PITTSBURGH GAZETTE PITTSBURGH MONDAY Z , IORNLNG, 31.11:011 3. 11,31 • ..To the Whigs . of Pennsylv.inia. FrTE .01 t..• 11 at A T1;1,1,.i.1". yytt v 1 coat. Joseph it. • F. Knnz )lortcn. ~,, NV ra. ti:ul.l3 ffunut•l Belt. lan ne.anlel'lntramtvr, r 11 NVta. J. R.OiAtISVn. . lir IVorilon L. iv o. Them.a L• ! ?1.. 11 ,tt•. floury' Johlann. • ; Jam:, Charlet 11. . 1 I rum. 11 IL A. Firmly, (7 • ITt4l:ratu " in t .. %.:1 , Irn, Jrt • ttctrtmry. Irc era indebted to 11r. lintmon for import ant public document, Much disappointment and regret it felt in this community, at the defeat in the. Peanut of the appropriation which had passed the House for the ereetion of a Custom House and Past Oliice building in this. city. the matter may be re cut:add:red, we defer all nan:tient, nmil Ke re ceii-o the report of the debate. The prospects arc, however, gloomy for is, and fol• a modifica tion of the Tariff. Pennsylvania will listen to depend upon her own rt,oni . c . .n, end her powers of eadornnee, until she has wisdom enough to elect men who are not oppose.' to f,t,ring and protecting her roost vital interests. . Oar iepresentatiee, tic. Ilswitoo, has done everything which could be done, to , secure the Custom House appropriatiur, anil he succeeded to passing it through the. 'louse. Why the Sen ate choose to deny us this small favor, which ie necesgary for the Convenience of the people, and the safety of the public funds, we shall see here after. llummt. can ALLEGMENT ft.nst: Uesn CtIMP o- OT.—The Stockholder., of the above Company hold a meeting at Bakerstown, in this county, on Thursday, the 27th ult., and c:octed the fol lowing Board of Director,: Samuel M. Lane, l'residenr. Campbell, David {Volker, T. li. Lyon, C. F. Sp,ng, and T. IV. Shaw, Hoacgera. .James J 013,7, T.euturer.— Rine hundred and oighty-one votes were polled. About sfty thoeuculd dollar.: hare been subscrib ed to the stock of the Company, and the re mainder necessary. to build tits read , can be ob tained, it is thought, t',"ithout 'difficulty. The Directors intend to prepare the-road fur contract Immediately. The ticket ‘crle elected Tafai ruously. FREE BASIL:NO Ilarri,bargh Tele graph, in att,arti,,,tle noticing` tho reference of the Free Bunking Lill, on ear,:ion of Mr. Crab), of Philadelphia, to a Committee of Inquiry, hays— _ Mr. Cmbb is opposed to the Free Booking , Am: and we are enrpri,ed to E.ee .outlete,,rt who ore in favor of it place' themselves under the !cal of an opponent. The atone vote may retard the paczage of the bill, for a short time, hut is for from - being a test on its merle. M:r. Walker has It in charge. • Marren. 6-r Ilannisorerna—We arc still with out 6ur Harriet:m.lTh Letters. From the papers we glean whatever interests this region. In the Sene:l, on TuezdaN, the :2313 inst. Mr. Walker reported, with an amendment, the bill supirmentary to the act incorporating the Penn sylvania Railroad company. Mr. Crabb reported, with a negative recommen dation, the bill telative to the election of Alder men and Justices of the Peace. Mr? Frailty 'had in place a Lill, to prohibit . . incorporated companies from paying interest on loans or mortgages in any Care, except !ale:gni or Pennsylvania currency. 3lr. Brooke offertal a resolution, providing for the holding of afternoon sessions on 'i'isesZlay a and Fridays, which was adopted, ' The following joint resolution was read a see- I oral and third time. and passed finally-. Resolved. That the thanks of this Legislature are eminently due to the Hon. Daniel Webster. ' and that they be and are hereby, tendered to him finite. vary able und patriotic manner. in which be has vindicated the wail established principles of the Government of the United States, in re - gad to its intercourse with Foreign nations, in Ida letter to chevalier ldul,sman. Charge d'Af fairs from the Government of Aust::a to the Coi fed States, dated December I. 16.50. _ On motion of Mr. Yernon, the bill relative to and providing for . the payment of the tint and second regiments of Per.nsylvanin Volunteers, who nerved in the late war with - Mexico, was as hen up. Thu bill was passed through the Com mittee of the Whole, and laid aside. 'On motion of Mr. Crabb, the Lill supplemen tary to the act extending the charter of the Far mers and Drovers' bank of Tl:iynehbargle was taken up and posted finally. On motion of Mr. Carothers, the bill authori zing William P. Baum, nuardlin of Elis tl orb an.' Mggaret li, .Carlisle, to execute a decd to We cite of Pittsburgh; was taken up and passed li• tinily. • On motion of 'Mr. Carothers, the hill incorpo. rating the Duff Mercantile College of Pcnosylva- ' nit, was taken up, read o eycentrtime. :.nd post poned. The bill for the relief of Thomis 8.1-and oils en, soldiers and widows of soldier= of the Rvru lution, came up in order and wad passed In the How: the same day, the 2:Jth, 'lie Den nison, reported a bill providing for the mange. ment of the public works. This I.PI n'a, made the ipecial order for Friday, March 7th. This being private bill day, the following bills, among others, were taken up sad passed trot reading, during the morning se , t.lott - .. - - - A Lill to authorize the laying out of a State 1 , road from tile Allegheny :dal Perry . „ - sville Plank Road to .the Village of Yew RochesCeS, , in Beaver county. ' A aupplement to an act establishin, a uniform standard of bituminous coal in Alleghily county, j passed April 6,1850. A bill to change the name of the 3lethalist Church in the city of Pittsburgh, and to , thorize the trOsteen thereof to sell certain real A bill regalifing free ofjusticcs of the peOce, in Allegheny cOlmty. A bill to authorize the Auditor General to transfer theostock of the Corninons - ellth in the Pittsburgh and Butler Turnpike Bead to the Al legheny and Butler Plank Bond company. A bill to establish a Beard of iles;th, and , to secure the city and port of Pit:3llm.y from the introduction of pestilential and contagious di seases. A bill to incorporate the 01.1 Icilows' llall Association of McKeesport, in Alleghtiny county. the afternoon session, the - bill to 'authorize the Auditor Grnernl to transfeit..the stock of the Commonwealth in the Pittsburgh_ and Butler turnpike rand to -tiro Allegheny. anti Butler plank road company, being before the House, the ficst section was adopted; and the questinn, being son the second section, Mr. riigh.a.m mooed that the far ther consideration of the section, together with .the bill, be postponed for the present, Which was agreed to. All the other bills which passed a first read ing in the morning, were taken up, and passed facially. • Li the &nate, on the 2604, amob;_' the netitiolb a i presented, was one by Mr. Carothers, of Alle gheny., in favor of the erection of a Poor Itotise; also, fora law preventing the sole of nt..raietat ingliquaN. Mr.' Savery presented petitions in f3i.or of the consolldntion of the city and Phi!, •ilelphia; and for the repeal og all,lnno3 °Tempting certain property from taxation. Meuart. Ferunn, Sa V e Cy. Cunningham, 1 - ruiley. Guernsey, Friel, IlaAletr, Robertson, On.nthers„ Hoge, and Lawrence, presented peti ;inn, iutavor of the ertablishraent of a tree buil:big dna. The bill repealing, all laws, czon,pl4.: certain proper 4. from taxation, taken up order, amended; and cliscusecd, until the LA, of ad- Jotuament. In the Reuse, hlr. Rood MOTC.4 the Howie re cant, the ...meow/ reading of the bill to to the pages of railroads in Erie county, which vac agrer4 to. • . The fast section being before: thr. Perlaista6 moved to amend by addint . proitio,' that no railroad company shat 14. a oniho ed,or empavreted to lay two tracks on the road T--;-boil of different gouges, oast of the . bcrongh of Erie, nor &nil the set entitled ...to act cola .or - :porate,the.Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad Cot be no construed as to authorise or crape • or :anykompany,' individual or individuals, to on : strabt any lateral branch road before the pri. e i, Tel toad from Pittsburgh - to Erie shall be .11y The bill was debated at length , by Mr. Roe in .firfor and Mr. Penniman in opposition; . Mr. Minkel Moved: to ,postpane itsl f.. her comdderation for oho presents which was to. • manses SEIM= A 'Air •dayu.ngo, three well known medical rentlemen, Meslm Audio Flint, Charles A. Lee, and C. B. Coventry published a card hi the Buf falo Commercial Adverthier, in which they ntot ,l that they had been led by curiosity to visit the li.oelic.ter 'Happen., iMes. Fish and Miss Fox, end having arrived at a physiological explanation or the phenomena they deemed a public butte necessary. They opened with an ingenioni , and forcible argument, adopting the method of 4 fig ty exelurian, and were Ulus led step ,:ep to the point. that the sounds must be pro tioe.od by voluntary muscular contractions, and that the only possible source must be iu one' or of the moveable articulations of the skele tm. That noises could be produced in this way, tl;ey had abundant evidence; but good fortune placed it in their power to procure the very demonstration they needed. By a curious coin cidence, after they bad arrived at the above con clusions, they found that a higbly respectable Lily of . Buffalo was 'able to produce s.ounds pre cisely identical with the ••rappinge by a move ment of the knee joint. We here quote from the card: The muscles inserted into the upper and inner cde of the large bone of the leg (the tibia) near the knee joint, are brought into action ea ne to move the upper surface of the bones just tamed laterally upon the lower surface of the thigh hone [the femur) giving rice, in fact, to a partial lateral dislecatten. This is affected by au act of the will, without any obvious movement of the limb, occasioning a loud noise, and the retuni of the bone to its place is attended by a second sound. )It;st of s:,. Rochester rappingr ore also double. It is practicable, however, lo produce a single sound, by moving the bone out of place with the mini. s:te quickness and force and allowing it to slide slowly bark. in which nice it is noi,eless. Several phenomnea, such as shaking of tables, i.e., were auisfactorily explained. This expose, of course, brought rt reply from the Rappers, in which the medical gentlemen were defied to test the truth of their theory-- Tlm challenge was accepted at once, and on the evening of the ISth ult., in presence of eight or ten persons, including come friends of both par ties, the trial took place. A full account appears in a letter addressed to the New York Tribune, by Doctor Lee, from which we quote: The preliminaries being arrmiged, we asked "whether the *Spirits' would be present and COSILTAIIIieIIt.: With us through the evening."... After no interval of s minute or so, -raps" wire :marl and continued in quick succession for some time, which Mrs. Fish declared to he an affirmative answer. This was repented. so that there would be no mistake as to the willingness on the part of the Spirits to accommodate -- Tbis thine settled, Mrs. Fish and Miss Foe west re.hested to be seated on chairs, their limbs ex tended and their heels resting on cushions. The 'reasons for placing them in this position were stated, six: That we believed, in order that the raps should be heard, that the feet should have 5011Ie solid support.. sertitlg• 11, / . o , 7unt: el, the contraction of the muscles of the leg would not throw the hone l head of Whirl out of place, or if so, no sound would be heard, unless the concussion or vibration which would he thus produced, be communicated to some sonorous or vibrating body. While thus ttated, mere than fitly minutes elapsed• during which no - . raps were heard. though the -Spirits ' were urged and called upon by Mrs. F. to •• manifest' thorn selves. A part of this time, Miss - Fox wai al lowed to seat herself on the sofa, her limbs and test resting oil the cushions of the same: No sounds having been heard, it was huggested that the Ladies l c allowed to take any position they pleased, and see if any --raps - were then heard. Accordingly they seated themselves on the sofa, their feet resting on the floor, when immediately a loud succession of "raps" followed, tinued fur several minute,. ❑e then pr,po , il to try another test; en besting oursulye, bufore tie ladies, we grasped each of their knees firmly, so an to prevent any lateral movement of the bones; the "raps" immediately ceased, end were not heard while the knees were thus held. except near the close of the experiment, which continued once near forty minutes, when two slight sounds were hearl: on slightly relating my grisn, while at the same time I distinctly felt the heads of the bones grating on each other. and the muscles contracting. which; thonzh very positive 16nd of evidence to me, i em bwarc is not satipfactory to bystanders. I should state that our hands were removed several times from the knees during the trial, and •• rap," were always heard ;he in ten,: of removal. At the deco of the sitting, which continued till past 11 o'clock, Mies Fox vr, much affected and shed many tears, which excited much sympathy on the part of some of the gentlemen present. I need net add that our position was triumphantly sustained, and that public opinion here is now almost universally on our side. On the evening of the 19th, a party of bodies . and gentlemen met at tine house of Prof. F., when Mrs. P. the lady whom we accidentanly discovered to have the power of "rapping" in her knees, was present. Airing the esening ail the phenomena of the "Rochester Knockings" were produced, the sounds being exactly similar ! in character and degree to those produced by the Foxes. I should state, perhaps, that the , sounds are produced, not as first .sug,gested, the tateuoles i.erted mt., the upper noel inner silo of the large bone of the leg the tibia . , near the knee joint, being brought into actionACls 'to ranee the upper surface of the bone ,lam( named, laterally upon the lower surface of the thigh hone, (the femur,) ving rise to a partial lateral dislocation," (Commercial Advertiser, Feb. 170 but the partlal.AisloAtion consists in the m nvement or the Wild outward, partly occasioned, I believe, by pressure on the foot, there being great relaxation of tine ligaments about the knee joint; but chiefly by the action of the muscles of the leg below the knee. At least this is the fact with regard to Mrs. P., fur by placing the hand on the ride of the joint, the bone eon be felt, at the instant the loud double rap is beard, slipping on: laterally, and as suddenly slipping back again, although, by an effort ref the will, it can be made to glide bark noiselessly, so that only one "rap" is heard. But this can be re peated inn pretty rapid suecussion fora long time, although it requires evidently considerable prac• El,- to attain great in this nets and hitherto mysterious art. Doctor Lee then enters into a very interesting examination of the different 'phenomena whiel, have been the source of so much vvomler, and, in our opinion, fully exploit. them. His state ment above gaoled is so plain and straight for ward that we thmk it more than likely that the Rappers are now silenced forever. Had we been present at the discomfiture of the Intl Indies, we should have sympathised strongly with them like the cehtimental gentlemen mentioned by Doctor Lee; bdt the fair deceivers may console them selves in tie hour of their disgrace, with the reflection that their names will go down to pos terity as the moot successful imposters that ever entered the field- against Science nail Common Sense. BOARD OF REVENDE COMXISSIORERS. This body met at the Supreme Court room at the Capitol thin mottling at 11 o'clock. The member , . present were called to order by Gener al Bickel, the State Treasurer who is ex-fefirio President of the Board.: The following named _gentlemen compose the Board, being one from each ju4;cial district in the State: Ist District—Alen. Brown, City undet;unty of Philadoiphlb. 2nd District—William Mathiot, Lancaster county. ::rd Distriet—BenjamM Fogle, Northumpton and Lehigh. 4th Didtrict—John Smyth, Centre,. Clearfield, and Clinton. sth. DlStriCt—J Moorbevl, A Ilegtieny county. Li.trict —Re .selne Brown,• Warren, Erie nod Craw :eft!. • 7th Dibtrict—Joseph ThomuN Buckt s. flout gltriery. Fth Libtriet—William A. Petriken, Columbin,_Northuroherlan,i, Stall:ran, on .t Montrose. Pit t District—J Ituchfirld, Per ry, nad Jut Ihtit IhArict—T, Cunniughual, Webtthoreland Inthauu., and Arha.trohg. District--Henderson Gaylord, I,hrhrr,e, susquehnuna„ and Wyouthig. 12t11 Dietriet—liel;ry Veifer, Paur.W.n and Le 13th Di,trict —L. - P. ]villi u,n , Tiogn. Brad ford. Potter, and McKean. 14th Di.cnct--.1. (ion Jon, Fayette, Waehing UM . NIA lireene. 15th' District—Wm 'Williamson, Cheater ~,i Dela ware. Dith Inatriet—Sami Gaither, Sonaereet,Frani: lin, and Itialford. I7th District—J. Mech!ing, Jr., Benrcr, But ler, Mercer, and Lawrence. 15th Dietriet—R. Irwin, Clarion, Venango, Jeffer.,on, and Elk. I9tb inatrict—Wm. R. £ad!cr, Adam 3 and 20th Distniet—Coopsr Dull,3liffiin AC nion. "Ist District---Jacob Hammer, Schuylkill. 22nd District—M. W. Coolbaugh, Monroc,Pike Wayne, and Carbon. 23rd District—John S. Richarde, Berks. 24th District—J. Scott, Jr., Iltustingdon,lllair and Cambria. 31essre. Smith, Moorehead, Curmineism,Gay. lord, Doll, end Coo'bough were found to be ob nat. - The official with atm eidininkuered to the Presi and the inembempresent,by the lion-Judge. Pearson, President Judge of thi", Judidal trict.. On motion of Mr. flannum, the bcard , then proceeded to the election of (tier Clerk, when Mr. l'eljer nominated J. M. Footer, and there he inc no nonMmtiou. he was unanimously elected, and the oath. administered by the Prey- Went. The election of Assistant Clerk, was then post poned for the present.on motion of Mr. William- . son, who stated that he was unacquainted with all the tandidates. The following notnination9.foi .kPmi.9tnnt Clerk ' were mole: It. 1). 'McKee, J. M. Gilmore, J. T. James, James Dawson. For Sergeant At Army, Henry Critsrnau. and John Shannon. were the candidates. The vote ttued !ferny Critzman, fifteen: John Shannon, three. On motion of Mr. Williamson, 10 o'clock in I the morning, and f.', o'clock in the afternnon,were , fixed for the regular meeting of the Board.— flan. Tel. Almost every day we hear oreetne returned To the L'il:tor - of the Pit Gazette , i Californium being robbed by the numerogs sharp- IVIIT Din too Aernorntartost or $76,000 os . era abo ut , our to" , "EtielA Bess," a'woman • A. Ccsrolt Morse , Yost °Frier, etc., sett.?—The ' ...he ,keeps groggery is 'll ''' . 'tee'' , and reason stated not winter, iu the House, fur re- , John Dattin' a lounger at said loggery, were or fusing nu Appropriation for a Custom Rouse, . rented yesterday, charged with li,,, e i ng ro bb e d, he., to Pittshorgh, was that no import duties en Friday last, a returned Californian, wile , stopped at the house or the night, of Si-1,00 worth wore paid at this port. This fact could not he denied, hence the bill was lost. .of gold, and a valuable until,. Thu parties But, we have importing merchants in Pitts- l'eree commit t ed r°r examir " l ''' burgh. Why don't they pay their import duties The slur hetirchn .I 111: 000111111• :era and May or h o me! Rocauao, ~ a seri , or yours, th „. ;or King-61.1nd continues. The result of the in have been paying at the eastern cities. • 1 vestigation of hostilities between lessrs. Bee lleFFl,. Meredith and Buchanan made some ' tine an d /Venn'', as ' ti l e d b y the ddei.lon of pointed remarks solotito to the tuck of State : Judge Edmonds, gives the victory to the driver., 1 who are Oven the right to race up and down pride, in Pennalvania, at the Glasgow dinner. St. Louis end Uineituiett lug, each Apprupri. I l l enadwaiY , and roil over people, m• heretofore _ ations of `.. , ;:i,tioii for government buildings. be• The Mayor is ordered to restore the Hammes he cause their importing merchants pay their import la'' taken mossy. duties at home , Thy packet sl ip .`..ll.trittc, which arrived Al The Mil ha, again failed for the same good this port yeeterday from Liverpool, he& twenty reason, and so lng- ati the importers pay duties I °le de"thil"n hoe voyage , and landed at quer.- in the easternl2u±t,un houses instead of at home, li ng tore sick with the ship it will fail. The elingt,g3 Ilene deeliuren, one d . the ulile , t of the Hebrew persuasions in thiN city. participated in laying the earner Clone of a new aynagogue in Greene Street, ue day. The tinal number of deaths in this city during . , the week olding. :r2il, wore Isl 3, whichise I'o,. LB. crease of 41: user the previous week. ' The stook market opened firm yesterday, awl She , ' 13 . 11-1 -7. 1 "r0f". a geneial Irlynnee lens established. lint to ibis zie Wriveling Bre/yie ears Poopond one Year I the market gave acne, and prieeS Closed lessee.: Pennsylvania closed at Itiiiinon State ,71's —Tarot Mothriration , Again Defeated—Battle of dr 6L; Reading Railroad nil; rltate Storks rind Bonds p Bookersor, the Itisican Indemnity Aprapri generally are firm. With l'ery fetr rili.ring. To rourroc $..1.0,000, 'Bondi: of the Ohio central FROM WASHIROTON. 111=1 We hare hada rather interesting than exciting Railroad, 7 pea cent interest, in .m . n• of $ll.O day in Conereos. In the Senate, the cheap post- la t L . age•bill was mA paF,sed only betniuse that La i tlette and Indiana It:ri:rn:ul exceeding!yrrisernan,:olonl3,, , ,nd,ofA'rkam,,,ts, cum , „f $!„, 1 - 1 0 „ It n„',/ tot the one of the sages of that distingukhed common- some day. , f 43,501,1100 New York and wealth, and a standard bon of the Senate, 'wanted Road convertible 7 Pereent to make an hour's speech upon it. I greatly fear that it will not be passed by the Senate in : In thr p n n l urnen'rkilt, nary Stec .1 U . cross, g.,neri 5 arc 1111110111. time Limit of the concurrent notion of the SPLCI,IOII House upon the numerous amendments which • bare been made in the former hotly. It has a rr.m thv Natumal 1=EI!!!!!!!ill Then the Semite proceeded to hammer the bill I In the Table of Popolotinti and IlepreQeuto fur divp'esing of revenue collected in Califdrnm, I lion. " M° '" l "Y the Lhtrtltcene.r, n, e by military authority, into ehape. The ditlicul- ; recur red in Mnr.'„lti.,,",g, ty Inis been to determine what to do with the ~ 1 tb,tKttt , hovel on 575,1 , 04 fro , : int:alio:l:at money, a, it has neitherbeen in nor out of the nod 21 4, .!!!!it 'dove+ This. 1.6:1 ,111,3 t. North I.'urolins to eight' toeutto, and n treaur:t It watto day brought in. and three republish the table tranilreg thou,tintl &Alin of it were itnrueih.itOy ' iv from the , r , ;: , w , th. given to Caiifornin fur Sate liurpolee rent::. I learn that the Sit;‘retne Court hug ntin aril the Wheeling Bridge gait, Uf theiAr De- 361„. ember term, and have ordered that the defend-7,,' ante 2le Weir exception, to the report tf the tioturnisioner. Chance:l, Wa'worth, tin or before the fourth of May next. Thiv proceetling natually cause much surprise hod dissatisfaction "."' in Pittsburgh, for after the vy riabor:lle and protr'rted lavestiritlOn of th e er ConnoiSbioner, the people rd . Penns - 3-I,min certainty had u right to expect Unit n deity of another yeas would not L•• granted t.. :b., tither party But of roar, y_ decttsun nin , t jrl arnuiesciiii in. Another demonitration for and In 6eh.s.: of • k i . 2,T;L, the tare. was made to-ire in the TfAnso The sqbjeet. tiorre,r. did n . .t tmTne lip in tent '.hope 7,;11;.. t n: •icz.slre T4seldems tsieeete. propo,l h., ;Aria reLevini., Cie iron and ee.li intemit, ef Pennsylvania, and other extensive 5 Utreringi - amendment to the civil ahl diplomatic approi., , ation till.it wto deridedcut of era . , t.; the chairman of the Committee of the Sum of South Carolina, a dioantoaist whom the Lniondoving speaker delights to honor in this 11' emir is atiat way) 'Mr. Stevens appealed, but the chiir 21.31'Lth" the about 93 1, - 0 oats su , t.o,nc,l_irc •I. _la the law of 221 May, 15.50, determines the agaitut action 14 Mr. Grinnell moved his more . number of Ilepre.eutatisess and as hot generally acceptable scheme soon aiter, which :::22 Of there are presided for in Pos foregoing ta shared precisely the same fate, I say these at- • ble, without taking them Cron, tempts were hot perfectly decisive, because they were not made iu connection with the right bill. i to be assigned - a But there is groat reason to fear that the supple- I entire mental revenue bill from the Senate, Me. Wi- The States entitled to Representativesfor such throp's, will not be taken from the Speaker's M- i f t ra i ction, will most probably tie M.,.. ac h os ,iis, bic at all, or if so lost until so late a period that any amendments that may be affixed to it enured and Kentucky-11. be acted on by the titillate. To Ltd?: bill Alr. The State's which gain. irre , , , e - tice of the Stevens' ur Mr. Grintiell'e hill would ouriainly be i;y,pi ,, l :. lic s, li t i , g,a h n 1, Nli, o u r i 1_,,, gennain, but us 1 ha Ye tool twenty times be in, in all. arc a. follows fore, there is not the remotest chance for favor. ; r k;,,.,:;„ 1, t h . .li g a a na ~,,, • able action on the tariff question at this erosion. : 31.1.51J,11 , 1•i 1, NI The French spoliation clgims bill, lying on the I Pennsylvania 1-10. The p.nowin g States 10,, viz. Maine 1, New 6peaker's table beside tge above described meta, are, will also be left to die a natural death, and South laarolim. _, Ferment 1, I'i{gms 1, I:Lodg the long deferrtsl hopes of the claimants will bel fi wally extingi' iished. The free States gain six members runl s lose The general appropriation hill passe') to-day. four. The slay ,. State" gam font' and lose :ix. It, combined items amount to about serge t 511111,0%0 —n ,„ Kill: liens of dollar. On Tuesday of .net week , Chem: women, nanied The greater part of the day, and the whole of m i d,,, ai o Bridget ~,„1 Sane] the evening, that is true six to tea o'clock. ketirunn, were killed on !lug/Lesion's stwtitin of wet+ cratisurned in debating a bill prescribing the thithoad• near IlYde Psrlie, It appears that the insole which the last Instalment of the ?In. "b" '""pied the 'l"7 w here sh,ml4 The whhe., the two oth lcmnay that it should lee lull in the manner ministering - to tier witutit . .. A lil uJ ' a:t ' ut n a e s a i r li i m i c ` l e n i a t r7o l l , found mast convenient and safe to th e goieru- tin the line the railroad, and a large may! ' of went by the exec-calve officers.: but a portioti of rash, weighing about l•Cul t pedals, was thrown thethe air. which descended dirto•tly upon the 77,, 0 , 1t 0 r t i0 , t , t , i , t , t ” h u e, t and o employwnt.l, dealer., trio ;tadi:ague roof or the hu k,o n,the,re, seen the lWith Lim, to discharge this responsible and deli- e d thel's'hUrt;'iittu'd They i i. ' :rit n e ' r 4it"lY repair. ing it,belield date duty. The Ileac adjourned without (led- • the mangled and lifeless 'exiles of ling the matter nudes, and the third prostrated and bleeding. but • afet quite dead, although she lived but a few un- Huth rapid pragress has been made in the 6p conscious momenta afterward. The women were oroprlatlou bill by the 111.., since Thursday all of them married. One was ft? years of age. • at, that there is now no doubt that so far no and leaves five children. Mrs. McDonald, was , hat branch B concerned, they will all be dispo . _ , y(Ma9cof one of ed of In good tithe. The' 'Senate will have , nre hn l d ' i l tn,nr /h .nrrcn n v third io3n; goal time oleo, to du its part in the neceo ary work; but it will be done. JUSII S. FROM NEW YORE The hill from the Bowe of Representmi, COrren.etiellee of the 1,,a, gittylirA,Guytte ; ' providing for a reduction of the rates of postage, ! has bout nu materially altered in the Senate, Now Yong, Feb. 25th. : with regard to the rates of postage en letter, The mild weather of the last week or ten days and newspapers, that we have hail prepared q me opened the 'Judaea River between this city statement of the substance of tire" proyiti o na ar lind Albany, and the various lines of steamboats they now stand in the bill its “.elifled by th e I lr e busy iu getting their boats ready to corn- !Senate. With regard to letter postage, the nen. the season. 1 • i Senate bill provides, that from end Karr ;tune The Oregon and Buffalo left for Albimy at five ! 30, 1851, in lieu of the rates of postag e ntw 'clock laSt evening, being the first /boats of the : established by law, there shall be, charred the M.O. This is the earliest period nt which the. following rates, to. wit: For every tingle Iseter iver has opened in a good many years, and will in taawnseript, or paper or any kind Uikth which ave tire effect of greatly increasing the spring infuriation ,hall be asked, oe , yi ,,„,,,,,,. d i ii rode with the north and-west. ! the moil, far any distance between o gee. , wit h. Senator Foote had an enthusiastic reception at in the United States riot exceeding :1,000 „, ii ,, ammany Ball last evening. en which occasion ' three cents, when the postage shall hove been P eyerul speeches nor male, by the honorable prepaid: nod for any distance exceeding 3,000 enator and others. • miles, ,double those , rates : Mr crew such ~w,,,,,,,, The thitsl anniversary of the last French 1t,.. i kit, ',eh,u eim‘eyed wholly or in part by sea, lotion was appropriately celebrated yestetslay ' and to or (rant n foreign country, for any .6- iy our French ettizemt. Ile —Basle Lafayette," Lubec over 2,500 miles; twenty coats; an/ fur untneroas company, with others,. turned out, any dieanee under 2 i 55 0 mile.„ tea . . i . ! ,,, , , „ A ad after a parade through the principal streets, single letter i- one not etectsting half tar ounce; •artook of a sumptuous dinner at the t.7olosseura. double and troble letters pay double end treble Three seotnen, late of the bark Olen, named ''three ra t es . ... - • . . I ouglass, Clements, and Benson, were arraigned The rates of pogtage on newspapers may he , stertlay on an indictment charging theta with suited thus: All newspaper., not exceeding in murder of the mate of nail vessel, Asa A. , , three ounces in height, sent to actual subseri areas.; by shouting and stabbing him. Twom of I hers from the clime of publication, than he tun are young white Men, and the other. ' enarged as follows Weekly papers, within the enson,) Wahl:. The trial is set down for MUn- county where published, free; for any dbaance y next not excesollng fifty miles out of the county where The Young Guard of this city. an association ;' published. five cents per quarter; exceeding fifty ounired in honor of "Barry of the Best, - gene and not niure than three hundred wib-. ten err seventh annual soiree a t ',N o ', 501,,u loft .eents per quarter; UNCr three hundred and not sl i t, which was most brilliant affair. Among exceeding one thou.:awl mite, firtres, cvnb por and neat e , t . ct two thousand miles, twenty cents per quhrtee7 e invited gust-Ls was General Houston, who sari quarter. over un t l i t rt h. y ou:n t d ., w N o n ive n d tt w ac il lt h u m .a ' s 'e m h made on Benjamin Galbraith, over two thousand and not exceedk,,, , , , f,., t h ou. Hansel foi-JR1111,3 Gordon Bennett, iu Broadway, sand, twenty-fire cents per quarter; and for any parrs issued oftener than triswealy five gist before last, by Be Witt C. Graham, Gar named Summons. Nothing serious re.. weekly papers to pay double, tri-weekly treble, and a great, distance, Bed, and only a small quantity of 'blood was and Graham is a brother of the indirldual times Gm. , rate, ha cowhided Bennett sometime since, in Broad- Fur anY other book. Paper, magazine, •!:e ity, and it is supposedthat this affair 'grew out not e x ceeding one ounce to weight, there Anil that. The parties who made the attack have ,be Paid f" , a distance not exceeding 5i.P./ en held to bail In the sum of $3OO each. ous cent. I An unknown man: shout thirty five years of Over 500 and not exceeding 1,500 miles, 2 sao. wa in,tantly killed on the Hudson River .• I,.;00 " " 2,500 ''broad, near Manliuttaniille, on :ianday after ; " '.!,ht.ni " " 3,'00 " d .. ,n. From a letter found on Inn per.on, and '.• 8,500 '' " 4,604 ~ 5,. ; m the circumstances connected with the acci- ' For each additional ounce or fraction the totes nt, It. appeat, that the act wan I remeditated I are proportionably inerons,d;—/l,pahlw. l' the unfortunate man. The letter woe elgurd lore," and stated that he had bleu deserted by The recent census returns show that there are 'wife. , I nearly 4,000 persons doing business daily in General Sam Ilouston arrived in town on Sun- ; Boston. but who reside cut of the city. Thie rv, and addreised the National TempernnceS., 1 state of things has been brought about, by We ty trai t evening. The flail was crowded ha I numerous railroads and their low fares. , eicess. The 66erel receivesils friends tO duy ut the Governor's room. City Hall. It is hinted that the' old hero is fiqhiog for the PreAdemial .• nomination. Justice Lothrop rendered him decision yeater day afternoon in the cos.e of P,ey.Torupkins, hold ing him upon a criminal charge, and it.aued hie warrant for the arrest of the accused LIN. a com plaint of Mr. lleujaroin Nathan, a broker, who waa a victim to the tune or S:1,100 its the into swindle. The coca 10 to be reetnned o day at four o'clock. The little drummer buy, Wm. Henry hash, of whose precoc:ous developements of muideal tal ent the newspaper, ha is recently rail so runoll. made his first appearance hi fore the public on Saturday evening, in a grand euticErt at Tripler mol folly sustained the high reputatioa claimed for him by his ',trews. A ,elionner front iluveritraw, with white a:4lllring to rend icharf ; in Williamshurgh yesterday, was ewe!. y the tide with such great force against the that she sunk, and her cargo, (30,000 I,richs.) L. a total loss. POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES 5 .15.5. L, 5 ;&J. I:A7, i•••.o01 , • • •.) 1'14,4 5 "" 4 . 1 • 4.1!.;15 . TEE MAP POSTAGE Bal. diclanc.lio/y Dratd.—On Monday afternoon. 'February ltith. at Lunenburg, Silas W. Marshall aged 11: years, came to a andden death by be coming hung by the neck in a towel suspended from a roller attached to the wall of the pantry. Whether he was kwinging in it for amusement:, cr euperimentiniwith It to see whether hanging for a moment by the neck would take away all sensation, it is impossible to decide.—Morton Timer. The American propeller steamer Libertador, Capt Horner, from Philadelphia; arrived at St. 'Thaneas on the oth instant She left the capes of the Delaware on the 29th of January, and made the trip in •in days and a half; according to her log. This is the vessel Which was built for the Venezuelan government' if,. Burnout and Fothrr Jlatihrtc.—Mr. Bar num has presented Father Matthew with $5OO, accompanied by an eloquent letter, in which the services of the worthy Apostle of Temperance arc warmly appreciated. This gift will relieve Father 3latthew from the immediate pressure of embarrassing circumstances. .._ eTtlit. 31ml.tve, /drat Rernedyfrr th e Lir, ebn,phani. —The proprietor., of Oda eelebratad mnlieine are in daily nonint of the meet gratifying tovilmoulal• al to Lilo lamb ...e of On. , remedy Dr. Ale Lane's IJver Pills, in maes ~,e ,. Lil hero pane/ILK have given up by the moat/WWI pity- Aritl/1., boot effect an immediate cure. so 110. WI admin. idere,l. Teenead • tate,. have been publiabed, and have leen . numeteux that it le note an eatablishod fact that .lioLane's Liver Pills are the best aver offered for the cum Ilipalle derangement. Loan no time, therefore, ye that ow.kr under that worst of neourgeo—Liver Complaint, bat htiteu to purchase and use them i'l/la For vale by J. KIDD I CO., mehlelavri.b No. CO Wood et. Attention ! C..)- Pt ILO! ATITNTION in 132. t reSpectfully invited bo the Ti,to, tiny ant ntaternent of John Watt, who was emu! ofu ad k••••M by ii, tn. , of the Pyraottme: tnny rt,fy that I has, been cured of an old ri•e... GAO,. by the me of Four Bottles of Petroleum. 11. e notyrh at tarknil me a yen, ago lest December, and I had t of ',tuna well, en I lied taken the advice of amen. without an; benefit. 1 wwt benellnal uluto-t hi.tnntly by the Petroleum. I ontp!ted w,, dartna of Mr 1,1,1,,,m, n herrdmubstanre rracagating bone.— I•lote4l.•ran without. au; eolleiMtlon from ens • , n ,, to do and ...leis for the purpme that othrig who ma, be malering may In orfitod. Ytn are nt nberty to In :n neidnl b, n• hhtny-Ihne year,. Sly rendenre, at th,, limo. in on 'OLIN WATT. Part,.tan,u. February 24. 1 4 2.^ , F., nal. , 140 W 0.4 ntmet; It. E. 11",,,u1 rtn.n: 1 , . A. Co. ,orm.,. wtd Fml.t M Cory. b. A. Elliott. 1!..111f1a.......1 11 P Schwan:. All,hrny. ttlan by.ih , pm- S. M. KIER, T Cnnol Maxim Sev..ath rt., Pin.hurwh European Agency. The ..01,u•nher VIALIU4 . alf.prlneiyal ritio or arcat lirilain. Lf311,. awl Oernokny, during the months of A pr.t. lwat. I. rasing Pitttlmr.th Mani. I':h. And to attend to any n.trncloa f charnot, vhteL mug L. cooliar.l to his ram mn:Atm,i Foreign and American Efardware. LOGAN, WILSON & CO., No. 129 Wood Street, rul; , kmpl. i .:: , :;. f.k N For:Vl l l.l s 4 l: !% -? !t E NP AMEZIP"A N MMULM treele. sad •Istelt 1.1.1. are prrpertil .0.-1 pqrhn.r. atmi. - 14 that will rompare %.,th ant thr*.t,ert Oltizen's Insurance Company of Pittsburgh. 'COURAGE 1103 IE INSTITUTIONS. No 41 Water t, fe 11.• arehouo. Cll 11, ..c1 Proeilejlt A II Ilmur, See.,-. Tl.l. 'empan, !nerurc all merattnli. la 'ter, ntel if;tran,ta. eeueelo, A, Ar, fer the Integrity' of the .IsA,I•111 In Ito* ch.r..Or ef Invectore. ar.. ttlt,ttut FF(' hit.ctFurt4ll. •FF:I/ la,ul ln•FvF Ft 1.• the ~.t.munity their prtrlex.... Intevelt, blbril‘.l, Wm. Wm. Lorimer. Jt Wmitrr UMAnt. Hugh 10. Kinsz. J .h n llarhonith. r. 11. NN:r. apAtAlf g ERSII IP—We have eo2sneiated —: with tv. MAL, lote Caehl.r nr the Formers DanA, ortil .levole yer.onal attention to the Tee the Ann v.staint heretn.A.re JoFt A WILKINS a 0). EXCHANGE AND BANKING HOUSE 1. 1111.1(INS & Corner of Third and Market stn.. Pittsb'gh i • D....n.er, and Torrign Excl,ang., Bank' S:iier, 6c.J21.1. Sold Ezchclutrl SCII ANGE AND BANKING HOUSE WM. A. HILL a CO, No. 04 Wood Street, Pittelnrgh. _ - PENNSYLVANIA B A TT.ROAD 1 , 51. SPRING ARRANGEMENT. 1551 Forty. , is hours to Philadelphia. Forly-i;•tir hours m Baltimore. It.tilroad-103 mile,. Canal. Two Daily Lines Express Packet Boats. TOR PAFSENGETL4., To ritic.un:Lpiii.t, lIALTIMO4E AND NEW YORK. tl,,nr- Ih.rtz.to•Rmiln,od HOLLIDAYBBMIGH, NEW PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, and Fort, Pvt. mil , . dirt, to PHILADELPHIA. Tiuu through. FoRTY-,13 tor: Ito. Farr to ItalPmore, fa. 75. t!... mute ~ , re new, ond of the moot sppro, ~, ,,,trurt.on coo, tort and Yorke,. leo every ru0rnm. , .1. 0,,,, cir at Eight o ' clock, 11,1 every at the razor Pour. Passengers for Baltimore, L~r.,1 Car. at ilorrphor, take the York and Cam , ' lan.l Patin p niP),l, , llreet city, (eighty It d , ta,- It riptrge fnr hpiplliug Baggage PEI this rout.e. In. makes PPu the mootcomfortable. vol. mot .le-trolo , /0 the Eattersl Other. karormationepply to J. P. IIOLIE:N, Agent, Miannuahele, How, 0. LEECH & CO. Basin. l'enn rtre.et. S. it. On the hi ,•f Jul., the I , mioylvaitimlmul rc 11 . which will alorteri Ma time tlonyuch 1 . 1...1.1.rr.h.1 , 1trwirt 19. '5l PFNASYLVANIA RAILROAD. tB5l. niaia EXPRESS PACKET LINE, Philadelphia. Baltimore,' and New York. TILEFIRST PACKET or TUC SEASON will leaw• Sharrobuoth (5 miles .bore) on ifraclay March :OF After that, two Roan. will lea,. •verr ruins and rt,oina • ra...en,:. • take thr 0,4170..1 FIROLVIA.(OII.i,,. t o,. man. ii.ll'S P., Alloohony Wharf. , mreri morning at o'Oork. nod otory t•vonitio no'clook. for Oltarp,humh, 00(11 tto. rult,t at lorry'' , Run i. rroalreal. For moo., othrr informatlou apply to J HOLMES, )lonongehela boom, REECIII CO, Canal 11•1116. RIR. , di( ructe , .—Ad v.rt lament. and oubseriptiowe f, thi. paper nvarr,rml and fc.rwartlnl frteuf eiperue. from t hi; WIN., A Special Meeting 3 THE YOUNG MEN'S MERCANTILE 1,1.18 It A:I.WoCIATI4,:. will b. held at the 'lead ing nu ',ening. the Jth lu.L. *1 a gust., t 7 .A.l,wa A fad lattetlaw, I. rnyueated. as buslueN, 'ut tuato.rtatwr /rut tw 1414 I.wtore the laretin,. uw.133,:t A WILKINS. twrwtary. NOTICE. H E • A+