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- fatter & Phillips. Editors ft Proprietors.'
TOB PEESIDXHT OS TUB POTTED STATES; ,
.1 A.STES bugiianan,
or PENNSYLVANIA;
: -Sufestr ts dir.ncncf Ore Dtmorranc Omitat Contrition
A Mammoth Hotel. —The Metropoiitian Ho
tel, about to be erected on Broadway, New
York, will cost over half a million of. dollars. It
is to be six stories high; have 600 rooms, and
each room-will hare gas, and hot and cold wa
ter. There will bo five miles of pips-in the
building, and one mile of hails. There are to be
550 mirrors, costing $15,000. Most or these
will come from Belgium, and two of them are
nearly 100 feet square. The silver ware will
cost $14,000; furniture $150,000; plate glass,
for windows, $35,000. •
EsnaatSTa iw Liberia tboji Virginia.-—The
Republican says that letters have
been received this weekfrom several of the col
ored persons, who, in October last, , went to
Liberia from that vicinity, They arc all delight
ed with the-conntry,. Harrison; Murray,- Zich.
Miller; and Daniel F. Tigrctt,'in their letters,
enjoined upon their old companions to emigrate
without delay. , Tigrett says he will return in
the fall for his family, and hopes his friends in
Virginia will be -prepared to accompany, him
back. The steam-mill taken ont by them was
safely landed.
PITTSBUEGH:
WEDNESDAY MORNlNG:::::::::::MARCII 17
DEHQOR.ATIC TICKET
. , . - soft VICB PHESTDEHTT
WILLIAM R. KING,
or ALABAMA!
Subject to same . decision
■* .«; fob canal commissioner. ,
COL. WILLIAM SKARIGHT,
qv tavktts County.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION;
3altlmore, AM., Tueiday, Jnue 1, 1833.
“DKMOCnATIC ELECTOBAI, TICKET.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
GEORGE W. WOODWARD.
WILSON McCANDLESS
v Ged. R. PATTERSON.
BEPBESEHTATIVE: ELECTORS.
Dutrirt. DklncL
Ist, l’eterLogan. .13th, n. C. Eyer.
2d, GeorgeTl.Martin. 14th, ; Jqhn Clayton.
84, John Miller 16lb, Isaac Robinson.
4 th, P.TV. Bochins IGtb, Henry Fetter.
6tb, It. McKay, Jr. I7th, James Burnside.
6th' A. "Apple. • 18th, MaxwclMCashn
• 7«i, TIon.N Strickland.inth, Gen Jos,M Donald
Bth. A. Peters. 20th, Wm. S. Calahan.
9 th, David Fisher. 21st, Andrew Burke.
10th, R. E- James. • 23d, William Dunn,.
11th, John M’Rey nobis, 23d, JohnS.M’Calmont
12th, P. Damon. ■ 24th, Georgeß. Barret.
ggy The space.ocoupied by the speeqli of Hon.
Jons L Dawsos, has exclndedfrom our columns
this morning, much - matter that wo desired to
publish. The speech, however, wilt make amends
for all deficiency in variety. It is full of useful
information to every rcadcrand should bo pre
served by all who desire information on thesub
' ject of our Public Lands.
Bllsliop (VCoanor’s Lectare.
Onr tenders will hear in mind that tho Lecture
of Bishop bo delivered at Ma
sonic. Hall, this opening. Tho subject is, “ The
Influence of Catholicity on tho Civil Institntions
of the United States,” a subject which , should
nttraot a large audionac.
We have not a doubt but that.this will bo -ono
of the most interestiog and instructive lectures
• that has been delivered during tho.sesson. Tho
- profound learning and exulted talents of the lec
turer, should be sufficient to draw a crowded
audience at any time, but as many of our pollti
■ cal cotemporaries have impressed on the minds
- of their- readers, a most-horrible opinion of
' Bishop O’Connor, we hope that all who are trou
bled with such feelings will attend the Lecture
.and haveWheir minds relieved.
Wemay state, that m addition to the pleasure
of listening to the learned and profound speaker,
there is-another enjoyment-: the mite contribu
ted by each guest, is a contribution to a holy
' purpose—to succor andprotect the orphans. Wo
hope that afuli house will be in attendance, and
-we are-confident that: nil will .be satisfied.
Tan Flax Movement ih Ibeland.— Tho Bel
fast papers of a late date report, at great length,
the-proceedings at the annual meeting of the
Royal Society for the promotion and improve
ment of the growth of flax in lreland. The
| present i demand for flax in Ireland is about
donhle what it was when the Society was estab
lished. In 1841, the Irish spinning trade num
bered 250,000 spindles. Now it is closeupon
COO,OOO. In place of 16,000 tons of flax, which
was the extent of consumption.!B4l,32,ooo tons
are now required by the Irish - trade. The en
tire consumption of.the United-Kingdom would
at present, require 500,000 acres of flax annual
ly, and it is progressively increasing at aprctly
rapid rate.
Baskmci ffotfBE.—O'Consob, Bbotgib & Co.
—We would call tho attention of our business
men and the community to the card of the gen
tiemen mentioned above. It is one of tho most
reliable Banking Houses in Fittsbnrgh, and we
are confident that in all their transactions they
will give full satisfaction to their patrons.
■ Tns Uhitxd States Bask.— Tho Court of
Common-Pleas of-Philadelphia has decided that
not only the heavy assots in the hands of tho
several trusts created by the Bonk of tho United
States, amounting to $15,000,000, but all pro
perty whatever, assigned for the benefit of ere-;
ditorsparo liable to taxation for State andcouu
ty purposes. „
‘Abbeest of Bespbheotioiiists.—Two , men
named; Martin and Ellis, were arrested ia New
York on’Wednesday nigbi, having in their pos
session'fonn dead bodies, aild tho shrouds of
twelve others; The bodies.wew packed-in-bar
rell, addressed to Mr. Newell, Worcester, Mas..
. Aubksts is Fbance.—The Loudon Times says
itbas taken'some pains to ascertain the number
of perejms arrestedv.in: France vwitbin the lost
few years, and it is assnred,:by ; the best author
ities, speaking on sufficient evidence, that the,,
number probably reaches 100,000. ;
Hi the Massachusetts Senate; Mr. Keyes,
of Norfolk, confessed himself thus: ■
« Onr.lean, lank forms, our-sallow fhces, our.
bald heads, onr rheomatism and gout, are 'all
the effects ofrum, either on ourselves or ourim
mediate progenitors.” - ■
Laughtiri
laughter yeiy often «how the bright side of a
Ban. It brings out his. happier nature, and
ebows of what sort of staff he is readymade.—*
Somehow wefeelaaifwe uerer thoronghly known
man until wo hearhim langk. Wo do not feel
Hat home" with him UU then. We do not mean
a mere snigger but jl good round hearty laugh
ie solemn sober yisago, like a Sundsy’e dross,
.oil ns nothing of the real. man. He’ may be
Tory sdly£or rery profound ; very cross or very
'oily. Let ns bear him laugh/ and we can de
ipher him out at once, and teii how his heart
teats. -Carlyle sayß—“Xhatno mah who has
mse heartily and wholly laughed can be alto
getherandirreelaimably bad,; Hu&lieaia laugh
ter, the cypher key wherewith we decipher the
■whole man 1 Some men wear anisveriastlng bar
yen simper; in the smiles of the others lies a
cold glitter as of ico;tbe ferwestare unable to
lsugtt» iljot only and titter, v- and : snigger
tho-titfOot.outwards, or, • at besfcj ‘produce
-fiome- vl&sußg kuafcey: csehinatioiv as ifthey ;
; Wsr® , 'lfitighlug through :Trood{* of - none "such
«tnn?a.go*t 2%e man yjh& cannot laugh te
orijK fit. for. treasons, stratagems, or sooilsj
taad “his wholfijifeia already a treason and a
stratagem.
’ SPEECH OF. _
HG^fi 4 L.^pA'WSOSf,,
Of Ttmttylvan iu,WJt tfojldl’iiranluigifins
section of thi viibhc land io aclital eetUerj!~-rJJe~
l,vereS tntfo U&at bfl&ipraentaUves r < Match
v 3,1852 ' Li , J
L TheifdSso having-resolved itself in Committee
of the Whole on the3rtate of the. Union, and ta
ken up for consideration the bill "to encourage
agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and all
other branches of industry; by granting to every
man who is thehead of A fiimilyi and a citizen,
of the Untied States, a homestead of one bun
rdrcd and sixty seres of land,'out of the public
domain, upon condition of ocoupanoy and culti
vation of the same for the period herein speci
fied,”— -
Mr. Dawson said:
Mu. ChalßsuN:—l am in favor, of .the prin
ciple of this hill and of its. general .provisions.
I shall consume but a very small portion of . the
time of the House in assigning -tbareasons why
I shall give it my support,. . . ,
Tho proposition to do note the public , lands in
limited quantities, and-with certain limitations,
to actual settlers, is one of growing Importance
and of increasing interest to a large portion of
the American people. - In.the Xew.remarks.that
I shall submit in support of the general propo
sition; 1 shall avoid anddiseountetionce any view
that may approximate; - or even give color to
a leveling or an agrarian spirit. I Bhall avoid
any sanction, or any attempt at a demonstration
of the problem, that there is a natural or in
defeasible right inherent,in every citizen to oc
cupy and enjoy,land without pnoo, condition, or
grant. .. ■: u
The-structure of onr Government is republi
can, not onlyin theory, but it is truly so in all
itspraotical operations. Thereisno Government
in existence now, nor none known . to history,
where tho path to honor and distinction is so
broad and so generally. trodden as that which
has been pointed out under tho guidance of our
Federal Constitution, nor nono where the re
wards of labor have been more certain or more
generally diffused.
I shall treat tho question as ono not only wise
and just in itself, bnt as political in its concep
tion and results—as bclngintimately connected
with, and forming a pnrt of our political
economy.
Our own brief experience as a nation is illus
trating-the llistono truth, - that Governments
commit egregious errors; thnt they grow wild
in tho extravagance of thoir expenditures as tho
national revenues increase, to an extent ovincing
not only great prosperity, bnt great national
wealth. In tho course of my remarks, I shall
tako occasion to draw tho attention of tho House
and of the country to the largo andinereasing re
ceipt into tho national treasury under our rove
nue system, and to tho corresponding expendi
ture that is marked as a. consequenco, leaving
tho inference to be drawn whether tho adminis
tration of the Government would not bo. more
just, more pure, and more econoraioal, without
any real or anticipated revenue from the sales of
tho publia lands.
In tho vast possessions of tho Government,
known os tho public domain, there is comprised
an area of fourteen hundred milbons of acres.
Its boundary findß now bnt a more scattered be
ginning on the northwestern borders of Ohio,
which was bnt recently the frontier settlement,
and extends through . the fertile valley of tho
Mississippi to the shores of-the Pacifio ocean,
and from tho lakes om the north to the Gulf of
Mexico and the waters of tho Atlantic, It em
braces a variety of soil and a variety of climate,
enriched in mineral wealth, and frnitfnHnogn
cultural productions. . Thera wonld seem to be
nothing wanting to develop, its mighty resources,
to elevate it to the capacity, tho power, and dig
nity of a mighty empire, but to encourage its
settlment, to secure-its improvement, to stimu
lale pnd strengthen tho arm that will fell the
forest, oultiTate tbe wild prairie, and. reclaim
tbewet and waste lands. It was said by on
eminent author that he that would make two
spears of grass grow where but one would have
grown, deserved the thanks of the community.
This remark was mode in the spirit of true phi
losophy, and Its practical operation in determi
ning a new policy for the management of the
publio domain, is deserving tho favorablo con
sideration of tho American Congress.
The title in the General Government to the
public domain has been acquired by deeds of
cession, and by purchase through treaties with
the Indians, as well as with Franco, Spain and
Mexico. Tho success of tho revolution of inde
pendence gavo the colonics or independent States
aclaim or title to the country lying or situate
between the Canadas and Louisiana, which then
belonged to France, and from the New England
coaßt to the east; bank of the Mississippi river.
To avoid a fend that threatened from an angry
conflict growing oat of unsettled State bounda
ries, States oquallu sovereignity and indepen-
ceded or conveyed to tho General Govern
meot.their right to thepublie domain. If Vir
ginia was not the first to lead the way la this
great sasriSce or contribution to the common food
it is nevertheless true —and she may refer to it
with - pride, os forming a bright passage upon
tho page of her history—that after the gallant
part she bore in.the cause of the -Revolution,
from the adoption of the Declaration of Inde
pendence to tho surrender of Cornwallis upon
her own soil, sho conveyed to the General Gov
ernment her right to the moat magnificent region
of country upon which the eye of man has ever res
ted- It stretches from the Ohio to the Mississip
pi and to the Lakes, and comprises tho States
of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Hllnoiß and Wiscon
sin, and now contains a population of 4,628,189
souls—a country possessing great commercial
advantages—almost unlimited in agricultural re
sources:—penetrated by beautiftd rivers—crossed
by artificial lines of communication connecting
the Ohio and tho Mississippi with the lakes, cov
ered with oharohes, eohool houses; cities, towns,
and villages, and exhibiting all tho evidences
of high and unprecedented prosperity, and
State after State will yet surpass Virginia her
self, os Ohio has already done, and vie with hor
upon this floor for numerical preponderance in
the councils of the nation.
By an examination of ‘the books of the Land
Office, I have ascertained that the number of
acres of public land in each Btate and territory
unsold and undisposed of on tho 80th of June,
1851; wa5T,400,G32,305 48, and are distributed
OB follows:
State* and Territories. Acres undisposed of.
Ohio 802,195 62
Indiana 1,049,680 91
Illinois... 8,219,028 72
Missouri 20,635,589 32
Alabama...
Mississippi. 8,849,105 11
Louisiana * 18,579,38*4 47
Michigan. 20,011,143 77
Arkansas.;. 22,303,740 72
F10rida 7 ,.'.;..... 32,803,618 CO
lowa 25,061,650 27
Wisconsin... 24,606,291 83
California ■•••••. .120,447,840 00
Minnesota Territory.. 60,076,981 85
Oregon Territory 200,349,833 00
New Mexico Territ0ry;........... 127,883,040 00
Utah Territory...... 113,689,013 00
Northwest Territory ~.....* 370,040,900 00
Nebraska Territory 87,488,000 00
Indian Territory t. 119,789,440 00
T0ta1............ 1,400,632.30 S 48
Tlio aggregate coBt*7rf tha publio lands, to the
Ist of January, iB6O, the date of the last com
putation, was as follows, viz:
Cost of purchasing $61,121,717 12
14 e0rreying................... 6,369,838 07
“ selling and managing.... 7,466,324 19
!•!» ' $74,967,879 38
< The aggregate receipts from the sales of pub
lic lands from the earliest period to the Ist of
■January,' 1850, .amounted to the sum of $186,-
339,093 17.
■ - No estimate has as yst been made for tbe new
ly-acquired Territories, or for California, and
cannot be made: an til the land system has been
extended to the JPaoifie;-snd the actual cost of
surveying, &0.,' ascertained.
: Deduct then, the actual or aggregate cost from
the aggregate receipts, and it leaves a net bal
ance— a dear favor pf the Government,
of $00,381,213 79.
> In tide computation of oost is included thefif
teeh millions paid to France, under the treaty of
1803;’ for Louisiana, and the five millions pud
to Spain, under the treatyof 1819, for tho Flo
jidas, ’ >-Jjy deducting this amount ($20,000,000)
from the cost,'the actual profit to thb Govern-:
ment.wonld.be $80,881,213 79.
: p propose to mate this deduction for the rea
son &at; in the purchase of Louisiana, the val
ue of the land within its limits formed no pari
of the consideration whatever; - The Government
of the United States found it■ to be their true
policy—an indispensable ‘policy—to.got posses
■ sion and command of the month of the Missis
sippi and the Gulf of Mexico,, a polioy dictated
;by every consideration'of commercial interest,
■ pa. well as, by every consideration, in ft military
. point.of view, pertaining .to the defence;of the
: country.- •' ■
■ . The same policy governed in the purchaso of
the Eloridaa. This then, ,is the most favorable
Oxhibit that ean.be made of, the land system, as
: aisonrceofpwfit and-revenne to the Government,
(sra period-of sixty-fonr years, from 1787 to
1860. ' .. .
* It oleo appears that, within a fraction, the
one-half of the above son) was the result of the
receipts for tho two years of 1835 and 1836
InlB3s,;tbs receipts amonnted t0514,787;600-
76, and In 1836, to $24,877,179 86, ; „ .
These extraordinary receipts ytero the result
of reckless Bpeoidati«n;.h;reateditimd' Stimulated
by a depreciated papereurtepey; iphiclt at that
time was receivable foppublic the evil,
was only arrested Ly the issuing pf the tptcXe
circular by.president Jackson.
To suoh amoxtent had the National Treasury
become burdened from the proceeds of the land,
that, distribution .WO3 resorted to, and Congress,
by the act of 23d of Jane, 1886, concluded to
deposit with the several Smtes of the Union the
sum of - $37,408,859-97, ■of which sum actual
deposit was made of $27,003,480 80.
As a mere question, then; of Investment in
the abstract, tbe Government might here rest,
forithos been more than reimbursed. Butin
this view of the subjeot, the qaostion of profit
'Os connected with and forming a part of, our
political economy presents itself in another light.
Oommereo is the life and support of every na
tion. Its foundation is to be traced lo.the culti
vation of the soil, and its prosperity reckoned
by. the extent of its agricultural production.
In ancient times, it was commerce that gave
wealth and power and grandeur to Carthage, and
Tyre, and Alexandria, and in modern times,
wealth and empire to Holland and to Venice.—
The loss of their oommoroe was the decay of
their prosperity and the loss of ornpiro. Shonld
it not, then, be oar policy to extend far and wide
the basis of onr agricultural interest, and thus
lay broad and deep, tho foundation of our com
mercial prosperity ?
I might here inquire to what extent, then,
wonld the passage of this bill induce settlement
and increase production. The most liberal esti
mate of thoso who coaid avail themselves of the
provisions of the bill would not oxceed a million
of persons. Ono handrod and sixty millions of
acres of wild land, settled, improved, and culti
vated, as the result of a polioy, shadowed forth
and guarantied by tho passage of this bill, would
not only extond far and wido tho basis of onr
agrionltaral interests, bat it would extend far
and wido, and Beoure onr commercial supremacy.
The increaso of agrioultnral productions con
sequent upon Buch settlement and cultivation
would be almost incalculable. The single item
of whoat estimating a surplus over and above
the necessary wants of the producer, at three
bushels per aero, would be equal to 480,000,000
ofbuahols; valued at fifty cents per bnsbel,
would amonnt to $240,000,006. Tho some rale
and estimate witl apply to all tho other great
variety of agrioultnral production;, tho reanlt of
settlement, improvement, nnd cultivation of tho
soil.
A million of freemen, by tho liberal action of
their own Government, put m possession of a
limited quantity of wild land—a homo—would
soon Bupply tbomsolvos and families with tho
ncoestanes and comforts of life. The history of
all prosperous communities oxhibita tho fact,
that wo supply our wants and consult our com
forts in proportion to tho moans within our con
trol. With Inoreased means comes on increased
demand for all those supplies, tbo interchange
of which is tho lifo of commeroc, and consti
tutes one of the main elements of national pros
perity. Mneh that contributes to our necessary
wants and oomforts, is tbe resalt of foreign pro
duction, not only of foreign fabrics, but tho
production of foreign olimatos. Assume, thou
that each landholder created by tho passage of
this bill would, in consequence of the inoreased
prodaotion, tbe rosultof hlsownlabor, be enabled
to supply himself and family with foreign produc
tions and fabrics to the value of bat fifty dollars
per annum, and it would increase our annual
imports $50,000,000; the revenue derivable
from which, under our present revenue system
of thirty per cent., would yield annually to tbo
national Treasury the sum $16,000,000. Tho
increased importation thuscreatod, would induce
a corresponding eipOTt of agricultural produce
the result of a wise, just, and benevolent sys
tem of government policy, which had caused
two spears of grass to grow where but one would
have grown.
If it is true, as it has been alleged, that it is
tho policy of tho Government to cling to tho
public domain as a source of revenue and profit,
1 insist that no grander scheme of speculation
can bo devised than the passage of this vory
bill All land speculations in tbo valley of the
Mississippi have proved successful just in pro
portion to the exleut of the surrounding settle
ments, improvement and cultivation. Tbe very
basis upon which the numerous grants heretofore
mode by Congress of oitoroate sections of the
publio land to aid in the construction of roads,
canals, and railroads, was the assumed increased
voluo that would be given to tbe remaining sec
tions by tbo construction of snoh improvements.
It is tbo great argument relied upon in support
of tho numerous applications and bills for tho
partial appropriation of tho publio domain to
aid in tho construction of Stato works and cor
porate improvements. If Congress has rooog
nised the prinolplo and acknowledged the force
of tho argument, by sanctioning this system of
partial legislation, why not carry out the prin
ciple and extend tho poltoy ? I am opposed to
this partial legislation; and in tho general
scramble that ie about to ensue for the public
domain, I want this bill to stand first and fore
most upon the statole-book.
Mr Chairman, in tho examination and discus
sion of this subjeot, it is important to remark,
for it is true, as exhibited by legislative history,
that tho policy of tho Government In the man
agement of the public lands with a view (o
revenue, has for years contemplated a change—a
relaxation, if not a total abandonment, of such
i policy,
As early os 1832, General Jackson, in his an
nual message to Congress stated that—
•‘lt oannot be doubted that the speedy settlp
> ment of these lands constitute the true interest
of tho Bepnblio. The wealth nod strength of a
country are itspopnlation; and the best part of
tho population arc the cultivators of tho soil.—
independent farmers are everywhere the basiß
of society, and true friends of liberty. It
seems to me to bo onr true polioy that the
public lauds shall cease as soon os practicable to
be a source of revenue.”
In tbe year 1840, tho aggregate revenues of
the Government were $17,666,460 03. The ox
penditnreß reached to $24,189,920 H. In 1861
tho revenues reached to $62,312,970 87. Tho
aggregate current expenditures for tho some
year were $50,962,902 69.
In 1840, tho population of the United States
was 17,009,453. In 1860, it was 28,267,723.
Mark the disparity 1 Why this extraordinary
increase of expenditure? Tho question can bo
readily answered. The Treasury Is too full—
its oversowing stimulates on ardent, impatient,
and resistless appotlte for extravagant expendi
ture- In the presence of its glittering and im
posing influence, nil the old-fashioned practical
notions and safeguards of political economy relax
and give way. By the last report of tho Scoro
tnry of tho Treasury, submitted to Congress
December UGth 1851, it appears that by inclu
ding the balance on hand at tho close of tho
preceding fisoal year, it is found that the sur
plus in the Treasury on tho first of July, 1851,
nftcr deducting the onrreut expenses, was $lO,-
911,046 68. It appears further by tho same
report, that tbo estimated receipts for the
fiscal year 1852, will bo $81,800,000 ;
whilst tbe expenditures are estimated at $42,-
892,299 19 being on eocess of receipts over ex
penditures-of $8,907,700 81. I may inquire,
then, unsler tills state of foots, in the language
of President Jaokson, if it Is not now “ praotloa
blo” that tho public lands should “ cease” “to
bo a source of revenue.”
That tho period has arrived when they should
cease to be a sonroo of revenue is not only indi
cated by tbe recent legislation of Congress, but
that they will not. for years yield revenue is
acknowledged in the report of the Secretary of
the Treasury, made by Mr. Corwin to Congress
on tho 17th of Dcoembor, IB6o.—Ex. Doo. No.
11, pago 12. In referring to the sources of
revenue, and particularly to that portion hereto
fore derivable from the soles of tho publio lands,
the report sets forth, that “this source of
revenue" should not hereafter be relied upon
with any certainty, or to any considerable
amount, in estimating the receipts of the Trea
sury.
16,480,849 28
It further appears by tips same report that
“ By tho various acts of Congress appropriating
tho publio lands to objeots which withdraw thorn
from ordinary revenue purposes, it is quite oeis
tain thafcforsevoral years to oome tho Treasury
must be mainly if not entirely dependent for its
receipts japon duties levied upon foreign, mer
chandise!” and that “the law reoontiyenaoted,
giving lands to these who eppreijii} |l)p wfif With
Mexico, and, at the last session, to snoh as had
served in former wars, in addition to grants to
States for internal improvements, will undoubt
edly supply the market with the greater portion
of the lands thnt will be reqnired fpr ooonpation
for many years to oome.”
The quantity pi lanifs eqjd and taken from
market by virtue of these warrants/or tho years
1847, 1848, and 1849, Is 14,727,742.40 acres;
tbe warrants yet to be presented under these
aots will require 78,922,613 acres—in all 93,-
650,246,40 oores; and ot fkp most l|l)6j?al'OTßi>
age, “over sixteen years will6e required -to
absorb and satisfy the warrants yet to be issued:
as estimated, under the several bounty land
sots now in force.” This exhibit presents a
state of things requiring the fullest considera
tion of Congresf and a speedy and mdioal ohange
in the policy and management of onr la#4 Sys
tem. What better plan, then, can be suggested
than that proposed by the bill now under con-
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sideration? W|wr more just .in its conception
—more/ieoeToleot in<its; objects—zmore oondu
ttve toa rigid poiltifial economy, or more certain
indtslprastipol JreknltSi'to swell the aggregate
of t'the twllinal wealth, and advance tho great
commerciallnterests of the country? .
The powar af'Congress over the: publio do
main oannot be questioned, for it is contained in
the Constitution, and is of the broadest kind.
The third section bf the fourth article is in
these words: .
. it The Congress shall have power to dispose or
and make all needful rules and regulations res
pecting 1 the'territory or other property belong
ing -to (the United States, and .nothing in this.
ConstitutionßbaU be so construed as to prejudice,
any claims of the United States, or of. any pare
ticular State.”
The power of Congress over the publio do
main, to make donations and grants is not only
given by the Constitution, but it has been freely
and liberally exercised from the foundation or
the Government np to "the present time, at all
events; from 3d of Maroh, 1803, to the 20th. of
September, 1850, the date of the act granting
about 3,026,920 ncres to the States of Alabama,
Mississippi, and Illinois, to aid in the oonstruo
tion of the Cbtoago and Mobile railroad.
For the purpose of showing that the power
has been exeroißed, and the extent to which it
has been exercised,"l- refer to tbo exhibit of
“ donations ” and grants to tho different States
for tho vorions purposes-mentioned.
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lastretion of the constitutionality,
the principle of this bill, but of its practical re
cognition by Congress, I need bat refer to the
act of tbe 27th of September, iB6O, make do
nations of pablic lands m tbe Territory of Ore
gon to actual settlers. By the provisions of that
bill, tha actnol Bettler is entitled to receive from
one hundred and sixty to six hundred and forty
acres, depending upon the timo of his settle
ment and his condition, whether married or not.
No doubt can oxist, then as to tho ocastitn
tionol right of Congress to legislate in the prem
ises- Tbe exercise of the right in making a
disposition of this kind of public property, de
pends upon tho views of Congress under the
cirenmstanccß before .them.
The preposition, benevolent and patriotic In
its oonoepbon, so far has neither been strength
enod by thepowor, nor inoambered by the pre
judice of party, but by tho force of merit is at
tracting public consideration, and gaining
strength and power through the fores of pnbiio
sentiment. It boa received the sanction of Mr.
Webster, now the Secretory of State. Whilst
a member of tbe Senate of tbe United States,
he introduced on the 22d day of January, jffig),
the following resolution:
“Resolved, That provision ought to be made
by law that every main citixen of the United
Stateß, and every mole person who hue declared
bis intention of becoming a citizen according to
tho provisions cf law, of twenty one years of
age or upwards, shall be entitled to enter upon
and take any one quarter section of the public
lands which may be open to entry, at private
sale, for the purposes of residence and cultiva
tion ; and that when snoh citizen shall have re
sided on the s&tno land for throe years, and cul
tivated the som,e or if dying in the meantime,
tho residence and cultivation shall be bold and
carried on by his widow or his heirs, or devisees,
for tho spaoe of full three years from and after
making entry of such land, such residence and
cultivation for the said three years to be com
pleted within four years from tho time of such
entry, then a patent to isßao for the same to tho
person making entry, if living or otherwise to
his heirs or devisees, ss the ease may require:
Provided. nevertheless, that snoh person so en
tering and taking tho quarter section os afore
said shall not have, nor shall his devisees or
heirs have, any power to alienate snoh land nor
create any title thereto in law or equity, by deed,
transfer, lease, or any other conveyance except
by deviso by will.”
In tho discussion «f tho resolution on the
30th of tho same month, the prinolplo recoived
the sanction of Gen. Cass, in tho following
words:
“ I desire to say bnt a word on this subject—
I am glad to witness these preparatory discus
sions. They bring np a great principle—a prin
ciple to which lam highly favorable.” * * *
“I believe it would bo befter for tho country
that thoso who cultivate the lands shonld bo
those who h6ld them. I boliovo that the time
has oome, and that this oountry is now In a sit
uation, when it is host to hold out this encour
agement, and that is what I call tho ‘ago of pro
gress” in reply to tho honorable. Senator from
Kontncky. When I saw him come bore in 1800,
in the meridian of his life, I did not dream that
this ago of progress would come: bnt I hope it
has oome now; I hope tho time has arrived in
which tho publio domain will bo held for tho
benefit of those who will become .actual set
tlors.”
Mr. Chairman, the unexampled growth and
prosperity of our country is traceable, in a great
measure, not only to our vast agricultural pro-,
ductions, but to the foot that the freo white pop
ulatiou of the United States is an approximation
to a community of landholders. The Govern
ment of Great Britain, of wlpoh, prior to 1776,
we wepe dependent oolonies, traces its power to
a mighty landed aristocraoy, representing one
of the legislative departments of tho Govern
ment—a povyer far above that of the Army and
rfavy, if not above tho Throne, for it shapes the
fiolloy and controls the legislative notion of I’or
iamont. There, the rightß ef primogeniture
fire adhored to with stubborn tenacity. It soems
to be tho policy of tho Crown to bnild up im
mense landed estates. In the United States, we
have practiced upon tho reverse of snoh a poh
oy. We have qualified tho right of primogeoi .
ture, ond repudiated the doctrine of entoilment.
The fruits of our wisdoms: are visible in every
State and in every community. In Great Bri
tain, tbe government relies for Ith protection
upon tho power of the Army, the Navy, and the
House of Lords, representing the landed Inter
est of the Kingdom. .In tho United States, wo
rely for onr snooess »uo preservation upon the
■ virtue, intelligence, ond patriotism* of tho
-people.
In Great Britain, the population In 1851, In
cluding Ireland ond tho islands In the British
seas, woe 27,619,860. The mimber of landhol
ders only about 80,000. -\
In tim United States and Territories, the free
white population, by tbe last census, was 19,-
630,7aa The nqmbep of landholders—the ow-
Hers of : farms —was 1,448,480; &<ltl to. this the
number of freeholders as contradistinguished
from brm owners, being 930,977, and it would
increase tho number to 2,379,483, distribntedas
potions;
States and Territories. free white dto.ofltmd
population. holders.
Maine - 581,863 40,760
New Hampshire 317,489 . 29,229
Vermont 313,411
Massachusetts 986,704 3L286
Rhode 151 and............... 144,000 33ft
Connecticut 803,805 28445 j
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New York a 3,049,467 i '’‘170,621
5 5 123,905
ifenMyltsnia 260,46 a; 1 -t 127;577
Okie 936108 « 143,887
Indiana % -977,628 . .03,896
Iflinois'... 1540,104 76,208
395,097' 34,089
•Wisconsin 304,665 *-—.-20,177
Tows'.
California,
Delaware.
Maryland.,....;,.
Virgiuia
'North Carolina
fJouth Carolina...
Georgia
Mississippi
Lonißiona
Tennessee
Kentucky.
Missouri.
Arkansas
Florida
Texas--.....:.... 154,100 12,138
District of Colombia. 38,02 1 204
Territory of Minnesota.. 6,038 167
Territory of New Mexico 61,630 .3,750
Territory of Oregon 18,087 1,1G4
Territory of Utah 11,330 926
Let os then Mr. Chairman, pose this bill, which
will necessarily increase the number, and at the
same time strengthen the arm of the Govern 1 '
ment.
Love of countiyand love of land is a natural
association. It existed in a primitive condition
of society. Under the organization of govern
ment and the forms of society* the desire for
acquisition is still greater; ; and when attained,
it enables itg possessor to disohargo more fully
the duties of life—to contribute bis part for the
support of his country m tune of pcaoe, whilst
it nerves his arm in tho hour of battle. Patrick
Henry, whosepatriotism and matchless eloquence
pot in motion the ball of the Revolution* i was
ardent in the acquisition of land and at one time
even contemplated a location on tho shores of
tho Chesapeake. Washington, the Father of
his Country, who led our armies m triumph
through the battles of the Revolution, was
equally ardent in the acquisition of land. r Even
before the Revolution ho fonnd no barrier m the
Alleghenies to his enterprising spirit, and at
that early day, in the district which I have, tho
honor to represent, he made a location and nn
improvement, which is now often referred to
with interest, because, when the dark forest
marked it as tho wild hunting ground. of tho
Indian, it had received the impress of the Father
of his Country.
The area of tho public domain, instead of hav
ing diminished in proportion.to settlement, tho
mere oBo of population, and of immigration,' has
increased almost without limit, by purchase and
by conquest Wo have an immense extent un
settled and uncultivated; ond under tbe best
legislation wo can adopt, a groat deal of it most
remain unsettled and uncultivaed for ages'—it
may be fok centuries.
The number of acres of publio land unsold and
undisposed of m tbe twelve States of Ohio,
Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin,? lowa*
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama and Florida, is 200,000,000—equal.- in
area to the old thirteen States that earned us
tnumphantly through tho Revolution.
Tho area of tho lands remaining undisposed
of in the Territories is 1,201,123,657.86 acres,
sufficient in extent to make forty‘two StatCß of tho
size of Pennsylvania. Of this, much is posses
sed by the Indians, and will be for many years
to come; but all of it eventually wilt become tbe
proporty of the United States, from tbe certain
operation of the same causes which seem to
doom tbe Indian race to ultimate extinction—a
result to be deplored, but which seems to bo in
evitable. Tboy have already so far disappeared
before the advances of civilization, until their
homes are now far beyond tbo angry waters of
the Mississippi; and as they travel towards the
setting sun, the council-firo will gradually disap*
pear in the gorges of the-mountain, and the war*
whoop finally bo lost in tho murmurs of the great
Pacific ocean.
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In this vast region there are certainly largo
dtslnctsi that aro mountainous, parts of whioh
are unfitfor Improvement, and for tho residence
of man; but/after tanking all necessary deduc
tions on this account, there will.yet remain im
mense distriota which will support a dense popu
lation, and sooner or later will bo converted to
the great purposes of civilization and pfcodye
tion. What is to be done with this vast region,;
that It may be converted from «u uncultivated
wilderness to its natural purpose, and caado to
bring forth its fruits abundantly ? Pass this bill
—encourage and secure its settlement.
The Government was founded by tbo people
for tbe good of the people. Its great basis, is
popular affection. It possesses au Itnmcnseprop-'
erty which it cannot Bell, but by a process equal
in time to a period of centuries. Compare tbe
number of acres sold up to this date and the
length of time (sixty four years) that has been
consumed In making the sales, with tho number
of acres now undisposed of, and It will be seen
that it will require, at the samo pace, nine hun
dred ycar3 to dispose of the samo The pro*
gresstve spirit of the age is impatient of tbe de
lay, and demands a quickened step. Vast for-;
eats and prairies separate our Atlantic and Pa
cific regions, which every consideration of secu
rity and of intercourse require should be set
tled. Its settlement would place upon a distant
frontier a force able and wilting to defond as
against hostile savages, nnd thus spare ua much
of tho expense we are now requiring to defray.
It would bo justice to tbo new States in which
portions of tbe public lands aro situated, by con
verting them into private property, subjecting
them to taxation, and thus requiring them to
bcoijthcir legitimate proportion of the burdens
of Stateg overnmcnL
With all of our exempted prosperity, Mr.
Chairman, m the arts and sciences, in the pro
gress of improvement, in the extent of our com
merce, in thy growth and success of our manu
factures, in wealth and in power, it is neverthe
less true that there, is great inequality in. the
condition of life, and that much can bo done to
ameliorate that condition without doing injustice
or violence to tho rights of any. There is no
Government that has so much to spare os ours,
and none where the gift would be productive
allko of mutual benefit. It would be the exhi
bition of a union of philanthropy and notional
interest, camsumating a measure by which wor
thy oitizons would bo made comfortable, not by
wasting tbe property of the State, not by ex
actions from the * property of* others, but h?
moderate grants of wild land,* the cultivation of
whioh would swell tho productive property of the
country, and thus contribute itq proportion to
the oonpnoQ necessities, in peace qnd in war.
Hq inconsiderable portion of oar population
is enabled, for tho want of means, to pußh for.
ward to the frontier, and thero form settlements.
Desirous of doing so, it requires on expendi
ture they cannot meet All that many of them
can do, is to reach the country and provido for
their support, until the laud, improved,by. thoir
labor, bccotiies productive. Te requiro them to
pay beyond thatfor the laud, amounts to pro
hibition against their going lhere. : The pr§-
omption system stimulated emigration and set
tlement; but experience has shown, that ina*
bllity to pay Jthe Government for the title after
a period of several trials incident to auch new
settlement, gave the land, in many instances,
into tho clutch of the speculator, and drove the.
hardy pioneer again-to .. -.'vo.;-
Certainty and reliability are words full of im-_
port and value in tne American language.
certainty of being secure In a small possession
a home —even on the extreme confines of civitiza- ;
tion, would th e heart of .mauy.au honest
man of lizpited means to make the effort to secure
it. Pass this bijl find It will ptoridehouies, and
happy ones, for a vast number of meritorious
persons, and teach them the value of a Govern
ment whioh desires to fulfill the firat of its.du
ties : that of promoting the happiness and pros
perlty of its oitizons. * . .
What a useful lesson would such a plan prove
to the Governments of Europe; and what an ex
ample would it furnish -of republican care for
the good of all, thus promoted by onr happy in- r
stitutions. It would present a spectacle at which,
-tbo patriot, in tbo fuU.exuitatio? ot In* heart,
might reiolco—atwbloh thehonorablegentlemon
from Tennessee [Mr. Andbew Jobsson] might
rejoice—as Lycurgns did when returning through
the fielde just reaped, after the generous pron-
Bleu that he had made for the of Sparta
and ijaoouiai and the
Saraflel and equal! he smiled, and eWto some,
that were by, ‘‘ How lihe is haeama to au estate
newly divided amoig many brothers.
The American Govonnnentis the greatpiqneo?
In the cause of freedom. Byth.ttfqwenf'repub
lioan principles and of uueSamplod success, >t
in nationality nnhl it is now haded
as a beacon-light for every continent, and a star
of hope for evoiy people With a population of
but three mjllions,-at the doseof the Revolnhpa.
we now have twenty-three wltfona j with but
thirteen Statas, wdW have toirfy-one; and'
territory enongh for fifty more—a Union stretoh
i_„ aqross fl continent from one great ocean to
the other. AU that is wanted to develop Its
Seat resources aid fulfill its de?t ! .qy, $ a pppni
tatioa Q»ater|aity of its soil
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'rbetfbrSstu) dfsylsdnwabg, girls,
Wiieai.wom(;iLJlialJ befreo 1-J -j '
Wlieu-jowna imaiiann«W,Mpe*:andJhawl»,
NolongearweahslUeM " z , '
Mis* W«66sr,ble« her hearr;*wee{girl!
naKiMtAe-tawiiHiMiibot;.'^^..
She lefads the trump of nJaJe at Sira*
And we must followauli.
We’ll dress ui real “ bifurcate,” girls,
With glosar beaver, bats,
•And don the moat bewitching coats,
- Amibrumrael-ueileravatsi
WV’II Wear superb gilt buttons, girls,
. Upon our yests.pf.buff,.. .
'-•‘■-.•r'BifjfcVtsitra' rTcb, plain, treble gilt,
Flatsurface!—inai’s enough!
Oh! won’i we look-bewitching, girls,
. VV bea_we J re- 1 tt-«....
*. 'Ncrtnottai man can brave out charms,
Thoughhe-may sinvehubeat*
Bewhisrereil folas mayenvyff girls,
Our many garbs and airs* m
:Bm le* them fjretiniiil they Urrrri:
l’oor rcllows! no one carefc .
Perhaps a few may “euOVus^,girls,. , s .
And lay u» on the shelves J -
- But what of that? we’ll cTOOkourarnis •
And act the b oaxoarselves!
And if, they won't say * •
We’ll eall them no paUants ;; -
But come what will—float, sink or swim—
AVe’ll never yield our pants.
IIEAr,Tn OFB'IDE.
INTERMENTS IN THE CITY IBP PITTSBORGIi
From the 9<A of March, to the tsii of March, 1855,..
Adtdii. Cfutdreii,
Clironio P1euri5y................ I; Os '
Disease of 8rain........ ; 0 1 .
Dropsy 0 1
0 1
1 0 '
Debility*......
Fever;....-..:.;,
Hydrocephalus 0 1
Intemperance 1 0 t
Pneumonia 0 .. 1.
Puerperal Fever. 1 % ..... 0
Scarlet Fever..
-OF THE AROVE TJIERF- WEHE j
Under} ycar***-«''***» UFrom 30F,6~40---*-*rv**sl
Ffom Ito 2 ........3! u 40fto 'so* «• *0
w aio f> a « cuto co ” “ *••*0
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“ 20 to3o 2p- ; .« 00lD}00-.-,.>.V't.o
By order of theßoard of llenllh. :- v
■A. M. POLLOCK, , !•
to the Board of Health. ;
|D~St. l*Air!ek'« Right: RewJ>r«
O uoNNOR will deliver on Address; at theMasowc
Halt., for the benefit of St. PouPs Orphan Asylum, :on
Iho evening nr tlic lTihinst., ai 74 o'clock.
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OPFICIfi, Oft WATEtt STEEET,. i
.. between hlarket-and UTco&sirtcl*,
{lj*Jniuns llnU and Carjo Blftkir
On the Ohio and Must&sipp 1 Rivers and tributaries.
.INSURES against Loss orUamaffc byrfire.vs s, v
. ALSO— Agaiiiai.tlm PenlS- of tue Sea>and,JnlSud
Navigation ami Transporlanoa-. •: .
DIRECTORS- ... •
Wm Larimer,
Saju'l M. Kier.
William Bingham,
D. Dehaven, .
rrancisSeiteri,
J. Schoomnaker..
Samuel Rea.
(J G. Hussey,
WfUium Bagaley,
flush 1). ktug,
Uoburt Dunlop, Jr.,
tv ttarbungh,
t’Award Tleozleton,
Wither Bryuut,
Isaac MsPennoek
STATE SU7<niA(i
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY;
l*A: f
CAPITAL, 20&,0G(> ; DOLLARS.
D«-iumfd only for ibe safer classes of property, has an
ample cupitni. aml affords superior advantages mpotm
of eheapness, safeiy. ond accommodation,, lo CUy end
Country Merchants and owners 6f Dwellings ami isola*
led »>r Country Property.
Ai A. CARRIER, Actuary,,
.novti Branch Office, 5* bmuhfield tit.-, Pittsburgh.
Asiooiatsd Firemen'* iniwutea Oonpa
ay of ths City of PiUilmKgtu v
W W. Dallas, Pres>i—ROßEßT FINNEY, See»y.
10 s * WilUiuur&aßamsiElHE&ZUi MARINE RISES
orail kinds. ' ..
i« ,Rlum>nyakila Hauu, NoiAQA.piid T 25 Whirr if.
. . :
W . VV. Dallas, John Anderson,
D C. Sawyer, R. B. Siraifroir,
Win. M Edgar. 11. li. Wilkins, .
Robert I'uiuey, Charles Kent,
Wnlla n (<oruian, William fftflllingwoadj'*
A. P. Ansbuiz, Joseph Kaye,
William D>Wngbtrr.' -fja®'
mutual Life Insurance.
TIIK KENTUCKY MUTUAL LIFE!INSURANCE
COMPANY. ’ T
At Cowit/ton, Keniudsy. , r
Oaaranty Pond SIOPjOOO*
10” Inserts lives tipmuh<; Mutual plan, at Joint Slock
rales of prerau>ui t fit\d Uisbedeved, offers the most ura*
pie, reasonable, safe and equiiableplQU yet devised for
MntaalLue Insurance. ;:
Painohleis furnished, information gijfen,aud applica
none received by J. TUiiBETT, Agent,
Wood street.
SsMirczt iliLworixit. Medical Examiner. |jal9
.ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY, 1
Of H«Tifard« Corns. • * :.■■>
Capital Stocte --.... .$300,000
Asaela
10* Othrect the Pittsburgh AgcDcyiinthe'Slore Koom'
or M-Cuidy A Iwocuum, No SO Wood street. :
novditf K. H. BEESON; Agent.
JARfiS C. WATT*
MERCHANT TAILOB,
Ni>. 3b Itlirkit,- be;iai?n Sxtond and Thud sif^eu t .
BEGS rrsueetmlly to inform hit friends and the public,
that be lias returned from Near York and Pluladel
plus, having there selected from the latest importations,
an entire new stuck of Black and Colored CLOTHS,
CABSnfERJW and VRBTING3, whisk for newness ot
designs and richness of rubrics, are mot surpassed by
any house west of New York.—AUo'f whichlte is pre
pared to make to order in a superior style, at the lowest
price possible, and c< nlially invite purchaser to call
amfornmnle the stock before purchasing elsewhere.
TO I have no authorised Agent in .this
city, for the sale of ray work on GARMENT CUTTING.
It can a:ny be had cl -tbc-store of'lbe sakflenbcr,36
Market street, ullhe followingprlees,vizi with Jnstrac
liotiß, 810 j without, $7.
marl 7 ; JAMES C.'WATT.
Nollca.
WILL BB SOLD,-oq the 23d Uay.fif March, 1853, At
I‘oMtc Sale,on the premises, aieue of- five-years, 7 ,
of .a. STEAM SAW MILL, and eight DWELLING:
HOUSES, situate at the mouth:of Saw Mill. Ruu, oppo*
site Manchester. - Tetms mode known at suW. . ■- .< ■■
For further pafUcalara,enquire of,.
! : JOHN ZL-LARGE,
Assignee of CampheU A Kennedy, •
roarl7:3idftUaH - 1 - * - No.TftQrani street.
Braih aanufattoryt. :
fOHN M/BLASR, AbbstjNo. ITSvcoftter
Geld street and Strawberry
to furnish oil destnpuonff-of uru&l&a, together wjib'o;:;
well Refected stock of vavsety Goods, and Fishing
Tackle. A share ©2 public patxotmgc is respectfully so-:
Ijcttcd. • • • • • - : - . imayiy^t
PLATKUKM SUALliS.— t*
pairofqccond hand scales, IQ weigh from 509 to
bdOpounds. Address “Uox 1 J 7?. riilsourgh Tost Office. 1 -* >.
murl7. ’ i ..
BAG LEATHER—4 doz. finished,-m store and for
sale by nuul7 ■ R.ItARDACU'
STE AMHOAT FUR SALE.—’I he controlling interest’-
or, if ivquiird, the whole of the steamer PiLOT No'
2,. as she now,lie* at, the. wharf,Will ;hc.sold-iow for
cash, or good endorsed,paper Vor farther information
enqonc of . A--WILKINS i
:ma>l7 , corner of Market and Third streets. .
O’Connor, Rrothee A Co..
BANKERS AND EXCHANGE: BROKERS, -
DEALERS hi Domesticand Fuceign JSxcbaine,Time
. and Sight Bills, VucurfeiH end par ruods,
Stocks, Ac. corner Third and Wood streets,'
,PnttbqrfiH. .... .{mar!7:U
TO ihe llonrfrable the Judges of the Court of Gcueroi
Quarter Sessions of the Peace la and Tor the Countr
of Allegheny ? ! ‘ ’
The petition of C \V Bennett,the:Fcuith Ward,Tilts*
burgh, m the County aforesaid, humbly shfwedi,'Thai
your penuoher hath provided XumsMf wilh-materials for
the aceoinmodMioll oi travelers ahd oihers, al
lug Hhhselrr th«l4th Ward oforesaidjiand your
will be pleased to grant hlra n koense to keep a -
public house of euteriaimnest. : And ■ your peiiUOner, Us •
m duty bound, wtU ptiy: C AV ; BENNETIfe f
• W<b tbo subscribers, citizens of xbe Waid afpresaid'
do certuy ihaitihe-above petuiOner ia of tf<s*frepute for
hooesty
room iind couveiuencpa for iheaccGmmodaiion'andlodg
~ingo.LsuAngßi»and traveiers,and that said tavern is ne- ‘
casaatf. * i
DEicVeisen, Wm Feanock, Peter Peter
son, Thomas Keimejy, Jr. Geo -M&lihouse, James Mat
thews Wni Yoang,James Verner, Gasiavni Renbelm,
Alien Kirkpatrick, James fl Speer,Samael Siackhaase;
marl 7 3l %
GOKN— 300 l>tishcl3 Yellow and 100 bushels AVhE’e
Com, In store and for sale by ......... r»
mar!7 J, U. B:»iRRIPF.M6.IO itfarlte»m;
HaV— i & (mien, on ilie wharf, fai ealob/ -, ' ■'
j. tt Sfesj;RlFg,
oa T«9T-*KOE3TOS, ,^SSSKSf2i. < , ' ■’ "
dieaSe’^^^f
1 e s™ r 11 “' hm ? ennalleviaiabac .the knife oJ askilflifc ‘ ThS: subscriber would Intonaibote ‘ «)io <i'..';ii.' ; !
Borgeon, >» WWly Attunur* JnJuordi-- Btkoano,tbii tbegresier ina«h!£?i. t< i_? et
1 propriety, he 'eft W.tbßjiMloor -Pil»tlaiwl.itt°ll»?.We«rf,fei&'aSSs&?fe^frA!»:k>'
! *? lhc lr M3f-mnker; butto go os mstfy parecfe* York and Philadelphia 6rCM^ A whh??i,?H'i*
1 .»!’ L, ul e . Yell a bandage ot any. kind to reuun it, of- seitgoode IS ioSjpefi*e*t«iSn*??{S > a e is!i!^*^ f am *°''■■'
1 i?'Jf a, f r * tb e e, a, _ e perfectly unmanageable, and lefclli oo oredlt. -Wedomnaeem < it? < Kilrt.2 ! l? o^e - ,?,,0 b<l K •
1 t °;™ b r l » s l terined StrangulnudHernia, wlucLolteahss the diflarenl kinds th Jr^S!l?^ t,loent ‘° n tttn
t ? e A bet hi a .surgical operation.. la>tba.3*raai-to deem it Hqflicjem to «*wia».. i ._ < i° l P,bp s e onr stock, bat
attention of-ft# afflicted, tliereis Stemor.ladim*niffwoiffii.Lyi"fafaUassort
cvery superiority over tbe tmeses and bandages in Sdienl dooli k :
aommon ara ftfe perfeefly nomfottable, and can be «»Peetf«Uy |5» *Mnsl«?i,S??fe W «»«B
in (ldeyj St anytime of Hernia with an exactness and:: those wko Wish In nwMU I nN ! oa ot atir stock- from
emaWoness of treasure that does nok belong today jpTfl'M ,****- i fnarlS ,
■ other instramem with-which we are acqottL-.ied: aad H Kilt iniOwSrl; d«w *»PPW or jo uieeee PhmT>
krill retalnany rapture with case and «mSrt% tta , . . . rt, “ 1
i wpajer. Physicians of the bluest standing St the pH? *• A-MASOHfecn.
■ ,(
' HO Wood siteeu. ~ MBTBQ ™ <fcogog,pn '
~ owUttlfcw
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l C~4 *
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>•*» -4- s
'
imw at HiiwH""""' JOSEPH C. FOSTER)
Pratt of Tier end WW»] «*•
Second
Circle,7scenu;TsrgePrlv»le Boxee, entire,BB,ol), smut v ,
Pnvste boxeeemire.SSJlp. . .
Boon open »t7o’clock. Cartkitrrieee 817|«
t£3r Third night OJ or Mr.
theftetebmledComedtaiywhowUl eppeer.in three of
-
MthiJheipe.riorni,
uieo will commence with ihoeelebintctMedmCdy or
THEXOOOI.ES. „ _ ..
Timothy fcOewe- _
Un.Toodlee, - - MhuMarioo.J
Topalat Overture,by the Orohentrn.
Tobefollowedby theamoiineFalceoi!
, , - - POOR PILLICODDY,;
John Peter Piilicoddy, * • Mr. Owens.
Sarib,., . . , 61is« Marlon.
Tte while to conclude with tho ever popular Farco of
_ , , COUSIN JOE .. „
Connie Joe, .... Mr Owen*.
Margery, &J£»» Marlon.
i. . - ~»*** Nolle*; ’
• - w_ '••••' perjOM hatinf CarpfiUmftdfi to.
, -£Dv order,.and not taken away, at the farpet
Jarfft. ManuCactor* an* Ship Agency of Josh
Noratß lJbefiy itreetv will
ase call iurthemtieforethefiTn .of
'tUm April next, or tbeywm bbaoldat Auction
for whai. w awnjt “e®i a?-T anifolOg. to rentovo in
1 April next to the thirdhou» abovaihe Cana! bridge, No.
410 Liberty' street, aM Pull otdy entry On iny Ship
Ageneyand pu
«me«3, f wilt have no room for Carpets . ’
Cnrpete wIU be inahunetured to order ntthe el* iiand
by Wm. Poajxxiwho ho* been-engaged atthe business
for twd yeati peat with method tbo oldJundiyto whom
1 would reeotantendmy former cjutomers
mai»aw J. JOHN THOMPSON.
igeney'fof fiiffCßDtdUan of PaeM Ship. 1
s PASSENOEB OIPIOE, „
No. ROS blMrty'BtrMt,'Ptttlbu(hr
tor pj Vr; BYRNE 3 £ : _C(y.,e<) SouA llrta, anUTAf
r Pinr.Tfrt* Y«i rSSlPitWrloe Roadj£rotrpool;anitS
' Graritr llraulftt* OrUant,
_ HAS a Line of Packets .■
v ■ Thy; . ealllnvevervfivedeyetlrom ■: .
+jrf%. LtverpooltoNow Vorkta • jfaTfwc
™*3fcst?i\LiiieofPackels frdmLiv-.MrfEtJWv .
Aij'JXJpiy:aniool to Philadelphia. on As|SP<|'}3y i
. .jeT.. .Keuwiae »i f h leenthofcaeli ja&rrrriruaj ,
momb t a LW*cf Packets to Baltimore on the liuth of
each raoni-b. Alro—a Line n) Packet* -on the Bth and
241 h of each month from Loniloo emi Poniinouih to
New York. ‘ c
ALSO—Orafltal elgktalwayaon any amount,. ;
ai' the lDWew'nter of'diseoamp anduall Information :r
marls <> ■■ > : *e-^lLltwrty-»Uo:Pittsbargh
1 2 -
coatZiftndforSaJe.
milE Subscribe ofrrslor said * GOAL
I; PEOPKRTV alike mouth' of Wauoii’isßittrnear
Lock No.Oy OjuUfr'Monoac*to!a RiTer r fonBi!iUiiE of .
about6o Acretf-ofLandypndin addition tbereldeftbofit
180acresof Coal. libatawidc front on the HlVer, >
waier aeasortSv and a naturtl Basin ■ ■
neartliomoaibortheßkUy'-whiCh, wuh!ml&expcase t
could be improved so as- tQ load and ktep afloat fifty .
boats at a Hoieyproteciingthctn from tjic drought ofwm
mer, aud the ico of winter* ' ‘
ItaffordsancxceJtenliitefbTaHieamboaryard.jiiid
for aS&wAlill near He mofllbj yvherea hend-ofttuae
23 feel may be obtaiiic4 9 ccmuMndiaf j ail ttbswaterpf -
sun auditsbisncbcs.JU* ~bes>dcr, |ha jtab:
urai outlet of more resol CoaU-lameit^na 1
of tb d best, quality abosnos netribo jbouUia
.. Xbe WataonJ*Ruarbateurefisidedasdnooftbcbcn
fonbe Hempficld is adoptedydbo '
value of tJie property will be greatly enhanced/
'Tiie J Propbrpy will.besold.»ia -lrafgsiiiyand ; ooJibs?* - •
al terms of tbeparebasejQonoy
miabtrcroaiii onbpndand aonmefor C orB :
maria 3mo* . O£Q BBEEP,
" vine uiuat uduib, - >
Cotiiir of Fourih and O-rant Streetti
fTtllEsubterihethaaleaiefftbelatge andareltknowa
I HOTEL (Into Laluattitle bonier althe-ecrnerof
ronrlband Grant >ireeUv PiltibiU||bt<wbieli.lu«;beeik
repaired und newly filled op tn alltta spanmenu.eoea
togive a large and morc hberilaccoictaodapon.lo tray,
elers antrboardeia-T)ist»rdeiwiJ|be jttored'wuh tI)S
mau choice vtendr theHiark?t».canaflord,;»nd.tuß.har /
furnished with the beat. He wouldro jpeeßullY toilette
a abate of public patronage; ■ ■ B.PEBRY.
. metlft-
PUD|>SA 4FOIiD y t
Naßiift»tvi»i*M6.D«alevt In
MANCHESTER MINERAL PAJN?**
....■.•.■■:-.--.i-AxJ»»MnncCinr, Pa.
~ Nwr“Yott» December 15tb.185l
- Thavesnalyjed **Aviplaof &lA&CHES7I& AQN*
E&AIVPAINT> tbrr PaMMA-Foasyand find it to coa«. -
lam thfeidliowliigt
Silica,. - ' * ' » 67,81
A lamina, -- >_ •> - - 5,34
Pot Oxide of Iron*- - * 19,41 >*
Lime, * * ’ * - joBr "
Msmens, • fit
Oiide oTMangansse, :;« ;t - v ,1* .
Water end Lc*», - - - f • * B>o£
_IOIVK>
The Powdered Sample, eontalned in lha boxvwhlch I
Bupyoae-waa the one;ymtdenrcd also.fo have analysed^?
I find u> lamp*powdered,
and mixed \ogsUw& v.Thii last yield* as foltovst. .-.
Per Oxide oflroa, * • - * 53£pt
Silica and Alaaima:, . . • D^OU-i.
Lime, - ■ - *B5
. Magnesia.'. ■*•• - ■ ■.•••. =» '.•>?• ■■.■£•■■ yIS.-.
Water and Loss, - - -7,80
* i
This difference IpretataSamesfram.tbemineralnot
being l unirorm,'Bonte partlonseomaiuing morelron than:’
others;:; The analyst* shorn* the articte .io te weltsuiK*
ed u r a d mah !e pa int-.-: ffin4 that by calcun ng the paw*
derby a pretiyhigh besvlbe-color.U mucV improved*
otfirleasteonvened mien-fin# red.- ' 1 pwvw-' a-
JAMES R-CHILTON, M JLChcmUt..
For sale by JOEL MOHLKB,*II Liber tystreet,
matlfey
.-t ttUMml.' *■
mils Subscriber ha*removed b'rt Dnta: Store from ilia -
: i cornerof Woodcnd: bitttl »t re elt v toNo. 211 Liber
ty street, obpome lbs headof Wood
msrl6,y ' JOEL MOHLER
Attest €oia Pluttgr.
fTUIF. right loraaimfaelare amisell Cowin’* Patent
■ I Corn Planter, 111 the counties of Indiana, Armstrong
Allegheny, Ucaeerami Bader, is offered for solo. This
roarhineidrew life premium at the late Btalo Fair, and?
Isworthytheattention. of persona wUbiDg to enragetn«
-the business. 'Enquire ar BROWN’S HOTEL, where'
one of them can be teen. - . . martfltSia- .
TTIOHSALE OHRENIb-A BRICK 110USB and LOT
Js titnated in trio boroorn of Maneheiler,oppoaitetljo
Greenwood Garden/Tbo Lot Ueobv tto feet jibe tones
20 by 3i, contain JlrTOomtr .willi ntushedvGarrei alSw
Cellar, logeitiervmhVabopon the back parloiflheXot.
Terms easy. ForpartieularsenqsirooF’- "
' MCLAIN fc MOFFITT, *
marlS , .'N ■ -Ka. 31 Fifth street.
TjtOE SaXE'VBRV" op
J? Beaver- «treet;t«ro-daara.,M>o*eJacksQn, la -
city of Allegheny. TheHouso i* fraioe.two -S'.,.’ 1 ”
high, with a brick ErtebeqtAllaqhaa, Tke B<-„
bygfcet, the Lot^by^k^
ui n Dry Goods or Grocery n£ hSSra
«c P ncn M to l o'SS‘a“” : V ■« «»JpwrSSfiSfflS
ercncei. inquire ai taelrouCliy fifltel, FRANK.
r * > *tr
Wlio Bay U cheap
* cJWMne shoii#, imprtvejWK-:babU» t by caUirnr «t
Cbe.neCa Men’ssnd-Bdy’a Clothing Emporium. Work!
equaliaenalother,-made at fromlffto 20 percentless
tlraq custsmerpllees, Allnrlieleasoldat this'estab
•isament, warranted-to he a*’represented. Stock in
creasing daily, a Tit establishment for Boy’s clothing '
: IFe ktuiy ta Pleat* . ... ;. 71 SmiihGela. at.
wart l * • - T near Diamond Alley.
-* ”
nptJß Eipress mull trim wiHleaveilmnepor ad iib- -
. PHSsengerawdl johy thecatsio'Fimle.OteeklSimlee 1
where they will fimt.thtf b<V*t: Coackeals readiness 10
Oliver them sj miles, axem Erst rata turnpike road 10 •
Beany’s station: otcotnpany eaeh" u&larof ;
t.oaehes>, then, take the-cSr* to iHolltdaysbari i and
pbm S4ote^ i '* 1 “ p 8 C " ra<UrcCl '° »“■**-
, ■ »**saoDi[er»ftirlteW™cmUt4 theears ortheYork and
Cumberland Btuireadni <U»rrlsborylt,airltin* Btßald
more; io tueaif«st,and lorWashlnglon Ciiy-the same
ojoiwog. -
Evening Tratawill leave dally at 6>3O,PrM;, at-«
riving al Pliila'jetnhia neXlereilinff. ' ■
5S**JS® to Philadefpiia.
Thai Way Trane lesvea daily at 9 o’eloek A,M, for
Bait Ldteny.WilHnshurg and Turtle Creek. - '
P ‘-«*»r g h to.
‘ pare, *19, ,
n m Is* 81 >*«*« their tickets at the B Jiktwdi
O dice in the Monanaahala Houae,\Vatar Street:
_jnatis R. Ctr
T«JPHU J lPSßOßa,Be»vereanal!r ) Pena»*l'''Mita>ou
itto 3ouih» l( jBofi6eO)ilQlitfci-,oppo«lt8 Ihewoei*,
of thoßirßeavei Cier k;twenfY-cigta ualei/rot* P*",.
Wkeolior,' end onetandiea, .£“•: ■
Cleveland. The PtoprinorhM to A Jwelriy ye»'' *1??
I Hal experience u * Pfff.’ *
:be hai practisedwider wailydrcpa&toW\i—T\S“~2
only, wva ooites* jir-«eek—p»y»U» ,
■Seawns are adapted p Bydropalft agsSKis™
urequlfedta fqmWt two toaiiy w -rfl •**“*
.Io»ge co«(()it», Cnu «heet»,aie >■*
bltnkei.oi Indja-rebiter sfcMt. ' w< “*» OBa can »P
-„ mKO W^ c KEft ) P r op ti e I or I ' '
, AMUSEMENTS.
TIU2ATIIB*
1852
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