,549
Specie' ' 11,011,104 1,949,341
Circulation ' _ 6,955,62 W 344,676
' Deposits .. . ... 40,662,762 3,859,560.
The increase in the deposits is nearly four mil
lions, and in the amount of specie two. ,
The amount of specie in Now York city, in the
Snbareasury and banks,
December 21, 1860 $14,803,854
September 28 • 14,492,937
As the Safety Fund bankcharters expire, they re
organize under the . General Banking, law. Nest
year, $820,000 Safety. Fund capital will be with•
drawn from circulation. •
STATE Bews ar 'voter:A.—We give below an ab
stract of the condition ofthe„State Beek of Indiana,
on the 31st of October last, as 'made by the branch.
es to the Board :of Control' at jodyinapolfs. Not
withstanding the, Bank had upward of $BOO,OOO of
coin drawn from its vaults in the course Of last Slim
mer and Machin for notes returned by the Mao.:
dated Baeks of Ohio, it will bo seen it was fortified
with a large proportion of coin, and a large sum to
its credit with banks and bankers in New York, MM
,
jest to sight drafts .:" The surplus fund is nearly
equal to 40 per cont. on the capital stock, Most of
the.branches made 6 per cent. dividends for the last
ilia months. .
- • , .‘
' ammo.' •
Notes and bills discounted.. .. . "44,195,516 10
Real estate, banking houses, &c - 364,680':87
Due from Eastern banks and bankere.." 517,645 :09
349,019 , 82
Indiana 5 and 6 per an et. Treasury nowt 120,782 - 57
Gold and silver • 1,278,353 81
Notes of -other bunks. ... .. 169,118'11
Total $6 3 995,029 26
Capital at001t,..._. . • .....$2,082,950 59
Bnrplaa:fnnd• • 717,587 24
Profits since last 175,567.:,05
Unclaimed dividend 5.............. 6,499'73
Due to othtir banks add branch balances 187,290 46
Due to depositors, school fund, 533,500 19
Circulation under_ fives. - ...: .645,275. _
Circulation nftys and uptiard 2 808 9754 3414334 00
Total, is
$6,995,Q9, 26
4W - .1, , ,,!7,1 - 7 - YOUF?::,
.. W5--474 1:7 4 0r:' , ',
-'.,.,
-Tat U. S. Mutts.:-The table .
attached to the Re*
port of the Secretary of the Treasury show that
since the establiehmint Orthe, mint the Government
has coined pieces to the Value' of $186,572,73 4 15,
of which the Philadelphia.mintlas coined 148,877,
453 15, and the brancheiE 838,060,281. These, re*
terns are comPlete to the Ist`of November last.
Up to 1838, before gold became more plentiful, the
.Iggregates coined were as follffiwa : -
Halt eagles $4,220,422
Quarter eagles 949,130
Dollars.. .... 1,440,517 •
Half dollars - 91;443,993
Quarter dollars 6,524,069
- ' ' - 14,854,600
Half dimes 16,984,243
Cents. ... . . 82,241,303
-Pima 1805 to - _lB3B no eagles were , coined, and
only 182,692 Were in circulation. Since 1838, bow.
-ever; the eoipage has again programed.
From 1824 to October 84 4880, the amount of
_
gold depasitea in the mint, from
° the mines in the
United States, was as folloira' '
Virginia .........1,199,388
Nbrth Carolina..'... ... . . 4,138,416
South Carolina. . .. 504,162
Georgia 2,349,040
Tel:lumen 35,442.
.... . ..... 53,318
New Mexico 89,163
California 28,196,099
Giber places 84,767
No gold was .received from California or New
-Mexico till 1849, - when there were $44,177 received
from California, and 682 from New Mexico ;,in 1849,
there were received 6,481,439 from California, and
32,889 from New Mexico ; and up to October 31,
in 1850, California had pupplied 22,671,083, and
- New Mexico 5,592.
The highest amount received in any one year be.
lorethe Cal ifornia gold began ' to come in freely,
was in 1834, when the receipts amounted to 893,000.
The whole amount from 1824 to 1848 inclusive, was
only 1,991,688. In 1849 it, wont up to 5,767,052,
and by October 81, 1850, it reached to 22,189,817
so that the gold received from California, in the first
ten months of this year, - 1850, is more than twice
as much as was received at the mints in the twenty.
four years previous to the disCovery -of the gold in
that country.
The official statement shows that Cram 1821 to I
June 1, 1850, there bad been imported in the vari.
one kinds of coin and bullion, 8263,449,873, and I
exported 193,396,048, leaving an excess of impor
tations over exportation Of 70,059,825. The expor.
tatiocs and importations have greatly varied—some
times being greatly in excess one way or the other,
and in other years nearly equal. From 1832 to 1838
the importations exceeded the exportations by near
ly 60,000—in 1834, going up as high as 15,834;874,
and again in 1838 to 14,239,070. In 1843 they went
up to 20,799,544, and in 1847 to 22 1 213,550. The
largest excess of exportations over importations was
in 1848, when it Was 9,181,396. In the fiscal year,
,ending June 1, 1850, the exports exceeded the ioa.
ports by 2,894,202.
Berg EsciLaum.--On the 21st of December
the Dil l tors of the Bank of England gave notice
that the minimum rate of interest, till further notice,
would be 3 per cent., being an advance of i per ct.
The rate had been uniform at 21 per coat. since 22d
of November, 1849, previous to vvh , ch it had for
about a year stood at 3 per cent.
The reason given for the advance in the rates, is
the reduction" of the stock of bullion in the Bank•
The nmes thus accounts for the reduction :
It has been occasioned by the transmission of gold
to-Paris, consequent upon the question being raised
oft.he desirableness of abolishing that metal as legal
tender in France.. The French merchants and others
having payments to receive in England, have called
. .
54,00 - -.53,7
in the — tiniount while it is in theii'poiver to gel
_ .
coined, and' the English houses with payments to
make in France have been equally eager to ship
gold, to avert the possibility of being required to
,00 pay in silver at a premium, which would bo the case
, 00 if the talked or alteration should be decided 'upon.
ThoTi:w t , e tlererdre,coclLdeethat thedal!
willonly,enpomr— iCort:oasons:_Fi :-First,
cause it can only extend to the trade balances be.,
tween the two countries. Second, that"a decision
51.50 5
50 00
1700 00
15,00' - - 14,6(1
12,50!
must speedily be made of &e question et issue. It
will be probably against any change in the matter.
,00 IT sn, the gold having been absorbed by a forced
movement, will naturally flow back in its acetic
-400
toured channel. On the contrary, if gold should be
put Gator the currency, then farther shipments from
1,00 Great Britain would be of no use.
49,00 4
30,00
' 75 The Evening Post states that in New York- there
1 , 00 iaa fair rlemand for money. The wants of corn..
00 coerce are rather greater, 'but the supply is ample
and rates continue easy. Foreign exchange inquiet;
,00 though a slight decline in the rates would bring out
' OO a considerable demand. Sterling in firm at maw*
21 0 ) 11 0 ) I
96,00
25,00
et. preinium. Prancsate scarce, with sales et 5.10-
,75 The Richmond Examiner states tbat the banks in
TAO Richmond have lost, within the last three months,
I P $62 654 04 of their silver. It has been ascertained
5,75
that $34,000 of this amount has been shipped direct ,
to New. York for export to Europe, and it is sup
ces I posed the balance has indirectly reached the same
destination.
be I
4,001
2, 50
5,00
8,50
The Treasurer of the Schuylkill Navigation Com.
pany is now prepared to issue scrip to the holders
of the common loans in settlement of interest, as
agreed at;the annual meeting of the Company. The
certificates to be presented for endorsement.
atvrrionair--The Madison and Indianapolis Rail.
road have declared a. semiannual dividend of 6 per
dent., payable 28th January. •
The Hartford and New Haven Railroad, an extra
ono of 56 per share, payable 3d February.
The WhalingßaA ofNew London a semi.annaal
one of 41 per cent; the New London Bank 2}, and the
Union Bank, 6.
The Lafayette Bank of Cincinnati has declared a
dividend of $5 per share for the last 6 months, and
$290 per share additional, out of the stock belonging
to.the company.
The North Western Bank of Virginia has declared
a dividend of three per cent.
The Lafayette Maumee Company , of Indiana have
declared a dividend of six per cent. for the last six
months, payable on demand.'
The Canal Rail Road of Connecticut has declared
a dividend o l 3 per cent.
The New Bayou and Northampton R.R. Co. have
declared a dividend of 3 per cent.
The Winnisimmet Company (of Mass.) have made
a serni.annual dividend of 3 per cent.
A: number of Philadelphia women have been ar
rested in New York for passing counterfeit notes.
Their names are as follows a Parab Wood, alias
Green, Ann Kelly, Jane Wilson, Havanna Mowers,
Mary McCready, Emeline Wisner, Chas. Wisner,
"Mansfield Wood. On their, persons were fohnd sum s
of money from about $4O to near $2OO, all of which
was - good. On inquiring, however, it was ascer
tained that this money was obtained in change at
different places where - the counterfeiters bad been
making purchases. The prisoners 'tverejecognixed
by trio or three of the shopkeepers upon whom they
bad passed the spurious money. ,On_the same night
• anothercounterfeiter, named Benjamin Drake, who,
iu is believed, belongs to the same gang, was taken
into Custody.
On his person were found counterfeit $5 bills on
the Bank of Middletown, Pa.; also $5 bills on the
Mechanics> and Farmers' Bank, Albany, and one $5
bill on the Lebanon Bank, Lebanon, Pa.; fifty $5
on.the Albany Bank, and ninety on the Middle.
town Bank. The accused was conveyed before Justice
Osborn, who committed him to prison. Each of the
women carried a carpet satchel, in which were
placed the small articles purchased for the express
purpose of obtaining the change. of a 510 counterfeit
Tar GEORGIA Comer CROP.—We presume the
crop Will• be as large as _last year;; and if so, it will
roach !Sso,ooo,balesi which - , at 00 a bale, will carry
the eslitinte'made by our friend or the Recorder, of
the wealth added to the State, froursl7,soo, ooo , up
to aboht $27,000,000. - The receipts at Savannah
alone, last year (including Sea Island) amounted to
.340,000 bales. When the quantity that' descends
the Chattahoocheer to Apalachicola; that Which finds
- its way to Si. - Marks from the counties bordering' en
.the Flprida line,und that which Is sent from Augus
ta to Charleston, which last properly belongs to Sa
vannahLicconsidered, it will readily'be seen that
the -estimate of the Recorder is quite out of the way:
--BarEatnah, Ga.,-.Republican, Jan. 10.
Total 36,549,594
Philadelphia Counterfeiters Arrested.
Ottibbliqd - attlr
_=- Mr. Sharp, a clerk in the tobacco establishment .
of Mr. Wm. Barrett, at Richmond, Vci;ceinilitted ant
aide, on Friday of last week - , by blowing Out his brains.
Domestic uonbles, tits supposed, induced Matto commit
. .
the act. • • .
Gen. Wm. 0. Batter reached Louisville, on Fri•
day,to receive the minutiae of his brother, Pierce Butler.
The members of the bar attended the body to the boat
on which it is to be taken to the family burial ground at
Carrolton for interment.
The Washington Pins says of Jenny. Lind:-
. - .
" Sithdry prominent elderly gentle Men, presuming on
her goodinature, insisted on kissing her when she was
here, to which she could not objent,becanse such kissing
was purely platenir;—a reason which size laded younger
manlike us, and converted that . sacred rite into a mere
ceremony? , The public %veld. like to see the names of
these elderly gentlemen. • • '
—.There is a negro, living near Palestine, 111., who
is the father of fifty-sit children, has burled 7 wives,
and now, at the age of more than 90, is courting for the
eighth wife.
James C. Martin, of Allegheny county, has been
elected by the Joint Committee of the. Legislature li
b retina of the State Library at Harrisburg.— Phil.
Who is James C. Martin? . -
- The following are the contributors from Ky., to
the World's Fair: I. Thos. H. Barlow, planetarium, or
bunkum. 2. S.D. McCullough, Barrow's mustard. 3.
Mrs. C. Coleman, three bed-quilts.
—The Louisville and Frankfort Rail Road is'com
.
plated in tinning order as fares Christiansburg, Shelby
county, a distance of forty-six miles. It is contemplated
that the road will be finished to Frankfort by the first of
June.
Bacon and greens, once upon a time, were re
garded in Virginia and Tennessee with a reverence sec-
ond only to that felt for "the resolution of '93." When
a person, after experimenting upon other dishes, comes
back to bacon and greens, it is called - returning to fag.
principles.
CoL.Bridgeport, who has taken some pains to in
vestigate the "spiritual knockings" in Stratford, and
elsewhere, is giving public lectures on the "art." lie
can':rap" out sounds similar to those made by the spit.-
its
The Indiana etinstivational Convention has fixed
the term of Governor to 4 yens and give him the veto
power, which may be overruled by a majority of all the
members elected to both Houses.
Recent explorations prove that the State of Ar
kansas possesses an abundance of mineral resources,
and that in the two articles of coat and lead, she is
expected to equal the States of Pennsylvania and Mit-
A recent decision of Chancellor Mason, of Ala
bama, has established the right of slaves to the benefits
of the writ habeas corptu, upon the petition of any free
white person. The object and extent of the writ is to
release theta from any illegal cpnfinement in which they
may be held.
Paine still continues to ezhibit his gas•man
ufecturing operations, without hesitation or reserve, to
ail who desire an inspection. He has accepted the Bos
ton wager of $5 - ,000, that be could not substantiate his
claims, and measures will soon be taken to test the real
ity oflhe discovery as conclusively as human ingenuity
cah do it.
Gov. Helm, of Kentucky, hu vetoed a bill to pro
vide pay for members when not in attendance on their
daties.as unconstitutional. Thk Constitution provides
for a per diem allowance to members "daring their at
tendance," ;kn. The Senate sustained the veto by an
unanimous vote.
The gt. Louis Republican states that the pollee or
that city have received reliable information that plates
are now in preparation in New York, for the issuing of
the Btoo counterfeit notes upon the state Bank of Mis
soul.
A Louden paper says that America is the land of
promise for dramatic persons of any note or talent.—
They obtain treble the amount of salary to what could
begot in that country, and sip more they are generally
paid
The old settler Cherokees have resolved in coun
cil to pay all just claims against the party., Messrs.
Thom, Wolf, Riley and Stan have been appOinted a
committee to adjudicate the claims• -
The interments in Washincion,dnring the month
of Deceinher,namber 37—by consumption 0; stnallitor
2. There were whites 30, colored 17. 20 were under 5
years or age.
A girl in Pittsfield was •truck dumb by the Sting
of a cannon. A number of married men have in conse
quence Invited the artillery companies to parade upon
their premises.
A witness in a court of,justiet,teing asked what
kind of ear marks the hogs in question had, replied, "he
had no particular ear marks, except a very short tail."
Col. James M. Shelr an, a universally beloved
citizen of Westminster, Md ~ died suddenly on Tuesday
last.
It is said that an mutt of Jenny Lind resides near
Lynchburg, Va , and visited her while she was in Rich
mond.
Fifteen vessels arrived at Fair Haven, Ct ,on
Wednesday and Thursday of last week, bringing near•
ly 40,000 bushels of oysters!
A Spanish proverb says—" A kiss without
moustache is an egg without salt." What wicked peo
ple must be in Spain ?
Thousands have become rich by minding the it
owe business--so, also, thousands have become poor
by minding other people's.
The Bay State Mills in Lawrence turned out 315,-
000 shawls in the past year, and IL,OOO scarfs.
Toasts by the Trade.
At the New England celebration at Milwatikie, the
Secretary read the list of professional toasts which
follows, and which were received with uproarious
applause:
By a Baker—TO dorm of Liberty—it rose in the
yveast—may it -continue .to give its light till it has
covered the whole world, and prepared it for the
last great baking.
By a tiatter—Our CotmOse—May itsrim bo ocean
bound, and its band kept tightly buckled ; and may
it never be subject to a crown, and always miudful
of the clerics of its be Benin.
. • . .
By a - dry goods merchant—Our national Flag—
May we never measure it by yards, nor sell it without
a reasonable advance on its brat cost, addingtraus.
portation and insurance.
By a 86.h00l Master—The old Pus . ..rotten discipline
May its uses never be parshed by, nor its benefits
reduced to a cypher.
By a Lawyer—The Beech Beal—lts application to
the early Yorkers by the Green Mountain Boys die.
pensed with the necessity of proving a consideration
for their rights.
By a Printer—Plymouth Rock—The Imposing
stone on which the form of our liberties was made up,
may it be .a typo of their perpetuity. '
By a Tailor—The "interims Unton—Buttoned up
by the patriotism of our ancestors—may its needle
of virtuous indignation prick the goose that attempts
to rip its seams asunder.
By a Miller- 7 The Mayflower—Ground from the
1 Grist of oppression, it turned out no shorts.
By a Forwarder—The Boston Tea Party—May Its
Imemory be stored away as a warning to all who at...
tempt to exact an illegal commission.
By a Banker—The Pilgrim Stock—
_Above par in
every market, .
Nzwavapans.—The Columbia (S. S.) Telegraph
says the truth is beginning to be understood, that
editors and publishers are producers, and that they
are entitled to some compensation for service ren
dered, or for articles furnished by them. A news
paper is a commodity in vrhic.b are Involved all the
usual elements of cost, and the purchaser or con
sumer Ahead expect to pay for it accordingly. No
class of men expect to be furnished gratis with
shoes, hats, coats, &e., and no gentleman calls on
his neighbor eller breakfast habitually to borrow a
pair of boots. When people. once learn the simple
truth that the maker of a newspaper looks to it for
his living, the' once fashionable practice of borrow
ing newspapers, or of borrowing space in them,
• • will be discontinued. Clue brethren of the
press can do much in bringing about a proper re-,
cognition of their rights, and we trust they will do
so speedily.
12Z1` Irt Fnairce, they press the grape, in the pro
em of wine treading, with their feet. No mechani•
cal squeezing would so nicely express the peculiar
proportion of the whole moisaure of the grape which
forme the highest flavored wine. The feet are some
times rather unacquainted with the of• 102 p, but
the argument ihr cleanliness *that the fermata.
tion flings'as scum to the our face'every atom of fora
clgn matter held in suspensiop in thewine, and that
the iliquid ultimately obtained ist as exquisitely - pure
as if human flesh had never to niched it—Phil:Ledger.
From litznepiburg
tCOIIIIB6I.OIIDISTICE o sr .1
,
MBE
Efantuaisuno, lanpary 21, 1851
Oh I that some kindly spirit would rouse:Abe
energies of our Legislators, and give correspond
ents something to write about. Here we have
been sitting from week to week, and save the sin
gle exeitiisg topic of United Stated Senator no• .
thing has been sold or done worthy of note.- our
Legislateis seep to have forgotten that the eye of
the public is how siiecially directed to-them; . and
that if not much, wise legislation is looked for.
Something calculated to give to their proceedings
an air of interest is confidently expected. But
perhaps your correspondent and the publlc.are too
Impatient, and that the quiet of the State Capitol
' is the result of mature preliminary deliberations,
which will soon develope themselves in the form
or longwinded speeches, and any thing else.than
wise measures. We shall see, however, and in
due time your readers shall , be faithfully advised
of every thing transpiring here possessing for
them the slighest degree of interest.
uComing events cast their - shadows before
and from the immense _number of bills already
read in place, remonstrances and petitions presents ,
ed, we shall before the close, of the, session have : -
the political cauldron here bubbling add boiling In
a terrific manner.
Banks without number are asked for—petition
upon petition for a System of Free Banking based
upon State Stocks presented—motions for the re
peal of, the Anti• Kidnapping Laws of 1847 offered
—bills for the Judicial Apportionment of the
State read—and it is said the famous Wetherill
Divorce Case will claim another bearing. From
all these fruitful materials, you cannot fail to per
ceive that notwithstanding the present quiet here
we have before us the prospect of a stirring sea.
non.
The attention of the House is at this moment
directed to the lobbies, where, clothed in all the
dignity of his exaayorshlp, stands the veritable
Jos Pantr.r.n. The entrance of the most distin•
gaished man in the country could not have pro
duced a greater sensation, and Joe knows it, al•
though he tries hard to appear unconscious of the
fact. Should a committee be appointed to tender'
him the respects of the House, he would only re.
gard it as a well merited tribute to distinguished
worth ; and as nine tenths of thtiZistinctions con
ferred upon.public men in - our country rest upon
the silly acts they have performed, it is question.
able whether Joe's claims to such a demonstra•
tion are not fully as strong as theirs.
This is Private Bill day; and as some of the
bills refer to your section of country., I enclose a
calendar for your benefit. Yours, SPRIG.
From tho Lohdon Econotrust.
GOLD AND SILVER.
In our last number we instituted an inquiry in.
to the comparative production of the precious me.
tale at different periods since the beginning of the
present century, from which it appeared that in
1840 the production was £8,142,274; in 1898,
prior to the discovery of California, £11,027,237,
(the whole increase having arisen in Russia,)
end
in 1850, £21,800,000, of which no less than.£lo,.
000,000 was contributed from an entirenew source
—California. But that inquiry also showed that
the,relative quantities of gold and silver produced
at those different periods had greatly changed,—
At each of the dates mentioned they were as fol
lows;
Production of fold and silver.
1910—•. f. 8,142.2.4••••—£ 1,00,000—.10,852474
1849 11,047,237—•—• 4,160,000•. tmat7,,z7
1850-- 21,800,000—•••-• 14,100,000• •• • 7,010,800
Proportion ofsold. Proportion of slitter. •
per LIU. per cent. ,
1940. •• •15.810—••••—•84,71C0
1848.-47,7 W 62,210 -
1850— •65,000•.• ....... 35,000
Here, then, we have two Very important facts
established : 1. An:enormous increase in the quan
tity of the precious metals produced. 2. A very
great increase in the proportion of 'gold to silver.
Compared with 1840, the annual product of the
mines in 1850 had increased more than 150 per
cent., and even within the last two years the in..
crease has been nearly 100 per cent. And where.
as gold represented barely "l 6 per cent. of the
whole quantity in -1840, in 1848 it represented
nearly 38 per cent and in 1850 no less than 65
per cent. This change in the illative proportions`
of the two metals has been caused entirely by
the combined effects of Russia and California.—
The supplies of gold from Russia had already be.
come large in 1840, and increased rapidly in every
year up to 1848, while the supplies of silver re.
trained nearly stationary, but without producing
any perceptible difference in the relative values of
the two metals. It must, however, be borne in
mind that, so long as opinion remained unaltered,
with regard to their relative values, a sexy great
change might take place its the actual quantities
held in stock without 'affecting their relative val.
ties, owing to the peculiar purposes for which gold
and silver are used. One of the chief of those
uses is the large ieserves held throughout Europe,
in particular by the great banks of each country.
With the exception of the Bank of. Hainburg,
where, we believe, the entire deposit has always
been kept in silver, the two metals have been used
almost indiscriminately for that purpose. For ex
ample, even the Bank of England, though bound
to pay all her liabilities in gold, is yet authorized
by the act of 1844 to hold silver in, the issue de,
partment in the proportion of one-fourth of the
amount of gold bullion and , coin held at any par
ticular time • and in practice, until lately, the.
Bank of England has always held a large amount
of silver. In the year 1846 the silver in the bank'
was as high at one time as £2,727,000. Again,
the Bank of France had even better reasons for
holding either of the metals in fluctuating quant6
ties, and receiving them indiscriMinately ; for tho'
practically, silver is the currency of France, yet
gold is also a legal tender at a fixed proportion.—
In May, 1848, the amount of bullion held by
the Bank of France, and its branches, was only
£3,873,000; recently it has exceeded £18,000,000;
and in that great increase there is no doubt gold
and silver have been received indiscriminately.—
Again, iu the Bank of Holland. where, till lately,
gold and silver were a legal tender, gold bad ac.
cumulated to the amount of £4,250,000, and at
this moment, notwithstanding the recent change
of the law, is held to the amount of £2,500,000.
Again, in the great Bank of St. Petersburg, though
its notes are payable only in silver, yet a largepor•
Ron of the £20,000,000 to £22,000,000 of bullion
held by that establishment has been ln gold. It
will be remembered that at one time in 1847, the
Russian government sold in Paris and London no
less than £5,000,000 of gold, and , purchased pub•
lic stocks. The same may be said of other pub.
lic and private banks throughoutEuroPe. So long,
therefore, as gold and silver continued to be receiv,
.ed indiscriminately by these various banks at fix•
ed relative rates; so long as the large reaerves of
bullion held (tom time to time were allowed to
consist of varying proportions of gold and silver.
—it is clear, that the actual aggregate quantities
of each might fluctuate very materially witheut
producing apy perceptible change in their:relative
values. Take the Bank of England as an exam-
pee. On the 12th of September, 1846, that es
tablishment held in the issue department bullion
to the amount of £15,864,960, which consisted' of
£13,154,883 in gold, and .82,710,07 7 in silver.—
At the beginning of 1850 the bank held hellion
in the issuedepartrnent amounting to x'16,235,310,
but which was comprised of £15,961,233 in gold,
and. only £277,077 in silver, thus showing that
while £2,433,000 had been withdrawn from. the
bank reserve in silver, £2,707,000 had been added
to it in gold; and it is obvious that similar chem.
gee in the proportions of gold. aiiiisilver may
have taken place throughout Europe. Yet, duriog
the whole:period, and for many months afterwards,
no perceptible alteration was experienced in the
relative veltie of gold and silver, although there,
can be cad doubt th relative quantities bald;of the
two metals underwent a considerable change.—
And, indeed, it was not until the Bank of Holland,
in the attempt to change her reserve of £4,250,.
'
. ,
- ' -
000 of gold into silver, 'caused so, considerable'
demand for the latter in exchange, for the.fortner,.
both in. London and Paris, that silver began to'rise
in England, and gold began try fall on the conti
nent. The, effect V that operation in. Holland,
combined with a deMand for stlverin Austria' and
Germany, coming as - both did . when the pithlic
mind wasmuch excited with reference to Califor
nia, has no doubt created a greater disturbance in
the exchange between those countries using a gold
standard and those using a silver standard, and
between the relative prices of the metals, than the
increased supply of gold actually received in 'EU.
rope would warrant. Reports
,to the : effect that
France and Belgium intended tO follow the exam
ple of Holland, and to exclude gold from their
currencies, tended to aggravate the alarm_already
excited. An eminent banker in Hamburg`writes,
that in that city, " Friday last, there was ado
ally a gold panic. On that day (the 20th of De.
cember) the price of gold fell to 419 i marks,
which on the 17th hadleen 423 Marks, and which
till recently had ruled about 433 to 04- marks:;
and the exchange on Eondow fell from 13 Marks
is. on the 17th, to 12 marks 15is. on the
_2otb,
the rate till lately, having usually been about 13
marks 9s. to 13 marks 12a.'' A very able letter
from the same:place, which we publish in another
part of our journal, corroborates ~: the deieription
which we gave in a recent nurnber of the effect of
those apprehensions upon the bills of exchange on
England, held by continental bankers.
But, however much apprehension and specula
tion may have contributed to the present state of
the exchanges,
and the m
relative price of the e
tals, we think no one can doubt, if their produc-- 1
tion is to continue at the same ratio and in the
same proportion to each other as in_ 1850, that a
considerable permanent change ; must take place
1, in the permanentrelative value of , the two me
-tale; and 2, In the value of the precious metals
together in their relation to other commodities.—,
The probability and the consequences of such re
sults we-wilt consider separately.
I.—The Relative Vane of Gold and Silver. -
,
Whatever doubt may exist as to whether the
recent' rise in the price of silver in England, ex
pressed in gold, or'fall in the price of gold on the
continent, as expressed in silver, and the come*
quent fall in the exchanges between England and
the continent, have heen caused by the altered
proportion of silver and gold already produced
and-brought to market, we think there can be no
doubt entertained that, if their production is to
continue for any number of years the same as it
hag been in 1860, when, not only the entire pro*
duction of the metals was nearly doubled, but
*hen gold represented 65 per cent. of the whole,
a very considerable permanent change must take
place In the relative price of the two metals. But
then, before we come to this conclusion. we have
two questions to determine. 1. Will the produc
tion of gold continue at its present rate?, 2. Will
the production of silver not also greatly increase?
In the first place, how long Russia and Califor
nia will continue to supply such qoantities of gold
as they have done- in 1850, we, could not venture
to predict, after all that has happened in the his.
tory of mining. But :this we are _bound to say:
After carefully considering all the evidence which
has been furnished as' to the capabilities of Call,
fonaia, after the experience we have had of Rus
Ida for the last two years, to say nothing of the'
accounts which reach us so often of other new
sources for the production of gold, we think there
is every reason to expect, at least for some years
to come, supplies equal at least to those of 1850.
If such, then, prove to be the case, and if the
quantity of silver produced shall continue as sus.
tionary as it has done of late years; then there can
be little doubt that a closer approximation, must
take place 'between the two metals Admitting
these premises, some have' argued against such a
result, on the ground that a larger supply of gold
would lead to a more extensive use of it—first, as
a circulating medium of exchange, and for bank*
ing purposes; and, second, for the manufacture of
utensils, ornaments, &c. But, so far, experience
is against' the supposed extension of the, use of
gold for banking purposes. On' the contrary, its
being produced in larger quantities, so as to risk
the maintenance of its value, has threatened its
entire rejection from some of the largest corn
tnercial countries in Europe It has already_
thrown upan the market, fronthe Bank of Hot
land alone, the sum of R 4,250,000 held in gold,
of which they hags succeeded in selling .£1,750,.
000, leaving £2,500,000 yet to be disposed of, as
tavorable opportunities offer. As to the expected
extension of the use of gold for ordinary purpo
ses, the only reason for such a change would be
its reduction of value. Such; an increased con
gumption would no doubt modify and limit the
reduction of price, but that is a condition which,
to some extent, must precede the extension of its
use.
Bur will the production of silver : continue sta
finery ? For it is plain that the mere increase
of the production of gold will not necessarily al.
ter the relative price of the two metals, but that
such an increase in the production _of silver may
elsolake place as will maintain the relative val.
ne pretty much where it is. This,- we think, not
altogether an unlikely result. That there will be
a very extensive increase in the - produelien of sib.
ver, svhatever may be the fate of gold, we have
no doubt. Those who are at all acquiinted with
the history of Mexico and the mining countries of
South America, are well aware of -the great influ
ence which the price of quicksilver has exercised
over the working, of the mines, and the quantity'
of silver produced frorn them.. California promi.
ses to furnish an unlimited supply of this mate-
Oat, so important in mining. A - letter from Mr.
Burnett, the Governor of California, has recently
been published at. Washington, in which he'says
"The quicksilver mine of New Almaden, within
twelve miles of this place, is valued at several
millions of dollars. In a few days, Mr. Forbes
informs me, they will have twentysix retorts in
operation, and will extract 8,000 lbs. daily, wortp
from $6,000 to sB,ooo—more than $2,000,000 an
nually. This is only one of the several mines,
but it is the largest." The effects of this new supply
of quicksilver are already beginning to be felt. We
hear from the western coast of South America that
considerable quantities have already been received
there; that a great reduction of price is expected;
and that already arrangements are being made
both there and in Mexico to re-open many mines,
which have long been closed, only_on account of
the high price of quicksilver. The great, deniand
and the high prise which have recently been ex.
perienced in Europe
,for silver, will, no doubt,
further stimulate - the production. Should this
view of the subject prove, correct, then; while there
may not be any very important change in the re,-
lative price of silver and gold, there will at least
be a very large increase in the quantity of both,
and consequently a slow but certain reduction in
their intrinsic value.
Sra.r.Drirratrarrorr.—We learn from the Cincin,
nati Commercial that Jams Fuezica,who has been a
resident of that city for'nearly fifty years, committed
eel f destruction on Sunday morning about 11 oleloch,
at his residence on Third street, near its junction.
The weapon used was .a pistol, which he placed to
his heart, and by its explosion ho was immediately
carried to another, world. Mr, Frazier had by his
exertions in former days, amassed sufficient means
to pier.° himeell and family beyond want,• but by a
reverse of circumstances, his means were soon ex..
hausted,and he again was thrown upon hie own ex.
onions to gain a livelihoad for hit; family. With
perseverance ho• managekto . support his extensive
family until the hour of his death. `lt iatbought that
he ;Has laboring.under hallucination of mind, when
the rash act was committed. The deceased was fa.
miliarly,knOwn by all the old residents, as an hon.
est, upright and true friend to humanity.
On the 234 instant, by the Rev. John G. Browne,
TOON BOYD to MARGARET KNOX—all of this city
BRANDY and WINES, in betties; ; .
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Mechanics' Lodge No. It, meets every Thursday
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To Let.
A LARGE CELLAR, suitable for storing. Posses
sion given inimediately. Eor3r.,uns,inpnly to Geo
Weyman, or' , GEORGE RUBLEY,
- No:150-Waterstreet.
A.NTA,TIO.IsI SUGAR,-22. 'lds. prime .pjantatio.
Sugar (old crop,) on consignment and for sale.Py
deal) MILLER. Ei RICKETSON.
30 B
i n TOP 1! , .0 nst ore atl4 - 1T style
,•,
L ARD
, • 65 kegs do; For-sale by
• • - I,3.tSw:WaAteTerid.62AvNrolsaStOstreNse
LOUR.-20e bbls Soperfaaa a - hi store ani
Ex en tl etc SILL,
for sale by - -
jai -•— _ -.wean el.
oz, packages,
SCOTCFINUFF.-4o
H extra, {overdo STUART .10 .
" . 0 -- F. BAR SThirfi'iolasses, Per ....steal:Lei
4./U Messenger.' Neclo,l CARSON MULNIORT.
..nom =....,..,'"
.-~.t~"a '~.s - s„r.~
~~'.ar ~c ~~ ~ x".
Antturrartax—First Tier and Parquette,so ce,nts ; See
Ond and Third Tiers,2s cents; Colored Gallery,2s cents;
Pr i vate. Boxes, eaoh, 81,00. =
Doors open at 6 , 1 o'clock, Curtain rises at .7,o'clock.
FRIDAY EVENING, Jan-may 24,1851, will be pre.
rentedROBRER - QUEEN. •
After which, Comic Danes, by Mr. Ca!lodine.
The whole to con • lade with the Equest.but. Dramit,';
ANTHONY WAYNE.
. In preparation, a Scotch Drama of startlingeffeets and,
incidents, entitled theITAISTIRE. -
Likewise in preparation, a Drama founded on facts,
entitled PAT. LYON, the Philadelphia Locksmith. -
• In rehearsal, the grand Equerilrian Drama of rlmoull
THE TARTAR. - -
TILE 'CV 0 R WONDER • • - •
TITANIA - , THE FAIRY:QUEEN, is now on•e.shibi
don at Dr. Morris' Museum and willremain for a
She is the smallest Dwarf in the world—is 16 years of
age, weighs 26 lb e.,tind only 24 inchei high, which is
two inches less than Generaf Tom Thumb. . •
Terms of Admissiort.To - Museum. and Titania, the
'Fairy Queen, 25 cents.' Children under ten years or
age, half price. • ' • - -
Hours of eihibition, from 10 o'clock A.M. till 10 P. M.
Vigilant Soiree. •
THE members of the VIGILANT FIRE , COMPANY
would respectfully inform their numerous friends
and the eitizenegenerally, that they will give their Filth
"Annual Soiree on Friday Horning, January • 31,1851, at
the Lafayette Assembly Rooms.
The Sapper on this occasion will be prepared:l;y the
-Firemen's favorite caterer,Devt•S Sonsson, Esq.
Fire and Inland Tranaportatlon
• • '
..rrIHEINSITRANCE COMPANY OF NORTIVA 'NEB
ICA, Philadelphia, chartered 1704, capital BODOr
000, assett Jannar713,1851i131,0010355. • 50, W il l -
make insurance on buildings and their contents in this
_city and vicinity. Also; n Property of every descrip-
lion; on steamboats and other vessel-is, either by inland
yansportationin on the seas. .‘
Arthur G. Coffin, -Jacob VI. Thonma,
Samuel W. Jones, - • John - R. Nur,.
Edward Smith, Richard D.Weild,
John A. Brown, - - • William Welsh, •
_ -Samuel F. Smith, ' • - Francis Haskins, •
Samuel Brooks, - • S. Austin Allibone,
Charles Tay tor, William E. Bowen,
Ambrose White, - George W. Aspinwall,
Thomas P. Cope, - • lames N. Dickson,
S. Morris, Waler, H. D. Sherierd , Seo P Y-"
This la the oldest Insurance Company in-the, United,
States, and from its high itanding,long experience, am
ple means, and avoiding , all risks of an extra hazard7.'
oaa character,maybe considered us offering' ample - se
Curitiba the public. WM. P. JONES, Agent, -
i (124 N 0.141 Front street.
Inet HAVANA ( EtANCIE4
~ ,i)tiu 40 boxes Malaga Figs; ; - -
0 drams, do do ;
150 1. do do do; For sole by
JOSHUA RHODES & ,
1a24 - N 0.6 Wood street
Orphans' Court Sale. ,
-ntnisu ANT to an order of the Orphans' Court, in and ; I
for the county-of Allegheny, granted the 25th day
of November, A. D. 1850, will be sold at public 'sale, at:.
the Court [louse; in the city of Pittsburgh, on the 25tk
day of-January,l2sl, at U o'clock, A. 111..,' the following..
described Real Estate,viz t All that certain Piece of par.,
cel of lot No. 263, in- the original plait of the city of.:
Pittsburgh, situate on the corner of Third and Smithfield
streets; containing In front, on said Smithfield street,22} . .
feet, and extending back along stud Third - Street; 66 feet;
with the privilegeof _a ten foot alley in the rear :- being .
the' same piece. of ground . that -was' conveyed to; It
Burke: deceased.hy Wm. Arthur& and wife, by deed,'
dated February 26,1E35, recorded in Deed Book 2nd VV.
page 50, &c.., and by the Western Univerilty, of Penn-
sylvania, deed, dated Augast9,lB243; recorded in Deed
'Book 3rd C. page 200, &c., &c.; and being part of the
real estate of said R. Burke, decealsed.
Terms made known at sale; and all necessary infor= -
mation will be given on application to .A. Brinzit, Rsgh
at his - office No.ls3l:ourth street.
DANIEL, M'CLTRDY;
dec:wtsadlt
"DEVOLVE:RS t.—Just received in additional stock of
Ili, Coy* Patent Revolvers; • also; Allert's do. 'Very
convernent, and necessary" self protectors" to such tut
holy find itnecetsary to-be expose& at night. For sale
at the Watch and Jewelry Store of• _
' corner Market and Fourth sts.
COIN SCALES.--lianks;brokersand businessmen,
who have not yet supplied themselves with a shit
expeditious and a/min-detector of counterfeit coin.
will find it greatly to their advantage to procure one of
•these approved balances. - ":A fewmore left."
Prices, $1.,50,53,60 and 85,00, accordig to size.
O the Honorable the judges of the Cctitrt, - 4 QUarter.
T
Sessions of the: Pease; in andior - the Cotmty of Alle.
Thepetition of R. B. Staplerord, of ; the4thWard, city 'of
Pittsburg, in the County aforesaid,hiunitly shewedi, That
yciur pettuoner bath provided himself matenals for -
the accommodation of travelers and others, athitidviell-.,
ing ,house in the Ward aforesaid, and prdys,diat your ,
Honors-will be pleased to granthun a Itemise to keep.*
patio house of entertainment_ Andy - oar - petitioner,as
in duty bound, will pray -.- • = - •
ROBERT 13.•STAPLEFCHD:
We, the siihscribers, citizens of the Ward aforesaid, do.
certify, that the above petitioner is ot good repato
lionestyand tempcnince,andis wellprovtded with:house
'room and conveniences for the accommodation of Mit ,
e rs and others, and that said tavern it netesiary._..
illartin Connolly, Andrew Jackman, Samuel Hare,
Wm. Young, G. Lindsay, James J. Kr. rr, hi. D. Potion,.
Wm. Allte - heltree, James Gregg,;. Allen Kirkpatrick,
James Graham, Dunes Y. Horboili: fia23:3t
A Scientific' flair Tonic Restorer - - -
AND BEAUTIFIER. Trial bottles 37i - cents. Those
' who have u--ed Jones' Coral Hairßestotative know
its exeellentqualities—those who have not, we assure
it to possess the following qualities.: It. will -forte the; -
hair to grow on any part where nature intended hair to
grow, stop it falling oft, cure-scurf or dandruff, and make
light, red or grey hair grew dark. For dressing - the hair
soft and silky ,nothing can exceed this—it males it
truly beatitifuL 'and - keeps: it so. It is; indeed, the - most
economical, yet superior article for 'the hair. .
- Sold only at Wil. JACKSON'S Store,2-1.0 Liberty st.,
head of Wood, Pittsburg. Price 37-1,-eents, 50 cents and
BIG BOOT BIG BOOT "
240 LIBERTY STREET,' •
MAD OF WOOD S.TRE.FT, PITTSR =Ga.
TU - 111. JACKSON informs the public that he has on
V hand midis receiving an extensive and prime as
of BOOTS and SHOES, suitable for the Pal
and Winter trade, curets voa cam -
N. 11. Home work made in variety. -
PERPETUAL. 1..,055-IitETALLIC '.RUB BER
- - -
A large assortment of perpetual_ gloss Atetaltii Bob..
bet Over-Shoes, of the newest and most approved pat ,
terns, for Ladies, Gentlemen, 'Misses, Boys and Child
..
rev's wear., Also, a - splendid vatiel of Ladies ane,
Misses Lined. Buskins and . Boats.. lhese Slioes.WL
be found to he unsurpassed. by any in the market fo,
neatness, durability and beauty of workmanship.--.Ca
and examine: -
- TRAVELING TRUNKS AND, CARPET . BAGS.
BIG BOOT stan - dethe deor-way.
240 Liberty. street,liead or. Wcuxi: -Isep2B:3nr
"USLANTAGENET , GUARD RAZORG.--:." The only
sate and, perfect Razor manufactured." Just re
ceived, per express, !mother lot of these linty - valutibra
and unique' Razors. [jalsl W.:WILSON.
Ono OenC ; Bewnra..-:
AN away from the subseriber,on the rah instant, an
R
indented apprentice, -named 301-IN JONES. All
persons are forbid harboring
. or -trusting: hinhas they
will be dealt with apeording td law.. •
'la6 ' ' 'A. WESTERVELti` -
A. VP. Poster, - . • •
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
O FFICE, NO. 164 FOURTH , STREEI', near- ( rani
wed; Pittsburgh, Pa: novls:clawly.,
aUFCHOUSE: ,, _
SHELL OYSTERS AND GAME received' daily.
Otra Hoax," N 0.24 Diamond alley. • '• ' •
jai:lm - SVM. BENNETT.
. .
THE partnership of Reynolds & Shee was dissolved
by mutual - consent oath° Ist ir , st. The business of.
the firm Nvill be , settled by - either of the partlea,-thematne
or the firm to be used lot that par Pos
e.
On retiring from the business of Reynolds & Sheet,
mould recommend Mr J. L. Shee to my , friends and the,
former customers of the house. • ,
lal4 S. 0. REYNOLOSi_
I.l"ti A DWELLING HOUSE, with tea 'of eleven •
tinit TOOMS, in good repair. and with large..yard, oa
Federal Street, Alleghenr.. Rent, 8175 per seam:
Also—A STORE on Market street, Pittsbargls; a long
Warehouse, on Third street, and several Bootee in Past
Office iluildinge, - • ;••.E: D. GAZZAM,
. 184 Second 'Arcot.
House Deals
doable Counting . ls
VOR 5.4.1.,A large c4as oN , & migNIGHT,
.1: good order... 94 Water street.
OLD
Itla TC" : T iiSKEY
,Tainaica Rom, in bottlee. Fof sate by •
.r. P. Hoaritien,
197 Liberty street:
erOI3ACCO.--A' boxes prune s's Just received and toi
sale by ' gall STUART & SILL.
. -
- Jones' Lily . white. •
LADIES are cautioned against using common prepa.
red Chalk.
They are ll°tau - ire how frightfully injurious it is
to the skin ! hoW coarse, how,rough,bOw
. , sallow, yellow and .unbealtliyidie
appears after using preparedrChalk !
• Besides, it is injurious:contain- •
. ing large quantity of Lead:
W
e have prepared it beantifil veetabletitniclei which
we call JONES' SPANISH LILY - 4 7 1/11ITE.
It is perfectly innocent, being-purified of all deleteri•
ousqualities and it imparts to a`the skin . natural,
healthy % alabaster, clear, living white;at the same
tiraeacttnq as 'cosmetic oirthe skin, Moling_it soft and
smooth. Sold-by the /tint, WM,. JACKSON. SS Liber
ty street, head of -Wo Pittsburgh -: Price 25 cents.
.tteelhdawly . azette copy.)
Prime" Tea, from Engleind..
lA - ORRIS k HAWORTH, in 'the Thalami, have Milt_
ILL day received per packet ship Devonatare r from
Loudon. about 1500 RI. of Fine, Strong mid Korth Fla-.
voted. Black TEAS—the very beat that could. e put,
chi:media the Efiglieltmartet. Price, 60 add 75 w
. its gP,
The Tut Market, in the Atdditeeda." cast aide." • pia
_ ; _
Dissolut
For ,Rent•
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