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■■Tuesday morning; march 13, isiq.
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Daily, Tn-Weekiy, and Weekly.—TfaeJJaily u Seven
.Dollars put ammmithe Tri-Weekly is;Rve Dollars pet
annum; the Weekly is Two i trietiy
Hadva lies. • . *•
{p a, ApvxxnsKßs.arß , revisited to hand in
-.heir favors before' Sr. ifo and u tarty intbeday a*
practicable. Ad venisemenU not inserted fora apeci
figd tunq will invariably bo charged omil ordered oat
( |Pos Lerm Cemmereia) Inttllicenee,Dotßenie, Mar.
kkts, lUyeC-News, Imports, Money Market*, AC- • e 0
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THJE PORTAGE RAILROAD.
'! "We adverted yesterday, in some remarks. on
/lije>Pedn4ylvama Railroad, to tKe condition of the
Portage Railroad, add to the imperative necessity
tor an appropriation, by the prevent
Legislature, of a sum luficienl to -put it in com*
jjlete order.' We learn from undoubted authority,
that unlew an appropriation of $105,000 be grant
ed during the present session—more than is now
pfoposfd--lhat work will be unfit U} pass too trade
pt the canal alone, In the spring and dimmer oi
1850, 16 any nothing of the trade Which will then be
thrown opon it by toe Pennsjliumra Railroad,
Which sexpected to be completed to the mountains
,by ;h>c tiffißr We are in favor oflho most rigid
economy in the management of our Stats finances,
hut .we deem it the highest financial wisdom to
keep the sources of reveoue in a sound and effect
ive state,!and to be-caleful ol preserving the confi
dence oftbose who nsl out public "means of con
veyance* This is essentially necessary at the
preseiii, when new and rival avpnues of inter.
COmmxtnication are opOn to the public.
We, therefore, most earnestly suggest to the
pembers of the Legislature, the propriety of mak
ing immediate inquiries, and taking. prompt action
on the subject.
. SincA the above was prepared, the following
.article'has banded to us, find we insert it
with the expression of our gratification, that our
Citizens-fteel the importance of making a concen
trated appeal to the Legislature:
‘ PrrrsßoaoH, March 111, lB4y.
Thames BakttetU, Etq., President of the Board of
Trade, of the City of Pittsburgh. .
. Sir—Knowing the deep interest which you feel
ih the Welfare of our city, we desire to draw the
attention ol yourself and of the Board over which
you hive go long and worthily presided, to the
condition of the Portage Railroad, - ** a part of the
Chain of improvements connecting our cky with
Tide Water.
You fire well aware that the .Portage road is
about 36mQes!ong,and passes over the Allegheny
mountain, overcoming an elevation of 1398 feet on
the eastern elope, and 1172 feeUon the western
Alope, by inclined planet worked by stationary
•team engine*. These planes were laid originally
With wooden rails and light ban of iron, now in a
dongeroos condition from long service. The en.
gincs are supplied with water by ten miles of
-wooden pipes laid on the surface of the ground,
j«xpo*fed to the inclement winters'df the mountain
]region. As the object of the Portage, however
was4o connect two divisions of sanal, which are
in the winter by ice, this has not hitherto
beenijh© cause ofmoefa inooQveoience.
There are various other maltaf* iu which im
portant improvements coaid be made of more or
less magnitude; which hayp been 1 delayed and
.postponed from time to time, on 'account of the
Want of funds, to the great inconvenience of the
public. But the time has now arrived when action
Appears imperatively necesasry.
It is now fully understood, that the Pennsylvania
.Railroad. Company have' determined to connect
their road with the Portage, at Hollidaysburg aod
Johnstown, using it in the first instance, for the
-paasageof the mountain. The Eastern division of
their road is now in rapid progress, and the Board
expect that it will be completed la HoliitJaysburg
in the spring of ISSO. The Western division will
be commenced this season,and the officers expert
that at least 40 miles will be ready tor the con !n
:tho spring of ISSL
If the Portage Road be thoroughly repaired and
• improved, we believe that it will' be able lb pass
i the increased trade and travel thus thrown upon
it, tor| some years, or at least unfit the Company
shall be able to construct an independent road
without inclined planes. But Cram inquiries of the
Jiropef authorities, and partly from personal ob-
Bervatiun, we are satisfied that unless ipnch larger
Appropriations be made tor this object than are at
present suggested by the Canal Commissioners, its
[capacity will be found wholly inadequate, and a
great amount of. trade aod travel will be diverted
on account of ihe hazards, delays. and mconvew
Caeca; attending the passage ol the mountains, to
.other roales, to the great loss of the State and of
■‘bur city.
; The intelligent supermtendent' of the Portage,
•Ml. Tt- J. Power, estimates that an appropriation
will bo necessary, in-addition to that
Asked tor by tbe Commissioners,'in order to put
Abe road in sack order as to ire competent to paM
;tho additional business anticipaled from the Penn
-Byl vf nia road, or even to keep ifin tueh repair as to
tarry the canal trade fur eighteen months longer
' This ia»a startling announcement, and we ask
that the Board of Trade should Jake the matter
intoaerioua consideration, and if satisfied of the
imperative necessity of -immediate action, should
hring the subject betbre the Legislature in such
form us their wisdom shall suggest, at their earliest
convenience. Very respectfully,
John H. Peebles, P. Shoeaberger,
Robert Dalzell Ac Co. M- Allen Ac Co.
•J. B. Guthrie,
Hardy, Jones Ac Co.
8. F- Voo Bonnhorst he CcJas. A.; Hutchison 6c Co.
•”Wm. Holmes he Co. JSpang & Co.
Bailey Brown he Co. Forsyth & Co.
Graff JUfidsay Ac Co. James DaJzell,
Wra. Wflton Jun. P. McCormick,
George A. Berry, ■ Cuddy,’lines A: Co.
WickiAc McCaudless, Lippfncott he Co.
Bagaley Sc Smith, Tasacy’Aj Best, *
Church, Corotliere Ac CoJohn Biatell,
Lewii Hutifhiaon, John Graham,
, John'Soyder,
OUH. BOOK TABLE,
. 'Messrs. Elliott Ac English, havfng fitted up a
Very beautiful store on Wood Stjeet, (No 79.) are
filling it with choice books, of the- latest and best
editions. We find on oar table, the following
Works from their fine establishment:
“Tin Wbnxs of Cooksuvs an
Essay bn his Lite and Supplements,
dec. By Arthuf Murphy, Esq. A new edition*
With the author's last correction*. New. York.
Carter Ac Brothers.”
> This is a beautiful edition of Murphy’s traoslaiien
Tacitus, a work which no well selected library
ban do without
u L*fe and Time» of the Rev. Philip Henry, M.
father of the Commentator: New York. Ro
beit Carter and Brothers.” •
This Is.ono of the most interesting biographies
’M® have Aver res A Mr. Henryliyed in the stir*
ring times of Charles I, and the Commonwealth;
and berth to the Theological and Historical in-
guaerj the work is replete with interest.
“The Natural History of Enthusiasm: By Isaac
Tayloii From the Ninth London Edition. New
York: Robert Carter Ac Brother*.”
' If there be any. of our readers who have not on
acquaintance wiih this admirable work, wp caj>
My to them that it is worthy of their attention, as
ttisourde of .instruction and religious edification.—
It is one of the few works that Jaw, and it will de
serves the distinction. This is a beautiful edjtion,
in large, Mir type. (
William M.Hooter,oftbe United Bales
. Ijtavyfidied on Monday evening, at bia resilience
' id Philadelphia, from a violent attack cfinflamtna
tiptt of titelunga, which proved fetal.after but a few
<taya’ illness. r The deceased Was'm the fifty aev
cttlh year of thirty eight ofwhicb bad been
sused. in the naYal service, having entered tu a
Midshipman on the 18th of January, 1809. He
{food ntuabdr twonty one on the list of Post Cap-
Mina, his commission bearing da to Feb- 9, 1837.
|le leaves a largo family and a numerous circle of
friends to lament.his loss. •
■ Wo fegret to learn the death, by Pleurisy, of Mrs.
of the I&lo Paul Morrow, Esq.,
and bm& identified with Pittsburgh and its aociety-
She dted.bnlths 4th instant, at Robdly Iron Works'
(jfaesler the boose ofjjpr son in law*
pr. tVhn ? sony to hear, is slim ex*
trpnolyjUfjbf the;^^ disease. . #
foftyrWflnara )w rar - V**nMvtsfo*rtw.--Tbe
. Stores Lave beetf-kdpt m*t stale bfconstant alarm
Jij* nearly two'montiw patt 'by a,succession of
oarrfwpiilter/wiuch have thrown down herases nnd
■ 1 on these island*- Thelwtn was heigh
tened (omifitbnsb consternation Ohonight in De
ceMbw by ■&« appearance •of * hiStliani aurora
bmlis In the west- <Such alphMOffleaoniaflpib
pai:a precedent in that quarto?.
STIQJK * <>■ pTns Moßnosm*—Theae remarkable people
*ovrrMp6Qdenee of the Pitunurgh Gizeuei are Increasing in numbers both in this country and
\Yaskxrstox, March-9,1819. in The London Globe says there is a
The scenes attendant Upon the national grand W them tn the neighbonagdistricts who
, : • are preparing to emigrate and to colonize in Call*
ceremony of inauguration have passed, Geo. Tay- {iron. They have chartered four or five vessels
lor is settled in the auguat #iaiKm to which for Ueiraccommoditioo. and intend to leave in the
the voice of the country has called him, and the
seat of government has relapsed Into something ,| „™ B . Y *f?
» r ® ii«'int*nt-m California, where they are successfully
like its accustompdqaiet, which pervaded' during engaged in agriculture. Considerable nmnl>er« of
die intervals between the sessions o| Congress, the (hem are on ineir way to the name region. The
most sombre and quiet capital in Christendom. I colony was no large that a battal
, _ ......... , . i * ion ol five hundred strong was formed from it.
b«e not lully d«=h«g«d Iho dune. of . co, re „. Xbe „. |iß , ou ,
pondenL I have not been at the White House but we have no accurate knowledge ci thern.—
since the exodus of Mr. Polk and his followers. — Their domestic jolity is thatol communism in som<*
Thtrein I MtaowWgo wmiMOM. of duly. Y e ur of “• •>" k*l iu -.uni .-Ifcct
, ' ... . ... v , i“ ntiiltiplyiug the votaries of this Rtraoge failh.—
readers may have noticed that while ih my haired They appear to be industrious, and it is very certain
and aversions lam an enthusiast, in my affections that they exhibit an unusual degree of persevere'
I am exceedingly moderate. Upon the miior ance and lortiiude-m the prosecutiou of their pur
, , . , pones.— B<Ul. Amrr.
points of a man s character, common. report and . v
belief arc apt to be correct I suppose tlterefore that" * m our generally well informed coteinpo
-1 must be a sort of a literary Ishmael, who is at r “ fy '* ,D,Bt . akea ’ m r<i « ard *o communism among
amity with persons and things generally, and at * ®^ ,nons ' Prom an extensive acquaintance
tached to nobody, nor nothing in particular. Isay ysesulenceoisomemonthsiniheirneigb
this to account to your readers for the credulity of F °° \* n W*n° l s,and from frequent visits lo Nau
hostiiity with which l have pursued the Polk crew 7001 We * D^*!r there is nullnng like a comma.
ui my correspondence, and the absence of any ex of property or interest among them. Each
taiic expreasious of commendation or approval aa,d T hves separate, and each mdividunl lol>ore,
respecting the men and things which have come “ nJ buys uBtl ' ,fUa ' a,,tl B B 1» gum, according to Ins
after them. Bui perhaps candor and moderation own l ,lenßUre OT neresames. In this respect, we
in political advocacy are qoahlies which wear a- l * ,ieVft ’ lheJ< ’ ,H no ‘ lld 'erence tietween them and
well as their opposites. the citizens generally of civilized countries. Their
Gen. Taytor receives company daily from twelve b ° nd of Ulllpn is whofl Y >bat ui implicit lailh in Joe
to-three. The crowd is usually considerably press. s ' lul!lia ' a p rophel,aml m the divinity of the Golden
ing, but not enough so to affect his habitual good orP, ' ,ok ofMorinou.andthe various vngar.es
humor, tact and self-command.' On Wednesduy a,,J ponded revelntioua coinwqaettt upon their
last among others, there was at the Whits Mouse b '* L * rou * hl religious ruthusiasm. Thi- religious
n pre«y numerous detegalion from Pennsylvania- enlbu ® ,a * ,u indeed remarkable. It earned them
l am informed by oue of the genilcmeu. that while through the most appalling hardships
engaged in conversation with those who were buo « er > nakedness, sickness, persecuinm
githered pretty thickly about him, Gen. Taylor oh k,M . {n **' i *' u,ld « , ' <,r >‘ ttr thJy « a laiu.ty-io their
served a number ol ladies near the outside of the preH, ‘ Bt q,,irl rr * Ul '* P lace ,n lhe Ko, * L v Mouu-
room, who manifested their desire for a closer ap
proach to him, with ready good hnmor and a sol
dier’s gallantry, the general gently pushed aside
the gentlemen iQimedintely about him, and said ‘ i
little mo>e room my friends; make a lane there fo
the ladies. Give them a little aid aad comfort
gentlemen 1 ‘ As may well be supposed ilie bin
was immediately laken. ond the ladies were pre
rented to the General to their mutual .saiislactios
As I have before said, the multitude has ibmnci
out, so that we no longer experience any mconve
thence from the Want of due accommodation**
Tbe pressure in by no means unusual, and is pci
baps less than that at the corresponding peru*<
four years ago, when the regular democrats cami
Up in legions to claim from Mr. Polk rebel frun
their pnvaUoo# and sufferings daring the long len
Of Tylerism.
We know little yet as to the policy to be pursued
in the distribution of offices. The cabinet mintuei*
are all in their places and at work. Gen Taylor
bas intimated that he will leave the fiatronoge oi
the several departments to the respective beads of
them. But ihat by no means covers the wh<-le
ground. There is a class of appointments, com
prehending an immense number of cares, which
can scarcely be said to come within the jurtsdic'
lion'of the heads of departments, such as ell the
foreign diplomatic appointments, the consuls, the
district attorniqs, collectors, mail sodlndian agent*,
and a host of other*, bot nerosaary to be mention,
ed—in w'hich the President s power and responsi
bility must be ever held answerable tor the fitncis
and character of the occupants of the office.
By the civil nnd diplomatic appropriation bill the
charge’-ship .to Chili was raised to a Foil mission
It is generally reported 10-dav, that Mr. Peodteu.n.
of Va. t late s mehiber of tbe House, will be nomi
nated to that station. Mr. P. was formerly charge
to that republic. It is expected that all lire ptvini
cent diplomatic appointments will tc filled on
Mondajfc Tbe narae'of Col. Webb, of ibe N. Y
Courier and Enquirer is mentioned m ronncciioo
with the Spanish mission, but l confess that I rau.
not believe that this appointment will be conferred
on (.'ol. W, although doubtless be will receive
some desirable place. It is considered ncv**i»ary
for the credit ol the connin', that ltre.mcuinbeni» oi
the Russian and Swedish missions should t>e im
itredmteiy relieved. Ol one, ft i* said ihiil he
never been presented, and that he is not eiperied
to b<* iff a condition to make a decent Rppearam-e
at any court at any time. While in Tam, a diplc.
malic dinner was given, and the Hon. Mr. Bagby
was swclally invited. He bad to be excused at
suddenly indisposed. A s' to the Minister at Stock
holm, it seems to have willed down that he is Ibe
: gentleman who bas been so foolish a* to permit
himself to be cnCght ta tbe diplomatic -weakness oj
smuggling. 'lt is also common report that he it
sadly given to the •'critlcr.” These ore rumors
which are curreat to common conversation and ui
the public papers. They may be without founda
tion, and I bop*? Urey ore.
There* are facts pertinent to the great question nj
the management of the patronage. The reVcium ,
of the cabinet is pretty decided proof that they will
satisfy the whig re-niimcot and expectation of lhe
country on this head. There- are some nmu- ng
storie* alloal i-onceraing the prominent office LolJ
ers in this ciiy, which i mast omit now for wani ot
We can hardly tell what cour&f phe invrsliga
(ion as to Sbit-ld'* right to a seal in the Ifenatr will
take. What is the design in the adoption of the
resolhlicm .-{othing lbe Committee having it m
choice with power to send for persons and pap*-rw
is not apparent. If it have any practicable etlorl.
it must be to send the case over to the next ►«•*-
-lon, or to prolong ibeir own tor months. 1 think
the present session will terminate about Wedue*
day next Jimi v
FROM NEW YORK.
Corrp*poml«’ti«*e W ibe Pittsburgh (Saini?
Nkw Yobk, March s, 164^
The city was thrown into a small pain*: yc.ste»
day, by the rumor that the Cholera had brok«-n out
at (Quarantine, among the passenger* of sn emi
grant ship. The panic spread, and slocks, -the
great barometer of sanitary confidence tell 11 tf!
ceat, or degrees rathea Tc-day all is changed «a<4
the cholera turns out to be aggravated **t»i|» fever-
Four hundred ill-fed, and horribly filthy Irish em>-
grant*, crammed into a space a* foiled as tin?
Black Hole at Calcutta, aficr a month s passage
have become diseased, a fuel at which people
ptetebd to show great wonder, when llte only
wonder is that all do not *utfcr and difi bk* slaves
iu the "middle passage ' There is oo cholera her*-,
and no one bound east should pause-a moment;
from aueh idle rumors. .
A great business is going on among the French
importers, who aay they never saw such a year lor
trade, either in the amount of goods sold or tb'e
profits made. All styles of goods go off briskly and
they predict for the autnmn an amount o( importa
tions from France such as baa never before U-<;p
known. This increase of importation# will
our revenue, and give the Treasury mfiney wbictu
it will need very muchi The Treasury note bill,
allowing tb*'issue of five millions, was killed be
tween the two bouses of Congress, and the gov
eminent has no resource but the ordinary revenue,.
which will foil for short of the estimates.
Ex-members of Congress are very abUndaot here
just now, but they attract liule notice frbm the foot
that (heir power to vote has expired. The general
opinion is, that a less valuable session was never
held. Bickerings and pngitism closed a session, of
which idleness and useless debate.wasthe leading
feature, and the country most witness! the expira
tion of Congress with congratulations. Wo shall
have quiet at least for nine months, which is must
desirable to all departments of business
The contract of the Bremen liaeof steamers for
mails to Havre, has been transferred to Messrs.
Fox Ac Livingston, who fought their way so nobly
oat of the rmas bf their business, caused by (he
French revoluticin. Therteamahlp Franklin gres,
with the contract, and another ship is to be built at
once.. This firm will run their shiptb) Havre, and
manage it as efficiently as can bo deairad. They
are among our most honorable merchants, and Will
be sure of success.
Mr. Barclay, H. B. M. Consul to New York, has
petitioned the legislature for permusioQ to hold real
estate, as lie and bis children mean to Uiobe New
York their permanent home. He cannot Us mdo
ralixed because of his position os Consul. It la a
singular fact that few Englishmen, slier a short'
residence here, detire to return to the “foal anchor
ed isle," and our English citizens, are among the
moat patriotic aad public spirited men In this ,;ily.
The tee in the Hodson begins to yield, and at 1
tempts have been mode to blast it With gunpowder
so as to kfjhe steamers pass.
Money baa gfit to be ‘more ahiiadidt, and ijie
rafige of gdod paper is from 9 m l 1 |> teut, with
few discount* ny the bank*.
In markets a moderate business.-. A*iu» tfo op
to $6,50 Cottdnls doll with ssfeaof 20(10
is active and about SOOObbfo taken for
export intwo days.-. Sum Boar i53,44(35,75 for
common fcrchoiqe. *la Cora and Wheat no sata.
Rye Gs|;’ut Fork there Uaa l*een-edime r ihovemeut,
aalea2Ssobblsmcsa, at $10,62<31fi,75 And prime
59j2i09,25. The arrival of the New OrUact fitiet
will put prices down to 510 for mess. Lard baa
sold as.higb os 6to7c for a prime article Bird ta
wanted. Cbseae la dull and butter likewise, o.
lams, which, like tbe Canaan of old, i-» lo theiu,
wilh their nui(.le and industrious bubils, a “land
tl iwing with milk and honey.” Their exodu- iremj
the Mivusaippi to tbe Colorado, should its history
ever be written, will be looked upon ns one of the
most remarkable in auy a ire.' .uni it i» noi at nil
unprolutUe. from lhe rapidity of their increase, txilh
in this country aud in England, that they will, m a
lew years, overrun the weslern slopes ot lhe Rocky
Mountains, Iwlwren the Columbia river ami lhe
Colorado, where we hopelbeGovernnrenlw.il pro
tect ihem in tbvir right*—for. however absurd may
U* their religious t>el»el. they have the *aniv right
to hie, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” as the
rest ci the inhabitant* of our wiJe *q>reaJ i-uuntry.
tijK Hour Okp:< t -The Julies of lire Seerelary
o' the Home Department, over which Mr. Ewing,
as the tir*l Serrelury, preredes, are ol greni ini|«jr
tancc. to lhe country —as much #*> a* those of any
oi the others, and more important than some ol
(hehu He taken, we believe one or more bureaus
from . each ot the other departments, except tbe
Postmaster and Atlorney ' General
We have not seen the law m full, hut learn by
a synopsis io a letter to the New York Express,
that the official title of the new Secretary i* "the
Secretary ol ibe Interior,'' and lhal hi* duties are
substantially as follow•>
"The law declare* Ural, that the secretary shal
exercise and perform all lhe acts <>l aupervismi
and appeal m regard to the office of Commission
er of P stems, uow ex«*rc:>ed by the Secretary o
State, and shall sign nil requisition* for advance o
payment ot money out of the treasury or estimate:
or acobunfe. anbject io the ume adjustment or c«,ri
Irol now exercised oil similar estimate* or accounli
by the First of Fifth Auditor and First Comptroller
of thg Treasury. He sh.il 1 also perform all thi
duUiss in relation lo the General Land Office, n
supervision mid appeal, now discharged ay lire
Srl’retary ol the Treasury, and shall sign ah reqiu
silionf for lire udvaace or payment . i moirey i<ui
of .the Treasors. on eWunale* or accounts. ap|»ro.
veO or certifietl by the Commissioner ol llie Gene
rai Land Office, subject to the same iirmlfwl n -w
exferrised by tbe First < omplroller of the Treasury
THe supervisory power now caercreed l.y lire .Vc
refjiry ol the Treasury over U>e acommi* ol Die
nutredials. rierks* and ■ >tfcer officers o| all ihe rexin*
ol !lhe I nlle.d Stales *liall lie exercised by the
Secretary, who “len** all requisitions i-r tlie ad
vance or pavo/cnl ot money out ol the treasury.
ou*r>lin)ute* or accounts subject to the saute run
trol nowexrrc-*,eil .i, likuestimate* or ii.-couut* by
in« FiM Aud'tur and Firrt I \ >titi*Lr»)l«r of lire Trea
sury
The St*cj*etaiy of tire lolenor shall .exercise me
supervisory and appellate pivcre now exercised
by4he Secretary ol the War lfeparUirem in re!a
tma fo all the act* of lire i ommiMuoirer ol Indian
affaire, and srgu all requtsiliuns for the advance or
payment of money out of the treasury.on eatimater
or iicccuula, sobjecX to the same adjustment or
contrrii now exercised on similar eatimules or ac
cotkntfl by the Second Auditor and Second Cbmp
troller ol the Treanury.
The Secretary aliall also eierciae the supervisory
and appellate power* now exercised by the Secre
taries ol lhe War and Navy Itepartment in relation
lo all the acta ol lire CommiHSiooer oi Pensions;
and Sign all requisitions for the advance or pay
meut of money out of the treasury. *»n estimate* or
account* subject to the same adjustment or con
trol now exercised on similar eAtiinnle* or accounts
by lire Third or Fourth Auditors and Sc-*..nJ Comp
troller of the Treasury.
Ue shall also exercise all the supervisory and
appellate power* now exern.«ed by the Secretary
of State, in reiatioti to all acts of tnanhalls and
other* in taking nnd returning the crn»«n of the
Fluted Slat***, and sign all requisitions lor the ad
vance or phyment of nn-uey out of the treasury , on
estimates or accounts, subject to the same adjust
ment or control now eaercised over simiUr e*ti
mates and accounl* hv lire h Auditor ami First
Comptroller of the Treasury.
The siij>ervisory and appellate powers now *-*
erci»«d hy the Secretary of tire Treasury over ihe
andotSer mines of the I . S.. and over the
accounts of the agents thereof, shall be rxyrciM-d
by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall sign nil
requisitions lor lire advance or payment of money
out ol the treasury', on estimates or ao-ouma, sub
imtj iA the sni.ie adjurlmrnt or control cow e\er
<-ik-(I on similar estimates or accounu by tbn .Sec
<md Auditor nnd Second Comptroller oi ihe Trea»
ury.
The sti{*ervisory and appellate power**, now «-x
erejsed by the President of the United .'■‘inlets over
the ('..immsiiouer of Public Building'*, shuli l*e ex.
ereteeO by the SecreUry, who shall sign nil requt
sitions lor the advsQcc or paymeDl of rmxiev **ut
ct tbe treasury on estimates of account* subject lo
the same adjustment or control now cirrn*eil oq
similar cxtiuiuies or account-, by the First Auditor
and First Comptroller ot the Treasury provided
l hut U'Uhmg iu thisrccUou coutalned shall be cun
etrued to take from the presiding otliaers ol ihe two’
bouses of (V>ugm« the power now (Kissesacd by
them tn mako and enforce roles anil regulations tor
ihecnre, preservation, orderly teepicg and jiolice
ol the rnpilpl, and its appurtenances
Tbc .Sec/etary of tbe Interior shall exercue a
supervisory jiowrr and control over the Board ol
Inspector* and Warden of the Pemleutiary ol the
District of i foiumbia, and shall sign all requisitions
tor the advance or paymrnt of money
Famr WASiiiKorun—Tire folldw.og item* from
the National Intelligencer, of last Saturday will be
read n'lth interest.
We % uaderetand that it hat been found necessary
by (he President ol the United States to require
that afl applications for uljtce shall be made lo the
CbihfK.of the several Departments, by whom they
will at tbe proper urae No direct np
plicaubn caa t>e entertained by the President for
anyotfico whatever.
It utUsl be obvious to every one. woo will think
oftbe (natter fur a moment, that it has been impos
sible. since tire appointment <>l the new Cnbmei. for
the President to hold such consultation m istrecctc
tary 10 the preparation of auy business In lay txv
fore (he Senate, as yet; especially whilst ihe doors,
not of the Presidential Mauaiou only, but those ot
tbe Head.* of Departments, are thronged by congra
tulating friends, and gentlemen who are candida
tes fof ofijett, d not for themselves, for their friends.
Id consequence of ttua state of things, ihe Se
nate having; oa meeting- yesterday. u<> business
requiring its cousideratioo, adjourned over to Mon
day neat.
At a meeting oftbe Board of Regents on Wed
nesdny last. Vice President K-ilmore rex vjficw a
Regent) was unanimously eluded Chancellor of the
Smitbaomau Institution, in the piaeo of Vice Pre
sident Kallas, whose teno had expired.
A large number of the Oflieere of the Navy yes
terday coifed to pay their respects tn the Hon. Mr-
Preston, Secretary ol the Navy,by whooi they were
subsequently preuenUd to tbc President at the
Executive Mansion. The interview was highly
gratifying to all parlies, and, a* the company cou
aisteii of upwards ol fifty individuals, who were
dreased in uniform, tire reremouy of presentation
was.quite interesting.
OO Thursday afternoon Hon. Mr. Ewmg. Sec
retary of ihe Home Department, the Hoiu Mr.
Meredith, Secretary oflhe Traosnry. aod the Hon-
Mr. Preston, Secretary of tbe Navy, all accom,
paaied.by u party ofnttreos oftheir neveral Status
called upon the President and teudered tlieir con
gratulation c.
Wjujsm Bsluard Panriotf—The Richmond
Kepubfican thus alludes to the sppomXment of
William Ballard Preatou as one of Geo. Taylor's
cabmef
“The appoUtment of Ibis gentleman as attorney
general was one of tfie most agreeable surprises,
we ever experienced, in a splendid speech made
by Mr. jpreston at the last session of Congress, he
sprang at a single bound to the front rook of the
great orator* of America. Another effoit of this
session baa clicitod still wartuer and more general
praise—an efi'ont wfoci. Showed the Siniesmnn ao<)
the logician, oud wtiich has *i«Jy l-eeu equalled
in point of eloquence by the greyi soOf-rch of Mc-
another of those remarkai>lr oj-alprs
whose veios are warmed by the blood oj Palri,-. k
Henry. 1 ’
"Ddr. Preaion is in the meridian of life and the
full vigor of iusAtifaortliaary ability. Ufa high
toned anil chivalrous full of noble impulses,
and imbued with gemune patriotism,
we confidently expect him to aJJ lustre to tbe
new administration, aud pour a fresh blaze of rt
oowo upon the illustrious name of Virginia.’' j
| 'THU POBHA.TIOH OT HAIL..
LO!J||T| Uk lOBH4L iotts,
To the Editor, of the Pittsburgh Gazette:
GcnOKsuEv—U ib e Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, of
I6th November, 1848, you were so kind as to pub
lish some strictures which I furnished, on an article
that appeared in the Louisville Weekly Journal, of
the first November previous, on the subject of
influence of the clearing of flic land* of their
primitive forests on the floods of our rivera," by
Professors Dickeraon and Brown of Mississippi.—
Presuming on your would be thankful
if you would insert in your useful paper tbo fol
lowing theory on the formation ot Hail, in op|«jai
titm lo one advanced by Professor Slcverly, before
ihe Bntiah Association —a statement of which 1
find in lire Louisville Weekly Journal, of '24th
January, ISIO. In this I hope U ia t I mny not in
cur the charge of hypercriticism, e.iher m regard
JO those theories, or lire selections ol ib« Journal
The acquisition of truth, on all subjects, is my prin
Cipal object end desue.
From the Journal last mentioned I quote "Alin
lhe fall of some rain, a sudden and exi.-ns.ve va
cuum being caused, the quantity of calorie ah
atraclad ia so large as localise lhe rest ol'the drop*
to freeze into ice ball* aa‘*thev are ibrined." This
principle, Ire «oid. ‘ had been strangely overlooked
although, since the day* of Sir J.ffin Ix*s!,e, even
jwreon was familiar wtih exjrerunents on a small
?«al«. illustrative of it.” He nlnusatj that “ihe u:
’leresliug mine of Cbiinireij. , u Hungary, afforded
?k« experimental exhibition ot the formation of hail
a inognioeenl scale. Iu that mure. lire drainage
of waier i» raised by an enguie, in wh.eh .nmmon
yr IS violently eompre**ed in h large ca*t iron ve*
»l. While lire uir »* in a stale „f high eomprea*
siiou, n workman desires a visitor lo hold In* hat
.before a cock* which he turns, lire compressed air.
u* it rnshc* out over tire nurture ol tire water with
io. brings out some with it.whieh is irozen into ice
'boll* by the cold generated bv the air ,u> it expand*,
-and thee shoot through the imi ioi),e no small an
iioyauce oi one party, but to lire intimir amusement
of the other.’
In view of lhe tacts m regard lo the ..perabon*
X)l lire atmosphere, nnd u .:«mip.ui»,m m lire I’ro
feasor's u\ lOthesis with the nctual phenomena pt.d
ojirculnatunces alleiulant on ihe priulu.-iioti id hail,
;J cannot admil lire soundne** oi iu* iheory.
In lire first place—there are u.. extensive va
•euum*’ formed in the atmosphere t*v the full <*t
ram. Tbe oui\ natural condition of imy part of
Htniusphere which might be railed a vacuum
•—nnd that ftooiparalively only— »s where that part
;ts more hrated thuu the errumambrent air. aud
conaequently become* pro|>ortio»alh rar tied, ex-,
panded nnd lighter, thu* lorming a purtml vacu
Urn, into which the colder mr around—wh..'b m the
;*»me alt.tudc is always tbe niu*i drn«e—will natu-
.rnlly rush, and produce hi. equal,tv ~i temperature
and an equilibrium of detis-tv \VV »ee. then, that
,thi* vacuum n hotter than lire dcn*cr air, aod
.therefore could not be tire cause ol l he I, •ritiHliOn
of hail
.- But, by lire in', this VHlonc. winch tbe Profov
aor speaks ol a* being 'abstracted,” and which he,
With the generality ol scientific men, no doubt con
siders and estimates as an element and entity, la
Ibe must convenient thiug imagiuabtc to aid lira.
and Professors, and gull common people, m any
-philosophical putzle They tell us it is an exist
-ence that is every where, and latent in every Dung;
•thatitsgreat fundamental characteristic is he«t. that
-it is tn the coldest im well as the warmest bodre* aad
places, sometimes operauve, aod at other tunes in
en, and that wire it we hammer an intensely cold bar
-Ot iron until it i* red hot, there is no more heat
'.produced, exhibued and evolved, than -was latent
_'tu the bar when we commenced. All this we are
-called on to treirevc, a> it may suit the purport
>s ol the theorist, no matter whether it be tangible
,and maoifest to our senses or out Tin* use. in
‘.some measure, the Professor makes or it m tbo
present case he abstracts the caloric from bis va
’eyum until Ire get* his find formed, but be waa
‘producing lhe vacuum, he would requirt tbe a*,
sialaoctf of the caloric t . form it. But caloric or
’heat is not an element or entity It ■„ merely an
adventitious stole nr condition ol elements aud bo
dies, produced alone and universally by action aod
friotiou. 1 old was the primary condition ot nil
bodies and to it they would inenmblv revert, il
the cause* producing lbeopj>o*ite condition of heat
w**rr withdrawn or su*j>ended ('uloriv, n* an en
tity won>d be. i* not the subject of abstraction.
which would upjrenr lo imply the jxusibdity and
practicnbd tv *»l its forcible ex|Mil*M>u and separa
Uon irom auv other b**Jy with winch it whs com
bined, or to wlu.-h ,t was annexed, jud U.r In4d
mg of it tn nn abduct, instituted sun.* witb..ut
yoanection ot any kml with, or dependen« - e on
tiny other !*o«t\, which are uilrUiutt-s ot every **fe
Bu-nt and liody. This cannot be dour in n* much
a* it is n ruif,tut"H o| bodies unit, and ail condi-
tion* Ol element* or bodres Iw.ng produced by
Can*/*-, to h!ier or change the >n<litniH. you n-»ve
f l>Ul merely to remove Du* cdiise m.hJ t!.c ,-on.l.liou
become* extinct This we find to Ire tire u ,
'tire mdiren.-e of ram on Die heat ot tire atmosphere,
ft n-g ouly removes it. but annihilate* u. for in ad
'diUoti to cooling the ulnurapbrre aod earth where
’.lt falls it al» cool* them lou conai.lemble distance
trom where the fall Jake* place.
Taking tim. titeury* of beat a* au axiom, which,
•(think, rs not cjaiuung too much for it Jet* u» ap
ply it to the wet* connected with the fulling of
.-rttlß. liam ia uniformly produced by [tie evapo
ration of aqtutotu or watery parUcle* from the *ur
f&ce of the giobe, which, being heated by tbe win,
sod bghJertbao the krwer strata of tbe atmosphere,
ascend in it until they reuch an elevation where
, iln imflicieiitiT cold lo condense them into par
ticle* or small drops ul water, which, being henv ier
than the density of the atmosphere ui that is
sufficient to support, they commence descending
io it, and continually uniting as they fall, accumu
late to the size tbe Jrop* have attained when they
reach the surface of the earth; and retaining to a
considerable degree the low temperature acquired
ai the plaee of eondeasation. This fall of rain, a*
we said before, lower* Die temperature of the at
Biosphere, but doe* it produce a vacuum' No.
quite the reverse; it has made it denser than it
wa* before, tor wo now see smoke and other I ght
substances ascending in. and being carried by it.
winch before, it waa not sufficient to 4^*t uin
Neither do we find in the whole procoss of the
formation and foil of nun, that nny greater degree
of cold ha* been produced than Ihnt existing at.
and merely adequate to. the condensnumi of the
vapor, which is far from Ireini; KUllicrem p, produce
ice. or even ■•otgelut.on of me vapor. And furth
ermore, how can the professor accxiunt li»r bodies
of water sufficient to form balls of ice. as largo as
Wc sometime* see Imilstours, being elevnled in
the atmosphere lo a region ol cold adeqiujlc to
their congelation’
Having thus investigated, tested and rejected
the hypothesis ot Professor Steverly, reacting
the formation of hail, il now devolve* up-ii me to
present a better, and the correct theory iu regard
to if.
In doing this, 1 shall m the first pin, c, draw your
fUlrnliuii to some of Ihe phenomena atleiulant on
the formation ami I*ll of had They are ibe-e
What we trenail j- drnommutr a hail -torm. .dways
oiu'ur* hi warm weather, and generally mi tire
liotte.t part ol the day—rarely occurring m the after
part of Hie mghl.or early m morning. The warmer
Ibe weather and the bolter Ihe day. when the hail
falls, the larger will l>e the hailstones. The Lad
stones are most generally of an imperfectly round
or globular form, nod not a completely transparent
U>dy of ice, batj opaque, and of a whitish snow
color iu the centre—«od hail showers are umver
Mlly accompanied by ruin and strong wind*
These are facts which must have attracted the
aUentiun not only of every particular, but every
casual nb-erver of pa*sing event*, and are. no
doubt, foimlmr to you ail. And if I philosophically
aud rationally account for these phenomena, mid
them lo ibo formation and I'dll of had, 1
flatter myself tfiat you will do me the justice ol
admitting that I will have theu performed thu task
which l undertook.
(TO as CONCLUtift) IS OUR NKXT )
Ths Ciiolkm Ao*i.n at New Yoax.—The
New York Courier andKnquirey <sf Thursday says
"Tbat we are lo have another and speedy visi
tation of this dreaded scourge, there is now great
room to tear. Our ship new* rolled or reported ou
Tuesday night tbe arrival of the ship Liverpool.
CapL Eldridge, from Liverpool, having lost some
fortv patseugerf at ara by sicunesa, sup;»oscd U* be
cholera, and having maoyon board *fiU sick. The
afeip was officmlly visited by Dr. Whiting, tho health
Otficcr, a.,d there la uow no doubt that the cho'era
Was and is ou board that vessel. We saw the let'
Wr of the aurgoon oftbe ship, Dr. O'Lowd. desen
tilng briefly tbc symptoms ofouch case, and m
nearly all there were the cramps, purging, and
vomiting, terminating m speedy death. The first
sfckoeiw broke out on the J3th of February, and
our of fifty persons wbo sickened, forty died nnd
were buried at sea. There are on hoard some
- - - hiv uu iHiiitu nuutr
eighteen or twenty of the pas.-enger* sick, and
among them eight or nine cases of cholera. The
captain, crew, and ail Ihe passengers are ordered
to remain on bgard the vessel, for Dr. Whiting has
not ocoouimonatiun* even for the smk at the ho*-
pitikt. Their rondibon then may be fe?uer imagin
ed than described. There are about four hundred
OO board, all of course, sick and well, confined Ire
low, nnd if the disense docs not spread, it will not
be for waol of opportunity. Hard'as tuuy appear
the necessity of keeping the passengers on board
there is no possible help for u. There nre now
eleven hundred patients in tbo tdunrentiue Hospital,
aud so cramped are they for room, that m some
cases the patients are'tying two iu n bed
•Tux Rtnßi.vuCAmaKT—ThcWaahmgton Union
‘ They will oU leave us, perhaps, early m April.
-Mr. I’tuchanau returns to Lunmuier alter loving
paid a visit to Harriaborgb, where he has been cor
dihtly tnviied Iry every democrat iu the Legislature
of Pennsylvania, with one exceptiou.
‘‘Governor Marcy re tarn* to Albany; and Judge
Mason propoat-s, as we understand, to locate him
self in Richmond
“Col. Cave Johnson, the Ido Postmaster Goner
al remains in Washington for a few week* longer,
when be returns with his estimable family to Ten
Mr. Ciar.—Tlu New Orleans DoJ u publishes
(be minor that has recently goqfi tbo rounds of
the prejw, that Mr. Clay desired to reeeivo thi? ap|
poiulmentof minister to France, and adds:
“M/-. Cray’s attention having been called to the
above aalcawif, a few day* ago, he replied in his
usually blond style, that (he office of minister of
Frince was offered to film by Mr. Madison thirty
yenr* ago, and be declined it then, and it was
hardly possible' that be would accept the post at his
present advanced age, and iu bis present circum
P£VKSri)?AIu UEOIBUTU&B*
H*»*f»TTKfni r M»wh. 8,1849*
Q asu-r*.
xoe oeoate, on motion of Mr. Johnson, went
into Executive Session, and anaairooasJy con
tinned the nomination of Samuel Shaffer as Asaoci
ate Judge ol the of Common Pleas of Chester
county.
BxlU reotJ rn yltye^ —By Mr. Overtn'ld. to laioar
porate the Delaware and Cobb Gap Railroad Com
pany.
Also, a bill relative to publishing the accounts
of Supervisors and Superintendents on the Cunals
and Railroad* of ibis Commonwealth.
The Senate resumed tbe second rending and
consideration of the bill relative to the I’sury
Laws.
Mr. King moved on amendment restricting tbe
maximum rale of interest to ten }>er cent, ns tbe
highest rate.
Mr. Johnson moved to amend by rtn king out
lifnt jxirtinii oi the tirst section which restrict* it*
provisions lo promi».-*ory n-*te*, “growing onl of
commercial and bosnies* transaction*." which was
uul ngreed to—yens 1H nay« Tj>;
1 he bill was discussed at length by Messrs. Mat
linns. King, Johnson. Dunn, liugus, Stiue,Smyter,
Kcntgmocher and Small.
Uou»e.—The Semite »üb*titule to the House bill
to rwhurter the Fanner*’ and Mwlinninf Bank of
Pbiludelplua. was presented by the Clerk of the Se
nate mid r«-ad. After a lengthy discusstou tbe House
relu*ed lo po*l|x>(i* the subject till to-morrow, and
also refused to postpone for the present— yens 28,
nay* 61
Mr. Robert* offered an amendment in lieu of the
12th section, when Mr. R. Rundle Smith raised a
question of order as to whether an amendment could
be entertained at lh>* stage of the bill; u having on
irmaied in the Senate, amended by substitute tn the
House, and oguin amended by substitute m the Se
nate. To test the principle the appeal was stibiml
ted in writing, and a vote bad, whoo the Speaker
wus sustained ji. e. Iliat the amendment was in or
!>O, nßy* 00. Messrs. R. K. Smith and
(/ T. I horn presented their above given I
lor raising the jKiint ot order. aAd it was ordered to
be placed on the journals.
After further debate,a vote wan bad on Mr. Rob
erts' amendment, and it wa* negatived—yean M x
nays-li*.
Some vcrbul amendment* were made to tbe Inil,
slier which Mr. Ibnbert* submitted Mr. Lnird'nihc
House model! Projkisition m regard to individual
liability, ithe iMh, Huh, 20th. 21 si. 22d, Utki. and
seel ioiis) This was debated and negalivod—
yens 4 0. nays 40
Mr Myers offered a general liability clause,
reiu-hinc all person* who ei,|er into bunts or other
corporations.—wb.ch i* taken Iroui the act ol 1807
Thu amendment was lost —yea* .‘UI. nays 4h,
Adjourned
A(:rrnooii Srrnoit —When the House reassein
bled.tue consideration <>l the Kurmers and Meehan
!«•* Kant waa resumed.
Mr Roberts submitted another amendment, era
bracing the individual liability clause, which was
lost by a vote of yea* 41, nays 4fi.
Ahcr some slight amendments the bill was pa»s
eJ, yra« nay* [ll The Whig members voted 10
a body tor the bill.together with the tollowing o&raad
Democrats Carl, Elliott. Frick, Gordon, Grove,
Lcttle and Bchnonover.
The bill requires the payment of a bonus of 2 per
cent upon (he cap no! stock
HAsatißDKa, Mar. 7
BX-tATK.
The bdl tn authorise the Western Telegraph
Coinpauv to construct lines ol idegrtph wires
through Pennsylvania, in a direction from Balti
more to the Ohio river was paired.
Mr. Orabb, from the Committee on liauks, repor
ted the bill tn reinstate the capital and extend the
charter ol the Farmers and Mecbauics’ Batik ol
Philadelphia with amendments.
Oc motion ot Mr. C the bill was taken up, and
• lie House amendments us amended by the Com
mute on Hauks and the Senate, were agreed to.
Mr. Johnston. Irom the Committee on tbe Jodi
ciary, to whom was referred the petition* asking
lor the re|>ca! nt the act incorporating the York and
Hnrrtsburgh Railroad Companies, made au ad
verre report thereon.
Mr Crabb made a few remarks tn opposition to
the report.
Mr MAttbias moved an amendment (hat lho
t-otnmittee he instructed lo report a bill in accord
ance with the prayer of the petitioners.
Mr Small moved to postpoue the further con
xijeration ol the report and that it, together with
the auH-ndment. lie printed.
Alter a lew word* IrOm Messrs Johnson Crabb
mn»l Hrawiev. tbe motion to postpoaa anJ print
was agreed t'
On motion of Mr King, the Senate resumed the
second leud.iig mid consideration ol the bill niippie
nictitar lo the net lo reduce the Btale debt, and to
incorporate the 1 Vmt*ylvama Canal and lUitmad
< ompam.
Mr Johnston moved lo atnrud. by adding to
the end > l the bill these words -Provided, that this
act *im : l not npply to assessment* already made "
Win. h w„s n *rri-.1 lo
M-«*r* K <n*r, l I'.irsw*. Bruwtey. and Ma
•.hi iulvfx-etcj the lull, and Messrs. Hugo*. Forsyth
nud .S.idler spoke a*ra.itt»t it.
T he question having been taken on the first sec
tion. >t wn» ncgaiivod l»y the following vote conse
quently the bill was rejected.
—Messrs. King. Ix?vis. Mason. Matthias,
MeOaalm, Small, Streeter Dsrsic, Speaker—B.
Nays—Messrs. Be*t, Boon. Brooke, Drum, For*
•ytb, Frick, Hugus, Johnsoh, Uitfrence, Overflew,
Polleiger, Rich, Richards, Sadler, Savery. Sterrrtt.
Siine—l7.
lIOUHR or RKPRCSCrrATTVEM.
Severn! bills, not disponed of on th« prn -tie cal
rnd&r of yeMerday, were eouetdcrrd and punied.
The Judiciary Couiintiee reported against the
pr 'pn*ed chnQge« m the ('-niiAt>tiiti<xi, providing lor
in* inf-ting ot the tu November, and
lor the election «*f .fudge*
Th»* h.ll to erect the new comity of Lawrence
out 01 part* of Men cr and Kenv.-r. panned final
read ug Adjourned
We se»- it Mated that a new »|>ecieft of cotton
has l««*en it town to Warren county, by
Oeit. Mitchell. It i* said that the top* utt.l side
bran- hes. .trr nil thickly ntudped with
Tue stalk not usually grow higher limn four
or live teet, but every portion of the plant i* literal
ly covered with boll*. which are sustained in att
upright position by the strength and vigor of the
stem and brim. he*. Tin- duel |*citliari!v of this
plant is, Itmt ihe stem and branches bnve no joint*
as in uth»r kind*, and. although the boih are «o
QUinerous.there can Iks no mcoti ven eorr in pickiug.
The staple is beautiful, and far more silly than
the best Petit littll. hroiu one third ot an acre
Oen. Milcbdi gathered and wnghrd the past sea*
«ni 2.M .* pounds ofcolloa. Uue
oflhe seed yicJJed thiny two and a ball pound* c!
lull, and by an accurate test bo |.>umj that silly
live boil* made one(~>ur)d of lint
( i Riot's Dim ivflry —ln the great Pyramid of
Kgypt is a -mall opening ut the tup the depth of
which has never been sounded. A mjfu-r a|>erhire
oflhe same sire exist* at the loot of the Pyramid.
It was long conjectured that these two open
lugs communicated with each other, bill uo menus
could be devised to establish the fact, till the pro
blam wa« solved recently by the ingenuity of an
Arab. He took a cat and her killciis, placed the
old cat in one aperture and the kitten* in ihe oth*
cr, nod "lopjied up Uilli with stones. The neit
il u V b«* opened them, and toUnJ cat nod kittens all
together at tbe loot of the long passage
'(.nUMo the whole Ho*. -“The Newspapers
have recently l*een contending about the size of
pigs” in the ditferent State* of the Union - but we
have now in this city a specimen mud not a a mail
our i from Fairfax county. Virginia, whose owner
challenges the would. He is said to have weigh
ed tour month* ago 1,4*>0 tbs ,-hut he appear* to
have fallen off a little, in consequent*® of fatigue;
and its proprietor iJobo Dulaney ■ says, upon the
estimate of a butcher that if he were m goad con
dilion, he might now weight near I £OO pounds.
He is 'H feel high, and ot an immense lergih,
breadth, and depth. It is u cross upon Ihe Berk
shire breed. The incredulous may judge of ihis
gwiutsh monster tor themselves, by callmg on
Pennsylvania uvenue. opposite to the National
(Blackwell’s) Hotel. Probably no wild Tuscan
boar over exceeded this specimen in sue, though
it might have been Ur surpassed m ferocity.
Woth Unujn
We observed that, from some letter writer having
written to an Eastern journal as f 4 ei what many
here and elsewhere would have desired to lx- true
via tliat the Hon. John Duvis, of Massachusetts,
hod accepted the appoiotmeut of Secretary for the
Home department, the rumor hns been caught up
and eiM*nstvely circulated, ami has met with be
lief. Besides that, a* a Senator, Mr. Davis wna con
stitutionally ineligible to that particular otTice, it u
known that be bus conataotly declared that be
would nut accept a cabinet office on any condi
tions. Under such circumstances it is rather hard
that In* name should be thus brought forward
merely, as it were, to furnish mufter for a contra
dictory paragraph. We think that those who have
circulated the blunder will at least let llieirrendri*
know that Mr Davis' own consent has never I*;rn
given to his name's being coupled with Hint of any
Executive Department Nasumai fnutltgruetr.
S»:i. I.)’**'' Hui-uh Si bit “The beM mfltllcinc ever
used " t'entrrville. (iuliin (V> , O , p>b. •&, IMl)
Mr K K Sellers - Wlieu purchasing drug# iu»l f»U,
1 iiliiinN’-O in my nsMiruneni tome of your much valu
ed I’ongli Syrup, which has not only Wen le-i.Hicinl
in inv own family. but at I wlmvJ«w/ 0 purchased u (1 [
tin', recommend ft to Im* i!i« l.e,i njndirinr lor roughs,
cold* amJ bronchial affectum*, ever u«ed m ihetr lun
dir. Your*. Ac J. J JOHNSON
[fUiraui from fetter 1
Prepared and sold hy R'. K SELLERS. 5? Wood *t
Sold hy Druggists generally m ihe two eitics and vi
einiiy. _ mar*'
iDpravemcnti In Dentlatry.
DH. U. O. STEARNS, late of UoMmi, prepared lo
msmifuctum and set Uu*-* Terra hi wlmlr and parts
ol sets, upon Suction or Atmospheric Suction Plate*.—
TooTUacUXCtiRXn 19 nvs Mjnurs*, where the nerve is
exposed Office and residence uen door u> Uk* May
or’s office, Fourth street, Pittsburgh.
Rifks to— J. B.M'Fsdden, F. IL Eaton. .jal'J
n* Wright, H. D», Dontlat,
.. OrrtcaamJ residence on Fourth
JKSESSk oi>po**ie the Pittsburgh Bank. Office
Uirtnrr9% hour* from U n'clook to 12 a M-. and
■■» > "from 3 o’clock to SP. M. scpit-ljr
SilKßifysL-nrCapL W. A. Cuarltuk will Letup
ported for the office-of flherUT, subject to the nomina
tion ol the Anumasomr and WhlgCoonty Convention.
marV-.tf LissXßWAitr, rtmscßon.
l£?tE$ ,u ‘ 1 -? amnj, * xVant * n Doctor X’Lane’s
Ptils —The fttgbifal catalogue of diseases Uuu
bstc their o rigie In a diseased si ate of the it ver. nian
ue*t themselves to a greater or less extent in
every family. Dyspepsia, dek headache*obstruction*
of the menses, ague and fever, pains in tu : side, with
dry, hacking cough, are all the results of hepatic de
r*asem *nt- ami for ihnse. Dr. M 1 Lane's"Bula are a
sovereign r*-i.)«dy They have never been known in
tail, and ibry should be kepi at at) time* by families.
Uimciions Take iwo or Ibree going lo bed. every
second or third inght. If ibey do not purge two or
ree luuea by next morning, take one or two more
A -rk i , Ul should invariably follow thejruw.
B **'vcr Pill may be osed where purging u simply
ecssary As an uou-i>ilioas pargauvs they are m
enor to none. And in doses of h*e or ihrse, they give
astonishing relief to -nek headache; also m slighl dc
-angements ofihe stomach.
OUerve. none are genome without the fac umne ol
tue proprietors signature
For sale at the Drug Store of J. KIDD A Co
me h 1.7
11 _ St w ,,4T “ c *'* P*T “° n morbing next, the
anniversary ofUi« Pa'ron Saint 01 Ireland. the Jti«bi
Krv B,»liopO'u**ofc iii«* rrqup.t 0 | the under-
Committee. tins confuted u> deliver a dis
course on tlm. following subject
° r Irr i and no. W .imkuioi 10
Catholicity Their real causes explained.
"■«uno
Mt Paul • School House. at 7 o’clock P M
Ticket* 01 admission W cent. The proceed* to be
appropriated to the aupport of the Orphan Aayluiu.
JAMFIS UI.AKI.LV \
TIIOS. APPKI.Hr.K, 1
JOHN ANDOK. (-ommillee
HKNBY M-CLl.Uiron
• B.»A*r> or Tt* he.— A luenine wilr )* held at ihc
Rqom> of the Board ofTradt!. thm rvpmu" at 7 o'clk
for thr purpo** oi adopting raeuiuren m Lavr the re’
quwitp repair* made to the I'ortagr Rail Road at
winch all citizen* intcrrMe.l in Hie .ulmpci are iiiv'ned
to attend. mrhia THUS MakKWkI.I >l’r.-»t
RKLIAKCB POUTABLK BOAT l.imE [
For the mwnpoflnlinn o( Mereliaiidi <e,
BKTWKJ.N iMIIi.ADKI.PHIA AND PITI*SBUH(i|,
carnet on tin* l,inr are nounmilupped
J between I’ltul-urgli ami Philadelphia. being mr
nrd m Tour irrimn Portable Boat*, over land and w».
ler - to *>iii|*jkt» 01 merchandize requiring careful
bundling, ilil* i« of importance No charge made for
rronvine or »hippit*g. or for advancing charge* All
forwarded wnh di«pairh, and on a* reasonable
lenn* n« by any oilier I,me.
JOHN M'FADKN A Co.
Cs.iiil Llnsm. Penn it, Pittsburgh
J AS M HA VIS A Co
V*J? Market A .14 Commerce *t, Phila
J<>HN M.-FAHKN A i'i* Foiwardipg urul Comm
moil Merc bunt*. Canal llnsin, IV,m ?t. Pittsburgh.
JAM .M I>A\ IS A Co. Flour Factors aud Comm
moii Merchant* Tp Market ami '>4 Commerce *trn
Philadelphia. oturl
lL7~A“vanee» inuilc |,y either oi the above on Fk>«
U 00l ami other meti-lmmli7'- I'custgucd to them f
*-*!«• mart 3
BA MHN KSTt KJK A c*» *s iVruntonic or Cough
• KaHara hn* a great advantage over many othet
( ougli (neparations, as it* p.nuoiu taste permits it to
be u*oo without meonveni'm e Hut its value a« a
Ualsam consist* in the -iirrdme.s ot u« mre We h ivo
known some of the most d.-.pernie <-ou f 'h*. mjiu.; ol
which hail been running -n mr m • ous.derahle length
ol luur yield almoti uiminti jiHy to it* power.
In such weather a» wi» huvr Had during the past
winter, every mie t< liable t,. tak-cold, unless great
precaution* are used
Wet feet and undue expo-ui>- to the inrlemencr of
the wenlhn often lays the iouudaiion or a harking
cough, which ureds a ijuick remedy to prevent st-nous
results
'N c have numerous certificate* of cure* which it
has performed, many of which are from person* in this
city and the neighborhood, and they are a sufficient
reference without saying another word tn it* favor
Prepared and tor sale, wholesale and retail, by B A
FAHNESTIffSi A Co. corner uf Wood and Inland
anddth .i. _ marKfdiwS
To the Honorable the Judge* of the Court of Gait
rol Quarter Session* of the Prate, in and for the
Conntv of AUegkt in/. 5.
ri'HK Petition ot Titovs* Pabckll, of the 4th Ward.
X clt V oi Pittsburgh. nt the county sloreraid, humbly
abeweth. that your permottcr has provided hiuiseit
with inslrrislt for the accommodation oi traveler- and
others, at hi? dwelltue bouse. in the city afore-«id.
and pray? that yuor Honors will I*- pleased lo grant
him a license to Lr-p q Public House ot Knteriatn
meul And your pentioner. as in duty bound, w ill
pray
Wr. the subscriber*, citizens or the aforesaid Ward,
do certify, that the above |.etit,o»er is OI good fepuie
lor honesty and ivmperiun-.. aad m well provided with
bouse room and rouvemeurcs tor the accommodnUun
and lodging of stranger* and traveler*, and that said
tavern is accessary
John Connolly. James M»hanr. Andrew Jackman,
Tlioa Tatter son. \\ Cuiutoli). A .Men in, Thomas Scou,
Isaac Harris. D Iwonnid, I, U ilinatth, John Herron,
b Downing mohlXdlli*
XTKW MUSIC BV HKNRI HKKZ-Th* Inst K«.
1.1 O' Suntinrr. with an inrrodornan and biilliantvi
rtauons for the Piano Forte, a- {•t-riotm-d m ail In
concerts in U«e United State* t,y He.nri Herr
Miluarv Polka, by Henri llci/,
Comic Polka,
Mlver I tell Polka,
Just received and for sale by
mehri JOHN H MF.I.UIR, -1 wood .1
Jl ’ST l N TlMil - Another lot of Pistols, suitable f
til** t'antorina service, >Bst rrc. ived
Aten, in arrive on ibe 15th insu. by Kgpiess. a ae
and Irundv ariicle oi Portable Gold >c*le«. which e
ery go’d it 'i> t ought to have, and for sale by
W W Wli-SON.
mcli I • corner 4th and market *ts
Kucnlor’i Notices
A Li. I‘efson* imlr.i-tol to the Estate of John Hague,
derrased. are requested to in ait c pay incut to eith
er ot the undersigned, and those having claims
against the same will prescul them for settlement.
JOHN GRAHAM > ..
mchl.Tildi H. CHILDS, | Executors.
Journal and Post copy and charge Gazette.
NOTICE.
ALL person* indebted to the Jwute of Wdluua Me-
Knight, deceased, or to the late firms of W. Me-
Knight A Co , and Wm Mcknight le Son. are notified
to pay, wlthoui lunher delay. to
ftOUFRT M’KNIGHT,
mrhlJ dim Admim.nuior of W Me Knight, riccM
OIL CLOTHS— Hee d ih.. day »i W M‘Clunock’
new t'arpei \V arerc.on., No "■> Fourth atreet, tw
kln cH m <4 lert wide tin Cloth*, of lac richest and la
1 •'»t t'a|K--lry pnom n*
wi'-hi.) w M’CUN'TOCK
M nspratt’i Patent Soda Aah
•}!)»,) ju»t received p.-r steamers lranlii
a/* »-«* and s*l Cioud. amt for xaie.l.y
w A M .M 1 rCHKI.TRKU.
Ifso Litwriy »i
Sl’tt .V R- 90 hhds new i r«»p. and f" do old do Suva
in More and fur «*,-e 1,-,
RIIEY M \TTHKWS A t o
LIME— OtS) bids tx'oisvifle I ime, for sate low hy
ULKKRIDmK, WII>ON A Co,
m, ' hl J water st
MACKf.Uf.I. — ICO lil-l. large No d Markurel. Bos
ton inspection, in More and lor *»!.: l.y
l. i* watkrman.
melilO 31 wai.r and o.' front si
>.
R*i t! n.oL'K -vio l.i.i- -uperline Rye r”'our, HI sIOI
atu> 101 nirhld I■S VV ATKR.M A N
'tW •**•»« Ifnn. uaorird. lor *aln l.\
~,rhlJ l. S WATKRMAN
trs« Nail* aa.l t»|» 4 k c „, M «forir-.t ioi
I *«li l.) _ re. i.U I. S WATKKMAN
TKKL -A Rrtirrsl *«iortru«nt ofC&al, Kng
O !i »b tinier, ( Jr rfiißiu >pi ' rip ami A. B Slrrl. lb,
»alr l« V I <..rhl:: I.H WATKR.MA.N
kJ ' rm. !*NhA IH> '.Tj Jot lirowu'i inauumrtu
O *«*! •**V) tor *ale a) taanulariurrr'« j>n
’*"• io ihr.. lt> tradr. l-v ml.i;l I. S WATKRMA.N
i,,-.. «irri iia v, ami lUrrr an.l km
pro.urd uianurr K«»ik. i.„ »< maimta. iurri
pti.c. lu H.r ril> itailr |.\ 1. 5 W A IKK MAN
la.hi;
/ 10TIVN \ A KNS
\J Mr . Ilr I >J
j»Arr -
‘rs
1 Jo'
■ KiUdlb* Cotlon Yarn*. &»iortcil.
‘i*rbi:i I, S U ATKKMaN
No AND WICK-V. bale No l and-J Bui
44 do candle Wick, lor sale by
I. S WATERMAN
kND DUCK ITS-- W tioz Beaver Buckeu, d
iba-'axge, tor tab- l-y
J I. s wateraian
B<-M>K.V BOOKS!!—Edgar'* Variation* of Popery.
by Rev t! Sparry; .Xenophon'* Work*, Tacitus'
Work*; University Senwiu, l»y \Vaylaud; Natuml
History of Enthusiasm; Life and Time* ot Philip Hen
r>; Lite of Rev Ueury Venn, Proverb* ot |hc People
•»/ '•■Boon; rtteopliany, or aiauilettauon ol i»od in
l Memoir* of J FoweJlßuiion. Uark (,'brist is
all, by Tyag; Baptism, ns import and mode*; The Mid
dle Kingdom. ti Vol*t Ohecvrr * lecture* oil Pilgrim's
Progre*!,, Cheever'* Wandering* of a Piitrun in ibe
Alp*, Andi'i-uin'* Domestic «.onsutution. Modern Ac
complishments; Last days ofKluho; Wonimi of the
Revolution, by Mr* EJInl; Ijle o> Hollok, tbr sale by
marl* ELLK>Tr A KNULIXH, wood *1
HUMAN IIIAtJNETIHM—Its Claims io dispassion
ate inquiry, briog on attempt to show the utility
Ol il* application lor the relief o'* suffering; by \\ ,
New i,h*iu. K«|„ author or "The reciprocal influence
of Body and Mind." rir. The best work on (ho subject
SHA.IKLETT* WHITE | Kot ““'"‘miJSll.^
•JO trereet lir«h H>ce m .lore: lor »atr by
ill? RHKN . MATTHEWS 4 Ci>
I HRS- 9 bag. FeaMier-. landing irom .ini
Vdauii, lot xale l>y
(iKO I (H'JJRAN
>W NANKF.K.NS-.0, M#|l| ,
idalr Nairkrrn*, jutl iiprurd Uy
_ SUM KI-hriTA l\ MITE, Wi wood ,i
I.USTRF>—TVo care, plain, bjured md
Flair)., bright colon, furl lecrivrd by
SHAC.KLEIT4 WHITE
COLURED AL FACA S— 7 care, low priced
iuiii ami tile Alpaca*. Coburg auJ Carl,
t frcei » cd by
t NO--* '-anck.! now landing from iteainei
kdamr, i«r »ale l.v
ISAIAH DICKHV .t i-o
N- 17 Lab * now landing from aieamor J U
10. rale by ISAIaH DICKKV * Co,
Front rt
-d bbl. No I, l do No 2. now lundme riimi
■'l J Adaliii, lor sale by
ISAIAH DIi'KFY A C.,
■ .LEATHERS—*ack<. turn landing from .traiucr
Jc J Q Adamt, for .ale t-y
__ 'iitrr-1 ISAIAH DICKEY A Co
r PAß —s*|bbl«, in prime order, in note, lor »ale by
1 _ nrrlj! KHKY, MATTHEWS A Co
NO. MOLASSES—WO bids prime N O Molanrc*
• iu ttore; fur aale by
. lUIKY, MATTHEWS 4 Co
JUST RECEIVED—IOO lb* |*ow'd I njuonce Hall,
and for rule by mehi'J J KIDD 4 Co
JUST REUFJVKD -IW lb? pow'd Ipecac, and for
_ rale by luchf* J KIDD 4 Co
JUST KKCKIVKD—HX) lb. pow d libulnml. and for
•ale bjf radii'.’ } KIDD 4 Co
JUST RECEIVED- SOv* genuine Kreo#ot. and for
Mle bv roehli’ JhlDbAOo
fs, I'l/BS AND KKELKKS-40 doz Beaver
tin, W do do Tub*, 6 do do Krelerv, for tale
S F VL)N BONN HORST 4 Co,
I liS front it
14 bit rxlra Starch, far rale by
S F VON BO.NNHORST 4 Co
EC BEANS W bbl. white Henna, for tnln bv
III) S V VON UUNNHORST 4 Co
[AND MOLASSES— lOO.hbdi N o Surar
f» N O Mola-.c, landiug from rteatner Oen
[ale by BAUALKY 4 SMITH,
„ X.IU t 11,
I B md SSr wood »t.
SKKD- r.i M-l« prun<* ClovorSred, in t u, n
'“ Cl> n.
31 water ami wVrom „ ree i
murid
lARD
j and fo
C'l LASS-
T do 101
and for taJ
Bulk i
rale b
SIJUAR
ooiuug
- II 1.1.1. and Id kcga No 1 Leaf Lard h. .u.to
j ...lol.y inarto I, S WATEHIIASr
-320 boio. KxlOUlanj Id' do loill do 20
•« *» “*> ■>“! »to7*d” in So,"
b >' "“'1“ 1. s WaTF.BM “n
OHK-IMOO 11.. Bulk ft>rli, „ C M a„d
mano L 8 \VaTERMA "
IWI Mol. anuM old cop Sugar, |„ Itor , „„
iiaem, and for wle l>y
__ LHWATKRMAN
"0 bbl* N U Mola»*f *, for tale Uv
0 _ _ 1.9 WATERMAN
150 kega Natl*. a»«oiirJ »i7P», (OlivanC*
> juni rrc’d and lor aalr by
JAMES DALZIU.I.
marlU
Moi.a,
mar
NAH.S
brand
rooriu
rpANNK
J. marl
No « ai
elo»e
tS’ yiL«--i!3 blilt in •lore and for •alp by
JAMES DAI.ZKLi.
J 3 MAdfRRKI. 150 L»bl* for tala low to
QJwignmrm, by
i AMKS OAI.ZKI.Ij
. PI'LES 50 bust to more »nd tor ule by
i J aMBS dalzell
AUCTION ySAbESc: h.
By John D. Dari., AncWo»«*J,
Hoi-srluuil FvivfOtnai AtUtoa.r
the M»rctl lslh. ai lOeVlOCksfil
Row I. rT im.*ioii. oppo-itc Connnade
city, the old
bridge, wit be -.ibl «« ,l.e . .i-.-Knind
lure, which ha.- k cpt m>l i,e«- ir .
ot-l pair large nwioi-! t u*«r. ' ,ef> rowt-inig
Splendid tuoJiogaoy -oia
1 doien chsir».
Mahogany rardand ittoii.g m,„,.
" side hoard with marble *!,[,
“ und elieriy waruiotw*.
“ bateaus and dressing tables;
and cherry high posted bedsteads;
“ centre mines, mahogany and cheny
wish stands, low post lied,!,.*!*, a haa matuaaaes
tentner beds and bedding, vemuiwi blmds, mantel anj
hail lamps, stair rods, parlor and U-J room carpeting
and mattiug. parlor a*h Ik,, p , m „ diet, dots, fire irons*
kitchen utensils, ijU<*«-ii*vn»t. , e as.wntr, i fine cook
ing stove and fixtures, Ar.
JOHN U UAVIS, AucL
Jianvehe ai Auftton.
On Tuesday ailernoon. I.lth in>i, al ;; o'clock 10
from ot the Commercial St.les Room* comer of Wood
and Fifth streets, will he -old. a -üb-tantiaJ second
hand tlarouclc, with fctlliug toji and non aileltccs
,nar > l ’ JOHN D DAVIS. Aud
Market Street Store. — Dry Geode, *e.
Will tro sold withoul raserre, at the siore of Jacob
-M Kant, Ksi] , No 101 Market glreel, one door front.i,i
berty. commencing on Tuesday morning, pith inst, at
10 o elitek. and at i o'clock, P. M., and continuing from
day to day until nil arc sold, the enure stock of a Be
lail Store, vtz:
*oprr broad cloths, assorted colors: super French
and Knpitsh Cnssimcrcs, satiaetts, wool tweeds, Ken
tucky Jeans, cottonadea, drillings, Cantmt flannels,
ted, white and yeUow flannels, merinos, alpaca*, raah
rarres, mouse de laines, Berages. lawns, checks, vest
tngs. imported and domestic ginghams, Kngltsh and
American dress and furniture prim**
MU.IJNKRY GOODS—Bonnet and cap ribbons, ar
tificial*, boniin and dress silk* and satin*.silk velvet*,
gimps, tftngcm, edgings, face*, plain and figured Sobtii
neu. jnconcu, worsted and cotton hosiery, fiar dress
shawls, dros hdkts. mull and iwtss ntiuhns, »dk ktd
arid cotton gloves, line, oan,brie, silk and cotton hdkfs.
10l doz Cones' best spool rollon, sewing silk, needle*,
pins, tape*, combs
j <? §l lorn mnt * * lr “ w bonnets, tailor*' trimmings, hr’n
and bleached Outimj, hardware and cotlery, boots
and ahovs
Sale of Dry Goods.
On Wednesday moming. at •» o'eJm-k, and at II
• clock, will fH--«oid-Hau, I’nps and Hauers' Trirtt
mings comprising 10 doz Russia, Nuirni, Honey. Silk
an 00l Hats, cloth, fur, plush and glazed enps
terms . unu OVrr „ llv duys, and over *lOO
ninety dav* rrcdu-ap| lfuv .d endorsed paper
wni , ' S/ ‘'noN*or America at Auction.
t'.h , T "‘'! d t' ,lhom r "'- rv ''. o» Thursday, ilareh
Z,r7j fn'S” 1 “ -I'- »°« r». .1 111. PilD-
K ,“r .. [’■ " r ll "‘ " u,t " b ol l>"y *ir—l. Willi all
tV, iifl , Tlir Aininc, b.. II bo.
VV . '* >»' l-l lour, a l-t b..n.
bb-.i L ? !"■ *'" l '“ n r ""V ™ »"* T-»"
Cl "t""r IVnlUb-s, V,. Ol
John < Km well, Age-u, Pittsburgh 5
o> " rS JOHN D DAVIS, Anet
AMUSEMENTS!
THEATRE,
C S PORTER Msasc.h
FIRST NIGHT OP MR. CHAS WKUU
ToKst.st, hlaacu li, to commence with
VIRGXNHJH
Virginia* - Mr Webb
lciUos Mr Priot
Virgtoia Mi** Porter
After wlucA, DaJKS Master Wood
T& eenelude with
POOR PILUCODDV. *
Mr Duun.
Uw^rniM
lLf~ Door* open at 7—Performance will ronunencf
at naif pas; 7 o’clock.
rsu*a 07 Asxutio*.
Dims Circle slid Parqueuc
Family Circle or 2d Tier
PITTSBOBSB URDQK PARS NUBBBBI'
BETWEEN ami to a
The *uU*cnber,i respectfully give nouce lo theif eus
iomer» ard the'pubiic generally, tluii their eneusive
Nurseries, tire'-uliouse*. Ad, i©., naw comprise lie
i»«n «*) and lOu.uuO plants; all df whichln in ■ heal
thy condition.
FKI’IT TREKS. con»i«unc of Apple, Pear, plum,
Apnnot, Nectarine, Almond*. Grape
SHA Dl-. TREES—Vu Ailumlia*. Cnialpa. Moun
i»m A-.li Sugar Maple, Kj.*li*ta l.mdrii, American
Linden Poplar. Balm of Gilead. Poplat,
Weeping Willow, white barked Birch, Tulip Tree,
Home rhrvnul, Pualnwiui Imperial!*. Weepiug A*K,
1-jigli.h A*h, English Sycamore, Magnolia Tripelela,
KVKKGRKKN TREES AND SHRUB*, vi* Jum
per. tVdar. Atn-nrait A.M.urviieu. Chinese Arborvitea,
Box Tree. I pnglii Vw, Common Yew, American
Kui.ipeun Holly. AVbne Pine, Norway Spruce,
BaUuui Fir. S.lvrr f-ir, Scotch Ptr, Hemlock Spruce,
Scotch Broom. Ac Ac.
‘■KEEN HOUSE PI,ANTS, viz; A tuperh eollec
non of Fuchsia*. numbering 1« varieties. Tins flower
i« worthy of intention of tnexe who wi*h to ornament
their window-
Rt i>Ej»— Most «»i ihe m the hr*r rate, numbering over
7lt varieties in classes. vrzt Bengal or Chinese ever
bloomiug.. Ro*n Odorata, or tca-rccnlcd Chinese Bo
■eo, Bourbou Rows*, Noisette Ro*e», Hybrid perpctaal
or Rrtnontani Roics. A great number of tbcac stc
jierfectly hardy uul bloom freely throughout the *cra
mer icaion. Al*o, Geraniums, Oleander*. Orange*
Cactus, Ac. Ac.
N- B.—All order* inusi be accompanied with Ibe
ea*b or satisfactory reference*.
Plants carefully packed and sant according to diree
ttoni to any part 01 the United State*.
Person* wishing to ornament their plearun- grounds,
woold do well u> give u* a call, as wc tbink our stock
of Evargrcens cannot he snrpnased west qf the moan*
tains, now covering Mine acre* of ground, and num
bering fmm 40 to JO thousand. a great number ofwhicb
arc ofa fine «izcfor tran-pimiinig
Orchard and Shrubbery Planting executed by con
tract un reasonable term*.
We wuh ail loner* to our address directed to Wil
kins P. O, neat Pituburgh, where they wdl find Im
mediate attention.
Order* left at om Hand on Muikot day*, in Market,
wni find munrdiaie attention.
The public in general tire umied 10 call and erga
n»r our slock; attention to given on any day
cicepi Sabbath. WHL * JAS. MURDOCH
rauilJildtAwitT
TIIK ARKOMKtER,
f I , MK nttentinn of the public »« “respectfully called to
.1 tin- tollowiog certificates:
-Ma t*. Kanin*—Having tested a quantity of Gold
weighed by your Areometer, l find the result prove*
tour instrument correct; ami recommend the use of n
to those going to California, as the best method for ob
taining the real vaJue of Gold. Hearn yours,
D , LW J B DUNI.KNhf, Gold Renter
Pnißburgh.Mnrrhy.lS4V.
Pmsuuneu, March 7, IS4B.
Mk Kaiix»— Dear Sir Having examined the •‘Areo-
Mij-ler." mariutacturcd ait your rooms, I do Hot hesitate
to eommend it to the uae ol those gentlemen who are
about removing to Caiitoruu in search of Gold
It gives a close approximation to ibd specific gravi
ty Of tnrtalx. Bnd will certainly enable the adventurer
uscertam when Ins placer is y wlding Gold
marlt! J R. M'CLINTOCK.
DOOK-KEKPISG.
I\ A V 11) I.KK, Professor of Hook -Keeping by liable
XJ bhitry, Upon the most npproved mciliod.
oue ot the mp*t experienced and Miiccesstul instructors
i ntbe l lined States, respectfullv informs ibe citiiens
ol I uitbuigb and vicinity, that he will give a course
or lessons on the science ol acroum* as connected
wiih evrry brand) 01 business,* either foteign or do
mestic; and guarantees to In. pupils (provided they
give proper uuentiou) a thorough tueoretiepi and prac
tical knowledge ol the above u&aird science within
the •buries; possible lane tlint ho important a branch
ol a Mercantile education cun l>* acquired.
For further iiitormuiioii and terms, apply to Mr l.gx,
ai Brown's Hold, corner of Third and Simtiihdd sis.
marV:dlvv
TO CALXPORSIAKS.
A HEOMETKR - The undersigned having adapted
on instrument to the purpose of ascertaining ifie
Bperilir gravity or value of gold, is now prepared to
supply ail whose business may require lU tnr R
small, convenient. and can be used without (difficulty
a glance being suiriont to show the proceag. . '
Person* comeiiiplaung going to Cnhlormn; would do
well to end and examine the instrument, ns )| w bi ev
"T way ralcoJatcd to protect them from fraud by ena
bling them hi ony time to ascertain the value of their
metal.
Printed directions and tables will be aupplied arntu
lously 10 purchasers. 9
' SAMUEL KAKINH, Lnion street,
mxd-lra rear of John B. McFaiieu’aJowelry store
BOSUHKIITI.
1 M A VK ,° MarWe Monuments, at my otd era ml on
H ood .treol. Stoold “
rntn , 1 mil .ell •! rerj reduced pne.., between Ua»
aiij 1.1 April, lo laee Ibe labor of removinfr Ibem In
"I"" rlJail al die head of Wood, on Lltumy «“
ai the corner of Irwin’s alley. ; •
raartrtf EDMUND WILKINS.
California Wagons. r ~
A FE ',T Intended lyr emigrants going
dr 10 Lal *f < ? n “ a i finished. and for sale a*i the
Wagon osulihihnteni of TIIOS. lIARKISUN. Penn
sylvania Avenue, baif a utile from the Court Hoo«e
ouirVtdtf
1, u ,, Iron and SaUi.
mfc undersigned, acting as Agents in this c.ly for
the Troy Iron Works, are now receiving supplies,
uud they will benlcased to execute orders lor IKON
and NAIIdJ, on the insst fuvurabln terms.
ROBERTSON A RKPPKKT.
Commission Mefchaitu.
marlOidlto
BONNKTS AND MILLINERY a.
Jobnsok, 46 Marsel airert, &re now opening ibeir
slock or Spring Bonnet*, Ribbon*. Silk*, Lace*, Crepe
I.use, «c. Deafei* and other* ure invited id (-nil ami
ciumiKi (hem. marl!
WHLTK (»OODS— Jn»r received ut Sami A Jmi.v.
tos’*, 40 Market xtrrei. a lull *tocl» of While
(Joori*, rompricing every variety 01 Jacouei, ('uubrte
mui Swim Muslin*; check, plaid and fig'd do, Hi*hop
Lawn* and lk>ok .Muslins, Tarlatan*, embroidered
Maslnjs for curiam*, Ac , 10 which they would invite
the auermon ofdcalrrs and oibfcra. marlil
JUST RKTKIVRD from the PhiUipsville Factory,
fIUU sq. yards of 3 yd wide (lum Rlaiuc Oil Cloth,
einresily for the California wagon*, for »u]c at the
India Rubber Depot. taarU>_ Jill I’IIILLIPS
INDIA RUBBER LIFE BOAT—J«m rceeiTed, 1
India Rubber Life Boat, 10 fret long, a a«cfa) arti
cle for perton* going to California, tor Mle at tie Jo
dia Rubix*? I>rpot, No i Wood tu
merit) _ J *H PHILLIP*
SI'NDHIKS— 3> Ul.d.NO Sugar,*loo bag*'prime
Rio Coffer. 10 tirree* Riee; folios G»*y 4 Rfo (j
Twill Tobarru, landing ihu day (roin atmr Meneawer
No Sfc »ml tor iale by J 4 It FI4^YU,
Uoa»d Church Building
i 11,0 VKII »EE&-«0 bay* prime Prmia. Cluver«eed
in flora «ud for mate by
mariu
JAR PLOYD
»AOO!*—ls cask. Baton, bog roorui, m «tor«
> tor sale bj niorlO JAR PLOYD
POTASH sa cask* (Dahcan*) port Pouab, uj
and (01 sale bj aurlO JtR FLoVd
STEAM BOATS.
corciifarATi * Pittsburgh
JS£A ISSS^
Jfl^nL
DAI L v PACKET LINE.
rviuis well known line of splendid pa*»engrr Steal*.
1 ers is now compo»ed t of the largest, swiftest, beg
finished and fornished, and moal powenbl boats on the
truer* of the \Ve»t Every accommodation and eaas
fort that money can prot ore, has brycnprovided for pas
senger*. The Ijite has been in operation for bts years
—no* earned a million of people without tae learnt uyu
n lu Uicir peraoiu. The I mats will be at the foot or
tVood *treet the day prevtou* to starting, for the recep
tion uf freight awl the entry of passengers on the rnu
'er. In ail ca*r* the passage tuofloy nnist be paid £a
advance
SUNDAY PACKSTi
The ISAAC NEWTON, Captain Hemphill, lull
.cave Pittsburgh every Souday morning at tOo’alAek,
\N lun-liuj rirt) Sunday evening at 10 r. M.
M«) -it, 1&-IT.
_ HOSDAV PACKET.
rhe Mn\o\ijAHKl,A,Capi.sTOjia,wiltle«v«-Fttia
buriihrveij M„uiUy morning at 10 o’elockj WhOdiing
every Monday .-vcuuig at 111 r. a.
_ TVK6DAY PACKET.
The HIB6KNU No a, Capt. J. Kun«7ILTS% Will
leave Pittsburgh every Tuesday morning at 10 o’etot
heeling every Tbesdiy evening atlOmr
WEDHESDAY PACKET.
The NEW ENGLAND No. g, Copt, h Du* will
leave pittsbnrgh every Wednesday mormag at la
o'clock, Wheeling every Wednesday evening u lb». a
THURSDAY PACKET
The BRILLIANT, Capt. Gases, will ir a *e Pto*
burgh every Thursday morning atlOo'elork; Wheeltaa
every Thursday evening-at 10 r. u. 9
FRIDAY PACKET.
Tlie CLIPPER No. S, CapL INld Duvsu will leave
Pitt-burgh every Friday aiornnig at lOoVinch, Wlwe
t>u( every Friday evening at 10 r. ■.
SATURDAY PACKET,
The EAGER No ’J, Cupi WvOuwaed, will tgave
Ptuaburgh every Saturday morning ai lb o'elDak
Wheeling everyjJauirdayevening at 10 p. a.
NKW LISBON AND PITTSBARGffcDAII.Y LINE
OF CANAL AND STEAM PACKKW,
late,
-gßiSagffiL
(vu ulssoow,)
leaves Pmabargh dally, at» o'clock, A M , and nr
rive* at Glasgow, (mouth of the Sandy and Ueuvtr On
nal.) at 3 o'clock, and New Lisbon ai 11, siuiuwUght.
leaves New Lisbon at 8 o'clock, P W., (makiwithi
trip canal «. the river during the uight,) aud
*t« o’clock, A. M., and arrive* at Pitubargh atS J*
M.—thu* making a eonuimous line for carrying an*
sengers and freight between New Lisbon andPuts
burgb, in shorter time and at less rate!, than by any
other route. *
The proprietors of this Lute bavolha pl<*»sa« of hi
forminc the public that they have fitted np two Am Olasa
Canal Boat*, for the accomiaodatton ofpasaeagera and
freight, to nui in conneation With the Wei T-known
sirnmer* CALEB COPE and BEAVER, and ewu* xt
uig, at Glasgow, 'with the Pittsburgh and CtJßfa.
nsu and other daily lines of ateamera dowu thnOUs
and Mississippi rivers. The proprietors pledge IKntn
trlve* to spare no expense nr troublo to insor» eota
nm. safety and dispatch, and ask of the publics that*
oi ibetr |«tronag«.
AI)TUORX2ED AGENTS. s
UM. HaKTON, ) . . »
S 4 W UAUBaUOH, irmabtfffc.
R. HANNa. k Co. , .
myll tf J lIARBaUGH A Co. J Naw Ivabam.
NOTICE-The steamer BEAVER.C E Clarke, ftaa
ter, will leave after this notice, for WellsvUle paootn
ally, m 9 o'clock ip the morning, ml 3
I9fiB. |gg|
PITTSBD&OD* BfiOWVfeYILLJI
Dally Paekit Line
PEBnUARY let, lß4g FEBRUARY
LEAVE DAILY ATS A. M-, AND 1 p. M.
& The foUdWing new boats complete
’ n liifralr lne ®° r lb® present season: AT*
1-ANTIC, Capt. James Parkinson:
BEBBESCbABDuALTIC, Capt. A. Jacob*; and LOUIS
M'l-ANK, Cspi li Bennett. The boat* are entirely
new, and arc fitted np without regard to expense. Rv j
cry comfort that money can procure has been pxWrUevl
The Boats will leave Ute Monoogahde Wharf Beet s
the foot of Rou sh Passenger* will be pancuml ca
board, a* the boats will certamly leave at the Silver
tm-d hours, bA. M. and 4P. M. \ -jwt3t
FOR NEWOI
splendid steamer < •
R- D. Cochran, master,' will lesWt for
mEKSWtihe. above and iniermedtaie porti on
Wednesday evening at 4'o’cloclf, poaitively.
for fVeighi or passage, apply on board. «ichl3
Pt-rrrTGREW A Agddu
FOR ST. LOUIS
/MAv {v The SUM*
Captain lea re on
■MBafiSßlßlday, the 15th K*t_ at lOo’cluck A. MJ
PETTIGREW A Axauu.
FOB ZANESVILLE.
£.i***- k The Steamer
- Captain McKee, foPjsnesvilie, on
FOR ST. LOUIS AND ILLINOIS Wl vpn
.jr-TA Th "
_ «ffguttgl Cole*, master. will leare tor the above
BHHBHBtutI intermediate ports onTueadav.
the 13ih irirt. at 10'o’clock, a. u.
For freight or passage apply on board, or to
, PETTIGREW ft Co-Aau.
Sh'pp.r. m«r rely on llu Ttglioni ,olnr thronTh to
Illinois River, and thereby *ave a rMhipmeßt..ai St.
. marl*
FOB ST. LOUIS AND ILLINOIS RIVEFL '
ifTitre - tk. Thfi splendid Tut ntsnlnr steamer -
llkrMr'Jf , ' „ , *
-jEggStfla J» It Ilailett, master, wflT tears ter
above end intermediate-oorts on
Saturday, era o’etoek. . '
For freight or passage apply on bosray mart
FOR *
y««*kT—. w 'The fno fast running steamer
f llffr irmr • WYOMING,
_ towotftfre Rogers, roaster, wilt leave as above
at 10 x. u.
For freight or passage apply on board. imum
. Regular st*. Louis packet.
/F r»M*- >v The fast running steamer
lllt.ji PENNSYLVANIA,
*Egggj3s|D C Gray, master, will leave for the
■mßßh iinmh« ve A intermediate ports on Tburo
day next at 4 o'clock. P. M. *a«r»-
For freight or passage apply on board.
ZANESVILLE AND MARIETTA PACKET
jyjj— » » The fine steamer
tJklyllJl n . CAROLINE,
Binning, muter, ha-rag aadefrona
repair*, will nut as a ten-
Sr’sasssis 0 " uid "' u "" ••
For frei};htorpa*«ige apply on heart. foM
WB WIinELEE,Agi
KEIitJLAR TUESI)A\ PACKET FOR »T l^Ulg
JgSZJt —~ r 6 '"
<» f ° W. Wick*, waiter, will leave
the above njuJ intencediaM sorts
every Tueaday, nt 10 o’clock. a. u.
Kor freight or puaage apply ou board,,or to
E. C. KUtb, No. 153 Coot. Bow
raari-dlim UmU^llie.
KkXiULAR SATURDAY PACKET FdRPTTLiJIJft
»v fine fa*t running Muennr
'Jfe, jA.i-.jy »learner liKN'
■irmiTitP* M f Hberaou. waiter, wifi leave for
worn 'i above and Intermediate eon* eve
ry Haturdav, at iu o’clock, r. *. pww eve
For freight or paiaare apply on board, or to
!il - K,Sl -’ No,w6 7^„
>OR NABIIVII.LF. >
IiEEA ■ l ’" n ‘<?EN , EvT m,, ”‘
JOXgUB- * ,lk **'*> maiter, will’leave for the
above and intermediate portion Fri
day, tbe Otb tort, at lOo'eiock. 1
For freight or panaage apply on board, or lo
m»tS 1 'V hHi.ER A. Bio-Anmn
in-rsuUßuii anu uiirrsViLLK riCiChVLJrT,'
iftfiw- jv Inc new aad ypiendid fort phaaen.
• iL .. .J 9 ger packet, r
_ telegraph no, %
n “i 5H£ZFi*
Io c ' a w X r LX^w^*' d ’
_ GEO fl MILTKNBRHGoL •
(D* 8 learner Peyton* will leaveLoainiUafet New
Orleans, on arrival of Telegraph No 8, PaoMOaeia
ran eo direct, and can have berth* oeenred her*l?de
** ro ‘ l ..... : mart *
WHEELING PACKBT~
|v The Bplcadjd Uu rounini ntimer
rrrrsHUKUH * WHEKUNO TiSiei
The swift steamer '»
Ba
Ul !^ ay ’. Bl ‘ o’clock, s •:*
The (/on*ol will land at all (bo jmemediafo porta
Every aeeomodauon tbet can be procured firr,the cosh
fort tmd safety of passengers has MOftproytdeZ Tho
boat u al«o provided wi iba self-acting iu)|y nerd to
-
feb * Al W. Greer's, eor. viffier sts
FoHtriNciNprATrANircsmsvicix —
k The splendid seer steamer /
fPi If tiJe TELEGRAPH No.ft?
llailep, master, will leave for’above
intermediate pons on Afotulsv
W uui, at ID o’clock. . f ’
For freight or passage npnlr on board, or ©/
, _ BURBHJDOB, Co.
' GEO B fiIILTENHEHGEB.
REGULAR WHEELING PAChSv
<fUa»» »v The fine steamer . , (
f ZACHARY TAYLOR*
Loess, master, will hereafter mn as a
packet-from Pittsburgh ta
da b "lUbtt^h?**/?^ h ?**/? lUoaia fy W “ ae *'
?or ircighi or passage apply DO'beard. •' •> J
' ™R MARIETTA. PARKERSBirRsT
And llockmgporty and* Intermediate latwmgv
k The fine steamer »
ifajf w WELLSVILLEi
soaiteijjeilUeaYa for foe above
every Tuesday; at IQfiYioek,*.
— f freight or passage apply oa-hotrd. d*ey-I*
SAM'L. GRAY,
MERCHANT TAM,
BXCIIANOX Blt t LDIffOS,
■*r. CLAIR BTH2KT, PITTIS^OQ,
NEW VORK AND PHILADELPHIA
Aril u no* receiving a fine %uortste*lc>i
CLOTIIg, CASSIBK&ES fBRTIHGS,
OF TDK BEST QUALITY AND LATEST STYLES,
WliUsh he it prepared to moke (oordo^
IN TJIK UfiSTBIANNEE
Anil in Ike Ittett
marten -
Sole Afiacv fit
r „ JUST KECHVKD a«.«f b
lot of elejant Piano*, frwa the
factory of Nnnna A Clark
■ I 9 | ?oeuW
with unportaet iauravemeou, both m mechft&ixm J 3
by no other*. .
X. B. The above wdl be sold *1 miualfcetuen *»n
c«*, wuhasi uybiddiiian <or freujUoreaoaßan * a '
mario Joanud ao4 Cfewucii *-

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