THE 'IMMO GAZEM pußusiteo BY vriirrn*MO PurTsai:mon. TUESDAIL-MOMING. DEC..I9, 184 a piau.animpinA. nrowryiblanratacjus. Ads'ertisentena end Sabsettiptionsto the Non Marl eau and United States Gazette, Plaidelpltta;reeeived esSiriarwasted from thia airles. ... , CORRERCIAL LIST AND PRILADEL. PIIMPUICE CURRENT. 86suiptious to this valuable paper wall be received and forwarded from this office. NEW YORK EXPRESS. We will reeeive and forward free of expense, ad lersisements and subscriptions for this paper. Fok L 0 Coo3l.(Ciill hittilageneA,DOMeirtle t Mar• beta, River New., Imporu, Money Merkel., &o. 6 . ° kind page. Bee mast page for Telegraphic Blew. MAYOR OP ALLEGHENY ' The Antuunsonic and Whig citizens of Alleghe• ny met in primary meeting, on Saturday evening hist,to nominate the Ward Ticket., and appoint. Delegates to nominate a Mayor. The meetings were largely attended, and the conies was spirit ed. All the Wards chose delegates in favor of JONATHAN RUSH, Esq., and he will of course,be the next Mayor of our sister city. We are mach gratified that the choice has tauten upon a gentleman_so worthy and so generally no ceptible. We do not believe that Jonathan Rush has an enemy in the city. He is universally ea teemed for his Chnstiatideportotent, his urbanity o manners, and his sterling honesty. The police of the city could be committed to no safer hands, for we feel assured that no species of disorder or vice will be left uncorrected and unpunished, which is with. in the reach of his power. The only fear that any one can have in relation to tan administrate - ill, is that he may err on the side of mere). Possessed of the milk of Christian kindness, a fear has been expressed that he may be to lenient to vice which can clothe itself in the garb of hypocrisy. But we can trust his judgment for proper discernment in this respect—and an error of this kind is not half es dangerous. OA a wilful winking at eviL We therefore wish our sister city joy of her selection deo good a man for BO important an office. The Arnerican,(f yesterday, contained another of its habitual and malicious attacks upon our Be'. presentative in. Congress, Hon. Moms lisurros.— In this community. where the editor of the Amen can is well known, these assaults cannot do Mr. Hampton the least injury. Rut as, abroad, the sin gularity of a professedly Whig paper attacking a Wdig Represenuitive,rnay operate to Mr. Hemp• ton's tom, it is but Just to state, that it is well um derstood here. that the origin of these assaults is a personal pique which the editor entertains, and that his paper represents no feeling or opinion, but such as miginstu from his own cherished dislike. The professed cause or the present outbreak, is Mr. Hampton's absence during the vote on Mr. Root's resolution, which we published yesterday.— No doubt he can show, if it is at all necessary to satisfy his constituents. that he is a faithful refire+ tentative of their interests; that he was not, no the American insinuates designedly absent. MIL CLAY 4ND GOMPAL TAYLOR .- A letter re ceived in town states that General Taylor has written a long and cordial letter to Mr. Clay, and has invited him to visit Baton Rouge. Mr. Clay had previously designed to vied New Orleans, for the benefit of his health, and will doubtless sm, brace the opportunity to enjoy the society of Gen eral Taylor, at ho hospitable mansion. The desti nies of the coo ntry cannot be committed to safer hands than will then be found in friendly inter course at Baton Rouge. The sound sense of Gen . Taylor is seen in this, as in every act of his life.— He knows how to avail himself of all the resour ces within his reach—and the great statesman of Kentucky offers resources of no ordinary charac ter. HON. A NIMEW *iTFAVIAT.—We regret to learn that this gentleman still suffers from an illness ion tracted by his exertions during the election ram pante. He has been able to attend but one day since the commencement of the session of I peas. and is now in Cumberland. Md., endeavor rug to recent his exhansted energies in the society of his wile rind friends. We hope he may be speedily restored. as the country looks to him to dissect Mr. Walker's last report. Na man in the country can better exhibit its fallacies, and none understand better the whole question of protection by import duties. Ma. Carrra - snri.--We learn from undoubted authority, that the rumor which has obtained so general circulation, that Gov. Cerrrettim would not accept a sent in Gen. Taylor's cabinet is un true. Mr. Crittenden has never made any such deenration, or given any grounds for it. He will moat likely be governed by theletshes of the Le gislature of Kentucky, should a cabinet appoint ment be tendered to him, and the presumption is. that the Legislature will advise him to accept. We rejoice to learn that rumor is at fault in this , no it a in most instances, as we firmly believe no appointment could give more general satisfaction thurt that of Mr. Crittenden to.a seat in Geo. Tay. lor's cabinent. Msr OF Crre—Mr. McGowan informs us that his contemplated Map of Pittsburgh mid environs is in a state of great forwardness, and t h at he expects to publish it early in the spring. The area covered by this map extends five miles in length, east and west, and three miles in width, north and south. It will include all the surrounding boroughs and villageei , and will extend between the rivers so fir es to ta ke in the Allegheny Cemetry. This will prove a most interestmg and valuable work Ltr one city. A SUBSTITUTE FOIL OAS. The following account of a wonderful di TIM Philadelphia DEMOCRATIC Wino Coaurr- io England. will be read with interval, some alarm by the owners of tins stock. Should Vim' at a late meeting, Finn. Jon. R. CHAN of DLER in th e chair, eeithithoaaly adopte d a series the statements given be realized, tne darkness of !wipes te the &they *, they see no reason what. of reap- night will L. to nuked before many years, and ever to recommend (as had been suggeated by a I men will walk at midnight with all the some recent the eth, that c ap the adoption of any I scanty and confidence as at noon Say Then new party name or organization. They add. too every (amity can have its own °Werl, nod manufacture its own light, and from its cheapoeas that the broad pnneiples promulgated throughout the whole canvass by those who sustatned General I keep na PecPetnal illumination Taylor, and the sueeess that attended cc canvaSS, .B. rat - RN - rim Eiscratc Liner —A numb of er render it unneces sa ry to disturb public conftdence ihiae're.ectmlicrtihit't;tadeemre'gnism-enri°:: ;11.o'n°d°ayP'erent'n'; by any re-organization of parties to sustain him or the Hanover square by Mr V II • r3 m te. Ms Administration." the patentee. The company consisted fin the , Mint part of scientific men wssembled by rape "a invltatioa, and it must have been gratifying to Mr Stade to receive ~tech unegisivocal testtmony a• was spontaneously and heartily rendered to U. screen of his prartiral deenoristratrona Tin light, in addition to its sun light brilliancy posses sed sevens properties which have Lee hitherto much denidernied—tt is permatent. self regain hog, perfectly safe, pure, and cheap It is not sup ported by comhUsUon, as was shown by its bur.- mg under a glass abode xed don to alai also so as to exclude the hard external w art aw a l is also of importance. it will burn an brilliondy an , der water as under a glans or in the openUlf The light exhibited, although only occupytng tht space of an argand homer, and not e volving item , I than its heat, gave a light equal to seven or nigh Ihundred wax candles. A ray directed to some manures placed at one end ot the room brought out the moat delicate tints wit the distinetneme daylight. Altogether, the eect un the I ca end candlea which were burn t Ting ti th e room w ay . like that which is felt when daylight bursts intt a room where artificial light happens to be born.ng. The expense of a light equal to a hundred wax candles is estimated at a penny per hour. The fluid which sustained the light exhibited by Mr. Static was supplied by a cant iron battery ot holy four plates, with a attic surface equal to one and • quarter square yards. Means are to he taken by public lectures and otherwise, to bring d the properties and advantages of the interesting ia. covery fairly before the pnblici—London payer, /UV. AKDITIVA , BILOAIJOUS, a distiuguithed divine or Virginia, died nt Newtown, Va.. on the let inst. He was remarkable GDn his eloquence, sad for being totally destitute otrunbition. He refused the de gmes of A. M., and D. D., which were conferred upon him by the several colleges. Among his admirers wece Chief Justice Marshall and many of his amass ootempacaries To FILEMORT srto Kr -LIMIT CAS, —Senator Banton publishes a card in the National lntelligen oar, in which he says that Col. Fremont did not send a message of conciliation toGeneral Kearney before going west, but that ha intended to do rat, when the intelligence that Kearney was drag pre vented him. Tux MINIMAL % or Viantala seem to be elm:l -ing much attention. The Richmond Republican says that specimens are now exhibiting is the State capitol of lead, iron, coal, rock lush, barytes, gypsum, manganese, burr mill gone and mans gneGc iron ore, all found la Western Virginia, on and near the Lineiof the Lyncbborgb and Tenae®e RaOrOad. t..r) Caw. HAVIOsTiOI,—.A.II ClUr State an are in good order. The Harrisburg Union is inform ed that orders have been issued by the Canal Commisaioners, to draw off the water from that portion of the Juniata Division, extending from the lAdlensown dam to the junction, at Duneares Island, on the Bth•iconant. The other portion of the State canals will be kept open ZS long ax the weather permit. The Western papers are dill fuming shout that .God and Liberty," sportively attached to theyres. ident's mesiage,' by the mischievous operithrs.— The Louisville Journal suggests that Mr. Polk might have intended it for the special belario(of our new citizens in California and New Mexico. A Idsurwrisit Wrrce is described by the New Orleans Picapme la having remeitly made as ap. -pastrami* in thateity. It weep made in Genera, ts about es large as a hal( dime, only wenewhat thicker, and keeps admirable ti4e. Its saw. a —slsa Dear trifle, we should think. Tag C4II.9CiEII• PLATIPA AND CI.WPAR sent to Pgledelidelphitt by the Government to be mai:lrd; have beett Proved to be genainepinerale • • Disdainwho sail from out Aikido Faith IPSIYFz w eTY out then ilillonorgoods to begot trade with mohair anvil. The thy geode forte the kluged PA end h said will be carried oat to clothe L 4 the t ortsinhalli of Catania km five yeas to a.--z.-;-)Vartikileirriago. 00 -- : • - r N*oll fivu*r;' , 'c • ; . ;: 4 ;ft. E* , 4 , 18 04' G ray do ' i nos: : bold*•ineiiiiitorilidile - tif.the tbott t comings of time Johisoni Yodhan have my affi -ditiittEnturrietteis ate - regnlarly deposited in our city post office, and if you do not receive e ach one as it becomes due, be sure that the fault lies be -tureen bare and Piusburgh,and most, likely with tilt agent on the mil road from here to Baltimore. The proceedings in Congress during the week I have _ _ been interesting, and indirauve of importnn results. You will doubtless have presented to th, Mention of your readers the action of the bollni an Wednesday last upon the subject of Slavery in the new territories, and in the District of Co lumbia. In respect to the institution in this District. the House decided that they would not consider a proposition to abolish it there, upon n motion not originating in the wishes, expressed by petition or memorial, of the people of the District themselves. They rejected Mr. Pellrey's MOWn for leave to bring in a bill Or that purpose, by the vote of Ii to Er!. This is, I believe, the true ground to be annum. ed and maintained by Congress, in respect to the actual existence of slavery. But I believe that only a short time will elapse before the National Legislature will be culled upon by the majority of the inhabitants of the district to do what Mr. P. ..ow asks to be done. The Free Soil Association here are about to issue an address in which they ill take a very strong and decided stand for such movement. E=l toot, of Ohio. resolved to instruct the Committee Terntories, to report a bill for the Orgatll2lllloll if civil governments in both Territones recently mded to us by Mexico, hot excluding from both he institution of Slavery. After a vanety of ,ovemeuts, the resolution was directly voted up n by yeas and nays, and was adopted ayes 101 oes SO, a very large majority, considering the de ided character of instructions In these votes the House expressed two vastly mportant decisions, the first was that CO llgre.• ould not arbitrarily use its power to alsolish slave. y in territory where it has a legal existence again! he wish of the inhabitants, and 'the second vc, hat its introduction into new territories, yet unde its care, will not he permitted, whether the inhabi tants desire it or not. On the same day, Wednesday. came up - . . same question, relating particularly to New Nlexi co. Mr. Benton presented the memorial, well known to have been adopted by the people of thht territory in Convention, praying for a civil gov ernment, and itri3ong other things to be protected against the introduction of slavery among them.— A very lively and interesting debate immediately sprang up, in which the chief speaker. were Mews. Benton. Calhoun, Clayton and Hale. The New Mexicans resolved in their Convention, that Mr. Benton and Mr. Clayton should be considered their representatives in the Senate. Mr. Calhoun said the memorial was insolent and ought not to be received. This expression effec tually riled Mr. Benton, who ',thumb ',minced upon Mr. Calhoun, and a brieCturuggle mei: place between them, in which Mr C. wee most decided ly worsted. Indsed the genius of the great tlan.;,notn Mood rebuked IretOre the nerve energy of the 6 Missounau. -A. It t. Anwny'+'•tn. to - Cr•-•vt Mr. Calhoun seemed cowed and troubled. He talked ramblingly and feebly lie never brought his sophisms to a worse market. Mr lisle said he was terrtlied to nee democrats opposing this pe otton. It wan the very embodiment of the Nich. olson letter. The leading principle of that letter was, that the people of the terruores them aelves had the sole rice to decide Mo. ,11.1,11....11.. ( .lavery. Well, here they had decided it. would deinourats now ',podia . thee pene•pie, '— would they now desert hear eundoilie an his ad. versay •—would they kick over the N•cnoison idatiorm ' The pennon was receive print. d and referred to the t'omtndiee.—by Inc v , .le of 33 1011. • The chances tor Douglass bill for the oLu,. ssiin id - California and New Met co as one states are di, minishing. I think he has spoiled them scetner by atneoduient which he offered VII W` 's• the effect that the judges. district anornies, and marshals whom Mr Polk shall sptstint under the bill, shall form a board, whose duty ii shall be to divide the whole territory mu, elect-sin districts, oath of which shall send one delegate to the Cam vention for framing a Gonsittuation for the State All the white inhabitants. and such of the Meat. cans as have been made comet. by the e , ittli article of the treaty. shall have the right of vittirg The plaits design at thin amendment is to stew in. to the hands of the present Executive tne making of the Constitution under which toe new Stale is to come in. Should the Mil mg pass tiii Mord of March, and very I.t.ely if passed at all. it woukl not be until that day Mr. Polk will have his ap potutments all ready. and before midnight his batch of of/totals would be on their way With their secret tristructions and ample means to carry them into effect, to pack just !Urn a Cons - mile/1 . 1 as Mr Polk and his allies would ask tor. Nothing of ton kind will be done. An etTort will he made with the Senate to trans fer all mauers relating ba these territories from the appropnaLe committee to tnat on the Judiciary. the reason being that the latter COILCOIUtV II perfectly sound and reliable, being composed of a majority of slaveholdirtg dcmccrats. It may succeed. Major Cass is to go to Rome assocs.-minor to lie. Martin. The Major is a good fellow, and will en joy himself at Rome for a few month.. It is mica lated, I suppose that Gen. Taylor, out ot conside ration for his father, will let him stay longer. I do not know bow that will turn out. As a fellow campaigner. I congratulate him on his good t ick. Jus. A wrm. Scictroc—The Rev. Mr. Won, pastor of the Puglitown eongoltaoon. in 11. county, V., committed suicide by hanging hit, on Thursday lost. About lex weeks sinee White removed to Or. MeNtlllen'e otheregal near Canonsiburgh. Soon afterward& several ins berm of his family took ill, and one of his ohddi lost the use of one of its eye& He he becr dissatisfied with his change of residence, on' peered to think that he had done wrong in the. Pughtown congregation. Them reflect.... disturbed his mind very much, and he woe induced to return to his old residence near Pughtown On Thursday, about II o'clock, A. M . he rude to Pughtown, celled upon Dr. Han, and wished to purchase o portion of arsenic, stating that be wanted to um it in destroying rat& The doctor, knowing the state of his mind, declined selling hum the poison. Mr. W. returned home, and put his home in the stable; but to be did not go to his house, Mn. White supposed that he started out to where some men were cutting him winter's wood. Dr. Hare, fearful that all was not right, called immediately at Mr. White's house, and related to Mrs W. what occurred at his race. He then looked in the sta ble—found the horse put safely away, and attune diately walked out to where th e choppers Were at work. Not finding Mr. White there, he beenroe .alarmed. and retained forthwith, wah several of ,68,Pfith to make a thorough examination of the Mr. White stable. They at length found Mr. White in the hay mow, banging by the neck' After he was takers down, n is sold that he breath • ed bin a singlets...ear-his spirit had departed! He was launched lOW eternity by his own hands! This heart tending occurrence has thrown a deep gloom over the neighborhood about Prightown. — Mr. White, we understand, has been regarded as an amiable and good man, and was moth bekrved by kin cempermioa.—Pon. i oa trEw TO**. VomiliPsiislterice of the Pitistn*ttazetts. ('!- • New rolug,llec.. 13, 1848: At:people:tow receive all kinds'of statement without the slightest expresaion - of iticredulity, nothing. of reputation is hazarded by stating that a project is on foot, and wall matured, for the con struction of a reamed across the Isthmus of Pana• ma, to be completed by January 1511, before numerous roads radiating from New York and I I Philadelphia are in operation. The surveys have been made and books opened. The highest cies yahoo on the line of the road, is 300 feet, an obstacle that can be overcome with the greatest ease, and the road mode with more facility than the Hudson river route, and immeasurably surpass the Portage road of Pennsylvania so vital to the prospects of your State. What a wonderful change I in commend will not the completion of thin enter• prise effect ' The discovery of the passage around the Cape of Good Hope sinks into obscurity in n to this achievment of art which will igages eight mouths, and give mmmer- Hairs double speed. Nothing can prevent rade, the whale fishery, and the whole ,rican (Western coast) trade froui lhia road, nod New York and New Or• becoming the commercial cities of the ( rivals. The fever in relation to II give an impetus to this road, and make its construction a matter of almost certainly. There is no abatement in the gold fever, which seems destined to carry are large number of loun gers !runt the city, and from the country, from whence large flocks come daily and start for CaMonne and the gold mines- So great trilby rush for a rapid passage that the -Crescent City" has been withdrawn from the New Orleans line and put up for Chagres at 5115 the passage. She has already 100 names down, and will make a fine speculation of it. Rowland St Aspinwall refuse to give any more tickets for the Pacific steamers, which are crammed. To-morrow a mass meeting is to be held at the Merehant's Exchange, upon the shiver( of cheap postage. Now that the Postmaster General has made up hls mind that five cents will pay, the pub he has jumped to the conclusion that two cents. a letter is enough, and sit far as New York is cons reerned that will be the agreeable sum. Among the strange faces in Wall street to-day was the Postmaster of Pittsburgh, perhaps as a delegate to ' our mass meeting in favor of cheap mails. Stocks have been rather dull for the past two days and close heavy'. Treasury notes are selling it 101 j. and the funded debt at the Fame. In 'emir stocks there is a strong speculative feeling. and prices are being forced up quite too but. Produce remains firm, but the demand u small for export. Prices are still low enough to enable u• to make large shipments to England upon the first appearance of an advance that will warrant it. Canal navigation bar closed for the season, and New York trade reduced to winter limits—and mall limit it Is. This evil will Pant be abated, as nadir opinion is most decided in moor of the re novel of the toll now levied upon freight sent by 'milntad. The extension of the Ene road has made ne policy unjust to tne people 01 the Norm. ina•• m+ as the Erie road carries goods toil tree. In me week this road will be completed to Bing inmpton. and in ten months after. to the manse' tun with the 'eke and the roads to Buffalo In loci yen from this. pasnmirers who leave Cinemas nati try' the railroml, will come to New orb meta the Erie road, and not yin Albany as at present Two years inure will see the connection effected with litilfolo by the Attica and I lurnellsville road. indeed, the cars do not in that time run to Dun kirk en Lake tine. Three thousand men are at cork on the extension west, rind the whole t'oree nst diseharged from the line between Binghautfc on and Port Jervis ready to iommenre so soon at be under lettings ran he made. which well be a' a few Juts. The Erie nod is miming west at to cad's pare. and New well 1.0011 go west on that road its the cheapest and eases way. Tne untie \Vriliiriolaa reached here o Monday, o, nrtvu ng n the dying *perch titotir -it - to tr. Presoleut The great delogia if his eXcellency writ, to r ace been to show how nurts the telegraph ollk.l printer, could perform rhe . tai• l it of gettatg ouch doctantout in type witt all the fine 01 a New York City daily is no ions! undertaking. liiit Ihr elegant appearance of th, laoette niakra it iptile apparent that there ere nU a.ran comps, IleVe•pAper efllerprt.e . The 4,111%1\ al CJII 1 , 1.11141 sa ire 1 . 11:011 AnOtll