HOME MATTERS - 812 . 2164 11 AL11 Panic SCIIOOI ifocis. — We paid ayiait last week to Birmingham, and were Melly pleased with its puppensus and it.nrish lag condition. New lizillittigs are going 'IP °B allaides, and everything denotes that its inhabi tants ire energetic and industrious. A few years have made a great change. both in South Pitts litugh, and ilirminghsm. Where four years ago, their was a risked common, stjaaresof brick ten ant:tents are now to be seen, and the value afraid estate has increased amazingly. . . Probably the neatest building in Birmingham is the public school house, which is Certainly a. credit to that thriving;place, and is fully equal to any in Pittsburgh or Allegheny. It is three Merles high, and has a lofty cupola, furnished with a fine clock. Owing to its situation, it at tracts thelttention of all travellers cominiAp the Monongahela on steamboats, and cannot but .give theta favorable bless of the town; for where PO noble a structure has been erected, in a com paratively_ mall place, to the interests of learn imt, it is to be ir4rred that education has been vocally diffused among its inhabitants, and it eensequentlY become:. a desirable place of reel -1 The building is one hundred feet in length by My in width, and is divicled into several rooms, ea the latest and most approved methods. The tower elect, which iS an exceedingly fine one, and very creditable to its roanufacturers, was foraisbed by .1. B. McFadden &Co The bell,• 'which weighs thirteen hundred pounds, woe cast by Mr. A. Fulton, and is of a very pleasing tone, and 'excellent quality lac Soss . or 4YLBASCE.—The Sons of Tem pirranee had a grand procession yesterday, and turned out in" great strength`, there being be , kween - eight and nine hundred gentlemen in the . ranks. They looked well. andthe effect of their xegslia and dugs and banneni, was-exceedingly plaiting. Several bands of music were in atten dance, and.tho proceeding,a throughout the day were conducted with a mast creditable degree of order and harmony. C. L. Magee Esq acted as Chief Marshal, and Messrs. Parke awl Ililderbrandlas his aids de camp. Messrs. A G. McCandless T A. Mann, N. Patterson, Jon Y. Dray°, A. G. Lloyd, and- Hiram Hull: were were assistant Marshals. After marching through sereral streets in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, the procession mo wed to the Masonic Mall, and entered the large Tonic. which has been engaged for Jenny Lind's stubset, where an able and appropriate address was delivered by William A. Cook, Esq. of Greenaburgh, • . /lesser Lazo.—The preparations for the con- e . eat of Jenny Lind, at the Masonic Hall, are go fag anTactively. The plastering of the ceiling and cornices has been completed, but the wall aroandtho windows is still bare. The vacant IL. space will be covert,' with tapestry. The stage pie [s already erected. Money and energy can ae- ant complish wonders, and neither will be spared to the have the hall tastefully fitted up on Friday even tag. • The sale of the tickets will take place on morning. They wall be of a red, yellow or Dine color, and each bears the number of the • oast purchased. Notwithstanding the immense crowd which will doubtless fill the building, there will be no confusion. A unbar of or3hers have been engaged, who will be clothed in appropri ate costume to distinguish them from the au dience, end will conduct the purchasers of tick- Ea to their seats. The seats next the stage will eiarespond with the red tickets—the second Itia With the yellow, and the third with the iweeltertmo Srr.a.mno..r cast:.—We give be tter a synopsis of the case of William Brown vs. Chaiies fitone et aL, together with the loomed cbßge of the -Honorable Walter H. Lowrie. It IRM bre found exceedingly interesting to all per. wens connected with the navigation of our West ern water= AL Sam , vs. Ca& Stoxs tee of _TM right of le Included In the right of barigteloth met th. elif i niMmetestal by mailing erred, inaction. to trier dear of thomemearedflo se rot to =rite them nos Wore three by their well. ...OA vexed =ring ibePt =to am of the orilsotty mere 'Mob the safety of othoro or-lint :01y dermends. =lan the ... - .... .. .. . With tbeplane of mons, orsode of the fastening of one eimel.thet snoring easel rue thing to do, nniete here Minn enter Into thereal thus* of the lam The moving tweet hatt a tight to peens. , that the T., I , ad moored loth • condition to best the ordinary risks of j SU rivets tad to est ethos:tingly. .. if the *Min eart yes Linened to the those, and the li Oir itthoTtr=sts7=2,"rtgr t n lr:set i T01.71,Tr a ~... defects of the raft. vas th e ' estunt or tujejg ' , the deft; I &silken liable Action on the case for an injury done -to the =Pa ra ft , by the swell caused by the de- ts' steamboat. • ' . I . The evidence showed that the plaint:a! raft wiemoored on the south side of the Ohio river, leitantlie head of Brnnot's Island, and that the defendantsren their steam boat, the Monongat ida; so near it, under full headway, that the alma hrokathe defendant's raft, and parts of it dl abed silty and were lost. There was evidence also that when the steam ..east MU pelts to the raft, she turned her head • act; and this threw the waves from the wheels mere directly upon the raft. On the other hand aim was evidence that plaintiff's raft had met • 'than accident before that time, and was ranch and that it could not have been affect - ad bythe 'waves of the steamboat, had it not been for defects in its condition or contraction. FM. plaintiffs, Messrs. Patton and Studer. For defettdants, 'Messrs. G ilimoce and Loomis. CUASOL rO ono Joni . The strut rule that governs in all such cases u this, is that every one must so exercise his urit tight AS. not injuriously to affect others the esereise of theirs: But it is easily seen,. el - - peeially with the great amount and variety of commerce, and instruments of commerce on our rivets and.chiewhere, that this general role may be the foundation of a thousand more specific cues. Yet all these particular rules are the rea dy deductions of a good common sense, and are um- intuitively apprehended by men of liberal and generous dispositions, for they have always a; quick perception of othermeri's rights. Stich men do not need tei be told that rapid striving sr riding in a crowded thoroughfare, or sating of glans, or raising noisome smells in Oar ,cities, or running a steamboat under fa head way slaw past smaller and deeply laden boats, Or into •crawded harbor, is unlawful. In such Sit tiers they-are a low unto themselves, by pm " essulng the feeling of their impropriety. This feeling corresponds with the law in regal ing that strong and powerful vessels shall be Masud with a proper regard to the safety of these that are weak and unmanageable, and that , ` l ,.. , seals having the most ready and perfect cons =oat of their motive power, shall give way to Oleo % •vitieli are less favored. .:Wosooy now allude more particularly to the insets of the 'iaresent cue. The plaintiff had easonsilido a Beeper place; but with this the datend..i, hod .`tithing to do—it is no mat ter of thei rs where on sther vessel moors, if it deb not obstruct the navih'attua- lie had Seem s ad it to the shore by propel,' lastenimpu and Neu with this the defendants havi bathing te de helm the mode of fastening entexej jab ) the Tell erase of the loss. • The sight of moorage is included in the rie:t I Of navigation; and this right is protected by re quiring vessels in motion to steer clear of those that are at rest, so as neither to strike them nor in injure them by their swell. Tbiseteamboat • • Wray bound to use ordinary care not to injure the Idatatire raft. This does not mean the orditia . truce of steamboat men (for that wouldliva them the power of making even theircureleas • lteiteand rectlesemusi the standard of right) but the ease which the safety of ethers ordinarily de- Hero I may remark, that I have often 4S - covered that pilots seem to think that they arc sources of the law of the river; and sh oo we hesikh heard ono system if laws announced by coal hut pilots, and another by steamboat pilots. ,ThiA lave le a mistake—pilots are not the makersl bat the subjects of lam end not they, but the eieirts:peaaceinca the rights of all under it elas matter the law requires ordinary, can In.both parties. The defendants had a right to • prem. that the plaintiff's raft was put together with ordinary care and skill, so that it would bear the ordinary risks of the river. If, hewer * this plaintiff's raft woo so badly fastened to paz, that it could not bear the ordinary risks, ea If it had become so by accident, and the de _ Insilinte had no warning of it, and it broke in paws even though the defendants did tat, ordi • mei care is passing it, then the defendants are eel, gable. But if there wan want of ordinary care, and this, u.d not the inherentdefects of the Wt. was the cause of the loss, the. defendants axe able.. '. 'Verdict for plaintiff. _ Tee LIS= Caen.—The jury yesterday, in the libel snit brought' by .Wro. Nee!), editor of the Frtobaom's Friend, against J. G. Backefen, edi tor of the Otranto Courier, the particulars of slash we base eirendy given, returned a ierdiet 811112230 his—John 'McCloskey, comicial of viindlirueny, committed in stealing rural:Arnett t o e oUvo'oll, from the store of Mr. JacobN'fraver, eIY ruterdsy sentenced. to undergo an itoUris: meat of twelve month, in the *Hat= Pent. Fne.—A fire broke out about six o'clOck yes terday afternoon in the picking room of the Penn Colton Factory, thick seemed to threaten the destruction of the entire. building . The "picking room" is situated in a two 'story building Un Isabella street, and the fire is rep posed to haveoriginated from friction among the machinery. Instantly a dense smoke Alled the building, and the alarm having been given, the operatives quitted the large four story factory in which they were working. The engines were promptlrolithe ground, and.ponred an immense volume of water into the picking room. The smoke was very thick, and spreading around the building Instead of ascending, it annoyed our gallant firemen eceedingly, notriihitanding which . they mairitiiined their posts until the flames were subdued. The loss, we learn, is cots:Pensively trilling, and rally covered by insurance. We understand that the Messrs. Kennedy Childs to Co. will pro bably have all the necessary repairs completed in between one and two week's from this date, when themill will again be plaint° active opera Lion. COURT OF QUARTER: EIESSIONO. l i Wed day,. April 23 Present, Judges 'McClure and Boggs. The details of the first two cams trial ibis morningl were of such a nature as to prevent their appearing in our columns. , Commlonwealth vs. John Alcduskly, Washing- ' ton Blghell and Francis Wilson--lndictment, larceny, all eged to have beencommitted in steal ing two baskets of olive oil, the property of Ja cob Weaver. William - Kirby Nuke a young lad, testified that he bad seen one of the defendants, McClos key, carrying a basket of the oil identified by Mr. W ver, up Plum alley, end that he dropped it when he 'called to him to lay it aQvz -, Mc 'Make i was alone at the: time. Witil..9 took the basket to the Mayor's office N• evidence ), whatev r was o ff ered to implicate Bignell and Wilson n the larceny, and they were acquitted. The jor returned a verdict of guilty as to Nle- Cluske . The case of the Commonwealth vs. Henry Johnstclu and John Duffy, indictme4t highway robbery, was taken up. .7 John Son plead,ed_imilty " Unify, "not pail. Mr. Dear) , iiliteX"iras examined, and testified that none months ago he was stopped by two young tnen in thelifth Ward, who demanded his money. TheyDLETO!.C, RILEY & 31'OE . E . NI li!.: , :; ..k Ca. Prrpri n •:.-.. ~,, ......, . ~, Imisaw.. (..mr...h.tc.. ke+ ,...2 j57 e %11 .,, E1 . 31.:e.tm , "aa. CHELTI'6n3:W'''2L.:..2. Cm,: 14.1 r. hu.skrari.t ' 1,,...,:1 , .. AlLsaulla (iorlor., as. 1.Drt....5,..:Ung ...1" 5, .106 TAYLOh 5 i , ..1!;. 11 ,,,,, 1t4 1, T 5 ,7 .. 1 , , , ,,, ...5. , „., 1 I. 554:37 C.l ' lTr• rarka .4 i: ' f ','- :`2 .. ..Z . : ' .." l ' .` ;- .,":!'*,,, ';.,,,`' '''' 5 . 1 AV ID C. 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