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•; - : *■•' ~&Er (a-nr% bibn *t. Mr, ud m early;is to 4 *j •»
« ’ Pm ncnw Commercial fnteUigeeee.'pMßeitle, Mar
-1 • . r ,--..JML'Biwr-.fEfcwi( ißarksts, fcc. tee
’ t i> ..■..*/. - j- -;
ii;yv^,,i:TP r y^ nfl lc«tioii -tf ..many..ypter» : of t&Oj
x jfthy **d county is unavoidably postponed uatil to
- r : •
•J yl'iif.--; : w "V t t ■»>. T'-v; '-;y
• 4 l . • Morottp* Cur.—Mr. Qsy vu to
v,lMT*NewYorkY’«tetday, and would proceed
i- ■ directly to th*Wtw,‘ be will probably retell Putt*
r r ■ • • hn|ti on Friday this week.^,
. tub ,ousiT,op - pxTV«BinioH.
: TfaftctU below we woold commend lio.thft tl
'■ ■■: -ttaUoftof every eitfxen/;_ <lt : is'aifened bymen-of
••• whom Pittsburgh may well fogl prbud. r'Letoarex
>. peeledguest, whosftiooor it the .-nation's health,
j • - ■ tyifti* at our bands * -welcome that shall ’ be alike
• ■ bonoftßJfe Jo os,-as it js'raeKtedby jTheeall
wttfaoot.difociiop.o£party,-and Pittsburgh ;will
• do her duty, tad we. are much mistaken -if-Mr.
Ctcy doM bxk find ihete,'ft reoeptioo it ebrdid as
’’-'ita whleh tabten extended to him by *ny city of
the pftiOQ. ...irlr' :
■ «-\l’: ••1 * ■“ •
BMiptlaa of Bet..B*nr)r Clay.
* ■ To&t TXotu
■- gjgo*dcitaenaol Fittaboi^,'would 1 respcctlullr
request you to eali a meeting of the .'people,' with
P«ty to asaacmble'ta the 'New
*
<> ' o'ekißirto make au&sdde arrsngemehu'-for' the
"oeptioa of the HonVHenry Clay oa hit rliittothia
/ '" WaiterForwardv-V - ,'RESellar*
Morgan Robertson :• - .WJHoward
’ ThcM'BtiaiweU Stm’l Snowden
-> (to (Men Geo Beale .
- 3 C Sawyer - Joo B Bed
.*■ Harvey Woods Jo* Wood well
RC Stockton " Edward Duff. ,
, ‘ <Jeo W Jaclabft ' ° f Michael Kane jr!
• f ! Geo Sieger,
•CalebLee' i; • Uen]Paltonjr ..
'-•"H SMMrtw ! " Wileon McCaadlea
Geo P Hamilton ; . ? err , ,
- - ''fCfia* Barrett * • Jolin'J Marshall.
Wm McC»adle*a ? John Coyle ~
1 1: - AKirk Lewis' ••"•. ’ WmGAtexaodar.. :
' : JaoMcF«aea fc -'! ’"• WmWtlsonjr.
• . r < J*»F«nk>d •' MW Behxhoover .
.-^JbWi'lW^’V!."-'. :.OBSb(IIt .
" JUtXt&dtr H fiSDer .. J Herron Foster
; i..v j .• i * -John E Parbe
! Vy ' ) •
~ ./r. March 13,1848. , J
~,:>>T h-Withtha: a bora call the citixeaa
M -jrf-PidJwiwh’-'without'diatißCtioß'of oaityare re
! the-'yew Coun Houae,'on
at 3 o'clock P. M, for the
* W'whW ittaure a suitable
' " weuooe to oue who has devoted the whole eder*
• ' a loot life to the aenrKpa*of h(a country,—
r< thft Patrot madStateaniaa Hqay C^at.
•-j •• .G. Mayor.
• . •WiMufltnfVmcm A3ro Verna.—At-a public
- 7 - atetla* bald ia Sheffield, EogUsd, oa the occasion
. «f layicg the doraCr atooe of a new building for
’ ■f-'the;Sbeflcld : and Mechanlca* Inadw.
■ , *toa ( Lord Morfsts madeaa admirable ipeecb, in
■ ; " cootm of which he made oQuaioo totfaeiaba*
• f louaatory df Vci^'andyi^'brtbefcllowißg
-.iappyßiaaaen ; - I');.'. V.'V.-:-.
~ «Tticae ofyoa who have had t!>eq)portn&ityofcoo
- -,-ftftUiag tho oid ieyead**addawical nythdogy,are
deUie*with which
atoy n*opled.tbelrworid, ooejaore especiallv was
y jrenrdad aa.the god of labsr-aaiLof haadicnit, Vul*
, ■e»ft-byAatne»whdwaa alwayarepresauted a* cm
, Moyed -ia huge iniithiea and workshops,- hammer*
.. W»t hMw anvila. blowing .huge bellowa, heating
- /ia«aoaa»aadhegrinMnedwith,»ootaad.dirt ; WeU
• •''iadiM' and rentleinea,. for.Uua :hpdw«tißg .and
- *warlhy4oo!dng divinity they wished to pick out a
r <wife» (load UogfaWf.) -And they: did sot select for
. MM drab—a pefson lakeu from li» «ca!le-'
i *» or iotebeft dreayer, • but.they choaej for him Ve»
• atia, thegoddeaa of lore and beauty. ;
- new,^lndie* and geotlemen, pick out for me the
aval of ibfii I believe that, nothing ever
‘ vMI DOthing by tfie polahed
V j«ad.briliiaßt hnagiaatioaof.tlieGreaan intellect—
'" arUeh lia* ftot ita imeaaieg iaod ita moraLl have
Mdoahtlhatall the legenda ofouro'wn oounlry —
abet fte one eve* of your owe the
' Dragon ef^ ha* someappropriate at
ijmfy oadmeating, ifwe only knewbowto find
. aSem ooL i &a what lathe special meaning of the
'•MarriageofjVolcanwiili.Veone-roftherhardwork
■ dog ftitifidar.wuh thialaoghleidoviag queea^-ofla*.
■ • ter with beaut^f-(• • :r'
:■ r . Wfcst t* it, ladles and gentlemen; but Uac That
- 4m |j| • busy hive of industry aadtoil
& wveo here, upon %apot wlfich i* in many respects
y . ao toot rapitaentatioa of the folded -workshop of
< Wokao—«wo beret amid.the clang of aavils,tbe
. < aohe of fum*ef*i!,and the spuuenng of forge*—
«v*a hare, *haaning sound* and aooty black'
: tws ltta mlnd-4ha •uatrimmeledmiad—may go
£rth, may pierce the dim atiooaphere which 1* pai*
aed araoada*, may [Wing ita.jcsy to the freer air
and purer Tight wmen are beyood, and may ally it*
eslf wilh aU that i* moot foir, geaial,«ad brely in
•creation, (applause.) Sorgeouemen, . J aay. ypur
your tfown right, ' hard;swarthy, labor, may
. make uaelf ihe compaoion, I the bylpmate, and the
- ' TirtSfryt of beauty.. ■ 1 dare i *ay, and have reason
- *abelieve, from tiie inspection which X am.-able
•' bow to coincnand, and I have; no doubt' a
- - '' inn -acQuaiotsnce with .your ynres, *!*•
• danghters, would enable;me to prove
That I was oot wrong in mv ilhmratioa. Bat a*
. hove thia beauty, I say your, labor may;ally itself
- 'With- (aleUeetual* beamy—the, ; beauty, connected
• • -with the slay of iaocy, with tho* achievement* of
. *nt, aaii,with tbe creation of. genius; beauty such
«spaiating fixe* opon tbe gfowing
3a architecture deveiopesia- ber stately and hai*
V. : •', iinonbas 'proportion*, *och a*. made clothe* with
Bbe enchantments of sound.! Bel there is a beauty
.of ft*3l higher order, with’ which Ifoel more as
• JMUftd it is «oU open to it td' nnile itself X .mean
with moral beanty—beautyjeonoacted ;with the af
- v - Actions, the ooßScience, the heart, and the life, (load
■
- It is most tree that in the,busiest and blackest rf
K joar workshop*—in the most, weary and: monoto
. monstaaks of daily drudgery, at . uro in the very
fruabfest of your own dwriling**; by the *mallert
- <cf your dreaidea—you may.oo* and each of you,
; 4a the Xealousand cbeertal.ci*oharge of lbe daily
- : jdoir, in respect for tho just ngbUj and in consido
- attiM- for. the fcelmga -of othererin a meekness
' ; emd sobriety of spirit,’and rin the thousand chari
- aiM and ktodneases-of social and domestio inte^
' . iftiiliM
- rnka iftotal beauty orwhicht have spoken—beanty
- - - 3*yoad all - other* 4 m • degree and excellence, be»
. 3W*e in pro|-ortion ah it can be reaehed it make*
ftp-the perfection of man’s nature here below, and
'Alhfr fiythfnl reflection of the will of bis Cre
' Aot^fappiattseJandthaa Icloaemy explanation
<f thw numage. of Ynlaan ;wuh Venn*, of labor
«fch tarty”
* Hosam—Edward Wiley, o'
m—of Bavaoah, who foiled in business some
- yuan aga and compounded with his - creditor*by
otstributioß of his; means! among. them,
fia* mace dfochargod tbe moral obligation resting
' WBOI Um by payug up all the. arrearages from
-wfcick be had been legally discharged; -His credi-
to mark their falgtr sense of Mr.- Wiley's mer
- ■«—honor and moraljntegrity, have''presented
to turn two elegant sdvm , pitchers, wRh appropri'
ateinyiptloua. ■«. v; f .
"?b* Great Comet, now rapdly approaching the
• Mn.li bated for nightly at the Washington Obser-
•'** f* wspemed to beiviaiblc.abont the 10th
iwt -Without the bid of Grarro-oo which to'relr
r hara.of detected several, small
v MQU on tkt Bm*, In thialaiilade, xme :of which
- %*rkg ,A<> ’ff pffyfffir with a pair! of donkey cars,
- frombenMtnbis’,
j; ' Imh K*itu»xcnzK»'wrrH! A-Tnaioa-Merin.
W Bom & Co. among theikilutw by the last
t—Tpi amnl were the in
JUramoL ■Tie/tWmoe *arr *The M«w
-v . ■-■mi fain hoegTcry wealthy, bat bavcfafl* great
* r te! eTmmeT In uyiog.eipenmenu la p*imfao-
KteW la'Wahiwith JuitbrtcileooaL Their
.•-.■•■• pMfrfc ||y*» andefitood lo have been
.■ •.? ■ • .r.'r",..
temer “Hennwiy ibsiecondin ;
teßffiea ud Southampton line, will leave
\v Twfc Jar Bremen oa the 20th Instant, on her
MVtieanuhip ‘‘United States' 1 wilt leave
- Iteftfrfcfor Urctpool.on the 7th oTApriL ...
rf A FrnM ftworer-lS Ch7Coonca of PhSe*
'•» to jwwwni Mr* Clay, on ht* return from
/•: 'Wtth a small highly burnished bell, cast
nf» of the “Independence" belt
Si Auvnwilllwe 100; apsrtridgo,
St; M; a »n ox, SO; a
4 - »««% >*; *; * l * m i ,6 > *
ete* ' y?'-•■ ■■■'• ■■ -• -'■, - :
TEIiEBRAPn. ;:
PilSix£Jsirt*«***ai*f *• Hodwrtf Ok«o>.
|L * y*-: - .
I , lvS—l^>Bßn> i -A , :CoUMon oocanad a aw
Jk PMlpah Bond, betTOO lbs
ft yTS—W Swtura, .by wind. Ihetatw
‘o”*' Ttas,r,ur **“
#>>*&>, wah.W «ad
*****
tau comMß&jAby'xiljiivn-
In* tUI, pnor.tottkiij up tbs «al»<i,wikihe to
S“ “ duamat tb. :pttni n»
b* iml* to tgbflut ■ fc . r<auit»,ipdibgy
wtud be rery.kw, oa k auhjcul intnrieiely^ori'
10 qaertica of U»; urifl: He thould not now
go fully into the discuss ion of that question, be*
4- h*4. b**o already ablydiscuam by seyeit
*1 genllemea'bn th*V'ffoof, "Hd h'*
colleague,!(Mr.Btewart: *u understood bjr tbe «J
-lotion.) Bat the district which be had tbefcohor
to represent on tins floor was deeply Interested in
the question of the protection of American labor
and American - capital--They believe tbiL/ not
withstanding the boasted, benefits of tbe tariff of
l&tC,tbe-oid£uhioned American '.Wide tariff: of
1842 was best calculated to prumote their interest
and tbe interests of. the: whole country;. and ac
cordingly, at a reicent ..county convention held in
tbe county of Allegheny, resolution* were passed
calling'on Congress torepealthe"tariff oflB4B.and
restore the tariff of 1842. He. regretted., that he
had not the paper before him o&toinmg those res
olutions, for no should, cheerfully snbmit.tnem to
the.-consideration'cT the House. . Hie .was not
aahamed of tbe content*-of those'resolutions, for
he misst cheerfully and cordially concurred /with
the sentiments'expressed in-them. He believed
thetariff of 1816 ought to be'repealed,ahdthe,tar>
iff of 1842 restored; and he hoped the appropriate
-committee'would bring in a bill for that* ptirpoee,
aed'that tbe ; Honse. would be brought to a'airect
vote'upon it m a short time. •He believed it was
due to the. interests-of tbe : country, and to its in*
dustiy,' that list odious freetrsde British act h&ould
be repealed and an-American tariff restored i
Mr. Bedingerrose and said the qnestioo, da be
understood it, Was on the veto.message of the
President in relation to the. improvement o&tivere
nnd harbors;, but the gentleman was discusaiog the
he -asked if the gentleman whs in
order?-.--';
• The Speaker was understood to hay that the.gen
tleman, was not out of order. .. • ?a *
- Mr. EUxrna said if they proceeded -to make
appropriations for the improvement •of rivers and
haroora, it would be necessary to look to the reve
nue whence the 'means to make tbe expenditures
for that purpose must be derived. .That, therefore
was a question affecting tbe. tariff, as the means of
creating a rerenue, ana he should proceed, being
perfectly in order, to. express, his, opinion that the
tariff act ol 1812. if it were substituted for the act
of 1846; would fomiah ample means for the pur
pose.'.... - • ; , :• - -
He did not propose to go into a - discussion of
the details of that bill;- but, as a member of the
Whig side of the House, he wished to take up the
glove which was thrown down some time since
by a gentleman on.the other aide of the. House
from the cixyofNew York, (Mr. Nicollj who asked
it the Whig members of this House would have
the boldness to meet them on the of pro
tection or free trade? For one,, (and.be .was not
authorised to speak for hin be was ready
on bis own behalf, and in the name of his constit
uents, to •'meet!' them there or elsewhere on the
questkm oF the protection of American industry,
ortho odious system, the humbug of free, tnde.
The gentleman (torn Hew York-stated that, as be
tween the question of protection and direct taxa
itotfr be was in favor of the latter. In so "many
words, be was in Avor of direct taxation.: How,
(said Mr. H.) 1 take issue with that gentleman for
myself and.my constituents: and I may safely say
for the State, which Lhave the honor in part torejv
reaest that,'on the qaestion of protection or direct
taxation, they wilt find'Pennsylvania where they
have not found her very lately. She will be found
on tbe aide of protection, forit it her own interest;
the will be found on the aide of protection, fo» the
labor .of her own citizens in opposition to the pau
per labor of Great Britain. - -Tbe people that l have
the honor to represent 'have been taxed until they
are tumble to bsar taxation any.longer. • But what
will be the effect of a system of direct taxation' on
her? Why,' if the revenues of this Government
are to be raised by a direct tax, her proportion of
the amount will be some six millions of dollars;
which she most raise by direct taxes on her citi
zens. ■ • •■ • i .
i -Bat, air, Idid not rise for the purpose of diacri*
ring this question. 1 propore fo discuss, for asbert
time, with the indulgence of the question
of appropriations for. tbe improvement of rivers
and turbofs. 1 ; Pn that subject, sir, I shall spend a
few and but a fow, on the question of its
constitutionality.’ litis' has been denied by tbe
Presideolm bit message; and 1 regret that I have
neither tbe time nor the ability to take upihatmes
uge, item by item; and examine nnd refute it,'nsT
would do, high as' the authority that asserts tbe
doctrines which it contains may be.. Theargumeat
of the President is, that it is unconstitutional, to |
moke appropriations for the improvement of bar
borsand river*.' Butj presume I need not gain to
a discussion bf tbit question at all, for this House
has vetoed .(he Preaident’s veto, itself .‘We-have
' already passed question,‘uo<l 1 doubf nc< a
large and overwhelming majofitT of- this House is'
jeadv at . any time lojuocido »- cdniqitotiopsj to
auure appropriations ior that purpose. .
Bot, sir, (.propose to submit a few remark* on
that subject before 1 proceed to the discussion of
thepropriety of malting appropriations for objects
of the' kind contemplated. Prior to the formation
of this Unioo,y wogld fika to kcujw if any gentle
man will deny tb* tifeSiaie* possessed power’ to
make appropriations for the ipjproyenyeqt of rivers
and harbors within tbftr 'respective, jurisdictions?
Well, if they possessed that power, what has be
come of 4? Did they: surrender it to the General
Government, or did retain it, or is it lostl/Qne
of these three propositions must be true. It is ad
mitted bn all hands that tbe Stales do not possess
it without ike authority of Congress. The Prest
dent has stated in his message, ato the constitution
proved, that the-States cannot levy a doty bo ton
nage without the consent of Congress for that or
for any other purpose.! Well, if the States cannot
do it without the consent of Congress, I should like
to know if Congress cannot do it without the con
tent of the State*. ' Does the CoMtitution provide
that Congress most ask the States if they , will
pint-* soch appropriations for purposes of this kind.
Not at all. Soppose!-Congress should refuse' to
the consent of which the President speaks,
have tbe States tbe power to levy a duty on ton- j
n&ge? Whcreghen is the power to make 1 these
appropriations And to levy this duty on tonnage?—
Ui« nowhere. Ho. power pc—eases it if Congress
refuses its consent; for tbe Stales cannot do it with
out Congress, and Congress refuses to grant its
consent. Ret, sir, l would likp for a- moment |o
call the attention of gentleman to the provisions ol
the eoastrtntioa. The lOth'sectibn provides'that~
v Ho qfat * shall enter into any treaty, aUishce,or
grant letters of marque and reprisal;
coin mooejr; emit bills of credit; n)*ku. any thing
but gold and sQver coin a.teoder in paymsnt'of
debts; pass any bill of attainder, expost lacto law, ;
or lawijfi pairing die cfoligation of contracts, or grant i
any title of noWiljr. - -. j
-“Jfo state, shall, wnhout the consent of Congress,
lay any imposts or duties, on imparts or. exports,!
except what may be absolutely necessary, for exe
cuting its inspection laws; and the nett prodace ot 1
•11 duties ana imports, laid by'any State on imports
or exports,' shall be for tbe use of the Treasury c*
the United Sutgs; all such laws shall he sub
jeet to the reviaiqn'and control <4 Congresa” :
Here the power is uaeoaditionalaod unqualified.
Cat may not Congress consent that the State of |
Pennsylvania, or Maasachusclia, or South Caroli I
aa, shall make bev:pFn tariff in her cwnway?r—
(Jnqaestionabty it may, under the aarne proviaidqs
of the constitution which authorizes Congress to
consent that States may levy a duly on tonnage.; 1
ask- men wtiytbey stogie out the doty on tonnage
when that subject is but one of many which are
embraced in the. samo general provisions? Tbe
oTthe coastilu'tion which make provision
on the. subject of “imposts or. duties on imports and
exports" also provide that no tonnage.dore shall be
imposed but with the same sanction of Congress.
The words are:
. utfo shall, without tbe consent of Coogrbss,
Icy any duty pf tonnage, keep jroops or ships oi
war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or
'compact with soother State, tyilh a fiweigo power,
or engage in war, unless' actually invaded, or in
rack imrfa*"* danger as will not admit of delay”
Wby then, I repeat, 1 are we called upon to single
out one particular power that may be exercised by
States with tbe consent of Congress, leaving all
other powers to be exercised by Oopgress? Wby,
the President tells you you have no power to make
appropriations for the' improvement of rivers and
harbor* with one breath, and with tfie next he tells
Vou that you bare that power if you chose to 'ex
ercise oneof the powers granted by the constitu
tion with the sonreot of Coegress. Well, bow is
this matter? Has Coogre*s the power to consent
that the States shall levy, duties on tonnage, and
has she not the right to exercise that power her
sell* Has Congress the power to declare war?—
Undoubtedly it has. But has it.tlm powerto con
aeot that a Stole may /page W*r? Who ever heard
it pretended for a moment that Congress does opt
possess tbe power to declare war and tokeep
troops and ships in time of peace? Who ever
heard it doubted for ' a moment? And yet these i
powers are placed in the same category with that j
of levying duty on tonnage. If Ooogress.doesnm
the power to levy a duty on tonnage niid
to improve,rivers and harbors, then Congress does
not possess the power to keep ships retime of
peace or to declare war; and perhaps the Presi
dent so thought when he urqugbljW tiu* Mexican
war himself Perhaps. that was the reason wire
he did aot apply to Congress to declare war, and,
.Jackson like,.“lake the responsibility.'” -, . '
How. I say wa aboqM cube; exercise this whole
power in a judicious manner, for to*. good of the
whole pede of these United States,'or give back to
the variona States the power oo these different
subjects which they possessed before Ibe Union.
Will you split up these powers, and apportion tipan
unong tbe Stoles? It ia impossible. You cannot
do lL - - i j
But, sir, the Fresiffsot tells ns further that we
may go on and, improve rivers and, harbors by
means of this tonnage duty. -J ask how this i# to
be done? - Here is tbe State of Pennsylvania, for
j nT how U she to improve the. Ohio river,
which is beyond.her border*? Here are Pennsyi
vsma, Virginia; Ohm. pentajjky-and mtutiz, all in
terested in the improvemeni cT thp Qnio f .nver,—• i
23appoM Penusylvani* were pennittedby law to |
lew * duty oa would she expend;
SKS Ohio river to betoproved
tbatJflere t* (he Btoto ofOhio oaiba ww.cde
SaViigtoiftoatlif otK7 Ve.*fe lohktiltßro
sprtes may enter Into an agreement for UiatjKt , ‘*
poet; but tbey.caano* do it,; The . conitftutlou w
mda Stotae to enter into any! compact* “No State
•haa«n»info.anytrcaty l slliancc,or'op(ifeder*'
tioo.*isthe IsUuMft'df ue constitution. BoL'lf
Omf yhVkn
agreeaTvirginia may disagree. Jff Kentucky coo*
seotaJllUncdamsy&cido #q. Hqw t .tim%«ff P*
td iaqeQve your end riyer*? ; -_ I tncfltiap
theeg.iiaitudaacvs'ie show the diflanme* wMeh
prewaithemadve*, for we have rivefs pMaing
ThetUagiaimpOftrime,
irir," if you bare no power to unprpvelhese
*ivet* acd hlijwi ■■ if. yon ,haVff‘ tfcl~>JCtcr t&'W
botc atockcifa sandbar or a iioag? which UVihe
'Ww sr? known as “Polk Stalks’!—>l .should like
get the power to erect larhtbotr
Ttoosertad to place buoya to poiotduttbe
of navyitfoa on the aeacoast, and to pot ap marfa
-tor the guidance of mariners? Where-do. yon dcs
POWtr?- .JJow. does it cometo.paas that
yoa pass taw* regatiiingr the number of long boats
aadsteamboati,andgive'loteiw or signs.to the
boatmen that they may know -which'ctmrso'to
■ stcer aad which'to avoid? Where do you get that
prow* "If you’have no control over the western
rivers at all,* if-you have ao power to improve
them, where do yoa get year power to erect ca.v
tom|houses, »nd to take - money from the pockets
of the steamboat owners, before you allow them to
saiKoa those, riverstor to Quisle at'all on.the
subject of steamboat, navigation, imposing heavy
-penalties fornot having longboats, water buckets,
ught*,'&c3 /In my city of Pittsburgh' the Presi
dent. appoints custom-house officers, and there he
takes mpney for licences tor toots to -run on the
liver, and inspectors of engines. But this is not
regulating'Commerco in. the tonse' contended for
by the President! Hie takes money for a license to
run-on that river, over which lie says he has no
! control- - f should like to know what right be -.has
to send custom-house officers; there to take our
money, if be has no business'there—if he has no
control them whatever. , - _
Whit right, have you to collect duties from our
owners of Steamboats, and put it into the treasury of
the United if those rivers are exclusively
within the jurisdiction, of the State*, and if Congress
hat no control over them ? That right is founded
alone on the assumption that these rivers are great
national highways, open to all the citizens of the
United State*. As far back asl'737it was express
ly declared, by aa ordinance of Congress,, that all
these Western rivers—the Mississippi and all its
tributary streams—ere public highways, and free
andqpen to all citizens of the United Slates.
_lts language is,'that **the navigable waters lead
ing into the Mississippi anaStl Lawrence, and the
carrying places between the same, shall be com
non highways." Now, if the General Govern
neat has power to declare that -these streams are
lubUo highways, and that all : the citizens of the
Jailed Stales have the right to pass end repass
upon them. I should like to know if.it has not com
mitted itself to tiw;p there pub!fc;bi&hwaya in re
pair? It u that fact that enable* tb‘e General Gov
ernment to take toll on these-watere, to erect cus
tom-booses, find to; receive money for licenses. It
l* because they have declared them tobo highways,
free and open for alt citixensof these United States.
Arid.es the Stales have' surrendered their power to
, the General Government, it is bound io good foitb
to carry outlhe power for the general good of the
Whole.-
' ‘ Bat thefrieods of these .improvement*, sir.-k.ave
been charged with a violation of the constitution.
We have been told that Congress has no power to
make appropriations for such improvement From
whom does that allegation come? From the Presi
dent of the United Mates and his party. Not all his
party, sir; for a portion at least of them who occu
py seat* on this floor have come up anil sustained
the right of Congress to make these appropriations.
Tbe President talks about strict construction of the
constitution. 'lh one of the closing paragraphs of
hi* celebrated veto message he. says:
‘ln tbe meantime 1 deem it proper to add that
theiavestigmtion on this subject has impressed me
more strongly than ever with the solemn convictiou
that the usefulness ami permunency of this Govern
ment; and the happiness ol the millions over whom
: it spreads its protection, will be best promoted by
carefully abstaining from the exercise of all powers
■ not clearly granted by the Constitution.”
Ye* air; “carefully abstaining-from tho exercise
of all power* not clearly granted by the constitu
tion!” Thataffsounds veryjwell sir. lfthePres-
Jjdeiit’a practice was only in’accordance with Ids
faith, he would be an exemplary statesman, indeed.
But I-would like to propound to fats excellency two
or three' questions on this subject. 1 would like to
know in vrhat clause of the j constitution he lind*
rawer to annex a foreign Government to this Union?
woatd like to know in what part ot the constitu
lion be finds power to extend our laws ovor China?
And yet he. recommended in bis annual message
that oar Uw* should be extended over a portion ot
China. The President would confer on obligation
on me and on this House it, under his rule of strict
constriction, he would point oat the section and
paragraph of the constitution whence he derives
that power? 1 would like to know; too, whence
he derives Ids power, to authorize a survey of the
Dead Sea? 1 would like to know whence be de
rive* his power after he liasconqueredby the arm
of tins Union a neighboring republic, or even por
tions of Jl* territory, to establish a system of civil
government there? Yet, sir, by a single dash of the
same pen that wrote the passage which I have just
read, ©urrevenue law*are extended over the
public of:Mexico. 1 should like exceedingly, to
bear from the President, or from some friend of bis
on this floor, whence tbe President derives bis
power to'estohlisb a system Jof ctvil government in
New Mexico, or California, or Tamanlipas, or Co
nhaila,or;Sanla Fe; or to authorize n survey of the
'lsthmus ofTehuflutcpcc ? ' - What is the object ol
tbe survey of that isthmus? !\Vhy says a gentleman
near me, it is for the purpose, of making a canal or
railroad. ! I suppose it will be a canal.
•' So then the President derive* power from the
constitution to go into 'the territory of a sister re
public and conquer it, and then goto work to make
there, while we are; tbfiTwe have not pow
er to improve the great highways that nature has
-made in this country, and which are laid down on
our maps! Why, it would seem from this hasty
review of tbe subject that .the constitution wo*
benefit of foreign nations, and not of
thia conotry. Every thing that tend* to benefit the
people of tins country is unconstitutional, while all
that is calculated to benefit foreign trade and for
eign nations is perfectly constitutional When our
forefathers framed this sacred instrument they were
egregrionsly io -error, if this construction u true.
They, thought they were i adopting a form of con
stitution .which would be beneficial to the people
of this country. That opinion was shadowed forth
in the preamble: “We, the people of the United
Stales, io order to form a more perfect union, es
tablish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, pro
vide for the common defence, promote the gener*
secure tbs blessings ofliberty to
ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and estab
lish this constitution for the United State* of Amer-
ick." But that was all a mistake and a delusion.
Our forefolhera were' making and establishing ■
constitution fur the benefit of foreign notions, and
for the welfare of other countries. '
|He went on to inquire if it was possible tint
such on instrument could have l«en framed by
tije.mafcers of the constitution, and' by any fair in
terpretation b© susceptable of beiog so perverted.
’Gentlemen may talk about the constitution a*
much .as they .will, but, ai was not inappropriately
said iu jest by the gentleman from North Carolina.
(Mr.-- 1 ! ■,) you have ho constitution. Hus the
constitution ever stood’in the way of the party
now in power? Has it prevented any thing which
the President and his parasites have thought prop
er to carry out? All power is now vetted in the
dominant party; and sb long as that r party_»hall
continue to reign, whatever doer not square' with
the views and purpose* of the party is unconstitu
tional; while, bn the other hand, whatever they
wish to accomplish, be it vrhal it may. is all per
feclly constitutional All the powers of this Gov
ernment are rapidly concentrating id the person of
the President Gentlemen talk about the Balti
more resolutions and about not paralyzingjhc will
of the people; but what is it that the President qua
ask that he has not always got so long as ho had a
majority In'this House? What great measure,
whether 6f a financial or of any other kind, has
not been first originated by the President or by one
of the bends of Department who-have been re
jected to do his pleasure? 1 detest, I abominate
and abhor this ontwnan power. I anyulterly op
posed to a consolidated government- What hooey
ed language do we not hear on this subject from gen
tlemen on the other side? How eloqnenlfy they can
declaim against the threatening dangers .of a con
solidated government; yet whnt else is our Govern
ment at this hour? Al( power, Uie whole Govern
ment, is bow virtually in the President, and he
wields and. exercises if jort as he pleases. Let a
man have the boUlnesatodiflcr'/rom his views and
let him have the temerity to avow that difference
on this floor, and be is denounced in the I’nion be
fore the [next twenty-four hours. Forthwith he
must walk the plank. -He trad but one alternative,
either to.stand on tbo platform with tho Execu
tive or to fie pushed into the sea. And that is not
consolidation I. Certainly not; consolidation? not at
all, Meigurea are .willed byllie President and the
President is elected byjthe people: ergo, whatever
; measures he wishes arc the measure* of the |>eo
. pie, aed hit will is the will of the people. That is
the argument. Hut 1 go for a truly popular Gov.
eminent, by which 1 mean a Government in which
all great measures of public policy originate with
the people themselves.
But time will not allow me to dwell longer on
this question of the constitutionality of tbo bill.
Suffer me op this point: to read a short extract from
& letter addressed by a: very distinguished gentle
man, to Whom 1. presume suntlemon will not ob
ject as a'high constitutional authority. 1 refer to
the letter of Col Beaton. t What does he say? 1
will read it for tho benofitof our friendsover the
way: f
“The Jake and river navigation of the Great
West, to ’promoto which tho Convention is called,
very early hod a shore of myriittcntiou, and I ne
ver bad o doubt of the l constitutionality nr expedi
encyof bringing that navigation within the circle
of internal improvement by the Federal Govern
ment, when the object to'lio unproved should be
oho Of.general and national importance.”
, A voice. ’That will not bo. admitted as good
authority now” •- \
. Mr. Hi ‘Powibly it mny. not bo now. for. they
change their principles *6' often that one can
scarcely toll wW they arc: it once was good au
thority. . ’ -i
I propose, now to call tbo House to the import
ance, necessity, and propriety of appruiwraiing mo
ney, end that with no stinted hand, bat to an ex
tent commeusurate with the magnitude of the great
interests involved, to the improvement of our
Western rivers. ,
I shall, be forced to confine my attehlion to some
of the great points in the Mississippi valley, and
anWUliag 1 to omit a rcferenco tojhe tradeof tliolakes
and the propriety of improving the larke harbors.
Other geqtlemen who will follow mo will da am*
pie justice to that subject. If I say nothing now
on that part of the 'subject, it is not because I do
not most jardeatly desire to see those great inter
ests regarded and provided for aa they deserve'to
be: but my-time Is limited, and I fear I shall hot
have opportunity to say half I desire and intended.
I refer geptlemen on that subject, to the report of
llfo Chicago Convention, and la the official survey'
if the laws by our topographical engineers sub
mined during the present session.
What is the extent'of the great Mississippi
▼alley? .■ : -
Itisa vast fertile valley extending from the sources
cf the Mississippi in the north to tbe Gulf of Mex
ico in the aouih, afidfiom the AUegbenyMountaina.
co the east to the Rocky Mountains io the wpst
But yesterday Uas vast refkmwas an unbroken
, w ?. d . a ?-. es *’ ncnr embrace* e&yp'n entire States,.
Without* of dSh others,'and two Territories. It
rontalns or
000. of acres—ujore than ten times as large as the
kingdom of Great Britain—containing a potrn atioo
of nearly equal to that of aUtheAtlan
tie States, ud nearly equal to one half tbe popu
lation of thp kingdom of Gereat Britain— ikat be
ing 27^30405.-
Last your.eyes into the future for .a period of
only sixty,years, add suppose the population tom
crease m "the same ratio ofthe past sixty years,
(doubling eVery ten yesrsj at the end ofthaiperiod
yon would see spread over this fertile valley, if
capable of sustaining'them, more than six hundred
million of- human beings! Make every reasonable
deduction in thia calculation, and yoor children
now living will see the population of this valley
equal at least to that of the whole of Europe:—
“Europe comprises 61 independent States, ofi these
‘3 are empires, 19 kingdoms, 7 grand duchies, 4
•electorat, li duchies, 1 landgraviato, 11 princi
palities, 1 lordship, 1 ecletiastical state, and 9 re
‘publics.” The, popolotioa of the whole is about
two hundred and forty millions.
What is the length of the navigable and of the
bootable rivers in thia great valley? On tbi« sub
ject pennif me to qonle from tbe same document.
1 mean Cob Benton's letter to the Chicago Conven
tion: •
“Many years ago the late- Governor Clarkeaod
myself undertook to- calculate the extent of the
boa table water in the valley of the Mississippi: we
made it about 50,000 miles, of which 30,000 were
computed to unite above St Lofiia, and 20,000 be
low. Of course: we-counted all the infant streams
on which a fiat, a keel, or abatteau could be float
ed, aud justly; for every tributary, of the humblest
boatable character, helps to swell not only the
volume of .the central waters, but of the com
merce upon them.”
An official jVeport slates-the length of streams
navigable by steamboats at 16,000 miles. The
navigation of these “inland seas,” these mighty
rives, is obstructed by rocks, snags, sandbars, and
falls. They need the fostering hand of Govern
ment to make them, what nature designed them
to be, tbe great arteries of thi« immense region of
country, along which shall Sow, free and unob
structed, its commerce, its agricultural products, its
minerals, and its manufactures.
We invoke the fostering hand of the General
Government to improve the navigation of these
great national highways, and thus increase the fa
cility of bringing tbe agricultural products of the
country to n market We have not the vast ad
vantages ery'oyed by our brethren on the .Atlantic
or on the Gulf We are shot in between two vast
chains of mountains; but we believe our Govern
ment has the power to confer on us a benefit so
greatly needed, and we call on it to exert that pow
er for good. *
And here let me invite the aitentionof the
-to tbe increase of tbe commerce and agriculture of
this great valley, exhibiting a growth as astonish
ing and almost incredible.as »b*t of its navigation.
The first vessel which navigated our streams
was tfao frail Indian canoe, constructed of bark.—
This sort of vehicle has even yet scarcely cessed;
and, though the Indian war-whoop had scarcely
died iu the bosom of our forests, these rivers are
already covered with steamers of the largest size.
Next came tbe Mackinaw boat, carrying from I,*
500 pounds to three tons; and next came the keel
boat, or barge, of from thirty to forty ton*. Wrth
a boat of this description from three to four m<ini£«
were consumed in making a trip from New Of
lean* to St Louis. In Iblii the voyage occupeda
steamboat twenty-seven days. Now it is acjom
plished in less than four days.
The annual exports from the lower part of the
Mississippi valley lor the year ISO 2 amounted to
about $2,100,000, and the imports to about i
000. For the year Ihi 6 the receipts from the upper
country at New Orleans amounted to $77491,401.
In 1817, when steam was first iatroducedupoa the
Mississippi, the whole commerce, from New Or
leans to the. upper country was transported in a'rout
twenty barges, of an average of 100 toascach, and
making one trip in a year. The number of keel
boats on the Ohio was about 100, carrying' thirty
tons each.' The whole tonnage was «»«tifn*tt»d m
between 6 and 7000 lona.
In 1836 (a period of nineteen vears) the number
of steamboats on the Mis&istippf aud its tributaries
was 230, and their tonnage 39,000.
In IoJO the number, of steamboats, 255-ton 49,500
1512 “ ’ “ 450 “ 90,000
1843 “ - 072 “ 131,400
ISII « 6SO « 114450
1815 “ 759 159,713
1810 “ “ 1190 « ‘449,050
1517 “ “ about 1200
• The value of the property transported iu 18-1?
Western produce shipped at New Or
leans . sSi,9l2^lo
produce shipped from port to port tor
ws home consumption;
Shipped through Pittsburgh and tho
canola for the waters of the Ohio and
Mississippi '
Total value of produce shipped, S23S£l2£lQ
It ia estimated that the foreign merchandise, coin,
bullion, and other articles received in exchange
amount to tbe same sum. »The value of tbe prop,
crty, then, shipped on the Mississippi and its tribu
taries would amount in one year to the sum of say
£503,000,000, a sum tar exceeding in value all our.
commerce with foreign nation*.
Mr. Hampton here gives the statistic* embodied
in Mr. Bigham's report which we ore compelled to
,ouiiL - <; /
About ten millions cf bushels of coal from the
Monongabela and about seventy-five millions of
feet of lumber from the Allegheny river descend
the Ohio every year.
From these statistical details, which rest on the
highest authority, it will appear that the. internal
commerce of our great Western valley amounts
in value to double that of the foreign commerce of
the country. Vet, notwithstanding this well' an*
tbenticated fact, whild we send ambassadors,
charges, and consuls to all the countries of the
world and maintain fleets in every set; while we
spend millions on millions for the protection of for
eign not'a dollar is expended to aid this
great commercial interest of the people of tbe Mis
sissippi valley. We*do not complain of what you
do for tbe foreign commerce of tbe country; it is
aD as it should be; what we complain oij ana justly
is that we, with a commerce double in amount gel
uot a dollar for ours
We ore taxed to sustain this Government; we
fight your battles. I know not how many men
may have gone from the district of the genllemfcn
from- Illinois (Mr. Smith) over tho way, but Ido
know that five companies were mastered in the
county of Allegheny alone, whose numbrrs, aecordj
mu r to our latest accounts, have dwindled down
so that the average diminution averages twenty
four men,, from each company. We bear your
burdeus; we sustain your armies; we pay your
taxes; and all we ask inreturn is the fostering hand
of our own Government to protect so vast an in
terest a* I have stated. Nor do we beg this as a
favor. No; the West asks nofsrrors, as she shrinks
irom do responsibilities. We demand it as our
right \
Mr. HAMrron’s hour bere;expiredL
.BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
Correspondence of Pittihargh Oss«tt«<
CONGRESS.
Correspondence of the Plu*bur|fc Gasette.
Wasiificnw, March 13,1W6.
Thu Senate was not in session today.
In the House, the Speaker announced as the
first thing in order, the business on the table, vis:
Petitions from the different Staley Many of which
were offered and referred. '
Mr. Singerland offered* a resolution providing for
the sale of Public Lends at SO cents per acre to
actual Killers, in order to guard against extortions
and speculation. Laid on tbe table.
Mr. Johniton.ofTenm, offered a resolution de
claring that farmers and mechanics should not be
overlooked in the dispensation of the spoils of of
Lee.
A resolution was abo introduced to change the
office of the Supreme .Court Judges to aterm of
years instead of .for life both of which were laid on
tbe table.
The Speaker then laid be for the House sundry
communication* from the Executive Department
relating to Ocean Navigation, Patents and the
Mails, whjch were ordered to be printed.
, On motion, the House then -adjourned.
Exelstive Csrresponde nc* of tho Piiuhcnrh Gasette
PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
Philadelphia, March 13, 4 r. k.
Flour—Moderate sales were effected to-day at ?0
Groin—Sale* of good prime Red at $1305133
per bu. Holes of prime Yellow Com alSlc Der
bu. ' ' -
Com Meal—The market is quiet ats2£> per bbl.
Whiskey—bole* are effected at 25c per gall
Provisions ore steady and Groceries are quiet
El " 0,i ” «—•
’ Baltimore, March 13,3 r. x.
Flour—Tho market ts heavy, and I hear of limi
ted sales only of H. S. brands al $G per Ud
Corn Meal—Sales at WjL
Rye Flour—Market quiet, with moderate sales at
S 4 per bhJ. "
Grain—Sales ofprioio Red Wheat at 1330135
perbu. hale, of prime White Com 43016 c per
hu.andofpnmo Yellow at 480 per bu. RvcukU.
tng to a moderate extent at 80c per bo ’ - ' '
Cloyer aoed—SnlCi ol per bu. :
w,u,oUl ch “*” w ‘ u ‘“«- <-i*
m Ssr T "° °"* a u
Whiskey^alesatajopergXH,-
°* bm
and home demand. Moderata sales ofGeneeeo at
of Wc^„° t r M,«rpn;
■“* SouH'ra (!>• O.) a p,,, JJI.
'•< Groin—Holder* of Wheat are very firm and
buyer* do not meet them. Other grain* ore in
steady demand at previous rales, excepting Com
in which less is. doing, and the markeTtanding
downward Prime white Wheat is held aU3Oc
550 per{buabeL . V s
Mcsa'tPorii—Sales of Western No 1. at 10,371
p Wilj \ There is Ire* 'movement in Pork Urn
market feeing heavy.
Mesa BeeF—Salea of Western No 1, « fiSJ2J
\ i'
' Lard—Westamis scarce - withaales at 8e» B
market firm. Tbp ptarket for beef is weaker. . I
> Coratneal—Sales bbl, - • I
OaU^SalreaUBo49or ** : “r I
;Z> OvEdhoncf^uPitfflwikijttsm -
Gxsnura .1 shill regard it ar.n bnal (am
if you will inMert m yw pnpei cf the
rtitndcnt published in the Pbstof this foy, over
my signature addressed ■‘to thx fuw I would
mate this request of the Editor'cf but
Ido not cherish the belief that be cohare.the
manliness to do me snact .of justice, aitorieiiing.
indxepeating'the gross slander whichive deem
ed it my duty, to take notice o£‘.lan*ioo*lh*l
this satementof &cts sball.be placed inj hands of
your respectable Whig readers, inany rhbm are
my personal iKeadi. ; Tours truly. 1 |
/ -L.HPEE.
i ' Editor of the J<iog Post:
Pittsburgh, Mirch 13, 1&18.
TO TBB PUBLIC.
It is extreme!/ unpleasant, nay pain for me
to fngage in a personal controversy at- time, or
introduce before the readers of the Ponatters of
a private character, in relation to wbiely patrons
aojl the public can take no interest j but r . respect,
n duty I owe to ray family as well myself,
injpela me to make a brief public staUnt, here,
inj regard to a difficulty in Cadis, OhJopring the
Presidential campaign of 1844 } I and teat to t*
lence forever, as I hope, the wanton amallcious
falsehoods which have been pnbliahed t circula
ted by certain newspapers concerning it
The grots and wicked falsehood to wb I hate
reference, first appeared in the columns he Com
mercial Journal; of this city, abbot a yoigo, and
was to the effect, that I bad been “ailed and
castigated with a cowhide ”~-hsd « spitted to
the disgrace of a cowhide/* Ac. while Iding la
Cadis. I did not tee proper, at that tini to repel
this malignant lie, because I was fully sified that
there wu not a respectable person in iiburgb.
Whig or Democrat, who believed it was h. The
story was fabricated by »y adversary, sr being
foiled and driven to the wall, in a controray. with
the Post, and when he wap unable to finmy sub*
stsntial data upon whieb to base an arguint or a
reply. £ I"
At the time when the falsehood, allude to was
published in the Journal, it sohappened,U there
were three gentlemen in thisjeity, bn tsinest,
wbo resided in Cadis, at the saihe time Voided
there, none of whom belong -to the Dtocratic
party. Two of these gentlemen, upon «ng the
article in the Journal, vpluntariiy j without ny so
licitation on my part,' drew up Statements, hich I
shall now take the liberty of publishing,or the
first time} not for the purpote of whitening rep
utation, which, if I know my own heart, iiunsu}-
lied by a stain of reproach, ora ditbonorae act ;
butlb aet the indelible brand of fklaehoodpoH-a I
wtntdn calumny. j.-- 'j -
The first statement I shall introduce, ‘waairritien
by Dr. A. C. Cano*,, who is well. knoiniT'most
of oo r citizens, as he formerly Vended in tit city,
and was the senior partner in the Drug Waihouse
®f Omm k Hoois, ’at the copier ofFouti and
Wood streets. Dr.'O. is a decided Whig, btia an
estimable, high-minded and honorable :
Pnrncacn, March 6tb, W 7. i
E«j^—Dear Bir s—l see la the Com
mercial Journal, published this morning, aaartide,;
stating, that while you resided In Cadiz, yen wu
“assailed and castigated with; a cowhide” it
is but an act of justice to you, for me » state,
that nothing of the kind occurred durirg your resi
dence Inthat place. This statement you may use
ir you think best, in orderto removean impression
mat might be iiynriou# to you. '[Yob’s, respectfully,
Ug. OSBUJf.
The following statement in reference to the came
matter, vie handed to me by M.ff.UaqpnAET, Esq.,
formerly editor of the Liberty'Advocate, at Ctcix,
a very highly respectable man. He
ia also known to a large nomkeriof our citixena:
. Prmattcu; March 5,1847.
L-Haipeb, Esq.—Sir; Hiring my attention call
ed to the Commercial Jonrml of tbit city of the 3d
and this intL, in which 1 Aid it stated that you had,
vbile residing in' Cadis, Olio,.been subjected to a
dtgracefid castigation with a “ cowhide,” and hat-'
iag been myself a resident during the whole time of
pur stay in (bay place, 1 take [pleasure in . laying
that the statement in the Jaumalit wholly witnont
foundation in truth. You are al liberty to oae this
fo| the purpose of satisfying any of your friends
wl# might be. led to giro credence to-the calum
nies statement alluded'to shove.
Toors, respectfully," M. H. URQUHART-
I shall now introduce the statement of W. R. Alu
*w, Esq., formerly Editor of the Cadis Republican,
ud now Editor and proprietor of the Bteobearille
Rally Herald and Gasette. Mr. Axuso* and-myseir
hare had many « warm, engagements** with the
pea, but in our prime relatione,tbere ilways exist
ed the Imil feelings* -- —pm rimf—
be gentlemen should meet, with a polite salutation
sr the cordial grasp of the hand;
PrmstmGtt.Mareb fith, 1847.
' t see it stated in the Commercial Journal, that my
political opponent in Cadis,Ohio, 1m HAJWU,E*q.,
« submitted to the disgrace of the cowhide," whi e
residing in that town. It greet me pleasure to state,
la justice to an old political antagonist, tbst the
is wholly destitute ofttruth. While Mr.
"Harper was editor of the Democratic paper in Cadis,
I was publisher and editor of the Whig organ.
' 1 give this for Mr. U’s benefit, and to satisfy any
of his political friends that mayibe disposed to give
credit to the pahlication in the Journal, with the
that it is not to be used io a way as
to create any difficulty between myself and the
editor of the Journal. W. R. ALLISON,
late of the Cadis (O.) Republican, and now
editor of the Herald, Bleabeariile, Ohio.
So much in relation to the mend scions slaadei
about the « cowhide."
It is true that I bad a difficulty while I resided iu
Cadiz, but that it waa ooe of my own begetting, or
that I waa infsolt, I utterly deny, and ant prepared
to prove, by testimony itill stronger tbao that given
above—-by affidavits of unimpeachable witnesses, if
necessary. It is well known that the Presidential
campaign of 1844, was one of extraordinary excite
ment in Ohio. As the Editor ofthe Democratic pa
per in Cadis, I found itueeemry, aal thought at the
time, to write and publish articles very warm and
decided in their character, in order to expose the
doings of my political opponents, as well aa to de
fend the Democratic party, who were assailed, in the
person of tnysell. That many'articles, which ap
peared in the Sentinel,did not please my opponents,
is altogether likely— Idid not writt lo pUau them !
I deem it unnecessary to go into a lengthened nar
ration of the unpleasant occurrence) at that time,
but shall simply state that I was twice assailed on
the streetshy daring Knights, wio boasted that they
would “spill Harpers blood.v .In ; both instan
ces, my assailants concluded, like Sir John Fal
etalT, that “ discretion waethe botterpart of valor,”
and backed out from their chivalrous undertaking.
Some daye afterwards, a person with whom I had
always been on the best of terms, approached me in
a friendly manner, engaged in a friendly converta
•lion, and when I was entirely unguarded, and not
anticipating an, attack any more than. I should a
stroke of lightning from an unclouded sky, be gave
me a blow on the head, ail then verily believed,
and still believe, with some jdeadly weapon.—
I fell; and it was supposed by many, for some
; lime, that my life was gonp. Bui a kind Providence,
who watches over the destinies of man, ruled that
•ii should be otherwise. My assailant was indicted
io the Criaiatl Court of Harrison Co., although the
grand jury were nearly all whig*; but confessed the
set, threw blmteli upon the mercy ofthe Court,
and was let off with a fine, without imprisonment.
In consideration offals servtcas;toihc Whig party,
my assailant was nominated for the Assembly, after
I left Cadis; when the acta of his life , came up for
review, before the forum of Public Opinion, In an
extra to tho Sentinel, dated October 13,1840, my
■accessors, Meurs. Swapr It WicUAsrs, made the
following statement In regard to-the attack upon
myself:
. “Ills unnecessary to contradict the version of
Bussell, rdstivo to his murderous and dastardly at
tack upon Mr Harper, formerly editor of this paper.
Butwe will do •• in aa short and concise a manner
as possible. As to the act being in sell defence, it,
is a LIE. Mr. llsrper was a peaceable and unof
fending man, and never attacked a man in hie life.
The attack waa nude on him by Russell in the most
treacherous and asaasain like maimer.- when ho waa
uneoncious of danger. This it known hert,
that U a dtrmtd vnntentary to verify it by oath,
aoTitpAß'nE'ponp A»A»TT«**k” !
.1 shall now dismiss this unpleasant theme, oil
camesUytope, forever. Itwiswithextremoreluc
unee, that I consented to take any notice of it,
whatever} but in consequence' of utielei which
have appeared in one or two of the papers of this
city, within a few days, my irienda (in whoso judg
ments I alwsys confide,) have advised me to make
this statement. I owe ea apology to the patrons of
the Post, for occupying so much pf thepaper with a
subject iu which the of them can take no man
ner of interest. « I have dope.”
: Respectfully; ;
- 1. HARPER.
I .
i ITT Don’t have a Foul Braaib—lf yoo have, bm a
twfesWlfoif bottle of Jones’ And*? Tooth Paata. Thai
Sold at Liberty st , MtlWvlr ,'
'irrikmVfiaTO dark Teatbr-tbey caa be
miaTwrlr whits bjr ono .tun* using a box of Jones
r«»te. It harisns the gams, swestens the
tSXL. gold at B» Liberty sL ; noylMAwH .
ir-reTo the Ualt am LA3tx.~ComstDcl's Nerve and
~l?i aba Indian Yegetabia Elixir, is lhataoel
SgttffSirfcf BlamaudL BoU b, W^UCt
r PumWnii-baWe^
eess&l ia any j undertaking, yoatunst always *ue the
propermSaas.*, Tbereforefif jem . bars' B.cougVuje
JiTO‘« Exraauaaxr and be cored, far it il the proper
means. Cagayan Asthma or difltealft of breathing,•
thentbe'enly-edieientiiaeaaS'to can yoois tonse
Jayne's Expectorant, which will imatediatdy orneoai
thaipagn which contracts the disateter'et thetube*,
and loosens and bringa up the mucus which cion
thus removes every obstruetiariloa free respK
raoon. while at the tame time all inflammation la
dued, and a qtra ia certain to be effected. Hafe you
Bronchitis, Spitting of Blood, Pleurisy, or in fact any
Pulmonary Affeeuon, then-use Jayne's Expectorant
and relief ia certain, and you will find that you hare'
Baedthepropermeana.: . • -
3 Forsaie in Pittsburgh at the Pekin Tea'Store. 72 4lh
street near Wood. ]. , .janW.
ET Does your hair tall off", does your hair turn gray
sit harsh, is It dry, or dirty, I pray* .
f*tis thus, you cattmake it soft, uiky’and fine,. '
Dark and healthy; and beauteous as this hair of mine•
And to hare this,'you hare but.three shillings to fire
For a bottle of Janes’ Hair Restorative.
Header, if you hare bad hair you would really be as
tonished it'the loTely cffect a three shilling bottle of
Jones’ CofslHair Restorative has on it; it needs but one
trial. Sold at 9 liberty at. oovlPdAwly
Teeth and putrid breath.
Spongy rums like rotten death,
Is repulsive and disgusting.
. All eould hare teeth aa white aa pearl,
.. gweei breath—hard gum*—man or gtrL
Why delayT-i-nar, quickly haste
■ *nd use a box or Jones? Tooth Paste,
b cons but 25 cent*,' and is really a beautiful article.
It gives the teeth a fine enamaL Sold in Pittsburgh at
st novlSdAwly
07* Ladies who use Jones’Spanish lily White, have
always a fine White transparent akin, jpf this a trial
wUl v satisfy any one. Sold only in Pittsburgh, at 89
Liberty at . aorlfldandwly /
C7-Pa*a, Sons, Ac—The Genuine Haya’ Liniment'
ta an article more justly celebrated a* a cote for the
above than any or all others. Its cores are almost inj
numerable. Sold by WM. JACKSON,•Agent for Pm»-
burgh. ' i aovlßdAwflaiT
ID-WANTED—A young man about 15 orl# year'
of age, writes a good hand, canheax of a permanent.ait
nation, by applying immediately etthiaOffice.' merit
DIED,
On'Sunday, March 12,. ELIZA, youngest child of
Lemuel end Elite Wilcox, aged 2d months.
The funeral will take place this afternoon at 2 o’-
clock. r •• •
Clethlag for the World..
_ ALL WOO BUT • • '‘ •
CLOfTHING AT WHOLESALE,
tie respectfully informed, that at
LEWIS & HAMFORD’S
CLOTHING WAREHOUSE,
nos.' 252 A 254 rxaai. krixxr, .
HtwTork,
MAY be found an extensira assortment of Clothing.
manufactured c expressly for the Southern and
Western market ' 1
Also, a lame stock of Linen-Bosom Shirts, of all
grades and prices. Fancy do do do; twilled stripe do
do do; Flannel do do do; and all other kinds in general
use: [ .
SWe also manufacture and keep constantly on hand,
a largest stoek of oiled clothing in the United States,
embracing every article in the lue.
We manufacture and sell immense quantities ofali
the above articles, and would invite'the attention of
dealersin them to call and examine our slock 'and pri
ces befbre they purchase, as weesn-andwiD sell at
price* that cannot foil to please:
. LEWIS A HANFORD,
; 259 and 254 Pearl |L, New York.
Alli'orders will be attended to withcorrectness and
despatch, i [ ! ■ msrHdlm
fpilE READYiRECKONER—For ship buildere, boat
X boildera, and lumber merchants; being • correct
measurement ofscamling, boards, planks, cubical con
tents of square and round timber, saw logs, wood, etc.
comprised in n number of tables,-to which are-added
tables of wages. by the month, board or rent, by the
week or day. and rail road distances; also interest ta
bles; by J AI Scribner, author of the ’-Engineer's and
Mechanic’s Companion,” etc. etc. :Forsale by -
JOHNSTON A STOCKTON,
riiarl4 booksellers, cox.mtrket A 3d su.
(American, Journal and Chronica copy.) •
Administrator's Votloo. .
rftAKE notice that letters of admiuistntioo on the e*-
X tate of Ann St.Clsir McFarland, deed, late of Alle
gheny county, have been Uus day grantdlo the under
signed, to whom all persons Indebted to raid estate, mil
please make payment. Persons having claims against
said estate, wilt preseat them for seulanent.
■ i ALEXi WIISON, Adm.
roarllwCt Monongthela City, hhreb lu, 1843.
JEST RECEIVED—A large aatertmeu of Oil Cloths,
comprising, various patterns: ’WO* yds -of heavy
floor oil doth, best article; 1000 do meiium do do; 2000
do 4-4 do drqioOQ do 3-4 do do; 800 do 54 counter do do;
400 do 4-4 ! do do; besides a large assortnentofligbtand
fancy articles, sill of which wul be soU cheap for cash,
or short credit, at J A E PHILLIP’S
mull*’ -| No 5 wood u.
SUNDRIES—S 3 bbls small white leans; X do,' me:
-pork; 9 do lard: landing from sunr. and tor aalebv
marl 4 UAfiALEY A SMITH
ORANGES A LEMONS—*S bxa Oranges; 25 do
Lemons, landing from sunr Schuylkill, tor sale by
m«I4 ; BAOALKY A SMITH .
13 and DO wood at
WHITE BRAZIL SUOAR-IM bn of anperie
quality, for sale by . - BAOAI.EY. A SMITH
T>lo COFFEE-GOO bai* prims, in stors sod tat *alq
Xlby roarll ~ BAOALKV fc SMITH
RiUSCVS *SIC&-gOO.bx»bttnch nitiiu;lootrcs
fre*h rics,)oit reed aod forqaJcby •
MOLASSES— 100 bbl* plaatation, landing from aimr
A meric*, and for Mile by
marl 4 *JASDALZELL
BULK PO Hi:—10,000 U»e, roe* g pet «nnr LakeEm*
and for talc by mar!4 . JAB PALZKLL
SUGAB— 150 fchda prime NO, landing from star
America aud American Earle, lor aale by
mar!4 ■ 'jr JAB FLPYP
in prime ord<
narl4 5 i •
POTASH— lOctke pure, oa coniigumen, for rale by
mer!4 ; JARPLOYD
SEED— CO bbl* clover raetl, 10 bath timothy, for tale
by mtiU - JA B FLOYD
BEAN S-J 0 bbls smalt white, for tale by
I marl 4 JA k FLOYD
SI'UAR —120 hhds prime NO, landing from toi
Boberl Morm, ua for *alc br
*m» W A M MITCHELTREE
FLAXSEED OIL-10 bbli just reed end far rale br
B»rt4 _ RESELLERS
A bbt* just reed sad for rale by .
marl4_ R E
CHLOROFORM— 10 bbl> iati reed and for ule by
marl 4 It ESEI.r.KRS-
LOUISVILLE LLME—OO bbls jaw reed per.wmr Pa*
eific aodfar rale by marU A GORDON
A LCOUOL—B bblt just reed aad for sale bv
A marl 4 J KIDD A Co
RUSSIAN BLUENo 1—73 bbls just reed and for sale
by marl 4 i KIDD ACo
CASTOR OIL-7 bbU for sale by
l marl 4
; (Chronicle copy.)
SMITII’SGLASS PAPER—2OO reams ass'd/dealers
•applied low by marl 4 1 J KIDD ACo
S PANISH WHITING—IS bill for sale by .**
marl* 1 ISAIAH DICKEY A Co
r IBM COPAL—3 cases for sale by
VT niarU ISAIAH DICKEY ACo
V ARNISH—SbbIs supquality, for tale by
marl 4 ISAIAH DICKEY A Co^
BUTTER— 7 bbls roll, rec. this day, and for sale by
j marlO TAS3EV A BEST
PEACHES— 1 tek pared, reed, and for sate by
_ jaarlO JTASSEY AJiEST_
CLOVER SEED-100 bush, ip storoandfor sale by
mar 10 TASSEYABEST
BEEF— Jan reed by str Clipper No 2, a fiae bollock,
and for sale by SAW UARBAUCU.
uaxlO 33 wood st -
PORK HAMS—COO just Jindinr from ttmr Beaver*
andforsaleby (marlOj SAW HARR AUGH
GLOVER SEED—tabblsprimeJustrecdandforsale
by martO SA \V HARBAUGU
EOLL UUTTER—3 bbls prime, just landing and for
•ale by martO SAW UAIUIAUGH
LJHID— 10 bblt No 1, just reed aad for sale by:
toarlO SAWIURBAUCI!
POPLAR LUMBER, and Fine Joiee, for sale br
jyttlf • W. W. WALLACE.
CAMWOOD— 80 bbls New York ground: forssleby
mar? - J Kipp ACo ;
DRY APPLES—SO sacks, lust reed and for sale by
mar 13 SAW iIARBAI’OH
DRY bush, in store and for ule by
; maria - : laAldll DICKEY ACo
LARD— 70 kegs good No 1; 10 bbls do do, ia good
shippingorder. lor sale by
marl 3 ISAIAH DICKEY A Co
O L'GAR—B hbda of good quality, on consignment and
Q for sale by mart 3. ISAIAH DICKEY ACo r
FIRE BRICK A TILE—For sale by ~
mar!3 ISAIAH DICKEY A Co
miMOTIIY SEED—3 bids prime, for sale by
x maria POINDEXTER ACo
S SALTS—34 bbls prime, on consignment, and for
t tele by, taarld J CDIDwELI.
MOLASSES— 3U bbls NO, Juab reed and fer sale by
nutria J C UIPWKLL
1 kACCN—IO.OOO lbs bacou, shoulders and hunts, for
jS sale by merit ' ENGLISH A BENNETT
riX)wTjNEN— 100 yds. in atore end for sale by
X mart! • TABSEY A UKST_
/ANIONS—t bbl seed, in store and for sale by
\Jl_marU - TASSEY A BEST -
CIGARS— 200,000 Havana, of various
and colors, from principeos to the largest sized re*
galias, of direct importation, for Mile by •
msrlU - PC MARTIN
IRISH WHISKEY, Ac—2 puncheons Irish; %do Ja
maica spirits, for sale as imported, by
martO • PC MARTIN
WHISKEY— 66 whole and hlfbblsold ryr.lB bbls
ofoid Tennessee Peaeh Brandy, for ssle hr •
martO * 1 •; -PC MARTIN
UIOT— l6kega : Nt}l,fi*ud3,shohforsale by ;
i nano msuqTEn tca
rpOBACCO-75 boxes Is, Ss, 8s and- I%' various
! X brands, for sale by [mrlOJ POINDEXTER A Co
S*ILASSWARE—IOO gross pint flasks; $> do qt bills,
\T ia store aml forealp hi :
j mailu.-i -• POINDEXTER A Co-
PIG METAL—IO ions Clinton Furnace, (cold blasiV
for sale by [nwlO] POINDEXTER ACo ■
COTTON— 101 bales Mississippi, in store and for sale
by : luarlO . - POINDEXTER ACo .
SODAABIW-30 ctks first quality, in’ssiore aad for
sale by J C BffiWELL, Agt,
'■ raarlli - r ?.• water street
GORDAUE*-43 -cods 0, 4|, and A In. maniila; 3do
6j> and A in. lined rapes, ia store and for sale by ~-
marlfl c • .t-JCBIDWELI
/"I ERHANCLAY—Xd.esks, ia store add Cur kale br.
IX aailO J CBIDWgLL ■;
-nHEB»r» ta (un prime' JV“&ju«Wdand for,
la min Hr ; »mary. WICKAMcCANPI-Fafr
TOOLIiSUTCEfr-a bl&frealL Jutrefittud for tala.
It br IWCg k WeCAWDLEsa 1
TkEESWAX-^AamiUtaforMteby;v- v-
J) - Bgl ‘ • WICKA sicCANDLESS
GLOVES— A good uaprtxMui $T black wbue an 3 •
colored eoiioo and silk 'gloves. large tue£ just-re -;
ceivtAudfof «akby SUACkLUT * WIUTE .
,
v . AUCTION? SALES
s;- •;By -JafcWjfc D«rii| A«eUnHft?- v .- •?
' '• 1:";-= • ■ • j
t Of Libtrtj . StTßSi&vpcrtifi. ,
f\\ B*SOdaT aftentfioa,'tbolBuiii»*aia©-clock,
Warill be •oldi^iiboot *• ’wrt>kw,bjr
after of Mueu aod Epee ®*ck>:«•. W.tt* fcte to
ael Stack. d™-. stereo rahiable JoU
oa the we« aide of Liberty atreet, 4e|w*er£Nartm*£
abd Water atreeta, haTia£each» m>MofS)fcei,aaa
oxwnding.back 110 fi*V * ©o «ol.
vrhieh iaa comer lot . i • l . ' • , _
• » of thoytantwea * two awry
Tbcre*u»iW> toi‘opart Of , —r-r*.'*.*"rrr--
fhuco bcildinff. Baiithnff formerly occupied by A Mor
ion uaHTcrtu -> '-v i-~*• ■i^'f : ;• .• ■
• TbeaboTe U the motf de*u*n» prffiwjtynow
ferwleia.Uda city for xnanofoctum*
putpOKi) mad will be »old in qnanuuealo wut purths-
Term*, one-fourlfi cuki ntiiinirilf two e<jO*l annual
]UHN „
•- .Dry Good*.- > • • /
On Thursday morning March Ifth, Jl 10;O dock. at
the Commercial Salea Boom,comer ofWcddano Fito
nt will be acild, an e«enm« •aaonanifef&«!*“»
French and American diy good*, aaionc winch are: !•
. Superfine cloths. caasimers. satinctls,- flannels, alpac
cu, toorinoea,nlkT«lTei, black satin, Ores* bilks, bU*B
bams, calicoes, muslins, chebk, sUk,'woolen nod cotton
shawls, handkerchief*,' sewing : silk, patent thread,
glore*,bosi<rT,4c; togetherwith ugrealTartrtyorun
cy goods, from a retail store. ' i-: 1
• At Si o'clock pi rai 1 . ■'
A quantity of queensware, glass vrdit, groceries,
confectionary, N O Molasses, tobacco, cigars, axes,
hatchets, shovels,- hat «ad manure foifca. wntipg and
wrapping paper. ‘ A lame assortment of eood qua»ty
waUkept household fununire, from' declininr
housekeeping, embracing nearly all the yanetj* . wanted
by houseseepert. . i .
Also,a quantity efnew fomitare, transparent and
Venetian window blinds, new and second liaud carpet*
lag, looking glasses, cooking' stoves* kitchen utensils,
Ac.
At? O'clock, p.m. . . ■ •
7An invoice of fine; table ana pocket cutlery, hard
ware, jewelry, gold and silver watches, mantel clocks,
rifles, platota. aaddleiy, ready made clothing, boots,
shoes,umbrellas, comu, brusnes,ac4©rdedn*,. violins,
fifes, variety goods, Ac . r | «arl4.-_.
. Orest SegUih auaedy* .. _ .
F»B Couchs,Colds* a»ititn« and Consumption!: The
GREAT AND ONLY REMEDY for the com of the
above.diseases, U the HUNGARIAN BALSAM OF
LIFE, discovered by .the .celebrated J>r. Buchan, of
London, England, and introduced inlojlheUnited States
under the immediate superintendence .-of the, inventor.
The extraordinary ’success of this! medicine, injthe
earn of Pulmonary diseases, warrants thh American
A rent in.soliciting for treatment the worst possible 1
aes that can be found in the community—cases that reek
relief In vain, from any of the common remedies of the
day, and . have been given np by the AuMtdutiiwuished
physicians as confirmed and incurable. .The Honguri*
*aa p-i— rn baa cured, and will cure, the most desperate
of cases, bis no quack nostrum, but a .standard Eng*.
Uih medicine, of known and established efficacy. .
Every family In the United States should be top plied
with Buchan’s Hungarian Balsam of life, not only to
counteract the consumptive tendencies , of the clmutry
but to be used as a preventive medicine in all cases ot<
-coughs, spinlhg' of blood, pain in the.idde and
cheim irritation and soreness of thb bugs, bmehltis,
difficulty of bresting, hectic fever, nmht steals, emaci
atipn and general debility, asthma, influenza, whooping
“Jfld in luge’&ttlcsi *1 per kott|e, with foil, direc
tions for the restoration of (health. ! . ..
Pamphlets, containing a mass of English and Ameri
can certificates, and other ernlence, shownog the un
equalled merits of thm great English Bemedy, may bp
A Co. conurof
standWoodandWoodandOthsts. j i mar 6
AllsibtayCoanty, ur , T ;/]-'•
TJ» ra* Otnust' CotrST or sat® C0.,.* In the matter
I of the Administration account. of;Margarei Careen,
A<lnL of the estate of Robert Carson, deciNo. 4d,OcL
nowfo wit: Martfh 4f 194sjon- motion of
4 b a.} George 8. Selden, Esq:. the Cobrt appointed
C > Augusta* Washington, Esq., Adabnistretor.jjl
place of Eeade Washington. Esq, wbdis absent al
feiadclpblu T VotaG;'J.; C lk.
All persons interested, are hereby notified thal the
Auditor above tuuned, will titfor;theaUnjwspfbjs
appointment, at' the Office of Mahon and Washington,
Foinh nrttLin ihe Ciirof Pituburjh, onTutri.yUi.
ssa do, of March. A. 1). 18& «t JO A. MJof .aid da,,
raarlldn : ' i 1 A WABUINfSTON, Aad.
PRINTS OyXY.
;|! -44 T.-
CEDAR 8T. t NEW YORK
LEG & BREWSTER
Established awarehonse ialbey*fcrl&«k for the pur
pose of supplyingtha (Sty and lnteworTrade with
PRINTED CALICOES EXCLUSIVELY, at ;
- low priee»-*nd exhibiting, at all-Reasons' •
of the year," the Largtat Aasortment la • • -
They
comprising erery new style of Foreign bad Domestic
pnMustian,. many of which have just been purchased,
and are altered for sale for Cash and short eredit, at
PBICEBBBDVOEDi •
' i FROM : -I
ONE ; :TO-Il®«®S.
peryanl below Uw price* of April tuul-AUy, tu per
printed. CaUiGruts, ; wiucli tn eometcd daffy, Or the
information of buyer*-
PRIST WABKr
• • New York,/
A EL persona lateres-.
jfx'Vey.fromiupreaent u..——, a
street, to the Eastern line of the city, on ihcAilegbcßj
river, are hereby notified that apian ofspedficauon of]
theopening of said Dnquesoe Wayiianojr deposited in I
the Office of the Roeording • Regulator,~for public ex* ]
aminatioa and inspection, as dhaeted byOrdJnanteof
theSßthdayofNoyember, 1547, opening |
**Reeording Regulator, City of Pittsburgh . |
Extract Crosa Section iOth of an Act entitled “An Act to I
authorize suit to be brought upon' the Official Bond of:
William B Mitchell, late Superintendent?* , ‘
u And any owner or owners of (round lying .on the
line of tneh street,'lane or a!ley,*rho [shall eonalder
that be, she or they} shall suffer damage .Horn the open
ing or widening of the tame, may hpplTj by petition, to
the MXt Court of Quarter Sessiona'ct the County of Al*
legheny.” . " ■ •• : marTtAl’ •
Popuiar, beeaoM Good!
8 ELL HRS’ ]F AM 1L Y AIEDJ CISTES.
Cool, Bnotd, Jefl’eraonCo,Ps,Marcbl, l&tS.
MB R E SELLERS—I have nearly sold all the Ver*
mifoge and Cough Syrapyoo Seal ztte. Ydhr Ver
tuifuge iwwitboot exception ine best ever odered in this
neighborhood, having proved good wherever used.—
Tbs,Cough Syrup. juiu livdf Puls:hareimlse given sal
ts faction. Yoorob'tservt J SCOTT, Postmaster.
Prepared and sold br RE SELLERS, £37 Wood st;
sold by Dr Cassel,dth Ward; DM Curry, Alkgheuy; ft
W J Smith, Terijpermaeeviile. j mar 9;
Pry Oeodi at'Vhelssals-
TirURPHY, WILSON No. 48 Wood street, are
Ivl now receiving by daily arrivals from the import*,
ers and manufacturer*, ample sapplids of desirable
String Goods, which they oJfcrlo city and country re*
uilersat the smallest pouible advandeT Hanng a.
partner »<"«««* coa*Untly in the eastern; markets,- their,
stock will be kept op throughout ;tjm season'.- Among
the articles already received, are QO cases prmlissome
very heaoufol and adopted to city sales; a variety of
tweeds, .cotton pantaloon studs,' domestic' ginghams,
bleached and hroww cottons. Ae. j foVjMAwimT -
J KIDD A Co
' Xareher , s Chromt;ansa, .
rro painters; bund makers,' Ac—We, the
X tutderswned, Pjuntendnd Blind Makers, of the city
ofNew York, have used and tested, and; ore now Using
a new article ofChromc Green, manufactured by Geo.
K. Marcher, ofthis city, arid find (t to vfcuk- < weH (i pn>-.
ductnga fine brilliant IHtris Greed appearance, with a'
ren" superior body, and reconuneiul u ta oar brethren
in the trade ae in.every patticulpr thd best Chrome
Green we have ever used.. Near York, June 1,’47.
Signed by 94 firms ©fpracneil paintcrs.of: the city of
New York.. This unequalled Chrome Green may. be
had of R. E. BELIJBS, No 67 Wood street, who has
the exclusive agency for iu sale in Pittsburgh, marts
HkiudOva Powder.
THE onedrsigued. have reduced.tho prices of Rifle
and Blasting Powder, of this
quality warranted unsurpassed, ecu will bell as low as
any good powder enn be bought id the market •
.. Hie Drayman employed <h* Magazine, will call
every morning on the customers, Id deliver powder and
receive orders. l . ‘ ; -
Orders at all limps wttl be filled imiaPdistdy. on ap
plication a! the othte of . . |C. 8; LOOMIS, '
water st, ad door above moimugahela bouse. ;
WA W Looans, Agent H. P. Co. ;; •; l mari3 ' •
.! . i'Car4.. j
T WOULD like lo cnll iho attention aTCountry Mer>
X chants, Steamboat Bpr Keepers, Private
Families,. An, to piy stock of. Wines, IJqoocs, Cigars,
now iu store and cellar, consisting of the most cel
ebrated brands,&c, He. . peelidg Confident of having
the largest and best assorted, stock of ah; boose west
of the Mountains, afr4 being engaged in the importation
of wines, liquors, Ac, direct to this country, persons
can rely on being, accommodated both in pnee and
quality.' : P. C. MARTIN, ,
. mar 9 . cor. snuthftcld aad front st*. .
l Eoun Lorn. ! c. v. zujcrci a. a. u*urTox
LOVE, MARTIN i CO.,
Produce aad! Commlastea Merchsatej
Rktoto—Davidson, Sanders A (jo.
Hugh Jenkins, Baltimore; M. Alleu A
cols, Hampton, Smith A Co- Shacklet
burgh; A J TO Shaughndss
nan. ■ ■ '• • ? -
Bag Warehouse, j'"';
THE highest price in ea*h paid for good, clean, rags;
nw
msr9 I wayne »t,.bet peiin A liberty t
OinßTlNa MUSLINS, Ac—W jR Murphy has just
received an additional- supply of those very supc
nor tong doth shirting muslins, at cents per yard,
Also, Insh Linens, of various qualifies, including soma
extra fine, ami warranted pure flax'tmt dry rood* bouse:
of m*rl3 l . Twit MURPHY :
Linen cambric uandkerqihkfs— biu*-
somnent of abobe roods, someks cents;
just reedat dry goods house at " L • .
°>Ml3 [ W RMURPtrY_:
8 of the firth of Alrea ami
McGuire,) Merchant Taflot, St.-Charles »2lding*J
Third stmt, near Wood, Pittsburgh. :
pOWDKB, UUaUID COH-Alt dc.triplion. cod-
X stantly on hand: also, a large quantity of safety:
jMc.for.jgniting Orders procmdvSifodat all time*/
tnar!3 . • wafortt,Sail j
TEAS A COFFEEr-Young Hysoof various qualities;'
imperial, do do; Pouschoig, do do; Souchong, do
luo Conee; reed oq consirmsent and for sale low by r! .l
maria ■ ' - c *. ROAKFORDACo i
YARNS— X new apply of yam from the inanufoo-i
lory ofhlr li E Hoy,- Philadelphia; just ree-’d and:
l»t Ml, by mu» . rfl EATON tco. j
QO APS—F R Eaton A Co, bav< Strain* Palm Oil'
O Floating Soap:for washing, and' Old Brown Wind*:
■or, for shaving and vrasMuo also,' Sand's. and, other;
Soap. ''MarketstTaear4th.;'. I".''..'mdf»:-<
OHCjOLpEjr&RACES—'A Bew fot of braces of,
Bmiiltr oltkt. » B<*m Uio
To Sf „-, r ..;k, |
G UOAR—UO hhds NO, just, tru'd and for rale by i
O tuarO . •• 1 POINDEXTER ACo - •
/N LASS—I6O hxs <£UPGla*s.Eberitean*,44dril£xiSl
UTIn store and for aaia by POINDEXTEB ACo '- !
mar 9-- -■ ■ .-. : y.: - tluaiwiiL i
TkAPEB—IOO reams crown wrapping; POdd ddtaMat
JT crown do; for rale by POINDEXTER Apo t
. . -1'- •• - ' : 4t~’hmtergtv'j
*■ , " arat “ 4 -|
marP . . t i fOlMDEffgn ACh i
VfOLASSES-300 bbls N O, for sale by
WAI-JSS ~ ■ ' POINDEXTERfoCo
T>BPPKR—^2OO tacks, for agio fays ,
1 mart) - , v v 1 POLNDEXTER ACo
CALEBATUS—lundinf fima etmr Better. In boxta
BOAKFOBDAOo
•» 1 ">*'■
V- STEAMBOATS/
■ cnontSiTi * piTTsBCHoa
ica'iia.jfia
"57tTr pae Ku ti. mv.
t .
ssssats
3s^te£tesrrS=S
ry to their persona. Tbo boats will l»« »*
Wwi rtrmii^» >A y p reir “ ,o * w * tarungtfort fe. Tcctp>
entry of •}
ter- -.to elf tuo the passage money mu*! be paid u>
advance.. y . . . v
" • SUNDAY PACK**. ■ .
The ISAAC NEWTON, Capt. A. G. IdtMßs *•*.
leave Pimbargh-eTery Sunday lDocioct,
Wheeling every Sunday evening at 10 r. *■ - _
-Hay9,1847. 1 • •' * •
iKOSDAT PACKSTt .
Th«.ubsa\aiaKLA,c.ia.SniM,»«™j/j!“-
bargfa erery Monday rooming at .10 o clock,.» apeting
every Monday evening at ID r. X. -
; TUB SPAT PACB3ST. "•
Tbe niHERNIA No. i, Cpt J. Kunntta rtl
leave Pitt*burgh every Tneidav morning at 10 o’clock;
Wheeling every Tuesday evening at 10IS*. •
: < . WEDSEIOAT PACKET. ! ,
The NEW ENGLAND No. & Capt. 8. DtiS, will
:ave Pittsburgh ] every. Wednesday Jnorning at 10
.’cloel? Wheeling every.Wcdneaday evening at 10 1. X.
THOBIDAT PACKET. '
4 -The "BRILLIANT, Capt Gases, will ■ leave. Pitts*
bwgb every Tbntaday oomlng at tvo’cloek; Wheeling
every TbntwyWv.x, • , - j
FBIDAY PACKET. '
“ The CLIPPER No. 3, Cape Caoota, will leave Pitta*
bench every Friday morning at lO.o'cioek; Wheeling
everr'Friday evening at 10 y. X. ; I g
. lATCBDAT PACKET. , '
The BIESSENGEB, Capt S.H*ao, will leave Ktta.\
bunch every Saturday morning ail 10. o'clock Wheeling
cveTySatnrday evening at 10 ......
BEAVER PACKETB/**NEW -ARRANGEMENTS. .
_~T , Theateamer » - ’
t (fiyA i : : CALEB COPEj -
- «E&d&SSx -will leave for Beaver. Glasgow and
■AlbKmHbWeltaville,' on Tuesday*-Thursday,
aod : Saturday, of each week, atfiaUoefcjux. mam*
ina on Monday, jWedneadar-and Friday. - She ha* a
landing between Wood *treetana the bridge,
rs*”? w .■•“•‘r* S«?ASSSHta L ***
■'-•'oottt' 1 No 33 Wood *t
' BEAVER ANDWELLBVILLE PACKET
• • ' —-. The line steamboat • . .
i'lE*XJa : BEAVER" . -
'■lmJLreffftß Charlea E Clarke, master; tv2EAnrmg
EMBißHßßihe.ccmlng-win ter. season, mAddsity
trips to Beaver and WellmllMeavinjr Pittsburgh eve
fy Biornine al S o’clock,' and WeUsvillo at 3 O'clock, r.
i iict* - ftk uXbton. *. c&UkU .
• PITTIBPBOH * BBOWarWMJI.
• ■ . Dally Paeket Liae/ - 1 a.
FEBRUABY Ist, 18io ' PEBBUABr Ist, 1843
LEAVE DAILY ATBA.&L, AND 4 P. M.
~ k 1 The' following new. boats complete
, t ft. .. .Ja the line for the present season! AT
■TiMigßriM LANTIC, Cept. James Parkinson;
■HiRBBfIfimALTIC, CapL A. Jacobs: and LOUIS
M’LANE, Capt E. Bennett The boatsare entirely
new, and are fitted op without regard to expense.- Ev
ery comfort that maney .eaaptoeiire.faaa beeu provided.
The Boats will leave the Mouongabela Whan Boat al
the foot of Ross at Passengers will lm'punctual on
board, as the boats will.certainly leave 01 the adver
tisedlicmrySA.&Land4P.U • - ••■•/- • jaftSl
FOR LOUISVILLE. " ~
mm k ' The fine steamer.
r : AMERICAN EAGLE,
• hßEnffffafl :Atklnson. Muter, will leave as above
■MEBSMBBloHSorrowatlOa. at Eor freight or
pauase apply on board, or to •’ t
nwli ] GEO BMILTENBEIIOER, Agt
: FORST.LOCIS. ; ' --J >
»v • : The fine steamer • -*
:. ytTTTJh! Robert morris
imSirgßßß * Campbell. Master, wit! ifcave far Ibe
■SKBOBKiboTe'port this day at ID o'cfoefc—
Forfrcightorpassageapplyonboam. -- m'rU-
: FOR -CINCINNATI. - V.
Thefastruningsteamer
- BROOKLYN,
•mtScaftwS i Boies, Master, will lea re for the above
■flEßS&Snpori this day at lOo'clock. For&eiaht.
or. passage apply on board. * ~ ~ ; -tnar!4
- . regular Packet for sunttsil s
. w i The new and fast steamer ' v *
. , wellsvnjAi •.
igKgpOTS j Barnes, master, will. leave- for above
IHlflSßHßßand all intermediate poru. on W«fee»>
days andSatordaysof each week. , For freight as pa*».
sage apply on board or to :. 4
~lebl4- r GEO B MILTENBERCEyAgH.
PITTSBURGH A WHEELING TACCET4 ,
l. : The swiil steamer . :
' -Dorsev P Kiunsv, D»a»ier,‘ win leave’.
■■■■GSnßregnlariy for - -W heeling,, on -Motxday,.
Wednesday and Fnday, at IQ o'clock precisely; - * -
- Leave WheeUng every Tuesday, Thursday aad Ba
tnrdsy, at 7 o'clock, a in, precisely. ... r _ ■
1 The Consul will land at all the niteit&edi&te tapts^—
‘ Every aecomodation that canlw proaured for the comv
fotTpod safety of oassengen has oeeg provided. V The
boat is also provided with it seUraeti*g:*afety.guaid to
prevent explosions. For freight or. passage apply oa
board or to . DAVID, CHERBST, -
- feb4 • • ■ comer of Ist and WmiHi«L.Mata.~ v
McKeesport, Elizabeth and mononoajib
.rTi-LA CITY PACKKT. f 11
. -.fj* -1 ■k_ The hevr weedier 7 .
’’ swSDtBHB NelsDn,'msster, will bu as above,
■HflßSMlHeaving • .Pitttbocgb every Monday
Wednesday and Friday, at fi| o-'cloekt
hongahela City every Tuesday, Thnrsday and Saturday,
at 8 o’clock, a. a. For ftaght or passaga apply oa
board. . 4. .. . - IpA
‘ FOR ST. AND. uaaxbffl RIVER.
|C;\ The last mnningjtcataer-...
McCgnni^,-Masier, vrufleave
■OBBCSBOabove A intermediate ports to-morrow v
at ID o’clock, a. sl For -ireight or. passage apply ois ,
board., • i ~ : . znarl3 r /
; FOB ST.LOUI9.. ; ,
- w • The apteadid steamer V'* Vy
f ififTn J •; MARY .STEPHENS,
• Ml7nnTO». Norton. Muter, will learO.ibr the
■■■■CSHB above end intermediate port* to-taor
row at 10 o’clock, a. k. For-fretghfor postage spphr
- nbeuxd. ■ - ; • 'rTaafca
; FOR FRANKLIN. ’ <
,iry-.n>
■jßfflH-A DMiller, Muter. wii' iettTe firr'tbo'
■■lBBHMsborfl port every mod Sat
urday, at 4 P. Si. 'For freight or p v ,«. apply oa
‘ i ■ ~ 7 ■■gtsrli . •
' FOR NABHVP.f.p- m. tT ..
iv- oeMtani); lurtt draughisteamer,
yk jißfaif' T>
-MS-nter, will leave; Aar .the ».
“dinterniediato ports on Thorm" •
Jor frtiaht 'or - paaaare apply oa
board,or.to J\Y BITO jata; P b«rB ,
; FOR r ,rAEASH RIVER.
K : ’l'he new mud substantial light diadghl
JjSsS&affi: ttcamer : •,
Reno, Master, will lea re. for Ia
f“F e “® and ialerwediale port*' on Friday,. 3d of
luarch at 4 o'clock, i\ 31. For freight or passage ap
ply tm board, otto J.NEWTON JONES, Apt,
- toar3 _ hlonongahela Hoase.
. . FOR St. LOUIS., . . ,5
' i*<Pkp~ k The new and splendid ■teamer, .
UV’Wfr ' DOCTOR FRANKLIN. •
JohnW McLane rt-#uier,witl leave for
■SJaESMßaboreand intermediate ports, ohSet
urday t 4lbia«i, at 4 o'clock, P M.. For freight ernaa*
wgo apply on board, or to J. NEWTON JONES, Mo
aongahclaHouse. . -r, ; •-. ntarS
FOR-ST. LOULS.
/eUAA K The new, splendid and fast tannin*
[jk~j, .steamer., . WYOMING, U*
muter .will lease forabore
intermediate' pons oa Thursday,
tne 3d jast at 10 o'clock. For freipht or passage, ap
lycrahoardor taGEDB HtLTENBERGER, A»eaL
FOR NASHVILLE. e
■SfiSsßßAndrew roe Master,’ \Vlll leave firriha
'above and iutcimcdiaie ports on Thursday at 4 P.- m.
ForfreightorpassagoappJyaitboaril.orto- . t
- d. .
FOB CINCINNATI. 7 • - .
a K . The fine ateamer : .
<as**Vafl|B Boyd, ' maiter,: will leave thiadsraf
■■SBESSoIO o clo ck. Far treight vr ttassaeo an*
Pfr 00 bo*«I. or to P WILKINS, - w paaaagp
FOB CINCINNATfc-" •
yfi-vcw- Jv . Tao hew <utd last steamer ’* <
'HbM ant BYRON, t.-V.r
Jggill Miller, wui leave for the ahoTa
on Uus ur.r-at4r.K. ForiMlhl
or passage apply oa board. ? : .. ...:
3., John K. KondtL
k Co, Seller* ANi
eu U While, Pin**
uejk Co. Clncin*
■ marOdlr •
for st. Louis: ; a ■■■■■
• yfVW»» K : T“® steamer
UfothtidP ;.. *oREBT PULTON, j
hiacter, will leave for Hha
, Mid all intermediate pons, this
oclock For freight or passage, on
FOR CINCINNATI; •-
garner--'
Gortaly, muter, will leave as oh hve,
.day at 10o'cli>ck. Fortreiefitor
pasaage, apply.ca board.— . . 6?jaO
THE nbieriben are now eiteiuively enenrvd W Um
importation of Soda Aih from one ofto moVtCßle-
Drated munafactarers iu England, r mi Lkve oir ittS
and will receive during the spring, h large aapplv Ucv*
era! ahipmcou bcwg now on die'intiwUeh thevwiii
United Stateo, and wlueh, »V jy
pr l c ? or 0.1 timeftrop^rdr!
' ••• .- ~ . • ICOLibeHrrt.
Srt^ ,w “> b T ftEOBINSON-
’ , ‘ IfePlUxrtyaL
'GdoSiffii'? Sx ! < t :w; F la “; «b« 10x12<10,25
V" xU do? tor MIQ by BHOBINBON & Co^V
—•—— —' 180 litetwrt
Jp— .for'iahl**
• V RBOBES'SO.\*ti>-
-
± roaiu. „. ; It ACo.
hog ahc!e,ftr
c te*o*Sa»g MBCt i ; i,fT7..
-jmua Ja» A HITfCICSONIc.-Ct>
TI^OBACCO—S7 hhdt Kffutuckf le»C aodfijr
* »»” by rnario JA3 A llUTCiggy t-CoT'
TKAJi— l7s pig* Galana, for sale by f. * .
•M iMiia JAMA liUteniqQSfltCo' •
M UL^S?r lw bbu /A n !rtf»ky^^^
fcbl* Ne 8 maekertt for nili'/WT■• «...
J «n*rl3 JAS A
a K \
I&^S!2} emUa 6B& ! \
nroerowAßß-a onMitW. J^r^-£c: '
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